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THE STORY OF THE FIGHT. A Hot Campaign-Piayers. Curses and Bitter Pert- nalitirs-A Divided Negro Vote-Preachers in the Fight--The Anti's - Victorious. (From the New York Herald.) ATLNTA, GA., November 26, 1887. The people of this city voted on the question of prohibition to-day and de feated it. The election follows one of the most exciting political campaigns ever witnessed in Georgia. An extreme of bittern'ess, running often into person alities, marled it. Is excite-ient reach ed a chnax last nht wh.en th -usaudsoi voters marched tn .d bivonu.Aed in the street' 'o be ready Ivr an eadly advance upon the polls. Tie 1?i -oont t xposition i1' not close until the ':d ot Ochober. and both sides agreed that daring the progro-s of the exposition n- thing whatever shoutl be done by eth-er ide, as it weu'd mar the unity of the ci-iz-ns in their enthusiaste support of the t-xposition. Both sides plit e-d into the fiiht with wonderful activity as soon as the exposi tion was over. fu two eys after the exposition closed thbe ti ;bt h+a-s on in all its fury, antd txit: i i+or unerst a!o activit:, thaa ai 'ver b.' "s mn in a campaign heftr. in t .i, city. For 'vtr a mouth the eiiZens have .e'n ega, td in the Ctet. M-etinL :bare b -cu be'lo abnost er- ry night, aeo "o "ta p, ke'rs a.d i-i orat<-rsh--!ve -uFI i'a the coty.bt trem"L end toet-dof th e. and s. ", cr. ss ro inthecounty. Eire in tue campaigt the prohibitioni.ts lea -td he larget-r warehouse in the city and titred it up with .eating capsc :, for s',000 people Almost niAhtly ts bu lan u las hero filled, and suvch se-s of wile enthus asm are rare- ,ic:. Among the pirms t -rIf p~ibttam speakers who piJu'-a *. ri" i tih fight early in iti.- e.i " as L litei S tatea S -*ar.'er A. c. . ti -nt :tn' I r H. W. irdy. t'er er.d ' alioet every minist, r in tie ci-y, fiptached prohbi wio u fio t,-u polp t Bunday after Sunday to deeply intert ed oungregatious. .?reoiinent amioi - the preachers who led the prohuiitien fight in Atlanta were Rev. Drs. ,. B. B.awthorne, H. C. ME. rrison and J. W. Lee. These three ministers entered into ,the fight with wonderilu zeal, spoke night after night, nud ia almost ever} am the county. The most prominent leaders of the anti's were Senator Joseph E. Brown, Captain E. P. Howell and '' Captain John B. Goodwin. Bath sides y ad full campaign funds and managed theirzespective causes for all they were eorth. Thenegro vote was the bone of con tention, and was the balance of power. - Ea h side made the most trenuous en . deavors to secure it in eyery way possi Sble The- negroes were considerably l'i" divided on the subject, though a majori of them voted with the anti-prohibi , One of the features of the contest has Abeen the active part taken by many wo nem of the city. Several of the churches uganzed committees from among their Smakrmembers, who took an active part ia'the campaign. They organized the ,jwomen -of the colored churches into aeties, and met with them and prayed ?S ' them day after. The result of their was shown to-day by th 3 appear :)pear f large numbers of women at the with blue badges. They served hot ,:pee and sandwiches at every polling and conducted prayer meetings singing crusades in the open air. ~;Utflcounty, in which Atlanta is ~~~evoted two years ago on the same ~eto and went for prohibition by a Sof 228 out of about 8,000 vosts. ~z4Theegiatrationl this time exceeds that Ze o~last- ear by 2,000) votes and this excess ~-v hdoabtfuil tigures for either side ~ ~~etii~eon during tne campaign. ~I-Teprincipal fight made on prohibi ~iniring the campaign was that it edia ~ and that intoxicating drinks ~~~Ibe openly purchased in a number r~jleathroughout the city which paid ',aesto-the Unzit-ed States government have been sent in each month 'icities around Atlanta from which it 5-*almnost as easy to get a jug as It was in'the city. Tue antis claim that nC~ohiiion injured the city, which was 5yeding $50,000 a year in whiskey Ii ey enees, without decreasing in the ilight Sa the amount of whiskey sold in the __ Te prohibitionists, on the other hand, -claimned that Atlanta Las never had pro brbition; that tvaile it weas so v ted years ago, the licenses then existing did i t -expire, some of them, uamauimonta ' ear laoand that since that time the domes Stie wine claw-e in the koca.l option bill ' allowed niany places in the eit by wic :the law could be easily evad~ed. Ti's :was, however, remedied by .the last J'Legislature, which put a license of $10,000 on all wine rooms, which license rill oiinto effet aft:r January 1. -c--. .?ee prohibitioaists eiaiaed that with ~ine rooms out of theC city inere' woul-a be no places for the e-asy evasion of the law if officers would properiy entorce it. The result to-day indicates public op'mion on the subject. Tiae city has gone wet