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WEDNESDAY* JULY 27. :.tO. THE WORLD. -^The .world is a queer old fellow; i As yon journey along by his side Too bad better conceal any trouble you feel If you want to tickle bis pride. No matter bow heavy your burden? Don't tell him about it, pray, Be will only grow colder and shrug bis shoulder , And hurriedly walk away. 'Bat carefully co*er your sorrow, - And the world "will be your friend, If only you'll bury your woes and be merry He'll cling to you close to the end. Don't ask him to lift one finger To lighten your burden, because He never will share it, but silently bear it, And be will be load with applause. The world is a rain old fellow, . You most laugh at bis sallies of wit No malter h?f w brutal, remonstrance is fu tile And frowns will not change him one whit. And since you most journey together Down paths where all mortal feet go, Why life holds more savor to keep in his faror, For he's an u nmercifnl foe. -Etta Wkeder Wilcox in New York Mercury. A Serious Charge. What an Orangeburg Farmer Has to Say About Short Weights. Editor Times and Democrat : In a recent number of your paper yon gave an account of how a farmer had been robbed of bis cotton in New Orleans? and stated you had no doubt there were many similar cases in Or angeburg, which I am satisfied is so, except they are not as fortunate as the New Orleans man was in getting his $16,000 returned. It is really alarming in how many ways cotton producers are robbed of their produce, firom the fields to the time the crop has passed frjm their possession, and taking all things into consideration it is.wonderful that any at all are left - with means to farm on a cash basis, and it is truly characteristic of our people how forbearing they have been of this evil, and how little has been \ said and done in the way of correct ing this evil. I refer principally to the robbery committed when the cot ton goes to market. As we all know we h?ve had any amount of legisla tion on the seed cotton traffic. ''Whiie the poor, petty seed cotton thief is -well provided for by the law if caught ] -stealing cotton from the field, the licensed thief, the greater of the two, contienes year after year to rob us of our -cotton after it goes to the mar ket by t?hort weights and every way conceivable to an intelligent and in genious ihief. And yet this, the licens ed thief, goes unprovided for by our laws. An6 right here I will state th*t the name licensed thief did not orig- j inate with -the writer, but was applied jj * by one of oar representatives while in 'j ? coavere&fton with him on the sub ject, and yet he has been in the Legis lature for lib reeyears and has not done anything my knowledge to remedy these evite. Even though last session there was^ite-a-stir about thieques-4 tion of short, weights, nothing was done except an 'investigation by a com mittee of the Cotton JEschange of Charleston, which resulted as s?i ex pected. But short weights are not confined to Charleston, -but reaches even to honest Orangeberg. I have no doubt some ?ene -who read this, even farmers will -say, as some 1ms said about the (farmers' movement, these grievances are all ??-"Aginary, or over drawn,-or the writet is suffering ?ritfc <&yepcpsia, &c. What does a quarter of a cent amount to on a bale ?f cotton ? Or what is it to lose five or six pounds on a bale of cotton ? Or how can you expect all cotton scales to agree ? I will answer by asking what did the New Orleans man's loses amount to at the half o! one ceu; ? Or what would the loss of five pounds per bale amount to on one hundred and twenty-five thousand baies, the estimated crop of the State last year ? Make 3*our own calcula tions and see if we would not have enough money in two years to com mence the agricultural college on a solid foundation. It is reasonable to expect scales to vary one or two pounds, but none why they should vary more. Sixteen oonces should make a pound in all cases. Platform scales are made with brass beams, be cause brass is not as susceptible to heat and cold as iron, and will not con tract or expand as i con, and will, if not doctored on, always weigh uniform. The common cotton scales of to-day with iron beams has a corresponding ! amount of the same metal at the other ! ?nd.to counteract any contraction or j j expansion in the beam and therefore I ' obo?id always weigh correct, if not j doctored on. Complaints, of short ! weights are not confined to farmers alone* as I have always lost from one \ to eleven pounds per bale on cotton in j Orangeburg, and whet: I complained j ' to the buyer I was met with the reply from the buyer that their losses in I weights in Charleston was so great j they could not afiurd to weigh cotton ! close, thereby fortifying themselves! against