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PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY. ON 13 TJOT^IjAII A. YJEJA.lt. DOUSCHKA PICKENS DUOAS. The Heroine of (lie "lied Shirt?"?A Homantlc Story of IS70. hy uknie oim'hahd stovaix. Douschka Pickens Dugas. South Car olina's "Joan of Arc/' who died re cently, waeoneof the famous women of the South?one whose name will be woven through the tapestry of Ameri can history, and whose memory will be revered and loved by every muu who fought for Southern indepen dence. Douschka Pickens was the youngest child of Governor Francis VV. Pickens, of South Carolina. He married Lucy Holeombo, a Kentucky beauty, whose brilliancy of mind and loveliness of per son eclipsed all rivalry at the Court of St. Petersburg, where she was pre sented when a bride; her husband Brior to the lato war being. United tates minister to Russlu. Mrs. Pickens became noted through out Europe for her wondrous beauty. ArtLts nought her, and painted her in every pose that could reveal to advan tage the pure classic outline of face and figure, and catch from nature her exquisite coloring. It was during Mrs. Pickens' reign at tho Court of St. Petersburg that Douschka was born in the palace of the Czar. Kho was christened Fruneesca, but, as a little child, she was called Douschka, which in tho Russian langu age moans Darling. That name lias clung to her over sinco, and sho was known by no other. On tho return of Governor Pickens and his family to America, they ocou plod tho Pickens homestead?a grand old mansion known as Ed go wood, and situated in tho suburbs of Edgolleld, S. C. The Pickens' homosteud is known far and wide, and its memory will bo cher ished through many years to come. Tho children of to-day will tell to gen erations yot unborn that which they havo learned from thoir fathers, of tho glorios of tho Pickons mansion, around whoso name will over bo encircled the lustor and grandeur of tho Souths most brilliant period. It was tho center of an ologant hos pitality, whore statesmen met, and tho flowers of Southern beauty and chivalry congregated. In long years past, Pros ton and Pottigrow, Hay no and Magrath wore entertained there, while foreign notables, also, wore tho recipients of tho same hospitality. Edgewood Is a mansion of colonial architecture, built with English solidl tv. Its WrIIh nrp of ???nnllorl r>olr alls It no for ate. of ?t of fton 'ado tier, oral, Dou natu >rbed ol ded ipleu 'ier's face Her tents mte c to ities. Half >rse ?less rful jeet ery i try tor sho red the olds goes .od a joun dy. urage .....v,_. i that whloh gave her tho synomyn of "Caro lina's Joan of Arc " was the following incident: In 1870 tho red-shirt movement which redeemed South Carolina from carpet-bag domination was started in Edgeficld County. Tho State was com pletely under Republican control, but Genera1 Wade Hampton had sworn that he would bo Govornor, "fcr know tho reason why." Tho Republicans, mostly negroes, were rioting through out the State, and clashes with the whites were of almost daily occur rence. In fact, there was an incipient war of races in South Carolina, tho Re publicans and negroes having greatly the advantage. Just at this juncture a band of 1,500 red shirts rodo into Edgofleld village with Douschka Pick ens at tho head. Tho sight was as in spiring as Joan of Arc leading hor victorious soldlors to battlo. She was clad in a costume of red, and from hor hat was a long waving plume. She railed the men to follow her, and the wildest enthusiasm was kindled throughout tho State, and tho red shirts wero triumphant. A few years later Douschka Piekens married Dr. George Dugas, a man of . culture and brilliant attainments. Ho curried hor to Augusta, Ga., his home, where she could havo reigned a social queen, but she could not endure tho social restraints of a city life, and she returned to the home of her girlhood, where a few weeks ago sho died. As tho funeral cortege passed to tho family vault, ono would havo believed that it was tho burial of some great and worshipped warrior. Veteran soldiors marched in line, and strong men wopt; old family negroes followed tho bier, and tholr walls echood through the forest. Twenty hunting dogs that had oft followed her in tho ohnso, and lovod her, also joined in tho march, and scorned Intuitively to feel their loss barking and whining, us if in agony. It waa a mournful sight, one that will mnko hearts throughout tho South sad at tho recital. Sho, who, liko tho oxilod Empress of France-+-robbod of hor lovod ones?rob bed of her wonlth?Is now loft alone in the desolate homo, that Is fast crum bling to ruin, a wreck of a glorious past. WtNTKIl.STOKMS.?W. F. Fostor. of St. Joseph, Mo., ei- .ms tobe a weather prophet, and sajs: "More severe weather than usual will occur from November 24 toDoceraber 0, and Imme diately following this period a severo cold wave may bo oxpected. Winter storms will cross tho country about November 2f> and December 1 and 7. January weather will bo of unusual in terest and I will mail a chart, giving a graphic forecast of temporaturo, rain fall and force of storms to thoso who send a stamped and addressod en velope." ?;?rof. W. F. Mossey, of the State Agricultural and Mechanical College of North Carolina, will accompany Congrosssmsn Aloxandor on n trip to the West to examine tho sugar beet industry. A company wishes to grow tho boot in North Carolina and estab lish sugar factories in Raleigh. Tho reasons are too short in tho North und Weit, and North Carolina it< reguu'od as a particularly favorable place for AT THK I^ANIVS HMD. The Farmer? who Own Productive I-and Will Have Hverythlnjt