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EDGEFIELD, S. C., ffURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1888
I VOL. XL vin--NO. u.
Hu CnAnnonilrkP.
I Becovery of Forfeited Lands.
Concerning the suit brought fi
I the Sinking Fund Commissioners, i
I which Mesare. Pope & Haskell re]
I resented the Commission, for the r
I covery of certain lands forfeited 1
I the State for taxes in thin County, M
I J. D. Pope writes the Attorney Gei
I oral that in order not to involve tl
I State in heavy costs they had uelecte
I two cases oat of several hundred, u]
H~*on which to try the questions in vol vee
I One of the caees was non-suited i
I the Circuit Court and the ruling su;
I tained by the Supreme Court. H
I thinks it will be idle to attempt t
I recover in any of the Richland casei
I and that the raul t lies in our borrowe
I tax laws. If some can escape payin
I their tax others would cease to par
H -relying on technical objections whe
I sued to avoid paying ; thus the Stat
I would be without means and withou
I remedy. He suggests that the Legis
I lature root out the present borro wei
tax .system entirely and eetablisl
I something for itseit which would b
simple in its details, inexpensive am
I effectual.
A Pointed Prayer,
I May the members of this body no
I ask themselves, How shall I curr
I favor with the bosses? nor, hov
I 8l"~~"~line the vest of some editor
I and go- make mypelf the subject o
editorial eqoibs dripping with sweet
nee? ? but may they ask themselvei
continually, How shall I conduct my
I self so as to win the endorsement o
I my own conscience, the approval o
I sty constituents and the favorable
I judgment of Almjghty God ? Ma}
these Assemblymen so act as to escape
I the necessity of explaining to an in
I ?quisitive constituency how, leaving
? horns poor on the meagre salary ol
H50X)tney re??rn""rinh;-Chop hin
MDe Will tri ?he New Jersey House.
Br The value of the stock of every far>
? tory company in South Carolina ex
cept 5ve is above par and the stock of
these five sells at par; the stock o j
one company, Langley, sells ct $173 ?
Graniteville and Vaucluse, $170 ;
Piedmont, $150; Reedy River Clifton
and Camperdown at $125 ; Farry ville
and Pelham, $120 ; Cedar Shoals and
Valley Falls, $110. The dividends
paid, as far as reported, ranged from
ten to twenty per cent., the Cedar
Shoals paying the largest percentage
and the Saluda Mills the next highest
Iel ve and a half per cent.
I Habitual Costiveness.
I many persons suiter with habit
activeness. A dose of Norman's
Itralizing Cordial after each meal,
i break up the most stubborn case.
gives tone to the stomach thereby
Delating the liver to healthy action.
TUE FUN OF THE SESSION.
[A Kentuckians Plea for Free Quinine.
Mr. McKenzie, of Kentucky, the
author of the free quinine bill, said
that no bill ever passed by Congress
had met with such united praise irom
the country. So far from retarding
the manufacture of the drug, two
manufacturers had sprung up since
the passage of the measure. The es
timated consumption of quinine was
2:OOO.000 ounces pei year, and the
saving resulting from the passage of
the bill amounted to $1,500,000. He
asked the Chairman of the Commit
tee on Ways and Means whether a
solitary consumer of quinine, white
or black, male or female, (including
Indians, not taxed,) had appeared
before that august body and asked that
duty be placed upon it. The people
of the country would call this Con
gress accursed if the dnty on quinine,
were restored. The committee migtl_
as well lay a tax on air and sunlight,
which it probably would do if a sin
gle citizen or firm in Philadelphia
were engaged in the manufacture of
either. The Committee on Ways and
Means appeared as counsel for the
plaintiff in the case of thr quinine
manufacturers against the people, and
he desired his name to be entered as
counsel for the defense. [Applause on
the Democratic side.] He was a poor
lawyer, but he believed that ht could
plead successfully before the great
jury which at the last election had
brought in a verdict of guilty against
the Republican party without any
recommendation to mercy. [Laugh
ter.] Every man who wanted to ap
pear as the confedi rate of death and
the friend of the devil would vote to
place a duty on quinine. [Laughter
and applause on the Democratic side.]
Mr. McKenzie said that he had'vig
orously opposed the Tai i if Commis
sion bill, and had characterized the
Commissioners as middle-aged, high
ly prejudiced specialists, but after
reading this bill in comparison with
the'.bill of the Tariff Commission, he
desired to retract ail his utterances.
[Laughter.] The free list in this bill
was lull ot wisdom and benevolence.
