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V' . >WTHF^ BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM ?IN? Western South Carolina. 0 RATES REASONABIE. 0 SUBSCRIPTION SI PER ANNUM J)B PRINTING A SPECIALTY. Capital Has Bees Captured. Malolos Taken by the Americans. Rebels are Retiring. Manila, March 31.?United States troops have entered Malolos. THE WHOLE STORY. TLT-n^ila \Tar/*h 31 nnnn ? Msi Oxen. The lexington dispatch. Representative Retespaper. G a vers Lex in rj I on and the Borders of the Surrounding Counties hi he a Blanhct. VOL. XXIX. LEXIXGTOX, S. C., AVEDXESDAY, APRIL 5, 1890. XO. -.'I jSCi GLOBE BUY GOODS COMPANY. W. BL MOITCSTOIT, T23-, 3^AITAG-BE, IjLyFW/'l f l?SO MAIN STREET, COIAIMBIA, S. C., jjP A 'A Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. p-f \ ^2? <^5 " October 13-tf V MMWMr iU 4UltUf M44VU www? ^ MicArthur entered Malolos, the seat of the so-called insurgent govern- i ment, at 9:30 this morning, the rebels burning the city and simul- ] taneously evacuating it They are now in full re treat to- I ward the north, where Aguinaldo and the cabinet have been for two 1 days. t THE OFFICIAL NEWS 1 Washington, March 31 ?The war d-partment at 1:30 this morning made public the following dispatch from Gen. O.is: Manila, March 31. * ( Adjutant General, Washington. MacArthur captured Malolos at 10:15 this morning. Enemy retired after slight resistance and firing t city. Particulars later. Hall had c q lite severe engagement beyond 1 Maronina. fiiRuftkiea 20. Enemv t driven. Otis. s THE ADVANCE C Manila, Mirch 31, 10:33 a. m.? ? M-?i. Gen. MacArthur advanced to attack Malolos, the seat of the insurgent government, at 7 o'clock this morning. He was met with strong opposition, the rebels resisting desperately, but losing heavily. ^ Gen. Hall's brigade is advancing P north from the waterworks and dnving the left wiDg of the enemy across o PRELIMINARY STORY. 8 Washington, March 30.?The fol js lowing dispatch from Gen. Otis was ^ received at the war department to- j night: a Manila, March 31. Adjutant General, Washington. MacArthur made dispositions yesterday for attack on Malolos today. ^ Engagement opened at 7 o'clock this morning and is now progressing. Casualties yesterday four killed and ^ 23 wounded, all brought to Manila ^ last night Hall moved out from ^ camping station at daylight this morning with three battalions northea^t; attacked and has taken Mar- 11 , T quina and is pursuing enemy; orderto turn this afternoon. fc A FRUITLESS HOPE. , h Washington, March 30?Up to the ^ close of office hours the war depart- e] ment had received nothing to 6how q the condition of affairs before Malo- a| los today. A3 the American army p draws near to the city, official inter- 01 est becomes more acute, for it is felt q the assault on the city cannot be de- j ferred many hours. There is no tension, no excitement, or apprehen- ^ sion, but on the contrary a serene tg confidence that American arms will r( be victorious. The only anxiety is C{ as to the extent of the victory, as it jc is hoped that it will be of such a f( character to break the back bone of the insurrection. Some fear Aguin- n aldo will desert and fire Malolos Without a decisive conflict. g] THE MOVEMENT. fl Manila, March 31, 7:33 a. m.? The United States troops rested last A night in the jungle, about a mile and 0 a quarter from Malolos. The day's a advance began at 2 o'clock and cov- & ered-a distance of about two and a tl half miles beyond the Guiguinto t river, along the railroad. The brunt A of the battle was on the right of the b track, where the enemy was appar- n ently concentrated. t The First Nebraska. First South Dakota and Tenth Pennsylvania s regiments encountered them en- a trenched on the border of the woods, t and the Americans, advancing across f the open, suffered a terrific fire for t half an hour. Four men of the "1 Nebraska regiment were killed and t 30 wounded. Ten men of the Dakota e regiment were wounded and one of i Ponnotlrjniana iVflQ t Twentieth Kansas regiment on the ' left of Guiguinto station and the Pennsylvania regiment on the right, ; beyound the river. The provision train was delayed by j b oken bridges, but the stores of jrain and flocks of ducks in the ocality furnished ample forage. The hospital work is remarkably j fficient, as it has been throughout 1 be whole campaign. The telegraphers keep abreast of he lines and maintain a constant J ;onnection with the city. A LONDON VIEW. London, March 30?The speaker bis week, commenting upon the lifficulties of the Americans in the Philippine islands and asserting that he new series of troubles which is aid to be inevitable even after the !