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A FLORIDA COON HUNT. Incidents, Accidents anil Fun to Ile Found tn nu Old-Fashloued Way. "Como," said thc Major, flipping thc ashes from lu's cigar, "let's go coon hunting to^Uight." "Whv, certainly; when do you start?" " "I will come for you at 1 p. m.," he answered. "It is ten miles to the {limitation-our starting point for tho mut. I'll ride Selim and bring my black maro for you. She is a daisy, ii" sho is a little frisky. Good day." At 4.SO p. m.* wo mounted our horses and rode out toward tho setting BIMI. It was a beautiful afternoon, with just a suspicion ot* fall in the cool, sweet breeze. On either side were tangled masses of wild and shaggy undergrowth, tho ilotsnm and jetsam ol'thc redundant life of nature. Giant oaks and stalely pines stood guard over these and lofty bamboo bines climbed to thc top for ti more extensive view. Sometimes tho road ahead of us would seem to come to an abrupt conclusion, tho overarching trees appearing to torin au impassable barricade, A- wo approached thoy would open ranks and onward wc would go. About live milos oui wo carno to a little stream and stopped to waler our horses. This little stream was clear tts crysta], the bottom being of hard clay, ll slipped out of the woods in ibo culosl manner and, spreading out toa width of three feel in tho road, sparkled and glittered, thou (lushed into the darkness ol' tho other side. SOM I FUN TO OEOlN WITH. A mile further on a little opisodo occurred thai nlfbrdotl me considera ble uneasiness and discomfort and tho Major ti like quantity of amusement. 1 was riding along, carelessly con versing, paying but very little atten tion lo my horse, winn a little spoiled fawn ran across thc rt.ad. My horse stood Mill about one second, trowbling in every limb, nostrils distended, wild With terror, and then made n tremen dous leap lo <>ne s'ule, throwing mo half out of the saddle. Here my Indian experience came in hand and I soon recovered control. There was a scries of plunging, kicking and roar ing, a desperate effort to rub nicoll' against thc trees, and then Kitty, having found her master, settled down to liqiot again. AN OLD-TIME KU IN KO HOME. Passing through one large, well cultivated plantation, wo came to a second one, and herc our journey ended. A long avenue, lined with spanish bay ono t, lcd lo the old man sion, once a stately edifice, but now almost in ruins, lt was nearly in the centre of a grove of immense live oak, hung with masse- of soft, gray moss. Tangled vines and creeping roses hid the Ihe rotten planks ol' thc wide piazzas. On thc second Door but two rooina were habitable, one being occu pied by tho bachelor overseer, tho oilier was (he guest chamber. The only furniture ol the hiller was a cot and some chairs. .\ wide, open lire place gave au air ?d' com fori to the large, dingy, shuttorlcss room. This dilapidated mansion had once been the Bummer homo of one of tho wealthiest planters in thc county. W hat scenes of merriment tho crumbling walls had witnessed! What shouts of joy and laughter ! What strains ol' long-for gotten music, to which tiny foot kept lime! lu these rooms the wail of thc new birth has been heard! Here thc fair bride has stood upon the threshold of a fated ul, untried lifo. From herc too, the dead have been carried forth, for I ho tombstones gleam white in thc grove some distance in tho rear of thc house. Hero il was the handsome, Stalwart, chivalrous owner donned lin Confed?rale gray lind went forth to battle for lhi' cailSO Of his people Herc, also, was ho brought back colli and still, snot at tho bead (d'his regi ment, died on tho field ol honor. A SOUTllKUN SUPl'KK. From some hidden recess tho vining overseer brings forth a corpulent bl ac ii bottle. Wc hali lill ??ur glass with n reddish-looking fluid-I am positive ii was not milk--abd then take jonis al tho supper i,d> in thc lower room lt. isa bachelors' repast, for wo are all bachelors, and we enjoy it, for good old Aunt Jenny knows ? xtietly whal we want. A plate of biscuit, pl um |; and snowy while, a larg" dish Ol chicken tried to a delicious golden brown, built ii potatoes, bursting thoir brown jackets od in ?heir eagerness lc be eaten, coffee, strong ns Sampson and black its Nigge rife mos, rounded out the