The committee, thank God, had made
blood free. [Laughter ] If a tax of
1 cent was levied on the blood which
had been extracted from the people
through this infamous tariff system,
thexe would be no need cf any ott er
bone dust on the
ae." Sj
and
ee list, and when he ca
this bill in ?ts concavity ami con
vexity, in its obliquity and iniquity,
he-felt like exclaiming with Lear,
"Give me an ounce of civet, good
apothecary, to twee ten my imagina
tion.'.' [Laughter.] It had exempted
ipecac\ Ii need cot have done so,
because k had itself created nausea
enough among the people to spew
the Republican party out in 1884.
"Divi-divi'' was on the free list. He
did not know what that was, but he
presumed it was made to protect the
Committee on Ways and Means,
which wanted a double quantity of
it, whatever it was. [Laughter.]
Diamonds also had been placed on
the free list. If there was anything
on the face of the earth that ground
down the poor to the dust it was the
tax on diamonds, [laughter,] and the
committee had placed "jots sticks"
on the free list-still ministering to
the spiritual wants of the Chinese.
[Laughter.] He had seen a lot ot
members at the Chinese Minister's
the other night, and while they might
despise Chinese civilization they man
ifested a very high appreciation of
Chinese punch. [Laughter.] Asiatic
ci ? ilization, when it came to labor,
did not suit the average Republican,
but the Chinese liquor met with not
one protest from the gentlemen on
the other side of the House. [Laugh
ter.] Leeches were on the free list;
that exempted the protectionists and
the Committee on Ways and Means.
[Laughter.] "Junks, not otherwise
enumerated," was on the nee liet.
This was done for the protection of
the Committee on Ways and Means.
Its members were fast growing old,
thank God. [Laughter.] They might
stay out of the countiy, and if they
ever came back they would have to
come in under the head of junk.
U-UUHb UU U1B I
^fV'.Tic>Bif" he I
'HM
lander the
m -,
[Laugh
Senator Butler's Punctnality,
Amoqg the least of Senator Butler's
good qualities ia that ot punctuality
which characteristic is bein? noticed
in Congress. Not long since it wa? an
nounced that he was he only member
of the Senate at prayers and the
Chaplain prayed fervently for the
Senator from South Carolina. On
Friday morning, there were present
four Republicans and one Democrat.
Senator Butler was the solitary repre
sentative of his party. He looked
more in sorrow than in anger upon
" the beggarly account of empty
benchfiB."
These facts mean much more than
force of habit on Senator Butler's part,
for they evince an interest in the busi
ness for which he was Bent to Washing
ton, that*i8 very gratifying to hi? con
stituents at home.-Sumter Watch'
man.
}
PROGRESS O? TOE PLOUGH.
A Wonderful Story of our mate
rial Progress.
Cor. News and Courier.
COLUMBIA, February 2.-Col. L. A.
Ransom, the statistical agent for South
Carolina of the .National Department
of Agriculture and the secretary for
the State of the National Cotton
Planter's Association, has compiled
at the request of the Neios and Cou
rier, statistics showing the increase
in the staple agricultural productions
of the State during the twelve years
from 1870 to 1882, the authorities re
lied on being the United States cen
suses of 1870 and 1880 and the
thorough compilations of the State
Department of Agriculture in 1882.
Certain facts, when expressed in fig
ure* are so positive and apparent
tv ?iey need no argument to em
?size their importance. The fol
- tfing are of this class, and they are
submitted to the people of the State
and the Union as accurate records of
3outh Carolina's agricultural progress,
requiring no ^zplanation to make
them plain and no asseveration to
prove them true.
KING CORK.
In 1870 South Carolina produced
7,614,207 bushels of corn, in 1S80
11.704,049 bushels, and in 1S82 17,
045,735 bushels. Between 1S70 and
1880 the increase was 4,150,142 bush
els or 54 per cent., and between 1SS0
and 18S2 5,281,386 bushels or 44 per
cent. The total increase between
1S70 and-lSS2 was 9,431.528 bushels
or 124 per cent. The area planted
ia ecru was in 1S.S0 1,303,109 acres
and in 1882 1,356,305 acres, an in
crease of only 4 per cent, in acreage,
while the increase in yield was 44
per cent. Taking into account the
fact that last year was one of more
favorable seasons than 1880, it still
appears that the larger part of the
increase was due to improved culti
vation, the highest evidence of agri
cultural progrets.
A TWELVE FOLD YIELD OF OATS.
