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8{ic Cmucnss ^?ucrtistr, PUBLISH KU EVERY TUESDAY. ttUHCltlPTfON m.fM> FF.H YEAll .?i.i. ' ' j tue KliiK'a Xeply. IJY MAHY II. CI.AHKK. Tlu' English monarch, Georg?) the Fourth, Waa rliling out one day In Wludsor park, with prancing steeds And carriage bright and gey. Ho met ? coarse and blustering muu, Who thought it very wIbo To Haunt his scorn of royalty, liefere tho monarch'", eye?. 44 Uncover, 'tin the king we meet,'' Suid one who rode anear, " Your disrespect will be construed Ab anarchy, I foar." ..Tho.follow'Jvuswered with an oath We would not dare repeat, " I'll not take oiT my hat to him, Or any king I meet." The king who heard the rude remark, Replied, with gracious smile, And bowed with stately courtesy And lifted hat tho while; ? " I to my meanest subjoct would This much of honor give, And pray that long and happily Tho gentloman might live." The king passod on, tho subject paused, Sdrpriscd to thoughtfulncss? Was he indeed the gentlomau Who practiced gentleness? WoUld courtesy and kindliness As truly honor bring, And dignify the humblest man Ah though he weru a king? The Scotch Collie. Hnrpcr's Young People. As a working-dog?u wnge-earncr ?the Scotch collie or shepherd dog is more valuable than any of Iiis race. James Hogg, the Kttrick Shep herd, saw that Without the collie the highlands of Scotland would be almost useless for sheep-farming, aud by sheep farming the people who dwell there have loug chiefly lived. Some authorities, on account of tho wolk-like appearance of the collie, think that he more nearly approaches the original dog than any othor breed. This appearance, however, is more likely to be duo to the purity of his descent. Where ho has been valuable ho had been ijnito a part of the family to which he belongs, and there have been few-v . er accidental crosses and admixtures with othor dogs,___? A collie, at his master's bidding, will round up a large flock of sheep and drive them home. And while they wander in unfeneed pastures, he keeps them out of mischief and always from danger. It is a misfor tune that this dog should have at tracted fashionable notice and be come popular as a pet. He is a very handsome fellow and full of sagacity and fidelity, and these virtues have attracted atten tion to him. But he is never really happy when unoccupied insoitic use ful work, and it is a waste for him to be used merely as a pot. His intelligence enables him to quickly learn almost any trick. While learning,, lie takes great interest; but after he knows it and has done it a few times and learned that it is only play, he generally re fuses to do it any more. These dogs, when bred for pets and instructed and kept occupied in Held, rapidly deteriorate both in intelligence and in hardiness of constitution. They should never he kept in town, and in the country should be employed with sheep. In the absence of the latter, they should have a large run. There arc many beaut if til speci mens in this country, and in some places they are trained and worked in the calling which is natural to them. In Scotland they are said to be very fond of going to church. A Scotch dominie, not liking dogs at church, once asked his congregation to tie their dogs up on Sundays. After a few weeks he found as many tlogs at church us before. Remon strating with his congregation for their inattention to his request, he was informed that the dogs no longer ._came home on Sunday. National Nahtetj. Sumatra means the "happy land." llayti means "mountain country." Java is the Malay word for "land of nutmegs." The Transvaal is the country be yond the Vaal. Columbia was thus called in honor of Columbus. Moldavia took its name from the river Moldau. Bolivia was thus called, in honor of Simon Bolivar. Finland is properly Fcnlund, "the land of marshes." Mexico is the City of Mexitil, the Mexican god of war. Arabia was so called from its in habitants, the Arabs. Prussia was at first Borussia, the country of the Borussi. Abyssinia was the land of Abas sins, or "mixed races." Costa Rica is a Spanish expression signifying "rich coast." Chili is a Peruvian word, signify ing "the land of snow." Canada is an Indian word mean ing "collection of huts." The word Borneo is of native ori gin, signifying "the land." Corsica has a Phoenician name, meaning "wooded islands." Nicaragua was thus named in honor of a chief named Nicaro. An engineer has pointed out that one inch of rain, falling upon an area of one square mile, is equivalent to nearly 17,600,000 gallons, weigh ing i:i5,200,00() pounds, or 72,000 tons. Assuming this water to have fallen from clouds about half a mile, or say 3,000 feet above the earth, we have for the energy represented by it about 22,000 11. P. With pump ing machinery working at tho low rato of consumption of two pounds of coal per horse-power per hour, it would take 200 gross tons of coal to raise the water represented by one inch of rain on a square mile to the assumed height of 8-,00() feet. As a matter of fact, rain often falls from clouds which are at much greater height than 3,000 feet abovo tho ground, so that the figures just given are quite conservative ones. .Household Receipt?. Old-Fashion^ Cakks?Jt. A'. Let Cakr. -Nine egg?, the weight of 1 seven eggs in sugar, the weight of four eggs in flour. Add the sugar to the well-beaten yolks of eggs, then add the whites beaten light. {Stir in the Hour gently, and flavor with lemon. Bake in layers. This recipe will make two layer cake&of three layers each. In m?klig sjwnge cukes as little beating as pos sible should be don< after the Hour is