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btaatr la IImI Deep. Oeau blood mean* a clean akin. No beauty without it. Caacareta, Candy Cathar tic dean your blood and keep it clean, by ?tiriing up the laxy liver and driving all ?m puiilica from fcbc bodv. Utgu? today to T?anish pirn plea, lioil.i, lloulux, blackheads, and that sickly bilious complexion by lakiiig CJnscai'etV, beauty tor ton conti. All drug* gifcta, batihfactiou guaianti-ed, 10c, 25c, 50c. Detroit merchant# want trading a'anps To tKire A Cotctlo Ono Take baxativo Hromo (Jitifilne Tnl>ielM. All refund money If It fail* to euro. The Btenmship Lo?d ChariyJM^it reeontly loaded 2,500 toon of ?t?ol > itl# wt cautun, Md? for uat? on n railway In rraiun I Do?t Tobacco H|?lt Mtid Swoke To quit tobacco easily and f/frover, be mag actio, full of life, nerve ?n<t vlyor, take No-TO* B?o. ttie wonder worker, that inuKcs weak men atrony. All druggists, Mo or f I. CuraguuraQ* tct'U llook let uiut Maniple free. Aiblrc Sterling Ktiujody Co, Cliiutgo or Now Voii* About twenty n?w hooka aro pi:biu>hu<i daily In Groat brittiiu. Fit# perm - non tiy on roil. No A:* ornervou ? i\et? nrter (Vrnt. iliiv't u- 1. of I >r. Kline's fir.Jit Kan*? Itaatiircr. (3 trial bottle '? ml trentUe free bl<>It. II. Klink, LUl.J'ill ri'li st . Phil* i'rt. At Elyrla, 0?, the lo . al 1) ? 1 1 company in making a rfcsldauco rutoior tt?U?pliou< a of 50 cents a mouth. To Cor# ('?Mi?<ipntton I'ort v e;, Tot.e Ca*caretK t'auilv WuUiuiUu !?)? ov tW. If *"1 C. O. fail to cure. drui?'u<<>i* refund uioaay. Both of tlio silk fae.torloH ?t Watertown, Conn., aro working ovortuuo. abolished. Sharp Pains Darting from ojm ;"-iiit to another, vinT und nwolutu joints, hilla iii h." 1 I'm, luti'iisn - u i - faring, chnrncterlstlca 01 ;'?< ui?ndl-m. All painful symptoms iiic cured i \ Hood's Hnr.vn pnrtllii wlil-li purlllns llu> blood and JioulrnllzoM the a ?? i ? ! wiiioli I* tin. ruu.'io of rheumatism. V.' nv continue to vuffur wlion yon may be iclc-vd l y Hood's Sarsapanllo America's Circa tost Mtdicino. Pilc.oSI. I'tojihiimI by i I. Hood ts ? Lowell. M 'i ? food's Pll.d euro nil Liver 111 <. ~A-> rent Inconveniences of Chifd Mnrrinjjc. A marriage j?Jh ?-t? tin- other | <1 u y. tJils parties hi iii.it a l'diattia widower ol' abei.t forty ami a Mhitiia j girl of a bout n I ti?*. Tin* disparity m j nyo Is rather startling ami ii i-- aggra- ' vated Uy other circumstances; f ? * i a stance, the. widower lias a d.iughte. j of about eighteen engaged hs 11 loach | nr at a school at which li- s* faihi'r i.-. honorary manager, ov .something i:i;. *r. And li!* g!l'l wire ?>f nine i- a |.ii ' pll at the school under Ids daughter of eighteen. The tlrst iliitiK tin- ;;i 1 wife of nine* did on marrying was ;u remonstrate with her daughter o : Hg&teen as to hou sh<\ the in >ther. could possibly sit .'it school or; a I ???!? h while the daughp?r l ;? ti;; lit her 1 f?;jj a chart! What is tin- poor daughter 1 do? She must give up her appo.nt aueiit as scliooluib.tVi'ss or b deai mother of nine must irive up ait-cd 4ng sehool. It is for the father and li usband to decide. -Indian S;>e,'.i ? A LIVLMi U rr.NivSS. Mro. Hoffman Describes Ho,1.' Biio Wroto to Mra l'inkhtiin for Advico, mid Is Kow Well TlKAJl Mus. T'inkuam: ? Heforo usin^ your Vegetublo CY-inpouud I was a great fiufferer. I have b< on sick f??i mouths, was troubled with severe pain In both sides of abdomen, sore feeli'g c)?, ui:>o ftiiift rc>' with d'/.i'.incs.s. I in lovvt.-r part of l>uw ll *T1' i at. i iO) ill ? ? ?' could not sleep I wrote you a letter tleserU' in;r my ca&t?n::il USi:il:tf yovi a<l"iro. Y< lvpiinl ' wha t ti? do. followed yo:r tions, and cunnot praise your nie>iit\: enough for what, il lin.i <]t>n-? f ?? v.. Many thanks lo you for y< ? a !> Lydia E. Pink-hum's Vepvfni i" pound lias cured mo, and I v. !' > ? mend it (o my friends.- ?Ti; . i 11. IlOKKM AN, 613 1 inland r- ! I The condition de.^eril ? d 1 >\ V . - man w ill appeal to many w >i. lots of hick women strug;*; 1?< "" v' : ilieir daily ta;d:s dbrega riling t?, urgent. warning's until overtaken actual collapse. The present Mrs. Pinkliim's exp. ri ence in treating f.-male i!!^ is r.".'