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.r o AGEICULTDRAL DEPARTMENT. ■•VtlMrn Avrlcnltura. £d*. Country Gentleman: The tow week* a great many editor?, writ er* and other persons on their way to the exhibition at New Orleans, have passed through the Southern States, aotuo of them for the first time. To those who hare become acquainted with southern agriculture by longer experience, the views of these well meant but mistaken persons gathered from the car windows, seem to be ex ceedingly crude or incorrect. The C cral idea current among them is, t the southern soil is poor and in fertile, and the»onthern people wrctch- - ed and very inadequately cared for by themselves. “Circumstances alter cases,” and this applies very forcibly to the agriculture and the people of the Southern States The first strange thing which is re- ~ marked is the old pitje fields and the broom sedge which coversjhe turned out land which has not grown up with timber. TTiTs, it is to be confessed, along with the water-worn gullies which scar and scam the land, and the abundant weeds, are at first disagreea ble to the eye of a farmer used to the better cultivation of the Northern and Western States, but one may be easily mistaken in his view of even these. T have heard persons remark ns the can sped through the best part of the cot ton belt, “what wretchod weeds these are which cover all the land.” Where do these southern people grow any tiling. At the same time these weeds were the stalks of cotton which may have turned out $50 worth to the acre. In the same manner the old fields are not a bit worse than the old-lashioned bare fkliows which used to be so com mon in the b^t farmed districts of the North, for they are really one and the same wav of restoring hind to some degree of fertilitv by means of the natural process of resting ij. Of the two methods I prefer the southern one, for I would rather grow a crop of weeds or timber on unused land, than leave it bare and plowed, for even one •uouner. And it is an absolute ncces- aity of southern agriculture that this system of turning out land should be practiced. Where no stock is kept, or very little, I see no other resource for tbe planter of cotton and tobacco than to work bis lands up to a certain point and then resort to his only possible method of following as a means of res toration. He is liouud by his climate and his other environments, and as the cotton region of the Honth is not a stock country, and never will be a dairy region, and is not a very good co»*n country, and seems to have been made for cotton and tobacco, with a sufficient quantity of grain, fodder mid meat to supply the domestic consump tion only, the southern farmer must not be judged by a test which is en tirely foreign to his circumstances. The next thing which is conspicuous Is the poor dwellings that arc so com" moil, houses without gables and open as tbe poorest barns in newly settled places in the North. This,' too, is a necessity of the case. If any of these winter visitors would pass over the same route in July, August and Sep ; tember, they would see the advantage of these airy dwellings in quite a dif ferent light. 13ut every man to hi taste, and if southcmi people desire such houses, and object to glass in the windows, 1 would give them their un doubted right to have -tnem. I have met with tiie kindest hospitality, anc with the most delicate and careful consideration in houses of this kind anu would consider the character ot the house as a secondary consideration I have lived at one time in a log shanty with a roof of hemlock bark, having a square hole in the centre for a chimney and must say that I enjoyed life then quite as much as in a house with every Inxiiry of modern fashion. It is not tiie house, but the man in it which is the true test. But it would be a very great mistake to think that one secs everything from the car windows, and that there arc as well cultivated farms or comfortable houses in the South, or that southern farmers are not competent to judge for themselves of what is the fittest for them. It makes a very great change in one's opinions when’he is brought face to face with new necessities. This applies very forcibly to the South, both In 10 ' l * "Kricullure and its social and political Conditions, and u Northern man moviong to the South must free his mind from the force of prejudices and be prepared to begin a new life and view tilings from a dif ferent point of view if he would he cither successful or happy. It is these prejudices and the determination remain aliens and foreigners in strahne land, which presents