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Too Much Me! iv The use of the surgeon's knife is becoming so general, resulting fatally in such a large number of cases, as to occasion general alarm. Mr. William Walpole, of Walsh town, South Dakota, writes; "About three years ago, there came under my left eye a little blotch about the size of a small pea. a Jf shooting pains ran B (?v In every direction. Iw ?^?4 I became alarmed * mmt & anc* consulted a good doctor, who pronounced it canjtjtfWSK 3wwHfcMfc.cer, and said that it tPwFa * would not J consent to, having little faith in the Indiscriminate use of the knife. Reading of the many cures made by S. S. S., I determined to give that medicine a trial, and after I had taken it a few days, the cancer became irritated and began to discharge. This after awhile ceased, leaving small scab, which f finally dropped off, ana oruy a neauuy little scar remained to mark the place where the destroyer had held full sway. A Real Blood Remedy. Cancer is in the blood and it is folly toexpect an operation to cure it. S.S.S. {guaranteed purely vegetable) is a real remedy for every disease of the blood. Books mailed free; address Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, kJtf yf 6a. I A PK0BLE3I SOLVED. "Any children^-" queried Rose gently. He had just given hrr the interesting information that lie was a widower, although so young?.'io at the outside. "Cue," ho admitted, and his dejected tone seemed to imply that that one was an unsatisfactory possession?not quite right in its head, perhaps, or disfigured with a harelip. 4'We had only been married a year, yon know. iShe died when it was born." "Ah-h!" breathed Rose, with soft intensity. She did not like to say more, and the womanly pity welling out to him in his misfortune was sufficiently expressed. Having consumed the after dinner cigarette, indulged in at her urgent bidding, he was ar liberty to re spend to it. They exhaled their sighs together. It was. in fact, a particularly sympathetic night?mild, still, solitaiy, with a beautiful moon. They sat out in it alone, tete-a-tete, 011 hammock chairs, free to sir. thus till bedtime, while tbeir host and hostess, her uncle and aunt, dozed over newspaper and knitting in * * * -i t?a *.! too drawing rcnn nennm iunn, iur world forgetting, by the world forget. "Sou cr daughter?" 31 iss Lascellrs asked aftera pause, not willing to break tbe thread of such an exquisite subjec t. "A boy," said Mr. Bell, still with that unfatherly air of discontent. Sometimes I wish it was a girl. She could lock after me by and by. I could bare her traiued to bo my housekeeper and sew my buttons on?that sort of thing, you know." "Yon wonld have to wait a long time," said Rose. "Judging by?by your looks," she turned admiring eyes upon liis very comely person, "it must be a perfect infant at present." "Quite an infant?that is?let me see ? 1 i months and a little over. Yes, it will bo 15 months on Thursday since he was boru, and lost his mother two days after." "Poor, poor little thing!" ejaculated Rose. "Oh," laughed tbe young man in an odd, mirthful way, "you needn't wasto your pity on bim, Miss Lascleles. lie's all right?rolls in fat?never ailed a thing in his life?might take the prize in a baby show. So they tell me. I haven't seen him myself for a good while." "You haven't?" cried Rose, smilingly indignant. "Well, you arc a nice sort of parent, I must say. Don't you hove him with yon at home, then?" "I haven't got a home. I gave it up when my poor girl died. What's the use of a home to me? 1 should never be mere, jay easiness lanes me sm over the country, and you can't leave a house and a young child to servants. The little time that I did try to cany on by myself they played the deuce with everything, child and all. One woman started feeding it- with thick arrowroot. She'd have killed it to a certainty.*' "Yes, indeed. The idea! But it's incredible what some fools of women will do in the way of mismanaging a baby. I used to see a groat deal of that when I was^t district visitor." "A motheruf half a dozen, too," said Mr. Bell reflectively, lighting another cigarette. "Then a girl who'd never had any took to the job like a duck to water?knew just what to do and bow to do it. 1 will say that for her." "The instinct is in us all," remarked Miss Lascelles drearuiiv to the man in the moon, who seemed to survey the couple with his tongue iu his check, "or if not it ought to be. I'm sure I could give many a mother points, as you call it." "I've no doubt you could. I heard somebody say Hie other day that mothers are born, not- made?very true too. You sec it in the lirtle girls nursing their dolls. I don't think anything of a she child that doesn't want a doll as soon as it can sjicak." 