Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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M?Hg- ' BE3T ADVERTISING MEDIUM Western South Carolina. RATES REASONABLE. | SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER ANNUM JOB pbist?g?a specialty, ? When Yon Buy a Pair of Shoes The Lexington Dispatch. Jl Bepresentatiue newspaper. Bouers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Bounties Like a Blanket. VOL. XXX. LEXIXGTOX, S. C., WEDNESDAY, .NOVEMBER 22, 1899. xXO. 2 "jaZS" GLOBE DRY ROODS COMPART, jteMi -w. H:. n^onsrc^Tonsr, CTIEB., MV:.:?- 4' f fefellA'' IPSO MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C., ' InMiTO,! Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. /$? Ui>, \ ??> >3 T II ; i I ^ October 13?tf I . j j * Yea want the BEST shoe for the lesst monej whether it be for men,!. _ -LM 3 women or cnnaren, we give you that. Misses' Wicker Calf School ' ? Shoes $1.50 Child's $1.25 Misses' Grain School Shoes $1.00 Child's. ?. 81 All solid 8ndevery pair; warranteed. We will s ive yau money on youi1 Childrens' Shoes. Extra Inducements to the countrj t: a le LEVEE, THE SHOE M.4X, ,1603 Mud Street COLUil 8U, S. C. Jr September 20 6m. IImt tries iw That Grow and Bear Frnit. Write for our 60 imge illiKlf-Jm lustrated Catalogue and 40 page pamphlet. "IIow to ^ Piant and Cultivate an Orhard." Gives you that information you have so long gl~" wanted; tells you all about 33 those big red apples, lucious peaches. and Japan plums with theirorientaJ sweetness, all of whieh vou have of'en wondered where the trees came from ihat produced mm EVERYTHING GOOD IN FRUITS. ^ Unusal fine stock of SILVER _/jfe jMAPLES.young.thriftytrees * fcv ^smooth and strai ht. the kind giBMjft^X^ithat live and grow off well. ^^^E^No old. rough trees. This is wg^-ffi&rl'he most rapid growing ma^{^ ^jK^iPle and one of the most beau|f5^b3?^|tiful shade trees. Write for prices and give irgffifflyjlist of wants. Van Lindley Nursery Co., Pomona, N. C. LOAN ? EXCH ANGE BA\K OF SOUTH CAROLINA State, City & County Depository COLUMBIA, S. C. Capital Paid in Fall $150,000 OC Surplus 35,000.0( Liabilittes of Stockholders 150,000. OC $335,000. OC SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum paid on deposits in this department TRUST DEPAR1MENT r This Bank under special provision of itf charter exercises the cf&ce of Executor, Administrator, Trustee or Guardian of Es tales. SAFETY DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Fire and Burglar pro?.f safety deposit for rent from $4 00 to $12 CO per year. EDWIN W. ROBERTON, President, A. C. HASKELL, Vice President J. CALDWELL ROBERTSON, 2d Vice President G. M BERRY, Cashier. February iz? xy. THE limn umi COLUMBIA, S. C. CAPITAL < $100.000 00 SURPLUS 30,000 00 ESTABLISHED 1871. JAMES WOODKOW, President. JULIUS WAI KER. Vice President. JEROME H. SAWYER, Cashier. v DIRECTORS? James Woodrow, John A. Crawlord, Julias H. Walker, C. Fitzsim ruons, W. C. Wright, W. H. Gibbes John t. Sloan, t. T. Moore, J. L. Mimnaugh. E. S. Jovnes. This bank solicits a share, if not all, of your business, and will grant every favor consistent with safe and sound banking. January 29. 1897?ly. >. Saw Mills, Light and Heavy, and Supplies. CHEAPEST AND BEST. S3^"Ca?t everv day; wor* 180 hands. Lombard Iron Works and Supply Co., AUGUSTA, GMJttGlA. January 27? . GEOBGE BBUNS MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C., I JEWELER REPAIRER Has a splendid stock of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks and Silverware. A fine line of Spectacles and Eyeglasses to fit every one, aU for sale at lowest prices. Bepairs on Watches first class quickly done and guaranteed, at moderate prices. 60?tf. W. A. RECHLlVd, -A.ETIST, COLUMBIA, S. CM IS NOW MAKING THE BEST Pictures that can he bad in this country, and all who have never had a real fine picture, should now try some of his latest tityles Specimens c.i.n be seen at his Gallery, up stairs, next to the Hub. Flea for Rural Mails. Assistant Postmaster Gen. Heaths Annual Report. Accomodation to the Farmer-Volume of Free Delivery Service on Country Routes Emphasized and a Large Appropriation Asked For. A vigorous plea for rural free delivery is advanced in the annual report of First Assietant Postmaster General Perry S. Heath. He says the service so far has resulted in increased postal receipts, enhancement of the value of farm lands reached by free rural delivery of from to $3 per acre; a general improvement of the condition of the reads traversed by the carrier, better prices for farm products, the producers being brought into daily touch with the state of the markets, besides educational benefits conferred by relieving the monotony of farm life through ready access to wholesome literature and knowledge of current events. Oa November 1 rural free delivery was in successful operation over 3S3 routes, radiating over forty States and one Territory, Idaho, Wyoming, Mississippi and Montana being the only States unrepresented. Between the