. loled, for yea r:; she worked bid;: in with Mrs. Lydia II. Pinkhanj, a'M sometimes past has had s?>ie of the correspondence d-*parl n;' n ker great Lusiiuss, treating hv :??*'. ? OS many as a hundred thousand :? women during a .--I n j.' !?? ynr CVO'ITON is and will on j finue lo bo i/tc :none\ crop of the South. I lie planter who gets the mo d i a# t ? ton from a !ri\cn area t.'u* O least cost, is the one w In * make.i the most money. Go(?(i culti vation. suitable rotation and liberal use of fertilizers < on taining at least 3% actual will insure the largest yield. We will 6cnd Free, upon Application, pamphlets that will interest every cotton planter in the South. , oekhan kali works, W y>?Mu St., N?wV?fkt 'and Wblrtey II*btu curwl at home with out wUa. n>x)k of pnr UcuUrnwiit FBEB. \ iHiwwKM xrr, m.o. Offico lOi N. rrjOT rSRRFttTtUriM w??t?A ???xt F wber*. IMfl Profl ??! No Hh* ' I MMrUy iMulmlt f T (*ati in ?t*mpn t?r withn*. fttjblj Oa,B???U iQV'fI'DWW.VMI; ?r.MMUt'tNH ?umi4 ?* IS'1 A Democrats of the Houso Settle t ho Quostipn by a Voto of 62 to 13. MILLER WINS THE GREAT RACE Beating the World's Record. His Own. bv 24 Miles ? The Ouiy Conspiracy Case ? Dewey's Fleet to be kc-en forced. WA.'UiiNtiroN (Special). ? The ornU of tliu IJonao of KofM'fiBontativoR hold u cancan Saiutday ai^lit on the question coining ovol ?roiu the lu?t 80s HlOtl as to tho binding forco of OUU.'QH action, Of tho I2<5 iucm tiers ou tiio roll of tbo Tloijae, h?; woro present The mooting wim t|evoid of any personal or sennit iohhI fbitiuroH and was dovotec" | to u brief diHcu <H!or) t>f tilt) wisdom of I innk ing c^ucu* act ion binding. A res olution to this olVeot 1 1 ml boon intro d n cod by Mr. Buddy, und thia u.*o iiomliug with an amendment by Mr. Moltuo, of Arkauaus. I ho main inter oh l cuatoied iik tho ability of Mr. Ibuloy and Inn friends to puss tho ros id nt ion. !? older to tost tho atreiiKth of tho !'? adoy forces, Mr. C'lurdy, of Kentucky, inovod to reconsider tho voto by win i'li tho rtoiolntiou hut! boon iiC' t-od to at thu last session. i ho mo tion was tabled, (j.2 to I.!, tl:iU Obtuh lishing that tho udvooatos of tho roso lotion had u oionr majority. 'llm rosulutioiis w< re thon udopted without u diviaioti. J hoy wcro n? follows; ? ? ii 'H'.lvcit, That imrcnfmr lti?? motion of n jji'inoCI'atlr CIHI' IM sliflii I.K I >i I ? <1 1 II K Upon (ill who piirtiul|<uio iii us i.roCotMiiti^-4, | > r< ? v ?< I ?-> t ?t no tnrniliur .shall r*-<|>t I r?^*> to v it<i f ir tir y '-ill ft'iiv 'Iccin nr.roiistltnil .iiiil, |>rtj vnlixl hiriluM", Unit hi nil mutters, ?'x il.o uoiriihini n of t ill *< is (ind qimsUotii ,.f jiiocidurv, no itwt-lon *liall tin l.-itriinv; iih l(r.i in. I'll* l?v I Vo t'llriln of UlvSH ? (Illllf. '? to o.\o<i, Tiini w iiii?? ni'titiK in conformity to l bo | ? )?!?-?* <li'.-i(tr? ?| t.y Uiu national !>? inocrmli: <u>n vi'i.tion Hi ! llm emu itutlon of tin' r.ilo'.t Stain-*, lli<- 1 ?i'inoonit? in oi?rh Sinic nii'1 in ivii-ti ii< ii^i?-.--i 'ii.it ilir.trii't Invo aright to il.drtr.iiio f.o t n?*fn ri?-l v*?-* In tliclr fW-i lo'-nilty wliJtl llutlr j.wli<*\ ??tiiill he, t-> llill'iu I ? 'l? t ! ? II.'-' 1 'f. lift's ? |.n?i|j?c.a front th' ii vniul.il. lit--, nii-I 1. 1 Mi. lf u.'t U.i'tr ifii-'ii Ut.i i I < .'ohk i ? >? 'itnl tli<< (mi ??xi-rci o o' snuh ? irli't of Ji/i'ul part* ciiif-itovrii nii'iit. f*houl<l in nil cHHfrt l.i? ii'fij'fi'l' il t?y I>?'roooruti" Ccn t'l I'.H.sluIiUl CUIK'll " Miller Wins Hi<? (ire/it Ita^e. \i;w Yoniv ('Spt'ciul). ? CbarloH W. Miller Won tliu groat six day bicycle race ut Mru'iinou t- quart) Garden, beat ing the win Id'n rteord. Iih own, by '..'-I r.iiien, ami leading lito next man to iHiii, I'rank Wall or, of Jiuritou, by '--i V liiriy t w < # iii on started anil twt-lvo bundled. Mtlb r was in Midi croud cuntl 1 1 kiii that !ni w it i able to appear to ml van ln_'o in ? w .??!:! ing cere niony, which w,i* | ?- r i * - 1 no:! Py inm of tliu citVH aldtiruinu, 1 1 ltd mi g Alis:i ^foituvievo llitnso::. ol" ' hicti/o, t;> li:<; iiuprovibtnl tdlar 111 lho pardon, iw.n.l the loud chce: .ng ami ! t.r.torous no?..l WIhIick of I.UIM I'l" I ' ????,! J (? rROtl S V. l.U had gnt noitfd !<> witm-pM the cort'inom . Frank Wallet, <f !!