int al. Aller slipper WO Jil OUI pipes ami sal out <>i: the crumbling porch while waiting tho preparation ot i lie hunting apimiinent. Tho night air was full of sound. The grotesque laughter of thc mule caine to US from the far-off stables; tho chattering whin of insect lifo made tho darkness melo dious with monotony of sound. Some times a shadowy flap of wing and ti harsh note showed where some be lated bird was going wearily home ward. WE HU NT Tl IK COON". "Kill in,' said tho Major, and oil'wc started. Josiah and his son Ike, both of thc color warranted to keep in any climate, lcd the column. They have torches made of fat pine ami carry under the loft arm bundles of the same. The overseer follow s, equally well equipped. Tho Major and 1 follow bim. We leave Ibo plantation and tramp through an immense field ol brown sedge. Circling around us, obedient to tho caJJ of Josiah, are the famous coon dogs, "/lill" anti "Shep." Al tho word they forgo ahead eagerly, and on we go. ' After a wpftry trail through thc tall grass wo come io an immense oak tree and Josiah halte with a smothered ejaculation. There is a cleared place under tho tree and signs of a recent camp. Wo notice traces of lire and seo a huge pilo of corncobs and some few chicken bones. ..What is it, .Josiah?" the Major asks. ..Neilin' but or ole camp ob dcm roFgco niggers, Been gone cr bout a week, 1 'low. Wush I'd cotohed 'cm. doggone dort; I ri Hin' poMioker skins! Mus'a bin three or lb' ob 'em. Dal's wharmy big roos'or wont las' wo^k". Now wo have to cross a swift, rushing stream, showing darkly green under tho flaring light of tho torches. Tho bridge is a liomc-inadc, homoeo pathic ono cf two rails width, sup ported by rickety, swaying polos, guarded by an equally rickety hand rail. Tho water looks to bc of fathom less depth. The negroes and tho ovorscor gd over tho bridge as care lessly as if it was as stable and solid as the connecting link between New York and Urooklyn. The Major oyos it dubiously ami tells me to go first. With snail-like pace I cross it safely. Now ho tries it, first picking up a pole to steady his path, in tho middle of ?he bridge tJie pole-which proves to OG ft rood-breaks; ho moko? a misstep in ho goes. How tho tho ovorsoer and I lough, for tho water, dcoined almost a mile in depth, doos not roach the top of his holts. As ho scrambles up tho bank we greet bim with rouowcd laughter and cheers, but becoino vory solemn when bc says in a quizzical tone: "Hoys, you forgot that tho flask is in my pocket." Now wo como to a cane-brake and pl ungo iu boldly, no nu tter howcoldly the swamp mud and water runs. After tramming about a mile wo halt to hear from the dogs. We build a Uro and break oil' some canes to throw upon it. As they catch lire the quick, sharp snapping sounds like thc skirmish tire of war time. Awakened from pleasant dreams by tho unwonted heat, a deadly moccasin glides oil* within reaching distance of the Mt\|ot'- There is tito sharp, quiok bark ot a Derringer and, its hoad shot oft", tlie snake writhes out its life. WE KIND TUB COON. Tito frantic yelping of a dog. "Dat Shep,*' Josiah savs. Another dog joins in. "Dat Boll) coon dono treed. .'1 golly, pop, he in dal tree ober dar OU oigo of ile swamp,'' shouts Ike. "Hush you motil, von fool niggah, don' you s'posc old Josiah know whar am?" i- tho paternal reply- All fatigue is forgotten. Torches are replenished and on wc rush to tho spot indicated. Ike is right. A rather slender tree hangs over tho swamp. On one of tho il Ul IM we SCO somollliug grim and silent, ii-? eyes shining like coals of Ore. t nt few words are spoken. Holl is leaping against Hie trunk, Shep .-?ts. on Ibo ground, ody, motionless, watching tho cneu hove. "Ike, climb the (ice ami si. kc die coon off." li ?s tin- overseer v . speaks. Tho) grinning Ike scrambles up thc tree and crawls uni upon a limb under Ibo one on which tito coon ls perched. He is nearly lo where ho can reach this limb when sl ap, (lie limb on which he is breaks and down lie goes into Hie swamp. Both dogs arc on bim in n minnie and roll him over in the water. .'Tu'n ino loose, I tells yoi*; tu'n me loose. Can't vcr tell a nigger from er coon? Tiru me loose!*' Tho dogs slink away abashed and resume their former positions. Up the tree again goes Ike. This time ho reaches tlie limb safely and gives it a vigorous shake. Hoi here comes the coon. ?"