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- ?' V e ? _ I raBMgrxV; **- . ?r r~ ' ' '"' - ; ' j -WTHEW- __ I ADVERTISING RATES. BEST ADVEBTISIHG MEfllUM ? y-q ? "4/" I 1% T/TTA TV T IlICH USES'ZXZTJtZ ? 1 nb LbAIINU 1 UiM UloFA 1 tfl.~?~~zz rates reasonable. , " - j mouths. 7~-~ Notices in the local column 10 cents d?? ^ ? ' lino each insertion. subscription si per annum LEXINGTON, S. C., NOVEMBER 11, 1896. NO. 52. j^SSaWS^--. Address JAR PRI\'TI\Tfi 1 SPRriAl.TV. . o. ? hakman. Editor. : ????^gaKg^M^MapggaM^g2STK*^^BMHQBMBOBIBiBflHBOMIP^HBBHBBBmB^3WPBBEPPSPWPPK3^r CCBBBHHBHSBBHBHBBlHHHBBHHHHHi vvjl? a uii? liiu a ui uviauii i * ^ CANCER CURED -AND AL1FE SAVED By the Persistent Use of Ayer*s Sarsaparilla *' I was troubled for years with a sore on my knee, which several physicians, who treated me, called a cancer, assuring me that nothing could be done to save my life. As a last resort, I was induced to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and, after taking a number of bottles, the sore " Vv.-:"l"?;'": ?v\??>^?V'1"' began to disappear and my general healtli improve. I persisted in this treatment, until the sore was entirely healed. Since then, I use Ayer's Sarsaparilla occasionally as a tonic and blood-purifier, and, indeed, it seems as though I could not keep house without it."?Mrs. S. A. Fields, Bloomfield, la. AYER'S The Only World's Fair Sarsaparilla. Ayer's Pills Regulate the J-iver. Is This Seat Engaged. She was as pretty as a picture, cot over 18, wore a jaunty traveling costume, and occupied a seat by herself in the car. He was a bright-eyed, slick young fellow, wore flowing trousers, a lowcut vest, sail collar, and a billy cock hat "Is this seat engaged?" "It is not." Tlia rnnnrf man confc Vlimsplf. *-iB ;uMi,b ?? ? 7 deftly arranges his gripsacks, settles back in the seat, and with a tit-willow smile, opens the campaign. "Are you traveling alone?" "I am." May I ask your name?" "Certainly," in a breezy sort of way; "it is Milly Hortense Smith. I am not 18, my father is a merchant in Pasadena, I live with my parents, I am a graduate at the Normal school this year, and am now returning home to remain over Sunday." The 6lick young man's eyes bulged out as though he had internal pains, and he mentally ejaculates, "In the soup!" Recovering himself, he says hesitatingly: "Here is my card." "M. Clarence Joblot, with Blouse & Co.," reads the young woman, and demurely continues: "0 yes! you are one of the gentlemen who sell good3 on commission. Perhaps you get a salary? My father has several in his employ, and he telle me the most ridiculous stories about them? says they are necessary evils in business. I hope you are not like those who, my father says, in order to drink wine and make a show, get half-rates at the hotels and travel on passes they wheedle out of the railroad men. I am real glad to meet you, Mr. Joblot This is my station. Good afternoon." The slick young man did not recover speech and motion until after the train had moved on and left the wellin-formed young lady smiling on the platform. Mr. Joblot has never told his friends how he mashed the Pasadena. During several years residence in the far west, I had many opportunities for observing the wonderful effects of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Its efficacy was demonstrated in the alkali regions, where the water produces violent purging. It allayed the attack when all other remedies failed. I repeatedly saw the greatest distress from diarrhoea cured in a few minutes. I used the remedy myself with the most satisfactory results, and can recommend it for the complaints for which it is indicated. H. Y. Gilingham, editor of the Kepublican, Phoenixville, Pa. This remedy is for sale by J. E Kaufmann, Lexington. F. "VY. Oswalt, Barre's. Oswalt & Son, Irene. Flour costs $15 a barrel in Liberia, and whiskey eight cents a pint. It is a bad sign for a country when bread is dear and booze is cheap. Many of the co-called "vegetable ivory" buttons-used on dresses, cloaks, etc., are made of potatoes treated ,with sulphuric acid. - ? ' * . I 0# , ^ Tiis Farmer in Ancient Times and 2Tott. T I Ohio Farmer. Adam was a gardener, Noah a husbandman, and