South Carolina made in 1870 613,
593 bushels ot oats, in 1880 2,715,445
bushels and in 1882 7,929,970 bush
els. The increaee in the yield, there
fore, between 1870 a?d .1880 was
2.101,852 bushels or 342 per cent
and between 1SS0 and 1882, 5.214,
525 bushels or 192 per cent, g^to-1
tal increase in the oat yieHJand in
1870 and 1882 was 7J316,3yease in
or 1,192 per nf^TTtfi?t.^Illffi thein
pBBCTn yield was 192 per cent. Im
proved cultivation again ! The un
paralleled increase in the oat crop is
largely due to the introduction of the
red rust proof oat, afine grain, a sure
crop and a satisfactory substitute for
corn, the straw furnishing also a for
age of very good quality harvested
at a season when stock feed is most
i
needed. But the advance of oats
from an incidental and insignificant
crop to a 9taple ofimportance is main
ly the result of the determination ol
South Carolina farmers to be inde
pendent in their food supply of the
West, their former granary.
THE GREAT WHEAT YIELD.
Of wheat South Carolina produced
in 1870 783,610 bushels, in 1880
962,330 bushels and in 1882 1,934,
970 bushels. The increase in yield
between 1870 and 1880 was 1^8,720
bushels or 23 per cent, and between
1860 and 1882, 972,640 buehels or
101 per cent. The increase between
1870 and 1882 was 1,151,360 bushels
or 146 per cent. The area planted
in wheat was 170,898 acres in 1880
and 201,815 acres in 1882, an increase
of 18 per cent. Again the dispropor
tionately large increase in yield shows
better cultivation. The large unpre
cedented shipments of grain from
South Carolina last year attest the
correctness of the figures quoted.
DOUBLING THE RICE CROP.
South Carolina produces more than
half of the total quantity of rice
raised in the United States. The rice
crop of the State was, in 1870, 32,
304,825 pounds, in 1880 62.948,537
pounds, and in 1882-despite the bad
season-64,684,577 pounds. The in
crease in the yield between 1870 and
1880 was 30,643,712 pounds or 94
per cent., and between 18S0 and 1882
1,736,040 pounds or nearly 3 per
cent. The increase between 1870
and 1882 was 32,379,754 pounds or
100 per cent. The area planted in
rice was, in 1880, 78,222 acres and
in 1882 75,270 acres, a decrease of
nearly 4 per cent. Yet the yield in
creased 3 per cent.
FOOD FOR A MILLION.
South Carolina made in 1870 620?" ?
467 gallons of syrup, and in 1882 j
814.362 gallons. The increase in
yield was 183,895 gallons, or 31 per
cent.
The sweet potato crop in 1870 was I
1,342,165 bushels, and in 1S82 it was j
3,844,879 bushels, an increase of 2,
502,714 bushels, or 186 per cent. The
Irish potato crop has increased still j
more rapidly. Its yield in 1870 was
83,252 bushels, and in 1S82 387,190
bushels, an increase of 303,938 bush
els, or 365 per cent.
There has been great increase in
the smaller farm producta. In mar
ket gardening the business ha? sprung
from nothing to a height of great im
portasce, but the census affords, un
fortunately, no exact data. The dairy
business bas shown much increase,
and the crops of rye, barley and
peas have increased rapidly in value.
TUE COTTON CROP
of 1870 was 224,500 bales of 450
pounds each, iu 1880 517,495 bales,
and in 18S2 020,970 bales. The in
crease in yield between 1870 and
18S0 was 292.995 bales or 130 per
cent., and between 1S80 and 1882
103,475 biles or 19 per cent. The
increase for the twelve yearB from
1870 to 1882 was 39(5,470 bales or
176 per cent. The best evidence of
the continued improvement in the
cultivation of this crop is contained
in the fact that in 1880 the acreage
in cotton wa6 3 per cent, smaller than
in the preceeding year, and yet the
yield increased 19 per cent.
A SUMMAEY.
South Carolina has increased du
ring the la6t twelve years her produc
tion of corn 9,431,528 bushels or 124
per cent; her yield of oats 7,316,377
bushels or 1192 per cent., twelve fold
the yield of 1870; her production of
wheat 1,151,300 bushels or 170 per
cent.; her yield of rice 32,379,754
pounds or 100 per cent.; her cane
syrup product 193,895 gallons'or 31
per cent; ber sweet potato crop 2,502,.
714 bushels or 186 per cent; her
Irish potato crop 303,938 bushels or
365 per cent, and her smaller food
crops proportionately, trnck farming
having risen from nothing to a great
industry. Besides doing this, South
Carolina increased her product of
cotton in the twelve years 396,470
bales or 170 per cent. The acreage
of cotton is shown to be almost sta
tionary, but with a largely increased
product per acre; and the acreage in
food crops increases largely, but is
surpassed in progress by the increase
in the yield per acre.
THE MORAL.