?Sick him, Shep! Sick him, Bolll" A short, sharp light and Mister Coon I'Olluquishos the ghost. THU CURTAIN tutors. lt i-- 2 a. m. when wc regain the hOUSO. Thanks lo Anni dinny's thoughtfulness, a good lire is blazing in tho llro-ploco and on tho table is n huge cako of S0U1C unknown style ol architect uro. We are hungry and eat. We arc chilled through, but a hot Whiskey punch restores the circulation. Now foi a littlo folding of (ho hands in sleep. I dream that I am a coon, and tho Major, ?ting yeller dog, has me hy the throat, when a vigorous shake rouses t? c out of this pleasant dream and the genial voice of the Major says: "(Jct. up, old man. Tho horses are ot tho door. I Io, for home". Karly as it is, Aunt Jinny is up lo bid us good bye This means a dollar apiece, Which WO gladly give her, and then ride out into thc glory of the awaken ing day. HAMILTON JAY. XIII-: IIAHUSHIPS Ol' LA lionKItS, Dr. Tultunga Dlucoumoii <>n thc Gonernl WickodttesH ?if tCiitployors. tn a recent sermon, Dr. Talmagc, in Iiis lisna! dramatic and eloquent fash ion, pictured "Tho Gonuino Hardships of Working Classes.'* li was Hie third of his s. rics ol' lectures on tho labor question. A large audience more than took up the seating capacity of tho Tabernacle His di ?co u rsc treated ol Hie darker side ol' tho life ol' Ibo wage workers, especially Hie working girls. "In (ho olden time," said Mr. Tal mago, "tho Children ol Israel were (hui's chosen people, but to-day the American people occupied that proud position. Pew persons realize thc trials and burdons ol' anybody but ,thcmS0lvcs. lt is idle lo say that be cause some of Hie (also friends ol'labor did unlawful things thc cry for reform is all hullabaloo. Tho great question ol' the day is thc labor problem, and. it milSl lie -ohed ?li tl short lillie. Who will dcilV that Hie largest employing firm to-day is (nip, Gongo, Grindeni ic Co." i 1?re the speaker retal extracts from a late report, in which a factory girl was quoted as testifying before a labor commission (hat sin; was only able to gol lour month-'work ill tho year, and then she could scarcely carn $3 per weet*. Ile al-o read tho list of lines to which i bo employ?s of a largo cot ton mill were subjected. Il contained BUcJ) items a> twenty-five cent-, line for washing one's hands. For eating n niece of bread al Hie looms another girl was docked dollar. A poor spinner who (old a follow employ? that her mo thor was about to die had lo pay twonty-fivt cents linc. Mr. Tal mage thought that lhere was no fdr roar on why women, especially those employed in tho government < filceo in washington and in tho public schools, should UO tho same work as tho male cinploU-i and got only half ns much pay. -He said that uiui? were 65tO0O mewing girls in New York and Brooklyn who Uki not get half enough to feed and clothe, themselves, while i heir employers wore roiling lu wealth. Somo ol' them made shirts for sj\ cents a do/on and died of slow starva tion. Thc needle, ho said, killed more pooplo than thc sword. Carlisle's I'l-esLlont lui 1'i-o.spcetfl. Thora ix a hwy:/, of talk going on now about Speaker Carlisle being a Presidenlial candidate in \HHH. It is strange how that old woman's super stition about Hie Speakership of Hie House being a short cut to Ibo Presi dency ?-Li 11 prevails. Mr. Blaine thought GO-every man who ever sat in the Speakers chair has thought so. Tho fact is, tho Speaker of tho House stands just one chance in thirty of get ting in thc White House. There have been thirty Speakers, and of these only one-James ii. Polk, and ho was an accident-ever became Presidont. Mr. Clay comes first with Hie greatest length of service in thc Sneaker's chair. Ho was elected to preside over six Congrossos. Ho had tho Presi dential rabies badly. Next couuv Androw Stevenson, of Virginia, who was olected four times, and was also bitten by tho tarantula. James G. Ulai nu, Schuyler Colfax and Samuel J. Kamlall follow, each of whom served three Congresses, Everybody knows bow Brother Blaine and poor Mr. Col fax raved and cavorted whon tho virus got into their blood. Mr. Kondall has moro nearly oscaped than any man who over sat in tho Speaker's chair; but he. too, has had faint