Abraham a stockman. Job had 500 yoke of oxen which he used in plowing. Isaac sowed iu the land of Gerar and reaped an hundred fold. The ancient Egyptians are known to have been skillful farmers. They were ? A ~ ^ V. li ,-i lianofite nf rnffl acquaiuicu nuu lion of crops, and were wise in adaptiog these to the soil and the seasons. The Nile river also gave them natural inigation, and they made it also partly artificial. They were great rearers of poultry and practiced artificial hatching or "incubation." An Egyptian villa comprised all the conveniences of a European at the present day. There were gardens, orchards, fishponds and preserves for game. The grain was stored in vaulted chambers, furnished with an opening at the top, reached by steps, into which it was emptied from sacks, with an aperture below for removing it when required. The Israelites were classed as one of the great agricultural nations of antiquity. The Mosaic Institute contained an agrarian law based upon an equal division of the soil I among the adult males. So successj ful were they that not only figuratively, but literally, every Israelite sat under the shadow of his own vine and fig tree. The literature of Greece affords us little information regarding the practical details of her husbandry. This is due to the fact that the labor of cultivating the soil was laid upon the , race which they had conquered, and so was treated writh some contempt. But when we find that valleys were freed from lakes and morasses by drainage, that the rock surfaces were J covered by transported soil, and that they possessed excellent breeds of domesticated animals, we infer that agriculture was better understood than the allusions to it in their lite rature would seem to warrant. Amongst the ancient Romans agri- f culture was highly esteemed and ^ pursued with earnest bve and devoted attention. The most famous ^ families, such as the Pisones, Fabii, iientuii, etc., took their names from their favorite crops and vegetables. 1 Perhaps it is not too much to assert ( that many of those qualities which ^ fitted them for conquering the world ^ were nourished and matured by the \ skill, foresight and preserving in- 1 dustry so needful for the intelligent - - -- < and successful cultivation of the soil. ' Cicero makes Cato give a fine picture of the ancient Roman enthusiasm in ' agriculture. I am not sure that the farmers of * Ohio will endorse his eulogy on farm- f ing with products so cheap as they 1 are at this time of depression. At * such a time there is a tendency to [ belittle the occupation of the farmer. 1 Especially the young men are in- ' clined to turn away from it to the * glittering promise of the great city. ] Rut it seems to me that he who stands nearest Nature's heart, and at * first hand receives from her hand the j food of the millions, must have with- 1 in himself the opportunity of being 1 one of God's noblemen and that at E the last, when things are righted, he J must rank among the most honorable, 1 Trmcf Vi<alr?fnl nf men. I ^ k/VWU UwiV WUV UIVWW There are other drawbacks in this ? as in other occupations. "While labor ( in the open air is healthful under ( proper conditions, under others it ( may be hurtful. A late spring 1 crowds three months' work into two. 1 A threatening sky compels him to ( do two days' work in one or lose a 1 part of the harvest for which he has 1 toiled so long. The marketing of ] grain or milk calls him out in all 5 kinds of weather, often exposing to J the severest storms. The danger is < that the farmer will find himself, day ( after day, an exhausted man. But ' it is difficult for an exhausted man to 1 maintain himself as a husband or father, neighbor or citizen. lie is tempted to neglect those relationships which appeal to his higher nature and which are so important for his best manhood. The same daDger threatens the farmer's wife. The danger is that both will sink to ( the level of the drudge who eats and 1 drinks and works and nothing more. Many farmers and their families successfully resist this temptation. Some yield to it. It is something to remember that a husband is worth more than a hundred bushels of 1 wheat, a father more than