the sue cess of what are called Northern colo nics in the South. From my expe rience of these enterprises I am very much opposed to them and would rec ommend persons desirous of moving to the South to avoid them as far as K ssiblc, and to make themselves at me among their new neighbors, and above all tilings to avoid towns founded by speculators and land sharks, who try to attract victims bv calling their enterprises Northern colonies. As •npw-flakes falling into the ocean and quietly mingling with the surrounding element, so must persons who go to the South mingle with the people, and lose their identity in the general mass, No doubt an energetic northern roan would find opportunities for changing the methods of agriculture in the South, and mostly in those locali ties where the climate inore ncnrlv ap aches that of the North as it docs in mountain region which I have n describing. But even in the low coantry, where cotton is supreme, a aortheni fanner can improve upon the present methods, which is chiefly marked by a strong dread and fea • of fram. The southern is naturally a graM region, and there are several native varieties which grow with pro feeton. Now! grass is the basis of agriculture everywhere, and^if the southern termers would grow grn 8R and tdew it under for their cotton crop*, as a rotation, I foci certain it rould greatly benefit them. I have of grass, having learned the value of taut so-called pest, quack g«MS. and bow to manage it, and am certain that by such means as are used fu the north to keep down grass in cul tivated fields, no southern fanner need dveod the worst of their native grasses and woaKMftd them n most valuable aid la the improvement of their lands. Another grand enterprise *for the Heuthfi sheep rearing for wool chiefly. -Wool can be in the Booth for end certainlv for cotton. There ie tbe Sooth If with tbe oiatoeia tide indus- * * through to and poultry would afford also a large business, and could easily compete with Germany and France In supply ing the demands of northern markets now met by importations from Eu rope. But the cotton crop in tho low country affords tbe grand prixe for good culture. The present low pro duct of 200 pounds per acre could be increased five fold by careful culture with proportionate profit, and the wide-spreading low coutry affords a magnificent market for products, pork, beef, mutton, fruit and other produce of the elevated mountain country. In addition to all these there are the val uable minerals, the wonderful wealth of timber, hark and other natnrnl pro ducts which require development by capital and industry and which must afford a vast substantial basis for agri cultural prosperity.—H. 8. in Culti vator ana Country Gentleman. Sir J. B. I. wm's KxperimeaU. Dr. .1. B. Laws, tho great English agricultural experimenter, has raised wheat on tho same land for forty years. Withont manure of any kind the yield has averaged 14 bushels per acre. With 14 tons of farm-yard manure applied every year, the average yield has been 32 bushels and 12 quarts per acre. With mineral manures (i. «., superphosphate of lime, sulphate of potash, soda, magnesia, etc.) and irithout any nitrogenous manures, the vicld for 32 yeufs has averagen 16 bushels and one j>cck per acre. With nitrogen alone (ammonium salts) the yield has avocagcd 204 bushels per acre for 32 years, though hut 17 bushels and 24 quarts for the last 16 years. W’ith nitrogen alone (nitrate of soda) the average yield for the 32 years has been 234 bushels—for tho second 16 years 20 bushels and one peck. Final ly, with nitrogen, phosphoric acid potash, soda and magnesia (forming a complete manure), tho nvc* , age yield has been, per acre, 32 bushels and three |>eck8, or on an averaire 12 quarts more per acre each year than the aver age vield given by tho 13 tons of farm yard manure. Farmers, "Those of* you who l)uv concentrated fertilizers', and, indeed, those of you who do not, would do well to study the above results.— Rural New Yorker. to a THK IIALT1MOKK KAZAAK. Turcot; Five Thoutaml Dollar* Ralaad for *x Confederal* Soldiers. Baltimork, April 15.