symptoms. Now that Mr. Carlisle bas boen inocu lated, acaso of moro or less devoloped mania may be expected. But to bo Speaker is to take ono chance lo thirty vor being J'rcsidonl. A THIUUTK TO JOHN KELLY. What a One?? HoMlIc Journal Now Hayi of lb? Hood Tniuiuaoy < Mel. It is not ns a philanthropist or ns a dis penser ol' large charities or tis a man who went much a ?out doing good to his fellow man that .loin. Kelly will becliictly known hi history, yet we doubt whether there is another citizen of New York whose death would toueh so many hearts with a sense of personal loss. Unquestionably the sincere and widespread sorrow occasioned hy his death is due in some degree to the generous and charitable nature of the man. but it is tkd teodor rather than the friend whom most of those who followed and trusted him in life will mourn to-day. The politi cal followers ol' .Mr. Kelly belong, for the most part, to a class whose ?motions are easily stirred and in whom thc sentiment ?>f loyally lo a leader approaches much more nearly confines of personal affection than is thc case wdtf'-thc members of cooler blooded and less tjLaorelasttC races. A life ol prolonged nudVd. Told activities bod inailoJohn Kelly i?of oj? prominent ns the skilled leader of a rnnvcriul faction of the local Democracy, bul it had also won for him the boundless couflilooco of something liken third of the legal voters'of this great city. To these voters, not thc most dis criminating part of thc electorate, but un deniably a very active part, Mr. Kelly was the visible embodiment of every politi cal measure nnd every political principle, lie was to them nol merely Tammany Hall and sound Democracy, hut tho Constitution and the e mut ry. So long as he retained his health and his purl in politics .lohn Kelly cai ried under his hat the principios of lits liiiincilialo party, and thc members of that puty will I..nient his death as a kingdom mourns its sovereign orarcpublic its founder, The public's tribute to the memory of .lohn Killy will gain much in sincerity and in impressiveness from thc publics feeling (hal lie was un honest man. Per sonal honesty counts for much lu lifo, even in this eily, v\ hero the dishonesty of public men is proverbial, hut in dentil it iounts for every! liing, .since it has not yet hcCOIllC customary with respectable persons lo join in reverent, ceremonies over dishonored dust. And Ihc consoling rcllcctioil that in all the struggles and thc tumults of his life, in all thc ofticcs he held, and in hts private relations Mr. Kelly's |>cisonni char acter commanded the respect of his bitter* est politii il enemies will servons the com fort nial - ?lace of his mar and Intimate friends amid tho criticisms w hich it is In ovituble anil not to bo regretted that his public Ctl eer and services should undergo. -?. )'. limes, Kx|ttohlou lu a Flriuvorku Factory. Thc l i excelled Fireworks Company, of which K. F. billion is the President, oe cu pies four detached buildings on thc cor ner of Bennett and Liberty avenues. Fust New York, where ??0U men arc employed. These buildings arc spread out over an aero of groin.d, and all were in full operation Tuesday. Shortly after ll o'clock there was nu i xplosion in tho building No. 88 Bennett avenue, and Hit brick wall fell in with n crash, 'l here wi re not many w ork men in thal "building, and the firemen pre vented the llames which were caused by the explosion from spreading to the un joining li: 'Uses When thc debris had been cleared away thc body of 1 lowan! Johnson, an opera live, was found. A Luge steel bolt had been shot Into his chest, anti his foot had been lorn off at the ankle. Death must have ens ?,.;i iibiiosl instantaneous. Near his body another employe, Janies Hasher. was foilll I Insensible, but still alive. Ile will recover. Thc damage lo the building can bc repaired for about i}!1,000. The cause of inc explosion, Ibo force of which broke v iudows in the Heimelt street school, 500 feet away, is not known. IIIIHIHCXH Xorlh amt South. Thc Providence (lt. I.) Journal, in an article on "Business North and South." says that ibo people of thc South have suf fered little or no interruption to their ma terial prosperity, "The unsettled state of affairs in thc X" iii." ii continues, "has caused a !