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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?. HIB ?'AKAI BK'S WKW Y KA li. HOW TO MAKI4 A GOOD IlKOINNING IN KAUM WO UK. A i im.i-, A rt I ele fruin un Authoritative 8ourco--A Glance ?t the Past, wltlt Sound SiiRgontloim for tito Future. (From tho Southern Cultivator I Notwithstanding fuilurcs and ditmp pointmonts of tho year just dosed, and iu viow of tho promises that "seed timo and harvoet, and cold and heat, and summor and winter, and night, shall not censo" lot every one apply himself with now hope, redoubled energy and un flagging zeal to tho duties of tho New Year-18881 RBVIBW OP TUR PAST, Now Yoara' ia tho traditional timo fur making now resolutions, li is a cou voniont timo to "turn over a new leaf," as it is commonly oxpressed. In order to determino wisely and clearly his plans and purposes for tho year just entered, each farmer should look huck on the past year and compuro tho resulto of his twelvo mouths' labors with tho plans, purposes and oxpeotations with which ho began operations last January. Ho ison uuwiso general who plans and inaugu rates a now campaign without roferonco to tho conditions, methods and move ments of previous campaigns which brought victory and success, or led to disaster und failure. I'.xperienco is said to bo a "dear SOhool," but it ia a very valuable school. Patrick Henry said, iii roferonco to the ponding troubles of col onies with the Uritish Government, that ho bad but ono lamp by which his feet wero guided--"tho lamp of experience," whilo a former has other lights besides, that of experience-so far as it extends ulong tho way-is a rufe guide. Lud the wholo course of last year's plans and work, tho conditions, circuruslam cs und seasons, be recalled, as fur as univ bo. Troco BUCCCESCS or fuilurcs to their causes. Note the effect <d changes from previous methods. Go baok in memory to former years; extract from tho ox po* rienco of past history us a fanni r all tho excellencies, and reject all tho blemishes. It is only by so doing that we can profit by tho lessons of the past. THE PRESENT CONDITION, It ought to be no difficult, matter for a farmer to comparo his condition and oir ounlbhincoH now with his, condition one i'car ago. Btill, WO feur there ure many armers who cannot say certainly, be cause they do not know whether they aro better or worse elf whether on the whole they havo advanced <>r retrograd ed. This ought not so to be, and would uot if tiley would acquire the habit of keeping sumo sort of accounts of farm operations. Hut every farmer knows whether bis general oondition is pros, porous and satibfaetory. Much hus been said and written ol late about Ibo gen oral condition of Southern agriculture, and intelligent men hold precisely oppo site opinions as to whether, as a class, wo aro growing poorer or richer. Tho question muy novcr be determined, and if determined little can be done to ameborutc tho oondition of agriculture by concerted or cooperative action so for ai tho actual management ol our farms-our system of farming- -is cou oornod. Co-operation among farmers baa often been attempted, but has never achieved any decided success. It ie im practicable to control tho operations of individual farmers by any sort of resolu tions or covenants or pledgee. There oro too many of them; they aro too widely separated; they cannot meet in moss conventions; their circumstances and surroundings ure too varied ami diverse. Lot agricultural conventions aud fariner?' congresses meet and dincuss and rosolvo and adjourn. The stimulate thought and arouse investigation. The exchango of experiences, suggestions of improved methods, and the social int- r oourso aro beneficial and helpful. TI > chief benefit, however, to bo expected of these representative assemblies is the moulding of publie opinion and the giving expression to thu demands of the ?;reat agricultural chases of the country or eqnul and fair legislation, tho aboli tion of unjust discriminations, and tho establishment of schools of agriculture, experiment Stations, departments of ag riculture and tho like, for tho develop ment and protection and advancement of agriculture. W HAT WThli YOU DO. Koch farmer munt determine for him self, with all tho lights before him, what 'ho moy and will do for himself. Let him resolve that whatever others muy do, he will that course?, in general plan and detail, that is indicated by experi ence, observation and careful study. Let Lim not rely npou what others may .ay, or what Granges and Alliances muy resolve. If every farmer would pursue this course thero would re- ult at once the beginning of an independent, self reliant individual system, tho result of which in la in Titting each individual adopting such a system, will be tho ad vancement aud Upbuilding of tho aggie gate of all ouch individuals. This must bo tho basis of our improvomout uud progress. TAKING STOCK, Every former ought to "toko stook," as the merohanta express it, at least oucc a year. Noto down in a dairy or ac count book tho number, condition and voJno of stook of all kinds, tho amount and value of supplies of food, tho value of machinery and implements. Abo take account of tho yield of int year's crops, the money returns for tho same, the amount ho owes and what is owing