added, this should be stirred in carefully. rl?he filling for this cake is as follows: The grated rind and juice of two oranges and one lemon, a pound qf pulverized sugar, add to this one grated cocoanut and the white of one egg beaten very light. Spread between ttio layers. Southern Layer Cake.?Three cups of sugar, 1 cup of butter, 1 cup of water, white of 8 eggs, 4 cups of flour, 3 spoonfuls of baking powder. Divide the batter, baking half as it is, and to the other half add a table spoonful Of ground allspice, half as much cinnamon, i pound of citron' and the same oaoh of raisins and currants, all chopped line. The tilling for this cake is simply boiled icing, and, like tho rest of the South ern recipes, is rich. Five cups of sugar are boiled till the liquid in dropping will " hair," then this is poured into the well-beaten whites of three eggs. flood lemonade is o*io of the most perfect drinks ever devised. I cwji hardly understand why it is not in daily use in place of tea or coffee, and why it does not drive out overy kind oi" alcoholic drink. Perfect lemonade is made as follows : For u quart, take the juice of three lemons, using the rind of them. Carefully peel the rind very thin, getting just the yellow outside; cut this into pieces and put with the juice and powdered sugar, of which use two ounces to the quart, in a jug or jar with a cover. When the water is just at the boiling point, pour it over the lemon ami sugar, cover at once and let it get cold. Try this way once, and see if it is not delicious. While on the subject, let me say that I know a physician whoso exclusive drink is lemonade. He uses about. 3,000 lemons a year. He weighs 185 pounds, and docs not know what it is to be ill. Cream Cake.?Cuke: One cupful of sugar, two eggs, four tublespoon fuls of milk, one and one-fourth cupfuls of Hour, a teaspoonful of baking powder, and a good pinch of salt. Beat the yolks of the eggs and the sugar to a cream. Add the milk and salt, beat in the Hour, with which the baking powder has been mixed, and add the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Stir till thoroughly mixed, and hake in three buttered plates dusted with Hour. Cream: Two cupfuls of milk, three tahlcspoonfuls of sugar, a pinch of salt, three tahlcspoonfuls of Hour mixed to a smooth paste with a half-cupful of milk, one egg and a half-teaspoonful of lemon or vanilla extract. Scald the milk, and when hot, stir in the Hour paste and salt. Cook ten minutes and add the egg well beaten with the sugar. Stir till well mixed, remove from the lire and cool, add the flavoring and spread between the layers of cake. Hot Milk as a Stimulant.? No one one who, fatigued by over excrtion of body and mind, has ever experienced tin; reviving influence of a tumbler of this beverage heated as hot as it can be sipped, will will ingly forego a resort to it because of its being rendered somewhat less ac ceptable to the palate. The prompt ness with which its cordial inlluence is felt is indeed surprising. Some portion of it seems to be digested and appropriated almost immediate ly, and many who now fancy they need alcoholic stimulants when ex hausted by fatigue will find in this simple draught an equivalent that, will be abundantly satisfying, and far more enduring in its effects. Honey as a Food.?Honey is one of the most nutritious of foods. "A land flowing with milk and honey" meant a great deal to the weary travellers in the desert. Give* the children all the milk and butter and honey that they will eat, once a day, and they will never get sick and surfeited from too much sweet, as they would if they ate the same amount of jam. Strained honey, with one-fourth lemon juice, taken in teaspoonful doses every hour, is a splendid remedy for a cold, cough or any throat trouble. Taken in hot milk, it is said to be an invalua ble aid in pulmonary troubles. Daughters of the Revolution. I ?The Daughters of the Revolution, organized four years ago at Wash ington by a few women, now has seven thousand members. It makes a cult of American history and tra ditions and is interested particularly in the story of the women of the Revolution. The society has hung the portrait of Mrs. Harrison, its first president-general, in the White House. It contributed largely to the Mary Washington monument fund and to the fund for the statue of Genora] Washington to be presented to France by American women; it has made a collection of valuable books and relics and is now working to secure a permanent homo in Wash ington,Colonial Hall, which is to bo an imposing building, serving us na tional hcudquarters and business centre as well its a museum for colo nial and Revolutionary relics and records.?Boston Woman's Journal. War is being waged in England against the use of the word scien tist The Duke of Argylk Sir John Luhbock, Lord Rayleigh, Ix)rd Lol vil, and Professor Huxley unreser vedly condemn the word; Sir John Lubbock proposes philosopher in stead ; Ix>rds Rayleigh and Kelvin prefer naturalist. Science Gossip Bays tho word was first invented and used by Wheowell, in his " Philoso phy of the Induotivo Sciences" in 1804 JAMES BOWIE, OF TEXAS. hi; fought a ?hfatino missis si i im ItlVKK uamiilkh Origin of ili<? Weapon Known ns the Howie Itnlle -Howie IIIiiih. H More u Hero ilinn it Ilfftpemdo. From (lie Illu-Mrnted American. Lute ac the year 1800 the steamers playing on tbe Mississippi River were jiift as infested with organized gangs of gamblers as some of the steamers tliut ply between this country aud Europe now are, and the scenes there on occurring were frequently of a ?'iolent character. During