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NEVER JHlND T Hf ? r Jl? Offeror mind the old times? ^ )> They were bHght and Bweet; Bunny *kie? above you? 1 Violets iit your feet;, SBut the new tin?es wear a snuliu iucc Tbst'rt mightv good to meet, JAm' you'd better Uud the light that make a the mom in'! \ft' / r % A RACE 1 A TUr "RTTrPTT 8gj0IOIOK)K*ECTOU and. Selim are tired1 Jfc i a ?' stable. Let's liave a $ ffi ride, Bertha," said Annette at* ** Maynard to her young friend, Bertha Hilton, as they stood together on the porch of a plain I) rick Umso in Brownsville, Tex. Bertha was the motherless daughter, and Annette tlie orphaned sister, <?f two as brave bonier oftlcers as ever |<Irew a sword. Both girls had grown ?p on the frontier, and were familiar Twith tln? crack of a rille and the ileree (jell of tl?o Indian. li or 111 a looked off toward the chaparral, but made no reply, and Annette continued: "It is a line morniug. Suppose wo take a gallop to the battlolield of Ho?aea? We can he h:ick in half an hour." "Yes*, hut father said it was not safe for r.x to venture out alone. You know tin* road is dangerous. oven for armed men," rejoined more prudent Bertlia. "But iiiey will not molest us. Soliin can outravel anything on the border." "That may he. S(ill. I have no desire to put your option to the proof. Mexicans, you know, are not noted Tor their honesty, or their civility to Jadlrs," laughed Bertha. "Oh, bother the Mexicans'." impatiently exclaimed Annette. "I have lived all my life on tlu* plains, and witnessed many a hand-to-hand encounter ,wlth savages, and it's come to a pitiful pass, indeed, if we are to permit 41,.. r,. r ..... .i - r ... ... Hill VII II.71.UI1S ;i II.MV .Mt'XH'lins 10 Interfere with our pleasure. Colonel Hilton and lirotlier Ned are at KingBold Barracks, and won't bo back for 41 week. They surely can't expect us to be housed up all that time. Why, I ahov.hl <;; > ?.r want of exercise," emphatically declared Annette. Holli yirls were excellent riders and as r:>arii .:.- as they wore <]iilek wit ted and l'.ar.i!-. :i.c. Full of health and .in,! in. jumiu- in camp ami li:M. ihoy rode with the regiment to v. I :-i wr post of duty it might ho n: signed, with never a murmur nt the numerous perils and hardships which continually beset the nomadic life of a soldier. ".fim," said Annette, to a diminutive youih, who was lolling under the china Ivors at the gate, "saddle Selini and and I,ring them around right away."' ^ "'Deed, ? 1 iss Annette, Selim ain't -~-^l)in < :k of do stable for mo' an' two an' ho'11 bo too frisky fo' you to Jiol\ suaii!" cautioned Jim. "Never mind his frisking. I'm not timid, and Selim, if ho has spirit, is not vicious." Silenced 011 tii" ono point, .Tim ventnvni lo \ittor a word in warning in regard to the danger of riding alone any great distance from the town. "Please, Miss Annette, you will not g;? <,ii the Hrazos road, 'cause it's !V .1.... ' > 1 ? ....r i ^ vuii ? urru 11 ir*. I 'ill ir' hn.ss of .Major Maynurd is watched, nnd dim Mex? " "Oh, nonsense!" interrupted his mistress. "Wo are going to vide just .when* we please, nnd no doubt the natural Eve within us will lead us exactly in the direction where we ought not to go. and all through your unwise warning. You get the horses ready, and we will take care of ourselves.'' Jim obeyed and soon brought around the hor-- s. Seliin was tho pet courser of Am.i ;:< '< brother?a high stepping, beautiful Morgan hrown, and widely known as the best bit of blood on the frontier. The young ladies, in tasteful riding fiabiis, panic down the steps, laughing merrily as (ho birds worn singing in tin* Irons overhead. II- -I'M1, n stout, iron grny cavalry n;ijr. was ;) very ordinary animal beside Hie glossy coated, intelligent eyoil <?hnrgor; inir Hector was tiie hero of many border lights, and bore his sears royally. Herlha loved him for (he danger he liad passed, and used to say that: she ill ways felt, perfectly safe with sedate, steady going old Hector. The girls, notwithstanding Jim's muttered remonstrances and rueful face, gaily mounted and leisurely can lered olT in the direction of the ItrazofJ road. "Uar ami 110 use warning wiinmin folks," philosophized .Jim "no use nt nil. for d(?,v tun sart in to go Jus* Aval you tell 'oiri not to. I ought to tol' Vm lo go on do Brazos pike, den doy is liouu' to take d<< odder way." The road wound through a dense labyrinth of chaparral, or luczquito, as it Is called in native parlance, thickly interspersed with the thorny pined cactus mill 1*1111 limfuil nnlmnlU - .? ??? M IV. They had but just crossed the narrow wfly, whore two faint bridle pnths diverged on either hand, loading into Avliiil seemed an impenetrable thicket of mozqulte. when Hellm showed unmistakable siyrns of disliking to no on. I'ertha. loo, notieed that old Hector prk'kod up Ids ears, and seemed shy ?