—The bazaar for Him L'ontcderate relief fund, which has been open in this city for the past ten days, closed to-niglit. It was in every way successful, and yielded over $25,000. The money is to he invested by the treasurer, and the interest de voted to the relief of needed ex-Con- federate soldiers. Tho principal is to be added to from time to time by various means until a tnfikient sum is raised to endow an institution which will be a refuge for destitute men who “wore the grey.” Mcrofulo. I have had hereditary scrofula broken ont on mo for eight years. Mv mother and onc'sistcr died with it, and I, sup iwsing that I would go as oilier mem bers of (he family had, had despaired of life. The treatment of mercury and potash seemed to aggravate instead of curing the disease. In this condition I was pressed to use Swift’s Specific. After taking six bottles the fearful ulcers on my neck and arms disap peared and the scars only remain to remind me of my swlieriiigs. Mad I taken S. 8. S. at first, I would have been a well tiian long ago. Frank Uiwiier. Danville, Ky., October 13, 1334. Krxriufi. 1 was affected for ncnrlv four years with eczema. Tho doctors Ailed it at first erysipelas. 1 was treated bv phy sicians. I was cured by Swift’s Spe cific. I used about thirty bot'lcs and have had no trouble with it since. I refused to take it, even after it was recommended to' me by others, for some time—such was mv prejudice to the name of it; hut having tried it myself, I now believe it is the best blood purifier in all my knowledge. It did another thing for me. i had suffered from piles for tnanv years. Since taking this medicine I have been relieved, and believe it cured me. U. II. J(pies. Carlersville, (la., August 25, 1884. My daughter, seven years old, has been afflicted with eczema for two years, and after trying other remedies in vain, I gave her Swift’s Specific (S. S. S.), and one and a half bottles cured her sound and well. It is the hsst blood remedy in tbe conntrv. Mrs. M. S. Ji dkins. Cedartown Mill^ July 23, 1884. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases' mailed free. t Swift Specific Co., Drawer A ■onx, HOMOS IS ST. LOUIS. rimllac • DMd Bwly FmM la aTrmk- Th* Room whence the t ad; was Takaa Unoccupied for a week. St. Lqcis, April 14 —A sensation was caused at the Soothcm ilotel, be tween 11 and 12 o’clock to-day. by the discovery of the mutilated bodv of a man packed in a trunk which wae taken out of a room. Tho atench from llte trunk caused the discoverv. The hotel register shows that on March SO a gentleman registerad as Waiter H. Lennox Maxwell, M. D., from Lon don and was assigned to that room. On onening tbe trunk it was found that the head of tbe man was severed fh>m his body, and written on (be paper inside the trunk were the words, “So perish all traitors to the great cause.” The trunk and its contents were taken to the morgue. Maxwell is described as a very girl- isli-looking, blonde young man, wear ing a dark woollen cut-away suit of English stuff. His face was clean shaven and hc wore his hair bang tesb- ion.not partingitat all. Hewasseen in company frequently with a dark-look ing gentleman about five feet ten inche in lipight. This gentleman registered as C. Arthur I’rcllor, London, Eng land. A telelgram had previously been re ceived from Prcllor asking whether Maxwell was a guest at the bouse. He was answered in tiie affirmative and lie soon came on. Botl^occupied the same room. Maxwell left tbe hotel on Sunday night a week ago but lie bad paid 'his full week’s boan promptly, and it was supposed he would return anv day. No suspicion attached to his absence until the hor riblc smell called attention to Ids room ami led to the epenfug of the trunk. When the trunk was opened in the hotel corridor to-day it was found to contain, tho body of a middle-ugci man, the face and breast up, and so doubled about the hips and knees that it filled the receptacle. On the side of the trunk over tho head of the corpse was printed in large letters tiie words, “So’iicrish all tt;aitors’ , to the great cause.” The tnuik and its ghastly contents were immediately harried to tho Four Courts, in another trunk was found Maxwell’s London address “14 Paper Building, Temple, Lon don,” and an envelope addressed in his handwriting to the “Hcv. B. G. A Lewis, B. A., curator of St. Pauls, Mot ley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Ho came over on the steamer Cepha Ionia from England. Prcllor had Russian passport vised by the Russian ambassador in London in 1878, and pnaport of 1833 for Spain and Mexico vized by the Spanish minister am signed Granville. Seven trunks, four valises and a hat-box were left bchiiu at tiie holer, and the contents, clothing, etc., arc valued at hundreds of dollars This is believed to make the theory of a hoax untenable, and the belief is ihat the corpse is either that of Maxwel or Prcllor. St. Louis, April 15.