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Tlio* commandor-ln-chlof of tho Hrlt bh army has Ju/?t ?lvcn ordors that hereafter no eoloifc will l?o carried Into battle. '-In former, day* tho4dea wa^ to have tho regimental colorn borne aloft at tho head /of Tho advancing force Ktoently tho t act ict? have requited tho ting to bo kept In tho background with ;ho rearmont battalion; and now, Chore Im to bo no battlo llag at all. Met hod n of warfare have i hanged tin In tho last ftenoratlou that. H now an peara an nnmjCesaary nacrllloo of men t i have the colors carried ko com'd'ieti oirdy. They make too ervy a mark for rapid Are f.ttnR.- Thin decision to get rid of the coima follows* the exam pie of tho tlbrnnin and other emti ncntal armies. Hot k>ron<t of Isfro. \ An English exchange says that Sarnh Itornhardt haa always had a morbid 'dread of flro, and that this has lid hor to dUfvot that all hor stngo drosses tihalWno made or fireproof material. Kt is reported (hat a society ban been formed Iti the East composed exclusive iy of coUego mon, whoso object h> to locuro laws providing tor the elect rocu (Ion of ldlutt?, lunatics, deformed chil dren and old people. It Is lo bo hoped that tho Ignorant will not take tins so elety as an evidence of what college ?usually does jtoftffowng men. A Moor's Marines*. 81 Mohammed ben Moussa, the giant Sloor, Bont as the chief of tho Moroc rnn Mission to Queen Victoria's Jubl loo, never reached l-omlon, having gono jnnd In I'arls on his way there, and then having been sent homo. Ills mail Jil>,<s took a very queer form, lie / thought he was Mont Jwrret, tho <*hfef ont ridei' who precedes the President of the French Hcpuhllc on Mate occa sions, and Insisted oil being dressed Jn livery, with riding breeches and Vslgh boots. , Aiilinaln and the Weather. Many naturalists Ins'.ht that animals ba\u a special senso which enables them to foresee approachLng changes in tho weather and conduct themselves accordingly. Hens, ducks and goo so' urn -well known to make preparations for rain, and hours beforo the change is apparent to humab helngftMhcfto crea tures may he Been oiling and dressing their plumage. Pigs frequently pro. pare a shelter for themselves before a atoiui; a pig carrying a mouthful of Rtraw 1m to tho farmer a sure slyn of rain. Dogs and horses exhibit unusual lassitude beforo rain, and the cpt wash <?11 1 wash ::*vlves, a lug hor lace Is, among house! certain sign. Tho crooking of the "rain crow" Is considered, In the country d's trlcts, as an Indication of had weather, while oven ant* and been, when rain Is approaching, seek their homos, tho for mer retiring to their holes and closing the entrance, while t.lio In 1 1 or hurry to their Ldvoa as though conscloua that danger was In the air. 'TIs lovo that makes tho world go round, but in the case of the negro. of 101 who courted tho damsel or' i?y in reiinesKOO tho Utile god nad to he help id out with the extra Inducement of a ftelon patch to the bride. ( ICeoj> on Serntehliv*. Dig dear into tin* boue and t .In? Tett ei- \\ il! inly he 1 he worse. 'I liore'a only ?one ?av In I real an irritated, tlit;oit,id skin. Si.oihe it Kill tho gnrms that, cause the trouble and leal II up. pound and htioiK. Onlv one thing lit.hu world will ilo tills- T? tterlne. It's .VI ?cut 4 u iui^.nt ilrug st'iren or petptid for .Mi lii litsiinjv; !>)' '!'? Shnpliiito, S:iv;in ltd), t!c. J f Kr.iTr. or Ohio, Citv ok Toi.eoo. I ? Lucas Oountv. FitANK J. Ciiknkv makes oath that ho Ik t.be * nlor partner of the llrm of F. J. Cinj>'KY A I 'u., <1 < >1 nx btt sinonK In tho (.'J ty of 'I oledo, County mid Slate uforomild, eind thai unlit firm will j >n\ ill c s'UIII of ONR IIUNIMIICII OOI.I.AKS for OA ''Il tnd I'vorv cntiu of catajlmiii that cannot be ?iircd hy iho uao of 11*11/8 (Jataiiuii ?'ohk. rilANH J.chbnky. Sworn to befOfo tno and tmbscrlbed hi my i ? I presence, thin titli day of December. skai. > A. 1). 18A- A. W. Ui.KAHiVn. i -. ? \ A*o(fli jy l'ubitc. Tlall'tt Catarrh C'nroia Uki-n intornallf, and vts dlrrotly on the blood and niueoiin surface* >1 tho ftyateiii. Send for tcstluionluls, free. V. J. CiJEKfcv <fc Co.. T?lodo, O. Sold hy 1 1 runs' 7A<'. llrill'r- Family PillHnro'the best. Mi" Winslow'P Soot hlng Syrup fo ''hi dir-u t--"t'iiin;. softens (ho Kune>, ivdm-liix I it tin hi i Von allays pain.'-li I I'< win<i <-i?lio. 1>V. a bot ! li I i?'; j'oi niHiienUy cured. N'o fit 4 or n.-i \ mi < a 1 1 cr tirsl day's use of Hr. Kliin-'> 1 j r:i,? 1 v.. . v .. Jtc:<t.orer. S.'J t rial liol !.li>and 1 tea !!>??> ( r.-c hi li II Ki INK, l.t . I..V.JI AivbSt., I'hila . ? Pico's C:i 10 for < 'oiiMimplioti irlievo:? (bo most obsti lift 1 o rougbn. Hr-v. 1>. Mi;< jiml' m. i i-it. I.f Nlr.rt.on, iVJo , February %!l, l->fl. Itody CoM'i'f'l AV lilt Krti|i( I011H, btil Itootl'n Ilim Cured. "My body was covered with eruptions t .1 1 1 r??j ? 