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. /?' /Pungent Paragraphs. When a man tells you that honesty Is the best policy you may take It for granted that he has tried both. Some men are so perverse as tc d!? ju*t the day after a bargain Bale In mourning goods. Wigg?"You used to detest that girl, and now you are in love with her. I remember you once said thai she didn't know enou?h to come in out of th? rain. wagg?"And I still insist that she is a little duck." FREE BLOOD AND SKIN CURE. Cancers, ulcers. old sores, scrofula, bumps and risings on the skin, pimples, boils, catarrh, offensive eruptions, aches and pains, eating sores, blood poison, eczema, scabs or scales, and all blood troubles cured forever by taking 'l to 8 bottles of the famous It. It. It. thoroughly tested for 30 years. It. Lt. B. beats every sore, stops every ache and imakes the blood pure and rich. B. B. B. 'cures obstinate cases after all else falls. Cures guaranteed. Druggists, $1. Trial treatment sent free by writing Blood Ttnlin Co.. it Mitchell street, Atlanta, Ga. 'Describe trouble, and medical advice free. We never get anything tor nothing in this world. So. 37. u "Well, 1 say that the very 1 . r 'i * i t nest 01 men don t know the difference between their souls and their stomachs, and they fancy that they are a-wrestling with their doubts when really it i? dinners they're a\vt<**ning with. "Take my old man. A kinder husband never drew breath; yet so sure as he touches a bit of pork he begins to worry hisself about the doctrine of Election, till I say, "I'd be ashamed to go troubling the minister with my doubts when an Ayer's Pill would set things straight again." J. C. Aver Company, Practical Chmmti, Lowell, Man. Aycr*? Sarsaparilla Ayer't Hair Viger Ayer'a PilU Avcr'i Cherry Pectoral Ayer'a Ague Cure Ayer'a Comatone To Produce Raw Silk. The Chamber of Commerce of San T>lego, California, is making an effort to establish the production of raw sill; In the agrieulturnl dlstriets about that city. Steps have been taken to secure a large number of silk worms, and D000 mulberry trees will shortly be planted. The elimate of Southern California is deemed even preferable .Tor this industry to that of Prance, the home of silk eultnre. The ronton option of raw silk in this country is enormous, and the entire supply comes from foreign eountrles. prinelpally from Japan. China and Italy. In ISb'.t the total Imports of this raw ma terial wort' valued at $43,r?40.S7'J. lie Tanque?"Guzzler is a pretty etrong drinker, isn't he?" O'Soeque "Strong? Pooh! Why. sometimes he can't eve* raise the priee of a drink." Ait W&men y Binow That ordinary treatment fa Us to roiiove paiafui , periods m They know Lyeffa E. PSnkham's Vegetable Compound will and does and has? more than any other medicine. Every woman knows about Mrs. Plnkham's medicine. Every woman knows some woman Mrs. Pinkham has cured. But nine women out ot ten put of f getting this reliable remedy until their health Is nearly wrecked by experiments or neglootl man i noy writ a to Mrs. Pinkham and sho cures themf but of course it taxes longor to do so. Don't delay getting help if you are sick. She has helped a million WOrffCx" nrst VftU ? ! Thompson's Eye WaUr tCCDSBD BY A SIELETDH. An Old Crime Unearthed With the ^ Bones of Its Victim. r?omrn ru>Dncr\ iiiitu iinnncn r?niTic.n onrtnutu nun itiunut-n A Start line Discovery I.ends to 11? ? Ar rent of Peter Austin, a UVII-Kunwi Farmer In Dutchess County. N. Y.? Charles Krower, With Whom lie 11 in I Quarrelled, Vanlslieit Many Years Agi I PoUKlikcepsio. N. Y. (Special!.? Petei 'Austin, n pros|H?rous farmer. living near Storm villc, Dutchess County,married nuil the father of several children, was arrested. charged with inurUcr in the tlrst degree. lie was taken into custody, mul after Coroner Bevier had held au inquest in the case of Onirics Brotver.whose skeleton was found twr weeks ago in an old well on a farm on which Austin formerly lived. 1 trowel worked for Austin and disappeared fniirlooti vmivu ntni un<1 1 l?? < decided tluit the evidence was sullident to warrant liis arrest. When the skeleton was found it was roealled that one night fourteen years ago Austin and llrower left Austin's house together and started aeross the farm. The men liail quarrelled ami bad liu< 1 a personal aberration two mouths before in whieli Brower's leg was fractured. An examination of the bones found in the well revealed a fracture, and Coroner Bevier accepted this as conclusive evidence that the skeleton was that of ltrower. The body had been wrapped in ti cloth. In the skull was fopvd a frae tare, evidently from a blow. Austin, before Blower's disappearance, hail rented front ltrower, it is said, the Implements with which he worked his farm, lie failed to pay for their use and ltrower threatened to |Atjce a lien upon the farm. When they left the house 011 the night in question they were disputing about the matter, ltrower never returned and Austin said that lie could not tell where lie was. For twelve years afterward Austin passed the old well every day. From time to time logs and other debris were thrown into the well, until it was completely tilled. Austin sold tint farm two years ago. and (lie lack of water this summer led to the reopenJ lug of the well and the discovery o' the skeleton. Austin refused to talk when lie was arrested. He is one of the best known itu mi i ^ 111 ill** i nning ?iiiii IN i-oiisiuert'd well olT. FAVOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. A In tin I ii Inert* him* <if Crlnm in ('olur.iiln Mit.v OliHiign llin l.utr*. Denver. Col. (Spcciall. ;TI?' t li of Lif.iau 1(1*11. prominent in Denver musical circles. *vl o was sandbagged by a highwayman two works hro. has aroused tho adv? nates ol* capital punIshtiiont and there !<* a wave of sen I intent that will probably result in the reinstatement, of the hanging law by the next Legislature. Three murders, four attempted murders. ami a snore of brutal assaults on women by robbers in Colorado within the past month is the record. Veteran detent Ives and police officials all declare that crime has rapidly increased since the abolishment of capital punishment two years ago. A table recently compiled shows that there were 130 homicides since 1S08. ROMANTIC TALE OF A PENSION. IVIfe I'iikI* n II nullum! Who Sim Thought Wan Uriel. Norwalk, Conn. (Speciali. Mrs. Sarah IC. Lynns, of this city, will shortly <tart for Indiana to ioiu her IhkIvhi.i who is nn ollicial in :i soldiers' home in that St a to. Mrs. I.ynes separated from her litis hand several years ago. and eaeli apparently iost iraee of the other, and for a long time Mrs. i.ynes thought she was a widow. Heeently she applied to the I'nited States Pension Btiretin for a pension on aeeouut of her husband's services in the civil war. To her astonishment she learned that her hnsbnnd was himself drawing a pension, and ;i tetter soon proved his liU-litity. \\ liatever separated tlietn long ago has now hoen forgotten and husband mid wife will soon he reunited. NEW CENTRE OF THE NATION. Ttir Crnmiii Shiiw* It telle nenv Indium ii|toll*, I int. Washington. 