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THE LEXIN0TON DISPATCH,| ^ " .y . ^yEETISIHS EATESi^ ^uallsaio kyekt wednksdat ixx& imsorsuuatiFfWX .: . - ?? --^ ?, nSS^CmfSSm* ? '? ' * | ?':TEE^::E::::::: "I VOL. XIX. ' LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESD|Y, SEPTEMBER 25, 188^. N0Sj4. , ""-- ^.^gfc. *** ; 7^; -1 ' . . :M i - V . V " <#.** * * t t ' * *. v . -.'" ?. - "" ".:; .' *\>'r- *. . -*<!*>-. f -**' - -y. ** . * . / '.ill *r- ' "-- * .; * - " A'*#?-.- '" Mrs. L. Epstin's bnver has just returned from the Norther Markets, where he purchased one of the most select and stylish stocks of Clothing, Hats,Gent's Furnishing ? Goods, Etc., that has ever been offered in .>.< the Columbia market. They are now so busily engaged in marking up and arrangiag the new goods that they actuall y have not time to write an advertisement; but 7 you may look out soon for an astonisher " in thi s space. JS" -v ^ ^ ^ ^ '' ' '' " %> ' "5c -.ijr ^ :1"", \ Sent. 7rtf - 1 y~ ? 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With raindfdljfe shining on her cheek Like dew dtpps on a rose, ??L'he httle^laftsie strove to speak r My boldness to o$jose; ^"S)he strove in vain, and,, quivering, ^"Itd SSuLib.sifcjw ;2? 5 ^jTThe sun began tfTslrii^-' " . r ? * * Oh, let the clouds grow dark above. My heaft is light below; 'Tis always snmn^er when we love, Wi.u'PMr winds niav blow.L^ - And I'm as proud as any prifire, ~ All honor I disdain; She says I aui her rain-bean since I kissed her Hi the rain.' * - I" . "7" "" THE ALLIANCE UNVEILED. i The Secrets cf the Order Made Known to the Ujiinitiated--The EsperienceVf a New'Member. Elberton (Ga.) Star. * . Ever since the Farmers' Alliance movement was-inaugurated, the uninitiated and inelligible public lias been racked with curiosity to learn the secrets of the order andStheir mode of breaking in new members. Somehow our Alliance friends have guarded their secrets with unusual vigilance, but it is left to the Star to tear away the veil of mystery that has surrounded tlrs high and noble order, and lay before our inquisitive readers information never before published in any other newspapers. We have for months kept our best reporters on the alert, and employed the most experienced interviewers to unfathom the secrets of the Alliance, but without avail until last week, when, by chance, the Slar editordiscovered the carefully guarded secrets. It was our good fortune, during a recent trip to Oglethrope county, to spend, near the hospitable village of Crawford, a night with a friend who J^d^^^^ine^roug^jh^r^^ortl ea 1 the Farmers' Alliance. The friend, whom we shall designate as McKeever, we found the most battered wreck of humanity we have ever met, while his usually handsome face wore an abject look of terror, misery and despair. We found McKeever in sad need of sympathy, and by pouring a few vials of pity and consolation on his head, succeeded in extracting from him the following history of his woes?but after we had applied the cork-screw of a professional interviewer, and sworn, on a pile of patent office reports as high as our head, that we would never divulge the information that he gave us. Tou see before you,, explained McKeever. a newly-made, but only halffledged Fanners' Alltanceniao. You i know that during my checkered career I have been a regular jfcier, and eagerly went into every secret organiza-. tion that came along I have- gjklden the Masonic goat, elimed the greased - ~ ^ * ? " I | pole .o^ tiie uau retio\\>, uccu imunn down the Knights f>f Honor stairsteps and fell sprawling over the fences&uiit in my path by the Grangers, and actually too|i a driflk of water wheqfrj joined Jthe Good Templars ; but thap* initiating programnjps were as down$? beds of ease compa^g^/rith the trying ordeal through whicn 14 passed yester day at the hands o? the -Fanners' Alliance. T had formed an idea that assoon as I joined the Alliance the niortgige against my faftu, Stock and crop would mpokier into sashe& while that o!d long-standing store aopdimt wotyjd disappear from the fa<%ffin%e, books ; jj; that I would have the pnvTQ^e of fix .