tbe fall of 1832 tbe steamer Orleans, Cupt. Davis commander, run ning betweon Naabville and Ciescent City, became the theatre of a rather typical encounter. A young gentle man of Natchez, going north in tbe summer on his wedding trip, had been requested by a number of merchants and planters to collect sundry accounts due tbem In New York, and some other places which he proposed to visit. A gambling syndicate, in some mysterious way, had gotten news of ibis, and had been informed that, if properly handled, the young man might be ancauy mark. They watched him carefully, and shortly after bis arrival in Now York some of tholr members made his acquaintance and learned that be would return South by steamer. Ono of tho men who had made his acquaintance in Now York joined blm on the boat at Pittsburg and, greeting him heartily as an old friend, In troduced him to two alleged Lousluna planters, who made thomsolves quite ' agroeablc. Cards woro introduced in the gentlemen's cabin during the evening, and the young man wat* allowed to win small sums, so that by tho time the boat reaohed Louisville he fondly imagined ho was a complete master of tho game and tho equal of hl? opponents. The game playec* in those days was twonty-card poker; that is, with no cards in tho deek below tho ten?an excellent game in which to bold high and inspiring hands, and in which the " three-pluok-one," or favorite cross lifting trick of the gambling fraternity, cati be brilliantly employed. The gamblera had won all their victim's money but a few thousand* before tho vessel reaohed VlckBburg, and intended to complete tholr work before, It arrived at Natchez. But a few miles above Vioksburg a tall man with u smooth-shaven faco, who looked very much llko u preacher, had come on board, and h-j, with others, stood looking at tho gamo Id tho gentleman's cabin. Too dune wu* half drunk und wholly do ?parate, the infatuation of hoping to Win buok hold ing him as In a viso and making his young wife, who several times had pushed through tho throng of men. begging him to leave the game and come to their stato room. At 1 o'clock in the morning the last i.'ollar of the victim had boon swal lowed up by tho human river sharks, and, rUtng from tho tublo, he rushed Wkdly to the side of tho vqssu1, douot es-i with the intention of anticipating disgrace by suicide. Ho was seized by the tall stranger, who had follower him, and by his wifo, who was watch ing him, aud was porsuaded to go to his cabin and seek sleep instead of death. "Keep awake and wntoh him closely till I return," said the stranger to the distracted wife. Going to tho cabin, where tho gam blers und others wero clustered at the bar, the stranger Crow from his poeket a big wallet and, handing a $100 bill to the bar-tender, quiotly asked for change. Tho other, being unable to make it, referred him to the chief gambler. u With pleasure," said the gentle* man, and, noting the fat wullct, added courteously, "won't you have a drink?" The ,tall man us-enteil, and casually tomarked that, as ho was going to stop oil at Natchez, ho supposec it was hardly worth tvhilo to go to bed; whereupon ono of the other gamblors, getting a wink from hit* chief, chimed in : "I don't caro to go to bed either. Lot's piuy unotier game." Where upon th > stranger was invited to join them,- and, after some, demur, ho ab sented. Tboy allowed him to win gome sizable bots, but juot us day was begin ning to break tho dealer gave him a hand that would induce him to bet still more largely. The anto was 95, tho blind was $1U; the noxt man put in $20, the stranger $40, which was followed by $130. They went on raising each other in the usual fashion, except that tbo hundreds jumped rapidly Into thousands, while tho oreathloss crowd around them in stinctively drew closer, with u sense ' that something was coming, j At last $100,000 was stacked up on ? tbe table, and the dealer and ono of I his confederates, had dropped out. Tho I man who made tho blind and tho stranger remained looking into each other s faces, the former with a Hush on bis forehead, tho latter pale aud cool as If napping ut church. But his oyos wore very vigilant, and ho was only waiting for the crucial moment I whon tho dealer would slip a card to I his opponent. Suddenly rising, ho drew a long, hideous looking knife, with a curious, curved point, from his bosom, and, throwing his own hand on tho table, Said serenely : j "Pour kings and a ten take this pot." Thon ho soizod tho gambler by the wrist and nddud : *' Show your hand as it is ! If It contains six cards I shall kill you." Tho stranger's voico was almost as qulot as if ho wero speaking in a lady's parlor. But thore was a depth of purpose iD it which the whole crowd felt from head to foot. As tho cards from tho gambler's sud TO KEMP HER YOUTH, ? woman must keep hor health. All the " beautitiors " in the world won't do as much for you as Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. With that, you can see the good that's done, as well na feel it. That regulates all the womanly functions, improves your digestion, enrichos your blood, brings refreshing sleep, and builds up, strengthens, and repairs every part of your system. In every ono of the "female com plaints " and weaknesses that make women old and misorable, tho " Pro scription" will certainly eure. It's tho only guaranteed remedy. If it doesn't bench* t or cure, in the oaso of every weak or suffering woman, she'll have her money back. You pay only f04; Ahe good you get. A great many medioines "relieve" Catarrh in tho Head. That means that it's driven from the head into the