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!tdi' ^ ^ ^ ^ r:AT2S: ||i| RATES REASONABLE. . ?.k tiuh .ns.iii.u. I ?> ran? unciAiti. r? sssssx,?., I ~ VOL. XXIII. LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1893. SO.-52. MV Highest of all in Leavem tg Po tAOSOU* FAVOR FOUND. 1CHEME GENERALLY IDEMNED. Ii is Independentism, Neither More " - Nor Les3?Endorsed by a Few Haskellites?The Really CoDser-rftfivA Pnr>frs See Its Evil Conse ' - r ? I quences and Nature and Declare Against It?Straight Talk From Hugh Wilsou. His Glorious Record Tarnished. f Abbeville Press and Banner Conservative. i The letter which ihe Hon. Wade (Hampton wrote on the 31st ultimo to N. G. Gonzales, Esq., will be read by everybody. General Hampt-on, upon his defeat k- for re-election, behaved himself with I & becoming dignity, and even those I who voted to put another in his K^sqjdiace did so with regret. I V But they thought the time had B come when new men should be put in office, and so they in sorrow retired their beloved chieftain of '76. Though every citizen has perfect respect and love for him, yet the menL tion of his name now no longer elec. trihes the great public heart, jgy- As far as we now recollect, no man ^s ever assailed his fair fame, or attempted io pluck one laurel from his distinguished brow. unequalled career as a leader Hine^reputationinwar and in H| Hfce have been ended, and the his. p HRrie book may now be dosed. ash Forgetful of the fact that the times change and that men change with B them he still dreams of the past and fails to realize that his power as a leader has departed from him, and that his counsel is no longer needed by his beloved countrymen. The great and chivalrous Hampton EL now lives in recorded mstory, ana his achievements and triumphs have ^^^^2?en as great as those of any other Rroliniafl, but his work is finished. H^^^^With a record so high and with a Eg. character which no man could assail, it is to be regretted that he now in Bhis old age should do anything to so bright a record, we read his letter aright it is nothing more nor less then an effort to do that which would result in a ? omnnrv o r\oar\lO k^t/1 UiflllCJLtfa Ulf iOiVU UUiVU^ m ^vvj^/*v who should be at peace with them felves and all mankind. General Hampton by his letter brings again to notice the ghost of the Haskellism or the Independentism which we had in 1890. But because they do rot see as he does, General Hampton would read the great mass of the people of this Siate out of the Democratic party and he counsels the withdrawal of a pmall faction of his friends from all i *1 o^qivg r\f 4 Vi o I 1U VliO (iUUU O Ui. buv V government, and it may be set down i ^ as & fact that no man who would take his advice to quit the Dernocratic party to follow him into a little ^ Independent or Haskellite squad, no matter under whatever name, need IS,- expect to hold office or be anything m else than a disturber of the peace. H Whatever the facts may be, it will be hard to convince the people that the K" act oT^a Populist in quitting the I Democratic party is essentially difBS ferent from that of a national or B Independent JJeraocrat wno does tne I same thing. If both quit the State .8 I Democracy does not one deserve fy I about as much credit as the other PI for honesty of purpose and patriotic intent? Both put themselves beyond : d the pale of the Democratic fold, and dd are no longer our political allies. Be||& The only way for the members of HSB^^jS^Scd faction to regain power Mid office is "tbrongh_ihe voters of the people, and how any set of men expect to gain political office by Har&bdrawiDg their fellowship and in the people' is more than we giki understand. BVith very few exceptions we be^kthe. people recoguize the fact Ethe' Tillmanites are now more Hp united than they have been at Hrevious time. H antis have no recognized &&d a large per cent, of them fcauch opposed to Hasieliism un-1 wer.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report. I PnwrlAr V A W fvvivi TELY PURE i derstand this as soon as late, and he ought to know that he is no longer a power in South Carolina, and that it will be a long time before he can '^tnake any apology for Haskellism, a?