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Science and Industry.

-Corn-stalks dried and dashed tight
ly together make excellent fuel.
"A complete mint for the Govern
ment of Honduras was recently shipped
from New York.
-On Saturday, May IL, seven steam
ships sailed for Europe from New York,
taking 500 passengers, some 100000
bushels of grain, 585 bags of copper to
Germany for percussion caps, 50 horses,
800 head of cattle, large lot of provi-
sions, agricultural implements, fresh
meats, etc.
Says the Richmond St1te: The fail
ure of so many New England cotton
mills and the strikes in Old England
among the operatives must lower the
price of raw cotton, and raise that of
The manufactured article. 1t should adj
monish the South that it is not only her
policy to grow, but to spin and weave
the cottona also. Let us profit by the ex-
perience.
An Italian chemist, Paesi, proposes
to substitute for the tannin bath in the
manufacture of leather a solution, in
water, of perchloride of iron and COM
mon salt. Hides may be tanned. accord
ing to this process, in from four to six
months. Moreover, the perchloride of
iron, being a powerful disinfectant, does
away with many Objectionable features
of the tanning business as hitherto con-
Quoted. ~
American peanuts have been trans
planted in the South of France, where
they grow well. Oh is made from them,
which comes back to this country, and
after paying duty is used on salads as
olive oil. Meanwhile in Florida, where
the nuts grow abundantly, they are fed
to hogs. 1t looks as if there might be
a chance for the unemployed to find
profitable work in peanut culture.
One OF the most convenient and
simple of life-saving apparatus is
French invention. 1t is a mattress
formed Of two rows of blocks of cork
cuttings, tightly compressed by ma
chinery within q waterproof case, and
covered with canvas. Placed on the
berth or cot, it makes an easy and elastic
bed. Its weight is about six pounds,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-05-23
How to Live Two Hundred Years.

II any body wants 70 live couple of
centuries, (D let him never Overfeed;
and (2) let him never get drunk. At
least those are the rules of health laid
down by Miguel Soils, half-breed
farmer in the foothills of the Sierra
Mesila, New Granada, who confesses to
being 40 years old, but is believed by
his neighbOrs to be really much older.
DIR. Lutz Hernandez, who has recently
paid him visit, found him at work in
his orchard; his skin was the color of
parchment, but he was robust and &C
tive; his snow white hair was twisted
turban fashion round his head, and his
eyes were so bright that the doctor felt
quite uncomfortable when they were
turned upon him. Miguel said that the
secret of his living century or two was
very simple-simply never getting
drunk and never overfeeding. 90 eat
only once a day, big, hearty meal,
which it often takes me half an hour to
get through with; but, you see, it IS not
possible in half an hour to eat more
than you can digest in the next twenty
FOUR He went on to say that he had
not made up his mind about meat, but
QlQ not eat MUCH Oh IL. I1o IdSbeu Oh
the first and middle days of each month,
eating nothing, but drinking all the wa
ter he could swallow. He always let
cooked food cool before tasting it; and
to this precaution he attributed the fact
that his teeth are as sound now as they
were 10S years ago. DIR. Hernandez
was informed by some of the oldest in
habitants of the district that they well
remembered Miguel as reputed CEN
tenarian when they we're boys; also,
that the name of Miguel Soils, eolored
farmer, appears in list, still preserved,
of the contributors TO the building fund
of Franciscan monastery near San Sc
bastian, which was founded in 1712,
and that the present abbot is positive it
is the same man. But, Protracted as has
been his sojourn on earth, he has not
succeeded in winning the respect of his
fellow-beings. The Indians in the neigh
borhood firmly believe that ne has sold
his soul to the devil.
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GENERAL.