throat and lungs. But, by its mild, soothing, cleansing and healing properties, Dr. Sage's Catarrh Rem edy porfeotly and permanently cures. denly f . is ted wrist fell on the table' they wore seen to be four aces, a queen ' und a knave. There was a moment uf deathlike . t, Hence. Theo u roar like the breath uf a prairie tire went up from the ! crowd, which was composed ebietly of i planters and honest travelers. " Who the devil are yon, anyway ? " ' cried the bafit id gambler when the shouts subsided. "James Bowie," Was the answer. Tbe voice was like velvet, but It out j like steel Into the hearts of tbe chief gambler's ecu federates and deterred them from any purpose or impulse they might have bad to interfere. They, with the crowd, shrank back from the table, smitten with sudden terror by the name. Bowie softly swept the bunk notes into his largo slouch hat and lightly olapped It on his bead. " You must tight me for this," said the ohief-gauibler, recovering courage at the lea* of his booty. "Certainly," said Bowie. "I said 1 should kill you. In whieh way do you prefer it; with knife or pistol V" "Not with your weapon," replied the man savagely. "Ho b; it, then," returned Bowie. "Will seme gentleman lend me a pistol and act as my second. A ih /. a were' Instantly otfered and, aeleoting one oarefully, Bowie said : " Let it be at once on this boat. Make tbe arrangement to suit your selves. I will return in five miDutes." Lightly as a panther he bounded up the stairs, went to tho young man s cabin, knocked, handed the contents of his hat to tho wifo, telling her that two-thirds of it belonged to her hus band and the rest to himself, that he would return In a few minutes. The teconds bad arranged that each of the dullists should stand on one of the wheel-houses, which were about )0 foot apart, and that the signal should be given "One. two, three, tire ?stop I" 'l hey wore to shoot between the words "Are "and "stop" a* often as the words woro uttered. At tho Hr8t call tho professional gambler fired b if Ore the word "three' was entirely uttered, apparently with out taking aim. Thon Bowie 'fired and his opponent, with a shriek of agony, turned a somersault backward und tell iuto the rivor just as the groat rouud face of tho sun, liko a golden cannon ball, shot up from behind the neighboring blutT. Biwio blew the smoko out of hit pistol, shut down the pan and descend ed from tho wheel-house as if litth ulYairs of this kind were bis usual ap petizer boforo breakfast. Then Ik divided tho money witli the young man's wife, and, in spite of their af fectionate solicitations, for thoy re garded him us their savior, clung tbout him and wished to tuko hin. nomo with the in, ho got otT tho boat ut Bodnoy, telling the young man that h< m u-a. never touch a card agaiu as loog as ho lived. In the interest of history and in jus tico to this unusual man it is woll to ex plain away the Bowie myth, which probably origiuatcd from u duol whieh he fought with tho kulfo that bour> his name in the year 1827. This, too, oc curred near Natch*, z, on tho opposite bank. Bowie came on the field with several friends, gentlemen of good standing, and so did his opponent. Ho received Uvo wounds, but killed his man with u loDg hunting dagger which had been mane by a blacksmith out of a work out file. It hud a double edgu and a curved point, and was afterward patented and manufactured in Phila delphia. But this duel, unfor unately, closed in u deadly ineloo of the specta tors, a pitched battle in which six men were killed and fifteen wounded. As the story truveiud it grew to be believed that Bowio himself had at tacked a score of men single-handed, with this terrible numerical result, and the name of Bowie in the South and Southwest became u terror and a spell. . Tho plain truth is that James Bjwie not only never provoked a quarrel in Iiis life, but prevented a great muny. He was u man of singular modesty and sweetness of disposition, with u reverence for women, an extravagant fondness for children and u calm reudi[ uess to protect tue weak ; in fine, with nothing at all of tho desperado about him, except that, whenever It happen ed to be needed, ho had on hand, to quote the lino phrase of 1'resldont .lackson, " that desperate courage which muk?s ono a majority." Ho was born ut Ulliott Springs, Tonn., in 17115, of Scotch parents, and. with his brother Bessin, became u planter in Lufourcho Bayou, where, in 1827, they introduced tho first steam We Otter You a RBflBDV Which IN.SURKS Safety of Life to Moth er and Child. EXPECTANT MOTHERS, "MOTHERS' FRIEND" Hobs Confinement of its Pain, Horror and Risk. >ly wlfo used " M01MKIW? KltlKNO" 1)0 for<- I'M ih ot liei' Hi a child, she did not ollcvod ut Mid urltloill hour suffurliiK lint ?-in- h id lie pains aftei v. ,u d and her su nor from flRAMPty or PAINS?was qulokly on ?pi recovory was rapid, K. K. Johnston, Kiifiuilii, Ala. Sent by Mull or Express, on rocelpt of price, $1.00 iier buttle. Hook "To ^lolh ors" iiiaiiod t'i'oo. IIUAUHKbO lll.Om.ATOR CO., Atlanta, (la. SOLD itY ALL DRUGGISTS. HOBT ROYAL & WESTERN CAM 1 olina Kui I way. "AugUHtn am'. AhIicvIIIu Short. IJiie." j. B. ('lev* land, Receiver. Schedule in effect June 22nd, 1803" Y.v Augusta. U 40 am 8 C? pin Ar Greenwood*,.12 10 pm 12 :tu am Anderson.HiiOpin . Lauren-. 1 15 pin 7 l.> am Greenville. 280 pin 040 am < Jen ii :? i n in ??? . . . . 4 05 pm . :'pari an hnir_..800 pm . Hnludn.4 ?? nm . ifendersonvllle. .. a ut pm . A -he 11 le.(I 20 pm . Lv Asheville. 8 00 am . Hpartanburg.11 4.0 am . Greenville.11 40 am ?'( to pm I.am en . 1 16 pin 7 30 pm Anderson.!)20 am . Greenwood. 