short weights at the expense ? of the producer. Recently I was i asked by one of your -prominent citi- ? zens for proof of these short and j irregular weights. My experience is j as follows : I sent two bulrs of cotton j to Orangeburg for sale by my son, carefully weighed at home on scales, which never has varied more than j one pound with the public scales at j the Courthouse. One bale lost eight I pounds and one lost eleven pounds \ on buyer's scales, and as I thought there must be something wrong 1 | carried two balce more a few days j later, carefully weighed at home on the same scales, at the same time 1 weighed myself on the same scales, and went direct ta Orangeburg. One bale of the Cotton lost three j pounds, the other lost four pounds ; { 1 weighed myself on buyer's cotton j scales and lost four pounds ; 1 then weighed on buyers grocery scales and weighed exactly what 1 weighed at home. I then weighed on ihn public scales and lost half of one pound. 1 then weighed cotton on j 6ca'?es of buyer No. 2 ami lost five ? pounds, and gained one pound on his j groceiy scales. On scales of buyer ?o. 3 1 lost five pounds on his cotton scales and nothing on his grocery scales. If this is not proof enough I have enough more. Bui this is not only proof of short weights, but also proof if you are net present yourself the weights would be short er and if weig'its are thus short under your own <\e w! at could you expect j when you ship it to Chat lesion. Es- ] pecially since they have a cotton mill there to manufacture loose cotton. As I see from the Nei?s and Courier of May 9th, in resolution 10th, offered i>y Mr. McCabe at a recent meeting of the cotton mill company, one of the original ideas when the mill was built was to buy loose cotton in that market. Well may the News and Courier say that Sooth Carolina ie growing rich, but unfortunately individuals in the State are grow* ing rich and not the bone and sinew. How long is this state of things to exist? Or when was there a greater need of a farmer's or ganization than at present ? Or what more appropriate or important sub ject could be discussed and acted upon at the next meeting of the farmer's associai tons all over the State ? Surely we farmers would be allowed to discuss this subject, as there is no politics in it. I meant no re flection on the representative referred to above, ae I believe him to be con scientious and honest. But not be ing directly interested in producing and selling cotton himself, the mat ter did not come directly home to him, and as there had been only in dividaal complaints lie bad no speci al grounds for action, but if farmers and all honest people would demand a correction of this evil we might in time get some redress, and per haps cotton mills would be built in future to manufacture honest and not loose cotton, and perhaps there would he less costly mountain sum mer resorts btiilt for the^cotton hawks to revel in luxury, and recuperate during the hot summer months, while we poor, foolish, shiftless and indo lent farmers, so called, wear our lives out making loose cottou to satisfy the ravenous appetites of these cotton hawks on their return to their favor ite hunting grounds in the fall. Nemo. Lakeside Farm, June 13, 188T. A Snake in a Lump of lee. A DeKalb street lady purchased a lump of crystal ice a few days ago and placed it in aa iee cooler, which was perfectly clean,. She added no water, allowing it to melt without assistance. Some time later she drew a glass of the melted ice aod was lifting it to her lips, when, from the very centre, a tiny snake reared its'diamond head, its scio tilating eyes and glistening forked tongue causing a scream of fright to issue from the lady's Hps. Fortunately she held on to the glass and was thus able to prove to the incredulous friends who answered her call to the absolute truth of this strange storj. The snake was almost pure white, measured an inch and a hatf in length, was fully de veloped and belongs to a species as yet anclassi?ed. How it came into the ice, md how it could live and display such wonderful liveliness in liquid of a tem perature so near congelation is a mys ;ery worthy the attention of our local. scientists.?Norristoicn Herald. News Items. The Standard Oil property at Con stable Hook, N. ?T., has been destroyed >y fire. Loss $1,000,000. No insur tnce. The cotton crop in the province of yienufieh, Egypt, has been attacked by rorms, and much of it has already been lestrayed. Harper, the Fidelity Bank manager, Cinzieeat?,is ?feort over ?8,000,000. rbis is the biggest of all the big steals >f the Northern and Western Bankers. Capt. J. B. Patrick has removed his Vliiitary Institute from Greenville to Anderson, S. C, where he has more ni tabi e buildings for his