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^ -^TUESDAY, JAITOARY 2% Thu Sumter Watchman was founded in ?85? awl thc 2V?e S&tthrtm ia : '? ?86?L The - Watelt?K?K ami Stmlhron new has the com bined circulation and rn&aence of, both of thc oM papers, &nd ir- manifest!? the best advertisl ag medium ?a Sumter. r XDITOBIAL ITEMS. ? Congressman Mackey Dead. ^^'? telegram'fest night stated that E. ]Y? M. Mackey bad died in Washington * ? ^ib 4 ?! M/yesterday morning from an :aitask [ot p?ritonites. Post Master General G?esbam is still v3f<?%?D? against totten .s. Wc wish ^v^^ sa^ccess,; Latteries are thoroughly ' bad; and de cruah to debauch the metals ofconr people: Richmond County,. (Augusta, Ga..) has had a-big law suit over the tax levied .by the School Officials for the support ^ajjftb?public: sobools.' The Judge of ^ tbcS?per??r Court, in rendering his deci /sYon lasi^eek, sustained tbe coastitu ^najityof t$e tai. Reduction of wages, is assuming an > /epidemic ferm: in the large manufacto? ries ^&e North, and we may look for strikes, riois and general lawlessness as the result. Protection and, its legiti tna?? consequence, ?Ter-production, ts ^responsible for all this trouble. Tie see thc name' bf Mr. Yates Snow? den? editor of the Berkeley Gazette. mentioned^sasuitablo candidate for State Senator from Berkeley. If: ve were a j ??'t&ste&?i. Berkeley, - it would give us ' agr??t *pteastrre to vote for Mr. Snowden. Courtesy costs nothing, a od yields a j large latani to tbe giver, while it is] vecy pleasant to thc receiver. And yet t?tere ar? many persons who act as if a jpleasant smile or kind word was bc- ! y?cath;tbeir dignity, and freeze them? selves and cubers in a zone of perp?tuai ""Cigarettes are still popular with desdes ; but the dudes are decreasing." .So says an exchange, and we bope it is a foct.. Both caa be spared, but of the two, thc cigarettes cen be best spared. Tbc dode is a a nuisance, tbe cigarette is a' n ai san ce and a curse. According; to a. reeeafc decisi?n by [ sludge KershaWj made at the January j . -"tarni bf court forOrangeburg county, a ? ^jgpose^^ra domestic animal and there- j /foreWmes under thc provisions of the j Stock Law. The ruling was called for I ta * certain case before :he court, where - * person's goose had damaged a neigh -Ifcfrspea crop. The news comes ail the way from ' Canada that a man named Wiggins was i snowed up iu some mines. . The people, /believing bim to bethe noted weather j prophet of that name, refuse to dig bim j * o? ^ They have not-forgotten the big i ' j?car?' he gave them last year by foretell- j -?.in^^cbi^storni which was to carry j d?o}at toa .over the con a try. ? *^The R. R. Commission is engaged io 'revising new freight rat;s, that have | Been submitted bv various roads. Wei v sec it stated taafc no radical changes will j be made/aod as it is wise to make lb* j best of oar laws we hope the present] : arrangement will work to the satisfac- j * H?t 1?f all, and that the public will bo j b?h??tted as much as will be consistent I with the.welfare of the roads. .j* ?i?tl f^rtrl Joyner, whose name was ! mentioned, some1 days ago in several j o papers of tbe State , in . ocoaection j "with some postal irregularities, with j - winch, he" was charged, has completely j established his innocence. Mr. Joyner j . says the charges were made by a dis- j r?fesed elerk,: and was merely a piece of j J^tty^j^ite on his part in rcveuge for j * his d?3?2?s??r.l. Colombia is in a bad way. Her j ^il^i?r license is so low that whiskey sa- j . loons are on the increase, and tbe council j seem to be in full sympathy with tbe ? free whiskey sentiment. Last week a ! party petitioned for license to open a j saloon near Ute college, and, though a o ; earnest protest was- made by President ? McBride, the license was granted We axe glad to see that the Mayor and j three Aldermen strongly opposed tbe j action .of council. The question of preserving our forests has become one of much importance in j many States. New York is now wrest- j lieg with the pozzling problem, as to ! how it can best save the Adirondack forests, upon which the regular water- ' supply of its larger streams depend ! This matter of saving forests is one of j . general interest, and each State should j have a forestry commission to look after j it.