by probably 1,000 majority. Great enthusiasm prevails im the streets. Men, women and chi~dren are ainagling in die miammothl procession tnat is marching about the town. Thoutands of negroes, wearing grotesques garbs of red material, are yellung uike coyotes. -Bands are playing, firecrackers are ex ploding and red banners are waving. The ministers and others prominent in the prohibitory movement are chagrine. at the unexpected result. NEW YORK FAsHIONS. Bridal Costumes, Trimmingi Evening Costumes, Chris: mas roys. (Fiom a New York Letter ) As moire is the leading material in handsome outfits of every kind, so is it the first choice in bridal costumes. Scarce ever alone, but combined with. other fabrics, such as faihe Francaise, gros grain or heavy rep or satin,. which come in for their share of attention and are the rather chosen for some guite stylish occasions. For semi dress cere monies, silk warp white wool is pretty and rivls cashmere, both of which can be offset by richer goods, while attrac tive and comparatively inexpensive dresses are of white India or China silk. Stylet in making tend towards simplici ty, adornment being brought about more by trimming than complicated sweep of drapery, but these ideas are not rigorous and occasionally for a sleoder bride the modiste employs the boutfant. In gen eral likewi. e, the train is full, long and hangs simply but now and then rich fails of lace are placed in ornament. Plain ness, however, is the rule and garniture is massed on the sides and front where by aid of crystal passementerie, pearled net, strands of perl, gold or silver beads and fridges, valenciennes, duchess or point lace, veritable pictures fine por trayal. Orange blossoms remain stand ard, but any attractive white flower may be selected in preferi nee. Long white kid gloves, dressed or undressed with fine or heavy stitching. For brides -iAis a. styliachoaice is moire silk with brocaded stripes made in a bouffant, coquettish way, but the various fancy gauzes and fi e nets of the day, come in acceptably, while hand baskets of fl -w ers adid dtut'raq~ueuess. Wh13.: theI brido is izarried in traveling arers, a tailor-made costume of cloth is most fashionable and a few bridal dresses for iniformal weddings have been made of white cloth combine with moire. TRIMMINGS. Steel, copper, bronze, silver or gilt trimmir.gs have a high position and as rrincipai exponenlts are seen braids or y ;senwnenteries, the former set or cor like vests. The faucy for black rnh'Ims on colored mntterlal is Mar ed, ad marfle :d o i the popii'rity of tritumings 1 jtt- lhan the goods tht y a t;rn. ,d" n;, 1-raids r p, se'O - -ics are prm L4.iet ra this sty le and beads are efective aice tiwy throw irrid set igits, or' tose of p:d-r s.hade on darker fabrie. Here, likewse are opporraities for met'd heads, and they iht er as p',inits of eff et or compose the whole we nature. B. ad-c in general hol.1 their owu; they are lov.d but lardily with list w O--r'tevtioi, burt nlevenhtie-l-sS there i< al aandhou of ff-etiou shiow ex t+'=m-l svi'sh ja'. capsx!r, etc., netdet1 WGil1 of i..ads, wireeh form the entire trtaauing Jer aorge V!i:NL' DXESSKs !rove that. icoredcs era' idisp-nsahne. ti' tie b--.d. s ocf this win- -r arte ~ta :h lli-t from thcce tihat Lan' ga- ,he:r" iLr rii. i .tit in c d1r nd pater- teere is great nocve.lty, the for. er siosVig the new t ra cetta a.l ruahogany re-!s, old rose, old pine, ci vres, leyard, lizard green, etc.. thit kl'ter rcuLningda to frn aud oi)ber )Ointe:d v- -v, er~'ut ~i" swId lna -'t- mu2W d s. f st-:-_ Ju , wille viines alti tfi < f : s k, replace ierwer eithlodox i, ttirs Ekg< tii.iix:ame 21. d' r. cu mir ie n-r"'c' but a.d 'st 1v wh.re. i :s i:i. a -ut t:_"1l. Yetlv - flowers ou ,irk are ul".' v.rv ':}pn.i r (t1 chen ra-t appears as a ruie mbr- ee of the past. The terd-ey C :umu i tt is very marked, Irt quett iv lngI staxiks unite in contiunity, suc c -ssive bouquets which do not blo-aon out roundly but are in pointed shlape and everywhere this incliuation to sit-u derness is noticeable. Stripes, on the contrary, are sometimes conspicuously broad and contrast- extr. mc-ly marked. so that the gaudy is reached and small women are appare-.ntly ignored since no small woman co uld wear them. In truth tiey touch the vulgar, but leading mer chants show them and thus indorsed, they must not be gainsaid. Stripes in general, however, are of all wedths. Sishes of extraordinary beauty, repeat the patterns of the time. Strip:.d sashes are fashionable; moire contintue so, but handsomest are the flowered and choicest among the latter are exqnisite creations where blender velvet flowers and pointed leaves are woven on delicate silk sur faces. Six dollars a yard seems not too much. Striped, plided, dotted and delicately brocaded gaze and lace form a large and less expensive element, being used as draperies over satin or silk. Necks are high, heart shaped, square, square low, round low or pointed back and front while the sleeve can be ignore-), some shadowy pretense taking its place; it can reach the elbow or be k.ng. Bronze slippers with hosiery to match are very fashionable and so are ta-n, the-idea being that both shoe and stocking must c >rrespond. Gloves are long and close titting m white, dressed or undressed, in light tan chiefly, but likewise in pearl or very pale pink. Heavy stitching. A Fanic at a Negro Meeting. RIALFIG!, N. C., November 29.