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Thft Suit-Cellar. ? [ I The salt-collar dates back to remote Klines. and that Is natural, since tho \iao of Malt Is lust In tho night of tlmo, IIouut qualifies It as divine. ?Among tho Greeks and Romans It oc cuplcd tho place of honor at banquets. Auoong tho wealthy It wax of silver or igold, and was handed down from tfathor to 8 on. Ilonvouuto Cellini chased Komo for Francis I. that were of tho pnast exquisite workmanship. There are ? Jlkewlao soino heantlfnl specimens 4n tfoleuce, arid tit iho Louvre may lie seen '{those rondo at Grlu for the celebration t'eet called tho servlco of Diana of rob tUeun or of Iionr.v XI ' hp-V.* A Lesson In Humility. j "As you advance further In your art/' toald Gounod to a young poet, "you will Itorno to think of tho great poets of tho 5>sst as I now appreciate the great ibu ?lclans of former tlmos. When I was erour age I used to say at 2T? I said I and Mozart;' at 40, 'Mozart and 1/ now I say 'Mozart' " ?l Tho ITnlted Htates Government has ftaken possession of several mounds re tcfntly found near Charleston, La., ?which soino seem to think wero built ?by Do Soto. ltecently a farmhand Iplowlng near the mounds turned up ?Spanish coins bearing dates of 8<x>, 11307 and 130ft. I)e?Aiflfl Cannot be Cured jfcy local application*, n?s they can not reach 1 1*? ptlscikHril )>< > 1 1 Ion of i ho ear. There I* only ono nvay to euro Doafnem, and tlmt I* l>y con-itll u k.lnnnl tvmcdicH. Dcafite a ia conned l.y an 1 1? j lamed condition ot tbo mm oua lining of the fiCuaiachian Tubo. When thia tuho gota iu llamed you have a rum>>llm( eou.id or imper tf^Ct heorlnir, and when It >b ontlroly clofed ^Deafness is thy rcnlt, and unless tha iiWlam jnatloii o?n b? token out and this tubo re stored t<> Km normal condition, hearing will be & lent roved forove? nine case* out ten are {caused by catarrh, which Is nothing nut n:i In flamed condition of the mucous xurfacos, f We will give One Hundru I D dlan for any jraso of 1 1 nfnets (caused by catarrh) tha' can iiot bo euro I by llall'a Catarrh Cut ?. Bond for >>irtuiui8, free. F, J. Ciienkt A Co , Toledo, O. SIT Sold by Drugglsta, 7&o. I When Tr,?v?llnt*? j u Wnctlior on pleasure bent, or h'.tnlnovi, a'o l*>n over y trip it bottle of Syrup of Fig', an It Mis nu?t>t pleasantly and effectually on th > ?kldneye, .11 Ver and bowel*, j revontln^ fevers headache* an I other* form i of hiuiios*. For Halo in 50 i?nt ftlid Jl bottles by nil loading drugflflrts. Alaiiufucturc I by tho California Fig Syrup tympany only. "Worthy ot* Trial- -That is tin* Opinion ?r Sir.. A. K. Thornton. I think It be?t not to hblo a liuhl under (bushels, ; i (id when a good remedy l-i diaenv ?<rod It Is our duly to lot It bo known In tho Interest. of Hiilforiin; humanlt v. j "I have Iimmi hii Her inn witli ludlgc.slloii and ?lysuopsla. t I rlod all t ho various routed ie < as !*rell lift Ht'Vt'tjlO oininoiit phy*lclniiH, bul with ? Hit avail'. -T was Induced by a friend to try fl'ynorV Dyapepsla IJeinody and the Mr.?t doso relieved nto. Yours Is a grand remedy for Sndigvation and dy.spopda. II build* up, and 0 recommend it as worthy of trial by all who wish to ho cured." For sale by all dr ilifulsl s. ' A <?omt Dn* li Wnrtli Loolilnit Aft?r. If you own a dog and think anything of hiin jjau should bo able to trout him Intelligently "wlton 111 and understand ill in sufTUdetit ly to tieteot symptom,! of Ulnae*. The do* doctor , Tiook writteu by H. Clay Glover, l). V. 8., spiv *? .iliat in cuilito d Is oast, ? to tlio principal ken tnelclub.*, will furuish ihia Inforiuit (oil. it ii r- c oth hound, handsomely lllunt rated boo';, u.nd will be sent postpaid by tho Hook Publish trig House, lfti Leonard Ht,, N. Y. City, on prci'oiyt of 40 eta. In postiMte nUnnim. - 'I'lio ConfiMlcrnto Itc-l'iiion. (J rent preparation* are bCiutc im<de in JTTi li inouil for tho npproaoiiiin; I'onfoilermo l(o I'nlon. Tiib 'i'lMKH, the ieadinu paper of Virginia, is uIvImk more Rpaco to It than any tither paper. The prloo or the Pui.v T i m km Is $.r> per year; twlee-a-week One I>o!iar. (Take Parlier'n (Uucrc Tonle Iloiuo WiiU f'oti. It will exccnlyoiir cxpecUil iona in abat >ig coldti, and man) ill* and acbea. j, From Hpnln eorr.e.i nu Intimation that Captnlu-Genoral \Veylc4- or Cuba may re iii>;n ju dlfi^UHt. If'yioi li.'ivo tried n.ililitiis' Flout In H'-rnx 8.