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" Hon, and it id operated [ flcalo. Ttaised^ in this emotion, as jfift section, And is of a Thi* /Uduntry pays 'ugsoiuu, iJftSf. Wig**) r> MWddllOt, Sly ?uftloid*.L%&nfty for ion. The & c* A.*<ior aovc . largor thayk$8t of any. ho .cotton bolf. Idle oountry. This boo Jess.rolling, and is hot ?iiosfyid hills . section of l is tho bead of navigation Clivers, and oontains tho kiadft and most beautiful hards. . > Ave ywx? a great deal of i boon paid to the culture tmohes ? -ami "bem.oH seotion oominand a higher ^T.-ii03f theru markets than ruia fruits. Tho industry, and tho pld cotton fields^ If . a mora profitable crop, reeries have boon planted, lejnarkot is almost eiuppliod This eootion is now , liome of the poaoh. Tho k;l?. also grown to perfeotion, Stable crop, Tho average o of cotton and other Held rreater than in tho othor ?ao Htato^ tho best farms than twQ bales to the ,000 has booome tho boat /in this section, and thoro 00,000 pounds raised in thu ?J\V& ; to tbe to ?aria principally long leaf or fMLQn the rivers, ana oypross jr in the swamps. Tlio cli iseeption is warmer than the ?a, and may bo oallod tho aone of tho btato. Oiljnills, ' ffios and saw , mills aro tho dustries. ''oountry, or coast sootion ie?t naturally in tho State, t tyghly favored countries, j loss 'energetic than those Idle or up-QOuntrv. Col. A. tt?I_in writing of this section, : ''There is no othor part of whero so littl? labor; will p'ro i.Uoh, In a^ood portion of will bn tho soil will average sevon Wfem [id harvest occur in every and is praoticafly inox proftVa- Vegetation is usually ohook* j > more than six woelcs; seed * have seen a sooond orop of , a^d the ging from tho trees in liorke tinnecee' y during ; tho present month ao "60*? "03 matured, and had it not been i? Mjiwere storm that has jnst visit |?ite?o*m sure oro t-liis they would . roady for shipment to the markots./ Olives, oranges, tdai fig8 and all tropical fruits may State. "Oottc re, witlyvegotaolea nearly all iMtpy indu round^jThe ^nio^t important faotosV in ufais section aye>tlio rice and aividen<l ootton cropto. Great num rr oont to bo old rice plantations wore "SSttiR^of rfc d aurlhg tlie war and are now ive.hoen oo and abound in all kinds of Apoount of ? 1 1 - we being converted into products. 1 serves for our millionaires. , in aroanpareill be found tho negro in his .ha labor tat e, as happy as though he ivea 11 bojie Uarden of Eden, speaking the ^ language, aud^ opn tented to iibrougfc f<^a .milis jkatdame na^ffe^o generously and: many a millionaire would did he not kftow his bill of a reoent hunt to this neotiou gentlemen determined to de - . a- it. -i_ *>. 0Q? itoIst?towvtvv^?" ??? ? - ? ? ? > ranking first I nad at 8 o'clock for breakfast lannfaQturing' laliard.duoks. After breakfast >rinoip%Hj ?n ^nde were turned in the deer i ? yeast A' d they returned to lunch with tie now bMnf ldsome deer and four wild tur ?r in macbinojfter lunch, at 2 o'clock, a. trip .raJwrfli*** moyto-tii?' ?fti|>e Uogs, and ra {Mk-of tima! to dinner at 6 o olook they -WlU be' ta twelve woodcock, twenty-six ntbd two marsh hens, A nogro j n' given haJf a dollar and he re mUvom the Owemlali river with aolVrrels pf oysters and a basket of rsu 1 After dinner a coon hunt waa eld in thul. and before 10 o'clock our :a -yard-4w5 turned with four racoon* and r miils i* isume. Every nogro raises his "iemi an i and potatoes by siiupiy planfc .?om them, as nature doeA tho rest. Veri- , hig^sthe land of milk '^nd honey. ? have turps are aver jgreen and hogs capitftle are fed only to kcep/ilif rem >w wv koep/il Fhesciands can "be boughft from m andthfrpiurfiiigq u tfipby Be the Piedmont section. No r possesses greater natural fa ? for producing grasses, hay and ' ok, and their products of meat, ig I rod milk. llfiK