1>. <\ (Special!.?The 1 pi mi census shows nppoxiniately that the I'nited States has ii population of fiiiiui (.?,.?(in r.nm. :is ayainsi i>-.i>??.?*>(i iii lspo. mi itn-rcnsc ?>l' 12."."ill, or more tlimi twenty per ivnt.. mill iInn tlic oeniiv ol' population will In* near Indianapolis. lnd. In cities so far counted Illinois lends In increase. two of its cities having Rl.tHi per rout. Two in liuliaiia show Itl.lis pi?r cent., fiv?* in Now York !tT?.1." per cent.. live in Ohio .T2..V.I per cent., four in Now Jersey. .'tu.77 per cent., four in Now Kualainl 27.il."? por oont.. ntul four in Pennsylvania "21.G7 jmm I'CUt. I'lot Aquino! tlit* Sultan's I.He. .\ I ill it I 11 :i iii iil'x onjoyiuoni of tlio ju Idleo festivities which began on tin completion of Ids twenty tlftli year as hoaii of tlio Ottoman Km pin- lias hi-cii s|lolled by the discovery of a plot tigamsi ms me. nni> imndrcU ;iikI f?Mi arrests. including several high otlieinls, have already been made and a secret Inquiry is proceeding. Trust Will Wash Clothe*. Twouty-two of the largest laundries In ('Ideago have combined, and prices have been raised all along the line. The capitalization of the combine is $*.',000.0110. Thirteen In nn I'xploolnn. The boiler of the Ihiuublnn steamei Negotin exploded near Klndovo, Austria. aud the captain and twelve of tLie crow perished. ?y S YOU' KNOW Wt OT When You Take I GROVE'! 1 T astele 1 Chill H booauso tho formula la fl showing what It oontai their formula, knowing th ESS cine if you knew its ingr ||$ and Quinine put up in cor R? less form. Grove's is tl ?Kw and any druggist who is nc rj3 that all other so-called " ta { t Grove's is the only C lis the malarial sections of th< case of malaria, chills and A New (iospel Ship. "A now gospel ship has recently been put into commission for service in the Japan Inland Sea," says the Congrogutionalist. "Mrs. Allan, a Presbyterian of tho family which maintains tne Allan Line of steamers, on a visit iO Kobe ! became interested in the work of the Rev. K. A. Thompson, representing the American Baptist Missionary Union at that im portant commercial centre. Mr. Thompson's sympathies had been tlrnnil ?... tin, > . ??-- ? ?? uv.. IVU Hit- m i ll.-. UL lllf I <111 t.Illll Islands and of the sailors in the Inland Sea. Mrs. Allan, moved by his appealing story and contagious zeal, proposed to the Missionary I'uion to equip a ship to cnrry out his plans. lTpon the death of Mrs. Allan. Robert S. Allan took up his mother's project and has brought it t~> a promising beginning in the i equipping of the Fukniu Maru, or Ship of flood News." j Chief of Detectives?"Have you found that missing 12-year-old girl?" Detective Sleuthpup "No, I'm completely haflied. I've been to every ir j cream saloon and and soda fountain in I the city." An ICxtcnnlve Alllcagc (took Service. Arrangements have been effected by which 1,000 mile book", the price of which Is ?25 00 each, issued hy the Hkaiioahu Air Lisr. Raii.way, arc lion orcd through to Washington over the Pennsylvania Hailrond; from Portsmouth to liidtlmoro over the ltallimore Steam Packet Company, and between Clinton and Columbia over the Columbia. Newberry A I.aureus Uallroud. This arrangement includes the books issued by the Florida Central A Peninsular and Qeorgln A Alabama Hallroad. seeing is iwiinvlng until you look into one of those convex mirrors. Have you ever experienced the joyful sensation of it good appetite? You will if you chew Adams* Pepsin Tutti Fruttl. It Is not until they into n tight squeeze that sonic men become sponges. Dyeing Is as simple as washiug when yirn use I'cTNtM r.tni:i.i.ss Dyk-. Sold by all druggists. The only difference between a physician and a doctor is in the hill. in Curs it Cold in Our liny. Take I.axativk HkoMo Qcinisk TAni.vs. All druggists rotund theinouey if it failsto cure, E. \Y. IIrovb's signature on each box. Stc. Straws: show which way the wind blows. So docs hay fever. I'im's Cure for Consumption Is an fnfal'iblc niedicine tor cnuglis itml colds. N \Y. Samcku Ocean (trove. N. Feb. 17. 