< .(ion, linihc-tl s,<c olid in tho gnat r.ico, cover in;; 1 , '.).?> - i j ? : j ?-m to tho vf. <m.7 tiavoled by .Mi dor ami ?ui pu.s.Hin^ V. dlor's licit year's rec ol d by neiit'y t wo in : r?. Ibuus I i?? i the ?; ail ut t nn idiaii. who until this v?<ai luii never u ln*ni.i of mi I hit country, was thud. .Miller got* fioni tho niai. axemen t tin* miiii of I, /!?(??) i.tr.l for breaking tho world's record be ;;cts tho sum of )0, a ud for Ins i >n ? ?l l ?? rutin ia'.;o bo i* Halt I to ha ve got t h o ? u m of .?:"<???. M illor in also to hiivo leccived a well. ling prost n t of from the wliool lit in from which he ridos. \\ a! lor gote 31,000 for riding second ami | the otli^i,-. yet uidcliuito .s.;tw.s ranging from 37." up. 'file mmio was; Miller, '",007, fou? 'upBjWalloi-, J,J'S .'J; Pierce, I, '.(DO.?; Alt ot t. t>: t tiiuin, ),7^j 'j; r.uwKoii, 1,?A7. ft; \ rousou. 1 , 7 ; Nnwn, I, ?'??!. 7; Foster. 1, '!?>*. >s Steven , llale, l.-iOv?. .1 ilium, l.ltid.l. -IC.VEJ*.- ? Ucwcy's I ktd '.u be Re-tnforccJ. Admiral Dewey 'a fleet will bo ^.lengthened shortly by the addition -?{ some serviceable gun boat?. J In lifruin^toti, now at llonoluia, bus boon I ?rdcted to proceed to (iuaui, in \ !??? j I .unrono group, a a I make a survoy ??t '? ? harbor, villi a view to the c tab j :.si;ment tin \o of a nnv.il station. 1 ii im ?io:io ?liO w iM join I'cwrv'ii Hoot. i?y !u?: t.mo, or > \.;n l?-f. so. tho JKiIeii/. y- . . ? ha vo at r r? i.d 4 1 \t u ?? i h 'id t ho ?" u > i*. I I ttnd Hit' i'etrel, u*'W' ciim i r.roiiii'l Hi i h iio.-r >t i'it i^dUltdx-' t ?? ! inriifti, and alte^oliiur tba ndnnral w !* Iiyvo a u Die 'en t I ? > t <**? of tinuill \essel under b.? coiuniuuil to cm ry ? ir ihe i ' ! < ry t < i o 1 1 1 ' s j_; o 1 1 0 v l'e^i ectmj> the I'biii j li.tN, ui?<t to lnifiL,' I'.ito stihiui:>Hio t a?:y ? f the islaiulf!^ w 1 1 may prove i ?? frn.ctorv, ?)>;<! t<; i< a-o h:iv Spau'^i: l.r;sort-:.- i.eld m c.iii iinciuc::! by Ji;o iu; ;;i i.t iils The Quay Ct)*sspirac> C;is.*. I'Mii. \:>f.Li'iitA ('?>;> jnah. Suprorv.u i t ? i : r t J u "tico ti reeu and Will itt:na have ^"iiiitt il ii rule allowing t!efc.uti::!i t < in |ii;l' vjtiay conspiracy c.t-e to ai'triiM it |.ctii;oii for a writ ol < e.'iio i n: i, reiuov ? ' t lie | r? cecihn^a front t <?.ti*t t-: | i i r art er JSt^Jinib to t h ("? ?'n : r?*ii>t? < "t-'i r i ; t.t< rule I- return.ibie .firiU^rv at; i ttli pi ticec<l i n y a are si?t v? <| iu t ii *i uii-it:: t in? ? '!:u of the ler^uitM of the rn:e pla ited by the SuprettiO t'oilrt witi b.? t.i cirry the tr'al o\cr l?ey?. nd ilie ier:? nf i luce of Ihtilrict AtttJiney fsia':r?in, w hlc'.i fX |iU O.s wi'.ii iliti I'iouut year <iiaiiatn has been active hi pushing iliu i"i ?? ?!id in H iking Jim court a wtek oi t<".i days at;o to fix an cwly tlate t??i tint trial ho tx|.res.;e?t to tliu court J * desire to dUpon) t>f tho i.mw during I his term of office. Mite flings' Murdcrou* becds. A special from Free Soil, Mich., Kayn: A man named Win. tii! chinas, a brother in- law of John Hunt, a farmer who liven nbout two milon went of thin place, killed Mr. Hunt, Mrr,. Hunt and tbesr hiied man. Thus, llaward, ami cat his own throat. Millions More in Corn and Oats. On the basin of the farm prices on I>ec?ml>er 1, the Ajrrtcnltnrml Depart ment figures plaoe the 1^ crop* of com and oata worth $84,M%000 more thai! the aame crop* of Germany Very Friendly. . 13 ef ore leaving -Berlin for Ho?4h Ger many Dr. Von liolleben, the German i^mbaeaador to *be United Mtaten, n&id in tho course of conversation: "Both the German and Washington govern in enta are anxious to improve the ex otinff relation# between them. Thin u^t will eoon become evident. " Tho relief jommittee of tlie sink in ... :+r atora lu The Ao?u*ta Kenriar Mr - v m*Ke an Appeal to ail wh>> f ?v ffand rrffht-tn **dnr brotii^r I i br<'Bt(iHMii the C7a te<< Htatj>>, " i SPARKS mOM OFF THE WlKfc. Little Nt'H?lcl? Culled From AH Parts of the Worl<|. John 8martt, a well disponed ?olored oitizou, living at ( 'Impel town, War rou ty, ItiQt)., ntiut and killed by wllltOCappOl H. Both brauohenof ih? Alabama Legia* ' luturu liuvu pan*ed roHulatioUH inviting iYeaideut MoKialey lo vmit Montgom ery on the 17th an tbo Htate'a gueilt. 