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"7f. M.1Cotton-hst reussipts 3se:
gross 5.1e3. Futures closed steady !;
sales 81; 400: oc.ehe. 1AE bid; No.
vember 140.18. IA 1882; December
14X; January Is 1872; February
10 II. .82;. March .1556; April Is 27-32.
i69s. Cotton dull; sales 1,54l. at
145s@l5. southern -four quiet and
unchanged. Wheat active and lc.
hetter-1.14@l 35. Corn steady-e6
(989. Coffee quiet and unchanged.
Sugar dull, heavy and 1Sc. lower.
Rice dull and unchanged and only
limited jobbing trade. Pork decidedly
firmer; job lots 20. .00(92025 Lard
scarce and frm-new prime steam IA.
Whiskey shade lower-fairly active,
at 99L@99%. Freights shade
tirmer: Money easy, st2I@3. Ster-
ling heavy-4 IS. Gold dull but
strong--l0]6 @ lOL. Governments
strong and active. States quiet and
shade better for some.
CINCINNATI. October 28.-Fiour dull.
Corn dull-oid 75@78; new 60. Lard
qniet-summer1 12H@1221 spot; prime
steam IL. Bacon-shoulders firmer-
754l98; 81 les quiet. Whiskey steady.
at 50.
LOUISVILLE, October 2s.-Flour and
corn unchanged. Observation-Disclosures S;
clear rib 13: clear II Pork nominal.
Lard nominal. Whiskey 90.
ST. Louis. October 2S.-FIour low
grades scarce and frm-superiine win
Ter 3.90@4 90. Corn dull-No. 2
mixed 6S(O70. according to location.
Whiskey steady. Pork quiet-20. so.
Bacon quiet and only limited jobbing
demand. Lard dnll-summer IL.
NEW ORLEANS. October 29.-Colton
tending down-middling l41I; low
middling IA; good ordinary 1917; net
receipts 964; gross 1855; exports to
Great Britain $3.50; sales 3,6OO-last
evening 4.40O.
AUGUSTA, October 2S.-Cottoa de.
mand good-midding 1875; low mid
ding l3la; good ordinary l3; net re-
ceipts 1,84l; sales 1,412.
MOBILE, October 2S.-Cotton quiet
-middling ID; low middling 1885;
good ordinary 1871; net receipts 1876;
exports coastwise 9S3; sales 1900.
CHARLESTON, October 2S.-Cotton
lower-middling 1873; low middling
1925; good ordinary l314; net receipts
4,o4o, exports TO Great Britain 4, 46S;
sales 5000.
Receipts OF cotton at Baltimore $50;
Galveston 49,, ,040; Norfolk 2.G75; Sa-
vannah 6.364; Memphis 2.U70; Boston
22S; Philadelphia 211; Wilmington,
n. g.. oil.
LIVERPOOL. October 2S-3 P. NJ
Cotton dull and plauds
"a; Orleans SlsGG814; sales $4,000.
Including 5,4O0 American; 1000 for
speculation and export; cotton to
arrive 1-16 cheaper; sales Oh basis mid
ding uplands, nothing below good or
dinary. shipped September to Decem-
Der, z 9-16@75a; nothing below low
middling. shipped November or De-
cember, 1907 GIG; basis middiing
Orleans. nothing below low middling.
shipped November or December, tx.
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Gunnybags dunned Smith for the
amount due on account, and Smith
wrote, saying Gunnybags must let the
account stand awhile longer. Gunny
bags wrathfully replied that he would
not. 'Then let it rum" retorted
Smith. and Gunnybags was maddsr
than ever.
Sir John Ashley. an English M. P,
attended meeting Of his constituents
recently, when man in the crowd
called out. "What about tho liouor
bill?" well, said Sir John, "nine
was uncommonly high last year, how
was yours?"
Qliz aays that ut his laudlady's q tea.
party, last night, he heard the Duoh
ess of Elinburgh's name mentioned,
and observed several ancient maidens
counting mp something on their fin.
gers, with look Of disappointmen ent
But he don't know what it meant.
The sexton of Grace Church. New
York, is the richest Of his trade in
America, being estimated at $3.50, 900.
oil OF which he has made while in bis
Office.
58 deaths are reported in Charleston
for the week ending the 24th-whites,
25; oolored, 33.
When the Porte becomes 80 intole.
rant as to suppress .he Bible, il is any.
thing bat Sublime.
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Fire Insurance.
GEO. HUGGINS' AGENCY,