>f advauclng. She was about to remark as much, when, with a furious Kuort, Selim bounded to one side, and there, In the middle of the path, directly before them, stood a swarthy .Mexi4*11 II I) IMtt ni f <? ' I A -*'1 ? ......... ... i ..? n mi, <iiki iif unii'i mid crafty looking us nny Indian, They were nearly three in tics from town, on a lonely little traveled road, where ail sorts of crimes had hoen committed, where bravo men had died by the assassin's band and thieves prowled at pleasure, unrestrained by either law or conscience, but they wisek Jy gave no evidence of alarm, and E t>eldiy confornted tho bowing Intruder i , "Good morning, *enora," hu Mid,; ? ? HE OLD TIMES. . ,,v - v ir. Never mind (lie old times; They were great, 1 know; Old friende tnat loved iu> Frieiid? that we loved so! But the new times King the song o? hope. Where sweeter rosea grow, A?' a-i 1 ? J"?? ? UVVIVI HllU H1U Jigdl HHtfc JIUIKV6 the morniu'! ?Atlanta Constitution. FOR LIFE ** [ with his snaky eyes downcast, in assumed humility, lifting as lie spoke, his dilapidated sombrero. Miss Maynard acknowledged Ids salutation by a slight nod, and slowly rode 011, as outwardly ealui and unconcerned as if tlie ill-looking Mexican were no more to be feared than the most harmless hare that ever found shelter in the tangled mezquite. Bertha glanced anxiously at the dark foliage within which lie had disappeaded, and said, in a low tone: "Let's go back, Annette. Did you notice the peculiar expression of his little beady, black eyes? He intends us 110 good, 1 feel sure of it, and certainly he envies you the possession of Sellin." "Perhaps had better return, Although 1 hate tn show the white feather within three miles of my brother's regiment," reluctantly nsst nt<d ihe major's sister, bringing her horse to a standstill. Ileetor turned willingly about, but Selim was nervous, and did not obey UAii.llto UM.II? IT-.. TO H IUIH.I. II illli: 1II> .lining lllll'l' was coaxing hiui into submission she was startled by a quick, alarmed cry from Bertha: "Hood heavens, Annette, we are surrounded!*' It was true. A dozen Mexicans stood between Annette and Bertha, completely cutting off Annette's retreat to Brownsville. Annette instantly comprehended the peril of her position, and the motive winch induced the low browed rascals to make her their victim instead of uerrna. "Hide back to town!" she cried. "Rido hack as fast as over you can! It's Selim they want. I'll make a run for the open prairie; it is my only chance for life." In a second the gray was dashing for Brownsville, followed by a jeering laugh from the Mexicans, who did not attempt to stay its progress. Annette shook the rein, and, with a free head, Selhn flow down the narrow road. 'I'iie Mexicans, as she well knew, had their tough little ponies concealed near by, and were soon i.i hot pursuit of the liying girl. Her heart grew faint within her when slu> saw the deadly lariat: coiled, ready for instant use, at each saddle how, knowing, as she did, tin? dexter! ?y of the murderous bauds that used it with such fatal effect. "The wrelehos menu to steal you, ' Selim," she whispered, jis if the animal could understand her words; "but they shall not, for you shall die under my weight before I'll see you become a prisoner to such cruel captors!" .lust as she ceased speaking. Solitn gave a tremendous bound to one side. At the same moment a sharp, whizzing sound was heard close to her ear, and something that felt like the lash of a whip grazed her cheek. A Spanish curse immediately thereafter, mingled with the clattering of hoof beats, telling the dauntless girl that through the timely shying of her horse the lasso had missed its mark. The noble creature recovered its feet in an instant, and came to the road as straight as an arrow, and at a speed that sent Ihe chaparral whirling by, a mass of indistiguishable foliage. '"Do your best, Selhn!" she urged. 