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For stomB ach and liver troubles, and for the cure If /> f 1iOO(1Aa!< A AMTIOAil 1 ll? tYlOOA /?A_ w vi lirauariiu AAIVOV ir.Ci.:.-,^ ^ A^-r be cti -:Ied. When my friends ask me what is the best remedy for disorders of the stomach, liver, or bowels, my invariable answer is, Ayer's Pills. Taken in season, they will break np a cold, prevent la grippe, check fever, and regulate the I digestive organs. Tbev are easy to take, and are, indeed, the best all-round family medicine I have ever known."? Mrs. May Johnson, 368 Eider Avenue, &ew York City. AYER'S PILLS Highest Honors at World's Fair. Aye/s Sarsaparilla Cures all Blood Disorders. . HAS TWO EXISTENCES. t An English Girl Has Acquired What Scientists Coll Double Consciousness. At a recent meeting of the Clinical society, says the London Medical Press, a distinguished suburabn practitioner, whose name is withheld, in order not to afford any clew to the identity of the patient, showed a girl, 12 years of age, ^ who exhibited in the mcst complete and indubitable form the condition known . as "dual existence," or "double consciousness." Last year, after a severe illness, which was diagnosed to be meningitis, she became subject to temporary attacks of unconsciousness, on awakening from which she appeared in an entirely different character. In her normal condition she could read and write and speak fluently and with comparative correctness. In the altered mental condition following the attack she loses all memory of ordinary events, though she can recall things that have taken place during previous attacks. So complete is this alter? rut mnmnrr- *> >? t: nf. firflfc she WM a I'XVU Vi VMMV unable to remember even her own name, or to identify herself or her parents. By patient training in the abnormal condition she has been enabled to give things their names, though she still preserves a baby fashion of pronouncing. She sometimes remains in the abnormal condition for days together, and the change to her real self takes place suddenly, without exciting surprise or dismay, and she forthwith resumes possession of her memory for events of her ordinary life to the exclusion of those which have transpired during the abnormal state. During the last month or ^ so she appears to have entered on a new phase, for, after a mental blank of a fortnight's duration, she awakened completely oblivious of all that bad happened since June, 1895, and she alludes to events that took place just anterior to that date as though they were of quite recent occurrence. In fact, she is living mentally in July, 1895. ^ These cases, though rare, are of course not infrequently met with, and they have been carefully studied, especially in France, where women appear more prone to neurotic manifestations. The hypothesis that finds most favor is that the two halves of the train do net work in unison?in other words, that there has been some interference with the connections which, in the ordinary normal befH * ing, make of a wonderfully composite organ like the brain one organic whole. Sometimes one part of the brain, and sometimes the other, takes possession of the field of psychical activity, and, as each part works to the exclusion of the other, we get the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde transformations. ^ Enoch Arden *Tp to Date. f . Some few days back a lady who believed herself to be a widow suddenly received, under 'peculiar circumstances, a visit from her husband, who, one night during the commune, in 1871, disappeared completely, as indeed did many others at that time. At the meeting between husband and wife the former was ranffled up and consequently not recognized by his spouse, who sent him about his business. He eventually obtained a hearing, at which he explained that a relative had died, levying a small property to her and the husband, whom she snpposed dead. After conveying this piece of news the strange visitor received more attention, and the woman readily consented to go next morning in his company to a notary's office, where the title deeds would be given over tQ her. Ail went well until the pair were safety wx=ide the lawyer's room, when the mysterious stranger threw aside the wrappings with which lie had previously enveloped himself, and the astonished wife tlien beheld }wr husband. So over come was she by the apparition that she mechanically signed various papers set before her without inquiring into theii contend Once outside the office the man turned to his wife and said, <lYuy have just put vour signature to. certain documents without which I could not cirter into possession of the property left me. That is all I want of you. Goodby." Tiicrenpon the husband jumped into a cab and has not been seen sine??. ?London Telegraph, "3?aper and envelopes of all kinds writing and pencil table's, pens pencils, is??Qorandum and pas; hooks, purses, banjo, violin anc 1 guitar strings, and notions generally &t the Bazaar. ????a????mamm When your stomach begins to trouble you, it needs help. The help i- needs, is to digest your food, and, until it gets it, you won't have any peace. Stomach trouble is very distressing, very obstinate, very dangerous. Many of the most dangerous diseases being with simple indigestion. The reason in that indigestion (not-digestion, not-nourishment) weakens the system and allows disease germs to attack it. The antidote is Shaker Digestive Cordial, strengthening, nourishing, curative. It cures indigestion and renews strength and health. It does this by strengthening the stomach, by helping it to digest your food. It nourishes your. Shaker Digestive Cordial is made of pure herbs, plants and I ?