Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM ?IN? Western South Carolina. 0 RATES REASONABLE. ?~? SUBSCRIPTION 81 PER ANNUM JOB PRINTING A SPEC1ALTV. The Rscsls Easily Rented. Gen. Mac Arthur's Division Crosses Rio Grande Safely. Fight at Close Racge?Three Thousand Filipinos Given an Unexpected Ponanfmn V?v A?V??>ri The Lexington Dispatch.) j\ licprcsentauuc Newspaper- Goocrs r.cxiiujtun and the borders of the Surrounding Counties folic a Blanket. VOL. XXIX. LEXIXGTOX, S. C., WEHXESDAV. .MAY :f. 1800. XO. >."> I 'MUJa 6LCBE BEY GOODS COMPANY, |J "W. 23C- M02^TC^T027, ~S5., a^-AJLT^O-EIES, J fezkty lOSO MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, H. C., jjD * 1h n>4l' pSKSjiti .Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. /$ L!> i '\ A> " T" u |pT f I ^ Oi-tubor l.i?tf itLIU -LCIUVIO ili'V/C^nuu wj i > cans?General Lawton's Column Floundered Through Swamp? Men Had to Drag Bullock Carls Through R radices Juugles. Wi 1 Rost Three Diys at Norzagaray. Aguinaldo is Unapproachable. Manila, April 27?9:45 p m.?Gen. MacArthurs division crossed the Rio Grande today and advanced on Apalit, completely routing the flower / of the rebel army. The enemy were very strongly entrenched on the river bank, near both sides of the railroad bridge. Gen. Wheaton sent Col. Funston across with two companies of the Twentieth Kansas regiment, a couple of privates swimming the swift stream with a ropo, under a galling ? ? i* *i__ lire, lor tlie purpose or guiamg me raft. The men crossed in squads of 20 and attacked the left fhnk of the rebels, who scuttled like rabbits into covered ways and trenches. The rest of the regiment was compelled to cross the bridge in single lile along the stringers. All the wood woik and much of ^rhe iron work had been removed. The First . Montana regiment fallowed the Kansas acyoss the bridge. The First Nebraska regiment, acting as a reserve, attacked the rebels in three lines of trenches, driving them out, killing 16 and wounding many. Iq the meantime a large body of Filipinos, estimated at no fewer than 3,000, led by Gen. Antonio Luna on a black charger, that was evidently comiDg to' reinforce the rebels who were engaged with the Nebraskans, appeareu iu iuc upeu uau auuuu ?.>iw miles to tbe left. Emerging from the jungle the enemy formed an open skirmish line v, nearly two miles in length, with very thick reserves behind. The men advanced at double quick until they were about 200 yards from the American line when G^n. Wheaton ordered his troops to fire. The rebels, who were evidently uu^ aware that the Americans crossed the river, broke and ran in the direction of Micabele. The other Filipinos flew toward Apalit station. The heat in the early part of the afternoon was terrific, but a drenching thunderstorm which came later, greatly refreshed tbe Americans. Most of the rebels fled to Apalit station, where two trains were waiting them. They left hurriedly, presumable for Sau Fernando. The towns of San Vincentic and Apalit were simultaneously burned and evacuated by the natives. Twenty prisoners were captured, including a Spaniard. The American troops also captured a brass cannon and a quantity of arms and amunition and the same evening they charged a Maxim gun on the railroad. The fighting lasted from noon until ? o'clock. The American loss i3 one man of the Montana regiment killed and three officers and six men wounded. Gen. Lawton's advance has been remarkably demonstrative of the resistless energy which characterizes -11 t-:_ tim n.cf St! Ula uuu^l jlu.