beginning of the new fiscal year, July 1, 1899, and November 1, with an additional expenditure of $150,000, rural free delivery has been extended to nearly 180,000 persons at an annual cost of about 84 cents per capita, against an average per capita cost of $2 80 in small towns of 5,000 population. ' It is a small matter to. a resident of a town," says the report, "to be 6aved a walk of a few hundred yards to the postoffice, while on the contrary it is a great accommodation to the farmer to be spared a drive of five or ten miles over country roads to get his mail. In a recent public discussion advocates of the system who took the value of the time thus lost in the busy farming season at only 59 cents per head, found that their figures ran up into many mil lions of dollars lost to tbe agricultural interests through being obliged to send to the village for the mails." Rural carriers are shortly to be authorized to receive and receipt for letters for registration as city carriers do now. The report recommends the adoption of some uniform style of mail-box for the rural free delivery service, with two compartments, one for delivery and one for collection, with one master key for the carrier to open the collection compaitments of all the boxes, and a key for the delivery compartments, to be furnished to each patron of the delivery. These boxes are to be put up and kept in repair by the postoffice department for rental at moderate prices, which would not only pay the government interest on its investment, but yield a revenue. The rural mail boxes would have thrnTrn iirftiind thorn tho nnd'ftnnt; d ? ? ??r protection of the United States laws. By illustration, it is shown that the rural service at West Chester, Pa , not only paid for itself, but left in the nice months of its operation, up to September 30, a balance of $593, after delivering 155,805 pieces of mail matter at the doors of the farmers. The reports of hostility of postmasters and from star route contractors are dismissed as having no substantial grounds, and as animated by no desire for the public good. A modification of the postal laws is recommended to peimit star route messengers under special appointment and oath to peiform rural free delivery service. Of the rural postal wagon expeii ment, begun in Carrol county, Md , April last, the report says: "Jt?'rom the first the setvice proved remarkably successful. Its cost to the government to operate is ?1,375 per annum, including pay of postal clerk i and driver, and care of horses and | wagon. It performs the service | heretofore rendered by eight fourthclass postcfficers and four star route carriers, the cost of which to the United States was about ?1,600 j.er annum. ' The progress of this experiment has been watched with eagerness bj agricultural communities all over the United Slates, and within a few months of its initiation 133 appliea tions for the establishment of similar ! postal wagon service were received from twenty one different States. To each of these inqui ies reply was made that the department desired thoroughly to test the economy and tffi ciency of the service in the county where it originated before venturing upon fuither experiments. "It is believed that with four additional postal wagon routes and auxiliary carriers circulating from the j wagons at different points, as shown in the appended map, th9 entire county of Carroll can be covered by the traveling postofficep, as the southern half of Carroll county is now covered, and at a less aggregate cost than the present service by fourthclass postoffices and star-route earners. Whether similar service can be successfully maintained eleewhere must necessarily depend upon various considerations, chief among \ which will be the character of the country and the roads, the density of the population, the avocation of j the people, and the number of existing postoffices. His Life Was Saved. I Mr. J. E. Liliy, a prominent citi- | zen of Hannibal, Mo , lately bad a j wonderful deliverance from a fright- I ful death. In telling of it he says: "I was taken with Typhoid Fever, that ran into Pneumonia. My lungs became hardened. I was so weak I couldn't even sit up in bed. Nothing helped me. I expected to soon die of Consumption, when I heard of Dr. Kings New Discovery. One bottle gave great relief. I continued to use it, and now am well and strong, I can't say too much in its praise." This maivellous medicine is the surest and quickest cure in the world for all Throat and Lung Trouble. Regular sizes 50 cents and $1 00. Trial bottles free at J. E Kaufmann's Drug Store; every bottle guaranteed. Greater Still. At an agricultural show in Dublin a pompous member of parliament, who arrived late, found himself on the outskirts of a large crowdBeing anxious to obtain a good view for himself and some lady friends who accompanied him, and, presuming that he was well-known to the spectators, he tapped a buily coal porter on the shoulder and peremptorily demanded: "Make way there! "WhT> are ye pushinT' was the unexpected response." "Do you know who I am, six?"' cried the indignant M. P. "I'm a representative of the people !" "Yah !" growled the angry potter: "but we're the bloomim people themselves." The Spartanburg Board of Health { have recommended to the city coun j cil the passage of an ordinance prohibiting spitting on the sidewalk. I Spinal I Disease I "i Cured p; f i|! 