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WKEKLY 11BVIKW Oj1 TRADB. In Home Linos lluslneas Huh Improved) fu Otber? There llus JJeen So Change For tlio lletter. Rradstroet and Dun A Co., offjs'ow York, in their weekly review of trado sly ; Failure* for the week have been 300 In the United Btatea agatnf.tJ2C0 lust your and GO ic j Canada against 67 h(R year, Waiting still ' the rule. Lajgo hono, but little actual biisl- j ncss, eiplalas tho wfugth of some markets end the woaknoes of others. Thus far there U a decided Inorense In t'io [ demand /or boots nod shoos, secured by con- , slderabie concessions In prioe. but lu other ' branches of business concessions are made j In val# or are not wado. Meanwhile it in en-. i courting to kuow that one of tho most lm ; poriini uuslnoss Interests has realized dull- j nlte improvement. Tho Insurance oompa- i ol<%iUiaa: o largor buelnoss and larger In come than over before and a I no a most re- I markable soundness of mortgage loans and other investments. The market for wheat Is weaker with no better reason than the government report of wheat in farmers' hands which altogether out of keeping with the government estimate a year ago, and yet is probably more nontly oorrect. Ooinlfl a shade (Inner without apparent reason, and cotton "gatued a sixteenth, ul- j though the prospect ot a vlold this year Is at least as good as It has boon at any time, j The stooK market has not been urn h j changed. Uoneral trade shows no markod ohai h?m : Distribution of merchandise is most aetivo for dry goods, hardware, shoes and milli nery. paints, oftftnnd heavy' chemicals, bat has batm unsatisfactory. Jobbers repot t spring trade of a waiting character du? t ? , belated snow storms and unusually cvld weather, ? Collections, with few exceptions, are no better, '4nd in many Instanced loss wit lafaotory, which tends to retard ihw rnwvc ment ot marvhandtav The W.tt >n goods manufacturing industry is unwit Lafaotory, with a alack demand and a heavy sU-L Production has bee? restricted and a further shut-down la talkrd ot. Prints and hams are most active. Transactions lu raw Wool art> limited s.nd the mar Vet is very dull. from all this the general trade situation throughout the country may bo regarded mm ' leas satisfactory At the middle ot Jfaroh, iHOO, than had bees anticipated. * Kvon prices o( staples have refused to make and maintain prions.- Among decreases In quotations are those Cf flour, wheat, Indian com, oata, lard, print cloth*, stoel and p!g Iron, while prices of wool, leather, ooal. pork and sugar aro nominally uuohangod. Coffee Is higher, but not based upon domestic oon-' dltions affecting tho domand. The improve ment In the notnal domand for cotton at homo and abroad Is baok of Its advance. Petrole um Is hlghor, as aro lead and nails at weatern tenters whero tho domand has improved. t SOUTHBRN KNTKRPIU3E8. Til? Reoord's 8unnnury for tho Whole | HoUth During tlio W?#k. ' Tho Boltln-oro Manufacturers' Itocord summary of industrial ontorprlBoa reported from tbo South (luring tho jnust wook shows that the increasing activity continue un abated. Enterprises reported for tlio wook iiroro tho adoption of plans L>y tlio Illinois Oehtial Ita 1 1 rout 1 for tlio construction of a 1,000,000 bushel grain olovator at Now Or loant'; tho organization of a <! 1,000, 000 oom ? Dany In Atlanta to build an elnvon-Blory offloo building, a $'200,000 depot at Fort Worth Texas; a $250,000 hotel by Northern capitalists at Charlotte, N. (J. ; a $50,000 lum . boroompnny and extensive coal mining oper ations in Alabama; $250,000 umrMo quarry ing compnnv In Arkansas, a $ ! 5,000 electric light plant at Ooala, FU.j n $100,000 tool ami machine company at Atlanta; a $100,0U"'? cot ton seed oil mill at Auguataja .'14,000 el?:ctrIo light plant and water wocD at Lafayette, La. i Bovorftl extenslvo contracts for tho en largement of sugar refineries (n tho same Btale, a $10,000 furnlturo .factory at iMebauo, N. O.i a 86 -barrel Hour uilll at f.afollette, Tone,; a steel bolt mill at Chattanooga. ? .#500.000 company organized (o boro for oil In Tenneaaoe, a $10,000 loo factory at AUlen?, Texas; railroad shops anil oar work# to cm ploy 800 to 400 hands ami rioo mill at Port Arthur, Texas; a $50,000 cotton gin company Waoo, a ooal washing plant in Bout h west rglnla to handlu 400 tons of coal a day, large cement works at Gasgow and a ?50,000 quarrying company organized at Norfolk to operato In North Carolina. Ootton mill enterprises continue to com mand attention, and ovory week shows a number of Compaq**- organised to build mills and enlargements of established mills. Among the toxtlloftyitorprlsoH reported for the week woro the (prchaso of an extensive factory in Atlanta t<iv|>o equipped with wool en machinery by a eompanv organized with ? capital of #182,000, a *20,000 ootton mil) oompany at Chester, 8. O.; a 2,000 spindle mill at Mount rieaaant, N. C.; a $75,000 mill at YorkvDle, 8. C.? a call for bids for the ?reotion of a 10,000 spindlctuil) at Columbia. B. 0., and a now company organized at Cathwood, 8. C. Chicago has discovered a young genius, who writes pootleal advertise ments for cigarette houses, but t ho town Is not yet really a literary scouter. Spring ? ? la th? soafton for purifying, cleansing tin A renowlug. Tlfft a '.'umulntloiift of waft* everywhere are being rotnovoil. \Vlnt?i,-'s Icy grasp ?? brokon a<?d on aU sld'is nro Indications or nature's returning IJfo, renewod force and awakening power. Spring Is the time for purifying the hiond, i cleansing tho system and renewing t Ji ?