44 T o?v?ov?o Rose. He leaned forward to look at a spider's web that the silver light had just touched, making it shine out from it? background of dark leaves and veranda post, and there was danger of rupture to the delicate thread of the topic that was weaving so charming a conversation, wherefore the young lady hastened to inquire what had become of his little son. "I suppose," she said, "ho is with his mother's people?" Slowly resuming his attitude of repose, Mr. Bell puffed awhile in silence; then answered: "No-o. not exactly. With a friend of his mother's, not lor family. Unfortunately her family is in England; so is mine. Neither of us had a soul here belonging to us. That was just the difficulty." "It must- have been a great difficulty," murmured Rose in a feeling tone. "I believe yon," assented Mr. Bell, with emphasis. "In fact, it put me into the most ridiculous hole, the most confounded fix?one that I can't for the life of me see my way cut of, one that? However, I mustn't talk about it to you. It's not a thing that cue ought to talk about to anybody." .Aud yet he yearned to talk about it now and to this particularly sympathetic woman, who was not young and giddy, but, like himself, far out of her teens and experienced in t .c troubles of life such as weighed him down. There was "something about her," he thought, that irresistibly appealed to him, and be did not know what; but an author, ? ? ^ aSSv&iei ! i j who knows everything, hiiowk wnai it , ! was. It was the moonlight night. ; A few words from her, hacked hv the nameless influences of the hour, unj loosed his tongue. ; "You mustn't think mean unnatural ! j parent," he said. "It's not that at all. j I'm awfully fond of him. I've got his j ; photograph in my pocket. I'll show it I i to you when we go in?the last one for i | the time being. I get a new one about j ! once a month?a regular Melliubs food | series, in all sorts of get up, clothes and no clothes, but all as fat as butt<r and , | grinning from ear to ear with the joy r f life. You never saw such a fetching lit- ' , ? ! tie cuss. I'd give anything to get hold of him?if I could." "But surely?his own father"? "No. It sounds absurd to you, nat- j j urally, but that's because you don't un- j ' derstand the situation." j "I can't conceive of any situation"? "Of course not. It s a prcposrerur.s ; ; situation, ami I just drifted into it. I j j don't know how?oh. I do know! It j I was for the child's own sake. Ho that ! ; you really must not call me a h< artless j parent any more, Miss Laseelles. Noj body would do that who knew what I'd (suffered for him." Mr. Bell took the second cigarette from liis mouth and sighed deeply. "Even in the beginning it would have been difficult to get out of it, havingoucegot in," he continued, after a pause, "but it has been going < a so long, getting worse and worse every day and every hour, till now I'm tan\ gled up and helpless, like that moth in 1 that spider's web''?pointiug to a little ) insect tragedy going on beside them. Miss Laseelles leaned forward, resting her arms on her knees and spreading her hands in the enchanting moonlight, which made them look white as pearls and made her rather worn face look as if finely carved in ivory. It was a graceful, thoughtful, confidential | pose, and her eyr.s, uplifted, gleamed j just under bis eyes, ineffably soft and i kind. J "I'm so sorry,'' she murmured. '' But if I don't know what the troublo is? Oh, dou't tell me if you'd rather not! I can't help von, can I? I do wish I could." "?So doL But I'm afraid nobody can help me. And yet?perhaps a fresh eye ?a woman's clearer insight"? Ho paused, irresolute, then succumbed to i fromntntifiii. "Ijook here. Miss Laseelles, ! I'll just tell you how it is if yon"11 ; promise not- to speak of it again. You I are no gossip, I know?yon will understand?and it will Ic such a blessed relief to tell somebody. And perhaps you could advise nie. after all"?"Let mo try," she broke in encouragingly. For an instant htr pearly hand touched his sleeve. "You may trust me," she said. "I'm sure of it. I'm sure of it," he responded warmly. He flung away the remnant of the second cigarette, took a moment to collect himself and plunged headlong. "You see, we bad nobody belonging to us in this country. I came out to make a living and a h'ome for her?ton crowded up in England?and as soon as Ijl got a bit of a steady income I sent for her to join me. Of course we had to be married from somewhere, and somo kind old people that I knew took her off the ship and looked after her for a day or two, and we drove to church from their house. Their daughter acted as bridesmaid, aud she and my wife got to be great chums. She used to come and stay with us a good deal?it was lonesome for the poor girl in a strange land, i and me so much away?and we used to put up with them when we went to town. In fact, they were what you might call, bosom friends. That was just the difficulty." "Yon are speaking," queried Roso ' gently, "of the person who has the baby?