>?p frou liuvo tlectdrd to oni> It nil llic tl:^.c. 1^ you tnv'l tt yen t* to yenrirlf to do po. Your ifrocpr Itos It, or will ,"ft it Up ftttro t.:ftt ^rinii|:iirli nro prlntrd In rrd. 1 A.0 uproar was eamed in tho Italian Chani iior by ft domauil for tho recall of tho troops orotn Afrlt'i*. "Hiiows's BnoN'crii.vr. TnoniKs a m nnri ^ailed for lellevlnif Cotlrfhs, lioatHoiioss an I ?ill 'i iiroat Tron 'iles. .vol<l only In boxes. | ' Tho Cfar of nu?sin hiw? conforred the I hlghotf military decoration of tho Emplroon J Kin-? Memdek of Abvif.fnir. brain la Not (-'oudaclvr ot Ploamre, poclallv when oeciusloned by corn". Hinder* irns >> ill plow; It removes litem perfectly. I line l'i mi'k Cure for Cousuinpt ion both in tiiy family and practice. Dr. t?. ^V. I'attkic bos, inkfter, Mich., Nov. ft. ISM. Mrr.. Wlnidow'sHonthlng .Syrup for children leetliitiv", soft i its t lie gum*, rcrtucf* Intliunina lion, allayn pain, cures \i iml colic. .'*ic. a txiti le. FITS rtopped free by lilt. Ki. ink's (Iiikit Kkmvr llKRTonns. No Ills after llr.st day'* u?e. hlarycloUH cures. Treat li'e and (Kl trial hot. |io free. Dr. Kline. IHl Arch St.. IMilla., i'a. (f ft filleted wll It fore eye i tine Dr. Isaac Titoiiip oii'n Kvo water. I iruijirlst s sell at V.lc pcrbot 1 1 Spring SVledicene ?011/' 1 >Ioo<l iii Spring is almost eertnin to bo full of impurities tho n-eumul.itlon ' of dm winter months. Ku I vonti'ation of ftlcopiiiR rooms, impure nit in <1 woll fnetoriejt it n> I shop*, ovemitliiK. Iir.ivv, improper foods, failure of t It i kidneys mi l liver prop rly to do rxl rn work thus thrust upon them, nro tho prime onuses of this eondltion. It is of tho utmost importation th.it you Purify YosjrBSooci JJow. (us when warmer mthur oomcs an I ? the tonie elTeot of ??< 1.1 bracing air h pone, your weak, thin, impure blood will not furnish no'MVwnry strength. That tlre.i feolinsf, loss of appetite, will open the way for serious disease, ruined health, or brenlcintf out of humors hu 1 impurities. To mako pure, rh-h, red bloo 1 Hood's SursHparill.i stands un equalled. Thousands testify to its i merits. Millions take it ns their l Hprinc Medloine. Got Hood's, boenmo Hoods Sarsaparilla I*th?0.>*Tru?IM.->od PuriA?r. Alldraigis's. SI , I'rojMuol or.l/ by C. I. Il.-o.t A Co., Uwrll, Uui. Hood's Pills vrilli 1 food's .4u tyn |vi xV 1 Uu Jo Mm* fto+d h? tfraartN*. flirco of us nut in tho cabin spinning varus. Overhead tho boom ercakod iill tho tautened sheet caught up tho l>look with a slam ; then it awung lazily back m tho ('arondolet rolled on tho noxt swell. Captain Tagger t refilled his pipo and sottlod himself comfortably before ho responded to our domaud for a story. "If a man in bont on doing a foolish thing ho ought to soloet eomo other kind of foolishness than takiug his wifo and child on a voj-ago with him. I loarnod that losson by cxporionco. "You reiuombor my tolling you about tho timo tho old kato Morris was soi/.od by tho llaitiansfor running tho blockadc? Well, my wifo wuh with mo. that trip, and as (ho baby was ouly raising oighloon mouths, of courso wu lmd not loft hor at home. Wo got a big indemnity fur tho isohooncr, but that didn't proveut our being on shoro 'or tho bent part of a month and passing tho kind of an Easter that will givo the old woman a shiver just to think about to this day. "I'rotty country, Haiti. Kver been there? It's got mountains that I couldn't begin to describe, for I aint any hand at iWeribiug, and water along tho coast that beats tho Medi terranean, while, aa for tho trees and (lower.", they mako you think you've got into a grcenhouso as big as all out doors. It's a real sightly place, but 1 wouuln't livo thero if you should givo mo tho island. .NTo, sir! "Tho town where wo were when tho Kato Morris was hold was as white ami clean looking as nnything yon ever ?:iw, if you sta.ycd tar enough away, but elo^o