> pbysioal power*. Owing t<> closo eon- j flnemont, diminished porspirnlion unl otbor causes in <Uo winter, impurities have not passod out of the systom ns thoy should, but have accumulated in tho blood. Spring; Is, therefore, the h<v?t tlmo lo tako Hood's Sarsaparllla, boeauso the system is now most in need of medicino. That Hood's Barsaparilla is tlio host b!ood puriller nn I Spring medicine is proved by its wonder- 1 ful cures. A. course of Hood's Sai>apnril!a j now may prevent great suffering later on. Hood's ? * i* Sarsaparilla ? I* theOnoTruo Blood Purifier. A 1 dru^gi?t?. SI Prepared only by C. I. H<**1 a Co., Loyrcil, Ma.-n I IIaajI'a Dill* <;ur? I.tri'r lilt; easy to IIWwII 9 I 1115 tnkr. ??<<*>? to oyorate. 23c. j PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM pMM'? i>., hair, rrwnxtl ? lutiuUni (tro?th. 5?? ?% y~HssF?,te? pi! An IMBITtK Mifl JHn?*r?toni, known or nn WVUU IvRIICnO krvown, waniml to contribute ??? A* frmhm > mry, pnbllahml kt Waf?*rhiiry, Conn . A-W m copy, to im wh?t It's like. t Ml UX WS, _ ?. TM? Ooc*T. UN id InrdtMiM*. | PALMETTO BRIEFS. r* (fNlFOKM OOTT<>N BALlNOi RAeonimrndnllou ?>f th(* Oharlestor J Cotton Kxchbuffo. The Charleston Cotton Kxchango hai writton ft letter to tho Memphis Oottox Exohango with roforence to tlio circu lar nont out regarding tho poor w ay ic which cottou was packed, both as re gards the baggim? used and tho differ ent sizes and fchapea of bales. The Charleston Cottou Exchange passed a ri'Aolutiouwi to the matter as follows "The joint committee ou uiarinc and inspection and arbitration of compress iug, . to whom were referred various letters and papers appertaining to re forms in preparing cotton for market, beg to mak<? tho following report: They respeotfnlly suggest the advisa- j bility of tho secretary communicating with the various exchanges of tho At- j Untie States and recommend a meet- ; ing to be hold for a general conferonoe ; in^Angiista, (la , on April 10, when the j matter of reforms in preparing cotton ! for market and otlmf important issues relative to tho cotton trade ean be fully dihcmtaed and acted ort. 'We further snggeat that if such meeting bo deter* mined upon, tho committee of thisex? change shall represent the several in* terosts of iuapeotor, factor, ship agoaf, baggiug mauulacturer und compres sor." ? _ A Col ton >1111 ut Bennett svllle. Bennettsvillo's business moil have roused themselves and now declare that they muni have n cotton factory ! and ahull have one. The idea atruck ; the town bo suddenly that tho move ment was on foot ami woll under way j before many know what wax beiug dono. Mr. T. W, itouchlier, who ia not only u good lawyer, but ono of the best young business men in tho oouu* ty, ia soliciting subscriptions. Ho I Maya that his efforts wore meeting with i great fcucooss; that ho had boon able to I secure 3 10,1)00 in subscriptions in one I day, aud that the mill was now a cer tainty and would bo in operation trr tho fall of the year. It ia learned that ! one of Houuettsvillo'a capitalists sub* j scribed 810,000 and two others $5,000 each. It in intended to build a factory J of SI 50,000 capital, aud those who aro i interested in it hope to bo able to call j a mooting by the middlo of noxt month j and perfect an organization. AcciiHOd of Pension Fraud#. At Charleston II. A. Tawles ha?been iout to jail by United States Co'mmis* 1 niouor ?T. W. Lowly Smith, ou u charge j of violating tho ponsion statutes. 1 Tawles in it prominont rnau, being a j mombor of tho firm of II. A. Tawles & | Co., of East Buy streot. Ho is ohargod ; with violating statutes 5-113 and 6485, or with having charged and collected larger commissions <n\ colleotiug pen non claims thau tlto law allows. Thero j iro uIno charges that ho ban falsely j ondorsod 'and counterfeited pension ullldavits. - A Newspaper Changes Hands, i Tbo .Darlington Nowh, for tou years past owned and edited by Mr. Henry | 1\ Thompson, ban been wold to Mr. A. I Ch Kollock, of tbo Choraw Hoporter. Mr. Kollook haft leaned tluv'Itoportor to Mr. .7. P. Gibson, of the Peo-Deo Advocate, and will take charge of Iuh now purchaso on the 23d instant. Mr. Thompson rctirod from journalism to devote liiH entire tirno to the praodioo of law. His paper was established twenty-five yearn