*rent deal of capital lo Mow from the North and from (beat britain lo the South, ii is estimated that during the Ural ihre, months ol this year fully $80,000,000 has been Invested in thc South in new un dertaking-, most ot it from the North and from Bnglaud. This is something which should interest the Northern workingman." To this the Richmond (Va.) Dixpatcn adds: "This is something which should interest thc Southern workingman, loo. lt speaks volumes lor thc conservatism of our work ing classes, anil is very suggestive." Tho fud is abo significant (hat the working population of the s ait li so much prefer toil lo talk that tho iron works of Chatta nooga, birmingham and North Carolina. Hie oil refineries of Memphis, Helena and New Orleans, and tho cotton factories of South Carolina and (borgia, are all busy, without a strike, boycott or lockout. Charlotte /vV< ni ny Chronicle^ l iie Troublt-noiiie Itedaklna. Tho commandant of Pori Bliss, near Kl Pas >, Texas, h e received orders from Cen. Miles to immediately move Iiis troops to some point in Arizona to alli in the prose cution of the war against tho Apaches. lt is undetst .d that these troops will strike directly for the (lila Liver country In hopes of intercepting the band of cutthroats. All is bustle and excitement ni the fort. Troops arc lng lightly equipped foi'long marches and large ipiaulitics of provisions and med Iel nos uro liebig loaded, which seems lo in dicate that lion Miles prpposos lo remain out all summ; r it necessary. Thc vigorous action of this officer duce :?is assumption of thc command of this department causes general satisfaction, Mid lias done more than any other one thing to quiet the pco plo, n.store confidence In tho Government, and proven! a general II pr bing of (he border men. Tho l te Indians purchased large quanti Iles of arms and ammunition in Durango, Gol., last week. They also purchased n number of saddles and a greater number of useful articles than usual. Il is expected by some that they are preparing to make ?rouble if the removal scheine is not carried out satisfactorily. vi hal lha KniKhix Want. C KEV KM NP, May Bl,-This morning's session of the Knights of Labor convention was by far tho most important ju ils results lo the publie at large, if not to the order it self, of any session of the convention. A resolution was adopted requesting Congress tO declare the national i lection day ii legal holiday. A letter was ordered seilt to the Amalgamated Association of Iron And Steel Workers. The contents and character of the letter Bf? withheld until it has been rc ceiveo hy tic Amalgamated Association, but tho assurance is jfti n (hgt il contains nothing but good will lind ihc spirit of fra ternity. It was resolved lo appoint af mice and send to Washington a ipeclsj commit tee of dine to look after tho,labor legisla tion! now pending before Congress. " A . lea i .?i-... a Onana." This is what Airs. Mayer, ot Boonoo street, Now Orleans, says of Brown',, hoi. J3ithors. A "charm worksm?etly, fiuroly, nromptlV; thoroughly and with delightful oftect. That io just tho way this wondorftd family medicine worka on invalid" who havo been suffering t?i? \s( n s of liver complaint, dyspepsia and impoverished blood. Those wno know ita worth say it is a complete euro for dyspepsia, weakness, malaria, neuralgia, eto. The best plume in wisdom's pinion is Ute . lory of pa? 'ollios. UENBRAL. NKWH IHM?. F?ct? of Interest Gathered from Varlou? ?{?artera. John Kelly, thc Tammany chief, died "ii thc 1st inst. There U a scheme afoot to enlarge the navy of Spniu. Thirty-tw? new case? of cholora have licen reported nt Venice. Capt&iQ Bonham, of Abbeville, has heen very ill at Providence, H. I. An epidemic has hroken out nt Chemnitz, Germany, arising from eating raw hecf. United Stntcs Minister Cox and lady dined with the .Sultan of Turkey Sunday. Major ll. C. Russell, n Mississippi gaut hier, suicided at Indinnapolis Sunday. In Cliina tho fee for medical attendance ls from S to 10 cents a visit. Henry Havcnieycr, sugar refiner, died suddenly, on Wednesday, nt Babylon, L. I. Over $80,000 has been raised In Chicago for thc familier of thc killed and wounded police. Thc police of Belfast, Ireland, seized a quantity of arms consigned to parties ia Armagh. Thc Normal Institute for Richland will begin