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OH THE MONTH.
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J. C. G A UL nam AUTHORITY.
LAITRJt Work tlu- Uood Farmen Hhould Do lu
--(lu- 'Mon,li ul llniniivr \n l'iiri. I 111 Arti
cle From an in.. I.\\ riler.
(W. Jones in the Deco ml vi "OultlT?tor.")
Last month attention was called to
thc importance ot' supplying animals,
ht winter, with wann water and warm
food, lt was suggested that water he
brought iront springs, in underground
pipes, directly into the stalls, when?
ever this was practicable. Mut ns this
cannot be done on many binns, we
suggest (mother arrangement, which
is practicable on every tann. A lon e
pump may be placed In (bc bani or
stable with pipe running (Vom it to n
well near by. With such arrange
ment, tito larmer without exposure,
und without taking bis animals front
their stalls, could supply them with
frosh, warm waler, by pipes running
front the pump to drinking vessels in
each stall. 'Ibo pipe, loading lo tho
well, should bc sunk deep enough in
tho ground to escape frocking in tho
coldest weather. How quickly, bow
easily, bow pleasantly could stock bo
supplied with fresh, warm water in
winter, and cool, fresh water in sum
mer. The first outlay would bo soon
returned in the .saving ol' limo und
labor in taking- animals in and out of
their stalls. Irregularity in feeding
and water ing lays die foundation for
much ol' tho sickness of Stock. Ar
runge \ diing, thorcforc, about
barn an ;t: bio with reforoneo to great
est con ni ncc and dispatch. The
cusiera ig can be done, tho more
certainty ot tts being done.
Rainy weather Usually sets in this
month :ind continues during tho win
ter. If stock ffas been allowed thc
run ol' tho fields up i<> this time, stop
it at once. There is no practico in our
tanning more short-sighted Iban allow -
ing stock lo tramp tho wei Ileitis il ti ring
winier. Pretty much o\ irything ol'
value ns food Ig'.s been gleaned ul
ready; ll,,;, stock will gel little or
..IVOthing, but they will damage tito land
greatly. Thc lund la entitle?! to all the
debris of ibo crop. Don't bo so short
sighted us to try to ge! everything'out
ol it nt once Ilcuicnibcr tho story of
thc goose Illili laid (ho golden egg.
Moreover, ii j- true economy, ns well
as kindness to stock, to keep thom out
td" tho cold rains. The little gleaning
they gel will not produce moro animal
beal than thal which OXpostll'O io cold
rains will lake Iront their bodies. In
other words, tho animals will gain
nothing, Ibo Holds will lose their vege
table mattel-and the soil ?is friability.
In all thc more thickly settled portions
of thc country wo have passed beyond
the mixed pastora! and farming tr?ate,
and linvo rein!.ed the lanning' state
proper. Our policy now is lo provide
special pastilles and raise food for till
the stock kept on the larm. This must
become, a> much as any other, au or
ganized, woll-dcvoloped part of our
lunn economy. Seo how readily and
quickly it assumes lids shape on tho
stock farms scntlcrcd over the coun
try. Owners o? Jerseys-who attach
value to theil'stock-very soon have
good pastures and unlimited supplies
of forage I' only requires that one
should make up blsmiltdlo have them.
With ilermudu grass, red, white and
burr clovers, lueorn and Spanish > hi
ver, orchard, herds and bine grassOS,
barley, rye, Gorman millet, sorghum,
pea vinos aird drilled corn ; why should
ono over bo at a lo.-s in providing for
bis stock?
With so many available crops, sup
plcmculcd by un unlimited supply ol
cotton sied and a mild, genial climate
supcradded. why should no! Southern
farmers raiso more stock ? Why should
a mule or ii horse ever bo brought from
(bc northside o? tho Ohio rivoi'? Why
should hundreds ol' tons of butter
und oleomargarine I rom tho North
be .sold in tho South, everv year?
Why work ourselves lo death lo
raise colton to buy horses, mules,
bacon, Hour, lard, meal, glucose Ol'
starch syrup when i very ene of these,
except tho glucose, which can bo sup
planted by sorghum syrup, can bo
raised at home without Ibo slightest
diflloultyl Why play into tho bands
of middlemen, railroads, banks, spec
ulators, cb:., to say nothing of thc de
pendence upon the unsteady, unreliable
laborers in our midst? You say cotton
is always .salable, alway- brings cash.
?So ?loos first-class butler, so does
bacon, SO dues lard, SO docs a good
Hillie or horse. ,Jersey butter linds
ready sale simply because il is good
butter. The owners of such stock
make butter ?n n blisiucss-llko way;
they have good milk-houses and
"proper arrangements for cooling and
keeping milk ; water power or some
other mechanical device for churning.