The recent cold snap caused considerable
injury TO fruit and vegetables in large por-
lions OF the country.
The Executive Council OF the new Ma
tional party have recently been in session at
New York for the purpose OF devising plans
for the thorough and systematic organiEa-
ton of the party in all the States, prepare
tory for the fall campaign. 1t is the inten-
ton Of the Council, the Secretary said, TO
make a vigorous fight next fall in all the
States, and adcsperate and concentrated effort
viii be made to at least obtain the balance
Of power in all those States whose Legislat-
ures are to elect United States Senators next
winter.
A total eclipse of the sun takes place on
the both Of July next, under such circum-
stances as to present opportunities that oc-
cur scarcely once in generation for the
study Of some of the most interesting phe-
nomena with which astronomers have to do.
The path Of the totality OF this eclipse runs
diagonslly across the center of the United
States from Montana to Texas, and is some
where about 14O miles wide The Naval oh
servatory has asked Congress for an appro-
priation Of IS, 200 for the purpose Of sending
off seven expeditions, two of which it is de-
signed TO send to Montana, two to Texas,
two to Colorado, and one to Wyoming, each
to consist of three astronomers.
From Richford, Vt, comes the news that
600 Fenians are drilling at Chasey, n. Y, C
miles west Of the flrst-named town. An in
vasion Of Canada is thought to be the object,
but the military is on the alert in the Do
minion,
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
PersonaI and Liternrr.

Maj. Chas. II. Smith ("Bill Arp')
is to lecture in Atlanta. He is now
farming.
The Pennsylvania Record and Shoe
,aakertoson AdUertiser and Je.tksnqtcrn
Pestfe,. is the name of a diminutiye
Pennsylvania newspaper.
Mr. Irwin Russell, who writes the
clever negro dialect poetry found occa-
sionally in Scribner's Monthly, is a resi-
dent of Port Gibson, Miss, and a MEM
Der Of the bar.
MIR. William w. Story is the Ad-
mirable Crichton of his age. He is a
lawyer, prose-writer, a play-w ritter,
fine actor, poet, painter, a sculptor,
and one of the best of takers.
Mr.. Ira d. Sankey publishes card
in the New Haven newspapers emphat-
ically denying the oft-repeated story
that he travelled about New England
some years ago vending patent medi-
cines.
David Pulsifer, of Boston, bought
an old Hebrew Roll of the Law at sec
ond-hsnd bookstore for a nominal price.
Rabbi Haravon, of Jerusalem, has just
inspected 1t, and pronounced it $500
years old-the most ancient relic of the
kind in existence.
Edward B. Perry, who has been al
most blind from infancy, has attained
such proficiency in his musical studies
abroad that he was invited by the Crown
Princess of Germany to play before the
royal household and select company
of the most distinguished personages of
the empire.
Martin Luther was in the habit of
marking his Bible. The copy which he
used daily, and the leaves of which are
covered with annotations made with his
own hand, is now in the Brandenburg
Museum, which gave for it $3.50. The
Bible was printed in Basic in 1909, is
bound in leather, and is in good preser-
walton.
MIR. Ballard Smith has become
managing editor of the New York Sun,
having retired from similar position,
which he has held for a year past, on
the World. Mr. Smith is a graduate
from the Louisville Courier Journal,
and is not only a ready and forcible
writer, but has the peculiar tact and in
dustry and that sort of intuitive talent
that are indispensable for the managing
editor of leading daily.
General Mexia, of the City of Mex
leo, will soon publish a costly work on
the Aztecs, profusely illustrated.
Among his fac SMILES is photograph
of four heads, drawn side by side on a
wall in Paleque, lone Negroes, another a
Caucasian's, Malay's and an Indians.
1t is thus supposed to be shown that, at
some remote period in the worlds his
tory, the people of this continent held
intercourse with those of Europe and
Africa on the one hand, and with Asia
on the other.
"A magnificent shakespeare AL
bum," intended for England, is being
exhibited in the Berlin Museum of In
dustry and Art. The album, the gift of
Professor Leo, one of the leading Shak-
speare scholars of Germany, to the Bir-
mingham Shakespeare Library, contains
the portraits of all the more important
German scholars, poets, actors and COM
posers to whose united efforts the Ger
mans are indebted for the thorough ac-
quaintance with and intelligent appre-
citation of the poet.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-05-23
FASHIONS FeIsLEs.

