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?CHOL.AB? ANO ('ITI'/.KftS. tVUe \\.ir.ls LU I he X.ntnri? Of Our Oovrrmiirnt and Iii? Only ol VoUUg Mm. Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, in the course of a recent address (o students at Hamilton Collcgo, said: "It is Impossible lar one who may call himself a veteran lo CODX3 before an* audience of youilg men without thinking of their lutiire and the (Uttiro of their country. Boys are apt lo think that il ?hov had lived ia*tho past they would have stood hy Luther, have stood hv Cromwell, have stood hy Christ. I am liol sure they would. Most ol' the men of I hose times did not. Hut even now Christ is con stantly hoing crucified, constantly needs defenders. I ile not believe !n this discontent wit h the present, nor in this agitation for constant change. There' Is one thing you may be certain of, we arc hound Irrevocably to the expeliiiici'.t ol' ti government under which wo shall have universal suffrage. Soil is well for you ?is thinking men lo examine, not only "your religious belief, but also your political belief. Orcat Britain is di ivie}.: ahead like a ship in a gale. Men forget that tho constitution ol Englaud is not so perfect as our own. There is not so safo and conservai ive a government bl thc world lus ours. In forty-eight hours an unruly parliament COU ld clfcct ll revolution und overthrow the government of Creal Bri tain. Our govcrnrueul is strone;, <mr late war was hm it, reconstruction of its founda tions." Further on bo said: I nm very hmm lieut with those men who sneer nt politics and politicians, who joke at tho purity of womanhood and tho sanctity of Ibo church. There is no more honest work done in tho United States than is done in tho govern ment. The people belli 'VC I bis. while they Say to the contrary. This is why they OSk the government, although ii would bea great mistake, to lake charge of hanks, rail roads and telegraph lines. There are too many who forget that tho government is ourselves gone annual Hie corner and c onie in with another cap on. To place every tbhlg under the government would bc lo take away the vitality of thc people. Be sides, if wo grumble now nt tho way 160, Ut.Ilices are managed what would wc dc If wo had tho railroads and lidded (100,000 more?" Ile concluded; "As cducab d young men. you nmst not forgo! that tin- Lord and your country have demands on you for what you bavo of talent. To he a politician in the best sense is second only lo heine; n minister ot (be Lord Jesus christ. Tho most cowardly thing on Cod's footstool is to mn away from your government. Though you may not be an active poltli clan, keep informed lu matters of politics. Always go to tho caucus, the beginning of government. Know what is being (lone and see thal ii ls liebig done rightly. Do your duty everywhere es scholars and American citizens, and everywhere above the plumo and thc bayonet sh ill wave the lilies and the palms of love and peace." Order of Vnicrlemi Firemen. <>n the loth <d' September, 1880, nu or ganization hearing thc above name was started hy some of tin- most prominent lin lighters of the continent. Tho object ol the! >rder is Hrs! io gel the tl ronica of North America united Into ono brotherhood, after thal il is intended to work together for mu tual hench( and thc benefit ol thc lire sci vice of tho country. There ls no intention to get up strikes in the Fire Departments hut always to make ndvtiiieentcitl in thc science ot lire lighting hy mutual counsel and Interchange of Information, Another object is to secure im- ll renten a proper rec ognition for (heir serviles tutti ultimately pr?vido a fund for relief in case of in jury or death. When thc Order was organized the /? in nu n's Herald, of New Voil;, wai chosen as the elllcinl organ of Ibo Order, not that it should advocate it editorially hut that the Secretary should publish encl week in its columns an article, paid for a: an advertisement, setting lori h the objects aims and workings of the Order. Fron the publication ol llicso articles tho Ordei has already attained a voluntary member ship cd' 1,800. The lolnl dues and fees ar at presold !ifi c(s. which must uccompntr ibe application tor membership. Address for blanks and further lu formal ion, Seen tory o. A. 1'.. (are Wremen'? //iradi, 17: Broadway, New York, X. V., or ANDWliW C. TODD. Deputy Uland Secretary, Jan. 10, 18S7. Anderson, S. C (.'Inverhill (longed. Cl u vcr tus, the murderer of bis cousin Lillian .Madison, whom he had hctrayci under promise of marriage, was hanged ii I he Richmond jail yard at 1.10 P, M. las Friday. In the jail yard is ?tn electric lire alaru box, connected villi the genital sysn-n throughout Bichmond, i lis lOxce?leiic; Gov. Lee had ordered that (bcUro alarm li turned in from tho jail Station at the sam time the drop fell. Promptly nt 1.10 I' M. the massive bells rang out the clctlil knell, and thc hearts of tin pi opie Slooi still for a moment to realize ?hal tho bc Hayer and min derer of Iiis cousin had pall the penalty Of his au lui crime. The pee plc surrounded the ?ail in large numbers but only tho few ofltcers ?md witnesses rt ipi I red hy law were admitted into tho jai yard. Dr. Hatcher, his spiritual adviser was with him, and he bore up lo the las with that Wonderful self possession tba has characterized him throughout. ile