a hundred bushels of corn, a neighbor more 1 than a hundred tons of hay. Then I there is danger that the farmer who j > lives at a distance from the town will i > neglect lectures, social gatherings 1 and church services. But the average man or woman sutlers from isola tion. Only Thorean can grow wiser in solitude. It is important that this tendency be resisted, and that , the home be supplied with the best of current literature, and that tickets to the lecture course be in every farmer's home, if his family is to ' start in life equipped to stand by his fellow of the town. Let the 1 home be a centre of social and 1 literary life, and the boy will not be so anxious to leave the farm. To ^ manage successfully a farm of ahun- f dred acres and solve all the problems 1 of soils and seed and stock and sales, ^ demands talent and training equal, ( if not superior, to that demanded for^ * success in the pulpit, at the bar or - - ? ttti _ i bedside, the sick oea. wuen mis fact is realized more generally, the I farmer's children will be given as c good an education as the professional c r man's. The modern College course is not confined to the classics, but offers instruction in chemistry, biol- c ogy, physics, geology and other r branches so important for one who is to deal with life, vegetable and ani mal. Let the farmer's children be T taught that farming is one of the c. learned occupations, and at once I they will take greater interest in- c preparing for it, and be better satis- e fied to remain in the country, rather ' than to rush into the city- and be v some other man's servant all the days of their lives. 11 ______ fc McSialey Writes Well. ? ? t If his Administration Cames Up to | his Sentiments Expressed Below he will be a Good President. ^ J v New York, November 5.?The following telegram was received by ^ Mark A. Hanna from Major McKinley to-night: Canton, Ohio, November 5, 1896. ^ Eon. M. A. Hanna, New York: Your ^ telegraphic message announcing the result of the election has been re- ^ reived. I beg you to accept my aearty thanks for your great sendees ^ n the cause of sound money ana orotection throughout the campaign aow closed, and gloriously won. ? They were most generous and effec;ive, and will receive the warm ap8l probation of your countrymen everywhere. I will be pleased to have 81 pou convey to your associates of the national committee my high appreciation of their efficient services. The ' people, in their majesty, ignoring ^ "" g] party lines, have -declared their detestation of repudiation and dishonor :n whatever specious guise they may ^ ae presented. They have with the same mighty power affirmed their ^ levotion to law and order, and their s< ^deviating respect for justice and ^ S( the Courts. They have maintained their unfalterning determination to innnnrf onr? t.hfi rnnst.it, L-~" luthorilies of the country, and have, ;hereby,given new vigor and strength ^ io our free institutions. They have ndeed, again consecrated themselves ^ io conntry, and baptized the cherish- ^ >d ordinances of free government vith a new and holy patriotism. ^ rhe victory is not to party or section, ^ 3ut of and for the whole American Ci people. Not the least of the triumph j s the obliteration of sectional linos j n the. Republic. We have denom- ^ jtrated to the world that we are a a; eunited people in purpose as in isme. We have manifested in the *reat cause the spirit of fraternity md brotherhood that should always iharacterize our common and equal ntizenship, and have proven con- K dusiveiy that in a country of equal a privilege and equal opportunities the Q> nsidious doctrine of hate or of class K )r sectional distinctions cannot pre- n rail. Let us as Americans straigh;vay devote ourselves to the upbuild- q ng of America to the peace, honor a, md glory of our common country. ^ Party dissensions should no longer ^ 3ivide or rack the public mind, nor n; the zeal or temper of either side ft 3eter any citizen from patriotic de- tl potion to the good of all. n William McKiulev. ]s . n u Sore Throat Qnickly Cured. ? h Not long ago, in speaking of sore n throat, and the difficulty frequently 0 experienced in curing it, Mr. J. E ti Thomas, of