$ before any movement which originates in Columbia will take hold of I the people. General Hampton ought not to : write letters now, but be ought io preserve a dignified silence. If he comes back to South Carolina to organize Haskellite *or Inde| pendent clubs he will be mortified j and if he goes out among the people j ! and attempts to tell them that they are no longer Democrats the people j who honored him years ago may make J it unpleasant for him. Speaking for the Press and Banne , j i we want no i? ifition of the foolishj ness of 1892, when this country was torn asunder for no possible good and J i when it was not possible for any j ! A vaanUe in : guuu * c-oUivr, tv *V4*V " Y?e intend to stick to the Democratic party of South Carolina, no matter what platform it may adopt or who it may put into office. We intend to stick to the people and we intend to work for the good of all and we shall strive for the honor of the State according to the lights before us. It is very little to us if one man is put in office and another is retired to | private life. j The needed tL * .g is obedience to law and respectful submission to the the OP^lole. - i i i?m. i maybe, ana no matter now nine perIsonaltegarcj they may have for the vonr Lr-r-Ud the offices, yet it is ! the duty of the min^^* to vield due f and proper respect tC" /y* **>. / thority. , Jj|| The people who are now standing ! ] to Tillman stood to Hampton in 187G, and they are just as good now as they were then. Hampton and : Tillman are different men, but the ! people who voted for them are the same. Tf the}* were patriots in 76 they I are none the less loyal to South Carolina in 1893, though they may choose different leaders. It is Organized. ' Marion Star, Independent. Caution and policy have no place I in a matter of principle. The proposition of Hon. Wade Hampton to organize the true Democracy of this State, place it in line with the National Democratic party and save it from the hermaphroditic political anomaly that is now masquerading under the name of Democracy in this State, is a wise and timely suggestion to the true and loyal citizens of South Carolina. -* ? " ? i.-*? _e iu ~ ill iaci tne orgamzauou o. i>u? real Democrats of the State as ar' rayed in opposition to Tillmanism and the so called "Movement" three i years ago, should not be abandoned for the "Peace and Unity" fiasco of March, 1SD2, As compromises usually are, and in questions of princii pie are invariably, this was a most glaring mistake, as subsequent events , have most abundantly shown. This ; State ought to have a surfeit of ccm! promises in this time to last it forever. In Hadical days we tried all i i ; manner of fusions, coalitions ana combinations without avail, until 1876, we came out under glorious old ; Hampton in a straightout fight on principle and won. Last year the real Democracy of the State practically recognized Tillmanism as the Democratic party, and as a result we see as the State chair; man of the party a man who has de liberately and formally read himself | out of the Democratic party, and a j committee purporting to engineer i this party as its State Executive committee-that is using Democratic j authority and machinery for the i overthrow of Democracy in return *^ is*/If .-wo -tOiLwl rrck j IV UAVillMVi.VM as Democrats to sustain tlie Ocala j demands against the policy of the ! Democratic party. In the light of ample experience ! this condition of affairs can only be I corrected by making it a square, open issue and it will ^ I. quite a remarkable incident if it should fall i upon the same leader to conduct us ! State from the yoke of Radical sm I in 1876. Moreover, who need object to this | proposition? It is a matter of Dem; ocratic organization, addressed sorely ! to those of that political faith, as j Democrats, and nobody else. PopuJ lists, Republicans, Greenbackers and j such cattle are not taken into considi eration at all. Where, therefore, can j there be danger or impolicy of the 1 submission of such a proposition by | a Democratic of Democrats, to his I own party? In Bad Odor Indeed. | Newberry Herald and News, Conservative j The Herald and News presents ! I this week Governor Hampton's let- j j ter, in which he proposes to organize I v.:: 1 ?l..i? i>auuuai uuus. The Hernld.and News has a great icspect and admiration for "Wade Hampton and his opinions. Daring the past several years we have had turmoil and strife and division among our people. The Herald and News has labored in seascj and out of season to restore harmony and unity and peace At times it seemed that our labors were in vain j and mavbe it was. With the circum- ! * # j stances surrounding us in this State : we have dreaded to see the white j people divided. Such a division i means making the negro a factor in i our politics. To avoid this we have ' felt that it was better even "to en- i dure the ills we had than to flee to i others we know nothing of." We ; had