2l0,pm 000 am Ar Augusta.f? Oft"| in 8 36 nm Hnvannah. 5 05 am fi 00 pm Lv Greenwood. 5 23 pm 2 88 am Ar Raleigh . 1 20 am 12 00 n'n Norfolk. 7 00 am (I 20 pm Petersburg.IIODnm 0 48 pm Richmond .(MO am 640 pm TO ATI1KNS, ATLANTA AN? POINTS .WEST. Lv Oreenvillo.U 45 am 11 10 nm Lv xndermm. ?20 .... Augusta. 0 40 am .... Greenwood.12 48 pm 2 42 pm a r Athena. 303 pm r> oo pm Ar Atlanta, ....4 0? nm 7 4ft pm Close connections at. Greenwood for all points on 8. A. L and C. <fc U. Railway, and atSpartanhurg with Southern Railway. For information relntive to tickets, rates, ehe.inle ,. etc., address K. I. TODD, IThv. Pas*. Ag/mt. 'v j. citAlG. <i. n. Pass. Agent. A'l'-ii 0-> .. S. Gurclon. Agent, G. H. Speights, (Ion. Agent, Greenville, H. G. J. R. Fant, Agont, Anderson. S. 0, Our prices we f< cl are ju< i , Our wonls we claim are true; Our goods we know ure honest? Our patron* know it lob. By purchasing of uh you uei goods direct from the matttlfactuTei, laving the middle man's profit. It 9 youi Kala, AUQUSTA LUMBER OO.. O0OR8, SA5H, BUNDS, I.UMBI-R, Ac "tuitflht M*r." mjousta. GA. riigho't of all in Leavening Power.?Latest U. S. Gov*t Report Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE sugar mill ever used in this country. Rezln Bowie, being married at the time, lived mostly on tbe plantation. But James took many tripe into Texas, prospecting for gold and silver, and in 1828 he became a citizen ot Texas. Another picturesque Incident of his life, whieh perhaps aided in establish ing the myth that he was a desperado who could tight and win almost against any odds, occurred November 2, 1831. Accompanied by eight men and two boys on a prospecting trip, while en camped Id a small grove with much undergrowth, near tho Sau Baba River, he was attacked, in fact, sur prised, just at sunrise by 104 Waco. Tehuacano and Caddo Indians. An all-day fight ensued, in whloh two white men and forty-two Indians were killed and many others wouuded. In the satno year Col. Bowie went to San Antonio and married the beauti ful Maria Ursula, daughter of Don Juan do Verimonde. Two ohildrou blessed thfe union, but in 1838 cholera carried oft' tho children and mother? and aftec.that Bowie becumo reckless of his life and eager to lead forlor. hopes. Two years later his great opportuni ty came, when the Texas revolution broke forth. Hejoinod tho volunteers, and led the advance guard of ninety mon with whom at daybroak on Octo ber 28 he ropulscd a force of 400 Mexl eans. Inf following month ho was con spicuc _ in tho fumous ''Gross" tight, and, receiving his commission a* colonol in Decomber, bo joined Col. Travis In the defence of tbe Alamo. There ho was taken ill of a fever and was compelled to stay in bed February 23, 1830, when the siege began. On March 0 the Mexican* captured the fort and butchered every one of Its 183 defenders. Bowie, lying helpless on his burning couch, was tho last man to die with a cowardly Mexican dagger in his heart Puthotic end for one who was no des perado, but a truo knight of tho nine teenth century. COTTON FOR A CENTURY. An Interesting Bulletin Issued by th< Depart HH'tlt < > I i\ ; ? i - i < ? i e It tire. The bulletin on the prices of cotter for 100 years, whieh tho Dopartment of Agriculture hus had in course ot propan t on for some weeks, wat issued a few days ago. Tho porioo considored begins and ends with tin two of tho most important events it tho history of cotton culture, tho in troduction of Whitney's saw gin (1785) j and the production of tho largest crop the world has ever seen, 1804-96. The hi, best and lowest average prices, tin crops of tho United States, theexporfe to foreign countries, tho supply ano consumption in tile United StatOB, Great Britain and continental Europi are given for each year as well as thi chief causes that led to tho rise anc fall in tho prices from year to yoar. In addition to a series of tables in which these facts and figures are pres ented, tho bulletins contain numorom ?.uta relating to the progress made from time to time in tho production and consumption of cotton in this am foreign countries. These aro so ar ranged as to present a brief historical sketch of cotton production and con sumption in the United States during the past century. Tho tables show that prices of cotton have not boon so low during tho past season as they wert during the decade from 1840 to 1850. The object of the department ha* boon to make this bulletin u valuable work of reference us to the produc tion, consumption und prices of cotton and other numerous facts relating to cotton, for all who'ire interested either In cotton planting or in tho cotton trade. Referring to the conditions of the market and prices in the decade from 1840to 1850, tho bulletin says: " In 1810 tho largest crop ever made up to that time, and tho largest accu mulation of .stocks ever witnessed in Liverpool, caused a deoltne to tho low est average for ton years. This was tho beginning of tho heavy accumula tion of stocks in lOurope during the next live >ears, which led to an extra ordinary decline in prices." Tho highest price per pound in New York that decade was 13 7-8 cents, in 1850, and tho lowest 5 cents in 1812 and 1845. Sheppei'SOn quoted middling in thatyear as low as 4 cents. "In 1842," continues tho bulletin, "middling to fair cotton reached as low as 4 1-2 cents in New Orleans and there is on lile in the Department of Agricul ture, a letter showing that a Marengo county, Alabama, planter sold this y tar seventeen hales of cotton in Mobile at 3 1-4 cents. Tho price-currents of the day quote middling to fair cotton in New