*' "Exactly. Ah, I see you begin to understand. " "I think so," said Rose, with a smile bread enough to be visible in any kind of moonlight. "But what was the difficulty':" "Well, you know, being so really * ? * X 1 JJ ?.11 I iona ui iior uuu an mai?I<j do it for the sake of her dead friend, what could I say? Especially as those women were killing the unfortunate brat between them. She was not so very young and was evidently clever at managing"? " Yes, '* interposed Rose, smiling still. "And peculiarly situated for undertaking the job?much as you are situated here?living with two old folk* who doted on her and were only too pleased to let her do whatever she liked, fond of a baby, and in want of some object in life, and so on. But chiefly it was for Mabel's sake. To see poor Mabel's child messed and mauled about by a set of bungling, ignorant creatures, who had no interest whatever in it. was more than she could stand, she said. Tc tell the truth, I couldn't stand it either, and she begged me to let her have it to look after, as there was no female friend or relative nearer to it than she was. What could I do? She lived in a nice, healthy spot, and there was the old mother with her experience, and I was obliged to go away, and?and?well, I j just had to say 'yes' and be thankful to j do it. We got the?the doctor found a j ?we engaged the sort of liurse that dees everything, you know, a fine, strapping young woman, in the pink of condition, and away they went to Melbourne together. And at the first blush the worst j of the trouble seemed over instead of 1 just beginning. I gave up my house and stored the furniture and went off after j mv necessary business, miserable ! enough, as you may suppose, but at j least with an easy mind about the boy. As far as he was concerned, as far as poor, dear Mabel was concerned, I felt j that 1 had acted for the best. For the j matter of that, looking at tiie business ! from their point- of view, it appears even now that I did act for tlie best. : Indeed. I don't for the life of me under- j stand bow any man could have acted j otherwise under ihe circumstances." i The listener listening intently here : put a quiet question, "Did yon j?ay her'r" j which caused the narrator to wince like j a galled horse. "Ah, there you hit the weak spot, Miss Dascelles, right in the bnllseye!" j i he declared, sighing furiously. "If I ! ef hi Id have paid lev. of course tlure'd ; have been no difficulty at all, but she | wouldn't be paid. " "You ought to have insisted on it," i said Rose severely. ; "I did insist. I insisted all I km v, i but she said it was a labor of lovo for : her friend and seemed so hurt at the idea ?>f money being brought into the j question that I was ashamed to press | her beyond a certain point. She let 1110 | pay for tlie nurse's board, and that's all. The baby didn't cat anything. you see, and thev were eomfortablv off, \ with lots of spare room in their house, and I just looked on it as a sort of tem; porary visit until we should be able to turn round a bit. Bnt"?with another ; sigh?"he's there yet." Miss Lascclles nodded, with an air cf utter wisdom. "Of course vuu went often to see the I child:" "Whenever I was in town, and found him always the same, so beautifully cared for that, upon my soul, I never I saw a baby in my life so sweet and clean and wholesome looking, jolly as a little sand boy all the time, too." . 1" That means that he had a perfect con stituiion, *. from you evidently. | And you wore fortunate in the nurse':" ! "Very fortunate! Jint it appeared that beyond ?beyond running the commissariat department. so to speak, she did next to nothing for hint. Miss?the | lady 1 spoke of?did everything, made j herself a perfect slave to him." "Bought his clothes':" "Oh," gleaned the wretched man, "I suppose so! What did 1 know about a baby's clot las': And she wouldn't answer ny quislhns?said he was all light and didn't want for anything, as 1 could sec with my own eyes. I trhd j making presents, used to send game and I things, found out her birthday and gave j Iter a jewel, took every chance 1 could j get to work off the obligation, but it j was no use. She gave mo a birthday present after I'd given her one." "Well, if moths will go into spiders' j webs," remarked his companion, "they i must take the consequences." "Sometimes they get helped out," be j replied. "Some beneficent-, godlike be- j 2?..? .? ? /*??111 i iu\tt 11 r fin^pr '? j.ui.- i.i j He looked at her and she looked at him. At this moment they seemed to have known one another intimately for years. The moon again. "Tell me everything." the said, "and I'll help yon out." So then he told her that he had been giving up the habit- of frequently vi-iting his sou. Cowardly and weak, he knew, but the thing was too confoundedly awkward, too embarrassing altogether. "But she writes. She writes a full report every week, tells 1110 what he weighs and when he's got a fresh tooth | and how hi*crawls about the < arj ?:t and j into her bed of a morning and imitates the eat mewing, and drinks I don't know how many pints < f new milk a day, and all that sort of thing. I believe the rascal has the appetite of a young tiger, and yet I can't pay for what he eats. The nurse was long ago dispensed with, so that I've not even her board to send a cheek for, that they might by chance make a triP.e of profit out of. It seems too late now to simply take the child away, and there leave it. I haven't the unspeakable shabhiness, the bra/en impudence, the mean self ishness to do such a thing, and bisides ho might come to any sort of griif, poor little chap, in that case There's no tl,r> wfivlil 1 lint hnr t.