had hoped that no such move%-w-v V\o OTirliilc of loocf iUCill WUU114 J V/l) i* TV U1AV 1*1/ iVUWK. Consequently ive are sorry that Governor Hampton has written his letter. Tt is forcing the division and where it will era we will not undertake to say. Ir may have come later on. Possibly would. Some people hold that the party is already hopelessly divided, but it seems to us that it would have been better to have waited nearer the opening of the campaign next year. There^m^j rhave been many developments While it is true that GcT *or Till man and Senator Irby and some of the leaders among the administration fnvnpe rAflllv Pnnnlisis. if hold the doctriue of the Populists such, while they hold op to the name of Democracy, yet we cannot endorse the wisdom of Gov ernor Hampton's letter at this time. The Herald and News does not endorse the Populist platform and neither has it followed auy body in that direction, nor does it intend to, but we want to save this State to the Democracy and in order to do so we want the votes and the machinery in the hands of those who claim to be Democrats and who voted for the Democratic nominees, and to go to work and organize another party now it will be hard to make the people believe it does not savor of Indenendentism. and we all know in what r ' bad odor Independentism is held in this State. We do not believe that this movement, coming at this time and the way it does, can be successful. | It is true that what was called a Democratic convention last year adopted a platform that is virtually a Populists platform. It is true that many of the leaders have denounced the Democratic administration and are leaning very strongly towards the Populist party. It is true also that if they called themselves Poplists they would not have as strong fnllnwinor ftmnn.cr the neonle as thev ? O i 1. ? have now. Butwdl this movement, by Governor Hampton give them any less following among the people? We fear not. The Herald and News believes in a man being what he calls himself. If he believes in the principles of the Populists he should go to that party. If he believes in the principles set forth in the Democratic platform he should stand squarely on it. He should not go masquerading around as a Democrat and at the sametime be proclaiming the Populist doc , tiii-k'sjcIt looks sometimes, however, as if { division in this State was inevitable. J The time may be ripe now, but we exceedingly doubt the wisdom of its I being precipitated by Governor | Hampton just now. As to what the results will be | much depends on what the present ! Congress does. If the National Democratic platform is carried out we do not believe that the Populists 1 will have the following of a corpoi ral's nuard in this State. If it is I ? ' not carried out it will be hard to toll ! the results. Much depends on that, j Hence, we say again, it would have I been better to have waited awhile. As a matter of fact, in the politics ! of this State there are at present two I extreme factions. The Herald and | News does not believe that the web j fare of the State or hope of the fu lure lies in the leadership of either | one, but in the great mass of the ! conservative people of both factions. | What we need is a patriot, a states; man, a leader from amoDg them. In I saying this we do not discredit the I great service of Governor Hampton ! to his State nor his devotion to this ! people. ! The White Men of South Carolina Should Stand Together. Prosperity Press and K? porter, Reform. There never was a time in the his j tory of South Carolina when it was ; more important for the white citizens | to stand shoulder to shoulder and settle their differences within their own ranks. Does any one doubt this? * * * Disunite the white citizens, split their ranks, give the negroes the balance of power and a condition of affairs, the very thoughts of which will fill every true heart with horror, will be brought into existence in this State. Think you that Wade Hampton, the feailess soldier, the hero of '7(>, could have been pursuaded to lead a movement of this kind ere the finger of time had weakened his faculties? Never! He loved his people too well. It is only when age has started its work of decay upon body and mind thai men who think more of political preferment than the welfare of this State can make him their willing tool. White supremacy is the all important question in this as well as the other Southern States. United the whites can maintain such supremacy Divided whites means negro rule. This is no time to be splitting hairs over a man's Democracy. If