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WEDNESDAY, APRII* 1. Microbes of "Grippe." CHICAGO. March 28. -Dr. Wm. D. Gentry of this etty claims to be the pos? sessor of a microbe of Ia grippe, the first ever captured or .heard of. The little wiggler is imprisoned on a glass slide, of Dr. Gentry's big microscope and wAS t >-day carefully inspeo ei by many. Ever since ia grippe made its appearance a year ago, ?he doctor said today, he has been searching for mi? crobes, if any existed. He foand that thirty:four years ago, and again sixteen years ago, la grippe was epidemic among haman beings, and seventeen yean ago . it. attacked horses,; causing thc still remembered "epizootic " Owing to the recurrence of the disease Dr. Gentry was inclined to believe that the earth at snob intervals passed through a stretch of space impregnated with what astronomers called "star dost.'* Fonr day? ago it occurred to him that he might trap some of the dost or miorobes, or whatever it was. Carefully . polishing a blank slide he took it ont of- doors, and passed it throng h the air. Placing the slide Under his microscope, which magnifies 1J70 times, he conn ted seven hereto? fore unidentified microbes tn the field of the instrument. The creatures were very lively'and seemed to float or swim upward toward the glass. Before the doctor could secure the microbes they had disappeared. The next day with Ber. Dr. Biggs of Bogers Park Meth? odist Church, Dr. Gentry agaid tried ? and found more, Again they escaped, but by using microbe-glasses, he se? cured the next lot and had them mounted from the microscope. His next step was to procure some mucus .from patients afflicted with Ia grippe? tal the same sort of microbes were found in the mucus that had been Oittght in the air and identical in every respect. La grippe microbes, as de? scribed by Dr. Gentry, are generally of a round form, varying occasionally in outline, but always distinctly marked by a series of seven lines surrounding them. Radiating from these lines are other Knee in which the magnified images resemble fine, irregular hair. r. Gentry's entire time to-day was occupied in exhibiting the microbes to brother physicians and ia beginning a technical account of the discovery for the benefit of the profession. Diseases Caused by Bacteria. It has been learned within the past few years that several of the most serious diseases known to man are ; caused by. particular species of bacteria. Such diseases are called infectious. Amongst those forms which thus originate are tuberculosis, Asiatic cholera, erysipelas, .and some forms of blood-poisoning, tetanus or lock-jaw. some forms of .pneumonia, typhoid fever, and diphthe? ria. We know the germs which are concerned in . the causation of these diseases, and can grow them in tubes io the laboratory, and work out their life history. There are other diseases belonging apparent !? is the same .general class, of whose mode of origin we are stilt 'largely ignorant. S rich are small-pox, -measles, scarlatina, yellow-fever, and .others. We believe, largely on the .-ground of analogy, that these too are caused bj some forms of germs, each after its kind, but what they are we cannot jet say. Malaria, it has been pretty well established, is due to a minute organism which belongs not among the plants, batlow down in thc animal series, in 'the class known as the protozoa, and it -may be that some or all of the last group above-mentioned may be caused by simitar organisms, which as yet we cannot cultivate in the laboratory, or even bring within our vision with the microscope. ' I : Coasumption. or tuberculosis is largely sprei.i by the specific bacteria in the sputum thrown off ' by affected persons, which is allowed to dry and become disseminated in the floating dust.' Typhoid fever is communicated by the^ ?erms discharged from the bodies of J bose Ul of this disease, which, tn owe way or another, but largely in ^{.oltoted water and food, get into the .digestive, tract, of well persons. Diphtheria may be communicated in like manner by the germs in the mem? branes or fluids from, the mouth of the 'stricken ones, and may linger long wholly dry in garments and household furniture and rooms. Too bacterium causing tetanus, or lock-jaw, is not often conveyed from one person to another, bot is exceptional io having Its UP nal iorkiag-place in the soil of certain regions. Now bow do these particular species of germs cause these special forms of dresse? We have already seen that one of the marked life features of bacteria is that when they assimilate nourishment and grow, they set free various forms of chemical hubstances. When putrefaction occurs