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\ W"^ ' Ig^KPr^* Sis i I ADVERTISING RATES. BESTAOVEBTISIKeHEDlUa ^T^-g-j -g-^ T r^\/1 \ T/*?T</\ \T FlfCn A T/^il ; so,, OMM. I Mk( I v|-? X I \| III 1 \ III ^|-'/\ I Ivll 0 J?[ M ?! Ipi ffi, , -jd Icji / wL I Jl g M A AeL?dr la ^ JL A. Mi JL J. @ Liberal contracts mado with those wish* RATES REASONABLE. * ^lo advertise for three, eii end twrtw q ?????? ( ^ Notices in tlio local column 10 cent? per ??? "" "~ ~ " lice each insertion. RTTR^flRrPTTON ?1 PER ANNUM Marriage notices inserted free. m _o VOL, XXYI. LEXINGTON, S. C., APRIL 15, 189G. NO. 22. cenTa^r^^^"^^0'0" Address m nmm a specialty. G. M. HARMAN, Editor. ?????1??b?a?a?mb?mb?Mat? am MananMM???? V V M A. *" """ GO TO PHILIP EPSTIi \M:; TRUSTEE, FOR L m r F | \ imu CLOTHING. IV, , I s: -A- t s , - GIT'S FlllSflll GOODS TRUNKS AND VALISES 180 MArST STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C Nov. 7?ly. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. f Central time between Columbia an* Jacksonville. Eastern time between Columbia ami other point*. Xurtlii>?no<l No. 3:4 No. 33j.No. 3.' February 23, 1803. Daily, j Daily ; Daily Lv. Jacksonville 11 <X)aj 6 50 p, " Savannah 2Hp 11 20 p! Ar. Colombia 0 44 p| 3 50 a j Lv. Charleston 5 30 ]> 7 20; Ar. Columbia 10 10 p 1105; Lv. Augusta 7 00 p 2 03 ] 44 CrraniteviUe 7 43 p 2 5E> 44 Treaton 8 2op 258; 44 Johnstons S45pj 210] Ar. Columbia Uh. depot 11*'40^1 4 45; Lv Columbia Bland'gSt. 7 54 p 5 00 a 6 05] 44 Winusooro 8 47 p 6 05 a! 6 05] 44 Chester 9 34pi 6 55 a! 6 53] " Rock Hill 10 07 pi 7 34 a| 7 30; At. Charlotte 10 50 p S 25 a 8 29; " Danville 2S0a[ 1 30 p! 12 00r Ar. Richmond 6 40 pj 6 (X); Ar. Washington 9 4oa 9 40vv 6 421 " Baltimore 1105a; 11 25 p; 8 05; " Philadelphia. 1 20$ 8 00 a 10 25; " New York 3 63 p| 6 20 a 12 5:1; ? ... . Xo. 31 So. 35 Xo. 3 Southbound. DuiJy . j 1)aiiy D^ly Lv. New York S 20p; 1215ntj 4 30' " Philadelphia 5 57 pi 3 50 aj 6 .55; " Baltimore 8 37 p! G 22 a; 9 20; Lv. Washington 10 05p 11 15 a 10 43; Lr. Richmond j 12 53 p; 2 00; Lv. Danville 5 00 a; 6 05 p 5 50 " Charlotte 8 40 a! It OOp 9 35 Rock Hill 9 22a| 11 46 p. 19 20 " Chester 9 53 a; 12 lthit 10 55 ** Winnsboro 10 84 a: 1 08 a: 11 41 Ar Columbia Bland'e st. 11 36ai 2 10 a 12 50 Lv. Columbia Un. depot 1 4 St) a! 1 20 " Johnstons 6 32 a 3 10 " Trenton 6 48 a 3 23 " Graniteville 7 10 a 3 43 Ar. Augusta j SOOa, 4 15 Lv. Columbia 7 00 a 400 Ar. Charleston j 11 10 a; 8 0) Lv. Columbia 10 45 a 118 a Ar. Savannah 2 36 p 5S5a " Jacksonville ... 6 3Up 0 43a SLEEPING CAll SERVICE. Nos. 37 and 38?Washington and Southwester Limited. Vostibnled Pullman cars, bo twee Augusta and New York. Solid Vestibule tram with dining cars and first class coacht north of Charlotte. Nos. 85 and 30?U. S. Fast Mail. Throue Pullman drawing room buffet sleeping car 1> tween Jacksonville and New York and Cha lotte and Augusta. Also Pullman sleepin -"v cars between Jacksonville and Cincinnati vi Asheville. ?. Nos. 31 and 32?"New York and Florida Sho] Line Limited," comprises between New Yor and St. Augustine: Pullman compartment an library observation cars. Pullman drawin; room cars, vestibnled coaches with smokin room and also dining cars serving meal: Also drawing-room Pullman cars be twee New York and Tampa. Southbound this trai will carry Pullman drawing-room sleeping cs New York to Columbia, en route to Augusta b Train No. 37: and northbound by train No. i Augusta to New Yoik. 5s\"H. GREEN, J. M. GULP. G. Sunt.. Washington, T. M.. Washington. W. A. TURK. S. H. HARDWICK, G. P. A.. Washington. A. G. P. A., Atlant; e WIIIISFMAHN ) r. *?. ??w v Su 111 mi<T GTO7 AND L0CSSMIT3, and dealer in GUNS, PISTOLS, PISTOL CARTRIDGE FiSHiSG TACKLE, and all kinds of Sportsmen's Article C. wbieh be has now on exhibition and fc ale at his store. Main Street, Near the Central Ban! Columbia, S. C. AGENT FOR HAZARD POWDER C( Repairing done at short notice. Paper and envelopes of all kind writing and pencil table's, pen pencils, memorandum and pas books, purses, banjo, violin an gui'ar strings, and notions general!; at tbe Bazaar. : - _ ill III III Could ffot Bear Sis Weight, The Strange Amic':icn of Little wilbor Eobinson. He Stopped Growing?Limbs Be came Useless and He Was Unable to Walk?His Cure Brought Abou.t in a Singular Manner. ' From the Observer. Char'otte, N. C. Hearing that a child Dear Iron StatioD, Lincoln county, had been greatly benefited by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, a representative of the Observer went thither to see and ascertain the extent of the benefit the child bad received. RidiDg out on December 5, 1895, to a little country cottage in the pine woods, a mile distant from Iron Station, the reporter saw a bright faced young woman, a pure anglo-saxon type with light hair and blue eyes, standing in the doorway with two plump, rosy-cheeked children half hiding behind her dress. Mention ing that he was looking for a family of Robinsons, the woman seemed at first a little suspicious. . "You're a stranger in my eye,'' she said. "I am tryiDg to find a child named Wilbur Robinson, who was greatly benefited by Dr. "Williams' J Pink Pills for Pale People.