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until times of drouth, when it was sent
streaming down over tho thirsty laud. A
palace stood at eaoh end of the Euphrates
bridge; one paluce mile and three quar-.
Iers 10 COMPASS aud the other palaco seven
and half miles 10 circumference. The
wito OF Nebucbadnezzar, having been
brought up among the mountains of Media,
could not stand it 10 this flat country of
Babyloo, aud 80, to please her, Nebuchad
nszzar had a mountain, four hundred feet
high, built in tho midst of the city. The
mountain was surrounded by terraces, for
support of which great arches were lifted.
On the top of tho arches fat stones wero
laid; then luyor of reeds aud bitumeh;
then two rows Of brick closely ocmented;
then thick shects Of lead upon which tho
soil wss placed. Tho earth hero deposited
was 80 deep that the largest trees had room
to anchor their roots. All the glory Of
the fowcry tropics was spread out on
that tremendous height, until it must havo
seemed to ono below as though tho clouds
were all in blossom, and the very sky
leaned 90 tho shoulder of the ccdsr. At
tho top an engine was constructed, Which
drew the water from tho Euphrates, fur
below, and made it spout up amid this
garden Of tho skies. All this TO please
his wife; sho must have been pleased, we
think.
10 the midst Of this oity stood also the
temple Of Belus. One of its towers was
Que eighth of mile high, and on tho top
of it au observatory, which gavo astrouo.
mers great advantage, as, being at SO gtcut
height, ore could easily tulk with the
stars. This tewpIo was full Of cups und
statues and cencers, all of gold One
image madc thousand Babylouish tulcn,s,
which will be equal to fifty million dollars.
But why enlarge? Tho city is besieged
aud doomed. Though provisioucd for
twon,y years, it shall fall to night. SEQ
tho gold and silver plate flash On the king )
table. Pour out the rich vino from the
tunkards into cups. Drink, my lords, to
health of tho king. Drink to the glory of
Babylon. Drink to the defenders of the
city. Drink to the glorious future
Startlc not ut the splashcd wiue on the
table US though it wero blood. Turn not
pale at the clash of the cups, as though it
were the clang of arms.
But alas! alas! great Babylon amid the
drunken revelry of king and court was cast
down in single night as betokened by the
"hand writing on the wall"-a lesson for
oil succeeding time. Let Americans be a
sober people, then shall years of peace aud
prosperity follow.
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CIRCULAR.

TN. r. Talcott, General N1uuager Of
the Richmond & Danville, the Charlotte,
Columbia " Augusta, the Columbia &
Greenvile and the Virginia Midland Rail-
way Companies, has issued tho following
circular, dated Richmond Va, juno al,
1882:
''To further promote the interest of its
patrons md the development of the ma.
tcrial resources and industries of the re-
gions of country served by its system of
railroads, tho Richmond and Danville
Railroad Company will again incur the
labor and expense of mohing an illustrative
exhibit this fall
"The New England Manufacturers and
Mechanics Institute will hold its second
exposition in Boston, Mass, on the 9th
Of September. 1t hsa cordially invited
the Richmond aud Danvi!le Railroad Com-
pany to display its exhibits in its magui6-
cent building. The invitation has been
accepted. Such au oppoftduit} for
PRACTICAL and wide reaching advertisement
of the subjects which compose the material
wealth of our section of the South, and Of
the manifold advantagea aud inducements
it offers for the inventment of Northern
and especially New Epglbnd capital, and
for New England immigration, has never
before boen presented to our people. 1t
should not be neglected.
'All persons throughout tho great Pied
mont, mon nntain aud other regions embraced
in the Riohmond and Danvillc system of
Railroads 10 any way intcrcsed in mineral
development and enterprises, owners of
mineral lands and mines, timber lands,
manufacturing establishments and water
powers, are invited to avail themselves of
the benefits of this exhibit.
"Cupt. @. G. McPhail, Chief of Bureau
of Mines and Manufactures, has ohatge of
of all matters of detail connected with the
exhibit to be made 10 Boston, Mass. on
the 9th of September. All persons dcsir-
ing information, and to mako contributions
of materials ahd specimens, are requested
to correspond with him."
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Four Very Rich Men.
UNCLE RUFUS HATCH GIVES SOME VERY
Bio FIGURES.