him. Open a cash account and pm down the outgoes and tho incomes. If compelled to buy supplies or incur debt* of any kimi, borrow the money if possi ble and pay as you go. Do not put thc keeping of oooountsentirely iu tho hand. of your merchant, if you will run au ac count, but kee}) n (>ass-l>ook and require every bill of purohoso to bo entered. MAXIMO LAIIOn CONTRACTA, In makiug engagements for lubor it should be remembered that, in tho long ran, nothing is gained by seeming labor en al price* bolow tho possibility of honest living. Petter give liberal wage?, and thea insist, by personal presence and oloae supervision, on honest, bot b |ad compliance. Laborers most live; and they will live - honestly or other wise. 1'fjOwi Nd -T Blttt AGINO. In out climate, as a general rulo and so fur as tho desired disintegration and pulverization of the soil is concerned, tho later tho breaking up before plant ing tho better. Our olean, heavy olay soils, if plowed very early, will soon run toget her by tho heavy rai us of tho early moid hs of tho year, ami bo in but. little better condition when planting-time ar rives than if not. but on every farm 1 there oro holds of stubblo lands, or fields covered with grass and weeds that should bo plowed at once. Crab und crow-foot 1 grass if plowed under early and not cov- : i red too deep, will rot and benefit the soil and tho crop. If deferred until just before planting it will be much better to burn oil" a heavy coating of grass H au to tur?i it under. At this late stage tho i?rass has been leached of its albuminous natters und Ibo loss by buming will nuount to little in comparison with tho $rontly improved condition of tho ? plowed soil. Homo experienced farmer las said that if it were practicable to do ! io ho would prefer, as a general rule, to j dow all his land the day before plant' ng. lu view of tho probable bad weather, i .mounting sometimes to au entire nonth when a plow cannot run at all vithout greater injury that possible ben- ! .fit, it h well to commence plowing oar y in January, or even before, us already | ndicated. Our own rule is to koop the vork animals busy doing thc hauling of 1 ails, fire-WOOd, litter for stables and ols, materials for composting, otc. so hat plowing ?nay bo dono when tho ? pound is in the best condition. Deep ; urning or inversion of ordinary ?oils isl ?ot tho best practice. Subsoiling is of { loubtful profit on old and worn M>ils un osn well manured. The geuerul experieueo is in favor of I OtTOOing ns compared with hillside litohing, as a preventive of washing on oiling lands. If tho lines of level aro; lot already run they may bo quickly j narked out abood of plows by tho care- , ul uso almost any of the cheap lev? ls low advertised. An instrument that lopeuds upon a spirit-level for its ad ustmcnt is much more accurate and to ?able, and will give bettor results in the nd. The rulo is lo looa ce the terrace j t such a distance that each will bo three ? cot in tho perpendicular height above bo next below. A good swivel, or ro ersible hillside plow, is very desirable, ! hough not indispensable, in throwing ip thc foundation of tho terrace. L\ r ectly level lines al tho start and ce refill Lengthening of the weak-places by the iso of hoes or shovels, will assure tho mal stability of thu terrace batiks. Iroaks are apt to occur from very ho ivy uins dining tho lirsl year; bul hy irompt repairs und occasional changes I location, tho system may become pcr uotlj established and prove a great pro tection in the course of a few years at aost. PBNCINO, There are still many large sections and | von entire ?States where farmers are re- 1 [iiircd (and co?tent to tl 1 so) to keep up jug strings of fences for tho protection 1 f crops against stock. The timo is apidiy approaching when tho so-called 'stock law" will bo generally adopted, ud tho fanners of tho future .will Won 1er that their fathers ever submitted to he combrous, unjust and exponsivo sys* om of fjneing against stock. In tho iieuntimc, however, fences must bo '.< pt ip where the old law prevails, and the rosto und destruction of timber must go n until the supply becomes unequal to he demand. Now is tho best timo to do bo work. Tho timber splits more ' asily, ami such heavy work is moro grceublo iu cold weither. MAKINU MAM nr. ANO COMPORT. Where labor is abundant and costs but itu?, tho old-time practice of hauling oaves and straw from tho woods no ir by nd filling the stalls and stables is goo?!. * 'armers generally appreciate tho great dvantagOS of composting. Tho truth is ino of tho chief advuiiteges of CO ni poi t ag ls that it involves tho necessity for ollccting the crude matt rials that might ithorwiso go to waste, and incorporating hem into the heap. If the same niateri ,1s that aro available for composting bo olloctod and distributed separately in he soil no great advantages would ap aar in composting them if tho cost of ian liing be justly estimated? In put ing up a compost hean tho proportion ?f crude home materials, such as cotton ced, stable manure, scrapings, ede., to ho purchased elements phosphate of imo and potash salts-is of no special mportanoo. Theso various materials 'arv BO mindi in degree of concentration md practical mannral value that it would >o impossible to make u rule that will llwavs upply. Lot