*' The youDg mother smiled and a pleased look came into her eyes as she said "come in,"' and added, "I guess that's the cn?," pointing to the younger of the two little boys. It was an humble home, the family being composed of that sturdy farming class that goes to makeup one of the strongest and truest types of North Carolina's good people. The husband, Robert X). Robinson, runs the farm of 200 acres, but was of! to the mill at the time. The mother, Carrie L. Robinson, told a remarkable story of the cure of her little bov from the effects cf la grippe. Her aged, white haired mother, Mrs. Sarah A. Bandy, sat near and emphasized every word of the daughter. The little boy, Wilbur, who owed his recovery to Dr. ^ Williams' effective remedy, played about the house and yard, and was into every conceivable kind of mischief. It really seemed that he must ' have taken too mauyof Dr. Williams' Pink Pills so great was the energy with which he prosecuted his pranks. Three times his mother had to stop her conversation and rush out to * rescue the reporter's bicycle, which : was leauing against the house outside, and with which Wilbur was be coming almost too familiar. This is the story the mother told: "Wilbur was born August 8, 1S93. He was a stout, heal!by boy till he was Dearly five months old. Between Christmas and New Y# ar's he took the grippe. A physician at Iron * Station attended bim, and he was supposed to have recovered. But j ; the after effects of the malady lingered with disastrous result-'. In ~ March, 1S84, his parents noticed that ?nA?\ o 1 | iie L'UUJLU ijuc amuu u|)yu ijj.-j iccij ai , though before his taking the grippe ; he could do so easily. He could not - j bear the weight of his body on his ? feet; his legs were not growing any ? ! nor the muscle in them developing, p j He was not treated, however, till in ? the fall, about the last of October. ? When Mr. Robinson took his cotton p j to Lincointon, the county seat, he I also carried his baby along, and a n Lincointon physician prescribed for I him, recommending a lotion for rub^ bing his iirnbs. This helped the p : child only temporarily. Twice after~ | ward this physician was consulted. . ! He told the parents that the child - ; might some day be able to walk and ? ; again he might not. They would ? : just have to let birn ' grow along, 'as - [ the mother expressed it, and see 1 ; what developed. At this period the ? child's legs appeared to be shrunken, a ! As his mother says they were "as ? ! soft as cotton." Here was a boy p fourteen months old, who not only p j could not walk, but could not bear p i bis weight on his feet. ? | In some way?they do not know p I how?a pamphlet found its way to p j the Robiuscn family. Old Mrs. . j Bandy fished it out of a bureau ; drawer. It had the picture of two I dogs peeping over a fence on one n i cover, and on the other a herd of 5 i cows drinking in a cool stream near is | a bridge. Both cn the fence and ou h | the bridge, on the respective covers, ^ I was this line: "Dr. tVilliams' Pink 'g j Pills for P.de People." ia J "When I read that those pills t ! would build up the bone, I felt that k i . iiT'n d itey were me tumgs lor wimur, % said his mother. ? ''Old Mrs. Bandy sat up nearly all 'a I of one night reading this pamphlet, ? ! with all the testimonials it contained. 6 j A few days after they sent to one cf ! the two village stores and got twe ( boxes of the pills. This was about a. i the last of November, 1891. Before | he had finished taking the first box. j the little fellow was able to bear his I weight 011 his feef, and before the 7 ; second box was all gone, he could ; hold a chair before him and pur-h it j across the floor. ''We began by giving him a third ? i of a pill at a time, afterward increas d ing the dose to a half, so they held cut a long time," said his mother 3, "We commenced the second box ii )r i January, this year. We had to send ! to LincolntoD. eight miles away, tc c, get the next boxes. After taking the ' third box, in March, the child began S to go a few steps at a time, but he : didn't walk by himself tid iu Septem | ber. The fouith box, or part of it, _ | was administered in August." [s | The testimony of the mother was | that the child's appetite and, indeed s' i his whole system was helped by tin 's ; use of the pills. d | Mrs. Baudy. who had been looking p ; over a soit of diary she keeps, atthif ' i point in the conversation, read thii I 1 ? * , entry: "/ept. the 25tb. Wilbur be gins to walk alone by himself." "After he once learned to walk, ) said his mother, "we could hardi; keep him in sight of the house, am he was cured by four boxes, lacking ten pills. Mother says, and alway has said, the Lord directed somebod; to send us that pamphlet of I)r i Williams." "You really believe the child's cun ' is due to Dr. Williams' Pills?" wai asked. "I am really convinced the pilli cured him," the mother answered "I haven't the slightest doubt abou it." 1 " ? *? * 3 i. 1 1 ; And tne ooy sgranamomer cuimci in: "I'm just as sure of it as I an of living. I'll take an oath on tb< ! Bible that that is what did it.'' The neighbors in all ihe sectioi around the little village of Iron Sta tiou know and talk about the remark able cure of this baby, who migh: have been a cripple for life, had he not, even at the age of two years, one month and seventeen days, been en abled to walk for the first time bj the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pilh for Pale People. This story may seem to the reade] like a fabrication, but is told as the child's mother told it to the reporter la order to show their apprecia tiou, Mrs. Robinson furnished the following testimonial and signed it (She says she is willing at any time to make sworn affidavit to her