Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ali Ovorivorkori Wunl. Wc wake up and make tip, Wc rako up and shake up, Aud uso tho word "up" when wc can: "Wo dripk up and think up, Wo killi, up and shrink np, And do up a sid rt iiko a man. Wc slack up and hack up, "Wo stack up and whack np, And hold up a man or an ace; Wc beer up and cheer up, "Wc steer up and clear up, And work ourselves up on a case. Wc walk up and talk up, Wo stalk up and chalk up, And ovorj where "up" '8 to bc heard We wet up and set up, Bul hanged it' wo lot np On "up", the much overworked word .nu: ourin:i s or nu-: WOODS. (theSouthern Mooklug Ulrtl-lila Haunt* Song .MU? Windon Destruction! (li)'oni the Macon ((?'</.) Telegraph.) Up to emancipation times, or ratho thc close ol' thc war, mocking bird wcro plentiful everywhere in Georgia Durin?!; the years that followed frcedon armed a race to whom guns had bcci forbidden. The negro became ai enthusiastic hunter, hut bc w is un skilled and could gratify his craze fo destroying only upon birds that wen nearest at hand. Mocking hirds, car dionis, ?ore?is, catbirds ami thl'UShOi went down as easy conquests before i class that had never been taught bel lei and lind neither sentiment nor COU science. The negro buntere ol'to-day with possibly II few exceptions, art not wing -bois, and thoy lill their hag! with birds that can he killed in th? trees, lt goes without saying thai these ure the birds that should lu spared lo tho Jichis and to society My observation has been that few very few, negroes will pass, gun ii hand, anything that has feathers am is large ono ugo to cook; and this i; borne out by tho fart that tho bluojay tlie woodpecker and thc catbird an disappearing from thc Heida and wood almost as fast as (bc mocking bin proper. The destruction of the mocking birt bas been inore rapid because his nos has been systematically robbed b] partios of both colors for private gait or (fratideation. A yea or two slue* wc noted one shipment of these bird from Savannah which contained COt or 700. l'|io:i thc -.tic?is of this au? all other enies they aro Openly sob every summer. '.'.ben it i - rcnium?bered that cvorj bug or worm thus eui oil* may rcpre s? m thousands, Ibo value of tho bird' services can bo understood. True, ht takes Bga and berries, but he cnn them. Mos; Southern people arc familial with tho habits of these birds, hui i will ho nows to many to bc told, us ii thc "Kneyolopicdia Britannica," thai ibex go to New Keginni! in ibu Biiminei to br? cd ami return in tho lall. Audu bon's slab inciil was (hal .-onie ol' then: "go Ni tri h," omi i li?> lorin applied lc the migration of birds means with him northward. In Maryland and Vir ginia thc bini can bc found in summer, bul he comes southward in thc autumn. 1 am inclined l?> think that sonic pas? us and go to I'.oridu in very cold weat bor. I have seen them lalo in th? autumn liv ing southward high in th? air and northward cari-, in I lie spring. Audubon says thal ibo stuy-at-homi birds of thu family (?ghi these migra tory fellow - upon their return. Mocking bird- eau 1)0 tangid almost anything in thc way of tunes. Macon used lo hoa-l of a bird that whistled "Dixie," and years ago ii Fronclunati traveled about I lie conni ry playing aird upon hi- piano which his bird would follow accurately. At tho Pulaski House in Savannah, a negro used to keep a hird that would whistle a good alto to tunes his master whistled. One ol thc most popular errors con cerning the mocking bird is thc belie! that ho hus no song ol'his own; that ll6 adopts and blends only (ho notes ol Other birds int?) tsong. This is purely nonsense. The young mocking birds roared in tho parrots ol great cities, and beyond thc reach ol' tho songs of Others, -ing as do tho natives in their freedom, though not as strongly, since they lack thc inspiration of mates, tho jnc?low sunlight and liberty. Their tong is, in fact, ii nu tuber of songs, but entirely original. No man ever heard thc divisions of Ibo mocking bird's .song in any forost. Thai ho inter sperses them willi cat call, tho hawk's screech, tho whirr of tho bull bat and thc chicken's melancholy "peep" and UOtOS (rom other bird i- true, but these arc only characters in his recita tl VO ballad,features in the roma nc?: of his summers. Thai ho sings his parts backward and forward and combines thom anew i- als?.? imo. Thc mocking bird's song is lo thu ear what Ibo kaleidoscope is to I he oyo, and tho combinations ol' his songs are as endless as tho glnrs forms in (ho loy; but thc -ong nobs uro thc same. Tin- bird i- probably lin: nio-i con tinuous sing r in thu world, but lhere arc two weeks oui of fifty-two when nothing can tempi him to sing, and lhal is whOII bo is moiling. At thal tinto lie may be lound moping in a secluded spot, lost in rayle?s melan choly, lb' look- then hoi ami sick ami the only nole he Utters is a low, .short whistle, not unlike lhal which ?ho lat make.