They do liol lose patience in cool weath
er and pour hoi water i II the ch' : rn ;
they know that slow churning makes
the most and the best buller. They
know that large bods of cotton -ced
spoil butter, and they Iced something
else. Il all of our fanners bandied
their milk and butler in like manner,
Nor!beru buller would soon bc driven
but of thc inark(;l. in the olden lime,
the lillie surplus butter on our tarins
was regarded as a trille, und little
attention given il. Heme, wo have
billen into careless ways and methods
-let us chango them. Let every
?'ariiicr arrange to make -onie butter
tor market-handle ii properly, mak<
its quality good and its appearance
attractive and be will always lind
ready sale at good prices.
In this connection attention maj bc
called to thc importance of improving
* our native stock. This can bo most
quickly dono by crossing tvlth soino
of tho improved breed-. Jersey bulls
can now bo purchased ul very reason
able pri'-es, Excepting I lioso from
most, noted strains, bull calves can be
bought from fifteen to fifty dollars, ll
ft*largo, weli-l'onned native cow, willi
good udder and large lents, bo crossed
with a Jersey bull, tho roaninna grade
Will bo valuable (tor meal, milk and
buller, lt is remarkable how mitch
both the quantity and quality of the
butter is Improved by such a cross.
For general purposes on a farm, -ueh
A Jersey grade ls, if anything, proffer
able to a full-blooded Jersey, n is
hardier, hus longer teats and ls, I boro
lore, more easily milked, and when
old, makes more meat, lu short, il Is
a good combination animal. Ono near
a largo tnurkel, who proffers selling
milk to butter, might, cross with a
llolstcin bull. Tho Holstein is a large
breed at)d perhaps the deepest milkers
wo have. They require good pastures
mid abundant Ibm I.
A cow is sometimes defiued ns n
machine for converting food into milk;
to got milk, therefore, Ibero Iflits! bo
foot!. A cow cannot make something
out of nothing- thal is an attribute of
omnipotence only. Hut thc Ibods
^ivou to animais ?<ro quite variable in
?m ? M !? ll lill I I .III ll 1.1.? .1
-- ??ll ? - - ^ --
their composition, und ono might uni
urtdly infer thal a food willi a certain
composition might bo more easily and
OOliVplotoly converted into milk than
some other of different character; an
other might be more readily converted
Into tlcsli and fat. In a general way
this has been recognized und accepted
18 a facti Corn, Tor instance, is con-j
bldorcd a fattening food; cow-peas as
a inllk-produolug one. Dut experi
ments have been made lo test these
mai tors more in detail and more (lott*
nitcly, and tho best rations for special
purposes have boen llxod with o (logreo
of certainty sufficient for practical
purposes. Food may be regarded
as made up of (bree groups ol' sub
stances: nitrogenous compounds
(which for brevity may be called pro
tein), starch, gum and sugar com
pounds (called hydro-carbons) and
tats. Now, foi' A cow weighing 1,000
pounds, experiments show that its
dally rations should contain _',! pound';
ol protein, 12? pounds of hydro-car*
hons and fourteenths ol n pound of fat.
This does not mean that the food if
analyzed should contain Hie above
quantities of those substances, but I lint
tnoso quantities must bo prosonl In
digestible lorin so tho animal eau
digest and appropriate them. The
amounts present and Hie amounts
digestible arc quite unequal especial
ly in long forage, as hay, fodder, straw,
otc. Tims of nay about 00 per cent,
ol'ils protein is digestible; about the
samo of its hydro-carbon, and from 20
to '10 per ceiit. of its fut. Ol' straw/
al? .a! 1?0 per cent, ol' ?ls protein, ' 10
per cont, of 'as hydro-carbon ijrhd .">o
per cont, of its fat is digostllAo. Ot
corn (grain), nearly 80 per eeait. ol its
protein, {?0 per cent, of ita hydro-car
bon and ii" per cent, of it's fat is digest
ible. Of oats (grain), 87 por cont, of
it protein, 77 of its hydro-carbon anti
Ts percent, ol'it? fal is digestible. In
making- up a ration, therefore, atten
tion m ut bo had, i ot only lo (he
composition ol stuff (as shown by an
alysts)", but also to its digestibility.
Ta bios ol' composition and digestibility
of i be more common kinds ol' food and
l'orage are given in a little book
called "Farmer's Animal Handbook,"
published by 1 ). Appleton & Co.,
ttl" New York, which every
: faur WOllld lind USOflll and
convenient to have. (This is gratui
tous advertising, given without tho
knowledge ol said publishers), lu
making up the ration for ail animal,
tho proper proportion ol Ibo three in
gvodionts mentioned above caa bc
secured only by mixing two or nene
foods in certain proportions. No sin
gle tooti contain- them exactly lu
proper proportions, though some ap
proximate il nearer than oilier-, li
tiny ono of Ibo three bo prosont In t
rall?n in excess ol tho union nt cal let
fur, ii will liol bc appropriated le UK
animal, and will, therefore, bo practi
etti ly lost. A question ol' economy U
therefore, largely involved. Our oh
jed now is to call attention lo it to ii?
our readers lo think about tho maller
Ad somo future limo wo hope lo glv<
several ration.;: properly proportioned
and Uli?do lip Of lllO (odds and Image
generally found on Southern farms.