The lesson inrtfhie to the planters of
the State is : Be proud of what you
have done," but determine to do still
better. Vt. fi. G.
Mutual Prayer.
I feel like entering into a covenant
with all the Baptist ministers of our
State to pray one for another. I
should like to have a particular time
in each week wherflfl Bte???2 VT?J
Let. it .be.
might bi
of the
HforcJai*J&_._ ^Bkfb'ng, moret
in His service. Ax such time let the
mind rapidly traverse the length and
breadth of our State and gather up
our brother ministers in thought and
feeling, whether we know their names
and numbers or not, and present all
before God for these blessings.
Again, I should like to enlist all
our denomination to unite in prayer
for our brethren in Charleston. Is it
not a point of such importance and
surrounded by such difficulties as to
have peculiar claims on our mutual
prayers? Is not a tide of strong in
fluences setting in against the tu th,
a? we hold it, there? Will it not be
a damage to the cause throughout the
State if our churches do not flourish
in the "city by the sea'' ? How shall
we feel and do if our churches dwin
dle and our brethren languish there ?
Let us betake ourselves to prayer
for them. Let us follow brother
Thomas with our prayers as he visits
among thu people and as he enters
the pulpit of the old historic Firot
Church. Let us also encompass the
membership ol Citadel Square Church
with our prayers that they may be
united and true while deprived of a
pastor: and let us call?n God to send
them speedily one of His own choos
ing, to go in and out among them,
and to lead them to signal victories
in His name.
G. F. WILLIAMS.
Ridge Spring* 8. C, Feb. 6, 1888.
TRUTH ABOUT OUE SWEET POTATO.
-The fact that General Marion on
receiving the British flag of truce in
his South Carolina camp during the
revolution, invited the officers to dine
eimply on roasted sweet potatoes has
been quoted as an illustration of the
hardships of the patriot troopers; but
if any man could approach a sugary,
mealy Southern sweet potato, fresh
from the flaky aBhe* of au open air
fire of wood, with auy sensation ex
cept that of ardent appetite, he de
serves the pity of every honest epi
cure.-Philadelphia Record.
A country girl who was being treated
to ice cream for the first time was
asked by her " young man" how she
liked it, " It tastes pretty good," was
the reply, " but I always prefer my
pudding hot.'*-Hotel Modi.
A ; >ung politician explained the
tattered condition of his trousers to
his father by statiug that he was sit
ting under an apple tide eujc^.ng
j himself, when a farmer s dog came
along and contested his seat.
Considerate mother to governess :
j " Miss Smith don't let Alfred and
! Jennie sit down on the damp grass,
I for fear they should take cold. When
they are tired yon can sit down and
take them on your lap."
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liv
cen
stru
fro:
gov
wh
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mus
dice
ministe1
uncoltro
will is D
undertak
is the ord
a grand
lynching
iDg officer
upon th,e :
regular wa
ever, to up
good citizen
it. Your perso
are in danger
properly execnr*
should under
violence
law. We
. For
)g on a
ian will
as. The
[ernmeut
linated.
will
preju
ad
"inliaenc ..; and
OTL V aman
wh ie crowd
.w. This
ever charged
on the subject of
ge ia nota prosecut
[here to try a case
presented in the
Joes become me how
?W, aud every
uphold and enforce
and property rights
m the laws are im
No crowd of men
e to execute lawp,
when swayed b|a88ion and prfju*
dice. Upon aljcertain statements
" the law must be
;ht8 are in danger
] hold, and lend
of facts the vi
maintained or
You must sup;
vigor to the h*
" freedom and M
lated law." t
" You are t
<\ 1 would have
mder well regu
uS inquest of the
county. You ?{<>t detectives. You
arenottoferr?Ptcrime- But wheo
there is a flagr?. ??d opendet.ance
of law, then-?comB8 Wlthm the
purview and sqopf your f3ut7 10
bring the perpeir?0T. to tnaL
?In regardais lynching, take
such steps aa yoi ^ink ProPor- lf
you find out the ?Lties Present then
in your presenting
the witnesses to
Obs?
No line can
common knowh
scientific know)
common reason)'
es
o the Cou i t with
the facts'."
fi-awn between
I of things and
not between
scientific rea
all accurate
tamera in 8cier^^?^entically [the
I same as that whilW?g employed by
every one every My 0f his life, but
refined and reniere(] precise. If a
child acquires^Bjg^ toy, he observes
its characterT? experiments upon
its properties, am j we are au constant
ly making obsei vations and experi
ments upon one thing or another.
But those who h lve never tried to
observe accurate^ wj]i De surpriped
to find how difficult ft business it is.
with!