1 hy hnpuro blood. I hognn taking llood'.- .S?r:tr?p!?rilla find ii entirely .mii.,.I ti!". It has done so much for tno that I rneom;hend it t<"> anyone trotibh'd vy.ilh Impure blood." S. ,T. Turp, Maryland, N. Y. Sarsa parilla Ja I'lebe^t ? in fact tboOno'l'rue Hlood l'urllier. ' Hood's Pills v.': Ill ^araftiwr uu" K. N. U. No, 42.'? 07. CURfS WHIBTATI. flSE , fcijTlip. 'J'HnW'H Oo?Ht. Uso III llii)i> Sold t.v (IrUKUIKx k ycr rxt TIIK MAIIKKTB. -NEW \OftK C OlftON fl'TUHISM. Now Voiic, Oct.-v UO. ? - ( 'otton eloHOtl dull, Middling uplaij^l, OH* Hi; Middling (I mf, o 17*10. FultOuji cloved Bteady. r.JVKi:t>OOf, t oi ION MAltKKl'. Liverpool, Oclol'oi U0. Middling J. 1 1 hi. I nluiuM eloaod woak. October fj Hv ? October and \ ovewber . :i V55 H November and I'ceoinbor ... !) 111!) ft Ihjcember and ?'nuiifti'.v. . ... ?'! '-i'-Z a .lannary ami l''obnuu y >'i v$ ? February and March !! ft M arch and A pi il ,'t y.'l a A M il and May ?'< sjl a Mh v ami .June H vjft m .1 line and .1 ul\ .'} ? I uly and A n;:UM M "(li a iind-jvideiubor ? ? ? ornr.n < oitoj* m \ it i\ t / (h:\llostoli, Of I "ft. Cotton f| niot , middling ft li Hi. Wilmington, Oft. Cotton linn, middling ftp Ha van lit) li, Ocl. 'JO Cotton nteady; middling ft !i h?. Norfolk, Oct. :!0. Cotton ateady; middling f? I ft I" M cm i-'li is, (frt Cotton easy; middling \ ii;(ir*ia, ? id ' ' ( HI ti?n steady , m id iliim.' .) l.i HI Hal I imore, ( >cl ( 'otton nominal ; middling ??>. Now Oi lean*, ( >?*l ,'o. Cotton Ktondy; I n i > 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 <4 ft ( 'ohtinhia, Oft. dotal middling ft I ft hi; f-ti i?'t middling ft 1M- Hi; mid tiling .<11 Hi, strict low middling ft IH; low middling ft i III. I 'haiiotte, <)c|. ','0. St rift, ^ood mid illin><, '1 {Hi; j.;uod middling, ft,'.; mid dling ft$; tinuos, ftwiftl; stains, ft. Market weak. n \i,i iMnitr. i'iioi)i:ei. M VUKr.r. Halt imore, Oot. 'JO. Flour- I full, family I lit) to ?! Hft ; winter wheat pat ents ft 0') to ft Oft ; spring wliont patents ft (in to ft spring wheat straights -l wo to ft nr.. Wheat Weak. Spot. Oflobor and November lift J toUftA; Utifember t)ftl to to !??'?{; steamer No. red to DO; Sotitlujrn wheat by sample to till},; ?In hhi lii itdo t"H to tin, (Wn. I Mill and easy. .Mixed spot, l If tjober and November !IO*j to I It h ; NoVfcmbcr ot December, now or old W'A to yd,'; ?Jiinnary lit'! toJtl,'; steamer jtiixod to ;'>t f. ; Southern white rui n oil to (-I, i|n yellow III } to il'J. \ Oat ri Firm No. white and No. We ("in '(l.l; No, " mixed "it bid. nit c. ( hai lo'.too. ' 'ft. '.'n. Tlio ? ifo mar ket \\ as linn, w ith sales of l.'.'tn barrels. The ? i not at ion.-, hi e. Crime ft [ (>f: ft | ( I ood . . ? I i ii i i t ! <" 1 1 -..M \ I i I i ? 11 I ?. < 'Inn leston, ( li t. :.'0. I'lirpontiiio ? piict, at |{o:tin linn; A, II and C, I. hi; l> and I", I. tft; I', I .'JO. I v'-'c, II, I. .'{ft; I, I. Hi; K, l.ftO; M, I. HO; N, ?J. (Ill: wimlow iihiss, ; water vvhite, lit1. Savannah, Oft. Turpentine, steady at JIO',. Ilosin linn. A, I', ('ami l>. I.;?ft; ' ami I'. l.yO; (i. I.. '{ft; II. I In: I, l.ftft; K, MiO. M, I. vMi. N, w indow t.'lasH, ?. !*>, water w hile, :V so. W i hit i n^ ton . ('ft. ~i?. ? Turpentiiie no fhaiu;e am) nothing doin??. Hosin tirm at I. !ft(</ I . '.!0. Crudo turpen tino lirniat I. ftiK^'i.O'i Tar firm at I. ft". t orros* si:i:i> on Ni'w \'oik, Oft. ("<ilti>n seed oil moderately attivo and a shade steadier on tlio Improvement in lard products, prime crude, 'JO"'. ViM , butter oil '.V I e/vN; prune - iimiuer white *.*'i l '<''?*? : pnitte winter yellow Mtiv .'! '. i o i"i"r . New- York. < h*t. - i. Opt ona opened steady w ith ju ifes um hiiii^ed to ft points decline; showed generally weak under tone following disapp(ointiii;; lairopean cabled, fwutmueil heavy movement at Hio and Santos, apathy with spot buy ers ami lmlillt'i eiife with outride spec ulators; closed thill and unchanged to ft points decline; salon .s.OiM lai'^s, in* ehnliuu Defcinber i>. '?ft(</?i5, .'{(?, January ii. :!U; Slai'tdi 'I. no; .July n. "Ju; spot eolVee 1 1 io d 'i 1 1 . < 'oi tlova hi.<? I ft SI'fiAU. New York, Oct. Haw. tieininal; fair refilling.:! Ift HI; centritii):al."i! t?;st. ;; 1. 1- it?; reiined, 'pnt>(. MHVI'V >i!yii\ivr. Now Y?u'l?, Oct. Monov on fall i? Ht<*atl\ at iie.reunt l.ujt loaned a ! ' a ml do.' in v oll'erial at 'Juii 'J 1 pi?r cen t . I'rnne mercantile paper Ija/ ? I J percent. Sterlini' e\chnnj;e i*< easier w ith actual biiMiiehs in tia'ikers' bills at I.M|{ to I "-'I tor demand ami at I.N|t to I.SJ fin ?'>'? days I 't "< t ed rates m:{J and I ''i!. Commercial bills I. ?