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EMPSON MILUS. ?Htcr Hipp Lo YOL. ?. LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886. big job of Clothing _Baltimore Fir?. THE .LAST OF THE LEGISLATURE. THU OUNEUAL ASKKMHLY WINDS l l' ITS m-siscs* trott THU SKSSION. Au Mourut Mouth'* Work-The Cream ?>f What Wi?? Doue During the r.?at Werk? l.eyUlatur* Leave for Home. COIAMMA, Deoembox 2i.-Bulb houses of tho General Assembly accomplished s lirgo amount of solid work during this, tho last week of tho seosio .. While tho fate of most of the big measures bsd been dotoriuined In fore, tho events of t ho past week huvo not been devoid of in terest. A resume of tlio proceedings is | given below. COMPTROIiliBR'aBNBRAL. Tho election for Comptroller-General resulted as follows: Ou the lirat buhot tho vote shed: Vernor 52, Coit 43, Thomas 38, Withers 23: and thero was no election. The second ballot resulted: Vernor oO, Ooit 40, Thomas 83, Withers 20. The name of Mr. Withers was then with drawn. Third ballot; Vurner 7?, Ooit 41, Thomas 37. Then carno a number of i ehanges, and tho President of tho Assem bly announoed tho thud result: J, S. Vernor 00, J. C. Coit ll, J. P. Thomas 24, and Mr. Vernor was declared elected. Tnt: HOAKU ol' AORICUUTORB, Tho olection for ten members of tho Hoard of Agriculture resulted as follows: For tho State at, Large, Goa. Johnson llagood and Col. D, P. Duncan; for tho First District, J. S. Porcher; Second Distriot, John Lawton; Third District, J. S. MoCutehen; Fourth Distriot, H. L. Buok; Fifth District, W. A. Ancrum; Sixth District, lt. A. Love; Seventh Dis triot, T. J. Moore; Eighth District, P. F. Creighton. TUB UNIVERSITY. Mr. W. li. Wilson, Jr., nominated Hon. W. II. Bra?Icy, of Charleston, to fill the vacancy in tho Board of Trustees of the South Carolina University, croat, cd by tho death of Mr. Paul Hammond, and Mr. Brawloy received tho whole vote j of tho joint assembly for taut office. TUB Al'I-aOl'ltlATlONS. Thero was some fighting over the ap propriations in both boitsos, but they went through-the members evidently thinking that tho Legislature having adopted certain measures, should furnish tho money to carry them otd. The ligures of tho original estimates, as al ready published, wore not much changed. No Kpecillc appropriation was omitted. STATE ItorsK REFORM. f Senator Khame started a lively tight by loving to strike out tho proviso nt tac . :d in the House to tho State Houso ap? ?pdation- mainly on account of the i sp >ch .jl Mr. Toale, of Charleston, us to tho I''?! work on thc building-that the a uv . it bo expended nuder tho personal supervision of a competent architect, who shall reside in Columbia during tho progross of the work. Tho Senator con- ? eidered it a iellection on tho State House commission to allow this proviso to ro main in the bill. If it wero retained it ! would provent the re-engagoniout of the present urchitect, Mr. Neilson, of Balti more, or somo ono equally competent. Such architects could not afford to come and livo hero ou tho salary which could .oe paid. Senator Howell indicated improper work which had been put on tho State ? TouBe, and gave several 3trong argu ants for tho retention of tho proviso. Senator Buist thought thut this was au jfl'ort to get rid of tho pr?tent architect, Mr. Neil sou. Senator Howtll retorted that if the Statements ho bail seen published wore true, and tho purport of tho proviso wero what tho Senator assumed it to bo, he thought that hy ull means tho proviso should be retained. Senators Murray and Smythe mode foroiblo argumenta in support of the proviso. Senator Mo Master also advo cated it as a good thing. The defenco of tho amendment fell to Senators Kimmo and buist. They indi cated that tho State HoiibJ commission I would regard tho adoption ol tho proviso I as a reflection on them and dwelt on the j necessity for Mr. Noilson's experience end talent in tho completion of the work. Tho other side d:; claimed any reflection whatever upon tho commission but insisted that it was necessary to have hore a supervising architect who would give hts wholo time to tho work and pre vent tho introduction of poor - materials into the building. The Senate, without e division, refused to strtko out Ute provico. i it i'. WINTHROP SCHOOL. The following ?R the text of tho Ad to establish scholarships iu tho Winthrop Training School of this oity: Section 1. That, for the purpose of improving the commou schools of the State and providing trained teachers therefor, there shall bo appointed annu ally from every county in this State one young woman, who bas not tho nooeasa i y means, to a benifioiary scholarship in ..Tho Winthrop Training School for Teachers," at Columbia, which scholar ships are hereby established, snub ap pointment to be modo by tho State su perintendent ot education upon a com Ktitive examination be!d by a board of reo persons, to bo named by bim, in every county of tho State, uudor snob regulations as ho may prescribe: Pro vided, that tho appin--!nt shall hnvo at tamed thoagoof 18years: And provided, further, that no schehvnihip be allowed to any person for over ono session. Section 2. That iu ease the person ap pointed shall fail to pass tho examination prescribed by tho laiard of trasteen of said school for admission thereto, ox .shrill fail, from any cause, to uttend the session of said school, tho State superiu tend it of education may appoint anoth er ll tho vacancy. Beetloo 8, Thut thero shall bo paid ou d the State treasury tho ?uta of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum for every beneficiary BO appointed, thirty dollars thereof to be paid at tho com meuoomont of the sohool year to tho ftoard o. i -dees of "The Winthrop Training Sohool for Teachers" to cover tuition fees, books and othor nooessary school exponaos, sud tho remaining ono hundred and twenty doliera to be paid to the beneficiary in three equal m.