-When a negro man rushed into Stokes's Op~era House at D~urh~am last night, where a arge crowd of colored men and women ha.s gathered to hear Mrs. S. A. Hughes, the only ordained colored female preach er in the South, preach, and shouted "Fire! Fire! Fire!" the scene was in descrioable. WVomen and children screamned and all made a mad rush for the doors. The stronger fought' witi tIe weaker and pushed them down, and the groans of women as .Abey were be ing trampled were heartrending. ".My God ! my God! I am dtsing! Let me up!" cried one poor unfortuate. No one heeded her. Down they came. some riding on the shoulders of the other a, blockading the sidewalk. Fortunately the hall was soon cleared, but for fifteen minntes the tre'nzi'-d, figh'ing, scream ing mass of hcimanirv remaned on the stps and it wais impous i de to mo~ve the m. Three nc gro men stood for a mmuent in the tront windovs of the second story and t.en sprang out, and strking thie stone pavement they re bounded icto the gutter. Strange to say the-y were not seriously hurt. A boy leaped from a window at the rear of the building. He is hurt int'-rnedy. A woman had all of her clothes torn off and went running down the street with out any. Another woman was turned up on her headi and so tightly wedged that she was thus carried from the top to the bottom of the steps. When the steps had been cleared Loisia Chavis, Jennie Stephens and another girl were pi tked up and carried into a drug store. The breath had been literally trampled out of their bodies. Louisa Chavis died to-day at noon. The condition of the other two is critic9.. There was no cause for the alarm and panic. The fire had no connection with the hall and in'itself did no damage. The steps leading to a front entrance of the halh formed a closet in a store. From some cause fire was communicated to this closet, and when discovered was burning briskly. The manager of the Opera House was made aware of the fire, and wotuld in a few moments have had it extinguished without the knowl edge of the congregation if the negro man had not rushed into the ball and given the fatal alarm.-Special to News and Courier. Woman and Her Diseases Is the title ocf a large illustrated treatise. by Dr. it. V. Pierce, Buffalo. N. T., sent to any .address for ten cents in stamps. It teaches successful self -:reatment. Pianos and Organs. All of the best makes. $25 cash and balance November 1, at spot cash prices on a Piano. $10 cash and balance No vember 1, at spot cash prices on an Organ. D~elivered, freight free, at your nearest depot. Fifteen days test trial and freight both ways if not satisfactory. Write for circ~lrs. N. W. TRUMP, Columbia, S. C. A grocer being solicited to contribute to the builing of a church. promptly sub scribedl his name to the paper i the follow ing manner: 'John Jones (the only place in town where you can get eleven pounds of sugar for a dollar) ;wenty-tive (cnts. "Lay oir your overcoat, or you waonti feel it when you go out." said the landlord of a Western inn to a guest who was~ sitting by the tire. "The last timne I was here I left off my overcoat. I didn't feel it when I wnt ot, anr1 T haven't felt it since." Leerture on is Orr-er.1r-exr't. iairl mm.i Rapid Growth. "Toe pact, presant and future of the uilits of L'ib:r" was the subjct of lecture d-livered by Gene'r: 2I:st.-r Workman Powde.ly to the e.mplotyes of the Pennsvivania antl 'adi railroadt in Phiiai'e phia on Fri va nght. He had a big and appreciative aud'iince'. Prefacing his address by au elinent denunciation of monopoy i" i a J 1 ; reference to thev. r for t e a''olition (' slvery amotg ' te c .lored 1 : .Sl to t1-an-'er its u-Ito uvih:s ei w mhenl in the ltlertty iv'g co It, -. Ptt-tee;y appl:i iu iiimuf til > t j . (mt proper of hi ere, ant d TIRE LFeCT i'13. "On Thanksgivi:g ev,' in 2-0 year 1''.'), there was borni " tvi **' a og LUZ.iOu (1 st'<iei to h1" 1 riurn the haed o fellowsip to every r tmn, '. ich~ brusId asi.je al1tlititm.me ' . of crea t, anld in V i. of whic* it .s miade OC:si nl-' for the mlerthes. t wet'r t *i:.' the (1 1 ci our streets to lek up v.ith ope .' a beitter and lt-ss degedl " I2ame. '-ts, w. e'nil to et: w"t the li.'