-iL-inir of UVJU?'V an mv > - P - him and doing fur him have been the salvation df his health and perhaps his life. And 1 know, by what she tells me, that he regularly dotes en her?as so he ought?and would howl his very head off if we took him from her. What conld 1 do with him if I did take him? I've no home, and nobody to look after it if I bad, and hired servants are the deuce with a lone man at their mercy. It would he worse now than it was at first. And so'"?with a heavy sigh? "you see the situation. I'm just swallowed up, body and bones, drowned fathoms deep, in a sea of debt and obligation that I can never by any possibility struggle out of, except"'? lie paused and blushed. "Except," continued Rose, with the candid air of a kind and sensible sister, "except by marrying her, you mean? Yes, 1 see the situation. I appreciate your point of view. I should understand it if it were not that she unquestionably laid the trap fur you deliberately, just as that spider laid his for moths: aud flies, and marriage by capture has gone out." "Oh, don't say that!" the man protested in haste, "I would not for a moment accuse her of that. Mie was Mabel's friend. It was for her?it was of pure womanly compassion for the motherless child at any rate in the beginning, and even now I have no right whatever to suppose"? "But you know it all the same. Evefry word you have raid tg me tells me that you know it. You may as well be frank." He squirmed a little in bis chair, but confessed as required. "Well?but it's a caddish thing to say?1 think she does expect it. And hasn't she the right to expect it? However, that's neither here nor there. The point is that in common honor and honesty, in common manliness, I should repay her if I can, and there's no other way?at least I can't see any othtr way. It is my fault, and not hers, that I don't take to the notion, for a better woman never walked, nor one that would make a better mother to the boy, but somehow you do like to have your free choice, don't you?" "And ought to have it," quoth Rosa with energy, "and must have it and shall. Now listen, Mr. Bell"?addressing him in such a tone of confidence and encouragement that he felt sure she was going to cut his bonds forthwith. "Yuu have asked me to help you, and I can help you. It will be perfectly easy, situated as 1 am here. He will not miss her after a couple of days, and she has really no earthly right either to him or to you, and it would give me the greatest pleasure you ran imagine. This is what you must do." J^he leaned for ward in her chair and gazed earnestly into his paling face. "You must just hand that babv over to nie.?Exchange. I _ i Iii Deep Water. Jones?Miss Verbose lias just em- j barked on one of her conversational voy- i ages. Suiitliers?Yes, and her escort is over- j bored already.?Detroit Free Press. Mr. Stabler Says Local Treatment for Catarrh Does j No Good. Mr. E M. Stabler, Payne, Ohio, ! writes: "I bad catarrh of the head. I tried a local catarrh remedy and it : did me no good: I tiied two different | catanh snuffs and they did me no I good: I tried a catarrh balm and it ; did nie no good: our houie dec'or j and his medicine did me no go;.d: I I tried a Foil Wayne doctor and he ; did me no good I L'ave them all / dB up, for t h c y ^ , were doing me I j*> J | a o good. All X tl.ey weie after was my money, i ami j bey got ir,'ijm and that was all \j\'{ ' they wanted. ?V iffi'-jp'' '\ f ! Tbeu 1 got a 1' "' i Per una Aluiut.au I read it all j j through and saw that Pe-ru-ua was j i highly recommended for catarrb. I I took tight bottles and tbey cuied me j ; sound aud well. I am 5U 3 ears old j j and 1 can do a good day's work j light along. I tbiuk Pe ru-nais the j best medicine tbat was ever got up j | for catairb. I tbiuk every one tbat ! lias catarrb should use it, as I be- j lieve it will do the same for others as j I it has done for me." Send to The Pe-ru na DrugManui facturing Company, Columbus, Ohio, j for Dr. Haitmuu's free boi k on ca: tairb. Ask your druggist for a free Pe-ru- i na Almanac for 1S1KS. 1 ' Pay your subscription. ^ v SHORT NEWS STORIES. He Wanted to Go to Wiiitantro P.oforrj That Stvvck a Snarr -A Bright Pajre V/ho Knew His Business. lie -a:is a typical \vt st> rurr, ami City Ticket A^< lit J)i?vs?'y tli?* !). ;:ml <). fs. \Y. saw it at a ykai *c, hat iic ais-< noticed a nro.cpcrous air ahnut the stride of the fellow as lie entered the oflice at the southwest corner of Fourth and Main streets. "I want to to Wan tan jro," said the rustic. "Kentucky or Indiana?" inquired Mr. Dorse;*. "Lord bless von, my friend, it's to Wuntango in Oklahoma I want to go," "Oh," from Mr. Dorsoy. "Which way do you want to go:'1 "I've alius hcerd tbct the shortest distance between two places wnz a straight line, and you km start me as straight as you please.11 And then the gentleman from Wantango watched silently as Mr. Dorsey pored over two railway guides. " Well, sir. the best I run do for yon." said Mr. Dorsoy, "is the 13. and O. S. W. to f-'t. Louis, and from tin re over the ?St. Louis and San Francisco." "Gimme the ticket, mister. I don't know whether it's my road, but when yon mention Frisco. I know it's the right direction."