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?|e iuatcljmon ano Soutljroiu TlfMH?? WATCHKAX, Jtetabllabed April. I860* "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's. THJS THUS SODTHKON. e?t?btt?b?d June. 1 ss Cosolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER. S. P.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 26, 1904._New Series-Vol. Ki \ V *o. 14 -BT--? ixr. Car. Osteen, S?MTEB, S: C. TERSES : $1 50 par SD nara-io ad van os. . ?DTlBTlBIKlKt: t>af Square first insertion.................^1 CO tvery snbaequent ?nsert?on^..^. 50 Contracts for three months, or looser wili -e caa?tt at red aced rate?. Ali commoaieaiions which subserve private j ^Etereets will bs charged for ss advertiemeots. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be Hied for. GM GROP OF 10,988.000 B?LES. Estimates Troughout Belt Point to That Figure-Prospects by States. Semper Yield is Now Considered Out of the Question-Acreage Data High. Texas and Indian Territory, 3,100,000 Oklahoma, 250.000 Georgia, 1,540,000 Arkansas, 745,000 Alabama, 1,150,000 Mississippi, 1,440,000 . Louisiana, 575,000 Sonth Caolina; 850,000 North Carolina, 610,000 -Tennessee, 280,000 "Florida, 60,000 Virginia, Kentucky, Mo., etc, 60,000 -. Total.. 10,960,000 Each cotton crop must be consider? ed as au independent proposition. The* causes why one year's crop was large or small may have little or nc bearing ou the" crop of the next year. It is in a measure necessary to make comparisons, but in the main, com? parisons between one cotton crop and another are most deceptive, for the reason?*hat there is little or no atten? tion paid to the peculiar conditions governing the yield of one year that may or may not have a bearing on that of another season. The bumper crops have been sur? prises. They have for peculiar reasons turned out larger than even the most optimistic had expected. The same is true with, the crops that have been unusually small, they have,for particu? lar reasons, failed to come up to what was expec ted, and as a rule these pecu? liar conditions have been unanticipat? ed. The speculative interest in the cot? ton market is always so strong th< t it is natural for even the most clear? headed man in the market to deceive himself. If a large crop would mean dollars in bis pockets, every indica? tion of a large crop is eagerly seized apon by him, made much of, and magni? fied, fie has no ears for the other side of the story. Be knows that there is an? other side to the market, and he is apt to class as intentions of those opposed to him even the most clearly defined truths if they are antagonist to his preconceived ideas. The. same is equally true of the man who wishes to see a short crop-every mosquito in the South becomfs a boll weevil tc him. There are some things that are al? ways paramount in the consideration of any crop* as toe acreage and the weather. Of all things that have caused mistaken ideas of what cotton crops would be, there is none perhaps tnat has led as many men astray as the matter of acreage ; and it is a wise man indeed who from a distance, by a me*e record of temperatures and rain fall, can form an accurate conception of the effect of weather conditions upon the cotton crop. The government each year gives ont a statement of the acreage. The pub? lic, because these figures are given out by the government, is prone to ac? cept them as eorrect. There is, how? ever, no perfect system cf computing acreage, and that employed by the government is far from perfect. This fact has long been recognized by cot- j *on men wno hnve given tbe matter j care!ul attention. Many suggestions; have been made to the government as | to some sort of a method by which .eme accurate idea of the amount of ! land planted in cotton could be arriv? ed at. Perbaps the best suggestion is that at, the close of a season each ginner j be asked to give bis idea as to the j yield per acre of the cotton ginned by j him. This would, of coarse, not give1 Hts bureau the advance of the crop in? formation which it attempts to dis j ?eminate, bat it would at least give ita fairly good basis upon which to masc hu ore estimates. Ttat thc government has been count? ing ta new land put into cotton with? out making a proper deduction for the laud going out of cotton is something that is known to everyone who bas made an investigation of tbe matter. Trie apparent lessening of tbe yield per acre tbat has been the basis of so macy very prettily bu?ltnp theories >n the cotton market, is in some degree a fallacy. The yield per aero bas not been growing less as rapidly as it vfould seem, but there lias beeo a great deal of land going out of cotton each year that has still been counted as cotton land by the bureau in its compilation of acreage figure! The government said that there were, in round numbers, 32,000,000 acres glanced in cotton chis year. There wtre not. Some well posted cotton men, as for instance Julius Runge of Galveston, say that these figure* were from 7,000,1.00 to 9,000, 000 fo, large. That is, however, an ex? treme view of the