in a bit of meat, for example, certaio bad-stnell ?ng gases, as well as a host of other "substances, are set free *?y the bacteria which are feeding on the meat. Tbefe cause its putrefaction. Each species acts in its own peculiar fashion in the acquirement of its food, and sets free its own peculiar chemical substances. Now the same thiog happens when bacteria, io one way or another, get into the bodies of men or animals and grow there. But in the large propor? tion of cases the bacteria which we take into oar bodies io vart numbers with the greatest variety of no o el foods and with wafer and milk, produce, if they grow at all, chemical tubs ta o oes which do no manner of barm, lt i> indeed not at ail improbable that some bacteria which are constantly present io the digestive canal fort?, uuder ordi? nary circumstances, materials which aid ta the process of digestion. It has, however, come about in the lapse of ages that avery few, an infinite? ly small proportion, of all the bacteria which ars about us produce ohemical substances in the body which in one way or soother act as violent poisons. These substances produced by bacteria are called ptomaines, and here at last our plummet seems to be striking bot? tom. It is the ptomaines, or peculiar vegetable poisons produced by these germs, which usually do the damage. Sometimes these ptomaines are produc? ed in some special part of the body where the bacteria grow, and, gaining access to the body fluids, are carried all over the organism, inducing in the most vulnerable parts those changes which are characteristic of the disease, and which gives rise to what we call its symptoms. This seems to be thejjase to diphtheria and typhoid fever, in which the bacteria are COD ?ned, ia tba ^former, usually to the mooth and throat and air-passages, and in the latter, to the intestinal canal. Bat the soluble ptomaines are carried everywhere, work tog havoc-From "Glimpses of tbe Bacteria," by T. Mitchell Pr udders, tu j Harpers Magazint^ot April. The New Spring Bonnet ** - Frcim Harper's Bazar. It is to be admitted that there is something of the same quick delight to the soul of the young woman in the possessio o of a new spring bonnet that is to be felt by all, both youngand old, over the newly springing crocus and daffodil, or the . 4 "Blossom of the Almond-trees, April's gift to April's bws," or that comes to one from the perfect represen tatton of spring beauty with paint and pencil. It is, in the first place, an object of beauty, with its delicate tints, its airy lightness, its fresh lustrous ribbons, its plumes or its posies, its general effect of being only a larger sort of blossom itself. ID. the next place, it is the result of a high state of manufacture. Not only has talent, skill, and aptitude of finger gooe to the combination and harmony of shape and color there, but new looms have been set up. and new methods have been thought out and employed, that these silken ribbons, these lute strings and ganzes, mit;ht be woven, and new inventions have exercised searching brains for the making of these frames, for the setting of these dyes. This little bonnet, again is ao object of taste in the creation of its ornament; something like genius went to the designing of this lace, perhaps, a won? derful degree of talent to the copying of the flowers from nature's flowers, and to the further copying of that original copy. Science len Lits aid, too, in the matter of the dyes ; old secrets that be? longed once only to the alchemists gave the first hint, it may be, of their exis? tence, and the laboratory bas brought them out at the hands of men learned io strange formulas. What adventure, too, went toward its completion-the ends of the earth ransacked for the pigments that produced certaio of the more exquisite tints, aod others brought from the dark recesses where the primeval sunlight of submerged forests is still sealed in the coal strata ! ? marvellous insight, a friry-like deftness has blended the separate parts, from primitive frame to the crowning triumph of these ostrich tips, which first waved io some wild race across African lati? tudes. It will be seen that oar pretty trifle of lace aod straw is oot by aoy meaos to bespoken of contemptuously ; that it is no slight affair of the vanities, on which money and thought are but wasted ; but that ioto its coostructioo have gone many of the elements of art and science aod romance, and that all it Deeds to complete its charm is a pretty face inside it, with that smile of contentment upon it that is all but inseparable, at least for a few days, from the face of the possessor of the new spring bonnet. A Suggested Banquet The