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?H? gwwa *tatcb?an, K?t?t>ti?hed Aprn, isso. "Be" Just and Fear not-Let all the End? thou Aime't afe be thy Country'?, thy Qod's and TrutV? " tai trek seCTBKOM, Ertaklfched joa., I?9W Consolidated Aug. 2, ISSl.l New Series?Vol. 1 . No.. 16: C jp S?lairguiait ai? j$ ouljjroa. ?uttiihe4 every Wednesday, BT . Gh. OSTEEN, S?MTKR, S. C. TKRM8: Two Dollars per ?unum?in advance. &dtkrti8ikimt8. One Square, first insertH>n%..?.?...........$l 00 Jvery subsequent insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. A? communication- which subserve private O tei cata wiit tocharged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. THE SIMONOS NATIONAL BANK, OF 8?MTSR. STATS, CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSI TORY, S?MTER, S. C. Paid ap Capital.$75,000 00 Surplus Fand. 11,500 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Careful attention given to collections. SAYINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Payable quarterly, on rsi days of January, April, July and October. R. M. WALLACE, President. L. S. Cassou, Aug. _Cashier._ m BM i suiim S?MTER, S C. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Sanktag business. Also dps A Savings Bank Department, Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received. Interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, W. F. Rhams, Pr?sident. Cashier. Aug 11._ Di l ALTA SOLOMONS, DENTIST. Office OVB& BROWNS k P?RDY'S STORE. Sotrance on Main Street, Between Browns k Purdy and Durant k Son. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30; 2 to 5 o'clock. SomtcT, S. C , April 29._ G. W. DICK, D. D. S. Office over Bogin's New Store, Bjrrau.cs oh hai? stbjckt S?MTER, S. C. Office Hours.?9 to 1:30 ; 2:30 to 5. 8ent8_ NEW LUMBER YARD. IBEG TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AND the'public generally that my Saw Mill located on the C. S. k N. R. R., just back of my residence, is now in full operation, and I am prepared to furnish all grades of Yellow Pine Lumber from unbled timber, at prices according to grades. Yard accessible on North side of residence. J. B. ROACH. Feb 18. NEW Marble Works. COMMANDER k RICHARDSON, LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C. WE HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP For the purpose of workiog Marble and Granite, manufacturing Mont?, Toisones, Etc, And doing a General Business in that line. A complete work-shop has been Sited up oo I LIBERTY STREET, NEAR POST OFFICE And we are now rendy to execute with promptness all orders consigned to us. Satis faction guaranteed. Obtain our price before placing an order elsewhere. W. H. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON. Jene 16 8?mec0ck cmr market. W. J. DAWSEYj Proprietor. Having made arrangements with reliable dealers in tuie State and Vir ginia for a regalar supply of the best beef cattle and mutton by the car load. I will be able to offer the choicest quality of meats to be had, and solicit the trade of City and County. I can sell Wholesale or Retail as cheap or cheaper than any other parties in the market. Especial attention will be given to ORDERS FROM E COUNTRY and meats will be sold in large or email quantities at small profits. Special arrangements will be made with housekeepers. Give me a call, W. J. DAWSEY. NEXT TO POST OFFICE, S?MTER, S. C Aug. 3._ TO RENT. EITHER OR BOTH BUILDINGS, fur nished or not, opposite the A. C. L. pas senger depot. Lunch counter, and 2 Soda Water aparatuces aad Milk Shake attachment. Cai! on or address, CURTIS HOUSE. H. B. k C. S. CURTIS, Proprietors, Sumter, S.O. J. W. Staffe, DEALER IN Bicyles and Sundries. CASH OR INSTALLMENT. July 6. TAX NOTICE. HR TREASURER OF SUMTER COUN ty gUes notice that his books will he open from the Fiktkknth Day or October, \Si>2, to the Fiftkkxtu Day of December, 1892, for the collection of Taxes for the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1891, in Sumter County. The following are the rates per centum of the levy : 1. For State purposes?four and one-half mills on every dollar of the value of all taxa ble property. 2. For County purposes?two and three fourth mills on every dollar of the value of all taxable property. 3. For the support of public schools?two mills on every dollar of such value. 4. One dollar on each usable poll, (to wit, between the ages of 21 and 50 years.) 5. Mayesville, two mills extra levy for school purposes in the town of Mayesvil ??. 6. Swimming Pens, two mills extra levy for school purposes in the township. T. Bishopville, four mills extra levy for school purposes in School Dist. No. 20. 8. Mechanicsville, two mills extra levy for school put poses in the township, 9. Providence, two mills extra levy for school purposes in the township. 10. Sumter, No. 1, (out of city) two mills extra levy for school purposes in the township. 11. Concord, two mills extra levy for school purposer in the township. 