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? REMARKABLE MISS. > 9' Tho Fifty-Fourth Has Appropriated A Billion Dollars. . ? *.<.*? ? ? -v? - THIRD IN AMERICAN HISTORY. A Jieeord-Hrenkor In 4 lie Number of Hills Introduced <?? What. i<'en? lui'CH Dl8(lngul?li Thlrt Congress. - ... 4 . . . . ... | . . Washington (ftpooial) Tho tyifty fourth OongroBH, which expired at noon on-ThurHdny, IVfaroh 4th{ will ho hold remarkable, principally for what it failod to acogmpliah. ' In .ono rospoet in tho number of bills and roHoluliuna. introduced ? it wns a record-breaker. In tho 1 1 on ho alono ovor 10, 400 billa and 8, 100 resolutions woro introduced and referred to various committees. OhI.v a f motion those passed tho house and fewer still became lawa. ? Tho principal bimnoHH of tho Coil* ? gi'Oss aside from tho paasngo of tho ap propriation bills," was limited to tho first Hcasion, tho not roHulth of which woro tho cnaotpiont into law of thobilln creating tho coinuiiBHioiv to dotorinino wiV truo divisional-lino between Vene zuela and IJrilish (luiana; prohibiting prize lighting in tho territories; per mitting appointments in tho army and navy of former United States oOlcers /who sorvod tho Confederacy ; making v one year 'a rosidoiico nooesfmry for a di vorce; incorporating the national socio 1v of Daughters of the Hovolution; de fining tlio penalty for intorferenee with railway trains and persons riding 1-horoon, and substituting salaries for l'oos to United Stales marshals and dis trict attorneys. t Aside from tho foregoing moaauros, tho remaining hills (excepting the im migration hill and tho joint resolution for an international monetary confer onco'i passed at the second session) were of no policial intorest. Ineludod in these wore "700 privato pension bills an unprecedented numher. (n another respect tho I'*i It y fourth congress was remarkable. This wait ita Jail nvo to pass a single hill providing for pnhlie buildings, 'I'll o Mouse eal ontlar eontained 1U0 hills of this class, including tho Senate lull for a custom bouve in Now York oily. Spoakor Hood, liowever, in his determination to reduce the expenditures lo tho lowest limit consistent with the neeesHitios of the gyvcrnmont, set his faeo sternly against til) legislation of this oharactor. Not withstanding this eircnniKlaneo, the presenl Congress in the third in Aiiier ican History in which the appropriations Jiavc exceedod a billion dollars. A number of important measures which wore reported to the Jlouso lawt . - ronton, and were oxpeoled to receive consideration during the present ses huui. woro cither defeated or were loft on the calendar. The bill lo settle the indobtodnosM of the bond-aided railways to the government, which was a legacy from tho last session, sullbrod a crush jug defeat in .Ian nary last. The sub stitute measures (.reparod bv Mr. Har rison of Alabama to adjust tbeRo claims through the modium of a cabinet com mission was not permitted by Hie Com mittee on rules to come before the Jlouso, I.iuh leaving it an open quest ion between tho supporters and the oppo nents of the lheasuro what its fate would have been. In the preceding Hussion upwards of AO resolutions bear ing tipou the Cuban insurrection wore introduced, although but one passed the House. During llto present session "the Cnbnn resolutions introduced liavo been few in numher. Among tho bills which passed tho House but have not boon acted upon in tho Senate are the Moraebill to prevent the soiling of li<]iior in the eupitol; the ?. Jbosins bill permitting the ostabliah liiont of national banks with a capital of $20,0(10 in towns of <1,000 inhabitants, and the ('loud bill to roclssKify sccoun class mail matter. Tho ways and means cammitteo gave a series of hearings during the early weeks of the session, and the remain der of tho time was occupied by tho Hopuhlicnn members in formulating a new turitY bill. This will follow, tho general lines of the McKinloy law of J.SIM) and w ill bo reported to the llouso at the beginning of the extra sesssion of the next CongroRa. All of tho con tested election oasos, JUiu number, have been disposed of. The work of the Senate during the past session has not been heavier than usual. The number of bills introduced goitcrail v runs up above it, 000 in