Orleans in 1845 as low as 4 3-8 cents and in Mobile, the same yoar, 3 1-4 cents per pound." With respect to the lustrum ended with 1805, itia.shown that tho highost price pi r pound in New York was 10 5-8 cents in 1891, and tho lowest 5 9*10 cents the present yoar. A table of the fluctuation in prices shows that in 1826 it amounted to IS cents por pound : in 1837 to 12 1-2 cents j in 1804 to $1.21 : in 1805 to $1.47; and in 1880 to only .80 of a cent, the smallest on record. A (JAI.IjANT OAltOLINIAN. The Death In California of the Mon. John O. I'remley. News and Courier. Many persons in Charleston t nd South Corolinu, and indeed t! rough out tho South, for which be fought so well, will hear with regret of tho death of the Mon. John Q, Pressley while on a summer cumping tour in California. Judge Pressley was born in Wil llamshurg, in this State, in May, 18311, ontorod the Citudel in 1848, and was graduated with honors in 1851. Leav ing tho Citadel he studied lav. in this city and was admitted to practice before ho wits of age. lie t hen re moved to Klogstreo, tho enpitul of this county, and entered upon tho practice of his profession. In 1858 and 1850 ho was a member of the 1'<oKit*laturo, a very young man for auoh a position in these conservatives times. When the cloud of civil war burst young Pressley threw himself Into tho struggle with ardor, believ ing as he did that the cause was just and right. He was a member of the Secession Convention and voted for secession, and immediately after entered the army to prove his sincerity with the offer, not of words only, but of Iiis whole service, even to his life if demanded. He was commissioned captain of Gregg's regiment, S. C. V., in January, 'Ul, in April, '02, he was made major of tho F.utaw battaliou, in July of tbe same year he was pro moted to the rank of lieutenant colonel of the 35th regiment, S. C. V., and commanded tbe regiment until the close of tho war with distinguished courage and ability, part of the time being at Fort Sumter. Col. Pressley was woundud at Fort Waltham in '04, and had the entire bone of one arm taken out, wbloh left him but little use of oue of bis hands. At the close of the war ho determined to make Mb 'iome on the Pacific coast and removed to California in 1801), settling at Solano. In tbe fall of '73 he was elected city attorney of Santa Kosh, in '75 County Judge, and served as such until '80 In tbo fall of '79 he was eleoted Su perior Judge and held that high office for two successive terms. He won honors as a Judge as he bud won them on other fields, and retired from the Bench in 1888 with tho respect and esteem of all who knew him without regard to party affiliations and resuthod tbo pructico of law, forming a partner ship with Judge Temple and after wards with Judge Thomas Kutledge, with whom he wus associated at the time of his death. Tho Santa It jsu D^rno ?rat pays b high tribute to this distinguished son of Carolina, and quoteB the expression of regret and praise offered by tb? most distinguished members of the California B.tr. ?Hu'r eye Is ctnaiderid so detri mental to long life that a Furis insur ances company refuses to insura the lives of persons who uso it. ?Official statistics declare that llazil raises neariy 500,0000 tons ol ooiTeo a year. ?It is claimed that L ike I0.de p o duces more fish to tho square mile than any body of water in tho world. ?Cripples are rarely scon n China. Any child born deform? d is at onct p it to death. ?Discontent is a groat deal worse fo>* a man's health tuau a oisorloiod over. ST. VITUS DANCE. A Physician Prescribes Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine. Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart. Ind.: My daughter Mattlo, aged 14, was aullctod last spring with St. Vitus dunco and ner vousness, her untlro right side was numb ami nearly paralyzed. We consulted a phy sician and hu prescribed i>r. Miles' Rostora tlve Nervine. Shu took three bottles before we. saw any certain signs of Improvement, but after that uho began to Improve very fast and I now think sho Is entirely cured. She has taken nine bottles of tho Nervine, hot no other medicine of any kind. Knox, Ind., Jan. 5, '05. II. W. IIostbtteii. Physicians prescribe Dr. Miles' Komcdles beeausothey uro known to be tho result of the long practice and experience of one of tho brightest, members of their profession, and are carefully compounded by export eneed chemists, in exact accordance with Dr Miles' prescriptions, us used in his practice. On sale at all druggists. Write for Dr. Miles' Htwk on tho llourt and Norves. Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. Dr. Miles' Remedies Restore Health. DUKE Cigarettes Grade Tobacco ABSOLUTELY PURE Who is Will Whitener ? He is our Fashionable Hair Cutter and Shaver, ? UNDER OPERA HOUSE. Thk Chjntse Wak at the Kxpoet-1 tion.?The executive committee of the I Cotton State's Expoaltion has closed I a contract with the Palu Pyrotechnic ' Spectacular Company for their most' realistic aud largest conception. Tbo scene to be represented will be the storming of Wel-Hal-Wel, in the reeeut Chinese-Japanese war. The north end of the lake will be the scene of the display, which will run for six teen nights, beginning with the open ing night of the Exposition. Scenery sixty-flve feet high and three hundred and thirty feet wide representing the port of Wei-Hal-Wei will be erected, and the whole scene of the storming of the Chinese harbor by the Japaneso Iron el ads and topped' boats, will be made very realistic by the aid of the ingenious fire works of the Pain com pany. It is to be the most