-^ng my own prices'^o^cls, and fore * thaanerchants ^o pgy m?'twenty, cents a pfwmd fot cottoi*. So-i made up my t mind to join Jhe AHiaiuie, an^ -yest.er day, donning^my-Sunda^go-to rteetin? clothes, repaired to he ' school house where the order nSLjJPkl sent in .my ^application by%jrellpbor who was a charter membeW. W due^eason the glad tidings were conveyed to me thai r. I Lad been balloted for and a^epted, and boiling over with eager gratiftc^tkri follqg*} BV my conductor - into the wood-rooi^adjoining the main&build ing. Here my guard made our ence known by picking up a section ol fence rail and rapping three times or the door. This gentle signal wa; answered by three from withir and the query: * "Who comes there?'* "A horny-handed son of toil, grop ing in darkness, and anxious to havf the light of the Alliance shed upoi him." replied my guide. "Break down the barricade tha stands between a Brother Farniei and light, and admit the applicant,' spoke a sonorous voice within. Just at this instant the old door, whicl bad been removed from its hinges, wa kicked over, and striking rne on th top of the head, raised this lump \oi j # 9 \ see here. I thought it was an acpiden ^ ^ * j at the time, ami so made up my mind | to grin and hear the pain. ! Two stout men stepped forth a; d vio lentlv seized me by the arm. I was car ried auto the middle"of the main room. Ijsaw that the -house was pretty-Well fiiled with spectators.' Sitting Ofrthe top of a cottorfbale was the.(1rand.Mogul of the order, ^ T aftoiAvards learned. On his rmhta section ofjcail fence had been r J* "-A, btiiit ar^tfstride ofTvtfns was another ^cer^^M his a tlfiril ofticdal and \voj^.^ans p m held tip by one 'suspender each. Tliese parties, J after* ward&^jjscovercd. represented thp present po'vertv stricken . conation mof'*the fttmcrs. In one corner stooa-six men. array ed'ifi their best store clothes and pfu^ hats, and e&blffiiad a feafher .pillow Cammed into hY\.paivts tosrepr-esent lining, who were to act as mer. chants- I had scarcely time to take a hasty glance around the room when a fellow stepped up-and dashed abortt i a 'pint of guano in my face, and before 1 had tinfc to wipe my eyes or spit out the stuff, my sight was obscured by an old guano sack?that didn't smell by "any means like the last rose of summer?being bound over my orbs of vision. I was then led three times around the room and halted in front of the Grand Tycoon on the cotton bale, "lienighted brother farmer, w ho hath J been groping in darkness, the light of organized agriculturalists is now about to break upon you?"spake the Tycoon"You are now within the sacred precincts of the Farmers' Alliance, and in order to indelibly fix upon your mind great truths, we will proceed to carry you through the ordeal of initiation. That handful of guano cast into your eves is intended to show you the folly of an undue use of this expensive commodity. A limited use of guano in the right place is proper, but yon " ill I lmnp snnn" fnraet the lesson ?... a. taught you about its abuse. Now carry the benighted brother to the Grand \jce^Tycoon lor further instruction/' ^ to go straight forward at a brisk trot | This I did, but soon ran against a ton j rail fence that had been secretly built j in my path, and in the fall was skinned | from head to heels. I was soon brought up standing again, the guano sack removed from over my e*es% and I was carried before the fellow sitting on the pile of sacks. With a look of pitying contempt this Vice Tycoon spake to me thusly: "Benighted brother farmer, seeking the light of truth, we administered to ' o j you the Fence Pegree. in order to impress upon your mind the fact that tjo be a prosperous farmer it is necessary to avoid a too close intimacy with -a fence. It is the habit of too many farmers to sit astride a rail and watch a nigger work bis crop. We trust that the lesson yott4iavc just learned will tuft be lost. six well dressed men you see ovar uSSjat corner represents the mercad, we jyill now ^proceed to tj^ybu what is known in the ^5**^vx, y? t ''Hewer of \Vor^^^ro('^,^V / i M do l" bron^n^&$ers?l\vksv 1&4 int0 -.cejtjtfe dfj^o room. .Soon'-I^feard a greafsdhftling at the door, ancbth.e six fellows representing nleuchanfS^fijrced into the room a little spotted boll calf, as wild as a Texas pony. lie was br ught up alongside of me, and fhe pair of us^iked together; one of the merchants h-lding a rope tied in the ring of the yoke. -1 'thought I had seen pretty tough times;"j3T$:'.l* sion knew that my^p^st^expe.t^ .but aground -Phut room would shame a race ' Horse. I k&pT I had to keep up or my ' neck would be.br kb. It had always ' *, ' &. *?. * ! been a misteKv &> tna how a steer -i -i- , * . ~-f c^uld turn its voke, but.it is no 1 Jige? ? . *?'