num ber, and this session the total has reached Much of the timeof tho Senate has hoe ft. c.onsumod in the dis cussion of ijiiestJons relating 10 our for eign relations, inid while no positive action of any ijtind has hoen taken, many columns r(,?f the Congressional 11 coord have been idled with speeches on these, topics. /Cuban resolutions have been pressed for action by the HCorCf but beyond precipitating debate, nothing has been accomplished. A treaty has been rati lied putting into immediate operation tho clause of the treaty of commerce and navigation ; negotiated two years ago, The general treaty of arbitration with (treat Britain, after being fruitlessly considered for two weeks, went over until next session. Tho Alaskan boundary treaty with Great Hritninhas not even been consid ered in committee. Tho Nicaragua!! canal bill, which was debated for sev eral weeks, was on the point of tinal passage with a comfoijjUihlo majority in front of it when the protest of the inin-' ister representing the (J renter Central Amcrieun JtopubTic was received. Ciipl lire ol' Opium. At San Francisco, ('id., the largest Bcjzuvo of opium over made at tlio port of San Francisco was accomplished Hwturdu.y b> lour special agent* ?>f the Treasury. Tho opium is valued at , $<100,000 and was seized becaurto of n vi olation of custom laws{ whioli provido thai no Chinese shall import tho dru^. Must On Htti-i'hoadcil. Both branches of thoTjOuisviilo, Ky. , city council has passed an ordinniVeo -Vphihiling women from wearing hat* ... in theatre h ami public halls. The mayor tt|U rtgn it. . Au elaborate reception is being Ar rAUjf{C<l At IJloomington, 111., to greet -ttie return of Vipe President tttawason After iij^oftto'sd term expires. Bfe* ? ? . rtSfjfSLL SiST^r. iskegeo, AU. , a conference of ton* and miisiou*ry workers fcb? colored people of the South teachers #er? in. the eViiy prominent ? M|W6W*WnI. An 3f?&iss9gr. j FUfTY-VOVllTH CONC4KKSB. Tho I*rooccjllugM Briefly Told I/Vom Wy to i>i?y? BKNATK. Tukhpay. Tho ontiro day of thoHqn* uto wan practically coioM?in?d in a dia. cuHHion of an amendment in tho Indian appropriation l>ill for t li#? opening to act flora of tlio Unoompnghro Indian reservation in Utah, containing. over two million aortJfl. A ft or considerable discussion the ainondinont wan modi Hod, agrood to and passed. J ho Alaskan boundary t rooty wluob wa? oicnod l?v Secretary Olnoy and Hir Julian I'annoofoto .)an. 80th last, wan laid before tho Honato in executive session. Without being read it won ro forrod to the committee on foroign re lations. Tho \Meo Hrosidout laid bo fov the Somite a report from tho raoero tarv ?f Htato an to tlio persona claim in.; to hit Ainorioan citi/onH. who woro captured on hdard tho Competitor. Heforrod to tho committee on foioign rolatioiiH. 1 , Wkpnkp?ay--TIiG Honato diHonssod (Hil)K awhilo. A I Ion (Top.) wanted to aond battleships without delay in a roft olution which was objected to and laid over until Thursday. Hill and Mor gan olio red anothor resolution _ on tho aumo subject. It is aw follows ill port "That tho Hoorotary of Htato ho and is horohy requested to transmit to tho Honato either in opon or rtoorot bokmIoii, as ho may profor, all tho oorroHpon doneo and reports of tho Consult lonoral at Havana." Morgan proposed tho roloaso'.of Julio Hanguilly, an American imprisoned in Cuba in a strong resolu tion Tho Indian appropriation hill was taken up and debated without any further action. . . , '1'iiuiiHUAY. Thoro waa a hooted do bato in the Honato on Hanguilly, the American citizen who ia iinpriaonod in u Cuban fortress. Daniel took tho load iind referred to .S|iaiu a inhillt.to Consul hoe audio the United States Halo and lloar t(k>k aidea in tins particular ca?o with Spain, Halo saying the Sen ators who arc ho anient in Hanguilly a cause really want war. It ia alao claim* od that his naturalization paper* woro fraudulently obtained, and that ho is not Ainorioftu citizen. It ia now thought that tho Cuban oriaia ia near at hand. The llouBobill to amend tho art an to receivers of national banlca wan possed, ui id tho Somite adjon mod until Friday with the understanding that the Cuban resolution will be again called up. The President sent to tho Senate tho following nomination: W. W. tjhirk, of North Carolina, to he United States district judge for tho eastern district of North Carolina. l''mi)AY.