we must all think exactly alike in order j to be Democrats, then we will never have any Democratic party. Take the recent debate in the Senate for instance. Life long Democrats took ' opposite sides in the debate. ^T^^^^^vho are using General j dBH^^^^^^^ance their political '. ? ^fc^V^ff-Mthemselves more ignf .oi^rjaa^B than in en who ^iave acquired their knowledge of South Carolina through history. The eyes of other States are upon South Carolina. If this Independent movement in the name of Democracy is put down the State will be saved and her citizens covered with glory. Fail to put it down, and the. rule of the people will be gone and desolation and ruin such as was never wit- j imll ATTnT*nrV?nlmflie i liCOOt'U UCiUlC niu V/TWX II UViUAU vuu grand old State. Every man who loves his State, whose family is dear to him, should resist this new move j ment which will put black heels on | ! white necks if successful, with all ! I the earnestness of his nature. Put it down. Most Undoubtedly. St. Matthews Herald, Conservative. "We think the idea of organizing Democratic clubs outside of the regular channel is wrong in principle and in policy. Ever since 1876 we have rallied our forces under the reg ?11 ?-? ? 1 V*A Tl A IV* f 1 A UiUi Wi HIP MWVO Executive Committeo no matter whether presided over by Haskell, Izlar, Hoyt, or Irby. We do not propose to leave the regularly constituted organization to follow the lead of either Irby or Hampton. We think that any one has the light to express or advocate his special views in regard to the tariff or financial measures of the country without let or hindrance, but when the arbitrament is made at the ballot box we feel it to be our bounden duty to bow to the will of the majority. We have in part burnt all political J/v.A/x wn r?/\tr? Ul'IUgess utJiuxiii ua, auu v?c i?\jn ^jx\j pose to recognize the organization as regularly handed down through the different State Executive Committees, and make our fight inside the party. Any other policy than this is irregular, unprecedented and contrary to the principles of true Democracy. A different procedure will work much wrong in policy, for under such independent education the gap is let down for a general rebellion against all proper organization. Nc Disgrace at ail From tin Sumter Freeman, FopuhV. Governor Wade Hampton returns to the political field iu South Carolina under very trying circumstance for one who has had the experience he has had as a politician and lead r. Jt will be hard for him to keep cool and well balanced under the opposition he is to encounter from those who fur so many years were Lis devoted and loyal followers. He will Lave to call to mind often tLat all men must be allowed to do their own thinking and that it is no "disgrace" to disagree with Wade Hampton about public mattery. That it mat ters not how much they love him an honor his past record and respect hi present effort to bring the people t what he conceives to be "the righ political fold"' yet their first duty a men and citizens will require tha they look for themselves into thes ax n rii,? 1 LuaLLerb auu ueuuie iliviu ivi tue ut-s interest of the country includiu< their own families, and not to pleas Hampton or any one else. A cam paign thus conducted will result ii great good; but one conducted witl the idea of casting reproach oil al who cannot follow the lead o the "old hero" must end dis astrously to the cause he espouse: and to the injury of his fine recon as a leader and citizen. The peopl are going to do their own thinking aud act independently and the] ought to do it. It is indispensable to a good citizenship that they shouli do it. -v Explanation and Definition. Greenville News, Conservative. * * * * vl * This newspaper would do nearh anything ffcr General HarnpTbn anc would wo^k its heart out to serv< him because he is well worthy of al the honor'and love this State cai give him.