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LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Indian Girl-Havana Cigars.
Hope & Gyles-Choice Wines.

The GRANaRs. who epeak with
contempt of the political power of the
farmers oranges, know bnt little OF the
strength and the influence OF the organi.
cations. Their victory in Illinois, where
they overoame party majority OF 40, 900
votes and defeated the nominee of the
Republicans, was an earnest of their
power, which came upon the Western
politicians like thunder-bo!t from q
clear sky. The eagerness with which the
patty hacks have since courted their
cause, aud the warmth with which they
assert and maintain their doctrines, is
another and a stronger evidence of power,
as were the immense mass meetings held
in Western towns on the Fourth OF July
monster gatherings of the SONS of toll,
where the anniversary Of nation birth
day was celebrated by the reading OF new
declarations of independence and the
taking of pledgesto free themselves from
the tyranny of monopolies. The farmers
have formed party. and they threaten
to sweep tho West in the next elections.
The convention held in Des Moines, on
Saturday, adopted what may be truly
termed square.out planters platform.
The resolutions declare that no man will
be supported for Office who is not the
friend of the producers and the enemy
OF monopolies; that railroads have no
vested rights which free them from legis-
lative contr ol; they denounoe the salary
grab and the President for approving the
bill. II the Iowans win on this platform,
the old party leaders may we'll tremblu
at the uncertainties Of the future.
augusta Chronicle and Sentinel
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a bewildered gentleman of Vermont,
like unto the mountains of his State,
not long ago. dared the dangers Of lake
steamer, and while gliding about the
nuch -mirrored cabin, olingihg tenderly
to his carpet.bag, espied somebody car
rying off bag suspiciously like his own.
Horrified and cnraged, he rushed frauti.
cally after tho vision, and was about
dashing directly through one OF the long
mirrors, when a polite attendant ex.
planned his slight mistake. C!asping the
precious carpet-bag to his heart, he
smiled. while tear stood in his manly
eye.
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VanEery has written letter to the
London Times, in which he highly eulo.
gizes the enterprise and endurance Of
the Russian army in the Khivan cam.
paign, and says !ha! they have accom-.
plished task which throws quite into
the shade the famous campaigns of Han.
nibal and Napoleon.
at FIRE in Savannah, on Sunday night
last, Mrs. Cotchett, native of Charles
ton. was so badly burned that she died
on tie following day.
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ueUEO ~ an AItICROp 8ll AItIc6n6 are BOT
negroes. There are the same varieties TO
be observed in the descendants Of Ham
as in those Of Shem and Japhet. All are
distinctly African. but the retreating
forehead, prominent jaws, and ill-favor-
ed body with which the negro is gene.
rally credited, are not common. It is
not only tue AIanyema. OF whom we
have lately heard from DR.. Livingstone,
for have met with their rcounterparts in
regions less unknown.
In South Africa there is a remarkable
illustration of the physical and mental
differences which may exist in tribes that
are almost contiguous. The Bosiesmen
are dwarfed in body and stunted ia mind.
Their language in its utterances seems
to be not fur removed from the unintelli.
gent gibberish Of the ape. Their habits
are those of wild beasts rather than of
human beings. They occupy about The
lowest position in the scale OF humanity.
Yet we shall look in vain for finer speci-
mems OF the genus homo than the Znlu
KaGrs. They are tell in stature manly
in bearing and graceful in movement.
Their language is pleasant to the ear,
and capable OF expressing almost anJ
soSN6ne euo uOuau lutuu ID CupuOlo o.
coonceiving. They are logical in reason
ing, patient in argument and acute in
observation. They are warlike, for they
are pastoral in their pursuits; and since
the days of the Hyskos, the old shep.
herd kings. who were the terror oI
Egypt, the lovers Of docks and herde
have been fond Of fighting. When thei,
blood is up their anger rugcs unchecked
by tender regard or tho claims of pity
but they do not brood over their wrongs,
and they readily forget and forgive
"They fought US like men, and during ,
truce they behaved themselves like gen
tlemen." was said Of them by q friend Of
mine, who had been engaged in wal
against them. In times Of peace they
are courteous to strangers, liberal ir
hospitality, and to the trust reposed il
them they respond with an Arsb.likt
fidelity. When onco the host has kissed
the hand of his guest, he needs neither
guards nor weapons, for his life and pro
perty ore perfectly secure. It is quite
true that they, in common with all Afri
cans, are black, or very nearly so; ye
you cannot be with them or with othe,
OF the higher races OF Africa long with
ont feeling that the affinity between
them and the fair skinned man Is perfec
in every material point, and the sympa
thies Of common nature soon bridg,
over the chasm which at first seems t
exist between ourselves and them on &C
count of the difference of color.