newspapers say that Senator Irby, Representative Shell and Gov? ernor TiUoiao diued together at the executive mansion a few days ago They should have waited until to-mor? row aod theo had a grand banquet io honor of the famous March convention of a year ago. This banque' should have been at? tended by the members of the adminis? tration,- by Superintendent Talbert, Kail Road Commissioner Thomas aod a delegatioo from the land phosphate companies, constituting all who have received aoy substantial good from that famous meeting of the "Farmers' Movement " Captain Shell, who issued the mani? festo calling that gathering bas a place paying $0,000 a year ; Major Talbert, who did the cbairmaosbip and parlia? mentary law part of the business, has a $2,000;a year job; Colonel Irby, who sky rocketed about the floor begging for "one more vote," has a neat little reward of ?5,000 a year ; Captain Till mao, who wrote the platform, cow draws, we believe, $3.000 per annum from the State Treasury ; Mr. Thomas, who was temporarily suppressed but whose heartfelt sympathy was known to be with the movement, is receiving a solid reward of ?1,800 a year and free travelling; several other gentle ; meo who had unsuccessful ly tried every other scheme under heaven to secure ! places were provided for uoder the operations of the great popular demon? stration ; nobody has yet calculated how much the land phosphate companies are likely to make by the course of the administration toward Coosaw. These can all rejoice and should do so. They have result* from the great March convention wbi< h they can feel and see and handle and jingle merrily in their breeches pockets. Some others of us have accumulated from the same performance a limited quantity of fuu and ao unlimited diet of crow. The people generally have secured nothing yet. They are living in hopes of great things to come but have not realized anything of a solid nature which would justifiy them in the ex? pense of a general banquet or jubilation. -Greenville Keir$, March 26. -. . - - - Backten'? Arnie? Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Braise? Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands Chilblain*. Corns and ail Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Pites, or no pay required- It is guaranteed to give per? fect satisfuctinn, or money refunded. Price 25 cen ts per box. For sale by J. F. W. De. Lurtoe o --Mi -- A Din TO YOUltSKLF. It >u'pri ing thut propfo wiil ure a om mutt, ordinary pill ?rhea (hey eau t>e<-ure ? valuable KugtUfa ?ne tor the -ame tim ney Dr. Ack>r * Kngli.?h pin.* ure a WMttice nue foraick beadm-uc ?nd all iivar ttooble*. Thc} ate fout?t, ?wet-t. easily rakoa and do not grine. For ?aie by J P.H\ I>el.<>rtue 9 Frequently accidents occur in the household which cause burn*, cu 3, sprains and bruises: for use in such cases Dr. J. H. McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment ha?? lor many years been the co tis tar. t favorite tami ly remedy*, vii For wee* back, chest pains, use a Dr J H McLean's Wundeitul He tiing Plasiei (porous.) vjnu] If voa have a painful 9<Mtse of fitigue, find your duties irks>iue, take Dr. J H. .McLean's Sarsaparilla. Ii will bi ?ce ) ou up, make you strong and vigorous. vj ?ni If )OU suffer pricking pains on moving the eyes, or cannot bear bright light, and find your sight weak and failing, you should promptly cse Dr. J H McLeau's Stnngthen ing Bye Salve. 25centsa hox. vj it?! When you are constipated, have hexdacl e, or io?s of appetite, takv Dr. J. H. McLean's Liver and Kid np) Pille!? ; they are pleasant lo take and Aili cure you. vjani The Nogro Not Gaining. Census Belums Show Kim Losing Strength* WASHINGTON, D C., March 25. Superintendent Porter, of the census bureau, has in preparation an important bulletin giving the population of the Sooth Atlantic and the Sooth Central States, Missouri and Kansas, by race. The total population embraced io this count is given as 23,875,259, of which 16 868.205 were white, 6,996,166 colored and 10,888 Chinese, Japanese and Indians. In the States included were found in 1890 fifteen-sixteenths of the entire colored population of the United States, so that for the purpose of immediately ascertaining the per? centage of increase of the colored pop? ulation the returns of these States are adequate and not likely to be materially affected by the returns of other States and territories, where the colored pop? ulation is small. The abnormal increase of the colored population in whet is known ss the black belt during the decade ending in 1880 led tc a popular belief that the negroes were increasing at a much greater rate than the white, population. This error was a natural one and arose from the difficulty of ascertaining how much of the inorease shown by the tenth census was real and how much was due to omissions of the census of 1870. The facts as ascertained sustain the theory that the high rate of increase in the growth of the colored population as shown in 1880 was apparent, not real and that it was due to imperfect enumeration in the southern States in 1870. The follow! og table gives the number of colored to every one hun? dred thousands whites in these States for the decades since 1790 with the per cent, of increase of each : No. of col. to 100,000 Percentage Increase Years. white. of white. colored. 