'I'll o Second Virginia Iteuiuieilt re cently bin no'l l nyiniihtoi Muulenberg iti ullii/y for delay lu paying olT ilio i men. j '1'ho Union of American Hebrew j Congregation*! hate litmhed their la buittui itiohmond, Va. , mi I adjourned to moot iu Cinciuuaii in next annual bO>iMiOD. lii'b Hrewer, Iho noted outlaw wIkjl tigtued mo conHpiciiouuly in the ?iosiip.t (la., riot ton yearrt ago, liaa boon cap* tured at <lohn>*lun Stution, (<u , by u khOl Ill 'H pOMMO. Governor Tyler, of Virginia, ha? ap pointed (ieorgu W. Koinor, ot Augusta county to bo CoiumiMkioner of Agnonl | turo, tor thu teriu ?>f two ycara, begiu mug tlio 1st of Juuuary next. j The steam or Joli 11 Howard, a large and tine Htern wliool freight and pph Mentor carrior, running on tbo .\li?his? Hippi river, waadostroyed by flro at Co , luuibia, ha. NoliveH were lout. Tim North. 1 'r ok idt?u t Inlosias, of Coat a Kioa, J hits sailed from Now York for Frauce John Philip Mou*a, tho composcr, is j very ill with pneumonia in Pliiladel ! I'hui. Mrs. Samuol J. Colgato was marriod | t ? ? tho Fail of Stralloid in Now Yoik j tho other day. A mouse liedford, I 'a. population of 2,NU') (hole ai o at?out !2<10 orkoh ot what j is sa id to Do tcnnume smallpox. I (loveruor Loedy has decido I to call I an extra session of tho Kansas Louis lutiue to couMdor railroad legislation. 'i ho negro editor, Manly, who wa < forced to i ouve Wilmington, N. V.'., for publishing mi article reflecting upon wIuib ladies, is now in Nuw York. | A 5* 'JO, 00", Oi'O match has boon ?"? j ranged bet?voo?i 'loin Sharkoy ami Kid MoK y, to tako place before Iho Lenox Athletic club .11 Now York. ilou. L. (i. Latiiboiie, of Ohio, ox Assistant Postmaster General, haw hcon appointed to tako chargo of tho postal service in Cuba. A special f.'oiu San Francisco says propiiratioiiH iiVo now being ina io by | Lieutenant Colonel Long, depot quar termaster, to dispatch a Hoot to tho I'hiiippinoB. A special from Fait Liverpool, < >. , i:ay ri U. was announced hero that th?? potters' trust, has comnlotod its organi zation under tiie laws of Now Jersey, ^>Vitli :3'Jo, o mi, i)./'i oi capital stock !t is stutod tlint llnniel Scolten anil ( iron Scottori, of the Soot ton I obnero I" 'lit, of Detroit, Nf it*h. , wiil loti.i! With rf'sf, O; ip iii:l -j- 1 ' in, 0' ?' ) i espnet i , ?? ly. 'J iioii plant h.is l?ecii absorbed by tho Continental J'olmcoo t o. I no Fnito I S'h'os Hiirvey steamer j 'at h tinder has boon launched from tho Nixon ship yard", in Lli/abo'.li City, I N. J. M ihh Kut h W. t 'ratidoii, nioce of .^ocrclary of tho Treasury (?a;^f. clnisto.iod tho vessel. 'Iho National Cyclo Pacing Associa tion v as oi ?can ized a' a meeting of irack owners and muuegers m New York. Il is the aim of tho association to control bicycle racing, professional and anin tour, in ail of tho States oast of tho Mississippi river, except Louisiana. I Articles of agreement for a twenty j round content between i bin Sharkey J and Ki<l McOoy to take place at the Lenox Athletic Club, Now York city, January )<;th, Lave boon turned by both principals, 'i ho men aio to box for a purse of 000 and 60 per cent, of all receipts exceeding S'10,00t). Tim Hurst was mutually cIiohou as referee. Win. Steele, former oanhier of tho collapsed Chestnut wiroct bank in I'hil .'ideiphia, has been found guilty by n jury in the tinted State* District, Court. Ho was charged with aidioi? ai:d al etti-ig tho late Win. M. Singerly president ?-f tlio bank, iu misapplying thii funds of t he institution, making fabo ontrios in the books of tho bank and la! - e reports to the comptroller of t lie cut re 'icy. HJ IprrllnnroiM. Tito C'tlifOr lbiUalo lias failed for Miiniiu with 7<>0 ui?>i of Admiral JIowv'h n.ot. N'avn! Constructor TTobson wjii a>> i<> .Manila to mi per in loud tlio of tlio Mill k c it war vohhoIs. Mhj. (ion. Merritt, Mrs. Mftrritt and tin) general'ii aide-de-camp, Lieut. ?Stri'Slii'r, have sailed from .Liverpool for .New Vol k on board ti:o fctrauior L'.KVIUlll f-rrretury Alirer lift:) designated Oen. i u tM'\v to act a.i first military (??v?rnor .1 ilnuuia city, wit n full pow era to deal with all loenl <jufiMtioi)8. ('?en. (ireeley, of the Signal Corps, in pivj :ir i u for u practical experiment iu i lie noverutuout operation of tbe telo ;i[)ii service iu Cuba. i'he Honato 111 executive eosttion con !:tmed the nppointmeut of lion. Johu I! n_\ h* Secretary of >tate. i lie .