100O. ready for the summer's tria is dangerous and destructive is to give new strength to tl life and work with CASCA. Get a box to-day and see he 1 o any needy mortal suffering from bo Sterling Remedy Compa HJ1 ' ss Tonic plainly priniod on aaoh bottk 'ns* Imitators clo not advcrti at you would not buy their me edientr. Grove's contains Ir rect proportions, and is in a tas be original Tasteless Chill Toi ">t pushing an imitation will tell y tsteless " Tonics arc imitations, hill cure sold by every druggist e United States and Cuba that fever, or money refunded. F IS LADDIES'GflfBRAIION. : 2,000 Volunteer Firemen in Parades, i Rarpc anH Tfirillinir rnnlrtclc tuvvui ua*u I III ailing %'UIIIVOIJi FOURTEENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION I Virginia Slate Firemen's Association, > Richmond, \'a., September 26th, j 27th and 28th--Reduced Railroad I "ares For the Event. The Virginia State Firemen's Asso- ' ciation is hooked to inert in Richmond, j Vu.. and the citizens of Richmond have raised a big fund with which to entertain the visitor-, and so anxious ai j the Bremen to lake part in 11t is years ; 1 convention, it is b dieved almost every ( volunteer tire company, with very few I exceptions, in the State of Virginia, together with great numhfrs from North Carolina, South Carolina, some from West Virginia. Maryland and Pennsylvania, will attend, judging from the invitations that have hern accepted up to August 1st. The programme of entertainment has lifin ntiifU ;??t : 1....... 1 ....... v, ..w ? .?%!??' I n r, i Ml ? I <T IMIiUI entering into Richmond will Rive reduced rates to all visitors for those dates, and some few days before and after. Prizes amounting to over a thousand dollars have been offered for competition among the lire companies. and those contests of hose car- j riages. hook and ladder trucks, tire engines, races and drills will attract thousands of visitors to Richmond. There is nothing so thrilling as the-e firemen's displays, and as cash prizes are offered to the be.-t uniformed companies. many of the visiting eompan- j ies have bought new uniforms for the j occasion. On Thursday. September 27th. a parade of all the visiting tire companies j from the siv will I'.l- ... eompanicd by 1 r? bands or more. Some | of these companies will parade with ' pic? i s of five apparatus of both antique j and modern make, and is this is the largest show of its kind ever held in the South, it will be a sight never hefore seen by a great many Southern people. Richmond is famous for its own paid I lire department, which is undoubtedly He thinks he one. No pcrsor ^ ^ver *s dead. most people spei in warm, stuffy 8,^ workshops. M. ij\ exercise as they xviiuws max pe weight, but mea ,m and useless, rott the body when i burdened, deadened y?u are, with a de time for resurrectic Get all the filth ou ils with clean, clear blood, body, fc : unless used, in a gentle persuasi le muscular walls of the bowels, ? RETS, the great spring cleaner, d >w quickly you will be OUGHT BACK TO NEW LIT NDY CATHflRTI wel troubles 2nd too poor to buy CASCARETl iny, Chicago or New York, mentioning advertu 4 ||ll??sS 1 It jiff" S oull!!