- . ; Not long since at a eborch sociable in i New Jersey a number of mock marriages ! were solemnized in fun. A short time : afterwards, one of the girls, under the ; advice of her mother, determined to j ; make the marriage real, and sued her j youthful husband for her support. The j judicial investigation, which lasted a number of days, brought out, amgsg Other tb io gs, the fact that thc girls of. that locality enjoy the pleasant sensa? tion of kissing and lagging, and the i young inen are all eager to gratify their fair friends. Thc Justice decided that: there was no legai marriage and dis-j .missed tbe case. Tho would-be wife, ; however has ber dander up, and has sued fora limited divorce in the supe- ' ji?r court. y? Aa act passed at the recent session of the .Legislature amends the General Stat otes so as to provide that 'ev*ry j I person required, by law to list property shaH^tinnally, between thc first day of J?ay {instead of J one, as heretofore, j and the twentieth day cf June, [instead of July> as heretofore.], maka out and : A adi ter of the County in j which the property is, by law, to be re? turned for taxation, a statement, veri? fied by oath,' etc. The object and effect of ?bis Act is to se fix it that the Auditor or his deputy can receive Re? turns for taxation for the following year at the same time and place that the Treasurer is collecting taxes for the current year, which will prove a con? venience to the taxpayer, as it will enable him to pay bis taxes and make his Returns with one trip, instead of the business necessitating two trips. HARD TIMES." Our Bishopville correspondent has given our readers-g long letter, but it is on a subject of so ro'ucb. importance as to amply repay perusal. The country is slipping deeper into debt each year and our friend points out the reasons and suggests the remedy. Economy, industry, no liens, less eott?n, more provisions-there it is, a platform in a nutshell, that will in a few years, place us upon our feet, and make us masters of the situation. If our Summer crops fail, we c>n make a Winter one. Our soil may not be as rich as some of the favored spots of the world, but it is far better than the aver? age. Our climate is superb, and of remarkable health, and there is no necessary reason why we should not be the most prosperous people on Earth. We can not get rid of our embarrass? ments at one bound, but will succeed eventually, if we only try. THE NEXT PRESIDENT. Some of our western exchanges are tryiug to convince the couutry that, the Democrats cannot succeed in the next election, unless they carry New York, and as New York is a protection State, that it is suicidal in the party to com? mit itself to revenue reform and there? by estrange tariff men who now affiliate with H. If the slogan of the New York Sun, 'turn the rascals ont* is the real and only issue for the Democrats in the next campaign, then the above opinion is eminently wise. But is it so ? The party in power are guilty of many crimes, thousands of dollars are squandered on worthless enterprises or stolen outright, bet for every dollar stolen by the party of 'great moral ideas,' ten is plundered from the people under the. forms of law by the j tariff. 'We are a rich government and ! a poor people,* has been truly said-let us try to make the people richer even though the government suffers a little redaction of its usual income. Rev- j enue Reform is the great question of j the day, and if the Democrats do not take it as their war cry so mach the i worse for them. Some party will adopt I it, even if it has to be organized for j that purpose, and will win the fight, ; maybe not thi?-year but certainly very ! soon. But even as a'marver^of policy it j will pay. The independent voti^rafcxhfij North and West would be more apt to j vote for Democratic caudidates standing j upon a platform containing definite 1 promises of reform, than if it were ; made up of meaningless generalities, j with a refrain running through every j plank indicating a eager longing for i a share of the public pap. 'Turn the rascals out.' if possible, and scud as many as possible to Sing Sing, Black- J well's Island and other popular resorts j .or theives, bat turn them out on a ; platform promising some relief to the j people. Neighboring Counties. Clarendon Enterprise : Mr. Jessie j Plowden's mother and family have | moved into town and occupy the house ! next the Methodist church. -The new passenger rates on the Central ! Railroad are cents a mile for first class, and 3 cents for second class fare. That ia cheap enough and we do not complain.-Rev. Listen D. Bass has accepted a call from the Manniug and Taw Caw Baptist churches. He is said to be a young man of ability and promise.