on thc 10th or 20th of July and last ten days. Silence never shows itself to so great an advantage as when it is made thc reply to calumny and defamation. Opportunities are. importunities. They are like Howers that fade at night; seize them, therefore, while they last. Orangeburg is now without a telephone, tho Bell Telephone Company having taken their instruments away. On Saturday night hist tho Quirk resi dence, about a milo from Florence, was burned to the ground. Thc Kev. J. Q. Wert/, has accepted a call to become Ibo pastor of thc Lutheran congregation at Orangoburg. Mr. M. B. Anderson shot and wounded a large eagle near Titree nnd-Twenty Creek, Anderson, on last Wednesday. Thc deceased wife's sister bill has been sat upon by the House of Lords again. This was expected. Tho Washington fund collected for the purpose of buying Mrs. Hancock a house now reaches nearly $10,000. The Grand Division of the Sons of Tem pcrance in South Carolina will meet in Co lumbia in .Inly. Thc United States Consul ut Samoa bal established a protectorate over King Ma lictoa. Rx President Fish, of tho New York Marino Bank, is now nn assistant to th( Auburn Prison chaplain. Mr. Ejijah Wilson, of Abbeville, aged Ul years, fell from a wagon last Saturday and injured his spine. Dr. AV. (). Baldwin died at his home ii Montgomery Sunday. He was among tin most eminent physicians of the country. W. II. (Jiger shot and killed Dcputj United States Marshal J. W. Higgins al (.'arlhage. Tenn., Monday. Old feud. The Chicago Grand Jury returned 8 additional indictments against thc Amu chists Wcdncsd -\ In the first game of faro on record, tin inventor (incorrectly callek Pharonh) wen in a.liltle too far and was done up. lt is now thought that the present troubl in thc (ishories question is a blessing in dil guise, and will hasten a lasting settlement Fourteen thousand milesof railroad traci were changed in the State cf (leorgia fron thc broad to thc narrow gauge within afc\ hours. < >n Saturday W. O. Riley, town mai shal of Abbeville, was accidentally sin while attempting to quell a row. He wi recover. The residence of Dr. Henry Faust, nen Graham's, Orangoburti County, was ace dentally burned Th o . i iy. Loss $1,(>0( no insurance. Capt! Pierce, of the San Carlos Reservi lion. Arizona, is iia.uug $100 apiece for th heads of host ile Indians found in San 1\ dro Valley. The Pall Mall (inutte, of Monday, call upon the Government lo take imm?diat stops to meet Hie threatened l ister relic lion. Dr. George NV. Pyle, his wife and tw children and a hired man were brutall murdered on Monday in the Cherokee Ni ?ion, Indian Territory, hy unknown partie.' A freight house in East St. Lons wu destroyed byan incendiary fire yesterday and an ofllcor shot at twice while cnterin thc building. Loss estimated at $75,001 A closed door meeting of Chicago Si dal Isis was held Sunday night lo raia means for thc defence of Spies. Schwa and Fielded. The subscription raised for the fiunilk of tho Chicago policemen killed and injure in the Hay Market riot, now exceeds $70 ooo and is still increasing, Friday afternoon the wife of Silas Foi ter, of Columbus, Qa., shot herself throng the henri. Her husband charged her wit infidelity, . The Provincial Mayors throughout Be glum have Issued orders prohibiting th Socialist demonstrations announced fr June 18. The President has nominated Davi L. Hawkins, o? Missouri, to lie Assistai Secretary of the Interior, nVvj Junks, r< signed. The measles and spring fever have bec conducting a Joint canvass in Georgia U some lime. Both sides '.?vc found fu material. There ls no longer any concealing Hi fact (hal pro||lhitlpi] has tull possession . Georgia. In Norla Georgia the peacht aro rotting ntn\ fulling from the trees. Anarchist Most was sentenced Wedne day to the New York Penitentiary for Ol year and lined $.~>00; Baunschincg, nh months and $'2.