| p?^l I is guaranteed to cure any g rice 50 cents. MMMwawsMiiBa# the finest in any city of its size in tlie world, and as an attraction the annual inspection of its lire department will lake place during the convention time With the view of bringing as man* , bands as possible to Richmond during 1 ibis time, prizes have been nut iid. and 1 (here will be a band contest to which j all visiting hands are entitled to enter ! and play their best. This will occur in one of its city parks, for which Richmond is so famous. Ojtuins at the time when it is so easy to leave home, and being held in a city so full of his- | toric interest, to say nothing of the j fact of the programme of entertainments provided by the citizens of j Richmond, thia year's Firemen's con- j vention will be as attractive to out- I siders as to firemen, and around, Septeml>er 2?it.h. 27th and 2Sth. one must expect to hear the old cry reuewed, "On to Richmond." FITS permanently cured. Noflttmr norrnuv DOsafter tirstday's iih of Dr. Klins'i Grat t Nerve Restorer.s~ trial buttle and t reatisef ree l)r. K. H. Ki ISl. Ltd.. Til Arch St. I'hila. I*a. The successful borrower always I keeps in touch with the public. Tlie Ileal I'reaerlplloii Kor t lull* ntnl Fever i? a bottle of (litovt'H Tastej.rhh Chii Tonic. It is simple iron and i|uibiuo in a tasteless form. Nocure.no pay. l'rioeUac. Looking :?t other people work makes some people tired. Mm. Whulow'o Soothing syrnp for children teething, softeiiB the gums, rednooslnflammalion, allujrs pain, rurn* wind colic.-uc.abottle. Ilcnfiirk* I nnnni lie Currd l?v lnrnl applications, ast.be>* canunt reach the diseased isirtion of th< nr. There is only nnu way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. t>. aTnens is caused by an nttaiued condition of tlie nuict ua liningof the Kustaclilan Tube. Wben t.liis ttibe is intt m.ed you have a rumbling sound or iin|>erfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed 1 Wmfnoca * -? I* -- - 1 * ** " " u?< iiniii^iiuu unit-**- tot* ttiHiim mat.ion ran he taken out ami this tube restored to it* normal condition, hearing will be destroy# d fori ver. Nine eases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed ondition of tlie mucous surfacer. We will give One 1 Intuited llollurs for any ease of Deafnt's- (caused by catarrh i that rauuot bo cured 1 y Hall's t utarrh t tire. Send tor eirsular*. free. K. J. OnrsKV Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's V'aimli I'llla uro the best. That Little Beck Fer Ladies, ft."'.".!: AI.1C1' MASON, lioi'iiiotn N.Y. ATTK!*TION is facilitated if you mention this paper when writing advertisers. No.37 Tolumbia Business College, C0,8.uc.BIA' B?**t Unnin?** and Sh??rtha'??l Couriw^ bt-itcr In?lu?f mentH. ami moro t*riulutit**h in i?OKtft<iiiH thniinll other ItUflnf.^ ('alleges In s. t\ ? mhliicil. T-ruin low. ('uul(?K FHKK. I lives, but he's a dead 1 is really alive whose During the winter id nearly all their time houses or offices or my don't get as much ought, and everybody ople gain weight in rule it is not sound ns a lot of flabby fat ing matter staying in t ought to have been it the liver was over?stopped work. There ad liver, and spring is the >n. Wake up the dead! t of your system, and get >rain free from bile. Force ive way, and the right plan ind stir up the liver to new isinfectant and bowel tonic. DRUGGISTS ' > wt wilt send a box free. Address icmtnl and paper. 4-* / V r>W' '-';j * Machinery and appurtenances. Olnuing Systems equipped with the Murray Cleaning an?l Distributing | System. i Power Equipments, ' Saw Mill Maohluery. Farm and Mill Machinery In Uenerul. 