There is not
dred who
occurrence
accuracy. Tha
will omit somet
and which is o
will imply ors
of something w
person in a hun
[scribe the commonest
even an approach to
?B to say, either he
iDg which did occur
importance, or he
t the,occurrence
he did not ac
tually observe, jot which he uncon
sciously infers z^t have happened.
When two truthful witnesses con
tradict one ano her in a court of jus
tice, it usually tnrns out lhat one or
the other, or flojjngtjtnes both, are con
founding their jinferences from what
they saw with [that which they ac
tually saw. Ai shears that B picked
his pocket. It? turns out that all that
A knows is thik De felt a hand in his
pocket when wkks close to him, and
that B was noFtR^ief, but C, whom
he did not obgervet Untrained ob
servers mix u'together their infer
ences from what they see with that
which they actuaHy eee in the most
wonderful wa;v> an(j even experienced
and careful o|8erver8 are jn constant
danger of falling ,nt0 the same error.
Scientific obB*vatjon j6 sncD as is at
once full, pre*ean(j freefrom uncon
ecions infere^?-Profc?s?_Huxky:
'TIT. JOKE.
ve a dinner in
the other night,
brother Senators,
the floor at the
?fn?l dress and slipped
"aat. Senator Butler
.e party began on the
demanded a call of the
mmoned them all back
e repeated this at in
^minutes until the ex
hung ry Bolons obtained
loy their dinner by ad
tnc
Sena
his
inviting i
who appe
night sessio
away to
waited i
soup and th
house, whic"
in a hurry;
tervals of a
asperated a
leiBurj to e
journment.
Ike,*' bo
bv his tea
b2? in Minneapolis, was sent
>(wr,t womiD, to the Su
perintendent to be whipped. Ike
suspected tl10 coutents of the note,
and hired another boy for four cents
to take it jDi The Superintendent
did not discover) uut?l all was over,
that the bo^ he " educated" with hip
rattan had k0t Reen the inside of a
school ho?i?'foj. a month.
You can a[way8 teu the fastidioiu
man by rending twenty-sever
cuffs andAloru'to the laundry uo
gie shirt.
t the popul?tiur
will reach nearlj
?"s*- norm
The Story or toe Leper
Recently Put Ashore at Lewes Dela
ware-Ordered to Leave the Town.
PHILADELPHIA, February 14.-A
few days ago a stranger came ashore
at Lewes, Del., from a foreign vessel.
He WAS well dressed and his manner
was courteous. Save a slight limp
in his gait and an unnatural tinge to
his countenance there waa nothing
outwardly to indicate the presence of
a peculiar malady. Upon reaching
the shore he sought out a private and
rather secluded boarding place, and
there he remained, keeping aloof en
tirely from the people around him.
From significant hinta dropped by
several of the crew who brought him
ashore it was whispered about that
the stranger was a leper, who, for the
safety of his comrades on shipboard,
had been put ashore to shift for him
self. The stranger made no attempt
at denial, but, on the contrary, seem
ed as anxious to avoid the approach
of his neighbors as they were to avoid
him. The extravagant stories that
went rapidly from mouth to mouth
caused such agitation that a special
meeting of the Town Council was
decided upon to consider ways and
means to rid the community of the
dangerous patient. To-day he wa.?
found and questioned by a Prm re
porter. He admitted that the sus
picions of the people were well found
ed. He was, he frankly but sorrow
fully admitted, a leper. He gave his
name as James Atwald, and said he
was au Englishman by birth, but up
.to laet Summer had been for ten vear?
a resident of Havana, where the
disease, the germs of which were
latent in his system, developed itself.
His impression was that he con
tracted the infirmity while at Mada
gascar, whpre he and others of the
crew with whom he wa? associated
were forced to work side by side
with a gang of natives, a number of
whom were known to be diseased.
Sometimes the colors his skin had
as-urned would blend until his flesh
actually appeared to him almost as
variegated as a garden in June. The
horror of his position became at the
time almost unbearable, and he had
contemplated suicide a9 a means to
escape his awful fate. He studied
bis case, and having le raed that ex
posure to cold weather was the only
means by which its ravages could be
"j^^^l^he^determined to go to
lisb shipTi ormosa. The Captain how
ever suspected the Datare of hie ail
meat and told him he must leave th
ship at Wilmington, N. C. At hi
request, however, the Captain per
mitted him to land at Lewes insteac
from which point he intended to g
to Canada. Mr. Atwald during th
interview displayed to the reporie
the peculiarities of the diease as devel
oped in his ca?e. The mere rubbin
of his hand created a fine, bran lik
dust. Across the palm the lines wer
streaked brightly, PO that ia the ray
of the sun they shone like a web-wor
of silver. This peculiarity in hi
flesh had communicated to the eroi
Uri linea on his temples, and the)
like the palms of his hands, percept:
bly glistened. He left Lewee in obc
dier.ee to the demand of the Tow
Council.
