Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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; -- t* rr^- .-.. v ? '- ~<?W^ v.--i^ k THt5.V.-^" -i Ifer. ~ ~ ! ADVERTISING RATES. 8E8T ADVERTISING MEDIUM rTTi** I r<VI\T/^T1AM |\ I C* A I I l nb LbXliNvi 1 Ul> LIIoPAItn.!~E: RATES REASONABLE. ' ' | i?g^?dv,rti? for tiroe. rfx twrfr. O i? ? I Notices in the local column 10 cent* pet ~ ~ ; liue each insertion. SUBSCRIPTION Si PER ANNUM ~ 1 Marriage notices inserted free. _0_ VOL, XXYI. LEXINGTON, S. C., OCTOBER 21, 1896. N0. 49.! ce~rcbowdforat,her*teofo" h Address JOB PRINTING A SPECIALTY. I ' ( rCSS G. M. BARMAN, Edito*. A SPECIFIC ?FOR? La Grippe, for Golds, Coughs, AND LUNC TROUBLES, AVrEMC CHERRY | nlLsiO PECTORAL "Two years ago, I had the grippe, and it left ine with a cough which gave ine no rest night or day. My family physician prescribed for me, changing the medicine as often as he found tiie things I had taken were not helping ft BcWH BR- ; * Jf me, but, in spite of his attendance, I got [ no better. Finally, nay husband,?readk ing one day of a gentleman who had k had the grippe and was cured by taking B Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,?procured, for W me, a bottle of this medicine, and before I had taken half of it, I was cured. I I have used the Pectoral for my children and in mv family, whenever we have needed it, and have found it a specific for colds, coughs, and lung troubles."? Emily Wood, North St., Elkton, Md. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Highest Honors at World's Fair. f ; Reuse the Systen with Ayer's Sarsapanlta. , ^TERRIBLEDEATII.' Three Good Men Meet Horrible Ends in the Flamee. ( A Head End Collision on the Florida, Central and Peninsnlar Railroad. L Three Men Burned While Rescue Was in Sight. Columbia Register, Cotober 15. | One of the most terrible railroad wrecks to be recorded in South Carolina occurred yesterday morning on the Florida, Central and Peninsular Railroad whereby three men were burned to death and two more injured by reason of a head end collision which occurred on that railroad at five miuutes after three o'clock f "Wednesday morning. No. 35 running south, it appears, was, according to orders, to meet No. 36 coming north, at Swansea. The crew of No. 35, misunderstanding orders, went past Swansea, and as the sequels prove to death and destruction but a few miles below that station. No. 35, the southbound train is a connection of the Southern Railroad. It waits in Columbia for the Southern train and left yesterday morning one hour and forty-five minutes late. It ran on orders and one of the orders was that it should pass No. 36, the up bound train, at Swansea. But the order was misunderstood and the collision resulted with a loss of life. As a result of the misunderstanding three men are dead, and a horrible death they met with. From what could be learned the men met death bravely and courage^ ously. Though they pleaded for their lives, yet, seeing that rescue was impossible they met their fate like men. When the trains came together the engineers jumped and saved their lives. The firemen did likewise and cone of them received any injuries. When the two trains came into collision, running at a high rate of speed, naturally it was a case of a great collision. The tender of the southbound * train telescoped into *the baggage and express car and completely demolished it. In this car were mail agent L. A. Thomas and express and baggage agent W. D. Lines. These ? ?* "* J men were not Kiuea, nor maeeu uues it appear that they were fatally hurt by the collision, but they were shut in by the debris so that they could not get out. The uninjured soon saw the difnX culty in which their friends were put and the crews of both trains soon began the work of rescue. The flames were rapidly spreading and the uninjured worked with might and main. Thomas and Lines, pinioned by baggage and express, were not dead, but as the flames gradually grew towards them they pitieouslv cried for their rescurers to hurry. These worked with might and main and cut through the car so much as to be able to catch Thomas's band. They tried to pull him out but could not do it. "For God's sake save me," the poor man cried, but do ^ all they could the rescurers could not get him out. The fire was burning too fierce, and amid the horrified cries of Thomas and Lines, the re3curers bad to stand back and see them burned to death. There could I be no more horrible thing than that? for a friend to see another slowly roast to death. The fire was beyond control then, but the crew never wavered in its attempt to save other property. With all their work the baggage and express car, the mail car and the second class passenger car were destroyed. Flagman Ulmer was standing between the second class car and the ? 