- ^ kovmloco onrl Will WILIC, 19 pcilCLllj uai uuu ii u< certainly cure all genuine stomach trouble. Sold by druggists, price 10 cents to 81.00 per bottle. An Overawed Highwayman. The hue and cry was frequently raised in England during the eighteenth century, against highwaymen who infested the public reads and :aade even the environs of London unsafe for well to do travelers. These knights of the 1 road were ceremoniously respectful to the persons they robbed after their first greeting, "Your money or your life!" emphasized by a pistol and occasionally they became champions of the distressed. One highwayman, named Boulter, | who was hung in 1778, met a young woman weeping as he was riding on horseback. Learning that her distress was caused by the presence of a creditor and a bailiff in a neighboring house to take her husband to prison for a debt of 80 guineas, the highwayman gave her money to pay the debt. Then, when the creditor came along the road, he took back the 30 guineas and rode off, much | pleased with his inexpensive charity. J I Chi another occasion this same highwayman was "bluffed" by an imperious, rough nobleman, who was also deaf. Lord C., the nobleman, while traveling in his postchaise, was roused from a nap by the stopping of the carriage. Seeing a man on horseback, pistol in hand, the nobleman angrily asked: j ' 'What do you want?" j "Money, my lord," answered the man. ""What money? Are you the rascal who has just awoke me so suddenly?" "Be quick, my lord! I've no time to lose. Hand over your purse." "My purse! You shall not have it You carry on a fine trade, don't you?" Lord O. then quietly pulled out a full purse, and with his finger and thumb deliberately took out three guineas, which he handed to the highwayman, saying: "There, that's enough for a scoundrel like you. I hope I may live to see you hanged.'' The robber was so surprised by the nobleman's rough maimer and contemptuous indifference that he did not insist in his demand of the purse, though he had a pistol to enforce it.? | Youth's Companion. Religious Faith of I*reaitients. The religious convictions and church affiliations of our presidents have often excited the curiosity and interest not only of church members, but of a serious people generally. "Washington was a communicant of the Episcopal church. Jefferson, though accused of being an atheist, alludes in his writings to his belief in a supreme being. Jefferson, however, never connected himself with any denomination and not very often attended any place of worship. John Adams was a Unitarian. Madison and MonTce were Episcopalians. John Quincy Adams was a Unitarian. Jackson joinpr? flip Prpshvterian church after the f death cf his wife. Van Buren attended | the Dutch Reformed church, but was j not a member. W. H. Harrison was an | Episcopalian. So also was Tyler. Polk | was not a church member, but on his deathbed was baptized by a Methodist clergyman. Taylor was a regular attendant at the Episcopal church. Fillmore was a Unitarian, Pierce a Congregationalist. Buchanan belonged to the Presbyterian church. President Lincoln belonged to no denomination, though before his election and frequently afterward he attended the Presbyterian church. Johnson attended the same church as Lincoln. General Grant was a tolerably regular attendant on the services of the Methodist church, though not a member of any. Hayes was a Methcdist communicant. Garfield attended the Church of the Disciples, sometimes also called the "Christian" or "Campbellite," of which he had once been a preacher. Arthur was an Episcopalian, Harrison is a Presbyterian elder, and Mr. Cleveland attends the Presbyterian church.?Philadelphia Record. They Don't Deceive You In Kentucky. I had just come out of the Mammoth cave when I ran against a man with an anxious look on his face, and there was j something quite fatherly in the way he . 1 i..-? . onervu j-itt* ins iiiuuvi iuiu t. "My dear sir, have you been taking a personal survey of this gigantic phenomenon?" "Yes, I have been traveling about for an hour or two.'' "How do you feel on again emerging into the light of day?" "I have no peculiar feeling as yet." "But, sir, I trust?I sincerely hope and trust that you will not carry away apy erroneous impression of this great natural wonder." "How do yojj mean?" "Why, you probably imagine that it was dug out by a syndicate. It wasn't. It was formed by nature.'' "Is that possible?" "Yes, and them bats in there is real bats and not made up out of cloth." "Dear me!" "And this hill is the real solid thing j and not painted on cloth and hung up . to deceive people." "How you talk!" , "I thought you might go away thinking you had been imposed on and perhaps feel bad about it, and so I thought . j I'd tell you. Everything here is genu. j ine even to rhe darkness in the cave, j the fees to the guide and the charges at I the hotel. Yes, sir?all genuine, sir, and i we permit nothing like deception, sir," | ?Detroit Free Press. ; | Whatever may be the cause of ! blanching, the hair may be restored ' i to its original color by the use of that 5 i potent remedy Hall s Vegetable i Sicilian Hair Feiewer. , The Su pension board will meet as soon as the county boards report. T^E MOUFLON IS SLY GAME. An Animal Which Knowing Sportsmen Find on Corsican Hills. There are some surprises awaiting the sportsman who visits Corsica, a few of which are told about in The Badminton Magazine. The writer of the article was a British naval