ago, and under bis charge bus been a high-tonod, ably edited journal, and tbo retirement of (Editor Thompson will bo a loss dooply folt iu South Carolina journalism. Editor Ivollook is an oxporicncod and successful newspaper man and is well known in Dfcrlington, wheio a wolcouie i waits him. A New Knitting >1111. For some time there has been talk j of a factory being built at fhe obi ! "burnt factory" Hite, live miles north j >f Bonnetlsville, Vour correspondent learns on good authority that Mr. J. j II. Mel Ivariev, of (lilmon's station, N. I J., just across tho State line, has bo- | .Mired samples of yarn manufactured by ! Iho MeC'oll cotton factory and is hav ing them tested for knitting purposes, and (but be anil Mart Morgan, of Iiioh niond county , NT. ('., will shortly be gin the erection of a knitting mill at | the "burnt factory." y. , Drowned lo Iho Kilinlo. ('barley Whetstone, b'r^ink Jirsbhnm j mil A. F. Young, all employees of (lie j 1'Misto Shingle Mills, a flag station, i aine miles fast of Hamburg, started | lown the river in a small boat to get j ionic fi*h out of nets. They bad got- j It'll onlyji few fret from the bank ( alien the boat capsized, precipitating lli" whole crew into the river. Young ; \\ het?tone, who is about 21 years of age, and of magnificent phynique, was ! caught in tin* current and drowned. lie is .Not Ostracised. Senator Tillman bus written a letter j to !?!. II. Plarrell, I -3 ? 1 1 1 ? ? r of the Peters- | burg, ?Ind. ) New?; in reply to hit* ill ipiiiieH, saying that he is not ashauieil ! of bin reeeiit villainous apcoch attack- , ing I 'resident ( 'b-vrlaud, and adding: j "1 am not ostracisi-d I ?v any Senators, . though a few are moiii hi their looks. ( Many Senators are more friendly since ) the speech than before its delivery. " ' I The American Association of Pas senger mid Ticket Agents. The Jl in or Ion ii Association of 1'as.scngOt and Ticket Agents met In Richmond, Vn. j Most of tbo s? ft>nlon was eonsuiuod In 'the i election of ofllcers and In tho appointment j of committees. T^e* Association li?s toon ! for apnn* time without n head ?>n account of ' tho resignation of Captain \V. M. Davidson, ! of the Plant System Tho following oflloors wero*oloctcd: Mr. | Pnuu J. Flanders, of tho Ronton A Maino | Itallroad, president; Mr. \V. A. Turk, of the ' Southern Hallway, vloo-presidout; Mr. A. J. j Smith, of the Lake Shore A Michigan South- j em Railroad. secretary. ro-eloetod. The Total Vlslblw Supply of Cotton, j ^Tho total visible su. ply of cotton for th< i woiAd is 3,599,030 haloa, of which 8,102,73c i half* aro American against 4,701,22ft bale* ? and 4,332.028 hale* respectively hint year. ! receipt* of cotton fthls week at all intorloi towns, 31,583 hah-?; rwwIpU from tho planta tions, 4H.HS4 haleti; crop In sight fl,181.87(J ; bales. Judg^-"What made yj>u turngburg lnr?" Tramp?"! am ho fat that peo ple refused to give jne fo>oih"--FUc getide Blatter. o A k? i lit BY OAltS llld COM-MITTRlJ, j PrepuratloiiM for th?? r?iit|>utgti In South C'arollutt. X'o the Member* id the litato Demo ! cratio Committee: Pursuant to th^ call of tho Demo-*' cratio National committee, directing the' nolootion of delegated from each of the aovoral Bin ten to nHaomblo in Chi cago on .Tuly 7, uoxt, for the purpo&o of nominating oundiduti a for I'reai 3eut and Vieo President of tho United Stafco*, tho Deiuooratie H(uto oxeoutivo committee in horeby -rcqucatod to meet tn tho city of Columbia on Tuetylay, the 7th day of April, INBO, at tho pour i?f 8 p. in., for tho piirpoM^ of taking tho nocthwwy t?toj>? looking ?<<? tho ro? brga nidation of tho Doinooratio party, ?ud to tho annoiuMugo of tho Btatv oonvontion to oloot delegate^ to the nationul convention as provided for by \rtiolo XV. of tho constitution of the I party Kooognizing, u? f <lo, the wido clif- I furonoes of opinion jih to tho detail* ; of party policies and party manage- i orient, yet fully ojivo to tho present , amorgonoies upon tho Democracy, wo j oauuot hut realize that tho party's j purpose* and imooeHsoe oitn only bo at- j tamed by discipline and organization, j A a understood by tis, tho hopes ol [ the oo tin trv in ooutorcd in tho Demo* j oratftN party. I tn principles, which | have been handed down from Jeflforson and Jackson, aro absolutely neoos?ary to maintaiu tho equal rights of/all th? tttates and to securo tho wine and eco nomical government of the country. Whatever difYeronoos thoro may be an to tho application of tho general principles for which tho party stands, till must agroo that only by harmony, concession and loyalty to tho party can great onds bo accomplished. The1 representatives of t IiIm Btato should thoroforo go to tho national conventioc with a fixed determination to meet their brothren in a Hpirt of amity und with a view to harmony. United, and in perfect uooord, wo uught to bo abl< to continue in control of tho govern ment. With a determination to Intro duco harmony, wo can gaiu much iu tho dirootion of our own dosires as t( Iho application of Democratic ppinci ?fries. Wo can gain nothing oxoopt the ?k? feat of tho Democracy by lopon decla rations of our determination to disoi ganizo if we cannot hay.c aur particu lar views carried out. However we may differ as to the details With out brother Democrats from other section* of tlio Union, we all kuowf that tin Democratic eroed an\l_i?.