12. For building county jail?one mill extra levy. D.. E. KEELS, Sept. 7. Treasurer. ANNOUNCEMENT. ROBERT T. CARR. Desires to inform the public that he it fully equipped and prepared to do TIN ROOFING, PLUMBING, REPAIRING PUMPS, and anything usually done in a first-class plumbing and tinning shop. Sign and Deco rative, Painting, Calsomining, etc. Also SETTING FANCY WOOD AND MARBLE MANTLES, TILE HEARTHS, FACINGS AND GRATES Makes a specialty of putting in Electric Bells, Annunciators, <fcc ROBT. T. CARR. Shop at J. B. Carr's Mill. Communications left at Walsh A Co.'8 Shoe S'ore or through post office will receive prompt attentiota. Oct 26?o HOYT BROTHERS, MAIN STREET, SUMTER, S. C. Gold and Silver Watches, FINE DIAMONDS. Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, Ac. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. _Feb I_ KIXT?RE ! WHAT IS IT? THE PUREST AND BEST TONIC IN THE WORLD. Tt builds up the system, it purifies the blood, it beautifies the complexion. TRY IT, AND HAVE NO OTHER. Only 50c. per bottle. For sale by all your Druggists. THE MURRAY DRUG CO., Manufacturers and Proprietors. April 20. Just Received A BIG STOCK OF Colgate* $ Fine Extracts FOR THE HANDERCHIEF, ALSO SUPERIOR TOILET S0?P. J. S. HU6HS0N & CO., Monaghan Block. MAIN STREET, June 22. SUMTER, S. C. HONET FOR SALE. I have on haod a fine lot of CHOICE EXTRACTED HONEY, for sale by the galion or less quantity. ALSO, HONEY IN THE COMB. Orders filled at residence, on Republican Street. Samples can be seen at Watchman and Southron office. N. G. OSTEEN. Ml?.rd hl? Opportunity ! DON'T Ml.. Yuurt, Reader. Tt.o majority neglect their op portunities, and from that canso live hi povvrty and die in obscurity ! Harrowing <?>?? ur is the lot of ninny, as they look back on lost, forever lost, opportunity. Life 1? pass ing! Reach out. Be up and dom;. Improveyonr opportu nity, and secure prosperity, prominence. p?a>-e. It was said by a philosopher, that "the ?... ?de?? of Fortune offers a {rolden opportunity to each person at some peri?.J oflife; embrace the chance, and sheponr- out her rie:ies ; fail to do so and she departe, nerer to return." How shall too find the colok* opportunity? Investigate every chance that appears worthy, and of fair promise ; that is what all suc cessful mon do. Here is an opportunity, such as is not often within the reach ot laboring people. Improved, it will give, at least, a ran.i start in life. The coldk* opportnnrty for j many is here. Sloney to be made rapidly and Lo lorably ? by any indn strions person of either sex Allago*. Yon can do the work and live at home, wherever you are. Even be- j ginners are easily narDiog from $5 to SIO per day. Y?n . can do as well if you will work, not too hard, but industri- ! onely; and yon can increase your income as you goon. Yon ' can give spare time only, orali your time to the work. Easy j to learn. Capital r.ot reouired. We start yon. All is com- ' pnr.'xtively new and reaUy won?erfuL \\'e instruct and I s'.ow yoabow.free. Failure unknown ?niinj our work ers. No room to exp^in Uere. Write and learn all free. hy retiro maiL Unwi?o to drlay. A?idr?*!? at once. II. Hallett At Co., 15? X*vrtlaad. Maine. Highest of all in Leavening Po* ABSOLU! GINS! INSURE YOUR? GINS -IN THE Assurance Company, OF LONDON, THE LARGEST COMPANY IN THE WORLD That takes fire risks on Gins. For particulars, etc., apply to ALTAMONT MOSES, AGENT. P. S.?We do also a Gene ral Fire Insurance Business, and represent the MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE of New York, the largest in the world. Aug. 17. For Infante and Children. Castori* premote? Digestion, and overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Feverishness. Thus the child is rendered healthy and its sleep natural. Castoria contains no Morphine or other narcotic property. 41 Castoria isso well adapted to children that 1 recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me." " H. A. Archer, M. D.. Ill South Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. "I use Castoria in my practice.and And It specially adapted to affections of children." Alex. Bobk&tsox, M. D., 1057 3d Ave., New York. "From personal knowledge and observation I can say that Castoria is an excellent medicine for children, acting as a laxative and relieving the pent up bowels and general system very much. Many mothers have told me of its ex cellent effect upon their children." Da. G. C. Osgood, Lowell, Mass. Tax Centaur Cokfxxy, 77 Murray Street, N. T. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? T?TTTS ? ?Tiny Liver PiSIsJ ?a an ant i-bilious and anti-malarial Oremedy are wonderful in their o?eeta jbk tn free ine; th?' syetem of biliousness and malaria. No one living in ? Malarial Regions ? should be without them. Their use ?prevents attacks of chills and fever, ?\ dumb aguo, bilious colic, and gives the system strength to resist all the ?evils of an unhealthy and impure at- a mosphere. Elegantly sugar-coated. V Tricv, S&c. Office. 