-tal monts, the first at tho commencement ot th? school year, aud th? othor two at the expiration ot three- and nix scholastic ' rooutim respectively, to cover board, such ..nins to bc paid upon thc order of tho State superintendent of education; bpt I no order for board shall be issued except upon tho eortittoato o? tho superintend I ont of said sehool tba1 tho appointee is in eel nu I attendance upon said Behool und ia maintaining herself with credit therein. Section -I. That upon tho completion of their course suoh beneficiary btuduntB shall bo required to teuch for ono year 1 in the common schools ol tho respective oottnties from which thej aro appointed: Provided, positions are ottered thom, as tirst grade teachers in Mich schools, Section 5. That tho State superintend? ont of education shall bo ux-oifioio a men her of the hoard of trustees of "The Winthrop Training School for Teachers." TU K WESLEY CLAIM was uext taken up on tho majority ro port of tho ways and moans conimitteo recommending that the matter L i re ferred to the attorney general to report to tho next General Assembly. A minority report was submitted by Messrs. Brown and Pono objecting b> such reference and pronouncing tlie claim fraudulent und void. This latter report was adopted hy a heavy majority. NO MORB CIiaOMOH. Tho following is a bill of some inter est: Section 1. That no person hindi sell, exchange or dispose of any article ot food, or attempt to do so, upon any rep resentation, advertisement, notice or in ducement that anything other than what is specially staled to be tho subject of tho Side or exchange, is or is to he de livered or received, or any way connect ed with or a part of thc transaction, usa gift, prize, premium or reward to tho purchaser. Any per.sou violating any of tho provisions of this section shall be doomed guilty of u misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be pun ished by a tino not exceeding ono hun dred dollars or by imprisonment not ex ceeding thirty days, Section 2. This Act shall go into ofleot from and utter tho date of ita approvid. TUE COLOMBIA CANA*,. Tho Columbia Caual bill was reached on Tuesday night. There was a light, a very hot fight, in which a good immy hard words were said and a good many yo.vs and nays were called, even after tin? House had voted 74 to :$0 to refuse to strikeout the enacting words of thc bill, l'bo opposition came principally from Edgefleld, Sumter, Newberry, Spartan? burg and Darlington. Some of thc spoeohes were vt ry bitter. Dr. Pope led the attack aud charged tho supporters Ol the liill with springing a mine on the House. This was denied hy Colote 1 Haskell in equally emphatic terms. >lr. Haskell charged the mem ber from Newberry with making chorgos which existed only in his imagination, dust abcut tho timo when tho discussion was getting red hot another vote was readied on a motion to amend tho bill lu such a way as to give tho trustees the right of way instead of "the lands," as was expressed in the bill us it came from the Senato. The amendment was adopted- -yeas 5H, nays 15 -and waa amended so as to give thc tundees thc right of way, and tho earth, stone? and other material necessary for tho construction of the Canal and hanks. This latter amend? meut being accepted hy tho friends of tho bill, the House adjourned without reaching a final vote on tho bill. Next day (Wednesday) tho hill passed the House, with some unimportant amend? monts; and it has since became a law. PIUUAIVY Et.K< TIONS. Tho House bill to prevent and punish frauds m primary elections eliciUd n spirited del into. Mes rs. Hamilton, ol Chester, the two Thomases, Gary and Blackwell, of Edgoflold, opposed th< measure, which was roundly denounced as uu unwarrantable attempt on tho part of the Legislature to control the part) machinery with which it had nothing K do. Messrs. Brawhy, Hyde, Wilson, ol York, Rutland, of Fairfield, and Dautz 1er, of Orangeburg, advocated tho bill OB tho grounds of good public policy. Th< bjll was dually recommitted by a vote ol 61 to ab,mt 80, tho negative vote not he ing counted. To recommit tho bill al such a stage of the session was virtual!* to kill it. POArairsn UNI>S. There were three bills relating to for felted lauds on the Calendar. Two o tb' tte wore left over from the last session Gue of thom, known a? tho "Murra* I bill," proposed to remedy tho trouble bj bringiug suit in the Courts of Commoi ? Pleas against delinquent taxpayers, re ' covering judgment und issuing exoou tiou thereon. Tho Patterson bill, whiol WHS passed by tho Senato recently, au thon/.es tho issuing hy tho sherill'of dis I tress warrants (without a suit at law ! against the personal aud real property o delinquent taxpayers. The third bil was not considered. A motion was carried to take up tb Murray bill first, and Mr. Burke, o Charleston, tired tho first gun with i motion to strike out tho enacting words Thou followed five-miuuto speeches b; 'Messrs. Parker, of Abbeville, Simpson of Spartnnburg, and Haskel!,, of ltich land, in favor of tho Patterson bill. Mr Pope, of Newberry, holding up thu