?Louisville Dispatch. Reform That Struck a Snatr. Major Gibson believes that he has a mission to reform the world and talks impressively of the humanizing influences of culture. The other day tiio major persuaded a street gamin to accompany him home, and the young dargh Ti^ : a NOT SO I>F AI) TIUESOME. tor of tho family was invited to play some of hoi* show music for him. Ho was then treated to a sumptuous repast, which he disdainfully rejected. And a settled gloom established itself en his dirty little face. "Why don't you eat?" asked the major with solicitude. "Don't like them kind of viitlcs," was the unexpected answer. "Aren't you having a good time?" asked Mrs. (iibsou in a motherly tone. "2saw." "Isn't it fine enough here to please you?"^sked the. major, driven to savcasn^^H^Jie awful stoicism of the ofT. Von"re not so many, retorted trio freeborn American infant. The mayor talked to the boy like a father, and at last ho condescended to explain. "Soy, it's dead tiresome here, that's wot! Wc'vo got a big mocsie box on four wheels wot eoiues roun an ploys a sight better nor yer old piauuy, an if yer looks out of the winders yer kin sec th' hurry up wagon every mimiit. Yer not in it, old man." Major Gibson opened his front door, and his friend of the slums darted out and when last seen was swinging on the rear end of a milk wagon that was fast disappearing in the distance. He was returning to his beloved slums.?Chicago Tirues-llerald. May Bs President Himself. A boy who presented himself for admission to one of the schoolskips at which sailors arc trained for the navy was asked the usual questions at the examinations. "Where were you born:" "In Modern Times," was the reply. "The question is not when but where you were born." "Aboard tho brig Modern Times of Portland, Me., bound for Havre with a cargo of phosphates." "How old are your" "Sixteen last March." "Who is tho ruler of England?" "Queen Victoria." "Who is the ruler of the United States?" "President McKinley." "How no queens and presidents acquire power?" "Onnouc !!V(. lmrn vn rmrl presidents git there because they're smart. '*?Chicago Record. A Page Who Knew His Business. A bright little boy?one of the pages of the senate?sat at one of the senate entrances the other day, when a lady approached him with a visiting card, in her hand. "Will yon hand this to Senator Blank?" she said. "I cannot," replied the hoy, "fcrall cards must be taken to tlit* case lobby." The woman was inclined to be angry and went away muttering. Then a thought struck her, and taking out her pocket book she found a 2~> cent piece. With it in In r hand she went back to the boy. "Hero, my lad," she; said in a coaxing tone, "here is a quarter to take my card in." ".Madam," said the buy without a moment's hesitation, "I am paid a larger salary than that to keep cards out."?Washington I'o.-r. A Request Granted. "Only give my client time," pleaded the lawyer, "and I am sure be v.*ill reform." And the judge gave him seven years. ? Ssomervillo Journal. % Ml loman's Is never done, and it is especially wearing and wearisome to those whose blood i; impure and unfit properly to tone, sustain. and renew the wasting1 of nerve, muscle and tissue. It is more because of this condition of the blood that women are run down. Tired. Weak* Nervous, Than because of the work itself. Every physician says so, and that the only remedy is in building up by taking a good nerve tonic, blood purifier and vitalize: like Hood's Sarsaparilla. For the troubles Peculiar to IFomen at change of season, elhnate or life, or resulting from hard work, nervousness, and impure blood, thousands have found relief and cure in Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifier. Si per bottle. Prepared only by 1. Hood & Co.. Lowell. Mass. _j IV11 are the only pills to hike nOOu S i 11 IS uit.h ilood'sSarsaparilla. A Fata! Spldcr-V/cb. lipid's :': - i" die fly's feet. and then hiswinp- and his <.niire body. That i the way with the dread ; nemy of mankind?consumption. It l.as a web?the v. eb of trivia! disorders ncph cK-d. \\ h< *.t a man heedlessly stumbles into that web. consumption tir-t attacks ]ii< stomach, then iiis blood, then hi- IntifT-". then every orpan ::i his lsodv. Many doctors assert that when a in.tii is once in this deadly web there is r.o escape. That i; a mistake. 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While laughing and talking with the balance of the family, the 1J * "* "? 