39 Park Place, N.T. THE Suinter Institute. THE INSTITUTE has opened its sessions under very auspicious circumstances. The boarding department is well appointed and the rooms are rapidly filling up. Those desiring rooms should apply at an early day The Art room bas been enlarged and refitted, affording ample light, and all necessary facili ties for good work. Special lessons in Painting and Drawing, each $15 a term; in Book-keeping, Steno graphy, Typewriting and Peomacsbip, each $10 a term ; Instrumental and Vocal Music eace $20 a term, with $3 for use of instcmeat for practice. Elocution $7.60 a term. Students will be received for any of these special courses at any time duriug the year, and we solicit patronage of the young ladies of ?he city not regularly entered in the school. For further information apply to H. FRANK WILSON, President. JOSEPH F. RHAME, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Manning, S. C, Attends to business in any part of the State. Practices in U. S. Courts. Sept. 21? . WRIGHT'S HOTEL, COLUMBIA, S. O. -o rriHIS NEW AND ELEGANT HOUSE j_ with all modern improvements,is now open for the reception of guest?. ?. L. WRIGHT ? SON, Proprietors. Compound Oxygen. If you are suffering from catarrh?if you have iooipient cooeumptioo? if you have little, or no appetite? if you have lost relish for your work? if life has become a burden instead of a joy?if you are tormented Dight aod day with a nervousness that will allow you no peace?if you feel that you do need a stimulant, but, shrink from poisoning your life with alcohol?if you are beginning to ruo down?if you would seek relief without risk?if you would use a remedy that already has the endors^meut of tens of thousands of intelligent people, and is thoroughly established in the public j confidence, send a postal of inquiry?it j will cost you one cent?to Dre. Starkey | & FaleD, 1529 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa., or to Mrs. A. W. Moore, Floretee, S C. rer.?Latest U. S. GoVt Report Baiting i Powder fELY PURE Til? Expenses of the Govern ment. Their Bajrid Increase. The total receipts of tbe government ander the administration of President Washington were $56,448,721 ; uuder Jefferson, $108,238,978. The popu lation of the country had increased 36 per cent ., and receipts 92 per cent., while expenditures had ad vanced about 94 per cent From end of Jeffersou's last administration to the beginuing of Abraham Lincoln's term of office the population of the country increased from 7,000,000 to 31,000, 000, while receipts and expenditures grew five-fold greater than they were when Gallado was at tbe head of the I Treasury Department. In Bachman's time the expenditures of tbe government amounted to about j $82.000,000 a year. In 1890, the population and valuations in the mean time having about doubled, the ex penditures were $359,000,000, an in crease of 340 per cent. These, however, are only the appar 1 ent expenditures. There are excep j tinnal outlays which ought not to be ! counted as part of the ordinary cost of maintaining the government. To be fair and accurate, these extraordinary sums may be deducted and tbe results tabu lated. We will thua compare the fiscal years I860 aud 1890. We will deduct j the payments for pensions, interest, ; and principal on the public debt : Total expenditures for 1860 $77,462,103 Paid for pensions $1,092,727 Interest and principal of public debt 17,613,623 18,706,355 Ordinary expenditures for i860. $58,755,748 Total expenditures for U90 $358,618,585 Pensions $106,936,855 Interests on public debt. 36,099,284 143,036,139 Ordinary expenditures for 1890, $215,582,446 The increase was was $156,826,698, or 267 per cent. In 1880 these ordi nary expenses amounted to $115,108, 209, so that in the decade ending with 1890 tbe increase iu the goverment's expenditures was nearly 90 per cent., while the increase of population was about 25 per cent., and of valuations 43 per cent. It is not proper, of course to assume that a mere increase of annual expend iture is necesssarily extravagant ; but we are at least put upon our inquiry when the rate of increase is uearly 300 per cent., while population and wealth lag far bchaud.?From "The Growth of the Federal Power," by Henry Loomis Nelson, in Harper's Magazine for July ?mmm-mm To Change Their Names. Everybody is aware of the rather hit and miss way that we have of spelling the names of cities, rivers, and even countries. To eecure un iformity and brevity, a government board was appointed by President Harrison about three years ago, charged with the task of finding out the correct pronunciation of all geographical names, and of fixing upon a standard spelling for them. At the head of the board is Professor T. C. Mendenball, who is Super intendent of the United States Coast Survey. So far about two thousand changes have been made, most of (hem iu tbe line of brevity, and all with the endeavor to to secure a greater fidelity of the spelling to the correctly spoken name. Among the most important changes are Beting for Behring, Chile for Chili, Haiti for Ilayti, Colombia for Columbia (South America), Bermuda for Bermudas, the use of boro for borough