- -The Honato had the I iidinn appropriation Ivill before it, hut that fROt did not prevent Cuba and the Hanguilly case from being fought ovor oven in ii more angry and excited man ner than Thursday. The Hanguilly roKolution having boon sent to the calendar two other resolutions aa to tho victima of Hpaniah oruolty wore of fored and considerable comment pro ami con was indulged in, bouio getting mad and othofa getting witty. 1; uial y tho Cuban question waa permitted to subside and tliotaotnal consideration of tho appropriation! hill waa resumed. Hatuupay.-- Tho Honato paused the nobtolilco appropriation hill, which ap propriates- H ?as alao do culed that a committeo of two chair men of the poHtollleo eonimit'leea in tho Sonata and Houso, the I'oatinaalor ( lonoral and tfco citizen^ ho appointod hy tho I'roaident to imiuiro into tho al legod abiiHca in tho poat n I Bcrvico, in cluding necond claaa mail matter; tho ox fen Bion of free d olivcr y in tlio rural region, the reduction of tho cost or railroad transportation, the adoption of ouo-ccnt letter poat age and other like queationH. A number of private l)ill? wore j.aaHed, and then Quay endeavored to obtain uiianimoua couaent for the eouaideration of a hill forbidding the nalo of liquors in tho capitol. During the debate of tho poatidllce appropna lion bill Hut lor, of North Carolina, and Tillman, of South Carolina, looked hui iiH for n while; Butler ivvgned agaiiiHt the bill and Tillman dof^idcd it. I ho Sunday civil hill, along with other mat. tors, were taken up, but were not con Holered. . , Si' ni> a v. An open aoaaion of the sen ate waa hold an nnuaual occurrence. It waa atrictly a buaineaa hokbioii and the sundry civil api?ropriation hill wan taken up and panned after a fow amend nienta. An item of ^?,000 for contin uing the coniiniaaion to investigate the Alaaka aeal Haheriea provoked much dohate, tint it waa allowed to etaud. The following new amendmenla woro adopted : For tho appointment by tho l'reaidont of a board of three conimia oionera to revise and codify the crimi nal and penal laws of tho Imuod States; appropriating $10,000 or re moval of the water hyacinth in Morula and other Southern waters; appiopna t in- SI 00,000 tyr t* # red hoat toi na hinel'aas, ToxW; imd ??0.u00 for one years niaiiiten&eoWM'propriating ^1 .f># D00 for a new r^OJtfno cutter for sor\ ice on tho Atlantuo fOUat with headquarloia at New York; at>lA>lnting a o.mnussum (n select a aito m the city of \\ iiahing ton for a moinorial huioliug to bo orectod bv the 1 langhter* of the Aineii ?an Bo volution; increasinii the limit or cost of tlio public building at Noi folk, Va. from fclfio.ooo to Mommy, n 1 ,ll> Senate, in a space ?>r aj.out one hVur and a half, passed the District of Columbia ai?proprmtion In 1, carrying items to the amount of 87,-H I, (>?7, being an excess of tfl,i.W,0(?0 over the bill as it pnsscd the llouso. I hen tin* naval appropriation bill was taken up. It carries $}r>,?;.?S,2;M, a little over three and a half millions more than the bill contained when it left the Mouse. The principal items of increase are: Naval aYat ion. I'ort Boyal.S. C., S? A - ooo^imvy yard. Mare Island, ( alifornia. S^O.OOO; naval hospital, I'ort Bojul, S. ('. .^4 | ton; training vessel for naval academy. SioO.OOO; increase of ?he |''?vy1 const ruction and machinery, 5s?00,0t)i?, estuhlishiug a government armor fao torv ^.ftOO.OOO, Conferences were or dered on the postoffico appr<q>riatiou bill and the sundry civil appropriation bill. nous ii. TtmsoAY .'The chief occupation of the Iiouho waft to denounce thncivil hoi vice Jaw, It en i no about 1? v tins connid qr&tMfo of the l*i!1 to amend the revised rtatmoa bo as to ffivo tho governors of territories the power to remove, an well as appoint, certain territorial ofticos. Jt wua participated in by a dozen mem _bor?, nearly all of whom cot.demned atid criticised the eivil service law. Tho bill thnt started tho debate was passed. The remainder of the day's session was spent in the consideration of the naval appropriation bill, which waa panned just as received from the committee on naval affairs. oeTued from tho President transmitting the report of tho joint commission np pointedsjuader tho agreement of the j United Slates and - Great Hritnin in 1802, on the fisheries of the waters eon* tingnous lo the United State* and Can - ads. A resolution rcoommendt*! by the committee on account*^ anth prizing the * '" .dijrest of election case* ?nA ViHy. t o lie pre of the committee on mm I wan ilifioufiHed and referred to tho committee on Tim ap pearance of Win, .i. Bryan upon tho floor of tho House wiik tlio moat not in able event of tlio day's fusion. Tiioickoay. My a vote1* of I 1 1 toi.