Their Own Way In the Future. If the population of our cities and towns grows during the next fifteen years at its rato for tho past fifteen years the consumption of food products will overtake production. The farm ers who produce food orops will then be on top. Tho home market will pur chase all they have to sell at good prices. The cotton planter, too, will probably And that tho growth of popu lation and tho increased demand for his staple will bring him bettor prices. With such prospects fifteen yoars ahead of us it will bo of interest to sur vey the farming sltutation as it is at present. The arable soils of the united States aro nearly all occupied, and the agricultural development of tho past forty years will be an impossi bility In tho future. Literally speak ing, wo have come to the land's ond. It will be said that the countries of Europe support a much larger popula tion to the square mile than wo do, and that we oau employ scientific methods and iucrease the productive capacity of our lands. This may be true of some localities, but it docs not apply to all. For iostance, it was recently shown in a statistical article lu Tho Now York Sun that under the intensive system of culture the yield por acre of corn, cot ton, wheat and other crops was dimin ishing, instead of increasing in Louisi ana. From this it would seem that the intensive Bystem does not suit per haps a largo extent of our southern territory. Now, that we have reached tho land's end, what are wo doing with our cultivated area? A writer in tho Nation ealla attention to tho condition of tho Carolina foot hills. Tho spil in that region is washing down tho slopos. There Ts no sod to bind it. and as tho furrows generally run downward tho land is badly gullied and impoverished beyond redemption. When a lield is worn out tho owner outs down a por tion of tho forest and proceeds to wear out more land. Somo plantations that produced a bale to tno aero fifteen yoars ugo aro now hopelessly sterile, and tho valleys aro becoming useless because tbe beds of tho streams aro filled up and a Hood comes with every rain. Tho writer hero quoted says : " If tho destroyed forests had been loft standing and properly carod for, their value would now bo inestim able. A North Carolina farmer, who worked forty yoars in destroying the timber of a tract of l,;iOO acres" that ho came into possession of, with tho re sult of remaining at the ond almost as poor as when ho began, stated that if ho had loft tho wood all standing, the black walnut and yellow poplar alono would now bo worth as much as all the crops it ever produced. Professor Sargent pronounces this southern Alleghaby deciduous forest not only tho most beautiful in this country and tho richest in species, but one of the most valuable in the world. Tho land is rieh up to tho very crest of the ridges in many places, and it is this richness that chiefly gives tho forest its luxuriance. This richness of soil gtvos tho greatest temptation to im provident cutting; tho more so since tho people of the region aro poor, standing in need of all tho money they can get. As, however, tho country is permanently impoverished by their i short-sighted and ignorant poliey, it j may bo scon that this soction furnishes I ono of tho best fields for the dissominn j tion of tho principles of good forestry." In tho Mississippi valley, in tho northwest and on tno Pacific slope thd same disastrous poliey is followed. The forests aro wastefully destroyed and an area equal to that of sevoral I states has been ruined for farming pur poses. Garden and Forest estimates that It will take a rest of a thousand j years to restore the productive capa I city of this vast territory. So, when consumption catches up I with production, it will bo found that tho latter cannot be stimulated to keep j pace with tho former. Wo shall be J driven to tho necessity of importing common staples, and our homes farm ers who have tbe good fortune to own productive land will havo it all their own way. <0' u,rn """-t'.-p tho further I waste of. ' . limited area of farming I laijii .L.i.i can we get a more abundant I j told cut of tho torritorv now under cultivation V This is a big question, and it grows more pressing every year. ?Atlanta Constitution. B FX K FITS OF FARM LdFF. I The Prosperity of the Fanner an Object of Universal Interest. ; At tho recent Agricultural Congress t at the Columbian Fair in Chicago, I Samuel W. Allerton, ehairman, gave his idea of how farms should be managed. Ho said among other things: " Never in tho history of our country has such an opportunity as this boon Offered, when citizens from every State in tho Union and representatives from the Old World, can meet to exchange ideas on farm culture, and to learn from each other how to develop tho land, how to improve our social condition, how to realize the dignity and importance of our calling, and generally, how to benefit ourselves and mankind. General farm culture is an object of highest interest to tho whole world, becauso tho farmer is tho sourco of supplies and to him all mankind must look for subsistence. More than any other which can bo named, his is tbe ono occupation in which it may bo truly said that the people of the whole world havo a direct and positivo In terest, for upon the success of farm culture finally depends all commercial, financial, and industrial interests ; in deed, the welfare of tho whole body politic largely deponds on tho success ful farmer. Tho public press has long been filled with accounts of tho dis content and unhappiness of tho poor farmer, and tho masses of the people havo boon ltd to bolievt* that almost any