"Well, there are just four of them in
the first class. First, Vanderbilt and his
sons; second, Russell Sage, third, Jay
Gould, aud fourth, James Keeue. I sup
pose you refer to men who have been d.
rectly connected with stock operations
Vanderbilt and his sous, which are all to.
gother, hayo got $500, 100000. am
sure thnt this is not over estimated, for tic
s60,00O.000 or $40 900 900 they have in
government loans repreprcsent thcr inter
est as it has accumulated. The next man
is Russell Sage. who is richer than Jay
Gould. He is worth from $50, 10000 to
S70,000,000. Gould is worth from S4O,-
000.000 to 100000, and Keene from
$25 100000 to 30,00O,0O0. These are
prodigious figures. See what they represent
Of other mems losses, whcu You look at the
present state of tho stock market and
450,0O0,0OO to $500 100000 in the hands
Of four men who have made it all around
this Stock Exchange, out Of the gambiiu g
propensities and the credulity of tho
people"
"You surprise me in rating Russell Sage
80 high
"Well, it is fast. IIe has been cool,
stoady, strong man, playiog no tricks, but
scooping it in all the time. I may say for
him that if you get his name to piece of
paper il is just as good as any obligation in
the world Gould has been the most dex-
terious of this lot. Keeno represents his
name. In character he is certainly koep
man. The history Of his operations in
Lake Shore and Northwestern would be a
great subject for one of your letters. He
took Lako Shore at 60 and got rid of most
of it at q profit of 100 per cent, and in
the same way he took Northwestern when
it was about 10 and sold most of it at
about 800 per cent. profit, for it went up
to 12G last year and stands now at about
130. Vanderbilt now Owns the railroad.-.
Cincinnati Enaulrtr.
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The Mon Of the Country.

According to table coupled at the
Census Burcou, and which we published
the other day, there were l3 $3.50 ,849 males
of twenty one years Of ago and over in the
United States 10 1882.
That total was made up Of 8,270,518
white native, 3,072,487 white foreign and
,487 ,344 oolorcd men. Among tho
colored were included Chinese, japanese
and Indians, but Of course tho vast majority
were Of African blood. Something above
quarter of the males Of voting ago were
therefore, foreign born and about onc.ninth
were colored. Foreign and colored to~
gcthcr made up nearly one-third CT the
total.
1t must be borne in mind, however, that
very considerable part of the foreign
born wero not qualified to voto, not having
yet been naturalizsd. And this proper
ton must have been largo 10 1880, for
durog that year nearly half million i'm
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migrants arrived in the United States, q
greater number than 10 any previous year,
1873 alone excepted. But perhaps it
would DO safe, to say that about one fifth of
the voting population Of tho Union were Of
foreign birth, against something like a
tenth Of African descent and about two.
thirds of native whites.
About nine tcnths Of the negroes we're
in tho Southern States, bat Of the moro
than three million foreign born men, less
than tbreo hundred and fifty thousand wero
found there, and of these all but about
seventy thousand were 10 the Suites of
Missouri, Texas, Maryland, Kentucky and
Louisiana.
The foreign born men actually exceeded
the native in tho Suites Of Minnesota,
Nevada aud Wisconsin, and 10 the Terri
tories of Utah aud Dakota With the help
of it's Chinese population, almost wholly
men, California had l27,347 foreign to
l35, ,209 native. In New York the foreign
were 536,59S, against 852,O94 native,
while Illinois had .377,S90 foreign aud
605, ,272 uatlve and Massachusetts, ITS, 600
foreign aud 326,002 native.
In 1886, when the total male population
of tweuty-one aud over vas 1880, 0,349,
tho whole number of votes cast at the
Presidential election was 9,204 ,428. In
the first total, however, are included
Chinese, Indians and unnaturaIized for.
eiRners not qualified to vote.-Nev York
Sun.
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Judge Mackey on Lynch Law.