tho farmers of a leighborbood club together and buy icia phosphatoand potash salt, exchange iotton seed for cotton seed meal when ;ood terms aro offered, each farmer buy ug as much as he may judiciously. Let he acid phosphate bo in proportion of ib-,ut ono thousand pounds to eight uimtrod pounds of cotton socd and ono mildred pounds of kainit, ami allow, ay two hundred pounds of tho mixture 1er aero. Now mix them with thc .ruder materials according to avtliluhlu piatitity and when ready for uso dis? nbute according to tho proportion sug gested, or so os b) go over tho entire irea to bo oultivutod. lt should bo remembered that as a iriuoiplo it duos not pay tho best to nan ni c a fow acres very heavily und eave tho main oxponso of tho farm with ittle or no manuro. A moro ? ?pial and inpartial distribution will bring tho argor aggregate of final yields and profits, Intensive farming, as a system, ixoludos entirely tho cultivation ol 1111 [irofltublo and improductivo acres. Hut nore on this subject after awhile. Pl WO* A ft ll OHO A .KM. We aro prepared to s< ll Pianos and Organs of the best make at factory prices for Oiuih or easy Instalments. Pianos from 8*210 np; Organs from $? I ap. Tho vordiot of tba people is that they can HU vi? tho freight and twenty-five per cont, by buying ol us. Instruments delivered to any depot on fifteen days' trial. Wo pay f .-eight both ways if not satisfactory. Order and test in your own homes. KospoctfuUy, N. W. THUMP, * Columbia, H. O. -*^m--f Master Workman Powdorly ls slowly Improving. INI KSTI !> Willi lt KA 118. Tho tnhithltHntfi of Centrul Penngylvnuln Alarm??]. (Man Isbtirii I peel >i io Chicago Uoraltl.) Acoording to tho acoouutaof hunters, bluck booro woro uovor so unmeroua and bold in Ooutral PenneyIvanin ns thoy are thi ; fall. in CJcutor county tliev baVO walked boldly into villages, and ono was killed tba other day on a /arm within eight miles o( Uollofonto, tho county seat and home ol Governor Cur tin. lu Franklin county, in tho North Mountain region, hears invaded the corn flelda in BUOII numbera during Hie husk ing HOason jiiet ended that grout lons jwns sustained by tho bunn rs in corn do voured and carried away by tho animals. Over tho hue, in Fulton county, especial ly in Tod township, moro than onofurm or has been robbed o? his winter's pork by marauding beard, lu Cumberland oouuty, near the Perry county lino, many bears have been aeon thia month und three killed. Tho other day an immense bear was Keen entering tho villago ol Milesburg, Center county, having come down from the woutis near by. Ile coolly orocsod the iron bridge over bald Euglo creek, und walked up tho middle of tito main street. People who were in tho stree] got quickly out of it. Horses snorted and tugged ut their tie-straps, but tho bear kept on its way. Heforo it had gouo far a number of dogs got wind of it, und appeared upon the scene. Tho bear turned and dashed through A. T. Hogg's front piokot fence, smashing it down as if it were of glass, and took a short cut out of town for tho woods. There was uu one in Milesburg anxious to go bear hunting, and tho bear led tho , tioga a long chase, and returned to the mountains. Two other boars that tried tho brave a id impudent act at William Furner':;, near the Loop, in Center county, on ? Tuesday night, did not faro as well BS tho lone vi: dor nt Milesburg. Fai ner and his wife were returning homo from a neighbor's, about H o'olock, when they ! saw a bear walk out of their front yard, shuillo aoross tho yard ahead of them, , and atop under a tree in a Held a few yards away. As thoy stood looking ut tho impudent bear another one came , sliding UOWtl OUt of tho troo and joined the one. at the foot ot* the tree. Then tho hist bear climbed tho tree, and, after reaching the branches, slid back down, aa his mate bad done, and then tho latter repeated tho performance. ; , While tin: two bears were having lilia i | cheeks sport between themselves, pay- j ing no attention to tho spectators, , Partier told ins wife to go into tho houso j and gi t bis gun, his revolver and bis nt. By tuo time abo returned prayer meet-1, in.; was over in thu village, and the peo-1 ( plo were returning hom >. They all ' stopped to sec tho extraordinary sight i f two genuine wild bears having a cirons ' under tho noses of twenty spectators. Tho bears paid not tho slightest uttou- , tion to Hie people, but took turua in ( climbing und sliding down tho tree. Punier sent a load of buckshot into ono , of tho bears as it stood on tho ground waiting for itt turn to climb, and it , limped hurriedly off toward tho woods, howling fearfully. Tho other bear did j not slide down the tree that trip, but rc- . maincd among Hie branches. Pinner wont oloser, and bombarded the bear as ( it perched in the tree, but he shot it j four times, literally riddling il with ( buckshot before if foll to the ground, lt , was ut once sot upon with poles, clubs ( an l axes by the crowd, nail tho little , life left in lt was beuten out. The Cn ni/.cM farm is two miles south i of Bcllefontc, ut thc foot of l?uld Eagle MoUUtain. A few days ago John lieut- , /.ell, who owns the faun, was told by u neighbor that a big bear was in his corn j field stripping tho shocks and playing , havoc geuerully. Partner (ionized is no ( hunter, but