-Dr. H. H. Huggins has i finished the large dwelling ia the south- j ern part of town and expects to move into it this week. It is a handsome j structure, and when painted will add much to the attractions of the town. -Mr. A. Setzer and family left last week for North Carolina where they will reside. Mr. Se'zer was one of the first settlers of Manniug and has always been connnected with the towu. - W. O. Chewning, one of the oldest citi? zens of Manning, died January 16th. ile bad been sick for a long time, aud death but freed bim from bis sufferings ou earth and gave bim admission to brighter and everlasting happiness. He was a consistent member of the Methodist church. -The little boys ? had a tournament in town last Saturday, j Master Clarendon Barron won the first prize and crowned Miss Lilly Scott queen of beauty. The little knights failed to invite our presence, and we can- j not give a further description, not hav- ! ing been present. -By special in- j vitaiion of the Good Templar Lodge in j this place, Mr. W. H. Cuttiuo of Sum- | ter, will deliver a temperance lecture j in town Friday evening, February 1st. j Notice will be given next week where j the lecture will be. The Good Tem? plars are steadily gaining grouud ; new j members are received at nearly every meeting. Seven joiued at the last meeting and others are to be received ! at the next. Kershaw Gazette: Oats on sandy j land will have to be sowed over in | places, owing to the damage sustained I by them on account of the cold weat h - ? er lately. -One of the rosin fiat | boats struck Stakes' Bridge and knock- i ed down about 4-0 feet of it. Some of j the timber was seen afloat 10 miles be- ; low. -There is a flourishing socie- j ty of juvenile temperance workers in i the B? ulah section. It was organized about eight months ago, through the ef? forts of Rev. H. M Mood, of Camdon, as-1 sisicd by three or four of our citizens. ! Its membership is now over one hun- j drcd, and the young people take a deep ' interest io it. Camden Journal: The President ! and Directors of thc proposed Camden j Short Liue Railroad, to run from Cam? den to Ridgeway, held a meeting on . last Monday and it was decided to be- j gin work immediately. A small as- j sessmeut on thc stock has been called ! for, so as to begin operations at once We are glad to see this move, and w( trnst that before next fall the road wil be completed and ia running order Camden has been sleeping long enough, and we vant to see it wake up now and keep pace with the progress of othei towns in our State. Keep thc bal moving, and don't let it stop until th? road is aa accomplished fact. Th? books are now open for the purpose o receiving applications for stock, ano every one ^ho is interested in the wei fare of Camden should go up and do al they can to help in getting the roat built at once. Darlington News : The oat crop ii not killed but badly 'scotched.' - The lien business, so far this year, fron: thc entries in the Clerk's office, is muci smaller than for the same time las? year. -Mr. A. J. Pearce, of om town, died on Thursday last, at his resi dence. He was buried at the Metho dist Church Cemetery on Friday after noon at 4 p. M., the Knights of Hon or, of which he was a member officiat? ing. He was insured in the K. of H, for ?2,000, and in the additional branch of the same body for ?1,000, making a total of ?3,000. Florence Times : We had a pleasant call Monday from Mr. F. H. Hudson who made a flying trip to Florence tc arrange for some building which bi will make. -On Thursday morn? ing last, Jack Richardson, colored, while loading a wagon, had a pistol tc fall out of his pocket, when it ex? ploded, the ball passing through his arm, and causing a bad flesh wound. Dr. J. \Y. King dressed it, and Jack is doing very well, though unable tc work. "_ Privateer Items. Miss Mary Furman of J[jOuisiana is visiting at Dr. Furmau's. Several new families have moved into the neighborhood ; we wish them success. Capt. J. A. Burns has moved tc Sumter ; he expects to go into the to? bacco business in Durham N. C. Mr. Joe. A. Osteen, a prominent citizen of the Soutb-easteru part of thc township, is still very ill ; there is lit? tle hope of his recovery. Tournaments have been the rage this season. They have taken many a fair day from work, and some that were not fair. Not much work has been done toward another crop. The continued bad weather has prevented the