} It has a *very strong brotherly affection for its contempo raries w>th whom it has fough shoulder .to shoulder in a weary, dis couraging up bill light for what i and they believe to be right. W< believe t}>e motives of General Hamp ton and oujmjqdtemporaries are right but their judgment in Tbra-itfalter is in our view, altogether wrong. Ii the proposition for the organizaiioi of a "National Democratic'" party ii this Stat<*outside the present Demo cratic organization we see much evi and no g^^^^ It mea^^^Ear as we can under stand, a' JjKH&'ng the white peo pie, whicflH^Kcalamity most of al calamitie^^P^areadedand resisted SupposJ^^fc^men should be orga Democrats *- *-*/ > 000 against them. If a majority of th white people can be organized a National Democrats there is no neei for the organization because tlm can win in the regular primaries We can not make a minority wii without calling in *lie h#dp of tli black vote. The Greenville New would rather have Tillman goverao n 'i n fit i i ?j J lor ten or niteen years oy wmte vote than to have a government composei entirely of men of its own seiectio: chosen by the help of colored voters So long as white men rule, howeve serious or expensive their errors ma; be, there is always hope of improve raent, always a time to look to wliei common sense and conscience wii bring a change for the better. Ej perience has taught us that when th colored vote rules or is influentia matters steadily become worse fo the whites. Whichever race has cor trol will use its power for its own ir terests and the interests of the tw races here are sharply opposed i: very many respects. We have tli kindest feelings for the colored pec pie but we do not want to see thei: exchange places with the whites. There is a race question and a rac issue here. Cover and twist it as w mav, it is at the bottom of all ou politics. White men ought to she to and stand by their race throug! thick and thin. The Democratic oi ganization here is the white man' organization. We intend to stay an labor in it until the bulk of the whit people desert it. Then we will b free. If the evil time comes?whic may Heaven forbid?when the Den ocratic party in Soi th Carolina i dead and we have to choose betwee populists and Republicans we wi! go with the Republicans as the choic between evils and will do it straigh and without disguises or modificj tions, because the Negro will the have the balance of power anyho1 and it will be simply a fight for hi vote. I? we have t^ scutile forNegi votes we would rather do it for th Republican party than for the popi list party. Let all of us South Carolina whit people stay and stand t< gether. Let us do our tight in among ourselves and accept the r< suits and swallow our medicine lil; nion witlinut nnllinor in nnv ntVu?v rr?r or anybody from outside to iuterfer We ai e of the same kind and stoci Our fathers and brothers have mil gled their blood for the State, ha\ loved, hoped, suffered and died t< gether?Tillmanites and antis, All ancemen, Ocalaites and Clevelan Democrats. We have factioi enough and bitterness enough no\ Tiot. lis rpfrnin frnni dnino- finvtliin to make a bad matter worse, to mal our misfortunes and troubles fatal 1 us. Let us maintain our race po\v< in the general elections, humb trusting that the Almighty in H I ^ good time will set us all right, show s us all where our mistakes have beer 0 , and restore peace and unity amoug * I us. So loug as we are together there s is hope for that. When we divide * ; that hope will be gone. e ! The thing for us to do is to culti^ , vate charity and toleration among ? i ourselves and to discourage any new e ! splits or factions or causes of quarrel,. I lb/, ??\An tifltrv UrtVA tlfeAlt* AXVn j 1' ux iiiC iiit'ii ^ iiu ua v u jwi bucn v?' u 3 j selfish purposes stirred strife and J | for the many and vaiious squirts and 1 j chumps who have preverted good ^ i principles and purposes to lift them, selves to power and place we have 110 3 1 respect. The masses of the people, * ; however, are good and sound and 21 honest. If they are wrong they are 5 not the first people who have butted f | themselves into headaches against J ! the hard wall of their own mistakes. * The Greenville News will never j help in or submit to any attempt to i use the colored vote against any j white people until they try to use it i against us. If there is to be a split j let it come from the other side. Let , j the populists begin it, and then on I i their heads will bo the responsibity a | and the consequences. Meanwhile j | we will make our fights and say our , say inside the- Democratic party as r ! now organized and will accept the 5 I # . ' action of its majority, not as conj. j trolling our opinions but as govern_ ing our action and position in the ^ | regular elections. An organization 3 i outside the present organization j will find no recognition anywhere and ! should find none. ' I ^ ; General Hampton is an honest, 11 pure and patriotic gentleman. So is j Judge Haskell. In this matter wo ! cannot follow General Hampton any . more than we could follow Judge 1 Haskell in 1890. : LOOK AT THESE POINTS, showing where Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets excel the ordinary pills ; They're smaller; easier to take; r easier in their ways. No griping; s no disturbance; no reaction after3 ward. a Their influence lasts. By their tonic or strengthening effects on the intestines, they increase the natural r action of the bowels, and permay nently cure Constipation, Biliousness, Jaundice, Indigestion, Dizziness, Sour ^ * r* * TT 1 v Stomaen, ?