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A YARN XALLEi).' a _ , j - - - .-a Cary's Charge Against Governor v c McSweaney ~ t 3 [ DENIED BY CONSTABLES. ( 1 i A Spicy .Wind Up of tha State * Campaign. Verner and i Col B:b. Aidrich, c A campaign meeting was lield on i Monday of "last week at Bstesburg ] The meeting was feattreless except for j the sharp controversy between Gov. j MoSweeney and Mr. Fr.itk B. Gary, c Gov. McSweeney spoke first, and ir> the course of Lis speech caid that the only thing that wa3 broa^r'trp against ] him was the alleged lion enforcement j ?-6f-ibe_dis^Bs^f^*laV, and he dare? and defied anyone to bring up any ! charge to show derelic ion of duty od \ his part or vhere he had done anything ] that.he should not have done. i * " Mr. Gary followed imoieciately aftei 1 and said that he would take up the ] ehalL n ;e and that he alleged that Gov , McSwceney had not been doicg what he should in Colu-ubia. ' TVi^n Vio wpnt on to sav that here : was Gov. McSweeney boa3tiog of doing , as much as cou'd be done 2nd while in Columbia he had been told tbat there had not been a constable in Columbia ia three weeks and that no raids had been made ia Columbia ia week3 and that it was stated that no constable ka<3 been in Columbia in week?, except to - pass through, although it was notorious there were blind tigers in Columbia. Then Mr. Gary went on to say he understood the constables were out work irgfor McSweeney. Gov. MoSweeney arose and said: "Mr. Gary, that statement is not cor7 . rect." Mr. Gary went on to say that he had positive infoimation that his statements was correct. Gov. McSweeney said that the statements were not correct and demanded the proof. Mr. Gary?I can give yon the proof. Gov. McSweeney?I demand the proof. Mr. Garr?Col. John T. Goston told me so. Gov. MeSweeney?I say there is not one word of truth in the statement. Mr. Gary?Mr. W. J. Shelton told me so also. Gov. MeSweeney?It is not so, not a word of it. Mr. Gary then went on to ask if things *ere to be allowed to rua riot jn Colombia in this way aod if tbecon stables, as he had been inforrord, wereto be sent off to do work for Gjv. McSweeney. Wfcen Mr. Gary had corcladcd his speech Gov. MeSweeney arose and said to Mr. Gary he hoped he uedersiood what be had to say, which ^as that any information that he had sent constables off to work for him was untrue and that whoever said so told a delib Mr. Gary asked Gov. McSwceDey if he was going to Columbia on the after I noon train and he said that he was, whereupon Mr. Gary said he would bring the parties face to face and said that he made the statements npon the authority named. GA?Y FAILED TO SPECIFY. The Columbia correspondent of the Florence Daily Times says there was little discussed after the Batesbnrg meeting except the charges of Gary that McSweeney had used the constabulary for his campaign purposes. It is II 1 A.1 4.1_ A. ? wen &quwq tuai me twu lucii uu w uuse authority Gary made the charges are men who are prejudiced agaiast the governor one has no influence with any- ' body who knows him, and the ether, John T. Gaston is one of Gary's ! best friends and backers. It was thought that the men would be brought face to face with the governor the niffht after the meeting, but Mr. Gary in spite of his challenge, was not in the city that night, nor was _ there an opportunity given the gover- ' nor to see the men who had given birth to the charge all Wednesday. It , is not unlikely that they will refer to this matter 3gain. The constables here hsve prepared affidavits and statemerUs "howjgjg^hat. there has hs:, -* ?. number or them here 1 sir an: time^rgivicg the amount of i /liquor seized duriDg the campaign, the i number of raids and a flat footed denial i that they have ever been instructed to i use their i&flaence for any man, in < fact Chief Harris says that their in- i struotions are always not to meddle ' with politics, but to confine themselves < striotly to their daty. < GABY BACKS DOW.V. Tuesday the meeting was at L?xing- ! ton, and ihere the matter was brought up again. The usual speeches were ^ made bv the rest of the candidates. * Gov. McSweeney claimed honesty of ! purpose in whatever he had done. He wanted his record compared with any < other governor. Hs thanked God there has been no bloodshed, but better feeling. It was absurd to expect . him to force true bills. If his admin- ; istration has been clean, honest and } business like he asked support. ] At Batesburg Mr. Gary took up his ] Columbia record. I Mr. Gary said he did not use his < name in what he said. He said he j * 1 .1 . i i . t neara. tne constaDies -were out worsiog ( for their favorites. He did not use any i names. 1 Gov. McSsreeney asked if he did not < mean him, as he was the oaly candidate who controlled the constables in any way. Mr. Gary said if the c*p fits him he had nothing more to say. < Mr. McSweeney went on to say Mr. j Patterson and Mr. Gary jumped on him and made attacks on him. He 1 denied every charge and declared he furnished the proof that there was ] nothing in the charges. He said Mr. j Patterson started out on the campaign ^ with a lot of flimsy charges and he had . denied them all and Mr. Patterson had J not withdrawn them. i VERNER INVOLVES ALDRICH, j Gov. McSweeney then went on to say i that while at Walhalla Mr. E E. Y<.r- s ner, editor of the Oconee News, who i jpubhshea tee statement about tbe tigers, came up to him and said he was sorry he had published the article intimating MoSweeney had patronized blind tigere, but paid he did not know the full effect. He went on to Fay that to his surprise Mr. Verner said that Col. Robert Aldrich. had written him asking him to republish the article io- 2 timatmg that the governor. Bellinger f and Guntcr bad patronized "tigers." t Gov. McSweeney said he was morti- 5 75"^ *- r* ,.' -v" "' '* T. "a iips?