-?(?'loctior W illiam O. Snow, from Ni-wj ort Nowh, November 'JJ, for Sn !< in. , it< behoved to bavo been lo*t. I'ho directors of tbo Seaboard and iioiinoko l!y. have appointed ox ; ??: t accountants to investigate t!io i 'uiii ?<?* iiiado against 1'iesidont IIolT 1 1; mi by Mr. Ityan. Kori'lirn Count Voa Bnl lertrem, Centrist, was elected president ?>ftlio (iernian Keicb iig bv a vote of '?!?: to <U. 1 be l iwu-d States cringer Now York !ms arrived at Havana A special froui Madrid says the toxt of tbe treaty of peace will bo pnblishediu a rod I ook before tbo oj euing of tlio Cortes. Kussoll A. A Igor, Jr. : son of tbo American Secretary of War, and mana ger of bis father's pulp company in tirai:d Mere, Qnebec, was badly iu jU red by being thrown f io in, liia to bog - KOH. William Black, thftF.n<;!;sb novelist, is di^id. The Officers Blamed. 'J ho Extrcnmte uf lLo Cuban llepub licin party seem huxiou* to *ft?uine ro ?paa*U>iltty i*>r Mi# oatrnc^attho 3pAR mli Club, Wednesday evouinc, when Juaa Caatillo, aocompauied by two lie* Kru rt?do intc the dob roLius and wit b their aiachcUa mqmIi eil neveral lamp*- and did other daw ***** 'I hu'^o vera meat, tbroa^ the Chick. rn*nsfc "ark ooiuitiMiiou, bat secure C ?!? r(l< lii iOJ?Cie* Ub I.?MikulU I'Otlr c I'w.bi :? tt>? ( itiCk&UiAU. -UlvU AUU ??**? *H?if ?mrt * ?.iU&?I4? ?4)??eat to tW * ' . <ry ^ POTTINO SOIL.' * ? ? ?. 'Vg, . . ? , i Au Article of Cotnnioa Sale for Keplculstilof of City Flower l'ot? A sign marked "i'ottlng Boll," s ea In a florist's window, wan new to ouo ma n wls? H'nv it, !>ui he learned upon Inqu^-y, us, indctd. Lo might have ro al:ze<P ux)ou a uioiu out's reflection without inquiry. that tho thing It stood for Ik old, vt'iy old. Polflug soil fan ho bought of almost any city I florist, and it has long been an article J of Hah* in eitlep, being sold for llio re plenishing of exhausted earth lu tha puis of (iotttn kept In city homes. I low of ton this earth may be renew < (I depends, of course, ou circumstan ces. Homo plants and flowers ox hausf the Hull quicker than others do. , lu si'iuo cases the soli may l>o re stored by (ho use of tho proper fert 1 1zer#, Hornet trues tho soil gets sour from too much watering. Tho soil may Inst tor years without renew al but it might be said in a general way that th?' soli in tho homo flower 1- its, to attain the host result*, would require renewal perhaps once in threo years. I li.' city dwellers obviously cannot <;o out into tho street and tear up the Mom* ' pavement or a sectlou of as phait to get earth for his flower pots, and It is very liUoly that bo has no yard where ht can got It. Ho may uil.e .1 trip into the country fur It, and be sure to find enjoyment In tho go !ng. but, on the other hand, that takes tin.*' and eo*ts something, and uniesi In- Knows something ahout soils be uiay ?et some that is no good, Hist l? clay- | ey, foi instance, or otherwise of llttlo value. So usually he buys potting ? soy from tho florist. The florist gets suitable earth in the fount r.v where his country green houses are. It Is pulverized and mix ii with various for tillzers, In ono pro portlon ar.d another or with none n.t ..ii. according to the requirements of the plants for which it Is to K? used or the degree of forcing to which they arc to subjected if they are to be fore ? d. A supply of such earth he keep* mi hauil also at his greenhouses in tin city, and this is the putting soil that is l'ounht by the home cultivators oi flowers. Its cost is small. ? Vimmonly sold as it is here, potting ) soil is a more common article of sale in Kurepean cr t !<-??, where flowers tiro more commonly kept than heie, and where they arc oven cheaper than here. A little potted geranium plant, lor example, may he bought In tb* streets of London for two or three cents. -New York Hun. PIIII.IPIMM-S* MINERALS. TjM, Si \er, Copp;r. Coal, Iron, Mnrb'e. and Other Valui!?le Deposit*. A = i : : j ."".I FV'Wr.v lifts forwarded to Navy rifji.iriiifnt a memorandum hli ' ! ; ? ? ui.ii'tmS : i'.