>ick or vinous neaaacnes, and every like disorder. Any child takes these tiny, sugar> coated Pellets readily. They're put e up in little sealed vials, and thus kept I always reliable, while they can easily be carried in the vest-pocket. Nothing else at any price is ae l" cheap, for they're guaranteed to i- give satisfaction, or your money is o returned. You pay only for the n good you get. No substitute that a tricky dealei is ready to urge, though it may be ) better for him to sell, can be "just a as good" for you to buy. ? f ? e | Curing Meat.?Mr. Joe I. Mc r j Lendon, of Ashburn, Ga., has a rueth k od of preserving meat and keeping il b sweet and wholesome that is of his own invention and worthy the atten s tion of every farmer who raises his j own supplies. The plan is this: Mr e McLendon has built a dark room tc e his smokehouse, which is careful!} p ceiled inside and all crevices chlnkec until it is air tight. So dark is it ,g with the door closed, that a man in n side holding up a paper before his I] i face, cannot see it. To the ceiling I and to transverse nieces, where the ,e i celling does not afford room enough ^ he has fastened screw hooks, and tc these hooks he haDgs the meat a* ^ soon as it is taken out of the packing g box and bung in the air until tin moisture had dried out of it. Beinf e kept from the light and air, it re tains its freshness and flavor, anc meat hung up in that room last fal e is now as sweet and wholesome as where fresh cured." )Cf ' ?? o 3 Two-thirds of all the cotton duel :e produced in the world is made with :e in twenty miles of Baltimore. Don't be down-hearted. Ever} rose must have its thorn, you know Yes, what I'm kicking about is tba c everv thoin doesn't have its rose. D So your son John is courting i j woman at last 1 I'm afraid, however | that he'll be too bashful to propose t v | her. He won't need to propose; sLe' _ I a widow. s! ;e j Allen's Lung Balsom is a standan to ! remedy for the cure of all affection 31* i uf the lungs, throat and chest, colds ly i coughs, hoarsuess, etc. For sale a ' | Seen at the Great Fair. - ! Snappy Paragraphs that Cover Much j i Ground. Glass bricks. Electric buoys. A $16,000 clock. A golden chair. A $25,000 organ. An $18,000 clock. A ?40 onyx cane. A bed worth $950. 1,500 year old corn. A $1,500 music box. A $1,000 arm chair. Dom Pedro's chair. A 73-pound salmon. A $2,500 glass dress. A $300 Panama hat. Microbe incubators. John Wesley's clock. Electrical engravings. O O A Pole 215 feet high. A $o00 sea-otter skin. A 107-ton locomotive. A cape worth $17,500. A 45 foot high clock. A 2G-ton block of coal. Lace at $1,<!00 a yard. A buffalo in alabaster. Milking by machinery. A plate valued at $167. A palace built of corn. A spun-glass umbrella. A steam mocking bird. The Mayflower's Bible. A nugget worth $11,883. Footgear of J,500 sort9. Girdle valued at $30,000. TYpp 20 fApf. in rliflmefpr. A mantel marked $1,000. A bureau 150 years old. "Ta-ra ra'' in Egyptian. An orange liberty bell. A $10,000 gold cartificate. Leather of 300 varieties. A handsaw 220 feet long. One of Gladstone's axes. A 150-year-old tea plant. A $13,000 fisheries display. Grace Darling's life boat. Tea worth $175 per pound. A steel ignot worth $250. Billard balls worth $80,000. Watches valued at $400,000. Horse and rider in prunes. Bamboo poles 70 feet long. A 300-year-old dwarf cedar. Japan exhibits corned beef. American birds of 106 kinds. I A $35,000 solid silver model. $30,000 pound block of salt. A horse model costing $5,000. , Two miles of lunch counters. , A skycycle or flying machine. ! A Spanish vase worth $50,000. Egyptian "bum bum" candy. Java women affect white hose. An ammonia street car engine. A 8,000-pound piece of copper. A Jersey cow valued at $15,000. 1 a lwi/.lr nAof QQA AAA jl uc uiiv^iv vy ai OLiijf; v.uoi ^uv^vvvi ! A 12-ton lump of crystal alum. Forty races in friendly rivalry, i The national capital in flowers. > A chocolate tower worth $-40,000. 