U Mao the home of the diamond' oft rrapin, so toothsome to thjj epi Pm The development of Port Royal m io|ke this the garden spot of I'tttinQC rid. c This section is also rich sasuosphate deposits. Bquth Cavo lli pttb these phosphatio deposits, peoplActurers more, fertilizers tfcau any to on 11 thus be seen thai on o taking bqam in the early morning el ' - w?T-t -?J..",, ni Letaliw^r" vision or Port Hoyal, arrives a< U bia at H ??d atSoartanbu! ! ^ in the - S. T}?1^ t peaks east of the Koekics \ ? I *TT. ; ? iAvAA.'tn f breakfasted^Fn the tropins, >artanbiirg at ?n the tropica, plains and dined on tn* , >J peaas east of the ltockics. joonverte* t*x*e in South Carolina are lower Xt advanjany.in. .the%. Union. . . Wo spend aTer?ionf<it.e<lncation.?in proportion to our r to fortfe than any people of the Union, rfthift ife*** debt js about $8,800,000, ro n at fyr percent., and is being de dewy^year by a sinking fund. WW, although severely op v-.: I %m:> v. >-'?? ? ? ?V vi'.-h&r ' ,y --<**??? ? I xvirl~?' - ^ ? q k&x gri - ?*? V i+.-izm r -TJ-.T*, / ^ ^ ' Vi" ' *y | ? W ? V V+* J^'W| L*rr <?~- ' " l*M>perty. Not a railroad in this ^tut< 18'uow vn tho hand* of u receiver, amlv nil j?hovr good earnings. in tho de acenditig ucalo our State stands forty second )ii the am outi t of mortgaged in debiodi&esft. in her educational facili ties the btato is now tho equal of nnj in tho Union. Tho public schools art well nttondod and tho colleges are full. There are fl,000 nioro chilaron in th? school this year than last. Wo hav? homes And farms for many times tlu ?number of our inhabitants, and wo wel come good substantial citiuona. Thoro is no ioonn however, in Soutb Carolina for unpatriotio pauper imml grants. Wo are Amorioan, proaorvma our individuality aaU insWjtution, and .believing in tho rule of the majority and equal sights to all. ... . fciouth Carolina will survive and pros per on her natural resources, .ft.nd by the indefatigable energy of hor pcoplo, while thoso to whom she now ? pay a tribute will languish and decay. Wo wish the Union a happy and proa porous Now l'ofr. / Jqhn jUKtftt' Evans, Qovornor. PKOTJSOTION OIO MEAT. dr. Poston Submits an Approved He* olpe for All Conoernotl. Afr. Charles Ponton, of Savage, Flor? enco oounty, in the Nows aud Courier, oonllrms what has been said by a lady of Sumter a* to the virtues of boras for the protootion of moat from the attacks of dies, eto. Having noticed, ho says, Mr. Barrett's statemont of his troubles on that score he submits the following approved recipe for the information of all oouooruod: "When tho moat is ready to hang up. aftor it has been salted, wash oft' in hot wa$or and set on edgo to dry. 4 When it is atyotit dry apply a small quantity of pnlvdrizod borax by rubbing it on with tho baud or sprinkling it from a com mon pepper box or through a sieve, distributing it N>venly over the fleshy surface and the stem of the ham and shoulder. Smoke as long as desired, but a ver.v little smoking will Bufllce. I have triod tnis plan tor two years, and my father has employed it inuoh longer. No hairy bug, skipper, worm or tly will touch meat that has the boras cu it. M Tho News and Courier further says; "A South Carolina correspondent ol the Southern Cultivator vanes the plan by using the borax in solution. He di rects itkcffithe moat bo kept in salt six woeks, toon taken out and allowed to drip for Ave minutes, and adds; 'Make a strong solution of borax water, dip the meat in for one minuto, hang up and smoke if desired. Farmers here abouts use this method aud arc never troubled with skippers. ' Whether the solution should bo not or oold, aud iusl how.