-ii i-! : ? es of tb-'i'hilip prepared a I tin* A ? 1 1 li i rn 1" s ro l>y Professor ?'Icor.co V. Becker, ?i the ruin d Stands flo.dogical Sur rey. I" s>or P?e? U- r n)ad" extcu - : ? i< !*.??] jos ami <o;isul:<M nil tliv ?l v;jll{itil?? au'horitios Oniy about si ?<?')) > < , i" 1 1 1 . ? sf \ i ;"a! hundred l.-lauds, i says, a i'c k uowii to contain de pes i t k of valuable minerals. lie in dudes n t . 1 1 ? I < ? showing t lj?> minora) bearing islands anrl their resources 'I'll is table follows: Luzon ? Coal. gold, copper, lead, iron sulphur, mnrl'lo. Kaolin. < Mtaanduaii'-s. Sylvan. Bohol and Pa nanati?Oold only. Marimdiujuo ? I. cad and silver. M indoro? < 'oal, gold and copper. Carrara v. Halan, Papu Kapu. Sem arara. N'^ros ? ("oal only. Masbete? Coal and copper. Itninblon ? .Ma ride. Siiaiar- Coal and gold. Pa nay? Coal. oil. pas. gold. coprcr, jr-Mi and perhaps moivury. P. Jli ram ? Sulphur only. I.?yte? Coal, oil and perhnps inor i-ury. Cobu? Coal. oil. pas. lead, silver and iron. Mindanao? Coal, gold, copper ami platinum. Sid u Archipelairo? f Varls Of the o.al Mr. JVci.e:* pt.vs that it s anrfc.pr't-s to the Japanese coal and !.at of Washington but not of the Welsh or IVnnsyl vania coal. It mlpht | 'letter he characterized as a highly ?a i ':unl/.o.l bgniU' likely to contain is in si.iphur a s 'rou pyrites, iaM" to sponiaiuoiiK combustion rnd jtirioii.s t,i Poller path's. NVverthe < ?s, h<" say?, when pyrifous Meatus r-r avoided and the liun't** Is proper y handled, :: -mis a valtnibl" fuol, pcr-ja !| y f ;? < on.x'.jmption. MuMc nn the llnttl?n?Ul. The first nse of music of which vn hnvo absolutely authentic Inlorma ii?n was at the battle of Houvines, that .iHago of eneh Flanders whoro tha 7rench hnvo won no fewer than threo .ictories? I'hilip Augustus defeating )tto IV. of Germany ther* in 1214, 'hilip of Valois defeating the English here in 1340. while in 1794 tho French lefeat.?'d the Austrians at tho namo dace. It was at Jlouvines, In 1214, that 'rumpets sounded tho signal for tha ictorious French char*o. the first au Htfitic Instance of ft command given >' a trumpet call./ Xilnmln Von/ ItonrcN H'lih rmmnt^r Candy i':Uh?frrlc, onto const I pat ton for?v#*;' I jpo.ixr. lCU.p.C f.itl. tlruggiftts refund uionoy. Tito incu rhm lx*fn Introduced on thfl tricli fnriiii in California. / The iiieiil?im?r has ?? vi^tricli fnritii In Calif No-Tp- B?c fc for rirty Cent* Otti*. ^atwtl'tofjacco tutbU cure, mtket aoa Ueod pur* fis.IL AUtfruiilM Ov? r 8,00u,0v)0 loavo? of brt'Ad ?r? con #nrr.ed dally In Now York. ~ Wc hn o not boon without I'lno's Cure for Consumption -or 2 ? your*- Mz/.m Fkhkii,i? C'ttnp st.. I!*rri burg. Pa . May 4. Wl. M r?. \Mnflnir'iiiooU?lB?>yr?jiforebA^n r<oM up. ?? f'rm the sum*, reducing Inflam*- | tlon, nlUfft piln.enr?H wind colic 3?o * bottle. t Hero tsnfir?Ckbrrh In thl* s.'ction of in* eouutrv than all otb?r ill****** n*-rtTJntTI t!iol*.tf?v? ?Mr? wo* lappoM t k bo IncaraMe. Kor? givst many year* doctor* prononrcrtV it m Iocs) <!1r?kS ana pr?a?riW<l '?va: retnr(I[?.<, and by constantly f?l>lig tp_ witli i?r*l trr?tmmt, pronwk<?! II iu ctirablr. >cif nc? bM prarcit catarrh to baa eopstU'.tlonal .nd <b?r?ror* re^utm .*?n?tl ration trwtimant H?li'a Catarrh cur*. lunoufMlnml by K. J. Ch?Mf m Co.. ? o!??lo. Ohio, tftthfi only coMtltattowl cart <vn tho nurkrt It lotakon ?DtefnaUr >J| d?M| mm )*4n prt??to?ft9r><>nril>;Ya^dIf?cUy ?>o tb? blo?4 **4 n<i Of Ua ift ,-m. TfcernfT.