^)?mocratii oontrol of the government aro far bet tor for us than anything wo may ox peot from our opponents. k a J. fi. T\r. InnT, Stato (Jbairrusu. I i) CoVn IV l)lSi'IC.\SlC|{?. Co vernor livens Writes an Interesting Circular ljvtletv Oovernor Evans has sent our circu- j lars to the various county dispensers < in tho State warning them not to vio- ' Into certain sections of the dispensary law and advising tbem to eutorco oer- ! tain seetious in particular. Tbo fol- ! lowiug is an exact copy oi the cir cular: Office of Stftto Hoard of Control, ) Columbia, B. C., March 0, 18'.)(J. ( i To Couuty Dispensers: You aro horoby notified that yo^aro required to comply strictly witlr*^ the provisions of the dispensary law relating to your duties, oto. Your oath forbids you to aell, give or fur nish to any porson any intoxicating liquoru other wine than is provided by law. 2d. To sell or furnish to any minor, intoxioated porson or persons in the habit of bcooming intoxicated. 8d. To sell liquors only between the hours flxod by tbe Stato board/of control.. '1th. Yon are forbidden to allow li quors to bo ojiened or drauk in the dis pensary, nth. You shall requiro nil persons purchasing liquors to sigu a request for the same as required by law, oxcopt in casen where liquors are ordored from counties in which there is no disponsa ry, and in rfnch cases the liquorn inn y be shipped under proper labels or eer titicatcs, if the dispenser is sasistled they aro ^lot ordered by minors or per sons who are in the habit of beginning intoxicated. Liquors must not be sold on written orders from persons resi ding in counties where a disponsury is located, unless the handwriting is known to the dispouser and is attested by him, or the person i/resOnting tho order will subscribe tlu\ name of tho i party making tho order to tho request i as agent. All other provisions of tho law must also be complied with. Any failure to j observo your oath or tho provisions of \ the dispensary law will work tho for- | feituro of your permit ltespect fully, John Gary Evaus, Chairman State Hoard of Control. | \V. W. Harris, C!i-rk Stat?> Hoard of Control. II 10 WAS A KUAt'I). Kr\, R. J. KcIIokk Denounces Sohra* der us 4i Thief. At \li<? Olobo in Alton, III., Rev. R. J. K'-llWg, pastor of the First M. E. Church at Katt at. Louis, denounced "Divine Healer" Hchrader as a fraud and swindler. Rnv. Kellogg daw Sehrmlor's picture hi a St. Louis j a per ami was positive that ho was tho name man ",vho, about a year's ago attempted to raise u donation at Morn, III., on tho renrea ?^nt/\t that ho was tho pastor of the Methodist church in Pliilljp*, Wis. .'which had loon recently buri.ei. Rov. Kollogg ac companied l?y Chief <>( Police Kuhn, called ou S'*hrader and positively identified hhn. On I n?c Identified Schrador dropped tho Christ ian-like calm lie has affected and frantically denonucod tiio East Kt. Louis minister as a "dirty devel," "a lair nnd ? cur," and attempted to assault him with a rane. ? Rev. Kellogg snys hA has a newspaper printed in Hinckley, Miss., containing an article hcadtnl "Look Out for Behrader,", which contains the chargo that ho had Im posed on h kind-hearted proneher of that place, who assisted him to raise some money, in return for which the "healer" carried off an overcoat, the property of his Inmefactor. Behrader did lots of business and denounce# hjs accuser* as slanderers. ( Credited to "Conscience.** Tho secretary of tho treasury has received through the department of state, the consul general Of tho United Btates at London and the Re*. Prebendary BarfT of London, from an unknown person, a bill of exchange on N-?w \>rk for $14,226. The proceed* wiU he deposited in the treaaury oar' account ol "ooneoteoo*" A CALL UUWKD For ? K?pubh?