4<Tf\< <]<? ! fh 1w>1iiiir1* tlw? rivni* ?iml cit'/.. ty before." Hut Sclirn was doing his best. Every muscle that like a not work veined bis , dripping nook and breast stood out like whipcords, attesting the desperate effort lie was making to distance bis bloodthirsty pursuer#, yet t lie fleet hoofs did not falter. On they sped until they struck the prairie. Five miles (if grassy level broke suddenly into view, and the gallant horse bounded at headlong speed on the open plain. But there a new danger menaced , the bravo girl. Her pursuers separated to the right and left, with the evi- 1 dent intention <if surrminiHiitr tliotv helpless victim and milking her an j oasy prey before she could roach the river. Still cool and self-possessed, Annette caught up her heavy riding skirt to ease as much us possible the laboring lungs and foaming flank of her J now panting stood. She felt 1dm MralniiiK :it every nerve, and with han<l and voice sho strove to eheer li i in on. The heat, which was killing the finer 1 animal, had little effect or. the horses of tin- foe. They could not match the thoroughbred in speed, for he had kept , the advance so far as to defy the dread | lariat, but the hardy, lonjr haired pon , ies of the Mexicans were natives of , the soil, and did not greatly mind the | sultry atmosphere, or the suffocating j elonds of dust which arose, gray and , bllndinjr, before them. I ICoweled on by their fleree riders. | they kept stendily in pursuit, appar- | ontly not much the worse for their ; Ion# raee. while poor Xeiim's wide , open month was dropping fonm al j every step, and his smoking sides ?iuiv- | erlnp painfully under Annette's slight ^ weight. , An abrupt turn In the road, near at ( hand, would lirliiff llicm in ,,f Mm -> < Half Way House. Five minutes more | afid (hoy would be safe. Hut alas! ) where she bad hoped to And safely stood three dnrk, savage looking men, whose objeet in being there it was not at all bard to guess. Yet they would s seareely dare to murder her so near ) (he American forces encamped ojipo- I site the Half Wuy IIousc, _ ]i i ! itrtVA lift** ^Anxn <?A f --*? *?VM0MV o?? ?vn wuivftv| aud, when the foremost of the three villains would have seized her bridle, she struck him u blinding blow across tho oys with her riding whip. UnlL' muddened by ids terrible run, <Uoll... UAmu.1 ..< 1 1 wvum rvuiui JlIIll till UVU il II* j other of his would-be captors to the ground, leaped over the prostrate : body, and was oft* again like the wind. , But Ills sudden onward dash was ol' I short duration; In vain Annette urged the ntfblc animal to one more effort, j 1 It was usi-less. Selim was staggering 1 along at a swaying, uncertain pave, mi- j able to regain the advantage ho had lnef lit Hi.. ................. ...111. il... i Mexicans, who, anticipating the chances of Annette's escape, had been stationed in the turn of tlie road to intercept her further tiight in that direction. 1 Sick and di/.:'.y with the heat, fatigue and fear of her frantic ride, Annette 1 felt herself almosst fainting in the ' saddle. v A furious yell from the Mexicans ' aroused within her heart renewed hope. She answered the savage yell with a i ju,> wu> jmiuui? mr uirriMiy :iii<?iui cuiutf a company of 1'nited States troops. She was a soldier's daughter. and, ! when she caught a glimpse of tho starry banner waving bright through a cloud of dust, she could not suppress a glad, wild cheer of trlumpli. Not a Mexican was i:i sight. Every one had disappeared in tho tall grass, or, hidden by the short curve, were hastening back to cover in the chaparral. Cheeking her horse. Annette sprang : to the ground, and was tpilckly sur- j rounded by the amazed and wondering j troops. "Why. Miss Maymrd," ejaculated the eantain in command. "wh.-it is tin- i mutter." "I have 11:nl a desperate ride, Cap- j tn'n Anlnir; a do/.on Mexicans pursu nearly all tin? way l'roni town. I Tlicy liavo but just loft mo, and must j still be some whore in the vicinity." "Lot's after thom, boy$!" cried tlio 1 captain, not waiting to hoar more, and j soon a score of well armed horsemen ' were galloping in all directions after ! the llocinu; Mexicans. Soli in stood drooping by tlio roadside, | his glossy coat gray with sweat and dust, looking little like v the itint^tiili- j cent: charger that so daintily praneed from under the ehinn trees in tlic cool j of the dewy morning. "Olt, do not let poor Sclim die!" | pleaded Annette, gently pressing her: hand over his foaming itreast. "Pray, ; do something to save him! See how dull his eyes are. and lie breathes so strangely," she Kttid to the non-eon- ] missioned ottieer whom Onptain Arthur had left as a protector. Selim turned at the sound of her Voice mill foehiv neifrliiwl n nisnniisi. "Keep 111 in going.'* replied tin* old soldier." "I rail liis cj'o very good. II" is warm and blown, but not suffering i to any amount." In less than an hour Annette had the satisfastion of seeing Captain Arthur, return with live of the Mexican wretches in custody. Sitting in grim resignation on their | Jnded h'.rses. they glanced vindictively nt the fair girl. then at poor Se- ; Iim as he languidly paced along, led j I?y a young trooper, who scowled darkly when lie caught their cunningly troachiT.iu* t yt's fixed maliciously up- | dii hini. and muttered some very J ( threatening words in most emphatic i English for their benefit. The company, with its new acquisition of prisoners and the major's brave sister, again resumed their march to Brownsville. They had gone i .. Hill.. ?.i. .1. ... . . MIL .1 mm- ?