Established IN Columbia, S. e., 1919.
LrNAFIRE INSURANCE CO.. OF Hart.
ford, Conn.,, st. 900 900.
IMPERIAL FIRE INSURANCE CO., of
London, England, So. 900, 900.
FRANKLIN FIRE INSURANCE CO., of
Philadelphia, $500. 900
PuEN1X FIRE INSURANCE CO.. Of
New York, 81 ,COO,OOo
OLD DOMINION NFIREINsCRASCE CO..
.: Richmond, Va, s30U, 900.
ATLAS FIRE INSURANCE CO., Of
Hartford. Conn, sA0o 900.
Risks taken on Buildings. Mercha ndize,
Cotton, &C., &c
GEO. HCGGINS. Agent.
Office opposite the Columbia Hotel.
Sept lJ ION
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DIDN'T KISS HER "A gentleman
Who has been travelling in the lower
Counties, says the San Antonio. (Cal-
ifornis) Herald, tells us the following
amusing story: He was stopping over.
night at a house where the partition
walls were particularly thin. The ad.
Joining room was occupied by mo
ther and her daughter. After retiring,
the mother begun to rebuke the laugh.
ter for an alleged par,inlity to some.
body named Johu, which soft i'm
parchment the daughter denied vigor.
ously.
"Bnt," said The mother, "I saw him
kissing you ut the cow-pen. yesterday
morning, Amanda.
mo, ma, he wasn't kissing me al
why did you have your hca,i &c
close up to his for? you dec.;yn
critter."
"Wcll, you see, ma, had been ca.
ing pltaI!as One fruit o. species OF
cactus, and You see, ma, 1 got sone
OF the prickles in my lips-ana and
"And what. you wicked critter."
"And couldn't get them out my,
self. you know. and John pulled them
out with his teeth-but be didn't kiss
me nary tine"
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otlce.
Palmetto Hams.

Palmetto Hams.
GUGAR-CCRED Canvassnd HAMS. Pa.
~ mettD brand. The hest in market;
just received au1 for sale by
t)ct 90 3 JOHN ACiNEW K son.
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THE LEADER.

Fo- your Ii 3t SnuGay School Song Book,
send :or tho RIVER OF LIFE. By Per-
kins and Bentley. 35 cents.
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Al! books and music sant, post paid. for
/. .etail price.
OLIVER DITsON K CO., Boston.
CHAS. II. DITSON & CO.,
I'll broadway, h. Y.
Dot "a swV
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s.w.shi!s9gions letter says: s':Cdai.

w.ship9gionss letter says: 'pdai.
nal suits will soon be entered by the
srrs!ees Of the Freedman's Savings
and Trust Company against the board
OF finance andothers of the bank, who
either permitted it to be plnndered or
shared in the work themselves. For
prudential reasons. the names OF par
ties who are to be proceeded against
are withheld, but it is understood that
among them are number of men who
were prominent In the late government
OF this district. Upwards of $780,.
600 were taken from the deposits
OF the bank and loaned upon what
liz now shown to have been worthless
securities. The charter of the insti.
tuition. which was drawn by the late
Senator Sumner. provides that loans
shall only be made upon Government
bonds and unencumbered real estate
IN the District Of Columbia. II ap.
pears that this was steadily violated by
the finance board, which had supervi-
sion OF all loans. Nearly all the de-
positors were of the poorer classes,
laboring men and hard working wo.
men, and great suffering will follow
tue failure of the bank to pay. Those
best acquainted with its affairs say,
under most favorable circumstances, It
will not be able to pay twenty cents Oh
ths dollar"
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JUST RECEIVED,
McKenzie's Confectionery
Main Street, Columbia. 8. O.

NEW Eleme Figs. Raisins. j and / boxes,
~ ~ fresh I Dstes. Malaga Grapes. Florida
iish Walnuts, 8. 8. Almonds, Feoans. Ffi-
6erts, Northern Cranberries, Cooking
Pr9nes, Albert Biscuits, fine assortment
OF Preserves and Jellies, Dessicated Cocoa
nut, &C.. &c. Got 81
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Aalilne Dyes.
EAMON ASILiNE DYES are tie
~ Strongest, mot Driilian. and mos.
Durable Domestic Dyes in the world. Anv
article OF Clothing, Ribbons. Feathers,
fancy Art::.es, NC can be Dyed in Few
minutes, at trlti:bg expense. a full as
sor!ment OF these Beautiful Dyes in bottles
with directions for Use. Call and see sarl-
pie colnrs at L. T. S!LLIAIAN ACO.'S
Oct ~ Drug Store.
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The Song Monarch! !
ANEW ASp MOST INTERESTING
BOOK FOR SINGING GLASSES.