nfc hand one wuuid judgo that it could stand considerable disinfecting. "Men on horse liaok used to conio swinging through tho htrcets that weren't olean cuough to walk in or wido enough for a wagon. Tho women woro long-tailed dresses, audit seemed to us that they spent most of their | timo climbing tho hi!l to n littlo praj-or house that stood on tho slope just outside of thu town. It Mas get ting on to tho end of Lent, and I sup pose they had religion stronger than J common. < I "Wo soon found out 1 hat there were two kinds of religion on tho island. All tho women did not go to confess to tiio priest. Thcro was tin old ling that Imd 11 but lo thd wost'ard of wboro wo I wcro stopping wboro a good many of j them used to moot and concoct devil ! try. Between that bug and the priest I there whb moro bat rod than you ever | saw between rival , cnndidate.s for a j country postoflicc. Thcro was re j ligion, politics and war all mixed up j in it, for the old woman was the Obi I Woman or Voodoo witch. "I lmd heard a good deal about the i voodoo? and how they worship a ser pent and pray to tho devil, and eat human tlesh.^and I naturally wauted to get nn invitation to one of their hbiudigH, but 1 found that they eboto dark liigbts and out-of-the-way places for the exerciscs, and if an outsider got caught looking oil his family was apt to go in mourning. "I took it kind of tho old priest j that he ea;no and told us that we wanted to look out for that oi l wo- j man. You laughed at her or did some - i tbiug i-lie didn't like, bo said, and she will do you harm if she can. Don't ; go too far and keep watch of tho j child. "When ho stiil this ? not in pool English, but **o that he* could Ih> under stood ? my wife turno.l palo an 1 wanted to go right back to tho Kate I Morris., H :i t tho Haitian Navy was in charge, and wo cum hi n't do that, ko ^i' made tho best of a bad bargain anil staved right <>n whero wu wore. l'lii there wasn't a morning camo that 1 didn't wish Car'lino nnd little Caroo wero back witli her t<dks in l?oston. "Tho ohl priest was friendly. Ih? , nimi! uj> frequently after wo got 11 _*? ijuainted. I think hu felt kindly t<> mo because wo were the only two men ? a tho place who worn not genorais. It t. as n ploasure to kco him pot little Carrie. Thoy got to b?.tho biggest! kind of friends. Mat if KtuJNsavr tho voodoo woman anywhere sho would ! scream aud hide in her mother's skirt s. ' J Then I cotihl sco a wicked look come into tho eyes of that old lyrt; till they were exactly like the e year o/l an flngrv bnake. / / "Politien got to fio pretty fitron., about there. Ifc' teeing that tho Na tional party ? that in the revolutionist had the church with theru, while the Government ha 1 iU agents out anion-; ; the vooddos trying to gat thoir mi> port. The revolutionist* woro in pow* r ! in that town, bat the othrrs wcr. { strong enough to be dangerous. "A good deal of tbie I mado out from the prioat'a pigeon Koglish, and jou runy be buto that I was with the ydiuroh party. Tho Government bud j h ii?y achooucr, and I did not like th*t, and 1 wim not going to train with pagaua aud Bnako worabipcra any how. "it got to bo protty clone to Kaster, and they wero making great prepara tions ut tho ohuioh. My wife went down to look on. Tho women treated her well, aud nbo was in high feather. ? ?That night little Carrie was gone. How it happened wo could not tell. At first when wo miwed her we thought that she had gono into the house, but finding that eho *?? not ttsre her mother became frantic and in a littlo while tho whol&jown was ?