in all names ending thus, the dropping of the h from Pitts burgh, Edinburgh, and all similar names, the omission of the words "city" aud "town" as part of names wherever practicable, and the con tracting of many two-part names into single word8. Of course the authority of this board extends only to the Postal Guide and all other official publications of the national government but it is certain to effect, within a few years, desira ble changes in the use of the names iu newspapers, iu books, aud all other publications.?Harper's Young Peo ple. War is Imminent Panama, Nov. 10.?Advices re ceived here from Chile say that war is imminent between Peru and the Argentine Republic on one side and Chile on the other. A dispatch from Valparaiso says: "Peru is well armed, and her forces have recently received 100,000 Mannlicher rifles, with other from ida ble machines of war. "A Chilean gentleman just from Peru states that approaching war ap forde the staple of conversation, and a pretense of friendship is only to : gain time. In the Argentine Republic a vigorous recruiting of both natives and foreigners is being prosecuted, and the government is with feverish haste arming tho troops. "There is no longer a doubt ol a pecret com pact against Chile between the two republic, and thoy are only await-1 ing a casus bolli to throw one army into he Parapaca and another upon the southern frontier, while skir mishing parties will harass this country from the Cordilleras. "The Chilean Government has tardi ly opened its eyes to the threatened invasion and ordered the steamer C. S. A. V. !o be prepared for immediate incorporation into the navy. The Captain Part has been cabled to pro-1 ceed to Valparaiso without a mo ment's delay." 11 Stonwall Jackson's Victory. The following incident in the lite of Stonewall Jackson has never been narrated by his biographers. I give it because it illustrates the frankness and justice of the man, and I hope it will influence for good many a reader: Major Jackson, as he was then called by the officials, "Old Jack' by the cadets, in the winter of| 1858?9, was professor of Itfatural Philosophy at the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va. Iiis quarters were in the town about three-fourths of a mile from the barracks, and he came to the lecture room every morn* ing at nine o'oclock. He was so punc tually that the cadets, seeing him pass up the street, knew the exact hour without reference to the clock. One cold, stormy day in January, while the first section of the first class was reciting on Bartlett's Me chanics, Gadet L-.was called to ihe blackboard. His subject was as signed him, and he begau and com pleted it after much long analytical work. During the demonstration Major Jackson observed some error in it, and pointed it out to L-. The cadet politely insisted that his work was right. Major Jackson told him abruptly that he was mistaken, aud ordered him to take his seat. He did so, but with bad grace. The section was dismissed at the proper time ; tbe day wore on; the snow came down furiously ; night ap proached. The sentinels were walk ing rapidly along their beats, stamp ing their feet beating their bauds to keep those extremities warm. The tattoo roll call (nine o'clock) was over, aud all were preparing for their bunks, when the sentinel on the first stoop called for the crporal of the guard. "Ina few moments the cor poral came to our room and said to Lewis L-, "Old Jack* is in the guard-room and wants you." "We were all surprised, and I re marked, "Ah L-'Old Jack/ is going to put you in arrest." L-put on hie overcoat and cap, and hurried to the guard-room. There stood Major, Jackson, the archetype of an old Roman, with his army cloak about him, snow on his cap, cloak and closely-cut beard. As L-entered, he gave the usual miltiary salutation and respect fully doffed his cap. The Major returned the salutation, and remarked in his quick, positive, nervous way, "Mr. Lewis, I have been re-examining the subject I gave you in the section room this morning and I find that your analytical work was right. 1 was governed by the work in the book, which I ascertained to be wrong. You were right, aud I beg your pardon for ordering to your seat" L-, surprised and overjoyed, replied, "Not at all, Major," but was cut short by "that's sufficient, Mr. Lewis, retire to your quarters." Of course the matter was mention ed, and next morning one of the officers was disposed to upbraid Major Jackson for taking so long a walk through such a storm, when he could have made amends the next day, before the class Major Jackson said, "No, I had done wrong,.and I could not sleep until I repaired the injury. When I was a cadet at West Point if I did not get a good mark 1 would lay awake at night and grieve over it." The officer intimated that it was only a cadet, and they did not care for these things. "No, sir," said the major, "if it had been an officer I could possibly have hesitated, but I am especially careful to respect the feelings and rights of the cadets, because