* 4<?tl?r* lor a?y ? *itf,TiUtoe?. tor circa >wm4m? inolii* f. AddlWI IT. J. C?HfT? C?. , - :i- - ><wJ If you have a carpet that looks dingy and you wish to restore it to its original freshness, make a stiff lather of Ivory Soap and warm water and scrub it, width by width, with the lather. Wipe with a clean damp sponge. Do not apply more water than necessary. The vegetable oils of which Ivory Soap is made, and its ptirity, fit It for many special uses for which other soaps are unsafe and unsatisfactory rojifrt^M llfl. y<j Tb? Frocwi t 0 in. bit C? . C1f>clo?itl A SIMjKM>1I> WUIiU. Report of Industrial Bureau of the Seaboard Air Jdne. Oapt. John T. Patrick, chief indus trial agent of the Seaboard. Air Ijiue, rcpoits that for t ho rtsoal year endiug Juno JiO, 180H, 01 enterprises havo been established on the lino of tho various roads comprising tho Soaboard Air Lino system, consisting of eight cotton factories, thirteen cauning fac tories, live olothiug factories, nine llouring mills, threes poke and handle factories, three furniture factories, one broom factory, one rope and twine lactovv, oue Bhirt factory, one ngri oultnral implement factory, one bioy ele,' two buggy and wagon and one baking powder factory and forty-six miscellaneous factories. Ho further reports that <143 families have settled upon tho line during tho past .year, bringing with them nearly -SkOUO.OOt), and aggregating in number ot persons over 2,000; also that thero h'ivo been ?9t out 224.000 fruit and t-hade trees at stations on tho lino during the past year. Tweuty-two experiment farms have been started during the year, and three agricultural libraries, in the di rect interest of farmers, i?re being maintained through hi* department, nod books from catalogues aro being drawn and forwarded to farmers living upon the' lino on request.-- Wilming ton Dispatch. PhllndclplitVit Dor A tnltulnii en. The ambulance built, especially for ilops and small animals. and the only ono of its kind In tho world, has been put In use In the veterinary department of the University of Pennsylvania. The exterior of t.he palace car dog wagon is decoratcd on each side with a vig nette of a grand-looking St. Bernard, and the inside is covered with remov able antiseptic pads to guard against contagious diseases. In order to avoid belligerent encounters between the in jured four-footed patients of this trav eling boBpital, it has been provided with movable slides, so that the in terior can be divided into various sized compartments. It contains also cagoa attached to the top and sides for pot bkda and poultry. ft m K ever snow ? E? simmer? We never did; but wc have scon the clothing at this time of the year so covered wi?h dandruff that it looked as if it had been out in a regular snow storm. IS' o need of this .snowstorm. As the summer sun would melt the falling snow so will melt these flakes of dandnrfT la the scalp. It gees further than this: Itprcvents their formation, It has srill other propertiee: it will mtore color to gray torir in juat ten timea out of srerr ten eases. *" And ft does ercnr-tWMt; ll feeds and nourish** the roota of the hair. Thin hair become a thfpk hair; and ahort hair hn osmes long hair. - We have a book on As Hair and Scalp. It ie |>wa, for the aakiag. "I havo Runo 14 day* nt a tlmo Without n uiuv?w?n( ol' tlu> bowel*, not being ublo to iuuvo thein except by u?Iuk but water Injections. Ohrbnio constipation for seven years placed too in thla terrible condition; during tluit tituo 1 did ev orytbiuKl heard of butnover touiid any relief; such was uiy cai.0 until 1 1'rnuti using CASCAK*STt?. J now Iiuto fromouo lo ilueo passu#?* a day, &2dlf I was rich i would give ?lWMWfor each movement; It Is sucJj a rollef. ' A ylukh L. H vsr, lift) Huusoll tit.. Detroit, Mioh. CANDY CAttfARTIC Ploa&nnt. Palatable, Potent. TnMo Good. Po Good, Never HIckoD, Weaken, or Gripe. l()c, 20o, 6Ue. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... 9LftrlJ*c Rpmerij Cowpan/, Utlrtcs Montreal, Ktw \ork. 323 . j The Best Holiday Gift . One that wHi bring a pleasant monthly reminder of the giver Is a subscription to tlie NEW ANL? IMPROVED Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly Now 10 cts.; $i a Year. Edited by Mr.v FRANK LESLIE. i da/-m momth. f Cover lii Colors nnd Gold. j EACH MONTH, j Scorea o{ Kjch inu9(ratjoni, j CONTRIBUTOR*; W I). Howell 9, Clara Par- j {on, l!ret Harte. Waller Camp, Frnnk K. Stockton, ' Margaret E. 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LIQUOR, MORPHINE TOBACCO USING PHODIM'K A DlllSAVflb Oa.MHTXON Otf TUK MH.it.** Wfalch It Kaslly Curat at KEELEY INSTITUTE, c"? """?*?;? The Rowdy bnlld# tip the system in ?Vt?ry ??), i eiiuivl jii'i ni nieatly any dastr? or do niuiict tor Liquor or Oaig. 