<i.> w ill'll IIICII" milliner was ujjr;M?ahIy augmented by the ar- | rival of 1I10 party whom Bertha had | sent out to resciio her friend. Anions thoni was Jim, who shook his head doubtfully, and said it would he a wonder if Selini ever recovered from stifVnrss; but whether the horse did or ; not, he hope?l it would i>e a lesson to .Miss Annette not to he so self willed in future; "for Mexicans lias done jjnt no manners, and ,1us' as leaf murder wimmin folks as m.'ii folks." Annette thought so, too, and for once j illd not venture to question Jim's houiely wisdom.?Saturday Night, j Nrw Ukoh of WnterfiiUg. The lesson of the use of Niagara Kalis for generating electricity has heen put to world-wide application. Throughout the world falling water, nceording to a paper read before the British Association hv Mr. Cainnhell Kwihton. yield* to niiin's use 1111 energy ! i>f|UUl to 1, horse power, of ; which <!rent l>rltnin ligures for only ! 11 .Pin: horse-power. Tile* liritij-.il Aluminum Co. g.'ls T< horse-power from the Kalis of Foyers, j iml it expects presently to procure 17.UIK) horse-power from Locli Leven. ; The North Wales Klectric l'owcr Coiii|iuny is about to tap Lake ..dydaw. on Knowdon, ami hopes to obtain S200 \ horse-power for every day of nine hours. Finally the Scotch Water Power Syndicate is peering "ouml in piest of waters that it can imprison lit lofty levels and so generate electric [lower. From Loch Sloy. 7.~>7 feet ibovc Loch Lomond, it i* going to get Horsepower, and at Ardlui, higher up, it proposes to get further energy. Kvon a modi st stream that drops scv- ; i?ra! hundred feet may be a suure;? oi' lower. IVimlc?\r-(inrdfin I'VriiP. Of all tb" gre;m tilings that eon* lesoend i<> live with us In our furnaeplieated, gn> 1 It-'hI*?d houses, perhaps j lone adnpt themselves more readily to 'wiiii11io>in i;u- removed irom nature lhan r<isays a writer In Country J Life in A'uerica. If is astonishing how j nnny seemingly "immutable laws" can >e discreetly disregarded, if the love , for growing things is xutlldently strong o viake 11 way." "Shade, moisture iml a mild temperature." tin* hook ivarn us, "are the essentials of success 11 growing ferns." As a matter of I run, rem hoxes have given satisfncIon for years under the most trying conditions, and the only secret of sue ess is to l?e interested in ferns. Sooner >r later the peeuliar beanty of ferns akes hold of one. "Nature made ferns "or pure leaves," said Thorenu. i l'urn Hft (ho Htnti(1nr<l. In the outside world of Russia, furs , ire considered the test of the financial ( . loxition of the wearer, fo that man/ nihliicHH mon are obliged to spend A , ;uud deal of money on then). J M^^asacvac'^gc'tMrsar^ I SOUTH CAROLINA I i STATE NEWS ITEMS, j Governor Hevward Takes a Rest Governor Heyward has gone down to his plantation in Colleton county to Bpend a few days, taking needed rotu\ this being the first opportunity that he has had to indulge himself in some time. * ? Porto Rican Studies Cotton. S. Benen, of San Juan, Porto Rico, is in Chraleston, to study the cultivation of sea island cotton, and from Charleston ho will proceed to Savannah to give attention to the growing of the staple at that place. * * To Import White Cooks. The securing ol" one hundred white cooks for the households of Union is the step just taken by the chamber of commerce, the negro labor in many instances having become so trifling as not lo he longer tolerated. * * * Newberry Ha8 Electric Lights. The new electric lighting system which has been recently installed in Newberry, is very satisfactory. The incandescent arcs, such as are used in Atlanta, Columbia and other southern cities, have been placed. Those lights show quite an improvement over the old lamps. * % Ginnery at Clinton Burned. Lafayette HalUeom's ginnery at Clinton, with I'oriv bales of cotton, was burned a few days ago. Most of the cotton was stored tinder the Kin house and when the fire was discovered, it was completely < nwranped ia llamcs. The loss is estimated at more than $2,000, with no insurance. I*' !