- iuok troops forming his column only Teached Norzigaray today. The men were badly played out, a3 during the past two days they have dragged buiiock carts over roadless jungles and through swamp?, cu'ting their way for miles. Toey will rest three days and then, with Col. Sumner's command, consisting of the Oregon and Minnesota regiments, the troops will resume the march westward, cooperating with Gen MacArthut's forces in the important enterprise. ? The ambulances today, with a strong escort, are bringing G.'n. / Liwton's wounded and a few of those who have been prostrated by the heat across the country to the railroad. A report has gained wide currency among the volunteers that the government intends to ask that there be no fighting after Cilumpit is captured, and that it is the intention to replace them at the frou* with regu lars which are being brougat Hereon board transports. A coiiiiaittee of Filipinos organized to mediate between the Americans and Aguinaldo, fear? tusppioavb the rebels after ihe refusal of the latter to receive the Spanish comm s sioners who were bearing a white fl ig. The committee, after consult iug with the American commission ere, propose to tell Aguinaldo that j while eo terins except unconditional ; surrender could be offered after the i i lengths to which the war had been carried, they could assure the rebels ; that they would be treated according j to the American traditions of leniency i to the conquered and that there i would be no punishment or confisca- j tions of property if they laid down i their arms. The leaders of the committee told United States Consul Williams that they would go if he would accom4liarv> K^i^vinr* lllfi j/auj iugujt ks\.iiv vuv * I trusted Mr. Williams. Tbe latter, ' however, refused, having no author- | ity in the matter. He said: 11 do : not believe the Filipinos would hami f rnr, but they might detain me for j mouths." ? The American commission is ham- j pered in its work of c-nlistiDg the support of friendly Filipinos by the fear, expressed by many of them, that the "anti-expansionists'' may obtain control cf the American government and cause the withdrawal j of the American troop3 from th* Philippine islands, thus they claim, leaving the natives who have assisted i the Americans to the mercy of Aguin | aldo's followers. Under those cir cuinstances men of property are reluctant to risk the results of becom ing' identified with the American regime. THE LATEST. New York, April ?The World says: A dispatch received in this city this morning says General Luna, tbe Filipino commander in-chief, has sent an insurgent Colonel ihrougb the line?, under a flag of truce, to ask a cessation of hostilities. A Journal special from Manila, j say>: The forces of General Luna j have surrendered to General Otis, commanding the Americau forces He sent two of his most prominent officers to ask for term3 of peace. The result of the surrender is a practical ending of the revolution as Gen. Luna has been for a long time regarded as head and front of the Filipino movement. There is great jubilation among American officers and troops, especially the volunteers, who are convinced that the end of the war is at hand and that they will soon be allowed to return to their homes. The surrender includes practically all the Filipino forces against whom MacArthur has been operating with I such dashing success for the last few weeks. The officers who arranged the surrender on behaif of General Luna were Colonel Aguilles, chief of | staff and Lieutenant Jose Bermel, who were admitted though the lines by a flag of truce, and at once interviewed General Otis, making the formal offer. Further details of the surrender state that Aguilles said that he was j empowered to request a cessation cf | hostilities pending negotiations Icok{ iug to the settlement of the war. j Mac-Arthur complied with the request 1 ? -?i. ? t i i?1... A I peOUlUg ICSU UUUUUS 11ULU 10. I fall surrender of the forces followed. Still later in the afternoon.?The : Filipino advance as to peace wis i fruitless. Colonel Aguilies aud Lieutenant Jose Beimel came into MacArthur's lines with a Gig of truce. They told General Otis that they were the representatives of General ; Luna, who had been -requested by Aguinaldo to ask a cessation of hostilities in order to allow time for sumj moning the Filipino Congress, which i body would decide whether the peoI pie want peace. General O is rei plied that he did not recognize