~>0; Bcheuck, nine months. The Blue and thc (?tay mingled j Charleston, West Va., on decoration da; to pay their Moral tribute to ibo dead s<" diera of tho late war. A petition from the KnightM of Lain has been presented to Congress to abo|ll national banks and establish national jon offices. Mr. Thomas Adnms, of Prosperity, sn] hp saw a horse and buggy floating dow the Saluda when the water wna up la week. A rnttlesnnke measuring four feel tt\ inches in length, with fourteen rnttles, wi killed by a colored man, ucnr Sinn's lb all in Colleton, on Wednesday inst. A dispatch from Australia reports Un thc steamer Lycemoon, from M el bou ri for Sidney, was wrecked off Oreen Cap Seventy persons were drowned. Deputy Collector J. B. Elkln capture T. Bellow and destroyed a large distiller' nen'/ Lnnd? urn's. Greenville County, carl Monday morning. A destructive fire broke out in pen^n-oji Fin., Tuesday, burning thirty building Ono hundred people are homelcas in cons quenco. Ix>ss $<;o,ooo, small insurance. Tito Count and Countess of Paris leo roturned ld thoif r^deiye nt Ku to mal preparations for thou departure froi France lu anticipation of no order of e: pulsion. Thc United States Consul at Samoa bi placed Huit domain under the protection ( tho American flag, nt the request of Kin Mnlietoa, and notified President dovelan of bis action. Rev. Sam Jones lins modified his viev upon base ball, and now admits that it is healthful and harmless sport in itself, ui\ only becomes objectionable when it is niiv' tho occasion of betting and tho like. The national game may now proceed. Thc couvlctlon?nnd punishment of all tho men in Illinois who preach chaos and prac tice bomb throwing would not deliver tho State from anarchy. Her divorce law? would still remain to menace lier tranquility. Thc iucliuation of the American girl to marry a coachman is justly characterized hy tho Pittsburg Dispatch as nu "extraordi nary freak." Most wives prefer to take tho "relus" in their own bands. A fight occurred in thc Minnesota Legis lature Saturday, between Premier Norquay ami an opposition member, on account of the defeat of the motion of confidence in the Norquay government. New Orlcaus is a little straitened for money, ami last week borrowed $105,OOO at 8 per "ont. interest to meet the pay rolls of ofllccrs and other employees for the months of March aud April. Thc Pittsburg, Oakland and Last Liberty street cars, of Pittsburg, l'a., wen; tied up Monday on account of the failure of the company to make out thc twelve-hour schedule as promised. Congressman Tillman vigorously defend ed thc manufacture of oleomargarine, which, he said, was the poor man's butter, and denounced the proposition to tax it out of existence. Kev. Dr. Mlchelis, Bishop or tho tdd Catholics in Germany, who persistently re fused to accept the decree declaring tho in fallibility of thc l'ope, died at Ericburg Sunday. The Salvation Army Congress opened in London last Saturday. It will remain in session a week. Two thousand ofllccrs and many thousand members from all parts of thc world are present. It is authoritatively staled that Chamber* lain and his Radical supporters have made up their minds to abstain from voting on tho home rule bill, Hms ensuring its success of Hie lil ensure on its second loading. A North Carolina Congressman has re ceived from a constituent a rcqucsl that 1)0 borrow a sum of money from thc United States Treasury, to bo secured by a morl Sige on tho constituent's farm in the old orth State. Thc United States revenue cutter Dix biought to Pensacola, Sunday, thc Spanish, lishiug smack Chlotildc, which she captured for violating Hie fishery laws. The captain bas been reported to thc Washington au thorities. The annual report of President (!inner, of thc New York Cotton Exchange, states Hint it is a subject for regret that the busi ness of thc Exchange had felt the effect of dullness which bau prevailed bl die trade during tho year. Thc acreage in cotton of the colton grow ing States last year was 17,822,888 acres. The crop for the season was 5,771.065 bales, equal to 2,743,006,011 pounds of lint or about 8,228,808,088 pounds of seed cot ton. Two children of A. Lcidy, Boyortown, Pena., aged respectively 3 and 5 years, while rummaging in a bureau drawer dis covered a loaded revolver. Tho oldest shot his brother nearly through, hut the p' ysi clans think lie will recover. An understanding has been reached con cerning the bill for the expulsion of the French princ es, requiring t lintel he Count of Paris and his wife and children and Princes Jerome omi Victor Napoleon should be ex pelled immediately after tho hill was passed. The committee of tho Knights of Labor waited upon Prosidom Bliss and other