Tho work of tho year is about lin
?shod. Would it liol be wei! lo bal
ance accounts and 600 w hether WO liav
made Ol' lost ? We hope all w ill lim
lllO balance on tho right side Ol' iii
lodger, ir any are so unfortunate a
to be in debt, wc hope they will lin
themselves nearer out Iban they wer
a year ago; and, inspired with fros
hope, will enjoy tho happy reunions u
thc approaching Christmas. To on
and all tho writer sends his warnie
greetings.
\l iii!? Til ra is Life Thor? ii Hopo.
Many of Hie discasos of this Bcasq
of (ho year can bc averted by a sma
amount of care and at bric cost, I;
tho timely use of EWIJANK'S TOP.I
CINCHONA CORDIAL.
lt, eures Diarrhoen, Dysentery, Clio
era Morbus and like complaints. 2V
(rucclcr should be without a bottle, :
it will prevent any disenso that woul
HO doubt arise from tho ? bange t
water, food and climate, without ii
uso. Thc most valuable medicine i
tho world, contains nil tho bosl an
most curative properties ol' all ot ht
Tonics, Hitlers, etc., cte, being til
greatest blood Purifier, Liver Keguli
tor mid Lite mid llealth-ltostoriu
Agent in existence. For Mal ark
Tiver and Ague, ('nias :.:i<l Fcvc
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Sick Heat
nelie, Nervous Headache, Caroni
UhenmaUsm, etc., etc., it is truly
lb rouleau liemody. It gives new Iii
and vigor to the aged. For ladies i
dclicalo health, weak and sickly chi
dieu, nursing mothers. ?Seo circulai
wrapped with bottle.
CIIARI.KSTON, S. C., Sept. 1, 1885,
li. 15. EWBANK, ESQ., Presiden! <
Tho Topaz. Cinchona Cordial Co
Spartaiibnrg, S. C, : Dear Sir-I Ino
ii-c<| a case of your Topaz Cordial i
my family, and as ri Tonic, and Appi
ii /.or I can cheerfully recommend i*. ?
all who are MI ncr i ug from Dobilil
und lack ol' appetite My childroi
(.specially, havebcon much bonciiltc
by its use. Respectfully,
DUTSON LKK.
Ask your druggist for EWBANK
TOPA2 CINCHONA COUDIAL and tal
no other.
TICK TOPAZ CINCHONA CORDIAL CO.,
Spnrtanburg, s. (;., u. s. /
A SI orv ul ( 'Oil l( I Ilia.
Senator lliloy, of Now York, said ll
other evening, while speaking of ll
famous Broadway investigation by tl
.sp?cial committee of tho Legislature: '
never was so impressed with a man as
was with Roscoe Conkliug while v
wore holding that investigation. Aft
WO bad concluded taking the tchtimon;
tho counsel for tho defense gave nota
that they wished to .submit argumenta ;
Albany. Of 00111*80 wt! wanted M
Conkhug to go along as the represent
t i ve td the committee? When the prop
sitien was made to him in secret sessk
he said that be would pieter to have h
partner, Mr. Howard, assume that sbai
i of tho work, because thoro were ccrtai
memories about Albany which woul
make it very distasteful to him in cai
bo should have to visit there. Bowal
llatly declined to go, and in tho coin.'
of this discussion one of tia! members <
the committee said that there wer. tv,
?Senators who bad particularly retpte.sk
his proHonco. They wore men who vote
against Oonkllng in the famous Som
toiiid contest of 1881. A? their nunn
wen; mentioned, Conkliug drow bimse
lip to his full height and said: "Conti
nu ii, 3 shall merely scud these persons
ix.'ito note of regret.' After a great doab
persuasion, howovor, ho consouted I
?e.-'Washington Letter to tho Jiostc
i weller.
i io formation of Mother Eve's tomb <
thc outskirts of Djoddah shows ber to hal
been a woman over thirty feet high. \\
have alway." hud a suspicion that ralbi
Atioiit, when he nie that quince, was a vi
tim of domestic coercion.
WHAT CUSI KI.AND MU8T DO.
Views Of Well KUOWII DOUlOAmllO I'Mitors
anti al?-<> of Clltll'lvtl A . DiMIII.
The Boston Globo prints lottors from
some of tho best known editors of thc
country in an; wer to the query: "What
should President Clevelitud do during
tho next two years iu order that Demo?
eratic success may bo assured bl I SSS?"
Colono! Alexander "McClure of the
Philadelphia 'l imes writes: "if Cleve
land keeps straight along he will bo ids
own successor."
Charles A. Danu ol tho New York Sun
antagonizes tho above with tho follow
ing: "Ile should in most rcspcots ?lo
differently from what ho has done during
tho last two years."