Mut ray bill end of ?ho debate. Viually Mr. Brawley called tho attci) tion of tho Home to tho necessity of dc oiding which plan it preferred-th Murray or tho Patterson, and in order t get at a sense of the Home, moved t< Indefinitely postpone thu bill undor con sideration viz., tho Murray bill. Thia motion was carried without division and then tho Patterson bill wa taken np. Thorn was no finthor disc tu sion, but Judgo Maher got in a numbe of amendment!! which it is thought wil perfect tho schomo embodied in tho bill Briefly stated tho provisions of diebil in ita present shape ore os follows: 1. Hereafter immediately upon th expiration of tho timo for paying taxe in any year tho county treasurer of cac! oouuty is dirocted to issne in the mun of tho State a warrant or execution i duplioato against each defaulting tai payor in his oouuty, (thia in tho natur of a dist ref s warrant.) Upon this wai rant tho sheriff ia directed to levy upo the personal property of tho doliuqueul if it is BuOieieiit to pay the taxes, if uo then upon tho real estate. '2. Tho sheriff ia authorized and d rooted to take po?session o? so much ? the defaulter's eetoto, personal and rca as muy bo necessary to pay tho taxes and pouultioK and costs (tho costa aro fixed ia tho bill ut au aggregate of ?jd.ou, with 5 per coal, added, ) and to ?ell the sante at public Quotion, giving in case of a side ol real estate a propel title. 8. lu caso there is no bid for un amount saOioient to cover the taxes and costs on tho land offered for side, tho sheriff ?8 directed to execute a title tor tho land to tho sinking fund commission and to put them in possession. The sheriff's deed is in all casey, to bc held ns prima fucio evidence of a good title. Action for the recovery of such property so sold and conveyed ave barre d at tho expiration of two years from tho date ol' tho salo and conveyance. .I. Defaulting- taxpayers may atop such sales by paying to tho sherill' the amount of taxes and co.-ts name.', io tho warrant, wit li au a illdavit setting forth the facts. ?. All tho forfeited lauds now on tho record are to bo restored to tho tux list? with only tho taxes for tho iiseul year be ginning November 1, lSi<7, charged against them. 0. Tho State renounces nil title by forfeiture for non-payment of tuxes to I each and every of said parcels of land, and will treat them hereafter us the lauds of tho former owner, his heirs or assigns; hut this renunciation of title is upon the reservation and condition that tho State may hereafter collect by suit nt law, or other legal method, from said lands a sum equal to tho aggregate amount of all annual assessments for taxes, with the ; pf" alticn that might and would have 'U rssesscd mid charged against tho i lands in caso the sumo bad never oeeu declared delinquent and forfeited; and the retention of tho possession and use tif said lands for ninety days after tho approval of this Act by said former , owner, his heirs or assigns, shall bo deemed BUflioient evidence of his or their acquiescence in and acceptance of tho; reservations ai d conditions of said rc-1 nunoiation of title. 7. Tho sinking fund commission is given thc right "to compound with tho; form; r owners, their heirs or ussigus, for ; all such taxes as desoribod iu lust section j at one-half part ot t he whole mun so due, i without penalties, provided tho money j is paid into tho hands of said commis- ! sion on or before tho expiration of one ? year from date of approval of thia Act, j ami tho receipt of suit! commission fori auch part thereof shall discharge tho said taxpayer und his said land from any furtiu r liability to tho Stato on that ac- ! count." The commission ia also author ized to bring actions against nil owners lof forfeited l inds for the full amount of j costa, taxes and penalties when such ! lauds have been conveyed 'to them hy the sherill'under tho term ; of this Act, and any judgment obtained hy them in I such snits is mudo a lieu upou thc land in question. Tho s.de having been , effected tho proceeds ure to bo applioel, first to tho payment of tho taxes, costs j and penalties, and tho surplus, if any, in ? to bo paid to the former owners of the lund. This is in brief the hill as it passed . the ll<.>iee. Tho synopsis given above ? only gives an outline of the features. Should it become u law (und there is ! scarcely any doubt that it will) it will have to ho republished in full, An j amendment W09 adopted directing tho I comptrollor-general to furnish a copy of j tho Act to oaeh county auditor and ; treasurer in thc Stute. I lui Lust liny. The General Assembly" adjourned tins morning between 1 and ? o'clock, after n month of solid work. Yesterday was taken up in disposing of third reading bills. There aro lit'teen Becoud reading bills remaining on the ffou.se calendar, which are left over for consideration next session. Most of the . members will le'svo for their respective ; homes on the outgoing trains to-day. ! They deserve the commendation of tho State Sor tho able manner in which they , have dealt with questions of great public moment. A I KllllllU.K l"lM.0s|0.> And tin, ? LOM or Property - Ki?talille?