- RS he remove- his hal ami mops his brow. Perhaps during this KORSOII the bird lays aside mockery, repeiils and inakc- good resolution-). Georgia ha- no law fo protect lier Wild -ing' i-, who 0 songs delight and astonish Ibo worid. Some of our Southern cities have laws to protect buzzards and enforce them rigidly. The negro, who hy pulling a trigger may banish more melody ?rom tho world than human lip-can sound, may do it with impunity, but ii costs bim $.0 to hit a buzzard willi a clod of dirt. Why thc Cam- Wis in HM . .I. A young man hid been arrested for kissing a pretty girl and -he was on tho witness-stand. "Von say," -aid tho attorney for thc defendant, "thal tho young man kissed you against your will?" "Yes, ho did, and he ?lid it a do/on times, loo." "Well, now, is il not true that you also kissed him during the affray?" Objected to; objection overruled. "l?ow answer my question," con tinued the attorney. "Did you not kiss thc defendant also?" "Yc?, I did," replied tho witm s-, indignantly, "hut it was in sclf dofensc." Caso dismissed. One who knows say? that nearly every man who gee? fishing takes n big bottle of "snake medicine" with him. On his re turn thc medicine is Blissing, but no snake pite Is mentioned. It I? presumed that bc takes tin; medicino to he on tho safe side. P ? ill! i > i i > KO Y ANO THE NKW MOY. Iii?.. ?Point* <>i Dlflforonoo Couipnroil-.A < ?m. ion un tu Which \H tho llettor. {From (hei>t. Iiou? Itepublicun.) There is a vasi difference between tho boys ot' to-day ami thoso of fifty years ag?, inoro especially as regards the things VT blob minister to comfort ?nd pleasure. Tho new boy, even if his parents aro only moderately blessed with this world's goods, has a ward robe whieli would have astonished tho old boy. Instead of tho unlined OOWbido boot8-Oftonor shoes-rough woolen Ol' rougher fur cap, coarse cot ton shirt, coat, and pantaloons cut down from tho cast-oil" paternal gar ments, rarely an overcoat and still more rarely any underwear, except tho Aforesaid shirt and home-made socks-the now boy has his button shoes, rubber boots, handsome capet sealskin or cloth, neut linen, substan tial underclothing, knickerbockers, coat and vest of fashionable cut, with overcoat to match, ?ill bongin for bini at first hands, and frequently a watch and chain. Think of an old boy with a watch and chain! Ho would have been a greater curiosity among his companions than a trick elephant. From the time the new boy is out ol his oradlo he has a full assortment, ol '.store toys;" and as he gets older money provides him willi marbles, tops, kites, balls, bats, knives, wagons, sleds) skates, byciclOS and nearly everything else in the shape ot play things that can be imagined. The old boy, in his infancy, was lucky if lie got a silver dollar to cut his teeth on, an itnprovbcd rattle and a rag baby. Toys of larger growth he manufactured himself, "swapped" for, got somehow by "hook or crook," or borrowed or did with out ; they were seldom or never bought for him, and Christmas and Santa (Mans never favored him with their visitations-while New Year was pro verbiad) -tingy and Thanksgiving only Studed his stomach. Now and then bc had a few coppers in his pucket, but silver was quite beyond his reach. A warm 6leooing apartment in winter he never enjoyed, unless on the sick list. In a cold room, usually no bigger than a closet, he crawled he tween ice-cold sheels, and with chat tering teeth saw his breath go out in white vapor. In the morning he often broke the ice for washing-water, half dressed himself with numb (Ingefd and i finished his toilette by thc kitchen I stove. The HOW boy has au billillie 1 variety of litct'tllUl'C, prepared espe cially for him; thai of the old boy was of the ancient Sundav-scbool sort, ol' which no more need bc said to those who have tried il. The new boy goes lo the theatre, circus or at least to the dime museum; Inn these places of amusement and recreation were hardly known in the old boy's limo--certainly i not for him. Tho new boy begins i with kindergarten and ends willi coi t lege or at least high school. The old . boj was fortunate if lie obtained his "three Us'' from some rural pedagogue i or al best was ground through a tillich ? poorer educational mill than negroes i have nowadays. Win n out. of the mill he W08 SOt'lo , work and thought himself well paid with illdifloroill board anti dollies. Thc genteel idleness of the average I nev: boy, which SO often degenerates . in vagabondism, vvus not tolerated . lib;.