Bainre! Bow les of tho Springfield Bc
publican says: "Ho should steadfastly
live up lo Hu- principles CUUUOialcd in
his letter accepting tito nomination for
Hie Presidency and in his lotter of Dc
oombor ~">, 1881, to George William
Curiis."
F. W. Dawson of tho Charleston News
and Courier writes: "Del him go on to
thoond in thc. way lie hus been going
from tho beginning."
M. M. Gillam of tho Philadelphia
Keeord says that ho should lill tho oflic< S
with wide-awako, representative Demo
crats as speedily as possible, under tiber?
olly interpreted civii service rules, and
allow the men so appointed to work for
tho party.
Melville li. Stone of tho Chicago New s
nays: "Ile should bc abie to go boforo
the country with coutldouco U))OU his
record. If, however, it bo true thal tho
ma jority of tho American people do not
approve of his policy, do not regard 'a
public o il ice as a public trust,' rather
than a partisan reward; it' it be true that
tho general sentiment of tho country
moy be arrayed against an honest, faith
ful and intelligent administration of tho
Presidential olliee, then tho attention of
thoughtful minds may be v.? ll turned to
tt weightier question than the welfare ol'
of the President or his party."
Btillson Hutchins writes that Clove
land bas strengthened ids parly outside
its natural linos, Ho should now con
solidate anil energize it. Ile has no
doubt of Democratic sucres in Is-ss
with or without Cleveland, but think- it
would bo just like Cleveland to positively
decline a renomination.
George W. Abell of Ibo BaltimoreSnn
commends Cleveland for keeping his
ph dges and chides the party for love ol'
Spoils.
\N ivyW ON DUI Mi,
Drink makes a man a fool. Take tho
wisest imin and make bim drunk, and ?ie
is as big a fool as the most illiterate and
silly is in tho sanu- condition. In lac!,
tho wiser tho niau tho bigger tho fool
tormore reasons than one. Men, ill Ibo
?lush of their young manhood, who
would not stoop to anything bein nth the
dignity of gentlemen when sober, have
laen known to borrow moKcy when
drinking, in order to got nu re of tho
very stun that was even then making
th li lose their solf-l'cspecl and forget
lb? ir manhood, with all 'dbi' true, thc
beautiful and tho good," mid bcoouio
troublesome to their friends and thc
community and liable, to violate thc law
und bo punisho'J for He ir recklessness,
While slightly under ilia iulhtCUCO of
liquor, and not onough to bo detected by
others, acts have been committed and
words uttered, unconsciously through
th>; effects ol Hie stimulant, which would
naiko any sober, sensible person think
tho ''guilty" man must bo either tight or
.'a natural born-fool." All owing lo
thu mean liquor shoved uti on him.
A nam who takes but one drink de
serves no more credit than he who lukes
two. The principio is thc same ail the
way through; the CUIISQ and elicit the
sumo in tho one caso us in th olhor. if
one thin!, satisllcs one man and it lake,
moro for another, both should bo hold
equally guilty, on tho principle that if
ono drink did not satisfy tho former ho
W< uld ;ake as much os Ibo lotter.
ft isa weakness lo di ink. in the sense
that it is a weakness to gamble, etc. ft
is o habit, a passion, Wo uro nil weak
creatures of habit and pus- icu. Ono hus
a fondness for one tll'.Ug, and one for
another. What suits one, d u s not al
ways suits another. Hi ninny cases thc
gambler does not drink ; in ninny easer,
tho midnight thief does not drink. Their
nil ino1 passion is not tho cup Unit in
toxicates; they arti intoxicated with tho
love and excitement of Un ir avocations.
Often the man who drinks bas no other
fault-his fault is moro hurtful to him
self than to others. Free from the
oli'cots of drink, he attends to bis busi
ness and minds his own nbairs; but un
der its influence, ho neglects his busi
ness and speaks and acts as he would not
be guilty of doing when sober. A man
whose relined nature and cultivated taste
would shrink from tlie very thought of
Ovil, losses his betb r soil when under
tho control of drink, u-ml li?' del.herab ly
commits those very ?ins from w hich he
recoils in his soberness. Ho gets into
bad company and becomes involved in
ugly scrapes.
lt is easy enough for tho free man to
say he could quit drinking. Lot him
contract the habit and ho v.ill ?ind then
that if he abandon it be w ill dosorve
mure credit than if ho had never begun
Un habit. Tin grandest exhibition of
human w ill that can be, is recorded when
a slave breaks his bonds and stands linn.