Uniondale, Pa., told how a he had often cured it in his family h We give it in his own words: "I s have frequently used Chamberlain's p Paiu Balm in my family for sore n throat and it has effected a speedy b cure in every instance. I would not ii think of getting along in my home a without it.:'. Pain Balm also cures h rheumatism, sprains and bruises, n For sale at 25 and 50 cents per v bottle by a J. E. Kaufmann, Lexington o F. W. Oswalt, Barre's d Oswalt Si Son, Irene o . New Ccuaty Talk. Stumbling Blocks Apprehended the Way of the Scheme. The Columbia Register of a rcec-i date, says: Ambitious towns that d sire to become county seats are fin< :ng more or less thorns along the respective paths. Under the new constitution it arovided that "whenever one-thii )f the qualified electors within tl trea of each section of an old coudI propose to be cut off to from a ne jounty, they shall petition the Go jrnor," etc. The question has arisen: Yvhat neant by "each section ?*' Those o] )osed to the new county project ai >f the opinion that the petition rnu: sontain the names of one-third of tl ilectors in the entire townshii i Chat is a "section," they claim; i >ther words, by "each section" i neant the township. For instance, if one-third of tb (lectors of a particular townshi] vere to be secured, and not tne r< [uisite number from the ierritor >roposed to be set aside for the ne1 ounty, some little trouble might b xperienced if the petitions were ver leavy from the townships froi rhich the new county is to be mad( It is the Attorney General's opir D.n that the proper construction t >e placed on the provisions of th iew law is that a petition should i: ue fronf one third of the electors i he territory to be subtracted from ownship; in short, thAt the plain ir erpretation of the law requires etition from ooly one-third of th oters in the territory involved, an ot from one-third of the voters in t; e 1? _ * DWnsilip irom wmuti ulij a ici quare miles may be taken. Another obstacle lies in the fac bat a two thirds vote is necessar efore the General "Assembly ca: rant authority for the creation of ew county, and complications migh rise that would result in carryinj be matter into the court. The final papers for the petitio: f the petition from Salem count as been received. Governor Evan ras not in the city, but the proclam tion had been signed in blank, i 2ems, awaiting the receipt of th ffidavit from the Supervisor of Dai ngton county. The election i rdered for November 18, and it wi] ien be decided if another count; ball be created out of portions o umter, Darlington and Kershaw 'ith the county seat at Bishopville It is thought best to hold the elec nnn in time to rrive the General As r> ? =mbly a chance to act, should result rove favorable to the new count; sheme. Cure or Headache. As a remedy for all forms of Head che Electric Bitters has proved t e .the very best. It effects a perm a ent cure and the most dreade< abitual sick headaches yield to it lfluence. "We urge all who ar fflicted to procure a bottle, and giv? ais remedy a fair trial. In cases o abitual constipation Electric Bitter tires by giving the needed tone t le bowels, and few case long resis le use of this medicine. Tit i ace. Large bottles only Fifty cent t J. E. Kaufmann's. A True Gentleman. One of tbe hihest encomiums tha an be pronounced upon any youn< lan, worthy of it, is to say that he i true gentleman. There is a worl< f meaning in the term. It mean tore than mere politeness. It i tore than strict conformity to writ ?n rules of the best fashionable eti uette. One may be faultless in hi Iherence to the best form of socia ehavior, and yet lack much of th' ue gentleman. The true gentle lan is the soul of honor, i3 beauti illy candid, is deeply considerate o le rights of others, is quick to ack owledge his own faults rather thai ly them on others, and consult th< ood of others, rather than seek hi.1 wn preferment. The true gentle lan is known by his strict sense o onor; by his sympathy, his gentle ess, his forebcarance and his genei sity. He is esseutially a man c ruth, speaking and doing right a 11 times, not merely in private be avior. Truthfulness is moral trail