"A new style Of bracelet is simple
wire of gold, with medallion in the
CENTER
New umbrellas are Of ecru serge,
with flowers embroidered in colors
around the edge.
--Fichus Of muslin are embroidered in
eolors, and collars, cuffs and handker-
chiefs must match.
"A new style earring is silver ar
row, which when worn looks as if it were
thrust through the ear.
-Organdies with plain tinted grounds
and borders of flowers, fern leaves and
grasses viii be much worn.
Pretty lace pins are in the shape of
four leaves, with innumerable chains of
small silver beads and balls.
New bridal wells are of tulle, with
vines Of Marguerites and leaves, en-
broidered with white silk floss.
-Mantles made of stripes of lace in
sertion and velvet, and bordered with
lace, are very stylish, and viii be worn
again this summer.
"A new polonaise model, with a
shirred back, full lower front and grace
full side back and side front TererS that
turn both ways and meet under an orna-
ment Of ribbon or buckle, is unusually
stylish.
New combs for the back hair are no
longer high and towering, but show
merely single row of jet, silver or
pearl beads that fit closely around the
front of the coil or the finger puffs that
are now worn far forward on the hair.
"A white muslin fichu or eollarette,
pretty and becoming, is made by laying
the material in easy folds around the
neck cut pointed on the shoulders, in
front, and completed with two rows of
Valenciennes lace. The neck is furnish
ed with ruch of lace to correspond.
The "practical' women's under.
wear consists of several garments in one,
is high in the neck and lOngin the sleeve,
and, like the princess dress, forms a
complete undersuit, without division,
being cut all in one. Using q slight
gauze vest for foundation for a corset,
if one is worn, a garment of this kind Is
all that is necessary as q foundation for
the skirts, and fills the place of chemise,
drawers and corset cover.
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CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate, on the 18th, the House
amendments to the Senate bin authorizing
citizens of Colorado, Nevada and the Terrific
ries 90 fell and remove timber on public do
main for mining and domestic purposes were
concurred in and the bill passed. The Post
Office Appropriation bin having been consid-
cred in Committee of the Whole was reported
TO the Senate, amendments made in commit
tee were concurred in, and the bill passed.
communication was received from James
b. Eads, suggesting certain notifications
In the act authorizing the construction of
ietties at the mouth of the Mississippi
Referred. Consideration was resumed of the
bin TO repeal the Specie Resumption act, and
senator Coke read long argument in favor
of repeal senator Voorhees, gave notice that
when the bill should be taken up again he
would insist on its consideration FROM
day TO day till a vote was reached
communication was received from Chief
Justice Waite, of the Board of Regents of the
Smithsonian Institution, announcing the
death of Prof. Henry, and the Senate agreed
to a concurrent resolution adiourning both
Houses Thursday at 4 O'Clock In the
House Immediately after the reading of the
journal, demands for the regular order were
made on both sides of the House, and the
Speaker announced the regular order to be
secondary 70 the demand for the previous
question on the resolution offered yesterday
by Mr.. Potter. The Republicans refrained
from voting, thus leaving the House without
a qu0rum, as there were but III Democrats
present, l45 being necessary to make quo
rum. Mr.. Wood then said. " As the factions
majority seem determined to obstruct bust
ness, move that the House adjourn" The
motion was opposed by the Republicans, bun
was carTied-yeas $50, nays l04-.-.-. at q
DernocIatic House Caucus, held Immediately
after adjournment, it was resolved that the
investigation resolution should be acted
upon before any other business was done;
that no motion Tor Gn amendment from the
Republican side should be entertained tlIat
all the Democratic members out of the city
be notified TO return 90 Washington, and
thai, after due notice, all existing pairs be de-
clared at an end
Ia the Senate, on tha 18th, a number Of
bills we're introduced ana referred. among
them one by Senator Eustis for the estab
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WEST AND SOUTHWEST.