(iu Convention fa^^prtl. The following oftU for a Republican convention to be held iu Columbia, Tue?day April 14, hun been inaued: Hoadquartera Reorganized Republican Btato Executive Committee: Columbia, B. C., March 0, 1806. A oail ia hereby made for a Btnto oonveutibu of the Republican party to rneot it Columbia, B. C., on Tuoh* day, thy 14th day of April, 1800, at 11 o'olooya. m., for tbo purpoao of olect* ing four delegates and ftar r alternate ilologatoa to attend (he Republican Natioual convention to be holdou at Bt. Lpuii), Mo., June^Otb, 1806, to "nominate oandidatea for President and vico president of the United Btatea to be supported ut the noxt Natioual eloction and for too transaction of such other and further business aw may bo brought before it." Tho convention will bo composed o I 250 delegates and eaoh county tdiould etoet double tho number of delegate** that it lias representatives in the loww house of the general assembly, All persona believing in nho principles of tho ilepublioan party, regardless of past party atllliations are eligible ami will bo tvolcomed as delegates to tho i State convention. Eaoh congressional ili*tr<<H 1b en* | titled to send two delegates and two j idtemuto ilelegutes to the national eon* j volition to be "ohosen at conventions ' oallud by tho congressional ootomittee of each niich diatHot in tho samo man* ; ner as the nomination of a royrosonta ! tive in congress ih mado ia said dis- ( triot." 'n / The congressional con vonflons should held ub soon hb practicable ttftyr tho State eonvontion and should be 'con stituted as follows: First District, Ml Delegates? Chfcfllos- I ton, 13; Beaufort, G; Berkeley, 2; Ooleton, 8; Georgetown, 4; Williams burg, 3. Booond Dihtriot, 27 Delegates ? Hampton 4; Barnwell 8; Aikeu 6; Edge field I). Third District, 28 Delegates ? Abbe- . villo 0; Andereon 8; Newberry 5; i Ooonoe 8; Pickens 3. Fourth District, 87 Delegates ? .Greonvillo 9; 8partanburg,,8; Laurens 6; Fair Hold 5; Union 4; Riobland 5. Fifth District, 26 Delegates ? York 7; Chester 5; Lanoaster 4; Spartanburg : 2; Chesterfield 8; Kershaw 4; Union 1. ! Sixth District, 27 Delegates ? Olpren- i don 4; Darlington 5; Flofeflte 4; I Marion 5; Hurry 8j Willinmf&urg 2, j Marlboro 4. j f Seventh District, 81 DMegatos ? Berkeley 5; Colleton 5; Lexington 4; Kichland 2; Orangeburg 8; Bumptor 7. The sooretary of this committee should be notified of th? time and placo of county and district conventions. Lawson D. Meltou, Chairman. Attest: Clarence F. Holmes, Beorotary. TIIK ANNUAL INSl'RC HONS I ho Adjutant and Inspector (ienern Fixes tin'. Date*. The adjutant iiikI inspector general Ijiis Kent out tlio following circular U t ter fixing the dalo? .lor tho annual in spection of tho neveral military com [iimioH in this State : Special Ohdku No. 0. Tho annual inapootion of tho follow ing commanda in hereby ordered : First Regiment of Cavalry, Col. W. , ] J. Cnuaey commauditig, Hampton, 1 *U?wh 17. Reaufort Voluuteer Artillory (nnvu] reserve) Sunnier liiilo Ounrda and Dcnufort LiglU Infantry, N. G., Beau fort, March 19.- . X Troop II, Capt. W? _N. Buines com manding, O'Katic, Maroh 21. Troop I, Capt. S. A. Marvin com manding, Whito Hall, March 23. Ediblo Mounted Riflemen, Capt. M. M. Seabrook commanding, Edisto Island, March 25. Ilahkejl Mounted Riflemen, Capt. Cleo. R. Seabrook commanding, Jamei Inland, March 27. Gordon Light Dragoona, Capt. .T. A. Harvey .commanding ; Wausamaeuau Cavalry, Capt. C. H. Wilnou command ing, Monck'a Cornor, March 28. Han ten Cavalry, Capt. .15. T. Guerrj commanding, ffy. Stephoun, March 30. Lake Light Pragoona, Capt. J. J. Morris commanding, Lake Citv, March 31. Kdjjoflold Riflep, ('apt. R. S. Ander son commanding ; Edgefield Husaura, Capt. L. R. Brunsou commanding Edgefield Light Dragoons. Capt. J. R. Blocker commanding, Edgefield, April B. Sweet Water Light Dragoona, Capt. J. I'. DeLaugbter commanding, April 4. Horry HusaarK, Capt. L. D. Long commanding, April 7. Marion 'a Men of Wenvah, Captt J. T. McDonahl commanding ; Hamp ton Imperial Guards, Capt. S. II. Ward commanding, Georgetown, April !>. Hy order of J. Oahy "Watts, Adjutant and Inapector General. I Official W. W. Rritck, ' Apfit. Adjutant aud Inspector General. ~ tii k ccTtion cKor. The I'XiinutPK of tlio Agricultural De partment Arc Substantially Correct. Tho report on tho cotton crop of 1895, Issued by tho dopnrttnont of agriculture, I? tho most thoroutfh and exhaustive statistical research ever undertaken by the department, so for a* that crop J? concerned. AJi the railroad and water transportation companies in tho Houth. without ox?>optlon, ha**? made returns of monthly shipments from the Htates of production j overy conou and t woolen mill, with on? or two inc<yisldorab|e e (('options, liavo reported to tho /apartment Its monthly purchases; and thy service# ol otcr ton thousnnd township fn<\ precinct agents, five or more In overv c<*ton-:growlnfl county, have been cukhk^I 1 4 o^ertaln the amount of rotton remaining <fi nand Febru ary 1st. 1896, on plantations, Atored lu ware houses, at public gk*s, at i>iam compresset and at railway depot* a/d yards. ThU motho<l of ivtlmatlng Jho/'otton crop was undertaken for tho flrstUme last sea.* on. but tho Improvements ttora year applied have l>een so general decided, it Is bclioved, iw i? make t h* fort heom Ingest I m ate snbetan tially corroct. , J Nominations. President Cleveland has sent tbo following nominations to the Senate: John O. Dtice, or California, to be Commissioner of Fish end Fl*herle*. vice Marshall McDonald, de. o? ? Lfi l?