situation, bnt the government figures dc show more Jaud in cotton than wa< planted in cotton his spring. The acreage this year, however was very large, much larger than last year. The increase a acreage was general ail over the belt. There was some land in Texas that was in cotton last sea that was not put in cotton this, account of the weevil, but this 1 more than offset by the new land-c land-that went into cotton in Te this year. In Oklahoma and the Indian Tej tory there was a large increase acreage. Just how large it is dime to accurately estimate. It has bf the custom in the Indian Territory the past to estimate acreage by natio This year an effort was made to j the figures by counties, and the res was confusing to say the least. In the older states there was a gn deal of land planted in cotton tl was not in cotton last year. The lit land owner about the town plant cotton in his backyard and under I orchard trees, but the "city crop" not worth considering, and a f< backyards planted in cotton are apt give the casual observer an idea enormous acreage tbat the facts m not justify. In point of fact in ma states there was a great shifting crops, a planting of cotton on botte lands, and an abandonment of cott on uplands which did not premise large return for the amount of lab necessary to successfully cultiva them. In states like Louisiana tl was the case, and in some of the old states of the eastern portion of t belt that have been under fertilize for a quarter of a century, the pcs; bility of an increase in acreage w limited. A careful study bf the sit ation shows that the acreage this se son was a record-breaker, but- at t same time not nearly as large as t world has been led to believe. To be counted against this increa in acreage there must be consider the scarcity of labor in the Sout Never before has there been such lack of labor for the catto;; fields there has been this year. The lab question is the great question in tl South. The question is just as grave one in Virginia as in Texas, in Oki homa as in Georgia. There was mo cotton planted evrey place than cou be successfully cultivated, and the r suit is very plainly apdarent. "lt is spotted crop, with good and poor cc ton in the same section," is the of ti expressed opinion - of those who ba? sden the crop. The reason for this to a great extent das to the fact th lack of labor has made it necessary neglect many of the fields. It possible to plow and plant more cottc with the same amount of labor th* it is possible to cultivate properly ai pick. The question of securing piel ers has been a serious one since tl first boll opened ; there is much co ton still in the fields that should ba< been picked weeks ago. To consider the weather that mak< a crop it is necessary to go back h yond the tima for the first breaking < the ground and consider the weath< of the previous winter. In this connei tion it is well to consider the peculii conditions which resulted in the tn bumper crops that are ever held up i a criterion of what the South shonl do in the way of a cotton crop. J the winter preceding the bumper se? sons there was a great deal of rail the ground was full of substance an the plant grew vigorously, send ir down a deep tap root. In the lal summer came dry weather. The plai seemd to wither, but the deep tap rc( held its life. Then came warm fa rains, and frost held off unprece( entedly late, while the plant, fille with new life, made cotton. The bumper crops have been "wii ter crops." The rains of last win te were not such as those preceding bnn per c~op years but at the same ti DJ they were up to the average, and th soil was io fair shape, when it wi broken. The planting season was good one, ancV there was more earl planting than ever before. There ai two stories, however, to this earl plantiug. In some states, particulai ly in Texas* there was a great deal c cotton planted too early. The farmei were anxious to get it in early so ai if possible, to, beat out the insec pests, and they planted too earlj without a proper consideration of th weather conditions, and the cotton wa either entirely lost or turned out ver poorly. < During the early reriod of tb growth of .the plant ic made rapid prc gress. It was almost the un broke rule that the bloom was full an heavy. The prospects for a recon breaking crop seemed the best eve known. Over the whole South ther sprang np the idea that the crop wa going to be by far the largest eve grown. The South supported thi j opinion by selling cotton short arpnni and under 9f.