the I ; existence of the Filipino government. I There will be another conference to' morrow. j ? Millions Given Avray. It is certainly gratifying ?to the j public to know of oue concert. iu the j laud who are not afraid to be gener| ous to the needy and suffering. The j proprietors of Dr. King's New D;sj covery for Consumption, Coughs and ; Colds, Lave given away over ten milj l:ou trial bottles of this great medi! e re, and have the satisfaction of I knowing it has absolutely curtd | thousands of hopeless cases A-thma, | Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all dis 1 , eases of the TLroat, Cbejt anlLuugs 1 j are surely cared by it. Ciil ou J. E. Kiuftuaou, DruggisE and g< t a free ! trial bottle. Regular size oOj. and St. Every buttle guaranteed, or p.'ice refunded. % Aloazo Filler Drcwasd. Weak Minded Fellow Drowned in Oayce's Mill Pond. Was P.unning from John Medlin? Tkev Were Falling and Fuller % O Run Into the Pond Because Medlin Frightened Him. The Columbia State, April '28. The circumstances connected with the drowning of Alonzo Fuller in Cayce's mill pond Wednesday afternoon are very strange and unusual. It seems that tbe feeble minded fellow was frightened into jumping into tbe pond, and was drowned. His dead body was recovered yesterday morning at 11 o'clock, after the pond had been drained. Tbe corpse lay on tbe porch of tbe old mill all day, protected from tbe sun by a few branches and leaves. At dusk yesterday afternoon it was still lying there, with a few neighbors gathered around waiting for the coroner lo bojd an inquest. Tnose who were present when the strange affdr occurred are able to give but a poor account of tbctragedy. Lonzie Fuller and bis father were tithing in tbe pond. John Mediin, who lives in Columbia, was also there. His story is that Lonzie Fuller had a nibble at bis line and Medlin, to tease him, threw liis line over by the other boy's. Fuller applied several vile epithets to Medlin, who picked up a clod of dirt and motioned as if to strike. Fuller, who was but halfwiitted, sprang into the pond, and soon got into the channel and was out of his depth. Not beiDg able to swim, he was soon seen to be drowning. Medlin claims that he endeavored to save the drowning boy, but was unable to do so. The father of the dead boy says that Medlin struck Lonzie Fuller, and that the latter fell into the water and never come up. Medlin came to t)wn and gave himself up to the police upon the advice of hi3 faher, who works at Strickland's stable?. A warrant was swcrn out before Magistrate Kocn yesterdiy morning for the arrest of John Medlin, charging him with assault. The warrant was placed in the hands of the magistrate's constable, who came to Columbia to serve it. Young Medlin had before this given himself up to the police. Some of Medlin's friends had advised him to run away, and his father, hearing of it and believing his story of the affair, had him give himself up. He was taken to Brooki i TJ? lanu yesieruuy HJ lci uuuij. jis 1.-5 about 18 years old and bis story of the affair has been given above. , Cjroner Craps of Lexington county was telegraphed for, and no inquest was held pending bis airival. However be did not arrive on the 5 o'clock train as was expected. Magistrate Koon was sent for in order to conduct the examination, Results Fatally in Nine as Cases Out of Ten?A notice | Cure Found at Last. d c operatioi j poison in the blood, circulating tin \ the sore or ulcer?known as the |" poison remains in the blood, and | renewed violence. The wonderful success of S. S. i blood diseases which were oonsi< j spairing sufferers to try it for Cai | the physicians without a cure. M | equal to the disease and prompt! i spread rapidly, and it was soon j beyond doubt that a cure had i found for deadly Cencer. Evid?'i i mulatod which is ineontrovertib j the following is a specimen : " Cancer is hereditary in our famil sister and an aunt having died fror ! disease. My feelings may be imagine* j rible disease made its