- veal's ugo, and, unlike (he average new boy, (he old boy had no mono) to > spend until lie made il. ile had no dad's cash bank to draw upon; only the revenue of his own toil and thrift. Perhaps it is only an old boy's par I llality for old ways, but it seems to us i that thc hard experience ol' Ibo old boys did more fm- them in many ways than Ibu softer and easier lo! ot' thc new boys docs lor them. The former were quite us happy willi the lillie tiley had us thc latter are with their much, and tiley were taught-what the others are not-economy, industry, ingenuity, self-denial, self-reliance, thc ' value ol' money, the necessity of labor, and, most olYall, the lino in the primer which declares thal Satan linds some mischief still, for idle ?.ands to do. Probably the new incthod of training boys makes more gentlemen, but Hie oki met hod mailc more men; und tho world needs men moro than it docs gentlemen. We cannot, of course, revive (bo old conditions, but can wo not graft some ol the old principles and practices upon (he new condition- ? lt would bo worth while trying the experiment, il only fora change -and it might make a decided iinprovotnotll in (ho pre-cut status and future pros pects of tho rising generation, wdiose chief ambition seems to he to begin where 'heir fathers leave oil'. i hlcngtVH Wealthiest Prenoltor. The only rich dominie in Chicago is tho Cev. Dr. Ryder, tho eloquent Universalis! divin0, ivbo only a fow years ago retiren from the pulpit. Ile made all his money OtiUidO of his profession. In tl PC i of rich men living on the South Side, in the vic!.1 il v ol'hi? old church, Dr Cyder 11?i* always ben a groat favorite, and they -howeil their preference in a practical way. When an invest nient could bc made profitably In tho city railway stock dm eloquent Universalis! was put imo the stock. Local brokers nil say thin the doctor Ims a hoad for finan ciering himsolf. He hus been one of the most active traders in local securi ties and reid estate and one of (he most successful. Ile is believed tobe worth $260,000, part ol'it being invested in Wabash Avenue real est'de, but most of i' in street-car stock. There was one recent investment by bim which was disastrous. When .John lt. Uoxio was unloading his Consumers' GAS slock the Kev. Dr. Ryder WAS ono of tho gentlemen to whom lie gave the pointers to buy-and to buy quick. The doctor bought 1,000 shares and sank $00,000 In it. A OnNtnriUy Attriiipt. Mr. Charles Barbary was before Trial .Justice Woodruff hist' Monday morning nod swore out a warrant against William Arnold, charging him willi having made an Assault upon MTH. Barbary with a foul intent. Arnold, we Understand, has left the Country fOf parts unknown it .?ceins that the devil ls turned loose in this hellish di reefton. Many men seem to torget that the Indies of this land have any virtue, Judge Lynch seems to exercise hut a limited fem ..versuchdastardly rut) ids. WtwaruffP,o arts*. - -.? ? ? Hull H(<>rin?--i"rii|>>? Dintrnyed. The heaviest rain <>f tho ICHSJD In 'his section fell Haturduy afternoon, lt was ac companied hy hull in the section of Mr. Joh Wcsslngcr nnd in Switzer Neck. The hail stones were ns lnrgp. ns guinea eggs und completely destroyed Mr. Wessuigcr's crops. Leaves were threshed from tho toes. Mr. It. W. Hindi informs UK the hail was oiled up in drlfta over knee high. Messrs. Wade and Sim Corley's crops were badly injured and in places destroyed. Their fruit was all 'brushed from the trees. ?-lA?nyto?- U?tjHitch. KILLING AG1UZ/XY. CloNo Quarters mt ii ? lila Hem?-NHII <>\> I ' . i I" Ot ll I I i> n I > i . Xl'nm th? Turf, Field and fbtwv.) "Wo were taking a band of wothoi once-wo had 10,000 Lil tho baud fi'om Uinatilln county, Oregon, tc Cheyenne," said a shepherd to a cor respondent, "and had tinco men beside myself, each man with a dog. "Wo bac several horses, guns and campaigi outfit, of course. "One hot day about noon tho sheer. anchored wu ns and whilo they wert Iviug in tito shade we went down tc tho water to cook dinner. This wai in tho Hine Mountains, on tho middle fork ol ?lie John Day river, at a sort ol horse shoo hend about a quartet' ol a mile around, lt did not look like ti White liiul ever been there before. "Some of the boys went in swim ming and went across thc river on thc inside of the bend. They found thou sands of tracks of all kinds of game in the sand-deer, elk, coon, bear and goose tracks. " 'Them goose tracks,' interposed a voice, 'was beaver tracks. A beaver's hind foot is webbed and makes a track like a gooso's.' "That's so. 1 found that out after ward. Tho river was full ot mussel shells, with mussels in them at that. You could have scooped up a wagon load of them in little or no time. '.They saw a right fresh track ol' ii bear and a cub where they hud been after those mussels and gone into thc brush. "I tried