|. Silver cert i lii-iit t *> 7 1-/ . liar sii ver fts M e \ ? )?? it ii dollars I',, liailroa'l bolitls tirm. (itiveinmenl bund* firmer. State bund.1, dull. N.tU U \l |l ill lilt' I y I ' jl I I , I'hoV^ew Vork Worhl ha - I'Vi'm pleted its |>oll <>f the mavoialty i references of (?renter New ^ ork voters, liavin;; t>h taiuetl I ; li. l is hallols ' tf j ,\*m4 W'vfk. Tannnanv. has ftn, oi.i. Soth l.nu, Citizens' I nion, -10,017 ; lliniv ( ieoi'tre, .letVei soman Meinofi at, .'Jl.o.l,', (ieneial lia-'v, HepubliT'an, Patrick (ileason, liulojien<lent, H, oil. i < 'lirtl,* lftm. n "r.tiU;m.'i:!f ro? Uhm t hair f;tn" In Mse Infest iioveln \ ^uirill pair of I ?>? j , ;.i\\ s In aU.'o hetl in the uinl- r pari o f < !-e elinlr. I liiM' |niif ,t... air in.o r.mali lulu?: ruiiiituu upwai'l v. 1 1 h no/, zles at i li"ir eiul.s, w h i i ? } i an he direct* r-J fo'.vaitl any l>;n"t ot ti e ?'.-t co. p'lls stand without a rival as a reliable family medicine. Theycure sick headache, biliousness, constipation, and keep the body in perfect health. In many homes no mcdicine is used cxcept ? Dr. C. t Ayer's Its Expansion and Cost in the (<ur renl Year. THE NEW MtTHOOS THICD, CniMiinallt l?ellv?'i\y .Service .Satis factory an li'or ih It (iocs Klccfilo I < 'mi Ner \ len ICx pit imI Iiij< . J lift annual report of \V. ?S. Hlndlou* hol'tfOI', HOCOIld lissistuu^ poktinastoi *onoral, gives an intoycsting roviowof dm (lincipal develop^onuin tho entire i cos tu I trnuoportation ftiuvioo of tho ( nitcd f-iluto.H and oonncctiiiy foreign tnailn. It shows an abl egate of apprv j priations for this largo pnitof the i>ofj - lu! service lor tho current year of 3>l. J I i , &1s ; llio probable deficiency is <r>"?onf - i) Oo, making tho estimated expenditures I i i i .s \ ear .S'i I , '>?! I,1!.W. I hit will bo .*? I , - r?',M,oi ? >, or throe inn! one 'punter per v(i m t more than for 1 1 ; #s fiscal venr pint rlosed. 'i 'lift estimate for tlio lineal year I. *<<)<) i:i '.MJd, which in ><l tr.? I (noro than tho estimated oxpenditnro for the current year. I ho annual into l>f expenditure foi tlio inland mail ?er Vieo in t ho year just closed was Vti'^,071 and for foreign mail corvieo $1, *1*1, l?o jifter deducting ''??*, o^'O for in toimodiato Borvieo to foreign eountrioH. 'i ho summary of all olassosof service in ^ fpt'iui io 1 1 .1 lino an liiHt follows: Xuinhei of routea, 5U\v1til; length of onion, I", it, Kite u. ili'?; annual into of I ixpo'ndilnro, SlU.KG'.'.OT I ; number of! 'uilya traveled per annum, T.'0, *'iO, I I'.i; ?to of cost poi' m i In traveled, I I.* I ecnts; lalu of cost per mile of length, #10(1. OS; average iiuniboi of trips per week, H. ?;??. l'or star mail norvieo, tho estimate for tho Ibical year ending .luno .'io, I ^;i;t. in $A, l:ir?,<?)ii, I .a at year thoro wan an lucrcaso of rl!i miles of travel in star fiyrvieo so essential to rural dis tricts. A current .year deficiency of $:to, nun i? ostinnit vd for I ho steamboat mail hcrxico. Thi' cutimaten lotytho fiscal year include ateuniln e/rvir,', ?tM In, ooo ; tutu! mcHsengetj/Mp^ice, &t>;?n, 000; tiaiiH|oitat ion by pneumatic lubes or ullior similar dovicea hy pur chase or otherwise, sf'J^."i,llU0, and wagon service, ^T/iO.OOO. Last year thoro was only ono pneumatic postal tuhft in operation in tho country, Unit in Philadelphia. Since thou four moro contracts have boon o.\oeutud in Phila delphia, New York. I'oston and be tween Now York and ilrooklyn. ( 'oncoming this now postal feature (Jenoral Hhalloiiherger reports: "II is ?lJUto possible to carry second, .hird and fourth class matter as well as list, when it can ho made profitable, tiivtension to stations several miles di ; .an I from the main ollice, ovenlually, will aavo clerical force lis w oil as e\ i'edito del i\ cry in distant citioft from I o 'J I hours. '*?? " The niosl important source of rev 'nun to tho department w ill hotlio lar^i nerea.'io of local eorrospondeiico and ipeciul delivery letters. 'I ho extension )f tho tubular system will be neeossarih dow and probably eonliued topopuloiif centres. " Tho amount reported withhold fron. tlio I'aeitie railroads account of ti'mis puliation is jJI.Jtr.'.O'JiJ; ostimato foi railroad transportation for fiscal yoat |s:i|i is ^o,;i,r)0,000. No estiinuto fot J special fast mail service as it is stated tho service in general will bo better il the special facility appropriation is din continued. 'Iho ostimato for oleetiic and cable car service is ono and l:e. applications for tho establishment j?l new service (^f this character aroprf lilo. As to foreign mails Iho report, make? an esiinnito of .^l.ltoi , yt>o for transporla tioii and Sl-tC,000 for balaneco duo for eign countries. Tho a^K''0^?te cost ol this service wan !?'?, 010, lii'.i, inclmliii^ [ UMi.CTil for trans- A tlantic and I T ! ? . - I j;k' for trans- l'acilie aorvice. There port takes an inutortanl position as tc now 'spapor mai! and a plan is su;;<jos>ted to niako tho profits on short haul . oll'sel the long runs. Kalhvny Mutt Scrvtce. An abstract of (ho annual report id tho superintendent of the railway mail service is as follows: At the close of the year thoro were I , t ill railway poslollice Iiiich, manned by clerks; .'M electric and cai?le line.', with I "'J clerks; I.