* . a secret. The bull, terned his twice t v > -J 'V * -< and I turned imne three timfes. I * * * ' yelled for some one to head us, bitfthe louder I hollerecHhe faster the ' bull traveled. Juntas I gav^o^self up for lost we ware brjugfrtr to a ? j totapdstjll, the yAe removed from m\ ! bruised and bleeding neck, and I was i _ again led before the .(j rand Tycon, who Coiisjlingly addressed me thuslv: i i ' Benighted brother, seeking wisdom j the lesson you have just received is tc i impress upon your mind the sad trull , j that you are but a beast of burdon foi . i the commercial world The merchant i I lias a yoke of servitude upon yom { nock, and you can only look for relief . ' to a Farmers' Alliance man Wc . i will administer to you another degree | showing you the difference betweer h j cash and credit. s j 1 was again taken in hand by tw< e J merchants, who forcibly tied a Strom u cord around each of my thumbs, aiu l it i in a twinkling I was suspended to i i * ~ | ridge-pole. That I veiled with pain and begged for mercy, it is needless to add. One of the torturers demanded to know how much cash I would pay him to be released. I offered all the; I money in my pocket, which was 35 * cents. He agreed to let me down for $1 cash or $10 on credit, secured I)V amortgage, lien, deed or gift and waiver note - ou my farm, \ stock, wife and ckitdfeif. I eagerly accepted, and on' feeing re ' slePPe<l UP to a an^ ,n I |i3Mp&n?e-of two witnessed signed the {iiiper. I was theh^ed before the officer astride the. \\T>n?v%iteri; fence, who explained the thui\ib -swinging .degree as follows : - ; *- * nDn..!..kta/l lirntKor lIlA /trf]p:ll which liriii^uwcu wkwvi ( v. ? you have just passed; through is ad. ministered for thepnrpose of remind, ing you that there is a broad difference between buying for cash and buying " on credit. One dollar in hand would' liave saved you from all the misery ; but for. the lack of ready cash you were forced to pay ten times- the- required sum. ThiS-is the last degree we will administer to you at this meet ing. There are vet seventeen other degrees required, illustrating the di.f ferent trials in a farmer's life, before you are a full-blown member of the Alliance. I will state that they are*!' somewhat severer than the initiations, i I through which you have just passed, j j but you will muster up the resolution j to Lear them." Well, continued McKeever, I am en- ! j tirely satisfied with my Alliance experi ence, and I don't think there is a log cabin in Oglethoype county strong i ; enough to draw me to another meeting. Teachers Should Be More Fractieal. i | BY J. F. BECOBD. A teacher should teacli those tilings ; which will be of the most benefit to | the pupil in life. He has a class of j young men and women who are at I school for the last time, perhaps. The j young men leave school to go on i farms, or become mccha:\krs. Of what ; advantage woyldit-be to them to know J edge of fractions, percentage and its applications: and how to mc .sure lumbei, land, plastering, brick work cisterns, and hay in a mow. In order to reach this end the ! teacher must make problems for his pupils. Our text books do not con- j tain one-tenth enough problems under j j any head for the pupil to thoroughly ] ; master the subject from them alone. ! j We should try to make problems prao- j i tical and interesting. Let them relate j to things which the pupil knows some- j thing about. If his father is a merchant, for instance, ask him how he must mark goods that cost a certain j - ' *? - nftM AAllh otr> ! amount to gam u uermui i-tm, Give him something that he has had a struggle with sometime in his life. It will mean more to him than mere words and he will realize that arithmetic is more than a dry book. So it is with grampiar. What good will it do a boy. to know how to anal- | yze the most difficult Jfchtence or ta parse the^ost difficult words^n intrc ' 'sentence when he comes .to "write a I r^Hlsme^s letter? ^What he needs to knp5?