said nothing after mounting tho seal fold. Dr. Han her said that thc prisonc requested him to say thai he dil 1 willum ill will lo any one. Ile died protesting hi innocence. Cluvcrilis smiled while on the Scaffold but was seen to shudder just before th drop fell. He died (d' s ! r .III:; ulai ion. Thus ends one . f thc most iniercstiitj chapters in criminal history. Tim Uraage Knrampnient. Capt. -John W. Wofford bas commence! operations al tho Grange Encampment a Spnrtanburgntid is now engaged in cuitinj and clearing away all Ibo untl?rgrowth om the unnecessary limber, preparatory to tb erection of tho necessary buildings. Tin people are very much in carnes!, and in tend lo make the encampment a success so taras it lie. in I heir power. Tlieappro priai ion made by tho Legislature for tin exhibit of tito Agricultural Dopa rimen ?md the amounts subscribed by our people will i^o far towards completing all ibo no cessary buildings, conveniences, Ac. Evert accomodation will bo furnished by the rall road lines centering there, and when lill connection between Ibo Augusta and Spar tanburg and Air Linc ls completed passen gera cnn bo placed directly on the ground from each one of our roads. Jt is hope? that an experimental station may bo eelah lUbcd on the grounds, in connection will or adjacent to the encampment, and .Mr. .1 B. cievCand has already offered to furnlsl nil the bind necessary, tree from all rent oi expense, and to be used by the. State n: Jung ns desired for .-itch a purpose. Daplleallog thc Namen of cittm. Thc duplication of names hi town nm cities is one of thc crying evils with willoi tho people in general and tho Tost Oiliei Department In special have to deal. Dom very often from the best of motives-sud ns thc desire to honor Ibe Father of lil Country, which has dotted tho land nil ove with Washingtons -t is, from whatOVO motive done, a Stupidity. The idea 0 christening an embryo shanty town*Jn lin Western frontier ' New York ' or "Bos tons'' as has often bien donc, is absurd, am MHO to make thc town ridiculous when i emerge? from tho village slate, to Raj nothing of thc embarrassment lt sometime occasions postal clerks, letter writers ant pion-liant-I, UENKHAL NKIVH MU?. Tho Richmond, Va.. Poper Company's Mit) W08 burned Inst Dight. Los* |W?000. Seersuckers getting very scarco. Heer suckers, however, uro ns plenty us ever. Of New York's 34 aldermen, ll ure sa loon keepers. Tho Louisville and Nashville strikers have given up their contest. At Pittsburg, Pa., yesterday, two boys named Smith and Mei t/, were killed wddle e? >a--ting. A Birmingham. Ala , mass meeting has condemned thc Reagan Inter state Com merco bill. Many singe coaches are blockaded by .?now in Western .Montana and numerous disunities are reported. ll was falsely reported III New York ycslcrdiiy thal .Mayor Hewitt was dead. He has been indisposed, bul is convales cing. Thc Nevada Legislature yesterday elected Wm. M. Stewart United States Senator by a vote of lt> OUl of 00. An ofllcinl circular has been issued pro hibiting thc importation and circulation of Russian troubles in Kastern Rouniclia. The Catawba river was fro/en from bank to bank al Cuieton's ferry on Saturday last. Mr. George W. Childs, of Hie Philadel phia Ledger, was slightly hurt Friday by si pping on the Ice. A collision on tho Chesapeake and Ohio railroad wrecked both trains and severely Injured llirco persons, all railroad em ploycs. There wire Hirco railroad wrecks rc ported yesterday; one near Attica. N. V ami two olla r-- on thc Erle road near Mid dletown, N. Y. lion, .fames Jackson, Chief Justice of Georgia, died yesterday OVCIlitlgat !? o'clock aged OT. He was in Congress before the war, and has held many judicial positions. San Francisco was (rocked from cast lo west at eight minutes after six Tuesday morning by au earthquake, which lasted seven seconds. No damage was done. A riotous demonstration of the strikers a1 .Newport News late last night has caused th** ordering of troops to the scene. Tho military were en route after midnight. Thursday evening, al Omidividl Lake, near Si. .lohn-, N. P., a number of persons fell through tho Ice, and two of them, named Whitten and Brien, were drowned. l>. F. Haynes A.- Co., proprietor of tho Chesapeake Pottery, made an assignment to .'olin P. Ammidon for the benefit of er dltors, The bond of the trustee is sion. OOO. Winchester, Va., has had tho coldest ?allier of the winter for the last I wo days. Thc thermometer indicated at sunrise ye t ;rday morning two degrees below /.ero. flic bolting Democrats in Hie New Jer ; Legislature have gone over lo (lie Ki publicans. Present indications are that the Democrats will lose thc United Slates Si n at ..ship. The hill for the erection of a public alibiing in Charleston hus passed the ll msc, amended so as to lix the amount at 100,000 for building and grounds. In answer to inquiries from thc Fast, ovcrnor Ireland of Texas has written thal thc distress continues aral endorses the up peals to ibo country for assistance. \ New York Southern Society has just .n organized, similar in its purpose lo the New England Society. A dinner will bi li soon, at which Henry \Y. Grady and IL nry Walterson will make speeches. The Supremo Court of Massachusetts has li cided thai sleeping car companies ar poiisihiu for losses sustained by passengers Hie