officer, aud the Corsican commandant treated him and his party very politely, refused to look at their hunting permits and passports, gave them a dinner with fine cigars and wine captured from a brigand band by his own gendarmes and sent for the best native cuide to be put at their disposal. What is more, he put a small squad of cavalry at their service to rescue any member of the party so unfortunate as to be captured and hold for ransom. The goatherd who served as guide was a good one. He knew the mouflon, or wild mountain sheep, perfectly, and it was through his efforts mainly that the party was successful. The writer carried a 88 caliber, double barreled express rifle, shooting a hard head bullet. A long, hard climb in the steep mountains, with frequent pauses for using the telescope, resulted in sighting the quarry moving in a patch of heather, which frequently hid them from view. All but the old ram were feeding in a restless, shifty manner. He was perched on an overhanging ledgo looking out for hunters. The mouflon knows a thing or two, and when a flock are feeding they always have some keen old ram or ewe where it can see the country below best. They are as wild as, perhaps wilder than, any of their kind, whether found in Europe, Asia or America; but, like others, they may be approached from above, wind and ground permitting. No bungler need hope for one, as they are so constantly hunted by natives as to be always on the lookout. The natives kill at all times, and kill all things from lambs to rams. The first kill was by gocd luck, not by reason of skill, for the animals ran past one of the party, who shot at 80 yards, missed the big ram and hit another, which happened to be just beyond, in the neck. The throat shot is a right good one to make. It kills quicker than either head or shoulder shots, which are somewhat easier to make. The guide refused to dress the killed ! animal, "Why should he waste the best part?" he asked. So he carried the 78 pounds five miles to camp, where he got his choice and the Englishmen got theirs. Their camp was in an attractive place, at the edge of a clump of pine trees, at least 120 feet high, near a babbling trout stream, just 15 miles from Corte. They bought some fresh milk, a loaf of chestnut bread, and some goat milk cheese, just to get acquainted with the herders of a bis: flock of goats and a few sheep. Later they were weloomed to huts of the herders, which shows the best way to treat the natives of any region, more especially in a region where native cavalry is put at one's disposal by good natured officials. If they had put themselves on pinnacles for the herders to look at, half the fun of the trip would have been lost or gained in man hunting. No casual glance will detect the mouflon, even if it is wholly within the range of vision, for it possesses a marvelous development of sight, great nose cunning, and?what is more interesting to the hunter?a discriminating knowledge of light and shade, which largely contributes to its safety. The animals get into places where their color blends tfrith that of the background?an easy thing for them to do in that country oi neutral colors or shades?and there they stand waiting for the hunter to show the end of his little finger or the light glint of his gun in the sunlight, when away they go, dashing over the rocks as if they were lawn. The ewe secretes her young in caves and among the precipices they inhabit, else long ago they would have ceased to erist. They are untamable and herce, using meir norna uu uie muni, ucmure or warlike keepers indiscriminately, and only strong ropes will keej: them from battering doors to flinders. JMouflon venison, flavored by wild thyme, is a tasteful dish to all, but the natives do not care to eat it. A Busy Archbishop. The archbishop of Canterbury is s busy man. He is bishop of Kent and part of Surrey. That means much traveling about. He has to act as final referee in affairs of the English church all over the world. That means selecting bishops and settling difficult question*. He is head of all the English bishops, and lias to hold frequent meetings t< discuss all questions touching the church. Ho is governor of several greal schools, and has to consult with othei governors as to how they are to tx managed. Then he must attend th< house of lords, where the archbishop i.< bound not to be a party man. So much for the archibshop's duties. Now about the way he performs them. To a large extent by writing letters, ir answer to the missives which pour intc Lambeth palace from early morn tc night. The archbishop opens as manj letters himself as he can, always him self reading those marked "private,' and the secretaries, three in number, d( the rest. Then the secretaries come ir with their baskets, read the letters ou and take notes, while the archbishoi says how they are to be answered. All day long this is going on. When ever there is a spare moment it is ' 'let ters, letters.'' The secretaries drive witl him sometimes as he goes to a meeting and read letters to him all the time a: they go.?London Tit-Bits. The Ideal Panacea. James L. Francis, Alderman Chicago, says: "I regard Dr. King' New Discovery as an Ideal Panacei f >r Coughs, Colds and Lung Com plaints, having used it in my famil for the last five years, to the exclu nf nrPKrvintinns o i 01 'u ui i-"-'j """"" " ? ?x?