appearance on i ' a malignant Cancer, eating inwardly i to cause great alarm. The disease see) skill of the doctors, for their treatme) whatever, the Cancer growing worse Numerous remedies were used for it grew steadily worse, until it seemed tin to follow the others of the family, for when inherited. I was advised to try S first day, forced out the poison. I conti bottles, when I was cured sound and dreadful affliction, though many years for Cancer.?Mas. S M. Idol, Winston. Our book or Cancer, containin information, will be sent free to Company, Atlanta, Georgia. | but he was iu Columbia at the tim< ! and had not returned at G o'clock, j The body of young Fulh-r lay 01 j the mill platform all this time, in tL ! beat of the afternoon. He we | poorly dressed and bad cn a pair o I old military trousers which he but : worn in bis service in the Secon: j South Carolina, a service which wa j not honorable, for the poor, weak j minded fellow was a deserter. Hi j arms were drawn up as if he died ii i a cramp, and he was found l}ing 01 ! bis back. There were no signs o ! blood on his person. His old mother, herself fecbl S minded, "hovered over his body, tell | ing iu a disconnected way of her sci i having had trouble with Medlii j prior to the drowning, and having t run from him. She claims that i.e boy was terrorized by Mcdlin am that the father was unable to hclj him. These garrulous remarks wcr probably vagaries of au infirm mind but no doubt will be investigated. She claims that the boy wa: struck in the head with a rock, am not with a clcd of dirt. The place where the tragedy oc currcd is isolated, and liltlo inferos1 I was manifested in the affair a* com ! of the parties were at all prominent | but the delay of holding the inquest unavoidable, is none the less shock in g. 3r:,ve Msn Fall Victims to stomach, liver and kid ney troubles as well as women, am all feel the results in loss of appetite poisons in the blood, backache, norv | ousness, headache and tired, listless I rnn-down feeling. But there's m I need to feel like that. Listen to J j W. Gardner, Idaville, Ind. He says i "Electric Bitters are just the thin* l fnr n ir>fin wlipn he is all run down I " i and dome care whether he lives o: i dies. It did more to give me new strength and good appetite that anything I could take. I can nov eat anything and have a new lease or life." Ouly 50 cents, at J. E Kauf mann's Drug Store. Every bottle j w j guaranteed. Wcndsr vvater. ? | To the EJitor of the Dispatch: I have a mineral water that wil j turn any pule faced person red. I j is the best thing for dyspepsia. Il j will certainly cure any skin disease There is nothing better for nervousness. Over two hundred families are now using it. It is a good tonic ! and will give you an appetite. I sol it at 5 cents a gallon. Parties wbc furnish their ovvn vessels, I will gel them two gallons for 5 cents. You will be convinced of its medicine! merits if you will give it a ilia!. P J. Pucker, Columbia, S. C. | The price of quinine has almost j doubled in the past three in on the. ! Its advance is chargc-able to London I j speculators. I s fearful disease often first appears nere scratch, a ]>imple. or lump in reast. too small to attract any , until, in many cases, the deadly e is fully developed, cer can not be cured by a surgical 1, because the disease is a virulent xiughout the system, and although 5 Cancer?may he cut away. the promptly breaks out afresh, with S. in curing obstinate, deep-seated lered incurable, induced a few deicer, after exhausting the skill of uch to their delight S. S. S. proved y effected a cure. The glad news demonstrated at last been ice has accu1e, of which Ba v, niy father, a ' Iff n this dreadful J 1 when the lior- j p LUCU IIDUUU Hitit did no p'K '1 ^ fill the while. but the < 'an?*or MRS. s. M. n?oL. at 1 was doomed I know how deadly Cancer is, especially wift's Specific (S. S. S.). which, from the in lied its use until I had taken eighteen well, and have had no symptoms of the ; have elapsed. S. S. S. is the onlv cure N. C. * fx ^ other testimonials and valuable any address by the Swift Sneeitic Scarring for -Stcrm Victims. 