to get thom not to go inte, the brush niter ibo bear, but no, they were bound to go. "They stationed me on a point that caine down bet ween the cogs of thc hoiM'--!ioe and commanded the under lying Hat completely. "Till n they took thc dogs and theil guns and went into the brush. A niau could just crawl through thc brush and thal w ;.s all. "Thc bear was there, you bet, and the dogs hayed her belore they hud gone n hundred yards. The men could not toll from thc barking whore slie Wtts. Tiley kept us nour toge thci ?is possible, Hill Sloane in advance. Presently Hill shot aud tho bear made a lunge und was on top of him and got him down. The other mun raised Iiis gun to shoot, but was so close thal tho bear struck his gun from his hand and knocked it eleni' out of his renell. Ile got away from lier and she went back and stepped around Oil toi) ol Hill, who was uboiiI half dead. Thc third mun opened on her mid she would drop down every time he hit ber ami he hil her every shot. Ile called for help and I hurried lhere ns fa>t as I could. I had a little collie bitch that was as timid as a hare around von, bul tor lighting game I never saw an animal so big tim!; she Was afraid to tackle il. She went to the heir a thing. The other dogs were simply b il king around it. Dixie soiled on to thc bear from behind and made ii 80 livclj for her that she loft Hill and WUS Worried by tho dogs until she died from tho cllecls ol tho wounds she had received. "Wo gol Hill out, [lacked him on a horse lo tho nearest town, which was 100 miles away, and il was three month- before bc was able to bo up and OUt again." WOMAN'S lt Villi Hilll s OKKSH. Th? .Milliner-. I't'oteHl They Sh,mill Sot Heat- All I In- Illume. {?.'rom Un- Millinery Trade llcvit ir.) Thc i Hort now being made hy cer tain humanitarians to discourage thc Wearing of birds or their plumage hy ladies in their !. is all wry good in its way and gives opportunities for such persons lo post) as rclor neis, btu why they should vlsil I hoi I' wordy wrath upon thc poor milliners as some have done, is as mysterious us it is inconsistent. The milliner does not kill Hie birds, nor do they ?each her UUtil they have passed through the hands ol'so vend dealers or middlemen, and she would not soil (hem were they not demanded by her customers. Thc consumer Of nil article is the person responsible for Ils being odored ns merchandise. So wo advise our benevolent brothers and sisters to "go for ' tho consumers. And while they arc about it let them liol stop ni phillies on hats; Iel them recollent the beautiful tortoise shell comb Miss Fashion wears in her hair was originally taken from a poor innocent creature who used this mate rial for its only defense. Tho kid gloves she has on her hands were stripped from a babe whoso parents had honed thal its maturity would bc spent in thc harmless amusement of bounding about on suburban rocks and foraging freely on fence-board circus-posters The satchel she carries on her arm but a -hon time ago formed part of nu amphibious animal whose only crime consisted in basking lu the sunshine on lin mud Hals of I bc Si. .John's Uixcr, Florida, occasionally frolicking in il- water- or watching for ntl in cautious black picaninny ou w 1)0111 to mako a mea!. The silk dross she robes her-ell in was made hem thc w inding threads that formed protection for thousands Ol nalliro's beautiful creations, who wove cruelly scalded within their secluded retreats lost Ihoj might eal their way out and spoil tho continuity of tho valuable libre. The sacquotlial shields her fair form from the rude wintry blasts once helped lo protect a beautiful animal, whose ortivo hoini! is amid tho icy regions of Alaska, where be is ruth lessly sacrificed for a species of skin game; un animal susceptible Ol domes tication ami capable of a high degree of culture, vicing willi tho average Italian in musical ability, as was demonstrated by several that huve been exhibited at various museums, where they handle tho barrel organ with marked skili. The porlcmonna'm sbo so daintily carries in her hand and tho card case that accompanies her on ber calls ol* ceremony were once parts ol beautiful tusks thal excited tim cupidity of Asiaslio or African hun tor a who mur dered a possible Jumbo to sccuro thom for commercial purposos. Gladstone's circular culling a meeting of the Liberal Party for to day, invites "all members of thc party who, while retaining full freedom in all particulars respecting the Irish Government bill, arc desirous to Vole t0 establish a legislative body in Dub lin to manage affairs specifically and ex clusively IriHh. It ls authoritatively stated that Chamberlain will not attend. There ls reason for Hie belief that ex Aldcrniun Jucliuc has written a long letter to