state ments): Iron Station, Lincoln Co., N. C, December 5, 1895. My infant son, Wilbur Lee, ren ? * ' 11- . A aerea unaore to warn, <.ue euecis uj the grippe, when he was about fiv* months old, I hereby testify that he was entirely cured, and the muscle* in his legs developed by the use o: less than four boxes of Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, so that k< is now a hale and hearty child. ] am entirely convinced that his curt is due to these pills. I also stat( .that the above statements made tc the reporter of the Charlotte Obser ver are true. C. L. Robinson. Sarah A. Bandy, "| R. O. Robertson, "Witnesses. H. A. Banks. J Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain in a condensed form, all the element* necessary to give new life and rich nees to the blood and restore shat tered . nerves. They are also t specific for troubles peculiar to fe males, such as suppressions, irregu larities and forms of weakness. It men they effect a radical cure in al cases arising from mental worry overwork or excesses of whatevei nature. Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose bulk) at 5 J cents s box or six boxes for ?2.50, and maj be had of all druggists, or direct bj mail from Dr. Williams' Medicint ^ cv i ?.j_ \t v U-jmpany, ocneneciaciy, i>. x. Their Conditions Chanced. When Charges Foster -was governor of Ohio, Brice owed him $2,000. Brice went to the governor and asked him for a place. Foster said he conid not appoint him because ho was a Democrat. Brice responded dryly that unless he got a place he could never pay that $2,000. Foster said that he would rather lose the money than appoint him. The result of the conference, however, was that Foster gave Brice $500 and told him to gc into Wall street, and gave him advice where to place the money. Brice took the money, disregarded all advice and rounded up $40,000 in the street. Foster was so pleased he gave Brice half the money. The latter returned to the street, and by shrewd speculation built up an immense fortune. He has since that time turned the market upside down several times. Today Charles Foster is practically a poor man. He met Brice in the lobby of the Fifth Avenue hotel within the last few days, and Brice said to him : "See here, you gave me a start. Let me help you now." Mr. Foster felt touched by the offer to repay, but declined. Mr. Foster said: "Nobody knows what Brice is doing. Be may be bankrupt today, but he will be a rich man again tomorrow. He leads an odd financial life. New York Tribune. A Chance For Zola. In spite of tho fact that M. Zola did net score one vote for the French Academy at the late election, his success, according to M. Claretie is not unlikely at the nest election to fill the fauteuil of Dumas. If Dumas had been alive, M. Zola would not have been without a vote on this occasion, for, as is known, the former took an active and friendly I interest in his candidature. Tho knowlj edge that such was the case will have j its influence when Dumas' own succosj sor is chosen. Moreover, says M. Claretie, old literary quarrels are being forgotten, and the opposition of certain oi the conservative 40 is waxing weaker. Ac Odd Lawsuit, The suit of Marqnis di Marescoiti ol Bologna, Italy, against the Princes* j Anna Maria Torlonia of Rome, which i has just come to an end in the formei j city, has excited widespread interest. Il i had a curious origin. In 1821 a Torlonia ! was married to a Marescotti and brought ! him a marriage gift considerably less 1 j than had been promised. The marquis i of that time sued for the difference, auci ! | the present marquis received a verdict ol , j 267,000 francs against the family. i Superior to All Other. , I Gerento, Miss , May Gth, 1S92. All hough I never used any secre I ! remedies before, I prescribe St - | Joseph's Sarsaparilla in my practice I as I would any prescription of in; . own compounding, and any physi i ! c-ian who will do the same will b [ j greatly pleased at the result ? ! achieved. In my opinion it is sups i ' rior to all others and has been es l j pccially useful to me in Rheumati i ! and Scrofulous cases. - j It. M. KITTREL, M. D. , For further information call a | Julian E. Kauffmann's drug stor 5 | and ask for a pamphlet entitled i "A Treatise on the Blood." 23, Old type metal, as good if not bet y ier and cheaper than Babbit meta 5 suitable for mill men, for sale at th 3 ' Dispatch office. A Life Saved. ? Jamestown, Teen., October 15, 1S91. My daughter tried physicians and j nearly all remedies for Female irregularities, but received no relief or y \ benefit whatever. "We had nearly s despaired of her recovery when we ^ were induced by our postmaster, Mr. A. A. Gooding, to try Gerstle's Female Panacea, and after using four bottles she was entirely cured, for 3 which I feel it ray duty to let it be known to the world and suffering humanity, for I believe she owes her ? life to the Panacea. A. J. MACE, Sheriff' of Fentress County, Teun. j For further information call at Julian E. Kauff'raan's drug store and get free, a pamphlet entitled, "Advice to "Women and Other Useful In1 formation."' 