11 Fifty Dead and Many Woundet in Kiiksvilie. s f j .'jiurouuding Towns Send Htlp? j Two Hundred Families Homeless and a Property Loss of About *200,000. Freaks of the Wind. s Kirksville, Mo , April 28.?As t a result of the tornado that swept a through the eastern portion of this f city yesterday evening, demolishing half of the residences and othei o buildings, *200 families are homeless - and nearly 0.) dead bodies and 70 in i jureJ persons Lave been recovered i from the ruins. More than a dozen y of the injured will die. Although r the rescuers have been searching the 1 ruins ever since the storm spent its , fury, many are still missing, and it is 2 thought that a number of unfor; tunates were consumed in the flames that broke out soon after the storm 3 had ceased. ] "When the tornado struck the city last evening most of the residents were at supper. The tornado cut a ^ clean path one mile long and GOO 3 feet wide through the residence section, leaving death and destruction in its woke. Buildings were demo!. ished or twisted apart and scattered to the four winds. A conservative estimate places the aggregate amount of damage at $200,000, the individual loss ranging from 8100 to $10,000. The wind played many pranks and , there was some miraculous escapes. t j 1\ J. Bigcr, a prominent attorney, ran into the path of the storm to j save his family, who were helpless with fear. Dashing into the house ) ? he carried bis wife and children into . the cellar. As he stumbled fnto the r place of safety the building was leveled to the ground. r I Among the first of the buildings 7 wrecked was the elegant $10,00(1 j residence of Mrs. Mary Ilensley, in r the southeastern part of the city, j Not a vestige of it is left. The residence of H. Lowel, just 3 outside the towD, was twisted into a heap of ruius and three of his children i buried in the debt is and killed. Other large residences were lifted from their foundation and literary torn into kindling wood. Cills for help were sent to eur1 rounding towns and were quickly re( sponded to. The wounded were S carried to the fiomes of hospitable . neigLbors and given immediate at tcntiou. Twenty-five doctors from ' Mcbley, Macon and other points < along the line of the Wabash railroad 1 came to Kuksville last night in rc> sponse to urgent calls for medical as1 sistsmce. DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. Cuillicothr, Mo, Apiil 28.?Scenes of utter distress and desolation were *? - *? * - 1! i. i. I _ L _V pictured to jay in me mue lornuuo swept burg of Newton, 40 rniies north, on the St. Paul railway. There are about 15 dead and over ' SOS injured, while half of the place is in ruins and 50 families are homeless. The storm struck Newton at G:I5 in the evening, corning from the sou'-hwcat. It came without waining and few were able to take advantage of their storm cellars. Stiiking the eastern end of the town it cut a swath of 500 to (500 feet wide through the best portion of the place, sweeping everything before it. Over 30 houses were torn to splinters. Painlsss D:-nistry. Many years age, writes a western c jriespondeuf, a group of covvbjys rode into the frontier fo.vn <>f Pr.iitic-viilo. and while can toting down the principal street, ; came to a sign?"Painless Dentist." | Tb.'j c-lijiic-.I the c jltouts of their J rtvoivcis into it, ami then one of the c-inpuny dismounted and announced ! his intention to go in end get a sore toot!: attend; d to "And I don't pay i any fancy pi ice for it, neither,v he j muttered, as he walked noisiiy into the ok.ee. The dentist was a ouiet looking A o | you: g man of 25. * SlC here!" shouted the cowboy, as he advanc'd toward the chair, 'I want h tooth lix< d, and I don't want any 1 i?h toued prices charged, either." He thtew himself, into the chair, i bitched Lis belt around iu front of I him. laid his revolver across his lai , / i i ili^m ? mium?i? 1^^^ absolutely "Pi Makes the food more deli roval baking powge 1 | and hid the dentist that if burl him ! 