keeps a gun, and, taking it with him, be went to bia corn held, , which Waa in sight of bis barn, to see if | there really was a bear there busking his crop. Sure enough an enoimons block ( fellow stood ut ono cud of the shucks, | scattering the stalks abont und stripping off tko cars, Genteel] gavollru?i une ^ charge from his rille. The bear jumped | into the air and fell luck Hut on the , ground. The farmer supposed ho had , killed his gamo, but, while lie w as load- j ing his gun, tho bear jumped up and j slouched away and disappeared in the corn shocks. Goutzoll followed hun, expect- , mg evory moment to como upon ins dead body, but was surprised to dis cover him at tho other end of tho Hold working away at another shock of corn as if nothing hud happened. Gontzoll tuon shouted to his brother Hon ry, who was nt work in another Held, and whiio Henry was on his way to join him John put two moro bulls into the bear, bruin then made for tho mountains, limping along on three legs. Tho brothers followed hun, andu fourth bhot was fired into him, This did not finish tho Lough old oustomer, and, now thoroughly aroused, ho turned on his pursuers, and rushed upon henry (lout zcll in snob a furious charge that tho fanner was prostrate on tho ground with the bear pawing und chewiug at his leg, before ho knew whut hud happened, il waa lucky foi (ieutzell that his brother wu? there, for tho boar would bavo torn him to pieces in a minuto more. Tho brother sprang forward, and, with one blow ol the hoavj rille, broke tho l>ear'b book, and tho floreo brnte fell over and] died. Tho fleah was torn from Henry GentzoU'a log from tho knee down. Thc bear wita ono of tho biggest ones ever killed in the county, weighing between tinco hundred and four hundred pounds. Three bojs were hunting rabbits on Tuesday near Cowan's Cap, in franklin, county. Tiley started a rabbit, and it ran into u corn shock. Ono of tho boys went to the shock to kick it and scare tho rabbit out, while tho two othors stood ready to shoot it. Tho rabbit jumped out of ono side, but neitbor lioy shot it, for on tho other side n bear tumbled ont and surveyed tho youthful hunters in astonishment. Tho rabbit got away, and so did tho boya. Tin boar was afterwards killed in tho saint Held by a farmer named Wagner. Au Italian see sors grimier had a dis puto with Mr. T. 1). Mitchell, Orango onrg, a few days ago, about tho pay for sharpening u knife. Tho italian beet*mi en raged und tired a pistol at Mr. Mitchell. Tho ball barely missed his head. Tho Italian, as soon as he tired, fled, and has not sinoe boon soon. UK WAS GURV BY MTU. rm: VERY KKMAUKA1II.H H?XPKIH ISNCK Ol' A 01IIOAGO CI. KIM;Y.MA+N. Ho Says that Prayor {{?tutored Him When nie I'liysloltt . H nuil Palled, and When Ho Hint Decllued Human Aid. (. lilcago Letter to Die N?-W York llorakl.) Tlio Hov. Dr. John Williamson is ono of tho best known clergymen in Chicago, having served as a pastor in Methodist churches here for fourteen years, lie is a sensible, level-headed mau, too, and not given to isms. Yet bo has a story to tell which ii out of tho ordinary way. It borders upi m thc marvelous. At a recent meeting of tho .Methodist ministers Dr. Williamson related his ex perience with tho faith cure, lie waa very sick, but he didn't go t< a doctor. Ile took Iiis trouble direct to Clod, bc mid, and was cured. Ile took no medi cine, for Qod cured him without it. His totalement naturally creatod a sen sation among tho other preachers, and knowing the speakers aa well as they did they could not doubt his word. Dr. Williamson is not given to sensational' ism in tho pulpit or elsew here, and his earned, impressive manner carried con \ iotiou with it. l)r. Williamson said that health carno to lum altir "a sweet and indescribable c immunion with Qod," during which lie was assured that ho would bc restored. Ho believed, and he had his reward. Thc Herald correspondent waited on tho clergyman and asked him to give his exp?rience. Dr. Williamson ia a man forty-seven years of ago, strongly built, but wearing traces of hard work upon his features. His life has not been en tirely a sedentary one, though ho hus ilovotcd many hour? a day to his desk for several years past. "1 haven't much of a story to tell," replied he, 'dmt you uro welcome to it ns tar as it goes. 1 feel assured that I was cured in consequence of my prayers to (led and my communion with Him. My ailment was an urrornio intoxication; ruy liver was als i affected and I was in it bad way genorally. I knew also that 1 waa overworked, and sometimes felt that, perhaps, I might never bo able to regulate work in my pulpit sguin. "I consulted some of tho best physi ians in Chicago and they advised me te rest. I did not want to give ap my labors, but I am enough of a physician 10 know that nature will assert itself. 