ease of properly such usa pcrsoi may reasonably carry. Serious charges are made against Stale Va Hlor Walker of Missouri, one ls thai bc forced a clerk in his employ to pay him "ia month from Iiis salary, by threat of dismissal. .lames Miller, a farmer, and Abel Camp bell, a laborer, while crossing the track of tile Bal tl more and < lido railroad in a sleigh near Charlestown, W. Va., yesterday, were struck bv thc routh bound train and both landy killed. Vii Osyktt, La , special say-: Ike Brum Held, colored, was hanged by an unknown n ib Saturday night. The body was found "i Sunday. Tho negro resided across tho ??talo lino. Tlie cause of the hanging has not transpired. \ bill has been introduced in Congress to pay lo Mrs. Eloise F. Luqiier, of Beau lord, N\ V.. as the heir of .lohn Howard Payne, the author of "Hollie, Sweet li nne,'' the salary of thc author as United les consul at Tunis. Thc bill Is ex pi clod lo puss. Thc Lev. I. C. Nent/.el, ol' Trinity Luth irtltl ('burch, Oshkosh, Wis , has cleated a iciiiatioil by preaching that Knights of La .o?-. continuing in organization, would ho !.\ pel lcd from the church. The Knights arc indignant, and will withdraw from Trinity. Prof. Ferdinand Y. Hayden, an eminent jo ilogist of the Knited Slates Geological survey, has resigned, owing, ho says, to co 11 lill ned ill health, with no prospect of permanent recovers'. Prof. Hayden is thc founder of Hie Knited Stales Geological Survey of the Territories, The London Liberal Radical Union bad a great meeting recently, "God Save tho i?ucen'' was hissed down. Bradlaugh was a prominent figure. Every mention of Gladstone's name received applause. Tho government was characterized as an old pump, willi thc handle broken olf. According to signal service reports Chi cago was Hie coldest place in the United Stales Monday night. At W o'clock that after noon tho thermometer registered one dc grce above, mid ut nine o'clock thc same night it lino fallen to ten degrees, und two hours later it registered l l degrees below. The steamer !>. L. Talley, of Mobile, truck a snag yesterday afternoon, ten miles above iTemopolis, Ala., on tho Tom Bi dice river and Bank In six feet of water. S|,e lies so ns to block tho channel al the prcseill stage of UlO water and two boats arc I hereby detained above. There ls possibility of raising her. Her value is v'.'o out). No insurance. The Republicans forced things in the lu diana Legislature Monday. Tho Senate, all i I a Midden, como into the hall of the House and were announced bj'the door keeper. Mr. [Collison, Democrat, I ried to gel die Speaker's attention, bul was not i gnl/.cd. Ibo returns for lieutenant governor were then read as follows: Rob orison, 282,010; Nelson, 220.A08. Robert son was then sworn in, and instantly went lo the trout of thc Speaker's desk und took thc gavel. He rapped for order, but con fll don prevailed. Gordon and hewitt, Democrats, managed to utter protests, notwithstanding thc uproar. Robertson delivered his inaugural, and then declared '?ic joint assembly dissolved, i<> reassemble rill 1110 ItHh inst., to vote for Knited States Senator. -. ? am way li I? Calli*.! " Progressifs." Playing euchre with a woman: "Whose piny is.it'.'" " Who look that trick?" "What's trumps?" "What was lcd'.'" ' Whose ace is timi ?" "Did I take that ?" " What's trumps?" "ls lt my play?" "That's the left, bower, ain't il?" "Is that rains?" "Ain't you got a club?" " What's trumps?" ' I >id they euchre ii "How many did we make?" "Whose deal ls ll?" Conn ter fol UHR Nickel? and Old Collin. The counterfeiting ut present is eon flucti almost entirely to the coln issues of tlie government. lt ia not generally known that tho nickels and tho pennies ure very successfully counterfeited, anti that there ls no possible means of do tectlug the spurious from tho genuine. Tho nickels afford a very handsome protit. All tho counterfeiters have to do is to go to the Revised Statutes anti (hero they find the materials to be used in their making. All of (he metal employed is base. A nickel costs thc government about tyi cents. If tho government lind the exclusive manufacture of these coins there would he u great profit in them. Bul (ht; coin can bo so easily re produced that lhere is no means of esti mating bow many of them arc put out of ti?e counterfeit cl,ir ;, if the government should decide to call in this class of coin they would have to redeem the counter feits as well, because tiny are nil made of exactly the same material as the gov ernment's issue. The bron/.'* pennies are also counterfeited. There ls a pro IP lu this. Tho bronze of which the pennies are made costs twenty four cents a pound. A pound of it will make 1(10 pen liles. Tho only way this purl of Ibo cur rency cnn bu detected would bo for con gress to chungo the law BO that bullion to tin' Milne of thc coin can be put in it. Ono of tho latest kinds of counterfeit ing is the Imitat ion of old coin-; for salo to the numismatists, (?ne of Hie mosl ingenious modes of deception in this class of work is the changing of the dates of sume common issue of a certain coin to the tinto of a year whoso issue is scarce niel consequently high. Tho old Liberty dollar of INO-I is very scarce, lt is said that there ure only seven genuine coins of this issue in this country. The coin is ra: eil in num ?sinai ie cai niegues at tv value of $1,200 and upward. Tho counter feiters have been quito successful in changing 1 st) issues lo that of 1801. This is not counterfeit lng in thc strict legal sense of I lie word, ?ind the treasury ofll cii 's would not lu: nble to punish anyone for this class of offense. Hui they have exercised their power io pm a stop to snell work wherever tiny have found it going on.