23. SILENCED BY A JOKE. t Why Congressman Craln Never Delivered Another Speech In the House. Prtnnroccman WiUioTYi M JLli'J Vicaiu KjX wxj V. CTkj JLA-4 UU ft M. Crain of Texas removed from political 7 life oho of tho brightest minds in tho ? south. Mr. Crain used to be one of the leadr ers of tho fcouso. He never spoke withi out the greatest attention, for he always 6poke well. For fivo years past, how. ever, Mr. Crain has practically taken ; no part in the proceedings of the house. His usefulness was destroyed by a joke " ?a joke from which henover recovered. Mr. Crain was first elected to the Forty-ninth congress. He was handsome in appearance, well posted on all subjects, an orator, and a man of great personal magnetism. These qualities - immediately brought him to the front. I His first speech in congress made him a ? name. The newspaper correspondents i took a great fancy to him, and often 3 wrote flattering articles abont him. It was daring the Fifty-first congress , that he was sitting in the Press club one afternoon discussing politics with I a party*of newspapermen. To one of them he remarked upon the fact that ; when some men spoke all the corrci spondents left the gallery and retired > to the lobby, while when others ad dressed the house they crowded into the house to hear. He added that he noted they always came in to hear him, and he expected all of them to be present on tho next, day, when ho expected to make the speech of his life on the Mc' Kinley tariff bill. 5 The next morning the press gallery was crowded to hear the debate. There were several speakers to precede Mr. i Crain. During their speeches the gal lery remained full, but the moment Mr. Grain took tho floor every correspondent ! in the gallery arose and filed out into I the lobby. It was arranged cn the part of the correspondents as a little joke on 1 the Texan. ; The concerted action of tho corre1 spond^its naturally had its effect npon 1 Mr. Crain. It annoyed him so that he cut bis speech short and quickly resumed ' his scat. Tho moment he did all the i correspondents filed back into the gallery and listened to the other speeches. Though given to joking himself, Mr. Crain could never realize the joke of it. From that day to the day of his death ie never delivered another set speech in 1 the house, and rarely ever said anything on the floor. It was a shock from which ; ho never recovered.?Altanla Coustitu1 tion. Tho Palaces of the Snltr.ii. ! The sultan has no confidence in any ; of his palaces except that of Yildiz, j which he thinks ha has so fortified that i revolution cannot endanger him. He i was frightened almost to death when the Czar Alexander II of Russia was [ assassinated some years ago, and his life has been one of continuous unrest, s H8 has, all told, from SO to 40 palaces, a number of which aro on the hanks of t the Bosporus. i Yildiz is situated on a hill, and it3 [ grounds contain acres of ravines, of forests and lakc-s, of parks and gardens, i Kot far from it is the great palace of i Belira Bagtche, where Abdul Aziz, the : brother of this sultan, committed suicide I in order that another brother named [ Murad might be raised to the throne. Murad was pulled down by other coni spirators, who declared that he was crazy, and it i3 said that he is pining in the dungeons of onoof the palaces along the Bosporus. Abdul Aziz furnished this Dulma Bagtche palace. He spent ?60,000 a year on his harem, and within 12 I months expended ?120,000 cn pictures alone. The rooms?and there aro scores of them?aro walled with satin, while the hall is ornar?ented with crystal i posts as large round as the body of a man and more than six feet tall. The > palaco has luxurious couches and magnificent furniture, but Abdul Hamid bas feared it because it was too near the water, and ho has only used it for pub) lie receptions. It is said that Abdul Aziz warned him to keep out of it if ho -1. 1 ,1 flin TO bilvsUlU C \ ti ouimu, uuu UJU iv suit is that ho lias confined himself to I the palace of Yildiz.?Constantinople Correspondent. The Austrian Premier. Casiruir Felix Badeni, the present > premier of Austria, is tho sen cf a cook, i . His father, -who was the chef of one of tho last kings of Poland, was created a > count. Then his aunt, the famous Geri man actress, Anna Wierer, left him the ' half cf her largo fortune. In 1871 he became district chief of Zolkiew, and ' two years later entered the ministry of L the interior. For a time he was attached to the administration of the Statthalter in Galicia, but he retired from his office to care for a large estate that had been intrusted to bis management upon tho death cf his father. In 18S8 he was mado governor of Galicia, an offico he 1 held until ho was recently appointed ! prime minister of Austria by the EmI pcror Franz Joseph. He is said to be e worth about ?500,000, but bis younger P brother, who has succeeded him as governor of Galicia, has been far mere conc servative in his expenditure and is s credited with being the possessor of a i- much larger fortune. g An Editor's View of an Owner's Rights. I supposo that The Pall Mali Gazette costs its owner, Mr. Astor, a good deal , I of money, and, if it pleases him to pay u t for an organ, it seems only reasonable 0 that he should insist upon its advocating his views rather than those of Mr. Cust, i or Mr. Any One Else. These views are, | in tho case of Mr. Astor, peculiar, if, as > j Mr. Cust says, he was ordered to insist il j that the Radicals lost the last general e ! election owing to Sir William HarJ court's budget. But what of that? I have do doubt that they are sincerely entertained by Mr. Astor, who is a very rich man, and who objects to taxation being thrown on rich men. If an eel had a newspaper, its columns would very probably be largely devoted to tho denunciation of tho habit of skinning eels.?London Truth. During the winter of 18d3, F. M. Martin, of Long Leach, "West Ya., i contracted a severe cold which left him with a cough. In speaking of how he cured it he says: UI used } several kinds of cough syrup but 1 found no relief until I bought a bot: tie of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which relieved me almost instantly, and in a short time brought about a j complete cure.'' "When troubled with a cough or cold, use this remedy and you will not find it necessary to try I several kinds before you get relief. It has been in the market for over : twenty years and constantly grown ! in favor and popularity. For sale at i 25 and 50 cents per bottle by Julian j E. Kauffman. 