*pture of Malolos probably puts an nd to the Filipino republic, coninues: 4'It must be noted throughut the present struggle that the Filipinos have put themselves in the prong. The plea that they were ighting in defense of their rights 1J63 not hold good in the case of laniJa, which is the centre of Euro>ean interests. It could not be left o the mercy of revolutionaries. Linerica, through no fault of her wn, has become responsible for the ood government of the Philippine slands, and is bound to suppress .goinaldo, as we suppressed Arabi 'asba, for the protection of Europen interests in Egypt." LATER ACCOUNTS. Manila, March 31, 3:15 p. m?The .merican flag was raised over ma>k>8 at 10 o'clock this morning. The Kansas regiment and the Montana sgiment on entering the city >und it deserted, the presidencia urning and the rebels retreating )ward the mountains in a state of jrror. It is believed that they canot in future make a faint resistance, 'he American loss was small. It is evident that the rebels ha! >r so ne time past abandoned all ope of holding their capital, for the mericans found there evidences of Iaborate preparations for evacuation. ?n the railroad the raib and ties for bout a mile had been torn up and robably thrown into the river. The aly prisoners captured were a few ainamen. They said that Aguinaldo ift Malolos on Wednesday. The principal citizens of Mdolos, ieir families and goods, have been iken into the country over the rail- , >ad, while others departed on foot, irrying their possessions and drivig their cattle and other animals be>re them. Most of the rebel forces were reloved yesterday evening to positions ast of the railroad, leaving only a mall band in the strong trenches in :ont of Malol us. From the reports gathered by the iUC JL CUUOJi T MU4^MV ?f MK/ The Americans finally drove the ! ^ Eilipinos bick. Although there a were three line* of strong intrench- i ments along the track, the enemy ( mide scarcely any deftnse there c Gen. MacArthur and his staff were c walking on the track abreast of the | i lines, with everything quiet, when I 1 suddenly they received a shower of i bullets from shapsbooters in trees j ( and on house tops, but these were ? speedily dislodged. The enemy's loss was apparently j i small, the jungle affording them such j i protection that the Americans were i unable to see them and in firing i were guided only by the sound of i the Filipino shots. The American j artillery was handicapped for the same reason. j Last Dight's long line of camp ! fires made a beautiful sight, with the j .merican officers, from prisoners and thers, it is believed that the rebel rmy is constantly losing strength on ccount of desertions, and that albough the enemy may make one or wo more stands, the forces of Lguinaldo will degenerate, in per aps a month, to a few hundred who lay continue a guerrilla warfare in be mountains. The American troop3 behaved plendidly. They advanced steadily gainst 8uccesive line3 of trenches, hrough woods and jangles and sufering frow frightful heat. Ia addi- { ion, the American volunteers were j landicapped in fighting by the fact i hat their Springfield rifles are of j ihorter range than the Mauser rifles j u the hands of the rebels. Under | hose circumstances the steady adranee of our troops is a really remarkible achievement. But the great noteworthy feature )f this ouward sweep of the Ameri;ans is the patience and endurance i >f the private soldiers. They have j aever hesitated to pluoge across any i rind of difficult country, against any j sumberof the eoemy and in the face 3f positions of entirely unknown ! strength. This afternoon the victorious Amer- i ican army is feasting on cocoanuts j and bananas and ei jojing a well i earned rest, while the hospital traiu | is carrjiDg the wounded back to i Manila. Recently i.