Insticctnr byrnes divulging nil he Knows of the franchise hilliers and bribed, statine that he submits to tho incvitablo and will serve his time patiently, but that he pro poses that thc bribers and bribed shall not make bim a scapegoat, and that they shall enjoy thc equal privilege with himself for mulot contemplation, DR. TAUIAUB ON LAIIOR. A Germon DlariiMalng tho Absorbing Quotion ot tho Day. The Announcement that Dr. Tannage was about to discuss tho absorbing quota tion of labor and capital drew to tho Brooklyn Tabernacle last Sunday morn ing an immense throng of pcoplo from all classes of society. Scores wore turned away, being uuablo to got within tho vestibule In tho audionco sat many prominent Knights of Labor, and it was evident from their looks that thoy were in sympathy with some of tho preacher's remarks. After tho congregation hod sung tho hymn, "Arm of tho Loni, awake! awake!" Dr. Talmago oxpounded a number of passages of Scripture. His sermon is the beginning of a sorios of labor topics. Among the subjects to be treated are: "Tho Battlo for Broad," "Tho Bights of Capital and Labor," 1 'Tho Hardships of tho Working Classes, " "How Employers and Employees Ought to Treat Each Other," and "Tho Great est Foo of Labor." THE CHAOS OK Ut ABORT. "That labor has grievances I will plainly show before I get through this course of sermons. That capital has had outrages committed upon it I will mako evident beyond dispute. I do not imder rate the peril of those times. Tho ten dency is toward revolution. The labor quarrel is hemispheric-aye, a world wide quarrel, and the whole tendency is tow iud anarchy. Ono way in which wo may avoid anarchy is by lotting tho peo ple know what anarchy is. It is the abolition of tito right of proporty. It makes your store, and your house, and your money, and your family mine ami mine yours, lt is wholesale robbery. It means no law, no church, no defence, no right?, no happiness, no God. There is too much good sense dominant in this country to permit anarchy, Within six months there will be a kindlier under standing between labor and capital than has ever been known in this country. They have demonstrated ns never before their absolute dependence upon each other. ADVIOR TO i, A no ur. ie;. "Meanwhile my brotherly counsel is to three classes of laborers: First, to those'who oro at work; stick to it. Ho who gives up work now will probably give it up for starvation. Second, to those who have resigned work; it is best for you and best for everybody to go hack immediately. Those will make the most out of the present almost universal strike who go lirst to work. Third, to those who have been a long time out of work; go now and take tho vacated places. (Jo in and take those places a million and a hnlf strong. My sentiment is full liberty for all who want to striko to do so and full liberty for all who want to take the vacated places. Other in dustries will open for those who are now taking a vacation, for we have only opened the outside door of this conti nent and there is room in this country for eight hundred million people and for each one of them a home and a liveli hood and a (Jod. I am not scared a bit. The storm will hush. "Workingmen of America, your lirst step toward Iwttermenl ?d' condition will hean usssortiou oi y< cr individual inde pendence of dictation of your follow .workmen. Do not litany man or any body of mon tell \ u where you shall work or where you shall not work, whoo you shall work or when you shall not work. If a mau want, to licking to a labor organization, let him belong. If lie does not wald to belong to a labor organization, let him have perfect liberty to stay out. 1 belong to a ministerial association. I have a right to resign my pastorate and say, *I am going. Good bye.' But I have no right, after I have quit this pulpit, to linger around tho doors on Sunday mornings and evenings with a shotgun to intimidate or hinder the minister who comes to take my placo. [Laughter.] , "This day I declare the mutual de pendence of labor and capital. Smite society at any one point and you smite the entire community. Belief will come to the working classes of this country through a better understanding between capital and labor, through co-operative associations, through diseovory on the part of employers that it is l>est for thom to let their employees know just how matters stand, and through the religious rectification of tho country. Labor is uppreciated and rewarded just in pro]>or tion as a country is Christianized. Our religion isa democratic religion." Till-: run: OF MOUNT VERNON. Wini) One Mouth f'nrollna Woman lian Donf For Dir Flacf. Mount Vernon is the projierty of the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association-an association that