parency. Hence the true gentlemai romises nothing he has not th leans of performing. Ho neve reaks his word, for he scorns to lie a word or deed, and is ready tobrav 11 consequences rather than debas imself by falsehood. No dishones ran is a true gentleman, nor is h rho purposely takes advantage c nother, whether the latter be a fo r a friend. The true gentlema !oes by others as he would hav thers do by him. I St. Vitus Vanquish 3d. ? i id "What Cared Little Stanley Nichol 1 of Chorea. j at From the Republican?Journal, Ogdens- j e- bnrg, N. Y. d- A letter was lately received at the ; ir office of the Republican Journal from Hammond to the effect that the cure j is of an extraordinarily severe case of i "d St. Vitus' dauce had been effected on j ie j the person of little Stanley Nichol. j :j j the 8 year old son of Mrs. Charles j w Nichol of that villiage. v- A reporter was accordingly dis- , patched in that direction who, after is some inquiry, found Mrs. Nichol's p- residence about a mile outside of the re | village. Mrs Nicbol said: it ''A little over a year ago my boy, te Stanley Nichol, who is now only eight | ->. years old, alarmed me one day by j n being taken v/irh a strange gurgling : is in his throat. After the first the attacks became quite frequent. Stan- I ie lev did nut complain of any pain, bnt I a, said that he could not help makiDg j 8- the noise. At that time there was a j y New York doctor stopping in the j 5v village who was a specialist on throat j >e and nasal diseases. I took my son I y to him and after a careful examina- : n tion he said that there was nothing i ?. the matter with the boy's throat. ! i- The gurgling in his opinion was i 1 o caused by a nervous contraction of ; ! e tbe muscles of the throat. He asked ' 3- who our family physician was and u said that ho would consult with him a before be prescribed, i- "Stanley rapidly grew worse. He 1 a was always a sickly boy. One day I j o noticed that he was jerking his arm i j up in a very peculiar manner. A * a few days later he seemed to lose con* ( v trol of his legs, first one and then j J the other would be pulled up and ; t then straightened out again. He j y was a perfect bundle of nerves and a was rapidly losing all control of hima self. When eating at the table or J ^ drinking, his arm would often twitch j i ? so as to spill what ho was drinking, i i One day he scared me terribly by ; ] Q throwing back his head and rolling j j his eyes up so that only the white j 1 g j parts showed. I took him to our ! ( h family physician who prepared some j J f. medicine for him. Ho took it and ' 0 commenced to improve. The* dose, [ ( . however, had to be increased and ! i Stanley rebelled against taking it. 1 o * |, It was very disagreeable medicine I and I don't blame the boy for not I i y ^ wishing to take it. "Our physician went to New York I i rj city "on business and while he was : * away the medicine became exhausted ] and we could get no more. Stanley j 1 8 was still very bad. About that time, y I read about a little girl who had j 2 hppn fMirftd nf St. Vitus' dance by ^ taking Pink Pills. I thought I would ; ? try them and procured a box. I fol- ! [. lowed the directions that came with j * o the pills, and gave only half a pill at a dose. I did not see much improve- j 3 ment and increased the dose to a j s whole pill. The effect was noticed 8 in a day. Stanley immediately com- , e menced to get better and did not ob ' J f ject to taking the pills as he had the s other medicine! He took seveu boxes o of the pills and to-day appears to be j t perfectly well. He discontinued ; . t taking them some time ago. He s weighs nearly fifteen pounds more j than he did and is strong and hearty, j , A year ago we took him out of school but he is so much better now *thal be is going to begin again tbis fall " j.c ^ The reporter interviewed tho vil- j J I lage druggist, Sir. George Wiley, and < 15 be stated that he bad sold Mrs. ^ Xichol a large number of boxes of s j Pink Pills and that be bad beard j ^ s ; they bad cured her son of St. Vitus' \ dance. Mr. Wiley said that bo sold j ] | a great many boxes of these pills to | t s j old people who bad become nervous ^ i and