Some time uso Judge Nackey had oc-
cnsion to make some remarks from the
bcEch about Lynch Law and he used the
following strong but pertinent language.
Judge Mackcy said:
"Lynching is organized murder. Those
who engage in it seek to give sanctity to
crime by the strength Of plumbers. 1t is
tho crime o. many to punish the assumed
guilt of oue.. 1t tramples the majesty of
the law under the feet of the mob and
substitutes the hot breath of revenge and
the clomor of an unreasoning throug for
the calm atmosphere of tho civil courts.
Tho citizen who engages in it thereby i'm
peaches the juciciul tribunals of this
country and proclaims to tho world the
utter incapacity of the Commonwealth of
South Carolina to furnish adequate protcc--
ton to the persons and property of its
citizenship. lie announces by his acts that
organized government moving through
legal forms is failure, and that society has
resolved itself into its original barbaric
elements. in which all wrongs, real or as
sumed, are redresscd by brute force and
might makes right.
livery person accused of crime is pre-
sutned in law to he innocent until his guilt is
proven under established rules Of evidence
beyond reasonable doubt. He is entitled,
us sacred and inviolablc right, to public
trial by on impartial jury, aud to meet the
witnesses against him face to face, and to
be heard by counsel in his defence. In
asserting that defense, he has the right to
exhaust all the resources of the law, aud to
invoke the judgment of the court OF last
resort on tical appeal against any verdict
which lie may deem assa;labe upon !ega!
grounds. Tho legal presumption of inno-
ccDce sapctfies the grave man who dies by
the hands of mob. His pretended con-
fession cannot overthrow the presumption
for the horror Of his situation and the terror
exercised to enforce such confession render
it absolutely void.
cat such ghastly spectacle civilization
shuddcrs throughout its entire frame mud
oil good citizens mourn the existence
in the breast of civilized COM
muuity of latent savagcry that may be
aroused to The, commission Of such 40 ap-
palliDg crime"
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Ancient Babylon.

Baby loo was the paradise of architecture.
Driven out from thence the moro elaborate
structures of modern times are only the
evidence of her fall After tho site of
Babylon had been selected two million men
were employed for the construction of the
wall and principal works. Tho walls Of
the city were sixty miles 10 circumference
They wcro surrounded by trench out Of
which had been dug the ,nutcrial for tho
construction of the city There were
twenty five gates of solid brass on each
side of tho square city. Between every
two gates great watch tower sprang up
into the heavens. From each of tho
twenty five gates on either side street ran
through to tho gate on the other ssde, so
that there were fifty streets, each fifteen
miles long. which gave to tho city an ap-
peapanoe of wonderful regularity. Tho
houses did not join each other 90 tho
ground, and between them we're gardens
and shrubbcry. From house top to house
top were bridges swung, over which tho
Inhabitants wcro accustomed to pass.
A branch of the Euphrates went through
tho city, over which bridge of marvellous
structure was thrown, and undor wbish q
tunnel ran. TO keep the river from over
flowing the city 10 times Of freshet great
luke was arrargcd to catch tho surplus, 10
which tl.s water was kept SO a reservoir
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The Light Of Days Long Past.
by ALBERT PIKE.

Our afternoon of life has come,
Its durkeuiog hours are here;
The evening shadows lengthen
Aud the night is drawing near.
To somo the sky is bright, to some
With clouds IS overcast,
But still upon our present smiles,
The light of dsys long past.
Tho autumn Of our life is here,
Its summon flowers are deud,
Tho speeding day hath still! its charm,
And young lips rosy red.
What though the river to The sea
Run steadily and fast7
Upon its shining waves still SMILES
The light of days long past.
We meet here as we met Of old,
The songs thou sung to sing,
Aud care and sorrow to the winds
D,lian,ly we fling.
Unchanged by time and circumstance,
Our MONDAY friendships last
And on our narrowing circles smiles
The light of days long past.
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Correspondence of New York Sun !
Rich Discoveries in Georgia.

ATLANTA, juno 30.-Attention is now
attracted to new sort of cotton plant
which bids tair to become immensely valu-
able. For many years Mr.. A. A. Subers,
of Macon, bas been carefully experiment.
ing to hybredizo tho cotton plant that
grows wild in Florida with the common
okra. Tho cotton plant used is Of that
species which is found on the lowlands of
the Caloosahatchio River Tho new plant
rotaius tho okra stalk and tho foliage of tho
cotton. Its flower and fruit, however, is
strkiogly unlike either cotton or okra.
The plant has an average height of two
feet, and each plant has only ono bloom.
This is magnificent flower, very much like
tho great magnolia fragrance and equally
as large. Like tho cotton bloom, tho
flower is white for several days after it opens,
after which it is first palo pink, and gradue
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, soUTn CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1852.