school. Col. J. N. Lipsesmb, ex-Secretary of state, has been appointed Chief Clerk )f the Patent Office. The salary is The July nember of the Cotton Plant, printed at Greenville, S. C, contains a ine likeness of the Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken, with a well-written sketch of his ife. The Philadelphia Record reports that naoofacturcrs of ninety per cent, of all he envelopes made in the country have formed a strong combination to restrict production and regulate prices. A mau in Newberry has named the L?ureos and Spartanburg road the Three P's?Piney-Woods, Prosperity wd Perkins?as a rival of the ?hree O's.?Edgefield Advertiser. Chester township voted a subscription >f $25.000 to the Georgia, Caro lina & Northcra Railroad on the 15th instant. The W. C T. U. ha?e at last settled uow the presiding officer shall be ad ircssed. Hereafter it is to be 'Madam President,' ami not Miss or Mrs. Pres ident. That is progress. A large per cent, of the pictures sold with cigarettes are not fit to be carried about by beys iu their pockets. Boys, do not handle them where girls can see them. It is uot showing proper respect to the girls or maintaining your own self-respect. Luther Benson, the Indiana temper ance lecturer, who made several ad dresses in this State some years ago, is now in Tennessee engaged in the tern pcranee work. Ile is drawing large crowds. Lightning struck the Neics avd Her ald building at Wiuusboro, on July 20th, afternoon, paralyzing the left side of Mr. Wyatt M. Propst, a com positor, and severely bhocked two i otners. It is reported in Anderson that a far- ' uier in tlie lower part of the county has lately lost six mutes from some strange disease which commenced to attack them at the feet and spread all over their bodies. The mules and stables at:d ali had to he bunted, but the dis ease is still spreading. The constitutional amendment to be voted in Tennessee in September pro vides that 'No persons shall manufac ture for sale, or sell or keep for s;ile. as a beverage, any intoxicntiug liquors whatever, including wine, ale and beer.' The amendment further provides that the General Assembly shall by law pre scribe regulations for the enforcement of prohibition, and shall thereby pro vide suitable penalties for the violation of the provisions thereof. The delegates which seceded from the Episcopal Convention io Charleston have made, "through a committee, a for mal statement of their case. It is a long and carefully written document setting forth their reasous for withdrawing and appealing to the churches in the State to declare their opinion on the color ?lucst?on at the next election of dele gatee. If the churches favor the plaa j of making oat tho list of clerical dele- j gates as adopted by the Bishop, theo let delegates bo elected who will har monize with that plan. A Naugatuck, N. Y., saloonkeeper bas just bought a church. His appli cation for license was objected to on the ground that bis saloon would be too near the church. He did away with that objection by purchasing the church. At President Cleveland's private table wine is not served, unless guests are present who have it habitually, and as for beer, two dozen bottles sufficed the white house for a year. The Pres ident dines at 7 o'clock and smokes one cigar after dinner, which is all he al lows himself ; be takes it walking in the upper corridor. Mr. Tom Griffin, a turpentine stiller in the upper part of Sandy Kun town ship, Lexington County, was burned to death at the turpentine still of Mr. Hilf ard Goodwin by the explosion of a barrel of spirits which ignited and lit erally b uro ed his body to ashes. During the 'Wild West* performance of Sells Brothers' oirens, at Clinton, Iowa, Tuesday night, four people were shot. The shooting was done daring the encounter of the cowboys and In dians, and it is thought that one of the cowboys got the wrong revolver. Advocates of prohibition say that it certainly does diminish crime, and point with exultation to the fact that for the first time in the history of Iowa the penitentiary at Fort Madison is without a sufficient number of convicts to ena ble the authorities to fill contracts made upon the basis of the usual supply. The Commissioner of Agriculture has given formal notice to the ownersof the abandonment by the Government of the land at Sammerville, S. C, recently oc cupied as 30 experimental tea farm. The permanent improvements made by the Government revert to the owners of the property. Gen. J. M. Tattle, of the Grand Army, who insulted the President, turns out to be of doubtful integrity. While in the army, at Vicksburg, at the close of the war, he was engaged in trying to steal the cotton of a planter named David L. Servis and resigned rather than risk dismissal by court mar tial. J. F. Peterkin, of