1 || Four 11 | Months I j A Helping1 Hand. To the Editor of the Dispatch: Oar hand shall be called the "Helping Hand." Men, women and chil- ; dren are eligible for membership and j they should j ;in it. Thefee shall be lOcentsperannum: ; but all persons who raise cotton must i pay 25 cents for the first year, in addition to the fee of 10 cents, and i 15 cents for recording the mortgage j Eich club shall have a President,. Vice President, Secretary and a j Treasurer. Each club shall have : two picnics each year, one in the ' spring and the other in the fall. They i can join in with the Sunday school j picnics if they wish. No one shall i speak of politics on any of these occasions. The Treasurer shall spend j one-half of the money for the picnic j in the spring and the other half for j the fall picnic. Each State should have a Recorder : whose duty it shall be to record the j proceedings of each meeting. The j President of every club to send ! th Recorder the name, township and j county; and also the number of mem- ! bers in each club. One Recorder in ; the United States would be sufficient j to transact the business, and 5 cents | per year from each club would pay ; him. I am satisfied that I could j keep the record for this amount, j This would be all that it would cost j U3 to know how many members we j have, my fees shall be a helping ! hand. I have a wife and five (5) children, i two of whom are twin boys, three I years old. I am a merchant but do ! not plant or buy cotton. You can j put us all down as members of the j Helping Hand band. 1 will thankfully j receive pictures or any tokens that are sent to me from any and all clubs. I cannot answer letters as hundreds are coming in daily, and it would j break mo up in buying stamps to do J so, and take all of my time to answer j them, so all of my advice will ccme j throuehthe newspapers. If they want it they will have to take the newspa- j pers. Every farmer should take at j least three or four newspapers and ! keep himself posted. , Yours truly, P. J. Pucker, Columbia, S. C. November 13, 1899. ? What Befalls the Spendthrift. | By most men the rosy dream3 of l youth are never realized. The work- ! men must always far outnumber the j employers, more than one hundred : to one. The man who puts off the practice of economy, waiting for a j time when it will be easier for him to deprive himself of certain pet luxuries, learns when it is too late that he has passed the point where he can demand of the present that it i shall help provide for the future, j Among all the acquaintances I have ! i had in the past forty years, not one J spendthrift among them has retired from business a successful man. Perhaps you look upon that word | lichard D. Creech, of 1062 B ond Street, Appleton, Wis kOur sou Willard was abso- H dy helpless. His lower limbs re paralyzed, and when we B d electricity he could not feel B oelow his hips. Finally my B| thcr, who lives in Canada, g ote advising the use of Dr. g Hiatus' Pink Pills for Pale j| mle nnd I bought some. This B s when our boy had been 011 || j : stretcher for an entire year Is 1 helpless for nine months, p six weeks after taking the g Is we noted signs of vitality K his legs, and in four months 8 was able to go to school. It i s nothing else in the world | it saved the boy than I)r. illiams' Pink Pills for Pale j| H >r. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People H y are an unfailing specific for such <1 is- fh \s as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, I j Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia rlieu- | ism, nervous headache, the after-effects of g rippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and H ovr complexions, all forms ot weakness e i ler in male or female. f Williams' Fink Pills for Pale People are never E by the dozen or hundred, but always in pack- HJ >. Atall druogists. or direct from the Dr. Wil- F3 is Medicine Company. Schenectady, N. Y., 60 El is per box, 6 boxes $2.50. "spendthrift" as one that cannot be applied to you. You may think it applies only to one who foolishly throws away a fortune. If you will turn to your dictionary you will read that he is a spendthrift who is improvident or wasteful. The word applies with equal force to the man earning ten dollars a week and to him who has thousands. There are no miracles in a business career. The man who wins success has toiled eaily and late with all his powers of body and mind. He ba3 been subservient to his ambition. He has pushed aside, because it was the first step toward success, every habit and desire that stood between him and his goal. No man was ever numbered among the successful ones unless he was waiting and prepared for fortune when she knocked at his door. She has never yet been known to wait for any man or boy to prepare himself for her company. I know of no one habit that so thoroughly molds the j character of a young man as the } habit cf economy. It gives him strength of will. It teaches him to j ? ' ' i l _ :i_ ? 