Why don't you bike one drink and
quit? Yes, yielding to tho temptation
to take one drink and quit bas been the
prime cause ol the los. of ninny 0 mighty
and magnificent mind Hud could Bavo
made its future as grund and glorious as
its wast had been infamous and inglo.i
ons. Edgar Allen Poo once thought he
was strong enough to take one drink and
quit. But in the brilliancy ol his intel
lect, bright in the circle ol totters OS tho
evening star in Ibo circle above bim,
found to his cost Uni! be could not take
one drink and quit. Prentiss, the
matchless Mississippian, under the pow
er of whose gigantic mind a concen
trated Congress sw uv cl for consecutive
days; once thought he could take ono
drink and quit. But in the pride of his
intellectual strength, in the glory of Iris
towering mind, be too lound to his cost
that ho could not bike one drink and
quit.-Newberry Observer.
fcoiiit lliliiu Almut t-mitrt ? Inn?.
Santa Claus AVft* 011C Of Ilia oldest ideas
Of Ibo Celtic Wet in Pagan limes, US Jig
was of Hie Pagan Kasl before. In Christian
Kines ho was still regarded with religious
reverence, silting, as he had sat for agi m
Hgypt and elsewhere, in tho innis of his
mother. Simla Claus was, in fact, thc
child Jesus in the middle ages, ami through
out that period the festive creed of Ocr
ninny and nil Celtic Ku rope was thal he
visited all family dwellings of good Christ
ians on thc eve of his anniversary, anti
brought with him gifls and blessings for
the children. This beautiful tradition le
still to Ixi found lingering in Germany,
I hough Santa Claus docs not seem lo tn
specially connecte?1, with it by name. Thc
truth of this original belief is plainly
enough Indicated, by the word "claus,"
which In tho Ootuk: or ancient Gorman
mean? ' child?' aud "son." St.nln Claus
formerly meant tho Holy Ch i in.
II.?nm-n ' i ur
SKNATOlt JONKS'8 HANK. I
V Pell I'iiluiv ol th?' Ith lu st Ilolrc*n lil til?
Wont.
Jiy tho death of Pnmois Point?, ono of
tho oldest and best known oitizous of
Detroit, tho entire estate which ho had
accumulated descends to two children, a
son and daughter. Thc exact value of
thia estate, nays n writer in tho Philadel
phia Times, it is impossible to tlx with
certainty, bnt it is behoved that it will
not fail bolow $10,000,000 at tho lowest.
Much <>f it consists in great land tracta
in Michigan and Wisconsin, covorcd by
tlic towering forests for which that
region is famous, and the value of which
is morally certain to increase as tiinbor
tor building and other purposes becomes
moro scarce. Added to this aro bonds
and securities lo tho amount of an nl
most fabulous sum, and real estate in n
number of western cities. Always au
economic and thrifty man, Mr. Pulmo j
Minde h w blunders in tho investment of
ids capital, thc entire sum of which ho
hardly know himself at thc time of his
death from general debility. But little
is known of the sou, who will probably
share jointly with tho daughter in tho
distribution of this vast estate, and who
is an olVspring ol' Mr. Puhns's first mar
riage, tho daughter being tho fruit of a
second union. Unfortunately, the same
cannot bo said for Miss Palms, however,
thanks to tho conduct of a Senator of tho
United States. A few years ago Miss
Palms visited Washington for the lirst
time, and was given a cordial welcome
by tito wives of politicians whom her
father had helped to make. Personally
accomplished and beautiful, she won a
high place in many hearts, and, as sub
sequent events proved, completely con
quered tho susceptible Senator Jones,
hiiring her visit to tho capital tho atten
tions of thc Florida statesman becamo so
frequent and annoying that when Miss
Palms tinnily left thc city it was said she
lind done so only to escape her elderly
suitor's persecutions. In this, it will bc
remembered, she was not successful, ns
Senator .Jones followed her to her home
in Detroit, refusing to accept an un
qualified no from thc indy in answer to
his oiler of marriage. Physical forco
finally succeeded in closing tho door of
Hie I'alms mansion against him, but it
has not served to prevent him from re
maining in tho Michigan metropolis nor
from sending constant reminders in tho
shape of fruits and Howers to a lady who
as constantly returned them without re
ply. As photographed by tho gossips,
Miss Palms is tall and stately, like tho
lui whose plural name she bears. A
calth of dark and lustrous hair crowns
an unusually shapely head, which itself
i-i poised upon a graceful figure of the
mature dovolopmont of some thirty odd
'i .-ni II. i lilli )' in thu Hume.
ii is from ( iglit to sixteen thal boys
begin lo brink away from parental con
trol and tho r< strain of Mic fireside, lt
is (hen thal thoy seem to feel that Uley
know more than they who boro them; it
ii Ihctl that they begin to assert the
liberty of the street, and taste its do
lo i ms, its vices, and its crimes. Said
mi English jurist of great distinction:
"A largo majority of all tho criminals
who aro brought before mo have boen
made what they arc by hoing allowed to
be away from home evenings between
tho ngos of eight and sixteen." What a
testimony is this, dour mothers and sis
tors! Surely ono of thc. must practical
. lies iii tlii tempor?neo work is how
to koop tho young away from kmptn
lion, ami pleasantly and profitably occu
py the evenings, (?third your own doors,
i hore is one sort of drinking-housc that
no State enactment cnn touch, and that
is n private house with a decanter in its
cu) il KUI rd. Qood friends, guard your
ov I] doors with teetotalism. A foolish
rici) man who died lately disinherited
Iii drunken sun. In that '.tine will ho
bcqueulhcd his "wino collar" to certain
In ira. 'j lu latin i most insanely t mptod
his own son to drink, and then on his
dying bed gavo tho boy a last kick into
0| II disgvaei ! Thc most effectual of all
homo protection is to guard our own
homo. From such temperance homes
ivill i ..nie the powor to close up Hie pub?
lie oil inking dens.-Cuy 1er.