< RMlnUnt surfpwn, Marine Hoe nital wi vl<*e. If. tv???. of Virginia. ' \ He-r^tlow well Miss Elderberry car* rlOH h<?r agel" SW ? "But then she has become so ao< ui?;o?un?J to It, yon know." -Boa too Transcript 1 ' ? TROOPS AT THE STATE HOUSE. | Keplacki** t.?fUluture Hits at I'raukfort MurroundeU by Military# Oovernor Bradley, of Kwutuoky, announced I iu u proclamation that he w a* compelled to call oat the State mtlltla to prevent tbo lu- j tlgsldatloa by outsiders of members of tho j^iegislatura, in suasion at Frank fort, lu their eff oris to elect a United States Senator. The ^ompaule* that responded to tho Gov ernor's calflnoludod the MoOroaiy Guards of Fraukfort, llrynnt Guards of Lealngtyo. aud tho Loulsvillo Legion. Tents wero erected lu th? roar of (ho Capitol buildings for tho soldiers, 400 Im numbor. Citizens of Frankfort held a monster JndiR natlon meriting at tho Court House, ItoaiV lutlous denouncing ?hi? Governor's notion w<.ro parsed. Mayor Julian and other speak er* attacked him. The Frankfort military companion duty at thoOapitol wa? ro-oufprced by tbo Lex* ington oomimnyat 3 o'olo&k o. m., und a lit tle after 10 o^olook tbo famou* fighting Louisville Legion, under eoramaud of Jfohn Morgan's t mated aid?, Colonel John 13. Cas lleupun. arrived aud wont on duly ut tbe State House, A strong gunttnlso was placed at tbe arsenal. 4 oovkknob hradIj*v. Tho streets worn crowded as early as 8 o'clock and overy Incoming train was loaded with Biaokburn sympathizers find curious pr.Otple who came to r.oe a row. Tbo citizens wore augry over tho riot call. By 10 o'olock 400 soldiers wero onoamped on State House square. Kvery entrance to tho State building was patrolled by a militia* mahw'th a bayonetted gun. Tho.MoCreary Guards of Frankfort woro plaoed at the stair way leading to the loglslatlvofi balls, and nobody- was allowed to pass (\xce)St St'ito offi cials, members of the Legislature, newspaper men, and telegraph operators. Among the first to arrive wore Drs. Wal ton and Jamos, tho unseated Seuatois. Thoy took tho seats they havo ocoupied siivoe their expulsion from the Senate. The Mayor and Chief of Follce showed thotr" disap proval of tho Govornai-'s course by staying away. , Senator Blackburn and ox-Congressman Phil Thompson arrived at tho JJouso stair way at 10 90 o'clook. The Senator was allowed to go up, but Mr. Thompson was turned back. A minute later Sergeant-at Arms Sommere, of the Senate, aocompaniod by Colonel Jack Ghlnn, Kph LI Hard. and his othor now deputies, was halted. Mr. Bom mers showed his papers and thoso of his deputies. Ho was told to go on, but his deputies were kopt out. Thoy turned baok and said nothing. ~ Both hotises met at 11 o'clook, and in bott resolutions wore introduced denouncing the Governor. In the Senato they were talked to death and in tho House thev wero with drawn. Senator Fulton (Dem.) introduced a resolution declaring all of Governor Brad ley's (iota Illegal, and sujegesting that all tho circumstances be investigated for future action. It was adopted. In Joint session only sixty-six membors, a>l Republicans, answered to thoir mimes. A. ballot whs ordorcd to show whether a quorum was present, and no one voted. Ad journment was then taken. CUBAN REPUBLIC POSTAGE STAMPS. Tlior Have Been In York for tia If Spanlfth l'ovrer U OVorttifo-wn. Tho flret issue of Cuban postage stamps, designed by tbo revolutionists in York and lntendod for uso In Cuba, has just boon olrculatod. When tho stamps wore issued there was a great prin for them among collectors. Tho $tfimp shown in tho aooomnanying cut is twice the actual size, the original bein? a triilo longer than our two-cent stamp. They were printed in denominations of two, five, ten and twenty ftvo ccnts. All are of the same design, but differ In oolor. -a ^OUB kX BKrUBIJO POSTAGE 6TAMI\ Tho deeign In a shield with a rifling sun occupying tho uppor hft'f, n palm troo in tho lower right corner, and bars intended to represent tfio blue nnd white bars in tho Cuban flng in tho lower loft corner. Tho key, with the landscape depleted in the stamp, make up, with the other features, the oaeutoheon of the Cuban revolutionist Two-cent stamps nre brown, tlve-ccnt bluo, ten-cent oranRO, nnd twenty-flve-cent green. The Cuban cont is equal in valuoto our cent. In ease tho Spanish powhr is overthrown 1n tBO IfilABd, !hi stamps w'ill be adopted as the National stamp. Thoy are now of no praotioal service, excepting In certain parts of Cuba where the revolutionists ore in powor. and whero thoy maintain a mail ser- ! vlco of tholr own. Kngrland'a Huf? Kxpcnan Kill. England's outlay this year will bo $E00,- j 000,000, of which {?llO.OOO.CCO go for now warships. A Ship Kloftn to I'leces. o A despatch from lloma, capital of tho Congo Free State, Africa, says tho British steamer Matadl, hn* been destroyed at Boma by an explosion of gunpowder. Twonty-flve naseengwrs woro killed. Tho vessel had on nOard twelve tons of gunpowder, nil of which was Ignited, blowingthe ship into fragments. lCnRlftml'it \cv? W?r, It was announced in tho Hou&e of Com mons that tho Britisfi Government does not contemplato occupation of the Soudan, bul ? that the rfdvante on Dowgo'a Is intended simply as a diversion to afn the Italian arms la Africa in tb?in>sMs?