Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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| BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM Western South Carolina. BATES SEASONABLE. SUBSCRIPTION SI PER ANNUM JOB PRINTING0 A SPECIALTY, I When a j Woman Proposes [The Lexington dispatch. Ji. Bepresentatiue newspaper. Boucrs Lexington and the Borders ot the Surrounding Bounties Lihe a Blanket. VOL. XXX. LEXIXGTOX, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1899. XO. 5 iJSiL^ GLOBE DRY GOODS COMPANY, J&.# ! TXT. T3L a^OaTCKTOIfcT, TZ5-, 2?A1TA&BI5, I PES IB20 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C.. * 1^ UoT " Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. IHt 1 October 13?tf ^ to buy a pair of Two Dollar Shoes that look as well as a $3.50 pair, you can be sure she will do it if she buys them from LEVER, THE SHOE MAN. I . 111 & 1M1 ^ m > You will do well tc see these before buying. They are soft, fit well, are durable and stylish Lace or button. A1 1 stvles. \ THE SHOE MAX, 1603 Main Street COLUMBIA, S. C. | September 20 6m |g| FRUIT TREES That Grow and Bear Frnit. Write for our 60 page il- % .JB> ust rated Catalogue and 40 oage pamphlet. '"How to Piant and Cultivate an Orhard " Gives you that inormation you have so long wanted; tells you all about jfeSs. 'hose big red "pples. lucious \jjbsSr peaches, and Japan plums with theiroriental sweetness, all of wbich you have often * wondered where the trees came from that produced Mm 'everything good in . - FRUITS. ^ Unusal fine str>cfcef SILVER 7&f MAPLES,young.thriftyt?ees ?3? a ok. * smooth and strai ht. the kind that live and jjr^w off well Tx29|5g23 No old. rough trees. This is .ygffKffiGg" 'he most rapid growing mapie and one of the most beautiful shade trees. Write for priees and give gJ|foKy list of wants. J. Van Lindley Nursery Co., Pomona, N. C. KsSSTKB?/! Ra^iKrfeJ ug&MP&rvl LOAPEXiAHAl OF SOUTH CAROLINA State, City & County Depository "v COLUMBIA, S. C. Capital Paid in Full $150,000 00 Surplus 3i,000.0( Liabilittes of Stockholders.... 150,000.00 $335,000.00 SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Interest at the rate of 4 per centum per an nam paid on deposits in this departm ent TRUST DEPAR1MENT. This Bank under special provision of its charter exercises the office of Executor Administrator, Trustee or Guardian of Es tates. SAFETY DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Fire and Burglar prouf 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 12?ly. the esmii umm lie COLUMBIA, S. C. CAPITAL $100 000 00 SURPLUS 30.000 00 ESTABLISHED 1871. JAMES WOODKOW, President JULIUS WAI KER. Vice President EROME h. SAWYER. Cashier. DIRECTORS Jam es Woodrow, John A Crawlord, Julius h- Walker. c. Fitzsim mons, W C Wright, W. h. Gibbes John T. S'oan T T. Moore. J. L. Mim naugh. E 8 Joynes. This bank solicits a share, if not all. of jour business, and will giant every favor consistent with safe and soand banking. January 29. 1897?ly. Saw Mills, Light and H*avy, and Supplies. CHEAPEST AND BEST. ar Ca-t overv day; worn iw nana*. Lombard iron Works and Supply Co., AUGUSlA* GkOtcGlA. January 27? GEORGE BRUITS MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C., - JEWELER *"d REPAIRER Has a splendid stock of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks and Silverware. A tine line 01 Spectacles and Eyeglasses to fit every one, all for sale at lowest prices. Bepairs on Watches first class quickly done and guaranteed, at moderate prices fin?tf. W. A. RE( KLI\(i A.BTXST'. COLUMBIA, H. C., IS NOW MAKING THE BEST Pictures that can be bad in this country, and all who have never bad a real fine picture, should now try some of his latest styles. Specimens can be seen at his Gallery, up stairs, next to the Hub. Back in Cavite. The Filipino Chief Has His Greatest Strength in That Province. * Insurgents Becoming Bolder? 3,0C0 Threaten American Garrison in Imus and Bacoor, Keeping Soldiers Sleeping on Their Arms. Manila, December 7, 10:50 p. m ? The expectation of catching Aguin aldo in the north has been practically abandoned and the probability is that he will turn southward if he is not already there, with his destination Cavite province, his home, where the insurrection began, and where it has the greatest strength. The Filipino soldiers in that province have recently been showing increased enthusiasm and boldness, and captured insurgents say that Aguinaldo is coming to j )in them with a large army. The same belief prevails among the natives at Manila and elsewhere that Aguinaldo intends to make his head: quarters in Cavite province. There are about 3,000 insurgents before Imus and Bacoor, keeping the Americans sleeping on their arms and nightly awaiting attack. The Filipinos have several cannon. The first mayor of Imus under the American regime, who ultimately deserted, is their leader in the assaults and is ambitions to take the town. Three soldiers of the Fourth infantry have deserted and are now with the en emy. Most of the inhabitants of Imus are so strong in their sympathies with the insurgents that- it is necessary to use a part of the regiment to patrol the streets and to pre vent shooting from houses when an attack begins. The American forces in the north have separated into many small commands and are pursuing bands of Filipinos Gen. McArthur is engaged in clearing the mountain country west cf the Manila-Dagupan railroad. General Grant is rnoviDg from Angeles towards Subig with 400 men. Col. Bell is sweeping south from Mangatarem. Thus far the American commanders have been unable to locate large bodies of insurgents, although there were about 503 in San Clementine, nine miles south of Mangartarem early in the week. Col. Hood, with the Sixteenth* regiment and cavalry