(*uaed. W? ?e?rchcd everywhere. At the witch woman'? house flr?t, and titer that ia overy plaoo where we eonld jjoawbly snapoot that sho had been bid. The frightful suggestion that the might be dead was replaced by another still moro horriblo when wo recalled tho talcs wo had hoard of voodoo cero monicb. ?That night, after dark, some one camo creeping to our hut a* though ,?ot wishing to bo soon. Bhe stole in /iko u ghost and quickly shut the door, putting up ber bands to re uKHuro up, for wo woro startled at tho intrusion. It was a rather pretty young woman, whoso child my wife had taken in her arms and kiesod at tho chiiroh that day. "With broken English and broken French and many signs sho let mo know that there was a voodoo danoo that night and that eho knew tho way to it. ?'I had hard work to prevent # Caro line from going alouj, bat at last^ I I did persuade hor that it would be bet ter for her to go to tho priest and toll lim what wo had learno.l. Bhe clung to mo and cried: 'Bring her baok ; bring her baok with you !' till I was almost unmanned. ?lI followed my guide through a tangled forent where there was no path. Up and up through vines that wound themselves about me and thornu that cut liko knives. At every top I cxpootod to feel the stinging faugs of th) deadly fer do lanoe. Presently wo heard the trum trum and j soon cruno upon tho voodoos. They wtro in a littlo hollow danoing in a clear wpace, around which wero blaz ing bonfires. Their priestoss, tho old ha?\ smeared with blood and dirt and dressed in a fantastic way, oootipied tho eeutre, leading the singing and getting thoso brutos w.iked up to a J crazy pitch. It was not pretty to look at. Hut I did not soo my baby any whp.re, and I could hardly toll wheth er to be most rolievod dr dieappointed. "I was undcoided what to do (for I did not want to waste time if Carrie was not there), when I heard a littlo whimpering cry not far to the left of where wo wero hid. My guide hoard it at tho eaino moment, and laid her hand on my arm as a signal forsilenoe. Then wo crept as .quietly as two biiakes till wo camo across a -woman who was guarding my littlo girl. That woman was ho wrapped up in tho ?lauco that sho did not hear or seo anything else. Her neck was craned out as if slio was waiting for a wguol to join them. Sho woko suddenly when Zelio's long fingers were wrapped around h^; throat to provent li*r t creaming and my pistol barrel was plunged in her face. "Wo tied her, hand And foot, gagged nr.d bound her and dumped 1 hor down in a hollow tilled with fern?, I whero it would bo difficult to lind her. i Thou wo left t ho 13 savages nnd mado ' for town. I did not mind how the j thorns and tho branches toro my lmnds and face and clothes now, na ' long as I could protect the little sleepy j white heal that uestlod down to my shoulder. "Half way down tho hill Avo met a company of revolutionist soldiers. My jjuido held a brief parloy with thorn, and when they foun 1 who wo were they lot us r:o. 1 could not understand I s what was said, but I could understand Ktuuo distant shots that wo heard bo foro I put Cjirrio in her mother's arms. / "Tho voodoo people got tho worst of tho ecrimmagc. What's that? What CarMino said? Look hore, old man, you| aro not married, and nover , hi 1 a child of your own, so I'll excuse ! but you'll maybe know some day that there's part of a yarn like this that would stisk in a raia'n thro it ii ho should try to toll it. "Anj'how, the hag was dead, shot down by tho soldier*. The next day | all the children in tho place turned ; out in their Sunday best, and all the ? u/others rojoiced. "Carrie was there in the first place j of all, carrying a lily as tall as hcrcelf, : for when the old priest saw her he >tooped and took her up and t he head - ' od tho Editor profession ia his area*.' ?New York Jauthkl, EA al'jStt )*.!(??. j y - v Kmttr. J I The flotrera by the garden tomb ' Kaoh lent to oaoh Ita nwwr, *] I And made a fragrant pathway , For tbo coming of Hla (cot. OJttd Raster unto Kaater j ( Ita own bleat radlanco give*. And whining ranka ot 'oetlvals Repeat the cry, Ho Uvea. - Oeorga T. Packard, In Youth's Companion Kaater Hope. *When winter'* oiluloiu have withdrawn Their apwtrul tenta from hill and plain, ,And dawn, by vermell-mantlo! dawu 1 Com** aprlng to claim her own agttlu* Th? wind-flower in ita *unle*a aleep WittUH ita prlaon ehmitbdr chill ,'Foehi aud<t?u through Ha l>elug leap A rerun) and o^atntio thrill . Hope bkltt thee look, 0 drooping hearf, hoyond Death's dark environing. When, lftee the flower, thou too ahalt start, Renewed aa with the touch ot aprlng. ? Clinton Roolliud, In Hnrper'fc Bar.nr. j^' JfifW " "" "JJ - - rs i Knitef-Tlde. Happy, happy Easter Day sots Its bejls a rlnglug! Onoe agalu? the Lenten passul? hearts aro tuned for singing! L?t u? oust our woes aside, think no moro on eorrow, TVhllo from the gla I E;ut?rsldo bono uud pence we borrow. Lwt ?h lift eur ayes above, Book tho glurloua blue, And remember that beyond dwells tho Christ ?0 true, 1 ? ? And that ere He reached that throner/or our j rakes ITo died! And our ripen Christ wo pratso at thoEastor* I tide. Come, yo hearts that have boon sad, hoar tho joy-holla ringing! Come, yo hearts that have boon glad, join yo in the singing! Pmiso tho tiring G'hd^t whoso eye sees our every need, / Frnlh-e tho I/ord of Hosts who Is our "CJom fortor" indootl. ? M*ry 1). Heine. An Easter of Yo Olden Time. Tho observanoo of Easter is con nected with the history of Christianity itself,..- And whilo thoro litis never beoo any difference of opinion among Christians as to tho general obforvnuco of tho festival, in the early churc^tho Asiatics kept tho feast on tho (lay of tho Jewish Passover, while tho West ern Christians observed it on tho first Sanduy ui'ter "the Passover. Hence arose a great dispute in tho second oentnry, andViotor, tho Bishop of Koine, excoimunnicatcd Ihoso ehnrches which ,did not keop it on tho Sunday % The controversy was brought before tho Council of Nice, in the yeftf A. P. Sf5, and it was decreed that Essfror Day should b$ kept on tho Sunday followKig tho Jewish Feast of ?he Passover, which Passover is kept on llio fourteonth day of the Jewish month Nisan. At tho same time, to prevent all uncertainty,? it waB mado a rnle of the church that tho fnll moon next to tho vernal or spring equinox, should bo taken for tho full moon in the month Nisan, and tho 21st of March be accounted that vernal equi nox. Consequently, Easter Day is al ways the Sunday following tho full moon whioh falls oc, or is next, tho 21st day of Maroh. Tho doy is Btill known as Pascha in tho Eastern Church, as well as in tho various churches in Europe, tho Eng lish title *f Easter being probably de rived from tho old Saxon word "Oj tor," Spring, Borne scholars liavo suggested thnt it had its origin in tho word Eastre, tha narao given to the Anglo-Saxon goddess of .the dawn. For the Church took tho pagan philos ophy and made it tho buoklor of faith against tho heathen. Sho took tho pagan Sunday and mado it tho Chris tian Sunday. And eho took tho pagan Eastro and mado it the Christian Eas ter. ? Homo and Country. We Cau Thank the Chinese. lint few people liavo any idea thot tho originals of tho many-colorod oggs which aro now being distributed as Easter gifts have probably desccndod to us from the greatest of tho Chineso spring festivals, nnd can boast of an antiquity of moro than 7l)<) years be fore tho Christiau era. So thero ap pears to be no new thing under tho *uu ; and although tho magic eggs of to day sro merely rccop^cles for a nondescript rnodley of bon bons and bijouterie, they aro a survival, or a ro vival, of one of tho quaintest of Old World customs. This practical raothoil of disposing of Easter eggs suggests that ruaob of tho eere mony connected with thorn is duo to tho colcbration of tho Eabter feaf-t which succeeds tho Lenten fast. That "an egg at lister" is a very ^ld proverb in this country is suflloicntly shown by tho fact thatf the Pope sent Henry VIIJ. an Knstc^r egg in a silver cane, whilo an extract schodnle of tho persoual expenses of Edward T. con* tains, against Easter Sunday, tho sug gestive item : "Four hundred and ahalf egg*, le. Gil." Tho prico 13 as uoto worthy as the nnrabor. But tho most remarkable fcature^pf the usnage is its international charac ter. Thu?, in Ruaaia, it is customary to oxohange visits and eggs on Easter day, and "to drink a deal of brandy." Again, in Italy, dishes of eggs are sent to the priests to be blessed,' after whioh they aro carried homo and placed in tho center of tho table. It is the correct thing for alt the guests to cat on* of them. The custom also exist* in Spain and Germany, and generally among tbo Jews. Greeks, Fenian* in omo form or another. ? Chamber*'* Journal. PALMETTO