ally assumes darker shades of this color
until it becomes red, when it drops, dis
closing a wonderful boil. For about ten
days this boil resembles tho cotton Dol!
and then it's growth suddenly increases
as If by magic until it finally rca shes tho
sizo tf big oocoanut. Not until it
reaches this size does tho lint appear.
Then it's SNOWY threads begin 10 burst from
the boil but are hold securely iu placo by
the okra-liko thorns or points that line tho
boil.
Ono inexperienced picker can easily
gather 800 pounds day, and fast hands
much moro. Were the only saving that of
labor in gathering the lint, tho result of
Mr. Suber's experiment would entitle him
to the lus'iog gratitude Of the Southern
farmer. But this is not all--there arc no
seeds 10 the lint. Each boil produces
about two pounds Of very fine long staple
cotton, superior to tho sea island, and at
the bottom of the boil theie arc from four
to six seeds, resembling persimmon seed
This new cotton, therefore, needs no gin
ming.
Our earliest settlers used to hear strange
and marvellous stories from the Indians of a
wonderful silver mine on the Chatorga
River, in Cherokee county, Alabama. The
lndlaus would exhibit roughly carved orr
naments Of silver that they caid was made
of ore tuken from this mine n solid blocks.
They cou'd not be induced to point ont the
locality of the mine, and few believed their
story. Several years ago Col James Gallon
heard that the Indians said tho mine ran
through his farm, and he has spcot much
time, labor and money in vain search for
1t. These facts came to the nvtlce of Col.
Alfred Shorter, of Rome, who sent to tho
Indian Nation fUr on Ipdun named Hol-
lnhd, who knew about the mine ond its
locality. After examining the ground
Holland pointed out the locality of the
mine, aud said it was a vein three feet in
diameter and several miles 10 length. At
the lowest computation it is said to be worth
100000.
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A New Undertaking.

A company 10 being formed Ia Columbia
for the purpose Of distilling, By he# pro
cess, the oil, acid and spirits of turpentine
from common pine wood. A statement
from similar works in Augusta shows that
by this process cord of pine wood yields
fifteen gallons of spirits turpentine, eighty
gallons Of pine.wood oil, one hundred and
fifty gallons of pyroligneous acid and fifty
bushels of charcoal, worth in the aggregate
about thirty dollars the cost of the wood
being three dollars and fifty cents The
oil is said to be invaluable for painting pur-
poses, and is pronounced by physicians as
specific for rheumatism and kindred dis
eases. Col. A. =. Butler, tho Com-
missioner Of Agriculture, is the leading
spirit iu the enterprise, and he expects the
company to bo organized very shortly.
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Garbald, in the course of his aavcn~
turous life, received tcn wounds. Two
in the neck aud throat, at first believed to
mortal, were received 10 1886, in Uruguay,
in sea fight against the Dctatur, two
wounds in the right arm at the sea fight Of
Rio Plata, 10 l836-every officer and man
near Garibaldi being killed or wounded;
ono wound in the abdomen, on April 80,
l849, while fighting against the French on
the Janioulum. The wound was not dan.
gerous, but was excessively painful, and
Garibaldi concealed his sufferings until the
battle was over. On May 8, I840, at Vel
letri, ho was knocked off his horse by tho
Neapolitans and trampled on. He received
ono bayonct and one sword wound, and was
rescued by band of nero boys who were
engaged in the fight. On August 20,
1862, bo was wounded 10 the thigh by one
of the Royal Bersaglicri. A second bullet,
rebouuding broke the ankle bone and re-
NAMED 10 the wound. When extracted it
rescmbled in shape oap of liberty. On
July 4, 1866, on his birthday, Gsribaldi
was hit in the Tyrol by an Austrian bullet.
1t was flesh wound in the thigh.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-07-13