-Washington for. New York World. Trickery of ('aiin? Growers. How about the branding of calves? Yes, that was. anti is, a favorite lie among the cat I le growers. Annually the spring round-up starts mit. Say that the hooks of the ranch show thal there should be 1,000 tows on the range. Without u smile, without thc slightest droop of an eyelid, Hie cattle growers aral their cow boy s report that the In crease of calves is sn per cent, by actual count, of the number of cows thc book represents to benn the range. livery mau of them knows that if tin- book calls for 1.000 cows, that not more than OftO nf th, in are alive and ea tin- raime. They know Unit Hie test lie demi in the forests, oren the Hank- of the foot I.ills, or in ravines where they were snowed under, or on the arid plains. Amt everyman on thc round up knows that not more than 'Jon calves were branded and saved, Tho lying report is given to the local press (which is supporteil hy the cattle growers) that thc Roaring Hull Cit I le (?rowing association has branded 80 per cent, of calves, anti editorial comment is nenie on HIP great crop of calves dropped, and editorial congratulations are ox ti tided to die caiile growers on the proa li. .itv of their business. That evening, after reading the pa por, the lowboys ami cattle growers alike say; "Shovepcn ia n daisy. Here's to him.'' and glasses are lifted to weather cracked bpi ami their contents are tilted down alkaline burnell throats. Many cattle crower.*, who have been driven out of thu business by heavy losses, lune told me within Ibo past two months that not moro than 40 per cent, of the cows they actually owned ever saved their calves. Anti one bright, truthful cattle grower, who batt lost >;i-.'. 000 in handling cattle on the Grand Kn campment river in Wyoming, assured mo in exceedingly vigorous language that his cov.'s did not. during thc live years he hud thom, average over JO per ci :.t. i nc reuse. -Frank Wilkcsou in New York Sun. i iie .i:-i lu i H S ,.r llotdory. There aro certain rules abotit dressing tho legs that must bc followed Insecure a unod effect. Now. in fancy Blockings tl e lower part should be dark and the upper part light. That gives tho effect Of limul Incas at the ankh: and plumpness ?il I lie cali. lloverse tho position of tho colors and tl.e leg will look as straight and ungrace ful as n - tick. 'l in ii if the dark shade ?loes not go all around thc lower part-, il should beat tho buck, and not in front, for in that ea o it gives Ibo ankle ;i Hat h.ok. The hosiery that is figured with an imi tation boot coming up to the swell of Ibo calf gives u leg thc i>e>i appearance. U nice Oil r> I rid ami Rimming RI en. "I hover was in a city." said a New York gentleman, as lie stood at the entrance to Willard's lobby, to a re porter, ..where tin- girls carry themselves so gracefully as in Washington. F5eo that young lady there. She is Straight; her foot conns down upon tho ground without any unevenness or twisting or turtling, ami she has the carriage of a veteran army officer. All Hie Washing ton girls walk with styloaiid grace. The young men nro different. They shamble anti shuttle. I guess it ls because they are all go ven mont clerks and bend over their desks so mitch."-Washing'on | ?oat, A Snake Charmer. Kl i jab Pelton, of Shohola Chu. is sold o lu-1 ?ie greatest sn M ko charmer on record. I!' has in a lng cago nearly 200 rattle snakes ami copperheads, anti walks ai tong them and handles them with .'di soluto fearlessness. Ile feeds thom on crackers and milk, ami some of (hom show a decided affection tor him. -Now York Sun. < lillies.- Emperor's Th reno. Tho young emperor of China is to have a new and costly throne ut Bhanghnl. Ps foundation pedestal ls to ho mado o? gold bricks, and the subproject of Soo chow lins sent to Pekin 8,000 plC'C?S of solid gold brick-., of tho o' Unary nlzo of clay bricks, for that purpose-Chicago Times. Konkafetler'fi inchon, doini 1). Hoi kafcller. of tho Standard Oil company, now claims, by virtue of his tl 14,000,000, William If. Vomit rbllt's old title of ' the richest mar. in tho United States." Professor Truman H. Salford says that (Trench ia the best language to study sci euee in.-Chicago 'l imos. Henry Ward llcocher's lectures nro selling in Kngland nt one penny each. There is a new color out which they call COtldor yellow. Dutch to Melli? Florida, JACKSON vi 1.1.K, Fin., January IO.