irritable and they invariably re- i { e j ported that they were benefited by j ( j their use. - j ^ Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, I t f ' in a condensed form, all the elements j neccessary to give new life and rich- j 3 3 i ness to the blood and restore siiat- I 3 tered nerves. They are also a spe-; 3 cilic for troubles peculiar to females, ! such as suppressions, irregularities j c ^ ; aud all forms of weakness. They 1 ? I j build up the blood, and rcstoro 1 " j the glow of health to pale and | * ^ | sallow cheeks. Iu men they cf- * ^ | feet a radical cure in all cases c j arising from mental worry, overwork ^ | or excesses of whatever nature. 3 Q i Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in ; 6 j loose bulk) at 50 cents a box or six j ? r j boxes for 82.50, and may be had of ; ? -S j all druggist, or direct by mail from '< I . e i Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, i c e ! Schenectady, NY. 1 it! | * c | The Toledo Weekly Blade. if Every intelligent family needs in j e addition to their local paper, a good 1 u national weekly. The greatest and j e most widely known general family newspaper is the Toledo Weekly Blade. For thirty years it has been a regular visitor in every pait of the Union, and is well known at almost everyone cf the 70,000 post offices in the country. It is edited with reference to a national circulation. It is a Republican paper, but men of all politics take it because of its honesty and fairness in the discussion of all public questions. It is the favorite family paper, with something for every member of the household. Serial stories, poetry, wit and humor; the Household department (best in the world), Young Folks, Sunday School Lessons, Talmagc's Sermons, ? i il /\ i*-.. T) tne i?armsreau, lue v^uesuou bureau (which answers questions for subscribers), the News of the Week in complete form, and other special features. Specimen copies gladly sent on application, and if you will send us a list of addresses, we will mail a copy to each. Only $1 a year. If you wish to raise a club, write for terms. Address The Blade, Toledo, Ohio. 5r tate of Oino, City of Toledo, ) s s I.ucas County J Frank J. Cheney makes cath that be is the senior paitoer of the firm of F. J. CiieDty cc Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, CouDty and S ato aforesaid and that said firm will p-?y the sum of One Hundred Dollars for each and every case of Citarrh that canDot be cored by ?? - - - TT.I1?_ n .1 L f me 089 01 xxa:i s ^*ttinu wno. FRANK J. CHENEY. S.vorn !o before rae aod subscribed in my presence, this Gib day of December, A D. 188G. { SEAL I A- W. GLE?OX | j Notary Public. Hill's C ite.rrh Care is tikeo interDa'ly and acts directly on the blood aud o.ucjus surfaces of the system. Ssod for testimonials, free. How Alcohol Warms. mi_. i J. LIU LULU pel ilLIUU UtUSC ICIltltO uu mccdote about the oft repeated argument of the warming effects of alcoaol, as follows: "But, doctor, I must have some dnd of a stimulant,'' cried the invalid larnestly. "I am cold, and it warms ne. "Precisely,'' came the doctor's ;rusty answer. "See here; this stick s cold," taking up a stick of wood 'rom the box beside the heath and ,ossiDg it into the fire. "Now it is varrn, but is the stick benefited?" The sick man watched the wood irst send out little puffs of smoke tnd then burst in to flame, and replied: "Of course not; it is burning tself." "And so are you when you warm yourself with alcohol; you are literaly burning up the delicate tissues of four stomach and brain." > The Discovery Saved His Life. Mr. G. Caillouette, Druggist, Be a rersville, 111., says: "To Dr. King's Sew Discovery I owe my life. Was saken with La Grippe and tried ail .he physicians for miles about, but >f no avail and was given up and .old I could not live. Having Dr. King's New Discovery in my store I sent for a bottle and began its use tnd from the lirst dose began to get setter, and after using three bottles ,vas up and about again. It is worth ts weight in gold. We won't keep store or house without it."' Get a rcc trial at J. E. Kaufmann's Drug i tore. Clias. Koiser, of Norristown, Pa , vhile out tiding with his wife, shot ,he woman dead, to collect a $10,000 ife insurance, and then tried to fix ;he crime on bandits. Col. D. P. Duncan is the Billy Paterson who struck and downed tho :otton tie trust. He deserves the hanks of every farmer in the south or his magnificent and winning fight. to Ward off an Attack of Croup. In speaking of this much dreaded iisease, Mr. C. M. Dixon, of Pleasant didge, Pa., said, "I have a little girl vho is troubled frequently during .he winter months with croupy afifecions. Whenever the first symptoms jeeur, my wife gives her Chamberain,s Cough Komcdy, and the result s always prompt and satisfactory.'' riiis remedy is used by thousands of nothers througout the United .States, dso in many foeign countries, and dwavs with nerfect success. It is - ?J ? L >nly necessary to give it free'y when ;he child becomes hoarse or as soon is the croupy cough appears and all symptoms of croup will disappear. For sale at 25 and 50 cents per aottle by J. E. Kaufmann, Lexington. F, W. Oswald, Ban's. Oswald k Son, Irene. A Life Saved. Jamestown, Tenn , October 15,1801 My daughter tried physicians and nearly all remedies for Female irregularities, but received no releif or benefit whatever. We had nearly despaired of her recovery when we were induced by our postmaster, Mr. A. A. Gooding, to try Gerstie's Female Panacea, and after using four bottles she was entirely cured, for which I fed it my 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. For further information call on J. E. Kaufmann and get free, a pamphlet entitled, "Advice to Women and Other Useful Information." But She Smoked. Detroit Free 1'ress. She was a little, old woman, dressed in black and having a bundle wrapped up in a gray shawl. She had a seat in the middle of a Grand River avenue car. and as she took out her clay pipe and began fceliDg for her tobacco the conductor stepped forward and said: "You mustn't smoke here, ma'am." "Why not?" "Against the rules." "Who made the rules?" "The company." "Where's the company." "Down at the office." "Well, I never allow anybody a mile away to tell mo when I shall or shall not smoke. I've got neuralgy, and when I have it I always smoke. You kin trot right back to the platform and be ready to jingle the bell when anybody wants to get off." And she found a match, lighted it on the under edge of the scat, and puffed away with a serence countenance until ready to get off at twelfth street. Forgot to Skin Him. " I have always prided myself on my ability as a cook," said C. T. Whitmore of Atlanta, "but I found one thing that I could not cook. When I am at home, I frequently prepare the fancy dishes for dinner, although we have a colored woman in the kitchen who is as good a cook as one generally finds She never interferes with me when I take a notion to trespass upon her territory. One of my specialties is cooking fish. I had some friends stopping with me who went fishing. Among other things they brought home an eel. I had never tried to cook an eel and did not care to acknowledge the fact, so I went at it as though I cooked them every day. One necessary step I did not take. I did not skin it I baked the eel for two hours and was very proud of my success. It certainly did look appetizing when placed on the table. Cut as soon as the guests were all seated that eel started out of the dish and across the table. The ladies fled, and I threw him out of the window. I now believe all the stories I hear about an | eels tenacity of life."' ^ | The son of a rich Louisville, Ivy., merchant is wild and violently insane from smokiDg cigarottes. Tobacco seeds arc so small that a j thimbleful will furnish plants for an ! acre of ground. J Typewriting machines sound like I wnn<lnickers when several are click ing industriously at the same time. A good disposition cannot be whipped into a nervous or vicious horse. If young men did not drink there Would be no drunkards. Never let the sun go down without doing some kind act that will make your pillow softer. 