-sued copies of the Re- i publica Filipioa, Aguinaldu'o cfflcial ! organ, contain a proclamation to the i fL-ct that certain parties are raiding the northern towns and ordeiing the same to j fin the Filipino army immediately or take th9 consequences when Aguinaldo shall have finished with the Americans. This is construed as meaning that Macaholas, the governor of the five northern provinces, is unfriendly to Aguinaldo. If this is true, Aguinaldo's retreat is undoubtedly cut off at the riilroad bevond San Fernando. * The American steamer Roanoke recently picked up a native boat containing a dozen Spanish prisoners who bad escaped from Daguphan and had been nearly three days afloat with neither food nor water. They j reported that the prisoners expected to be killed when the Americans advanced, but knew nothing of the fate of those in the southern towns. It is said at the war department that Gen. Otis will not make a campaign duriDg the rainy season, nor is it believed that he will at prtsent chase the Filipinos into the mountain fastnesses of Luzon. The officials consider it evident that the fight that was in Aguinaldo has been whipped out of him, and it is believed he cannot hold the Filipino army together much longer. If Gen. Otis advises, the war department will approve a cessation of active hostilities or further forward movement, when little can be accomplished save chasing the Filipinos without definite results. A short rest will determine whether the Fili pines intend to keep up a guerrilla warfare, and if so a plan is already maturing to meet auy such condition. Natives will be employed to fight the guerrillas, and as the government can give them^better pay and afford them greater protection than Aguinaldo there is no doubt about the ability to employ natives in this way. If there must be guerrilla fighting during the rainy season, which will soon be upon the Philippines, the United States will not sacrifice its troops in such warfare if natives can be obtained. Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine C.ears the Complexion, gives Buoyancy to the Mind, cures Headache, Regulates stomach. Bowels and Liver. In the days of Columbus only seven metals were known to exist. Now there are 51. Robert Lewis was hanged last week in Atlanta, Ga., on the gallows which he built two years ago. Sapphira was the original author of serial fiction. Ananias told a story, and she continued it. When you ask for Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine, see that you get it and not some worthless imitation. General Gomez will go on distributing the $3,000,000 to his soldiers, as if the assembly did not exist. Scores of amulets, evidently worn to keep off the evil spirits, have been j found in the ruins of Nineveh. mi J-~i:? i r^..; I J. Lie piuuucuuu ui ouyai ili iucaiuu is about 90,009 tons per annum, nearly all of which is consumed at home. A SMALL MAYBE MOST VIOLENT GASES HAVE APPEARED AT FIRST AS X So it ftJCDC DIMDI CC cause tliey d< lyitnt I ImrLto. they natural] and are fore operation?the only treatment which tl: promptly returns, however, and is e before. "Cancer is a deadly poison in other external treatment can have no ( come from within?the last vestige of j Mr. Wm. Wal] little blotch aboi tp e>"e- gradually gr ?3 at intervals ran ii "**' V. J ni<1 idviccd tliot Sa"?er ^?minj: what threatened Lk-J:':m&:\ . Positively the c S. S. S. FOR ? because it is the only remedy which | the disease and force it out of tlie sys | does not reach the blood?the real se not be cut mcay. Insist upon S. S. S.; | S. S. S. cures also any case of Scr( j BloodyPoison, Ulcers, Sores, or any I books on Cancer and Blood Diseases Swift Specific Company, Atlauta, Geo Two Broth9rs--A Lova Story. (For the Dispatch.) There were once two brothers who j both loved the same woman. Their | home was in a village on the banks of the Delaware river. They were not rich but lived in comfort on a small salary left as a legacy to them by j their father who died when they ! weie little bojs. The wcmau who had won their hearts was fair of face and graceful in mien. Her home oerlooked the river, and around the the porchway climed a star jessamine, beneath whose shade the three had j often sat in joy or grief since child- j hood. Neither could tell which she ; cared for most, so at leDgth they j thought it best to speak and know j on which her choice had fallen, for eo ; word or look had betrayed her feel- j ings. It was a night filled with moonbeams, when the two walked i arm in arm back and forth on the j banks of the river which flowed in j front of the cottage. They had come i that night to try their fate. You ! "first,'' said Ralph the younger, "it is ! your birth right,'' and he wruog the elder's hand as he opened the gate at the footrof the long walk leading j up to the house. Left alone, he turned bis face to the liver and stocd j with folded arms watching the rest- ! less water as it went onward to the j sea, thinking how gladly he would go with it if disappointment came to j him. ! The latch of the