-4f all Europe. Sulfide of a Podmutur. Chief Postoffioeljispoctor Wheeler received at Washington^* telegram from inspectors Sutton and Brfed, who have boen Inspecting the offloe at Rausae CUv. Kan., reporting an apparent shortako of $8900. Frank Mates, the postmaster,' Committed suicide, shooting himself through the head. The offloe was turned over tornis sureties^ v ? ? * MoHtllserf Tsrws of Spain. The mobilized forces of Spain, seeordlng to the latent GowsHisnt reports, are esti mated at nboot 194.9S3. mttJOM ve of offloers, wtth WO huge gun*. Of fa* rtterve Toveea, there are eetlmated as available (HO offloers and Mft.OOO men of the First Keeetve and 1, . Wmmjt "I in ility year* of lp4s(rou girlhood have been fsmlnai; aflth the name of Ayer. .... Flv? year* **o, I become oer vou*. steeples*, mud lost flesh. I took a variety of m?dl does without benefit. At Ust I be. gad a course of Ayer> Barsaparllla. 1 became stronger, gained flesh, eud# "A Word in Season" Tbd season is Bprlng, Spring whan you oall on your bt^dy for all its ener gy. and tax' it to tbe limit of effort. Does it Answer you when you oall? Does it creep unwillingly to work? It'#, the natural 4Vfeot of the wasto of winter. Bo muoh for the season* Now for the word. If you would eat heartily, sleep soundly, work easily, and feel like a new being, take Ayer's 5arsaparilla. ? This testimonial will be found in full |u Ay?r'? ?? Cttrcbook " with a UuoJrcil other*. Vttc^ Address J. C. Ayer Co.. Lowell, Mas*. A.^1 Thov? are 1,500 different apectos of snake* in the world. Out of all that vast Dumber England only has four species and only one of those la poison ous, . ^ > 9100 S?w?r<i. tjiee. t \ The reader of this paper will bo pleased to lesrd that there is at loust otto dreaded disease that tc.caco has been able to cure in all its Bta^cg-au'l that Is Catarrh, lull's Catarrh Cure <? t no only paelttve euro Knowu t<> tho medical fraternll y. Catarrh being aoonatitu tional requires a constitutional treat moat. Hall's Catarrh C'ura U takou iuterrtally, noting dheotly on tUo blood 4 nt raucous sur> face* of tho system, thereby destroy Ins tha foundation of tha disease, and giving the pa tient bt rength by building up tha constitution find adapting natura In doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith In its onratlve powers, that they offer One Hundred Do tare for an v oase that It falls to our*. Send for list of teat moaUls. Addioss F./.0?w?r A Co., Toledo, 0. Ci^Sold by Druggists, 76o. /(ToA a Friend Oo?4 News. Plt0VID*5C?, It. I. *"P 4ms forward six boxoa of Tktterin*, O. O. 1>. i think It Strang* that It Is hoi. sold hero In New Enttlnnd, a> it H the bo*tcurotor ci'Jii'mn, ringworm and all eruptions of tha sktn I erer aaw. 1 ?ot a bo* from a Cincinnati tlrymmpr, and gave p*rt of It to a young lady who had tried almost everything to remove pimple* and an erupi ion from nor fare. Two applications of Trrr&uiNH completely curoil her. 1 know al?o aucntlcman wnosobOdy bad beon < overed with eczema. Two boxes of Tkt tbiiink e?red him completely, and now hU bklu U as smooth as a baoy "a." P. O. TIani.on. With 8Uver Springs Bleaching Co. 1 box for fiOo.in stnmps. J. T. BavrrHtNB, Savannah, Ga. Docs Lots of Oood?You Will Find It so IT You Try It. Mrs. T. J. Mcudor has kind words to say about Tynor's Dyspepsia Remedy: "For many yoni%? i havo suffered with dyspepsia and nervousness. I have boon taking Tyner'e Dyspepsia Ilemody and find that It Is doing 1110 lots of good una I am now In bettor health than 1 have been for year*. If relieves me in a fsw minutes of indigestion.'* If you are suffering with indigestion or dyspopela of any cliaraotcr whatever, it would bo to your Interest to try a bottle of this roinody. Price 60 cents per bottlo. For sale by all druggists. l(?at of All To cleanse the system in a gentlo and truly _ bonoflclal manner, when tho Springiimo comas, use tho true and perfect remedy, HyrUp of Figs. One bottle will answer for all tho family, and costs only 50 couts; the largo eize fl. Huy the gom^ine. Manufactured by tho C'alifornJUr^ic^igrap Company only, w)d for salo by all drugged. A Good Dog la Worth Looking After. It you own a dog and think anything of him yon ehouid be able to treat him intelligently when ill and understand nlm sufficiently to detect symptoms of illno*s. The dog doctor book written by H. Clay Glover, D. V. 8., spe? cialist In canine dtseastj to the priuoipal ken nel oltib;, will furnlsli this information, it is n o oth bound, handsomely illustrated book, and will b?Mnt postpaid by the Book Publish in? Hon e. 184 Leonard tit.. N. Y. City, on receipt of 40 ots, in postage stamps. I FITS stopped tree by Dr. ltMCfn's Giikat Vxhve Kkmohkii. No fits after first day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise ami $ 2.00 trial bot? tie free. Dr. Kline. 