>, Hoi'iiasTKii, N. v., December 21. About half-past 8 o'clock Ibis afternoon II terrific explosion occurred In front ni Poole's Hour mill, in this eily. Only a few ' seconds after ibo lird explosion another fol lowed, and two Others in rapid .succession. Instiiutly flames burst from Poole's nilli, r I io Uro burnell wllh great fury, mid il lt ; feared that some of the workmen perished ? in ibo flames. The cause of thc explosion ! was that the sewers hi the vicinity wen . tilled with naplha. To day 14,000 gallon! of naplha were pumped from the Vacuum . OH Winks through Hie pipe line in tho he?! j of the old canal. Il was intended for till j Municipal (?as Company, but breaks in lin line allowed the naplha to Cica pe into tlx adjoining sewers, and fruin thence into tin mills and there exploded, and ut'lcrwanh In tho sewors In the streets, throwing otu the man hob covers and tearing lip th? roadways. The amount O? damsgc cunno lie calculated at this hour. People In lin vicinity for a distance of three quarters ol a mile were panic Blrlckcu from Ihe fre quent explosions. <en. man vas su n li jump fruin the recoud story window lo tin rivi r bank, a distance of tif ty feet. Then are sovoral persons missingaad it .suppose? Ihey Were c.mght by Ihe falling walls. \n important Armit. The arrest of n suspicious character upoi his general appearance, movements or com paoionvllip, without waiting until he ha robbed a traveler, tired a house, or mut tiered a fellow-man, is an Important func tion of a shrewd detective. Even mor important is the urn st of a disease which If not chi eked, will blight, and destroy human life, 'l ite frequent cough, loss o appetite, general langui r or debility, palin ?kin, and bodily aches and pains, annoiinc the approach ol' pulmonary consumption which is promptly arrested and permanent ly ? und hy Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medien DltCOvery." Sold hy druggists. --? --?? <?> ? --. Ue~-Celling married nee-ins to be dan g?rons now. No fewer than seven bride have been accidentally killed on their wes! ding day this year. She (Ingeuuously) Ihit no true woman will shirk her duty Toni, through a craven fear of death. Pride text-hinging bridal costume fe traveling sui!) - Old 1 appear nervous al n during tho ceremony, Ulara! ihidtsmni envions, A llttlo at first, dear, but ut after George hnd'sald "yes ' The latest fashiunablo whim, or "fad, ia modern style, is the collection of eil diver. It ls sahl to be raging willi great*, intensity than ihe ceramic lever of H fe1 years ago. mwmmrn ....?-LJIMI ? II ? IM; I IJ I ?I HII. KOUKTIl-Cr^ASe POSTMASTIStt?. Somebody at the Bottom ol na lugotilo.il Scheine, Which May Helli **?>?*titn??? IITH, but Will Cerlal ly l'ut .Uumy In Somebody'll 1'ur e. WASHIKOTON, December 16. -Con gressman Tillman, of South OaroUua, chums to liavo discovered what he terms a "gigantic attempt to make a raid on tho treasury," by a combinat ion or syn- ' dicate, supposed to bo working in tho intorest ol' fourth-class postmasters. Siuco tho mooting of Congress Senators and Representatives have received by almost every mail numerous prinlexi i petitions, Vi dh long lists of signatures attached, urging Congress to poss a law to iuereaso tho salary of fourth*class postmasters, noc-rding to the following scull-: "Tho postmaster who opens and closes one mail per week to receive $20 per quarter; two mails per week, ^'2->, and so on, increasing quarterly salary of ?*> for euch additional mail opened aud closed per week, until tho limit of $'250 per quarter is reached.'1 Tho petition further states that "when tho salary of a post muster os fixed b}' this law CXCCOdt tho amount of stamps sold at his ellice thc postmaster shall retain to tho credit of In's salary thc amount of stamps sold, und the department shall, on the adjust* tuent of his account, issuo bini a cheek un tho treasury, for the balance, li tho amount of stamps sold should exceed tho salary of the postmaster he shall, niter deducting the amount of his salary, deposit the balance in tho treasury." .Mr. Tillman says ho has received sev eral hundred of these petitions from al most every postmaster in Iiis district, ind he probably would not have made tho discovery hud not the postmasters in forwarding his. petition sent "too much." What in* terms "too much" is a printed \ oirenlar of instructions prepared and dis* ! tributed among fourth-class postmasters by the paify or parties who aro leading in the proposed raid on tho treasury, iud which gives thc movement in favor af tho proposed increase very much tho appearance of au organized "job." Tho "instructions" are in substance for each postmaster to get every signaturo he can to tho printed petition, "regardless of race, color or sex," and then "write a short personal letter" to his Congress man, s:atuig tied tho applicant has got "tho most prominent citizens of thc vicinity" to unite in petitioning for the increase and asking for tho matter tho "duo consideration it BO justly dosor ves." Tho circulars calls lor a contribution of twenty-live cents, or more, in pursuance of an "agreement," plainly referred to, to pay the expenses of the getting up of the circulars, etc., and tho postmaster is unjoined to send tho money in silver in a registered letter, os he will "get tho can ccllatiou of the stamps," and bo at no ros' therefor sending it. Tho tell-tale document closes with thc confident as surance, that "if ive will all do our duty wo eau get our hill through Congress," which n mains to bo proved. Mr, Tillman exhibited a copy of the above to many of his Congressional asso ciates, and while a majority of them aro disposed to assist overworked aud poor ly paid postmasters, they seriously ob ject to aiding tho authors of the cir uilar, who are evidently making a harvest of twenty-five cent pieces. Nothing l-l lo- Lemons. Lvery