--Ne gotiations were completed hero to day by Willoh a syndicate of Dutch bankers in Amsterdam, Holland, acquired from thc Florida Land nm! Mortgage Company (limited) a vast hedy of limber land iii West Florida. The purchase om braces ll solid area of nearly OOO square miles, lieav ily timliercd. This is the largest singh) transaction made in the State since thc Disston salo lu 1881. The syndicate pro poses to form a grout Innd anti colonization company, building a railroad into thc pur chaw and colonizing from Holland Thc biter bil--Eating old cheese. BRU -A KU V? . TO I.KT. To lot-a vacant heart That's still hi good repair, Complete In every part, The only mortgngo caro. Unfurnished, it is true, And battered arc it? walls; Old songs still echo through Tito hare, deserted halls, Yet through all wear and tear lt's just as gund as new; Tlic linds thal blossom lhere Are sweet as over blew. Who'll take a life long lease. Conto lair nr stormy weather, Where hive shall reign and pence 1 Now, don't all speak together. A h il!' holiday is bettor than no loaf. A bang up altair-A dynamite cartridge. A secondary matter-The tick of a dock. Tho Hour of the family is the latest lo rise. Tho dentist always goes armed to the teeth. A chancery court is one in which justice Ins an even chance. Never Strike a man when he is down, Sit on him ami choke him. A girl niiiy bc a good violin player, and yd not he able to draw a beau. Thc lochs on a door'arc worn perfectly plain, ll is the door that is hanged. I Tantiemes will cure dyspepsia. That's sour opinion. ein? ns if a "hank suit" should he made of chocked goods. Wc propose Dint the phrase: ".Money no object," lie amended t<? read: ".Money no object iou." "What is the dollar of the daddies?" asks some one. It is, briefly, what the (huies exist on. "Auld hiing Sync" is like the Lord's ['rayer, everybody thinks he knows ii until lie attempts a second verse. A man never wants to laugh when a Hy lights on his nose; nevertheless he is greatly lick lcd. "Yes, Bl trida, all things must fa;lo." Al! except thc railroad fare, which musl he paid. .'oking on facts will frequently part eli ?cr friends (lian beer and French mus tard. No man who possesses any legal attain ments will ever "lake the will for thc deed." How do those pretty white leaves that wi re turned over on New Year's morning look now? Tho pretty girl behind a calico counter in a fashionable dry goods store is a print sis of th" realm. Christians rind New Year have tho same effect on a luau's salary thal the sun does on a ( hunk of iee. Tom-foolery-Trying lo hit Ibo lorn-cat willi the hoot jack while he is warbling a mi Iniglil hymn. lt i- said, on the authority of a druggist, Ihal a hall cent's worth of aloes makes 2"> i i nls" worth of pills. A short horse is soon curried, hui lie musl tii -t he caught. Thc same may be said ol a shoii cashier. le some paris of Kurope thc old supersti tion . [.raeliee of ringing the church hells in thunder storms still survives. TultuagO has hecu preaching on the "in ure ol chilis." They are most bllllien liai, by thc way, when Uley are trumps. thicks that will Heat are now made in France. Convenient for a mun to wtnr in his hat when lie's half seas over. Why is it s., dilllcull for a professional lu v u-1'? -n h .-onie more reputable liveli hood V I localise he's a mendicant. An I lld inna u i ri has hucn born without a mouth. Mic will soon begin to realize that sic; has forgotten Bomethiug. When n barber si cks lo make himself s iciahle with a customer in the chair he is probably "scraping an acquaintance." Due oflcil reels, in view of the small waisi of the period, as if he were puning Olli his arin lo surround a knitting needle. A 'I? duration of war-Throwing old tin oins and other refuse Into thc neighbors' ya. ?ls. A Filtsburg man has been lined $.10 for kee]ling a cow. The cow bolougcd io a neighbor. "dod loves a cheerful uiver,'' bul thc trouble i- s,i many of us arc cheerful over so pesky lillie. . Y.'ii arc mistaken, reader, if you sup l? u cals ir re iv I around all night just io he un all, hut for amusement. ' (Micro's another cracked pitcher," as th.- pi liecmnn said when he brought down hi club upon the hase hall man. . (?lily a match box," remarked Fogg ai ; lie i li? ill TO I he oilier night, referring lo Hie seats where thc young lovers sat. ii i- - iii! that it is almost Impossible for au old maid lo hain lo play tin- violin. Silo can't gel thc hang of the hean. Bismarck speaks, according to a corres pondent, willi marvellous softness, even u I.cn his purpose is to iii al hard oraloiical blows. A Boston woman, hy way of experiment, recently tied a pedometer to her chin, and discovered that she talked thirty three miles he; wei n breakfast and lunch. "I do iiiiiik thal Hi is really an unlucky nuailie;, -aid a pert young miss who had jii-t entered her teens. "Il ls too old for do!!- and too young for beaux." A Nevada court held that a man who h;: , .i . c dollars in his pocket and his boam paid for a week ahead is "a Capitalist" within thc meaning of the law. lt i-i eider for some men tn lug a ten |H>iuid shot mm for a whole day through ni impenetrable swamp than to pm up a clothes lila-. You cau l make (lie wife who has asked : husband for seine money without re ci Iving a responso believe that silence is golden. "Si. I.uiis husbands never box their wives' cars, lt would take too much tim ll ir." MMiC author of the foregoing resides ,11 ( 'liicage. Tho young hopefuls have about smashed up their Christmas toys, ami the inantifac lurer- are already at work on designs foi DCXt ( 'lirislmr.s. Hccaine ft I11B.I1 happens to be possessed of ' the constitution nf li horse," it by iii. nicaus follows thal his physician is justi fied in treating him like an ass. "Time cli&ngos nil things," j-.nld n led urcr; ;,t which an auditor cried out, "Il that's SO, h iss, Fd like to have lt ( linnet this