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BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM -ISWestern South Carolina. 0 KATES REASONABLE. 0 SUBSCRIPTION 81 PER ANNUM JOB PRIXTIX'G A SPECIALTY. IIIM ? ? GO TO ???Bi ? " iff ~*I ?a?mm " " ?a * ?MBcagsnasCTBepBB gagBBpgcaBegBBSsaacBK essa n?gasa 11 i iwn niir'-,~?~1am? -' asabb a?gBaHaeana j-wwnwa The Lexington Dispatch. VOL. XXVI. LEXINGTON, S. C., JANUARY 8, 189G. NO. 8. I PHILIP EPSTIV, TRUSTEE, FOItt I rivr I nm i (Ml; 1 < C B -A. T S , < GIT'S j F1IISIIIIG j l 1 J r? A nnn I*j: j c TRUNKS AND VALISES, , ; t 180 MAIN" STREET, i ; i COLUMBIA, S. C, i | 1 Nov. 7?ly. I 1 SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. ' Central Time shown between Jacksonville and J Columbia. Festcrn Time a*, other points. j < >?r:h!>tn!ml. XO 86 XolO Xo38 i I Oct. tth, 1>9"> Daily ; Daily Daily ; ^ J.v. Jacksonville i 6 20 p | '30 a 1 v Snvaiitcth 10 41 p 1.50a t Ar. Columbia j 330 a 4 00 p 1 ! 1 J.v. ( barbs'on j 0 00 p | | 7 20 a Ar Columbia. ' jlOldpj jll 05 a j ( Lv. Aurusta J 7 00 t?j 2 05 p , t " (ir.iiiMcvi.ic .. j ! i 7 46 pi 2 34 p ! ?' 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Washington il 15 a'1J 15 u l0 43 p *' Kichmolld 1255 p. 1255 pi 2 00 a ^ " DinviUc ! 605 p| 6 0> p! 5 "0 a ^ " ("lmilftt? 11 00 pill 00 pi 935 a * 11* ok Hill .... 11 4S p i; 44 p: 10 27 a " Chester 1 12 25 n 12 25nt j 11 03 a Winiislmro... ; i 1 11 a 1 It a 1151 a Ar. Columbia | 2 20 a; 2 20 a! 1 0) p Lv. Columbia . . 4 :so a 121 p " Jobs st* n :... 63la! 2 10 p " Trenton f> 48 a1 S 23 p r " GranKeville... | 710*1 345 p Ar. Augusta j j fe Co aj 4 15 p JLv. Columbia 7 no a | 4 50 p A r. < bar e-toa (11 10 a ! 8 00 p t.v. Columbia .... | 1.70 a! 12 U> p * Ar. Savannah I ,54; a 1 ! 4 50 p 2 ** Jacksonville., j 10:4) a I j 9 40 p ^ meeting car sekvh k. ; Xoc 27and 38 Washington & Southwestern I,im i Bed,Pullman cars Tampa u> New Y?rk. Solid Pull ] nun trai l with Din njc cars north ?.f< i:?rk?t!e. No. 35and 36 U. s. Fast Mail. thro gh Pul man Bullet Si cping ear and first coach Jacksonville an-1 New Yoik; also Pullman car Augis;a and Charlotte. N. B.?No*. -,5 n-d .So do not enter Union Sta tiotr Columbia, but discharge and t*k~ ie pa* wngetsaud baggage at Binding St. Station. V>'. A. TURK, S. 11. H\RD"AICK. P. A , Washington, a. G. P. a., aii.a.nta i\ l. WElLKo, Supt, Colcmuia. s C. "W. H. GKEF.X. J. V. < CLP. G. Supt.. WASHINGTON. T. M.. W vOIINCTO* f. w. kusemann, GTTN AND L0CSSMIT2, j and dealer in guns, pistols* pistol cartridges fishing tackle, and all kinds of Sportsmen's Articles, j which he has now on exhibition and for j ale at his store. 34ain Street, Near the Central Bank, j Columbia, S. C. AGENT FOR HAZARD POWDER CO. j Repairing done at short notice. J. WALTER MITCHELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BATESBCRG, - - S. C., j "TTTILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE W Suite Coarts, offer his professional j service." to the citizens of Lexington and Edgefield counties. Special attention given to claims and settlement of estates. January 30-3m. - - - -. REPUBLICS SQUABBLE. Mr. Brayton's Statement as to The Chairmanship. Captain Melton was Recognized-- J He Incidently Remarked that the ! "Webster Committee Had Fudged A Few Names on the List. It is of little importance to Democrats who is or is not chairman of | the Repulican party in this State or whether any one has been recognized by the National Committee, but as the two factions of that party have been making what seemed diametrically opposite statements as to what the committee had or had net done, it will be of some interest to know how these statements can be recon- J ciled. The Webster committee, which met on Thursday, had a letter from Chairman Carter stating that no one had been recognized and that, in I fact, the South Carolina squabble W8S not considered by the committee ?ne way or the other. Mr. E. M. Braylon, representing the Reorganized Republican State Committee, makes the following statement: As such a dust is being raised in regard to the status of tne Republican factions in this State and misrepresentations have been made in in effort to hoodwink the people and confuse the situation, I beg to state ;hat the subject matter of the con;roversy was not brought up before ;he National Republican Committee it its recent session in Washington, 0. C. I did, however, report that L. D. Helton was the legal Republican State Chairman and his name was luly enrolled as such. This is all I ever said and its truth cannot be controverted. Permit me to add that in your re)ort of yesterday's proceedings of Le Webster committee that the fol- j owirg persons said to be present vere not members of the