Fort Motte, pro poses to make fifty bales of cotton, each weighing 500 pounds, on fifty acres of land, this year, with one hand and one mule. He will do so at an expense of three cents a pound, and expeots to clear $1,500.?Abbeville Medium. Adjutant General Bonbam has effec tually settled the dispute between the two military companies at Edgefield, C. H., as to. the right to the name Edge field Rifles,' by issuing an order dis banding both companies. The reason ascribed for this action is the failure of either company to comply with the fall requirement of the law in their organi zation. The Philadelphia Record vouches for the following: *A boy went into a Ridge avenue grocery store the other evening and bought some groceries. In the change there was a Canada ten cent piece. The boy throwing it on the counter, said: 'Give me another; this is a Canada ten-cent piece.' The man shortly returned with a can of peas, aod upon being asked what b.3 meant by that replied that he had been asked for a can of ten-cent peas.* The editor of the Areics and Courier, Capt. F. W. Dawson, has recovered $10,000 against Charles A. Dana, of the New York Sun for libeling him as the once boon associates of South Car olina thieves and robbers. Who amoog our editorial brethren wouldn't consid er himself fortunate in making $10,000 so easily. We are reminded of the old adage, 'Tis better to be born lucky than rich.'?Manning Times. 'Heavenly hash' is something new that has recently appeared in South ern bills of fare, bat bears no relation ship whatever to the traditional hash of the ordinary boarding house. It is made of a number of fruits cut up fine, spriokled with sugar and nutmeg, and placed inside of a scooped out orange into which a little wine is also added, and the whole thing then frozen. It is a sort of hash that would certainly be heavenly on a hot day. Canon Wilberforce, in an address delivered iu New York on Sunday said : wish to warn you not to let the liquor traffic control America as it con trols England. There is an aristocracy in this country, but it is an aristoctacy of intellectual power, of character, of beauty aod of grace. In Eogland we put our hig brewers in the House of Commons, ?astead of putting them io jail, as tbey do in Maine. In Maine they lock up the liquor before it gets ioto a man, while in New York you only lock it up after. There must be no compromise?no high license?but absolute aod universal Drohibition.' King Kalakau, of Hawaii/has gotten ' himself into deep trouble. A man named Gibson, from Anderson county, in this State, went to the Sandwich Islands and became a prime favorite with old King Kalakua. The King ap pointed him prime minister of his king dom,and Gibson's power has been abso lute/ The people claim that he iias shamefully betrayed his trust, and has ruthlessly plundered and oppressed them. Last week they rose agaiust the Government, and by a bloodless revolu tion compelled the King to dismiss his Gibson, and to give up everything ex cept the semblance of power. f?e may yet be forced to abdicate the throne. Mow great this fall ! A.few months ago this royal family was passing through the United States and Europe receiving the homage of nations. Now, "none so poor as do them reverence." Jacob Sharp who was accused of cor rupting and bribing the Aldermen of the city of New York in 18S1 has been convicted after a trial lasting thirty-four days. The jury were out only thirteen minutes after the case was submitted to thnm, and only ooe ballot was taken. j it must have been a clear case. The j defendant had every privilege which any accused person could demand, or should desire. He was defended by some of the most astute lawyers and ?orne nf the wisest counsellors at the New York bar. No device of shrewd and learned counsel was left untried. No subtle legal technicality in his favor passed unnoticed and uunused. Every thing that money could do for him was done. Il spite of his able counsel, in spite of his own pereoual influence and the power which money gives, the great bribe-giver is languishing to-day io a j felon's cell where it is probable that the j few reoiaiuiug years of Lis life will be ; I spent. i HE W?S GREATLY MISTAKEN, j Haryland Chemist Reckoned Without li Host. ? live in the midst of the malarial dis tricts of Maryland, near the city of Washington, and am exposed to all the dangerous influences of the impure air and water of that region. Being naturally of a strong consti tution, I had frequently boasted that no chills and fever or other malarious complaint would ever trouble me. This was mv experience and the con dition ?? which I found myself six months ago.