\ Negro ? Conjured" by dis sweet
heart,
SALISBURY, N. Y" February 15.
The colored people of this place, a
well ae many others, have bee
thrown in!o intense excitment OV?
the fact that Hugh Leonard ha
thrown up a snake eighteen inch?
long. An examination shows the
Leonard has been sick for some weeli
and he was convinced that he ha
been conjured. He even goes so fa
as to fix the exact date when th
bewitching was accomplished. H
fays he attended a ball, when one c
his old sweethearts, whom he ha
dropped " for a handsomer girl,
came and gave him pome cake. H
noticed a peculiar taste r.nd did nc
eat all of it, as he was fearful of b<
'ma, conjured. He soon began com
plaining of pains in the stomach. Hi
Uncle Cotman took the case in charg
with the avowed intention of remo^
ing the spell, and yesterday witnesse
the fruition of his labors. About on
o'clock Leonard was taken with
severe fit of coughing, when he thre'
J up a snake some twelve inchee lon;
spotted white and black, and appai
ently of the water snake varier;
The snake was alive and continued t
until he was put in a bottle of rut
for safe keeping. The negro sti
lies on hie back on the floor and eaj
there are more of them yet to eome
that they come up into his th ros
and choke him nearly to death, bi
slip back before ha can get his finget
on them. The old colored woma
present at the occurrence says tht
just before the snake put in its a]
pearance a four legged scorpion ra
out of Leonard's mouth and dieaj
peared under the bed. The anafe
haa been seen by hundreds. The e:
citcment is intense.
Edward Graham, who is suppose
by all the colored people to be gifte
as a conjurer, says the thing in easil
done. To cause snf-kes to grow ye
simply get any ?nahe, kill and ary it, >
and then grind it to a flue powder. !
Thia ie mixed in with any kind of j
j cake and the very small eggs which
j it contains are soon hatched by the
j heat of the stomach and the end is
accomplished. Ned i? orthodox, so j
J his description must be about right. !
?he Didn't Dare Do lt.
The other day a man and woman
came to a sudden halt on Grand j
River street and the woman dropped j
a basket she was carrying and called j
out.
" I will ! I will ! Til not live with
you another day !"
" You'll leave me, will you ?" he
calmly asked.
" Yes, I will !"
"When?"
" Now-right off-this minute!"
"You'llgo away?'1
" Yes, sir!"
"I wouldn't if I wore you."
" But I will, and I defy you to pre
vent me ! I have sutfered at your
hands as leng as I can put up with
it!"
"Oh, I shan't try to stop you," he
quietly replied. " I'll simplv report
to the police that my wife has mys
teriously disappeared. They will want
your description and I shalt give it.
Yon wear No. 7 shoes ; you have an
extra large mouth ; you walk stiff, in
your knees ; your nose turns ftp a'
the end ; hair the color of a brick
terra cotta, the newest in fashion ;
eyes rather on the squint; voice par
takes of-"
" Wretch ! yon would't dare do
that !" she screamed.
" I certainly will, and the deHcrip
tion will go into all the papers."
They glared at each other for a
minute like cats.
Then he walked on. ?She looked
up and down the street, gritted her
teeth together, and then picked tip
the basket and followed on after. He
had what they call the dead-wood on
her.-Detroit Free Prtfis.
What Rom Hill Do.
Some years ago, in one of the coun
ties of New York, a worthy nun waa
tempted to drink until drunk. In
the delirium of drunkenness ho went
home and murdered his wife in tie
most brutal manner.'! He was carried
tojailwhile drunk, ?and kept there
fi taflpght. Awakening in
I^T^^^^^and looking around
"Yee; you arc-T -.jo>Tp5-Tnn?^^?a
someone. "J %|
"What am I here for?" waa the
earnest inquiry.
"For murder," was the answer.
"Does my wife know it?"
"Your wife know i"?" said some
one. "Why, it was your wife yon
murdered."
On this announcement he dropred
suddenly, as if he hed been struck
dead. Let it be remembered that
the constable who carried him to jail
sold him the liquor which caused his
drunkenDesp; the justice who issued
the warrant was one of those who
signed his license ; the sheriff who
j hung him also ?old liquor and kept a
ten-pin alley.
Josh Billings- Guide to Health.
Never run in debt if you can find
anything else to run into.