> cents. There is alway ! a time in the life ot' every crop tha I it seems very good. Good weathe: j during tbe early >ummer of?e:? paint j tlie picture of perfection, only to havi j ii rudely wiped away later on. Ever crop has it? j>eriod ot deterioration and in considering the deterioration of tbe present crop it is best to loci at the condition in different section: separately. There are, however, many genera characteristic about tbe crop hi? sea son which prevail so generally tba: there is no nse considering them sec ; tionally These general condition' j are what give the crop the individu ! ali ty that every crop must have, j In the first place the plant this yeal j has been small. A small plant in Tex i as is of course a big plant in North j Carolina-but taking each section, thc j plant has been rather smaller than ! is usually grown there. Some explain this by saving "seed deterioration," some by saying "land deterioration": but wharever the cause the plant has not been large one, and, in most Fec I tiens, not a vigorous one. As a rn lo i the seed a has been light, and less pro j dective of oil than usual. As n rule . the bolls opened very nearly together. ? and when they were o]>en tb*- plants i stopped making. Of all the paints of : differnce between the crop of this sea ! son and those of other seasons tie im - j ultaneocs opening of the boll, snd ! the evident sapping of the life of the plant by this '?pening has been the . most marked ?haracteritic of this ' crop. The plant this year did not eend down a deep tap root. Its support has been largely from the lateral roots. The hot sunshine of the season I of fruition caused early and in many j instances, premature opening, and 1 this forcing left tbe plant with little vigor to go on making cotton. There are good lands on which this was nor so markedly the case, but as a general rule the plant was pretty near done this season with its first opening, and this precluded the possibility of much of a top crop. The salvation of the crop has been the long dry spell of the picking sea? son that has permitted cotton to stand in the fields unharmed until the pick? ers could get to it. The early opening and the opening all together of the crop with labor so scarce as to make it impossible to pick it as soon as it should have been picked, would have meant a disaster if there had come a period of wet, stormy weather. The picking season has been as perfect as any one could desire, however. It will be a good many weeks before the crop eau be all picked, and many fields today look whiter and more full pf cotton than tLey should look, simply because the bolls have been open so long th^t the lint is hanging away down out of themXjRaiu and wind would work havoc in such fields, but so far there has been no damage of this kind, and a large per cent of the crop has already been gathered, and is as . a rule very nice, clean cotton, free from tinges and stains. There has been a great deal of com? plaint this year a to the character of the staple. It is true that his com? plaint has been from certain sections rather than from the entire belt, but at the same time it is generally taken as a rule that a plant that does not produce a heavy, oily seed will not produce long, strong lint. The great? est complaint as to the character of the staple comes from Texas and the other states where "early matur J ing" short staple seed has been sub j stituted fof the old-fashioned long staple variety. The short staple cotton does, not carry more bolls to the plant than does the long staple, nor is there more lint to the boil, so that the fact is evident that the large substitution of ?s inch to \% inch cotton for inch to inch and an eighth cotton will have some effect in decreasing production. The crop except on the best lands in the extreme northern portion of the belt, has practically stopped making. In many sections the fields are no lon? ger green. This precludes the possi? bility of much of a top crop, and at the same time it means that the crop has now very little to fear from frost. The only place where frost, which has held off well this year, could do any material damage now is in Oklahoma and the Indian Territory. Rain and wind would do a great deal more damage than could possibly be done by frost. Ten days of bad weather would greatly reduce .the yield in many localities. In considering the size of the crop this year, the boll weevil must come in for a large share of attention. The march of this pest has not been check? ed, lt has entered the best cotton coun? ties of Texas this year, and, blown by the Gulf winds,,/has found its way into nine parishes of Louisiana. The more this insect is studied-and no one knows much about the boll weevil yet -the harder to understand become bis ways. There are counties in Texas which had the weevil last year that have mad i fairly'good crops of cotton this year, and there are other locali? ties where the pest has swept every? thing before it, leaving the fields as barren of lint as a tar roof is of pond lilies. The fight to raise cotton in spite of the pest has been waged de? terminedly and with some degree of succ?s, hut the weevil has done its j work in Texas, nevertheless. In some j of the northern counties, however, it I got- iu too late to be a serious menace j this year, but has planted itself to do I a full line of business next year. The ! pest has alsu done a great deal of dam ! age in western Louisiana, and will de ! crease the yield of that state to a eou I siderable extent. I Indian Territorys crop is nsually ! lo raped with that of Texas in crop statistics. There was large amount ! of new land in the territory put into ! cotton this year, and asa role the plant ' has dona well, although it has not ? been as early as in 'other parts of the j belt. It is popular in making large j crop estimates to tuck away large ! bundles in the little envassed corners, j and for the reason a gi eat deal has ! bstn said about how much cotton In I dian Territory and Oklahoma will j raise this year. Their crop promise is undoubtedly excellent, but labor has been unusually scarce, many of the fields have been but poorly cultivated, and while there will be a good increase ir can scarcely be as large as many peo? ple lia ve anticipated. In Louisiana and Missouri the crop at one fin:e this season looked like perfection. Alon? iu August there was a long continued period of heavy rainfall and this was followed by ex? tremely hot weather. In may sections of these stutes. d( terioration was as rapid as was ever seen in any cotton country r.nd the prospects for a bum? per crop faded away. Time is a great, deal of good cotton in both these states *but there is also great, deal of very poor and that they will do much, bet? ter than last year does not seem possi? ble. Floods destroyed a great deal of the best cotton in Arkansas early in the season. This state in many localities also suffered hom the effects of ver}' hot weather following periods of heavy rain. Th?? crop in this state is spot? ted and by no means the best. New York Commercial. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. ihe Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the // /??SlT Signature of ^izr/Z T<???4UM Siek hendftche \- enured by a oi^ordered panditina of tl?e stomach and i* quickly va er) hy nhamberlaiuV Stomach and Liv er TaMetr?. Fur rule by hil druggist.*. ROOSEVELT FVCE TO FACE WITH THE NEGRO PROBLEM. Private John Smith Marries Ne j gress at Fort Motte, N. J - Claims Immunity Under I President's Action. Washington, Oct. 18.-President Roosevelt is face to face with the ne? gro problem in one of its ugliest phases. Private John Smith of the i United States army hospital corps, stationed at Fort Motte, N. J., has married a negress. His commanding officer, Surgeon Shallenbee, has recommended his dis? missal. The commanding officer of the post refused to endose this recom? mendation. It was approved, how? ever, by the surgeon general. Smith's plea is that if the constitu? tional commander in chief thinks a negro good enough to "eat with he should not object to a private in the army marrying a negress. Smith is a white man. The war J deprtment is endeavoring to sidetrack I the case till after electio. SURGEON GENERAL CONCURS. Washington, Oct. 18.-The surgeon general of the army has concurred in the recommendation of Gen. Grant that John J. Smith, a member of the United States larmy hospital corps, stationed at Fort Motte, N. J., who is said to have married a negress, be discharged from the army, "for the good of the service." This recommendation has [bean for? warded to the secretary of war for his action. Smith wrote to the war de? partment inquiring if there was any reason why he should not be permit? ted to marry a colored woman, setting forth that her character was good and that he could establish character for himself by his record. . DIVORCE ISSUE ?G?IN BEFORE CONVENTION. Several Resolutions on the Sub? ject Went Over. The Negro Bishop Proposition. Boston, Oct. 18.-The divorce ' issue again came befor? the Ediscopal gen? eral convention today but no final ac? tion was taken on several resolutions, referring to the subject, which were presented. The House of bishops sent a message to the deputies informing them that the bishops had voted to for? bid the marriage of any divorced per? sons, but when the matter was laid be? fore the deputies on the question of concurrence, Rev. Drs. Lewis Parks and W. D. Huntington, both of New York, immediately set the parliament? ary machinery in motion to defeat or at least side rack the Tbishop's resolu? tion. After a brief bat spirited skir? mish, the matter was referred to the committtee on canons, from which it can be called at any time During the forenoon several r?solu, ions favoring a stricter canon on mar? riage and divorce were referred to a i committee. The divorce matter came to the fore through a resolution of George Foster Peabody cf Brooklyn, calling for the appointment -of 12 members for both houses to consider the entire question and report to the next general conven? tion The committee is to confer with other religious bodies as ro some uniform standard of legislation bearing on marriage and divorce. It was re? ferred to the committte on canons, j A joint commission, appointed three I years ago, presented a an extended re I port recommending that all dioceses j and missionary districts be gronped in? to seven provinces, each province, to have authority to legislate on matters ! which do not convict with the general j convention. ! Each province is to elect a primate I to preside over it. The report will . be acted upon later. ? The bouse of deputies today decid ! ed to refer