^trong' it should be< is notetated: v'i'he important point, however, is thai this witness confirms the testimony ol Our fair Sumt&r correspondent and oi Mr. Poston that borax affords an efteetr ive and 4in 'ailing protootion to the meal from the attacks of winged orjeglesc marauders. We need not, thereior^ point any ol hw recipes on the sub 803IE NISKDBD REMEDIES. Chango* to Bo Suggested by Coinp* stroller. Gonorul Nef^om ; ieter say?: "Comp n, in hie report tc >ller Uonerai .Norton, in iuh report ia. i General Assembly will suggest oae very impelPtant ohanges in legis The Columbia Rc troller General Nort tho POT0C ?W* J v?.%,?.0w? ~ -m ? - 1 at ion, or will rather on.ll attention tc certain matters and leave it to the Gen oral Assembly to adopt auy remedies the members may ohooae; > "Io thtf first ulaoe he thinks the fttil* sion law is badly in need of repairs. The last law was a very liberal one and enabled a very large number to oom? in, and consequently greatly reduced tno amount eaoh pensioner received. Unless the law is amended so as to giv? the tttat&JUo&vd more time to revise the lists and weed out those not really en titled to pensions, tho list is going tc be so vastly inare&Asd that pensioned will practically get nothing. Lastyeai the btate Board out off a great many by reason of their papers being defootive, but they can be fixed all right by tlii* I fm Norton's prinoipal idea seemi to be to give the board more time to in .restigate the varioue applications so thai only thoso actually lawfully entitled tc pensions can receive them. ' 'Mr, Norton will also ask that he b? given an extra man for his offloa-an expert accountant - who can be sent about the State to investigate irregular ities and straighten out books of audi* tors, it is so often the oaeeUiat the popular fanoy ohanges the ofiioes in the tax department that inexperienoed men are obtained, and they often have irreg ularities whioh are not caused inten*. tionelly, but from inoxporience. Mr. Norton with an expert, of the kind spo ken of believes he can. save the State a great deal of money aucLjiuditars and bis own offloe much trouble and worry. c ' ? "Another thing he will call attention to is the matter of tho payment of school claims iu whioh there is consid erable variance in different part* of the., State, i ! e will recommend that there be more, uniformity. Another defect he will refer to is the matter of jury and witness certificates. The statements of jurors and witnesses as to mtieags are oftentimes taken by Clerks of Coivts and the indebtedness oounty <*m berun np tO'a' ooneiderahle extent without the County llovd %>nmw 7*7: :T * ? - - V . nmtsf loners knowing anyW.ng >nt it until these cerUfteates are pre -f "--Xl firs ts aVesfasa tthwr B0;? Ost if fMr Ssqia &rtnuft*T??, at Y^setiasa, oee of tbe I ? sms* fssieee eiiirer :.inTawr'ia^(it; Mexfea, A PROFITABLK DIAGOVKKY. peoan Grafts on Hickory 'rroos Prove ASUCCCaaful Kxporlmaut. .The Qreonville Xow$ notes a diyoov ovy of much interest and valuo tc land-ownora in evet y pai l of South Car olina. A newly planted po?an gro*e, it is flrstfexplaiuod, seldom yields a profita ble crop before tbo ago of ton years. iWr^W, W. Lyon, (if Florida, obtaiuod soffsholl pecan grafts from a neighbor ing gi-ovo throo years ago, and grafted theiVi oh 8omo hickory tuoea on his plaoo. The result of hu experiment is a splondid crop of nuts thisyoar, which moau? seven yeare ?wed in obtaining a paying orop. ino News adds : i l',dr. Lyon utatea that hia grafts stood a heavy freeze aud were not in* i'urod. Whether the pecan will stand bo climate of this section is tbo qftoa (ion. Thore are localities In this coun ty whero it is possible tha* peoau* will live aud thrive and pay handsomoly It will not bu;au expensive experiment* Farmers should try it anyhow, it will bo oasy to seoure graft#, hickory^ tree* are to be found on every farm, luui the work of grafting ia eimplw. If it can bo fouud that the pecan can bo grown horo it will pay a big profit. Thoroaro mauy