1 I iook ueyonu an acnou 10 ub uuhi itsuit. It continually reminds him that the pure, sweet, innocent pleasures of life are almost to be bad for the asking, and that Satan is not only a cruel, but aD expensive taskmaster. No Right to Ugliness. The woman who is lovely in face, form and temper will always have friends, but one who wfruld be attractive must keep her health. If she is weak, sickly and all run down, she will be nervous and irritable. If she has constipation or kidney trouble, her impure blood will cause pimples, blotches, skin eruptions and a wretched complexion. Electric Bitters is the best medicine in the world to regulate stomach, liver and kidneys and to purify the blood. It gives strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth, velvety skin, rich complexion. It will make a good looking, charming woman of a run-down invalid. Only 50 cents at J. E Kaufmann's Drug Store. A Mean Interruption. Philadelphia Enqnirer. It happened about 8 o'clock in the evening when the crowd was the greatest on the promenade. It has often been remarked that a crowd is the best place in the world to make love, and the sauterer had ample opportunity to verify the remark at the time and place mentioned. He was a tall, fair young man, with somewhat scanty hair of a dark auburn shade, and a jolly good humored face and wholesome laugh that would attract any girl. She was a pretty little dark thing, with a sort of clinging manner, eminently propossessiDg. She was dressed in some soft stuff ? i tit . t i ? t i _ _ii _ .. oi cidiK Diue wun wnue aois an over j if, and they appeared to be saying j good by. So completely absorbed were they | with each other that they were en- j tirely oblivious to the fact that they j were being watched. Indeed not one j of the thousands of sightseers who ! passed them failed to turn and smile. I They made a striking picture, He was just on the point, for the j twentieth time, of releasing her hand when another thought struck him, and he raised his hat, exposing his ; somewhat thinly covered head, and beut so low over the little hand that the onlookers evidently thought he was going to kiss it. Whether he would have or whether she would I have let him will never be decided, ' l for a small boy, who had been intently j watchiDg the whole performance, ex- I claimed amid the laughter of the ; ero^d: kAb, why don't you marry the j girl?" And the pair incontii eoly fkd. ? f Genuine Courtesy. | So i face manners are like flowers | i stuck in a shallow glass with just i enough water to keep them fresh an hour or sr: but the courtesy that has : its growth in the heart is like the ! rose bush in the garden that no in- J element season cau kill and no dark day force to forego the unfolding of a bud. BoVt ^ aiBSOIAJIEEV 1 Makes the food more de RQYAt BAKING PQVI Scstchman Struck Trouble. Donald McAlister, of 4*17 East Seventy-sixth street, applied to Magistrate Hogan in the Yorkville police -; court yesterday for a warrant for the j arrest of some men who, he said, had j assaulted him at an Irish wake last I Tuesday night. He went to the wake with another Scotchman, he explained, and when asked to tell a story to while away the time, told why there were no Scotchman in hell. The story described how two of Lucifei d satellites, sent to earth to bring in a Scotchman for inspection, brought a bulldog in their big by mistake, and the beast bit the devil so severely that he called his underlings about him and said: ' Until the day of judgment never bring another Scotchman here. Go to England and Ireland, where you'd get people without trouble."' A.8 soon as he' had finished his story, McAlister said, one of the mourners asked him if he intended to insult the Irish. Before he could answer some one threw a shoe which hit him iu the eye. The man next to him hit him on the nose. Several others attacked him on either side and hi3 friends had difficulty in getting him alive out of the house. "Who are the men that struck you?" asked Magistrate Hogan. McAlister'replifcd that he did not know; they were all strangers to him. The magistrate told him to return to court when he found out who the men were. "Why He Did ETot Eise. A street preacher was having a sort of test meeting by asking the congregation questions on their conduct. "Now, brethren," he said, "all of you who pay your debts will please stand up." In response to this there was an apparently unanimously uprising. "Now," said the preacher, asking the others to sit down, "all those who do not pay will please stand up." One man alone arose. "Ab, brother," said the preacher, "why is that