Itrglllatlllg Ihi' ItnilromN.
WASUINUTON, December 0.-Tho con
ui ?3 (ii tho interstate commerce hill
finished their labors t li iv morning and will
H port their bill ns soon ns il can bo printed.
On Hu (ptestlou of enforcing thc act, thc
i oniinissioa feature of Ibo Senate i>i!l is ne
copied by tho House conferees, while the
Si into conferees accepts tho system pro
I din Ibo Ucagftll bill, under which a
H!lipper i^ entitled tosuo for damages lo tho
L'nitcd Man s Court in ins own behalf,
fl ives shippers thc option of making
complaints to the commission on instituting
gaits in tlic Federal courts. Railroads are
prohibited from charging more for a short
(han for n longer distance inion their own
lines in '.in sa ne direction, thc shorter being
?ni hided within thc longer distance and thc
circumstances and conditions teing tho
same; bul the commission is authorized,
upon thc application of the railroad, and
liter un investigation of Ibo facts, lo relieve
ibo roads from the operation of thc general
mle in Bpcclnl cases. Tlic Senate conferees
H i o to thc absolute prohibition of pooling
contained in the Househill.
These were the main features of differ
once. ' >ii thc question of thc publicity of
rates, the provisions of tho two hills have
been merged sor..-, lo require each railroad
to make public tho rates between points
upon Its own road, as proposed in thc f louee
bill, and, in addition, the commission is re
quired tu seeuic publicity of through rates
in so tar as il may IK: found necessury.
A Wail ol Dhu1 re tl,
M wm.s TON, December "..-Thc people
in this seel ion ol' the State ure in a sad con
dillon. Tho terrible freeze of last January
eulin ly destroyed tho oat crop und seriously
il ibo wheat. A few spring oats and
about Ibo ixtli of a wheat crop wns gat h
ri. I. I' was very soon consumed. The
Hoods mid hud Btorm8, from thc vim h of
May to the middle of Jilly, dcslroyed the
p on thc bottom lands, The. little corn
made on thc uplands is atout out now.
Tho cotton . rop hus boen gathered, mid is
iiboui sold, lt will not exceed forty per
...i of last year's crop. There is nota
fanner who has made expenses. All are
behind, with scarcely any wheat or ont seed
lo sow, and everything man or beast cot?
I li i, io buy, except bay. Thc outlook is
didi.
Tho condition of thc white people is bud
enough, tut lhat of tho blacks is sorrowful.
A? least one half of them will have to leave
Hi county. They have nothing to buy
shoos or clothes with, und they have scarce
ly anything to oat, and the wliiu; people arc
powerli M to nld them. Tho pcoplc'uro on
thc edge of distress, und it lias not been
from any fault of theirs. They could not
fight the ?l?ments. There mimi bu a great
it al of suffering this winter.- Neu? and
Co Ul'?O'.
? ?.. ..???,??
Bietet I.'.uisc, the lieut and founder of
'?ii houses of thc ( )rdcr of-J^otre Dame In
this country, wita their 700 sinter? and 2:i,
000 girl pupils, died Er id ay. afternoon in
Cincinnati. Six houses of Nolro l)nmo on
the Pacific slope also lose la her ono of their
principal founders
lb illiunt society fcalurc?r-8ome people's
noses.
COTTON UANIMTH l\ YOHIl.
l-'orly ttegroea tiwror to KUI any One Calchlo*
Hiern ?li...: Colton -A Whit? Uoy or 13
Yearn their I'lr ?I Vlrllni.
YOUK, December H.-The Aar* amt ?PU>
n'er lins already published in a dispatch
from Chester tho fact that a young white
boy wu s found near Iiis home, in York
county, so badly beaten and mangled titat
he soon died. The following arc Hie facts
as far as can he learned:
About sundown on the evening of thc
UOtlt ult. lories of distress were bearii ia tho
Held of Wm. K. Good, who lives near
Broad Diver, in tho western pail of tills
county. A negro hoy in tho lot hastened
in the direction of the rn followed by
Mrs. Cond and her little daughter. Pro
ceeding they found the sou of Mr. Good, a
lad 13 yean old. named John Lee, lying in
a water furrow in a senseless condition, his
skull crushed, his mouth knocked In and
lits body bruised. Ile was carried lo lin
house and died at !. o'clock, never recover
ing consciousness. Trial Justice lilah, in
thc lioigldjorhood, was untitled and on
Wednesday, acting ns coroner, Ito sum
moued a jury and proceeded willi the bi
lpa st. After examining a largo number <?i
witnesses the inquest was adjourned anti
met again on Friday, when, after taking
much testimony, none of a conclusivo
Character, the jury again adjourned lill
nevt Friday.