farmers who can mako tho experiment, and any who' feel an interest iu tbo matter ootild write to Mr. Lyon, v/ho will douotlesu givo all necessary infor mation. It woujd be a great triumph for Greenville oOuaty io - hare poonn groves. Why not try it ?' " * Tho Nowa and Courior, in speaking of tho above experiment, says: "There is uo question about the |>?. can standing tho olimate of this 8t?tt*. Thoy grow aud tbrivw'^ar north of this latitudo-as far north J. we believe, as tho Canada line. They will thrive in every county iu South Carolina. It it easily practicable to repoat the Florida oxperiittont, with likesuocoss. wherevo i there are hickory trees, aud tuey grov# iu overy part of the State. ... 1 'It ia not neoesBary to write to Mr. Lyon 'for information. ' What isupoes' aavy is for tho ownor of the hickory trees to understand grafting, or to em ploy some ono who does understand it, ana to obtaiu the 'grafts' and use them. Tbero are- not a few pecan groves in the State old aud young, ana doubtless their ownors will be willing to suppl / all tho grafts th&tjare wanted for a coif ?id$ration. It would be to the advan tago of farmers aud other laud- owners, we supikjsq, to graft the thin shell p? can on every hiokory tree on thoi* lauds. The peoan nuts are valuably aud can bf Ufodily soldanywboro, while tho hickorjwuts are not much in do mand oxcept from squirrels. "If the grafts can be obtained our moro enterprising farmers in overy county should loso no time in learning how to use them. Tbey can doubtless cet all Jthe'instruetion wiey need from ' Clemsou College, -or from some of tho etudents at tno college. Thirty-six boys hove just been graduated from tho institution, aud air of them who studied the agricultural course have boon carefully instructed in this kind of work Thoir advice and instruction are available for the benefit of all their neighbors. That is what the oollego is for, and it is encouraging certainly to find it answering ita purpose so weO at the very outeet of itc career of useful ness. " . I^OAFiaiG .AT DEPOTS. (I TVIU Likely Ut? a Subject of fcegls " Iution. The annual report of tho State Ball road Commission to tho General As sembly has been plooed in the hands of the State printer, and the following ex tracts therefrom Mill be of general in terest: " ; " VVo \rLah to oall the attention of your honorable bo^ly to the oommon nuisance of persons loafing around the depots upon arrival of trains whereby the public as well as the - railroad is croatlj annoyed, and would reepeotf al ly rocommend that the law be amended so as to correct this ovl' as follows; Amend section 1731 by striking out the kwords "shall forfeit a sum not less than I S3 or more than $20" and insert in lieu thereof the words "or employe shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con viction thereof shall pay a lino of not loss than $50 or be sentenced to impris onment or labor on tl?o chaingang for a period of not more tluui. thirty- dave." Then the deter people >trora loafing at the aendte at tram time and this nuisance will t>e stopped. , "There is another amendment that should be made. It should be made a misdemeanor with great punishment to shoot or throw any ldnd of missile at or into the engine or any car of the train This is in addition to the provisions of sections 1738 and 1784. As the law now stands there must bev shown either an intention to injure property or io eom , mit assault and battery oh some person. |, Jn all these cases thero are legal diffi culties to get over which have some times defeated the real ends of justice. Then again the penalties provided in seotione 1788 and 1784 really amounts to nothing. Any person who will oommit such offenses has nothing above the homestead exemption in the way of propert^tfresptmd to a judgment. 