gorgeous produc tion in scenic effeot which this com pany has ever placed before the public and was secured by the Exposition at great expense. The scene will re produce exactly the appearauce of men-of-war in action. Over three hundred people will be required to operate the panorama, and lor scenic effect it is such a show as has never been surpassed in America. The agent of too Pain Company is now in Atlanta arranging the details for the reproduction of the scone. A Great Debate.?For a number of years past " reformers " of all creeds oavo met at Asbury Park to discuss die ways and means of making better the condition of the human race. This year the most important subject for aisoussion is the solution of the liquor problem, and as might have been ex pected, Senater Tiilmau, as thu bcBt informed man in South Carolina on the " great moral institution," which he had soinetbbing to do with found ing, bus been asked to tell tbo " re formers " how South Carolina is deal ing with the liquor problem. He is to { be met in the dobate by Ex-Governor St. John, of Kansas, who will advoeate Krohibition, pure and bimplu as the <st means of settling the matter. The debate between these two in teresting and phenominal " reformers '' has been fixed for the Sth of August. Johnson's Maguetic Oil cures all pain and it will uevtr returu uguiu. nter oal and oxtei nal for man and beast. Sold by Carpenter Bros., Groenville, S. C. Constipation und sicK hcudacho pi r maneutly cured, and piles prevented oy Japanese Liver Pellets : especially adapted to children's uso. Sold by Carpenter Bros.. Groenvillo, S. C. CURE A Now nml Oompleto Treatment, inn Mlm: ? ? UFPOS1TOKIK8, Capsule* of Ointn.out and lt? Joxahof Ointment. A never-falling Cure for Flit) if overy nature and detrroo. It innko* nu operatioi ?rith tho knifo or lnjocllonH of carbollo acid, wtalcl tro imlnful and noldom a pormaueut euro, and oftoi roKultlug In death, unnecessary. Why endure um ?errlble dlneas*? Wo gunranteo f boxes to cure any case. Von only pay K? sMieflts received, f 1 n box. C for V: Bent by ?All JimranteeH Itusucd by nur wanits. PflWCTI P A TlflM Cured, Piles Prevented bUNo I lift I lUni by Japanese liver Pclleb tbo Kr?nt MVEll and HTOMA0II IIEOUI.ATOK nn. BLOOD rUl'IFIHU. Hiuull, mllil and plenum.! K ink.', onpoclally udupted for eulldiT.u'auiiu. Mi LHMW 16 couts. GUARANTEES Issued only by Carpenter Bros . Groenville, S C THE LAU RENS BAR. If. y. simpson. ('. i). HAKKs|)AI,l< SIMPSON & BAHKSBALH, Attorneys ut Law, LAU RENK, {south carolina Special attention Riven to the Investi gation ol titles und collection oi claims b. W. bam.. I.. \V. SI.MKINS. \V. W. ItA 1.1. BALL, SIM KINS & BALL, Attorneys at Law, LAURENs, South CAROLINA. Will practfoe in all State ami United Ststes Court. .Special iittenlioti given collections.. j. T. JOHNHON. W. It. RIOHKY JOHNSON & RICHKY, attorneys at law. Ovpice--FUmiiig's Coiner, Norlbvi sltla of Public Square. LAU RENS, - SOUTH CAROLINA W. H. MARTIN, Attorney at Law, LAUUBNS, - South Carolina. Will practice in nil Courts of this Stale Altontion given to uolleetlona. South Carolina and Georgia Railioad Co "THK CHARLESTON LINK. Schedule in effect March 10, 1895. OOLUMIIIA DIVISION.?RustSllound. Lv Columbia. n ftu Ar Rranehvillo. oft u l.v Branohvillo. ti2tiuro Ai- Charleston.II :iil tun Lv roluinhiu. 4 M pun ArCharleston.stiipro West Ilium,I. Lv Charleston. 730 am Ar Columbia.11 itl am Lv Charleston. (DO pu Ar llranchvtllc. s00 pa Lv Dranobviito.?. 818 pro Ar Columbia. HI 10 pro AUGUST A division.-West Bound. Lv Columbia-. "80 am 4 w pm At- Uranohville.785am <;:topm Lv Branohvlllc. 025pin suipm Ar Augusta.Iii lb pin In 4.1 pm Hast Hound. Lv Augusta. :i 40 pro Ar brunchvillr. Iii", pro Lv llrauchville. 7 Id am Ar Columbia.1040 pm OAMURN BRANCH.- Kant Bound, l?r Columbia.0flO am ArCamdon. .Ig Oft pro West Bound. Lv Camdon.:i 4? pm Ar Columbia.10 10 pm CONNROTION. At Columbia with Southern Railway loand Irotn all points in upper South ami Nor lb Carolina. ThmtiKh trains between Charles ton ami Ashevlllc, n. C. Any other fnfoi-mution, folders, maps, eto will he furnished on ti|>|>)it-utIon !(? k.s. iioWKN, Qonoral Manager,Columbia s. c. _ L. A. RhRRSON, Traffic Manager, Charles ton, s. C. (L h. pa it ks. Traveling Agont, Columbia 8? 0? Columbia, Laurens an I New berry R. R. Nnrthhoui (i ? outiilmtind pm am s'titioiiH. inn fun 4 in in fto < olumbla 4 mii 11 ir> 4 no looa tanphnri i ,v> n -.<* 11 ftl I) 40 Inno i us 11 :)7 :i 40 ?'27.. Balentinc ft 2ft ii Ift :* 42 it ift White Rook ft 8ft llftO :i :>4 h;i i Chailaln ft Aft 1202 :?24 K80 Little .Mnnntaln ft lft 12 13 821 8 82 SliK|is 0 2J 12 is a 19 siHi Proeaerity ?41 1220 2ft? 7?o Nowlierry 70s 12 43 2 17 7 0ft .Ltlii'iR 7;jt, |2 fiO 2 44 oftft Gray's Lane 747 1 oft 2 40 (i 40 Kinard 7 A7 1 10 2 ?ft 0 aft aoldvlllo s 10 1 17 2 2fl ?2-2 Dover H2? 12ft 2 2ft <i 1ft Clinton s 80 t fto P. E. BOHUMPERT, Agent at Prosperity SOUTHERN RAILWAY 00. (?UTMN HYMTKat.) ideated H?h ?dal? la I JuoolSth, 1808. Trains run toy 7Mu Meridian Um?. STATIONS. Dally No. it Ly Charleston.WSH " Columbia.-.Bl.ionn? ^HNlnety-SU *" Greenwood Hodges 1.38 pm 1 r>; p i? X 17 p u? tToO pm ] No. 1?. L,v. Greenville.... ?' Piedmont... M W Illinoist.m ~ Anderson. """"BeTton... .. Ar. Oouald'a. 10 16 am 10.4T am 11.07 am 11.10 aut 11.46 BBI 11 16 pm t/r7~AbbeTllle.1 ?66 j Ilt.ss pm i " 66 pm 1.18 pm 10.40 am 11.10 am ?aureus (Ex Sun) _Cllnto? (KxSuq).. Newberry " Prosperity. Ar. Columbia.., " Charleston. 2.-.0 pm 8.87 pm 3.65 pm a. 10 pm list wie? Columbia aud Ashovllle. Daily. I DaUy. No. 16. |No. W. ?5 STATIONS I DaUy.iDatly. |No. 14.