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18 THU E.\D AIM'llO VCIII.XJ i Boin? TllOUght* *?it|?::?-.ilcil 1>V ?lilt Holriiiii In. qulry. in a:i editorial, sonio weeks since, ont) sentence reads thus: "Our lielief is Utal our world's lilstory ls ni ?ir tho end." Tin-. DAUA* (Columbia) Unco un quotes that Bcuteuce, and sectus to think thal a great many good people may Ito unreasonably disturbed hy Bitch declaration, and that they "would like to know w hat reasons wo have for entertaining such u holler." To this thc editor ol Tim KKCOKII adds his ow n w ish thal wo "would give tho public the hem lit of whatever Information we may have on the subject.'' Wc du not profess lo have more Informa lion than others hau- or mighl o!.tain from the Scriptures and Hie signs of lhu times as predicted in the Scriptures Thc ad vent of christ will end the probation ol tho world. We lix no hour, no day, uoi year, only thc studj of God's word ant! thc drifting signs ol the times lead us !< thc belief that the world is approaching III unparalleled ci Ni*. Whether that crisis will bc thc cud of thc world or soiUOtllilU else limo w ill show, Sonic persons teach that certain thing arc yet to take place before thc coining n Christ, w hich things wc arc persuaded llUN a'leady taken pla? c. For instance: "Ask of mc. ami 1 sllttl give theo thc heathen for thine hillel lilllie and thc Uttermost parts ?>f the earth fd thy possession." l's. ii. s. This was eel tandy fulfilled in tho coronation of th Son, when all power ??is given unto hin in heaven and in earth, in many parts u the earth, not excluding parts of "Christel) ?lom." lhere rn; millions of people win "w ill not have tin- man to rule over lhem. Buch are Ignorantly or knowingly in rebel lion against tia- King of kings. Many will ask: "Is liol the gospel to h preached in all the world liefere th.- cm conics?" Has not this been dono already At the time of the Pentecost "there wer dwelling at Jerusalem devout men" out o every nation umier heaven, who saw ?uv hcaifl ai d understood thc marvelous mani fcsliltious of thal occasion, Represent: lively every natioh then and lhere hoard i their own language all that tho tongues i lire spake. Hut there ts Scripture more direct: "Th hope which is laid up for you in llCUVCl whereof ye heard before in thc word i thc truth of the gospel; which is Com unto you, (is it i'-- in idt th, it?rtd." Col. .">, I?. ' "He not moved away from thc ho| Of the gospel, widt h yo have heard, au ichicli tenn prcitcltcd (o c ref y crenture t?/i? is under/( cur en." V. 2-1. "Mayo they n? heard? Vis. verily their sound Went In all thc ' nth, ?ind their words unto thct'/c ,/ thu -r..rl:!." Kolli. X. 1*. ll we have correctly explained and a plied the Scriptures quoted-thc giving thc uttermost puns Ol the earth lo the So and the preaching of the gospel in all I' world-then lhose events to which lb refer arc not hi tween the present genii lion and thc end ot tho world. - Chi tutu Heighhur, Information Aluin) tie- I Venn i *-:-<-. Coiii'MitiA, S. C. January 1?, Issi. Kni nm ot- fti-x'oitl): In reply to Mr. V. ll. ?mil many others whose inquiries regard to thc pecan tree yon have roforrt to mc to answer, 1 think lin: follow ing wi about cover (ho ground in a general way: ??mr pro/uiffdted/ Hy planting the nut thc ordinary pecan nu) of commerce-Il lly budding or grafting. They grow rca Hy from thc nut, hut, owing to thc depi dations of the wood lilt, il ls Ililli?i.St lllipt Bible to L'I ! a Stlltul; besides, the trees won bo as likely as no; to yield thiel-: shelli nuts of poor quality mid of little or i value. Nursery trees licit have been ? lilted hom tia; best, largest and emil? bearing varieties cnn he transplanted ?ibo as suc?es.'-fully as any fruit tin-ol' (he Sill agc, timi can he procured ul a very nu .ralo ileura. Kital "/ .vet-!.' Thc trie is of the sal genus as lite hickory and ?ill Moorish ?ii Where the hickory grows. They will ]hri in almost any soil with little attention, 1 much better result- will he obtained wh plained in rich soil and well cultivated a manured. Itlch hoi tonis, if not too w arc excellent, hut several trees noted I their large si/e and immense crops of li nuts are growing in elevated pi n es a have rt e. Ivcd very little euro, Will l/iej/f/roio in Uti* cliiiKlle? Mr. \ li. .b in -, in ?iii article to the AniCric Agriculturist, says: "Wo recommend t culture of this lice very highly, ?is bei likely to prove profitable from ihoPoloui juill ohio tiver-, southward.'' Thc few tl have been CllllI voled in titi State amitie gill aro fur superior to all others, ?md ! easily sold 11, "fancy prit es " /.