'There has been mor* or less oom plaint as to tho depot accommodations at various points. ' The commission he* done what it could to have all fust cause of complaint removed, but has beefi somewhat hampered by insufficient statutes. , - ? \ /x : ? * (i'k? an earnest appeal to the Commission for ia - union <?<5i>otat Den mark to be bailt^oihtly by the Florida, Central and Peainsnutt, the Atlaatk Coast Line and the Sooth Carolina and Georgia ftiilrnsdi. all of which JttacU cress each other at ttie point, and theh , . respective^ depots aw p oatteenrachincon Y6ai4iiee to the trav- 1 ? called a if Hi 10 CIS. So Decidos tho Treasury Depart ment in Two Cases, | HEY MAY GO, PROVIDED, And Thereby llangs i? Talo-^Sew Move by thp Dauntless ami Com* modoro. .i -?For tho f^rpMimo slueo tho present struggle in Cuba bogau tlii.s govern roout has givon permission io u customs official to olcav for Cuba ft vossel loaded, aooording to her* manifest, with muni* ttoufl of war and presumably intended for the insurgent army. Tho vessel in this ease ia tho well known and alleged filibuster tho "Dauutloss," but tho ooncosaion that under these oireum tjancos she Is eutiUod to olowanoo pa f>w? leaves the situation so far na sho a concerned quite as involved as bo foro, as tho statu to^ proscribe that be fore olearanoo shall bo grantod for any vossel bound to a foreign port, the owners, shippers and cq~naigu.ee a of the oargo shall stoto under oath tho foroign port at which tho cargo i? to l>o landed and severe penalties wo proscribed for violations of ihis requirement, including the oontlaofttion of tho veasol. The Boo retary of tho Treasury received a tele gram from tho attorney for tho owners of tho Bnuutlees at Jacksonville stating that tho owners of tho DauntlftHs ana hor cargo would apply to thoOolloofcorof Customs at Jaoksouvillo for olowanoo to a Cuban i>ort with a cargo of arms, stating, howovor, that tho" oaths re quired by the statutes would not bo taken. The ' question was askod whether under the circumstances pa pers Ay^puld bo issued. Later in a telo gram was recoived from tho Colloetor at Jaoksonvillo stating that application to oleor tho Dauntless for the uort of Nouvitoa, Cuba, with a oargo of arms, had be&n mado, and asking instruc tions. The Boorotury repliod substan tially as follows: , "if tho master of tho vessel and tho owners, shippers and consignors of tho cargo conjply fully with all tho laws, atta regulations concerning tho mani fest and take the oatha required vou may grant a dlearance to Nouvitas. Cuba. Tho oaths must bo taken ana subsoribod in writing as required by sections 4107, 41U8 and 4200 of tho He vised Statutes. M ,> Thp port named ill the application as the destination of the cargo is on Jho northern coast of Cuba and is occupied^ I by the Spanish foroes. The Treasury offloials, therefore, aro of the opinion Uiak tho oaths required )}y tho statute i ?rill not bo taken. The colleotor of custom* at Jaokeon tdll? wirod tho Secretary of tho Treas ury that tho steamor Commodore had applied for elearanco upon praotioally khe same statement of facts as in tho ease of tho Dauntless. In response tho Beorotarv wired permission to issue pa Eera to the (jJonimodoro in substantially le ?woe t*?rmp as weio aaqaod in the former oaaei It has not been learned at this writing whether the conditions Imposed liaty been accepted. Information reeoivod is.to the effect that the stoamor Three Friends failed absolutely to land its expedition in Cuba, as was reported. Tho story of the 6hjaso by a Spanish man-of-wat is Qonflraied, the- Three Friends being obliged to leat? the Cuban coast just as it was getting t6adv to land its cargo. The steamer headed for tho Florida coast-, and, having 4 but a few tons of ooal on board, it landed the men on a key near to Key West, afterward put ting into that port; where it was seized