^ *&m .- -... ' " " ' - -" -v - - ? xt \}''m ^tafo^eat; tfat CcL Ai* j rich sh< aid h<<Ye made such a request i od tried to drag down othera than iccself. This ?ai contemptible poli is* and had neveryet won Thewhole j halve was a siacder aad should have 5 i?en withdrawn. Then he went on to j ay that he had r<?*rr caid one unkind j ford abont any ol L.a vpponents. Mr. j *ar> aud Mr. P<*i!ersoQ had b cn say- " nx one thing after another and he jad come along and shown that there ras Dothiniz ia the charges. If he had >een in their places he would have withdrawn the stattinents or proven ,hen. He said it was not showing their :apacity to attack hitn. G-ov. Ms Sweeney said Mr. Gary had said what .11 k jc tai'l aoou* consiaaies goias iunt votes was Dot applied to him but le could cot see for whom it was intended aad as to the Columbia matter le simpiy wished to present these affiiavita: WHAT THE CONSTABLES SAY. J. E Ho-^gh says that his home is in Lancaster, and that he is a constable, tnd has been in Columbia since August 14; that he has raided every day since ne has been in Columbia, except on SaDda^; that constables stationed in Do'umbu turned over to the & a*e dispensary on August 20, 210 betel* s of Oetr aed an expr-.ss receipt for five gal leas of whiskey, all of which was seized :>n Saturday j 18 That there have been ihree or more constables in Columbia aver since he has beea here; that be has never been instructed to do any political work, but l as been told that constables were to keep quiet on politics. Constable Ei*on ?That he has been a constable for two years, and has been in Columbia since July 12, and has 8onuDuou*ly performed dwiy since that tinoe; that he has been on a raid every day t-incr; ihat three constables, and j frequently more, have been, 3nd .are cow, on duty in Columbia; tbat h1 has c* vcr received any in tructioos to do poli'.ical work. t Constabulary Clerk W. W. Harris s*ys that there- has been a number of constables in Columbia throughout Mc Sweeney's administration; that there are three there now, even since Chief Bateman has quit work, and receives no pay while in his home county. That constables have been instructed not to interfere in politics and not tD use their tiae, which is paid for by the State, for other purposes than the per formance of official duty. ^ v-cj :J u ?? Vrovernor .UUOWt5? UOJr Citlu i?j nog COJJ to mske charges. As to the statement of Jake Shelton and Col Gaston, he dared them to make affidavit of what they had told Mr. Gary, for he believed they would not tell &uoh thing under oath. He want on to sayaffilavits and statements had been presented him about other candidates, but he would cot use them as that was not his style ? J V. 1J ?i.T ot campai^DiEg, ana as wvuju ramei cot have ibe cffice than throw mud. As to having constables woik for him, he remembered what injary that had done Governor Evans, and he wanted it understood that, ail constables were free to vote and act a-? thej pleased. In concluding he said that the proof of the slanders against hioi and others ought to be presented or the charges withdrawn. BACKS CLEAN DOWN*. At the Columbia meeting on Wfd- i nesday Gov. McSweeney said when he went into office Le reduced the consta I bulary afrer consultation wi-h the intendants of towns, who promised their help in enforcing the law. Any in sinuation that he is in sympathy with blind tigers or that be has eiven his coDstaoJ<s orders not to enforce the Jaw is absolutely without foundation. He had tried to enforce the law earnestly, without friction, so that it would bring about no bad feding. No constable under his administration had entered a home or insulted a woman. He had not interferred with other depirt meets of the administration and h3d not been-dictated to by anjbod?. The trouble ia Charleston is that when warrants sre sworn out, the grand jury in every inslaocc has thrown out the indictments. He bad had a better force in Columbia, tbey had deported themselves honestly and no complaint ever cotic to him of their actions- iile statement that he has consiaBles work iog for him is absolutely unfounded To the contrary, he ha/i told them to vete for whomsoever pkey pleased. At Marion Mr. Gary Ji&d said something about Constable< Bateman interfering ?0?,-o v> 11u. ;?iw oo;o kuot was there on official business and bis record j?'a* attacked by Mr. Gary. Gary (sotto voce)?Why, I never heafd of i lie man before. McSweeney continuing said that Mr. Gary was misinformed or misunderstood what was told him when ha made that charge at Batesburg. He then read a leiter from Mr. W. W. Harris, clerk at the dispensary, showing that constables have not quit their work in Uolatnbia, and said that they were warned not to show their hand in this election. He would not send 150 constables to Charleston "to raise hell." He did not believrd in coercion and shooting men and women. He was applauded when he said that lie wished he could send Pons, the bigimist, to the penitentiary for life instead of giving him a pardon. He was warmly applauded when he ?onclnded. Gary followedMcSweeney. He said: A.s to tbe Bateeburg incident concerning which so much has been said, be stated that what bad happened was merely this: He bad innocently said be had heard that the constables bad ett Columbia and were working for heir favoiite. He did not say that they bad been