< it profitable? ' Mr. A. C. Daniel, Crawford, Chi., says he has :i row of tr ?it (lu- back of his garden, from thc larg of which he gathered "eleven bushels ?i ?nie peck ol nuts," which lu- "sold Athens for $43"-just $-l? more than t average tanner makes on an ?u re of colt ut present prices. Mi. T. V. Munson, of Dennison, Tex says he values "well -row n li'CC'S of gu kinds, IO years old, (ll $2o. An ai re i (d' snell Ines would he worth $1,2(10." There uro tim; specimens ?d' tin: i growing in ni most all the Southern Stat from Virginia to Texas, which friquen hear ll ficen bushels of tine nuts lier tr and as they sell readily a! from *:> lo $ bushel, the not income from a simile (rei often more I han .from several acres of or mirv farm products. If thc farmers ol understood ils merits, in a few years pe? gr iVCS would be ns popular ?iud piolita in this State as orange groves now aro Florida. I will cheerfully reply to 11113- one seokl information by loiter. li. K. SKI i ?i. i.s, I'enttloiiN tor >li-\irnn \ etprnno, A special to thc Keies and Courier sn; The House to day passed the Mexican pt sion hill ns it (?une from (he Senate hy overwhelming majority. There seems he no doubt that Hie President will appro f 0 hill. It provides that ?1 pension ol' s ? >iith shall tie pnitl toidi surviving offlci and enlisted men, itu hiding marin militia and volunteers of HlO military a naval services of the United State,, w being duly enlisted, actually .served tin du with ila; army or navy of thc United Stn hi Mexico or on th.- coasts <>r frontier tho ?d' or en route thereto in Hit; war w ith tl nation, or who were .-n inolly engaged battle in said war and were honorably d Charged, and to such tither OfllCOrs and s (hers lind sailors ?ts may have been pcrSl ally named in nay resolution of Congrt for any specific service in said war, anti I surviving widows of such olllcors and < listed men: Provided, thal such withe have not. remarried: Provided, that eve such ofl?cor, enlisted m in or widow, w is or may bccomo59 years of ago. or wi is or muy become subject to any di aa bi 11 or dependency equivalen! io some eau proscribed or recognized by llio pens! laws of thc United Slates as sulllclont ri son for t he allow ?mee of a pension, shall entitled to the bonofjts of this Act; hut shall not be held lo include ntl) pe;-on ri within thc rule of age or depend? ney lien defined, or who incurred sUCll (I Isa hi 11 while in any manner voluntarily ongng In or aiding or aliening the Into rolwlll ngalnsi the authority of thc United Stat* Section -1,710 ol thc Revised Statutes ls peal. ?!. so far OS ll relates lo (his Act or pensioners this Act. Four (iov.-.nors were mangi ruled Tn tiny w ith appropriate and imposing coron Jilos-Ibice-, of Delaware, Heaver, Pennsylvania, ROM, of Massachusetts, a Green, of New Jersey. Thc latter w norn hi ot midnight, lo avoid thc pos il complications of tm Interregnum pondi ?1)0 legislative dispute. UBNBBAL NBWH KOTBV. TllO condition Of Sunset Cox is hnprov lng. Tko House is si ?ii debating tho inter Stare commerce bill. !>r. Bliss h(l8 pronounced Sunset (.'ox out ot danger. 'iii?- [Ion. s. s. Cox, i lionel ? still (julio siiU. ls somowhnl Improved. The President 1ms nppointcd Miss Mary Sue Sellers :is postmistress at Marion. S. (J. Mayor Lester, of Savannah, will be re elected without opposition. \'.\ Alderman McQuudc has been taken to Sing Sing lo begin serving hts sentence. Lord Colin Campbell has abandoned his in i ni ion to move lor a new trial ot' hi ; di Volee suit against his wile. tarnuk lilseoeh luis been elected lo suc ceed Wood pu lp Miller as Senator Iron N< w York. Tho Wisconsin ItcpilhllciUlS have nomi Huted PhlletUS Sawyer for I Cited State: Senator. The bondon Iftonditl'd says thal at ? Cabinet meeting OU Wednesday the con spiraey bill was tinnily approved. ll is said thal there is no truth 111 tho re poll (hilt a papal inillicio is to be sent l< Washington. Michael David receives many callers ii New Yolk. Ho will sail for Furope 01 Tuesday. Tho North Carolina House of iteprcsct Inlives has endorsed tho civil service polic, Of Ti c -?dent Cleveland. The special appropriation of $300,000 fl ile- Charleston jetties was passed by tb United Slates Senate on Wednesday. Cencrai 1 la/en was buried on Wcdncsli in (?ak Hill Cemetery. Georgetown, wii nppropriuto milllary honors. The strikers of Jersey City have bet frightened into mm interference with Otb workmen. ( 'liarles Freund, driver of un ice cart Savannah, has fallen heir lo $12,000,000, 1 ibo death of a cousin lu Paraguay. Mr. Samuel ]?]. Lyon, a well known la' \i ;. of New York, died at Aiken oil Thin day afternoon. .lack McLnno and Prcd Aberdeen wc murdered by Mexicans al thc forme ianthe 111 New Mexico on Wednesday. A bold but fruitless attempt was made roll a train on the Chicago .md Alton Un road Thursday. A fracas occurred between some boys a the Pinkerton del cell vo f oreo in Jersey ci Thursday, in which one boy was killed. The chief clerk of Hie Lari- posl ol!'. lina stolen $-10,000 in postal money ordi money orders and lied. Michael Davitt has positioned his < parttll'O from New York for Ireland un .1 annaly '?