1790 64,254 ...... 1880 53 900 33 9 33.1 1810 57,594 29 6 "8 5 1820 58,386 28 1 29 9 1830 59,756 29.6 32.3 1840 58.320 26 5 23 5 1850 55,319 34 3 27.4 1860 51,393 31 8 22.4 1870 46,429 19 5 8 0 1880 45 3% 37.8 33 8 1890 41,475 24.5 13 9 During the past decade the colored race has not held its own against the whites in the region where the climate and conditions are of all these which the country affords best suited to its development. It ts seen that but in three decsdes, that from 1800 to 1830, that part of the time io which the slave trade was in progress, has the colored race increased more rapidly than the white. Since 1830 the whites have steadily increased at a more rapid rate than the colored people. This increase has not been affected by the aid of immigration, for with the exception of Kansas and Missouri, these States have received comparatively few emigrants, either fioui foreign countries or from Northern States. Similarly the propor? tion of colored inhabitants to white in? creased somewhat between 1800 and 1830, but since that time it bas steadily diminished. In 1830, when the pop? ulation was at its maximum there were nearly six colored inhabitants to ten whites, but this population has been reduced to a trille more than four to ten at the present dates or by nearly one third of its amount. The d?ficiences of the ninth census, says Mr. Porter, are so apparent in this table that any extended reference to them is wholly unnecessary. . The following table gives the present white and colored population of the several States under consideration : Whit*. Colored, Sutes. Total. Total 16,868 205 5.996,166 Alabama 830.796 681,431 Arkansas 816.517 311.227 Delaware 139.429 29,022 District of Col. 154,352 75 627 Florida 224,461 166.678 Georgia 973 462 863.716 Kansas 1,374 882 51,251 Kentucky 1,585.526 272 981 Louisiana 554,712 562 893 M..n land 824,149 218.004 Mississippi 359.703 747.720 Missouri 2,254,468 154 131 North Carolina 1,049,194 567,170 South Caioliaa 458,454 692,503 Tennessee 1,332,971 434.300 Texas 1,741,190 492,837 Virginia 1,014,680 630,867 West Virginia 729,262, 33,508 To get the local population of these States 2,581 Chinese, 100 Japanese and 8.207 Indians should be added to the sum of the white and colored popula? tion. The percentages of white and colored population ol each of these States in 1890 and 1880 are given as follows : /-1890-u-1880-> White. Colored. White. Colored. Ala. 54 91 45.04 52.45 47.53 Ark. 72 37 27 59 73 71 26 25 Del. 82 75 17 22 81.96 18.04 D. C. 66 99 32 96 66.44 33 55 Fla. 57.35 42 58 52.92 47 Ol Ga. 52.98 47.01 52 97 47.02 Kan. 96.34 3 59 95 59 4 33 Ky 85 30 14 69 83.53 16 47 La. 49 59 60 32 44.40 51.46 Md. 79 06 20.92 77 51 22 49 Miss. 41.85 57 98 42 36 57.47 Mo. 94 23 5.75 93 29 6.70 NC. 64.85 35.05 61.96 37 95 S. C. 39 82 60 16 39 29 60.70 Tenn. 75.42 24.57 73.84 26 14 Tex. 77.89 22.04 75.22 24 71 Va. 61.27 38 70 58 21 41 76 W.Va. 95.61 4 39 . 4.19 Several tables are given which show the movement of the cr.lored e'emcnt of the population during the last half cen? tury. Ac inspection of the tables makts it evident, says the bulletin, that there has been no extended northern movement of the colored element from the border,States into those bordering on the Gulf, particularly into Mississip? pi and Arkansas, where they have in? creased proportionately to the whites. Let the States under consideration be divided into two groups, the fir.-t com? prising Delaware, Maryland, the Dis? trict of Columbia, Virginia, West Vir? ginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ten? nessee, Missouri and Kansas; and the second, South Carolina, Georgia, Flori? da, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas. Now, the increase of the whites tn the firt-t of these groups from 1880 to 1890 was at the rate of 22 per cent . while that of the colored element WAS 5.5 per cent. In the secoud of these groups the rate of the increase of the whites wrs 31 8 per cent , whil that of the colored was but 19 1 per ocnt. In the first group the number of colored to 100 000 white? diminished between 1880 and 1890 from 26.701 to 23,088. or 13.5 ppr cent., while in thc second g >?r, jt < i ntnifhed fr m Sl, 4i>0 to 73 611 or oi ly 9 6 per cent. There is therefore a perceptible tenden? cy southward of the colored people, which, though by no means powerful, has re?