of ficials or the Boston and Albany Railroad Monday and secured a raise of wages of freight handlers and track layers. Those getting $1.50, $1.73 and $2 per day w en advanced lo fl.05, $1.90 and $2.10." Henry S. Hannis, the famous distiller, died on Wednesday afternoon at the Nor liston (Pa.) Insane Asylum. Ile was one of the largest operators in whisky in the United States, and just after the "late war was rated as one of tho millionaires of Phil adelpbla, his native city. Special dispatches received nt .Milw aukee, Wis., btate that tires arc raging in the lim ber lands along ihc ?scimaba River, in volving a loss of thousands of dollars. Eorest tires are also burning nt J linet iou City and in the vicinity of Sturgeon Bay, ami they an' raging fiercely along thc line of railroad North .cul South of Phillips, Wis., much valuable li:jil>cr having betti dcstroj'cd. Tlic National Line steamer Amerita, which sailed from Liverpool for New York May 2ft, arrived at Queenstown, Moy :io. having put back in distress. On Friday last, while in latitude 50 degrees Norlli, longitude 18 degrees West, a piston roil was broken, cracking' thc bottom of the cylinder. Tho America has returned to Liverjtool for repairs, which it will lake a month to complete. A negro boy, living with Walter Cray at Laurens, was killed by lightning ou Suntlay afternoon. He was standing near an open door. The planks on the door where he was standing and those of thc door on the opposite side of Hie room were splintered and Hu; chimney was .slightly damaged. Several other persons were present, but scarcely felt the shock. The boy killed, was about 12 years old. Tlie debt statement issued today show s a decrease of Hie public debi during the month of May to lie $8,828,505.01: tush in Hie Treasury; $400,406,801.78; gold certifi cates' outstanding, $80,120,020; silver cer tificates outstanding, $80,184,120: certifi cates of deposit outstanding, ft 18,035,000; legal tenders outstanding, $840,788,486; fractional currency, (nol including ide amount estimated as lost or destroyed > $6,054,087.52. lt ls hard for our Carolina readers to he Hove the reports and accounts id' (?enera) Gordon's style and speeches w hen he ap pears on Hie Stump, Well, it was hard enough for Qeucrtu Gordon's friends in Georgia to realize thal they were Iiis own words and gCDtimcntS. lind many who have heard him do not believe thal* they are at his heart; still he has ad ptcd the Style dc scrilied in the public prints, and the reports are substantially correct,-Auottifa Ohron, An interesting experiment in skin graft lng is being conducted in Sun Francisco. The patient was badly burned live months ago by nu explosion. Ills limbs, face and hands were covered with huge sores which refused to heal. Skin grafting was resorted to, and fully fifty pieces of flesh from rela tives of the sufferer hove been grafted. Thc fiesh from the thigh of a. li ve chicken was also grafted successfully. Thc case is oh? of the worst ever known In San Fran pispo, and thc result U awaited with inter est hy physicians. Thomas J. Cluvorlus, the young lawyer who is in Jail at Richmond, Vu., uudor sentence of death for Hie murder of Lillian Madison, does not sloop soundly now. Thc guard who has been placed in his cell to watch him says thc prisoner wakes up every night about midnight and appears restless from that time on. He bilks about his case to thc guard, and expresses the opinion that the Court of A pi teals will give hts case a rehearing, lils long confinement is bec ?mime, to tell on him. *\)\ Sorts of hurts and many sorts of ails of man and beast need a cooling potion. Mustang liniment. MALARIA "ntciT ?lie ifflfe?? from unknown ra-:;?-. Enfeeble* tito Muscles. Khultens THE BEST TONIC Oiiinkiy md completely cure. .Mnlnrtn.and ? Mili _V i _ i.\ ? itiinKiiiiirnitt Kl irr.. I.u> i r?ntermltt??l Fi vor?. 1.??? " j.itrii of BnenD*. it tua M ?qnai ? ?iirichc?aiidpuri.ir. th? IMW. jhmuUteo th? ?p luid Fevers. ? ~* Nit nile, liiu'lt ol petit?, ?nd ttrengthena tho rotisol** ?nd nerc??. It docs not injure tho tooth,MuwhMiteMiMt pnidiicoconstlnaU.m-.i'f o/?rr Tro* m*diHM* IA FATUF.n T. J. HF.Il.l.y. tho nutri cio ?nd acb.-dariy O?thollo Divino, of Aikaim.-ia. WTfit _ "I bfiveuMxi Brown'? 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