(J. Prof. Kdward L. Youmans, the disil gillshcd writer and lecturer on fiolcntl subjects, died in New York yesterday. Tite Massachusetts Democratic leni tive rainais has nominated Patric!; A. ( lins for United Slates Senator. The Democratic legislativo caucus Delaware has unanimously nominated Si at' r Cray for re election. Thc New York Democratic legisla ti caucus has nominated Smith M. Weed. Clinton, for United States Senator. M. .luci pies I Inf lies, recently appoint coii-ni ol Prance, ai Charleston, S. 1 ? lied in New York, of pleurisy. A meeting ol' protection Democrats v lu id in Washington Tuesday night, Al? twi niy members of Congress wcro juc c Ab ml 200 members ol Mei ca Temple Noblesof the Mystic Shrine left New Yi ye.sierdiiy afternoon for a pilgrimage Itichnioud, The holli r ol' an elevator at N?WJi News exploded yesterday afternoon ? four men wcro badly injured, one peril filially. A dispatch from Ponicbo, Spain, s Ihn) the steamer lb cul I ord. from NcW| for Malta, has been wrecked and that on hoard hui. ?me were hist. The crew of the schooner Parallel, wi exploded with inn,ono pounds of fj powdor off San Francisco, have turned ai! right. Some of tho personal properly of San . I Tilden was sold hy his executors Thursday. Good pi ices were paid. P pockets wore arm .ul and not litsomowi A ?ire in the wan house of Pluuizy A: < ol' Augusta, on Thursday afternoon, stroyed colton of tho value of $80,' Fully insured. Ai Calumet, Mich., OU Sunday night, round house of Hie Hecla and Torch I I (ni I road was burned, with live loee lives. Loss estimated at $75,000. The bills io pension the widow of Fr P. lilah' and tin- w idow id' .lohn A. bl have been adversely reported by tho lb committee. Miss Nina Van /andi, w ho ts engage marry Angus! Spies, one ol' the cunden Anarchists of Chicago, has just procur marriage license. Th. Austrian government continui make active preparations for war. Vit ni vtepiipcrs disclosing Ibo news have I suppressed. Heavy snow storms prevailed over western portion of Scotland. In s placis Ile; storms are so violent that door labor has been suspended. Karlbquako shocks were fell Monda Moni poller, 7<i miles west of Marscl an ! at several oilier towns in Hie soul Fiance. The Richmond and West Point Tern Company have authorized the Issie $11,000,000 of new stock. The stock se Ve-ll points on Wall Street yesterday. Wood Pulp Miller leads in the Pepi can caucus for Senator from New Y hut. it. is believed that the combined fe of his Opponents Will defeat Ililli. There w as no general and concerloi tempt by coal currying railroads to rcs Hie movement of coal from New Jo delivery points yosterdaj . Tho Supreme Court of the United SI Ul laius lin- Missouri law giving Hie ? hf., en i orcmplory challenges lu ca] noses arising in cities having more I 10(1,0(10 Inhabitants. A circular issued hy'Glailstono, urj die attendance of ali Liberals at the con icssion of Parliament, has been sent lo Li rd Hartington and Chamberlain lu ir followers. The StiporlorCourt of Hamilton cou lido, has sustained the constitutional!! he Dow liquor law and its appllcabllll vholesalo dealeis. These questions >e taken lo (ho Supremo Court of Ohli The International Union of ?rlckln ind Masons, which has been holding a 'OD I lon in Washington for thc past w ms adopted resolutions disclaiming s-. un mid anarchism. Tin; safe of a savings bank at Helm la-.- , was blown open and robber V< due-day night. Secundes represen ii re values were stolen--most of thom egoliable. The mortgage upon Hie homestead bo y (h-n. Logan in Washington, I). C., anec lied yesterday, the balance due ha >e n paid hy Hie special fund raised in a >. The widow is now tho solo own Af Cornwall, (?nt., Hm broken ice 1 he Long Sault became jammed at Ibo f tho canal and tho river over?lowed. ( .icely Inundating that portion of tho t ,-ing along the river bank. Tim Indialla Coori has decided Mint lent, election ot' Lieutenant Cove tobortaon was illegal. An appeal wi ikon. Thc Senate has unseated two publicans, leaving Ibo parties ns thoy for merly wera-70 Democrats and 74 Repub licans. An old negro woman, namcil Pareolln Gedding, In Augusta, was loft by hor hus icu.?1 last night willi two small children, and upon Ins return la- found her on the floor dead. Thc strike of Hie longshoremen employed in New York by tho Old Dominion Steam ship Company has virtually resulted In tho complete defeat of the strikers, co sar as that company is concerned. The damage lo the embankment of tho Langley dam by the ren nt break is esti mated ut #4,000. The contractors have stalled willi ii large force lo repair thc damage. The Pittsburg window glass factories have decided to advance the card rate ? per cent, or more, and the Western Iron Association meets lhere to-day for thc pur jKi.se, it U asserted, of advancing tho price of ''ar iron. A freight car on Ilia Chesapeake, Ohle ami Southwestern railroad was lunn! on Monday. Four chat led bodies were lonn i -s-.ipposid lo bc the remains of it imp who had entered the locked car though ! wintlow. A special from New Westminster, ll, (' says: Fire broke ont in the (Yrlingioi House on Sunday morning a! 