-cis ot L , ".t rie wr .s ' , ,earet .rganILza !. n ,.,! . -ber, 1S' :, wheu 1 t e:' of .D. ' k i :lI it. a wency asidte andtl tt anl!41 cuame herih S-J his tiuabo-mi a r eiU 1!utM t'ee tolbr. of ihe ear; +1ht' i:e b i g. u to a bud w2.,i t . j. ! ace - utt o ereet or colhr, bu h p . i Itu was . carnesty ant. y r. tiy or the ;oille-.ive and iniidai.! int rests Of iis m'. ater)t-s. '-Tday that org"iza'lon is the stron: *r in e ' .- t ,i, the str:". at m lli geI : ..l ih- : roi:44 st :n1 r1'.i - hoodt" o)t N.%3 "' 4.er,,atin. te'er ceat, d: b -e .h tee l lut sky of haven. We Sle''U. to our run t v:han], not, .1 i..t een :i, fr ie a: ir or due t. a ea ta r t-r;t ., 1m to - a . wru 1e thtis _ -.rei t . y 'st:m11 t iC ulte a) rell'et'y _..(i '":i. -t , glLO-le Oj)Vt'.0'' tij' 'ia ti,' ' ' 'rjCa. Iii' LL~ v i ti barselves to attain." LABOR-SAVING MAcf1 IER. Mr. Powde:ly nest reft tred to the in trocinetion of labo r-savint Ta.iatry. and iu this connection sai "D)a rvl against labor-savie.g .teac"ine"b No. Bat I say that at present it is, not propI eriy applied, and that we wori gm:n who shouI ', do not aerive tie beneiirs from its introduction to wiich labur, a-a d t'ngui htd from capital, is entitled. \Wait. then, should we do in this con netion? I raise my voir-e and say, agitate along the line of hkbor; agitate untai all those who avail of tuose ma enins now are compelled to realize that they were not intendd solely for then that they were desigced for mar'kind, and that m'nkind should reap the bene fits from them." LEGISLATION AND I3DIIGRATIoN. Mr. Powderly next applied himself to the lgislative work accomphshed by the order since its inception. This, he said, was gre ater than any amount of remedial legislation for the working classes that was passed by either of the political par ties in the same period of their early ex istence. The question of foreign labor was alluded to, and in reference thereto the lecturer said he was not opposed to for eign immigration pro)vi:ed the immi grants came to stay and become part and harcel of the country of the adoption. He warmly denounced imported contract labor, and gave a graphic picture of the wretchedness and filhh of the domestic surroundings of some Hungarian miners whose district he had visited some years age., DEFENDING THE MINERS. Of the miners in the Lehigh regior 3Ir. Powderly said: "It is said that the miners are a rough and uncouth lot. That I denounce as a false shander. No braver, kinder or more generous body of nmen breathes the air of heaven than the I i::rs of the Schuylkill and Lehigh Vailey coal. regions. "A breaker is burned, the smoke ascends to heaven and the telegra wires .thsh the news that it was donie a the striking miners. I t-a' that is a bare-. jaced lie. No miner ever di it, for the miners are not fools. They know that all the property there is heavily covered by insurance, and they have feelings of re'ven. e at all they will not ave-nge them selves ou the insurance companmes, who are certainly not their oppresaors." TilE: TtOCBLE. $pn a.ta h er of see~t so,. rrow? Th: se seem'z'd inte, f - et G rief? ' venture surelyi b :rrow. Tl'is. :hin hand ona theC bireit Fi.es a heart thtat's bar ke I~e simnply ndisses &omtt his vest Tinat watch he p)u in soak. Wtants the eart-a corpse. The Pomp of power-Au athletic negro. Keep's Stili-Thte moottlight whisky man ufacturer. Open to quesion--The mouth of an in quiave person. One of Ruskin's pecrls: "It is better to be uoiy remnembe:red tieu.: nobaiu b'tra." T.e ougest roadis are thiese we have not travehu. over. The tiy is generally acknowledged to be an capirant for the crown. You can smell some mten 's "smiles" even when you can't see them. The mani who depends upon himself is seldom disappointed in his frienda. What is the proper length for ladies' crinolinet' A little above two feet. Oh. why don't more men put an enemy into their brains to steal away their mouths. People of culture wiil discard the vulgar termination and say crysautheumam. It is better to put your money into the trust than to put your trust in your mcney. T wo heads are b'.Zer than on.: if a pere-n is desirous of entering the freak bu'iaiess. If time is money some men have enoughi to start a bank. They call him Buffalo Bills now, for he has to00,000K one dollar ones. "'G'od sport, Tommy t" "Oi*. fair'. Shot a c'ow anld an old woman, Beth de imr well." Why is a small boy like a drumt' Because the harder you beat it the mecre aoise it makes. Thle Vassar seren"de is "Gum,~ (I gumn with ime."'Th irl " i the wintd'w says: "I choose, a: d w ill go. There is no bener, eure. for dyspepsia th;:m the knowledge that there is nothingt to ::tj in the house. A womtlam never divulge.