you, of all this congregation, should be so different?" "I don't know, parson," he replied, slowly, as he looked around over his friends and acquaintances in the meeting, "unless it is that I am not a liar, and 'cause I can't get what the people round me owe me." Volcanic Eruptions Are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob life of joy. Bucklen's Arnica Salve, cures them; also Old Running and Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons, Corns, Warts, Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Bsst File cure on earth. Drives out Pains and Aches. Only 25 cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by J. E. Kaufmann. Druggist. Considered in Caucus. Columbia State, November 'Jlh. Senator Tillman and about thirty other dispensary advocates held a caucus in this city last night. It has been very noticeable that of the 121 members of the lower house of the Legislature, at least half the number are attending the fair. Except when the Legislature is in session there has perhaps never been such a number of politicians in Columbia as are here now. The factional row which is now on in the State Board of L;<[Uor Control was of course discussed, and a representative legislator is authority for the statement that the members of the A eeomli! v nrn rliscrnsfpd with \JICUCiai LAJ ?J the recent scadal. It is reported that Itepresentative | C. L Winkler, of Kershaw, is pie- ] pariDg a bill to be introduced at the next session which will have for its purpose the modification of the law as it new stands. At the caucus last night Senator Tillman was chief actor. It is stated i j baking* itA Powder Hire lirious and wholesome fDER CO.. HEW YORK. _ I tbat be stigmatized tbe row of the ( State Dispensary as a stench, | and he is reported as advocating a complete change in the system of government. He is said to favor the J abolition of the personnel of the State Bjard with a view of placing the management of the State's liquor business in the hands of the Gjvernor, the State Treasurer and the Attorney General. He also favors the abolition of county boards, letting the Intendants and County Auditors and Treasurers be the members ex-officio of their respective county boards, the dispensers to be elected by the people. It is evident that the" dispensary -J L 1^.1 ?,ui, t UUVUClilUS UltJ uausraicu ni iu tuv present administration and are casting about for some other method. Bismark's Iron Nerve. Was the result of his splendid health. Indomitable will and tremendous energy are not found where Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels aro out of order. If you want these qualities and the success they bring, use Dr. King's New Life Pills. They develop every power of braiu and body. Only 25 cents, at J. E Kaufmann's drug store. * A Slight Mistake... ? Before accepting an invitation it is well to be sure it was given in good faith. After an afternoon service held many years ago in a certain village in Scotland, the preacher, a stran Uo/l VY UU uau ULUCiabVUj uvwvui^/uuivu one of the elders of the congregation heme and was introduced to his wife. The good man having asked the clergyman to stay to dinner, the latter, after a little pressing, consented. The good lady hurried eff to prepare for the unexpected guest, and seeing, as she thought, her husband washing, as was the custom in those days, at the family sink, she seized the family Bible, approached steatbly from behind and brought down the ponderous tome upon his bold pate, exclaiming: uTak' ye that for bringing hungry preachers here to dinner everytime they come to the parish." As soon as the assaulted one could get tbe suds out of eyes he looked about him, and after thinking the matter out, concluded that the old lady had made a slight mistake. She, too, came to same conclusion when, on returning to the parlor, she beheld her husband patiently waiting for I his revered friend." I Her Curiosity "Was Satisfied. There is a handsome young woman in Washington who had the misfortune to fall down stairs a few years ! ago, so badly fracturing one of her | knees that the limb had to be ampui tated. The young woman, who walks | with the aid of crutches, is not the ! least sensitive about the matter, j One afternoon recently she got on j an F avenue car, bound for the hill, ! and found herself in the same seat | with a sharp eyed woman who seemed j to take a whole lot of interest iu her and her crutches. .She scrutinized j the young woman's face carefully for 1 a couple of minutes, then turned her | attention to the workmanship of the | crutches, which she took the liberty to handle curiously. Then she looked the young woman over again, and leaned over to her. "Do you mind telling me how you lost your leg?" she asked rapidly. "Not in the least," responded the young lady, amiably, ! "I lost it in the battle of Gettysburg." j ? ? ? i LaGrippe, with its after t fleets, I annually destroys thousands of peoI pie. It may be quickly cured by j One Minute Cough Cure, the only ! remedy produces immediate re1 suits in coughs, colds, croup, brorj chilis, pneumonia anil throat and lung troubles. It will prevent consumption. J. E. Kaufmann. ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate ol 75 cents per square of one inch sj-ace fur first insertion, and 50 cents per inch for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made with thoee wishing to advertise for three, six and twelve mouths. Notices in the local column 5 cents per lino each insertion. Obituaries charged for at the rate of one cent a word, wlen they exceed 100 words. Marriage notices inserted free. Address G. SI. HARMAN, Editor and Publisher. 1.1 1H.IWB?BMB??a???apw Used "by British Soldiers in Africa. Capt. C. G. Dennison is well Known ail over Atrica as commander of the forces that captured the famous rebel Galishe. Under date of Nov. 4, 1807, from Yryburg, Bechuanaland, he writes: "Before starting on the last campaign I bought a quantity of Chamberlain's . Colic, Cholera and Diarihoea Remedy, which I used myself when troubled with bowel complaint, and had given to my men, and iu every case it proved most beneficial."' For sile by J. E Kaufmann. ?-?-? Two Me an Tcwns. They were talking about bad towns. "The meanest place I ever was in,*' said the man who travels for a liquor * house, "is down in Massachusetts. Say, do you know what happened when I was stopping there onct? A i i /.ii ii i. - L.i. 11? uihli Li a a Jtiiieu inrougu a uoie lu ine sidewalk and sustained injuries that resulted in the loss of his right arm. He sued the city for damages and the case was tried before a jury which the papers said was composed of representative citizens. Well, what do you supposo they did for him! Brought in a verdict in favor of the city, holding that inasmuch as he was left handed his injury did not amount to anything." 4 Yes,*' the cigar man said, "that's a pretty mean Iowd, I admit; but I know of a worse one. This place is in Pennsylvania. An acquaintance of mine down there was injured sometime ago in pretty much the same way the man you mentioreigot hurt. He feel on a bad sidewalk and ^ lost one of his legs. He sued the city and didn't get anything. I never hoard just why, but probably because the jurors didn't believe he needed more than one leg in his business, seeing that ho was a barber and couldn't hone a razor or shave a man with jus foot^.-anywgy, ?Bat f"havn' come to the point at which the real meanness developed. Being a poor man be couldn't afford to buy cork leg, so he had to get along with a wooded peg, and one day while he was crossing the principal street this peg in seme way got wedged between a couple of paving stones right in i the middle of the street car track. It took them neaily an hour to get him loose, and what do you suppose happened then? Blamed if they didn't go and fine him $10 and cost for ob etructing irame. . Preferred the Lies. Sal nr.lay Ni^ht, "The lies the blamed newspapers / publish about us,'' said one politician fj to another, "is enough to drive a man ff to drink." "Yes, that's so," said the 1|j other; "but still we have no cause for complaint." "Why, not?" asked the first, in surprise. "Well, it might be much worse," was the reply, "they I might publish the truth." ? The late Dr. W. M. Grier of Due < West made, as he supposed, his will; v but alas! it had two subscribing witnesses, while the law requires three witnesses. The instrument of writ ing was, of coarse, refused probate. To be a will the writing must be signed by the testator and by three witnesses iu presence of each other. The Cruel Knife! It is absolutely useless to etpeet a iurgical operation to cure cancer, or any other blood disease. The cruelty if such treatment is illustrated in the alarming number of deaths which result from it. The disease is in the. blood, and hence can not be cut out. Nine times out of ten the surgeon's tnife only hastens des'\. My son had a most malignant Cancer, for which the doctors said an operation was the only hope. The operation was a severe one. as it was neces- AgHBSSW 5ftry to cur down to the jn who n e and ff' grea? while the Can- ?kf oB eer returned, and be- fS9 ixl can to grow rapidly. hj& \ M tVc cave him many y-y remedies without re- 1KN liof. and Anally, _ Jr! . upon the advice of a y4-sL* I friend, dee id ed to JrijjrVG*:. it second bottle began to improve. After twenty bottles had been taken, the Cancer disappeared entirely, and he was cured. The cure was a oermanent one. for he is now seventeen years old. and has never had a sign of the dreadful disease to return. J. N. Mtrdoch. 279 Snodgrass St., Dallas, Texas. Absolutely the only hope for Cancel is Swift's Specific, S.S.S.rThe Blood as it is the only remedy which goes to the very bottom of the blood and forces out every trace of the disease. S. S. S. is srmranteed purely vegetable, and contains no potash, mercury, or other mineral. Books on Cancer will be mailed free to any address by the Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.