* sleamlv.tal lines, with ?'?< clerks; maUiiiir total number i?f lines I.V^O. and total num ber of clerks 7, 01 hi addition t<: these t hoi o are ;>ll clcrks assigned to duly ai i in poi tan t junctions and depots, and VM < detailed to elericr.l duly i:i tin | \ arioi:a otllcos of Iho service, inaKin:; h ?^;.iinl total of ?,,i<i\' cb'rk'i. I Im' mile-* of i ailw ii v covered by rail j wax po:<lol)i( <? car service, was I. I.'.'^'i; I of electric and cable .','0.5; iun( of steam bo. 1 1 lines I. I V'. I ho grauil tolnl of ' mdes traxeledof all classes of service was !0.o:'| I liei e wci " ?'i/J t\\holo i a! s in '?'cm ice and li:iin lewrio, ami V, ir.'t! aj'iu tnieiils in eais in use nud Vl't I l;t? number of pieces ol u'.i < ? ! j mail matlei distributed oil thu crura J ? t n ?" i i ? y?.n ?!i*> 1 I, !,?> ex elusixe of regiMtered mail ami city Mini!, j ?( [ 1 e<* isli'i ed mail I hern \\ ei e 1 ~ <t>, <?'?-? i pieres hi nil The amount of oily mail ? I -ill 1 1 > 1 1 1 c< I tor illations ami enrriov.? J ? I'.illiiu tlio year a/givgated !??*?. I'i!*. '5 f'l j piceov I In* increase of <>t< I i n n ry mail lsaiitlji.il over tlio previous year win . i per rent. A comparative table rovorii'g | a period < * f t?-ii years shows that there j has been mi increase in tlio amount of mail handled i>f 11.' per eelit. ami in I ciease in (he working forre <>f per j rent. 'I ho mur.her ? f pieces of mail mnt tor handled correctly t<? each error in distribution tlllriii<; t lie past ten years has no eased from il.'ii' I M 11, Tlio number of eiror* i;i disti ibution during the veai w as '.if'?, r>;fs. The niim* her of pioers of matter, illegibly ad dressed. ham Mod liming the year wai 1 i , '.i . I I heio neie ?">>*?? eaMial t ien during tli* year, in which ! t clerks toot their lives, :>:< were seriously and 1't slightly in* | inied I tun is a laruor nuniher ol j casnalt ies and fatalities than haw oe-j rurred d?riutr any previous year since tho organization of the service. Tlio pas.^a^o of a hill for tlio relief of the families of clerks killed in tlio lino of duty, of clerks injured and unfitted for svrvieo permanently or temporarily, and for tlio retirement on partial pay of clerks who hive served r, o long as lo he mi hi tod for active forvice, has rtgaiii I ceil urged. Tlio reorganization and icelaspilieo lion of tho rervlco is again strongly urged by the gonoinl superintendent. Kccommendntion isniado for tho enact ment of some legislation to prevent un warranted ami unlawful interfereuco willi postal clork$ wlulo on duly in mail cars. \ Tl)? distribution of rjccoiu) class mai ler by fmblisbers and/ mailing Agencies has been followed up duriuK tW year with considerable success, and the congested condition of aHalra in the larger postoffices has tbcrebv been con ! ?iderab!y relieved. I . - V K ( THIS 1IANK T<>n$ 11 IB OAHIf. ] I y ' lrurntor Hut* to IJno(iua to l'?y ft Mort^agd. A Wiohila, Kan., diapatch , flayo: Frodoi iek Hi own, a farmor wen^'to tho I'armors and Morohant8' Xalioual Hank at Eldorado and told tho cashier ho wanted to pay oif a $l,f?00 mortgage which drow 0 por cw't. intor oat and was not duo until February. Tho hank cannot loan rnonoy nt U per cent. now and tho canhior rofuaod tho | yayment, Moantimo Brown had do po?ited tfl.AOO in gold on tho counter. { "Wo cannot a^oopt payment hoforo this inorttfago i* duo, "said tho oashior j a? ho punhod tho money back. Brown had brought along a rovolyot i for fear of hoinj; hold nj> on tho road, and ho pointed 1 ho weapon at tho ea?hior and naid; "Give up that wort 6 a#o. " l ho caidtior complied and took tho ^rnonoy, while Brown atartod homo with hi.s paper. A N1N1S MlMdON JIAMO CUUI*. Tho Dry Ooods Itecord "A I all oh an lCs i ii 11 1 o A Good (iuusHcr in (ho fast , '.(ho Daily Dry Goods llocord, of New Vork, suys: Working on thoao lines by which such oloso ostiniotoH to llio actual ouiloii crop of tho l??t two years woro obtained, tho figures juttt now obtained iudicoto a crop for 1 H!??. - 'UN, which \ nrioH from 8, W?fl,7N8 I ?a! oh to 1?, :i ? 1 , />HvJ bales, of 500 pounds each. For tho last crop, or |Mix>-'|i7, our on* timato wai >.*,7'-?M>()l bales against N, HI 1,01 1 balos ui. tho aoluul roturns whilo tho estimate for tho previous year, or IHtfi-'OU, M an 7, 1 T-.\OCO baton, compared with 7, balou. Tho closonoaa of those estimates t?? tho actual roturns stamped them with tho imprint of correctness and for tho cur rent crop year our oaliniato is submit ted with ii degree of conthlonco, that barring unexpected happenings, tho yield for 1N!?T 'DM will not exceed tho maximum liguros of 0, ?