1? * J baggage car. ne nas not Deeu muuu and is supposed to be buried in the burned debris. The northbound train was not badly injured except the demolition of the engine. As soon as the collision occurred. Mr. L. C. Farmer, express agent, jumped. He received an injury of the leg, but nothing se rious. With him was a new man named Price, who was making his first run. He jumped with Mr. Farmer and received a bad break in the back of the neck, but nothing serious resulted. So far as can be learned the accident was owing to the misunderstading of the orders by the crew of No. 35, or the southbound train. It appears that they received the word "Swansea" for "Sweden," and went pass the first named station, and thus the collision occurred. From what can be learned the Southbound crew is at fault for the collision. Con ductor Taylor and Engineer Petite seem to be responsible for this mis understanding of orders. Conduc tor Perkin's son and Engineer Bell seemed to have been running according to orders. A special car was run from Columbia yesterday morning and the mail and passengers were transferred. They arrived here at twelve o'clock yesterday. Fireman Mickel tells a thrilling story of the death of Messenger Lines. As soon as the accident occurred Fireman Mickel rushed to t the rescue of those who were about to be killed He went to the rescue of Lines and Thomas. He found Lines alive and he cut his way to him, but could not save his friend, the fire being too hot. Lines begged and encouraged his friend as he dug ! on to save him from a firey death, but as the flames got too hot Lines said: "Good bye, old man," and suffering agony he expired. The -neenniftrv loss is nlaced at | about $30,000. including the engines i and cars. The track has been cleared and traffic on the road has been re| sumed. The inquest developed the fact that Engineer Petite was at fault, he acknowledging that he had mis| read the orders given him, but could not explain why he did so. Only i after the wreck had occurred did he see that he had read his orders wrong. I Conductor Taylor cleared himself of all blame and showed that he did all ! | in his power to prevent the accident. | That after the train passed Swansea ; he repeatedly tried to stop the train by I pulling the bell cord that hangs in j the centre and that which hangs on the side of the car, and checked the speed of the train by putting on the omorflrcnor Viralrp in fhp Rlponpr_ Thp vu^wjjvuv; r ? verdict was that the three men came to their death in a collision, no blame being attached to any one. Fads in MedioineThere are fads in medicine as in every thing else and a "new thing" frequently sells for a short time simply because it is new. But in medicine, as in nothing else, the people demand and will be satisfied only with positive, absolute merit. The fact that Hood's Sarsaparilla has stood its ground against all competi tion, and its sales have never wavered but have remained steadily at the top, demonstrates, beyond any doubt, the intrinsic virtues of this medicine. The new thiDgs have come and gone but Hood's Sarsaparilla rests upon the solid foundation of absolute merit and its power to cure, and its sales continue to be the largest in the world. 51 A Bird in Hand. ?? "Well," he said to the minister, at i the conclusion of the ceremony j "how much do I owe you f "Oh ! I'll leave that to you," was ; the reply, "you can better estimate ! the value of the service rendered." "Suppose we postpone settlement, | then, say for a year. By that time | I will know whether I ought to give you $100 or nothing.'' "No, no," said the clergyman, who is a married man himself, "make it S3 now." Arp on Aaron Burr. Atlanta Constitution. I see that my old friend, Sara CarnochaD, of Rome, has recently elebrated his eighty-sixth birth day. He is ^till hale and hearty and loves to talk to his friends ffbout the good J old times. He is a harness maker by trade, and percnes on Dis stool ana talks while he works and feels the feeling of an honest and industrious man. Apprinticed to tho trade when he was fourteen years old, he has continuously pursued his calling for seventy years, and in all that time I do not suppose that he ever defrauded any man. I have never him complain of his lot or of heard hard times. I never heard him abuse anybody more than to say, "He should not have done that. It is wrong. What a pity; what a pity." And yet he is a man of opinions and convictions and does not hesitate to express them. How came old Father Carnochan to be so industrious and work so hard and live so long and enjoy life and enjoy good health? He says he reckons it just happened so, but my opinion is that his early habits had much to do with it. For seven years he was ''bound out," as we used to call it. Bound to a saddle and harness maker in New York city to learn the trade. That used to be common at the north, and I have know some cases of the south in the long ago, but not many. My