committee, riz: J. F. Ensor, T. E. Miller, T. 3. Johnston, J. H. Fordhcm and \.bial Lathrop, and that "VV. E. Boyiin and li. A. Stewait reported as present were not here. E. M. Brayton, \Iember National Rep. Committee. Bid you evc-r stop to think what ndigestion really mean 1 It means simply that your stomach is tired. If )ur legs are tired, we ride. The aorse and the steam engine do the svork. Why not give your stomach i ride; that is, let something else do ts work. Foods can be digested jutside of the body. All plants con;ain digestive principles which will lo this. The Shaker Digestive Corlial contains digestive principles and s a preparation designed to rest the stomach. The Shakers themselves lave such unbounded confidence in t that they have placed 10 cent sample bottles on the market, and it is said that even so small a quantity troves beneficial in a vast majority )f cases. Ail druggists keep it. LAXOL is the best medicine for j :hildren. Doctors recommend it in ,! )lace of Castor Oil. < - Dots from Selma. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Christmas has passed with the old pear and we have entered the new one, md while some of our friends have passed with the old year and are enjoying a life which shall never end, i let us strive to improve the time left j us, both temporal and spiritual, that j we may have a happy and prosperous year. The extended dry weather has been ' succeeded by plenty of rain which, j to some extent, stopped our farmers j from sowiDg more oats. Heavy sowing of wheat has been j done in this section, and wo regret ; the destruction of the mill belonging I to Mr. Henry J. Fuliner on the 2o;h of December. This mill was very ! convenient for us. and we don t know ; whether Mr. ir'ulmer will rebuild o not, but it is hoped he will. He had just gone to a heavy expense in repairing it. Mrs. Martha Ellisor is quite sick. I Mr. Jimmie Weits is teaching the i public school at Folk school house. He must have eyes all around to govern his large school. I am sorry that our Auditor did not think enough of us to come over here on Broad river at the Folk school house to get our returns, as some of us have to go six or seven miles to make returns. We are among his warmest supporters. Some of our young boys have just started out courting, aud not far V itr ?i ' i?ui r r back, one went home with his best j girl from prayer meeting and remained until 12 o'clock, then staitcd ; home. Some other boys tied buliico ! vines across the road and then started home, hats in hand and asked legs to serve the body, and they got there, but were awfulty hungry and in the kitchen they wont, and with much ; gusto gulped down with smacking j lips a pan of dish water for soup. One says to the other, '-Its awfully j good, and from a mouthful of well ; soaked biscuits, scraps of meat, pieces of bones and other things usually found in dish water, the answer was ' " i.v_. a _ j l; returned, les; us got uuiuumigs i in it." Their feelings can better be imagined than described when they discovered what they had been drinking by one of them pulling the dish rag from his mouth. The fellow behind got the benefit of the vine by being tripped, got a fall, lost his hat in the dark and commenced to swear vengence upon the perpetrators and i he ain't done "cussing" yet. Success to the Dispatch and its readers. A wars. January 3, 189G. !t May Do s Much for You Mr. Fred Miller, of Irving, 111., writes that he had a Severe Kidney trouble for many years, with severe pains in bis back and also that his bladder was affecled. He tried many so called Kidney cures but without any good result. About a year ago he began use of Electric Bitters and found relief at once. Electric Bitters is especially adapted to cure of all Kidney and Liver troubles ofteu gives almost instant relief. One trial will prove our statement. Price only 50 cents for large bottle, at the Bazaar. A Happy Occasion. To the Editor of the Dispatch: The most pleasant and enjoyable occasion I ever attended was a socia ble at Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Nunamakers home on Friday night, December 2d, given in honor of there beautiful and charming young ladies, } Misses B .lle Mai tin, Carrie and Hat- j tie Leaphart. daughters of Mr. "VY. j N. Martin of that section and Mr. W. A. Leaphart of Rocky "Well, and the young folks of the neighborhood and also several of the old people came out as to remind us that they had not grown too old to enjoy themselves at such places. It was no little pleasure to me to meet so many lovely maidens and j handsome young men of that neighborhood. Several young folks were there from ether sections, among ! ' ? i whom were Misses Lcola and Mamie Wolfe, the