-ul?ed in drawing a notable pro? portion of that element from the border States and in producing in the two far southern States a more rapid increase in the colored race than in the white. PFH2? ESSAYS OH ROAD MAKING, Valoablc Saggestions on Construction and Maintenance. About a year ago a committee repre? senting the University of Pennsylvania offered titree prizes of $400, $200 and $100 for the best three papers on road making and maintenance. The award of prizes was duly made last October, and the three prize essays have appeared in bock form, together with five other essays,-the writers of wliioh have received honor? able mention. The first prize paper is by Henry Irwiu, of the engineering department, Canadian Pacific railroad, Montreal. His essay is based on experience while in charge of a district adjoining a large town where some of the finest macadamized roads are to bo foun?, and while driv? ing for many years over some of the worst highways in the adjacent county. First, Mr. Irwin shows that a practi? cally level road around a hill, though it increases the distance one mile, would effect a saving in work equivalent to $8,750 a year, supposing the road to be used hy 100 farmers. In a hilly country roads may generally with advantage fol? low along water courses, railway fash? ion. The steepest grado of a public road should not exceed one foot in twelve, and this for not more than 100 feet. A good load may be taken up a grade of one in twenty for a length of 400 feet. This is the steepest slope allowable on a road with much traffic. A long stretch of a perfectly level road is not desirable on account of drainage. Drainage is the first item to be looked after, and is second in importance to none. Money is well spent that secures a firm, dry roadbed. A road heaved by the frost means a road badly drained. Country roads may be macadamized for a width of only eight feet if estreme economy is necessary. But for constant traffic the macadamized portion should be sixteen feet wide. Where but one sidewalk is constructed it should be on the north or east sides, for there the sun dries the walk more quickly. When the roadbed is graded it should be rolled several times with a roller of not less than ten tons. In macadamizing hand broken stone is much superior to that crushed by a machine, which is gener? ally of irregular shape and does not readily bind together, an essential mat? ter. The best time to apply the stone is during hot weather in the spring and fall. In dry summer weather loose stones should be used for patching the surface or else stored in heaps along the roadside. "There is nothing strikes a European moro on his arrival in North America," Mr. Irwin says, "than the excellence of the railroads and the inferiority of the roads. This inferiority may partly be due to the fact tbattherich,bothin the United States ami Canada, almost invariably live in thc cities, where the roads are bettor kept up, or elso in the immediate neighborhood of towns which they can reach by rail. The country roads seem to be principally used by farmers, to whom time seems to bo no object, and who do not apparently realize that good roads can bo profitable, since they do not actually place dollar bills in their hands, and who seem to think that the only way to increase their income is to sell mere produce, no matter how much it may cost to draw it into market, and ac? cordingly they spend a greater part of their lives slowly plodding over bad roads without a thought of trying to improve them." Good roads admit of larger loads at greater speed; of uso in wet weather when horses would otherwise be idle; they practically shorten distances, en? courage travel, benefit trade, enhance the value of lands and save money. It has been estimated that in Illinois a full load can be carried on the roads only three months in the year; two-thirds of a load three months, and half a load six months. Good, permanent macadam? ized roads there would reduce the cost of hauling three-fourths. Tho defective highways of Illinois cost it annually an extra $15,000,000 for hauling, and depre? ciate its farms $160,000,000. The second prize paper is by David H. Bergey, of North Wales, Pa. Mr. Bergey, like Mr. Irwin, approves most highly the Telford and macadam systems. For either system the bed of the road should receive some