^f), tlio House passed tho Will of Johnson (Hop.), of Indiana, uuthomijjjf nation al ImtiKH tt? take out circulation to tho par value of t ho bonds depotdtod to ho euro it, an incioiod of to por cent, over tho limit now allowed. Conference le- , porta upon tho agricultural appropria tion hill ami upon the hilt for the relief of Kpttlera iiim/ii the Hioux reservation iu Month Dakota, were presented and agreed to. Speaker Hoed ordered tho referenee to Air. lhyan'n visit ami the Democratic cheorinK to ho eliminated ?/rem the Kocord. Tho resolution by j tho couimittoe on foreign atVuirn, call ing nil the President for tho cor re# - pourtoiu'e Telalin^ to tho arrest -and punishment of American ellixeifb hy Spanish authorities in Cuba *v??s pro. sented and agreed' to. Sul/er (l)ein ), of Now York, ofl'nreu a resolution de claring war het\v<yu Spain and the Uni ted States. Tho tneafturn wan referred to tho oommitteo on foreign aiYaira. l-'aiOAV. Tho interpretation to ho placed upon tho declaration of tho plat form of tho Itepuhlicnn national eon volition regard in;* the r.eeuring of an ixit.VJ'nat ional bimctallio ajjreemvot was tho subject of aii animated, and :tt tiniea exciting, debate in tho House. Tho result was that only three lb-publicans w.ero of the opinion that their party in committed to ilio single gold standard. 'J'he hill passed hy ft yea and nay voto of :.'?!? to. 'J. liills passed providing for arbitration of labor troubles between the management of inter state com merce carriers and ihoir employers; prohibiting tho importation of impure and unwholesome tea. SATrnoAV. Tlio House, after n five hour (druggie passed the anti-railroad ticket. seali>ing bill by a vote of Pt'J to f?l. Tho bill only applies to interstate eommeree transportation. 'J'he Indian appropriation bill was non-concurred in and was Bent to conference. Among the other bills to pass was ono directing patents io inane to settlor* on hind* in tho eastern peninsula of l'Moi idft. \V 1 1 Y Cl< A It K WAS NOMINA' IK l?. Senator l'uluior'si Argument Willi (ho l'rosl<lont I11<I<1CO<I III it* to ( 'ha'ngo 111m > I i 1 1 < I Alioul (.'ontlcmnt Ion A Washington r.pocial says: Senator Hill, who is a member of t ho judictjfcVy committeo, nays tho nomination of Mr. ('lark will not bo reported from tho cojnrnitteo. Tho Delaware appointment will share tlio same falo. Tho Now York Senator savs tlio K <? pn I >) ioan h do not intoml to permit tho confirmation of any of tlio lifo-torm appointments ?now pending boforo tho Senate. Senator Palmer, of Illinois, wan 0110 of tho earnest supporters of tho nomina tion of .hul^e ('lark, and final ap peal to the President pi nimbly induced the latter to fiend 11m nomination to tho Senate. Dining tlm eon vol. ;at ion bo two<ni t ho I 'resident ami Senator Palm or, iiL; behalf of Mr. (Mark, tlio President aaifrr "(Jeneral, .1 <1o not see what is to bo gained by nominating Mr. (.-lark in tho faeo of certain rejection..* It would ho but an empty honor." " That in all very well, " replied Sena tor Palmer, "but Mr. (Mark in a devot ed friend of mine ami f might have re fused the presidential nomination . 011 the sound money ticket because it was an empty honor. " : The President appreciated the state ment of tho venerable Senator from Illinois and Iho same afternoon Mr. Clark's nomination was sent to tho Sou a to. lla/.e<t Into Insanity. Claroneo A. Austin, of Marion, N. Y., wasmadpn raving nSaniao as a vo suit of thC hazing ho received at tho hands of-' tho Kopliomore clasa of tho University of 'Rochester, at Rochester, N. V. Austin is a freshman, P.) years old. Several sophomores gavO hjjn a Hevoro pummel ing. Ilo went inio tho wildest state of delirium as tlm renult of his treatment. ."Mrs. Stevenson A^ulii Chosen. Tlio Daughters of U10 American Rev olution, in session at Washington, I). ? 