CornhU { Eagiish) Magazine.
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IHE GIRL OF THE PERIOD. Louis
vile, KY, a few evenings ago, Rev.
DR.. Henderson lectured on the Girl of
the Period" He sketohed that interest
ing creature as follows: sFalso and feeble
have been the common methods Of fe-
male education. Things have been
stuck or for show, like the chignon on
the head. They were like the mere icing
ornaments on the oonfcctioner's cake,
covering upa deal of badly mixed and
badly baked dough underneath. The
modern belle has been taught to paint.
and her pictures bear about the same re-
lation to true art that the Saracen's head
on village tavern sign does to Raffaell's
TRANSPORTATION; she has been taught
French. and true Partisan could better
understand the dialect of a frog than her
few sentences memorized from Flemaque;
she has been taught the ornamental
branches, and her talent and tattling
keep good company in society; she can
transpose few sentences Of poetry, to
the admiration of some brainless fop,
and talk few iippances, that she has
managed to remember, garnered from
the Fourth Reader. She has been
taught music; any of her attempts to
piay wonld give piano the tooth ache.
There was nothing so corroding to it's
worry as her blundering touch. He had
suffered many embarrassments, but knew
OF none 30 great as to be compelled to
stand by piano and turn over sheet
music for some laundering miss. and be
put upon his ingenuity to tell fattering
lie when the tortured instrument ceased
to complain of it's bad treatment.
"Such shams we call educated young
ladies, when all they chow to prove it:
are the partial parlor accomplishments
indicated, and parchment that would
do better service raising fleece upon q
sleeps back, than pulling the wool over
deluded parents eyes.
"Ihe girl OF the period talks in the
language of the most extravagant hyper
bole. indifferent to sobriety and sense; !;
is In constant quest of admirers, counting
life by the number Of her ballroom con-
quests; distrustful of the glow of finer
beauty. she bedizens her face with paint;
she despises cookery Looks, and studies
Nine Demorest; she piles burdens upon
her mother, as if she were q camel to be
loaded; full of mawkish sentime ntnity,
she poisons her mind with the painted
confections of idealism and fiction; she
leaves souls with the musicians, weeps
over On imaginary heroine, but has no
tears to shed over her wan and wasted
; >aamst-ess-who sews until every finger
Joint aches in An agony OF despair-mak
lug a shroud for herself as she makes a
trousseau for the bride; she shippers at
church, runs when the minister pays the
family visit, but has balcony tnlks for
her Romeo by moonlight; she has 70
mantle dreams of rope,addcrs and es-
cnpndes from cruel parents; thinks the
New York Ledger "a charming paper,
and her church paper good thing for
patterns-and, in short, this milliner's
manakin is tho veriest sham when put in
contrast with the portraiture which
reason draws OF an educated American
woman
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. RULES, AND METHODS OF D1s1NFacr1os.
For priviee, water closets, drains and
sewers, eight Or sea pounds Of eulphate
Of iron, (copperas,) dissolved in Ave or
ak gallons of water, with half pint of
oscde carbolic aoid added to the solution
and briskly stirred, makes the cheapest
and best disinfecting fluid for common
use. It can be procured in every town
and by any family, and if the carbolic
acid is not at hand, the solution Of cop
peras may be used without it, To pre-.
vent privies and water-closets from be-
coming infected or offensive, pour pint
of this strong solution into every water
closet pan or privy -seat once or twice q
day. 10 disinfect masses of filth, privy-
vaults, sewers and drains, gradually pour
in this solution until it reaches and dis
infects all the foul material. For the
chamber-vessels used by the sick, and for
the disinfection Of ground upon which
any excremental matter has been cas-.
away. for disinfecting extensive masses
or surfaces OF putrescent materials, and
for drains, sewers and bitches, the dead
OIL of coal-tar, or coal tar itself, ia avail.
able; coal.tar may be used rs u disinfect
ing paint upon the wills of cellars,
stables and open drums. Q,icklime is
useful as an absorbent and dryer upon
such walls and in dump places, and
whitc-washing with it should be prac.