> Land for Barracks. The war department will soon take over a large tract of iand on Sullivan's Island for the purpose of erecting barracks for llie additional troops which are to be brought south for the manning of the newly built battery, soon U> be equipped with guns and other apparatus. completing the defences ot Charleston harbor. + * * Trolley Line Frojcctcri. n nmlm nl rutitnliuiu arrive in Charleston in a few days from Philadelphia, coming to confer with local parties I'oi the organization of the company which is to hnild a trolley lino to Suinnu rville, a pincland and health resort about twenty-two miles from Charleston. The cnarter has been received from the secretary of state. . * Yale Students to Study ruresiry. A party of Yale sludtgits have arrived in Charleston to begin a study of the forestry condition of South Carolina, and after spending a few lays at the home ol William F. Sherfesee, one of the number, they will begin tlu'ir studies. With Slier* fesee are F. A. Wilcox, aiso ol CharlesIon, and Lage von Wernstedt, of Strangnas, Sweden; (1. A Wilmot, of Cape Town. South Afr.ca. and J. M. Nelson. <>1 Maltimore. '? "o Poctal Clerk tc Ec Tried. A Charleston dispatch says: A. P. Priolcau, fine i.f th?> two republican candidates .who opposed Congressman Legate tor the scat from the first district three weeks ago. will ho put on trial for having removed, detained and opened a mail package, when he was running as a postal clerk on the Atlantic Coasi Line. The east: hitbeen pending for more than a year and a half on account of t no illness of I'ostoHice Inspector Smyth, of Charleston, the main witness against Prloleau. * Jury Renders Large Verdict. The largest verdict over rendered by a Soutl< Carolina jury in a damape suit was llint of tin; ease of Mr.-. Dorothy H. Mriekman at Columbia, against tiie Southern railway for the death of her husband, when the jury r< turned a verdict of $j.'>,on<i for the plaintiff after be ing out three hours. Th?' amount sued lor was $7.1,0(10. .Motion for a new trial will be heard hi oncc. ? * Knitting Milt to Close Down. The plant of the Newberry Knitting Mill, which has boon in operation for five years*, will shnt. down on the loth inst. The directors of the concern have her ii instructed to sell and negotiations with this end in view arc now in progress. With the installation of good, up-todate machinery, an Increase of output and nrop'T management t.hor?? it no reason why the Investment should not be a good one. * Crazy Man's Horrible Deed. * At Kellytown, Darlington county, S. Madison Janus shot his wife dead l-'riday night, and Saturday morning hit' eo Iter brother, H. Sidney Kelley. when the lntter called at the house to invest igate. Later, Sheriff Scarborough went to Kellc 'ov o t T"??st James, and was compelled to Kin him. Jamea had been a patient in the lunatic asylum in Columbia, but was released a year ago. * Chicago Woman to the Rescue. Mrs. Nettle F. McCormick, of Chicago, 111., who has already built in whole or In part six homes at the Thornwell Orphanage, on hearing of the destruction hy Are of the Memorial Hall, wired to the president of (he Institution that she will give $2,>00 to rebuild the house on eonriltion hat $2,500 more he raised. Mr*. Me I I C* r\l?r>l I /ilr Itn.l ! U ^.1 - Al- .. ... 1 vuiwivn 1IUU UUI JUI ui'uru Q1 mo HCC" ond fire destroying the Orphans' Seminary. A le w inoro contributions/ therefore, will make her gift available and Insure* the erection of the two ! buildings to take the place of those | that were destroyed. Southern's New Station at Union. The now $10,000 passenger station of the Southern railway at Union was officially opened to the public a clays ago. It Is quite a hand?(frnc and commodious brick structure, with all conveniences, and Is well lighted with electricity. The first ticket was I hold to .Miss Mary MurpKy, who left ' on the flrsi train for Charleston. The old passenger station is partial- i iy dismantled, and will be lifted bod- , Ily to a Hat car and taken to Santuck, ' imiti III111? uisiuui, wilt?re JL win ue I used as a section master's house. I Appropriations for South Carolina. Secretary of the Treasury Shaw sub- I mitted to congress Monday Ills annual ' budget of estimates, for the next fiscal year. The items for South Carolina are the following: Complete postoftioe and custom ' house, Georgetown. $20,000; com pie- ; tion of postofllce, Rock Hill, $10,250; ! Charleston navy yard, $807,000; estab- j lish range light station on St. Phillips island entrance to Port Royal harbor, $18,000; improving Charleston harbor* ! $'25,000; Winyah bay. $75,000. * > f, a , Bunch cf Skeleton Keys Found. I In cleaning out a bureau at the Ar gyle hotel at Charleston, a few days pgo, a hunch of key, wen1 found secreted, which, it is presumed, were hidden by K. C. ltos.se. alias ('. E. . Ross, who occunied the