0. , re oleeted Mrs. Vice President Stn venston for tho third time lis president general, Mrs. Mrackett, of Washington, as vice president genei al ami 0110 vice president from each of tho St a I oh rep resented. Among them are the follow ing: Mrn. Thatcher, Louisiana, Mrs. W. P. Dixey. Itcorgin; Mrs. Joseph Wash i ug t on*. Ten uessco. Not Worth It. .Tudgo Walton, who presides over a court at Washington, Is a man of grim humor. One time, in I lie lohhy, a mem ber of the liar was seeking to convey the impression to a group. <>f whom Judge Walton was tlio center, that his Income from li is profession was very la rue. "I have to ('run a good Weal." I lie law yer said; "It seems a large utory to tell. Judge, Imt my personal expenses are six thousand dollars a year. It costs me that to live." "That Is too much. limHier S ? said the .IndgC; "I wouldn't pay it; It Isn't worth it!" Humors Hun riot In the lilontl In tho Spring. Hulls, pitnp!<vi, nor<ts *n<l eruption* appear, ?n<i llm ysreni t* t? a Renornlly rit?l>hitnte<l eo?ulltii>n. A u?'o 1 SpTinjt ino<ll(.lfif? Is rtlwoJntely neces sary. Ilool's S.trsnparllla expels every ( riwe of humor, k'vam a food nppelllo Anil tone* tip the system. Itvmfmber Hlood's parilla (ith-bcM -In fact theOne True Hioo?l Purifier1. Sohl !>>? i\ll ttrnxfttste. SI, s!x for Jf?. (!??<!'? Dill* ? i* the l>"?t after-dinner nOwU S a HIS pills, nut cit t r s t 1 1 1 n . 26c, 8. N. U.--0. *1)7. & 8ED-ff8TfreP ? X-Sfny, nfnoiniiiK on, T1^ - J THE DURHAM HOC ft CHICKEN CHOLERA CURE. ' L'HB NO OTHKH. _^'rlio ifor, tea imonlaU. Thoonly remedv In the world positively Roar?nUcilto prevent nnn cur* Onolfru Put up In W-c?nt And fl.00 hi?*, p ofk by * 1 1 nnMjist* * n ?* "^rSfqebr in a 1 1, sMtir*. 1 1 PmM. to ?vny ?u1(1reM,for (<0c. Mimuf*?tnr?d * THE DUEHAM CH0LE1 A OuM CO. A DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA. \ I Worked l?y \V a te t' Power. Tho Importance of employing Kbod | engineering Hklll. whore, although tho It i-?t coat of profession/it toon In large, 1 hn amount may uTtltmnloly bo saved many tlaiea oyer. I* well IlliiMtratucjl in the cage of the (.'-omatook ?lli>or mine*, which, according to tho Ago of Hteel, was much troubled with water, ,?! thuugh NltviAtcsl 'l'V a mountalnoua coun try. The engineers suggested thnt hy driving a tunnel through the hill net only could tho initio* i?o dralnod, l??i ? tho troublesome ovei'tlowlng water l?o utilized. A tunnel was accordingly made, tho overflowing waters and ad joining stream wore diverted down a khuft to the bottom of the mine, Rome 1,700 feet under thQ level, and In cham ber- excavations at tho bottom of tho shaft wire placed several pelton water wheels, against which thta h fairy fall of water wu* directed. Tho wheel* drove electric generators, which In turn, by an electric cable mnntaig up tho nhuft, drove electric motore, and In this way all steam machinery waa dispensed with, the expensive cost of all fuel avoided and tlie entlne irtimplng machinery done away with. Jtut, moro than thiH, the entire mines can now bo worked by water power at' a groat financial paving. ( Chlncac T nn Nhopn, Tho lea shop In Chlnu Is an important Institution, for It serves as n' news depot where people go to bear the latest gossip; It Is, moreover, a business house, where tnoti buy ambsell, discuss the llnauefal el t nation ami otherwise make It serve the purpose of a club. CoTiilictliiR Tei w?. Actor (to dramatist) How did your play come on? Dramatist (to actor)? Tho critics gave It such a roasting that It panned ont a regular frost. <?<>*. snowed under.? Judge, A man Is never too poor or too worth less to get married. If It Only Ifo)|?ed h l.lttlo It would bo worth SO coins. On? hour'a free dom Iiiiiii (li?? i ??i*i-| li|?