position in lifo is preferable to that of the agriculturalist; but tho truth is there is no other general occupation that afforts so great an opportunity to gain a pleasant home and substantial independence as that of tho farmer ; no other occupation which affords such facilities for tho development of morality and tho social virtues. It is well known that our large cities are burdened to a largo extent with an ignorant and non-productive popula tion, which has neither tho opportuni ty nor the disposition to learn the duties and enjoy tho priviloges of civil and religious liberty. Suob is tho nature of agricultural pursuits that a portion of tho time of every farmer can conveniently bo spont in the study of the institutions of his country and of tho branches of learning nuwt usoful and agreoabla to him. " Tako this groat city, with its mil lion and a half of people ; take 500,000 out, how docs the other 1,000,000 live, compared with tho farmer? Any In telligent man would rather havo thirty acres of land in the country for a home than to bo tho best mechanic in Chicago, who gots $-1 a day." ?~mmm- I ?? ?JotTerson County, Ala., in which Birmingham is located, has about ono hundred and fifty milosof graded pub lic road, and about one hundred and thirty-five of thorn havo boon macada mized with limestone. Tho total cost of theso roads to tho county has beon something moro than $?U0,0O0, but tho public is well satisfied with tho invost mont. Tho good roads havo oponod up territory in every direction and tho county is being filled up with markot gardens, produco farms, vlnoyards, etc. Five years ago everything of this kind camt from a distance by rail, but theso smooth roads havo given tho city tho best home markot in tho coun try. Tho farmers of St. Clalr, Cullman, lilnnnt and Walkor countios all eomo with tholr prodyco, and tfyisyear Bir I raipghom is developing wonderfully as I a cotton ro^rk?'t. A TTilMUTK TO THE HOG. An Ktoquent Defense of His Imperial Majesty autl World-Wide KeputA (ton. The following tribute to the' hog Is 1 from the peu of Samuel Clark, of Iowa, who is said to have delivered it ut an ( agricultural fair two years ago: For (1,000 years the hog has been the | object of derision and contempt. So ; intensely has he been despised that to I hate him has been a pleasure. So bitter was tho antipathy that herds men, keepers of the hog, were regarded as " boors " and ostracised from society. Munklnd turned from him in contempt and called him unolean. While all others of God's creatures in the animul kingdom have been worshipped by heathen idolutors, the hog was sup posed to have wallowed so low in the mire of corruption and mistiness that no tongue in tue heathen lands could be found to do him reverence. No knee would bow to worship at his shrine?a wandering vagabond, an outcast, a scavenger, left to "root hog i or die." The devils entered in, took possession of his passions and plunged Ulm In the sea. But, behold, amidst all this he "saves his bacon'' and lives, takes a new "route," and, Pncoulx like, ho "rises from the ashes." The hog acknowledges no superior. Attempt to drive him and ho will " right about" and stand face to faco wltn any man, and, with daring bravery of a Napoleon, he will ohargo t hrouj;n a solid phalanx. Behold him, bred so fine with blood so blue, that his node is now turned up at all man kind ! He supplies tho hungry world with meat so sweet and nutritious that it is sought ufter by rich and poor? "Armour," tho rich. Ho is furnish ing tho groase to run the maohinory of tho world. Tho busy spindles and looms hum night and duy. oiled with his lard. Tho whools of tho ponderous trains groaning under the woight and commerce of a nation, uro lubricatod with his fat. The boot and shoe trude of civilization is made to bustle with his bristles. Wealth and lucro recognizo in him tho " al mighty dollar," and bow in submission to his sway, tntolligent and dignified yoomauiy listen for whispors of his wants, and anticipating his needs, husten to supply them. Stutes and nations sond scientists in silk hats and somber Prince Alborts to inquire after his hqalth. Majestically and grandly ho moves with an irresistible power that swoops across the seas where startled empires, kingdoms and republics sit in stately delobiration to legislate on his coming. Germany, England, and Franco havo said to American pork and lard, "Thus far shalt thou como and no farthor; here shalt thy proud waves bo stayed ;" but, ore another year rolls round, they will bo willing to carry him to tho most stately puluco on " llowory bods of easo." Ho has grown to such woight that his gigantic tread .shakes the financial circles of two hemispheres. Words uro idlo. No encomiums from mo or eulogies In re sponse eun do him proud. He has "passed the Rubicon.'