—Waller H Ivennox Maxwell, who is supposed to have murdered C. A. Pellor and packet his body in a trunk at the Southern Hotel, April 5, purchased a through unlimited ticket to San Francisco On Monday morning, April C, and signet his name to the ticket before leaving lie left the same evening on the San Francisco Railroad. He was recog nized on the train bv two St. Louis gentlemen, who talked with him as far as Pierce City, Mo. y San Francisco, April '16.—Detec tives have discovered that Maxwell the murderer of Preller at the South cm Ilotel, in St. Louis, arrived here under an assumed name last Saturday and took steer&irc passage on the steam cr City of Sydney for Now Zcalant via Monolulu. The|telegraph has been called into requisition to bead him of’ at Auckland, but it is feared that at Honolulu ho may leave the steamer and take a sailing vessel for China or Japan. It has been discovered that the baggage checks delivered by Max well under an alias to the Pacific Transfer Company, of Ibis city, corre spond with the ntiinbera issued at St. Louis by the St. Louls lhd Bali Fran cisco Railroad to a different alias. rmjutm. A HUNDRED RKREUJ DROWNED. luutu, Ga. 3, At- A Visit to Jerfertoii Davis. A correspondent of the Vicksburg Commercial Herald recent I v’cai led on Jefferson Davis at his home at Beau voir. He says: “At a centre table the venerable soldier and statesman sat writing. I told liim I had called at the request of old friends in whose minds doubts existed as to the true state of his health, owing to conflicting rumors regarding it. After a graceful acknowledgement of gratitude to his inquiring friends Mr. Davis said that during a visit to his plantation on the river in January lust he was exposed n a boat, and getting wet suffered severely with inflammatory rheuma tism, which had compcUed him to keep to ids bed for several weeks. His ill ness, while not serious, was extremely painful. A f the present time he felt in ns usual health, with the exception of n swelling in his foef, which kept him confined to his room, although ho had, ora short while, walked in the gal eryiluring the forenoon, but was per force compelled by his affliction to re main in a room by a lire. He takes his sufferings as he has accepted the vicis situdes of life through which he has been, with philosophical resignation, prepared at all times for the inevitable and looking forward with a faithful i.rust in the promises that are made for the hereafter.” The Novel Method by Which tho Colo Governneoot Dlapoaee ol Cnptared Kevo- IntlonUtx. City of Mexico, April 17.—When troops of tiie Colombian Government finally entered Colon, after it bad been burned by tiie rebels under tiie leader ship of Preston, they captured several squads of rebels. During the past ten days the number of tbe prisoners has been considerably augmented by the receipt of straggling rebels captured in the surrounding dluricts. It is not known now insthow many rebels were thus held prisoners at Colon, but good authorities place the number at abeut four hundred. Authentic information readied this city last night that on Wednesday law officers of the Colom loan Government selected one hundred of the worst rebels imprisoned at Colon, and, placing them on board a steamer, carried them out into tbe bay where the entire hundred were thrown overboard and drowned. Tb« Wavkl; Record of BoxIbcm Failure*. New Yoke, April 17—Tho teiluree occurring throughout the country dur- ng the last week reported to ft. G. Dun & Co.’s mercantile agenev to-dav number for tbe United States '204 and for Canada 18—a total of 222, against 212 last week and 258 tbe week pre- riout. The distribution is about the sum as in the recent week, and them if nothing important to note in regard to them. The assignments in" New York are hm and light. The Northwest Rebellion. There is little change in- the condi tion ot affairs in th6 Northwest as shown in official reports. The Indian uprising is attracting more attention than the half-breed Insurrection, and members of the government admit that they are greatly alarmed for tho wel fare of the helpless settlers Battle- ford is again surrounded and camp fires are constantly horning. Signal fires have been lighted at different points, which fact is looked upon with alarm. The government denies the report that it is disposed to effect a settlement with tbe half-breeds and Indians by treaty. Sir John MacDon ald slates that he will^lrst pnt down the rebellion and then listen to what the rebels have to say. EerofRla. Are any numbers of your family thus afflicted? Have they scrofulous swellings of the glands? Have they any scrofulous sores o ulcefs? If so, and It should be neglected, the peculiar taint, or poison, may deposit itself In the substance of the lungs, producing consumption. Look well