~s a secret. As sonu as anytrhing~ coideuat~ as tb helt ceases to beC a secret right th:e It mayv be thait 'a woan's w~ork Is' nevr done," Ibut many a mia's work i'*'lway dun. Never disturb a contemlatitve mi. It is not safe to get near a train of th' '"lt whecn it is i motion. Someatimies a woi:'n be'loup t a he uppe e, and~ then aguiu the'. upper Set bcl~amp to the woman. An exchange makes no mistake when i cakes is better than a liver pad ihese frosty mornings." Tl waves of old ocean are by no means ready to sleep when they put their white capis on1. A S: city girl says that autumn leaves mav he, very leautiful. but they are not nearly so nice as 10 'clockS leaves. The chap who finds a carpet nail in his uncooked oysters is among those who wish tie; 1:ix taken oif raw material. "Does your husband swear as much as ever?" "Swear: Why I can't keep a par ro* Iwo weeks in the houc." The oli-r a mani gets the more difficult it i; to p'll the wool over his eyes. He has :;,,;d d":i less wool you know. I i gtedu~tl as a shrewd guess that the . ..,::noa of playing cards is in the ihc t was when Neb cuchered Nezzar. ltris is to have a three-:tory crematory. it is u',, -ed the upper classes will insist upon: bla~ crematd in the upper story. l ee te hri' nit iexicofn of the base ball pia;s er a ome run in time save the nine. .1:; Gauid as lauded in England, but Q ~ V oriat still retains a controlling i::s;rest in the throne. St. .wo rem irks that the Prohibitionists -. into the n.ext Presidential campaign wnh :-uet I pirit. a -. (:, Ap;plicint)-And what is 'a:r" n'n "Applicint-Mary Browne, "::,:. we. pell it wid the "e". en vu read that a millionaire works ab t l hat any of his clerks, please to re :- Im,- that he also gets more pay. A: a:Ii-fat restaurant has been opened in L )ol'e. A!'ti fat bo-trding houses have i.(Lgen knowi in this country. rhace B-trice has a daughter. The !st f ep-ernd~iuts upon the British tax p r y ' r large by degrees and beauti filb u-re. Co de--ing the price of fashionable bon ne:s. 'e bei t- think the word "million i"i ba-ti corruption of milliner. "I:'s "1 ill w:-.d ghat blows nobody good,' . te "T:an ksziving turkey, as a cyclone -birk:i him ioi m under the farmer's up I nat.''-L into the next county. -e :ricotural fair of the present opens wii a : p-ech be a lawyer and closes with a ~hr'e race. Agriculture takes a back "I see the dude has got into the latest edit in of Webster's Dictionary." "Has hie' Weli, hurry, then, and slam thie cover don I." Th .atricil Manager-There are breakers ahead. Jones-Why so? "Because I see so many light houses." "What was Nero's greatest act of cruel ty:" :ked the teacher of the class in histo ry. "Playin' the fiddle," was the prompt response; and the teacher let it go at that. S:ady accepted the gude wife's invita tioa with the reservation, "If I am spared." "We. I. weel,' said the lady, "if ye're dead I'll not expect ye." it is rather hard on Wong Chin Foo to have to pay fifty dollars to enter Canada when American heathen are skipping in every day or two free gratis. In Costa Rica there is not a single mil linery store. Married men who want tickets to Costa Rica should step up to the olicc before the rush begins. Yes, waiter, I am a magnetist; would y'-u like to see me tip the table? Waiter No, sali; but if it's all de same to you, sah, yer might tip de waiter, sah. Th In dians have taken to smoking cigar ct"es. New let them stand around sucking mhe he:uis of their .;anes and the problem of their civilization is solved. It is said that a small hand indicates re tinenhent. and vet we have seen small hands and held them too, b' thunder, that brought out language anything but refined. Whebn cotins can be bought in New York for forty cenuts apiece it is hard to excuse Johainn 3lost for his criminal negligence in co-tin ngn to live. He-WiXhat will you have, dear, candy or ice cream? She-No, Edward; get some popc-' orn. plese. He--Do you like that stlif ' She-Yes; I like everything that "The climate of New Jersey is salubrious, penite.d the enthusiastic citizen of that State, V"Why, stranger, we have mosquitoes in A L;-ndon paper speaks of "healt~h re aorts f -r horses"-localities "where memn ba"s of the Tirst eonine faimlies are sent for emoage 'f air." Would it be proper to call suen zcsorts hospitala? A n article in an exchange headed "What the Ty pewriter Is Doing," doesn't state the sect that it is exposing the poor spelling of~ mIn o'cpe'ratoirs, ats well as their ignorance of puuntuationa and the use of capital letters. "I am free to confess that I want the eat ta. saiid one man t') another. "Well. 1 -ic only one hope for you." "What is u?"'' "Get Jay Gould to make his will in wr faw r." W i e (m thi:-d hiusband)-If you feel so iiawelci, J = -, 1 think we had better send fr my; ti ramitly physician. Third Hus b mei (somivbat hastily)-No, my dear, I w ,ouldi prefer to send for some one else. Trust Ccmipiny Agent-Thinking that you mIiight wat~t to secure your personal pre pert ', I desire to recommend- Mr. DuseINixrrV-Yo~u are a little too late; the ahri ff hala just secured it. Clerk-What can we