* Ho needs no "monumental pile to rear Its lofty head to heaven." no princoly dome whose towering heights shall pierce tho stormy clouds to tell of his impor tance. His groaso?bis grease alone rendered?is immortal. Beautiful hog! Oh, tho hog, tho well-bred hog. With pedigree filling a catalogue? Ovor the corn, over tho farm, Under tho fence, into tho haru, Grunting, Squealing, Hooting along. Beautiful hog, with an odor so strong. Gorging on corn, with appetite grout, Turning to grease, oblivious to fate ; Beautiful hog, with a curl in your tail, Fat as an alderman tilled up with ale. Curious and Scientific licms. The largest nugget of gold follilu" in Mexico within the. memory of white men was picked uL by a Mexican at Planchas placers, Sonora, in tho spring of 1892. It weighed 'ourteen and a half pounds. An European mathematician of world-wide celobrity claims that from a single potato a caroful cultivator could raise 10,000,000,000 tubers within a period of ten years. There is a bold ridgo of gray vol canic mountains in Uio Capo Verde islands tho crest of which is said to form an exact likonoss of George Wash ington. In calculating "oxact time "at tho national observatory at Washington, the astronomers do not, as is generally supposed, use the sun as a basis of their calculations. Such deduction are made only from the relative position of tho " lixod stars." In every land between Spitzborgen and Patagonia there is soino species of the common blood-sucking mosquito. In British America and Alaska they are very largo and troublesome Tho Bi ?itish scientific expedition to the Philippine islands is said to havo discovered 2,000 foot abovo sea level, on tho sides of tho extinct volcano Apo, a flower five feet and a hull in diame ter. That peculiar old city, Inquique, Bolivia, should certainly bo tho Mecca of Melbourne and our government rain makers. No man oversaw a rainstorm at that place. Tho assayer who examined tho aerolito that foil on tho farm of Lpw ronco Freeman, near Bath, S. D., on tho afternoon of August 29, 1892. reports that tho principal minerals it contains are golii, silver, nickel and cobalt. Statisticians claim that the earth will not support exceeding 5,994,000,000 people. Tho present population is estimated at 1,407,000,000, the incroaso being 8 per cent each deeade. At that rtito the utmost limit will be reached In tho year 2072. Tho first nowspapor published in Holland appeared on tho morning of January 8, 1056. It was called Do Woeckctycke Cournnto Van Europa. It is now tho Haarlem Courant. The moon is not ho small after all. Its surface area is fully as great as that of Africa and Australia combinod. which would muko is only about thirteen and n half timos smaller than our earth. Tho ScnenecUuly, N. Y., postofllco once received a letter bearing this address; "Mr. Rev. G. W. Drees, Servant of God, Learned Man of Scrip* Pure. Peachor Over tho Sheep. Bucks and Mother Lambs of tho Congregation of tho Lord." Gold leaf, when beaten into a sheet of tho thickness of but one two hundred and fifty thousandth of an Inch, ap pears to*bo of n beautiful groon whon held up to the light. Such shoots aro really semi-transparent. Tho water tunnol under Lako Michi gan at Chicago is eight foot in d iameter, four miles long and cost tho city $1, 100,000. Nothing si eiil I bo cooked in iron vessels that can i> ? cookod in earthon ware. Tho boat is more uniform, tho flavor is bettor preserved and there is less liability to burn in tho oarthon waro vessels than in tho iron. There is a liability of disenso germs in tho dust und dirt that adhere to tho ordinary wear of any porson during tho day, and it is wise theroforo always to brush your clothing ovory tlmo you chango it after a day's uso of it. A good way to test ham is to stick a knifo under tho bone. If the knife comes out clean and with a sweet smell, tho ham is pure and wholesome. A good set of carpenter's tools aro among tho most 'valuable articles to havo around tho houso. and thoy should always bo kept in a box by themselves whero thoy can always l?o found. ?Jacob Junk, of M.Uwaukeo, agod oighty-threoyears, has brought suit for (lrvrn^orn^luBt his* \vifo oa thejfround that she taVos away his spectacles. THE PHOSPHATE FIGURES. Return of the Mining Companies for the Paat Year. The following returns of phosphate rock mined and removed during the fiscal year lust ended have been receiv ed at the office Qf the Comptroller Gen eral. All the returns are not in yet and tho?e received for October have not yet been tabulated. The returns so far received are as follows : November.* 12,441 47 Decomber. 1,351 88 January. 23,432 50 February. 31,203 75 March. 26,090 25 April. 12,405 50 May. 28,598 81 June. 30,385 99 July. 22,521 59 August. 23,023 00 ? September. 6,205 00 Total.$217,720 20 The above figures also represent the number of tons mined and moved. The amount paid the State by the Shosphate companies during the last seal year was $233,547.43. On account of the rtorm on the coast in AugUBt the returns for the nextyear will fall very far short of the abovo figures, and it is not probable that the Stato will get more than $75,000 noxt year in any event. Even If tho com panies do yet agreo to the proposal made by the State the amount mined will be small, as it will be several months yet before some of the com paulos will be ablo to resume mining operations. GENERAL. NEWS SUMMARY. ? Goorge W. Stiekaoy, a real estate and insu ranee man. of Washington. I). C, has disappeared, leaving liabilities behind him estimated at $20,000. ?Petitions potosting against tho placing of wool on tho free list are be ing circulated and signed by almost every one in Wostorn Texas, regard loss of party. ?The Danubo Navigation Company does the largest river businoss of any company in tho world. Its steamers carry 1,200,000 passongors and 1,4U0,000 tons of froight every year. -Mrs. Violet Paco Jackson, wifo of Bishop H. Molvillo Jackson, of Ala bama, died in Richmond, Va., Thurs day, at tho rosidonco of hor father, James B. Pace. ?John W. Hogg, chief clerk of tho navy department, and for thirty-nino years an employe of tho government, dropped dead at his home in Hockvillo, Md., on tho 14th Inst. ?Tho attorney general of Now Jersey has begun suit against tho American Tobacco Company, capital stock $25,000,000, for violating the laws of the Stato against trusts. ?The Georgia Association of Cotton Seed Growers and Shippers has passed a resolution rofusing to ship seed to anybody at $11 per