part of tho tree is vuluublo in medicine, though wo rarely employ any of it but ita fruit-that is tho lemon itself. And every ono knows knows bow to employ thia in a lemonade: To squeeze the juice into cold water (this is tho shortest way i e?r to cut it into shoos und let soak in cold water, cut it into slices and thou boil it. lather way is good, Lemonade is ono of tho best and safest drinks for any person, whether in health or not. lt is suitable to ail Stomach diseases, is OXCOllont in sickness -in cases of jaundice, gravel, liver com plaints, inflammation of tho bowels and fevers, lt is a sp?cifie against worms and skiu complaints. The pippins crushed, may also he mixed with watt r and sugar and Mod as a drink. Lomon juice is the best anti-scorbutic remedy known. I not only cure's thc disease, but provents it. Sailors make a daily use of it for this purpose. A physiciau suggests a rubbing on the gums daily with lemon juice t>> keep them in health. The hands and nails aro ulsei kept ch>an, white, soft and supple by tho daily use of lemon instead of soap. It also pre vents ohillblains, Lemon is used in in termittent fevers, mixed with strong, hot, black tea or coffee, Without sugar. Neuralgia may ho enrtsl by rubbing the part afl'eeted with a lemon. It is valu able also to euro warts, and to destroy dendron"Oil tho heoel, hy rubbing thc mot of Hie hair with it. lu hie!, itu uses are manifold, and tho moro wo employ it externally the better wo find oursolvos. Natural remedies are tho host, and na ture ls our best doctor, if wo woultl only listen to ho teaching. Hub your bands, head and gums with it, and drink lemon ade in preference to all other hVniels. Farm and Fireside. -u l li n O. lilli of . Url.li-,-.un.m WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Mr. L. Mayei of New York, who waa married on Sun day lust to Miss Flcgeiihehncr, came to thii i lly on Monday with his bride and regis tered at lin- Arlington, Last night, while lying on the ned, his wife being in an ad joining room rending, bc suddenly enllet! out lo ber. Mie hastened to his side, and at once saw that he was seriously ill; she rang tl e IM-11 for help, and bathed his fact willi brandy. A doctor was hastily sum monctl, but j?i?t as h entered the room tin unfortunate bridegroom expired. The blow to ihe bereaved woman wat yery great, and she passed the night ir snell paroxysms of grief that some doubt were entertained that her reason migb give way miller the stralo. This morning uer two brothers arrived and made prepara lion for the funeral .services, which wen held this afternoon. IIIOIIUK llniiil,*ird?. Oi.i.s MARY, TKNN., Dee. 22.-A bil riot occurred here Tuesday night whei some colored and white workmen becalm Involved hi a quarrel following pay die ind loo much indulgence In drink. Ove two hundred shots .vere fired. One mai md ono boy were killed and others Injured The old notes: Maud (awakeningStraten ly at :t A, M..)--Mother, there's a man try lng lo breuk In the house. Mother (wearily - lindi, my child; lt's your father; h?' . ring thc doorbell. mmmmms?tW?Bm??Mf??S?m??mfmmiwmm \ Ci KO KUI A ?ONSET. Tb? Scrlvoo County Kori bo WU o "fiels Thor?, KU." (r'ioin the New Vmk tribuno Mr. Cox must look to his ''.Huu.sel" laurels. There ia a mail writing just now iu a (leorgiu paper, "Tho Scriven County Watchman, who, tis an ali round observer and reporter of the oir ounistanocs attending a really : upcrior sunset, also a really superior sunrise, bide fair, if bin health is spared toni tie paper doesn't change bands, lo naiko bil mark in HUH fascinating department of literature. Here is a sample of what he i-i equal to. Wo ijuote from a late num ber of "The Watchman:" "Those who noticed Day's gnat lord as he followed bin appointed coursu through tho nkiey, on Tuesday last, saw a rcro and wonderfully beautiful sight. H rose and sunk to rest, Bcoiniugly, in a ..? ft of bi nod. There wer- no signals of his approach, no bright streaks in tho east te betoken his arisiug, for Aurora scorned to have forgotten to open tho gates of tho morning and harald to a bleeping world the coming of its kui;'.. Hut suddenly lr bini mountt 1 above tin horizon and into tho heavens a dull red bull of lire. Ny glare, no brilliancy, no rays, hut mendy a lurid orb standiug out in bold relief against a hazy, leaden background-a painted sun upon a painted sky! Gradually, silently, ray? lessly, Hie king of day moved ou ward and upward. As he cleared tb" trece anil hilltops, struggling toward the zenith, Ibero came into In's chock a healthier line, but not that go.goons brilliancy that usually screens hun from the ken of mortal eyes, for at almost any time <it tile day libs dui!, dead faco could bo gazed upon without any dis-. OOmfott to thc oyo. Having struggled in vain at noonday to redeem bis un- ? promising morning, lie seemed from that time to journey moro eagerly to- ! ward his homo 'n Hie West, growing' darker und darker as each minute tied [ind tinnily sank sadly to rest in tho lap [ of night! Vosper threw lier mantle over , his retiring course and soon shrouded tho world in her suhle robe." One cannot fuil to be convinced on Rinding the above that tho New South lias como to stay. A section that furn ishes such sunrises and sunsets ought to hud no diflioulty in disposing of nil the real estato it can place on the market. lloyd as In vont ont. Sonic of the most important inven tions have boen tin work of mere boys. Tlic invention of thc valve motion to Hie j steam eugine