In tho meantime circumstances pointed
to Mose Lipscomb, Dali Uoberts, Hailey
Dowdle and Print Thompson, till colored,
as the guilty parties, and they were com
milted to jail. The theory of tho Investi
cation WHS that some ot theso negroes hail
been detected by tho murdered boy in tho
net of stealing a basket of colton fruin hi<
father's Held, and to picvent detection they
killed him, intending to throw bis body into
Broad river, only two hundred "yards dis
taut ; hut they were thwarted in thistly thc
approach of tho people from the house.
Thc theory proved correct, for this morn
ing Print and Dan made acoufession to tho
above effect, and also Implicated Mose and
Dailey as accessories. They olso say that
ibero is it combination of about forty ne
groes in that neighborhood pledget) that If
cither ono is caught in the act of stealing
they are to kill the person so detecting
them. This admission may lead to a large
number of arrests. There is much excite
nu nt In [thc Broad river section, and now
that a confession has been made, your cor
respondent does not pretend lo know what
univ happen next, though al this time all is
quiet.
Attempting ,u Slake blntea Lindie tu Hmo, hy
their own Clttaeua.
HAI.KUUI, N.C., Dcccmbcrl). -Thc case
of Temple against (ho State of North < toro
linn and Uoberts, auditor, involving tho
right of holders of gpo ?ni tax bonds lo en
foreo the collect Inn of special laxes levied
by Ihcjsamc Acts ni' Assembly under whii h
tho bonds were nuthori/.ed, was heard vi
lerdayin tho United Stau- Court, beton
Judges Mond ami Seymour, on n motion ? i
thc State to dismiss the bill. A nov. ! quos
lion arises as to the right of a citizen of a
State tn sue it, when his Federal lights!:; ,,
been invaded by alleged unconstitutional
legislation. Edward L. Andrews, of New
Voik, and F.\ Solicitor General S. L. !\
Phillips. In elaborate argument, upheld the
jurisdiction of tho court, while 1!. P. Hal
ile and John W. Graham, for the Stale, op
posed it with ability and n free citation ol
authorities.
The same Judges are to day engaged lu
hearing thc ( asL-of Mo: lon, Uli - A Co. vs.
Itohorls, auditor, which is it p<-|ji? >n I I
mandamus lo < ump; 1 tin auditor lo include
In tho tax list a requisition foi Ute collei
lion of special luxe-;. The sana' < ounscl ap
pear in this caso. Thc dei ??ion of the Cou rt
is awaited ?llb much lu ter cst.
A Oucer Judicial Or etalon.
Thc laws of Ohio require all property I
bc listed for taxation "ut its true value in
money." National bank stock is. as a lille,
worth in the upen market nmre than IOU
cents on the dollar, lt \s:?s assessed la l
year al <l"> cents on the dollar, mid ti'
banks, admitting it was worth mr? li nu ie
than (ho assessment, .sought to enjoin >.
collection on so large a valuation. Tiley
founded their righi to a reduction on li'
( 1.>im thal other propel ly was n it valued . .
highly in proporllon lo Its actual value,
This amounted to a claim thal perjury,
being general, should lie stamped with Ino
approval of lite courts and made universal.
To I he amazement of honest folk not ac
quainted w ith tin lore nf the law books, tlc
COllt'l decided in favor ol' Stcinil
absurd claim. Thc lawns lt now stands is
therefore that tho banks shall have (bel I
right to violate law because others aro n .!
conscientious in listing properly for laxa
lion, Il is such deep imtl mysterton
decisions"ns the one rendered in Cl vcland
last wi ck that furnish ammunition to jaw
smiths and wild-eyed reformers.- Yomt?
loten (Oki") Telegram,
Never Too OM IO Wed.
That the fires of love sometime: burn
brightly oven in the breasts ot those who
havo passed ila alloted lindi of life ia
proven by a marriage which was solemn
ized in Middletown, N. Y.. recently. Thc
united ages of the contracting parties arc
lil years, thc groom bel?g ?oycan old and
the bride fourycnrs his senior. The groom
was Sampson Townsend, a w'oll-to do i<
tired fanner of Light Sin.!, Columbia
county. Pa., and tia- bri le Mis. Julia Oil
lespio of Middletown. Tho wedding look
place nt the residence of the bride':, daugh
ter.