* unuuing ttcti of teftor Is wortii more Hum u whole box of Toitevlno coats. Jl tvlll I'fu'ci Hiiro, mid U'? tho only thlnfi Unit will euro. GO cents lit drug stores, or by mail from T. Slnij.u ine, Savannah, Un, DatfnMi Ounnot be Ourti) ty local applications, aa they cannot reach I In diseased portion of the ear. There ia pniy out way to cure deafness, and that la by constitu tional reined l?'4. Deafnes* Is caused by au in flamed condition of the tnUcous lining of the Kustaohian Tube. When this tube gela In flamed you huve a rumbling sound or Impsr ? feet hearing, ami when It la entirely closed Deafncwi la th^ result, and unless the inflam mation can lie taken out and this tubo re stored tolia normal condition, hearing will ba dostroycA forever. Nine cases out of ton ar? rained by catarrh, whloli la nothing but an In flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. Wo will givo One Hundred Dollars for niif csko of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can*, not, be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cnro. Send for ' circulars, free. IT. J. Oiirnbv <fc Co. , Toledo, O. Fold by Druggists, 79c. llall's Family Fills are the bsst. Jitkt try n 10c. box of Oascarets, candy ca limine, llnest liver and bowel regulator made. Mr. Kato, the secretary of the Japan ese legation in I'aris, has Just been ap pointed commissioner genotu!l of jJapuh at tliii exposition of IJK.'tK^"" Cahi'a iik i s at iinulute 'liver, kidneys and bowels Never sicken, wehkon or Krip'o; lOo. Mrs. Wlnalow'a Soothing Syrup for children teething, noftens the gt/m:}4 reduces In/lnmmv llon, alloys i>ain, cures pibjl colic. Wc. a bottle FITSstopped free mid permanently cured. No fi t<s after flrpt day's use of Da. Ki. ink's OiikaT KkuvkRkkiohkh. Free $2 trial bottleand treat' <ae. Send to Dr. Kline, wil Arch St.. Phi I a., Pa, Chorion W, Jlrooko, tho criminal lawyer, dlod nt tho Smith Infirmary, Now Brighton, Statou Island, of blood poisoning, duo to oancor. No-To.Uac for Ktfty Cents, Over 400,000 ou rod, Why not lot No-To-Bao * regulate or remove your desire for tobacco} S>ivea money, mak.es health and manliood. Cnro guaranteed. M) cunts and $1.(0, at all druggists. President ICllot, of Hnrvarjl, has offorod tlio chair of international latv to Soorotory Oluoy nftor Ilia retirement from Washing ton. nfo'Bi'uro for Con'umpnun has no equal as a Cough medicine. -F. M. A iinovr, HK3 hon eoa St., HulTtilo. N. V., May P. 1WU. Ht- Vitus' Dunce. One bottle I >r- Fonnor'a Speelllc cures. Circular, Frcdonla, N- Y Wiikn bilious or costive, eat a Cascarel, candy cathartic; cure guarantoeil; iOc., &'?o. If artllcteil with sore eyes use Dr. 1. Thomp sons Kyu water. Druggisl-s soil at. ~*><;a bottle MUSIC HAXrPR,<e A PICNIC KOIt .Mtrsie IUTVKHK. Blieel MiihIi* nt |hh| Mutt Price. TliuC* our offer. HO Out Pieces for ir? Cents. ?IO Cent l'loccs for 12(> Cents, no Cent Pieces for 2."? Cents. POST AO K a <i:n is KXTn.V. Any M USle Wanted. rltlsiT itf\v or ?>l<l. If |iol on liaiut will order K|.eelally, Outer from M'I>!>1?:N & HATICS, - Savannah, On. TO HUSTLERS: Tho luv?t seller on tho mnrkct. A Imwinr.a for llvn furniture (lcnlorp. Monti fur illustrated booklet to IMCItFKCT Sl'KINO HKI) (?)., Charlotte, N. O. II n^tllnpr n^enta wnntod to soil rotinty (1KC). II. H ISS, Trcndur^p. CEO. B. HISS OIL CO., Special Fetroleum and Animal LnbricanU. Offl-en ninl Wnrehoupen: Nop. 47 it ml 49 Kouth Collego fit., CIIARLOTTK, N. C Thoroughbred POULTRY l< ll? TK1CN VAltlKTPKS. Kncloao stamp for24-piin? Illu&4r?t?>d Cftt.a lORVif*, show roeonl rtn<! testimonial*. RIVERSIDE POULTRY FARM, Box 26. New Berne. N. C. thl* p?i*r. TELL All Your Neighbor* ' ABOUT Ml tfO? mt RHEUMACIDE Tho wnnVtorfol nw Cij*e , for RIIK1JMATI83I. Tho rometfj- l? a E*1rflri* or Roots Hfrtw *n<1 foUnwt ami) w of Ibr ptiNit*. A?4 tTWWt wilMt. TMX B01B1TT DBtM CO-, BtMffc, *. C 3 ?" iIoau uy'uf the ( rrolii'Wbmen, ** "Ah yoti uco lib fHW," >vrUt? Kuth Meaner# Htuart In an article on t U<? Oroolea, "A People Who Uvo Amid Ho maiwe," In the Ladlea' Home Journal, ''you will know that he itlio Creole hus lmiul or i'athci't resize* that no tlower upon the llly-covofed alUir In half do ralr or so hr for the topple'# perfect adorning aa hla bloontlng 'wife and hud ding daughter#, who wit; In line buslde hint. If ho ilow w4 flhljuk those things ; ho in a dullard or, m# ybe, only half Croolo. I'erhnps Ida mother waa an American, or Hcolck. Arid then V Per 1 haps ho would not thVnk them because l hoy in ht not bo li^ie. They would ho other things, other things Juat as line an(j good, no doubt? *thcy might even havo rare beauty of a different type but the Croolo womart In a tlo>ji*er. Sho Is a magnolia or a la^nlne- -occasional