| A PEERLESS PEnFUME.-The refresh.
ing aroma of Florcston Cologne aud its
lasting fragrance make 1t peerless perfume
! for the toilet.
"Woman." days Mrs. Eastman, "is o
problem." So sho is; and though a prob.
lem wo can never hope to solve, it Is one
We shall never, nevor bo willing to give up.
Rhode Islands first oase under the Fiji;
teenth Amendment ia that Of a negro law4
yer, who was refused admission to skating
rink on account of his color, and procured
the indictment Of the managers.
"Major, sae two oooktails carried to
your room every morning, as if you had
some ope to drink With" eyes, sir; ona
cocktail makes me feel like another mau
and, of course, I'm bound to trea. Tho other
nau."
Take large sized tomatoes-not too find
and cut them in slices about half an
inch thick Put them 10 O dry pan or
skillet and let them fry until tho eteam
rises pretty we'll. Then take up, sptead
butter over them with aalt and pepper, aud
your tomutoes are fit for king.
One of New York's most famous pl,ysi-
CLANS, DR.. Willard Parker, makes the as
founding statement that one third of tho
deaths in New York City arc the result;
directly or Indirectly, of tho uso Of
alcohol and that in the last thirty .eight years
10000 petsons have died If its use III
tho city LiIeJoat.
Tho verdict for $50, 900 obtained BY tff.
John IT, Harold against the Now York
Elevated RniIway Company for personal
injuries suffered IL the collision at Fortys
second street on March S, 1879, which has
just been affirmed by the Court Of Appeals
is the largest verdict for personal injuries
ever obtained in New York, and the iitiga.
ton thus concluded has been most remark.
able.
a TRAVELLERS SToRY.-After spending
mon:hs at watering places aud consulting
the best physicians without benefit, re.
turned home disheartened and expected to
die A friend urged trial Of Ptrker's
Ginger Tonic. Three bottles and careful
diet have brought me excellent health and
epirits ana l hope my experience may
benefit similar sufferers. Cincinnati lady.
Sec other column
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BROWNS
IRON
B/77ERS

willcure dyspepsia, heartburn, mala.
ria, kidney disease, liver complaint,
and other wasting diseases.
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g Hints for Mixers.

Milk only twice day unless the cow
Gheds her milk. Let the milking be at reg.
uIar times, aud at intervals of abou twelve
hours. Milk thoroughly, as any milk left
10 the udder is likely to thickcn, and do iu-
jury to the COW 40 well as lessening the uuan.
tity. Again, remember that sheuilk grows
cher until the last. Read the following
from the pen CT DR. Anderson, of Bath;
England: awe filed several large teacuips
OF the same size, commencing with milk at
the Beginning Of the milking, aud others al
regular intervals, till the last, which was
filled with the strippings or soakiugs.
These were scverally weighed, SO as to asoer.
tain that the quantity of 1t was the samoi
and after repeating this experiment, mum.
bsr Of trials With different COWS, the results
were stated as follows: The quantity Of
cream from the first drawn cup was ID
every case much inferior and smaller than
that from the last cup drawn, and those be-
tween giving less or more as they were
nearer to the beginning or end In the
case of some COWS the variation of cream
from the first cup to the last was in the
proportion of sixteen to one, and 10 no case
was it less than eight to one. The differ.
ence in quality was much greater than in
quantity. In tho first cup the cream was
thin, and in The last cup tho cream was
thicker and richer In color, more so than
of my. The difference h the duality of
the milk that remained after the cream
was separated was still greator than either
ID respect to the quantity and quality Of
the cream. The milk of the first cup was
thin and blush, as If large proportion
wete water, whilo that Of the last CUP was
thick consistency and of yellow color,
more like that of cream than milk, both in
appearance aud taste."
1t has been said that little mess fed to
a cow while milking often has good effect,
and she meanwile yields her milk moro
freely. As nearly as possible; observe
twelve hours between milkiug-a rule Of
more importance than at first might seem to
careless mixer. The beating Of COW
with milking stool, or kicking with your
feet should mover be allowed.
The Committee on Elections 10 the
House of Representatives, at Washington,
reported resolution in the contested cleo,
ton case of Smalls against Tillnhan from
the 9th District Of South Carolina, deolar4
ATLANTA, July 6.--4Col. Howell will be-
at home to morrow. No meeting with Col.
Lamar has taken place. Lamar is in Macon.
Howell has been 10 Alabama.
----< s---------
TIE Boston Aaucrtiser gives the follow.
ing as new college joke: Professor says,
"rimo is money; how do you prove it7"
Students says, "Woll if you give twenty.
five cents to couple Of tramps, that is q
quarter to two"
This is good little boy. 1t is Christmas
eve, end no has orawed under the bed.
What is he doing thereY He is Watching
for Santa Claus. He expoots his stockings
to be filled with toys and oandiesY Does
he want the toys and oandiesY No; hs
only wants to know whether his pareuts
have been lying to him. This boy will
grow up to be a political reformef.
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BROWNS
IRON
B/77ERS

enriches the blood and purifies the
systemI cures weakness, lack Of
energy, etc. Try bottle.
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Nearly thousand Mormons arrived at
New York On tho I'd instant from Europe,
and went imn sdiateIy 70 Salt Luke.
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ATLANTA, July 6.-4Col. Howell will be
at home to morrow. No meeting with Col
Lamar has taken place. Lamar is in Macon
Howell has been 10 Alabama.