replanting of the oat crop, to any extent. Very few farmers have a sufficiency of labor. There is one of two things that will have to be done, viz : abolish the Lien Law or the farmers will have to clear their fields of stumps, and plant less cotton and more grain and pursue thc in-tensive system of farming, usiug im? proved machinery, and feeding the surplus grain io stock. The latter alternative is what should be clone even if the Lien Law were done away with. We know that the advocates cf this law say that, if it were repealed, the poor man would bc at thc mercy of the laud owner, that wages would be low and the poor mau would be reduced to the abject position of serfs of the landlord. Such would not be the result ; wages would be higher Ji>?4hiJaJborer would do better work and he wouluv1ycNE^i?l^ ployer. And what servitudeic?Tflo!"t>? more abject than the present subjection of the poor man to the Lieu merchant? He dictates what crops shall be planted how they shall be worked ; and at what price the products are to be sold to pay for supplies bought at ruinous prices, often 100 per cent, over cash prices. They say poor men could not get credit; this is a fallacy ; reliable aud honest persons could get credit, and those that are not do not deserve it. At preseut the most unreliable person can. by giving a lien ou a prospective crop stand on the same footing of the most respectable man in the communi? ty. And the poor man is not benefit? ed ; he stays poor, very seldom rising above what he started at, continually being sold out, and starting over again to go through the same ordeal. We would like to hear from different parts of the country as to the working of this law. OCCASIONAL. - I- I .?<>- -iM?m - [For the Watchman and Southron.] Berkeley Items. Two years ago a section, about 30 miles wide by 75 long, was taken from the East and North-eastern portious of Charleston County and formed Berke? ley. It is bounded on one side by the Santee River and on the other by the Cooper. Aud hence, a large portiou of the county is swampy. It is the pur? pose of the present writer to give your readers some idea of the laud, the tim? ber, the stock and the people of this County. I have no land for sale in the County and therefore have, no axe to grind. But there is plenty of land to sell all through the County. Before the war the portion that borders ou the Santee was settled by men who owned large numbers of slaves and worked large tracts of land. The colored people who worked this land were set at liberty by the *'unpleasantness" and their old masters no longer had control over them. The land owners did not know what to do with so much land, never having worked themselves, and having no one whom they could make do it they deserted their country homes and moved to town. This was the case in many instances. And now the large fields that once produced a bale of cot? ton to the acre, have grown up in pines, in many places so thick you cannot sec a mau five steps from you Here and there a darkey has a patch of an acre or more fenced off and plants it in "tet? ters" and rice. There is nothing to attract the attention of the stranger riding along the public highways except he happens to notice the quality of the land. Many of the houses have been burned down, the fences are all gone and the country in some places looks deserted. But it is now rapidly building up again. Good farmers from thc up-coun? try are coming in almost every week and hunting homes. New houses are being built. The negroes have gone to work. A gentleman told me to-day there were more hands trying to hire j this winter than he had seen in a lons time. The citizens are kind and pleasant to persons coming in They are anxious , to do all they can to induce good men to j come. I am sure a more hospitable ! people cannot be found anywhere They will tel. yon that thc land is good, the climate mild and healthy and all that is necessary is good citizens. In my next letter I will tell you something of the quality of the land and the timber. FINCH. [For the Watchman and Southron.] From Bishopville-Signs of tl Times. What are they, so far as concer those of us who call ourselves fanner Before fixing our plans and commen iDg the execution of the same, for t present year, will it not be well for to pause long enough to sum up t baBtffee sheet of our financial affaii and see how it corresponds with those previous years ? To those who, after su comparison, find their financial matte to be on a sound