ere Icu dollar counterfeit hill." A scientist says that a liody weighing 100 pounds on the earth would weigh two lom mi .Jupilcr. Some men seem to I magi Ul that tin y live on Jupiter nil the time. Tho young lady whose lover wrote hoi ilia' he was doing duty on the tented (h ld. afterwards ascertained Hint instead of light lng Indians ho drove a team for a circus. A newly discovered burglar's diary eon laius this harmonious advice; "Study ovei every job yoi! are going to undertake willi great caro, (Jd all the details down line, und ii. will work tlrst rate." A gentleman dining nt a Columbia rcs Iniirant, Ihfl other (lay, wns asked by a waiter If ho was superstitious. "No," said he; "v. hy / ' "Because," replied tho walter, .you arc thc thirteenth man who has usid t int napkin." When a man is dismissed from employ ment he always has a good deal to say against his hilo employers. A man, in fact, ls like n gun. Ile makes n great nolie when he ls discharged. "ll .?" ll Tlio followlug ls a somewhat equivocal testimonial to tho virtues of a patent medi cine: "This Is to certify that i have taken two iiottles of Dr. Blank's blank mixturo, and find it all 1 dc ?ire." Horseshoes were unknown (otha Greeks and Romans; and yoi thu people ot these nations had considerable luck, '?'hey es caped the dynamite scare, the crazy quill craze, tramps and the roller skating mania. A Texas paper contains nu article hended "liaising Mules on the Bungo. ' This sounds like cruelty to animals-especially If there be a lire in the range. WO should think thc mules would kick against it. Some of the French fashion plate.-, show cloaks fitting so lightly in the hack and with such a sweeping curve in the si eve that the wearer looks as if proplirhlg to look at the wah bellied her without turn ing. Wc think lt is nonsense for tim papers now to commence and tell about a eoltl wave, and how tho Koro was reached and how thc ice was formed, and how Ulick. We want a system that will tell us away beforehand, so that we can ?ii range for the thing. "Do you think you can clear dhu?" she asked Ol the lawyer. "I don't know, m id am," replied the attorney, doubtfully Ile has livid here ail his life, sir, and knows every one." "Yes, that is what makes me nervous about it." "Does yr ur pa object to my pr?sence?" he asked, timidly creeping near his II I'. he fancied he heard a footstep. "No, I don't rei kon he will," came the confident answer; "anyhow, you can send I lieut along and sorter try him." Thc "yellow lunch'* is now a fashionable craze in Washington society, and no tlouhl it will spread lo this city and t ike the place of the defunct '.pink lea.'* -lust wi,al a "yellow lunch" is the society papers do not say, but wi' suppose that i he Indies wear jaundiced costumes and that cheese h passed around by tl mulatto servant ona yellow tray. The Southern liase Ball League is an cs lahlisltcd fact, it is thorough/ organized now, is in harmony and working under the guarantee of the National Association, has secured all cities in the circuit except At lauta and Macon, and thee will he re placed hy Mobilo and Birmingham. Mem pills lins remit led her franchise deposit of $3,000. New Orleans, Savannah, Charles ton and Nashville have fallen into line, and Chattanooga is safe. TIIOSK DA UN Kl) SOCKS. Why does she start and ope lier eyes, As if with uncontrolled surprise? Why does she drop her sewing box And gaze upon the old man's socks? Bccnttse 'twas hui three days ugo That she had darned them, ho i and loi . And now, alas! how must she feel To ice those gaps in loo and heel? Til.- t /ai- Mal..- a ?tl ?-lal,.-. The Czar Brothor Jonathan, do you know anything about the ?standard oil Company? Brothor Jonathan-I should say I did; why? The Czar- They have been buying ?and and wells over here. Brother Jonathan-Tboy have? Have they made you an oller for your throne, yet? Thc ('zar Oh, no! Brothor Jonathan Haven't tboy hint ed that you could make money by sell ing out now and retiring to private bf.', instead of waiting until they Bqueoze you out ? Thc Czar Not a word. Brother Jonathan lt's some other company, then. Omaha World. Train Wrecker* Arrested. KANSAS CITY, January Bl.--A Nebraska City special says: "David W. Hoffman, "i Dunbar, and .'huies W. Hell, < f Uliadllla, were arrested at Dunbar yesterday after noon, charged with having caused Hie wreck on thc .Missouri Bacille Hoad on Tuesday night. Hoffninn was recently ???? brakeman on thc Burlington ami Miss mi Biver Bond, while lillie is known of Di ll. Both have been idle for some time. Neither is a member of thc local Knights of Lahor. Iloth were somewhat Intoxicated when ar rested at Dunbar, and were badly fright etud. The coroner's jury relurued a ver dict yesterday afternoon loth.