ticed in common tenements, fac ories,
easements. closets and garrcts - dis
infect the clothing aefiled in any manner
by excremental matters from the sick,
throw all such matters i'm medatey into
boiling water, and continue the boiling
for half an hour, or place them in solu
ton, covered, made rs follows: One
pound Of snlphate IF zinc. six or eigh
gallons Of water, to which add two O,
three ounces IF pure strong carbolic acid
Keep the soiled articles saturated unit
they can be boiled. II the acid is not a
hand, nse the zinc water alone. Apart
ments, bedding and upholstery that hav.
been used by the sick with cholera OF
diarrhna, should be fumigated by tn.
burning Of several pounds of brimston,
(sulphur) upon defended iron pan, Will
the place tightly closed for several hours
undor pbysicians directions.
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LLOYD! LoTp!- WHO is Lloyd? Who
is Lloyd? Now, we don't mean the Eng.
lish banker, hut that Lloyd WHO got
Treasury warrants for the frat So. 900 Of
tho Ku Klux rewards What did lie get
it for? What did he DO?
Groenoile Republican.
The Florence Pioneer, of last week,
announces tho death of Mr.. Samuel =.
Evans, at his residence in that town. on
Tuesday morning, after long and try
icg sickness.
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1t Is curious how Il mans pugnncity
will sometimes get the mastery over
every other feeling. John Knox, Of
Dubuque. became d!sgusted with life tho
other day, and started for Niagara Falls
to Old his sorrows in the turbulent food,
but got into fight very naturally with
one Of the viliainous hackmen who
abound there, about his fnre, and wholly
forgot his contemplated suicide. If John
whipped the hackman. VIC hope that the
rest Of his days may pass without n
cloud; and if he will carry on the war
until lie drives the last ono of the Nia-
CARA Jehus over tho falls, with their bro.
thor e1tortioners, he will be declared a
greater benefactor than his name sake
who wrote tie Institutes ut Geneva.
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y nicely dressed gentlemen applied for
marriage license at Dover. Tennessee,
last week. but when he spoke the lady,
name tue polite County Clerk suggested
that, if it was all the same to him, Ii q
would prefer that he should name some
other party, as the one mentioned had
become his wife tho previous evening.
This striking obituary notice is said to
have been published on the death of u
Western Congressman: "He returned his
back pay to the Treasury, and met his
God with clear conscience
An enterprising Charleston grocer has
secured the services Of genuine China.
man to preside over his tea and collie
department. His name is ALI Sang
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ELooD.-The coroner's jury in the
Goodrich case brought cut the following:
Miss Handley. in an interview with n
reporter. stated that the prisoner was
six years ago lunatic, and was an in.
mate of the lunatic asylum, aud that in
sanity was caused by disappointment in
love. The Eu9le also says that when the
chief of police asked her to hand him O
iocket, which is very large one. she was
at first 10th to comply, but seeing that
resistance Was useless, sho passed it over.
On receiving it, the chief took hold to
open it. ooh! be careful, be careful, {"
said she; "thcrc is n mineral in that
which [ don't want to lose Despite
the utmost care, however, u little por-
ton Of the mineral, as she called it, foil
upon the floor, and this, to tho chiefs
surprise, she picked up promptly, and
put in her mouth aud swallowed it.
"What did you do that for?' said the
chicf. Looking ateadily into his eye,
sho said, "That is Charles Goodrich's
blood;" and sure enough, upon closer
examination, the locket was found to be
filled with congealed blood. 4 few qucs.
tions elicited the fact, that on leaving
Goodrich's house, Friday morning, she
had taken away with her cup full Of
blood, which had oozed from his brain.
This blood oongealed, and she had been
eating little every day since the time
OF the tr0gedy till now.
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The Cleveland Leader declares that
Con. Howard "is not the sort of man
to steal the money OF tho Govern ment
or the freedmen. Nobody las ever eaid
that he did not steal it. He merely sur
reptitiously borrowed it permanently
and remembered to forget to keep -auy
record Of the fact.
The Abbevils branch train was levied
on, Wednesday. by the Sheriff, under exc.
cutions held by certain Greenwood Gre
ditors. The debt amounts to only few
hundred dollars
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England has feted his majesty, "the
King OF Kings" moro than all the
countries that august Persian has
visited. The hopors said to lave
been pnid to him on his entrance
into London. were moro magnificent
than was the grand pageant to tue allied
sovercigns after the collapse Of Napo-
leon. All this gorgeous show is rot in
tended as compliment to wise and
virtnous king. nor as merely tender OF
tho entente cor.iiute TO the Last 1t means
something more, and Tint more l., sus-
pccted to be Englands rivalry with
Russia in the East, aud her desire to
fortifiy herself by an alliance with n
power known to be hostile to Russia S
further aggressions.