The Cincinnati Musical Festival was
opened on the evening OF the 18th, and was
in every way successful. The exercises in
cluded the dedication of the new Music
Hall.
The st. Agnes Academy, school for
young ladies, at Memphis, Tenn, was burn
ed to the ground on the morning of the 10th.
There were 40 boarders in the school, all of
whom lost their wearing apparel The
academy was owned and managed by the
Sisters Of ST. Dominic, and was fully in
sured.
Joe Fore, the st. Louis desperado, who
was serving out 10 years. sentence in the
Missouri Penitentiary for an attempt to kill
his wife, was set upon and stabbed TO death
by a fellow. convict named Billy Rogers, with
whom be had quarreled, on the night Of the
18th.
Brown Bowen was hanged at Gonzales
Texas, on the 18th, for the murder Of ThoS
Halderman. Bowen protested his inno-
cence to the last, and charged the commits
sion of the crime upon his brother-in-law,
the notorious John Wesley Hardin.
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Rail-
road Company have effected lease of the
keokuk and Des Moines Valley Railroad for
term Of years. The transfer will be made
on the first Of October next.
The Dime Savings Bank of San Francisco
has suspended with liabilities amounting to
about $4,000 and assets nominal. 1t turns
out to have been a sham affair, not regu-
larly Incorporated, and its depositors were
principally children. Joseph Davis a Co.,
pawnbroking firm, were at the bottom of
the swindle.
Frank HoultOn, a well known farmer Of
DeKalb County, Ind, was shot dead by a
burglar whom he discovered in ais house
and attempted TO capture, on the night Of
the 18th. The murderer fed, but was sub
sequently arrested and proved to be neigh
Dor of Houlton's named John Abbot, who
had recently been discharged from the Pen
itentiary.
The boiler Of the portable engine in use
on the farm of David Waggard, near New
Frankfort, Ind, exploded on the 18th. in
stantly killing John Waggard and John
jenkins.
The Ohio Legislature at its recent session
passed alaw demonstrating the Congression-
al districts Of the State, the effect OF which,
taking the Presidential vote of 1876 as a
basis, will give IS Democrats TO RepubH-
cans, instead OF s Democrats to u Republic
cans, as at present. Gen. Garfield is gerry
wandered out OF his old district into anoth-
er having hopeless Republican minority,
and Representative Foster win be COM
PEELED TO move his house across the street in
the town where he resides in order TO keep
his residence in the Tenth District.
William B. Walls, the Prosecuting Attor-
in the famous murder trial of Nancy E.
Glenn, in Indiana, has made a confession
and allegation that 81 900 in cash was paid
TO Judge Truman ID. Palmer for granting
the nolle prosequi by which she was set at |
liberty.
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en- Fleece from Don Carlos, and is about
to be put on his trial in Italy. After
commanding a regiment in Cuba, where
he is alleged to have extorted ran
som for some insurgents and then mas
sacred them, he joined Don Carlos in
1873, and few days before the collapse
of the rebellion became his private sec
rotary, accompanying the Pretender to
Paris and the East. Don Carlos was
thunderstruck on being told who the
culprit was, and wanted to hush up the
affair; but the prosecution had already
been instituted. The two brilliants at
first missing have been recovered, the
total value of the Collar being El4,000.
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"A new method of raising church
funds is to hold hug sociables, where
ne hug is sold for 10 cents and three
for quarter. The old fashioned way
is best, where two constitute the socia-
BILE and make it very sociable, and hugs
don't cost one cent unless the old man
happens along -Stillu0ser Lumber
man.
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When Adam was placed in the gar
den, ne had a which was made of
envy, vanity and venom. One day Jhe
fell asleep, and when he awoke,. that rib
was gone. Now, what became Of that
rio? This sounds like a Chinese story.
-Ccurier-,J0urnal.
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Eerne, for Governor. The platform uneon-
difionally opposes free trade and urges Gov
eminent protection OF home industries;
recommends National and State legislation
10 prevent unfair discrimination In rates Of
freight and transportation by chartered
companies; demands that the General Gov
eminent efficiently protect Southern Repub-
licans in the maintenance Of their Constitu-
tional privileges; and finally heartily IN
dorses the administration of Gov. Hartranft.
The platform entirely ignores the National
Administration.
I Mrs. Lydia Sherman, known as the econ
necticut Borgia," who confessed TO the KILL
ing Of nine persons by peison--two husbands
and seven children-died in the State Peni-
Tertiary at Hartford on the 10th.
An agency OF the Nevada Bank Of San
Francisco was opened on the Goth in New
York.
At Corning, n. Y, on the Goth, the Corn
ing, Cowanesque aud Antrim Railroad car
shops burned. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$4,000.
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Odds ana Ends.
=" The birds are now upon the wing"
The teacher read the pupil heard;
ooh, no" said he, cit seems to me
The wings are on the bird"