*lben is how to tell the man to whom h? is wrighting what he wants in the*fewest words and the^jesfc Jan| guage. He also ought to'ikfiotf.faow*' ! to punctuate that proper ly-:and'how - to I spell the worcjs porreptjy. . The$e, then, are the things to teach . if^vill not do him any good to know that an infinitive may 1)^ Used ufliajf a dozen i or more ways, or ether there are i such a thing as an infinitive. Hut it j : will do-him good to know the rules for . j punctuation and-the use of capital let^ I ^ a-boy is to take a college course, or something more ,than,vnine* tenths of the boys do who'go to the district schools it is a waste^of time to ; j teach h?m wbat he cannot make use of : in life. . I know that the studies of i > technicalities is a good discipline, Dut ? >tbe praciical is jnst as good-and at the | same time is something he must have, i If he doesn't get it when he is at School he will ficd it a costly article in the school of experience.- >. ?Jot K * The Coliffrbia Register of Saturday ; sa}s/two bales of cotton were re, reived iq this cily yesterday; covered ^itb a bagging made by Mr. J. D Stanley of Eaetover, by bis new process. The warp is cotton and the filling pine straw, and the staff weighs two pounus 10 cue jmu ?uv* . sells for niue ceots a yard. i? Broome county, N. Y., bad a pretty f j heavy snow on Friday last. : It is stated that the JJoited States i government will accept the offer of i the Indian Itight's Association to purchase a tract of land in Nofth , | Carolina for Geronimo's hand of r Indians now confined at Mt. Vernon ] Barracks, and to establish them there i in a more civilized mode of life. Fen- the'Lexington Dfeiiafcli. An Abscc&ding School Teacher. ^ Mr:. Knij&fc;:- A lit lie over a year; ago one ' Pijfegktr' Frank White was i employed asw&'Her in Shady Grove j Academy., fins' school was s^ajl at . . first, but histfanre .soon spread far and wide * ant ire had within few mot,ths the \ largest attendance ;?ver known in 111 i <^pm * Peran eXtra'^3fp her that solflff teacher? who had preceded hiJkre'humbugs, and that the time andwuiey spent previous to j, his taking wero ^worse Ahao thrown awayJfcJJl. coui^gra^ '*penessor" had to cEpnotu^ dt nieTOgiflmng and had mrir*fcoqJ>Je to teach his puj)ils correctljfe^u h^. wauUl have had tjf tln-y bt'fore seetr a book, j His first ye^H^rerl early this .sua!- j mer and a vjpton of a few1 intervened."Bf the meantime some j busybodies it thefrchief delight] to manufactand' circulate certain ; rumors''detwjbfal to his chapter] and quaiificXons as a^aa&efc The^eirumors haifasomer effect on th juinds of' irons; bu^y^ierfessq^^^mg^ very j gentleman, M soon ovrrcanie%Jh^fi?^j feet of Uie^JEmmrs tn'Xgreat extenPP He, thorehpjy, commenced his second i year a shfVrtyimo ago, under circumstances n ite so flattering as he j would if - these cnlmimUvrs had w' ' ' " m held their.y^e. While these ratter were bifcj^playmg their vocation he became very much depressed iti spirit, feeling innocjh^of the grave charges made aganwtniftt, and so he "folded his lent likrFhe'^rabs, and as silently Now, ^^flLare 56$? lopk for shis ; successorprogress^^hjs pupils f \AApiaw! K-mtlPcrf? nrp^idf^TfJ would f bo unablefm teach them '"airrjthing more. The loss to the community is. incalculable, Tor the "perfessor" to the wants^^^^^^^Wp and the unfortunate. lie furnished money to the sick to putchase those things which they needed, and supplied the poor with food. But now, alas! he is gone! perhaps, never to return. We miss him in the school room and in the prayer meeting. His music will ; no more revive our drooping spirits, j his voice no more be heard in our j midst to cheer and stimulate to acts of j nobje endeavor. It is not spying too i much that hi9 place cannot be filled by j any one in all this broad land of ours. ! If this should by any chance meet the : '*perfessor1 s" eye, the community would : feel under obligations of everlasting j gratitude if be would kindly come j back and resume his work, or if he j finds that impracticable, will he not j recommend some one capable to take j his place in every particular, and to I ? AV\ Y rt i take up the work when he lef t it ort r 11 t he>Jdoes not^ome ba?k or send some ! one capably/>f taking his place our I children w'vlf^uve to lag ^ their books aside becaulS- none, WWlr called i/~ r\ teachers ane'able to teach hke "Perfessop'' White. * T am perfectly disgusted with the people who have been instrumental in driving our ^eacher away. They do not seem to know that tftdPtonguer-^f, the slanderer usually, \ may say alwuys, seeks the most virtuous and.