te the condition of your family, and if thus afflicted, give the proper remedy without delay. Buy that which make* absolute cures in the shortest space af time. Tbe unerring finger of pubiie opin ion points to B. B. B. ss the most wonder ful remedy for scrofula ever known. Yea need not take our word—you need sot know our names—merit is all you seek. Ask your neighbors, ask your drugrist, ssk or write to tkose who give their etr- tificates and be convinced that B. B. 1l is the quickest and most porfeet Blood Puri fier ever before known. - • to on Afro*- About tho Affhon froattor. London, April 15 —In tbe Cabinet Council to-day, the Anglo-Rnteiab sit uation, it is said, wae represented to be ae follows: England and Russia have agreed upon a basis for the de- limitation of the Afghan frontier, sub- Joct to a satisfactory explanation by Russia of the recent attack on the Afghan*. According to this scheme, it is said that Penjden will be ceded to Russia, provided the Ameer consents. Recruiting for the British navy con tinues with great activity, the admiral ty having invited nary pensioners to ▼oionteer^ Paris, April 16.—La Paix says that in the event of war between England and Russia other powers, especially France, mast remain neutral. Follow ing tbe above Declaration, La Paix hints that these powers have already reached an agreement to remain neu tral. London, April 16.—A special dis patch from Vienna to the Daily Tele, graph gives the following: M. De Giers, the Russian Premier, sent a tel egram to Baron De Staal, the Russian Minister at London''in these words: “I am charged by the Czar’s personal command to request yoa to inform the British Government that in the Czar’s opinion war would be deplora ble to both countries. The Czar firm ly hopes that a prompt andiiinpio ar rangement will l>c established.” In reply to this, Baron De Staal tclc- ? raphed M. Do Giers that the English Jabinot gladly accepted DeGier’s coin- mnuication. M. Lcssar, the Special Envoy of Russia, in an interview to-day, said that arrangements for the cession of Fenjdeh to Russia had not yet been completed, but that negotiations wore proceeding favorably. Tho Ameer, he thought, would offer no objection to the cession of Penjdeh to Russia, as tbe tribes occupying that place and other portions of tho territory which have been in dispute have for a long time caused him much uneasiness on account of their rebellious spirit and acts of violence. London, April 17.—Mr. Gladstone, in the House of Commons this alter noon, stated that the government bod to-day received from Sir Peter Lums den a reply to their request for an inde pendent report upon the Penjdeh inci dent. In this it is stated that General Koniaroff was aware, at as early a date as the 28th of March, of the understanding agreed upon on March 17 between Russia and England. Ac cording to the terms of this under standing England was to deter the Afghans and the Czar was to deter his troops from advancing beyond the positions they then respectively occu pied until some subsequent agreement about the demarkaMon ot the Afghan frontier could be reached between the two governments. The battle on the Kusbk River was fought, therefore, several days after Komaroff had been made aware of the agreement to not advance. It will bo remembered that Captain Yates, the British officer who witnessed the battle, was assured by the Russian officer who catninandcd in the fight that he knew nothing of the understanding of the 17lh of March. Sir Peter Lumsden’s report appears to warrant inference that whatever Kom aroff knew officially about the St. Petersburg agreement with London lie kept to himself. St. Pktersblru, April i7.—Genera Komaroff reports to tlte Czar as fol lows: “The Afghans have evacuated all their frontier posts. Our outposts now occupy tiie former positions. I will proceed soon to inspect our out posts.” THR CHARLESTON CUSTOMHOUSE. Mr IVBlkar’s Msrits Set Before tbe Secre tory of the Tr*e«ary. [Special to the Newt and Courier. ] Washington, April 16.