1 L j he woukl shoot the top of bis bead j 5 I off. 1 . ' ' | '-Very well," said the dentist, with i i ! a slight laugh: "then you must take I ? ; gas, for this is a bad tooth, and will ; give trouble/' r | : ? t i The cowboy swore, but finally sub c 1 ! milled to the respiration, and pres- L j ently was insensible. t With great skill the man of the j j i forceps pulled the tooth, and then be- j g j fore his customer regained conscious- J 8 | nes3, he securely tied him hand and i t i fi'ot to the chair, which was firmly | r j screwed to the fioow- Then takiog the J J j bully's revolver out of his belt, the j t ! dentist took up his position where j t | the patient could see him when he ^ I came to. p | As the cowboy struggled back to j f ; consciousness, the first thing of which j j ho was sensible was the dentist point- | t ing the revolver at him, andsajiDgin ' p ! quiet tones: .4 i I '-Now, then: don t move. Just | j open your mouth as wide as possible, j ^ j and I will shoot the bad tooth cfT. j This is the painless process. No danger, sir, unless you happen toswali ow the bullet. Are yon ready' Then j ! here she goct! Oue, two, three.*' Bang! went the revolver, knocking i a hole in the wall, and the deutist ; rushed forward holding out the tooth j in his hand to show the now terriSed ^ i bully, who roared for mercy and * I begged to be released, thinking that a ! he had fal.tn into the hands of a mad- c I niort 1 ( I UiUU. The dentist finally cut bi.g bonds n on condition that his customer should " restore the liddled sign outside of the P office. And after pajiug $5 for the extracted tooth, which the dentist grimly declared to be the regular price for painless operations, the crest fall- X en cowboy departed, convinced that appearances are sometimes deceitful, ^ j and that even a tendeifoot may have i nerve. a S( Bed Hot from th.9 Gun si Was the ball that hit G. B. Stead- 0 man of Xewaik, Mich , in the Civil a W ar. It caused horrible Ulcers that u j no treatment helped for 20 years. ^ i Teen Bucklen's Arnica Sdve cur?d 0 him. Cures Cuts, Bruises, Burns, ^ Boils, F< Ions, Corns, Skin Eruptions. ^ ! Best Pile cure on earth. 25 cts. a ^ | box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by J. | E Kaufmunn, Druggist. ? H? Didn't Forgst. 13 ti A young married lady one morn- n ing gave her husband a sealed letter, ai ! which he was to read when he got to a 1 the office. He did so, and the letter a. i ran as follows: j a] j "I am oblige to tell yon something J ^ 1 that may give you pain, but there is ! x ' no help for it. V .-u shall kuow every- ! jc Him nr. u h'it nvr be the couseuuences. ! \1 . 0, _ _ _ _ A ; For the last week I have ft It like it q j must come to this, but I have waited until the lust extemity, and can re- ^ i main silent no longer. Dj not over- j w | whelm me with bitter reproach, for j 0J you will Lave to put up with your ' w share of the trouble as veil as my- ! ' self." Cold perspiration stood in thick j d' drops on the brow of the husband, j us who was prepared for the worst, j Al Trembling' he read ol: | he ' Our coal is all gone. Please or- j C del' a ton to be sent this afternoon. I J he thought you might forget it for the i tb tenth time, and then fore wrote you ! lathis It Iter."1 j E. Put he didn't forget it this tinu! j I Whooping Cough. T ! ...1 1 'H1 .