two pretty daughters of Mr. Archie Wolfe of Sandy liun, Messrs Roots, George and Carl Davis, of Sandy Run, Messrs. Wilmont Davis and McCarley of Columbia, Mr. Hill from Cayce and Mr. Boman Rawlof Rocky Well. The young people spent the time together until a late hour and thus orwlorl ? can F rnrrVif nf fVio VtnP d3TS. Much success aDcl a happy new year to the Editor of the Dispatch. Visitor. Teachers' Association. At an informal meeting of the Teachers' Association last Saturday, it was decided to postpone the regular discussion of tha program until Saturday, January 18, at which time the Association will meet at "White Rock, a station on the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad, in the Dutch Fork. The corrected program for that occasion is as follows: 1st. Co-operation of Patrons with Teacher?J. E. R. Kaiser. 2d. How to Teach History?S. S. Lindler. 3d. The Model School?J. H. Frick. 4th. School Management?Miss Ellen Hendrix. 5th. Who is the Qualified Teachei? i ?L. B. Haynes, A. F. Lever. Mr. Black, the teacher at White Rock, assures us that every teacher J who attends will receive from him j and his patrons a genuine ''Dutch j Fork" welcome. I Not a few who read what Mr. Robert Howls, of Hollands, Ya., Las to say below, will remember their own I experience under like circumstances: j "Last winter I had la grippe which j left me in a low state of health. I ; tried numerous remedies, none cf | which did me any good, until I was ; induced to try a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The first bottle it so fur relieved me ; that I was enable to attend to my work, and the second botj tie effected a cure." For sale at 25 ! and 50 cent5: per bottle by Julian E. ! Kauffwann. 11. A fresh arrival of fine French can dies, just received at the Bazaar. Ths Qpsnin* of Biltmore. Yanderbilt's Beautiful House ami Groumls Near Asfceville. George W. Vanderbuilt, the youngest member of tbe great New York family of millionaires, formally opened bis country borne near Asheville on Christmas day. All immediate members of the Vanderbilt family now in this country were guests of ' Biltmore House." Among them wprn Mrs. "Willi.-im If. Vanderbilt. mother of the owner of Biltmore; Mrs Bromley, his aunt; Mrs. Ivissam, Miss Ivissam. Mr. and Mrs. F. AY. Vanderbilt. Air. and Airs. AY. Seward AAYob, and their daughter and son, Cornelius AAinderbilt and family, AAA Iv. AAinderbilt, AY. D. Sloane and family and others. All of these persons traveled in their own private cars, and brought with them an army of servants. For two weeks previous G. AAA AAinderbilt had personally directed a corps of carvers, jointers, decorators and floiists in giving the finishing touches to the great mansion, and it stands today, in connection with its surrounding park and outlying hunting and fishing preserves, the most valuable as well as the most extensive private property in America. The house tract contains 8,000 nnnn s.?vpnfv.fivp inilp-3 of umivalled driveways have already been constructed, while the hunting preserves embrace 87,000 acres, in which is included Mount Pisgab, one of the most prominent peaks on Asheville plateau, which boasts, the highest point east of the Pocky Mountains. For two weeks provisions of all kinds have beea arriving in carloads, confections in hundred pound pack ages, game, fish, fowls of all sorts, frozen meats in carloads, all giving intimation as to the bountiful good cheer which is to be dispensed. At 11 o'clock a Christmas tree was given all employes on the estate, numbering between 300 and 500. Barrels of mistletoe and wagon loads of boliv and cartloads of packages were put into this feature, and the banquet hall was crowded with eager, happy faces for more than two hours. After the Christmas tree a bountiful dinner was spread. "While the company now at Biltmore is made up exclusively of irembers of the Wmderbilt family, the fesivities will broaden towards the close of the week, when a large company of Mr. Yanderbilt's New Yoik friends will be his guests for perhaps ten davs. The lime will be spent in coaching parties, hunting paities, fox chasing, quail shooting and fishing. Cannot bo Without It. Jamison. S. C, Sept. 2, '90. Since th^ people know I keep St. Joseph's Quick Reiief they have taken it all out but one bottle, and that one I cannot sell until I get in some more, for I cannot be without it myself. It is beyond doubt the best medicine for cramps, colic, and all kinds of pain on the market. Send me three dozen bottles per express. R. D KITTRELL. For further information call on J. E. Kauffmann's drug store and get a copy of St. Joseph's Four Seasons Almanac. 