'J o'clock Thc structure being woollen i; wu soot one mass ?if llames ami three guests, un allic lo escape, were burned tod. aili. Thc customs authorities of Toronto Ontario, have seized alargo ipimilil? o objectionable literature consigned lo iii; bo kscllcrs. The slulV is a verbatim rc pori of tho Coliu-Cninpbcll divorce pm feelings in Loudon. The special committee opp tinted lo tu ve i irate as to the RUlferlnu lion; drouglt prevalent over a largo section of Ti MIS, lin submitted Its report to the Legislature Tl e committee n c imniciids that the Legh lat ure appropriate ???100,000 for tin relict e thc sufferers. F. .1. Hollins, a former citizen of State ville. N. 0 . committed suicide ut Asia on Wednesday morning, hy cultln.sj lil Ihmal with ti razor. Ile had prevlousl; taken laudanunt. The act w as due lo men tal depression Incident to general btu health. Thc jury in thc cttsoof Kvail Forbes colored, an e.\ convict, ?..*. .lohn I*. Wilber* ai Jackson, M1--*.. gave ti verdict for th pl ?in'ilV for $J,000. Forbes sued for $10, DOO damages, alleging that v lu u a i tmvii lie .vas badly treated while leased to Will i i tn work on a plantation. li ls positively ?tated that Father Mi ellynn will go to I tonie, thou uh the dale i his departure is not yet settled. Ile Is sn! leting now hom nervous proslruliou, tut Ills physician counsels absolute pilot ti necessary to his i cst oration, Wliilo I'lains, N. V.. is wild with excilt incut. A young man ntunetl W in IO. Mci was slu-t dead at the door of hh father store hy two strangers on;\\ edie i day. Til two murderers w ere pur ? ii and Ubi? d b the t hief ol polit e. 'J lie cau.se .of tl ci ?me i s unknown, The wife of ?lames Cabolt.-t. a carpi nh of Cloveland, Ohio, killed lur buce chi dion, mortally w out ldc tl two other?, nu thou hutu; licr>e?f. \,> cause < an bc II signed. Thtwoman was haiti ivorki I, an I was oui of lem per on Ibo morning of tl died. Ib-r husband does not thin', si ? was insane, A than named Hom- shol and kill? another, J. M, ?'etty, ?o Fhgshil?,Ariz ti for intel feting in a ipinrrcl I iel ween li tum hi- brother and another man bi flerf} sal-ion. Half au,, ur arter the murder : cit I/ens captured thc two Homos brui lui Wimm they shot dca-!. A en- on a train between Vitt burg. Ft anti New York was blown to pk < - by tl e-vplusion of some dynamite In ?t trun 'l iar ow ner, .John Kogtuun, a Hun arin was arrestetl, but denied knowledge anything wrong about thc trunk. T baggage-1 mister was seVercl^ bul ni I . ously burt. The following I'. 8. Senat ns were elect On Tuesday; Minnesota, Davis, lb pul can; Maine, Hale, llepublii in; Illino Fiiiwell, Uepuhllcnn; Doliiwiuc. llcot (bay, Democrnt; Pentisylvunin, Mntlbt s. . juay. Itcpublicnn; Connecticut, IIawdt lb pubiV'tm; Michigan, Steckbridge, I publican; Missouri, Coi kroll, Democrat. Hil hard li. < 'ain. w ell kim .vu in 11 Slate as a negro politician under the ni.; naine of "Daddy Cain," (lied nt Wusbii lou on Tuesday. Ile was ii Hishop of t African Mclhotlist Fpiseopal Church. I ligured in South Carolina p->liti< - tint Ihipfthlicnn rule, anil left h< rc bearing doubtful character. All IIIKCIIIOIIN li:.lim Hov, A new ballot box lins just been adopt ut one of the ret i nt clot lions III Paris. T hos is square, the bair walla i; being glass. In that respect il does not <!il' much from Hie glass boxes ti- -d til < ! lions in New York. In both cn. spectator can see the ballot pass ?ato t ho?. The tllllenaiee between lite New x . ballot box and thal ut Paris is thal, ci neel cd willi the latter machine, ?s a n chine moved by wheel mid le n spring ll opens and closes the slit ni tlic top ol I box as cat h vote is deposited,'while 111 ! saine time it registers thc voU - ns they : pu! in. In this way the number hf vo tal may bo known at any lime (hiring I hours of VOtlllg, and when Ibo po!!- : closed the register lins recorded the lo vote, and may bc used IO Verily llio*oMh count. Sucha self-registering ballot h ni: y bc usefully adopted al tair own , ? lions. One good result it would torta ii h r.--. ll would put an Clid to "pudd! tickets.'' .? . - .Mnllrloni Mi.riii. i ( m Tuesday night, after tho north-hou fr? ?ghi hail arrived al W hillsboro mid ii mil nilled, Mr. M. S. Land, tho conduct! [{live thc signal lo shut. After Hie ir. lind moved, il was found that lils train li in n uncoupled, and ho al once signal! tis engineer lo stop, A second mien .va. made to leave ?he depot, w boil on nd his cab and two box cars bail ngi .ci n uncoupled. Ho lugan to gel rall ingry, a\ any reasonable man would, a is bo went lo lils car with tho express! hat some ono would suffer if ho fou lim. a pistol shot lang in thc air, follow n ? lose .succession by six others, .\ .and emptied his pistol in tho direct! rem which thc lire ( ame, w ithout elb nd afterwards went up town and reload n's weapon, His train in a lew minn ;ol elf all right, bill il ls title lo every 0 hal thc gullly parties bo brought to ji ice, OS it is a crime w hich every one slim ssist in finding out ibo guilty party, > ,nnd is not a man to lu- frightened by y >l shots, anti il is to he boped ilia! I tiilty party will realize this fat t and i item pl another such mid.- WinnsU ietto, -i ? H,-rions liln*Msn lecltlenl, Mr. Andrew Milli ir, of Cloud's Orc< lot with a serious gin saw accident nb vo weeks ago. Ho was om ployed nt \ . A. Duncan's steam gio and lind rm ie "bren8t" from IhO saws und held il y means of a prop for tho purpose eining the snws -thogin not being in n on I and was socngtigc-.l w hen a little I) .cidcntnlly knocked the pron from um 10 "bleust," causing il (o tall Midden 10 rlbS crushing bis ann mi (he saws ii 'tishpjg lt in a lorriblo mannor, At Hrs ns thought that amputation wotlld .ressary, but ?tis ann will bc saved, thou ; will be disabled from work for soi no to rome.