> uUirt IV>io c.nrlTr o'> x uau u nu*c uuj >iu\j ?t*o uvuiij ? dead from an attack of whooping sw cough. My neighbors recommended ea: Chamberlain's Cough IGtnedy. I , or did no* think that any medicine It would help him, but. after giving : ev. him a few djces of that remedy I i all noiiced an improvement, and one : Tr b>ttle cured mm entirely. I is the : gn D urhoea K iu d;.?P. E. Gdsham, ' stc (iiars Mills, Lt. For sale by J. E 1 Tr Kaufmann. j S. LBakino Powder URE icious and wholesome OBITUARY. Early Estelle, daughter of Mr. and Sirs. R. P. Weseinger, died March SI, 18(.)0, in the 14th year of her age. Her death was sudden aud unexjected, yet peaceful and calm. To :ontemplate death in any form and mder any circumstance is sad, but o see the form of on" whose life was ust bursting into the full bloom of .1/vwi/M^o tr</\?v\n*\h A/./I l a lAOOnllilt-ll' jlUllUUa nuuiUUUUUU) *o ?S wunni j > ad aDd distressing. Bat she is no aore, God took her. How we will diss her in our Sunday school. )eautiful llower of the household ransplanted in the happy home, only o sing around the throne of God in teaven and be a strong tie to parents, mothers and sisters. May Godcouiort the. sorrowing ones and give hem grace to say: "The Lord gave, he Lord hath taken away, blessed >e the name of the Lord." Go, dear pilgrim, to thy home, Ou yonder blissful shori ; Ve miss thee here, but soon will come Wtiere tlnu hast gone before.'' Daisy Cai.k. April 22, 18'.)'.). Working Night and Day The busiest and mightiest little hing that ever was made is Dr. Swing's New Life Pills. Every pill is sugar-coated globule of health, that hauges weakness into strength, lis'3S8ness into energy, brain fag into rental power. They're wonderful r building up the health. Only 25j er box. Sold by J. E. Kaufmann. Balloting for Presidents. [ail aad Express. John Adams and Thos. Jefferson rere balloted for prts'.d. n'.iul elec . ors on four different occasions, .dams succeeding once and Jefft-r on twice. To sum up briefly the presidential j ^ ituatioD, Washington is the only f ne of the twenty-four meu who have 1 bsolutely vacated the place wheu rged to remain. He and Jefferson, IadisoD, Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln < nd Grant enjoyed a re-election, j 'hile John Adam?, John Qiincy i .dams, Van Buren and Grover lleveland were defeated cf eleet:on j } succeed themselves. Cleveland ( ot in a second time, however. t Andrew Jackson and Grover Clevetnd were before the people three ( mes: Martin Van Buren sought ; omination four times, got in three J nd was once elected; Millard Fillore was twice an unsuccessful spirant, after having been president J nd General Grant failed of nomina i on after having served two terms. ' he fact is generally overlooked that * i 1801 at Lincoln's renomiuation the [issouri delegates voted solidly for rant. James G. Blanc's name was rfore more presidential conventions ian that of aoy other man. He < as balloted for iu five conventions, [tending fiom 1S7G to 1H'.)2. !> !t ho on the nomination only once. ^ ? 1 have been a sufferer from chronic arhoea ever siuce the war ami have { ijd all kinds of medicines for it. ; last I fouud one remedy that has en a success as a cure, and th it is v jambeil lin's Colic, Cholera and j, St cough medieiue I ever had in \{ e house.?J. L. Moore, South irgettstown, Fa. For sale by J. j, Kaufmauu. P Try Allsn's Foot-Sase, n t: A powder to be shaken into the t; oc-s. At thid season your feet f^el 1 olleu, nervous, hot, and get tired iily. If ycu have sma:t!iug feet tight shoes, try Alleu's Foot Ease, j cools the feet and makes walking 5y. Relieves corns and bunions of y pain and gives rest and comfort. y it today. Sold by all diuggist , a jeers, shoe stores and general I irekeepers everywhere. Price 2"c. P ial packages free. Address, Alien y Olmsted, Le R )y, N. Y. P ADVERTISING RATES. A.l ertiscments will be inserted at the rate ol 7> cents p> r Mjnare of one inch s ace for iirst insertion and .70 cents per inch for each subsequent insertion. Libera) contract* mad* with those wishing to advertise for three, six and twelve months. Notices in the local column 5 cents pe* line each insertion. Obituaries charged for at the rate of one cent a word, wlen tbey exceed 100 words. Marriage notices inserted tree. Address G. M. HARMAN, Editor and PnbHshei. . _A Blind men outnumber blind women two to one. A pound of phosphorus is sufficient to tip 1,000.000 matches. Three pints of liquid a day is sufficient for the average adult. The average