they are cadets, aud, as such, are more liable to be imposed upon." This was one o? the noblest battles that grand old soldier ever fought, and one of the grandest victories that noble Christian ever won Poor L-is now dead. During the war, one cold, bleak night, he and I were on the march, waiting a few minutes by a hastily built fire. He said to me "This reminds me of the night that Old Jack came down to the barracks to beg my pardon. Do you remember it ?" "Yes, I have often thought of it. I did not like Old Jack before that I studied his course because I wanted to graduate high in our class, b\l' that showed him as he was. He was always a hero." "The fellows used to say he was crazy. Ah, they did not know him 1 was with him the winter we went to Romney, in Baldwin's regiment The cold was intense, the suffering dreadful the men grumbled, the officers swore, but I would have fol lowed him anywhere on earth I knew he acted from principle, and felt assured he must be right." The war is over. Many of the brave, heroic men are gone Histo rians will tell us and posterity of the Valley campaign, Jackson at Cold Harbor, and of his br?i i ant achievements on that field. Wben all these have faded or been forgotten, the victory won over himself before his fame was world wide?that bleak, snowy night's act?will live. Clay said, "I would rather be right than president ;" Jackson acted it. Carlyle, I think, declared, "every man had his price." He did not know Stonewall Jackson. This is no fanciful eketch. It is literally true. I was in the class with L-, and this circumsance made a lasting impression upon us both. In this day of place-seeking and money-getting, 1 would that every young man could read this anecdote of that glorious hero, whoso great ness was due to his devotion to light. His mortal remains quietly rest in Lexington's beautiful cemetery; his virtues are enshrined in the hearts of his countrymen, his successes adorn the pages of history, his soul has entered upon the march of eter nal advancement in Heaven.?House hold, Boston. The juice of a raw onion will distroy the ? oison if the stings of insects. Wb?t Hurt the Republicans? Washington, November 10.?Sec. Charles Foster was asked this afternoon for an expression of his views as to the oause of the over whelming Democratic majority at the recent election. The following statement embodies bis re plies to several question: "There were three classes of people who voted the Democratic ticket. One was a eet of manufacturers who got tired of labor trouble, and who came to the conclusion that free trade was better for them, because it would reduce wages and thus compensate for the reduction of the tariff. Another class concluded that the Mckinley bill was too high. I do not know wha ; etfeet these people had, but it was an excuse for snob people ae MacVeagh sod Gresham to tora front. ''The third was cheap labor. That clase thought the profits made by mana* facturera were aot fairly distributed; that proprietors got too much aod they too little. "The school question affected Illi nois and Wisconsin, io fact the Lu* theran Church made itself felt io the West. Wheo I got to Ohio I discov ered trouble among the laboriog meo. They were talking about Homestead, aod about Carnegie being too rich, while they were poor. "The Republicans seem to bave lost as many votes io Pennsylvania as were lost io Ohio People generally voted for Cleveland because they did not believe the D?mocrate would do what their platform said they would. It is a strange result, io view of the pros perous condition of the country. Every interest manufacturing aod commercial, is iu perhaps the most prosperous con dition ever koowo. Labor was oever so mocb io demand, the cost of living I so cheap aod failures were never fewer. Yet io view of this prosperity the people voted to have a change apparent y not koowiog wheo t aey are well off. "The Administration is unassailable aod unassailed from Democratic testimo ny. Our candidate possessed the confi dence of the country to an extent rarely acoorded a President. However the majority of the people will have their way. As a good American citizen I accept the result, and I may say that I am pleased, as my personal comfort is now assured." Forgiven?Whitelaw Reid. We forgive Whitelaw Reid, the defeated Republican candidate for Vice President, who toots so loudly and vigorously for Monopoly aod the Money Devil all the year round, for his abuse of Geo. Grant and nearly every j Republicao statesman of known charac ter with his party. He wrote once a book called "Ohio in the War." He is the first and only Northern writer who has had the courage to tell the troth about the burning of Columbia, the beautiful oapital of South Carolina. A Northern historian, the accomplished aod able Dr. John W. Draper, in his two volume work upon the great war, gives the order of Gen. Attilla Tecumseh Sher man creating a Corps of Bummers? the same devils who burot, ravaged, ravished and robbed as they went through Georgia and the Carolinas. The