11. Fat Offices are in Prospect. Greenville Mountaineer. The slate makers are busy at work in this State. Fat offices are in pros pect, an J there are hungry aspirants in every nook and corner. They are straining every nerve to "get there" already. There is button holing and interviewing on all sides. This man wants a promotion, when he has gone about as high as the people wants to see him. That other man wants a reward for his political services, and the highest service he has ever rendered was shouting for the majority when it was unpopular to do anything else. They arc pressing for a recognition of their claims, which consists largely in holding offices in the past or being f'efeateJ any number of times. One is just as g<. o 1 ; s : the other when claims are considered. ; The favorite pastim ) of the office i seekers just now is to form eombiI nation?, wh:eb are intended to forej stall the action of the people, and ' will put things in a shape where veiy ! little freedom of choice will be given. The next campaign will be a most opportune time to smash slates and rout combinations, but this cannot be done unless the masses of the voters will serve ample notice that tli -y propose to take a hand in the business, i Is there any good reason, for in* stance, why the office of United | States Senator must perforce be given to Evans or Irby, and the voters not allowed the privilege of selecting any one else? Is it a fact that ! candidates for Governor must take I i sides with one or the other of these J gentlemen, and that they must form ' j a ticket based upon the contest for j the United States Senate? Rumors | are curreut that the politicians in | I and around Columbia during the; sitting of the constitutional convention were fixing slates on this line, and that every man who wanted an j office in the State House would be compelled to declare his adhesion to Irby or Evans, or else he would stand no chance of getting on the ticket. The Legislature is to meet next month, and the woii will be perfected during its session so that the rival tickets will be ready for the people to swallow in the early spring. No hint is given that fitness for office and capacity to administer public trusts will govern the selection, nor is any one required to exhibit his familiarity with public issues in order to get a place on the ticket. These things are well enough in their way, but the prime requisite will be as to how they stand in the race for the United States Senate. Will the rank and file of the Democrats submit to this kind of dicta- i tion? We warn them now that their suffrages are to be bartered away, and unless they use the right and privileges of freemen they might as well execute a power of attorney to few men, who are intent on slating ; all the offices within the gift (?) of j the people. History repeats itself, j and it is beiDg repeated very quickly | in South Carolina. The revolution of 1890 swept away one class of politicians, many of whom considered that they had a mortgage on the State, and it may take another upheaval to convince a different set of politicians that they do not own the commonwealth. Let the people begin to think with the opening of a campaign year, and see to it that we have a free, open primary in this year of grace 189G. ^ Snatched Fr:zn Death. Cold Water, Ala., Mar. 11, 1S92. My little child had the dropsy for two years. We had tried various remedies and the most prominent physicians in the country but to no avail. We commenced the use of St. Joseph's Liver Regulator and she is now as healthy as any child. T. P. W. BItOOCS, M. D. For further information call on J. E. Kauft'mann's drug store and get a copy of St. Joseph's Four Seasons Almanac. 11. | Hot Og, the Giant, Survived the Flood. Thero are no books in the world that are equal to the two Talniuds as far as outlandish stories of fiction and preposterous superstitiou and tradition are j concerned. According to the Talmudio | writers, the early giants, those who lived before the flood, and who were giants indeed as compared with tho so called colossal specimens of the human family which lived just before the deluge, were the children of angels and the daughters of men, concerning whom there is an account given in Genesis. Og was the hero of the Talmudic romancers. They say that he was over six miles in height, and that he "drank water from the clouds and toasted fish by holding them near tho blazing rays of the sun." Og was a contemporary of Noah and often visited the old gentleman whilo the latter was engaged in tho famous ark building experiment. Finally the giant incurred Noah's displeasure, and the upshot of the whole affair was that when the ark slipped her moorings after the flood had been raging several days the man of great