sent, MoSweeney got into terrible rage and is yet in a rage aver it. * Gary repeated that these gentlemen, Gaston and Shelton, and made Lhese statements to him. They were )n the ground now and would pro7e it. Killed His FamilyWednesday night between 10 and 11 )'clock Theodore Wallert, a farmer living near Arrington, Miss., killed his tfife and his two step children, a girl L6 and a baby, and seriously wounded bis 19 year-old step son. He then 6et lire to the barns, destroying the stable ffith nine horses, corn cribs and a fall bay barn. Three years ago Wallert married the sidow otvroows, ana lor some time :hey have been haviDg trouble. The wife has been trying to get a divorce 1 md keep Wallert from coming to the !arm. Wednesday morning, after prac;icicg in th9 woods with a revolver, he eturned to the bouse and entered by >ne of the windows. His wife was evi- 1 lently alarmed by the noise, and she : yas killed as she was leaving her bed. rtie baby wa3 found dead on a lounge, fi* oirl nn fit e> fl ir?r r>P hpr hpfi rnnm rhe second boy is seriously wounded i md has been brought to town. It is i eared he may die. Wallert fied to i he wocds after the crime and has not i ret been located. I -f"V - \ - >v ' BRYAN ACCEPTS, j. COXTISUEP FROM PAGE ] j i ?? %-T.iAtip.f.r* and i:laco(i ! I liC i ui ?uw ? 9 is a burden oa the bac:k-? of those who 1 reiuau:, it mu-l* tns*n longer hour*, barUrrw<rk aad gieater aacrti;cs fi?r thos?j who i-iil, an-i the farmer, while hepaja in.ire than his share of the expense of the army, has no part ia army contracts or in developing com panies, and his sods are less likely to ?11 the life positions ia the army than the fobs of those who, by reason of wealth or political prominence, exert influence at Washington. Soon after the Republican leaders btgan to suggest the propriety of a colonial policy, the papers published an interview given out from San Francisco by a foreign consul residing at Manila He declared that the people of the Uuitcd States owed it to themselves, to other nations and to the Filipinos to hold the Pbilipping^-icl-utZa permanently. At the conclusion of the interview there appeared the very sig nifioaDt statement that the gentleman was visiting the United States for the ? ??ToniiTirnr ft fiomnanv for I purj'UBc v? <jigt.ui-.~c r?. the developmeot of the PJiilippioe is lands A few days lat? r on his way east he gave out another interview io which he exi-laiaed that the company which he ioteaded to organizj woald e^tabli?h banks at Manila and at other pliictb throughout the Philippine islands and build electric light plants, water plants, street car lines, railroads, factories, etc [t seems that the plan of his syndicate was to do all the de1 . .J it. velopvog afcd leave all tns rest 01 iue Americiii people nothing to do in the matter except to furaish an army suffi cient jo hold the Filipinos ;n sur'jtc lion wfcilo they were being developed. ''At the present rate we wiil spettd aunually upon the army appr< xiaately haif as much as we sp^d Fureduca'ion in the United S ates and this immense sum is flruDj; from the taxpjytr* by systems of taxation which overburden the poor man and undtrtax the rich man. In the presence of such ao issue as militaryism it is impossible that any Populist should hesi'ate as to his daty. Bat even the menace of militarism is - * -* i bat a part of ihe question or imperial ism. The policy contemplated by the R pubiiean party nullifies every prinoif le set forth in the declaration of independence, fctnk^s a blow at popular government and .obs the nation of its moral prestige. Already the more ad vanced supporters of the colonial idea point to the economy of a sjstem of government which eutrasts all powtr to an executive and dosi away with the necessity for legislation. The Army and Navy Journa1, in its i?uj of Aag ust 4 comends the English system a&d declares tbat as a result of this system a fifth of the world's area, containing a fourth of its population is ruled with an administration marvel, and adds: 'Ooe million two hundred thousand dollars spent in London is the price of administrative order ov<r the colonial rule w}-o?e total budgets aggregate $1,724 354 896 or 50 per cent. m< rc th^D ourto'alof federa1, sta'e, couuty and village cxpecaituie for every po^ible purpose for which taxes ar?j levied l? conirast to the resuits of this system of ?xecutive administration the fact is cited that the Amtrican oongre53 has spent an entire winter wrcsthce with I Lit? ITillU, iuc tOAHiuu, uigauunuioiiition and the personal rights of two lit tie is'acis. The Koglish executive is an imp<ral exjcutive The Bntish parliament is an English legislature To the same sjstem we are coining hy decree of circum-staaces as inevitable a* that of fate. If this be imperialism make the most of it. So f?r as citizen sbip ia concerned the British emp:re is one, but beyond the limits of the Uoited Kingdom the citizen lives un der a rule of essential monarohial aid not restricted by the constitu iooal limits 01 tne parliamentary sjscem "Tbus dors imperialism bt?r out its supporters' back u>v?ard the daik 8ges 1 here is no midate ground between the Amtricrn policy and the European policy. If this Dation rcmajus-true to its priocioies, its traditions and its history, it caDi}Ot"hold olooies If it enters u-pdri'a colotjial career, it must rej>uaTite the doctrine that governments aenve their jast powers from the con sent of the governed. - ''When such an issue i* raised there can be only two parties?the party, whatever its name may be, which bo lieves in a republic, and the party, whatever its name, which believes