—Tiie dele gstion that arrived here yesterday to present tbe name of Mr. L. J. Walker as the candidate of the business men for the collectorship of tho port ot Charleston called upon Secretary Man ning and the President to-day in fulfil ment of an appointment. The dclega- was led by Messrs. George II. Walter, Frank E. Taylor, president of the Charleston Exchange, and W. K. Steedman. Senators Hampton and Butler were present to introduce ttrc committee, but took no part in tbe pro ceedings. Tbe gentlemen named presented their case to Secretary Manning, stat ing that it was the wish of the business men of Charleston to have the collec torship taken out of the hands of |H>li ticians. They said that Mr. Walker was eminently qualified for the position, had the confidence of the people of Charleston, and that his apimintmcnt would gratify eight-tenths of tho busi ness men in the city. They challenged an investigation into his private char acter, which they declared was above reproach. Mr. Manning listened to them with marked attention, remaining with them even after the hour appointed for a Cabinet meeting, and said he would give his personal attention, deciding according to the merits of the case after a careftil consideration. From the treasury tho delegation went to the White House and paid their respects to President Cleveland. They told him of their mission to Washington and expressed the hope that be would give the matter his at- ention and recognize the business in terests involved. He was perfectly cordial with them and they left very well satisfied with tho interview. Mr. A. H. Mowry, tho rival candi date for collector, is in the city, and it "s understood that special representa tions in his behalf will be made few days. aianmAi.jnwt unaa. - —A lumber cotfi^any lias been fortn- verml minor appointment* war* by the President on Friday— them that of Timas M. Mor- ■^-Several minor made among gan, of South Garoli General at be Omani in a s Mystorlou Murder. Richmond, Va., April 17.—Tho au- horities are working assiduously in muting evidence in the case of Thos. J. Clnverius, charged with the mnrder ot Fannie Lillian Madison. It has now been found ont that Herman Joel, German watchmaker of this city, when on a business visit to Centerville, ling and Queen county, a vearago, mended for Clnverius a gold watch key, which key Joel is expected to prove is tbe identical one found at the reservoir alongside of Miss Madison’s veil on the day of tbe discoverv of the body. Joel has been enjoined not to talk on the subject, but the fhllest con fidence if felt here that he can prove the key bv his own work on it, afid that he will Identify Clnverius as the man for whom he did the repelling. The case comes np for trial on May 5. —The Attorney General has given an opinion to tbe President affirming tbe eligibility of ton, General A. It. Law- of Georgia, for appointment as ‘ “ ‘ J '* t —The steamship line between Ha vana and Tampa will be withdrawn after April 28. —An incendiary fire at Lancaster, Pa., on Friday night, destroyed twenty thousand dollars’ worth of property. —A new railroad to Newnan, con necting Greenville with Atlanta, will be built witbiu tbe next eighteen months. —The liquor dealers in Savannah are reouired by law to appear before tbe ordinary of the county and register in person. —The Prince of Wales has not met a cordial reception in Ireland. At Cork and other places he and his party were hissed; and several serious riots have occurred. —The Georgia papers state that by reason of the no-fcnce law in Greene county, Georgia, the yield of bntfer has been more than doubled, and the breed of cattle is improving very ra pidly. —Mr. Edwards Pierrepont, Secre tary of the American Legation, at Rome who was left in charge of affairs by Mr. Aelor and who had been ill for some weeks, died last week. —A skiff containing Marv Draper, her daughter aged 11, and fecr niece Carolina Dempsey, 12 years old, cap sized in the Ohio River near Evans ville, Ind., on Wednesday, and all were drowned. —A cyclone passed over a section of North Carolina east of Hamlet on Thursday afternoon, destroying tim ber, fences and houses and doing great damage in other ways. No lives are reported to have been lost. —Vessels of all nationalities are crowding into the Black Sea for tbe purpose of transporting grain from Russian ports before au outbreak shall occur between England and Russia Eighty-seven English vessels arrived in one week. — Although uo official information lias been received by tho Marino Hos pital Bureau of the existence of cholera in any part of Europe, the authoritica are taking every possible precaution to prevent its introduction into thii country. —H. McKenzie, canvasser for the Equitable Life- Assurance Company shot ids wife and himself at 96 Grove street, New York, on Tuesday night ’The pair, who were natives of Prince Edward's Island, have lived apart for some time. Drink and jealousy were the causes ot the tragedy —Sarr Stanley died at Ithaca, N. Y., on Monday, aged 100 years and three inonth§. He was bom in Dutchess county December 25, 1784. For four previous to his death he refused f'fita, saying he had lived as long as he wanted to. He