ton, and hope to keep tho planters from selling oven at this price. ?Tho flint glass manufacturers out sldo of tho United States Glass Com pany havo decided to form an in dependent asssociation and start their factories at once. This will givo omploymont to 9,000 men. ?Tho President has appointed J. Scott Harrison to bo surveyor of customs for the port of Kansas City. Mo. He is tho Domocratic brother of ex-President Harrison, and an aetivo Democratic politician. ?A final survey of tho ship canal across the Florida peninsula will short ly bo made. Tho canal will be about 300 feet wide, and about 150 miles in length. It will shorten tho distance from Now Orleans to Liverpool 1,000 miles. ?Tho historical collection of the Baltimore and Ohio Riul"Oad, illustra ting tho development of tho locomo tive, and wbLu was exhibited at the World s Fair, has been offered to tho city of Baltimoro by President Charles F. Mayer. ?Senators James Z. George, of Mis sissippi, and A. H. Colqultt, of Geor gia, and ICx-Senator S. B. Maxey. of Texas, all of whom woro olllcers in tho Confederate army, are on the Mexican pension roll. Gen. J. B. Kershaw, of South Carolina, was a veteran of tho Mexican war. ?It is computed that tho death rate of tho world is sixty-seven a minute, and tho birth rate seventy a minute, and this seemingly light "per centage of gain is sufficient to give a net in crease of population oach year of al most 1,200.000 souls. ?Tho Louisiana Alcohol Company has organized for tho purpose of mak ing alconol out of molasses. Tho capa city of t?o mill is 3,000 gallons per mouth. On this there has to bo paid 90 cents revenue tax a gallon. It is ex poctod that tho business will increase until all the surplus molasses is turned into alcohol. ?With all but two counties heard from, tho official majority for Governor McKinley in Ohio stands at 81,187 and the indications are that it will not fall below 81,000 when tho full vote is an nounced by the Secretary of State. In only ono county (Pike) did the Donio oratS make a net gain and this amount ed to only 121 votes. ?F. W. Putman, president of tho Lexington (Ky.) water works company, has been arrested at Kxeter, Mass., for embezzling $30,000 from the Nation al bank of which ho was tho president. Tho American Trust Company of Now York, trustees for bondholders of tho water company, havo sent an ex pert to Investigate, and startling developments are expocted. Magnetic Norvino quickly restores lost manhood and youthlul vigor. Sold by Carponter Bros., Greenville, S. C. T/ie Change from Girlhood to Wo manhood ? is fraught with dangors. At tins period the young woman is especially sensitive, and many nervous troub les, which continue through life, havo their origin at this time. If there bo pain, headache, and nervous disturb ances, or tho general health not good, the ju dicious use of medicine should be oinployed. Dr. Pioreo's Favorite Prescription is the best tonio and nervine at this time. The best bodily condition results from its use. It's a remedy specially indicated for those delicate weaknesses and de rangements that afflict womenkind at ono period or another. For all women, at all times of life, in all cases of peculiar nature, tho "Proscription"is the safe agent that builds up, strengthens, and cures. In oatarrhal inflammation, in ehronio disorders and displacements common to women, it is guaranteed to benefit or cure, or the money is refunded. A great many medicines "relievo" Catarrh in tho Head. That meano that it's driven from tho head into tho throat and lungs. But, by its mild, soothing, cleansing and healing properties, Dr. Sago's Catarrh Rem edy perfectly and permanently ours*. Highest of all in Leavening rower.?-Latest U. S. Gov't Report. Baking Powder ajbsolutely pure A RECORD OF CItlMF. Murdered for the Insurance Money - Killed In His Own Itoom by Ltui-jf liirs?Two Men Kill Fach Other. Dallas, Tex., Nov. 15. ? On Sunday night, October 25, Y. M. Langdon, a prominent business man. after stepping from a street car, and just before reaching Iiis gate, was murdered by a negro, armed with a piece of gas pipe, who dealt him a blow which crushed his skull, cuusing almost instant death. Detectives went to work on the case, and yesterday arrested John Harris, colored, at Lampasas. The negro was brought here last night, and made a full confession, stating that William G. Parish, the murdered man's partner in business, had employed him to com mit tho the murder. Parish was ar rested last night and jailed. About midnight he made an attempt to com mit suicide by butting his head against the-iron bar of his cell door. It is be lieved ho will recover. Parish, it is stated, hold a $10,00) policy on Lang* don's life. Parish's attompted suicide, in con nection with tho confession of the ne gro, is accepted as conclusive evidence of his guilt. Ho was born and reared in Huntsville. Texas, and was at ono time financial agent of the State peni tentiary, by appointment of Governor Uoss. After the murder, detectives shadowed him night and day. Ono day last weok Parish ontcred tue Com mercial Bank and drew two fifty dollar bills, placod the.m in an envelope and mailed them to John Harris, Lam pasas. This led to Sheriff Cabell go- i lug there and finding t he negro. Chicauo, Nov. 15. ?Thomas Prunty was shot and killed by burglars who broko into his house at No. 13 West Thirteenth street, about 3:45 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Prunty was awakoned by hearing two men moving about her bedroom. She aroused hor husband, who jumped out of bed and confronted tho intruders, ono of whom fired, instantly killing Prunty. His wife's