23 I LONDON TENEMENT HOUSES. ! Laws That Govern Construction of Those Dwellings In That City. Mr. Edward Marshall, secretary of : tho New York tenement house commisj sion, contributes an articlo on "Stamp! iug Out the London Slums" to The j Century. Concerning the laws governing the erection of tenements in Lon! don, Mr. Marshall says: { First of all should bo mentioned the provisions for the two great requisites ! of light and air. The buildings will be four and five stories high, and each ! building must bo separated in all dirccj tions from any opposing building by an open space at least equal to its own height. It was with the greatest difficulty that tho New York commission j secured the passage of an act limiting j the ground area to bo covered to 75 per I cent. These official London tenements ! will not cover more than 55 per cent of tho building lots, j Habitable rooms must not bo less than . 8 feet G inches in height. Rooms must have efficient ventilation, "the princi! pie on which 'back to back' houses are i built being carefully avoided." This nropindoo flic r>nnctrnr>Hrm of n bnildinff I JUA V,V?UUVtJ fcMV VWMUV* MW?. ? _ more than two rooms deep. If such a I rule were euforccd in New York, the city would be revolutionized. The aim of tenement house architecture in Amer, ica is to get at least two, and perhaps ; four, families cn each floor of 25 fect j width. The London houses, as a mat. ter cf fact, will bo only one room deep. Living rooms in them must be of not | less than 144 feet superficial floor area. Bedrooms must bo of not less than 96 i feet superficial floor area nor less than ! 7 feet 9 inches wide. Staircases must ! havo horizontal ventilation direct to the open air. Corridors must be ventij lated cn the open air. Staircases and halls must be lighted day and night. The last named regulation is with a view of pre; venting the immorality and frequent accidents which lack of light in such ! places is known to produce in tenement | houses. A proposed statute calling for light after 8 a. m. until 10 p. m. aroused much opposition in Albany. After light and air, safety from fire j may bo regarded as the next essential of j model tenement house construction. The ; Ioto that ill walls shall I ^? "... I be of "fire resisting" material, and that all staircases ruust be fireproof, and so separated from apartments that they will not afford a fine for the conduct of fire from one floor to another, as has so often occurred in the tenements of New York. But the county council has learn! ed that it will pay to go beyond the law, I and to make the buildings absolutely j fireproof. The first cost will bo very littlo greater, and will be far more than ! offset by the decreased cost of repairs and the greater permanence of the buildI ings. Without going into technical dej tails of construction, it may bo said that | stairways are of iron, stone and cement; that floors are built with iron girders and brick arches; that the wooden surI face is laid cnsolid cement; that as litj tie woodwork is nsed in the rooms as possible, and that the plaster, even of I the partitions between rooms of the same apartment, is laid on iron or wire instead of on wooden lathing. Of the | buildings completed it is no idle boast I for the architect to say that a fire might be started in any room without endangering any other room. The cost of repairs is thns reduced to a minimum, and i the life of the buildings is increased until it is estimated at 450 years simply because it seems absurd to name a longer j period. As a matter of fact, the buildings, if undisturbed, will practically last forever. Specimen Cases. I S. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis., was --- - ?- ' -_ ! 01. troubled wiib neuralgia aim nueumatism, Lis Stomach was disordered, his Liver was affected to an alarming degree, appetite fell away, and he was terribly reduced in flesh and strength. Three bottles of Electric j Bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd, TTarrisburg, 111., had a running sore on his leg of eight wears' standing. Used three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven i boxes of Buekien's Arnica Salve, and j his leg is sound and well. John Speaker, Catawba, O., had Ave large i Fever sores on bis leg, doctors said i he was incurable. One bottle Electric Hitters and one box Bucklen's | Arnica Salve cured him entirely. ; Sold at the Bazaar. Vacation Tim9 Is at hand and is gladly welcomed by all, especially those whose duties j in life have caused them to greatly ! run down their system to meet the j i v/i/inivdniPiiis. nhvsical and mental, | , forced upon them. With these and | others, it is important, whether at home, at the seashore or in the i country, that some thought be given to diet, and as fuither assistance to i Nature, a good building-up medicine | like Hood's Sarsapaiilla had best be resorted to. If the digestion is poor, liver deranged and frequent headaches seem io be the rule, Hood's will change all this and enable everyone i to return to their home and business ! in a refreshed state of mind and j bodily health. 