preparation before the work of construction begins. It should be excavated, leaving a four inch elevation or ridge in fha middle, and gradually slope toward the edges. This saves some material in the construc? tion of tiie road, besides giving the road? way an arched contour. This feature is valuable, especially in thin macadam. The board of adjudicators awarding these prizes, consisting of ?oven prom? inent Philadelphians, join in the follow? ing recommendations to tho committee on better roads. First-That in the improvement of roads the macadam system, consisting of small angular fragments, in sizes not exceeding from two to two and a half inches in their longest dimension, ac? cording to quality, should be used, wherever a stone suvface is both practi? cable and justifiable. Second-That the minimum width of the metaled surface for a singlo track should bo demirod (8? feet), of such depth as tho amount of traffic and character of tho subsoil may require, to be deter? mined by the engineer in charge. Third-That the bed to receive the stone must be so prepared that it cannot be saturated with water, and to accom? plish this great attention should be paid to the character and drainage of the sub? soil. Fourth-That there should be legisla? tive enactment regulating the width of the tires of the wheels, and that the minimum width of all cart, dray, wagon or other heavy draught vehicles should bo four inches, to be increased when the capacity of the vehicle exceeds half a net ton per wheel at the rate of one inch for each 400 pounds in excess. Sagacity. She-Don't you sing? Woy, how* stupid of you! He-If you'd ever heard me try, you'd think it was everlasting smart of roe. West.Shora._ Cats Cause KIngrworm. "The ringworm is doing well in this cit}','* said a prominent physician to a reporter. "And if this peculiar form of skin disease is not checked and people are not very cautious it will spread rap? idly." "What is the cause of this skin affec? tion?" "The cat is the principal promoter of it. Children love to carry kittens around with them. Tho former are often cov? ered with certain fungi or parasites wliich, when brought in contact with a human being's skin, act similar to poison oak, although the eruptions are of a dif? ferent character. I have ascertained that in every primitive case J have ; it tended there is always a kitten or cat in the household, and this feline is petted and fondled not only by the children, but by tho adults. Let me give a bit of ad? vice to young ladies who hold their com? plexions at any value when I say don't handle tho cat, whether he be the sweet? est of kittens or the most valuable Mal? tese."-San Francisco Examiner. A colored orphan asylum has been found? ed In Georgia by a colored woman, Mrs. Carrie Steele. She has buiit a cottage and stable, and four acres of land around it have already been put under cultivation. Mrs. Steele has collected the money entire? ly by ber personal efforts. American Girls Being Displaced. American sewing girls in New York are gradually being, driven from their places in the clothing shops by Russian, Polish and Hungarian: Women, who gladly work seven days in every week, and ten hours a day, for $4, which American girls are not willing to do. In the large suit, cloak, feather and flower factories thousands of little girls and young women begin work for $1 a week, their wages increasing at the rate of sevfnty-five cents a year. After ten years' service some are earning 16 a week-the average being only $3LTO.-Hei? en Marshall North. "Women Voters in England. Tremendous strides have been taken ID recognition of the principle of woman suf? frage during the present century. Women vote for parochial officers, women vote for municipal officers, women vote in the elec? tion of and sit as members of school boards; and by the local government act, carried by the present conservative government women were given the suffrage in the elec? tion of county councillors. In none of these matters have I beard any allegation that women have been subjected to cor? rupt influences.-Charles Bradlaugh ID Boston Transcript. "Women's Loncfeeens. "I learned a long while ago not ho take women's luncheons of chicken salad nod ice cream," said a clever girl to me the other day. "I found that a headache usually followed a shopping expedition, and asked my doctor about it He asked me what I ate for luncheon, and I men? tioned the usual hodge podge of unwhole? some sweets and sours. Then he told me to give up the sweets, and take asimple man's luncheon of soup, coffee and more solid food. I took his advice, and can now do my shopping without a headache," New York Star._ IS LIFE WORTH LIVING ? Not if you go through the worfd a dyspeptic. Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets are a pojdiive cure for the worst k>nms of Dyspepsia, >*digfestton. Flatuleary and Constipation. G *ur aureed and sold by J. F. Vf, DeLorme. A CHILD KILLED. Another child killed by the ase of opiates given in the form of Soothing syrup. Why mother's give their children such deadly poison is surpri>ing when they can relieve the child of its jecaliar troubles by using Acker's Raby Soother. It contains no Opium or Morphine. Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme. 10 IF YOVxt BACK ACHES. Or you are all worn out, really good for noth? ing, it is general debility. Try BRO wy s i KO y HITTERS. It will cure you, cleanse your liver, and give a good appetite. POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening streugth.-Latest U. S. Government Food Report. Nov. 12. NEW DRUG STORE IN SUMTER. New Store, Net Mei, Net GU?. W. H. G1LLILAND & CO. Beg to announce to the citizens of Sumter, City and County, that they have opened IN THE U02TAGZA2T BLOCS. A Complete Stock of Drugs, Medicines, Toilet and Fancy Articles, and other goods, such as are usually fonnd in a Drug Store, including SEGARS AND TOBACCO, GAR? DEN SEEDS, ETC. Especial attention is invited to a fine line of PERFUMERY, embracing some fiue imported Extracts. Careful attention given to the compound? ing of prescriptions, and calls promptly at? tended to at all hours. An Electric Bell will be found at the door for night use. COME AND SEE US. W. H. GILLILAND & CO., MONAGHAN BLOCK, MAIN STREET, SUMTER, S. C. February 18 This is the way with the Ball corset: if you want case and shapeliness, you buy it-but you don't keep it unless you like it. After two or three weeks' wear, you can return it and have your money Comfort isn't all of it though. Soft Eyelets, and .'bones" that can't break or kink-Ball's corsets have both of these. J.RYTTENBERG <fc SONS. ?iM.i'.i'tillK WI) I'ISII. I beg to inform the public that I H jg keep fine fl FRESH MEATS" and also FINE FRESH FISH o." all kinds. I wish to inform rnv customers that I have opened a BUTCHER'S STALL IN FRONT OF THE POST OFFICE, on Libeity Street, where I will keep a neat place, at which Indies can cull and examine meats and fish. Thanking (he public for past favors, I re? spectfully solicit further patronage. ggr\ also pay tlie highest cash price for Beef and Pork. W. J. DAWSEY. 2-1 l-3rn_ VETERINARY SURGEON, ?OFFER MY SERVICES to the people of Sunner County as a Veterinary Surgeon, h ur further information address me at Provi? dence Post otlice. W. A. SPANN. M ch. -i5-2t. THE G-REAT SPRING XONIC ? ", ? KT' druggist, Albany, Ga., writes: "Wo are Pelling: ?nrge quantities of RWIKT'S SPECIFIC (fe. h. b.) -.or a : pring alterat ive and general health tonic, and with ?ie best result*. It is now largely used a* a preventive and cure ior Malaria. There are many remarkable evidences ot its merit in tkis section." Rev. L. B. PAI:?E, Macon, Ga., write? "Wo have been using Swirr's ^PF.cnnc at thc Orphan's Home as a remedy ior blood complaints, and us a genera} health f?nie and have had remarkable results from its uw on i he children and <mplovees of t ? institution. It is such an excellent tonic, and keeps Hie blood so pure that thc sys? tem is les? liable to disease. It has cured some of our children of Scrofula." IS" Treatise- on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. Copyrighted by & S.S. Co. THE S WIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA, ?A. Read We have in stock and constantly receiving THE LATEST STYLES Hf MK ll INPOSTED FABRICS Spring and Summer Goods FOR THE SEASON OF 1891. Cash buying, latest goods and best quality, combined with low pri?es, will fill the expectations of the public. We have complied with these conditions and challenge any one to beat us in QUALITY, STYLE AND PRICES. A call will convince that we can save you money. JOHN Samples sent on application. March 18 The Sumter Poultry Yards. Manager and Proprietor. Eggs for Setting from Thoroughbred birds of following varieties : LIGHT BRAHMAS, WHITE LEGHORNS, BROWN LEGHORNS, BLACK MINORCAS. WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS, BUFF COCHINS $1.50 per setting of 15 Eggs. $2.50 per two settings of 30 Eggs. I ALSO OFFER Eggs from my Prize Pens of Black Minorcas, Brown Leghorns and White Leghorns, . At $3.00 per setting of 15 ; or ?5.00 for 30 Eggs. Io addition to other prizes awarded to the birds composing these pens, the Cockrels were awarded first prizes at the great International Poultry and Pet Show, recently held at Charleston-the largest poultry exhibit ever known in the