The Dauntloa% has now gono to tako tafe men and ammunition off tho key and may make an offort tq lamlthcm in Cuba. Before tho return of the Daunt less to this port it will alsq endeavor to land another expedition. , ? WILIj AUOKPT MEDIATION. DoLiOino Raid to Have Unofficially In* formed Olufty of Spain'* Intentions. The correspondent of tho London Chroniclo at Washington, in a oablo dispatch to that paper diftolosos (hat there is no doubt that Hpnin has unoL flcially, through Hehor Dupay Do Lomo, their Minister, ?; promised to ao Cflpt tho United states mediation di rectly atter ueu. \>oy?er haa olefred the province of PIna del Rio of rebels, and then to grant anything short of actual independence for Cuba. This dispatch contimios; ''None of tho EuropSfflPpwaiere have protested against American interven tion in Cuba. On the contrary, Mr. Olnoy h*4 been assured of their ap proval England, however, remaining strictly neutral. The reporte of a Eu ropean protest were inspired by Mgr. Martinet li, tho pontifical delegate to the UnitedJStaiee. "t i , The Chronicle alw again asserts that "the rldicmlous stltement" of M. D(> I Blowitz. the Paris JorreBi>ondcnt of the' Timea thatGermaqp and other Euro pean governments were preparing to protest again stij^ericfin intervention inCubaiiJ abioiuwly unfounded. . Congress Haa Paw?t -;r; 8 en 4tdr Chandler, of New fefampfthire, takes iasne with President Cleveland a* V tb? power veaied in the President of the United States to ajyne . recofp?i*? t*r hot recognize the belligerency or tei denpnuency ot uia* oountry. He Jtnat , of Cffpa. 9ka in an in- j public. . take* -r - at *mg ? I the rigbtmft Can* /- lletttot??Bsfc?*w. 1 CONFEDttlMTR WAR AffllKY* | An Appeal to ttnv Veteran* Through* out tho South* ? , Tlio following eicoulax has bww pre Nintod to tho Nashville, Tonn., Sun: ( Oftleors and Mombors of Camp* oi United ? Confederate Volovans. -? Com rada: Wo havo tho honor to transmit to you tho onclosod addresalasuod by tho ox cot. live com mitt oo. Tho board of trust cos is determined to ouvry to rvniuv eossfnl finish the landatylo purposocom milted to itM charge, ' , , j Tho board has undertaken the raxing of 'fund* to duplicate and add to the , muniUceut donation oi C-omradoChnvles D.1 l'ouss, of Now York oily, and natur ally applies to tho reorganized camps of ' United Confodoratu^Yotornns for, prompt pecuniary rfssistaneo. with o s- | jioueos of count motion and tho endow- j incut fund of tho wssooiation *nft vbo ( iflftd'o ns groat as possible and bcr*v'. ported to tHo general mooting of United Confederate veterans. at tholr annual ; rounion in thin city in May next. The hoard of tr unties or? earnestly at work, and aro endeavoring to push forward the raising: of money with tho determination of securing tho necessary fund to enable tho erection of a suitable memorial building within which to pre serve tho arcl^yos, records or Southern valor and oudurauco, together with t no HteVaturo of tho four yearn of un ?quallort hardships in tho Hold and at uonio. ? ? . > Now is tho time to not. 1' urthor de lay may defoat the purpose of tho board, as time will scatter and destroy many rolics that the association desires to prosorvo. When it is remembered that every dollar now raisod will bo oovoroil with another through tho crcat liber ality of Comrade Rouha, 'lis the com monest kind of plain business souse to moot him with tho largest possible cash donations, thab his Hborality may bo made available, and a memorial odiilce orcctqd to tho heroism of tho Southern jj>eor>lb/ . ,, It is suggested and rospcet fully, urged upon all ' division, brigade and camp commanders, to provido for o money collection by every camp in the United Confederate Veteran orgamm lion on Uiq llHli of January, tho birth* day of (Jon. ItobcrtK Leo, for tho bone lit of die