father had an orphan boy bound to him for seven years years, and the covenant was board and clothing and two month's schooling every year and $200 in money at the end of his time. He was smart, handsome and willing, made a good merchant and married well. Mr. Carnochan says he had to work diligently, and by the time his term was out, the habit of work was fixed upon him and kept him out of mischief. There is the secret. But few of our boys have formed a habit of work. If they do any at all, they look upon it as a hardship. The old man says that Aaron Burr traded at their shop, and he remembers him well, a handsome, courtly old gentleman dressed in tip top fashion and with manners like Lord Chesterfield. Years before he had been forced to leave the country and lived in exile, but he came back when the storm blew over and he was such a great lawyer thr.t he soon got lots of practice and made lots of money. He drove fine horses and was a high born aristocrat aud never lost a minute's sleep about killing Hamilton. I was reminating about that, for there is no story like it in American biography. His father's name was Aaron Burr and he was a very learned and pious preacher and teacher. He was founder and first president of Princeton college, and is buried there and six other presidents are buried near him. He married Esther, the only daughter of Jonathan Edwards, the treat preacher and profound thinker. A man whose sermons made the people tremble and cry out and beg for mercy. The younger Aaron had a sister named Esther, and these two were left orphans at an early age. They had a good estate and the best of guardians, and received a good education. Aaron was sent to Princeton, where he graudated with distinction. It was expected that he, too, would be a preacher, but he suddenly astonished his friends by denouncing Christianity as a humbug, and declared his admiration for Lord Chesterfield, whom, he said, was the finest gentleman in the world. Then he studied law, and soon became the top of the profession. When the Revolutionary war was impending he was given a high position, and became an inmate to General Washington's family; but he did not like Washington's steady habits and religious principles, and left him. At the close of the war he married a wealthy widow?a Mrs. Prevost, an accomplished and pius Christian woman. She became the mother cf Theodosia, celebrated in her day for her beauty and her graces of her mind and heart, and universally lamented for her sad and mysterious fate. Her only son died when he was thirteen years old, and * * *11 *i /? i sue nerseir was lost at sea dui a iew weeks after; no one ever heard of the [ vessel after it sailed from Charleston. There are many stories about it hav | ing been seized by pirates and Theoj dosia with other passengers beirg I made to walk the fatal plank that | dropped them info the sea. Not long before this sad event Burr ; had forced Hamilton to fight a duel j with him, and killed him, not only J without regret, but with unfeined sat : isfaction. This put him under ; the ban, and he had to fly | to avoid arrest. He fled to 1 ! Carolina, where his daughter lived, j I She had married Joseph Alston, one j ; of South Carolina's best citizens, and j j who afterwards became governor of i | tho State. Burr was the vice president of the { i United Stales when he killed Ham- j | ilton. After this he conceived a great j i political scheme to found a limited j ; monarchy in the southwest, with , ; New Orleans as the seat of govern- ! 1 ment, and he was to be the monarch, j j His treasonable designs were discov| ered, and he was arrested and tried, and barely escaped conviction. The| odosia saved him through her pleadj ings, her devotion and her fascinat ; ing beauty. But such was the pub: lie temper that he had to exile himI self and escape to Paris, where he i lived for seveial years under the i oeenmo/1 n o tyi n r\f A rn/\f Wh on lm I CbOOUlMCll UUUi^ \Ji AJLIUUIC II UV.U liV j dared to return he resumed the practice of law iu New York, and soon i j became entangled in many scandals | and intrigues. When he was seven- | i ty years old he was still handsome ! 