had never been sick before during his life. — At Indian City, Tenn., Bud Far ris, white, and Freeman Yard, colored were hanged at the fair grounds Tues day morning at 2 o’clock by a mob of masked men numbering about two hundred. They belonged to a gang of thieves who recently have commit ted many depredations on citizens of that lacc. —The Governor of Texas has vetoed the land bill passed by the Legislature immediately before adjonrnmeot, pro viding for the sale of the common school, university and asylum lands. He says: “By no act of mine will I ever sanction the acquisition of those vast tracts of land by one manage ment.” — It is said that an offer of $25,000 a year f«»r the bar, billiard room knd barber shop of the Kimball House, in Atlanta, has been made and declined. This, with the rental of the stores, would have given the leasees, after paying the interest on the bonds and dividends on the preferred stock, the hotel rent free and $5,000 cash surplus — On Wednesday, a party, consist ing of tho wife of Admiral fteynolds, three ether ladies, and baby two montlis old, set out trom Hampton, Va.,in a flat-bottomed boat, rowed bv two necroes, to visit Old Point. The boat was capsized within one hundred and fifty feet of tbe beach. Aft the members of the party were rescued, but Mrs. Reenolds died subsequently from exhaustion. — A negro named Johnson, who criminally assaulted Mrs. >Jas. Thomp son, a white lady aged sixty years, at luka, Miss., was captured on Monday and taken to luka for identification. While a party was gone to get the lady Johnson confessed the crime to tiie sheriff and also said he was an escaped convict. Tho negro was taken outside tiie town and hanged to a tree. —General Henry R. Jackson, tbe new minister to Mexico, acknowledges that his pardon from President John son was not reinforced by special Act of Congress, bnt he denies that he Is allowing that fact to interfere with his movements. He intends to present bis credentials to President Diaz on May 15, and rest content nnder the Senato rial confirmation of his appointment. —At Salt Lake, Utah, on Tuesday, Orson P. Arnold, p prominent Mor mon, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging unlawful cohabitation. He declared, in open court, his intention to abandon polygamy, obey tbe laws and live with his iawftil wife only, not neglecting to support his “second family.” Judge Zane said these declarations bad great weight with tbe Court, and he therefore imposed a fine of only $300, without imprisonment. —The court-martial proceedings in the case of Gen. W. B. Hazeti were made public on Friday. The aentenoe is a reprimand, which is made bv the President in due form. General ijazea is released from arrest and has resumed tbe duties of his office. Tbe charge on which General Hazen was tried was “conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline.” The court found him “guilty" and recommended thayie “be censured In orders bv tbe reviewing authority.” -At the term house of Widow Hardin, about fifteen miles from 84. Joseph, Mo. William Clark, a former and a married man, had seduced tbe widow’s daughter, and be. tbe widow worn OFFICE. ALlto—l Washington, April 16.—It is under* stood that the policy of this adminis tration with regard to appointments to piaees in tbe Southern States now held by colored Republicans will be not to substitute white men for colored men, but to replace incompetent or dishon est colored Republicans by colored Democrats who are worthy and ca hie. In accordance, it is said, w this policy, tbe Postmaster General has just appointed ex-Uepresentative Tom Hamilton, of Beaufort, route agent from Beaufort to Jacksonboro, S. C. Hamilton was the leader of a small band of colored, meir who tap ed the Hampton government in uth Carolina in 1876. BE —W. H. L. Merritt, one of the most prominent lawyers in Virginia, died at his home in Brunswick county on Tuesday, agd eighty-five years. He was for several years presiding justice of his county and for maay years be fore and since the war a member of the State Legislature. TH1 HAN AND THU MONKEY “What ails you?” asked the man; “I see you are a sufferer, and can scarcely get along.” * “Oh, you see,” replied the monkey, “my mudder, site had what you evil scrofula, very much scrofula, my farder. he had heap sores, some big, some little sores, long time. They both took much medi cine, and died; tiie sores was ail they left me.” “Yes. yes,” replied tnc man. “I see how it is Your mother In tied ted her dis ease, scrofula, and your father caught his on the wing, and you inherUed or were born witli both complaints. But