{?!,. Wv balos of .'jUO pounds each. lite National Sanitary Association. Tho National Sanitary Association mot in Nashville, Tonn. I>r. K, (). Young, i>f Lexington, Ky. , tho prosident, pro aiding, I'apora hy I)r. ('has. S. Bono diet, health ullieor of Now York city; Dr. Thomas Craig, of Brooklyn, and Prion Young wore discussed. Tho association oloctod tho following olli eors: Prosidont, Chan. 10 Bonodict; vice prosident, J)r. K. A. Wilson, of Meridian, Conn. ; secretory and treas urer. Dr, Thos. I'). Veal, of Atlanta, (la. New York city was selected as tho next placo of meeting. Negro Shoot a Whit ecnppera, A apocial to tho Louiavillo, (Ky. ,) livening Post from Milau, Tonn., says; Whit oca pp'ors attacked tho homo of Dot 'Priori, a negro living near this place, and fired into hits honso. Ho ro- i turned th,o llro, hilling Win: fiiron, a whito man, and fatally wouuding four others. Tho negro was shot through tho arm. intense excitement prevails j and a race war i3 oxpeetod as a finalo to tho troublo. Salt Water Taken the l'laco ot Fresh. Tho Wilmington {N. C. ) Moaaengor eays that all the Raw mills and steam plants on tho river as far upas Hilton, t> nd oven tho waterworks plant, are hav ing no end of troublo with their boilors on account of suit water in tho river. Tho river ia lower than it has been for yours, ami tho salt water of the ocean has come up.und taken tho placo of tho fresh water. Wants Missionaries Withdrawn. A dispatch to tho London Dail3' Chroniclo from Constantinople save: Tho Sultan is making atrenuous efforts to obtain tho withdrawal of tho Ameri can missionaries from tho iutorior of Asia Minor. Tfliia efforts should bo successful, tho policy of exterminating tho Armenians could bo accom plisb of! w ithout I '.ui ojieau witnesses, liepubl leans I'ut Up n Kick. "A Negro Voter" iu a card to tho ( 'harlotte, (N. C. ,) Obser ver aayn the colored L'epnblicans of that cily will put tip a kick to tho confirmation of J. W. .Million as postmaster for Charlotto. They will send a delegation to ington on tho assembling of Cougrosa an<l light tho appoiutmor t. IiCnves Nearly u Million. A special from Columbia, S. C. , pays; j Hi Senator Bobcrtson died in that city on the IHlh. lie was Senator from South Carolina under the reconstruc tion rogimo and was succeeded by Mr. Itu tier. Mr. Bobortson had been prir* alyizod for years. His estato is esti-. mated to l>o worth nearly a million dol lars. Slugged to Death. In New Orleans, Da., .lack Cummings and Walter (Jrillin, local pri/.o fightora, sparred for tho benefit of yellow fover snlVorers. At tho fifteenth round ( i i if - tin bit Cnminings a hard punch, and he sank to tho Moor and was removed to a hospital, where ho died from tho elleets of tho blow. Tim Jury Could Nol Agree. At (Jlonvillo, W. Va., iu tho caso of Mrs. Governor Atkinson, on trial for forgery of hor former husband's nnme, the jury could not agreo and they woro discharged, Sovou wero for acquittal and live for conviction. A nollo prose qui may bo entered at tho next term. Foreign Ncty*. The Budget Commitleo of tho French Chamber of Deputies has votod to in creaRo ^ho standing aViuy by l iJ, OOtl men. Tho National Council of Switzerland lias ndopted a bill making the iusuranco of poor pei aons against aicknosa com pulsory. Tho British Amalgamated Hooioty of F.ngineera doubts that there will bo a general striko of such proportion! ** is reported. The Vellow Fever situation. Uoporta from tho yollow fever di*. tricta for tho 16th: Twelve o; fourteen civics of yellow fover near Cayuga, Miss. At New OrlcAH'allioro woro twenty- two now cases and only ono death from yol low fever; at Mobile Ihero woro seven now eases *ud no deaths. The J.ondon Gloliesays that the Jap* can fcnally whip the UnlIC<l StfttEELiZSt ft ^vklently ^uwkrreetiirtatee- the- tirht* In# abilities of tho Yaukeea, John Hull l?n? done ofe two previous OCCA tfons to hi* own sorrow. Virginia Confederate Veterans Ro commend Certain Histories. ? # - ? BITTED IN DENUNCIATION. Hoard of Ktltirullofi W ill .Muko <.'oti ? (roots for (lio lll.s( or Ion to !?<? I *?c?l t ?t Public Schuol.i^t Tlio (irand Oiunp of Virginia Co.N.* federato Veteran# met in Uiehmond, ^ a 'I ho history committeo mot just boforo tlio Yotoritns, and after a Ion;? discussion of the U'.ie.stion of school ? vt 3-' histories, tho following was adopted; fJosolvod, That only ftuoh histories as fairly present tho principles and f ???ts upon which in grounded our American republic bo tisod. 