stature was flatly refused a berth. After the flood was over and the waters had subsided Noah is said to have been i - - - X? A- ...U/s I | greatly chagrined dj meeting ug, wjju | was quietly strolling about as though j uotbiug bad happened. He had actually survived the deluge (so the rabbis say) I by wading the water, which only came | to his armpits.?St. Louis Republic. I * ? Many merchants are well aware | (hat their customers are their best j friends and take pleasure in supplyj iug them with the best goods obtain! able. As an instance we mention . Perry & Cameron, prominent drug- j gists of Flushing, Michigan. They say: "We have no hesitation in recom| mending Chamberlain's Cough Item edy to our customers, as it is the ! best cough medicine we have ever sold, and always gives satisfaction." For sale at 25 and 50 cents per hot| tie by Julian E. Kauffmann. 11. $35 Up to $ 1G0 Will buy a square piano from M. A. Malone. Write him for particulars. Fiieutls, arc you afflicted in any : way. Then try nature's own remedy, i It affords all the benefits, is simple, | safe and reliable; can do no harm, and i has never been known to fail to do | good, Spirittine Balsam. For sale J at the Bazaar. Wilkss Booth's IQouole. Curious Story of the Rev. John G. Armstrong. From a romantic point of view, says the Philadelphia Times, the most interesting object of all about the old Monumental church of Richmond, Ya., i3 the photograph of Wilkes Booth's double. It hangs in dark corner of the old fashioned vestry room, and represents a man in the prime of life, standing beside a table, bis long, clerical garments giving bim an increased height and dignity. The long straight hair is brushed straight back from the high, broad forehead, and the face, in its every lineament, is said to be the image of Wilkes Booth a3 he would have appeared at that time, dhe resemblance is certainly most remarkble?the deep, black eyes, the shape of chin, mouth, cheeks, forehead, eyebrows aud nose?and moreover there is a subtle eimilary of expression to members of the Booth family that defies description. This man was Rev. John G. Armstrong, pastor of the church from 187S to lSS-d. But even to this day strange rumors of the final end of Wilkes Booth are to be heard in places where his friends and intimates lived and talked long after the assassination of President Lincol had passed into history. There are tales of a mysterious grave, of a body that tallied in some of its marks with those of Wilkes Booth and differed materially in others, and an intagible fabric of suppositions built about a series of gossiped incidents. How ever valueless these may he historically, they show an undercurrent that found an outbreak in the romance of Mr. Armstrong of Monumental church. The likeness of Mr. Armstrong to "Wilkes Booth was so startling that some people who had seen both men found it hard to believe that they were not the same. The preacher's manner might be called dramatic. His movement and gestures had the repose and breadth most actors acquire in following their art and liv ing and workinging constantly be- j fore an audience. lie was, moreover, slightly lame, as Wilkes Booth would probably have been in consequence of the injury to hi3 leg in jumping from President Lincoln's box, Aside from this fact, Mr. Armstrong's manner, voice and temperament led to the conviction that were he not a priest he would have been a great actor. It is said that his daughter did subsequently go upon the stage, and met with great success. No subject of discussion was more constant in Richmond than the possibility that Mr. Armstrong and Wilkes Booth were one and the same person. Mr. Armstrong strenuously denied the identity, but such denials could not silence the rumors. There seemed, moreover, to be a shadow over his antecedents. He came to Richmond a comparative stranger , and claimed that he was a priest ordained in Ireland. An investigation was quietly started to clear up the facts as to his past, but did not give entire satisfaction. In the midst of the constantly reiterated declarations and denials, the clergyman was accused of irregulaiities in his habits, and this again called forth the charge that he was not all he seemed to be. He finally resigned the rectorship of Monumental Church, and went to a city in the extreme South. Shor after he left the ministry he sank out of sight and died in obscurity. Rut even to the end the doubt as to his identity hung like a shadow over his life, and when on his deathbed his last words were a denial?a pathetic, heartbroken denial?that he was "Wdkes Booth. Knights of the Maccabees. The State Commander writes us from Lincoln, Neb., as follows: "After trying other medicines for what seemed to be a very obstinate cough in our two children we tried Dr. King's New Discovery and at the end of two days the cough entirely left them. We will not be without it hereafter, as our experience proves that it cures where all other remedies fail."