do for you sir? Cu-oer-I wish to purchase an overcoat. Cerk-Ah, v'es! So'nething in a chinchilla. sirr Custoner-No. Somethingina chin warmer, if you please. The'iverage girl is now engnged in the mufactuore of slipper patterns and whisk broim hi iders, which she will exchange Decenmber 23 for tortoise-shell fans, dia mond earrings and the like. Thxe average irl has a good head for business, after all. "Don't marry a woman who knows more that you," says an exchange. But some men we have met would have a dusty old hn:t if ihey undertook the contract of dis coveing a woman who knows less than they know. "0 sh, Maria !" exclaimed an old farmer, visiting New Yocrk with his spouse, "here's a lace'( where they pull teeth for twenty ti'e c'-nt. Let's go in and have our'n out. We won't have another sech a chance." "Can you tell me. darling," he asked, as they1 sat together on tihe weak spot of the soa "the. exact nnithematical duration of a ki''r "About a second and a half, I l.ieve" she anwered, demurely. - hnk, he replied; "1 will manke a min "By '-oil;-: Sonmc girls think they can have anyting they wish. A few days ago a New"port girl wanted her pa to cut a hole in 'the nick of thme family church pew big enoug.h for her bustle to go through, so she u ouldn' t smash it when sitting down." "Dxd she h-ve a rawhide when she as .a Ie vou" ske-d hins Honor of a meek ""Oni"ew: who neeused his wife of assault E it in~ent to lill. "No, your Honor," si "t 4oor ma,ehlng of himself ten. -rc. " hm the one that ha d the raw hide: iu -e yvu H'n 1nor, 1 have it still." aojgdconv-ersation overheard in a steter What ate y-ou going to give im on the 25t. deairest? Yoii know that ;a my hir hday." ''It is a dste I never for 111drlng I shall give you $100." m. le.w l:>velv: I'm going to buy that equisite wrap,." "Excuse me, love. I give yo ah - 100 to pay the rent." Sulks. Un"'ike' ther cathartics, Dr. Pierce's nFit, o no! render the bowels costive ni:er' '-ria'In. bt. on the contrary, estab lieh a liermane~ntly healthy action. Being eict iel v(-Ctet le, no particular care is re .tr.du- wha using them. By druggists. GENERAL NEWS NTFt. Items of Interest Gathered from Vartou' QuarterN. Jacob Sharp has been released on bail. Venice is slowly sinking into the . eit Judge Francis T. Anderson of Lexig ton, Va., is dead. A carload of cotton was burned at Pros perity yesterday. No. 78 Broadway, New York city, was burned last night. Loss $50.000. For the month of November the Govern ment paid out over $18,000,000 on pert sions. The revenues of the Goverm:wnt frtm all sources during the month of Noveiber amounted to about 30.500,UU. The Anarchists have been presented with a handsome cemetery lot in Chicago fur tue burial of the men who were hanged. The Grand Lodge of South Carolina Free Masons will hold their annual c,'ufer ence in Charleston on December 1.3 and 14. A dispatch from London announe.s th!t Mr. Sheehy. M. P., has been arrested an is now in Sligo prison. A number of members of the Chamber of Deputies yesterday requested President Grevy not to resign. A farmer named Irby yesterdiy sht ^:m killed two colored men who atuicked lim on his farm in Marlboro county. M. Gaunt, a wealthy co:'rel reident c Xenia, 0.. has deeled his proptrty, value at .f30.L(0, to Wilberfor- e Lunivesity. Mr. E. M. Moreland yist''r lay booch; in Ch-rleston $15!-,00 in Courederaie bils at twenty-five cents per thousand. Mrs. Mary J. Robertson, for over th~rty years president of the Calhoun Mciauu Association in Charle :tou, died 3 esserday. During the present intense cold in th: Northwest steam-heating of railroati traHnm has been practiced with entire success. W. R. Fuller, State Auditcr of Arkan sas, died yesterday. le was tw ice e:eet i Governor. An explosion of choke damp occurrc'i yesterday in a colliery in Poreumba, Sika. killing thirteen miners and wounding many others. A London dispatch says that Sullivan. and Mitchell were matened last night to fight to the finish, with bare knuckles, for ?5.0 a side. Ex-Governor St. John of Kansas says that the Prohibition party is the only one that is increasing in numbers. He will no; be a candidate for the Presidency on any terms. John H. Parker, foreman of the planing mill at Darby's mills, in Palatka, Fla., way caught in the shafting yesterday afternoon and was killed before the engine could be stopped. Dr. Telsehow, court dentist, has begn summoned to San Remo to operate ca the Crown Prince's teeth. This would seem to indicate that the Prince's condition has improved. The building of the Strobridge Litho graphing Company in Cincinnati was de stroyed by fire yesterday morning. Loss estimated at a half million; insured for $150,000. " Michael O'Brien, a tramp, who brutally outraged Miss McGregor in Alamosi, Col., recently, was taken from jail Vedesdny night by citizens and hanged. The recov ery of the