- effect Ilia' the Wieck was caused hy Bell and ethers.' Murder of One ot Ike Tollivcra, or l\ rollick) Lorisvti.LR, January 13. I; was re ported here yesterday that the famous des perndo ol' Bowan county, Crnlg Toi li ver lind been murdered, lt turns out, how ever, lo have been his comm. Wiley Tobi vcr, who died yesterday from a wound in dieted by om- Bently, who Is a close friend of the leader of the faction oppi dug lin Tolllvor crowd Some fears are entertained of a renown! Of tho Bowan county feud. The Cuni Pauline, Nnw VoitK, .lam.arv Bl Colli is Kn scarce in Brooklyn thal lim i ni Hie billilli factories will he forced lo slopwork inn day or two. Coal ilcnlcis refuse lo sell in large quantities even when offered pei ton, w hich i- double the price Sonic fae tories have IM L'UII to u*o crude petroleum, conducting It from tanks in pipes lo burn crs under thc boilers. Tin y are very much encouraged over their experiments In this direction, which may resid? in many per m?nent changes nf this kind. -? .?. ? - Unit- or Ullin In JcMO) . TKKNTON, N. J., January bi. There were only nine Senators, two short ol it . pu rum, present this afternoon, so thal nu organization could not have liccn effect! ! il desired. Consequently mi adjournment v , had until noon io morrow, it Is intended to keep up Ibis daily process tili aller the Contested election cases arc disposed ol ii the House. Then, if thc Itcptiblicnns ure .seated, thc Se?ale will organize; il othci wisc, the organization may lie deferred in definitely, anda United Slates Senator cnn not he elected. eiinrim ll Parnell, of ( hlcago, Nominated lo Succeed the Late John \. Logan. Hi'itiKOPfP.f.n, DI., January 18 -Chas, B. Farnell, ot ( liicngo, vas nominated to succeed lb" hi'" John A Logan to dav on the sci omi ballot ol thc Itcpublleaii legh la live caucus. Oovornor Ogloby's name was mu presented to the caucus Glovernoi Hamilton received thc next highest vol? on Hie lirst ballot, 17, Ci,uglis limn PliySOII 13, Cannon ll. Henderson lt), Thc heroin I buhot was a stampede i<? Fnrwell. SEEDS! SEEDS! Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Grain and Potatoes, Garden and Flower Seeds, Vegetable & Flowering Plants. Prices quoted on application. Descriptive Catalogue mailed FKF.K. Correspondence Solicited. T.W.W00D&S0NS, SEEDSMEN, NO. IO 8. FOURTEENTH ST. Mention this paper, RICHMOND, VA. WA IM VS WOKS, MAXKY'M (JA., January! 1886. For twelve-or fourteen .venin I have j been ii Kreut sufferer from 0 terrible form j of blood poison M hieb 1*0% into tito soe* ondary, and llnollv it was pronounced n tertiary form. My boucl, faco and shoulders became almost u muss of cor? ruption, and ilnally tho disease com* menccd eating away my skull bones. I ? beca m o so horribly repulsivo that for three veins 1 absolutely refused t(? let people see me. 1 used large quantities of most noted blood remedies and ap plied to nearly all pliysioians near mc, hut my condition continued to trow worse, und all raid tbnt I must neely die My bones becoino tho Boat ot e\ oruoiatlug oohes and poins; my nights were passed in misory; I wu : reduced in I llesh and strength; my kidneys were terribly deranged, und life becamo a 1 urden to nc. 1 chanced to nco un advertisement of lb I?. JJ. und sent one dollar to W. C. birchmore A CO., mcrohants ol' our place, and they procured one bottle for me. lt was teed with decided bein lil, und when eicht or len bottles had been used 1 was pronounced sound and well. Hundreds of scars can now be seen on inc, looking liko a man who had been burned and Iben restored. -My case was I well known lu this county, mal for the benefit of others who may be similarly affectod, I think it my duty to givo lim foots to tho publie, und to extend my heartfelt thanks tor BO valuable a renie dy I linvo boen well ovor twelve mouths, ami no return of thc dtecoso hos occurred. J loueu r WAIU). MAXKY'H GA., January, 188(1. Wc, tho undersigned, know Mr. llobort Ward, and take pleasure in :-s\ lng lind the foots above .-.tated by him nie linc, ami that his wuseln? of tho worst ca-es of Blood l'oison WO evt r knew in our county and thal he bas bu n cured by the USO ol B. li. ll. Botanic Blood Mahn. A. T. Blt IO ll rv r.i.i . Ab reliant. \V. C. BtiteiiMoituA- Co.. Merehoute. .!. ll. Bittoim m.i., Al. i>. JOHN 'J'. HAUT. YV. ll. C.VYlPllKIil . All who desire full information oboul Uto causo uml cure of Blood Poisons, Scrofula and Scrofulous Swellings, Ul cers, ??Mires, ithcumotism, Kidney Com? plnints, Catarrh, etc., can soenrobymoil; free, a cony ot mir 82 pago Illustrated Book of Wonders, Ulled with Hu: tnoht wonderful and Rturtling proof ever before known, Address, BLOOD BALM ('.>., Atlanta, Ga. INFORMATION MANY PERSONS at Hits acus?n au ?Ter from -k-eit h OP lleuilurtie, Kouralffloi IlhoutnaUsmi l'<i l n s in Um I.inil>*. linet; and .Silten, llml Jllooit, ' i mt tycatton,J)yapepalat JITrtlnrtn,Const ijntlion .V A Ul ney Troubles. -t--VOI.IMA COnOIAl CURLS RHEUMATISM, pad Wood uml Kidney Trouble*, I.>? < learning th? blood of ;ill lt? itapuritltts, strengthening nil |.uci* cr u.<- body, VOLIHA C0r.?:AL CURES SICK-HEADACHE, Neuralgin, Palm In iii . I.tml '. nm v, nm! Sides, i>y UIIIIIIK lilts liai I? ii'ul Mrcni .!:? nlng I lie muscles. -i-Y0L1NA CORDIAL CURES DYSPEPSIA, Inillfrotlon amt I i .? UM?, tty nldlnpljionsstm llatlutrofthn po ll ... li Hie groper action of th? Stoma? li i lt cn uti II healthy n i?[?. : Ito. -M-VOtlNA DOitl CURES NERVOUSNESS, l)fpri?-h>:i of HI lilts i Weakness, Ly ?-i.iivi.n Inn ?'"' toning Ih . sy?em, -H-VOLIHA CORDIAL CiJnES OVERWORKED rail DillcnMW.rn, l'uni'mut sirkly Children. liltilellitlilfut (uni nut ri I li na ntngeneralTonio. Vnllnn Alumnae mid Oi.