was made hy a boy. Watt left the engine in u very incomplete, COU ditiou from tho fact that he had no way to open or close tho valvos except by means of levers operated by hand. Ho sot ii j > a large engine at ono of the mines, and a boy was hired to work these valve levers. Although tins was not bard work, yet it required his constant atten tion. As ho was working thoso lovers ho saw tho parts of thc engiuo moved in tho right direction, and nt the OXilot tune he had to open or close tho valves. He produced a long, strong cord, and made ono end fast to tho proper part of the engine and tho other to tho valve lever. Then ho had the satisfaction of seeing tho eugine move off willi perfect regu larity of motion. A short time after ward tlic foreman came around and saw Hie lK>y playing rnurbles around tho door. Looking at the eugine he roon | saw the ingenuity of the boy, ami also Hm advantage of so great an invention. Mr. Watt thon carried out the hoy's in ventive genius in a practical form, and made tho steam ongino a perfect auto matic working machine. The powi r loom is the invention of a farmer boy who had never seen or heard of snob a thing. Ho cut ono out with Iiis knife, lind after ho hud got it all done he, with ; great enthusiasm, showed it to his f nth -1 er, who at ouce kicked it to piece;, say- , ing he Would have no boy about bim who would spend his time on such biol- ; ish things. Tho boy was afterwards up- ! prom -ed to a blacksmith, amt bc soon foi.tm thal ' ' . now master was kimi and took a ii e*i\ itercst in him. He made a loom oi w hat was left of Hie OUO bis father h.ul broken up, whioh be Bhowed to his master. The blacksmith saw that bc hud no common boy for an appren tice, and that the invention wa? n *ery valuable ono. He immediately bad a loom constructed under tho supervision of the boy. It worked to their perfect satiaftictioii, and so thc blacksmith furn - ! ish od tho motina to manufacture tho | looms, the boy to receive one liait' tho i prollts. lu about i year the blacksmith wrote to tho boy's father that he should visit him and bring with bim a wealthy Kent hanan who was the inventor of tho celebrated power loom. Von miv be able to judge of tho astonishment of Hie old man when bit son was presented as ' tho inventor, who told bim thc loom was tho same aa tho model he (the father) bad kicked to pieces a year before. ] Smoeton, tho great mechanic, win n a boy, disdained the ordinary play tilings of boyhood. Ono tiny, after having watched some niillwrignts, ho was dis covered, to tho groat distress of his family, in a situation of extreme danger, lixing a window on tho top of the burn. Ho afterward built tho Eddystone light bonne in tho midst of tho waves. Cyrus II. McCormick was not twouty-two yours obi when bo produced the first practical reaper the world ever saw. Youth. \ \ \ ? I...H, . ll,.... \el. SIWNSIIKAO, QcRiiRo, Deo. ?? About 1 o'clock this morning a h ?mb, to widt h a lighted fUSO was attached, was thrown through a window Into tho dining-room of Dr. Cao Hold'? residence. Mrs. Caufield, bearing the t raill und hissing ol' thc bum lng fuse, sprang out of beti, seized the bomb and succeeded In detaching ibo fuse. Tin- bomb contained enough giant blasting powder to w holly demolish tito house ami kill thc Inmates. Dr. Canfield's father, who D a bailiff, bas lieen engaged lately in -living processes for violations of thc Canada temperance law. and bud licen threatened with violence If bc did not de sist. O Moalie lu Ila- Klovr. CINCINNATI, Dec. "v.*- Eil. Johnston, colored, living two or three milos Weat Ol this elty, placed some dynamite cartridge* in the oven of bis stove to thaw this mm li ing. Soon after a terrific oxploslon took placo, nearly deMroylug bis house, killing bin eighteen.year obi (laughter and an in fant one /'ear old, and seriously Injuring Johnston i nd hU wife. IMC A VI ti AVA I.OKIV AHI-i UK, j . A C nm It's Nm mw Knouite Irom I .* li un mi Vue tun I Tow er A very ancient dismantled and totter" lng brick tower which reared hs lotty! ' head high above tho treo lops un the;' line of tiie Greenwood Lake Kdlroad, between Arlingtou and Keurry, M. J., ! wa; t'ue f-ocue of a thrilling incident late : last night, whioh almost resulted in tho i dea'h ol SOVI nd persons. A religious fanatic named Charles Sheppard was seen late last night wend ing his way toward tho big tower, flo ; was muttering inaudibly and g.-: tiouiat ! ing wilily. Upon reaching ?lie baso -i tho tower, which swayed with every j bree zo, tho ..crank," lo the horror of the onlookers, oommeuccd climbing the rude and rotton outside stairway \..ti(-;i I led to tho orown of the tower, ile car ried two lanterns which ho bghte i when about half way Up, and swinging them around his head pranced wildly iii out the platform, \ liich thrcateueii every moment to crash downward un 1er his weight. upon renohing tho top of tiie lower, thu fanatic pi iced ora hi).tern facing lite notth and tito other the south. kneel ; ing dnwu with face toward the full moon 1 he then prayed aloud. j A fe > bricks loosened theinsclvvi from tho rotten mortar aud fell with a crash. Tho platform upon which tho ern ik had danced, next toro a Wu y from its ht* tem lugs and crashed downward Uiiagiugl with it a section of thc staircaso, li tho crank a prisoner. George Oliver, a young man the group of pooplo who behold n ?th hon\ir tho crank's position, brav danger of the old tower, and clitl bed I . the top where ho found Ibo id io I.j iii his devotions. Oliver lied th? rope, which ho bad brought with him, H rom il tho fanatio's waist, and lowered him lo tho top ot tho disconnected stairway. ( ?liver had no EOonOr followed and reached terra (irma, when thc old I >w< r swayed violently i ud loll with u deafen ing row aud a orash upon tho railroad trucks. A north bottled traiu was dm iii n tow minutes, it was Hagged futthoi down thc track and delayed until tho de is was oloared away, which occupied over an lour. Tho bystanders mine lousiy oscaped, m MO e.i um.i. w ll Kilt Ititi Slu Will Have to t'l|;lu for Ills l-.ou.v, A special dispatoli front Tient n, N .I., says: "An interesting witt eas? is.11 >vv pondi ug before Vico Chancellor Bird, and wi I 1)0 decided S ion. I* is iii I kv.