-? o her preparations." RiV. John Burgus, Keokuk. Iowa | w ites: "I have been a Minister o the Methodist Episcopal Church fo 50 years or more, and have neve fjund anything so beneficial, or tha i gave me such speedy relief as Di King's New Discovery." Try thi Ideal Cough Remedy now. Tria Bottles Free at J. E. Kauffwar:' Drug Store. (Clures, absolute, permanent cure have given Hood's Sarsaparilla th i largest sales in the world and th first place among medicines. Don't bolt your food, it irritates j your stomach. Choose digestible j food and chew it. Indigestion is a j dangerous sickness. Proper care prevents it. Shaker Digestive Cor1 dial cures it. That is the long and short of indigestion. Now, the question is: Have you got indigestion?; Yes, if you have pain or discomfoit ! after eating, headache, dizziness, j < nausea, offensive breath, heartburn,. ; langour, weakness, fever, jaundice, < flatulence, loss of aypetite, irritabil- i ity, constipation, etc. Yes, you have ; have indigestion. To cure it, take J i Shaker Digestive Cordial. The mod- J icinal herbs and plants of which j Shaker Digestive Cordial it composed, j help to digest the food in your j stomach; help to strengthen j'our | i stomach. "When your stomach is ! strong, care will keep it so. Shaker ! 1 Digestive Cordial is for sale by drug- ! gists, price 10 cents to $1.00 per i bottle. j i THE DISHES OF CHILDHOOD. i ; Amos Camming Recalls Some of tho Pal- j ate Ticklers He Used to Like. I You may forget whatever tickles your J intellect, but you will never forget the ; tickling of your appetite. Sitting in my j room in the glow of a grate fire, with J dim old pictures hanging on the walls, the dishes of my boyhood days come back to me. I remember one supper above all others. My father was a clergyman. There was a protracted meeting in Honcsdale, Pa., where we lived. I was about 9 years old, and every night was forced to seek salvation at this meeting. It was a bitter cold, winter. In addition to his clerical duties, my father was the jeweler of tho village. I was employed at the shop until the services began. They were held in what was called tho Berran i hall, above the jewelry shop. I was al- j lowed to go over to Goldsmith's oyster j saloon and get a plate of keg oysters for i supper. My father had the same. We got i * - ' - J 4. 4-1 aDOni, a UOZCIi vy S WIS 111 uiwc ua y j tut 123^ cents?a Spanish shilling. From the oyster saloon we went direct to the protracted meeting. It would be called a revival meeting in these days. There was plenty of hell fire in the exhorta1 tions, and a dozen or more sinners went up to the altar, or "anxious seat," on 1 the night in question. The services held on until midnight. Then I had to walk about three-quarters of a mile across the canal and up a hill to my home. It had snowed in the meantime. The snow was a foot or more in depth. The wind was j blowing a gale. My father wore a long j ' broadcloth cape cloak lined with wool. My brother and I ran along- at his side with our heads and bodies buried in the cloak. Our fingers were numb, despite | the woolen mittens, held together by a 1 string hung around our necks, and our ' toes ached with the cold. When we arrived home, my mother set out to cook the supper, as all of us were hungry. It was a plain supper and hurriedly gotten, but of the best. It was boiled mackerel and potatoes. The mack1 erel was A No. 1?you never see such mackerel nowadays. The meat was the | color of the finest sauterne, and the belly ; as white as snow and as fat as butter. The potatoes were as crisp as new flown snow, and we mashed them and ate them with a knife and not with a fork, i J Of all the dishes that I have ever seen i | since that time, in odor, taste and digestion, that was the finest. There is always a laugh when a man | talks about his mother's cooking, but j ' that cooking was the best I had ever seen j 1 before or that}. have ever seen since. j ! The keg oysters had been gocd, but ! the mackerel capped the climax. Of the j ! 70,000,000 of people now in the United ! States I donbt whether more than 10,- | 000 ever have tested the old keg oyster, j 1 It acquired a flavor from the wood in I which it was packed. It was a peculiar, j delicate flavor that touched one's mid- ; 1 riff. The oysters in those days were ' carried to Honesdale in sleighs from ! ^ New York. The last time I ever tasted ; ' a keg oyster was at Lackawaxen. A j good many years ago, just after the : branch road to Honesdale was built, I went into a restaurant, and there stood \ k a keg of oysters, with a bottle of pepper ; sauce by its side. The train stopped [ there about ten minutes, and in that , ' time three-quarters of the keg disappeared. Since then Frank Thurber has j ' sent me a keg, but it was years ago, i and the oysters lacked the peculiar fla- vor of the old ones. > A word as to the knife and fork in j 5 the olden davs. I never saw a man use \ a fork in conveying food to his mouth nntil I was 12 or 1 o years old. Men j J could use the knife in those days skill- j fully and gracefully. Indeed, the use of > 5 the fork was impossible, as forks were { then old fashioned, two pronged affairs, { not wider than your little finger. I saw j an old timer the other day. He was cn1 joying a meal in Fritz Renter's restau} rant in Washington. He used the knife 1 with exquisite grace. As I gazed at him and saw the rare tidbits disappearing | from the blade, the old feeling came over me, and I tackled my meal in the i same way. I found out that I lacked J the experience of youth. I tackled an j egg fried on one side. It was a little } greasy, and as I was about to snap it from the point of the knife, it slid to- ! ward the handle and landed on my j shirt front. I had lost my ability to , * handle the blade properly.?Amos