room last Feb ruary at the time of his arrest on the ' charge of robbing the state rooms of , tho Clyde steamer Arapahoe, and was ! later convicted and sent to the peni- i temiary at Columbia for one year, j which term Ross is now serving. The discovery of the keys shows ' that the fellow was a profesional i sneak thiel, as wat proven at the trial, J and the court made no mistake in i sending him up to Columbia. * * a Italian Stonc Cutters Arrive. Tlx- first fflF.a number of Italian stone cut tcrjBu) bo brought south have i arrived in Charleston. Twenty men have been put to work at the navy yard an.I thirty-five sent to the Winn- | boro granite rjuarries. It is under- I stood that about two hundred addition* ! al Italians will b > brought to Charles- i i ton and apportioned between the navy I ,. .1.1 ?..w ill.- filiHiMV <|ii.lll.v. Tile arrival ol these men .should not he eonfoun-.led with "iln immigration movement. for under the South Carolina law the immisr.ints are restricted j to people from northern Europe. The i ! Italians an coining here simply to laj bur .and uprin thf eompletion of their j ! icittiiin they will return north and i niii as permanent residents or eolouitls. * Violent Attack of Diarrhoea Cured by Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and Perhaps a ' Life Saved. "A short time ago I was taken with 1 a violent attack of diarrhoea ami believe 1 would have died if 1 hud not Kitten relief,' says John J. Patton, a {leading citizen of Patton, Ala. "A \ friend recommended Chamberlain's | Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Homely. ' bought a twenty-five cent bottle and after taking three doses of it was en- i j tirely cured. I consider it the best j remedy in the world for bowel com- ' j plaints. For sale by Pickens Drug I j kjiwi r, l itii li; S 1 JT1IK iilOrC.1, A . i\ . 1 1111?' tor, Liberty. i CALL TO COTTON GROWERS. Effort to Be Made to "Tic Up" Product Until Prices Advance. ? Prt'sidint? Marvlo Jordan, of the Soui horn Cotton Growers' l'r:>.o< tivo 1 I As-sociaMon. has issued c\:!l f?-r i.hwm I j meetings df farmtrs In every county, | j in all of tho cotton statcs*e;u? nf the i 1 Mississippi river, for December 17 I i I I in- purpose of the meetings will be to j ! reduce farmers "to tie tip between ' j 2,'>00,000 and .".000,000 bales of this j frop until prices advance to 10 <-c u rj I per pound." i I . , 1 Acid Dyspepsia a Vcrv Common Dm- 1 ease. ! It in indicated by sour stomach, | I heartburn, tongue coated and flabby, stomach tender and bowels sometimes j I loose, sometimes constipated. Persons suffering from Acid Dyspepsia are usually thin and bloodless. Sometimes tin; sufferer is fleshy, but the flesh is flabby and unhealthy. A Radical cure I of this disease can bo effected In a short time by taking ono or two Ry- ! dale Stomach Tablets after each meal j ' and whenever tlio stomach la out of order. Thev are harmless and can be taken at any time and as often as Is necessary to relievo the stomach. I Trial size 25c. Family size, 50c. if j ; RAILROADS GRANT LOWER RATE, J I Fight of Atlanta Freight Bureau Brings Forth Fruit. Atlanta, Cla., has been granted a gen j | oral reduction In freight rates by tho ' riilr/.o.lo ! ...... "im.il wjii.lrtll- Itl lllitl JIOIIII. The list of articles upon which rater j are reduced are said, upon very relia- , hie authority, to include almoH't everj article up'>n which complaint has beeo i made. While the reduction Is small, it is said to ho general and quite com P/ehenBive in its ucope. . j Get Your Money's Worth. i You Ret your money's worth when l ' you buy Elliott'H Emulsified Oil Llnl- ? raent. A full half pint bottle <ost8 but, 1 25 cents, and you get your money baok 1 | f not 8Uti8flod with reHulis. Use It ] in your family and on your stock. 1 fou'll not be disappointed. tf i ?? : 1 - i NET FOR OARNEGIE Object of Mrs, Chadwick Was to Ensnare Philanthropist, UtNUUIVltNl AS IUUNLMNG Disclosures Reveal More and Moro Mystery in Sensational Case. Banker Beckwith on Verge of Total Collapse. A New York dispatch sfcys: T'10 starting admission of President C. T. Bockwltli, of the Citizens' National Uank ot Oberlin, ()., that he and Cashier Spear, of that bank, had endorsed Cacsie L* Chadwick's notes to the amount of $1,250,000 and that they bore what purported to be the aikuauuu ui aiuituw carnugie, nas astounded ilie New York lawyers representing the various Interests involved in a e:>je which becomes more surprising with every new revelation. The expected did not happen Tuesday night in the Chadwick case, and alj predictions proved Rt fault wium at a late hour it was announced that 110 conference between federal officers and Andrew Carnegie had been held at the letter's home. This turn waa surprising, for Mr. Carnegio had announced i*.i the courso r?t* th<i /ln? ??. %... ..1.1 ? . w. ...v, ?.?? iiiui in: \ruu;a i. o lu receive a federal .