1 i - - e r t 1 \ 1l ycar-oiu aaugnier 01 Air. o. u. ocuil of Pacolet, recked over backward, breaking ber neck by the fall. She died before medical assistance arlived. Small piil, safe pill, best pill- DeWitt's Little Early Risers cure biliousness, constipation, sick headache. J. E. Kaufmann. The action of Nebcin's County Board of Education in revoking the teacher's cerlilicate of B. K. Moon, colored for immorality, has been reversed by the State Boaid of Education. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. giL. Condensed i'clietlitlf in Kffrcfc Ju'i Y 4. 1S0T. t?i'pi/iw U:ti) V SxAHO.N.v ; X(, j, ^ JWchVli'StnA T ? - ? , . J,| a J. v. Columbia " ll 00 a r:i - Prosi ?-n;v- ; 12 11 p m " XcwUfM rv i 1-' '-2 p in " Ninety-Six 1 '25 p m Ar. Green wood 1 45 p m " Hodges 2 2", p m Ar. Abbcvillo ?_ j_ 2 55 p in Ar. Bolton j 15 10 p m Ar. Anderson ' 15 j> m Ar. (iioenvillo ...... , 4 m Ar. Atlanta ! 1' 20 p rn STATIONS. | T;'"jv, Ev. 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Trains 0 ami ! > ?\it?y Pullman FVnpiinj cars t wr.m C >!:i:n!.in n:nl Aslmville. cnroutv daily i<v> w vrn .la. iiMiin illc and Cimrin uati. T:?*i:is loavp Spnrtanliur*. A A* division, portiiliound. ^a. 111.. "7*47 ; in.. (*>:!-i p. m , (Vcs:il>i:!>* Limited!: sn-jrhl.wtii.l 12;? jn , 1:15 p. in.. 11 :.'I7 a. 1:1., 1 \Ys;i',,u!<> Limis. .i. 1 Trains leave ( ?m>rivii!?\ A. and division, r<Ttlii.>o:t'id. '*:4.~ :i. in.. 2 i>. 111. and .">.,. in., (I.iinili il 1 s.>ii;l.i? >uiit'. 1.2a a. in.. 4.20p in , 1:J.? p. 111 iWsLlutled Limited) Pullman Service. Pullman twinco s'i-.*p::r: .ai s on TrainsCIaud C-l. -">7 and :A, on A ami A". d:v isioa. \V. H. CKF.KX. .1 11 ( TI.P 1 Um. SujKn iiiti'iinoTit, Tralic M*?>, Wndiin^Ton, I). AC Wa liir.^'Oin, ij. (J. i TT. A Ti'ilK. S. P. MAKDWICK. (.Sen. Pass. A-'t <>eii Pass. Ag't. Washington, D. <1. At! ::ifa. (4a. t>0 YOU GO HUNTING? \) OF COURSE Vou will buy a MARLIN. j BECAUSL ji mi- u - ii-i i i<ii> < ....... It ejects at tli<* Convenience. If is l;'-ht ?v!:!:V Comfort. It lias th<-1: \lt. \ i:i? Parrel? Accuracy. It ha? fcv,?t parts-Simplicity. Send for complete e;ifaln;.'iie, free. Speeiai pni-Jc of cans for i.'? cents. THE MARLIN FIRE ARMS CO., Nov. Haven, t'oim. .J uiliarv 27 - Iy. | ALL BIG- BOX!NG EVENTS Ap' II- ?t I!!tts'rate ! :tii?! Cescribed in :P0LiCE GAZETTE The World-Famous . . . . . lpatron of Sports. $1.05-13 WEEKS~$i.0C M ILF.D TO YUFK ALsDUFSS. UICITAItD K FOX. IVblisLcr. lT.it: !.l:n .S<j:i.irc, NV.v York. /x "r^rriT^'T1 r-S W axCi *. . mm*m mf COI.I MI5IA, M. C,, ts x';w ii tKix ; tiic in:sr r:cJ. tnres that vitu b?- lull in tbi> country, ami ii'l ulia have r.e\? r had a rtfii! tine picture, .should i.ow try .some of bis latest styles Specimens can l?e s-cu at bis Gallerv, up .stairs, m xt to the II?ib. I ?BOB "* " " ? 1 ? ? SOUt;;::rn railway. I i ~?8T i Ctntral Tlm? l>liTi'en Culumbiitanil Jn?k- t lODTiile. Ln'.i-rii I:i:>.o M*ttv?en Co- | luiubia and Oilier 1'oint*. I 11 El EC m i: M * Y C, !S9T. j | Northbound. 1 t. ' *''' L". r.C.iil'.ny.. > 1?a 7 (?'{>' ! " 1 !! ! ! Ar. lY?iu::il.i:i 4 4 '.'5 a ?? j | Lv. Chrn'r^H.SC&oilli " ! : a.'iupj Ar. iu . ! ' > >; 10 10 jn J I-v. ;\uxu<n.So. i.'y. ..J :: !>i- 1? :?>y. j I " i*vii:o .j 1 - I ! - ! " Ttviiton In .*y.l f. " .h.hr.v ??>:- ' '! H IJ i? i Ar. ('xit'.Ki'i.-trj!. ?"? : "?- J 4 j j Lv <EIhtuI'jj >t .'.5 a j j " W:ii:!-;n>r?> .! 0 l.'j> > i " ('luslcr I Ol 7 !< :t; " I:.-!: !ii;I ; 7 :tj j i Ar. C!;arJ"tT?* ! X t> h .Y? :ij I | " Danville ; li '>;nri 1 .... j ' Ar. ]Ii<-!iTi:?>;nl .! ?!(.')a ?I40p'.. i Ar. Washington .' >' a 0 4.> j? j I " JSaliiaioic Fa. li. Ii.. jjdi'n 11 I j " Philadelphia 1 hi 1.7a 'J .V. :l| j " N.-w York 1-iiiC .- ! | n<?. Southbound. ; |,iiilyJ I);|.Iy ; Lv. New York,Pa. R.R.! 4 30p! iihlntj " Philadelphia. ! <>Vm> 3 .7)a! " }':i:tiinor?'. ... ?' '"> 22a Lv. Wn.-h'ton, So. Ry..j U 43p !I 15 u . .. Lv. Richmond J 2 ui a 12 5") p I.v. Danville i 5.50 a 0 20 pj .... " ('harlot:;- : 1135 a lU 20] " Rock Hill .' 10 20:; 1! My, " Chester 1 l'l.V>a lI.iTist; " Winnslxiro 11 4! a 12 20a Ar Col'liia RlJtsul'g st . 12 Vnnj 1 27 a Lv. Columbia Cu. dep't.: 1 15pi 4 UOaj " Johnstons ' 2 5.1 pi 0 22 a' " Trenton 1 3 osp! U4X;;' " Graniteville j 3 3Spj 7 17 a; Ar. Augusta 4 15 pj bhJa, Lv. Col'liia, S.C.&U.Ry.l 4 00pi 7U0aj Ar.Charleston. ti 00pi llUOal Lv. Col'liia. F.C.&P.Rv.l 11 Viai 12 47 a " Savannah I 4 !T? pi 5 10 a Ar. .Jacksonville I ft ijlip] Pit) a ... SLKKl'lNO ( All kEBVICK. Double daily passenger service between Florida and New York. Nos. ;?7 and 38?Washington and Southwestern Limited. Solid Yestihu.ed tr;iin with dining cars and first class coaches north of Cha lotto. Puilm.m drawing oor.i sleeping car- between Tampa, Jacksonville, savannah, Washington and New York. Pullman sleeping ear between Augusta and New York. Nos. 35 and 36?U. S. Fast Mail. Through Pullman drawing room buffet s'?*eping ears between Jacksonville and New York and 'Augusta and Charlotte. Pullman sleeping ears between Jacksonville and Columbia, en route daily lietween Jacksonville and Cincinnati, via AshevilJe. \V. U. (tUF.EN, J. M. ('CLP, G. Snot., Washington. T. M.. Washington. W A. TCRK. S. H HAHbWK K. G. p. A.. Wa.-ihiir.cton. A. G. p. A., Atlanta* pOLUMBIA, KEWB'RRV AND V LAURENS PAIL!