J. ; ' Cummiugs in Twentieth Century Cooks ery, - A Theater For Girts. Mme. Marie Samary, a distinguished j French actress, has conceived the idea j of founding a theater for girls. She is i, the sister of the late Jeanne Samary of s the Comedie Francaise, and she hope3 a soon to open her playhouse on the Rue de Ponthieu, Paris. Une ot tue lirst _ plays to be performed will be Duvey' rier's "Foute de s'enterdre." Mine. I ?amary says that she thought of tlie j r plan early in the winter, >vhen hex 1 niece 'wanted to see a play. She glanced j t? owr the list of entertainments and : f found that there was only one perform* j r ance to which she could safely take a 1 r young and innocent relative. M. Jules t Lcmaitre supports her schema and promises to provide unobjectionable plays of g ! rrondinet, Labiche and others for the , , new venture. Ayer's Pills are recommended by j p leading physicians and druggists, as \ the most prompt and efficici t remedy for biliousness, nausea, costivencss, , s indigestion, sluggishness of the liver, ' e j jaundice. nr>d sick headache: also, to ! e relieve colds, fevers, ceuralgie, and ! | rheumate fa. Tho Pace That Kills. Fast Work and Fast Eating Make Three Score Years and Ten a Ripe Old Age These Days. From the Cincinnati Euqnirer. The American people live too fast, eat too fast and drink too fast. This has brought upon many of us a train of nervous and stomach disorders that are very difficult to manage. Investigation and chemical analysis to discover such compounds as will help those suffering from such ills has resulted in the discovery of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, which has taken very high rank as a specific remedy. H. P. Owens, a traveling man thirty years of age, who is wellknown in this community and generally liked because ho is a bright, energetic young fellow, resides with his mother at 33o Central Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. He has been a victim of dyspepsia which took the form of continuous constipation, and, strangely enough, his mother suffered from the same trouble. Mr. Owens testified to the meiits of Pink Pills in a most enthusiastic way, and said to the Enquirer reporter: "I am glad to say anything I can for Dr. "Williams' Pink Pills, because they did me great good and other people'ought to know of their virtues as a medicine in stomach troubles. It was some time ago when I felt a heavy feeling in my stomach and I grew very constipated. I did not consult a doctor, but having heard of the Pink Pills I bought a box of them. In two or three days the heavy feeling in my stomach disappeared and my bowels were regular. I did not have to use more than a box of them before I was well. Since that time I have only occasionally been troubled with constipation and I never get worried because I know just what to do. Mother was also troubled with indigestion and the Pink Pills did the same for her they did for me?cured her, didn't they mother?" When appealed to Mrs. Owens answered: "That is right. I found that it was a great medicine, so easy to take and so quick and lasting in its results." Mr. Owens continued: "I believe that these pills are also good for nervousness. When I had my stomach trouble I was also quite nervous and that disppeared with the dyspepsia. The Pink Pills were all that is claimed for them, lou can make any use of this testimonial that you see fit." H. P. Owens has occupied several positions of trust in this city. He was for a time an employe of the Commercial-Gazette. He will go on the road in a few dajs for a prominent business house here. Mrs. Owens is quite as enthusiastic as her son about the Pink Pills and her host of lady friends can verify her good opinion of this wonderful remedy if they feel disposed to do so at any time. "Where the testimony is general and unanimous as to the excellencies of Pink Pills as the Enquirer has found it to be there is certainly good reason to believe all the good things said?about the safe and simple remedy. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People contain all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They may be had of all druggeut or direct by mail from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Campany, Schenectady, N. Y., at 50c. per box, or six boxes ior sz.ou. Lilienthal, the Flier. One of the lx>st known and most skillful fliers is a German named Lilienthal, who, after years of study and trials, made in the summer of 1891 a pair of wings curved like a great bird's. As the r< suit of his studies and experiments he believes curved surfaces better than flat planes, in which he agrees with Le Bris, Goupil and Phillips, other students of the subject. All these men believe that the curved shape of birds' wings has much to do with Iheir flying, helping them to go against the wind?a strange effect which the French have named "aspiration." Provided, then, with wings and tail, Lilienthal began to practice, at first npon a spring board, and'afterward in a hilly region near Berlin. Even after he was able to sail as far as 80 feet, he found that it was best to arrange the wings so that they could be easily thrown off. Otherwise, he coolly says, "I might have had a broken neck instead of sprains which always healed in a few weeks." In 1892 he made larger wings, and learned to sail farther than before, rising 20 or 30 feet from the ground upon .? iT-ii-ir? SJinr><s tVirn T.ilienth&l a Aavvxiu^ ? iuu. has attached to his wings a powerful little engine, and he is now making attempts to learn its management. Just what he has done is not known vet, but he has fewer accidents and improves as time goes on.?Tudor Jenks in St. Nicholas. An Old Deed. An old deed has been found in the county clerk's office at Jamaica, N. Y. It was given by the chief of the tribe cf Indians that formerly inhabited that part of Long Island. It is fully 100 years older than the patent to the land granted by the English ruler. The document was discovered by Counselor Van Nostrand of Flushing. Cannot Ids Without It. Jamison, S. C, Sept. 2, ?90. Since the people know I keep St. Joseph's Quick lielief they have taken it all out but one bottle, and that one I cannot sell until I get in some eqo e, 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. K. D. KITTKELL. For further information call on J. E. Kauflfmann's drug store and get a copy of St. Joseph's Four Seasons Almanac. 