- I first noticed that I did not feel so sprightly and vigorous as was my wont to do. I felt tired and enervated. Soon I noticed a distinct and distressing back ache would make its appearance in the afternoon, in Creasing in severity if the exercise was more than usually violent. Then a stretchy feeling with profuse gaping made its appearance. Then my head, always clear as a bell, would feel heavy and I began to have headaches. The cold stage was marked with chat tering of the teeth, severe rigors passed over me, and no amount of clothing could keep me warm. The chill was succeeded in turn by the fever, in which I seemed to be burning up, the con gestion in my head produced a violent pair, in the frontal por! ion and a heat ed sensation of the eyelids, with an in describable aching of the lower limbs. Nausea and vomiting occurred with severe retchings, and when the parox ysms passed off I was thoroughly pros trated by a weakness that was felt in every part of me. I drugged myself with quinine, and obtained some relief. But my respite was of brief duration. I was now so much reduced that I could hardly walk or stand upright. My disease soon culminated in a continued malarial fe ver which kept me closely confined for about a week. I became exceedingly depressed and melancholy, so much so that I lost interest in my work, and, indeed, scarcely cared what happened to me. During all this time, it must be un derstood that I did not neglect medical treatment. All the most powerful remedies were tried, such as liquid ar senatc of potash, valeriante of iron, mercury, bromide of potassium, chlo ride of bismuth, chinoidine, chinchoni dia, quinine and several others. All this I did under the advice of eminent physicians. It was while I was in this deplorable condition that the claims made for Kaskine, the new quinine, as a specific for malaria, were first brought to my attention. I knew nothing of its value to justify my having any confidence in it, but as everything else had failed I deemed it my duty to try it, so I began its use, and its prompt and radical ef fects were of the nature of a revelation to me. Many people may think the statement scarcely credible, but it is a fact that after only a few days' use of Kaskine all the leading symptoms in my case were decidedly abated or ceased altogether; and in a few weeks from the time I took the first dose I was cured. This was about the first of January, and since then I have experienced no recurrence of the malarial symptoms in any form. .A remedy of such ex ceptional virtue for the cure of malaria ought to be commended and univer sally made known. I have therefore urged it upon the attention of my friends, several of whom-have used it with like good results in every case, and it is with the greatest pleasure and sincerity that I commend Kaskine 1 to sufferers from malaria everywhere. Respectfully yours, j. D.Hird, . ., Assistant Clirruist Mary?and'Agricultural College. P. S.?Should any one wish to ad dress me as to the genuineness of the above letter, I will cheerfully respond. Other letters of a similar character from prominent individuals, which stamp Kaskine as a remedy of un ' doubted merit, will be sent on appli cation. Price $1.00, or six bottles, ? $5.00. Sold by Druggists, or sent by mail on receipt of price. The Kaskine Company, 54 Warren 1 St., New York, and ?5 Farringdon ? Road, London*_ t rmngs by Their Right Names. Every distillery should bear the , sign "The Curse Factory." Ou its great carts about town should be written, "Quarrels brewed at short notice." On its advertisements should be printed, "Any and all kinds of mischief furnished at the lowest price, and warranted to last a life-time." These splendid vehicles, drawn by the noblest horses in the street, grind a little child to a mangled, bloody mass of quivering pulp at every corner. But yet they are permitted to run. They dismember a woman of all her happiness on every block. Yet they are permitted to run ;?because the quivering, palpitating victims are not seen. Yet eome of us sec those things as they arc. We read the proud name of the brewer, and contrast the line house in which lie lives with the hovel which his trade has made ; and we wonder what the common Father will say at last to those wicked broth ci*3 who have painted their dwellings with the blood of their brothers. I'\?r there cometh a day when the curse ol all curses shall itself be cursed by H im who has power to curse, and none can bless. Even now it is written, "Cursed be he that putteth the cup to his brother's lips."