girl is doubtful. Dan Swygert purchased yesterday from Dwyer Brothers the great colt Trement for $25,000, this being the largest sum ever paid in this country for a home-bred thor oughbred for stud purposes. A thirteen-year-old colored boy attempted yesterday to board a freight train at At lanta and steal a ride to Chattanooga. Il_ fell, and his left foot was so badly crushed as to necessitate amputation. A news vender at Killarney has been sen tenced to a month's imprisonment for sell ing copies of United Ireland containing re ports of meetings of suppressed branches of the National League. The Czar has commuted to degradation to the ranks the sentences of eigh'een young officers who were convicted of en gaging in a revolutionary conspiracy and sentenced to exile in Siberia. Henry Overstaltz, president of the insol vent Fifth National Bank of St. Louis, ami ex Mayor of that city, died yesterday of heart disease. He did not know that the bank had suspended. The surveying party, which under direc tion of the Nicaragua Canal Construction Company will make the final surveys, sailed on the steamer Hondo from New York yesterday. The survey will not be completed until April or May. p The commanddrs of the different army corps in France have received rsealed in structions which they are to open in the event of an outbreak following the election of a new President. President Cleveland has made 920,(:(0 by the increase in value of "Red To'p," the~ country place he bought near Washiugron. Secretary Whitney is reported to have dlone better, by realizing $9u,000) pr lit by the sale of land he bougnt in the vic.nity. A shock of earthquake was felt at Chor ley, county of Lancaster, Erngland, at 7 o'clock yesterdayr morning. A rumbig noise accompanied the shock. Btuildies shook and people ran out of their houses. No serious damage was done. The corporation of Dublin unanimously elected Mr. Sexton Lord Mayor yesterday, to succeed Mr. Sullivan. In a speech he said that every day developed new attacks upon the lives and liberties of the Irish people. Maria Steel, a'negro woman, died in Sa vannah yesterday, after having reached the remarable age of 115 years. She was orn in Rockinghnm counmy, North Caro lina, in 1772. She leaves two children, who are now very %ld men. Intense excitement prevailed in France yesterday. Some of President Grevy's bit terest foes of two weeks ago now beseech him to withhold his contemlated reenn tion. The President decided to make no communication to the Chamber of Depu Doe Wilson, an employe of the South Carolina Railroad, met with painful inju ries yesterday at the freight yard in Ham burg. While coupling c~rs his x ight hand was caught between the bumpers and bly mashed, his thumb being crushed to a jelly. A Greenville special to the Xews and Courier says an inquest was held yesterday over the body of Andy Tolley, the negro whose sudden death, while locked in his house to escape arrest, was noted yesterday. A post-mortem examination showed that he died from congestion of the lungs. Brown, Wood & Kingman, dry goods commission merchants of New York, B s ton. Philadelphia and Chicago, have ane into liquidation to wind up their business. Their transactions amounted to $12,000J,000 'or $14,000,000 a year. They are solvent and will have a large surplus. The German Supreme Court has quashed the sentences of several young A isati:ms who were convicted of publicly singirng the "'Marseillaise," on the ground t the law of 1822, under which the sentem were imposed, does not apply to AI-me Lorraine. A New York sheriff's jury has asses.sedi $2,194,500 damages against Guzman Ullanco, President of Venezuela, in a suit by George Wilson of that city, in c'One ~uence of the revocation ci a lease of 7,000,000 acres of land in Venezueli: Judgment entered. Blanco did not defend the suit. Lotta, the well-known actress, has been sued in Boston, for $50,000, by Abram Samuels, a commercial traveler, because Lotta sei-zed the bridle of a lame horse att acahak to a b(,a.3:c ad ora;"re l t tken b::ck .n th'e st 1,1, v h~.2 1 us *i' Sa ul The~a~'j *c ia C-it o rne nre letiL Ica" atI fits to lilii l t1' i I c" of ~t La !.t a! .a ht ,id o ),O; I . sS(:; ! . e taaaa* lv.U 1l C%:r ly. .r. ril. 1% Q,' el Itt . . 'uI 1C r i.; ti. 0I..vc.A o~ it :~'.t i' on' ;'!C t;:ii t~ l'. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ a' :!:il1:.! .,.X h _U :c a';:". .. t. a j; I :.1 :/ o -' ' I~~c _ret(~ io a 'a1 i .l::a i '' Ii a- C ~ain-e :1 I;rl oftl ie+s .d} t..+.11 ii a 1)., \ J.aa(a A n'a. :1 ... '~i ii:u t ains IC , a , i- . ::a ! 'a . " f: ,u i. 1 ja. . ( rtrI:ci \%:S( i' ! . ii L a (":):~ !1 ' U ;) +,, 'it.cII U.' a. ,.* in :! 3i .1-I T an oter IC: ifor n it k..I'ts s . 1,,y teitC I c o f il ar. :e ii f'au r T!-1 N w - a n 1:;u 11.;. t( it t ' . ' I ii e c!