1 un u graduate of Hush medical college, though 1 have never practised, ..Then it was 1 wont to Clod. 1 prayed 11 I ba.1 never prayed boforo a' I foll I hat 1 was in close and perfect com munica with Hun. 1 cannot describ? it. 1 told ti< d all my troubles and ro coivod assuraucoH that everything wouU be weih My plan of action was to luj down tinco rules, it tin y eau be s< .died-prayor to Qod, relaxation fron work and physical exercise. I under stood, of course, that rest and oxoroisi would not effect tho complete cure . wished for." "Wind was, the difference, Doctor, bo Uveen your prayers ut this time and thoa proviouslj ? w as asked. "I had something doflnito to ask for that was all," he replied. "I wanted t? lie cured," ho added with a smile. "Th trouble with too many people is th.? ivhou thoy pray they don t know von I hey want. I knew cxaotly what trautcd and got it." ..You fool that your restoration ti liealth was tho direct result of prayer? "Most assuredly it was. 1 did not pu myself under tho cure of n physician a I might otherwise hnve done hud 1 no liad so much faith in the efficacy of praj il md tlie willingness and readiness of (loi to answer it." ..You felt differently, then, during th time you were praying for health thu liefere V" "Yes; 1 know I waa in tho vciy prc; ?ncc of Cuni, und could almost see an feel His personality, i cried aloud t Him and was, rewarded with His con pauionship. I cannot loll you bow felt, lt was a communion nevergraute rac before, und one, 1 fool certain, m liten vouchsafed to tuen. I hud i grci loud upon my mind, for it would hu\ been the greatest saoriflco of my life lin I boen compelled to give up my WOl for u year, us the physioians advised. "How noon after your prayer to Gt lid you realize that you hud boen ai overed'i" "Almost immediately. I have bet d>lo to work right ulong, with tho 0 SCption of a short time wilt n I was buy Yiow. 1 took a rest there in tl mininer and spout my days in rowii ind praying to Qod. While 1 ?V0 i regular charge now 1 lill tho pulpit wm o brother nearly every Sunday, ai have other labors in addition, so that saunet sny that 1 am not butty." "Hnve you uuy idea, Doctor, wh might have been the roHtdt htul you d pended upon ordinary physi sal trei incut and taken thu year's rest tho phy uians recommended?" "1 would simply havo lost a yea work, and probably not felt so well ai io now. lu fact, I might not have i covered at all, though 1 do not ass? this. Hut my recovery has been wt ilerful in this, that I did not follow t advice of my physicians, an?l I took medicines. My cure is tho direct rosi of divine boating, and SO I have be froe to proclaim." "It was a casu parallel to thoso giv out by tho faith healors, then?" ..Not exactly, There waa no anoint! or anything of that SOrt-no oororoo of any kind. I laid my tronblcs nt i feet of Hod and Ho relieved mo of th and raised me up. (?od knew what wuuled uuil grunted it. I go about labors regularly now, whereas ha?l iud come to my aid I would not lu peon nblo b) do anything." ..Did you have a vision?" "No; 1 felt tho presence of dod, 1 thero was no visible revelation. As was, ho wovor, tho divino presonco ' as apparent to mo as though it were tangible form and cupablo of hoing se (hit then 1 do not feel moro favo than any "ono elso will bo who takes troubles direct to Clod and asks to lt them removed." ?.Do yon oonsidor your caso a renn able ono?" ..Not at ail. 1 don't seo why I shoi when Clod stands ready to do for ott who ask Him what He lias already d for mo. Ii you kuow what you waul ron! ask for it in tho proper spirit God will grant it. That ?.sall there ia in it." "You believe, then, in healing bv faith?" "1 have my own caso an proof that faith and prayer will have th< ir r< ward." Dr. Williamson has been pasto* of tho first Mothodiat Episcopal ohurch, tire Wabash Avenue Methodist Episcopal church and tho Michigan Avouuo Meth odist Episcopal ohuroh, tho edifico of tho latter being built under his personal direction, lt is one of the finest ohuroh edifices in lida seotioQ of tho country. Tho Doctor is one of tho working preachers and looks upon the practical side of things at all times, and this is why tho believers in euros by prayer have BOizod with such avidity upon his testimony. Tho Doctor is not Bonti mental about thc matter at all; lie is simply matter of fact, and saya that his experience will bo that of others it they go about it iu tlie rigid way. A Virginia \ endetta. GIUOACJO, January 12. ACattU Isburg, Ky., sp?cial says: Tho war of extermina tion continues Int ween the Mot ?vs, ol' Pike county, Ky., and tho Haili. Ids, of Logan county, Wost Virginia. A I soon as Hie last Baa rites of tho late butcher) wore over tho MoGoya organized i po >< and visited tho Hatfield sottlomeut in West Virginia for the purpose of annihi lating tho gang. The posse visited thu Hatfield house ami finding no ono at home they repaired to tho woods to meditate a fow moments. Tho i litfield ..nug was soon upon them uud a regular battle ensued. After Hie smoke had cleated away it I was found that tho Hatfield party woro badly worsted, and three of tin ir number were killed, while nono of the McCoy posse were hurt. Those known to bc ? wero: Johnson Hatfield, Thomas Cham-i hers and James Vaneo. Vance was shot seven times. .Satisfied with their day's work, tho McCoy posse returned to their settlement to wait developments. Vaneo had killed several men in tho McCoy neighborhood, and had to leave bi con sequence He liad boen a bold, d iring, desperate fellow. Tue authorit us are powerless and the war will doubtless lie waged until ono side or the other e com pletely exterminated, as uo one ia au thority seems to .care. Tho Wealth ?