basis, with their prc pects for the future promising, it will but an incentive to greater activity ai perseverance, and lead on to happi results. To those who find the point their financial compass pointing in tl opposite direction, it is the more it portant. Is it not wisdom for all sui to begin to see and realize, that, if ea? successive January finds them deep and deeper in debt, with less means command to pay debts with, it on amounts to a question of time as when all they now possess will beloi to some one else. Can we not profit I taking a retrospective view of the pas trying to detect some of thc causes th have led on to our financial failure and asking ourselves the question, there are no remedies whereby we mt avoid or overcome them in the future I see it asserted by some uf the new papers, and from other sources, that ! a whole, the farmers are in as easy i better circumstances than heretofor but judging by what I know, see at hear, I am forced to quite different at sadder conclusions. These conclusioi i have been forcibly impressed upon tx j mind of late, by the columns of ot I County newspapers being filled wil Sheriff's advertisements. Such as for ? closures of mortgages, bills of sal i liens, &c. Some of them on mei whom a few years or even mouths ag? I least expected would ever be subjects to such adverse circumstances. I fe: too that an examination of the books * our County Clerk would show that great many, who are still trying to kee up appearances, are in immiuent dang( of soon being subjected to the same trj ing ordeal. If then it be true, that th farmers of Sumter County or of Sout Carolina, arc to-day deeper in deb with less of the necessities and comfort of life around them, than ever before (and I believe facts and figures, wi prove such to be the case) is it not tim we were earnestly inquiring, why ar we being thus financially reduced ? u great many will give as the reason th drought of last year and eighty one To some extent, that is true, but it i not the only or even the principal cause In every neighborhood, there are som farmers, who experienced the same rc verse from bad seasons as others, an yet they are out of debt ; plenty aroun them, and money in their pockets. The why is it that the great majority c farmers so utterly fail in making farm inf a success 'f I will give what I be Heve experience and observation ha taught mc to be some of the primar and most prominent causes of our fail ures. First, we do not raise what w consume, or, at least, a large propor tiou of it. I do not know of a singl man, who has succeeded at farminj since the war, who has not made it rule to raise a sufficient aniOunt^L^pfrJ visions to run h is farjfrr4fojsew b o hav ing succeg?etHrest. often having a sur "plus to sell to his cotton raising neigh bor. On the other hand I do no know of a single instance of succ?s where cotton has been enthroned kin? to the exclusion of corn, oafs, wheat potatoes, hogs, cattle, &c. It is. ?seles for me to assert or attempt to prove tha a mau cannot make cotton pay the ex pense of making the same, and leave r sufi?cient balance to buy everything wi ueed, and are obliged to have to feet and clothe ourselves and families with All are willing to admit that, and ye we keep trying to do it only o find our selves disappointed at the end of tlx year, and forced to a renewal of the oft repeated, but none the less humiliating and (may I not say) degrading habit o literally beseigiog factors and othen for supplies, such as we ought to have in abuudance ut home. Another cause of failure, is living be yond our income, (or rather prospective income.) As soon as we succeed it making our arrangements, the firs thing is to buy a great deal we coule do without ; things we do not really need or are unable to afford. Our table are supplied better, we dress finer, buj a new horse aud buggy oftener than the mau who has the money to pay for whal he buys. The ruinous credit system o! our times seems to have no terrors tc most of us. We buy and keep buyiDg as long as anybody will credit us, know? ing that we are paying (or promising tc pay) from 25 to 50 per cent, more thar our cash paying neighbor. Can wc continue to do this and keep our finan? cial affairs on a sound basis even though seasons and everything else were favora? ble for us ? The embarrassed circum? stances of all who have been trying it all their lives, answers emphatically, No. . Another cause of the non-success of some, is the want of self