1 and engaging, and so beguiled a j i French countess of great wealth j | that she married him. He wasted j j her money so lavishly that she sepj parated from him in a short time and | she was lert penniless. His few ; friends abondoned him and he died j degraded and disgraced at the age i of four score years. In his last days I he read the Bible anew?read and ; pondered, and with sadness and con! trition said: "There is tbe most ! pei feet system of truth the world ! i has ever seen." What a life, what a record, what i a wreck of great talents, and all because he forsook the teachings of his i ? noble Christian ancestors and became ! a scoffer, an infidel, a Chesterfield, i What bitter memories?what an! guish he must have felt in bis last ; days?his last hours, when he beg! gea to be buried at Princetonby the j grave of his father. Verily it seems ! like Providence followed him with an : avenging hand and heaped misery i upon him all his life. I And my old friend Carnochan saw i that man and heard him talk and i felt magnetized by his presence? and he was old enough to vote for Jackson for president and since then has voted for seventeen presidents. What a world of memories the old man has. You can't alarm him with fears of the nation going to ruin i through the currency question. He j j has heard the cry of ruin too long and two often It makes him smile to hear ; the boys talk ruin now. It is the same old tocsin that pealed the alarm in Jackson's days when the United ' States bank was demenetized, and he remembers that. It was a bigger fuss than this, he says, through there wasn't so many people nor so many newspaper to make it. The old man came South in his early manhood and rode on the first and only railroad of any length that Lad been built. He is a concordance, a chronology, an antiquity. There are some older men, but not many who are as blight, as genial, as contented. tt'_ i i.'f . _ r _ .1 i. . l ; xiis long me 01 iuuuslx v is au oujcci lesson to the rising generation, and J I hope they will see it and think of it. He has done no big thing to give j I him fame or fortune, but he has ! j i fought a good fight and set a good j i example. Peace to you, my old ; j friend. May you keep on living until j ! you are tired and then depart in j peace. Bill Arp. ? * ?? It is surprising to many that foot. ball players and other athletes re- j | gard a sprain or bruise of so little consequence. One reason of this is, ; they know how to treat such injuries ! so as to recover from them in a few j days, while others would be laid up j for two or three weeks, if not longer, j ' Writing from Central State Normal j | School, Lock Haven, Pa., Mr. W. H. i Lnarh. enntain nf the base ball club ! i and gymnasium says: "I take pleas- I ure in stating, that members of our | ; base ball club and myself have used j Chamberlain's Pain Balm with most j 1 excellent results. I unhesitatingly i i recommend it as the best remedy for sprains, swellings, cuts and bruises, j of any that I know."' For sale by J. E. Ivaughman, Lexington F. W. Oswalt, Barre's Oswalt & Son, Irene j _ * ^ * Hard to Locate Him. "Cheer up," said the preacher of j 1 the Crossroads circuit, "your loss is ! j his gain.'1 "But be didn't gain a bit," j I replied one of the mourners: "he i | commenced ter lose the fust day he j tuk sick, au' kep' on a-losin' ter the j last.1' "But he died in the faith, | ' didn't he?" "No, sir?in the bed." j ; "I mean," exclaimed the preacher, j 1 "that he died in triumph." "Well, he mout a died thar ef he had a been | j thar, but as he warn'l thar, he died i in Jimville?right here whar yon'se a standin'!'1?Globe Democrat. 1 An Echo From Shiloh. County Treasurer Utteiback Recalls 1 His Experience 011 the Battlefield. From the N'mpareil, Council Iown. \ County Treasurer A. Utterback, ; of Glen wood, la., has long been oue | of the leading citizens of Mills Coun- j tyT, and since the days of his service! for the 1'Diou cause has labored in- I dustriously at his home in Iiawls township, with the result that he has uot only surrounded himself with almost all the comforts heart could wish, but has grown into the esteem of bis fellow men. His popularity and standing, therefore, made his j election to the County Treasurership | easy. His work as County Treasurer, j however, was confining. Coming j as he did from an active outdoor life ; on the farm to the close and confin- ; iug duties of the treasurer's oflice, he j quickly began to run down in health ! and to visibly fail in strength and | energy. The Deputy Treasurer, Mr. j Lou Sawyer, is a great believer in the efficacy of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. His constant advise to his employer, Mr. Utterback, was to the effect that he should use these pills. Finally Mr. Utterback consented, and now after having used several boxes he is able to make the following statement to your correspondent: ''Have I used Pink Pills? Yes, sir, and I.shall continue to use tbera just so long as they benefit me as they do now. It is rarely that I use proprietary medicines, but my deputy was so enthusiastic over this particu lur medicine that I consented to try 1 it, and I can assure you the benefit i has been great. \ "I was a member of Company F, 15th Iowa Infantry, and saw my first . day's service in the battle of Shiloh. < The campaign before Corinth and < later the Siege of Vicksburg were ! important events in the service as | ! seen by our company, and as you I can readily imagine we were greatly i exposed and at times but poorly < cared for during those awful days* < In my case, army diarrhoea was the result. It has been the burden of \ my life for over thirty years, but at < last I have found something to con- ' quer it. The Pink Pills are a success i in my case, I have no doubt they will < be with all who will use them. * i The reporter afterwards called ] upon Wm. Skilicorn, the popular < druggist, and from him gained the ' iuformation that Dr. Williams1 Pink < Pills have reached 3 most surpris- 1 ing sale in this community. "But j of all the cures,1' said the pharmacist j "that of Treasurer Uttcrback is the < most-remarkable and, at the same j , time, the most gratifying.'1 1 Dr. Williams1 Pink Pills for Pale \ < People are now given to the public as ! 