proposition to elect a negro . bishop for tho southern States to the : next convention. i A resolution reported by the commit ; tee on state of the church was adopt jed, that a joint commission of five j bishops, five clerical and five lay depu ! ties be appointed to obtain information ? with reference to the formation of a : colored missionary district in the ! south and suggest the proposed legisla? tion to tile next general convention. The house of bishops nominated ; Rev. Logan H. Raote of Arkansas for '. bihop of Ilankuw, China, Rev. Frank : S. Spaulding of Erie, Pa., for bishop of Salt Lake and Rev. A. W. Knight of Atlanta, Ga., for bishop of Cuba. The nominations will have to be ratified hy the house of deputies to become effective. A Love Letter. Would not interest you il" yon'?e looking for A )?aa'anieed Salve for Soi es, Burns or Tile?. Otto Dodd, of Ponder, Mo. write?: i-I suffered with HU otriy sore for a year, hut a box of Buckler's Arnica Salve cured me. li's the. best, Salve ur. earth. 25 cent* at DeLorme'? Drn^ Store. - mmmm^- -?LIM. - Sheibyville, Ills., Oct. li).-The ? Woodworth Orphan Asylum was des? troy d by fire today. Two children are known to have perished and many others were injured hy jumping. Some Seasonable Advice. It may tea piece of superfluous advice to ur^e people at this season of the year to lay in a supply of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It is almost sure to be needed before winter i^ over, and much more prompt and satisfaetiory results 'are oh tained u ti in uken as soon a* a cold is oonirHC'ed and before it has become set? tled in the system, which can only be done by keeping the remedy at h^nd. This remedy i- so widely Known and so *Uofcrether good thflt, no one should hesi tare about buying i% in preference to any oiber. lt for sale by all druggists. SLAUGHTER IN THE DIRK. A Night Attack by the Japanese Resulted in a Russian Victory. Mukden, Oct. 20.-The Japanese are fond of night attacks, which they or? ganize cleverly. They light a series 3f enormous camp fires at false biv? ouacs and then stealthily they creep apon the Russian sentinels who, peer? ing into the darkness and blinded by bhe glare, cannot eee the Japanese ap poaching. Or they take advantage of a rain storm and try to surprise the Russians. On Tuesday night they idopted both mses, but ran into a hornet's nest. The night was inky slack, rain was falling and a cold wind was blowing. "A fine night for the Japanese" svery one said, and the Russians bud 31e? in the trenched had strict orders yijeu to them that if the expected, hut uninvited guests appeared not to are but to meet them with the bayonet, [t was so dark that a person could not 3ee his hand before his face except vaguely. Through the rain, in the direction of the false camp fires, all ayes were strained and ears listening intently. The wind which was as sold as ice and cut to the bones was ?uddenly freighted with ominous sounds, an unmistakable quash in the mire and squirting of water under the tramp of hurrying feet accompani? ed by the metallic rattle of arms. The Russians stooped lower. The officers passed along another caution-under no circumstances to fire, but to meet the Japanese wtb bayonets. On they same. The Russians cor.ld already see the silhouettes of the Japanese and watched the approach of their victims with grim satisfaction, their anxiety being lest some nervous soldier miaht fire and thus spoil the game. The Japanese came on straining their eyes in the darkness, evidentlyy oelieving that the Russians were not so close. When they were right under their feet, the Russians rose up as if ont of the ground, nd, with a hurrah, wildly fell upon them with the bayonet. The front ranks of the Japanee broke, turned and smashed into the second line, hrowing the whole force into disorder. Like a rabbie they tried to escape, but the Russians gave them no mercy, bayoneting them as they pursued. For a mile the work of slaughter proceeded and few of the Japanese lived to carry back the tale. In the morning the ground was strewn with corpses. St. Petersburg, Oct. 21.-A dis? patch received this morning reports that General Kuropatkin resumed ike offensive yesterday. He took impor? tant positions to the right of General Kuroki's army and captured two guns, a hundred and forty shells, and fifty five men. The Russian losses were five hundred. The bad weather con? tinues at the front, but Gen. Kuro? patkin is determined to persist in his forward movement in the face of all obstacles. Copenhagen, Oct. 21.-The Rnssian Baltic fleet today weighed anchor off Skaw and steamed into the North Sea. The vessels are thus now fairly embarked on their long journey to the Far East. Japanese Preparing io Retire. London, Oct 21.-The St. Peters? burg correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company wires that the General Staff has received a telegram reporting that the Japanese are pre? paring to retire along the whole line. Fighting Suspended to Bury Dead. Rome, Oct. 21, 4.30 p. m.