'All patiouta ax? under thu o.iro of skilled Inatltul? phjrslcl?? who is u vot*r<i> graduate at Uiocure and tlx v? ai it delusively In KEKl/rwork. Writ* fa* I i tor? I mo. uuuklou. htuum ilc&Ud. a Laitftt |'1? 2 in it' The Only KEELY INSTITUTE Id (be State. PIANOS gdM&tik I Kt)ab?, ('Wtjkorlnjr. fcohmer, fl|oh?r. and * nltio oilier rtllabJe njukcij t" oboo?e from. I Te* jps anil prfee* in pin* with tb? tluie*. Address ? M. A. MALONB, '* Columbia, 8. C. j H IAN08 A^P ORGANS, i|ft< GILDER'S liver pills. WW aro ??' o inbliittti that they tlo folW tiling*: l*i. They act on tho Liver. I 2nd They m-I on the tppvr llowdi | ?fl I hoy ad on ihe l.owfr lioweU ! >1111. They r.cl upon the Kldaey*. Sore? kUty do not stckon or Krlpp. Other pMsde euo fourth. ?otuo oiu- )>?j f of thli. (Jlhior'e Jo ItalL 'jSl'mlm Ho? by .Mall. | TllP Howard A U llli'l Jliiui; CuUlUttUl A L (. L'nTA. OA. M.AKH THKM. HOWIE, Photographer, <ul" s^&xs&BreBO^ w?,? ,o. i?w name. THE BAILEY LEBBt CO, AV EH Engines afirt Hollers, AfLTMAN A TaYLOK Thresher*, "MONI ? OK" Dnstlons Urnln [Separators, Olns, Pressor, Corn nnd Cane Mills, KNT(!l?EHUf;o Klco llullor and Polisher, 1)E LOAfif Saw Mill!*, Leu'licr ?V Kubber Bolting, Liaoing, Packings, Pipe, lion Fittings, In* jectors, Pulleys, Shafting, Hand Pumps and Ucncral Supplies. CHARLESTON, - - S. C. Try uur IJ-I- Co. Antl-Friotiou Babbitt MetaJ it you need n smw mltl, nay slae, write n.<> bofoio buying elsewhere. I have tfcti snout oomphue liue of mills of m?y denier or itiHiiutactuzttr In the Boutb. CORN MILLS. - Very highest ?rado atouoj, at unusu?\? i> low prices, * v WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY, riknorfl, Moulders, Edger-*, Re-Saws, iinnd Sawn, Lutha, eto. ENGINES m BOILERS, Talbolt tiud Llddell. Eugloberg Uico Huller .In stook, quloh delivery, low prlcga. V. C. BADHAM, No. 1820 Main 8t., Columbia. 8. 0. W. H. GIBBES" & ~C0~ golumbmT s. 0. MACHINERY & MILL SUPPLIES. IN PIANOS AND ORGANS. OiKn:i? from tlfi.CO, $26 00, (39.00 and up. wunl. i;?irlRjtt I'lanon fiQin 917600, $196.00 JK$6.00 and upward. Address M. A. MALONF., Columbia S. C. C3Enjr?'&WHEuW,ATI$Wt ??? 3 t S" \ NEURALOIA.WRAIWS, sIBLW 80RW:> & ALL PAINS, J?'old by U.nl?*:s iti Me<Ucino Everywhere, fv-nt l?y prep <ld rxptvss ou receipt of $.100. THE AM.ICATOIt IJMillENTCO., V. <>. Ilov 243. Charleston, A. O. TyA NTKD-Cm* of U.I liMph th*? B I*P-A-W*8 * ? will ii'il '/fiwlU bond (ct?. to }Up?tm Ohrmlcal Co.. V 'rk. f'ir in hanipl'.'^ arid luoo taallmonlalM. S 17 . 5 0- S P ECIA L OFF E R ."$1 7.50. Until Doo. 20 wo nroorr?Tlnfta tbroo months' iohol* .'?.rshlji fur 817. Jo (regular rutt> If jrou urenot 1 1 ;nl v to roiili' now. you chii Ron<1 [to wcuro tho ? ITcrJnii l pay tlio$l5.<>? when yoti cor.i?totho Char* lotto Cf. in morel* I Collcutc. t'HAiti.oTj ]?:. .v. o. J\ order int kouiI* or mnklna ??mjulrlc* <>f ad. v i tl?rri< It will bit to your aiivautoge to mm* tton this paper. Ho. SO OVER-WROUGHT NERVES OF WOMEN. ? . ?? Extraots From Letters Received by Mrs. PLnkhom. "Inm so nervous and wretched." "I feel as if I should fly." IIow fonlillar Ui?so cxiuesfaiou!) ore. Littlo thiucs annoy you and make you irritable. You can't slftep, you arc uuublo to lift ordinary burdens, and aro subject to dizziness. ' That bearing-down sensation helps to make you feci miserable. You have backache and pains lo\y down iu tho ftidc, pain in top of head, later on at base of tho braia. Such n condition points unerringly to serious vterino trouble. If you had written to Mrs. Pinkhaa when you first experienced impaired vitality, you would hove b?en tfyarcd thcso hours of awful suffering. 7" UapplneM will be gone out of your life forever, my sister, unless you act promptly. Procure Lydia ?. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once, and begin its uko, then write to Mr*. Piukliam, at Lynn.Maaa., if there U anything about your caee you do ant tftt<Ier?(an(T. You need not be afraid to tall bar Ilia things you could not explain to the doe tor, your latter li aeen only W iromt and- is abselVtSty Confidential. Mrs Pinkhui'f wttlH W to Ml >? ji wh?t U beat (jr job, ftad * ehiifajDa] Mm. Jums Mm,Ti T? Mm. rmur-ww y~ ?* **?. ft*?? "*? Campond. 1 wflewdjter '1 w?f yittjHtww IfiwrMi jny iirtd >11^ *b? tt?e, l^d ao