ECM. OF molodious SONGS, DUETS,
and perfectly adapted to Singing School
Coarse, but at the same time forming a
collection we'll suited for the use Of College
and other Choirs, Singing Societies, &c
By II. II. Palmer, assisted by L.O. Emer-
sDn. iL:SE. 15 CENTS. PER DcZtS, s.. so.
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Delicate Surgical Performance.

The Medical Journal gives an account OF
one of the most ingenious and critical per-
formances in surgery, designed to remedy
the inturning of eyelashes upon the eye
ball, in case of twenty years standing,
the irritation of the lashes thus turned in
being so great that the patient had been
accustomed to relieve himself by pulling
them out. This perpetual irritation had
produced opacity of the cornea of one eye,
and the probability was that the same in
furious consequences would oVertake the
other in a short time, but for a speedy
remedy. In the operation in question a
very fine curved needle was threaded with
a double strand of fine silk, and the point
of the needle was then entered upon the
tarsal border of the lid, at the precise spot
where the respective hairs emerged from
the lid-surface. and. being pushed outward,
the front of the needle made its appearance
through the skin just above the row of
eye-lashes. When the needle had travelled
the lid, the double thread. with moose at
its free extremity, was drawn upon until
the moose was ready to disappear in the lid
tissues. The wild hair was now pushed
gently through this moose, and, as the
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-06-13
MISCELLANY.
A Remarkable Magnetic Chamber
In a California Cave.

The author of "Sinbad the Sailors Adj
ventures" must resign his laurels. One
w. I'll. Stokes has been exploring recent
iy discovered cave near Pine Grove, Anna
dor county, California, and writes to the
Sutter Greek Independent an account of his
Investigations. Mr.. Stokes vouches for
the exact truth of his narrative in every
particular, and we doubt not the reader
will readily credit it from the following
specimen description of one of the cham
bers the party entered. After journeying
for mile and quarter through the un-
derground passages, Stokes and his party
found themselves in 'S1ong but rather
narrow chamber, the walls of which are
black iron ore.n This chamber beats Sin
bad's magnetic mountain which drew all
the nails from his ship. and thus caused it
to fall to pieces, all hollow. Listen to Mr..
Stokes: :" Upon entering this chamber we
noticed most peculiar disturbance of the
magnet, the needle constantly vibrating
from side to side, and frequently whirling
around for minute at a time with ayeloc-
ity which rendered it invisible. We also
experienced singular sensation--a sort of
chill appearing to commence at the back of
the neck and extending to the very tips of
our fingers and toes. As we advanced in
this chamber we found these singular SEN
sations to increase in intensity until
they became almost unbearable. We
ventured on still further, howev-
er, though it became evident thatwe could
not long remain in this mysterious place.
omitted to mention that the walls and
floor of this chamber, especially particular
rocks therein contained, were highly mag
netic, and became more so the farther we
advanced toward the north. One OF the
party who carried a hatchet had it sud-
denly wrested from him by magnetic
rock near which we passed, and the COM
bined strength of four of us was INSULT
cient to detach it. A pocket-knife. which
accidentally dropped to the floor, had to
remain there, none of the party having
sufficient strength in his fingers to pick it
up. Mason, who had put on for the occa-
sion pair of miners boots, the soles OF
which were filled with nails, could walk
with difficulty, and happening to step up
on a portion of the floor unusually mag
netic found himself suddenly affixed there
to, and unable to move. He was compell-
ed to withdraw bis feet from his boots and
leave them there, tearing up bis coat and
wrapping the pieces around his feet to
protect them from being cut by the rocks.
We had remained in this chamber about
ten minutes, when suddenly the chilling
sensation began to increase, the feeling be-
ing as if cold and piercing wind was
blowing upon us, and becoming each mo-
ment more intensely cold. We hastily re-
treated and soon reached, feeling more
dead than alive, the large chamber con.
tanning the hot spring. We then retraced
our steps along the twine, and in couple
of hours emerged from the cave"
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NUMBER 40.