?Signed F. W. Stevens, State Com.?Why not give this great medicine a trial as it is guaranteed and trial bottles arc free at the Bazaar. Marriage and Ec-union. On the 10th of December, 139c, at high noon, in Chapiu, S. C. at the residence of the bride's aunt, by the brother of the bride, Rev. J. "NY. Kramer, of Wilmington, X. C, Mits Daisy G. Kramer, of Columbia and j Mr. F. 0. Dryer of Chicago, apromj inent telegrapher of the 0. R. T., ! and train dispatcher of the Erie | Railroad. Here were assembled her j grandfather, his two children and nrit-r> * r^i their husbands, and all his grandchildren: he presenting the bride at the altar and her mother the groom. Next was the march to a bountiful dinner. A long table twice surround bj guest3. If ever bride and groom were charming in appearance, esteemed by their acquaintances and believed by all present to' be truly matched in wedlock Mr. and Mrs. Dryer are the persons. We will add that Mrs. Dryer is the great grand daughter, on her mother's side, of Maj. Jacob Swygert of Lexington, S. C., who served as a member of the Legislature for thirty-four or five vears. ^ Complaint. To the Editor of the Dispatch: I wish you to publish a lew lines concerning the condition of the ferry at Dreher's ford. It seems that Mr. John A. Dreher, or the ferry man, is very negligent, and there is much complaint of the managmcnt of the ferry. Patrons in the neighborhood and the traveling public generally, ! have to wait until their patience is I worn cut, after hollowing and blow! ing all their breath away, and then often have to trot a mile up that big j old red hill to find the ferryman to put them across. Now, I think it is poor policy, and it is certainly not right, to compel the people t:> keep the road in good repair while the ferr}'i3 neglected. If the ferry cani not be properly kept, let both it and the public road be discontinued. Jacob Wingyp.d. December 30. 1895. _ Scraps from Lo^rer Shibh INs:gheorhocd. j To the Editor of the Dispatch: Mr. Eugene Moye returned from Atlanta last week very much pleased I with his trip. The holidays have been rather quiet but pleasant, i Misses Daisy and Ollie Geiger and Bessie Moye have returned t) the Columbia Female College, where they are making a name for themselves. Farmers are getting ready for woi k. The Sunday school is trying to go into winter quarters. Miss Kate Moye and Master Edwin Moye left for Atlanta last Thursday to take in the Exposition, and before their return home will visit relatives in Xewnan. Quite a cold wave came over us last night. Voltaire. Tho S?an Afraid cf Ei3 Wife, Philadelphia Times. If there is a man on earth to be pitied, it is he who is afraid of his wife. There is something very sad, and at the same time a tride ludicrous about such a case. To see a man, who has always styled himself the master, meekly following the advice and obeying the dictum of one of the so calltd ''weaker sex" must do the hearts of some "new women" an infinite deal of good. I doubt if a woman ever respects a man whom she can twist about her little linger or one of those men who are subservient to her every beck and call, and who acts afraid of her. Neither, on the other band, Jo most women like the tyrannical description of spouses. A happy medium is the approved style, but it's very hard to find one of the sort. Men nowadays are either meek and mi'd, 01* else too tyrannical to suit an up to date woman. The Great Family ^ledicine, Is Spirittine Balsam. This valuable preparation is the pure extract i of certain pine trees, and manutactured with great care, and in consequence of the astonishing success in i removing diseases, has become very popular and is being called for again and again until it is a necessity in every household. This great family medicine has proven to possess the most safe and efficient properties for the cure of Colds, Rheumatism, Lameness, Sprains, Bruises Neuralgia, Sore Throat, Soreness in the Bones, Ringworm, and is very use ful iu all cases where an externa > i* -vi t? r remedy is appncaoie. rw and Toothache there is no better remedy. Sufferers from Lung and J o Bronchial Affections wiil obtain great relief, rnd for general use there is no better medicine for the household. For sale wholesale and retail at the Bazaar. It does not take very sharp eyes to find fault anywhere, except in ourselves. Few people can turn their eyes inward. Medicated cough drops and the j best cough syrup, for sale at the i Bazaar. ADVERTISING RATES. j Advertisements will be Inserted at the rate of 75 cents per square of one inch I space for first insertion, and 50 cents per I inch (or each subsequent insertion. I ; Liberal contracts mado with those wishing to advertise for three, six and twelve i months. Notices in the local column 10 cents per ! line each inser ion. Marriage notices inserted free. Obituaries charged for at the rate of one cent a word. Address r* "\ r tt i nir ? vr t? jri. \J. ill* HAAiUAn, x-auur. ?