031 Arch at-. Phlla.. l?a. Experience l.cntta Many >Uth?m to Say '*Uso Pm-kt-r's Ginger Tonio" because it is good for co.ds, pain and almost every weakuoss. The insurreotion against Japanese rule in the island of Formosa is spreading. Dobbin*' Floating-Borax fioap in not an Imita tion.* It is original. The only soap that Boats, oontalns Bora* and is 100 per cent.1' pure. It Is worthy a trial. Ev?ry lady who tries It con tlnucs its use. Red wrapper The police oensus of Brooklyn reports 81, 680 horses owned In the city. ' Iriutatio* of rn ? Throat a no Hoarsbxjw are immediately rellevsd by "Brown'* Dfyn c hial 2 Vr Ilavo them always ready. The ITudion Biver ioe' orop, it Is foared/ Will be a failure. These l)lat retain* Corns! Bad as thoy are, liiurteroorus will lemovo them, and then you cau walk ?uj you like. I cannot r>p.^nk too highly of Plso's Cure for Consumption.? Mrs. Frank Mobbh. 215 \V. 22d St.. Nov York, Oct, 20, 1894. If n filleted with soro eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp son's Eva water. Druggists soil at 25c perbottl.?. Mrs. WinalotvV Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gum*, reduces intJflnVma tlon. allays pain, cures wlrrd colic. 25c. ? ^nie. ? S. N. .U? 12. A a TrSiijC y? R^ALL COATING fl D II I U M<1 WHISKY bahlta r.ured. Book ??nt UaJUITl mil Dr. S. *. W0ALLBT, ATMSTA, OA. Mr. W. 0. L?wU, who 1b connected with the artistto advarttsiug depart ment of the tooth's Companion, and restdat at 88 D wight 0tre?t, Bo?6n, relates that he had hi* attention called (o Btpaaa Tabutee by ? vust neas acquaintance who trwWMad m high opinion of theqa. Mr. Lewis . was a good deal troubled with wbai be describes aa a nervous, bilious { condition that appeared to be broifght on from tlmo ta time by high pressure work or special rental aotlvlty or escJtemeu' . tmclj <Au>uld be oommon at periods of unusual nervoufe tension. It boa be come bis practice at snoh times to take a Tabula? just one ? at the mo ment that he observes the difficulty npproaohlng. It makes no differ ence when it Is. A favpntblo result / Is invdVlably uppa rent/ Wit bin twenty J niiuuLca. The ojrfty notlcenblo effect / la ij)ftt he feels art right in twenty minttls* fcho tajA\s the Tabule; > while It he dfcorfnot the nervous, utt-? comfortablo feeling intensifies nn<l leads to a bad afternoon and tiroil evening. IIo carries one of tho lit tle vials with him nil the time now, but doesn't have occasion to apply 'to It anything like as often as ho did fit first. Nowadays ihere are fre quont periods of from a week to ton days or evon two weeks.durlng which lie finds that he boa no occa- C v sion whatever to make use of tho Tabulos, but still carries them In his ! pocket, jui^l tho same, so that they i may be ready If an occasion occurs. HI) Tabiiles rr o fold i>r drngK'?t*. or l.y null Jf thr pilcf (Rt) cei'tu A ?ox) Is cent fo The Hlnaus . I t'emlcAl (VmpHir, No. 10 fepract* 6t., New Yorfc. > fUuu]>l? vi*i, 10 cents. "Blight" v o costs cotton planters marc than five million dollars , an-j nually. This is an enormous; < j waste, and can be prevented.! Practical experiments at A.la-, 1 i t- ? r, i I bama Experiment Station sIiowl | conclusively that the use of "Kainit" ? . / will prevent that dreaded plant! disease. Cur pamphlets are not advertising circular* boom-i :.\jj special fertilizers, but are practical work*, contain.! 1<-K i he result* of Intest experiments in this line, livery cotton farmer should hare a copy. They art' icnt free for the asking. 1 ^ ^ . GERMAN KALI WORKS, ' 03 Nassau St., New YerV. ASTHMA OSBOH-NH'S ^u<u<ned4 A!?D ? - i^ohool of sliortln?nd! auui/mta. oa. IfoUil bonks um), Actual baiinM from d?y ?] ?iiItImc. Bu?in**a pspsrs, ?oil*** crair-uer wi u??4. Bsnd for bsmUomslv tltastrsbaA ?>W i lo*ua. Bttrd obtuMt Ihu i n tar Boutharo ollr CREY'S LIVER PILLS ? or sit 1-lver CoinpUlut", Conxtlpallon. lli||.iu?ne??. Joiplrflty, I.lrre SixXr, JaiflillCH', A Mitt A, i ta. Bold tir<iruagt8r?Air fchlnrei>iil<to? ivcelpt or price, tfflc. VrliU l?c. a REVILED. CO., 53 1-3 Uowery, N. T. ~ ?? . .. . a 1 I vBTROTlVfe Wcwnnt nftnan In ererr locality to I / met A* private l)?t*Ptlr? under Instructions. Kx pcrlcnco unneco&Kbrjr. i.'ouuran ?n<1 Guarantee for itli.lifd. A?ls. Co-op. Dct'|v?? jtft'c y. N&stivllle, Tenn. mCBNTfl fsllTer) Inserts yom ' ? <-nr Ouinmod Agents' Dlmatory (? r ouuvt^. . ?on Trill get over 6<<0 s?ih p^oo , books, otc.. KRKK. Don't rains this. W. ft. Crowell, flarlsnd, M?. Premium No. 1 Chocolate Made by Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., Dorchester, Mafe.,, Jhas been ceje brated for more a century as a nutritious, delfcious, and flesh forgiing beverage. Sold by gro cers everywhere. As the is superior to the soVBROWN'S IRON BITTERS to other medicines.