2-i UNTOLD MISERY FROM Rheumatism C. H. King, Water Valley, Miss., cured hj Ayer's Sarsaparilia "For five years, I suffered untoM misery from muscular rheumatism. I tried every known remedy, consulted the host physicians, visited Hot Springs, Ark., three times, spending $1000 there, besides doctors' bills; but could obtain only temporary relief. My fic.;h was wasted away so that I weighed only ninety-three pounds; my left arm and leg were drawn out of shape, the muscles being twisted up in knots. I was unable to dress myself, except with assistance, and could only hobble about by using a cane. I had no appetite, and was assured, by the doctors, that I could not live. The pains, at timpq. were so awful, that I could procure relief only by means of hypodermic injections of morphine. I had my limbs bandaged in clay, in sulphur, in poultices; but these gave only temporary relief. After trying everything, and suffering the most awful tortures, I began to take Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Inside of two months, I was' able to walk without a cane. In three months, my limb3 began to strengthen, and in the course of a year, I was cured. My weight has increased to 165 pounds, and I am now able to do my full day's work as a railroad blacksmith." AYER'S The Only World's Fair Sarsaparilla. AYER'S TILLS cure fleadachc How to Ecgisfc:r. A Comprehensive Explanation of the New Law. The most important duty of every citizen of South Carolina now, i9 to rorriotrafinn hnnka nrp I X UU XCgJOViUUVU K/VVMV M.. w now opened in the court house. The matter is of paramount interest, and we give it in full, as follows: 1. The members of the boards of registration, on or before first day of Apiil, 1896, will meet and organize by the election of one of their number as chairman and one of their number as clerk. Before organizing each member will subscribe an oath, furnished by the Secretary of State, before the Clerk of the Court. The office of the board shall be at the county seat. A record must be kept by the clerk of all the official acts and proceedings of the boards. Any two of the boards constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 2. The books of registration shall be opened by the boards on the first Monday in April, 1896, at the court hru3e in tab county, ml kept open for at six least consecutive weeks. They shall be opened again at the couit house on the first Mondays in June, July, August and September, A. D. 189*6, and kept open continuously for at least one week in each of said months. They shall be closed 30 days before the general election in 1896. After the general election in 1891 the books of registration shal! be opened on 1 be fiist Monday cf each month at the couit house and kept open for three successive days in each month until 30 days before the election of 1893, when they shall be closed until the said general elec-' tion shall have taken place. The offices and books must be kept open from 9 o'clock in the forenoon until 3 o'clock in the afternoon. 3. The board of registration is the judge of the qualification of all ap plieants for registration up to January 1st, 1898. Up to January 1st, 1898, every male citizen of this State and of the United States 21 years of age, who is not an idiot, is not insane, is not a pauper supported at the public expense, and is not confined in any public prison, and who has not been convicted of burglary, arson, obtaining goods and money under false pretenses, perjury, forgery, robbery, bribery, adultery, wife beating, house breaking, receiving stolen goods, breach of trust with fraudulent intent, fornication, sodomy, incest, assault with intent to ra\isb, miscegenation, larceny or crimes against the election laws, and who shall be a resident of this State two years, (except ministers in charge of organized churches and teachers of oublic schools, and they after six m >nths residence in the State,) a resident in the county six months, and in the polling precinct four months, and who can read any section in the constitution of 1895, or can understand and explain any section of said constitution when read to him by the registration officer or officers, shall be entitled to registration and become elector upon application for such regisiration. If a person has been convicted of any of the crimes above mentioned, a pardon of the Governor removes the disqualification. The boards of registration in judging of the qualifications cf applicants for registration are authorized to require of every such applicant satisfactory proof of his age, residence, etc. In determining the intelligence qualification of the applicant, the boards select the section of the constitution to be read or explain and understood by the applicant. Applicants denied registration should tn ns tr> flllnw uc uiuaj^tij uvwiuvv*^ ^ ??