?Rev. Emory F. JIaynes, D. V , ia Golden Rule. - ? ????? -e^?? General Grant, in a note written a few days before his death, said : "Alcoholic drinks are not good for me, they simply heat me, and leave me weak," ICHABOD AND OTHER POEMS, BY W. G. KENNEDY. FOR SALE AT THE S?.MTER BOOK STOKE. Price reduced to oae dollar per copy. Testimonials of Eminent Physicians of the State. The following are selected from many sim ilar ones : Da. L. C. Kennedy, of Spartanbnrg, writes the Proprietors : "The remedial qual ities of Glenn Springs I bave known for over forty years, and can attest to its value in Dyspepsia from gastric or functionnl derange ment of the Liver, General Debility, Dropsical Effusions. Uterine Irregularity and Affections of the Kidneys and Bladder. To the last dis eases I would particularly call attention, as the waters have showu large curative powers in these complaints." De. . . May3R, of Newberry, S. C, say9 : UI have seat more than fifty persons sufferiog with Jaundice to these Springs, and have never been disappointed in aoy case ; they all speedily recovered. I cannot find words to express my confidence in the Glenn Springs water, as a remedy for the Liver, when functionally deranged. Dyspepsia, Dropsy, certain skin.diseases, troubles in the Kidneys and Spleen, if produced by the Liver, have all, as I know, disappeared at the Springs.'' Dr. James McTntosh. President of the Med ical Association of South Carolina, in bis an nual address before that body remarks : "Glenn Springs, for diseases of the Stomach, Liver and Kidneys, deserves to rank with any other on the continent," PRICE OF WATER. Per case of two dozen quart bottles, securely packed and delivered on the train at Spartan burg, $4.00. Per gallon, by the barrel, delivered at Spartanbnrg, 20 cents. Per gallon, for less than a barrel, 25 cents. Address SIMPSON & SIMPSON, Glenn Springs, S. C. For sale in Sumter, by Dr. A. J. China and Dr. G. S. Sealy. BLANKS LIENS, TITLES, MORTGAGES, BILLS OF SALE, BONDS, And Other Blanks in Variety, FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. This Magazine portrays Ameri-r can thought and life from ocean to ocean, is filled with pure high-class literature, and can be safely wel comed in any family circle* PRICE 25c. OB $3 A YEAR BY MAIL. Simple Copy of current number mailed upon re* eeipt of 25 cts.; beck numbers, 15 cts. Premium List with either. Address: S. T. BUSH & S?ST, Publishers, 130 & 132 Pearl St., K. Y. NEW SHOP. ?J E SUBSCRIBER would respectfully in form the citizens of Sum.er County, that he has recently moved his shop from Wedge field to the To\vn of Suinter, where he will carry ou the business of WHEELWRI6HTING. BLACKSMITH ING, and General Repar?ng. HORSE SHOEING a specialty. Will keep on hand piping and fixtures for the repairing of Steam Engines, Pumps, etc. LOG CARTS built to order. He takes this opportunity to thank his friends and the public generally, for the lib eral patronage extended to him while at Wedgefield, and hopes by close attention to his business, to merit a continuance of the same. Shop on Liberty Street, near Mr. H. Harbv'a Livery Stables. RILE Y W. BRADHAM. March 17, '87. BEES AND HONEY. J. P. H. BROWN, AUGUSTA, GA. MANUFACTURER OF HIVES, SEC tions, Foundation and Bee-keepers' Supplies. Also Breeder of Italian Bees and Queens. He manufactures the best PORTABLE FRUIT DRYER. Send for catalogne. March 3 THE ROYAL ST. JOHN. The only Sewing Machine in the world that runs either forward or backward and still continues to sew in the same direction. -IT IS THE SIMPLEST, STRONGEST. MOST DURABLE, AND BEST. CHALLENGES COMPARISON, Distances Competition ! Surpasses Expectation Be Sure You See it Before You Buy. FOR SALE BY F. H. FOLSOM & BRO. Watchmakers and Jewelers, Main-Street, opposite John Reitfs, SUMTER, S. C.f March 24 A WELL KNOWN FACT! A Dealer who makes a Specialty of one par ticular line can always supply the Best Goods at the Lowest Prices, IT IS THEREFORE TO YOUR INTEREST TO BUY YOUR HARDWARE -FROM K. W. DURANT & SON. They keeep id stock every known variety of SHELF HAEDWAEE and would call especial attention to a very large and well selected stock of RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING In all widths, with Rivets and Burs or Lacing as may be desired. STOVES OF EVERY VARIETY AT ALL PRICES. A large and superb steok of Clilna strxt?L Glassware, And the finest and largest assortment of TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY, RAZORS, SCISSORS, &c, from the best fatories of Europe and America. Especial attention has been paid in the selection of POT WARE, TINWARE, &c. Wagon Material of Every Conceivable Kind. Single and Double Muzzle and Breech Loading Guns, Ammu nition, Shells, &c. Remember this is the ONLY HARDWARE STORE IN TOWN and will be supported by LOW PRICES. Sept 15 r. w. Durant & son. Main Street, opposite the Bank, Sumter, S. C. ASHLEY SMALL GRAIN SPECIFIC. The S. G. S. is the cheapest, and tbe best, and the only Specific Fertilizer for Small Grain oo the Market. The S. G. 