The wings are on the bird"
-Dssroit Free Press
There are two reasons for so many
drug-stores in the United States One
is that this nation likes to have its Con-
necticut cigars labeled: "Havana," "
and the other is that the regular paint
factories are not accessible to ladies'
Free Press.
"A little girl who was somewhat out
of sorts, but whose exact ailment no one
had been able to discover, amended her
evening prayer of Is God bless papa and
mamma, by adding, 90 and cure me if
there's any thing the matter with me. :"
Boston Transcript.
Mark Twain told a newspaper re-
porter that he was going abroad in or
der to find quiet place to write, where
he would not be disturbed ONCE day.
II is singular that it never occurred to
him to remain at home and secure desk
in store that doesn't advertise Nor
Y'iSs0sOR Herald.
Hypocrisy came in as a necessity
with civilization. A lady requested her
little daughter to kiss an old gentle
man. The child refused, and being
hard-prcssed for a reason said: f" He
kissed me the other day, and his breath
was bad" The mother, shocked at her
offspring's lack of hypocrisy, admins
tered the necessary punishment at once.
-New York World.
"A young man in Cazenovia went
over to Manlius to dance. He was an
entire stranger to the girls present, and
the boys were mean and would not in
troduce him. He finally plucked up
courage, and, stepping up to young
lady, requested the pleasure of her com
pany for the next dance. She looked at
him in surprise, and informed him she
had not the pleasure of his acquaintance,
-'' WE'LL" remarked Cazenovia, "you
don't take any more chances than do. !"
-Cazenoria IN. Y. J Republican.
Since Edison invented the telephone
and photograph he has more orders for
new inventions than he can attend to.
! One party wants him to invent u bone
less shad; another wants him to turn
his attention to gas meter that won't
always lie in favor of the company; a
third desires a pocket-book that will al
ways contain dollar or two; and while
| he is about it he might as well infuse
some of his inventive genius into flight
of stairs that won't creak like all pos
| sessed when a man sneaks into the
house at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Herald.
AT THE CHURCH FAIR.
No mere the festive oyster swims
His lonely round in church fair stews;
Yet still the young mans optic dims
At dainties he may not refuse.
| The luscious fruits of spring are here,
And savory odOrs fill the air;
While strawberries and cream appear,
With short cake on the bill of fare.
The impecunious youth, distressed
] At prices far beyond his means,
| His sweetheart eyes with vague unrest,
/ And suffers pain mid festive scenes.
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East AND sourHEAsr.

The PennsylYania Republican State Con-
vention, held at Harrisburg on the 10Th,
nominated Gens Henry NJ. Hoyt,- of Lu-
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TowNVILLE

Providence Democratic Club, 0conee
County, has nominated Maj "A. R. Broyles,
formerly of Anderson c. g., for the Legis-
lature.... Heavy rains visited this whole
region of country Sunday and Monday last,
and now, instead of gloomy forbodings,
spirit of cheer and hope irraaiates every
countenance......Rev. T. ?. Phillips, the
pastor in charge, wishes itanneunced that
the Providence Camp Meeting will em-
brace the fourth Sunday III Seltember.....!S
All who may wish to join TIE proposed
company of infantry at TOwnAlle will re-
nort at that place OH the afternoon of the
second Saturday in August prN., to Or
canize .... The citizens of the Shallow Ford
neirhborhood have this week pulled down
Smith Chapel, (Methodist,) prIpratory to
rebuilding it on more eligible spot near
by. The forthcoming building will be
more nearly complete every waythan the
former Rev J. c. McHlhnney, q
local preacher of the Methodist Church
and a resident of .spartanburs md who
has been blind from his earliestmtncy, (ht
is now As or so years of age,) prached ir
the Presbyterian Church at tbs place last
Sunday afternoon to very larg songrega
ton. He carries with him bpy OF th'
Bible with raised letters, from (which hi
read chapter accurately and VIII surpris
ing ease end expedition. To ; brief, n
well as just, his sermon was ga. He il
assisting Rev. Mr.. Phillips in aeeting a
Cedar Grove Church this week.
A n
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A CARD.

To THE DEMOCRATIC CLUBS OF ANDERSON.
Having been nominated by several of the
leading Clubs for reelection to the House
of Representatives, feel it itincumbcht upon
me to acknowledge my most sincere thanks
for the honor they have conferred upon me,
but to say to them that it will be impossible
for me to serve. Having devoted most of
the last four years to the public service,
have neglected my private affairs and pro-
fession, so that they now require my per-
sonal attention.
During my two terms of office, have
used every effort in supporting Gov. Hamp-
ton, and for the best interest OF the Demo
cratic party, the people Of Anderson, and
the State of South Carolina; and it affords
me infinite qualification to have my course
endorsed by the Democrats of this County.
If it were necessary that should serve
again would make the sacrifice, but such
not being the case, I must respectfully de-
cline to allow my name used. have only
to ask that you select the best men, and
those who are thoroughly in accord with
Gov. Hampton and his administration.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAS. l.. ORR.