1 an unfailing blood builder and nerve J 1 restorer, curing all forms of weak- 1 ] ness arising from a watery condition 1 of the blood or shattered nerves. The pills arc sold by all dealers, or 1 will be sent post paid on receipt of j price, 50 cents a box or six boxes for 1 S2 50 (they arc never sold in bulk or 1 by the 1.00), bv addressing Dr. Wil i liams' Medicine Company, Schenec- 1 tudv, N. Y. " j i - *-?. | ? Beau regard at Charleston. ! < i 1 Col. I). F. IJjyd, iu the New Orlcar.s lie- | ayune. j ' He was a sweet man in his family I | ?devoted to his wife and children, j ( and devoted, too, to his circle of inti- j < mate friends. The public generally, j even the people of New Orleans, mis j understood him. They thought his j ( keeping aloof from them due to cold- j ] ness and indifference to them and to j , their concerns. This was not so; it was due to his modesty and natural reserve, Fond as he was of military j . parade and ceremony, but not of pa- : rading himself personally. I remem- i ber once, at a banquet of CoDfeder- j ate soldiers in New Orleans, that he | was called on to respond to a toast. | He attempted it, broke down, and ! could only say that he would rather j { face a battery than face an audience. ; : Nor did he often attend such meet- | ings. His diffidence kept him away. j " In this respect he was like Jackson. Hoping that the military student j ' might have the benefit of full and j detailed account of his defence of j Charleston, I asked him one day if he intended writing it. He replied that just before he was ordered to j Petersburg, in 1864, to oppose Buticr, [ he had thought that the operations in ! Charleston might be of interest, and j that he had instructed two of his en j gineer staff to begin the selection of i ? ? i the necessary data, but that some-1 how the war department at Ivich- j mond had found out what they were | doing, and ordered them to desist, and that a3 his records had been surrendered and scttered at "Washington, it would be. he feared, almost impos sible to write a correct, scientific account of the defence. Pity. Military science lias lost much. Louis Napoleon so highly esteemed Beaure gard as a military engineer that he offered him. at the close of the war, a marshal's baton in the French army. But the great Louisiana Crc ole loved his country, his home and ' ' * * "? * l l_x 1 . _ _ 1 i ? J dis menus loo ueariy 10 ue euuceu away by foreign honor?. The Best for Childror. "I believe Chamberlain's CougL Remedy is the best for children 1 ever used. For croup it is unequalled. It is a splendid sellei with us. T. M. Eckles, Ph. G. Manager Wampum Pharmacy, Warn puru. Pa.." When used as soon as the first symptoms appear, that is as soon as the child becomes bourse 01 even after the croupy cough has ap peared, it will prevent the attack. The mothers ot croupy children should bear this in mind and alwayg keep the remedy at hand. It is nlsc the best medicine in the world for colds anu whooping cough. For sale at 25 and 50 cents per bottle by J. E. KauerfTuoaD, Lexington. F. W. Oswalt, Bane's, Oswalt & Sod. Irene. 4 Game Birds. Major Woodward's Experiments With Pheasants?Stocking Fairfield County With Birds. I am frequently interrogated on the subject of pheasants, and finding it irksome to reply to all siDgly I take this method of doing so. Three years ago I purchased of F. A.. Stuhr, Portland, Oregan, a trio? ;ock and two hens?Mongolian or Chinese pheasants at a cost then of So apiece and expressage on tiie lor, $10. These arrived in May, the 25th, the party having delayed shipments n order to get the eggs. In consequence of the late shipment I secued mly a few eggs and did Dot raise my that year. The next year the two hens laid 1G2 eggs, an average }f eighty one apiece; one of them, the younger, laying 100. From these I matured thirty fine birds and turned 3ut fifteen of them, which are now reported breeding and doiDg well, acsts and young broads having been seen by responsible farmers around. Hie next year I lost all my hens from cholera caused by feeding shells laid by chicken hens with the disease, md secured only oue setting of eggs, from which I succeeded in raising sight pheasants from them this year. Alter