gate "clicked" and some one ran by him into the moonlight. Some one went quickly into the shade of a large tree and threw himself face downward upon the \ sward. Then Ralph knew that she had sent his brother away broken : hearted, and sorrow inexpressible ! came over him, making him forget for the time his own joy. No word did the other speak, only waved his arm toward the cottage as a silent j reminder and so he, *oo, stepped on through the white gate and went up j the walk to meet his fate. "Bessiev was standing under the vines, when he reached her he could J not speak but takiDg her two hands | in hie, drew her out in the open moonlight. When she lifted her face to his he saw a great glory of a great love upon it and he took her in j his arms, while her eyes closed beneath his kisses. j In a few weeks the war of the re- j bellion broke out and one of the j brothers must needs go forth to fight for their country. It wae the youngest who said: "Edward, I will go, 1 for you are learned and have charge j of a school, besides our mother needs ! you." And so it was Ralph became a soldier and made ready to depart, j Before he went away he put his j sweetheart's hand in his brother's , saying: "Take care of her for mf: j guard her with your life, should I fall", and he hesitated, "Take her to your heart as I would have done." Days, week3, months went by, every i mail brought them tidings of him j from the far south. Soon they heard SrUI : CANCER. I The greatest care should be given to j any little sore, pimple or scratch which ! shows no disposition to heal under ordin- j reatment. No one can tell how soon these ftoveloD into Cancer of the worst type. | lanv people die from Cancer simply he:> not know just what the disease is; v turn themselves over to the doctors, ed to submit to a cruel and dangerous ie doctors know for Cancer. The disease ven more violent and destructive than the blood, and an operation, plaster, or fleet whatever upon it. The cure must joison must be eradicated. x>le. of Walshtown, S. D , says; "A it the size of a pea came under my left owing larger, from which shooting pains .a all directions. I became greatly alarmed jood doctor, who pronounced it Cancer, it be cut out. but this I could not conin my local paper of a cure effected by ded to try it. It acted like a charm, the ; at first irritated, and then discharging lis gradually grew less and then disconr, leaving a small scab which soon droponlv a healthy little scar remains where to destroy my life once held full sway.'' inly cure for Cancer is Swift's Specific? THE BLOOD ran go deep enough to reach the root of item permanently. A surgical operation at of the disease?hecause th<- blood ran nothing can take its place. )fula. Eczema. Rheumatism. Contagious oilier form of blood disease. Valuable will be mailed free to any address by rgiu. j of bis promotion and together they rejoiced while they read his letters as they walked and talked besides the liver in the moonlight,or watched the stars above them, she called him brother and leaned on his arm while her sweet breath fanned his cheeks and maddened his silent love. Her soft hand touched his a thousand times as the days sped on and the touch of thoso dear fingers aroused a j tumult of feeling terrible to control. ! When in the quiet times of some j September eve they would row on the glassy bos3om of the river and he would see her lovely face, framed 8gainst the sky, such a rush of love would arise in his heart for her that wellnigh o'er mastered him; yet, by no word or look did he show this, ever remembering the words of his brothei: "guard her as your life." At last there came a day when for her the stars seemed to pale forever, the sun to grow dark and the moon ceased to shine. They told her he was "dead.'' That he had fallen in a gallant charge. Upon the brother's shoulder she shed her passionate tears and comfort seemed afar. Time passed, and yet he spoke not, for he saw that her heart was buried with her love. One day he said to her, "I am go" ing away, my country needs me. I must fight too. Will you take care of my mother? Let her be with you, she cannot live alone." "Yes;" she - ^ . 