ly, a carnal) la or, papcclttfly when tlioro Im a pood warm drop of Spanish blood In her veins, ahe 1m a rfcd, red rose - a ro.xo too nwoet to pass vintouchcii but. for hor perfect dignify and a phjUHiit hauteur that Is ns protoctlvo aa any thorn upon u roof's idem. '.'Properly speaking, or rather, nar rowly.speahJlV, the Creole Is an Amur, lean, Ivorn of Kren^i or Hpifoiah par ents, or of both, and) fitrtetly, both par ents should t hoiYisoteoa bo forfdgn*born, but the (Jreole Is often only tho great grcat-grandaon of a Orflole, and Homo of their famUlefl of purept blood could not. react) the mother coviutry without going back tbrpugh three or four Amerb can -born generations." linrbai'oiiH Practices In 'Hitglnnrt. That the buftA>arou.s practice of Im mersing. noisy women In ponds or streams was In full swing at the close of the 6evcnt??enth century la evident from Wie "OhwiTiherlalnVi Holl" for the city of Loudon, Issurnl by Alio Historical Manuscripts Commission. The duck ing stool provider, with tl\o new clialr for it, ami the apparatus bought for branding felons in tlm f'aco are the most outrageous entries. "Blight" (,V/ ? j costs cotton planters more than five: million dollars an nually. This i,s an enormous \vas|c, and can he prevented. Practical experiments at Ala bama Experiment Station show conclusively that the use of o? "Kainit"; will prevent that dreaded plant disease. All about I'otAsh? the results r>f its lis*- by actual ex periment <?i the brat farms in tho Uniteil States? is tciid in a lutle bouk which we publish nntl will gladly ui.iil (ice to any farmer in America who will wnte foi iL GERMAN KALI WORKS, ^3 Nassau St., New Vatlt, BUCKINGHAM'S DYE I 1^ For the Whiskers, Mustache, and Eyebrows, In ono preparation. Easy to apply at homo. . ^Colors brown or black. The Gentlemen's favorite, because satisfactory 11 I'. Ham, fc C<>., I'mprlflOM, ft. II. tvjM hy kit l>rUg)!Ut(. pm i ,?K0 V *** Mohool of ?liovt.h??dl AIUU'MTA, OA. ( Notftit boots utad. Anaar Initio#** trow d$f of I enUiiHg. Hasinas) p*t?on oatroao/ mi ?owl* H^ikI t*t a*ooiO?x?7'iHwirM^4 QAU fofu?. HvaM <rh#.%^ac IUaii ia Aujr ANDY CATHARTIC CURE COnSFIPATSOH 10 * 2ft 4 50* At, I DRUGGISTS REASONS FOR USIM' p Walter Baker & ? Breakfast Cocoa. 5 ? ? . >. t. Because it if absolutely pure, h - ? ; y 2. Because H is not nude by tlie so-called Dutch Process in Which chemicals are us*;d. ^ 3. Because Ivans of the fiq6st quality arc used. 4. Because i( is made by a metluxt which preserves uimnpaired ? the exquisite natural .flavor and odor of the beajis. 5. Because it is the most economical, costing less than one cent a cup. Re sure that yon get the genuine article inatlo by \V^LTUR HAKI.R A CO. Ltd., Dorvhcstcr, Mass. Established 1780. W.L. DOUGLAS *3 SHOE ?i* thVw oriel. For 11 rears Mil* fchoe. by merit aloue, has distanced all competitors. Indorsed by over 1 .000, WO wearers as the bntt In style, fit ami durability of any shoo over offered at $.1,110. It Is niado lit all the latest i-linpcs and styles and of every variety of leather. One denier fn a town given exclusive sslo and advertised lu local paper on reoolpt of rcasouablu order. Write for catalogue to \V. I S?. Douglas, urockton, Mose. A resident of Shawnee, Tennessee, says : " 1 want lo tell of the benefit I received from Inking r Ripans Tabbies. My stomach had got into such a fix I could not digest my victuals at all ; eveiything I ate I tlnew tip, with groat pains in iny chcst and bowels. I tried several doeinrs, who did me no good. At last, alter spending about $75, a friend advised me to try 1'ipans Tabulcs. 1 commcnced ? taking \ hem and soon I could eat almost anything, and I hail the satisfaction of knowing that what 1 cat ' would stay with me.' I am grateful for such a medicine, and I hope liefnre many years it will have place, in the house of every family in the-;c United States." A Great Magazine OFFER 1 3 rOR I FOR A I The regular subscription pricc of / V ? * " Pc!Sirf"1t;? ??*?*?? t."J f We will send .11 three, toyoafor ftZINE^ lt by fa* the beatlamlly ma?axJoe published ; there if pqrtf :li the beautiful and the useful, pleasure and profit, faaluon and lit?ratur< : in Oemorcst's. There ifc, in fact, no publication pretending to a Marital "DCMORKST'S MAGAZINE." of our monthlies in which i are ?o full/ prewnted a? in ? . . .. MSI . . . . k?p? and purpo<e which can compare wllli.it,.. Kvery numtgr contain* ?.