1 n thin spirit wo would recommend as Vir ginia hhdorios, tho?o by Mio .Mary Tucker TVfo(.lil 1 mid (louoral 1>. II. Maury ; and as histories of tho l-nited Stutos, those of Mrs. Susan l'oiidlotou I, eo. IHoV. J. William <1 ouos, Shinn. Ilansol serioa and Holmes, Further, wo would nuggest for i t h moral and pa triotic iullueueo uh auxiliary readinir, tho adutirablo life of (leu. Uobort L. Leo, by Mrs, Mary Williamson. In our opinion, it might bo adopted such is its clearness and verbal simplicity as u cur ronLrfmder. Wodosiro, also to o^??refls ojiv admiration of tho recent ill toranoe.of tho grand commandor of the ( bnfedeiato VoteraiiH of Virginia, Col John Cussons, in his arraignment of tho South in his "lilanco at Current History. " A mass meeting of citizens and oduca torn was hold in Loo ('amp Hall to ov change views on tho school history mat tor. Next. March, the board <? f oduca tion will make contracts for the histories to bo usod in tho public schools of tho State for tho noxt four years. Pr. llun tor Metiuiro presided and addressos wero made by him, Col. John Cussons, Hov. J. Wm. .lonos, Captain Uordon McCaho, John I'. .Mc( luire and others. All tho speakers wero bittor in their do nnnciation of some of the histories now in iifio in our public schools, and reso lutions wero passed protesting against their being continued on the list. miss ownxs to ?;iiT $;;<>, <><><>. Slio .Saved a Wi'iillliy Ln<t\ I'rnm licing Unit Over by a Car. ( A special to tho Charlotte (N. C. ) ( )bsorvor, from Salisbury, soya Miss Mamie Owoua, 'of this city, has re ceived a letter from a Mrs. Strovor, ol California, in which ^tho latter lady, who i:< <|uito rich, snys that sho has m ado her will and i/i it bc<|Uoaths &10, 000 to Miss ( )wens/ ' During a visit to Washington, last year, Miss Owoiif 'had tlio good fortuue to savo Mrs. Strovor from being run over by a cable cur. The legacy attests Mrs. Strovor "t appreciation of the act which probably saved her life. (.'Alt ai<\<;NATK I>KAI>. Cieorgc 31. Pullman Dies Suddenly ol llcart Disease. (ieorgo M. Pullmau, tho famous cm ina^niito, died at his homo in Chicago, from heart disease. Mr. Pullman was in apparently good health ami had not complaiued of any ailments. Nobody wnS present wljen tho end en mo. lio was at his home comer of Eighteenth street ami Prairie avenue. Mrs. I'll 1 1 man was in New York nt i'fhotimoof his death. Mr. Pullman was fifty times a millionaire, jfras the founder of tho town of I'ullmnn, ami revolutionize*1 of railroad traveling. a si<:a of kijamiss, Russian Pel roletim Springs Catch Pi t e--l'".iiormons Loss. A dispatch from Hakn. on tho penin mi la of Apsherou on tho wost coast ol tho Caspian Sen, neentio of tho great oil producing legions in European iius ?in, says that a petroleum spring at Ko' many, asubnrbof Ibiku, caught firo and sprond quickly to other springs iu the vicinity until the whole volley was a son ! of flumes. 'I'ho fires are still burning. I The losses ^ro onornious. j Southern Directors Kiccted. Tho annual meeting of the stock holders of tho Southern Hail way Com pany was hold iu liichinoiid, Vn. All the .'dock wasreproBonted. The follow ing directors were elected for tho ensu ing year: Alexander H. Andrews, Ibil eigli, X. C. : Jos. Bryan, Richmond, Va.; ('has. II. C'oster, Samuel Spencer, Harris ('. Fahnstock, Kohcrt-M. (lalla- ! way, Now York: Win. M. Finlay, Washington, I). (*!.: ; Samuel M. Inmaii, Atlanta; Skipwith Wilmer, Haltimoro, American Frdr.rnt Ion of I^nhor. President Samuel ( iompos, by Frank Morrison, socrotary, has issued a call to all nililiatod unions for Iho seven teenth annual convention of tho Ameri can Federation of l.ahor. ,to bo held at Nashville, Tenn,, in tho House of lioprcflontativos, on Monday mornincr, Dccombcr'lHth next. Thesosr-ion ia to eontinuo until all business ttliall have boon completed. 1 J Contest for $400,000. Charles E. Sanford, of New York, and other relatives of the Into Josephine \Y. Sandford, of San Francisco, have begun n contest for her estate of nearly 8100,000, which she willed lo persons not relatives. (I A l>lfc of Tillman. Mr. A. \V. Mooro, of Columbia, S. (I. , announces his intention of writing o life of Senator If. H. Tillman, of South Carolina. A true lifo of TJlUniyj would be read by f?!l with ijittfrcst for ho is certainly ono of tho unique characters qu tho political stago at this lino* New Comet Discovered. A"U0W cetuet has boon disco vored by tho I jfc^obscfecatory. It lias a short tail. x* ' " <?reater New York's fiexlatrnllon. The lotaT registration ofGreator New York in A70,740, Tho total registration in Now York city is 8'i4,#0ffr as com pared 380,010 l**t - year. Tlio registra tion of I/ODg Island City in 8,573. Tho total last yoar wm 8,481. Tho registra tion on fttaten Island is 12,670. This IK t,?hw Tftoro thinr hat -ywr. ~ " Th# manajrerncni of ' ) Harvard baseball club have daoided to send the teams on a ttofethern trip dnring tho next Spring v^ation. Woolen Ytigrntn Cnrpot, 3 Sc. Imported Velvet <'nr|?e<, fiOf. U?LC?ilro foroo l.i working day and nlJHir orders. You, ulsu, can tmvo ftQ to 60 por cent, ou n carpet by writlnjfvfor our now Ooloioo vi?r|>et OtllUli tfllO vvllloU tillOHd all goids 111 )ltli<>Kr<|pliod colors and with exact dls t (in tuoss. Tho bcok coats you doOiJuk. It' you wl?h (|titiliry narnplca, send 8c. ill at mo |>3. our ik'w lia puyo general ontftld?i)o of Vnrnlturo, Prftpcilf#i (Vnokorv, B(ovt-3. do., will bo ready alter Nov. 1st. Wrlto for it then. JULIUS HINES Sc SON, w*i tiwokk, 2SS>, Plenao mention tlda paper. Pioneering. It Is qulto tlio custom to speak of tho whites who wore tho f I r? t to no nmoug tho Indlnn tribes of tho We?t as "plo? neors of civilization." Tho "civiliza tion" was not always of a perfectly civ il Ol\Ta?