application. They are ever ready to say to those who may be in their employ, "go dc this, that or the other," but the idea of taking off their coats and saying, "let us go and do whatsoever our hands fiud to do with all our might," is very re? pulsive; forgetting that "Ile who by his farm would thrive, must either hold the plow or drive." Occasionally, we see a man who thinks himself too good to work. We find him with fine clothes on his back, kid gloves on his hands, an umbrella over him and sporting a gold-beaded cane, all of which (moro than probabiy) are unpaid for, when he meets an hou est, hard-working man he can hardly condeseud to speak to him. I never see such a character but what I feel like telling him that tho road he is travel? ing leads over the hills to the poor house, and sooner or later, without a change, he will land there. If what I have said be true ; if the habit we have fallen into of raising all cotton, and but little if any provisions; going deeper and deeper in debt, and want of self ap? plication, have been the principal causes of our present bankruptcouditiou, threat? ening tlie loss even of our homes, ls it not time wc were not only admitting our errors of the past, but putting a stop to our pernicious practices and putting in? to practice thc only methods whereby wc can hope for success. Knise what we consume; live within our income ; if wc are poor, not be ashamed to own it-keeping out of debt; if we have not thc wherewith to pay for what we want do without, if possible ; and last, but not least, let us pull off our coats and go to work. Then, and not until then, will hard times be a thing of the past. Then, and not until then, will we bc able to assert our independence, and _,_- ?.? . ? cease to be the humble subjects of any man who may be the possessor of a few thousand dollars. If on the other hand we continue to raise cotton, buy corn, oats, flour, bacon, lard, butter and everything else we consume, on a credit, j at credit prices, we may be the recipi? ents of a shower of rain one day and a shower of fertilizer the next, but a few more years, at best, will find a large proportion of the farmers of the South? ern States working under task masters, with their homes (as dear as they are to j all of us) in the possession of a stranger j and of an alien. The interest of those ' who are nearest and dearest to us, our wives and children, demand that we begin, and begin now, to act, and act in the right direction. L. Our Exchanges. The North Carolina Teacher, for January is on our tahle well filled, as usual, with in? structive articles for teacher and pupil. In glancing over the table of contents, we notice the following suggestive headings "Preserva? tion of School Dooks," "How I Teach Elemen? tary Arithmetic," "Composition," "Hints to Scholars," "School Life," "Hints to Teach- 1 ers," aud many other good things. It is well published on good paper at Si per year j by Alfred Williams & Co., Raleigh, N. C. We have received the first number of the Up- Country Teacher, a neat little monthly published at Winnsboro, S. C., at 50 cts. per j annum, and devoted to the interests of Schools. B. R. Turnipseed is editor, and will make a lively School Jouraal, judging from its initiatory number. Our Dumb Animal* ison hand punctually. It is fighting in a good cause and we wish it success. The Reporter for the Sumter District Con? ference, M. E. Church South, is on our table. It is filled with matters of interest to the de? nomination, and we think every Methodist family ought to have a copy. Published by F. P. Beard, Camden, S. C., at 30 cents a year. j We have received the second number of the j Sunday Morning Mail, published in Wilming? ton. N. C., by E.S. Warrock & Co. It is ? printed ou the best of paper, and presents an ! j exceedingly tasty appearance. It starts out | i in life with flattering prospects of success, ! ! which we hope will be more than realized. I j Any of our readers desirous of subscribing j j to the Weekly Newt can be accommodated | i through this office. We will club the Weeklg \ I News with the WATCHMAN AXD SOUTHRON for j j $3,60 per year, and thus give them both j j County and State news at a very low figure. ! j Subscriptions taken at any time. I To Our Agricultural Beaders. The American Agriculturist is one of our ! most valued exchanges. It has just entered ! upon the 43d year of its existence, with varied j improvements, and more reading matter and I i engravings. It is invaluable to those en- j I gaged in farming pursuits. We will send the ? : American Agriculturist and the Watchman end \ i I ] Southrcn, for one year to any address, on re- I j ceipt of three Dollars and tea cents. j Brewers Lung Restorer is entirely vegeta- j i ble. rtud we challenge thc world to produce ? ; anything equal to it for all Throat and Lung j ! Diseases. Brewer's Lung Restorer, the great j I lung and throat remedy, is for Saleby_?rff[ j D. J. Auld, Agent. _S j A child's greaje^tTTreXv^^orms. Who j j can cakujate""lbeimisery and suffering a child l \Ai?