in an empire; and the influence of every oitizea, is consciously or uncoil ciously, intentionally or unintentionally thrown upon one side or the other. "Where the divioe right of kiDgs is recognized, the mocaroh can gra&t different degrees of liberty to different subjects, 'lhe people of Eoglacd can be ruled in one way, the people of Canada iq another, the people of Ireland io another, while the people of India may be governed aecordiog to still different forms. Bat tbere can be no variety in it? . or** i ? - . p - i i' a repuDiio. j. ne ajcirine or a repuonc differs from the doctrine of a monarchy as the day differs from night and between the two doctrines there ity and ever must be an irresponsible conflict. Queen Victoria has recognized this necessary antagonism between the demo cratic and imperial form of government. In proroguing parliament a few days ago she said: " 'Believing that the political independence of the republios wou'd be a constant danger to the peace of South Africa, T. authoriz; the annexation of the Orange Free State.' "A republic is alwajs a menace to a monarchy, just as truth is always a mAniW) In errnr Self cnvprnmprif icg the Datural government, must neoessarily create dissatisfaction, among the subjects of those governments which build upon some other fouDdstion than the consent cf the governed What the Orange Free State and the Transvall republics are to South Africa, our republic is to the world and nnlr nnr inorpasin'r cfronorfrli tinil VM?^ VV?* WVAWM^VUp VUU UUb wide Atlantic have protected us from the inextinguishable hostility which must ever exist between thoso who support a throne icd those who recognize the citizen as a sovereign. "Every step taken toward imperialism by this nation meets with prompt and effective encouragement from Eu AAA T.J nrtrtln + f A 1 iViAS. XilUUUlU pv/iuigu wu cuc iULCiCSV which Earopeaa nations have in the abandonment here of the doctrine of equil rights. He said: '"The principles of Fefferson are the definitions and ax ioms of free society. And yet they arc denied and evaded with no tnull show of success. One dashingly calls them 'glittering generalities.' Another blunt iy call them 'self evident lies.' And others insidiously argue that they apply to superior races.' These exprea Dinno in f XU. iViUJ, iutuwvai in object?the supplanting the principles of free government and restoring those of classification, caste the legitimacy. They would delight a convocation of crowned heads plotting against the people. They are the vanguards, the miners aad sappers of returning despotism. We must repulse them or they will subjugate us.' ) f > ? ~i -:A. BMMB??fc I ?' * '? ? lJJ> ??? <40cr opp^twnt* m? that the world i sottid laugb at us if we ilnuld ri?e j iDdeperidf! re to the Fiiip'oos. Yes, 11 y injfm woui-i Uuik, a. wocM laugh an-1 those who would l*ugh would den> the alienable righ's of mei and despice the humbler fo'k who 'along ihe co<l, sequestered vale of life, ' keep the noisi lesa tenor of their way,' but let this nation stand erect and, 1 spurning the bribes of wealth and pow- < er, shov that there is a reality in the principles which we profess; let it ^ ctirttu that jTiata } ; a difference between a republic and a monarchy and the 3 oppressed in every land will see in our ( flag the hope of their own drliverance 1 and, whetner they are bleeding upon ^ the battlefield or groaning beneath a ' tryant's lasb, will iai&e their cye? t0" ward heaven and breath - fervent prayer for the safe^. ^ oar republic." ^ ?TUT TT> ATTTWn WlJjJ^^^JfOOJUJVEr XXI AAVA AU1W seeret That Has Been of Great Benefit 1 to Many Very Shrevrd < Drivers. I ] "Xot one man in a hundred*, eren i femongprofessional drivers, seems to ap- ] predate the importance of taking advantage of the wind," said an old'driver the other day, relates the Chicago In- i ter Ocean. "I have studied it for years, j and many's the time it has been worth J ~ 11 A ?a?,4c + r\ -rr* n. r)rin'rifr fl PP uunai 2> ttuu vcu t.o \.\j ui\. IU * ?-?a ? - ? or in showing a horse to a buyer under the watch. Not long ago a man came here to see a mare in my stable, with a view to buying if she could! show a quarter in 35 seconds. The wind happened to be blowing good and strong from the west, so I raid to him as I took the mare out on the track for the trial: 'I'll just more her slow through the home stretch here so you can see her way of going, and when I get around1 the turn I'll step her fast up the back stretch.' Well, it wasn't any trick at ail ior ner to go manjuanci- nit wind in 33 seconds. Mr. Buyer never tumbled, and I got my price for the mare. Now, if I had tried to show thefirst quar4--** down the home stretch, going against the wind, the couldn't have trotted it in 0:38. Another time away back in the first part of April I drove a green trotter a quarter one day in 0:30%. It caused a big stir, and lots of people who timed the trial saicbl was a fool for doing it so early in the season. They didn't notice that my horse was going before a stiff wind. I didn't say anything to them, but I say to you that it was easier for that horse to trot that quarter in 0:30% than It would have been to drive him a quarter the other way of the track in 0:36. Yet if he had trotted over the same ground the other way in 0:36 nobody -would have thought it was worth talking' about. "I learned to take advantage of the wind when I used- to drive races on the kite track at Independence, la.," continued the trainer. "I remember one time I had1 a little soft-hearted mare that couldn't go the last end of a mile to save her neck, and she was entered in p race