distributing about 150 eggs in several counties, I have reared and set free 12, wnicn are ciany seen in the pea fields around, and if allowed to breed next year with these heretofore freed will supply this section bountifully in a few years. The Mongolian pheasant is the finest game bird on this coutinent, gorgeous to look at, tiuer in flavor ,han the quail, very hardy aud stands well the dog. It was sent from China about 1<SS2 to the Portland gun and rod club by the United States consul to Shanghai, and has jverrun the State of Oregon and Washington. With clubs in each country to repeat the experiment made here, and with good game laws, such as do doubt will bo passed by the next legislature, it would be but a few years until the State would swarm with this grandest of birds. They are not as large as the English mixture, but I tbiok are more hardy md certainly more prolific. The cocks weigh three pounds and the bens two pounds, the common quail weighs barely half a pound. They are not more difficult to rear than young turkeys and command a good price if raised for profit. T. W. Woodward. Kocktou, Oct. 10. 1806. ?? Two Lives Saved. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City, III., was told by her doctors she had Consumption and that there was no hope for her, but two bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery completely cured her and she says il saved her life. Mr. Thos. Eggers 130 Florida St., San Francisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, approaching Consumption, tried without result everything else then bought one bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery and in two weeks was cured. He h naturally thankful. It is such re suits, of which these are samples that prove the wonderful efficacy c: this medicine in Coughs and Colds Free trial bottles at -J. E. Kauffman'i If you smoke or chew try the fine brands of cigars and tobacco, at the Bazaar. Alaska costs the United State: government two cents per acre. Bryan G-rows in Battle. ' ; The Judgment of a Gold Bug Newspaper on his Remarkable CainI Pa'?ui Washington Post. St. Louis saw and heard Mr. Bryan [ barely a month ago. Since he awakI ened the admiration of friend and ; foe in September, he has traveled to : the Atlantic and back, speaking each | day?and often several times a day? t j to an audience peculiar to the place [ | where he stopped. He has delivered I his message of monetary reform to the Southerners of Kentucky ami , Virginia. He has appeared before the worldly wise Washiugtonians, the j conservative Baltimoreans and the ! commingliug of business men, work- e ing men and professional men that * make up Tammany. Speaking at length nud extempo- j , raucously under all those rapid i changing conditions?a feat of pbysi- , cal and mental endurance never at s tempted before by a national candi- v date?he has displayed neither weak e ncss nor weariness. Though his ii speeches have been reported for the press exactly as he delivered them, often without his having an opportunity to see a line of the copy, he has made not a single mistake which tho ^ enemy could use to advantage. v He has endured a strain which ^ would break down most men called 8 i i i i i rii T 11 rooust ana return 10 ot. juouis, rip- u ened and developed by the exercise ^ of meeting great demands with 0 great powers, to deliver the most 8 powerftul address of his marvelous 0 cmvass and to arouse the enthusiasm E of a mighty audience to a higher * pitch than that of his first visit, f though the warmth of the Septem- 11 ber ovation has surpassed any expe- ^ rience of St. Louis in modern campaigns. A man who can increase in power under such extreme demand is the man of a century, if not of all the centuries. Nothing but extraordinary strength, constantly recuperated by perfect health, could carry on the ^ task for a fortnight. ' mi f 1 1 ^ me joemociacy nas cnosen a cnarapion for whom no apologies are necessary. No apprehension is excited. He can take care of himself and his party's interests wherever he goes. ^ As a Western man in the East he c has inspired respect; as a Northern man in the South he has won affectioD: as a young man among veterans he has commanded obedience. It is v a far more wonderful achievement a than Alexander Hamilton's influence u in the organizing period of the na- , tion, or than Chatham's part in the overthrow of Walpole. A Life Saved. [ Jamestown, Tenn., October 15,1891 My daughter tried physicians and nearly all remedies for Female irreg- r ularities, but received no* releif or p benefit whatever. We had nearly L despaired of her recovery when we s were induced by our postmaster, p Mr. A. A Gooding, to try Gerstle's d Female Panacea, and after usiDg rl four bottles she was entirely cured, d for which I feel it my duty to let it v be known to the world and suffering humanity, for I believe she owes her life to the Panacea. y A. J. MACE, c Sheriff of Fentress County, Tenn. i For further information call on J. K. j, Kaufmanu and get free, a pamphlet 1; entitled, "Advice lo "Women and 1 Other Useful Information." ^ c An Irrigation Experiment. 