- ' | lug because ot tho strange hinti ? ?' in which tho tesbdor disposed of his prop erty. George Hutchins was n promue it rosulont of Ancua, Ciuudcu comly. Previous to his dentil, iu th?.? earl . part of tho present your, Mr. ii uohi ho carno deeply inlen ..? d u "... urj George movement, and when his papers were examined alter his interine '. it was found that ill ilia la I ....iii lifter giving to his wifo one-third ol all ol bia property, and t > S.;r.tli Wm ii, a relative I residing m Indiana, 11 ROW machin with sullloietd money for shipp ug purp ?ios, he i al willed all his propcrtj to tho labor agitator to aid In oirjuluti g bis lit- ? 1 u turc, Too money is lt. be known as "Tito flutokius Ftiud,' and is lo bo tined "'or tho oxpress purpose of spieuding tho light on social and political liberty aud justice iu thu United Stato" ol America by means.M tim gratuitous, wiso, eliloient and economically coi ducted distributii n all over the land of said (b ulge's publi lieations on tho all-important ia d ipies lion and cognate subjects, inclttdii 5 his .Progress and Poverty,' ids replier ' > i criticisms thoreon, his .Problema oi tl > Timos'and any other of \ ?ol . and pamphlets which ho maj think il wiso nnd proper to gratuitously dist ribute in this country, provided that Henry Georgo,^his heirs, executor:- aud ed ninia trato rs, furnish nnuiutl reports oi tho disbursements and management 1 I tho 1 Hutchins fund t.) tho Irish World and American Industrial Liberator, an-! .-ced a paper containing sttoh reports ti tho wife of tho deceased and io William S. Wood." William s. Braddock, of Watoriord, ('anulen county, was appointed tho ox center of tho (-.state. When he found ont thc content? of tho will he reins, t lo distribute tho estate iii tho way sig naled, and filed a hill in tho Court of Chancery setting forth that thc gift was net legal and t/alid, there bein -; neater relatives, and it' it was legal ho heh i that it was void for uncertainty. The pallors have been in tho bauds of the vico Chancellor since May last. Hon ry (borge, through his OOUnsol, has ftiud an a", rwor to thc bill, iu Which ho holds that ho has a rigid to thc money, ami says ho will contest tho notion of the ' executor. menu ?> JON Ks UN COTTON. The "Kind Hale" Man In Geom In Telia How Hu Kaisen Coi "ii. (I iota the Anni t 11 oustilaiion.) AUIANV, D< comber 10.--"Howie i it possible for you tO have made twenty eight bales of eel!.m per mule upon v, ni plantation this yeal ." ?vasa ked ol' lion. Primus Jones Jones, the 11 est bale u>nn of Iiaker county. "Tho easiest thing in tho world, ' wat the reply. "If I live b n years longer I expect to make fl?ty l?alos to every mule. I Filly aerea ie the average number ti adi d I by a mule ami it will bo a simple mattel for mc t<> bring my land up to a high state of cultivation that cindi and every acre planted will produce its l>.de of cot ton. As [?said before, intensive farming is going to become tho salvation of Ihu country." Colonel Jones believes ' heavy for titivation. Ile has an Immense shed io. feet long hy 62 feet wide, in which lu nous np his stock at night and in w ined nc makes up tim compost. Thc lumia in his sheil alone, exclusivo of nail? shingles, .vc., oost him over 81)00. A new wrinkle in bull fighting has bivi developed in Mexico. The arena tsffoodci with electric light, which seems io fnh i craze the animals, making the tamest bill a howling terror, Thc light ttlso give ?dded splendor to the gaudy uniforms ai. decorations of thc matadors and tho (iii mouds of fuir spectators. Time rolla around rapidly and mam our subscribers doubtless think they arc year ahead When they sro a year bellin i The black ink and White paper tell th ?tory of tUJe^^rtott^^^^ TU IO soi I II PHOSPGKINO. What Hie Manufacturer'? Koconi ??yu of tho Development of thc South. The South has much diversified its agricultural produotiou since 1800. Total production is increased tuoroby, the variety of its products is extended, the food supply is much greater, less atton tiou ia pidd to cotton as an exclusive crop, [u a wind, planting is giving way to fanning, to genuino agriculture; so llie people como nearer to self-support, li cotton should tai!, other crops romain to fall back on. Vet farming has not kepi abreast of thc industrial advance in eivauecd methods, farms have not tho i-i.