&Xoendure who is infested with worms? j j Shriner's Indian Vermifuge will destroy and j expel worms from both children and adults. ! ! Only 25 cents a bottle. i_j Cold Weather. i This is the season when exposure will pro- ! ' duced cold on the stomach causing griping i i pains, dysentery, cramp colic, &c. Norman's | j Neutralizing Cordial counteracts all these j ; troubles, lt allays inflammation arising from I cold and restores the bowels to their normal i condition. Don't Give Up. I The chances are all in y our facor. Thou- j ! sands of case3 of Consumption. Catarrh, i j Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Bronchitis, and j I other chronic diseases-some of a most pain- j i ful and desperate character-have been cured j j in the last thirteen years by Compouad Oxy- | ! gen. If you are a sufferer from any disease j ? which your physician has failed to relieve, i ? don:t despair. Write to Drs.Starkey & Palen, j ?1109 Girard Street, giving them a clear state? ment of your case, and ask an opinion as to your chances of recovery under their new ; Vitalizing Treatment. It will cost you noth-\ ing, as they make no charge for consultation. ! Accompanying their teply you will receive ? such documentary evidence of their honora? ble character as physicians, and such direct and emphatic testimony iu regard to what Compound Oxygen has done and is doing for j suffering humanity, that you will be able to ? decide for yourself the question whe:heror not j to put faith iu them and thc new remedy \ which they are so widely dispensing. If, however, you do not wish to consult j them at present, drop a postal-card and ask ? them to send you their Treatise on Compound j Oxygen. From this yon will gain all the in- j formation required to get aa intelligent idea | of the nature and action of this new remedy lor chronic diseases, and so be able to judge ! for yourself whether or not it will be bench' dal in your own case, as it has been in thou- j sands of others. Important to both Ladies and Gen- ? tlemen. Two New Books just published giving An ? exhaustive treatise on .Medical Electricity Gal- j vanism and Magnestism, together with their j self application on the treatment and cure of | Weaknesses incident to men and Women. ( Both works are illustrated. One is entitled j 'THREE TYPES OF MEN,' For Gentlemen j Only, the other 'MAID, WIFE, MOTHER,' For Ladies Only. Published only by the ? American Galvanic Co., Address as above, Sent Free. SWEPT INTO THE STREAK j One Thousand Acres of Land and "Bight Smart of Bears." On the deck of a big Mississippi steamboat ? stood an aged Southern planter. Indicating j by a sweep of his arm thc waters the boat was ! passing over, he said to a passenger from the j North : 'When I was twelve years old I kill j cd my first bear on a new plantation my fath- i er was then cuttiug out of a forest that grew j directly over the waters of this bend. That j was a mighty good plantation, and there was right smart of bears there, too. But that one ; thousand acres of land went into the Missis- : si pp i years ago.' lt is puning no strain upon the figure to j pay '.hal great forests of youthful hope, wo? manly beauty and manly strength are swept in the same way every-year into the great, turbid torrent of disease and death. Vet it should nut bc so. That it is so is a disgrace : as well as a loss. People are largely too care? less or too stupid to defend their own in? terests- -t?ie most precious of which is health. That gone, all is gone. Disease is simple, hut to recklessness or ignorance thc simplest ihings might as well be complex as a proposition iu ; ('onie Sections. As the hage Western rivers, j which so often flood the cities along their ? shores, arise in a few mountain springs so si 11 j our ailments can be traced to impure blood and a small group of disordered organs. The most effective and inclusive remedy for disease is Parker's Tonic. It goes to thc i sources of pain and weakness. Tn response to its action, thc liver, kidneys, stomach and bei.rt begin their work afresh, and disease is driven out. The Tonic is not, hewever, an intoxicant, but cures a desire tor strong drink. Have you dyspepsia, rheumatism, or j troubles which have refused to yield to other i agents? Here is your help. Father's Advice to his Son. 