against some game horses of greater speed. I thought I would be lucky to get fourth money. One of those prairie winds was sweeping over the kite almost, in the faces of the horses as they went aI happened to get off right behi^^o of the good ones. They were _5ghting for the lead and trotted" toge^er like a team. Pretty soon I notj^ed that, -while they appeared to b^aboring, my mare was going easi]r- For a moment I couldn't understand It. Then it struck me that she/was in a goo<? position where she wss protected from the head wind, ?rhich the horses In front of her had to breast. I just let her trail until wc 1 1 J ? -fiirn f Tl P I got aroiiDU past, uc nuvn ? wind caught o^tle other war. Then I turned her loose. The good horses were exhausted and my little soft-hearted mare stepped: right away from them in the race home. I've won many a race by those tactics since then. "By the way, did it ever strike you | that the secret of Ed Geers' style of | driving a race is right there in the way [ .tie nas 01 proiecimg nis norses irom the wind? Geers nearly always drops behind the pole horse, you know, and trails until he strikes the home stretch; sometimes until he is half way down the stretch. I don't know whether he does it intentionally, but he gets his horse in a position where the atmospheric resistance is next to nothing, and there he stays while somebody else breasts the wind. To my mind it accounts for & great deal of Geers' success. Even on a still day a horse trotting a 2:10 gait has to plow .. through what seems like a strong wind1, / and a mere gentle breeze seems like a gale when you're going against it, / "To go back to the kite track at In^ : dependence, I remember one day wh^sn the wind was whistling over the praii*ie . George Starr set out to drive Direct a mile against time. He went down! the J half in something like 1:01, with the wind, of course, and1 lota of ' folks thought he was going to knock the world's record into a cocked/hat. I don't remember how fast the/male was ?not much better than 2:l$.;though. When he struck the headvwind he wilted, and before he got to the wire ne -was so tired tnat lie coma1 naraiy put one foot before the other. He just , staggered home like a dead one, though ( no gamer horse was ever foaled. I've , seen many another game one do the same." ; Letters in London. The traveler is interested in getting 1 his letters promptly. At his London hotel there are 15 deliveries a day. He may drop a card in & post box at eight ! in the morning sret an answer at noon and mail a reply which will get to his friend before evening. Within the las* three years, whenever the post office bill has come up in the house of representatives, there has been discussion as to the practicability of the pneumatic dispatch. One slight as well discuss the practicably of the telephone. , They would simile at such suggestions In London or Paris, where a Blight ad- ( dition to the postage will secure a rapid k delivery by ^pneumatic dispatch. Another great/ convenience in the postal , system abroad is the method of paying ! money orders. One ia not obliged to go j % half miae to a branch, or three miles * to the ^entral post office, to get his 1 money./ The postman, who brings the ' order brings the money with him. Yon receipt for it, and that is the end of it. 1 ?Fofum. ' Sthode Island Slow to Change. Rhode Island was the last of the j original 13 states to enter the uniort c It was the last to abandon the English system of entailing property and confirming the suffrage to eldest sons. It was (th&last to allow foreign-horn citi? zens not holding property to vote. It r has held on to traditions and historical r precedent* with & firm hold.?Chicago t _ A Chronicle. Gainesville, U-a., Deo. 8, 1899 Pitts' Antiseptic Invigorator been used in my family ana I am perfectly satisfied that it is all, and will do all, you claim for it Yours truly, t A. B. C. Dorsey. { TP S ?T Tiairnr it now mvself. n It's doing me good.?Sold by The Mur- f ray Drug Co., Columbia, 8. C., and all a druggists. tf ? "^aF^^usetra^T .Yreckaee Hade by an Exciting r*n* j counter Between Them In a j Dark Room. ! "Talk about your peculiar rnisha^Ps,H raid a young man to a New Orle^ns Times-Democrat reporter,-"sometl-1'11^ j lappened to our boarding-hous^ *ke jther night that I think is entit'^^'to 3rst money. One of our lodge1"3 *s a 'ery fat man, who has a job a^L^00^" \eeper in a wholesale house iver. Well, he has a room directly nsu ler mine, and) late1-?" vv'e have all beenN-, aothered- morr^ or less by mice. The landlady declared war on them, and ^>r light artillery she bought a lot )t small wire traps ? those domeshaped affairs with holes aroun<i the -on for the beasts io stick their heads nto. "The servant put one in each room, icd a few evenings ago, when she A'as going around baiting the lot, was iareless enough to leave the fat man's standing on top of his dresser. He happened to be out attending a singing society that night and didn't get home until about one a. m. His room was pitch dark, but he knew there were some matches on the dresser, and, moving cautiously across the Boor, he began pawing around for the box. At about the first plunge he made he stuck his fat forefinger into one of the apertures of the mousetrap, and the thing snapped on him like the jaws of a bulldog. "Now, imagine if you can," con+inno/i fh(? railroad clerk, "how you would feel yourself if you were prowling around in a dark room and some unknown monster suddenly nailed you by the finger and hung on. I am free to say I would probably have howled just as loudly as the fat man did. He