why pine away and die when you can be cured?” . * “I been done used over sixty Ixdtles .J drug store medicine, and it no good. Money] A all gone and sore here yet. Some doctors charge heap money, but no good.” “But, my friend,” said tiie man, “you got hold of the wrong medicine. Go to the drug store and get one bottle oi B. B. B , and before using all of it you will feel better. It is a quick cure. It will cure ail sorts of sores, Scrofula, Blood Poison caught on the wing, Itching Humors, Catarrh, Blood and Skin diseases and Kidney Troubles.” “I be so thankful for your kindness, and will go get B. B. B. to-day,” replied the monkey. is beautiful, all but her skin: and nobody has ewer told her how easy it is to put beauty on the skin. Beauty on the skin is Magnolia Balm. FOUND. FOB IsADIEffi OVlsY. A REMEDY endorsed by ‘toe best Physi cians and Druggists at its home. A REMEDY that Mr. C. W. O’Neill, Good- water, Ala., says raised his wife from aa invalid’s bed, and he believes seeed Aer life. ARE! merchant said: “I would have given $500 as soon aa I would a nickel for what two bottles of your medicine did for my daughter.” A REMEDY in regard to which 8. J. Cue. sell’s, M. D , Druggist, TbomasviHe, Or, p: “I can recallinstencesla which w ’orded relief after all the usual nsmedfts tEMEDY of which a prominent AUaata T would havegi i dUed." [EDY about which Dr. R. & Tyr rell, LaGrange, Ga., writes: “I have used for tbe last twenty years toe you are putting up and consider it best combination ever for the disease for which it Is mended. A REMEDY about which Dr. Joel Brahaa^ Atlanta, said: “/ kaee eammined the recipe, and have no hesitation in ad vis its use, and confidently BYEIt OF FIBK. “Oil, might I kiss those eyes of fire, Ten tliousand scarce would quench desire; Still would I steep my lips in bliss. And dwell an age on every kiss.” That young dude needs something for his blood; he is utteriy too fresh. B. B. B. is tbe best thing for mm, because one bot tle will cure him. But that dude is not ail alone in his terrestrial glory—not by a “Jug full.” Many others are considerably “rattled” Just now about that blood poison business, but B. B. B. will cure for the least money and in tiie shortest time. The boom is coming. Purify, Purify. “Oh, Josle,” said little gleeful Maud, “we are going to have some honey made at our house. ’ “How do you know?” asked Josie. “Because mamma sent the servant after three B’s, and I don't know what bees are good for, only to make honey.” Blood Balm Ca, Atlanta, Ga., will mall any one a most wonderful book Fhsk. Aplisuy antly ts- a staple Men Think’ ' 'i . they know all about Mustang Lia- unsnL Few da Not to know is not to have. was reached, but during the evening Clark called at tbe widow’s hooM. A hot discussion ensued, ending in a quarrel, during which Clark toot and killed the widow, mortally wounded the daughter and badly wounded the widow's young son. He then went home and fed his stock and did work about his place. The his dead body was found lu u pile straw near bis house with wlwllut bole In his head and an anpty pistol in his hand. 7 SB YKAUft lN UML ■AM IN I ■ksifealVrimmuh TORPIDlfvER. Lessor ■jmsHss, Rsmsis sssUv^rata Is .MEDY which tbe Rev, H. B. John son, near Marietta, Ga., says he has used in his family with tbe “utmost ssttfae- tion” and recommended it to three fami lies “who found it to be Just what it Is recommended." A REMEDY of which Pemberton, I verves A Dennison say: “We have been selling it for many yearL with constant creasing sales. The article is with us, and one of aheolnte merit' A REMEDY of which Lamar, Rankin A Lamar say: “We sold 00 from in four months, and never sold it in any place bnt what it was wanted again.” A REMEDY by which Dr. Baugh, of La- Grange, Ga., says: “I cured one of the most obstinate cases of ViCANioua Msn- stiiuation that ever came within my knowledge, with a few bottles.” A REMEDY of whkh Ur. J. C. Hues, of Notasulga, Ala., says: “I am fully con- vinced that it is unrivaled for that elam of diseases which it claims to cure.” A REMEDY about which Major John C. Whitr.er, of Atlanta, well and favorably known all over the United States as a General Insurance Agent, says: "I used this remedy before the war, on a large plantation on a peat number of eaaes, alteaut rhih absolute tueeeee." A REMEDY about which Mr. J. W. Strange, of Cartersville, Ga.. certifiee that one bottle cured two members of his family of menstrual Irregularity of many years standing. t Tfela Groat NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 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