- upright persons as objects of its attach *' I* do not blame the "perfessor" at all for r i leaving. I would have left, too, under ; similar circumstances. 'After having : **'" I done all that he has for the moial, ma- ; tcrial and intellectual welfare of the i people and.then to be literally hrh'Pil ! as he has be^n, i? just etoo awfully: ! awful. Nolens Volexs. j ? ? -4 A Child Killer. v. r I Another child killed by the use of j I - -?-- *u~ ,.c opiates given in me i hi in in L'uuuiiKg syrup. Why mothers give their children such deadly poison is surprising i when they can relieve the child of its j peculiar troubles by using Acker's Baby Soother. It contains no Opium or Morphine. Sold by Dr. M. Q. . Ilendrix. .. . ? . ;V Ssa Oats?A New Industry. t Savannalr News. ^ The Savannah News mentions the fact that the shipments of sea oats from that place to New York and Europe i have begun. The plant cannot be j found anywhere but on the South Atj lantic coast from Virginia to Florida, | It grows |n t!|e greatest abundance in the vicinity of Wilmington, bijt we doubt if any one here knew it had a market value. The News says: "It is growing immensely popular in the I North and West and in Europe, Ten j years ago Mr. thrdner went North and j carried a sample of the oats, and he i redily got as many orders as oe could t \ i i fill, 'Oie oats retailed there as high lis * 2b cents a ^wtind. The New Yjorfi. -house which purchased, exported them to Europe, and there a trade was' opened. Orders are now being received direct from Europe by. Savannah firms. The very fond of the plant awreSj&rdcts are^ being received fro in tbjB- section. Over lOi&Oft^ihds been ^hipped -from some cofrvsm?i|pIace to await 'ffife^58& f rival of the. doe tort -to officially pro- l notmcmup^n lvl< condition. By anfi by a ^yrsician bustled up, IopkS^Jw Sto prostrate, motionless fufci/and' . -Vjv" " * \ ' *paflfdtace, and said ; fc* "That poor fellow^Tjgue&A ; -;^Thenhe km elfcd d "V^, l^'s^id fast ^oi^h ; take ] him away 1" exclaimed the doctor. ' The supposed corpse suddenly be- ' gan to move its lips. The startled sur- J geon listened, and this was what he j heard r 5 "Voit bk&ked old fool, that's my j giass eye!" +> + ? ( I'm the Man. i < i TtftTOO Qf fff n C9Q ( "So this is a prohibition town?" I said a drummer to the landlord of a small local option town in Texas 44Vcs, we don't allow any liquor to be sold if we can possibly prevent; but, sir, there are men in this town so ] Utterly devoid of h|>nof "RTld principle j ( they wiH peddle j; you think or such an linpfihapled t scoundrel?" { 1 44It strikes me that it is a mere mat- i _ v ! | ter of business. Where can I find that unprincipled scoundrel?" "I'm the man. Follow me!" When the drummer returned liis moustache was moist, and he was out a quarter ? i The Lanford-Lnngfstoa Case. - Laurens, S. C., Sept. 20.?The de- j fense proved that a slanderons report : had been circulated concerning the j i prisoner's daughter; he had traced it j back to Langston, who had related it j to his niece. Lanford asked Lang- j ston if he bad g^de ^ certain state j ment, to which he replied, "Yes," whereupon Lanford remarked: "No maD can *ay that and live." Tbey^ met again, Lanford having armed j hitnseif, and, according to the mony of the nearest .witness, tangp-f: 6toto advanced with a . plank, w^en.| Lapgford shot him times. 'The;. defense rested <0j^cpse a pop 'the grounds?self-defenVe and vindihaUeo. of a daughter's character. j3ftdge Aldrich presented the law ctearly. The case was given to the ;G o'clock oit Thursday afternoon^ and after being in^be jury room alLuigbt "they disagreed, six .being for acquittal aftd si* for man ilnugliter. *' y. * We Can and Do. r * - % * . i -? - . 