| No 10. C30p ml 7.20aiii;L^lmrlcsion?r, K.4t);un il 3 lam t.OOam'll 26ani[LV C?YumbluAr.I 3.6^ptn| i.&am 6.60 a m 12.10prcf'_Alston..." ' ?.47 a in 1.10pm|" ? .SanMio T.23 a m l-SOpm.". .Union. ' T.89 a m XASpii" . .Jonrsvllle.' 7.61 a m -i.OTptnr . Pncolet....' 1.10 a m 8.40ptn!Ar Sunrt'b'g'Lv 8.80 am S.lOpm'Lv SDart'brgAr p . 00 am 8.00pm! l.lOaiu l.6iipm'lr.04nm l.oSpm! 11.46pm 12 40pni]l 1.24pm Il8.23pm ll.ODpin 11.46am 10 45pm ll.lBam lO.SOpm 6 ?OpmlAr Ashevlllo Ly I LlOan^jOpuj Trains lnnve Spartenburg, A. and O. division, northbound, 4.26a. m., 8.1? p. n>.,6.18p. m? (Vea tibuled Limited); eouthbound, 1.03 a. m. 2.60 p. n., li.a/ a. in , (Veatibulod Limited). Trains leaTe Greenville, A. and C. Division, northbound, 8.?a.m?8.14 pm., and 5.27ptn.,tVes tlbuled Limited)! southbound, 1.67 a. in., 4.10 p. ni , 12.28 p. in., (VcsSbulod Limited). Trains leave Sonooa, A. and C. Division, north bound, 2.02 a. m. and 12.41 p.m.; southbouud, 8.08 a. m. and 8.64 p. m. PULLMAN SERVICE. Trains 16 and 16 between Ashevllle and Co lumbia make conneotlon at Columbia with V. C. & P.. trains 35 and 36. and carry through Pullman sleeping- oars botweeu Ashovllle uud Jacksonville. Pullman PaUoe Sleeping Cars on Trains 86 and 86, 87 and 38, on A. ami C. Division. W. A. TURK. S. Hi HARD WIC1C. Oen. Pas. Ant. Aa't Oen. Pas. Agt. Eas Sra, W. H. GREEN, J M GULP, Gan'l Superintendent. Truffle Mgr. Washington, D. C. % BERKELEY, Supt., Columbia, B. O. SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. (JBABTKKN SYST KM.) PIEDMONT AIR LINE. oondbnsko soanuui.k or passknueii tu a ins. Northbound May IStti,1808 Atlanta o time Atlanta k time Noroross. Uuford. (lulnesvilli) . I.ula. Cornells. . Ml. Airy. Toccoa . Westminster Senoca. Ci-ntral. Greenville_ Spartanburn. Qnltneya. . BlackabttrR.. King'sMouut ii (lustonia . Charit tto. . Dunville Ar. Hiclimohd i si III 1 N'u 30 No. i Dally I Daily 9.00 10.00 10.40 11.13 2.26 ii 11.4 i 12.?.S 12.32 13.38 1.C4 1.46 p 187 p 1.18 p :6.;P .90 p .00 a 2.02 2.40 3.2*.? 4.2i; 5.0S 6.2 > 6.4". 6.04 6.M' 11.40 6 00 a 4.40 p 7 .Hi ii 8..V1 ., u.:M u Itl.'li :. 10.33 i I0.'>s . 11.22 r 11.26 u i l .50 u 12.24 u .'41 |i I.jo p Ml p > . IS .xSuo <.oi H 25 ? 30 i I!) pi... I 10 p .. i.;io p ..iw p <;..'?> pi I.v8 pi. 0.00 a . Ar. Washington ,.| 8.42 a 8...0 p| " Baillm'e P.H.K.I b.d? a 11.26 p; " Philadelphia . .1o.I6 a 3.CO " New York. 12 63 u; 8.20 _ I Vet. iTstin'li Southbound. I No. 37 No. SO No. 1 1 No. i 7 I Daily I Dally I I Lv New York r.H.it 4.30 p.12.15 n " Pntl'idelptrie.. pi -.20 a " Baltimore. 9.20 p! d.42 n " WashhiKton... 10.43 p 11.15 a Richmond. 13.05 UjlL'.&S p|l2.05 a 6.40 n 6.10 p 0.3:. a 11.05 p .11.10 p 10.47 a 18.18 .1C.31 a 11.37 a 1.06 a 12.2S p 1.67 1.16 p 2.45 a 3.0C 8.31 p 4.66 p 3.65 p| 3.64 a 4.47 a 6.04 u 6 45 n 12.10 p 12.63 pi 1.20 p 1.17 p 2.0. pi 2.80 p 4.10 p 6.30 p 6.6 t p 6.10 p 8.46 p 7.08 I) 7.12 p 7.36 p 8.03 p 8 86 p ?.25 6.26 a 8.80 0.36 7.08 7.28 7.50 9.11 pi 8.27 " Danville. " Charlotte. " Gastonla. " KhiK'sMouut'n " fiiucksburg_ " Ouffneys. " SparlHiihurg.. " Oroenville. " Control. " Senooa. " Westminster.. " Toccoa. " Mount Airy... " Cornelia. " Lulu. " Gainesville... ?' Huford. " Noruross. Ar Atlunta f. time Ar Atlanta C tiin '?A" a. m. "P." p. m. '-M." noon "N." night. Nos.37 and 38 Washington and Southwestern Veattbulad Limited,Through Pullman sicopere betwoen New York und New Orleans, via Wash ington, Atlanta and Montgomery, and also be tween New York ami Memphis, via Washing ton, Atlanta unu Ulrminghain. Dining Curs. Nos, 85 and 88 United States Fast Mull. Pull man Sleeping Cars between Atluutu, Mont gomery aud New York. Nos. 11 aud 13, Pullman Sleeping Oar between Richmond. Danville uud Oroensbore. 10.00 p 9.00 p 9.80 8.30 W. A. TURK, ?. n, HAJRDWICK, Gon'i Past. A?'t. Ass't General Pass Af'a Washincitom, D. O. Atlanta, OA. W. D. RYDSft, Superlnteadent, Charlotte, North Carolina. W. H. ORBBN, J. M GULP, Gea'l M gr., Trafflo Mr.'gr. Washimoiom, 8V m. Waahinsten D. a Atlantic Coast Line. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND ALOIS TA IL IL C0NDRN8RD8CHRDULR. IN SPP ROT ,1AM. 27. isiC. Oolns South. No. 55, No. 51, Lv Wilmington. .Miiopiu ...._ Lv Marion. 1121 pm . Ar Florence. 7no pm . . Lv Florence.?? 25 pmjft*3 16 an. Ar Stimt?'i. KjUi pm 4 21 air LvSurator.truspra 1 r-1,,,, Ar Columbia.10.00 pm 11 or, am No. 52 tuns tlimiiKh from Charleston via Centra) It. It., Icnv in? Laness.:i? a m, ManniiiK H. I5 am. Oolng North. No. 5tl.~No. 58. Lv Columbia.*520am *4 -?> pm Ar Slimier . 6 43am 6 1:1 pm No. .VI. No. Ml L\ Suinter. (I 43 am ?."> 47 pm Ar Florence.suiam iiMpm Lv Florence. , . Lv Marion. s III ant . Ar Wilmington.ii50tim . ?Dally. No. 53 runs through to Charleston, S. C., via Central lt. IL, arriving MannitiK 11 ^'i p. m.f Lanes 7 00 p. in., Charleston s 4? p. m. Trains on South and North Carolina it. R? leave Atkins040a. iii.ttmi 0:111 p. m,, arriving I. tleknow II 10 a. m. and H 00 p. m. Itettirninir leave Ltteknow 845 a m und 4 20 p ni, arriving Atkins 8 15 a m and 5 CO p m. Dally exoSDt Sunday. Trains on Ilartaville R. it. leave llartsvlllo Hi. 4 ?I a in. nrriviiiK Klnyds 6 00 a in. Itotttrn - Intr leave KloydsH 45 p in, ari lvitiK Ilurtsvtlle 10 15 pm. Daily except Sunday. Truinson Wilmington, Chadbourn and Con wtty It 11 h ave Cbadbourn 11 80 a m, arrlvo at Conwuy I 46 p m, t .-turning leave Conway at 2 80 ii m, un ive Chadbourn 4 no p m. leavo Ohadbount 5 S5 p7ar*5rT4ve at iini> at o 20 p m, returning leave lluti s l >.; m. arrive at Chad bourn ?00 a in. Daily o.xccPt Sundny. JOHN F. DIVTNKi OenM Supt. J. ll.KKN LY, Genjl Manngor: T M. RMRRSON, Truffle Maiu?*er