1 answered, "wait a little lor I cannot | let you go yet." Two weeks went by and they stood i in the twilight to say good by. It i was on the bank of the liver where ! the boats sometimes landed. Just then a small craft appeared and soon was at anchor under the trees. A young officer stepped ashore and came towards them. He was nearly up to where they stood before they saw him. Bessie was the first to do so, and with a strange cry she stretched out her hand?, falling forward: "Some one" lifted her to "his" heart. Then the other saw that it was Ralph who stood before him strong and well. It was all a mistake about his beiDg killed and be had come home to claim his own. The war ended so soon afterward that Edward never went away but walked beside his brother as he led to the alter the woman whose honor he had held so dear. H. W. C. ? * "Wouldn't Find Any. A few weeks ago, a jockey, a native of Erin's Isle, was called as a witness in a trial, and the opposing counsel was doing all be could to invalidate his testimony. "What are you?" he began in a bullying tone. "Sure, I'm a jockey, same as my father was before me," was the reply "Ah!"' said the lawyer, thrusting hi3 hands into his pockets and preparing to enjoy himself hugely with this witness, "and I suppose your father did a little cheating in his time, like the rest of the fraternity?'' "Troth, and I s'pose he did, now and thin," was the reply. "And where do you suppose he is now?'' "In Heaven, I hcpe-rest his sowl.*1 "And what should such fellows as jockeys do there. I should like to know," inquired the lawyer, in a voice of thunder. Paddy scratched his head. Then, with a sly grin, he replied: "Train horses for the angels, perhaps." "And cheat them as they did their fellow mortals?" "Maybe so," replied the jockey, still unabashed. "AL! they would be prosecuted thei!" exclaimed the lawyer triumphantly. "Sorra a bit," answered the witness. "And wbj?" "Because they might search Heaven over and over again, and a devil of a lawyer would they find there!" A shout of laughter hailed this retort, which the court could not su;press. "You can step down, fellow," said the lawyer, growing as red as a peony; and it was noticed that during the remainder of the case that his cross examination was not scarte| ly so keen as usual. #o\A t absolutely 1 Makes the food more d< ROYAL CAKINO PQ\ A Curms Prophecy. ! It Predicts a P.wk Future for the j United States. Over forty years ago an old Ger- | man hermit published a curious prophecy in a Bavatian paper. In it j he foretold the Austrian-Russian and ! the Franco-Prussian wars, the death j of Pope Pius and theTurkco-liUssiau i debate at arras. He said that Ger- ' many would have three emperors iu one year bifoie the end of the cen- ' tury and irdicated the death of two I United States presidents by assassin- j ation. All these things have come i ! to pass. ' In the same article he said that ' ; when the twentieth century opens a j great seismic disturbances would I take place, which would cause the ! submersion of New York city and the ; | western half of Havana. Cuba is to ; break in two, while Florida and ; Lower California are to suffer total | extinction. The shock of the earth- j quakes will raze building to the ground in nearly every city on the continent. Millions of lives and billions of dollars worth of property will be destroyed. There is to be a change in the economic conditions of almost every civilized nation. He foretells the growth of a democratic spirit in England, which will result from a revolution that will overthrow the present form of government and make the country a republic. He says the last ruler of England will be the best the country ever had,aDd the first president of the new nation will be ou^ jf the royal family. Qneen Victoria is by long cdds the best ruler England has ever had, and in a recent speech the Piince of j Wales said it is his desire to live to see England a republic. I According to the hermit, Russia, France and Italy will form an alliance and will enter iDto war with Turkey. This war is to be the outgrowth of Turkish persecution of Christian subjects. This triple alliance will conquer the domain of the Sick Man of the E ist. At the expiration of the war complications will arise which will pluuge Italy and France into war with Russia. The result will be that the two countries will be gobbled up by the Northern power and will cease to exist as independent nations. While war is being waged between them the pope will move the seat of Catholicism from Rome to some town in southern Ireland. A rebellion will take place in ttie land 01 tne snamroca, 111 wuicli the country will become independent of England. Then a conflict will arise between the ultra Catholic3 of the South of Ireland aDd the ultra i protestants of the north, in which | the southrons will be the victors. A ! kingdom