**c rfimal V fttfty mUl/HI 3ZK rr inflBMMBWCWBR^j Som3 S:markaT3le Figures. They Used to Live to an Advanced Age in Georgia. Atlanta Constitution. Two rema'kabie cases of longevity were recalled recently by a conversation between several gentlemen in Athens, Ga. They were discussing the death of the Itev. George McCall, the veteran Baptist preacher, when it was authentically stated that Mr. McCall's great grandfather lived to the ripe old age of 127 years. He was a bachelor at 100 and took a notion to get married. Three sons were born to him, and he lived to see the old son old enough to vote. This was considered remarkable, J but a gentlemen in the crowd whoso character and standing, religiously I and socially, are above reproach, told an authentic account of the life of his great unci", who was one of Georgia's pioneer citizens. This old 11 l ? i * - ^ j genueman uvea to ue iii'J years old. ! He lived in a log cabin in the north* ! ern end of which wa3 cut t. square hole. The old man turned the head of his bed to that hole and slept that way in the warmest and coldest weather. His wife died when he was about 00 years old, and for many years he lived as a widower. At the age of 115 be cut an entirely new set of teeth, and at the age of 123 one morning he saddled his own horse, sprang into the saddle and rode thirty miles ; to address a widow and to ask her to be his wife. He evidently was rejected, for he rode back that day and lived seven years longer. There are some people who are never positive in anything. It is always, 'T don't know," or "I guess so." There is a world of such people, and it is refreshing sometimes to hear a person speak as one having convictions, like Mr. Chas. F. Spyder, of Bangor, Pa., who wrote; "I can heartily recommend Simmons Liver Regulator to all who are troubled with Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint." A Cold Weather Liar. Detroit Free Press. "Speakin' about cold weather," said the iijan with the jailer whiskers, as he caressed them in a loving way, ' but unless some of you have been up to Hudson's Bay in January you don't begin to know what cold is." ' How cold did you ever see it up there?" inquired the Buffalo drummer in an absent way. ' How cold? Well, the coldest day they ever bad or ever will have up there was the 14th of January, 1874. At eight o'clock the themometer stood at 80 degrees below zero. That was simply the beginDingof a cold day. The village in which I was stopping numbered ab:>ut 700 peo; le. Over fifty had frozen to death by 'J o'clock, cows, horses, hogs and dogs tumbled over as if shot. Trees four feet thick were riven as if struck b/ lightning." "And it got colder, yet, did it?" asked the drummer whose eyebrows were signed off in the Boston fire and never grew out again. "It did. At high noon it was 120 liol ."iTT 7/JVrt Tho fllOfTYIAmO. WJV/ " ^ lUVJIJLUVUiU ters all froze up at that, but no one doubted that it went to 130 below. Between morniug and night over 600 people peiished, and not a bird or beast escaped death. The cold of that day froze ice *16 feet thick on the bay. The outside air was like a bullet." "But you escaped, of course?'' queried the drummer, as his face took on a tired look. "I escaped, of course," replied the yaller whiskered man, "and I was the only human being who got oft' scot free. It was a great stroke of ! luck. I had gone up there to sell a i shipment of 100 coal stoves and open a coal yard. I had forty of the stoves set up in a hall to show them off, and I built a fire in every one of J them. By standing in the midst of | the foity stoves I escaped the cold, ' though I had goose-pimples for a | week afterwards. Gracious, but I didn't I burn a lot of coal that day!" T - 1 T 1 i T "les, a nunarea tons, prooaoiy: sneered the eyebrow man. v "You are just half a ton over the mark and that coal was worth $8 per ton. Yes, and I melted thirteen j stoves worth *32 apiece and used up sTOf) worth of coal, and then had to i stay up there ninety days to help j bury the dead. Coldweathei! Well | you don't know what you are talking about!" ? The body must be well nouiished now, to prevent sickness. If your appetite is poor take Hood's Sarsaparilla. ' I