BRIEFS. - UOI/Til CAUOMNA AT C11ICAUO. The Soul Iirrn Hallway to Have a Special Nxlitbtt. llailroad Commissioner W. 1>. Evans has returned from Washington, whore be wont to consult with tho inter state commerce commission in regard to scouring Jower rate* for watermelon shipment* to South Carolina. While in tlmt city Mr. Kvaua had a talk with Ooneral Traflio Manager Gulp, of the Southern Itnilroad, in refercnco to tho Southern States exposition which will bo hold at Chicago next fall. Mr. Gulp told Mr. Evans that tho Southern liailway sjbtem intends to get up a very extensive exhibit to bo font to Chicago as coming from Houth Caro lina. That tho oxliibit would bo of ?the resources of the state, This shown that thia big railroad cowpany has taken much interest in tho matter, and will he gratifying news to South Caro linians. Mr. Oulp says that hia road intends to further cooperate with tho people of South Carolina with refer ence to tho exhibit fiom this state, and will do all it can to promote tho inter ests of tho state. Low rates will bo granted. MK. 1CASON IIUSIUNS. lias Not the Time to Act as Chairman of I'ollfo Commission. Mr. Jamoe M. Eason has fcondorod to Governor Evahs his resignation as chairm in of tho board of tho Metro politan police commission of Charles ton. Mr. Eason stated that tho cauao and tho only cause, for bis resigna tion in that ho does not have tho time to attend to tho duties of tho ollioe. Tho position of chairman of tho hoard rctjuircH eonsidorable work and much time, anil ho has found it hnpoBsibliHo attend to these duties and continue bis business at tho saino timo. Ho said that there was no politics in tho mat ter. Mr. Eason expects tho governor to accept his resignation. Gen. S. I>. Kcc a South Carolinian. Gen. Stephen 1). Lee, president of tho Mississippi Agricultural College, who has accepted tho invitation to do liver an address at tho laying of tho corner-stouo of tho liichMU Davis monument in Richmond, on tho 2d of July next, is a membor of the dis tinguished South Carolina family of that name, was born in Charleston in 1823, graduated from West Point in 185-1, served in tho Confederate army in tho batteries around Richmond, was made a bfigadier for conspicuous ser vice at Shorpslmrg, and was then or dered to Vicksburg. In June, 1804, ho was made lieutenant geuoral, and was assigned to duty as commandor of tho department composed of Missis sippi, Alabama, East Louisiana end West Tennessee. Ho surrendered with Johnston in North Caroliua. Gen. Leo was one of tho principal speakers at tho* Confederate Veterans' Encampment at Houston, Texas, last Mav. . 4tK To KeiWl Their Titles Clear. Under a rccent Act passed by tho last Legislature it is tho duty of tho Secretary of State to send a certified copy of every pardon >.fo < aeli clerk of the Court in tho oouuties of. the State. Oa [account of two rcceut par dons, Secretary of State Tompkins had sent, according to law, certified copies of pardons to each of tho clerks of Courts in the State. Tho reason tho law Was iJafcbcd was for the purposo of kuowiug i\t onco what convict has been registered to citizenship. The certified copy of the pardon is supposed to bo kept as a matter of record in tho oflico of the clerk of tho Court, and should an objection be raised by an attorney in Court as to tho right to testify of an ox-convict, tho clerk can produce tho copy of the pardon and matters may bo adjusted without delay. . Tl?e Kdlfcors to ?otQ_New York. Mr. E. II. Aull, pro3idiCBi of tho South Carolina Press Association, B*ys tho' next annual meeting of the asHo?i ation will bo held at Charleston, dur* ing tho latter part of April. The association will give tho editors a trip to New York via tho Clyde Steamship Line. Tho date of the trip is fixed for tho 28th o{ April. This line has al ready signified its intention to grant free transportation to all editors who desiro to make tho trip. Tho trip will bo of a threo or four days' duration. Tho actual expenses to be incurred has been figured down to $lfi a man. ? ? ? Peter rtrnne <ioe? Free. Governor Evans granted a pardon to Peter Bruno, alias