North has deliberately, falsely denied the facts concerning the burning of Atlanta and Colombia, aod all the other unmitigated devils try of "Old Comp," the Vandal, and has actually canonized him aod made him the model of all that is noble, humane, gentle, lovable aod great for Northern youth to copy. But here is what editor, author and candidate Keid says in his book as we Sod it published in the Washington Poet, Independent Repub lican: "At nighfall there suddenly came cries of alarm from different quarters. The city was on fire in as many places, and before morning Colombia was in ruins ; thousands of helpless womeu and children were suddenly made home less in ao hour, io the night, io the winter. It was the most monstrous barbarity of that barbarous march."? Wilmington Messenger. The "Dead Broke" Cyclist CHIC4G0, November 6.?Harry Hil Hard Wy?e, the "dead broke" cyclist, who rode from New York to Chicago by way of Wheeling and Indianapolis on a wager that be could complete the trip without the expenditure of a cent, finished his journey at the City Hall, Chicago, this afternoon at 5.05 o'clock. He was met at Pullman by members of the Chicago Cycling Clab, who, after a royal dinner at the Hotel Florence, acted as an escort of honor while entering the city. Wylie left New York on Ootober 17, at 9 30 A. , and was given three weeks to make the trip, ile has some fifteen hours to bis credit. The trip, although a tough one, was very plesant and he was tendered every courtesy by different clubs along the way. He will make Chicago his home for the present. The conditions of the wager were that he should be compelled to eat at least two square meals a day and find a good bed at night. Ho was not al lowed to defraud anyone or receive money to pay bis expenses. His jour ney bas been an unqualified success, and as the result about $3,000 chaoged hands. The wheel used was a pneuma tic safety. Maud S. Will Try Again New Yokr, November 7.-It is an nounced that Maud S. will again be brought on the track to smash records. Mr. Bonner has not been satisfied < since Nancy Hanks, hitched to a pneumatic sulky, lowered the mile record, and the veteran horse owner insists that Matul S. is still queen of l the trotting tutf. Bonner admits that Nancy Hanks I is a wonder, but believes much of her ] speed is due to recent improvements in tracks and the running gear of i sulkies. It is admitted that the pneu matic sulky is several seconds faster than the old style vehicle, and a kite t shaped course will take still more I time from the records. Maud S , " however, will try for her new leeoni I on the regulation elipse shaped track, The great mare is at present at Bon* : \ net's faim iu Westcbe^ter Countv, ' | On the Choice of Books. If people were se careless about what they eat as about what they read, dyspep sia would be much more common thao it is now. It is a good deal a matter of luck what falls into their bands to read. The facilities for distribution of litera ture are very imperfect. They have improved with the introduction of rail ways and railway book-stands, bat tbe choice of the reading thus offered is not left to the intelligent public, but is much governed by purely commercial reasons, and little by any sound literary taste. The majority of the people are not io the habit of frequenting book stores, as they do dry-goods and provi* sioa shops, to see what is new, suited to their tastes, and wholesome. A large portion of the country districts bave no meaos of knowing about books or of buyiog them except from the travelling canvassers, whose prime motif e is not to raise tbe intelligence of the country by what they distribute, ? book-shop io the small cities as well ss the large, and iu villages, used to be an intellect ual centr? Where readers met, not only to keep the ruo of the thought of the world, but to exchange ideas about it. Few are eo now. Book-shops generally throughout tbe country have changed their character. The booksellers say that it does not pay to keep a stock of standard literature, nor to put on their counters the pick of the best books that are published every week. Their book stalls bave become shops of "notions/" of stationery, of artists' materials, of various bric-a-brac, of games, of news papers and periodicals, of the cheap and flimsy temporary product of a commer cially directed press, with only an occa stonai real book that has attained exoep tional notoriety. A new article of diet comes ioto general use usually throug persistent and estensive advertising ? Books are advertised liberally?for books?and more than they were form erly, because there are more newspapers but the advertising is cot as effective as it is in the case of things to wear and to eat. A good book rarely reaobes its due audience. It is put forth by a good bouse, and has a distribution, which cao be pretty accurately predicted, in certain limited channels. Io the oase of any good book there is oo doubt that it would have teo readers where it now has one, if it were brought to the at