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For sale by all druggists. the s ft specific co.. Drawer 3. Allanta, Ca. S. S. S. vs. POTASH. ? hr.vo ?in?l h"o.vl poison for t?n yearn I know have taken one hundred bottle? of iodide < f > ??-??h in imie. Luit it dui ine no pood. Last rammer my face. nock. I'ody Mid hm Ks \. ??;?.? ciyv.fi with *..:<?.-. ri . 1 1 runici ttarccly use my arm* on account of rheti? jiintitiii i:i rny shoulders. 1 <??? . S. s S.. and. it has donc me mofo good th.m other med? cine* I . .*? taken. Ince. hod and neck are perfectly clear ami-crean, and my rheu ::::it;-m is entirely ?pvie. ' 1 weighed * pound* when I bo?mn the medicine, ?nd I now weigh ZSi pounds. My ?"rst bottle helped me greatly; ami gave ine an appetite like a strong man. i would not be without S. S. S. tor eweral tim.-s its weight in gold. ? _ , C. J>. MITCHELL, W. 23d St. Ferry, "New York. EVERY YOUNG MAN SHOULD AVAIL Himself of the advantages offered at the BRYANT, ST RA TT ON & SADLER BUSI NESS COLLEGE, For acquiring a thorough and practical train ing in business amurs. With improved and enlarged facilities, we announce our Twenty-Second Annual Opeuing for the reception of pupils. The curriculum oi'study embr?cese thorough preparation for business affairs. The proficiency acquired by our many pupils during a period of over twenty years as educa tors of youth is our strongest commendation. ~~ Pupils enier at any time. For circulars, cat alogues, terms, ftc call on or address W. H. SADLER, President, Sept 8 Nos. 6 a 8 , Charles St., Balto. J ^ J?LJCi. 5 DEALER IN Drugs, ffledioines and O liemicals. FINK TOILET SOAPS, HAIR AND TOOTH BRUSHES. PERFUMERY AND FANCY TOILET ARTICLES, Ac., <?c. PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES AND DYE STUFFS, GLASS, PUTTY, $c. Full supply of Fresh Garden Seeds. April 9 PAINT YO?? BUGGY FOR One Dollar. One coat gives an old buggy tb- blackest black you ever saw and a handsome gloss without varnishing. It dries hard in a few hours. No rubbing 1 Ko varnishing! No extra trouble. Each can contains more than enough to paint a carriage. Retailed at One Dollar per Can. For Sale by DR. A. J. CHINA. J. F. W. DeLORME, - - m t -DEALER IN Agentt TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY AND ALL KINDS OF Druggist's Sundries USUALLY KEPT IN A FIRST-CLASS DRUG STORE. Tobacco, Snuff and Segars, GAHDEN SEEDS, &C, -also Paints, Oils, Varnishes, GLASS, PUTTY, &c. and DYE STUFFS. Physician's Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with care and dispatch. The public will find my stock of Medicines complete, warranted genu ine, and of the best quality. Call and see for yourselves. HOUSE PAINTING In First Class Stylo. IAM PREPARED TO FURNISH MATE rial of the best kin-d and finish up jobs in workmanlike manner, and no money required until work is completed. Any kind of work in?the Honse-painting line, such as Walnut Graining, Oak 6raining, Mapleing, Marbleizing, Wall and Fancy Painting in flat or gloss work, Graniteing, Rough-casting, Gold or Brass Bronzing, Staining, and Varnishing in any shade. All jobs will be promptly dealt with. Address LEMUEL R. DAVIS, May 19 Suniter, S. C. Obtained; and nil 1 '/" >1> :>* at tended lo for MODRllA TE FEUS Our office is opposite the t;-S. ISttc.ntOffice, and we can ob tain Patents in less li me, M am those remote from ?V.lSlllXG'rOX. Semi MODEL. Ill*A H'ISt? or PHOTO of invention.. We advise to patent abilitv Tree of citarse and we ma-ke ( IIAUGE UNLESS 1 E IS WCI:EH. For circular. advice; terms and ref'-ronces to actual clients in your own Stute. County. <-*i;y or Town, write to C.Aj'SNOW&CO Opposite FaicnL4)J:cc, Waslrington, I) C ?H5 ONLY T??3 HON WiU purify the BLOOD regulate the LIVER aad KIDNEYS And restore the HEALTH ?ad VIG OR of YOUTH. Dyspersi:Ovant of Appetite, Tndigestion,Lnck of Strength and Tired Feeling ab solutely cured: Bones, mus cles and nerves receive new force. Enlivens the mind , and supplies Bruin Power. 'Suffering fro 31 complaintspecu linrtothfir sex will find in DR. ASTER'S IEON TONIC a safe, speedy cure. Gives a clear, healthy complexion. All attempts at counterfeiting only adds to iti popu larity. Do not experiment?cet Originai, asd Best (Or. HARTER'S LIVER PILLS k Cure ConstlpationXlver Comol&int and SicXl He*dacne. Sample Dose czi Dream Book ? mailed on receipt of two cents la postage, THE DR. MARTER MEDICINE CO.. ST. LOUIS, MO. LADIES SUITER MARBLE WORKS, . ESTABLISHED IN 1S69. W. P. SMITH, WHO IS STILL PREPARED WITH Improved Facilities, TO FURMSIf MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES, AU Einds of Cemetery Wor?, lu First Class Workmanship. Pce. Z?. HOW LOST, HOW RESTORED! .7nst published, a new edition of Dr. CUL VERWKLL'S CELEBRATED ESSAY on the radical cure ?)f Spermatorrhoca Semina! weak- \ ness. Involuntary Seminal Losses, Iuipotency, j -Mental .ind Physical Incapacity, Impediments to Marriage; etc.; also, Consutupti'-n, Epilepsy and fits, induced by self-indulgence or sexual j extravagance. Jtc. The celebrated author, in this admirable Essay, clearly demonstrates, from a thirty years* successful practice,, that tbc alarming conse quences of self-abase mny be radically cured; pointing out a mode ol cure at once simple, cer tain and effectual, by means of which every sufferer, no matter what his condition may be, may cure himself cheaply, privately and radi cally. ^S" This lecture should be in the hands of every youth und every man ia the land. Sent, under seal, in a plain envelope, to any address, post paid, on receipt of four cents, or two postage stamps. Address THE CULVEKWELL MEDICAL CO., 11 Aj?