4 .+ * n V? Guajant.ee Acker'sj^ood Kjixfr for it ha*, been .fully dei^o^rated/.ttf>tfig:" pcopU of this countrfc thati?' rior to all other preJterattWs idrWodfl-1 > diseases. Tt is a positive cure i'or syphilitic poisoning. Ulcers, Eruptions and Pimples. It purifies the whole system and thoroughly builds up the constitution. * for sale by Pr. M. Q. "Ilendrlx. Julia?"Vcfc# Tom's* a good fellow? handsomfc and' has plenty of money? : but he's so awfjilly timid and bashful, ! you know. He's been coming^to see m^^wice a week for nearly a month, i and he's never attempted to kiss me." j. -Clara?"Well, he certainly appears j to possess good taste, among his other i excellent qualities, but really he was j not so timid when he called to see me | the other evening " j They dfin't sp^ak no,\v. | Happiness and Contentment I Cannot go hand In hand |f we look on the dark side of every lip.le obstacle. Sfotjpng will $o darken life and make jt a burden as Dyspepsia, Ackers i Dyspepsia Tablets will cure the worst i form of Dyspepsia, Constipation and Indigestion, and make life a happiness j and pleasure, Sold at 25 and 50 i cents by Dr. M. Q Hendrix. ? Apples, lemons, onions, cabbage, ! etc, et tbe Bazaar. ^ Advice to Young: Men. fit? BV VKCi.R TOMMY. * *; ^ n?^writteu by help to you ^yud th^tt^v;opJiadbfe /j ter have a niWb'nT^o^ipSryo^r nec&p and east in ^the ;wtd^:; i>twthe seaf ; FlirtirHj is a habit, i fed one. apdfe ? lifSnmost bad Imbits it is hard $f ] ^ breaks Andrthe maiden that flirfcL.5hey :hances arcVill make* fiirtint^'wife;; and the most contemptable, dispiseable creature we know of is a mairfed ^ flirt. God pity her! she ni&kes fofe* / self, husband and everybody else around her miserable. lfewwre of ? ;hese guidy butterflies, for "allTs ?ta>t *old. that glitters.'1 Marry, if yoti * :an, a clever whole-souled Christfai*. -1 jirl. and go to work with a will Leave i )ff your bad habits and companions. ( ind especialTy the wine cup, and your fortune is made, for God will surely ^ arospoF you. 1 * . . 1 Guard Against the Strike, And always have a bottle of Acker's ' Rnglish Remedy in the house. You cannot tpll how soon Group may strike ' your little one, or a cold or cough !ive eure^^ Ides yield to its treatment. A sample i bottle is given to you and the Remedy j *uaianteed by Dr. M.Q. Ilcrtflrix. July 31-0-20 * %-*-% ? Manners for Boys. Christian Intelligence. , In the streets,?Hat lifted when saving "Good-bye," or "How do do?" Also when offering a lady a seat, or acknowledging a favor. Keep step with any one you walk with. Always precede a lady up stairs, but ask if you shall precede her in going through a crowd or public place. At the street door.?Hat off the mo- . ment vou step in a private hall or officer I - iL- 1-_ Oi. 1 .Ml 1.,.!.. in ine parior.?oianu wu e\eiy uuu) else in the room, also older people, be seated. Rise ifj$ lady enter the room after you are.'Mitel,. and stand till she takes $ aeaft^Lo?&?wple straight in the face w$$if*|pey are talking to aou. Let$clies pass tltrough a door first, standing aside for them. * In tijp dining r.oom.?,Takeyour seat aftefvft'e ladies and elders. Never play w ith your knife, ring or spoon. '<- ^ Pkyjftot take your napkin in a bunch in your hand."? Eat fast or slow and finish the coarse when they do. Do not a$k t0 b? excused unless the reason & imperative, ' $ise when ladies leave the room and staud till they are out. If all go together, the gentlemen stbnd by the door till the ladies pass. Special rules for the mouth.? Smacking ^the lips and all noises ^ should be avoided. ? Jf obliged to take anything from ' yoarymdh^k,cover ,it with your hand A'Healthy Growth. _ < ,*i , - a, .