saved it to tho country, hut which must Inevitably transfer it to thc government, as tho people of tho whole country, not a mero organization, should be tho owners of tho homo of Washington. Tho pro]>orty was loft by Washington to his nephew, Judgo Bush rod Washington, and descended finally to Colonel John Washington. Tn 1859 Colonel Washington, whoso affairs woro very much embarrassed, was forced to sell. Congress, with strange stupidity, took no mn m nt of tho placo, and it was left to a woman to save Mount Vernon from the autioncor's hammer. This woman, Pamela Cunningham, was from South Carolina. Sho had been an in valid, woll nigh bed-riddon, nil her lifo since ber eighteenth year. When tho news of tho projKised salo reached her sho conceived tho plan of rescuing tho place. She Applied first to Congress, lint Congress would do nothing. Then from her sick l>cd sho organizod tho Ladies' Mount. Vernon Association and got a charter from the State of Virginia. She interested Edword Everett in it, who agreed to dolivcr a course of lectures as a nucleus for a fund to buy it. These lee! ll res wei c brilliantly successful. Mr. Everest turned over $68,000 to the asso ciation. Other contributions flowed in, and at last the house and 200 acres of land woro bought for $200,000. The original Mount Vernon tract, when it was called the Hunting Creek estate, comprised 8,000 acres, but it had dwindled in Ute course of years. The association is governed by one regent, who is appointed for life, and overy State in. the Union has a vice regont. Tho last aro soleo tod, if possible, Irom tho descendants of Bovolutiouary families. The place is maintained by a fee of 50 conte charged ovory passongor who lands at Mount Vornon. The asso ciation lots tho contract for carrying pas sengers to a steamboat company, which inakos daily trips. Tho faro is 81, which includes tho entrance foo to tho house and grouuds. But tho fooling is general and is loudly oxpresscd that no admis sion feo at all ought to bo charged und tho govoriunont should bo tho owner. This will eventually work a change. Tho management has done much for tho place, but tho authority of tho regent is absolute, tho appointment of tho vice regents arbitrary and things conducted gonondly in a slipshod way. Onco a yoar, in tho month of May, these ladies meet at Mount Vernon. They spend a week there and on Sunday they attend Pohick Church, which was General Washington's parish church and sit in the Washington pow. They look over the accounts-but there is no real super vision, tho regont, Mrs. Macalister Laughton, who lives in Washington, be ing virtually supreme-and t hen go home and see Mount Vernon no more until tho next May. lt is obvious that this plan cniuiot long last. Some years ago a charter was granted a company to build a railroad from Washington to Mount Vornon. Lately the project has hoon actively revived. When that is built and tho time of a visit brought, within two hours instead of five hours, as it is at present, und greater crowds attend, tho Ladies' Mount Vernon Association will bo a thing of tho post. TUB <U ADUKVMAl. C'OXFBR??N'4'K. OIHOIINHIOII ul Sew rn I liii|i<>rtnnt .UnlU-m. \<l juiirrtnivnl sine nie. Several important matters wen* consid ered by tho Methodist Episcopal Con ference at Biolunond, Va., during tho two days of its session. A resolution was adopted directing thc book agent to pay to the bishops and bishops' widows tho amounts designated to bo paid them annually, aggregating $36.000. A resolution was adopted that United States Senators Harris, Whit thorne and Morgan ho requested to look after tho publishing house claim before Congress. Tho eommittteo on misssion work reported approving co-operation with the Woman's Missionar}' Society. A resolution was adopted praying tho attention of tho President of the United States to the international treaty with China, the disregard of which threatens violence to the Missionaries of thc Church in that country. The committee on temperance sub mitted a very lengthy report expressing opposition to tho manufacturo and sale of intoxicating liquors, except for medi cinal and and mechanical purposes, Tho committee's report recommended that Church members engaging in liquor traillo be treated ius incuses of imprudent conduct. Ur. Candler, of Georgia, moved to amend the Disciplino by insert ing the word "immoral" in placo of "imprudent." Thc introduction of this amendment elicited a lengthy and ani mated discussion, and when Delegate Duncan, of Tennessee, in referring to per sons engaged in thc liquor traffic remain ing in the Church, said: "We nuts! uol sanction a traffic with tho ural of Metho dism on tho horrels," there was a general outburst of laughter. Dr. Blackwell, of Virginia, thought the