28. Constipation Causes fully half the sickness in the world. It retains the digested food too long in the bowels and produces biliousness, forpid liver, indiHood's gestion, hud taste, coated B H tongue, sick headache, in- B^P . I > a sonmia, etc. Hood's Pills H I 8 ft cure constipation and all its , results, easily and thoroughly, -.'.sc. ^ 11 druggists, i I Pronared hv C. I. Hood & Co.. Lowell. Mass. ] The only Tills to take with Hood's Sursaparilla. A Labored Apology. Col. Ivnotts Tries to Justifies Himself for Joining the Republican Party. To the Citizens of Lexington: For nearly the fourth of a century in South Carolina there has been no time in which the real issues between the contending parties could be discussed or even enter into a campaign. The only one that has had supreme dominion has been that of the color line. But times have changed and the issue of danger from negro domination no longer is a scare crow and a snare, but the real differences in the principles of the two parties will have to receive their due consideration. It will be impossible any longer to drive them away with the cry of negro in the wood pile. The destiny of a great republic, and the welfare of the entire country, will now have to engage the attention of the patriotic voter. It is evident that the present Democratic administration has strewn our country with business wrecks and failures, has prostrated our industries, has paralyzed our progress to an extent unprecedented in the history of this government. If the Democratic administration has not proven its incapacity to legislato to the best advantage of this nation, then certainly an amount of proof is required not usual in tlie decision of such questions. The real underlying principles of the two parties, the great basal structure on which the two parties have acted will very clearly show why the Republicans have given prosperity and why the Democrats have given adversity. In all of its existence the Republican party has had and has carried out one great central basic principle, viz.: that the American industries, the American laborer and the American citizen must and shall be protected. It says a tariff on all im: ported goods must be placed sufficient to protect the American operatives, mechanics and artisans against the half starved, half paid, poor, miserable laborers of Europe and Asia. Our citizens can't afford such living and the Republican party says that its first and greatest duty is to throw a protection, a safeguard around them and shield them from the humility of such an outrage. The progressive and respectable laborer of our State can't compete on equal ground for an honorable living for himself and his family with such a class of men. The Democratic party during all its life refuses all protection and is unwilling for a tariff for anything but revenue for the expenses of the government and when that is gotten then the laborer and our industries must care for themselves and live if they can, but die if they cannot live beside such humiliating competition. It is willing for a tariff to save itself from paying the taxes to the United States government and to protect its own pocket, but is willing when it is protected to show the selfish spirit and refuse protection to our operatives, mechanics and laborers. The Democratic party has succeeded so far by telling how it cheapens and how it lowers every article, but the laborer of every rank begin now to see that it is cheapness at his expense. All these questions have in this country been driven out by the color line heretofore, but the time has arrived when their mature, considerate deliberation is a necessity and can be deferred no longer. South Carolina is now becoming a manufacturing State as well as producing, I and m Lexington couniy aiouo juu? are many hundreds of people interested as operatives in this doctrine of protection. Every cotton planter is directly affected by it. The fool ishness of the Democratic legislation on raw wool and woolen goods creates a greater demand for woolen goods, i andcf cour ie lessens the market for j oods ginade of cotton. The reduction ! (n raw wool is a direct blow at every ! man who can raise sheep. The cheap- ! ening of woolen goods causes woolen ! goods to be worn to a greater de- j gree and is a strike both at the cot- j ton planter and cotton m inufacturer. ! The Republicans want to cncour- I age home wool growing and desires that industry protected. It desires | to protect the cotton grower and the ! cotton manufacturer and the operatives who make the goods. It desires that every department of industry shall receive a sufficient protec- J tion to secure a profit to the indus- j try and a comforta'.le living to the j laborers. The financial question now has been ; seized by the Demoi ratio party as the I "burning issue" and the all important question for this election. It had ' both houses of the Congress and the j Executive and not one note on this ; I if -rico ovppnt, an effort to trv to ! ??r ? -- j c >111 ?55,000,000 of tilver seignorage ; now in the vaults of the treasury, j Since the chance has gone to do ai ything the question of free coinage of j silver becomes especially the nec< Si sary evil. What good can result in ! an increase of the currency if i lie I industries of the nation are not si ffi- j ciently protected7 * The men vh> coin the silver will own, when coined it j and unless the business of the coun- I try guarantees, will not risk it out j on business enterprises.