screams, together with tbe Shooting, brought other members of tho family to the room. Peter Prunty 1 and his sister Sadio hurried in from different directions. Their approach blocking tho burglars' escape, the latter fired upon thorn, wounding the young man in tho left ankle and his sister in tho fleshy part of tho leg above tho knee. The burglars escaped beforo aid could bo called, and none of tho fami ly obtained a description of tho despe radoes. Wilmington, N. C, Nov. 15.?A special to tho Messenger from Green ville, N. C, says: Abuer Slaughter and Doc Smith killed each other to day. They had disputed over land. Smith ordered Slaughter to stop cut ting on tho disputed land ; Slaughter refused ; Smith shot him. They then clinched and emptied their ?pistols in each other, Smith's brother giving Slaughter several blows on the head with a piece of iron. Smith fell dead. Slaughter snapped an'empty pistol live timos in tho breast of tho other Smith, and then fell and died at once. The tragedy occurred about nine miles from here. Feed the Fatherless. Thanksgiving day if coming. So is Christmas ! Good times are these to remember the needy and deserving poor. Who more needy or deserving than the orphans. There aro more than a hundred of them in the ho,r>OS of the Thornwell Orphanage. Clinton. '1 bey come fivm almost every South ern and several Northern and western states of the Union: their parents were of at least ten different denominations of Christians. But here, they are all of ono family, trained in ways of use fulness and pietv, fitted to do good work for tho world by the lessons they receive. This Homo is undor the caro of Presbyterians. But it is in no sense local, neither does it confine its benefits to children of their faith. It is provided for by voluntary gifts. There is no appropriation to its support by any ecclesiastical or charitable i body. Individual gifts alone aro its dependence. For eighteen years, it I has been in existence, growing con tinually in numbers; in that time it has tiained many orphans for useful ' ness. In all that time. God's people ! have not allowed the fartberlessones to suffer. Gifts of money or provisions may bo sent directed simply to '?Thornwell Orphanage," Clinton, S. C, or to Dr] Jacobs, its presiding officer. Don't forgot tho orphans on thanks giving day and Christinas. They need your holp, render. amt I S?-? Christ nuts Nunbor. The December issue of the Delineat or is called the Christmas Number, and is rich in material pertaining to tho holiday season. The styles for the month are exceptionally handsome and appropriate, and tho younger members of the family receive special attention in an illustrated article entitled Party Dresses for Misses aud Girls. There is also an appropriate articloon Fashions in Fur Garments. A paper that is invaluable to all ladies is called Some Suggestions for Homo-Made Christmas Gifts, and the houscwifo is especially considered in Dainty Desserts for tho Holiday Season. Christmas Legend and Folk-Lore is mo.it interest ingly treated, and as an antidote there is a description of a very modern Krise Kringlo Party. Tho children will be delighted with the entertainment provided for them, and tho parents will appreciate tho ideas contained in The Children's Christinas. In addition to this special matter thero aro articles on many popular subjects. Dancing and Lawn Tennis, the two papers in the Sportsand Pastimes series, are brought to a close this month : Household In novation tells about Floor Coverings, Furniture and Moths. Child-Life deals with Recreation for Boys and Girls, Physical Culture continues Instruction in Fxpression, and Around the Tea Table makes us acquainted with the fashionable fancies of the season. Novelties aro illustrated In the papers on Knitting, Crocheting, Tatting, etc., with full Instructions for making. This number is an excellent one with which to begin a subscription, which costs Ono Dollar ayoar ; Single Copies, Fi ftoon Cents. Address Orders to Tho Suttorlck Publishing Co., [Limited], 40 Bist Fourteenth Street. New York. Notloe. Bo modern. Don't harass the syst, in with noxious drugs. Monterey cures Mularia, Nervousness, Indigestion and Bowel Complaints. It is simpio, ploas aut to ta.ito and leaves no bad effect*. Men aro made manly, tho old made young and vigorous by Magnetic Ner vine. Sold by Carpenter Bros., Green ville, S. C. Don't bo talked into having an op eration as It may oost your lifo. Jap aneso Pilo Curo is guaranteed to euro you by;-Carpenter Bros., Greenville, e" / \\<> ? ii ii |d United States Treasury ? A great deal of mutilated money is sent to the Treasury to bo examined, and some interesting particulars of tills work are given be-low. By means of a piece of glass tho 'size of a bank note, marked into twenty-four squures. the face of the bill is determined. If sixteen of the squares can be covered by th? mutilated bill, tho whole value Is paid : if less than sixteen, and more than twelve, half tho value : If loss than twelve, it is rejected entirely. Twenty-two dollars found In tho nest of a mouso. were recently sent to the Treasury in a condition that defied re cognition by the naked eye. Mrs. Blown wont to work with a micros cope, and patiently sorted out tho whole amount. One hundred and eighty dollars, which went through the Vanderbllt lire at Newport, came to Mrs. Brown as a charred muss of paper, which she identified. When an OX press car is burned, the safe is s"iit. unopened, to the Treasury Depart ment. Thero it is opened by women ex ports, who empty tho contents, often on ly a mass of ashes and sift them through a sieve. The charred bits of money aro