'My son, I hare heretofore presented you with a copy of the Holy Bible. If you study only one book let that be the Book, as the truths it contains 'are able to make yon wise unto salvation.' I herewith present you with a copy of the recent edition of Webster's Unabridged Dic? tionary. If you study only two books let this be the other, as it i3 not only a dictiona? ry unsurpassed in the spelling, pronuncia? tion and definition of words, but is also an encyclopedia of information in its Vocabula? ries of persons and places noted in Fiction, Scripture, Greek, Lati?, and Geographical Names, Biographical Dictionary, Quotations, Pictorial Illustrations, &c, making it a book to which you will bare occasion frequently to refer during life.'-President, Morion Female College. Aunt Lindy-To' de life o' me. chile, I cawn't roagin' why yo*s so little.' Winnie 'What a 'dicklus question ! I was bo'n lit? tle ; dat's why. Ye tinks I raademyse'f, does ycr ?' _: Thc secret of the universal success of Brown's Iron Bitters is owing to the fact that it is the very best iron preparation made. By a thorough and rapid assimilation with the blood it reaches every part of the body, giving health, strength and endurance to every por? tion. Thus beginning at the foundation it builds up and restores lost health. It does not contain whiskey or alcohol. It will not blacken the teeth. It does not constipate or cause headache. It will cure dyspepsia, indi? gestion, heartburn, sleeplessness, dizziness, nervous debility, weakness, etc. Col. A. L. Campbell, Walterboro, S. C., says 'A member o'.' my family used Brown's Iron Bitters with gcod results.' Dr. A. Page, Rushmore, 0., says: 'I have prescribed Brown's Iron Bitters in several in? stances, and in each case obtained good re? sults.' 'Yes,' the Nebraska farmer said, 'barbed wire fence is expensive. But the hired man doesn't stop to rest every time he has to climb it.' _ _ Don't Spill the Milk. 'There is no ose crying over spilled milk,' says the old saw. If you are not only bald, but have no life in the roots of your hair, there is no use crying over that, either. Take both time and yourself by the forelock while there is a forelock left. Apply Parker's Hair Balsam to your hair before matters get worse. It will arrest the falling off of your hair and restore its original color, gloss and softness. It is a perfect dressing withal, clean, richly perfumed, cools and heals the scalp. After long Mercury and Potash treatments, I foand myself a cripple from Mercurial Rheumatism. Tried Hot Springs two years without relief, and was finally cured sound and well by the use of Swift's Specific (S. S.S.) CHAS. BERG, Hot Springs, Ark. THE MARKETS^ SUMTER, S. C., Jan. 29, 1884. COTTON.-About 100 bales have been sold during the week ending the 29th. The mar? ket closed firm. We quote: Stained 7} @3A ; Tinged 8??8f ; Ordinary 7<g>7? : Good Ordinary 8A08?-; Low Middling ??. ?OlMiddling ol(o}0} ; Good M?d\iug>$f CHARLESTON, S. C., Jar^T?, 1884. COTTOX.-A?^rJv^4-?nTlrr**?ale3 about 275 bules. ..??^?T?rations are : Ordinarv ; Cope Ordinary 9??9| ; Low Mi(ldiiog,~??| ; Toddling 10$: Good Middling, WILMINGTON, N. C., Jan. 28, 18S4. SPISLW TUSPEXTIXE-Market quoted firm at 30\ cents. Rosix-The market firm at $1.12} for Strained and $1.17} for Good Strained". CitL'DK TuaL'KXTiXE-Market steady at $1.15 for Hard, $2.00 per bbl., for Virgin and Yellow Dip. COTTOX-Market firm. Sales 100 bales. The following are the official quotations: Low Middling9?, Middling lu|, Good Mid? dling J0|._ T WEEK'S RESIDING FREE ! FOR SIX GOOD FAMILIES. Send youmamoand the name and address of five a! your neighbors or fries da on a postal card and gel free for yourself and f oca of them a specimen copy of THE GREAT SOUTHERN WEEKLY, Bs "lilla Cfflsfflili" 0UR / "UNCLE REMUS'S" world-famocs ^Sketches of thc cid Plantation Darkey, THREE i "BILL ARP'S" Humorous Lettersftc HUM0R01/S J the Home and Hearth Stone, WRITER?? I "BETSY HAMILTON'S" advoBtores tn? N told in the "Cracker" dialect. Var Siorien, Sketches of Travel, JS>tci, J* o tm i, /fest, Adventures, "Th* /'am," TA? 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