>r Oeorglu. * n accurate idea of tho increasing wealth of Georgia is given in borne statistics recently published by the comptroller general of the Stat \ and summarized in tho Nows sovoral weeks ago. In 1870 tho aggrogat valuation of all tho proporty in tho ?State was $201, 050,548, of which 80.805, 120 waa iu rail? roads. Tiaro has been a decided in? orease every year sinoo, until in ! 87 the aggregate ls $811,501,021, and of tins 824,800,502 is in railroads. So it wiil bo seen that in nine yoata thoro bas been au increase in property Vttluoa of 8100, 515,378, of which sal,'ol I,1.) I o is io real and personal property, and si.",- 83,108 in railroad property. The record made by the colored people of Georgia sine? 1870 is also very creditable. In 1870 they owued property assessed at o >, 1SJ, 808, whilst in 1887 their property hold ing aggrogatod $3,030, 170, au iuore isp of niuo years of $1,575,007, or over sevi nty five per cent. 1 di in pl o Way to l>?it?*cl Counterfeit Ullin. '.How do you detect spurious bank notes?" asked tho Evening News, m he ; leaned one baud on the counter nt tho window of a well known Broad strcol bank toller and with tho oth< r hand ; stuffed a plethoric purso deep dov. ll into his pocket. .To discover spurious uational bank notes," answered the polite tailor, "just divide the last two figures of tho number I of tho bill by four and if ono lotter re mains the letter of thc genuine will t e j A; if two romain it will bi- li; if throe C, and if thoro should be no remainder tho h iter will bo D. For oxampl -, this note 1 hold in my hand i.; registered 2101 ; divide Hie sixty-one by four and you have one remaining. According to the rule tho lotter on the uoto ns you will observe is A. In every 0080tho rule foils, you can bet your week's wac/ s th,tl tho bill is counterfeit." Augusta Eve ning News. Tho Kinnons Mexican Uandit. Evadi? Bernai, tho famous Mexican bandit, bas recently been hilled. Ilia namo was a terror to tho dofousoleas in habitant of tho Sierras and a reward ol 810,000 wan offered by the government for his capture, ft is said that Bernai was true und kind to his lo)ul, though lawless followers, und, though reckloss und bold by pattiro, ho never exposed tho lives of lus comrades utinecc sin dy. Ho WAS of a jovial disposition, but at1 times he wail filled with melancholy as lie ? thought of Iiis m iso rabio pwd and cer tain future. During theso repentant moments ho would swoop down on the ncaretit town, to attend the parish ohurch, and while the trembling priest el ia i ib al the Mu :., Beruiil und his pict inc .pic band in tho back ground would devoutty eros? themselves and re cite their prayers, Then mounting their horses they would disappear ns on tho wings of the wind, leaving tho villagers in peaceful possession. -*>.?. - l asl lng a Oriait Ona. PrrrsDURO, PA., Jaunar.y 14.-Tho largest gun ever made ol' nteol iu oue solid crusting, and one of the three I lg guns recently ordered by tho United totes Government, was east at the l'itt? burg Steel Company's works in this city thia afternoon. \\ bother it will bo a success or not can at present ouly bo surmised, excopt for tho excellence of un equally groat though somewhat di li?rent costing, rcontly modo ut tho works. Tost? made- of tho metal used to-day, howovor, showed that al least tho small portions tried woro (law h and of the gnuie desired. A oursory ex amination of tho mould about au nour after tho metal had been poured in wes also highly gratifying to tho e\pei tn wiio nm.lo it. Tho oasting will not bo taken from tho mould for a wook. Both houses of tho Mississippi Legis latino havo pa 'neil resolutions oommoud ing tho nomination of Lamar as Assn eiute Justice of tho United States Hu promo Court, PENSIONS KOK SOLDIERS, THU STAT K'S I'ltOVIHfON IOU III.? I'OXruiUil'.AI VKTKUANH. Tim CoiiUItloiiH <>i tho Homily-How Ap-1 |>1 IOU ll(S M ist l"i (><<.?.I to lot Moll! Stipends-Full Text of tho Law. Tho following is tho full text of thoi "Act to Pr?vido for tho Relief or Cor-1 i tain Soldiers, and Widows of Soldiers or Sailors of the Late War between thc SUtcs": Me it onaotcd by Hie Sonntonnd Mouse of Uoproseuhilivos of tho State of South Carolina, now mot and sitting in Genera! Assembly, end by the authority ol the rame: Section 1. That Ute following persons, soldiers and sailors, now citizens ol South Carolina, v. ho were in tho M rvico of the State or of I lie Confederate States in ti; J into war botwoou tho States shall bo entitled to rec? ive from the Treasurer of tho Slate a monthly payment of ilvc dollars, to bo paid in tho manner t?nd on tho terms and conditions hereinafter tit forth. ^Section 2. In order to obtain tho bono I lit of this Act suoh soldier or sailor must , show, lirai, that ho was a boua tide sol i dior or miler ie thc service of the State i of South Carolina or ol thc Confederate States in tl io War bctwoeu tho Stiles,; second, that while in such service hc!o;t a leg or arm, or received any wound I causing ti permanent disability incapnei i tuting him from earning a livelihood; , third, that neither himself nor hi.