Be kind to your raother-in-iaw, and
if necessary, pay her board in some
good hotel.
La ff every time you feel tickled, and
laff once in a while enny bow.
Never borrow what you are able to
buy aud alwus have some things you
won't lend.
Never git in a hurry ; you can walk
a good deal further ina day than you
can run.
If yu have dauters let your wife
bring them up ; if she has common
sense she can beat all yura th?orie.".
Don't have enny rules for long Ulc
you won't break; be prepared to-day
to die to-morrow, h the best creed for
long life I kno of.
Don't be a klown if you oan help it ;
people don't respect ennything much
that they can only lan at.
Don't keep but one dog ; there iz
no man but a tanner able to keep
three.
By trying to follow the above guide
to bea'th and happine? the Billings
family ha.s hekupj what it i*.
From the sea Board.
Mrs. C. Wulbern, Charleston, S,
C., Bays : "I have used Norman'?
Neutralizing Cordial iq my family
two or three yearn and can certainly
recommend it as one of the best med
'1 j icines for all stomachic troubles. It
ra j is so harmless that I do not hesitate
to give it to my youngest child."
The old fashioned pea jacket is aa-in
fashionable. They are just milted
for tall young men, and nnku them
look as if they had git into a aplit
). I liver pad by mistake.
j We know all about shooting starp,
3 : but we often forget that thin world ol
^ ; ours ia a revolver.
Why is a fish-hook like thc letter
id F?-Becauee it will make an eel
id j feel.
y I A writ of attachment-A marriage
.u heensa.
702 Broad Street, Cor. Mcintosh.
mniT??i
CHES. JE
STERLING SILVERWARE,
REED Sc B-A.RTOJST'S
Celebrated TRIPLE-PLATED WARE.
CLOCKS, BRONZES & FINE FANCY GOODS
ArrftngTA, OA., Nov. 27, 188U.
Iy51
H B are now located at our NEW STORE, with Double the room
we have ever had before, and with Twiec thc stock We have
ever had. Om fast increasing traue has compelled us to go to the ex
pense of having an tfiegant Illustrated Catalogue printed,
which will be ont in about ten days. WRITE FOR ONE.
We still dei'v competition, and Lead iu Low Prices and Good Goods.
J. L. BOWLES * CO.,
Oct. 18, lS82.-0m] S39 & 841 Broad St., UGI >T,i,.GA.
Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry
SILVER and PLATED WARE, CLOCKS, fcc.
I have received and am receiving daily, the finest line of the above goode
ever brought to tbia citv, at PRICKS LOWER THAN FA'ER. Agent for
the BRAZILIAN SPECTACLE. WATCHES and CLOCKS repaired and
warranted. WM. SCHW IGE RT,
Oct. 18, '82.-ly] 7:12 Broad St., Under Ccnlra! Hotel, Acostar
GEORGE R. LOMBARD 8c CO,
Foundry, Machine and Boiler Works,
Above Passenger Depot, Xear thc Wafer Tower,
AUGUSTS, ii A.
SAWMILLS.. GRISTMILLS, CANE MILLS, PLANTATION^
AOHINKRY, Engines and Boilers, Cotton Screws. Shafting, Pulleys, Hang
iXL ors, Journal Boxen, Mill Gearing, Gudgeons, Turbine Water Wheels, Gin
?Darings, Judson's Governors, Disaton's Circular Saws and G?mmers and Files,
Belting, Babbitt Metal und Brass Fitting Globe and Cbock
Valve?, Whistles, Gauges, &a~, Iron and Brass Castings and
(?in Ribs and Injectors. Repairing promptly done at I/jwest
Prices. We cast every day, both iron and Brass, having
crreatly increased onr capacity with the latest, improved tools.
We ara running full time with ion hands, which enables us to
till orders promptly at Lowest Prices. Give ns a trial before sending ei sewher
Agents ?br Georgia aod South Carolina for
ROUTING'S UNIVERSAL CN?TBGTQRS,
th? best Boiler Feeder out. Works with one lever. Will work warm or ?-nid
l?f?rT Will lift water. Warranted to give satisfaction. Send
you buy anv other. Thev urn better f,>nn R pump or !"..;?. .
Amrnsts, "n>i.. Feb. ?. ?*?3. . , - j f
1 SUiAlOHUi'
MACHINERY DEPOT!
W. J. Pollard,
731, 734 and 736 Reynolds Street, Augusta, Ga.