-ir,-, foi- I SST. \ I mil? uno, . . nipt rn.) ti--. ! MI ll'.IK tellliltf lidwlnl I'ltK jiei'v : ..i llo.M K Tu n pleiivtnt, natural way. Malled on let? Ipi of n Sc. poMitga Miunp. Atkin ** VOLINA Dl?UG &, CHEMICAL CO. BALV'MORE. MO., U. S. A. ? mm Tha 9sst --OrA\^ln WOHLD ?pk V?l?WjL !;ii:r?s frtoiirn. Cheapest THU Commercial College ,"'l^*.';,,';:'^^;1;,'2;,;;,,'. lllphcal Honor ?ml Hold Medal 1 li'i: I w..r|.r. I ipwlllon, ; , . leal i Itooh-lo erm c..,-i.? i. nii..... OIMKI nm l??i..... 1 1 y I. ?..?iof fall Huidara* Collrae, tm;: runion,Suilonri, >u.i u-.-vi.l. .i.. .t ann. sfcoo. Miad,Tjne.VrrllUg ami i.L.rapi., ?,. IP?.?.. un..II. I ntrr Now. l>r?4n.W. I.m.i.il,,., nacrr. ' rtaddrmW.tt.HMITII.l'i ' I., ?lani. ..Ky. ^?t?'.,?iTFW','rj.7r<^?MMngj?a^ ! ??Tried in tl About twenty your? ago i uncovered ? i nnnnceii u cancer. I hnvo tried a number of) m ut lienefU. Among Un- numher were ono . ?! WHS Uko r.ro t-i Du- purr, canting intonso i ?in. s. s. K. h.vidoin fer ol hen - Imllni ly riftllcied. tho second bottle Ute M ?. li born could liol leo u lu .iltii lux! been bad f..r tw? ..r ihre? y en rs- I nally. I hart A severo pain In my breast. Arte mo and i grow ?touter than i had boon foraovt ft little M-.t alu.tu lin- (.i/,. ,,f a half ?Urne, mi every on? win, cancer to give R. S. H. n fair tria Mu?. NANCY J. McCONAUi Ki ll. IC, ! IA Sn tt'? Rpocltlp ii entirely vegetable?, en I ni pu ru ti . from iii<> blood, TrcnU#enn m... >.t J UK SWIFT Tlirso pills woro a wonderful discovery. Ko othci or roliive all manner of disoaso. ?ho information i Lox of pill?,. Fimt out about dum, and you will always ho thank ful. Ono pill a doso. Parsons'Pills contain nothing h-rmful, ar?, eaiy to t ike, and rause no inconvon tlio marvelous power of those pills, thoy would wal without. Sent by m'.il for iib conti in ?tamps. Ill tho information is vory valuable I. s. JOHNSON / BRADFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR! Most happily meeta tho demand of tho ago for woman's peculiar afflictions. Ula a remedy for WOMAN ONLY, and for ono SPECIAL CM.ASSof her ?lineases, lt ls a Specific- for certain diseased conditions <>r tho womb, and ?<> control? tho Mea? rtrnni organs as t?> reun?ate ail derangement! ao.l Irrcgul n it cs of her Monthly Blokncas. Tho pro pra tors claim for t UH lton.cdy no other medical property, lt ls strictly a Vegetable compound, .he studied prescription of a learned physician whoso eneoialty was KIM ALI Di8B*8?8,and wnoae fume bec imo cHVluble becau-io of his success In the treal meat and caro of female complaints. Suffering woman, lt will rcltcve you of nearly all complaints peculiar to your sex. For sale by druggists. Write for boole, "Mes tage to Woman," malled freo. r. n i en vi H IIKOU?.AT?K Co., Atlanta, O:.' From th? World's Bust Makers, AT FACTORY PItlCES. Easiest Terms of Payment Elglit Grand Makers, and Over Three Hundred Stylos to Select From. PIANOS : Cblckerlng, Mason & Hamlin, Matliushck, lient, and Arion? ORGANS: Mason & ll am li 11, Orchestral and Ihiy State. Pianos rind Organs delivered, freight paid, to nil points South. Fifteen days* trinl, and Freight Paid Both Ways, ii not satisfactory. Order, and test the Instrumenta in your Own Homos. COLUMBIA MUSIC HOUSE, Branch of LUHDEN & BATES' SOUTHERN MUSIO HOUSE. P1UCES AND THUMS THE SAMS. IV. W. THUMP, Manager. VAPOR STOVE. TH rs STOVE 11 AS BEEN SOLD since 1877 from Maine to California, and never fails to please. The South is HIP Place to Usc These St ovos. ( ? isoline, Tl dogrcos, is thc Muid used. All tluso Stoves are supplied with a SAFETY TANK, which makes thom safer than coal or wood stoves. We war rant our gooda tho Lest in the market. i "Agents wanted. AMKliIC \ N VAPOH STOVK CO., (i CHAMPLAIN Sr., CM?VKLAND, OHIO. CUAHLOTTE ?J'.? ?11 Wi J. A t V J. Ul VT O IV Tl Tl ir. im YOUNO LADIES . s in tho mt ii has advantages supe* I nor lo thoso rufe rei I heie In every donurt tneiit-Collegiate, Arl mid Muslo, only experienced anti accomplished teachers, t hc I.ml.Iii,... l?t lighted willi na*, wanned with the iu d wrought-iron furnaces, has hoi and enid water !>aiii>. and tlrst-class appoint... m.... .1 Hoarding School in every re peel no school in lue .South has ?upai i. . .i Hoii I an.! Triti.m in everything In full! lollcK'r.tte course, Including um loni und modi rn langiuigos, per st?. doll of ::.> wt i-k^ .$POO llcdiictl.ii f..< iwoor moro from same fauill) or iielghhorhorKl. Pupils charged only i rom dolo ol cul ranee. I or i a tn log ne, willi full particulars nd drcss ItKV. W.M.(K. ATKINSON, Charlotte, N. 0. ie Crucible. ? Hilo sore on my chook, and tho doctors pro* ihyslclans, bul wlihoui receiving any i erma, two ?pt cultists, The medicine e.cy npi lied I r.\w a tali mont In Ilia papers lelil? ; .vimi I priN-nr. d soma at mice. Before I lind mod int my enncer wiu healing up. My general iimi a hocking cough and spit blood contln r laking six bottles of s. s. s. my co tut ti left ?ral year ?. My enn-cr has healed OVI r nil but ii it I? rapidly disappearing, i would n<i> u* I. OIIRV, Aide drove, Tippecanoe Co., Ind. .1 ?ei>rn i lo eure enneer* by for.-1 nu out tho SIC I Skill Disease? in Ufad free. BI'KCIPfU co., Drawer a, Aiuma, o*. s liko them In tho world. Will positively cur* iround each box is worth ten timos tho cost of a lonee. Onr box will do more to purify tho blood and cure chron ic ill health than $5 worth of any otbsr Jremedy yet disco? 'erod. If propio could bo made to realise k 100 miles to (ret a box if they could not be had nitrated pamphlet free, postpaid. Send (br it; lt CO., 23 Custom House Street, BOSTON, MASS. I