*OA?. In Effect April 18th, 1807. No. 52 No. 2 11 00 a in Iv..Columbia, .lv 0 00 pm ar. . Leaphart.ar 0 25 pm j 11 17 a m ar Irrno . ..ar 0 40 pin ar.Bstllentine .ar 7 00 pm ] 11 28 a in arAVhite llock.ar 7 20 pm 11 35 a m ar. ..Cbapin. ..ar 7 40 pm 11 45 a m arL. Mountain ar 8 10 pm ar.. .Sliyhs.. ar S 30 pm 11 5S a m ar.Prosperity..ar 8 55 pm 12 10 p m ar. Newberry, ar 0 30 pm ar. ..Jalapa .. .ailO 30 pm ar. ..Gary arlO 45 pm 12 31 p m ar.. Kiuard. ..aill 00 pm 12 38 p in ar..Goldville..hi 11 20 pm 12 50 p in ar.. Ciiulon . .aril 40 pm 1 15 p m ar. .Laurens. .arl2 30 pm RETURNING SCHEDULE. No. 53 No. 1 | 1 45 p in lv. .Laurens, .lv 2 30 am 2 10 p m lv. ..Clinton., .lv 4 30 am 2 22 p m lv...Gol(lville..lv 4 48 am 2 30 p in lv. ..Kiuard.. .lv 4 58 am 2 35 p m lv.. ..Gary .. .lv 5 07 am 2 41 p m lv. ..Jalapa.. .lv 5 15 am 2 57 p m iv. Newberry .lv 5 30 am 3 13 p m lv. Prosperity .lv 5 57 am 3 22 p m lv.. .Slighs.. .iv 0 12 am 3 30 o m lv.L. Mountain lv 0 18 am a. 3 45 p m lv. ..Chapin.. .iv (5 33 am 3 55 p m lv.AVhiteRock.lv G 48 am 4 01 p m lv.Ballentine. !v G 57 am 4 10 p m lv.. .Irmo lv 7 13 am 4 17 p in 1 v.. Lea pilar t. .lv 7 25 am 4 40 p m ar..Columbia, .ar 7 45 am Train Xo. 52 connects at Laurens for Greenville, Spartanburg and Augusta. Train Xo. 53 connects at Columbia for Charleston and all points Last. Train Xo. 2 carries through sleeper to Atlanta daily except Sunday. Berth fare Si 00. Train Xo. 1 carries through sleeper I from Atlanta daily except. Sunday. For tickets and any other information, call on B. F. P. LEAPHART, City Ticket Agent, Columbia, S. C. HAIR BALSAM ^r-r.gaBfey>^ga| Clcftr-p ciul beautifies the hilr. l'rornotcs a luxuriant growth. affySrfe wUSS Jf over Fails to Beetore Gray Hair to it3 Youthful Color, n^rirnfr-.-ip ai*rg#es Jc hair lalimg. gut, and ? I ""at Dru^'i.-ti m From Maker Direct to Purchaser. i m-r?^ ? ? i i $ A Cjb-OOO ^ I 11 Piano 11 ifl Is always CJooc?, always ! I ",gv always Satisfactory. aiv.sys I.;t^T- >>" { ! iriir. Von tak*. no cltance* in buyI '?$ '"'ri?- , . It costs somewhat Tiioi-0 than a *??1 rhriijt, fi'fir Wi:l i: miivh the *j> r!i> "pi xt in 5 ho ?-:??!. -St's ; Nooth r 11 in!i i:*a?!t> I'ianosoM so "<W l reasonable, t actor;- prices i >; ota11 ! '?** bay, i s. j-la.'.y payments. 'Witt nn. 'i i ha'.c-i;: o r>*-r*co -V" 1 hju? S-Wl-Jiiiirs *zi c i-v-'t I Scvpr.n*h. Oa.. u*i<! N: -x Ynr!? ( '.ly. 'j$v. ' Mr. 1.3 lr. momm bexjhb ! MAIN' ST., CO I X'MMA, S. C., j JEWELER "d REPAIRER: I' > a splendid stock of Jew< irv, WaicLe.s. i Clocks ftuii Silverware. A line line ci j Spectacles and Kys-gla.ssr.-. to til e*.( r\ one. ; ail for sale at lowest pr:e? s P#- iii-v ii:s 0:1 Watches first < !-?.-s j qnickly done and guaranteed. at moLr.-U j I price?. aO?If i |Saw Mills,! Ligin ait't iJ?avy, an I s. j CilKAi'Esr AM) lir.ST. rsro ? e r> nay; wor ISO uunds. ! Lombarci iron Works and Supp y Co., AUGUSTA, Gr.O .GIA. { Jantmry 27 ? W, T, MARTIN WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCER, COLUMBIA, S. C. Merchants an J Planters will do J well to try this House wheu pur- j chasing. All kinds of HEAVY GROCERIES, GRAIN FEED, &c., kept in stock. Orders accompanied by the cash will receive prompt attention. <nv^ rMint r? f /.V* n vli a! n tr?A a/I I iuuuuij i wi ai ^autcu for money sent and prompt shipment will be made and SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. MARTIN'S BIS ALLOWANCE STOKK, COLUMBIA, S. C. June G,?tf ? i * ga^ Colchester's English Diamond BruiiL Pennyroyal pills ! B t?Original and Only Genuine. A ?arc. slwaye reliable, laoics nt jru'l Uruftrirt far Chichcitert RnoiUh /tia-Jnx\ Brand ia )(rd and Hold metillic^Ugy i^^eVjWbexee. waled wiih blue ribbon. Take W ] no other. Beputdangercnu nlMitw V I" / ~ jjf horn and imitation*. AtDrngjciw. or tend 4e. I W Jy in ttamp* for particul?re, testimonial) ?u 1 \ "C* B "Itcllef for Esdlcs," inletter, by return ?X /a MoIL lO.OOO Tratireoclali. A'am? Baj>rr. N?*"/ Chlrh?*terCbcmicnlC?..MsdUon Place. li;iiir?::ucacriii?ias. . PIIILADA.. PA. fT w. husemann; | (JUNSMITII, DEALER IX Guns PISTOLS, FISHING TACKLE, risfol Cur! ridges, Sportsmen's Artic'es, of every description, and of the best makes. Hazard & Atlas Powder, wholesale and retail. Agent for Lefever Arms Co. Main St., nc-Hr the Central Natiouai Bank, COLUMBIA, S. C. November 4 Xcels the The paradox of the X rays is that they will penetrate almost every part cf the living but the liver. "Hilton's Life lor the Liver and Kidneys" has a special actum on that organ ami the kidneys, stimulating them to healthy action, and diffusing its in11 nonce lor good to every part ol th body. Sold by druggist everywhere. Wholesale by MURRAY DRUG CO., Columbia, S. C. For Sale at THE BAZAAR. Mar 1 i - ly. LEXINGTON CLASSICAL INSTITUTE. FOUR TEACHERS. T)REPARES FOR TEACHING, COL1 LEGE OR BUSINESS. High School. Intermediate and Primary Courses. English, Gorman. French, Greek and Latin Tanght. Board, ?7 to SI > per nmutb. Tuition, SI to S2 oO per month. OPENS OCTOBER 1. Add: ess 0. D. SEW, Principal, Lexington, S. C. Sfj t uiber 14 tf. IIIILTOIN'S ODQFORM LINIMENT FOR FRESH CUTS AND WOUNDS. Will promptly heal Old Sores of long standing. 