- -them the right of appeal. The books of registration must be kept open at least six weeks, when opened on the first Monday of April, 1896, and at least one week when opened on first Mondays in June, I July, August anil September, 1800, but the boards of registration can keep them open longer if is it deemed necessary. After the books are closed 30 days before the election, they cannot be opened to register any elector before the election. Minors and others en titled to register, must bo registered before the books are closed. 4. Any person denied registration, shall have the right to appeal to the circuit and supreme court. The appellant must file within 10 days after the decision of the beard of registration a written notice with the board, of his intention to appeal. After the expiration of the 10 days, in case a notice of appeal has been filed, the board must file with the Clerk of Court of the count}', the writteu notice of intention to appeal, and any papers in their possession relating to the case, and a report of the case if they deem it proper. If the appellant desires the appeal to be heard by a judge at chambers he must give every member of the board four days written notice of the time aud place of hearing, aud the board must appear at the hearing. If the appellant appeals to the Supreme court, he must serve upon every member of the board of registration a copy of the notice of intention to appeal, within 10 days after the decision of a judge of the Court of rinmmnn Plonc arift ttiA c?id Vwird may appear at the hearing. 5. Id case any minor who will become 21 years of age after the clo9 iDg of the books of registration aLd before the election and is otherwise qualified to register, makes application under oath showing :hat he ? qualified to register, the boaid shali register 6uch applicant before the closing of tbe books. Any person whose qualifications as an elector will be completed after the closing of the registration books but before the next election, shall have the right to apply for and secure a registration certificate any time within CO days immediately preceding the closing of the registration books, upon an application under oath tc the facts entitling him to such registration. The same right of appeal is allowed appellants who are rninois, or whose qualifications shall be completed before the election as in other cases, and the ssme kind of notices must be served upon members of the board. 6. All persons registered by the board are entitled to registration certificates of the form prescribed in section 13 of the act. The certifi cate must be signed by at least two members of the board, and by all ol them if practicable. 7. In case of the removal of an elector from one county to another, section 11 provides the manner in which the certificates can be changed. In case of the loss or destruction of certificate of registration, or the mutilation of the same, section 15 prescribes the manner in which other certificates can be obtained. 8. The board of registration shall review the lists of registered electors at least Id days preceding each election, and shall erase therefrom the names of all registered electors who may have become disqualified, or who upon satisfactory evidence may appear to have died or removed from their respective counties, or whe may have been illegally or fraudu lently registered. Persons whose names are thus erased have the right of appeal to the Court of Cotnrnor Pleas, or a judge thereof, as in case of persons denied registration. Records of conviction of persons furnished by Clerks of Courts and Magistrates sh-.-ll be prima facie proof ol disqualification, etc., to authorize the board to erase name3. Parties whose names have been thus erased shall have the right to produce a pardon from the Governor, or other proof, tc show that their names were improperly erased, and the board shail restore their names. 9. Each township as now laid out. I and in those counties where thert I ? _ - t? 4 U r> wAt.i rtU n t are EO SUUU iu?usui^a, iuc ^anou ac formeily known aDd defined, is c polling precinct. In cities and towns containing 5,000 inhabitants or more, where the same is divided into wards, each ward is a polling precinct, and in cities or towns of less than 5,OOC inhabitants, the city or town is a poll ing precinct. In the city of Charleston the voting precincts are the same as the voting precincts now established by law. The territory in the township in which Columbia is situated, in the county of Richland, outside of the city of Columbia, is declared a polling precinct. The registration of voters must be by polling precincts. There-must be a book of registration for each polling precinct, that is for each township, or parish, or city or town of less than 5,000 inhabitants, or ward of cities of more than 5,000 inhabitants. Each elector must vote in the polling precinct in which he resides. If there is more than one j votiDg place in the polling precinct, j the elector may vote at any votiDg i place designated on the registration J certificate. The boards must desig| nate in the registration certificate the votiDg place in the polling precinct at which the elector is to vote. If there is more than one voting precinct, the boards shall designate on the certificate the voting place selected by the elector. Section 20 prescribes the mannpr An Affidavit. This is to certify that on May 11th, I walked to Melick's drug store on a pair of crutches and bought a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm for inflammatory rheumatism which had crippled me up. After using three bottles I am completely cured. I can cheerfully recommend it.?Charles H. Wetzel, Sunbury, Pa. Sworn and subscribed