On hand and to arrive, the largest stock of Machinery, Belting, Steam fittngs,
Ar.., ol' any hons:* in tho South, consisting in part of the following:
100 SMITH COTTON PRESSES.
100 POLLARD'S CHAMPION COTTON GINS, with Feeders and Condensers
100 FAIRBANKS STANDARD SCALES, all sizes and patterns.
20 TALBOTT it SON'S ENGINES, 5 H. P. upward.
20 WATERTOWN ENGINES, from 4 H. P. upward.
20 C. & G. COOPER ?ft CO'S ENGINES, from 6 H. P. upward
26 J. W. CARDWELL & CO'S GRAIN SEPARATOR, all sizes.
25 B. GILL & SON'S "PEE-RLESS" GRAIN SEPARATORS, all sizes.
50 "ACME" CLOD CRUSHERS and PULVERIZERS, the Lightest and
Most Thorough Pulzerizers Ever Used.
50 RAWSON RE ATE RS-Single.
25 JOHNSTON HARVESTER CO. REAPERS-Single.
10 JOHNSTON HARVESTER CO. REAPERS and MOWERS, Combin
10 JOHNSTON HARVESTER CO. REAPERS and BINDERS. Combined.
10 HUBBARD GLEANERS and BINDERS (Independent); will take up the
grain and bind it at any time after it is cut.
10 EMERSON, TALCOTT <t CO'S REAPERS.
20 EMERSON, TALCOTT ft CO'S STANDARD MOWERS-New MANNY.
20 JOHNSTON HARVESTER CO. MOWERS.
20 RAWSON MOWERS.
Also, large stock of
EXTRA HEAVY RUBBER and LEATHER BELTING.
LACE LEATHER, BELT HOOKS and RIVETS.
STEAM GUAGES, WHISTLES, GOVERNORS, INSPIRATORS.
CHECK, GLOUE. ANGLE, PEET and OTHER VALVES.
OIL CUPS, LUBRICATORS, and all other Steam Fittings used.
Purchasers are cordially invited to call at my New Office, No. 731 Reynolds
Street, and examine the most complete stock of goods in the above line ever col
lected together in this city.
april 5-ly.
ESTABLISHED 1818.
JOSEPH DAY. SAMUEL TANNAHILL
AI ? f?II?IILL, -
-WHOLESALE DEALERS TN
iiiiii lirai, mm, \m>%
SHOE FINDINGS, BELTINGS.
733audT33 BROAD STREET,.AUGUSTA,'GEORGIA.
HAVING purchased on the lat inst.,
(bc inter?s:, of Mr. S. H. Siblev, in the
rinn of DAY, TANNAHILL A"CO., we
respectfully solicit the patronage of tne
public for the now firm, and ofter to our
customers a splendid assortment of VE
HICLES for the Spring Trade. Half
Top VICTORIAS. Extension Top VIC
TORTAS, ROCKAWAYS, JUMP SEAT
Top and no Top Buggies, twe seat Bug
gies Pbffitona and Spring Wagona of all
styles. Wo have the agency for WIL
SON. CHILDS ft CO'S. Philadelphia
Wagons and Carts, the beat work for Plantation use in the United States. Also
agenta for the OLD HICKORY WAGON, which ranks next, and the.Patent Hay
Rack Body. We continu?; the luauutacturu of -nu-One Tlorsr^ir^rrers'"V?%|^?
which is the standard for strength, light draught and durability Wokeepalw
on hand a full stock of HARNESS of every description, ?ne&addlery, bits,
dies, Lap Sheets. Rugs, Whips. Ac Oak and Hemlock Sole Leader Harneas
Skirtings and Bridle Lester. Calf Skins and Shoo Findings. Best quality Hoyt's
Loather Belting. Gum Belting and Packing. Italian Packing. So? Stono Pack
ing. Copper Rivets. Punches. Sets, <tc, and the best Lacing r:v?r brought to
this market Wagon Material, Axes, Springs, Bolts, Spokes, Sbaf? ?tc. Buggy
Umbrellas, Children's Carriages-all styles. Fine Trunks and Sichels, all at re
duced prices. Gt."5. 1880.-ly-lt?
ALFRED BAKER, Pres't.
JOSEPH S BE\N, Jr., Cashier
THEMOST PROSPEROUS BANK IN TIE SOUTH,
G BAN:
811 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
ASSETS OVER S100,00<V?\ PRETIIOf BONDS.
SECURITY FUi\I> IN PREVUU?t STOCKS.
?ir Interest paid on Deposits. Sums ol $1 and upwards received. Bonds anti
Stocks bought and sold for Investors.
JOSEPH S, BEAN, Jr., Cashier.
W. M. B. YOUNG. ) * '
E. R. SCHNEIDER, > Finance Cn tn mit iee.
ED O'DONNELL. j
Sept. 7-40-ly.