^ The silver \ j kings would reap the benefits of the law and the industries and the la borers would be none the better oft'. If our enterprises and progress be left subject to ale the hardships of a i Democractic "free trade, " no impetus would be given to the progress of the country by the inflation of the currency. The Republican party has and does favor "free coinage" of silver" if the value of a dollar be put in a silver or gold dollar, but to [jive the silver kings one dollar for fifty cents worth of silver it considers wrong, .Silver mining is an industry just as making cotton and wheat is an industry, and it is just * as fair to make the merchant pay one dollar for fifty cents worth of wheat or cotton as it is to make the government pay one dollar to the miner for fifty cents worth of silver. Let' them he coiucd at their market value and if gold or silver rise in the scale no harm is done. The market value of gold and silver bullion was the ratio used by Jefferson and Hamilton, and as those metals have risen or fallen has the amount of silver in a dollar been changed. The ratio has been changed to suit the fluctua tion of the market value at various times in the history of the coinage of the two metals, and there has never been one inflexible ratio of silver aud gold in a dollar. The Democratic party during all its b'fe has never been progressive, but has always beeu negative in its nature. The mouotouous "I object,*' has always been characteristic of it. It was hern under those circum- ( stances and bad its origin in objections to what was being done rather than in aDy well arranged principle of affecting certain ends. This spirit ( it has kept up and has always had to be driven from its position to other new features by the progress and energy of its rival. This very same spirit has been very largely the secret of the success of the Reform ( Movement. Men were tired of it and desired progress. The idea that Republicanism desires negro domination rests only now in those minds too narrow to see better or too prejudiced to be , able to Ihink in the snirit of this af?G and of course is as ignorant as such ( narrowness and prejudice can make it and just as false as the statement 1 is untrue. The negroes themselves very well know that this new Ilepub- , licanism must and will be controlled by the white Republicans and they , see that it is necessary and" best that such should be. The Anglo- j Saxon supremacy is a necessity not oDly for the negro but for the rest ( of the races of men. Only a few ( hundred years ago and the AngloSaxon were circumscribed by the j shores of one little Island in the Atlantic ocean, today his sons legislate for and are leading on to pros- , perity and vital Christianity one- , third of the human .family. Bctli the best interests of man and the sovereignty of God forbid any such | political stupidity and the intelligence ( and patriotism the Republican spirit where ever found is too high and elevating to admit that such a condition of things can or will ever be, and that- such a condition has ever , existed is directly attributable to our impudence in 18GS. Again in 1800 the same condition has largely returned and the same chance to lead the negro to his own good and to our advantage, and will we again repeat the folly of 180S 1 But if the Southern Democracy be right in its position and which I do not believe, the South has to rely for help in car, ryiug out its aims on the riff raff and rabble of the Northern cities very largely for its support. It is entirely safe to say that without that class the Democracy of the Nor' h aud west are powerless to do anything while there are many good, honest men there who work with Democracy, the Democraoy is dependant < n that un fortunate nonnlation for its inabilities. That is one reason and the greatest reason why the Northern Democracy is unreliable and uncertain. They will always desert us when any local issue is at stake and we can't trust them. They have used the Southern people for years as a more cat's paw. This the Republicans of the north and west will never do. For whatever else we may say of them, the Republicans havo the courage of | their convictious and they stand ou ! their platforms and by their friends. I In 1815 the war with Great Britain ended aud in that conlliet we were taught the need of manufactories and in 1816 was passed that famous tariff act for protection to American industries and strange it was passed by a sold southern vote and a divided northern vote. But what a change by the next meeting of Congress! The election came off the next year, and a new Congress was the result. The Congressmen had f supported a protective measure and i the hostility of the slave lords were I so high agaiust the measure, that all \ who would not recant were beaten, j Even the great John C. Calhoun himself who had supported the measure ! _ | What "We Inherit I - j We are not to blame for. We cannot be responsible for the dispo- j sitions and tendencies which we | derive from cur ancestors, nor are we responsible for the germs of disease I which may manifest themselves in ! our blood as a heritage from former , win ovn vncv.nnQi- ! J^UDCI ailVUO* If V* UiU J. ; ble if we allow these germs to tie- j velop into serious diseases which ; will impair our usefulness and de- : stroy our happiness. We arc re- j sponsible if we transmit to our j descenuauts the disease germs which 1 it is possible for us to eradicate by \ the use of Hood's Sarsaparilla, the one r true blood purifier. This medicine has power to make rich, red blood and establish perfect health in place of disease. 