to before me on August 10, IS'Jl?Walter Shipman, J. P. For sale at 50 cent; , per bottle by Julian E. Kauffman. , "What the Shakers of Mount Lebai non know more about than anybody else, is the use of herbs and how to be healthy. They have studied the power of food. They nearly all live to a ripe old age. The Shaker Digestive Cordial is prepared by the Shakers from herbs and plants with a special tonic power over the stomach. It helps the stomach digest its food, and digested food is the strength maker. Strong muscles, strong body, strong braiD, alb come from properly digested food. A sick stomach can be cured and digestion made easy by Shaker Digestive Cordial. T L L1 1 -t At cures tae nausea, loss or apatite, pain in the stomach, headache, giddiness, weakness and all the other symptoms of iadgestion, certainly and permanently. Sold by druggists. Trial bottle 10 cents. in which an elector can have his voting place, designated in his certificate, changed. 10. The books and other records of registration must be deposited by the boards of registration in the office of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas. They shall be kept in said office, except when used by the board of registration in the several polling precincts as required by law. They shall be public records, open ' to the inspection of any citizen, at i all times. 11. Immediately preceding any general or special election, the boards i of registration shall furnish thecoini missicners of election with two registration books for each voting place in each poilmg precinct, containing i in each the names of all electors en! titled to vote at such voting place. The commissioners shall turn over 1 said books to the managers of eleci tion at each voting place in the polli ing precioct, who shall be respon&i! ble for the care and custody of said , books and the return thereof to the ? commissioners within three days af? ter such election. The commissiont ers shall return such books to the board of registration within twenty days after such election. 12. The board of registration, on > or before, the first day of February, ! A. D., 1898, shall enter in two books furnished by the Secretary of State, ? f the names of all electors registered up to the first day of January, 1898, i and subscribe on oath in said books ** that the said books contain all such 1 n ines, one of which shall be filed by the board in the office of the Secretary of State and one in the office of the Clerk of Court for each , county. 13. The meetings of the board for bearing applications for registration, or for ail other business, may be either private or public, as the members may deem best, for the proper dispatch of business, etc. The board of registration must keep their offices open on the days required b" law for registration of electors from 9 o'clock in the forei noon unlii 3 o'clock in thh afternoon, i Members of the boards of registration are entitled to ?250 each for the ; year 1S96, and ?125 each for the year i 1897, and until their successors quali ify; and they go out of office on the 1st of February, 1898, but cannot register electors after 1st of January, - 1898. ' Salaries of the boards of registra tiou are payable quarterly by the State Treasurer, upon the warranto! the Comptroller General. 11. Tne boards of registration are f required to furnished any elector, i who has been registered up to Jan' uary 1st, 1898, a certificate that he is 1 duly registered, upon application of said elector, in order to entitle him to > vote when his name does not appear upon the registration book furnished the managers of election. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores,. Ulcers, Salt 1 Rheu m, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped ' Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and Skin 1 Eruptions, and positively cures Piles < J. 3 ' or no pay required, it is guarauieeu 1 to give perfect satisfaction or money ' refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale at the Bazaar. . . . Eow 3Inch la a Walt* Worth* At a beautiful villa near Paris was lately given "a charming fete. Pretty women by scores were present, and the , loveliest among tio party was Mme. T., i always eminently "the fashion." At the commencement of the ball a young gallant hastened to be the first to ask her to dance. "With pleasure, sir," replied she; "20 francs." "Madame!" exclaimed the puzzled cavalier. "I said 20 francs, monsieur." "I beg your pardon, madame," re1 plied he, sm.ling; "there is a misunder' standing. I had the honor to ask your hand for a waltz." "Ah ! you are right, "replied the lady quickly, "there is some misunderstanding. I thought you asked mo for a quadrille, but since it is a waltz it will be 40 francs.'' More puzzled than ever, the gentle; man waited an explanation, which she gave him with a gracious smile: "Do you understand, sir, that I am i dancing for the benefit of the poor? It is i louis for a quadrille, 2 for a waltz, and no reduction in price." At this rate Mme. T. had no lack of ; r.nvifprs'. "and bravely and charitably danced to the close of the ball. Who but | a Frenchwoman weald have dreamed of I such a source of reveuue!?Exchange. An Exception. \ Miss Passee (demurely bonneted)-? ; Nothing accentuates a woman's ago like j a hat. i Miss Pert?Except a bonnet.?Detroit , j Free Press. i Fruits, candies of all kinds, cakes and crackers will be found contin; ually through the season, at the ; Bazaar.