* St. New York; Post Office Box, 450. I . F. MITCHELL & SON, proprietors op The Merchant Flour Mills COMMISSION MERCHANTS fob the sale of COTTON AND NAVAL STORES. WILMINGTON, N. C. OFFER FOR SALE AT LOWEST PRICES Choice grades FLOUR, own man'f t're< -also, Fresh Ground MEAL, EOMINT. CRACKED CORN, &c. . also, Selected RED RUST PROOF SEE0 OATS. Selected North Carolina and Maryland SEED RYE. AU oar Goods guaranteed beet quali ty and at lowest prices. No charge for* delivery to Railroad. B. F. MITCHELL & SON. WULBERN & PIEPER, WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND DEALERS IN Fren, Lipis, Toteo, k, 167 and'l?9 East-Bay, CHARLESTON, S. C. Dec. 2_ S. B. THOMAS, Agi No. 320 KING STREET, Opposite Liberty, WMflf Ms, Paper issm LACE CITRTAIXS, CORNICES AND UPHOLSTERY WINDOW AWNINGS MADE TO ORDERT CHARLESTON S.-C* Dec 11__6 GEO. W. STEFFENS, WHOLESALE GROCER, Auction and Commission Merchant and Liquor Dealer. AGENT FOB The Finest Hams cured in the U. & Also Agent for GENESEO ROAD CART. Tbe Best and Cheapest on the Market. 197 EAST BAY ahd 50 ahd 52 STATE S?V ( Auction Room State Street,) CHARLESTON, S. C. - Consignments Solicited. No 25 o . PAVILION HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. First Class in all its Appointments? Snpplied with all Modern Improvements^ Excellent Cuisine, Large Airy Rooms, Otis Passenger Elevator, Elec tric Bells and Lights. Heat ed Rotunda. . RATES $2.00, $2.50 AND $3:00. Rooms Reserved by Mail or Telegraph,' Sept 16 - > THE HOTEL WINDSOR, 211 KING STREET. four Doors South Academy of Musk, * CHARLESTON, S. G. THIS well appointed Hotel was opened for/ the reception of Guests, March 1st, 1885,* by G. T. ALFORD. recently proprietor or the "New Brighton Hotel," Sullivan's Island. The "WINDSOR" is newly furnished' throughout, having Woven Wire Spring and Hair Matresses on all beds Fronting on* King Street, with extensive Southern expo*-' ure, making All the Rooms Dry, Airy and Pleasant. To make the "HOTEL WINDSOR." whatr has long been wanted, a STRICTLY FAMI* LY HOTEL, No Liquors will be sold on the premises* Rates,. $1.50 to $2.00 per day^LibertJ? terms made by the week or month. G. T. ALFORD, Manager. WRIGrHT'S HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. C. -o rtlHIS NEW AND ELEGANT HO?S1, I with all modern improvements, it now open for the reception of guests. S. L. WRIGHT * SOK, May6. Proprietor*. RUBBEB STAMPS NAME STAMPS FOR MARKING CL0THIN8 with indellible ink, or for printing viiit?i?^ cards, and STAMPS OF ANY KIND for stamping BUSINESS CARDS, -ENVBI*. OPES or anything eise. Specimens of ? # styles on hand, which will be shown wkb plea*-; ore. The LOWEST PRICES possible, an* orders filled promptly. ... Call on C. P. OSTEBH, At the Watchman and Southron Offlee $25,000.00 IN GOLD! will BE paid FOB AHBUCKLES' COFFEE IBAP? 1 Premium, - - $1,000.00 2 Premiums, - $500.00 each 6 Premiums, - $250.00 M 25 Premiums, ? $100.00 * 100 Premiums, - $50*00 " 200 Premiums, ? ? $20.00 " 1,000 Premiums, $10.00 " For fuU particulars and directions see Circo lar in every pound of Akbcckles' Coffee. WORK SHOPS wrrnorr STEAM POWER BY USISO OUTFITS OP BASKE*' PAT. FOOT PCWtt* machinery can compete with team power. Sold on trial* Steta 1 and woodworkers send for p^ces. Illustrai catalogue free. W. F. &? Jno. Barne? Co? Rockford, 111. Address No 2116 Alain St. FOTJTZ'S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDER^ mm No Hons* will die- ?> Cone. P-ots or Luxe Fr-' ve e, it ?onofs Fowderx are ?sed in time. Foiitz's I\>wders will rmv ario prevent HOG ChoI?Ra. ? Fontr.'s Powders will prevent Cap? tx Fowls.. Font/.'s Powders will increase t!>e quantity Of miBc and ereaui twemy per ceni-, and make the butter flr?? %nA sweet. .r Foiirz's Powders will eure or prevent almost ttsxt .lisi.ask to wtticii Horses and ' attleare subject . Fotttz"s Towni ks win. <?ivk Satisfaction Sold everywhere. DAVID "E. FOUTZ, Proprietor BALTIMOKE, MIX THIS PAPER -AND The Great Farm^ Industrial and Stock Journat of the South, ONE YEAR FOR $3. 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