1 a c i The great drouth from which so [ many parts of the State are suffering render an experiment, probably the first in Mississippi, with irrigaj tion peculiarly interesting. It is 1 being made in Clay county, near West Point, by a farmer on ten acres of land. The waste water of an g artesian well is used, me arouin r prevails in that sectioD, but these t ten acres look up like an oasis in the i desert. He planted cotton and corn c and used a moderate amount of fer c tilizer, and the result is marvelous. 1 Conservative estimates place the ] yield at considerably over a balo of 1 cotton and over one hundred bushels { of corn to the acre. This, too, is on < ordinary land, and not on prairie 1 land. So pleased is he with the re- I 5 j suit that he proposes to make reser- g voirs of several valleys by damming r 1 them and store up the spring raius, ] with which to irrigato about two i J hundred acres of cotton land next 1 3 ! year. "With much of the land in i Mississippi irrigation would be iui- i practicable, but there are many ( J streams that could be utilized, and | valleys that could be converted into 1 s reservoirs, which would render the j lands contiguous independent of the ] ^aki POWDER Absolutely Pure. A creaui of tartar baking powder. Higuat of all in leavening strriigih. - Latest 'uited States Government Food Report. Royal Raking Towi f.ii Co , New York. easons. This trial of irrigation, vhich has gone beyond the stage of xperiment, may revolutionize farm g in many parts of Mississippi. Old People. Old people who require medicine o regulate the bowels and kidneys rill find the true remedy in Electric fitters. This medicine does not timnlflfa and eontaina Tin whiskev or other intoxicant, but acts as a onic and alterative. It acts mildly n the stomach and bowels, adding trengtb and giving tone to the rgans, thereby aiding Nature in the >erfoannce of the functions. Elicric Bitters is an excellent appetizer nd aids digestion. Old People find t just exactly what they need. Price ifty cents and 81.00 per bottle at J. 3. Kauffman's drug store. ? ? Can You Count a Billion The following remarkable calculaion on the length of time which it vould tako one person to count .,000,000,000 recently appeared in an 9sue of the English Mathemetician: What is a billion? The reply is ery simple. In England a billion is , million times a million. This is [iiickly written and quicker still promunced. But no man is able to ount it. You will count 160 or 170 minute. But let us suppose that ou go up as high as 200 a minute iour after hour. At that rate you irould count 12,000 an hour; 288,000 , day, or 105,120,000 in a year. Let ' is suppose now that Adam, at the beginning of his existence, had be;un to count, had continued to do so nd was counting still. Had such a hiug been possible he would not iave yet finished the task of countng a billion. To count a billion would require a lerson to count 200 a minute for a eriod of 0,512 years, 542 days, 5 tours and 20 minutes, provided he hould count continuously. But suppose wo allow tho counter 12 hoars lail v for rest, eating and sleeping. I'lien he would need 18,025 years, 319 lays, 10 hours and 45 minutes in khich to complete the task! <4I had chronic diarrhoea for ten ears," says L. W. Kichlein, a justice - ' TV.! Tl. if tbe peace at ooum j&astun, jth. lNo remedy afforded me real relief mtil I was induced by Cbas. T. Kilan, tbe druggist, to try Cbamberiiin's Colic, Cbolera and Diarrhoea lemcdy. It cured me and for a rear I have bad no return of the rouble.'' It has also cured many itbers, among them old soldiers who tad contracted tbe disease in the ,rmy and given, up all hope of re:oveiy. For sale by T V T* onflfmon TjOrinrrfon. F. W. Oswalt, Barre's. Oswalt & Sod, Irene. Marrying for a Home. "I am about to be married,'' writes l girl to this office, "and instead of eceiving coDgiatulations I am aware bat I need a defense, and take this neans of making ic. I am 27 years ?ld?old enough to know better, and lo better, but I have no choice. The nan is a widower, with one child, le liked his first wife better than he ikes me; I liked a man years ago )etter than I like him, so we are at luits on that. He wants a housekeeper, I want a home. I was >rought up to sing a little, and play t little, but have no trade. My paents will be glad to see me settled. [ would be happier earning $5 or $6 t week, aud taking care of myself, jut I was not taught how. "There are thousand of women in ny position; every man who brings jp his daughters without starting hem with the means of earning a ivelihood is responsible for just such i mistake as I shall make next nonth."