\ 'l'ho ofllclalu and traders of the old Fktdion Bay Company used to claim credit for this rough pioneering. Il% wo may judge from tho records of the company, their work was thorough in its- way, but tho way was a html one. Somo entries In tho account-books of tho company, made more than a hun dred years ago, will show how tho civ ilizing was being done. "Doe. SI, 1705. Served ovit.'Q Quart of rum per man; the evening spent In In nocent mirth and Jollity. \j, "Jan. J, i'i 00. All the Indians drunk about the place; groat tvo Ublfi keep ing order." Two oil tries of an earlier dale, and from a-slatlou frtlll farther north, chow what were the amenities of Intercourse between, tho "clvillzetl ' and savago races when questions of right and Jus tice were In the way of settlement. Tho llrst entry reads: 'The Company's cook, n lad of in, having been carried off by the Esqui maux, -three out of a party of six pass ing Esquimaux were seized as hostages until the return of the boy." Five yearo later another brief entry shows how this transaction was finally closed: ? "ltyd a row with the throe Esqui maux detained. They were shot, and their ears pickled in rum and sent on to their tribe, to show them what had happened." A Massachusetts man who left homo n few days a~o to walk t > tho Klondike says ho "proposes to take along a pair of Snowshoes." Ilo'd better also take along a pair of woodep legs. 3000 BICYCLES niui-tt'C dotal out nl Htntiititfl '03 Mi'di'li.K'JfivitM, L fill l<> If ?ll. UJ nuuleJs Alt) %to#20 Id Imiul whi'uls fS rjjlft 8io*i&. Shlppvd to any ono fen ii|.i>rovnl ,? itJirmt advance SdciiKhil tin *1 fai(o-.r rloarli.fi ?<te r j<: .4U\ .1 Hiryci.K fcj hefl nlftrilx" W> *111 ???r.t l i ??h tu?'i IHKr", USE ?f ? ourTOil Offer. Mead t'vt'lt- ^ I 3(> Avciiiic I4 ?? < III. TRUE. Rice'sGooseGrsase Linfmeni Is j Iwnya sold under n. piKfriinlec to euro all ftclios (itid pain?, rlicimint nouralula, sprains, brniscK and tiut'ii.-. ll Jxalso warrant ed to cuio colds, crort|i,cotiKlis and la Riippo ((dicker tlinu any known r< mcily, No euro no pay. Hold by all d r ?ku i*l* and general etoros. Mado onlv 1?y <?OOSK (tftKASH XjIN'IMI*. NT CO., I/heknsboho, N. <J. I'/VfKNT CMISTKIl 5CAKI' I' IN Heavy I'.UlKS l'lit')' CuiiUe. Surrounded l?y t> lliilllnnts. Sample 15c. D. >!. W atkins A Co., Catalogue Kit lb. l'rovlilencc, U. 3. /f]A // &Q mined d c(ig a ueae A'ikus?H< <in? Actual biitfnnsi. Nnlcit & ... V.otV Hliort lnuo. Cheap bnatil- tft>u<j for catijcaii*. ! f)R. W. H. WAKEFIELD, I *Jf Can b j consulted to his oniCo ta (IHAHLOTTK. N. O. No. 601) North 'iTryon Strcat, On noy wcok tiny except Wcdpeailny. Ills praotico la limited to discuses of tho EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT. ^ ' H% ?% M ? |I||A AR1>8 r on )>* with, 1 1 n I B BlI \m out ttieir WiiomIpiIkq I>jv . I "J ? ? IU Ik Antt J ? k ilio niarvcloUH ? I ? ? IS Im euro for tli? drink habit . R-9 11.^1 llll Writ? ltenova Chondral ^ ^ m m 9 m Co.. 6? Broadway, N. V. tn formation (til plain wrapper) mailed frco. Bn DAVCD'Q Groat Vegetable BLOOD ? n? uAIVkflJ) LiytRCU?B. Uimrantcod foi'.|(ircm?iHtlHni, SrroiiiTJ?/">iyiU?lllf, Con - 1 (?tipation A I ihIIkcsIIoii. Al ami factum! by l.nnhniit .Mountain M?*dlclli? CoinpHiiv, ilu:. .... tk.vv ST. JOSEPHS L1V?R "WdLAITr. Tho Host on llio Market. All DniftKlatsand MoroliAnK Mnf'd )j\* I. GBn^TIiK At CO, Chntf nnooa*, Trnn SI BAYER'S COLLEGE llaiul. Tmirritiht. Dookk??pUitf. Beat, Oheap?st. Mttuatlon tfuaratilrrd fcf. N. U.? No. 42? 'U7. t \ l?T II It'll Quickly. Hend for I*ooJP>* nv e n tlo n? \X Wanted." Kdgar fato At Co.. 215 IlruiwtWiy. N V . SAW MILLS. If yun ootid a m\\v mill, any ?l?.<\ write mo l'ntoro buying olaewlmro. I novf t tu* mcft cu?ii|il'ilo lini) of inllla or any Mftil'T <>r Hinnufnctnter in ttio Boiitu. GORN. MILLS. Very IiIkIichI Krndo Stouwj, at unusual Jy low prlQQ9. WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY, I'laiiur.*, MoiiMnrj", Elisor', Ho-HftW*, lsiuu! fiinva, Laths, ctc. ENGINES AND BOILERS, Talbott fti.d Ii!ili1t>ll. Kim'l? Im>ik IJIco liullur, in slookj ?.* delivery, low pflcos. V. O. BA'DHAM, No. 10SD Main St., Columbia, 8. Of " THE BAILEY ?LE8BY CO. . pNC^L)>MtQ' lilCfc_t^UlLMi Tho only ntaohln' for denning rough ri<;o in one operation. MUimit?) SI; saw, CORN AND CAN I! MILLS, RUBBER 7NND LEATHER BELTING, Hose, Pocking*, Pipe. Fittings and lTrara OyuUa. Hlouk of Ntippllofl RoutTi,' Lowest Prices. Prompt HliljtinontiJ. Illua* t rated Catalogue Furnlabed upon Appllca1 lion. 'Ti v II. o IMj Oo.'h Aiili'Krlcttni ltnbbltt Metal, Iho ber>t for 111011 SITE# - mnobincry. CHARLESTON,^ - - S, C._ . tiii: r\ 1 1 1:\) status (;ovi:uN.MK.