South. These birds can be relied upon as being the finest of their strains. They were purchased from breeders of established reputation, at a cost of ?145.00 for the three pens of 18 birds, and the prizes won by them over the large array of competitors is a guarantee that they are all that is claimed. I also keep The Mammoth Pekin Ducks, noted as being great egg-producers, an j for the rapid growth of the young ones -weighing at ten weeks old, ten pounds to the pair. Eggs, per setting of 13. $2.00. W. E. MIMS, Sumter, S. O. January 28. -ll L. W. JO YE, II At Curtis' Old Sta? MM B. J. Barnett, HAS OPENED A NEW, FRESH AND ATTRACTIVE LINE -OF FINE & STAPLE GROCERIES, Can GrOodLs, c&c And guarantees the best value for the money to be found in the city. All I ask is a call when you want anything in my line. You shall be pleased in every trade. ALL GOODS DELIVERED FREE ANYWHERE IN CITY LIMITS. i?TSend in your orders, and oblige, Very resp't, 2-ll-3m_L. W. JOYE. ~WELSO??f& SPAJmT INSURANCE AGENTS, S I .TITER, S. C. Representing some of the best Fire Insurance Companies doing business :r> the United States, for Sumter, Clarendon and Williamsburg Counties, we beg to solicit a share of the patronage of our friends in these counties. FRANK N. WILSON, Manning. Je M. SPANN, Sumter, S. C. July 10-x_ JUL. J. CHINA, City i>ivfii? Store. DEALER IN Drugs and Medicines, Soaps, Perfumery, Hair Brushes 'Tooth Brushes, Tooth Powder, Also, Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty, Floor Stains, Kalsomine, all colors for rooms, Artists' Paints and Brushes, Luster Paints, Convex Glasses. Nice line of Hanging and Stand Lamps, Lanterns, Shades, Wicks, Chimneys, &c. TOBACCO AJN'D CIGARS. Keep the following popular brand of Cigars : ''Plumb Good," "Custom House," "Rebel Girl." June 4 FRESH GARDEN SEED. Prescriptions carefully compounded. REMOVAL -AND NEW GOODS. To accommodate my largely increased and increasing busi? ness, I have removed to the handsome and commodious new Brick Store next to John Reid's, opposite my old stand, where I can now be found with a stock of DIAMONDS, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver and Plated Ware, SPECTACLES, &c surpassing in brilliancy, extent and variety any stock of the kind ever shown in this city, with daily additions of new at? tractions. Thanking my friends and the public generally for the very liberal patronage bestowed on meat my old stand, I hope to merit a con tin nance of the same, and I hereby extend to all a cordial invita? tion to pay me a visit at my new stand, where, with a larger stock and increased facilities in every way 1 am better pre? pared than ever to cater to their wanto. Don't forget the place, REID'S BLOCK, MAIN ST., SUMTER, S. C. Yonrs, anxious to please, L W. FOLSOM. Everything in the line of repairing done aa heretofore. Oct 8 H. A. HOYT, Successor to C. I. HOYT & BRO. Gold and Silver Watches, FINE DIAMONDS. Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, 4c. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feb 1_\ SUNNY SIDE POULTRY YAKD& EGGS FOR SETTING IN SEASON from the following thoroughbred strains; LIGHT ERA H MAS. BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. BUFF COCHINS. BLACK MINORCAS. SINGLE COMB BROWN LEGHORNS. SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS. Price of Eggs ; $1.50 for 15 ; ?2.50 for 39. A guide to poultry raising with valuable receipt for cure of Cholera and Roup giv? with each purchase of eggs. N. B.-Leghorns and Black Minorcas hara no equals as layers. Address or call on W. B. MURRAY, Dec 24 Sumter, S. C POUTZ'S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS So HORSR trill die of COLIC Tims or LO"6 ia VKK. it' Konaft Towlers nre nsed intime. Foutz's l'ew??js will enre and prevent Hos CnoiXRA. Foiitz's Powtws will prevent C?APK> TX FOWL*. Fontz's Fon t ?rs will increase tue quantify o? mi'K and cream twenty per cent.. and make the butter fina md sweet._ Fontz** Powders will mre or prevent armost srxxy dlSKASK to which Horcos and < a'cte are subject. Forrz's Pownna WILL OIVK SA/TISTACTIOX. Sold everywhere. DAVID E. FOTJTZ, Proprietor 3A Ii TIMOSE, anx A pamphlet o? information and ab-; ystractof the laws, showing How to/' k Obtain Patents. Caveats, Trade^ .Marks, Copyrights, sent free./ Ader?? MUNN & CO., ,361 Brondway. Kew York. VERY OLD AND PURK CO??I? WHISKEY, Especially aged for medicinal use, MEDICATED BLACK BERRY BRANDY. Imported Port Wine, a preventative for Spring aad Summer complaints. Call early, secure a bot? tle and convince yourself. Try Strauss' Electric, the best 5 cent. Segar in the State. Very respectfully, I, STRAUSS, Proprietor, PALACE SALOON, SUMTER, S. C. June 4,