-.''.ice;', and it was supposed thai K. ! . widkam, represent- I ing tha comi"?troller of t;u? treasury, would i?cet itiin 1 ueju&y night, ami that the matter ol' >no notes allege^ to have been given lrl Reynolds, of Cleveland, and said to hoar the name of Andrew Carnegie, would be discussed. President C. T. IJccUwJ'.h it. practically in a state of collapse aa a result of the trying ordeal tnroitgh wtiioh he passed Monday in tonneciion with hi3 hearing before the united States commissionir at Cleveland, Ohio. Beekwith is completely prostrated and hirf grief is pitiful. In discussiui; his troubled the voice of the aged linker is choked with emotion \uesoav, in .' peaking of the Carnegie note??, lie vehemently declared that if the signatures were ior^crius, then the hand of the law should be laid upon .Mrs. CMiadwiek. "Why should I stand the brunt of ull this trouble, which haa been directly brought about by the a< ts of that vvnmnn l-.r> 1 ............ II-. v?v in.mi.c;,, .>u. Leek witli said: "i have every n -o:i to believe that the notes were ^niiine. Indeed, Mrs. Chndwick r.olemulv declared that she had seen Mr. ('am :;ie write hij signalure to them. To confirm this, ?ho brought an attorney with her, who declared he was the legal rep res illative of Mr. (' .riie.iie. and this attorney, who-o name I i annot now state, declared that he Knew positivi ly that the signatures were genuine. "It, is true that wo?Mr. Spear and myself?did indfsr.se the notes, but of i course we had no idea that ttuy wore | to be put to the us?> thai they were afterward. Then, again, we had the I porltlvo r.ssurnn<v of Irl Reynolds, secretary of the Wado Park Hanking Company at Cleveland, that lu> had j the securities that Mrs. Chndwkk , cianr.Oii she !ia:1. "Oh. my God!" rxolaimed (lie old man, "if I could only have my life to live again lor the two years, that 1 might save my name fritm tliis great dishonor that has hefalh n me." JEALOUS MAN RUNS AMUCK. | As P.ccult of Rnge of Curns Four are Dead and One Wounded. A Rochester, 1 iid.. dispatch says: Four dead and one seriously wounded i is the result of the jelousy of Gilbert i r^irns, nj?ed who Tuesday night j shot and instantly killed his wife and : baby, and Joe Gripe, at whose home t his wife was employed. niui me mint1 Kiuing iiurns wane- | ( (! two miles to (he home of his sister, ; where he blew off the top of his own head. Mrs. Kramnn, who also lived at j the home of (Jrlpe, was struek by seattering shots. ; I : Taken With Cramps. Win. Kirmse, a member of tho bridge gang working near Llttleport was taken suddenly 11! Thursday nicht j with cramps and a kind of cholera I Ills case was so severe that !\o had 1 to have ihe members of the crow wall upon him, and Mr. Glfford was called and consulted. Ho told them ha ha4 a medicine In the form of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea i Remedy that ho thought would hel*p 1 him out, and accordingly several doses ; were administered with the result that ! the fellow was able to bo around next : <lnv. Thn Inplilnnt onool/o ' "v> ly of Mr. Glfford's medicines.?Rikador, Iowa, Argus. This remedy never falls. Keep it i in your home, It may Have llfo. For j ale by Pickens Drug Store, Rarlo's i Drug Store, T. N. Huntor, Liberty, tf Puts an End to It All. A grievous wall oftlmes comes an ! a result of unbearable pain from over- ! taxed organs. Dizziness, backache., j Liver Complaint and Constipation. : But thanks to Dr. King's Now Life , I'llls, they put an end to It all. They \ uro gentle, but thorough. Try them. Only 2.r)C. Guaranteed by Pickens | Drug Co. 11 The Death Penalty. a lime thing sometimes results In rleath. Thus - mere scratch, insignificant cuts or puny l>oll3 have paid the leath penalty. It is wise to have fhicklen'a Arnica Salve ever handy. It's tho best Salvo on earth and will prevent fatality, when Burns, Sore*, Ulcers and Pilos threaten. Only 25o it Pickens Drug Co. tf - ' ' , ..--^JSESES ' Women as Wei! as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon tho mind, discourages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor -N.icas.