20 To Housekeepers. Turpentine is the best friend housekeepers have, and a supply should always be kept on hand. It is good for burns, excellent for corns, good for rheumatism and sore throat, and a quick remedy for fits or convulsions. It is a sure preventative against moths, a few drops rendering garments safe from such invasion during the summer. It drives away ants and bugs from storerooms and corners by putting a few drops on the shelves. It effectually destroys bed bugs, and iujures neither furniture nor clothing. For cleaning paint, add a spoonful to a pail of warm water. A little in the suds on wash day makes washing easier. rf\ and had made a speech in its favor came to the verge of defeat and could only be reelected by a virtual recantation of his vote and speech and in all our anti helium days the same class controlled this issue till it became a fixture in Democratic policy and the party has never been able "to kill it off" and like Mordicai it still sits in the gate and right in the way of southern progress, if not protected by other portions of the Union. The south is becoming progressive now and the effort is being made to rid its politics of such useless formalism but it can never bo done within the Democratic party, I don't believe. All that is promised in the silver 01* populist party is a rehash of this same old story of free trade and free silver by one and the addition of the communistic sentiment by the other and the only refuge for the soutberer who is tired of such things and who desires to vote and act to the best interest of the American in auiuuuus a Li ii muubines, auu ul Vmcrican progress and of the American laborer can do eo only by dropping his prejudices and former dislikes, and voting with that party whose only aim and end is to accomplish this great result. The issue will he forced by necessity and it becomes every patriotic, public spirited citizen to do his duty by his suffering country. Looking at the situation as it is my duty to me is a plain one. That duty I shall discharge to my country and without regard to my own interest in the matter. We are now far behind where we should be, and standing by the Democratic party in its thriftless, non progressive spirit will retard theday of promise. I believe that in the rule and control of a broad minded Republican spirit lies the hope of this suffering country. In it our prostrate industries will revive. Our idle ones find employment, the sunlight of prosperity will again illumine our skies and joy and gladness will drive sorrow and disappointment in exile from our homes. I believe every one should strive to do his duty and without prejudice cast his vote as he seriously desires these questions decided. T /..II : .1 lL.1 1L. T> _ x am luuy convinctu mat iu? jlv?publican party offers to my country the surest and best means of relief and under these convictions I shall vote and labor to that end. These are only some of the reasons for my course, but they are sufficient for me if I had no others besid. I am fully convinced if the people of South Carolina fully comprehended the situation a majority of the white citizens would see that the interest of the State would be better cared for by the Republican party. As to how many will so decide that day itself will only reveal, but if the men iu Lexington attach any meaning, or are all responsible for what they say to me, those men who think the "old Democracy is gaining ground or that the lleform Movement is stronger than ever before," will meet disappointment in the coming judgment day. We have not much longer to wait to see if a majority of our citizens are still willing to hug a deluding phantom and yet expect redress and relief from Democratic sovereignty. At all times I am willing to submit without a murmur to the verdict of the citizens. Yours for truth, D. J. Knotts. Swansea, May 6, 1896. ^ * "Words of Truth. * yjt When the summer of yontb is slowly washing away on the nightfall of age, and the shadow of the past becomes deeper and deeper, and - ' -i 1 :l _ 1 - n t illti wears 10 US ciuse, u is pieasou!* to look through the vista of time upon ihe sorrows aDd felicities of oar earlier j ears. If we have a home to sliel er, and hearts to rejoice wifh 09 aDd friends have been gathered to- . gather around our firesides, then the rough places of wayfearing wi.l have been worn and smoothed away in the twilight of life, while the many dark spots we have passed through will grow brighter and more beaotiful. Ilappy, indeed, are those whose intercourse with the world has not changed the tone of their holier feeling, or broken those musical chords of the heart, whose vibrations are so melodious, so tender aDd so touching ia the evening of their life. 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