Diok Bruue, who was scntonced to bo hung in Juno, 1803, at the Berkeley term of tho Court. Bruno was respited by Gover nor Tillman several times, oud finally commuted to life imprisonment in tho Penitentiary, where he has been sinco his commutation. Tho o.mse assigned for tho pardon by tho Governor was that Bruno was recoiumendWl to bo re leased by Judge Izlar, who hoard the case, tho^olicitor who proflcoutod.and many influential and representative citizens of Berkeley County. IMIo1 Coinuil sloiicr*. (iovornor Evans appointed Messrs. J. P. Mrtgrnth and It. L. Campbell of Beaufort county, tho board of Pilot commissioners for Port Royal. A COTTON 3IIljTi STRUCK. A Keductlon of lO l?er Cent Results In 400 Weavern <?olng Out. For tho llrpt time iu Iho history of Colum bus, On., n strike has occurred thorn. Tho Kaglo and Phoenix Manufacturing Company gavo notl-M> to their weavers that on Ap 11 Gth a reduction of about 10 per cent, would \x> rondo In their wages. Tho weavers were greatly Incensed at the proposed cut, an In dignation meeting was held and a committee from the weavers called upon the officers of the company and protested against the re duction. The committee was informed that tho company would adhere to Its Intention to make the reduction, whereupon about 400 weavers walked out. The strikers held another meeting and It was resolved not to return to work unless the old scale of pay for weavers was restored. A fe"w months ago the weavers' pay was voluntarily in creased. Southern Hallway's Karnl^B$. The Southern Railway Company reports for February gross earnings of 91 ,494,919, as Increase of *233,01?yand net earnings ol #4*0,465, iacrease #47,130; and from July let - toJrtrniry 80th, atom aasalaga a> l??tUli 870. lilcreaee #1,047,780; and net earnings ni #4,384, J50, Incrraee #352,04 L ? -*v ? V ^ ^ "In the *|>riogtime of the year I alway* tnkc your harsaparitla as I tiu<l the blood requires it, aud a* a t'lood put ifier it i? uue<m#Ued. Your l>i)U arc the bent in the world. I used to be auuoyed with " # Poets Break Out \ ? v. a in the Bpriugtimo. And a great many who are not poets, pay tribute to the HOttMon in tho same Way . Tlajfe?jdifference is that the poot breaks out in about Wfr samo spot annually, whilo moro proaaio people W0ak out in various parts of tho body. It's natural, Spring is the breaking-out season. It is tho time when impurities of the blood work to tho surface. It is tho timo, therefore, to tako the purest and moat powerful blood purifier, Ayer's Sarsaparilla. # This testimonial will be found in fall in Ayer'H ??Curebook." with a hundred other*. Free. Address^ J. C. Ayer ?c Co., Lowell. Mast. It's Pure Walter Baker & .Ccx/s ?Cocoa is Pure ? it's all Cocoa ? no filling ? no chemicals. WALTER BAKER A CO., Ltd., Dorchwtw. Olive Oil In Oallforota. , , .KThore Is n new Industry In California,, ?which promises to asttume confcldera?; ble proportion^ before many years. It is estimated that this year's yield of olive oil In that Stuto wll reach 75,(Kh) gallons. Over ten times that amount of ollvo oil Is annually Imported lny> ill Ih cuumry, utti ii may nut uu long bo* fore the home yield will be fully ablo to ?upply the demand. "Tlif Wooden Ifm." * Thn illustration shown herewith is sinal I In size, but really large when we oon<dder that I ho "Wooden lion" la no largor tban?*-ihrtf' lien, yet has double ih? capacity. It weighs only 11 ftoen pounds, lmsn capacity of t wenty* eight eggs, and whiio not a toy, Is just aa amusing, boslles being instructive as well. Wo suggest that ovory reader of this write Mr. Goo. II. Stahl, Qulnoy, Ills., and ask for a copy of his handsome lit t lo booklet "A," describing the "Wooden Hons" also his lar?o catalogue of tho Model Kvolslqr Inoubator. All sent free. Mention this paper. your Druggist don't keep TKTTKKINK, Bcn<l HO cents In cash or stumps (or a box - ?J. T. SIIUPTItlrfPK, FavanniU), CJ a. It JHurcs a'.l >Uln DIki hmph. ?WALL PAPER FREE* Would be Vturtr thin ALAltAHTTWC, which doe* not require to be taken off to renew, does not hfrbor germ#, but destroy* them, and any one can brush it on. Sold by all paint dealer*. Write for card with samples. ; AUBASTINE CO., Crand Rapids, Mleli. MEN AND BOTS! Want to loam all abont i\ IIoim ? Hew lo no* Oat a flood One? Know Imptrfeo ?; Uon* ?nd bo Guard agalftst Fraud ? Pclect Vl?ea?e a^ l Fffect a Cure when tame Ij posHiblo? Tell (be ago by the leotb ? What t* call the Different Parts of ?? Animal? How to Shoe a IIoim JYoperly All (hi and other Va uaMa Information can La obtained by reading our. lOe-PAIJK IF,T,ffJ?TiS ATRO II ifitHE BOOK, whlob we will forward, p?il !