-The Agenzia Librea lias a Mukden dis Datch stating that General Kuropat kin|and Field Marshall Oyama have T?greed to a 48 noiirs suspension cf hostilities to permit the burial, of the dead. No General Fighting Thursday. St. Petersburg, Oct. 21. 4 p. m. Lieutenant General Sakharofi reports that no general fighting occurred yes? terday anywhere on the line of battle before Mukden. Rnssia?is Surprise Japanese Battery. St. Petersburg, Oct 21. 2.10 p. m. -A press telegram from Mukden says a force of Russians yesterday evening surprised a Japanfse battery, killing the gunners and captured th reo guns. Broke Into His House. S. Le Quinn of Cavendish. Vt., wa- rob? bed of his customary health by invasion of Chronic Constipation. When Dr. King's New Life Pills broke into his hon?e. his trouble was arrested and now he's entirely cured. They're gnaranted to cure, 2"> cetit> at DeLorwe's Drug Store. Pill Pleasure. If you ever took Dewitt's Little Karly Ricers for biliousness or constipation you knew what pill plea-ure is, '1 hese famous little pills cleanse the ?iver ard rid the sys? tem of all bile without producing unpleas? ant effects. They do not gripe, sicken or weaken, but pleasantly give tone and strength to the tissues and org-ans of the stomach, liver and bowels. For sale by Olin B. Davis. F.K.Holman,n.D. OFFICE 1 No. 124 North Main St. ( >FFIO j S: 30 to iO:00 a. m., HOI*KS. \ 6:oo to ;:co p. m. F louse telephone 114, Office tele? phone 543. Oct. 15 *ni. A MATTER OF HEALTH Absolutely Pare mBMosmsmsm M?0 WITH ROOSEVELT. They Threaten to Sever Diplomat? ic Relations With Washington. Washington, Oct 20.-Misinterpre? tation of the treaty between the Uni? ted States and Panama and bad faith in pntting its terms"into action is the principal accusation of the little Isth? mian renblic against America. Differ? ences between the Panama Government and General Davis, Governor of the CanalZone, arising ont of an alleged un? due exercise of authority by the latter, are what have cansed the present sit? uation, which the President regards as serions enough to necessitate a personal investigation.by secretary of war Taft. Created under the auspices of the United States this newest republic in the world has become so irrtiated against her sponser that it was threat? ening to withdraw its diplomatic re presentative from this couutry. It is not doubted that Gen. Taft, will be able to arrange an amicable settle? ment of all matters in dispute. Insomnia and Indigestion Cured "Last year I had a very severe attack of indigestion. I could not sleep at night and suffered most excruciating pains for three hours after each meal. I was troubled this waj for about three months when I used Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, und received immediate re? lief." says John Dixon, Tullamore, Onta? rio, Canada. For sale by all druggists. Washington, Oct. 19.-President Roosevelt today apointed Ira Harris, as supervising inspector of steamships at the port of New York to succeed In? spector Rodie, who was removed as a result, of the Slocum commission re? port." Harris bas been engaged in the immigration service at Manitoba for several years. He graduated from Annapolis and bad reached the grade of Lieutenant Commander at the time of his retirement to engage in private business.' ? Happy Results-. Have Made Maaj Sumter Res? idents Enthusiastic, Xo wonder scores of Sumter citizens grow enthusiastic. Itisenough to make anyone happy to find relief after years of suffering. Public statements ike the following are hut truthful representations of the <?aily work done In Sumter by Doau's Kidney Pills. E. MeCloud. farmer, residing on the out? skirts of Sumter says: "Both my wife and T used Doan's Kidney Pills procured at Dr. A J. China's drugstore, and obtained a lot of benefit from them, i thought it nmsr l>e She clirnate which did not agree with u> or the water, for wc never had the backache until we moved here .some four years a*_rt> front Pennsylvania, hut we certainly have had ii since. The secretions from the kidneys wer? irregular and much too frequent in actior*. especially at wight wheu our mst was muri* disturbed. Since we used Dean's Kidney j Pills neither of us bas had the backache and j tin- action of the kidneys became natural and normal and our rest is not disturbed at night. Donn's Kidney ?'?".ls arc The best rem? edy that ever came into my house." for sale by all dealers. Price 50 rents. I'oster-Milburn <'o.. Buffalo. N. Y.. sole agents for thc United Sl ates. Remember the name-Dean's-and take r;;> oilier. ld ' THE FAMOUS LITTLE PILLS. For quick relief from Biliousness. Sick Headache, Torpid Liver. Jaun? dice. Dizziness, and all troubles aris? ing from an inactive or sluggish liver. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are un? equalled. They act promptly and never gripe. They are so dainty that it is a pleasure to take them. One to two act as a mild laxative ; two or four act as a pleasant and effective cathartic. They are purely vegetable and absolutely harmless. They tonic the liver. PR EPA SEO ONLY EY E. C. DeWitt & Co., CKica?O For sale by Olin B. Davis.