-KdQefleUl Monitor, Not n criminal offence -Killing time. rmit>A?BBAU. When madam asks, "How old am Iv" Quarti carefully lUy tongue; Ami win hot .smiles as you reply, You should lia ve tusked, "How young?" I'.rick lavers-Chimneys. Tho Bini' ronlo- Heavenward.' Cheapest ;;as -Thc demagogue Not :i windy affulr Mooting a draft. A favorite winter resort- before the lire. ( ?ur liberty boll- Tho hollo of the kitchen. To increase tho milk supply-Waler the rows. Noah was not only n socialist, bul an ark isl. A cow is nt her best when four to eight years oki. 1' is only literary bros that visit the arch hives. Il ll gas man were to wi ?lo poetry, would Ins muter be corrcel? A most unsatisfactory pied-of sculpture is the "bust' of a boiler. Tho higher tho ground intended for grape planting tho helter. No brass band cnn playas many airs asa drum-major cnn pul on. A roller skate is ii nice skate, hut ail icc sk.ile is i">l a roller skate. Thc man who sows tally seldom reaps a cr?.p nf sugar cane. Sometimes tho woman who kneads bread l< list needs il tho UtOSt. Cold is ??self it great contractor, bul any body eau contract a cold. Tho skating rinks, like the popular pho hvjrahor, have plenty of silters. livery miser sh.mhl have a ehcsl pro tector. Volco of (ho theatre-going public-thc tall bonnet must ?jo. Three ladies can keep a secret, when twe ul' I iii m are dead. A politician ?s honest when all othoi menus llUVO failed. 'I here is sound reason for complidnl a? ainsi a man who snores in church. The professor of a swimming school l very prnjicrly a doctor of dive-in Ity. A i j i > aiumal Ile- muon is a sign of iain nml a ring around tho oyo is a sign of blow 'l iie prettiest cur doesn't alway- hold Hu bigges! diamond. Tin- mission timi brokers aro anxiously seeking- Commission. We've had a falling out, ns tho hair sail 10 ?is i.ald natal spot. The man who puts ashes un an icy side Walk makes for himself a road to heaven A real Knighl of I.abor -The night he fore ( ?irisl mas. "Inquirer"-No, thc Pu ss Club is not ; composing stick. S une mell tn t nil the polish they hav fr?.m I ho bootblack. The ludgi of a police court has husine nduccd tu a "line'' point. In bundling up for a ci.hi walk consul ile thermometer, not the mirror. Some people aie sn smart thal il t iki1 lill ni all day lo lill what Innis they ale. A new hound is called "The Stork. 11 is probably accompanied by a long hil There is one branch of labor whii h mu always he dune hy build-picking pocket! A- a general Hiing tho man is concetto who w ini- to talk ai the mino 'hue tin yon du. A yOUUg hely always has ?\ "liang" ii lime when she undertakes to arrange lu tn.nt hair. In what way does money resemble gui powder? ll is awfully hard to hold lifli it hegins to go oil. The eiiii i i barnet cr 1st les of Brooklyn ai ..ai I hy an inhahltatillo he a lng brhlf I two popular chinches. There are some men who have so min : :': 11 hat they can'l do anything hut ft ar niini and think about it. A Kansas paper in a review nf thc la year remarked thal it was nnlnhlo fur tl number nf weddings and oilier casuallic One pair nf rubbers i nst less than ihn i' us plasters and are a great deal nm ci ?iiifui'lab'c. A man without money cnn run for Cu in >; hut the m ni who has ninney ls mo upi lu fi t lhere. Tin ordinary flTexicnu woman wear- i h ..it. lt must ho delightful to go to tl theatre in Mexico, Tin: man who keeps linn: with his fe while the hand is playing is evidently fm of sol. IUI music. One doc not have to live hy ibo scasii io -ce Ibo ground swell. Kartlnpiakc sr linns are just ns gund. "Wbnl h lllllng our insano asylums shrieks a lecturer. The answer prohah h: "Cni'/.y |K!Oplo." Although ibo mulley market is tigl ;i the mn-,1 rigid prohibitionist would I glad to -i e it "take a drop." Winn :i Irolting horse dies, il is alwa one ?'ay after hi^ owner was ottered a fall lons price for him. A writer says; "Lifo is shorter lin deal h." Any one cnn see Hint; four lotte in one, live in tho oilier. Tight hunts are said to cause thohlootl nu uni lo the fine. Thai's why Socio iprls an- all the time blushing. Six million of dollars' worth of silver used in ihi.s country every year for man ra? luring iiiid di curative purposes, The Sutton of Morocco has 1,000 wivi mon only had ?OO. Hui. Solomon w i v ?sr man. lie knew when he had cnotlg '' .Misfortune is sometimes (ho making i man." Amen! If you can win Mi l-'oititne, henri ami baud, silo's the girl ? l you up. Invalida are now fed on bilked mil Hie milk i< put in a glass j ir, covered wi lapel on inp, and baked 10 hours in I ?von. A poi ll -- '-ass she gOCS to sleep "limp n luxurious gloom." Tastes (jilli S'e lake our sleep in a cotton robe fiambre. 'I he in in who lias no music in his s ever distracts the attention of worshippt >y walking up a church aisle willi sqilCil ng hoots. The man thal is horn lo lie hanged wi eur I?