8. C. Altonts for Steele's New South Krlrk Machinery. W rite us for prices on anything in onr liu?\ w. h. gibbes & co., COLUMBIA, - S. C. A WORLD without MUSIC ORGANS $35.00 UP. PIANOS $175 00 UP. t f~ W rllr for CaUloeue mul Tcrnu, AddrcM, M. A. MALONE, Columbia, S. C. HAVING FOKTIKU A rOMNBCXIOlV o: :o:: with : :o: :o THE ELLIOTT GIN REPAIR WORKS I titi nnw prepared to repair and rebuild < oltoa lilna as tjinroughly as the msauTsclurrm. This br_dchof the business be uuder tha personal supereltlou of Ulr. W. j. KLMOTT, who has had fourteen rears of practical experience to building ttia P.l.l.IOTT olN. and who la well known tw most |1n users In tuts State MT Now is the Time I ftrinf Your (iins. Before You Need Them I | Complete Ultinlu* Systems. cqulppe I with the most perfect Pneumatic Klevmlng and Distributive kr stems on the market Sixty eight complete outBls Inuao la this Htato, and every ono of them giving absolute satista tlon Highest tirade Engines, Hollers. Maw Mill*. Cora Mills, flvtek Machines. Wood Working Machinery, haws. rulleVa. eto. WE OKKkK: Qui ok Delivery. U>w Trloes and Kras^nable terms. V. C. BADHAM, U26 Main St. COLUMBIA. S. C. \ ll i| I !?? x DOUGLAS SHOf COS I |fj^ss3-^jjr txr" ?*>** $ 9k\ I.nrgnt Xl*krr? ? 1 ? HeVof Men* $3 and $3 60; B J ,, Br mt lie i*>>rl<1. Wn <B < . a Blv k .i more S3 and 93 w; B R s ^^BKalioe* than any <>thn< K 3 I-'m g nvomanuraiturrtslc! W _. Or 1 nited Stat**. ( fT* I^Bt Tlir UrnauiimnrrjBE Ku BMBtI ?h.x-?are?onUliananyfB ?r- niuilu'r nuikc It ln'tunsi-IB? ii fl'lir? urrlhrHnl.Wi * K BEST. BE9t\?% V of llie t*at Tin \M ? ? BMtT > ported and Anr(lcan?| a fEIraUi.T*. Tin lwrkioiuiA1 > mBtuAatilplsiinexecllgd, Tlieeiyie^A' ^ rgMmf\n equal to St anil Si alio?* of TV D ?Hjri*ot!icr make*. They fit Ilk* rut Tgx /Mfrftoininadealmea. Tlu-TwlHontwearlSk W/itn painof other raukrs at the saint-*t\ BWirur that hare no reputation. You aA ^^(^nn safely re- -uiinirnfl llicni to your.,. T? ??c.jnuUT ^3;5^TI thiMi. -3,50^2 |jp|f W ?8l?i [I Ths Real Worth of Our $3 and $3.50 Shoes tf > j compared with other makes Ij $4 to $5. a 11 ll*Tln? Ihi* I ir~est $3 and Si.fO shoe bu?t- a Mnraa in the world, anrtapcrfoct ayatetn ol B E-l inantifao * Inir. enable* u? to i>ro<lut-r B 1 11 hlRlier trr-vde $1.01 n 1 ?j.& 1 shoe* tl.nn B I |4''an be hail el now he re. Your dealer H 1 llthonld keep t Ik-im ; we Rive one dealer pJ 13 exclusive sale In each tow n. tf U Take no aiihat tt nt ? J Ilisistigr HonhavlnirW. (..Douglas shoes with B n nninrand prior stamped on liottom ff W If your denier will not Ret lliem fortjf \ uyon, send direct to factor*, en M ] 13 closing price itnil '&< entra B | B for carriage State kind of ?w wk Iratlicr, aire, and wultli, flf tn. plain or cap toe. thir Aj 3R shoes will it ach jrou Apr r> yfir tF^msnBEmmim^^assKEaam 1 TAXATIONAL % \ BUSINESS JL \kHi COLLEGE, ROANOKE, VA. MORE CALLS FOR GRADUATES THAN IT CAN SUPPLY. Send for Catalogue Enter Sept. 4.. ( IIAS. K. KCKKKliK, I'roMrtont. Mention whrrrt you raw notice of School. mL virt'>#x*m.7FXr7o#, wraaa tiaww KIM REPAIRS BBISTLE TWINE, BABBIT, &c., von any make ok gin. ENGINES BOILERS P.N') PRESSES A ml for *im?. ^bnftlna, Pnl_l*T* WVIUU n, iUjrt iUiB, I n ? *. > aiTB 11(11 rilllCVR I.OMB.VRI) IKON WORKS & SUPPLY CO, ah.ota. nDAD?HV ",;w DISCOVERY;,,.* 1 H <?.>. c v^JW 0 i)uirk r>- ' i?f *nil cum worrt < .??! h-> ? I t?,l lli.iiibl-. ami lO tlN v?" line. l/r U U OREEM ? bOWb. IJoz b. Atl.nlb. (' m, W?S WH?Ht AIL ELSt^llS. Efl H 'H?t (.X>?Kti Syrup. Tauten Uae Lxl In time. Sold bv riruclHta.