-ible thrift and tidiness of Northern, Midd lo and Western States. A great leal has hoon done to show tho potsibil tiea of tiio region for farming in tho Sorthorn way to Northern farmers; and inquiry by tho latter olass is widely ex tending. This year tho cotton crop, as .veil na others, is above tho average in all hu South, Iv.ist of thc Mississippi, ex ? ?pl ?ag tobacco. I feel confident that ?ie South will yet make a marked gain igrioulture by tho introduction of lorn and Northern men, who will bo ?ichly rowarded by farming in the South ii tie ir skillful and thorough way. There aro very great possibilities tn ?he South in Olltting its forests and in nakiug them up into tho articles whioh ho large variety of tho woods lit thom or. The finest hardwoods in the United States i? largo quan'itics aro in tho up mds of tho South at tins time iu the from West Virginia to Alabama. Vud immense tracts of pine and other ult woods remain uncut. Some forosts ?rc primeval, yet they promiee to bo ac ii : within a ?hort time by tho con ition of noa railroads. As tho forests ot thu northwest fail these of the South will como intonso and full do maud. 1 iv. the evidence of tho dis positiou to con ame much of this pro duct of wood in tho South iu manufacto ries to bo built there. ol lt HKXIC VA I II vin-:. Klori M in liieren??- ll liv Mean* ol <. Monetary treaty. Prom tho Macon Totograph.) The desire of American manufacturers . secure markets for their printie In the i munies Miiith of us hus grown more In ense your by your, tis over production has iicrcascd The desire lo gain these mar ot.-, while retaining thc present lariiT and he resulting high c?sl of production has aised the idea ol reciprocity treaties to ... received willi favor in many quarters. i li it negotiated willi M xlco hy General 'bunt several yen- ngo, however, has level hi i ii ratified by Congress, ami prob ihly will noi he. The proposed admission rice il duly of certain Mexican produc tions M 'ut ;i would compete with like arti eli s in i li. ii. Ibo United States has aroused thc opposition of special interests. bl iill'deipaliou, perhaps, of the failure of dds Irtnty, another plan lo increase ! ?de between Mexico and the United States is how boh e, considered. It has not becomen subject of negotiation, hut il s reported that thc Mexican Government . very desirous of milking <i monetary letty with the United Slates which will [irodde for lite acceptance <>y each govern m nt of thc silver dollars coined hy the ii her hi payment of all customs and taxes il their par or bu e value, lt is proposed 10 extend the same privileges lo the silver eerlllicutcs issued by the united States and intended lo be issued by Mexico. Then, nt staled periods, to bo agreed upon in thc Healy, die two govemm nts would make a settlement by un international clearing house, ul which tho balances due from one eon td ry lo the other would be adjusted. I ii i ft't'Cl Ol this, it is expected, would bc lu dd .! ; percent, to the pun basing power 11 the Mexican money in the markets of Hie United State.-, over its value in any illa r < unity in the world, while the value : our shyer dollars in Mexico would be raised lo par and the rate of exchange on Mexli " would he determined i>3 tho course if trade alone and not depond in any way ipotl the ll net Hilt ion of silver in the Lon lon market li will he seen thal it nn agreement of this kind should he CUtCt'Cd upon, lids country would oiler special Inducements for Mexican trudi-. The standard o? value in Mexico is the silver dollar. Thc action nf Kngiiind and German) in demonetizing silver, ami ol tin- Lutin union in restricting Ita e hinge, lins caused a croat fall lu the indue ol silver bullion in Europe and Anteilen, hut lue crtdll ol Ibo United Staten, and Hie fact that its C0?I18 of silver ure receivable for till public dues, has kept them up ni a parity with gol i. The effect ni the proposed treaty would be to lend Mar advantages which American silver money possesses in our markets to that of Mexico, which would perhaps more than nt Vee t the difference in t'.old prices between American and European g.nuls, and lend lo a great increase in trudi-. Thc project will no doubt lie earnestly opposed hy tho large and inlluential eic ment tv h i eh favors the -ingie gold standard and VvishCS the coinage of silver stopped. The whole silver coinage "I Mexico would practically bc added to our own, and it. may well be feared that Die effect would bc "hi l. \ J,i|i and til? Hatchet. SAX FHA NI isco, Dec 22 -The Bolivian bark Kemi .li >. in p ul from Hakodate, re inna-lint hist I Innsdav night n Japanese, win.hid the watch on deck, suddenly be ? ame Insane. All the crew were below, id al midnight he called them on deck, stationing himself at thc door of thc forecastle with a hatchet in hand, and pr? paie I io give a lively reception to whoever ventured above, Thc drat Who appeared, a Japanese, was saluted with n blow. The ne.M was a negro, wdio was also struck and dangerously wounded. The insane Japan ( e then jumped overboard ami was seen m. more. It was found, also, that Ihe e.-ok of thc vessel had been almost killed prior lo Ihe assault upon thc crew and his recovery is doubtful. OollMon on Ihr Itali. It'ii K HAIMOS, IOWA, December 22. Yesterday, on Ino Cherokee and DakoUi branch ortho Illinois Central, which ia just liebig completed through lids place, a train Winded with supplies, when about ten miles WQSt of this photf, collided with a work train which hud on board about 200 labor ci s The collision occurred just at ihe end ii a long bridge, There was a blizzard * blowing from the northwest, and neither ongineer discovered the danger until the triona were within twenty yards of each other. Ona liremun was killed and both nglnccrs are probably fatally hurt. Many of the Inhnrcrs were hurt, but not danger mid \ Tlc work train wan runntng with out ortlets. . -**+? ' A bad sig