- drowned, bul ll is boat no vcr enture too far beyond your depth, for i lat. A woman woke her husband dining liock tho oilier night, mid said: "I i i-h yon would sin?) snoring, for I wa ) bear that rumbling." l: ih.es 'nu good in Arizona io dig ur, el: iHcl Indian. They can bout hi pound willi the feeling thal he can't stii nek. Printers Say I he proof reader who (ann .t type is like Hie Mowers that bloom in I ?ring lu1 has nothing lo do willi 1 case"-I rn la! A New York domestic named Angeli ?rdan has pas ed ovor lior Inst name ai e nie a portion of her fl rsi Qimo, S tempted 10 kindle n Ure willi kerosene. There nie no swear words hi Hie Indi; sleets, Tho consequence la when uni lingots mad he says nothing, but Sp] lur hoad opon with a tomahawk. "Tiny conversation" IK now the fashlo ?le phrase for "small talk " in Hus ca dude's remarks must havo to he hunt r with n mien 8<:o|>e. There lt no blank so blank ns the bini At appoarfl before a man when he gets i a publia nsscinhly mid forgets what I is going lo say, unless lt U Hie him Indi appear* boforo an amateur In ilmg rink when his legs begin to spiel d be doesn't know which one to follow Tilo price of nails has been raised. WO men will now be more careful w hen UlOJ use a hammer not to mash lu their thumb nails instead of the spike they aim at. You can't he suited in everything ia on? elly. For instance, though Paris gives tho best satisfaction in spring and Slimmer ^'lit :. Chicago gives the hoi in divorc? suits. A sealskin sarene fol the I Jil rt hold I StillllO would cost ?-7.?, is:'., a dceoiil bonnet $1 i. ls:i iiud a pair ol' shoes si .s I Thlsstntc ment is made in order to "scoop" and silence the statistical llcnd. ll is said that "if you play on lite at eur deon near ?tn oyster thc oyster will open iii shell." N ery likely this inn> he true, bul it is menu trick t<> play on the oyster. Polmont boasts of a woman who " oui iiud ehops wood willi her li ti sha ntl. I' ls customary to UM- mi axe, hut hi' may bc lill tuite itally sharp man. An Arkunsnw woman has just married her fourteenth husband. She must lie a wonderfully fascinating woman whom all the men are dying after. (??til Hamilton Baya: "Winn t F U young man just starting out in lifo 1 always fool like hoing conOdcntinl with litm.'' ll H no us '. Abigail, UO use; you arc loo old, High I b?llela were recently fl red Int ? air Alabama dcs|)cradi>, hui th?' only i l?t : was to increase his weight and make bini more dlfllcull to lick In conscqui nco. Doctors sa)'that roller skating will kill olT our girls. This seems too had; but perhaps it will solve the problem ol Ibo prepoudernnco of thc female sex iii Ma? chusclts. Adam Smith says timi men ate imtlU'iily iiiisetithncutal. A man will scoop ibo bot tom out of an ogg without thhikin J thal the mother of thal ogg i-. perhaps, IO miles away, in thc rain. The moral'c?Yeel of being well dre; td was shown in ihr iiuswor of ii Columbia child who was nskoil why she wu n i go ul Uko another little girl: "Perhaps I shu be if my dress hail little pink bows nil over lt." A lamb eau distinguish Its mother's cry among n hundred similar sounds. Ill same willi ll hoy, hut il may bo rt nu ll rn passant, Hint tho hoy doesn't pay ll Biuno attention lo tho cry that tho lamb does. What is ihe difference between the ni i who is "transfixed with horror" mid II h op ard ? (nil? Answer: One is "rooted lo Ibo spot,'" mid tho other is spotted to tho root, P. S.- li the leopard's lull i> not Bpoth I to the root, this conundrum is dei lured off. They *? thal morning prayers nt Ibu vard co. 5,000 every year. This est limite probab1 iosn'1 htchldc thc numerous $3 ICCS p;.al to loeal physician* by ^!n<!i ! \y for eel 'ideates Ililli their stale of health i so delicate lhat cally rising nilli atleiiilaiu c at thc chapel might possibly prove fntal. M YKTKIlt or lll.VU'M M<?t VIWI.V Uri*Al Hxelleniriil C??i?r?l ovei Mm. M ien. .. - Mrnn^'- Dentil, ItM.Rioii, N. C., .bmuary 17,-bast month Mr. NV. A. Miuuiey, tho : merchant of King's Mountain timi a lieu widower, whose li rsl wlft died 10 mouth ngo, was married ni Grover, a lown ju*! over tho South Carolina Hue, privately, lu Miss Conic Hoke. ll. !<. Huberts, not mi, public, performing tho ceremony, The marriage was kept secret. Miss Il ok Cs own brother and children of tho groom did not know anything of tho murringo. A Miss Kinma Coolidge, who lins ntlainci! unenviable reputation in the C urtu mid in society, (iud who is of no kin to ehlu r the bride or groom, ii puen rs lo Imvo bet't nun h mixed up in thc clandestine murringo, few days after ila murringo the bri ... n ul .Mi.-s Coolidge left Kings Mountain and wen- tho guests in thal eily of Hit rieh bro her lndaw ol Miss Colidgo. A few days aller arriving in Philadelphia Mr. Mauiiey ret clvod n telegram say lng timi h. wlfo was dangerously ill of pm umonia, Ile hastened North und when he reached Philadelphia he found lils bride cold in death, ba t week thc deni brillo win brought home ami shi p, ii: ibo Ci .. i . at king's Mountain. Humors of foul piny in connection with (lils rust ure I fe. li h said that the body of Mrs. Maunoy will 11 OXllllinod and n /<..