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The romantic sentiment which leads
people to have the marriage ceremony
performed in theatres aud on the tops OF
mountains has renohcd the Inst degree Of
absurdity. The sum of So has just
been paid by high.mindcd couple in
Iowa. for the precious privilege of being
married in o circus ring. tho clown and
the "Wild Horse Of the Pampas" being
temporarily cxtinguishcd for that pur-
pose.
4 cloth saturated with chloroform and
applied to tho wound, IS sai,. to be surc
cure for rattlesnake bite.
There were il deaths in Charleston for
the week ending the l2.l: hitrs 1G;
c)lorel 70
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IHE OLD FoLKs.-An English writer,
Mr.. Thoms, of the London Notes and
Queries, maintains in q recent article
tnat instances where men attain the age
OF 100 years are wonderfully rare, and is
skeptical as to the correctness of news
paper statements about centenarans. a
Washington correspondent of the Gin
cinnati GdseHe, who has been examining
the records of tho Pension Office, has
found on the list OF twenty-five of the
surviving soldiers Of the revolution,
eighteen who were century old and up
wards, five over 101, four 102, two 1O3,
one 104. two los, two Jog and one 100.
a list of the widows of soldiers of the re-
volution at the Pension Office gives the
names of twenty who lived to be 100
years old and eleven who reached tho
age of 81. Dinah Wick, who was en-
rolled ut the Nashville agency, died in
1871. at the age of 100. The Oldest per-
son enrolled at the Pension Office was
Chloe Flatford, Of Virginia. who lived to
be 1lG, aud the next oldest is Charity
Hinsman, of West Virginia, who reached
the age of 112. Virginia is the mother
OF the Oldest revolutionary veterans, as
we'll as Of Presidents. It is worthy OF
remark, that the Southern States afford
more instances Of extreme longevity than
the Northern States do, as in addition to
the FOREGOING names we have those of
Mrs. Mcdonald, Of Tennessee, aged LOG;
Mrs. Yhrasher. OF Georgia. aged l03;
Mrs. Shaw. of New Orleans, aged 1O7;
Mrs. Truber, of North Carolina, aged
100; and Mrs. Harris. of Georgia, ageti
l0l. These fncts, taken from Official re-
cords, contradict the popular notion that
men arc longer lived than women, and
that tho climate of the Northern States
is more favorable to health and long life
than thal Of the Southern States.
a Washington letter says: "It is eyi
dent, from the amount of inquiry, that
not II few Of the reelected mem bers of
the late Congress who still have their
back pay to their credit, intend to make
rs mach capital us they can out OF the
TACT OF their not having drawn it; and
whom they have secured all they can get
| from the people, will culmnato their pa
triotic services by having a final settle.
ment with the Government to the tune
OF 50, OOo, minus mileage, for back pay.
Ii is prominent fact, that all the mem
bers who were dropped by tho people in
the last elections, before they left the
city, drew their back pay. Others are
evidently waiting to SEQ what they still
expect from their constituents, before
they draw theirs The result is, that only
those who have openly, in the regular
form Of business, covered their back pay
into tho Treasury. are entitled to tho
credit Of having refunded their share"
y nicely dressed gentlemen applied for
marriage license at Dover. Tennessee,
last week, but when he spoke the lady =
name tue polite County Clerk suggested
that, if it was al the same to him, he
would prefer that he should name some
other party, as tho one mentioned had
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UEHEARD.oF HoRRoRs IN LuNATIc
AsYLUM-A most horrible and almost
Incredible condition OF affairs in the
Vermont Insane Asylum is described in
the report Of the legislative committee
appointed to investigate the management
OF that Institution. The committees
6rst discovery was that tho asylum,
which is controlled by private corpora
ton, was greatly over-crowded-4S
patients being packed into space in
tended to accommodate but 3U0 at the
most. This, however, was q triAiug
matter in comparison with other rcvela-
tons. Seventy-five Of these unfortu-
mates were thrust away in subterranean
dungeons. dark, damp, foul and per-
vaded by unendurable stenches. Some
were confined in apartments nine feet by
four in size, with dir and ventilation
only through augur holes bored in the
doors. The active as we'll rs the passive
infections put upon these poor people
proved equally inhuman. Among them
was the punishment of the bath, in
which the patient, securely bound, is
plaoed into bathing tub and u continu.