Association. Of course, it is not iutonded that ef forts should bo del ay oil until then, or to coaso after that timo, but tho objiot of this suggestion is to make that da v a momorablo ono in tho work which should onlist the deep intorost of every Confedorato floldior, who. wliilo accept ing aud upholding loyally tlie results of the war. still lovoo aud vonorutcs tho ? mornory oi his comrados who diod for tho c/iuso thoy loved so well. Tho Huperinlcndent and Fooretary will bo actively in tho- Hold for sub scriptions; Ihcroforo, for lho prosont ad dross him at Covington, Ky. , and, 11 absont, lottore will bo immediatoly for warded and receive prompt' attention. Vory truly and fraternally, W. D. Ciurx.BY. Presidont.. K-.. John O. Un'oukwooo, Superintendent and HootOtary, etc. McKtnley at Worlc,. A ftpeoial from Canton, O. , s*y ?: "Tho prosidont-olcot^bffts. commonced work on bin iuauf^iftii addro^P# ttUd it will not tako bin/ many days to finish it, for ho har? w'orl fixed in bin mind the lines of thought ho wishes to develop and tho suggestions he Wishes to mako. After Major MoKinley has finished his address ho will dovoto all of Mfl'timo to the work of organizing hjs udministra-* tion. and ho may go S<$th for a foMrs woolen in ordor to enjoy a short txsnod of rest arid ootnpar al vywu ?m>htudo before sottinfc out for Washington. * "Major MoKinloy ha*, according to thofto, who havo watched the matter closely, invited no one f-avo Mr. Hanha to bocomo a member of his calnnot." It is understood, however,' that Nelson A. Dlngley, of Maine, will probably be made sccrctary of tho treasury. " Asking For A I<1. Tho Portuguese consul at .Boston ha. recoivcd a petition from fit. Michael, Azores, which was sent by tho Portu gncpo governor of the province of Don Jaiointho dfcTpros Ado. asking fid fV tKoUfiandu of sttfforing inhabitant who lost nearly nil their property iif a great waterspout on November 2. A, number of lives were lost at the timo. Part o< tho city of Povocao, with a population of 2), 000 wan carried away, as was also tho r.inall town of Hiviora Qucnto, A Mill ? Century Old Shuts Down. The Lehigh mills in^outh Fjirton, Po. , manufacturers of cotton goods, hftvo shut down foj?5toWr months and there in pnid to bo but little prospect of a resumption ot tlio end of that period. The mills are tho oldest i'ii the Lehigh valley. Ono hundred employees are affected, Tho plant was started nearly 10{> years ago and this is tho flr?t shut down it has experienced. Alabama Hits Another Wrcoh, A s|>ecial from Louioviilo, Ala , uto tho Stato ITerald cays: " A terrible wreck . occurred oh the Eufaulf A Ozark .road in which Kngin ?or Charles K Higgins wa* killed outright and the liromattr-Mr ? Woods, rcQQi nful ihjnner in Ins nosperuto leap' for life. Xiw wreek waa. cansed hy> tho axle on the front trnck of. tho ongine breaking, ThcjiasRengor* on board were not -in f _ lv? n ** etttelrg* t j tary conference at Indianapolis, IndL, ] THE YEAR J69V KuMPtfKS FOH 1897. In tho your 1897 thorn will bo two oelifrpst both of t iio .sua. I. Aiifuumiuf eclitw* of tho sun Fohruary 1, vlaHdo na iv am'ill partial oollpn-} m that portion of the United St u ton lyh?K ?outh of a lino drawn from Capo Bt. Imonn (old fot-iilu), through Ban Antonio, iToxasj Alom phbt, Tumi and Marietta. Olilo, to Provlnoo? town, 'near Oapo Pod, In Hasan dimwit.-*. pHth of tho annular oollpsrt Itoa obtelly In tho l'rtoido Ouean; It oro?saa thu iior;horn putt of, Honth Amotion (Colombia and Yonozuola) from Onblta Hay near Capo Oorrtonteson t l\o Paolllo Ooant to tho Island of 'i'Hnbl.id, whero it terminates (it .punaot (it 6 h. 9 m. p. m., Now York moan time. f It. An nnnnlar ooltpao of thosufn July 20, 1 vUtblo ?n tbo United Blnt09, th? 