-, wita is Hie owner of property exceeding in value live hundred dollars a? assessed for taxation ; fourth, that he is not re ceiving au income exceeding tho am mut of two hundred and fifty dolli r annum. Section :>. Boforo any soldier or sailor sled 1 receive any patt of tho payment provided in titi - Act ho shall malo: ap plication in writing, addressed lo tho Comptroller General of IhoStato, setting forth in detail the nature of the dir-- , abliug wound, tho company and rcgi- | ment and bntallion in which ho St wed, ' and tho time nud place of receiving thu ; Wotiud, und allowing that neither bim self nor ii ts wife ia tho owner of proper ty, ns hereinbefore Specified, and that he is not in receipt of income ns herein- ! boforo Bpi citied. Snob application . had t bo voriliod by tho oath ol tho applicaut, j 1 made before any officer in thc State au- ? tborized to administer oat hp, und shad j' bo accompanied by Uio aiUdnvit ol ODO M or more crediblo witnesses, tutting fiait > tiley know tho applicant was a soldier or ? sailor, and believe tho alb cation uta lol in the application to bc trae. 11 Siotion l. Sueli application shalt boh v? rilled by a certific?le o? tho Vuditor ol the county in wide!; tho applicant re- ! .-iilei, showing that the i bitomont? made J au to property appear td be (rue from Hie lisls of prop t'.y as a 'sexicd ! i tax ation, und it Modi ho tho duty t i tho Auditor to furnish snell oertilicate, if he shall so lind tho facts, without Iva >r : charge. Section C. Tho applicant must further . procure tho affidavit of two reput.tble physicians of tho countj in which he I 1 resides chow ing that they have made a * personal examination < i Hie applicant and notting forth the nature ot the 1 alleged wound an the extent of the dis- * ability thereby caused, and .neb othor details as ir? their judgment may be relevai.t lo tho application, Section 0< Suoh application with tho accompanying pa? en*, shall bc submitted , to the Clerk of the Court u Common , Pleas for tho county ii. which tho uppli- , emt resides, who, il nc shall so bod tho hieb;, shall, without fee or charge, cor- . tify under bin ofiloial se d that ho knows : tho parties whose names are subscribed to the several affidavits horoiuboforo rc- ' quired tor thut upon inquiry ho behoves ' them), to bo citizens of tho county and : State, and worthy of ' ebel; that tho 1 said physicians are in good slaudiug and ' regularly authorizi I to practice in the 1 said county, and shat in his judgment : tho application should bo ?raided. Or, if tm shall bud otherwise, bo .shall ;> en dorso upon tho san! application, tog< titer with any math rs kuowu to hun or found by iiun relevant to tho ci-c. * Section 7. Tho application, with tho 1 accompanying papors, shall bo forward ed to tho Comptroller (icm ral, who, with tho Attorney General and tho See- I rctary of State, snail constitute a Board < to approve or disapprove suoh applica tions, any two of whom shall have au- j tliority to act. If the said Hoard, or | any two of them, shall approvo tho ap- j plication they shall so endorf.o thereon, and it nindi till n upon b.: Hie duty ol tin Comptroller Gout ral to issue to the party entitled to receive tho same hil Marrant for the sum of live doll ire, on the last day ol' o#oh month, beginning from the date ?.r Mich approval am' con tinuing nidi: the last day of tho follow ing October, or until informed of tho death of tho party, which said warrants shall bo paid by the Treasurer on pre sentation. Si (dion 8. Tho widow of any soldier or sailor from the State of South Caro lina, who ?est bis lifo while in the service of Hie Stale or Confederate Stabs, in the war between thc States, while she remains unmarried, shall bo entitled to receive thu benefit of this Act, subject to tho tame conditions as to property and income as hereinbefore provided, and may make her application setting forth in di tail the facts which emilie her to make such claim, and vorillcd by nffivite and certificates hereinbefore providod. except tho affidavits of physicians, and upon tho approval ?d' lier claim, such widow shall bo on titled to receive tho same amount and in the same manner ns hereinbefore provided. Section'.?, lt shall be the duty of tho Comptroller General to prepare and cause to bo pi tuted lonna in blank, on which such applications, certificates and uflidavit? may bo conveniently made, and he shull cause the BAtUG to be distributed in tho several counties of tho State, in such numbers and such manner as in ins judgment may be necessary. Section lt). Any person who shall dis count, shave, or in any manner speen ... in tito claim or application of any soldier, sailor or widow made under this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, und upon conviction shall bo puuislud by lino not oxoocdiug fifty dollars or im prisonmont not exceeding ?ixty days, or both, at tho discretion of the Court. " Section ll. Tho Clerk of tho Court of Common Pleas shall keep a record of the applications endorsed by bim, and any portion having had his chviiu approved by tho board, us heroinbefore staled, may, during tho month of November in tiiioh succeeding yoar, report himself to n Clerk of flu. Court of bis county and ! tain from bim a oortilicato that ho or . tho identical part} named in tho original application, und li si ul eutitlcd I . receive tho bone lits of this Aot, under Ibo conditions Uereiu required. Snob ourtiflcnte shall bo forwarded to tho i mi pt roller (Jouerai, and, with tho ap pro va), of tho aforesaid board, tho Comp troller Genend shu;', continue tho pay ments hereinbefore