When (ho hour for (he ceremony had ar
rived the venerable but smiling and appa
rently very happy couple wcroescortcd lo
their station under a llornl boll by thc six
year-old grandson and three year old ?{real
granddaughter of die bride'. The ceremony
was performed by tho bride's pastor, Kev,
C. M. Winchester, and it was noticed that
the contracting couple were ns nervous anil
asawkawrdas if this was their first oxpori
euee in matrimony. About thirty guest.-,
were present, nearly al! of them being de
scendants of the britle, li Is Intimated that
the couple will not lie very warmly wei
coined by the groom's family, two grown
up sons.
- - ..??.?>.
\ *rni Tragedy.
Last Saturday evening two sons of Mrs.
Booth, Ashby and Gcorgo, with a [son ol'
Mr. Sam Brown named ErvIn, wore play
lng willi an unloaded pistol, in 11 room in
Mrs. Booth's. There was a loaded pistol
on thc mantlepicco, and in some way Ervin
got hold of il, thinking it was unloaded,
and snapped it at Ashby, sending tho bullet
into Ids brain. Tho ball struck Asbby'f
head just hack of Hie car, and passing up
wards and forwards penetrated thc skull
near thc top of the head, lie lived, though
Unconscious, until the next afternoon. An
investigation hy the Coi oner brought to
light thc above facts. Mrs. Iloolli ls al?
most crazed with grief and is lu aver} < iii
ital condition.-Snmler Watchman,
Progrra? or Pri.hlMtloii.
Mo.vrooMKuv, Ai,A., December 8.-Tho
House of Representativos of the General
Assembly, now in session, has passed u bill
making the retail liqtim lin ti-.c whii h
ll equivalent lo more than doubling lt. A
proposition to make it >}?.V)0 was voted dow n
by a small majority. The Assembly has
passed prohibition bills outright for two of
the largos* black counties, upon petit inn
from nearly all tho whii.' inhabitants. Loi al
prohibition bills aro prised almost wi) ho ii
objection from any member, The senate
lats pawed a general local option Jaw for
all tho crmtules. ' ^
Thc difference between g matrimonial tic
mid a neektlo ls that thc latter will wear
out and the formor won't.
Hilled by lie?T.
MONTIII??L, December 8.-A terrible
Story cornea from I .orignal tothofcffccttbntl
a man named Alfred Lav?lo and hf? son j
Adela rd, ii hoy of 18, went hunting on 1
Monday ladt. As they did not return, tho
neighbors shirted luto tho woods tn search
and found (hoir demi bodies lu a' terribly
mangled . ondltion. Dear tracks were found
in all directions, hut ii U still uncertain j
whether tl,;' men were attacked and lolled
Willie a9lee|) or if they had lust tired upon !
tho Btivago animal? mal had been alter
ward overpowered. Tho bodies were fi uud
about three feet apart.
-. ?n? -
Plrea ul il:e Mouth.
Tho Now York Vatty ComiiicPbial litil-\
tctin of this morn i og estimates jhe Novem- '
her Uro lois in the united States aud Cann
via ni $10,000,000, an iucrcuco < t one third
ti pou tho November averago tiueo tho Hos
ton Oro of IBM. There wore 100 lires re
corded whose reported loss was $10,000 mid
over. Thu largo Ores, cr from $100,000 up
to $000,000, numbered 10, and caused ii
loss in the aggregate ?r $'1,000,000, or 40
per ( out. of tho onllro loss of the month.
According lo tho liultciin there has been ill
destruction by fin or $105,000,000 for the
11 mouths of issn, with December yet lo
bo heard front,
?--. .*?%?< ? -.
\ Uail .1 .!? ?>i llcigitlnlors.
S r. Lotus, December 8. --A ?special froia
Sli pa rd, TON is, say it negro named .lohn
Conners, who lived on Big Creek, near
Shepard, and v. ho was inspected of being
hu plicated in n nutil robbi ry, recently, waa
culled to his doer Motidoj night by it party
< I eight or ten nan. who d hom howled
Conners and left him for dead. Ile was
found yesterday morning still li- hu? and
ible to give tin- names nf tho men who hud
butchered him and the sherill* immediately
rmilzed n pi - ? : nd ur rest cd sovoval ol
(he licensed parties. The others escaped.
Thc friends ot those under arrest nie des
perate mid tho Shel lit ls a man ot nerve,
and biti'i! 11 rouble Knuth Ipntcd, Conners
cannot live.
. . ,q ?. --
Not for many years has there been so
much marrying and giving in marriage us
Ibero hus been thus far this winter. May
December, 188?, seo all tho couples who
are now stepping into the matrimonial
linet ? ns happy as they are lo day.
W&naGordial
C V ?t E S
DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION,
WEAKNESS, CHILLS AND FEVERS,
MALARIA, LIVER COMPLAINT,
KIDNEY TROUBLES,
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Tho Soltihla'iltiano'lsXhighly concentrate
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two crops and also largely used by tho Truel
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tn fiipuity recovery, inul loss Hubie to
flooding, Convulsione, aim oilier
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