lesa legislation had ta regard to morals tho'bettor. There corded vote on Dr. Candler's anio nd - mont resulted in 107 for and 05 against, Tho report wa? then adopted as a whole. A resolution was adopted, requesting the Bishops to put foreign missions in their regular annual visitations, h aving, however, such visits discretionary with them. Tho Conference commended th<' woman's missionary work by a unani mous vote. The question of the place of holding the next General Conference was referred to a special Oommitte, to report id their option through tim Church papers, A oommitte of five was appointed to select from the Calendar such business for consideration by tho Conference as may bo deemed most important. A resolution was adopted authorizing the appointment by Ute Bishops of an assistant editor of thc Christian Advocate; also authorizing tho editor to draw on tho book agent for $2,500 annually to pay correspondents, Tho Conference fixed upon thc first Wednesday in May, 1H!H), as the time for thc meeting of the next General Confer ence. Tho report of tho committee on divorce was adopted. It provides that no minis ter of the Church shall solemnize tho rite of marriage between parties when ono or both are divorced from a wife or husband still living, provided that tho inhibition shall not apply to an innocent party to n divorce obtained on Scriptural grounds. Tho Bishops were authorized to ap point fraternal messengers to the North ern Methodist Episcopal Church, to the Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada, and tho Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America. The Convention, Just before midnight on tho 25th ult., adjourned sino dio. Mi am -I !-i ir M li III 'I u wu. Malarhil gases sneaked up through the poorly constructed drains und mude huhy very sick with malarial fever. Hahv would have died hut for timely uso of Brown's Iron Hitters. There is nothing meaner In Its way of coming, nor worse m its efft els. than this malaria from tho underground regions. Mrs. McDonald, of New Haven, Conn., says, "For six yours I suffered from thu effects of malana, hut brown's Iron Bitters CU rod me entirely." Try lt when malaria steals hi and undermines your constitution. It will give relief. President Cleveland was horn on Hie lHllj of March, 18:17. Ile is no spring chicken But he will "commit" matrimony nil the same Many a Lady is beautiful, all but her skin ; and nobody has ever told her how easy it is to put beauty on the skin. Beauty on the skin is Magnolia Balm. _ _ _^ OH! MY BACK Brm strain or cold attack- th?t w?ak back .nd naarly prostnU* yo?. THE BEST TONIC 3 Strengthena the Mmclr?, si. ...Iii M the Nerve*, i nriiliu the Blood, Glrea New Vigor. PR. J. I.. Mrr.ns. Fairfield. Iowa, aa/s: "Brown'? Iron Bittor? i? tho bout Iron modicum I imvo known! my ? rear*' pra*Uoe, I MT? toona it Huuci?lly bonmcinl in nnrvoti? or phyaleal oihnti? timi, ?ntl in ?ll debilitating ailment* that liear ?o heavily on tho Bjr?tem.Uso it trooly in my own family." (outline lia? trade mark andoro?M-d n il lino? on \vi ai?j>er. Tnko no other. HM* only by IIIIOWN OHKMIOAL co.. BALTIMORK, MI?. I.AliIKB' HAND Bool! -uaoful ?nil attractive, pon turning lint of prit** for roolpe*.lnf?niutlnn about oins, otc .Rivoli away ii>- ?ll d*fJ*ra in ra eal oin*, or nulled to nuy nddti'tw on roceipt of 2u. ii .uni. fOR COUGHS AND CROUP US* 3WC TT TLM L ES I NT Th? ?ir??t irnm, ? > ?.C:. 1 from ? tr?* of Hi? i??? nun?, ?rowloK ?lon? th? ?ro?ll ?tt?m? in lh? Soulhtrn Fut??, coni?ln? . ?llraulallnf ?ip?tor?nt prlnMpl? Iw.***? Ilia plil.nm rm-luola? th? r?rlv mornld? ?ni|h. ?nd ?limo.. Int?? th* child to lhr->w off th? MM nimihrtn? In troup MM ?hooploc cu?h. Whon cointilnul ?Uh thu hulln? mod U.lnoui principle In th? mull. In plant of th? oM nfl.lt, pr?. .?ot. In TA vLOK*? OnMIN lUvmv or Hwirr Ol'? .ira Min i ll? tho flnut known rrm?.\j for Coii?h?. ( roon, Whooi.lnr-Couith ?n i Consumption : ?o l *J pa'.aUbl?, ?ny rhii i la pip???i M uv? it. ?.? roor dronin for lt. Prie*. ito, ?nt ?I. WALTER A. TAYLOR, Atlanta, Qa. If.? DR."itl!l<n:llS III? Kl l.HKItllV CORDI A I. fol Diarrhoe?. Dyi?nl*ry ?sn ChlMten 1. ? ?Un/. For ??I- bj "?'drogtlit*. AURANT 11 M "'-I of tho diaeawa which aflliot mankind aro origin ?11/ o?u*i i li> . .1 .. I condition of Uie LIVER. Kor ?ll rom plaint? of thi? kimi, ?uch aa Torpidity ol the Ijirnr, Bilionmii M?, Ni rvou? Dyhpopiii?, Indigca. Mon, Irregularity of tho Bowel*, ?nnatipati .?. I I'M lenc-y, Friict.itinn? nod Burning of tho Stomach (?om?tiinM callad n??rtliu.-ii), Miainn?, Mainria, Bloody Min. Oliitln and Fovnr, Broakbono Fever, FuDaurtVin lM'foro or after Fouir*, Ohronio Dlar> i. \- ' ot Appetite, Headache, Fnnl Breath, li?