supposed, of course, that the thing that held him was alive, and when he tried to knock it off his hand encountered the corpses of two mice that had been caught in the other holes before he came in. The touch of their soft, furry bodies confirmed the idea that it was a living creature, and it was then, as.he explained afterward. that he tried to escape to the hall, and got tangled up with the furniture. "How he came to demolish so many different things in such a short space of time is a mystery, but you know how eas * it is to hump into all the articles in a dark room under the most ordinary circumstances, and a fat man with a mouse-trap hanging to his finger would naturally be a great deal more destructive. Anyhow, it was that first bellow of mortal terror that awakened me, and the next thing I heard was a succession of frightful crashes mixed witli tUe noise of breaking glass, shuffling feet, torn cloth, falling furniture and tenply profanity. J. could have sworn that my neighbor was having a fight with at least eight burglars, and, needless to say, the whole house was up in a moment. Of course nobody was anxious to go in and get mu dered while that awful row progress, but presently ou^, and when we pushed opjp^"? door we, found the bookke?j>'^tting' in tv,;, !* nf +>,0 vtrfm, totally collapsed, with ihp~--3use-trap still hanging to his,i?tfger and the floor littered with, the wreck of all his belongings. "A 50-pound lyddite shell couldn't hare produced k ' more picturesque ruin. Ever since then a desperate argument has been in progress as to who is responsible for the damages. The !audlady declares the fat man will have to pcf- for the smashed furniture, and he swears by the nine gods he vron't give up a cent. On the contrary, he wants remuneration for his lacerated fiDger, the shock of his nerves, and the suit of clothes ruined in the battle. I wouldn't be surprised if the case got into the courts with the mouse-trap as 'Exhibit A.' " From the Resolute** Library. A book taken from the library of the British bark Resolute the day after the Resolute was brought into Xew London harbor, December 24, 1855, has recently been grvem to the Blackstone memoin _i T> Hill II UXili J Ilk jjiauxviu, uuuu. j. uv Resolute was one of the three ships sent' out in 1850 by the British government in search of Sir John Franklin. In 1853 the ship was frozen fast in Wellington channel and was abandoned. It drifted more than 1.000 miles in the pack ice and was found in 1855 by Capt. James Budington, of Groton. He /was able to put it in order for a voyage, release it from the ice and to gift it to Xew London. The book has much interest as a memento of an achievement that was -widely celebrated at the time, and' generally consid 3 u.. 1 .0 - -.A ~ J + erea to aave rcaeticu lliuuju ucun upon the Connecticut sailor for a difScult feat of seamanship.?X. Y. Post. Interesting Old Churches. Some of the most interesting oldi churches in the world are said to be located in Yorkshire, England. At Adel, for instance, there is probably the one perfect Norman' church in England, with its lion's head on the door for sanctuary. At Lastingham there is the wonderful church founded by St. Ceadda, which has a hole in the aisle, 3own which one descends to find one's self in another church acting as the foundation for the edifice above. At Kirkdale stands the ancient church KnHt hr "R-rfl-nd +T11* nrlpst. which waa actually restored some years before the conqueror set foot on British soil. Among the other numerous rarities in churches which Yorkshire boasts may be mentioned the Saxon frescoes on the walls of the aisle in the parish church at Pickering.?Chicago Chronicle. Well Trained. Teacher?"What do you knovr of the microbe family? Little Maudie?Please, ma'am, mamma has forbidden us to gossip about other people's family affairs. ? Tit Bits. State of Ohio, city op Toledo, / Lucas County. ) ' Frank J. Cheney makes oath that le is the penior partner of the firm of F J Cheney <fc Co., doing business in ihe City of Toledo, County and State foresaid, and that said firm will pay ;he sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Caparbh that cannot be cared by Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed n my my presence, tiiis 6th day of Delember, A. D. 1886. , ?? . A. W. GlEASON, j seal j- Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter. .n_ __j._i._j; .1 i.v_l.l__J J iauy, auu acts uirt cuy uu me uiuuu auu nucoua surfaces of the system. Send or testimonials, free. F. J. CHENET & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists. 75 3. Hall's Family Pills are the best Custeo Salvador, a stowaway aboard he steamer Soathgate, jumped overtcVion nsir Oploano 9Tii^ a;. aped. Oc account of Ms desperale efort to escape lie is suspected of being ,n Anarchist l? j; THE E Groves' \ The formula knbv^v just what yc do noY^advertise tn their medibine if y Iron and Quirkirie pform. The Ir&n malaria cut of the^ Grove's IS the On Chill Tonics are in that Grove's is si arp nor exDerimeni w l and excellence h; only Chill Cure s< the United States. LAST OF THE CO-CAPITALS. Rhode Island May Try to Do with One Legislative City OnlyHereafter. The electors of Rhode Island, the last .the states of the country with two legislative capitals, are at the general November election to vote upon a consti tutional amendment abolishing Newport as a capital, and making thereafter Providence the exclusive legislative capital of the state. Originally, a most curious provision for so small a state, Rhode Island had five capitals?Newport, South Kingstown, East Greenwich, Bristol and Providence. In 1854, however, the number was limited to two by constitutional provision, Newport and Providence, and the date of the meeting of the legislature was fixed on the first Tuesday of May. Until a few years ago Connecticut also had two capitals, Hartford andNewHaven, and the legislature met in these two cities alternately untii the "joint capital" plan was abandoned and Hartford is now the only capital of Connecticut. With one capital it is practicable to construct an appropriate state building-, whereas with two capitals an-o}>~ stacle to it is found, and mojjg^eT'the uncertainty as to. ihe&**?Jinerice of a capital is a bg^=?