to facilitate execution of and to protect certain
public works of fmprovement' at the mouth of
the Mississippi River Agreed to-. A motion
TO suspend the rules and take up the substitute
for the Senate Currency bill failed to receive the
requisite two-thirds vote and was rejected "A
motion to take up the supplementary Ciyil-rights
bill was also rejected fer want of two-thirds
vote. Formal announcement of the death of
Mr. etish was made, and the usual committees
appointsd. Adjourned.
MAY 26.-Senote.-The following bills
were passed: To legalize and establish pom
toon railway fridge over the Mississippi River at
Prairie du CHEN; and to provide for the better
protection of frontier settlements of Texas
against Indian and Mexican depreciation. The
Deficiency Appropriation bill was then taken up
and passed, also, the Centennial bill as amend
ed AT 4o'cloek the Senate proceeded in
to attend the funeral OF the late D b. Melish.
H0use.-Thereport of the Ways and Means Com
mittee on the Sanborn contracts was taken up,
and Mr. Beck a member of the committee, spoke
of Sanbsrn IS man who had been paid $2l3, 600
for doing absolutely nothing, except prostitutipg
officers of the Government to his own purposes.
He had no hesitation In saying that the whole
| thing was system of corruption, peryersion
/ ity. such ms he had, never seen equaled.
and hoped he weuld never see again. He
said that he would make the record show that
these officials Tof the treasury could not stay in
that department, and no honest President could
keep them. He would not use denunciation. He
would put forth stabhorn facts which demanded
impeachment, and which demanded the conviction
of Sanb0rn to the penitentiary of the country. He
declared that the Sanborn contract was made by
Richardson as acting Secretary, taking advan-
tage of the temporary absence of Boutwell,, and
that under it Sanborn was allowed his fifty per
| cent IN cases where indictments were already
pending The House then took recess, after
which the funeral obsequies of Mr.. Mellish took
7 place. Adjourned.
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Temperature in Men and Women.

DIR. J. Stockton publishes in the Phila-
delphia Medical Times the following re-
suits of an investigation into this subject !:
1st. Males have, as rule, from the begin
ming to the end of life. a higher tempera-
ture, and less frequent pulsation of the
heart, than females, varying, nevertheless,
according to temperament, constitution,
age and condition of health. I'd. Chill
dren have a higher temperature at birth,
and for short time subsequently, which,
though slightly lower than that OF an
adult, nevertheless slowly declines to a
certain point until about the sixth year OF
age. after which it gradually increases
until maturity is reached, when it gradu-
ally and slowly declines again as Old age
advances. The pulsation of the heart fol-
lows Just the opposite course, being most
FREQUENT when the temperature is lowest
and less frequent when it is highest. 3d.
Males have greater variation in tempera-
ture than females, thus agreeing with
their greater variation in stature and many
other peculiarities. 4th. From these re-
suits the author concludes that the
woman approaches more nearly to the
condition of child than the man does,
and is. consequently, less highly deVel-
oped. The male he regards as a secondary
evolution from the female.
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The prussian Diet was prorogued on the

The Prussian Diet was prorogued on the
21st.
The Carlists were reported, on the 22d, to
be making formidable raid toward Santan-
der, being within five leagues of the town.
1t is stated that they gave no quarter.
The new French Ministry is finally consti-
tuted as follows: General De Cissey, Minister
of War and Vice-P President of the Council; !;
Duke de Cages. Foreign Affairs. M. de Four
tore, Interior; M. de Sierre Magne, Finance; !;
M. Eugene Caillaux, Public Works; NJ. Louis
Grivart, Commerce; Viscount de Cumont,
Public Instruction; M. Adrien Toilhaud, Min
lister of Justice. ~
On the occasion of the Queens birthday
| MAY 25), the title of Duke of Connaught was
conferred upon Prince Arthur. This, it Il
stated, is the first royal title ever associated
with Ireland.
Spanish news ofthe 24th was to the ehfe
| that the Carlists were intrenching in fofca
| at Estella, and that Gen. Concha was eoncef-
| trating his forces for an attack.
Ex-President Theirs recently received I'd
deputation from the Department of Gironde,
and, in reply to their address, said the monar-
chy for which he was overthrown for not estab-
| fishing, was impossible. A conservative re-
public alone could reorganize and pacify
France. He hoped that after its recent ex-
perienee the Assembly would admit the me-
cessity of making the country a sovereign ar
bitter. fit persisted in sitting while powerless
to attain any result it would exceed the bounds
of reason. Unable to form a government,
the majority had lost the means and right to
govern. He therefore expected a dissolution
which would rehabilitate the Assembly in
the eyes of the nation. Electors would be
less wise and moderate the longer dissolution
was delayed.
Advicesefrom Port au Prince state that the
President of Hayti has resigned, handing
over the Government to Dominique, Vice.
President, who is supported by the army
He demands that the Assembly shall declare
him President.
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Value of I" Refuse % In Mechanical In
dnstries.