*ji Acker's Blood Elixir has gtftne&lfc1 firm hold on the.American people an^r' is acknowledged to be superior to all nthev prepera'tions. It is a positive cure for all Blood and Skin Diseases. - ^ - ? The medical Fraternity indorse and prescribe it. Guaranteed and sold -by Dr. M. Q. Hendrix, Fruit a Perfect Food, v Medical Classic. Some people are afraid to eat fruit, thinking that fruit and diarrhoea are always associated, when, if they understood tho true cause of the diarrhoea, they would know it was caused by eating meat. In hot weather meat putrities very quickly, and during this process alkaloids are formed which are very poisunous, acting as emetics and purgatives. Tis true that fruit i eater green, or between meals will in- | terfere with digestion mid cause bowel troubles,* but use perfectly ripe fruit at meal time, and only beneficial vesuits will follow. Acids prevent caleerous degeneration. keeping the bones elastic, as well as preventing the accumulation earthy matters This is because of the solvent power of the acids- but manufactured acids aye imt harmless. ; as are those which nature has prepared j for us in its various kinds of fruiv ' E Bainbridgfe aftihdfty Esq^ 4. ' O^nty Attorftey, ClaVCa|i^|iTt'xa3, y aays-, iHave used r Eteclwa^i|jteijp, ^ ~ with WQ&* happy-results. My brother - very low witkMalarial FeVer iud^&jndice, but was cured by v ty oaB^of this medicine. Am satisfied- v Kieotric Bitters saved his life." - ~Sg , \ Sit, D.I Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave, >..; . v Ky., adds a Itkd' testimony, sawog:. ^ His positisely believefl he wontd f^jye t 3ied, had. iffet'been for Electric Bitters. > ^-r... v ' > ^This gt^at^^ftdy vrdl ward off, as^ PbiaatoWwli Dishos..,, " ' M .ridrtKo Heral.t. *W K . Mrs, W, A. Cockran, of this city, Ims pla'qfed-^T name on the roll with be great' inventors of the world, the 'esults of her genius being a practical : lish washing machine. She began ex- '\l\ ^erimen'.ing ten years ago. Her husaand. the late W. A. Cockran, was ben Circuit clerk of Shelby counly mdjdied Icav ing her financially unable ^ for a n umber of years to complete her indcrtaking. By the aid of friends,- 4 r however, she finally succeeded, and lias a machine designed to do the work now done by the thousands of women in different sizes for families and hotel purposes. It is also made for both hand and steam power, and is capable of washing, scalding, rinsing and drying from five to twenty dozen dishes of all shapes and frizes in two minutes, the number, of course, depending on the size of the machine. Mrs. Cockran has recently disposed of her invention to ati Illinois manufacturing firm for a large sum, and will receive a royalty on all machines sold. \ Shiloh's Consumption Cure. This is beyond question the most successful Cough Medicine we have oversold, a few doses invariably cure the worst cases of Cough, Croup, and Bronchitis, while it's wouderfal success in the cure of Consumption is without a parallel in the history of medicine. Since it's first discover? it has been sold on a positive guarantee, a test which no other medicine can stand. If you have a Cough we earnestly ask you to try it. Price 10 cents, 50 cents, and ?1 00 If your longs are sore, Chest or Back lame, use SbiIo*8 Poroos Plaster. Sold by Dr. M. Q. Hendrix. 4*2 ? * Appomattox Battle Q-rotmcL v ^ ? ' Lynchburg Y?t. News, Mr. SamuePK. Webb, a native <5&? * Appomattox county, now a resident ,or\Washington, I). C? stopped^ tlvg ^ .Thjiriay en route froaf$the lalter place, where he had inst closed, a contract for the old Burk^wopert3'?aUAp-s.^^ " ox depot, rte p*jjee ' y.. $115'pert^cre. Mf/AVebb represents * Wflfengton syndicate winch fias v recently secured -portions on 'large land between Appomattox depot An^Hfeourt Ivouse. isi view of converting the property into a p'ace of resort for tourists and vlstiors from all sections <l(?he cotjutcy, who. may desire to go .over *and view the scene ?? * surrounding the battle'ground . of the iate Confederacy. Mr. Webb stated that the opt rations would begin at Appomattox depot, at which place the syndicate would soon erect a handsome hotel, livery stable, ete.?He says they mean business, and have ample capital to cousumate in a satisfactory degree al 1 their contemplated plans and promises. Consumption Surely Cured. To the Editor Please inform your readers tur.t I have a positive remedy for ihe above named disease. By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been permanently cared. I shall be glad to send two bottlea of my remedy free to any of yoar readers who have consumption if they will scud me tlu-ir express and post olHce address. Respectfully, T. A. Slocum, M. V 181 Pearl Street, New York. t t 5 ?