tention of thc?e who would like it The proof of this is the fact that the sale of a novel in book for is oot io jured, but ofteo is aided, by its first appearance as a serial io some periodi cal or newspaper. There are many publics. The serial will have a certain audience; the book will find another (partly because the serial publication has advertised it) ; it might then go into a newspaper, or ioto many newspapers and search out other audicocee, and the chance is that a worthy book might run i for a long time in various channels, and in several forms aod styles, cheap and dear, without losing its strength of cir culatioo. Many a volume of high character has a success within a limited circle, aod is praised by the critics, aod theo drops oot of notice when not tenth of the people have ever heard of it who would be as likely to buy it as the few who did read it when it was first lauocbed. There is somehow a defect in distribution. A good book ought to bave a long life. If it is liked this year, there is no reason why it should not be liked teo years later, for meaotime the reading public bas chaoged ; that which pleased the man of thirty will please the mao who was only twenty When the book was published It is difficult to say Whether this imperfect distribution aod this haste and waste in the treat ment of the brain product are due to the method of publication, or to the rage of the public for something new. It is true that tbe literary taste ehanges in a generation or two, but we believe that it is the experience of publishers that a real book, which was popular a generation ago, will have, if properly revived, as large i.n audience with the oew public as it had with the old. Books io this respect are like pictures, there is always a public for the best, when the pnblio has an opportunity of seeing them. We be liete that the pub lication of good Kterature, adhered to, pushed, aud advertised, would be more profitable than the constant experiments with ephemeral trash ; but it is useless to moralize abojt this io an age wbeo there is such a pressure for publication of oew things, and there are such vast manufactories which feel it a necessity to keep their hoppers full of the grain of the new crop. It may be said, how ever, that if there was anywhere a Con trolling desire to distribute good litera ture, rather than a manufacturer's no tion of turning out any sort of product of paper, type, and ink, the public would be the gainer. And perhaps the publishers would fiad their account io a better educated public taste. The analogy does not bold all along the line, but usually the houses of mer chandise are more prosperous aod per manent that deal in the staples of life than those that merely expeiment with ephemeral novelties. The prolem is how to bring books of value, or even books having ao element of popularity, to the notice of tbe majority of possible buyers. In any other trade the profit is io pushing a good article to the limit of its circulation, rather than io being content with the local and small circula tion of half a dozen inferior articles. ?Charles Duoli Warmer, Harper's Magazine. Prohibition. There are several schemes on foot to defeat prohibition in the next Legisla ture. One scheme is an extreme bill. Another is to refer the question back k> the people. Another is to make it a misdemeanor For any person to use intoxicating liquors. Another is to adopt Gov. Tillrnan's dea of dividing the license between (he town and the counties. The people are in no frame of mind o be trifled with on this subject. The Democratic voters have decided, by 35. 32 to 20.452, ?hat they want probi ?iiion. They are poing to Walch their * cpresentatites, ai.d any double dealing ! ? will be marked aod remembered.?UeW i i? ? >erry Observer. Tao Old Blue Ridgo Boote. " HaTrirn*n ?c'P?rtJRi)y?V Railroad: [Harriman (Teor.) Daily Ad van?. J : Her ri ma is taking* lively interest in* railroads jost now, and several railroad' builders are also taking a lively-, i e4eres* in Harriman. This is a desirable'peint' for business;. we are io one of the great commercial pathways of the cou&try ;: this has long been a jonction-of'two of fne great railway systems of the Sooth,, and if wHI be the crossing place for* railroad lines qea/teriog' the oottotr-*. Railroad men bui.d roads for the moneys there is io them ; to earn money they/ must have freight and passenger-trafife,, and a manufacturing center like Harri* man affords both. Alreadly this peine is the most important, measured by/ number of passengers amount of freight handled, anywhere on the Oiosioottit Soothero betweeo Cincinnati- and Chat* tanoonga Atrd business is growing? rapidly. Cfther roads-will come, aodto-e* "thunder dragon of progress7* will* make mosical the wild canyon of the Bigr Emory. We shall have the shortest route to the sea in the H'arrimao & Port? Royal, a road that is certain to -be-bail* and that will opeo to us a vast region* of diversified weahh; At a* reoeot meeting of the directora of tfee- road the following officer? were