>aid, on receipt of only 'J& cent* in iltnia BOOK PUB. HOUSE. 134 Leonard St., New York City ' t -it AHHIU Wtorplilnfi Habit Car*4 In 1* OPIUM ^mvH?Hvtur.:r<sS; AND Sohool of jBliortlKkUd AVUVHTA. HA. No t?it bonk* uwd, Artual buvuMi front day of entaring. Ba>in*ne papar*. collngo Mrr<nor M I (oudi n^ad. ftaivl for b^natomaiy lllaalratad aala loam a. Board cb?t*?i ibaa in any Sou Lbara cUy. 1 \ICTECTIVK. We want a mnn n every lootllty to I r act a? private Detcetlve under I nut ruction*. Ex jieilrnnc unnecessary, Contract and Guarantee fur iilNbcd. Ad*. Co-op. Derive Ag'cy, Nashville, Tenn GREY'S LIVER PILLS for all Liver CompUlat*, ConMlpntion, Hillntunea*. Toi pidltjr, lAwrr Spot*. JhobhIw, Aacltra, < tc. Sold by <irumlat? or ?'?t nrwrmld oaifcctpt of prtoe.UO*. Trial ?!??, 1 0e. QIUJV BF.D. CO., 63 1-3 Bower/, W. T. August 8, 18W. Iri an iutervlew Kith Mr. Ohas. E. Johnson, man ager Rents' furnishing goods de partment, "Tho Fiitr," Seventh and Vfniiklin u venues, Nt. Louis, he wild: "Several yours ago I was > t roub'ed with an aggravated case of Dyspepsia, and of course'the first thing 1 (11. t wasoonsnlt a physleftin, As I had always enjoyed the beet of health 1 whs worried a good deal / over this, my itret Illness? thot^ij*, ' >. the llrst i could remembar since the ailments common to childhood ? and u?y only doslro was to got well as speedily as I could. 1 took regu liiriy all tho modlcine? us my doctor presaribod them. 1 must say tbat in a short time I folt all right, thought I was cured, and stoppod hiking tho inodivine. liut it wasn't long before 1 was foo'.lng as badly ns over, and again I had reoouvse to tho doctor. This kept up for some ' time, until at last I made up my ? mind 1 would quit doctoring and try tome of the remedies I 8:iw advor tised fro n day to day, Well, thlj(. was worse than ever, and In moat i-tu&eo I didn't even get temporary teller. So I didn't know what to d*# Httd made up my mind that 1 would have to piuss the remainder of my ('.ays in suffering. Well, to cut u long story short, 1 had read so much of Wpaus Tabul<|fJliat I conclude. I , 1 would give thwna good trial. It said, 'one would give relief,' and I thought If ono could" give relief a < whole lot might cure mo, I pur- - chased two boxes from a druggist for one dollar, and when A had fln- ' -> ished thom I w?vs feeling hotter than 1 had for years. I continued to use -""llkero, and to-daybelieve 1 am a woll man. Once in a great while I do, have a slight touch of tho old malady, but a 'few of tf>o TabuloA fixes that all right. I generally koep ? box J?'my house." . RIpcM Tabn'.cj mre (old by <1ruTRl?U, or by m*B tf tb? pr?ec (SO Ov.:U a box ) Li k-nt to Tb? it pan* Ctwmtual Company, No. l?j St., How York* vUl, 10 com*. i Cotton. 1 With careful rotation of cropsand libcraj^fertilizations, Cott6nl^ds3yitI improve, application of a proper ferti Hier containing sufficient Pot ash often makes the difference between a profitable crop and failure". Use fertilizers contain ing not less than 3 to 4% Actual Potash. Kainiit is a complete ^specific against "Rust." Our pamphlet* are not advertising circulars boom* injr special fertilizers but are practical works, contain* ing the results of latest experiments in this )in?. Kverv cotton farmer 'should have a copy. They ar? ?cat free for the asking. GERMAN KAI.I WORKS. ? 03 Nas>au St., New York. ' nnillH an<1 WHISKY habit ?.eor*tJ. Book arot yrlUH niL tH. ?. ?. WOOLLIT, ITUm, mu 8. N. U.--14. Get Well By using Brown's Iron Bittervf,/ It's a natural remedy. Pleasant to take. No bad.^jfects. 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