\r h*? I . aibinUtl U"> kcdoy Treatment in the Qw. uii'i K lloim-M it ikI l;i an Institution for thl ' vxdurlvo ui.$ ?.>> tho llvgulnr Aruiy. ALCOHOL, OPIUM, ' Produce enon H dlnoft?# It, RACGO USING ( hnviiiw. dotlnito pfttlmh n.'V. 'I'll.) illHcas<( vlelilsoiiHUyL' ttt-ttio Uuubll , t 'ittr.rtftA uf Hi. lil T K'liTincnt a* ndmlulstt I'vd M 'I'lit! kcvloy J i intitule, < iroouvlllo, H. l'< l illod int'onnaUoii mailed on application t{ THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, (OK BOX ?7) Gr.fcENVILI.E, - S. C. Tlu> O.MjY Kccli'V Inililutc ill 8. ^ONEY IN CHIOKENS.TT Soml 25 cents in (damps for Book. HOOK l?i;ULISIIINU HpDSK, i!M Leonard Street, - - Now. YorJc ? ALABAMA LADIES~'; Brnvo as l-tons* ' Jenifer, Ala., wrlWii Tly Husband* w ft ? cured of UUIousnoBfl by INr. M# A. 81m i.-ouu l-ivor Modi* ol:io, which I Xiavo n;jcd 10 yours, Ilnvo tried both Zellln'snna "IJlnclc Driiuglit/' and I think tbo i M. A. flhiSmon* Med I ci no so f::r Buporlor tbnt n-m Pfickaco of It la worth tUrco orfourof either tliootlior kinua. Insufficient? Menstruation In noraotimon cnuncd by non-dovolopmont of (!io pni U), nooiotimcn Jby obHiructloiiB in raoulli of vagina, and noirwtjniea by couetl patcd bowels, but initially rcoullo from ado bilitatod condillonof tlio pyolcnii wiilch pre* veatu natmo from ovcrcominp any fthUBtin! cxpontno, ouch an fright orgoltliiRfcet wot. Dr. Simmons Squaw Vino Wine builriA tip tho uyutcm rind coroa tho tlinordcr, whilo Dr. Ef . A. Hiiaiaonti X.Ivor Modlclnn curca (lio constipation, indigestion, loou of oppo? tito, pains in bipii, boutf ttuil luaba, Wblcla :no usually presout. ''Jk, Zteinfu" fchcllnwii. ?n., wrltCB: I Lir.vo nr.Tci l>r. A; Slm inona Mvor MmUclno 15 years. It cured mo of Ton >>!<1 jLlvor, iQtliacetion, ftorrousnteo and tilery* It ourod my V.'ifo of a Fonmlo Com plaint. My two Aunt* liavo been greatly bono* :<1 by It iti their old ugp, vo lined "Black DrangM'' I think Or. 111. A. 8. JU fit I lav but ? ? - M. far superior to It. Skin and Eyoa Vol low.* Tlilfi fitnordcr lhi'lfl ltndircct cancola COSM ilcrangoticut in (lio liver tnd Ita cloocly Cllicd fjlanda. Thobilo. inotcr.d of ncoolng out through t lie bowclo, lia^ been obstructed, find finding no oufk'tlbrouph itnUBUtd chon. nob, haa accumulated nnd been taken np by tlio nbuorbentu ?nd distributed over tn? Oyutcin, poMorifn/: tlic blood end disturbing niltlso fuuntlona of llio body. In-tbo trCfttr. incut of Ibih disease, Dr. SI. A. Slntmoni I.ivcr r.roOlcino should bo taken night and jaornim; until tha complexion becomca clonr. Upm n Frandu that eonrfc yon Tor yonr monny. Tho imltfttionfl that try W tat'o tho Titacu of tha Original ])r. M. A. Siinmons liivcr Modtolno, v/lillo by intorootod der.lonj noldj-.i t ho onnic," arc advertiwd an "not the flaioc." ?nd you may bo conttfiQ and deceived for your'moncy ttt thQ czpcooo ?$? yourhoulth. liowarcl * /W" / (' c:OI?ltKSI'ONI?KX<'r. invitkd. Old Dominion (roil A \nl> W im Itlvlimond. V? R0MB-8HELL. SURE-SHOT. W Every mi# hIioiiI I tmv llil* bfimtifnl ptolur#,-? i in l ft different ro! w.?; U C)('K O P A<5 K8, ?($ 1 .<)Q ltWb< Dellvrrr-l frcn. Hire ?(i/W IncTi**, p*InT?A l>y Unnd and from the painting, rai ned *1 ?!?(MHm. Kvory iynWy should hara on?. Don 'I 8end money- f>y mall, poatofflc* order, or check, at trn risk, ,Mnney returned If not aau*> /? otory. .HANIIATTAN lM)IIM8IIINO V<K? (II \V?rrrn St., Tor. W. JlrowKwuy, M. T? HERE IT IS! t Wout to learn all aboul e Horse? How to piok out r> good one? . JLnow - imperfections and bo guard against fraud? Detect di?oaae and oflfect a euro whon same is possible? Tell ttro ago by the toeth? What to call tha diffpreht ports of the animal? How to shoe a norao properly? All this and oiheV *altt*ble information can bo obtained by reading our 100-PAGE ILLU8> TRAT^P HORSE BOOK, which we will forward, postpaid, on rcceipt of only 2^0e^^p Stamps. - Book Publishing House, j|; 1 34.J[ .?oMard Street, - ? 1ST ?>v Y oric OWy* . noN'T you ssmmm. papers and books which you don't fully understand, and ijhleh yon would Ilk* to look' up II yon Had soma compact book which woald gi*s the it* - form ?t Ion In a foir lines?? not be obliged to 4>aadle a twenty- pound taoyotopi?4!a corila* *1S or mm a (% tn stamp* sent to flOQK LISHINO HOUSE, 134 Leon* BJ ?rd Streat. N. Y. City wi? ftmleb x???^Mitpald*.wlth ioat anoh a .... -?? bookrcontatBth* **? ~=~s, * " Illustrated, with cossptere h?ndy ladex. Do /tn* knatr who Cmsww was. aad wtnw M^T )ly?d? Who buHt the Pyramid*, and whe?t-gfcat sou ad twifti im| fat pes Oioa^.^ ' What tatfea hia^il?aulgittrwW?r^liFltswo role Jure jtei the comptm in ltttf and who Karoo Polo was? If hat the OoHte Knot wee? TheUook eenl'atas ihm? im mm TMk {% : -1* fsyiwmtnns ot Jot mub, eMftteve aa yea wonder j? ^ ^ she?<. B?ar ?? ?? thm very law rr<r? e/ K||Wc r ir %r_ . .. = Attf # d*H+r Ml iK?x?r? rotrmti; 9 U