A very considerable business is now car
ried on in the conversion of the various re-
fuse matters discarded by tanners and cur
riers and known as paste roundings, shouL
der splits and skivings, into heels and soles
for ali kinds of boots and shoes. These
seemingly worthless materials are cleaned,
damped, cut by dies, pasted into molds,
compressed in powerful press and dried,
and the refuse of this business is, in its
turn, passed over to the manufacturer of
what is known as leather-b0ard. This
smooth, hard, ,leather-hued fabric is largely
used in the heels, inner soles and for the
inner stiffening of heels and box-toes ;
some twenty mills are engaged in its man
ufaeture, turning out from one tofive tons
daily. About one-third of leather with
varying proportions of canvas, old rope,
straw and other sshard stock, is used in its
composition. Its manufactured like straw
board, which is itself extensively and sim
ilarly used, especially in cheap slippers and
children's shoes.
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Pasigraphy.

Two centuries ago Cave Beck wrote
book explaining his scheme for an univer-
sal language. A publisher ventured to
print it, but the work fell still-born from
the press. The slow-going world has at
last caught up with Beck. !" Pasigraphical
Unions,n designed to put his plan into
practice, have been formed. They are
most numerous in Germany, especially in
Bavaria, but they also exist in Hungary,
Russia, Italy, England, and France. At
tempts are now being made to organize
unions in Montreal and San Francisco. The
plan is as follows: Figures are used for
words. Between 1000 and 5000 words in
common use are written alphabetically and
numbered in order. A pasigraphist has
but to write the figures corresponding to
the words he wishes to use, and every
other pasigraphist can translate the mes
sage into his own language. We quote
letter recently sent to DIR. Anton Bach
maier, President of the Munich Pasigraph-
ical Union:
1887, 1884, $3.50, 7Os, 24o9, 1885, 1906, l442, 1885,
172s, 55S, l15s, 7O9, 1898, 32tO, 2Ol, 40.
Translated into English, this reads:
DEAR SIR: When you call here, l have some
SAMUEL BIRCH,
The line under 553-which means book,
bach, Liore, etc.-shOws that it is In the
plural. A figure denoting verb, when
marked through the center, means the
past tense. When overscored, it means the
future.
The plan seems quite good one. The
list of 5000 words, once learned, must
suffice for all ordinary purposes. Mezzo-
fanti considered himself able to speak any
language as soon as he had learned 760 of
its words. The English agricultural Ia
borer is said to use only $50 words in his
daily talk. Pasigraphy will scarcely, how
ever, make the great works of literature
common properly. People who think in
figures of speech cannot readily put their
thoughts into figures that represent words.
Imagine Coleridge writing:
70, s96, 73, 1915, 575, 20O2,
954, 1915, 575, II,
instead of
AS idle as painted ship
Upon painted ocean.
Chicago Tribune.
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Sensational Preaching.

{ Sensational preaching is having extreme
illustration in Worcester now. The min ;
lister, who was recently refused by Con-
gregational council installation over the
Society that meets in Mechanics Hall,
and who was subsequently, installed by
ceremonies in which the laymen of his
flock assumed the usual parts, has adopted
a plan for drawing audiences that may be
effectual, but is hardly ycommendable. The
subject of his installation sermon was
s' Never Skedaddle." In the interval since
that date he has preached on several sub
jects of like character, and last Sunday,
after discourse on s. Religious Bugs"
he announced his programme of sub
iects for every Sunday. until the end of
July. 1t is an astonishing lot, worth pro-
ducing as curiosity of pulpit charlatan-
ism:
May 1T-Guzzle and Give.
May 2-Paul's "Shoo Fly
May 3l-Cremation.
June 7-Republican Locusts.
June l4-Empty Churches and How to Fill
Them.
june 2l-Main Street.
June 2S-PharaOh's 6 Lean Kline.
July 5-The Mad Prophet.
July 12-''Whe's Your Halter 2''
July I9-"Popping the Question" :"
July 26--A Tragedy in Four Acts.
The secret of this arrant pulpit imposture
is discovered in some remarks made by a
deacon of this organization at the confer
ence in Sterling this week. He said :" the
preaching there reached class of unbe-
levers that no other place of religious wor-
ship would draw. The preacher put forth
subjects beforehand, not as texts, but as
bats to draw in his hearers, and having got
them there he preached to them the genu-
inc Gospel without reference to the sub
iects announced beforehand as topics of
DISCOURSE 1t is fortunate that the num-
Der of clergymen willing to resort to such
devices for the sake of procuring audiences
is not large. The sagacity of people who
do not discover an incompatibility be-
tween such announcements and genu-
inc gospel needs eultivating.-Bostoa Ad'
ye9tiser