2oc. "Till? TVTTTOT3AV tyd rrn rn 111 j J lavnnax xj j v u u vu., COLCMPIA, s. c. Aug. lS-ly. LEESVILLE COLLEGE, LEKSVILLE, S. O. TEN DEPARTMENTS Under experienced teacher.-*, trained in the best schools. I'liniarv, Academic, and Collegiate courses. MUSIC, Vocal aud 1'iauo Omplete j courses under successful teachers skilled in the most approved methods. Vocal tcichcr us s the method cl Sh tkespear of London ART, In six 1 renches. Careful foundation work. Sketching trom nature. Large, w-11 (ijnipped Studio. ELOCUTION. Special private work and iu ciasns. by a most natural rn-thod. j Voice anu whole beingrareluliy trained i for best expression. COMMERCIAL COURSE, ah branches. | i:it)!er svstetn <>t practical work. TE vCHEItS COCR-E Methods and | History of E lucaticu in connection j with practical work. L.\l/L>>&!->. .Loan rami ana jvuoiar i ships. First college iri the State to j make. proposition tor ycmig women to ; reduce expenses by domestic work, j Poind Las b-.v:i red'K-ed by this wrrk ! in many i.ofet .ucos to sixty dollars lor j the year. < LIMFlK Similar to that of Aiken, the i most cclcbratej hea th resort in the j Smith OPi NS Si: PI-MB IP 22, is:'7. For ataloav.c. address fj. lb HAiN '.S A M. President. Ai;o. 4 tt i | Professional Calls. A NY CALL LEFT AT THE BAZAAR I A for my services will he promptly at- I tended to. C. E. LEAFHAllT.M. I). Sep'em her 11.?U. : A i IS JUST AS GOOD FOS ADULTS. WARRANTED. P**<aCE 5CctS. GAI.A7IA, M.LS., NOV. W, 1333. Paris Medicine <"o., St. Iouia, Mo. Gentlemen:?We sold hist vcar. GOO bottles ol GROVE'S T/STKLESS CJI1IJ. TONIC at*! have bouirht three gross already thia year. In :mour experience of 14 years, in the drug business. have never sold an article that gave such universal satis* taction as year Tonic. Yuu.s truly, Ajsey.CAUB &C0. For Sale by Dr. 0. J. Harris, Dates burp, S. C. The Bazaar, Lexington, S C. Aug. IS-Gin B.\i\K7)F COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. STATE, COUNTY x AND CITY DEPOSITORY, Fpecisil attcnt on given to all ba&iness transactions anil satisfaction gnarantecd. Tnttr st allowed on all Savings Diposits from date. ('niuiy business sj>. dally solicited. q W C, ('FOLDS. Tres. 1 W. T. MARTIN, Vice Pres. T. H (ilClH. Cashier. .MARTIN STORK. Teller. Aug 11?tf LOAHCHAMMI OF SOUTH CAROLINA State, City & County Depository COLUMBIA, S. C. Paid up CipiUtl $137,000 Surplus and Profits 60,000 Transact a general Banking business. i Ciietul attention given to collections. * SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of SI and npwe.rds received. Interest allowed at the rate o:. 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly, on first dav of January, April, July and October. Sifety deposit boxes to rent irom $4 to $12 a year; Herring's best?absolutely burglar proof and fire i roof. A. C. HvFKELL, President, W. C. FISHER, Vice President. JULIUS H. WALKER, Cashier. February 12?ly. oiraiL uwm COLUMBIA, S. C. DIRECTORS?Ed. S. Joynes, Dr. James ' ? Woodrow, J. A. Crawlord, Dr. T. T. Moore, It. S. Disportes. Hon. John T. Sloan, W. H. Gibbfs Wm. Wallace. W. C Wright, John C. Staaley. K. Dcsportes, Jr., It. H Edmunds. Tins bank respectfully soli- f cits tbc deposits of individuals, firms and corporatio is generally, and will give every reasonable facility to those doiog business with it. In the !*'{tvii>{ys l)c?partme?t Iutcrest will be allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable 1st of May and 1st of November. W. C. Wit I GUT, President. J. H SAWYER. Cashier. January '29, 1897 ? ly. #? FENCING K0?E SELVAGE' j Poultry, Parxn, Garden, Cemetery, Lawn, Railroad and Rabbit Fencing. I Thousand* of in Mrs in it.sr. Catalogue Fitr. Freight Paid. Price* Low. The McMULLEN WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO. CHICAGO, ILL. Nov. 17- tf i ???? Selma Nurseries. 7 LEXINGTON7 COUNTY, S. C. SOUTHERN AND ACCLIMATED Frnit O trees. App'es. Peaches, Pears, Grape, vines, <fcc. Prices low. - ? JS3T* Write f- r tor:11s. J. E HALTIWAXGER. Oct fi -4w50 S:Ima, S. C. | ? THE ! NOVGIjII restaurant 1310 Assembly Street, " COLUMBIA, B. CJ Meals at all hours, Day and Night, at popular yrices. * Our Lexington tr ends are specially invited to give us a call when in the city. FRESH NORFOLK OYSTERS received daily and served in every style, ^ POPE P. HAYES, Proprietor. JOHN M. ilOORE. Manager. September 10?3m. POMONA HILL Nurseries. J LARGEST AND OLDEST IN THE SOUTH. HEALTHY STOCK. TfU'E TO NAME. Leading O'd Staudard Fruits as well as New Vanities ot Merit. Foreign and Oriental Fruits and Nuts. Japanese Pear*. Plums, Apricots. Walnuts and C i< stouts a big stirrers. Large So k of Roses aid Gnen House Plants, Cut Fiowers, Fioral a:.d Funeral Designs. Please give vonr ord- r fo o> r salesmen who canvass \onr county and the same shall have our prompt attention. We would he ph ased to have 3 on write ns at once f<>r catalogue and pamphlet on -How to Piatt and Cultivate an Orchard." Address J. VAN LINDLEY. Proprietor, Pomona, N. C, Apni 23 -ly. -