Gus stream OF cold water allowed to fall
upon his head. This torture, it may be
remarked in passing. was one of the
most excruoiating known in the dark
ages. resulting usually in insanity OF
death. TO this asylum of horrors the
committee also state that sane men have
been consigned through fraud and
bribery. The picture il as complete as
Charles Reade could make it. but with
out the romance of fiction. The reality
is something for the Legislature Of Yer
mont to deal with promptly and severely
for it is too disgraoeful for belief. ex.
cept as attested by an official investiga
tion such as has produced this astound
ing report.
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other things, the noise awoke the sleeper
in time to see the robbers make off with
what they had. Ills pursuit and shot
from his pistol, he thinks, was the cause
Of their dropping part of the booty
Such n loss to Brother G. is not email
item"
SO says the Christian NeiyAJor. Tho
reverend gentleman must have antic-
patcd squalls, to have provided himself
with pistol. During the present cru
sadc against concealed weapons, this is a
bad example to set. We notice, also, in
this instance, that the reverend editor OF
the Christian Nei3hbor does not denounce
the carrying or use Of deadly weapons.
How is this?
DEATH OF \ DISTINGUISHED South Ca
Ro!lSIAN.-Coloncl Simeon Fair, dis
tiDguished citizen and eminent lawyer,
departed this life, on the 10Th instant, ut
Glenn Springs, from an attack Of diar-
rhor,. His remains were carried to New
berry yesterday, where they will be in
tered today. Colonel Fair was truly On
eminent South Carolinian, and had filed
many important official positions; was
for many years member of the Legisla-
ture; also, OF the Secession Convention,
Of the Baltimore Convention of 1872,
and other importanb positions He was
elected Solicitor Of the Middle Circuit in
1916, which position he occupied until
1S6S-nearly quarter OF a ceutury.
Colonel Fair was in his seventy third
year, having been born in Newbcrry Dis
trict in April, 1901. He leaves three
sons. one daughter and 4 host of relatives,
friends and admirers.
, 1873-10-01

IN tho solvency Of tho banks Of this oy and IN tho in
tcgrly and Character Of t,cir managers. The meet.
Ing Somstoa tho bankers On tAs y'ons Of al
should continue heir dopoas "a heretofore. md not
check curroncy oxcopt for daily busnoss transaconH
30 long as The preaont money strugcnoy o1ists; and
clanVo only, and not gvo checks TO foreign business
housca bat,fs, thus allowing currency to
10 Withdrawn from circulation. Whils caution
wero mn1o TINT Lawrence County antl tAo 1Innging
lack iron region WA mover III better condition to
meet HtrfngGncy III THO money market than now.
There hsa bcotl no eympsoms of run on our bsnkp
stnoat confidence felt Of thor ability to meet oil de-
tnnutB.
orrAva Ill.,. Bent, yo.~Th'c n;aness Associaton Of
Ottawn tast evening passed tho following resolution:
Hesurtd, That fila Association connlrs IN, and nr,
rroycs Of, tho notion Of oilr banka during tho rnes
hereby plelgn ourselves to extend helping hana,
boh 70 inlay tho prevailing excitement ami asslst II,
lerosng at tho curre,ry st onr command, 80 That
CANTON, I'LL.
,CAN1oN Ill.,, Bort. 30.-Tho First NATIONAL tho rco-
rlos, and tho oo banks Of this clty resumed t,lpl-
ness he mornin and arc raying al checks oysr tsr
deposltorn aud business mon having full confidence
In tho banks. For homo weo&a pnat our bank
ess have been very conservative In their discounts,
precautionary moaHuro deemed proper by rcason Of
tho reported shortneas Of the and pork oropa In
this vicinity threatening a. Mstrngeney In money snd
that tho corn crop s not 40 Short and hoga not
scarce, to tle pross wcokB since
bsiness prospects, nre beor now than two yeara past
had niost cheering efEoct, aud the early suhsdonct
Of tho pai!c las resulted III deranbnent Of buR!
ncaa Whaovor, except to stop certain speculative
er goo ro eWeor ' u sad
with heavy fr0sts nightly.