>.'/?.:;',;;< CXiUllilitltioli will bo had for the purpo.se of ccrtninhig if there was foul play III Phi Nothing has sn excited tho (icoplc ol Ihe vicinity of drover and King's Mountain hi many yt ni s. How lu >-u< c|>. Sweep with ii long, steady stroke, lukin*, cale to form a habit of raising a broom thc end of tho stroke in such n way ii I prevent dust raisin-. Watt h some women sweep as if llioj wen; digging; a miall cloud of dust will follow thc end ol lin broom ovory timo ll is raised. J?< cai ef ii I lo go into every corner with Ibo end ol youl joiner broom, unil lo brush ali dust from I iel ween carpet or matting and skirling board, as herc is where mod, love lo hm bor. Sweep from tili sides of Ibo room io Ihe (filtre. This swooping lo tho centre, Instead of the door, inn) strike some rend i's as ?in innovation; hut. il liny will e. ,, edcr ii moineiil, tiny will SOO that lin lt : io reason w li.'iii vcr for dragging ti.' .. di over the room, Swooping toward '. .entre of a IO feel fipiiuc room, you onlj iweep the dust eight fool each Wily, Instead tf carrying lt before ibo bri.i ibo \>: ! IO feet, short, quick '?Moke-of tho broom ire apt lo scatter ibo dust, (s|>eeially when he stroke cuds willi an upward jerk, n> ? llivo often seen il do when thc bro.?rn I - In ; ie bunds <>f vigorous girls who in. hey un; getting over ibo ground much niue rapidly by hurried movements Iii in hey won,d if they took grouter palus, Dui miry is not speed; Bomo women uro (juli I; nil thorough, others .slow and I borough nil thc one always hurrying is rnri ly i ii lu i ulick or thoioiigh; she makes work all ll Imo she is doing il. The president of tho l at Mi n's i iation O? .I elsey City weighs four iiilli Ired and sixteen pounds. Sixty Chicago sowing gi.-11 ha vi ormcd a co-operativo clothing maniifm - ory. Its aim is to better ihe condition f its mombo rs by furnishing work ircetly to the wholesale houses instead f working for the contractor*) ut low 'ages. Tho girls say tb d their Oin loyers bave never shown ii disposition ? deal fairly with thom, and it hnalh ccu i red to Mime ol' them to sturt a lanufaotory of their own and mann ie turo clothing iiidopeudontly of tho Mitrsefors. Already a number of tho ho! sale Ot ?leis have promis 1 to give lom their work. SEEDS! SEEDS! rass and Clovor Seeds, Seed Grain anti Potatoes, Garden anti Flower Seeds, Vegetable & Flowering Plants. K . . ... Prices quoted on application. Descriptive Catalogue mailed FREE. Correspondence Solicited. r.w.woW&soNS, SEEDSMEN, NO. 10 8. FOURTEENTH ST. ?ntion thiapaptr, IUCHMOND, VA WAKMVS WOKS, MAXR?'B GA., January, 1880. For twelve <>r fourteen years I linvo boon n groat Bullbrerfromatorriblo form of blood poi .on whioh mu into tho BOO? oudary, mid llnully .( was pronounced nj tertiary form. My hoad, fttCO Midi shoulders becanio nhnonl a vants ot cor ruption, and tinnily tho disenso com menced eating away my skull bones. 1 became BO horribly repulsivo that for throe years I absolutely rehired to lot pcoplo KOO mo, I used largo quantiti? ? of most noted blood remedies aud ap plied to nearly all physicians near nie, nut my oonUition continued to prow WHIT, !m<t nil said tittil 1 must surely ?lie. My hones became tho sont of ox oruoiatiug nobes and pains: my nights were pnssod tu misery; I waa reduced in llosh and strength; my kidneys were i terribly deitUlgcd, and lifo bceamo a 1 urden lo mo. I chanced to seo nu advertisement ?d' I!, li. B. and sent one dollar to NV. O. Lochmore A Co.. morohnnts ol our pince, and tiny procured one bott lo for mo. lt was used with decided benefit, and when eight or lon bottles lin I been used I was pronounced sound and well. Hundreds of Hcnvscnu now he seen on me, looking idea mun who had been burned uud then restored, Myeauownu well known iu this county, and for tho beneill of othei i who tuny bo H?milurly alVoeled, I think it inj duty tu givo ti:e facts to tho public, a.al to ? xtend my heartfelt thanks for BO valuable i\ rem? - dy. I havobeen well over twelve months, sud no return of tho disenso hon oren :n d. ItoiiKiu' NVAUD. M.vxav'sGA., January, 188tl.-~We, the undersigned, I.now Mr. Hoheit Ward, and luke pleasure in ssyilig thal l!i?' fuot? above stated by him aro tint?, ami that his ivas o no ot the worst ?'aves of Blood Poison wi* ? ver know in ?mr county and th.ii he lins lw en cured hy the mo of l>. 15. b\. Hotauio Blood Hahn. A. T. Ihiiop ..... M, rehaut. W. C. Htm HMO] .: .v. Co., Morohnnts, .1. li. !'. .i nrwutn, M. I). JoiiN d'. ?1 virr. NV. B. CA.\ieucT,r<. Au who desiro full informntiou about tho cause and euro ?.! Blood l'oison*, Scrofula (Aid Scrofulous Swellings, Il eon?, Soros, Uhoumatism, Kidney Com plaints, ( 'atai ? li, etc., eau si eure hy mail ; free, n copy of our .12 pago Illustrated l?o..h ot' \Yondors, Ulled with tim most wonderful ami startling proof over lu foro known. Address, BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, Ci. INFORMATION MANY PERSONS ot thia acus?n BUffof from -toit hov IfeuiIttetiCi Xcurulyltti fX Kin Minattamt I'll i ll H ?ll ttl tl 7.1 mba, Uncle timi Shi-*, jina Mood, i tutl(/c*lton,Dyspepsia, JUatrtvta,Cotiai I put ion .