1 Trees which grow on. the northen side of a hill make more durable lumber than those which grow on the southern side. The word mile comes from tho Latin "mille," a thousand. A thousand paces of a marching soldier made a Roman mile. The man who is ever lamenting, never rejoicing, is playing a part; for life is neither constantly painful nor i. _ 11 ' COUSlUUll^ gU}. Do not wear impermeable aDtl tightfitting hats that constrict the blood-vessels of the seals. Use Hall's i Hair Renewer occasionally, and you ! will not be bald. Fruits in season, candies, cakes, I crackers, the most delicious canned ! goods, the best grades of smoking and chewing tobacco, fragrant cigars, full cream cheese, a full line of fancy articles can always be found at the Bazaar. ^AKIH^ POWDER Absolutely Purer A cream of tartar baking powder. Hicii est of ?lt in teiveDU:g 8ir?*ngth.? Latest United States Government Food Report. Royal 1<aki\o Fowl ek Co , New York. / * Ccnferential Meeting. A meeting of the conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Teuuesee Synod of S. C. wiil be held atZion Lutheran church in Lexington county on Saturday before the 3rd Sunday in December next. The ministers in ; connection with said synod with two delegates from each congregation are expected to be present. Matters of great interest to the church will be presented and I hope for a full at-4 tendance. Ilcnry A. Meetee, President Conference E. L. Tenn. Syiod. October 28,1896. John Sanders, colored, while B drunk, was standing on a platform of the train at Taylor's station, fl Greenville county, when he was I thrown down a thirty-foot embank- E mcnt and badly bruised. Providense fl takes carc of fools and drunken men. fl Mr. Allen Hawkins, of Prosperity, fl Newberry county, was killed by a . runaway horse. He was past three- 'fl score and ten. I In keeping the accounts of 'the I Bank of England, over 50 ledgers are fl filled daily. B Camels enjoy thistles, and menag- H erie camels when on a tour will eat H every one they can pick by the road- j jfl Some one says that liquor strengh^flH| ens the voice. That is a mistake. It only makes the breath strong. fl Dispenser Holt Zclaw, of (ireen- H ville, is short $18,000, and his secur- fl ites will be sued. S It costs this government $3,500 to ^B fire one torpedo shot from the new ^B guns now being built. ^^j^B As a city, Minneapolis is only 34 years old, but her mills grind out^^H 9,000,000 barrels of flour every year. A needle, be it ever so diminutive ^^B in size, has to pass through about 120 _ fl operations before it is ready for sale. Health is so necessary to all the ^^B duties as well as tbe pleasures of life JB that the crime of squandering it is fl equal to the folly. H "I believe all men arc thieves," said, ^fl the man who had just delivered a tirade agaiDet plutocracy. "I never suspected you before," quietly re- |H marked one of the bystanders. H So rapid has been the change in H| Ti1n/.t.'oU lnnnnarro fliaf. fVlP . H| UIU i-ili^UOU IflU^UU^V j ?WMV WWW lisLi of today boars do more rcsembianco to the English of 1000 years tt| ago than it does to German. H A Kansas man has planted 10 acres M of sassafras, to be used by a factory H nearby in the manufacture of ~4hg leaves into a substitute for tobab^^^M for cigarettes. "Are you willing to make a very great sacrifice for me, George V* "Test me dearest." "Well the next tine you talk free silver with* papa, let him kuock you out." Catarrh is a constitutional disease and requires a constitutional remedy like Hood's Sarsaparilla, which purilies the blood. Many people, when a little. consti- flfl pated, make the mistake of using saline or other drastic purgatives. All that is needed is a mild dose of Ayer's Pills to restore the regular movement of the bowels, and nature will do the rest. They keep the sys- IH tern iu perfect order. H "Turn the rascais out'1?the fami- MM liar party cry?may be applied to IB microbes as well as to men. The iBB germs of disease that lurk in the IB blood are 'iturncd out" by Ayer's Sar- 81 saparilla as effectually as the old postmasters are displaced by a new """^B administration. From a Distinguislied Educator. H I have found Cheney's Expector- 981 ant superior to anything I have ever ^B tried for Colds or Bronchial trouble. ^fl Send me by first mail six bottles of ^B your excellent medicine. 8H Prof. J. H. Richardson. ^fl Sweetwater, Tenn. ^B