-i >s an<* cheerfulness soon disappear when tho kldneys aro out of order ? Kidney troublo has V.lyffi'x'^}cOn~~ become so orcvnlrsnt " ?3 not uncotnrnon r/l\>^?kvi\\ f *or A child to be born /y ?Wctcd v/Ithweakkld-J* m \^l iflr' ncys- " 4h? child urlnvat ^W- atcs t00 0(tcri( if the urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child rcaches an age when it should be able to control the passago, it is yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause of the difficulty 13 kidne/ trouble, and the first step should be towards the Ireatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble Is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well nn m?n nr* m?it? - erable with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon realised. It Is sold cent and one dollar sample bottle by mail free, also pamphlet tell- nomo ot sr-aum Root. !ng all about it, including many of the .housands of testimonial letters received rom sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer Si Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention this paper. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the add.ess Bingharnton, N.Y., on evr.rv bottle. 1 CARNEGIE'S NAME ON Notes for Over a Million Given by Mrs. Chadwick Bear the Alleged Signature of Philanthropist. A special from Cleveland, Ohio, Kays: There were numerous new developments in connection with the affairs of Mrs. Cassio I,. Chadwick, and the troubles of the closed Citizens' national bank, of Oheiiin, Ohio. Presl v?v-?n. v,. j . uuuivwiin ana ejasnier Frank Spoar, of the latter institution, were brought to Cleveland from Oberlin by United States Marshal Chandler and a deputy shortly before noon. The bank officials were later arraigned before United States Commissioner Starek. Both pleaded not guilty and waived a preliminary hearing. Commissioner Starek fixed the bail at $10,OuO in each case, and oound the two men over to the grand jury, which meets in February next. Spear was shortly afterward released on a bond, i.ate in the evening President Beck ii mi gi'i iiini iMJiuiniiR'ii mill II1U ilgUll banket was given his freedom. That the Oherlin bank or President Beekwith real I * possessed notes for $250,000 and ?>r>00,000, respectively, with the name of Andrew Carnegie signed thereto, is now known ns a -teft:?i*o fact. Whether lliese notes are , forgeries is yet to b? shown. Tills is s;ated on the authority of United . States DlstrlA^^iorney SnllivanajMr a vcr;" j)ronii?Lv\c>' ^;r oi4^PVe1and. District Attoj^^^^^Vn declared that he had ^m|0|fc^2.~><i,ouo with Mr. Carnegie's cignatnretyn his posses. ion, and that <t bore the name of Andrew Carnegie and it. was indorsed by C. I.. Chadwick. A wi(U>lv Known hanker, who requested that his name not lie used, stated positively that he had seen the $">00,000 note signed ''Andrew Carnegie." Andrtw Carnegie's secretary in New York gave out the following statement Monday afternoon: "Mr Carnegie wants me to say that he \loes not want to he bothered any more about this Chadwick woman. He is quite angry over this persistent use of his name and wishes it to cease at once. On<e for all, he never knew Mrs. Chadwick or any other such woman, and never signed any such papers as the reports credit him with. That is all." ^ Is Consumption Curable? Yes! If Rydalo's Elixir is used in nine; uoioro too much of the lung tissues is involved. This modern, seientiilc medicine removes all morbid irritation and inflammation from the lungs to the surface and expels them from the system. It aids expectoration, heals tho ulcerated surfaces, r*ievefi the cough and makes breathing easy. Ilydale's Elixir does not dry the mucous surface and thus stop tho cough. Its action is Just the opposite ? it stimulates and soothes. It kllla the germs that causo chronic throat and lung disease and thus aids nature to restore these organs to health. Trial size 25 cents. Large size BO contu The largo si;:e holds 2 1-2 tinvw the rial size. tf NEW POSTMASTERS NAMED. * f M Soufhernero on List Sent to Senate j By the Preaident. The president Wednesday gent to the senate a long list of post office nominations, which included the fol jowiiik: Alabntna?Joseph C. Manning, Alexander City; Dallas H. Smith, Opellka. 1^. Florida?George J. Arnow, Gainesville; Knoch E. Skipper, Bartow; Newell B. Hull, Starke. Tennessee?Jasper N- Fitzwater, ColllersvIMe; Thomas J, I?vell, Obion; John Uodd, IJolivar; William II. Hollinger, Waverly. " | i Jp ARMI8TICE AT PORT ARTHUR. uuniumdnit are Miiowea rix Hours to Bury Heaps of Dead. Aovlcea from Toklo atato that the first armistlco between tho combatants at Port Arthur waa declared on December 2 for the purposo of byjrylng tho doad. It lasted for a period of kIx hours. 1 Port Arthur beslegera report that nearer* of flag* of truce in the direction of the left wing arranged for a partial armistice to extend from 10 o'clock in the morning to 4 in the af- . ternoon for the removal of the dead * and wounded. ' 'J r