persou wears nearly fourteen pouuds of clothing. There is a big supply of whisky on bund at the State penitentiary. Ttiere are now only two Mexican War survivors in Edgefield county. The consciousness of duty performed gives us music at midnight. Fifteen thousand people are employed in making violins in Germany. . ' The strawberry crop is very promising in the lower section of the State. Poker has been forbidden in Vienna, on the ground that it is a gamS of chance. ^ The highest price ever paid for a race horse was $150,000 for the famous Ormonde. The Coroner's jury in the Fuller j. drowning case, has exouorated MedI'm from all blame. . OS Mrs. Sniff?"I wish you'd pay a little attention to what I say!"' Sniff-^ "I do, dear?as little as possible.'' Pimples, Boils and other Humors appear when the blood gets impure. The best remedy is Dr. M. A. Sim- ' mons Liver Medicine. ..M n-i. j:.: r it._ lue conuiuou ui iuc vjuveiuut i& uot such as it had been hoped it would be by the change in climates. There are four sovereigns and nine heirs .apparent among the fifty-seven living descendants of Queen Victoria. A young white boy by the name of Yarn was killed at Bimberg recently by a lot of cross ties falling on him. Health, Strength and Nerve Force follow the use of Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine, which insures good Digestion and Assimilation. A?-"What do you think of C??" L>?"He is the kind of man that the more I think of him the less I think of him."* Seventeen parcels of ants' eggs from Russia, weighing 550 pounds, were sold in Berlin recently for 20 cents a pound. If "OA of Soit?," Cross and Peevish, lake Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. Cheerfulness will return ?i ml life acquires new zest. Freddie?"Ma, what is the baby's Dame?"' Ma?"The baby hasn't any name." Freddie?"Then how did he know he belonged here?" On May Ith all candidates for admission to the bar of South Carolina will be examined in the Supreme Court room in Columbia. Djn't get scared when your heart troubles you. Most likely you suffer from indigestion. Kjdol Dyspepsia Jure digests what you eat. It will svill cure every form of Dyspepsia. 7. E Ivaufmann. Policeman Bean was murdered in ' Jkarleston recently. James Phillip, i negro, was arrested on suspicion md has confessed the crime. TLe post office at Blacksburg was :obbed recently. The safe was blown jprn with dynamite and $120 in cash ind $110 in stamps were stolen. You cannot accomplish any work jr business unless you feel well. If pou feel ''Used Up?Tired Out," :ako Dr. M A. Simmons Liver Medicine. Perkiu?"I have the .greatest re>pect for the truth." Firkin?"So I >ercieve, for you generally keep at a inst respectful distance from it." defending S il] THE NATION.? J 5%J Ctr/ttrrh A our court' try's enemy. I,a grippe, lung troubles and otlicr diseases of the mucous rneni ^ ^hrar.e take hol<i '//jJa '?s-v A i" "f onr P??Plc **** *" :In<* ^a,a^ t'csults ' va<M? fo i i o w with - alarming frr/,jjtf^W^H?|J& '{Uency. All of f I: a^vv-T *3*1 t,u'se troubles if V arc catarrh, and * v.-..; cannot exist rhcro the membranes arc clean and ealthy. Mrs. Lou Davis. r.iyetteville, Tenn., ells in her letter ho?.v Dr. Ilartman's rent catarrh remedy, IV-ru-na. cured or of la grippe and serious lung comlicatioii. She says: " I was afflicted with a disease coinlonly known as la grippe two years i go; the doctors said 1 had consumrv ion. I got one hot tie of Pe-ru-na and he second niglit my cough stopped, took several bottles, and I tfcill say lint I believe 1 would he a dead woman ow if it had not hcen for lV-ru-na.* ? Mary M. Pruitt. a'pa. Mo., says: Mctiioiiie Co., Columbus, 0. " I had 'a prippc for three successive cars; it seemed to pet a tighter hold n me each year. It seemed I was in if jaws of death. What had helped ic before would not do me any pood, saw an advertisement of I'e-ru-na. I roeured two bottles and it cured me. have not felt aDy symptom since, on may use this in any way you lease." , \ '