elected? President, A. E. P. Rock-well? "Sice Fresideot. ?mes McDowellj-SecreUry, Daoiel Denny ; Treasurer, Jv Roberts Manager, R . Pirziiagfr. To Have it Ivon Glad. Coujmma, S. C, November 5.?Tfier Probi bit ionie t s in this Siate are oo their mettle and they are getting ready to gtr to the General Assembly with a docu ment that they claim is simply iroo clad and a meaeore that they say wooJd make a GWgiarr oat of every Soatfc Carolinian who cao&et refrain- from hin toddy. Some very interesting news of the situation was today obtained from ? prominent cold water *?V9ttatev ?e says that a bill comprising twenty-three pages of printed matter hais bee a* prepared, and that enpfes were today sent the Prohibitioo members of the* Legislatore, so that they would thor oughly understand* what they are to* consider when they meet in tfrtfr sky on Wed fi e s day night of fair week for * final drawing of the bill. The bill was prepared by Capi. L. D. Childs, of this city, the Prohibition feeder. The gentleman referred to gave the following information about it } "It is a prohibi tion bill that h as strong ss it possibly cao be. From the recent vote in the primary we judge that the people of Sooth Carolina want real probibrtwo. If the bill that we have drawn wp> fa passed by the Legislature it will give us a law that will oo away with* che arugmenr, that prohibition does oot prohibit The bill will do alt thai il claims to do heeasse it contains withio itself the provisions to make it practi cally effective. It is so recognized by the opponents of prohibHroo. I have been talking this week with many meg io Charleston, who agree thai tir? Legislatore is largely io favor of pro? hibitioo and a genuine prohibition iaw is going to be * passed. We fiijjwf great opposition. At the same time we eapeet certain modifications to he made in this bill. It is only such Hw as Capt, Childs believes is required by the people of South Carolina. One thing is certain : The Legislatore is going te pass some kind of a prohibitory )sw io spite of everything that the opponents of the measure can do." - -?M?a-<r? ? ? physician writing to the Cotton Plant gives the following core for sore head amongst chickens. If this is a sure enre it will prove very val? nable. It is certainly worth trying. He says: "Since seeing in a receut issue of the Cotton Plant an inquiry for a cure far soie head among chick ens, 1 nave had occasion to experi ment with the disease npon my Indias games. Yon may tell your readers; that a solution of nitrate of silver, 20 grains to an ounce of pore water, ap plied to the head of the sick fowl set* eral times will core. Apply with A small cotton mop, being carefo! not to allow it to get on the hands, ac 'twill stain. If any gets into the eye of the chicken, put a drop of a Weak solution of salt in water into the eye a few minutes after. Let nut the salt get into the silver solotion." The city of Somter gave Moise for Congress, 369 against 67 for Mortar, a majority of 312. Evidently the po litical knife was used, and Su rater ? son and Democratic candidafe was the victim slaughtered. The personal popularity of Gen. Moise lea as to believe that he would carry bis own city by a large aod almost anaci mous vote, but he did not do it, to the shame of Suinter. The white vote of that city, according to the primary retaros, showed a conservative vote of over five bund red, and a reform vote of over one hundred, yet, only about half of this number voted in the general electioo, when tbey had a candidate in the field whom they should have felt proud of, igainst a Republican negro who could not and would not represent them. Gfeneral Moise may be elected, and we bop? he is, but the koifing he received at his home is a severe blow not only :o bim but to the Democracy of that county, and humiliating indeed to the Democracy of the entire State. Manning Times. - i ? ? ? * <? - F'roTirfTinc^d Hopeless l'ct Sated., From a letter written by Mr?. Ada B. Hurd, f fln-ton. 8. D., we quote? ~Wa* taken with bad cold, which 'ettled on inj Lung*, Cough :?t tn and j..nl!y terminated in Consumption, pour diiei??rs gave me op, ?aying* I could lit* jut a >hort lee. 1 gave myself op to nay ?iivlor. determined ?f I eiwM not stay w th n>y riends on earth. I would meet my aident ont* ihove. My husband wa* ndvieed U* get Dr, King? New Dhfofrrry f?r Consomption, Roughs und Cold*. I gare it a trial, took in i!l ??ight b"trles ; ;t bat? cured me.-and thank iod 1 am now a Well nnd hearty woman.' Eral bottles free at J. F. W. DeLorte*** Drog tore, regular s-i?e. 50c and $1.0 .? 4 Fibs of~pfople hare piles, bot De Witt's" If itch H*sel Saite will cure them. J. S< ? ghson A Co. Answer This Question. Wbv doso many p?*ople we see arcood ?S eems to prtfer to snuffer and be u?*de ram rabie iy In lji?siio!>, Consti jM ion, Diisraeee 'i Appel tie, Cotttipg up of the Food, YHb>W iktn, when for 75c we will sett ?htm Strtfoft's ?\?*Y>to>T, guaranteed to core them. j?w?d hf i i. 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