~1 .Ja, : ." his rc "II 1 1 1 for . C 'i ' i ~taa t . port v i, o:a n.nih, at rain-l DaflCal 1Ial'a i :'. notat a..rt{! a 1t a. b-uit 1;ti:aers in th UDo c ,. c opel that'~j~r tha. p nirs'ul thIe 1' aaic tnr ad thC of dva n t a.'t*. a C I L CS C ii nioi 1It c ra -d aar a i th taal1. au s a f p'.a':s eot":1 , .ani. Al use ever k..C l ofg( ba:rk .Cii ite :;,:aid her bow. 'reti ! at la iC~tr!:ui!'( 1!:: tatto Jcte andv ,~ but 81. .it ~ost :lieoa2 $it'.iJ a-VItur S. grasaeon n was and evtrer Lii o tLi~.':iti :l 1J . .' tll a. r cta t i imui 9 T F:ca3S ALL HUM1ORS, -o f chor Eruption. riIa. Snit-rhenm, -a. cal or Rough. a shor..u? ! dise:-- caused by, bad r. 1.-redl :,y ti:: pov:erful, puri ....:1 i-r.i:ort it dcine- Great i ycer. rpidly Ira under its be : - - i s it manifested .j . cu ri ir''eer, raO C Bash. ;: -:wel- o- :es, Scrof as ere uan svein;:-5, HiP" .}t.' , +:i:-11 sw'ellingsy re. or : . , and Esnlarged . . l n :n.! in staips for a -a-, treatis, ;ith eieredl plhas. on Sian .or te -alm! :mount for a treatise '?'ugii ;LOa) ' S THE LIFE." o:-oil'ej(l.-:,it I,.1,cusing Dr. Piercey. e d .a o cry,and good con a t, fir sain, buoyant spir. itti ste.ph, will be established. CONSUMPT][s.a'+ ON , eh'-.ic is Scronihta of the Lunga, is ar .d 1,n::--- by this remedy. if akenbe f' - - !. . ' 1_s .f the disease are reached. a ns uiml'uis power over this terribly a ., . ima first ofTering this now S":td .:r y to the pablic. Dr. PIERCE: - .:. a f i::i it his "Con ,.n. "i:c, but 1,ononed that en F~~i fo a 1:eme which, m w tio of tonic, or :i-ni, :;-.ri: c proper S is . :-.w. - :a rcn:-:dy for -",V tt im-, r t. fi i 7. :,re:: iC Disa L4 Lungs. y u d--6.. .-- . (-iailitated, have S.; cobe of sKin, or eikbwisn-brown spots :, isee or tly, trequ::t headache or dizi nr, '1 t.:- in inae :a, internal heat or c :irer;at in:: wiati i.,t tiushes, low spirits i: regtlar .appetite, 1 .". :;..; y .re enellcrinir from pi, nnd Torpid - : :c'." In many ac. part. a ' r u'.' ... y=mptoms are expe r - s a re-* dy for dl such caser, C oei Medical Dis Te-:: Ldiig, Spatting of ' " r:n -. of Breath, Bron-. z.:m. Severe Coughs, and -d ? e :,i i.= an ileit-nt remedy. It $1.00, or SIX . .. r :.0O. t *- c ms in stampr for Dr. Pierce's 1 .' n 'o nt:-:110,ion. ddress. - c:M.ary lUedical Asso c i--oa, C",3 J~ain Street, BrrAno, N. Y. -,$n REWARD ioffered by the pro rietora of Dr. tae'sCatanr Refmedy l or a case of catarrh which th.y canot cure. If you - have a discharge from the e or otiewis, partial loss of or hearing, weak eyes. dull pain or pro. .,tam in head. you have Catarrh. Thou ca"1,; :> cass ternaizite in consumption. )r. -: "'s CxTr.mar REMEDY cures the worst c. Catarrh1 "Cold in the Mead, and Cat;:rr:n1 .Headaciho. 50 cents. PRIVATE BOARDING, ON 'E> ETT iST OF OCTOBER, the under igned opened a FulST CL ASS BOARDING HOUSE in Carl ston, for the accommodation of bo i.r --i'nt and Permanent Boarders. Te Dili:::r, located on the northeast cor r0_ o ent.ro~te and Glebe streets, is c .y y n.oar the basiness portion of Kin str avt, yet free from the noise o t e horo"ughfares. It is within easy :each from th e Aeodltay of Music and fromChehes of all the different de nomitnatio's. The honse has been thoroughly re pa'r e. ara s a up in good style with ne'. furLit.e arvi I lures. For fur her in erriation address ":s. L. E HASELL, or Miss S. S. EDWARDS . PILLS. The justy celebrated SOUTHERN VEGE TABLE PILL having been used as a h)ouseised r-emeoy for the past half ec~ntury, in all~ the Sonthe-rn and Western States, for thet care of D~yspepsia, Bil iousrness, Mi Liat and all diseases~of the LIVE R, have, by their WONTDERFUL CURES, ,ained the supremacy over all other PLLS on-the market. After one trial you will join the cry for "GILDER'S PILL.S" with th'e ten million people of the United States who are now using If your mlerchant has not got them, send :25 cents in stamps to .ra. dre -. S4 AJ AUGUSTA, GE. CHlAR LOT TE SESSION BEGINS SEPT. 7, 1887. O VI iUT'i>or i OUNG LAD1 'ai the So'~uth has ad vantages supe rrtotose teed here in every depart .it--(:a'le:.ate', Art and Music. Only e~priue ad '~acoIinishead teachers. ''ne -aui~~in. i il ih -as warmeUd ,wi-: etWroughat- ron dirnaces, has .0 N vi a~e .', arnd first-class n~wte ts s ..srd~ing hSchool in --rie~~. -.huool in the iiouth has . 'a: 'ron f .r two or more s-omr the s'mae o r iiornood. Puipilsi ch r;ged only ro- .:iaance, :aft.er te inrst month : G~we, w th- n~di pairticul~ars, ad W. II. AIT-INSON, Charlotte, N. C. a---. n } of S is A1 L .| EFCL F!Aill55. 3C'. 55UE MWMiGS.X'Q C~tJEE1 I AND N! CE DN .NFC 3,Carpenters & Ituihiera. Millwrights. mr maen dieveloping tiit-ir taste foren aiti correct farmiang. Fuadorseda by all Engi'b. .G,uaateed to aa their zeork perfectly. tripod, grraduated circle and' pointer for reading laat-d rod and taret, by expre.S s.'3; without. -. sra. Cash with order. Instructions with w:ited, Sc'y AUTOMATIC LEVEL CO..