*c^r"^> the establishment the interests which a. ^^rtfTordinarily attracts. By the ^j?teensus the population of Providence was. 132,000, while that of Newport was but 19,000. Providence has ^Tong been the commercial and political 1 - i? U.1 - --t - ^ - Ti. X-U _ ? T_ * _^ ( capnai 01 uie siaxe. jli is cuacx railroad terminus of the roads connecting various parts of Rhode Island; it is on the mainland, and the retention of Newport, a town of no political importance, as a capital can be described only as an anachronism, which Rhode Island will be the last of the states to do away with?provided, of course, that the constitutional amend-i ment submitted1 to the voters in November receives the approval of the requisite three-<fifths. Section 13,"of the Rhode Island constitution, provides that the general assembly, as the legis 1-ature of that state is called, may propose amendments to the constitution if a majority of the members elected to each house approve, and' if so, the amendment in the form agreed to is submitted to the voters and "if approved by three-fifths of the electors of the state present and voting thereon in town e.nd ward meeting" it becomes a part of the constitution. In proportion to its population Newport, with appraised property to the value of $35,000,000 to $175,000,000 in Providence, is the richer city of the two, but it owes no part of its prosperity to the capital andi will have no reason for opposing the acceptance of jrroviuence as xne omciai, as ix nas long been the political, capital of the state. CASHIERED ENGLISH OFFICERS They Find Employment for Their Talent* In Central and Sonth America. - "The Boer army is said to be full of cashiered foreign officers," said an old revenue inspector, chatting at the custom house, relates the New Orleans Times-Democrat, "and if such is the case I would certainly hate to be in that service. The cashiered officer, rvo ncoVirJ + /\/_ LIVUMi ij 1'IO.V- tU VI ficer, is a nomad of a strange and peculiar type, like unto nothing else on tie globe. In the course of my wanderings up and down I have met a good many of such unfortunates and they resembled one another to a degree that was really startling. I suppose the common character of their disgrace and the continual brooding along similar lines was responsible for the fam ily likeness. At any rate they were all morose, gloomy, fatalistic and generally martinets. There are a number of exiled Britishers in the Central and South American service, and some of them are fine officers, technically speaking, but without exception they have made themselves heartily disliked by their associates. "There was formerly an Englishman in the Colombian army who had been a captain at home and who was unquestionably a military genius. Nobody "I t- ? _ A J3 _ ~"U ~ j&uew xiis swrj anu nuuuujf a^Acu questions. He had charge of the fieLd artillery and brought it up to a very high state of efficiency, but he held aloof from everyone and lived the life of a recluse. One day he was met on. the coast looking after a consignment of fixed ammunition, when he happened to encounter a London mining expert who had come over to make a report on some properties. 'Great heavens, Charley!' exclaimed the Londoner, "where on earth did you drop from?' The captain turned white as a ghost. 'I don't know you, sir,'he said, quietly; 'you mistake me for somebody else,1 and. ne walked os, leaving tne otner apparently paralyzed with amazement. I witnessed the little incident and always believed some strange story lurked behind it- About a month later the captain committed suicide by shooting himself through the head." Leg of Pork aa Goose. Boil a small leg of pork for an hour, remove the skin and put sage and onion stuffing round the knuckle. Boast for an hour and a half to two hours, basting1 constantly, and during the last half-hour dredge it "with two ounces of finely powdered crumbs mixed with a tablespoon of powdered) sage. Serve with good rich gravy and plenty of apple sauce.?Boston Globe. ' J! < m * * viiills r asteless Chi is plainly printed on every >u are taking when you take eir formula knowing that yc ou knew what it contained, lit up in correct proportions a: acts as a tonic while the ssystem. Any reliable druggisi igxjrsaf and that all other litauions. An analysis of othe uperiW to all others in ev cing w\jien you take Grov< iving iouig been establishe Did throi^ghout the entire j No Cur^, No Pay. Price A*rrrkTTc TTT7MC The greater part of standing timber in England is beeoh to-day. The city of Cleveland is the first to create a departmei&t whose sole object is the abatement fcf the smoke nuisance. s Under favorable conditions of peace the death rate of soldiers is about five in 1,000. The deathXrate of clergymen is 11 in 1,000. / The pearl fishing? industry of western Australia is of considerable extent, many fine pearls be frig obtained every year. The average valVje of e'ach pearl, several thousands of Ahich are obtained annually, is