\ 'i tildi ;/ Vtouhles, ?s -von;?? (.!AI CUP?S RHEUMATISM, It. I !.'. .?>.. : Klilno) TroHlito*. Iiy clttinilnuthe Ll : i..'. Iui]>iirlltc4,ftireuflhetiiug allparM -H-VOLING Cl ' IAL CURES SICK-HEADACHE, Kmrnlplii. l'nfti*i In ihol.ImM, li.-,, k ami .Sl.ii>?. by lc.?iv 1)1 li .'vi i te?.I : si. :..i'..!?i i : Iii. u.itsc'lcf. ?H-YOUHA CCHOIAl CtJHIS DYSPtPS'A. I:IOI ?. linn nuil I : i pMloT?. by Milln? tito IIMIII* lim ttl fil ?KT util ..i ii.? VOL'.KA COH?IAL C?/.??'KLRVOUSNESS, I? . ". ?. f i IVi-aknttj. by cnllron In?- m. : lolling ti " fyUiiti. i-VOUI \ O? IDIAl CURES OVTRV/ORXED ntl.': . . Wi i v . i. . Picklj (lill.Iron, ll UUt'ilgiitfiil m. t ima tr lom na n general Tonic. Vitlliin A linn mic it ml lUnry for IHS7. AI ml I?lia* M. : ii- !. 'ul HOOK li Ult);; ii.nv \? ? I iii: pl.-iKASKS m IIO.MK illh |.li mimi, IMturnl Mulli il DI icLclpt of n iv, |K)ttiig9itiiui|i. Ailiiren VOLINA D'Y ?JO & CHEMICAL CO. MORE, MO., U, 8, A? h'* B M A R KS, M muf netti ev < i \\ PRINTERS R?LLLil COMPOSITION I COLUMBIA, s. c. I ' Pi intern* Kolloi s cn -i ? ?n tito rioM notice ni ibo moH ! reason tide rates?. I 'sc Marlen' uofiiposition, vo 'VXUVTJ.V "o'j ouioad AOOQAU3A3 AO OV3U 30 CnftOMS LN 3S G3'JV3SIU NINS GNV OOOIU Il i I sss I I ; iJ.iLiNvwnn mmrd? S S S ' AHM.M30 \ -Lno.i j.riii; 'AVd v no.] 9881111 QI JIQgJS KA A AAA AA AA AA AAAA AAAAAAAAAAA .hes? pills wrro a wonderful discovery. No others r ri ho ve all in:mnor of disease Yhe inforiuation an ox af pill,. i';ntl out bout ihcm, an?l you rill alu ays be thank* il. Ono pill a tlore. anoni'Pillteontato othinj? htrtDfal, ar?? i;y to tike, and .oise no inconven?! io marvel?iin powor of theso pilli, thoy would walk" ulioiit. ?rnt by mail for 25 cent? In ttamp?. Illus ie information ia v iry valuablo. J. S. JOHNSON Ac t BRADFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR! Moat happily meets tho demand ol tito ano for woman's peculiar anHotlons. lt ls n remedy for WOMAN ONLY, mul for uno SrHOIAL Ol Ass of ncr aisoascs. lt is ,i Hpcolflo for certain ?tsoasoil t-oudltioim of tho wornt), amt so controls tito Mon? si nuil organa as io reg?lalo all < 11* rn 11 ne 11 ? ** 111 H sud irroKiil'.trli ra <>f hor Monthly Hlokncss. Tho pro? l>rirtors ciiilui for inU lloiiicdy uo other ueaical piopoily. it is Btrlotly ?1 Vogotnblo Oompouud, tho studied prescription of a learned physician whose s ? cluny wat I'KMAM: l)i8RAs&<,aiid WIIOHH (uni- lifo um* onvlablo because ol ut? HUOCSM IQ tho treatment am ouro of romalo complaints. Bain ntl? woman, ll will rc '.ovo yon of nearly all complaint*! peculiar to jour BOX. For salo i>y druggists, Wrlto for book, "Mes tat?c to Vi oman," malled freo. DBADFIKLD KKoor.AToa Co., Atlanta, Gai From thc World's Hcst, Makors, AT FACTORY Pit IC ES. Easiest Terms of Payment Eight Grand Makers, and Over Thrco tl timi rod Stylos to Select From. PIANOS : Cliiclioriiig, Mason Sc Hamlin? Mathushelt, lient anti Arion. ORGANS: Mason & Hamlin, Orchestral and Bay State. r?anos and Organs delivered, freight paid, to nil point? South. Fifteen day?' trial, and Freight Faid Both Ways, il not satisfactory, Ordor, and test the Instruments in your Own Homos. COLUMBIA MUSIC HOUSE, Branch of LU DD EN & BATES' SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE. PRICES AN I) TERMS THU SAMS. N. W. THUMP, Malinger. Vi*' T VA l'Oit STOVE. 'i ll IS S I ON I' HAS BEHN SOLD . .ncc 1^77 from Maine lo California,and ilO\ or fails to please, 'l in South is inc Place (o Uso These Moves. (hwolitio, ', 1 degrees, is tito ?luid used. All Uh so Stoves ur,* supplied with a SAFETY TANK, which makes them safe* limn coal or wood stove-. Wc war raid our goods K. t .:. Uio market. L > Agi nts Manie I. AM KUI I W VAI'Ol! SioVK ?0., U CllA iiw.r: St,, C. i \ IU..VNI), < llllO, CHARLOTTE VTO INSTITUTE foi ? 0 M, LADIES L' hi ihij Smith luis advantages supe. r"'; h> i .h iiiti hcin in every depart ,;' ' ' ' il logia te, Vrl : id Mu io. only cxpi il, iicctl an : ... nipi! .hod lt achers. .; . -? 1 led \\ ith gas, wnimcd ?un tun ni-: wroiightrlron I limaces, hus " .' ?nd old w u i li iths. nial ilr?uolnss ..o;.- : ... i ?i .? l?o niling School In "' '.. " ! " : .?" eui ni the South has m.: hoi-lloitid and Tuition In everything hi f?ll t -. lc dc course; Including une. ni ai o mildern languages per st - t-? nf ao weeks... .?p?o Bctlti '-o forlwoor moro from sn mo lftni :.- '?I aclghhorhood. i'uplls charged ?nlv from date of eui!.nc .-. ' I or i ai dogue, with rull particulars, nd? ii Ki v. \\ M. i;. ATKINSON, < hnriotte, N. C. 8 XJIAAS 3 H J. SS3UaaV !. xi 'uuvonddv nv ox 33UJ (fc NO 30IXV3UX O N ll'.) ; I 3XN I NV |S Ilk? them ir? tho world. V/ill positively euro lund each box is worth ten times tho cont of a Uionc*. Ono box will do more to purify the blood undcurochro ri te ill hoolth than $5 worth of any other rfimody yot discoy. orcd. If people could bo mado to realiza 100 miles to get a box if they could not i>o had tratcd pamphlet free, postpaid. Send for lt: IO., 23 Cuszom Hons? 8treet, BOSTON, MASS. lieh Blood!