1 Chickens hatched by electricity. A cheese weighing 20,000 pounds. Yases made in the loth century. An iron eagle with 3,000 feathers. : Watches mounted as butterflies. A hand that dates from 100 B. C. A silver statute weighing 24 tons. A pavilion built of packing boxes. The biggest moulding in the world. Pearl necklace valued at $100,000. An exhibit of "swiftest" poisons. A shawl containing 24,000 stitches. itrr Jl _i .1. . ,i. nr\ ? _ m . _ A ixrupp gun mai snoois zu nmeB 5 The judges of .awards number 650. Oregon shows an 82-pound sa] mor. Humpbacked whale, 47? feet long, A 50-foot high anthracite pyramid. One jewelry exhibit worth $400,' 000. Munich shows an $8,760 miero5 scope. A Japanese doll "baby" 6 feet high. Brazil shows 2,000 grades of eofiee. ' Oldest lathe extant?the Blan} chard. Forestry exhibits of eighteen ? States. Clay pipe smoked by Miles Stan> dish, The "Washington monument in ^ coins. 1 A group of windmills worth $200,1 000. A stained glass window worth ?6,000. i -A gold nugget weighing 3/-40 - ounces. The first umbrella imported to America. r World's Fair exhibits number 50,t 00?Log 42 inches square and 41 feet long. a j A set of 20 stamps valued at $500 t I 0 A fountain that squirts California 8 wine. Paintings executed by Queen Yie1 toria. s i A Sbakespearan vase valued at $2,, 500. t An elenbant^^^^jM^Ka^^^ A piece of lead ore weighing 6,500 pounds. A 52-ton gun, with 1,000 pound projectiles. The lumber in the Ferris wheel cost $12,000. Sixty nine engines operate the machinery. ^ One hundred and twenty carloads of glass. A machine that makes 2/ 00 nails an hour. A tanned elephant hide weighing f)00 pounds. A bridal set in the Irish village that cost 81,200. One thousand pots of Shamrock from Ireland. A bit of silk once owned by Marie Antoinette. A New York firm's fur exhibit is worth $200,000. Plate glass 14S inches by 214? ?- J largest in America. Kaiser William's statue contains 1,500 silver dollars. Smallest watch?less than a half inch in diameter. A shoe machine that embroiders letters in three colors. Largest hot rolled steel band?00 feet long by 12 inches wide. The gates of Germany's liberal arts building are valued at $50,000. A watch with two faces which gives the time in the various cities of the world; contains a thermometer and a perpetual calendar. Host's This! We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for and case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F.J.CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, O. We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations lrift/lp Ha their firm. "West & Truax, WMesale Dr^gists Toledo 0., S H WuldlRg, ?-? ? J sale Druggists Toledo, Ohio. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Diuggists. Testimonials free. 2 They Must bs Above Suspicion. Abbeville Medium. The Ring newspapers are having a great deal to say about Judge Hudson's great learning and righteous decisions. Tney have much to say about his being marked for slaughter and exhaust their rhetoric in picturing the honor and greatness that will cling around his name in the years to come. The newspapers that support the organized democracy have not abused Judge Hudson on account of his bench-made law and they have madeno threats as to his future. The present democratic administration has no ill-feeling for bitnandis above resentment. The policy of the Reformers has been not to disturb any of the Judges and when they had the power to leave them out so far they have not done so. If any of them are retired it will be because the Ring newspapers have put them in the position of making political decisions. They have given a partisan color to their decrees and have destroyed confidence in their impartiality. The Reformers mean that all judical offi- Jut cers must be above suspicion. If Judge Hudson is retired he can charge it to the Ring newspapers. Hfiffl Deserving Kraise. Ji We desire to say to our citizens that *or years we have been selling Dr. King's New Discovery for Con- v sumption, Dr. King's New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters, and have never handled remedies that sell as well, or that have given such universal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to guarantee them every time, and we stand ready to y refund the purchase price, if satisfac- *- ? ? tory results do not follow their use. T<I?~ i ii x x licoc i nutuica uiivc ? uii tlitfll grt'ttt popularity purely 011 their merits The Swiss post office conveys any thing from a postal card to barrels of wine, scythes and buudles of old iron. Uucle Sam makes more paper than any other country in the world. The biggest paper mill is at "\\ estbrook^ Maine. I am going to get a divorce. On ! A L 1.1^!<yq mr A ff T wuut glOULlUb: T7Tg7TTrrr-. iiitLi A married hira I learned be was wedded to his money. One of the wagons abandoned by Gen. ShprmiTi'g