'southern half of tho Dominion of Ginndu.Moxloo, Central* America, tho Wont India Island-*, and a*l that portion of Booth A mo* I en' north of a lino drawn from Porao.13 Peninsula (hoar town of Plaoh), Porn, to CnttU'ua Point, a Hit lo noutli of Bt. Ml^ttei, In Uruguay. Tho path of tbo annular ocltpan pa rich through tho towji of Toplo, Mexico, a llttlo north of 'Tamploo, Mexico, Havana and OardoraP, Cuba, Ban Juan,l'orto Rloa and Capo Bt. ltoque, p rati I. onnoKOt.ociloAb isiua. Tha s*oar 1897 correspond* to iho yOar Tit'fl fl of tho llyzautlno ma; to C357-B of tho Jewish era, tho year 66W boslunlnif at mtn aidon September 20} to 8060 slneo tho founda tion of ltomn ncoordlux to Varroj to 207}) or ?ho Olympiad# (tbo. HMt year of tho 009 Olympiad beKlnulu*? in July 1 , *1? J7 ) j to 2367 of tho J ft iwin.ua 0 ma. and to tbo 3 )t It yoar of tho MolJI} to 1814-15 of tbo Mob a in mod an oraofthoera of tbo Jlotfira, tho year 1815 boRlantaR on Jtino 2, 1897, Tho 1221 yoar of tho Independence of tbo ITnltod tjtatcs of America ho^lui on J 'tly 4. 1997,; '' init intA^oKa. d. it. M. BprlftK T>egfn* March 20 ft 12 n. in,' Bummer beKlos Juno 20 11 12 p, n>. Autumu bogluo Boptombor22 2 0 p.m. Wiulor boglua Ducombor 21 0 0 u. in. Monwijfo oTAttn. I isvitHiMo statui. Mcroury? Jau, 2a to Merourx?Jftn, 1 to *-?- no. A,*?|| i frt May 91. -to Jan. 22; April 1 jo May 21i July HKo 8>i t. 22; Nov. 8 to ond of year. . Venus?Jan. 1 to April 28. , Mnffi-JfttHS 1 to Nov. April lj 3 . _ ? July 18; eiopt. 22 -to Nov. 6. Vonus? April 23 to oa'l of year. Mara? Nov. 21 to end of y?ar, JupUer? Jun. ltotfoU.| 21. 7 23t Bopt. 13 to cud Jupltor^-Fob. 23 to Of year. ? f SoplC 19. Baturo^Jnn. tto May!s&iui;h"?Mfoy 18 lp . 18( Nov. 25 to eudl Nov. 23. : of >ear. I I'roasury Statistics. Tho recent report of the ?eorotary of the Treasury nhow* customs rcccipta at tforth Carolina porta ^or tho fiscal year Jndiiiff Juno 80. 1830, were as follow?, oy districts: AlbomnrJo, $80. 71 ; "Eeftu* fort, 13.04; Pamlico, 8807.22; Wilming-. * ? ao neo xci ?n?^r &a. nao nn '] h? boutJi Carolina wero q#i,vo?,ov. n. however, South Carolina is rather short in her ouetomn contribution b to the Treasury, nho makes nj> for it in hor in- ? ternal ro venue ed'lledtionn, which wero .i>< for the samo period :1 From the fourth! 1 1 district, 81,070, 602.70; Iiorn tho .fifth - district, Sf, 071, 421. 00; total. $2,741, 024 20. The rcvenuo locoipts from 6911th Carolina woro ?100,E8j.7? for tho ?ft mo period; from Tonnes&ee, ?064 ? V78. 44 ; from Georgia, $47a,071.G8. . Killed Husband bnil <(WJfe. ~ Two nnknown men weni"/y4ho house of William Whaloy, a farmef'iJir^jjC two miles from fioviorvilIe/< Savior eotfc4&, Tennessee, and wittiout speaking ai'1 word broke down thte door, walked in, and shot and killed Whaloy and hie . ' wifo. Miss Ivi'zzio MoMahon, sister ot Mrs. Whaley, was presont, but was un hurt. She had an infant pi Whaley'e it) hor arma when tho men entered. * It ' ia thought that they aro tho two men whom Whaley prosecuted before tho grand jury for fcommitting rjurdoK ' . London Smoke. ? A new and unexpected agency Is har* Ing a moat beneficial effect ^contribut ing to the abatement of the smoke nub sanco In London. The relative clearness of tho London atmosphere .within the last twelve months has been plainly ap parent, and -the smoke cloud which ob- - ecures the London atmosphere appear#, - ? to be progressively lightening. Mr- .War nest Hart, chairman of the Srooko Abato* ment Exlrtt^loj^JiiJ^ndon, frequently :i pointed out ^thattne grcatc^VcouLrtbu- mi tors to the ifnMre clotid of London wrtH;:;: the smali gratea of the enormous nun* - ber of houses of the pier, aad n 1 deal of ingenuity haa been e*Ea jbMS relatively little success lned^*-: oring to abate the nuisance. jpssfe^ '? The nee of gae ilret waaurgentJj ' otn tneildfd, bu t bad hi t borto been cult, owing to fta coetand " ' ^ The ? extensive growler ttte dse si*?To mr grmt