abouf. $5. Indians are making rajbid strides in I the paths of education. ^fie^Chicka- j saws have five colleges and tiSfepreeks have ten. The Choctaws have .no colleges, but have 160 common echo*)ls in which the higher branches are ta^fct. The Tennessee state be arc! oHid&tli has adopted resolutions declaring Tuberculosis a contagious andl infectiouife disease, and' directing that all inmates? of state institutions afflicted with, it be isolated in rooms or wards set aside | for such patients. J. B. Gaylord, better known as 4<Bernie" Gaylord, who died in Iowa recently, was one of the best known circlts men in the country. He had traveled" around the world nine times and twice \j took circuses to Australia. He personallv assisted in the canture of the largest tiger ever taken into captivity. His greatest feat was securing the fa- ( mous white elephant in Siam andi in getting it out of the country after the king had made an edict forbidding its removal. A curious accident occurred at Boulder, Col. The brake on a tank car loaded with sulphuric acid refused to work, and the car went down a grade. "Whistles were blown, and the switch man saw me tram m luue lu euuui it onto a side track. The tank car struck a box car loaded with household goods; ihe tank car, which contained about 4,500 gallons of the acid, slid* off the platform car and was telescoped into the box car. The acid began to escape and ruined the furniture and made a great pool in the yaxdi temporarily preventing the passing of teams to obtain freight. The loss amounted to , several thousand dollars, says the Rail- ' way Review. | > Ortman Pays! the EXpress i Steam Dyeing of every } description. Steam, Nap- ] tha, French Dry and J chemical cleansing. Send < for om new price list and circular. All work gnar | anteed or no cliarge. Orta's Steam Dye Works < 1Q1/1 M OlTl StTIMt 1VJ. V JIU(I?4M V/UA VV ^ Columbia.. S G j A. L. Ortman, Proprietor Murray's Aromatic ' Mouth Wash Whitens the Teeth Cleanses the Month 5 Sweetens the Breath The? Murray Drug Co., COLUMBIA, S. C. f jl/idslu uk1uu. The firm of Jno S. Reynolds & Co., Print. er8 of Ready "^rints to Newspapers, was dissolved by mutual consent on July 1, 1900. JNO. S. REYNOLDS, J AS. L. SIM 3. , Having purchased the interest of Mr. Jno. S. Rejno ds in the above business I will continue the same on my own account at Orangeburg, S, C., and hope by strict attention to business to merit a continuance of the patronage heretofore bestowed on the old /s Tin t nn/a ?. Dim. J Ao. Li. JCLO. ^ Having transferred to Mr. Jas. L. Sims my interest in the business of Jno. S. Beyn- j olds & Co.. I take pleasure in asking for him a continuance of the patronage hitherto given the firm JNO. 8. REYNOLDS. Columbia. S. C., July 1, 1900. PITTS' ANTISEPTIC iMTOR! , Cures La Grippe, dyspepsia, indigestion g and all stomach and bowel troubles colic or cholera morbus, teething troubles with ] children, kidney troubles, bad blood and all sorts of sores, minga or felons, cut* and , bumf. It is as good antiseptic, when locally applied, as anything on the market. Try it and yon will praise it to others If your druggist doesn't keep it, write to J lMURRY~DPJJG COMPANY,' COLUMBIA, S. C. _ * * ' .. yj _ ' N . ' ..?7 ..i$a ON !S ill Tonic. I bottle?hence you Grove's. Imitators >u would not buy 3&| Grove's contains J A ' I n (ICC [1(1 is III <x x aoiviv.? Quinine drives the ; will tell you that so-called Tasteless t chill tonics shows ery respect. You ?'s?its superiority d. Grove's is the -|pj rcalarial sections of Near Union Depot. Having formed a connection llB The ELLIOTT GIN 1EPIIR WOIKS :| lam now prepared to repair and rebuild cotton gins as thoroughly as the vari- ons manufacturers. This branch of the business be under the personal O upel v loxuu vx "*& ' MR. W. J. ELLIOTT, - "^|| who has had fourteen years of Wpractical experience in building the Elliot Gin, and who ^ is well known to most gin users in this State. -'Mi Now is the Time! Bring Your Gins Before You Need Them! ^mplete ginning systems, equipped ~ ipe the host perfect pneumatic" . Elevating and distbibuting sys- 9 fegMS ON THE MABKET EJIQHT COMPLETE OUTjMj ||J8E IN THIS STATjfl ISVEEY ONE OP T^l Wo ABSOLUT^fl 1 FACTjA Jighes GXad^fl Saw MillsM Machines, Machinery, Sa^H ft7e offer: Quick den and reasonable v. c. b!1 LOUD maiu ou, uuiiuh C5 j. ' r*4 \ il H - - II TSfcOE f2&* .-v.-.TUHK. IB -xrr r ? . IM mt 1 OLD NORTH STATE OINTI MENT, the Great Antiseptic Sealer, cures Piles, Eczemfl Sore Eyes, Gianulated Eyelid? Carbuncles, Boils, Cnts, BrniS Old Sores, .Burns, UornaB Bunions, Ingrowing Toenail Inflammatory Rheumatism? Iches and Pains, ChappoH Sands and Lips, Erysipelas* [t is something everybody^ leeds. Once used always used. V For sale by all druggists and Vj lealers. At, wholesale by CHE MURRAY DRUG CO., 1 Uolumbia, S. C rnrnm " A APPBSTEIIN6ES. Sinning Svstems Equipped V With The M Wiirrdv fllpaninff and NUIlWj t?IWUIIIIf? UUU H Distributing System, fl Power Equipments fl Saw Mill Machinery I r f U .1! rarm ano mm mmy IN" GENEEAL. 3. C. Agents for Steele's New m Sonth Brick Machinery. fl tVrite us for prices on any thing in our line. M H. fiibbes & Co., jj *04 Qarvais Street, COLUMBIA, S. C. THE LE1DERINDEEO. 1 Fhe New Ball Beariao i Domestic v Sewing Machine ?< fc Leads ia Workmanship, Beauty, '-A Capacity, Strength, Light Running. d Every W "man W&ate One. M Utacliments, Needles and Parte for Sewing Machines of all makes. fl ^hen ordering needles send (ample. Price 27c per dozen, postpaid. : . - Lgente ^Wanted in Unoccupied Terri - -1 tory. ? r. L. SHULL, 1219 Taylor Street, COLUMBIA, 8. C