will be established, and it j is predicted that the reign of the j first potentate will become historic ! for its tyranny. The prophet paints a dark future | for the United States. He says at i the close of the century a feeling of j unrest will seize the people. This j feeling will be the growth of unequal j ! social and economic conditions. He j i predicts that the twenty fifth presi- j ! dent will be the last executive head j 1 of the United States. During his ad- j : ministration the discontented masses ) j will break into open rebellion, and : ; the established form of government j i will be overthrown. The United j | States will be rent asunder, and for j a year or more anarchy will prevail. | i "When order shall be brought out of I i I ! chaos, six republics will be formed, j 1 'L. r_ii ?:? . ! i with capitals at cue louumug uuc;. ; : San Francisco, Denver, New Orleans, ' I j St. Louis, Washington and Boston. Ha Ap:lcgiz3d. ? j j f ' Many funny things happen on the J I big sound steamers which never find ! their way into print," said a traveling man, in a hotel lobby on upp<r . j Broadway./ "The last trip I made down to i | 1 ! j Boston was characterized by one of j j the funniest things I ever ran across, j j baking ^ Powder Pure ilicious and wholesome VOER CO.. NEW YORK. There was aboard a New England spinster, one of the most sour faced, rasping voiced, disagreeable old females that I have ever seen. She was always giving trouble, and kept the poor luggage steward constantly at her beck and call. At last tl e man lost his temper, and told her to go to the devil. "The lady, in a high state of in dignation, reported the man to the Captain. That gentleman told the steward that he must find out the lady and apoligize to her. "The steward consented to do so. At luncheon he appeared, and accosted the first lady at the table thu?: "'Were you the lady I told to go to the devil?' "'No,'said the lady, and several ' otherp, all equally surprised and 1 amused. ' "At last, by a series of separate 1 interogations, he discovered the right 1 lady. She responded with an indignantly virtuous air: " 'Yes, I am the lady.1 "'Ah, then,' said the steward, 'the 1 Captain told me to tell you that you ' needn't go.'" . . Rheumatism Cured. ( t My wife has used Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism with great relief, and I can recommend it as a splendid liniment for rheuma tism and other household use for which we have found it valuable.? . W. J. Cuyler, Red Creek, N. Y. ( Mr. Cuyler is one of the most j prominent men in this vicinity.?W. ( G. Phippin, Editor Red Creek , Herald. For sale by J. E Kauf- j mann. , . ( A Smart Young Trader. < ? ( There was once a worthy Presby- 1 terian minister, who, while sitting in I his study, was interrupted by a small * boy who had by some way or other gained admission, to sell the good man some young pups. "I don't want any dogs, my boy,"' said the divine. "But they are Presbyterian pups," persisted the youngster. The old gentleman, however, would not have them and the disappointed boy withdrew. Some days afterward while visiting a friend who was a L'niversalist, the minister was astonished to see the same boy come in and offer to sell his friend some pups. "Good Universalist pups," said the chap. This was too much for the Dominie, who said to the bo}: "Are you not the same boy that tried to sell me these pups the other day?" "Yes sir." 4^1 I ro O tlicn I VlQf AUU U1U JUU UUl ICll LUV iuvu they were Presbyterian pups?'1 ' Yes sir." "Then bow can they be Universalist pups, now?" ''Because they have had their eyes opened since then/' said the little chap. It is needless to add that he sold the pups. A Curd for Indigestion, I have suffered untold misery within the past ten jears trom indigestion aud biliousness. attended by a pain in mv Mt >ide and bowels. Five physicians treated me but rave only temporary relief. Fonr months ago I began using Kamon's Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets, ami have been constautiy improving ever since, with lair prospects ot being permanently cimd.? W. If Peters, Notary Public, Natbanton. Ky. For sale by (t. M. flarman and J. E. Kanfmann. ?? - - ? Ladies, Lead This. Dr. Barker's Female Regular is a new discovery for the prevention aud cure of female diseases. It is un doubtedly one of the finest medicines for all it claims in relieving jnd curing sntfering women. It is h permanent cure for all womb, bladder aud urinary deseases and female weakness, etc. For sale fiit