provided, until tho thirty-first day of Ootober following, or until notified of the death of the party - util led to receive tho ?ame. ?i itiou 12. Any person who shall fri nd tlcntl.v personate any soldier, sailor or widow, for tho purpose of obtaining tho benoflts ol this Aot, or who sholl knowingly maka or cause to be made any false or fraudulent application or stnto I e. nt, 01 by any faloo or fraudulent state ments procure such application to bo i lade, approved or paid, shall bo guilty of it misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall bo punished by Uno not exceeding two hundred dolli rs, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, atf tho discretion of tho Court. Section hi. All Aots or parts of Acta inconsistent herewith uro hereby re pented. VVhoh sume Treatment. During tho oxcreises of a pray01-meet ing among the prisoners in the jail Sun lay, Joe Smith, a negro charged with i me r, amused himself and disturbed tho other prisoners by singing and . diuioiug to a lively tune an 1 by striking and kicking Iiis tellow prisoners while cngagod in prayer, and again so dis turbed thoso collected at tho front win dows that t!ie sermon preached in tho ' 'burch just in front of the jail could not b ? l eard. The other prisoners seized him and a mflned him in thc dungeon. On Monday morning they called in jailor I Jowell, stretched tho offender on tho door, and after stripping him, gave him is sound a thrashing as a man over gets. I'bc lowson was a good one.-Uno Dee Index. Senator Hamilton im Striken. Tho New York Herald hus interviewed i largo number of Congressmen on tho Heading st ri ko. Most ol the lawmakors ire so i uay with their Congressional .voti. ?'?.ut they had no decided opinions dther way lt was not that way with Senator Hampton, who said: "Upon ?euoral principles 1 think strikes suicidal. Ile: present pinn of ordering strikes is :yram ... tl : arded tho Gould striko . ci ii... ll. and tho sinkers should havo >c< '.: pu lisked. i dem i know as to tho presen! strike 1 moan tho particulars." iieail ai Illa liauglitor'H Wedding, WASHINGTON, \>. C., January ll. ,'liarlej li. Jiarriek, of this city, died :o-nighl while hisdaughtor was colobrat ng her marriage to Ito hort Nicholson, t ho wedding lind boon post poned several iines on account of Mr. Barriok's sick ies;, but ho insisted that ho wa? not serious!v i l, and the wedding was sot 'or to-uight. 1' took place accordingly, iud til - weddiug reooptioU hud just bo ina vvhcu tho sorvaut aunounocd that Iku'iick was dead. l u- l?o ii Little OIU-H, Wc often sec children willi red eruptions ni luci- und lennis, rough scaly skin, and .ficn sores ?m tiie litad. These Illings in Heute a depraved condition ol (be blood. I i die growing period, children have need ? I pure blond Iry willoh to Indi.I up strong uni healthy hollies. If Dr. Pierced liol.len Medical i)ls< .?"is given, tho flood is purged of it-- bad clements, and lie child's devolopiUe.nl will bo healthy, ind a> it sho;;!il be. Scrofulous nltccUous, dela ls, fever .sores, hip-joint disease or ii lier crave innhdlc8 and SUlTerlng are sure o rc:.uli ii i, neglect and lack of proper Hitteiition to such Casesf Emperor William has experienced a mango for the bottOr, Taxable property in Vie-such isetts in creased eighty-five millions during tho [mst year. Tho roport that yellow fever exists in rampa and Plant City is without founda tion. There has not boon a caso in .ither of those place for months. Tho President hai nominated Edward S. bragg, of Wisconsin, to bo envoy ex traordinary ami minister plenipotentiary af tho United States to Mexico. A Vicuna dispatch says that the stnfo ment that the L'owcrd would ask tho Porto to summon Prinoo Ferdinand to resign the IPilgarian throne is denied. Tho number of persons killed in tho recent railroad wr li near Bradford, Mass., ia now ascertained to be devon. Some of tho injured are in a critic il con dition. A panic occurred in a cl nindi in tho south of Tyrol, Thursday, through a woman fainting. (Sight persons wore crushed to death, and many wcro in jured. Ovor 4,000 bigs of whiskey were shipped from Mobile in two days during the holidays to prohibition counties in Alabama and Mississippi, Ono boat took 2,000 in a day. Thc Locdon Nows confirms the nn nouuoomont that Moxi<30 bas negotiated a convoraion loan of il lt), ODO, OOO with Bloiohrodor, a Berlin haulier. A dis patch from tho city of Mexico says that there luis boon a hitch in the negotiation of tho loan. Gonoral Butler's motion in arrest of judgment in the caso of the National Homo for disabled volunteer soldiers against him, was overruled by .ludgo Colt in tho United States Circuit Court. Tho vordiot against General Butler waa about ?17,000. A diflloulty occurred Thursday after noon in tho office of tho l'arkor House, Anniston, Ala,, botweenW, iv. Williams, the proprietor, and I*. H. Uvnus, result ing in the shooting and killing of both men. A young man named Thomas Gamillo, wno was attempting to prevent tho trouble, w as shot in tho leg below tho knee, but was not seriously hurt. A colored man who was passing at tho time also received a slight woond in the leg. Tho trouble grow out of a state ment, sondo by Williams to Evans in j reference to tho infidelity of his wife,, i whioh Evan? refused to believe.