then picked out and submitted to a microscopic examination. Not long ago, twenty-two tiny diamonds were recovered by sifting the a lies a third time before burning them. Tho vaults aro often filled with the stench of money recovered from dead bodies in pestilent districts, as during the pre valence of yellow fever in the South. Such money is fumigated, and no dis eases havo ever been communicated to employes. Gold and silver are also counted by women, and women mani pulate the machine which has taken tho plneo of shears for trimming notes, and | ( the machine which stamps tho bank I notes. In tho Treasurer's office is the i last of tho original seven women em 1 pioyes?Miss Elizabeth Steuer. She : keeps the payrolls of the navy. Her : work necessitates tho reducing of every i variety of foreign money toour values. '? For t hirty years Miss Stoner has oeeupi ; ed almost the same dosk-room and many j a time has she heard "heelers" ousted with small ceremony when they came to urge the Treasurer to discharge her to make room for a voter. Capture op a Criminal.??William Carpenter, one of tho most noted criminals evor known in this State, has been an rested atMacon, (.hi., and is in jail awaiting the arrival of an officer with requisition papers. Carpenter's crime is familiar to the public, al though it was committed several years ago. He and Whltofiold MutToll mur dered Preston Yauco, a prominent young man of Kdgefield county. They were convicted of the murder at the November term of the court of gen eral sessions of that county. In. Dec comber, 1889, just a short time before they wore to have been hangod, thoy escaped from jail. Their escape creat ed much talk all over the State. Mur roll was roarrosted not long after and his sentence was commuted to ten years in the penitentiary, where ho is now serving sentence. Carpenter's disappearance was as complete us if he had been swallowed. Nothing was heard of him until a few days ago when the sheriff of Kdgoliold was notified of his arrest in Maeon. The man who arrested him will get. a nice sum. There is a lotnl reward of $350 for him?$250 ottered by the Gov ernor and $100 offered by tho sheriff of Kdgefield. ?Ten short stories, a contemporary view of Virginia by Thomas Nelson Pago, a pen-picture of the present House of Commons by Thomas Power O'Connor, and a description of Mexi can ranch life l>y Frederic Remington are some of the attractions of Harper's Magazine for December. Pictorially, this number is said to be unsurpassed by its predecessors. ?"Is your appetite oapriciou8?" asked the physician, who had boon called in to see farmer Mcddergrass. ?'That's what it is, doctor," replied the. granger. "Some days I oat liver and bacon all right, an then again it seems as if nothing would do but corned beef an cabbage or sourl:rout ? an sas sigos." Johnson's Oriental Souji is far superi or to all the other so-called medicinal soaps for beautifying tho complexion. Sold by Carpenter Bros., Greenville, S. C. QE-FORE - AFTfcFV MAGNETIC NERVINE. Is sold with written guarantee to euro NervousProotrH tlon. Fite, Dizzi noes,Headache und Notirnl?in nndWake fiilnosK.can-od tar OX ceMtvouMof Opium, Tobacco find Alco hol; Mental I>(?i>rc^ 'ii, 8oftenlnK?t tho Brniii, causing Misery, Insnnlty and Death; Bnrrenou, Impotoncy, i.o?.t Power in either *ox. Premature Old A?o, Involuntary LoHxeo, omitted by nvor-inuulgonoo, ovor-oxortlon of the Brain end Erroroof Youth. Ufftvosto \Vonk Orrana tuolr Natural VlRor und double? tho joys of life; euros LncorrlHun nnd Female Wcnknwii, A nionthV treat ment, in plain piu-Liii'i- by itii.11, to any address, ft j er box, 0 hoxenfA. with overj tr> order \vu izivo it Wrlttnn Guarantee to eure or refund the money. Circular* free. Uuuraiitvo Issued only by our ex Cltlniv? uguut. Carpenter Duos , Gur.KN-vir.T.to. s C MONTEREY. 1750. THE MONK'S R5MS3?," 1940, \ TONIC. NERVINE, BLOOL PUR1 PIER Like Cures Like. The Poison of the Swamp has its Antidote in the Swamp. For Malaria. Noi'VOUsness, Indiges tion, Dysentery and Bowel Complaint, ask your dealer for MONTEREY. If he doe.-, not koop It, Wo will send you a largo bottle, expross prepaid, on re ceipt of $1.00. MONTEREY CO., Florence, S. ('., Props, and M'fl'S, F. W. WAGENER Sc CO.. Charleston,S, C. State Agents. .Q.' nONAI.DSON. A.M. OOWAI-OBON T. Q. & A. H. DONALDSON Aiiornoys and Counsellors hi Liw. (HtKKN VII.LK, 8. O. Praotlce In the Ktnto nnri United Stftte Courts. iiVtl-lf -FOR SALE BY? -WHO - WEITESTER & MARTINS They are our Fashionable Hair Cutters and Shavers. Ben-Dl-lla llote THE LAI IK HNS HAK ii. Y. HIM l'stiN. C D. UAIUODAIiK SIMPSON & IIAitKSI)ALIS, Attorneys at Law. LAURLNs, SOUTH CAROLINA Spoolnl attention given to the itivpstb Kation of titles ntul noll^etlon of claims. U. \V. BALL. 1.. W. SIMKINS. W. \v. It ALL BALI., K1MKIKS ? HALL, Attorneys at Law, Laukkns, Souiii Carolina. Will practica in nil Stai?> anil United i Stute* Court. Speclsl attention nlvon collection*. J.T.JOHNSON. W. It. ItlOl.KY. JOHNSON <V RICH ICY, I AT'l't) t; N 10Y * AT i. >\ VV . Offiok? Fleming's Comer, Northwest side iif 1'iililic Stpnirc. LAUKKNS, - SOUTH OAROLfNA. W. II. MARTIN, Attorney at Law, Lauukns, - South Cakolina. Will practice in till C-'Urts of thin Stsoo. Attention arlvon to c??||#.oiiiinM. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE noVUp. Do you wear them? When next in need try a pair. Best In the world. * 5.00^r""""X$3.00 L*250 $2.00 for ladies $2.00 1*1.78 FOR BOYS If you want afino DRESS SHOE, mado Intho latest stylos, don't r *J $d to $8, try my $3, $3.50, $4.00 or $5 Shoe. They fit equal to custom mado and look and wear as well. If you wish to economize In your footwear, do so by purchasing W. L. Douglas Shoes. Namo and price stamped on tho bottom, look for It when you buy. W. L. DOUGLAS. Brockton, Maas. Sold by For SaU- by too LAU HUNS UAS.M COMPANY. Laurons, S. ('. IN ^SPECIALISTS*,_ (ltCKIll?!' Ormluittea.) Ate the icndlntr and n? it Aiicccspful npcclaitsts nn.t ? III give, you help. Venn;! an.I mid dle ajjed men. Rcmnrkablo re sult* hu\ a follow ed our treatuiont. Many ye u r? ot varied and tue es ? ful experience In the use of cura tive met ho la 11n*r wo nlone own nni control for nil ills in tiersol men ? ho havo weak, unde veloped or .on Casod on;.in?, or Who arc guuTi i Ins ?ftom crrorn of ????mtii nnd exec* >r who nro nei rain niul Impotent ?.(iii! Brurn ol lllPU pfullows niul i ha , , conti mpt of their /?y.vif'C-^' /?;??//>. n ???<. ..i..i . ??S$'^B?t\ Jl. >p..,,i,,:,,. lead* im to Rnni*i\nt?*i? to nil patient*, if nicy can possibly be restored, our own cxcliuilvo treatment will uutorii ii cure. womkv! Don't you want to not cured of that wenknentf with a treatment that you can use at home without Instruments? Our wonderful treat ment boa cured others, why not sou? Try it. OAT .lit JUT. nnd dlsoasos of tho Bkln. Blood, Bean, Llvorand Kidneys. 8YPITILI0?Tho mostranM,anfo and infective remedy, a complete Cura tiuuni uteed. DISEASED of ell kinds cured where many others have failed. l'XXATrn.\L iir.cH.i ihm'.h promptly cured Inn few days. Quiek, eure ami safe. Tb's Includes QlCCt nnd (ionorhica. TRUTtl AND FACTS. We bavo cured C ISOS of Chronic Disease* ihn; have failed to net cured at the hands of other special li (?and medical Institutes, ?i R r.irnru that there ts hor i for You. 0 oisuit no other, rs you may waste viiluub:.' tlino. Obtain our treatment at once. Beware of freo and cheap treatments. Wo glvj the best andmosi neiemiiie treatment at modci n i price* -aslowas ? u bo dono for sun- and *:,>? I Iientini'iil. I K! r eonsoltiitlon at the oil) OOf by mall. Thoroin'li examination .I careful ills - minis. A home treatment can be given Iniimijon afcnsfs. sonil for symptom lilauk No. 1 for Men N'o.Sfor Women: N'o. :! for Kkln Diseases. Alle,: I iDondcrico answon i promptly. Business strictly ei I odontlal. Kntlro treatment sent freo from <ii.?--- ?.. IIoni Hefer to our patients, bunks und business mc-i Address or call on DR. HATHAWAY & CO *- i-a South Broud Street, ATLANTA, fl Westward. " Westward tin-Star of tCmpil'0 Wends Its way." and over onward in t he van o? human progrost in tho front rank of modern on* ventions among tho oetnbltshed faets and reairtlos of tho day. stands without a peer or rival. "Tho Now High Ann Davis Vortical Food Sowing Machine." The Sowing Machine Monarehs of tho past decade have boon forced to yioltl up their scoptres, 08 the inoniford utilities and the adaptabilities of "Tho Davis" have iieen inanlfestod. Tho feature of "Tho Davis" which distinguishes it from all others and has given it this pro-ominonce is the " vertical Foedi" entirely obviating the difficulties hereto fore experienced in doiug satis factorily all kinds of work. This wonder fnl improvment olacos " Th'* Davis" before tho punlic, a perfect Sewing Machine, i impir. durable, nnd adapt d to every possible acqulromont. AL1SXAND1CR, Bros, ? Co., 07 and 111 Washington Street Groon* vlllo, S. C. -THE FRESH EBT / Groceries, Fruits, Canned Goods, and confectons [Kennedy Bros! h d ar,r.r.r.r.r.r.ri.t anaah a n r r.r r.r.r.cc B We have a supply ;>1 SKID rye. You had better ptirehiise' before it is till disposed of .it I KENNEDY'S. I NEXT 000R TO THE POST OFFICE. machinery! \Vg?i?t Working .\l milit'ory. Uriel; mill ? He " It ii : ?-i Stave " (J i it n b. a " liiiMii Tll>*tts|i|l|U " Mill " Kien iitiiibm K N (I I N K s AN 1 > BOIL E R S. Slate Au'i'i vy 'm T ilbnti ?v Hont?' En? l'iiMH air) 11<? ii< i ~. Shw Mini Urisl .M.lls; Urmvorn' brick Mm'binery, D mm le Si-i'i h Cotton I'ic -si k; TI>on>a<*' I) root Anluiir S ??aw (no hells); ih.in' S-ihI ('moo, Ivevati.rs; II.ill .V LuililUtin' dins; Knulfbeitt Rico Hullen?; 11. li. Snihn Co'.- Woo.: Werkln? M-ehin i ry, I'IhiO'i'v, |b<n<l S > ?\ >, Moiibter*, M or Iis i>; Teiietior*-' eonitrisliiu. <omnloto ? <{<> 11 ? 11? i'111 Imi- SmsIi, Door mirl WrtifltD Kill f..i li's; I)??!.? ;icli..'s I'btlltUtiOl) SaW Mi l-, vitii ilili Icfil. HMLTINQ, SITTINGS AND MACH IX kk v sn-"i.i ::s. /JT~ 'a ? '!.? H,|i |ol |.i if. s. V. C. IIADHAM, Manager, C.IliH, S. C. Is Life Worth Livng? Ybsit 1>o|>oih1m On THE LIVER. For more ills it suit from an L'n health) Livui than any other cause. VYIUMI \ "II ill , i JlllOUS i AKE LIVER AID. When you ?Ire Constipated 'PAKE Li VERA ID. W hen son It-el I )i/./.y TAKE LIVER-A ID. When you have Dyspepsia TAKE LIVER-AID. When you have no Api etile PAKE LIVER AID When your SUi-.i is Sallow "] TAKE LIVER-AID. \\ lien you nre Out oi borts T\KK LIVER AID. ' \'o I'AIX-No GltlPBS IN LlVKK All). A graduated medicine pjlass goes free sv i i h each bot i Ic. LIVER-A ID Cost nly 50 et?? And ll Cures Vou. All of tlie above Manufactured by -THE Howard & ivillet drug company, AUGUSTA, GA A ml Sold uy h. martin and b. p. ihisey, Agents. LAURENS, S. C. sot TM CA HOI INA ICAIIAVAV I .etivo ? hurled on .7 .'in am a rrlvo t olumbin 11 am Leave t Imrli-Mm .... ."> 00 pm a rrlvo Columbia 0 i<> pm Leave i olnmbla ?"> .'to tun Arrivo CliflrlcRioii l) % um [<eavo Columbia . . 4 90 pm Arrive t harlctUOll . 8 l? pm Through traina betweon i linrloston and Vehovhlfl and through service between < ImrlGMoii und Walluilla, eon octlng at Helton lor (Ireenvlllo <jnick time between tin- mountains a'Ul no a xnoro. Kor Iutes ami foldcra an ly In R. I'. w a I!I su, G? A., < nnrtfciton',8'. O,