the Bazaar. Large bottles ?1.25. \ ADVERTISING RATES.' Advertisements will be inserted at the rate t?l 7> cents ptr Mpiare of one inch ssice t'. r i;rO insertion, and C" cents per inch l<>r e.u-h subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made with those wishing to advertise for three, six and twelve months. Notices in the local colnmn 5 cents per line ti-ch insertion. Obituaries charged for at the rate ol one cent a word, wleu they exceed 100 words. Marriage notices inserted free. Address 3. M. II Alt MAN, Editor and Publisher. J11 I I IISIIWI IBBBWOOMB? Hay Loss Nothing. Colonel Nwil Raising Money to Pay the Shortage. A Good Portion of It Has Already Been Secured According to Report. Friends Assist Him. Columbia Evening Record. Just before the penitentiary investigation took a recess it was hinted by Chairman Cunningham that arrangements were being made whereby C ilonel Neal would pay up the shortage agaiust him. No particulars were given and the committee did not insist upon a revelation as to the plan which was 011 foot, if it would in anyway interfere with tho State getting back its money. In round numbers the shortage is something over $10.1)00 up to date. This amount includes the hire of convicts under the Neal-VVatson agreement, with some incidental matters in connection therewith which _ I A . il. . _ 1_ 1 amoums 10 a sum m me neigDDorhood of ?0,000. Colonel Neal claims that Mr. Watson is responsible for the convict hire while the latter hold that Colonel Neal is responsible. It is not known how this matter is to be settled and further testimony will have to be taken on the subj *ct. But should it be decided that Mr. Watson, who made the contract with the penitentiary, is responsible for the hire, then so much would be taken of Colonel Neat's shoulders. Be that as it may, The Record learns that Colonel Neal has already deposited some thirty-five hundred or four thousand dollars to make up for a part of the shortage, and that more is to come. Ic is understood :hat his friends are aiding him in ;his matter, and that the State will ose little, if anything, by the .very rregular transactions which have oeen brought to light. Colonel Neal said in bis testimony :hat he intended to pay back every sent, and The Record's informaticn ;end3 to confirm his statement. "A word to the wise is sufficient1' ind a word from the wise should be mfficient, but you ask, who are the vise? Those who kuow. The oft epeated experience of trustworthy wsnns mav be taken for knowl }Jge. Mr. W. M. Terry says Chamberlain's Cough Remedy gives better jatisfuctiou than any otber in the narket. He bas been in tbe drug business at Elkton, Kv., for twelve pear\?: bas sold hundreds of bottles bf tbis remedy and nearly all other bough medicines manufactured, which 3hovvs conclusively that Chamberlain's is the most satisfactory to the people, and is the best. For sale by J. E. Kaufmann. - ? Asiatic cholera is the most rapidly fatal disease known to medical science. A Boston fruit company now controls the banana trade of the United States. People eat 20 per cent, more bread when the weather is cold than when it is mild. Malaria cannot find a lodgment in the system while the Liver is in perfect order. Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine is the best Regulator. Fully one third ot the Iemaie population of France are laborers on faims. The regular army of the United States will be recruited to full strength, 105,000, by May 1. f^IASYGOING |U] PEOPLE jB Those n J:o disregard H rly indications of disease. J The progress of catarrh is frcqucnthv gradual. Chronic a if >x catarrli secures ? possession with/>/ out the knowl^ ilS <'CM It lias become. Hp so common to i " body has a little ^ _>\\ catarrh "that many t/l&M pay.slight attention ^ ^ 1 ^ 11 ? ?^a!sS ' Many people well advanced in years find lliemselves in the toils ?atarrh. Mr. and Mrs. folium.ofG' ngs, Tex., found help in iV-ru-na. folium's letter follows: Pc-ru-na Mi (i:\ir.t Co., Columbus, O. ])kak S s: ? "1 think your Pc-ru-na is the best edicinc I ever tried forea tarrTj. I ve tried all Km; cm arm medicines at I could hear of ar.d none of themdid :iy *.rood until 1 tried vours. I and my w have both used the. IVru-na and Man-a-lin. and we are about well. I am Tu years old and my wife is 06. AVlien we commenced to take your medicines we were not able to see after our work, but now she can tend to her work and I see after my farm. Von can use this publicly if you want to."?A. 1\ Coll urn, Cidding's, Tex.