< i. M r tb . Ino (dental to Females, Bnaring-down Lt.?. STADIGER S AURANT1I I- Invaluable. It I? not a panacea for alldUeaeo?, :mt ?Ot I IQ CT ml dlsenaeaof tho LIVER, will yMPril STOMACH ?nd BOWELS. Ii changoa tho comploxion from a waxy, yellow tinge, to a ruddy, h??ltliy color. It entirely rouiovee I. w, KI'--U> ?ptrits. It lt ona of tho BEST AL TERATIVES rind PURIFIERS OF THE BLOOD, ano ls A VALUABLE TONIC. 8TADtCER'S AURANTII Fox ?*!. by all Oroggtrta. Prlco Bl.00 per betti*. C. F.STADICER, Proprietor, ?40 SO. FRONT ST.. Philadelphia, Pa? A S Kr F OK. PAMPHLET TERRV SHOW CASE c n J NASHVILLE 'TENN " THRESHING Hlnipleat, Mott Durable, Economical, and Perfect In tue-waaia? no grain; ? lt .mn lt ready for market. THRESHING ENGINES r?^E ?a\W Mills, and ttlumlnrtl Implements gon> crail). Kond for UliiHtrated catalogue A. B. FARQUHAR, P*nn?ylv*nl* Agricultural! Work?. YORK. I's. A SHLEY P O LL Thc Solublo*Ouano!ls*a highly oonoontnitet (.nulo Kc rtili/cr loi ?ill cr?pa, ASH 1.KV COTTON AND CORN COMIM ! two crops anti also largely used hy thc Truck ASHLEY ASH KLEMENT.-A very chu? tilizor for Cotton, Corn mid Small Oralo Cro Vines, otc. Asm.KV DISSOLVED HONE; ASH LEI tirades-for usc alone and in Compost heap. For Terms, Directions, Testimonials, and fi publications nt tho Company, nddross TIIK ASHLEY P1IOSP Nov25i,ly JOHNSONs Tlieeaplllawaroawonderftjl cllaoovary. N< railer* all munir of di****?. The n.fbrmatio pill*, find out about, them and you will alway* "W. OT teat by ?*tt fer Me. tn at railer* all mannar of elli*, rind outabou Powdar la absolutely o other* on Around be t susi Powder la m? pur? and highly oon oentrated. On* Oupo> I* worth a pound of ny other kind. It I? Men Think they know all about. Mustang Lin iment. Few do. Not to know U not to have. '..TI OT F ii io irs FRIEND" MAKINS CHILD-BIRTH EASY. The time 1mscome at last wlieu tho terrible, agony Incldont t?? tliis very critical porlell In a woman's Ufo t an bc avoided. A distinguished physician, who passed tho greatest portion of dis life (forty-four years) in this branch <>r" practice, left lo childbearing woman tliis price less legacy ami llfc-savlng ap pliance, 'IHK. MOTIIKHS' Kl?l KND," anil today there uro thous?mis of tho beet wo men in oin hind who, having used this wundorful remedy liefere continent! lit, rise npaml call his name blessed. We rccolvo letters from every sootier) of tin- country thank ing ns fm placing this prepara tion in the reach of suffering woman, one lady from North Carolina writes us that she would like t<> thank thc pro prietors on lu i Knees for bring ing it lo hoi notice, .is in i? pre vious conlincntonl she had two doctots, ami they wore com? polled to usc chloiorm, Instru ments, etc., and she suffered almost death: hut tliis time she used "MOTU BUS* KR1END," ami ber labor was short, quick and almost like magic. Now why should a woman suffer when she eau avoid it-.' We eau prOVO all WO claim by lirin;/ wHnCMe*, and anyone interest ed can call, or have their hus bands do so, at our office, and sec thc Oligimd letters, which wc cannot publish. Tliis remedy is one about which we can not publish certificates, but it is a most wonderful liniment to he used after tho first two or tlu'CO months. Semi for our treatise on the Health and Happiness of Woman, mailed free, which gives all particulars. TUB UllADKIKI.II ItKOUIiATOH Co. Box 28, Atlanta, (ia. Sold hy all druggists. TRADE |I SathaWlne growinfeCounlrios of Europe. thsnsBoWiisMotlic.itpdWino is universal Itis ccntiposeilof thc most approved VEGETABLE TONICS? winch aro introduced into apuro generalis Wino. Tho very finest ocin? ils medic rdbns?s.it in confidenrUy recommended as a. OUTS andprovontive of FEVER ANO AGUE, <3D?Allolhei*a?seases ori?inatini* from malarious causes Tbr JJ uri f^tigtlio JLJX?O C D mel iiu|n o\im'; the SacraUono.CFironiOt RhBumatism.Qloodpoisonin?.a certain cnn&rOyBpepaia,Cramp in tho stomach, animmediaterelief foi* Dyaontry, Collo, Cholsra-xnorbus and kindred diaeasaa GonoralW?akn?G8,Ncrvou3 and Mental I) ability, ii aouvcroignr cm eily for L'VOT Complaint .and disoasaa of th? K?dn??t,an exe client appatizar, anda TONIC without et rival? in shorti Rr Invigorating .ill thc run ellon? of the systom, it io unequalled -Ty OSE AnmanWinB ?las3full,thrBBtimts ? day. Soldby all Onigqisls and dealers generally. TOPAZ CINCHONA CORDIAL CO JB?? Jroprittor^,<X. Memiifacluiirt. s BPARTANBUHO.S.O Pr} CG p Gir B o M l^o Qfr ortfXm. i i??t ySMlsfncilon raitr*nteed. Addr<M OR. SCOTT, 842 broadway. NEW YORK. IBLE pUANO. I Atnmonlated Guano, a complete High )UNI) -A complete Fertiliser for these ers near Charleston for vegetables, etc. p ami excellent Non-Ammonlalod For pa, and also for Kroll Trees, Grape ' ACID PHOSPHATK. of very Illgb ar tho various attractive and instructive HATE CO., Chnrlcstoii/s/.c. ANODYNE ENT?if