(re? pattern coupon. " JUDGE'S LIBRARY it a monthly magaiiM of fun, filled with i!h*tratioft$ in caricature an 1 1 replete with wit and humor. In contributor* are the belt of American wits and lltp?tf?J?r*. "FUNNY PtOTUREB" i* another humotout aaontlily ; thcr* U a laugh In every line of It. ' Alt three of thc*? magajtioea are h?tid?of ly-yo?U?up,-~ Vo abould not miss thi? chance tc I r7^-.^T?;'?ecitrt'tht}a..:.sr."3 ' ' ?> ? ? j On! o?t ty? a4v*rilMm?nt an* send tt W1H? ftt.QOt* . OCMOREST PUBLISHING CO., 1 1 0 Fifth Av?., Haw York. As Mrs. M<?KmU>y is not ftble to Attend ohtiroh, thotf tnlophoiio has luton confteol?tl with the ohureli, ami who lisldba to thx> ma- ? eld aivl Horizon hor home. ?. THE RI8HT. When the girl comes to be a Wdtttan ? ; look out. If she stirta out in vigorous, ? ?womanly health then it is pretty safe to . _ cay she will he a healthy, attractive/ beautiful woman. The beginning of womanhood is the real crisis in n woman's life. psfratly . always something i3 wrong then*in the distinctly feminine organs. Mnybe it isn't very serious? no mutte|>-the time to stop diseaso is when" it atarta. McELREFS WINE OFCAItpUl will bring girls safely through the criele.~~ Taken at the first Indication' weak uess.it never .fails.^Jt regulates. Ah*. ... monthly periods with perfect precision. Its action is -direct .upon the feminina organs that above all other*; ought to be strong and well. Start the alrl right. Don't expose he* to the dangers ann tortures of dragging weakness, Deariug down pajtis, nerVoue ' prostration <%nd the (JebllltsHng drains so commotio women. ? HoElrtc'i) ff!n? s( Cftrdlt, is a home treatment. It does av, ay entirely with ibhorrent "local examination*." ?' Sold at ll.oe a Buttle by Btaltrs In MsttalM. '? H. N.V(J. ? SI. ? '07. - - FirslSsiBOILERS. <=?GET OUR PR1CES.0 iW Caul even/ day: tcork ISO /lands. LOMliAUJtfttON WORKS k AND SUPPLY COMPANY A1I?>ISTA, f>KOKOIA. ^ SOflfl 00 Reward In Sold 1 ilVVl \V<II Worth Trying For. Ill J lie word llKAl'TIFUL arc nlno letter*. Von arc simsrt enough to mnVo fourteen words, wb fwl. Ktiro; unit if von do you will roceivn h reward. Do not ii so a lofti-v niotM Itim* than II oooura In the w< rd UK.VUTI Unu only Kurtllolt word*. Tl?# Household Publishing and Printing Co.. prourlotora of Tho Household Companion, will pay #60.00 In gold to (Ue person h!)Io maV? tho longest lint of r.ucIlHlt word* from tho letters In tho -tford UKAU? TlFUJ.j i>S(uioforlhof>eoond longeM; $30.00 far the l lit rd; ?iii.oo WkJi for llio next Ave, mid ??.<*> each lor 111* noil lonrtuigeid 1IM*. Tho above reward* nro Riven free, ?n<l solely for tho pmpoae of attract inc attention to our liandnomo ladles' magazine, THE HO'.'hKHOIiII COMPANION containing fortr-elght pege* finely illustrated, FmIiIoii*. 1 article* on rlorloullnre, Cycling, Cookery, General Household II In t m. etc.. wild ntorlea by th? beet Mend- * ard authors; imMUhed monthly, turlce M <ente | per vpnr, making It the loweel-iiVltw irmgniltifl [ hi "Anwrirar tn'crrtcrtp enter in*~cdrilwTl is ! no<'w?rv for you to ?cnd with your lUt n>f words j FOUUTBBN S-cen? stomp*, or W cente in tllwr, f -which will untitle you l?? a Half-year'# miWriotton to THF. HOUSJiUOl.n COMPANION. In addttton - I lo tho above pi lies wo wlU give to everyone sending I/ iih a hut of fourteen or more word* a handsome rtl? . ' vor souvenir spoon. I -His Ahould bo SCTJt M ?0<T)| SI liofslble, and not later ilian April 8d, 1W7, eo that the iifvinos of eiirceisful/OouteetanU may bo m** llshrd in the April wane of 'i'HK HOIirtKHQjjD COMPANION. We refer you lo any . merc*ntU? .. agenr.y an to our fdi\ndliiKi . < llnnr.rhold I'nhllnMnir iV I'rlntlnc . ('n., v' All lil^erto^r m.y J3?w Ywk Cut. ? M^eHlNERY and SUPPLIES. ftNOINF.8, nOiLRRK. HAW H11 1-iI.H, COKN WHEAT ailLL8,?WiAJtKasf-Z:i IIItMiK JI/M IIINKS MOITM?KItfi. * C.ANT. Kl>(.K?ta. , And all kinds of Wt^od Working Machinery, - ( No oa* la tho ttouth^^a offer yo? Higher - , Rrmdn Roods, or at lower prlccs. Talhatt. j LUldslI And TVat?rtoWa Engine*. Wo ?ta lonly a few hours ride from you. Write for - - QKBBBaii NOT MISLEADlNCTl ** " I i*o Dsstfr. In , - \ Form! ntntv (M