and Gen. Lawton with a force from San Isidro are operating against GeD. Pilar's army in the San Mateo valley. Maj Bitchelor, with a battalion of the Twenty-fourth infantry is makiDg a daring expedition. He It ft Bayambang, province of Nueva Yizcaya, a week ago to march through Cagayen valley to the north coast of Luzon, intending to reach Aparri, at the mouth of Cagayen river, the most important northern seaport of the island. While no large forces are known to be in his path, it may be that he has had some fighting, although the friendliness of j the inhabitants is counted upon to help him. When he arrives at Aparri he will find a gunboat awaiting him. The Spanish prisoners iD the Benguet region are escaping from the Filipinos and are flocking into Yigan. Several hundred are there already, and a steamer will go to bring them to Manila. NEWS OF GEN YOUNG. Washington, December 7 ?To the the relief of the war department, Gen. "^oung has been heard from af ter a week's absence in the interior of Luzon. Gen. O.is cabled .this morning as follows: Manila, December 7. Gen. Young reports bis arrival at Yigan on the evening of the 5.b, having encountered a force of the en emy at Narbacan, 12 miles south of the city, whom he drove to the eastward of the same into San Q lentio Canyan. His troops are now press ing them back. Country is extremely rough and strongly entrenched, About COO prisoners who escaped report that the insurgents allowed al but the American and prominenl Spanish prisoners to escape frorr Bangued. Later the insurgent: were driven back into the mountains Will seed transportation to bring tb< prisoners to Manila and to suppb Young's troops with necessary quart master's stores. Our oasualti .-s v\eri one killed and twelve wounded wounds mostly slight. Eotmy lef in trenches 25 dead, a few rifles, sev eral thousand rounds small ammuni tion and 40 shrapnel. Young hai 7 L sufficient troops to meet all difficulties. Otis. Gen. Otis has cabled the war department as follows respecting the military situation in Luzod: Manila, December 7. In Central Luzon there is no insurgent foice of importance except in Bulacan province, near the mountains, where Gen. Pilar holds together 1,000 more men which will be attacked soon. Gen. Grant has moved a small column down the east coast of Ba taan province eDcounteiiDg little opposition. A column moving westwards from the mountains is expected to reach the western coast of Luzon the 10ch inst. Many small insurgent armed bands are in the country robbing, and in some instances murderiDg, the inhabitants, which are being pursued by troops quite siTV'sfulIy. To the south of Manila itie insurgents still maintain their positions, but the necessary t ? it _.:u jorce 10 scauer lueiu win ue eem soon. Oas~ TROUBLE WITH TRANSPORTS Manila, December 7, 7:30 p. m.? Tbe transport Manauensr, which arrived here from San Francisco Nov. 28, after a terrible vojage, was scheduled to start for home today with discharged and sick soldiers. A large force had been employed in repairing her machinery, but it was impossible j to get her in condition to leave today ai^d her departure was postponed until next-week. Her captain has secured a crew of Chinese at Hong Kong to take her to San i Francisco. The steamer Rosario chartered by the government to bring a load of cattle from the island of Mampulugan to Iloilo, left Iloilo Monday and went ashore on tbe rocks near Mampulugan. Her crew and passengers were saved and taken to Negros. The transports Olympia and Pennsylvania arrived today. A MUTINY OF NATIVE TOI.ICE Manila, December 7, 10:30 p. m.? There has been a mutiny of native police in one of the towns of the island of Negros. An American officer was killed. No particulars have yet been received. Why the Confederacy Failed. Joel Chandler Harris contributes to the Christmas number of The Saturday Evening Post an authentic account of the daring attempt to warn the Confederate cabinet of the great movement whereby Grant and and Sherman were to cooperate in rushing the Confedracy. How the attempt failed and why it failed are the subjects of a chapter of the littleknown history of the Secret Service. Mr. Harris has his facts first-hand, and he has woven them into a story of such absorbing interest that it might easily be mistaken for pure fiction. The Christmas number of the Post will be on all news-stands December 21. Why Lamps Give Poor Light, j i Mr. Jhon A. Magevney, of the j Standard Oil Company, has sent the New Orleans "Times Democrat'" the j following "pointers'' on how to secure the best lamplight from illuminating oil. Thfl Ruaprestion8 are Dulled i W po 4 from a recent bulletin issued by the State Chemist of Alabama, atd are of great value to lamp users. Many of our people are strongly of ; the opinion that an oil which falls | below the limits prescribed by law is i a poor oil, in the sense that it will j j not give a good light. This opinion I I is incorrect. An unsafe oil need not j necessarily be a poor illuminant, and ; generally is net. Many have poor lights because of a lack of care and attention to their lamps and wicks. | The following points should be care- j fully heeded by those who would get j the best results from their lamps: 1. Use a good wick. The open ! woven wick known as the "American wick," is excellent. Do not use too long a wick; cut it only a few inches loDger tnan necessary to reacn trie j bottom of the lamp. Do not have a ' great coil of wick in the lamp. 2. In adjusting a new wick, fit it j to the burner, sook the wick in the ' oil, light the wick, let the lamp burn i a few minutes, then blow it out and j trim your wick by moving the fiDger : over the charred part evenly and : smoothly in one direction only. Re- j peat until the surface feels smooth j. and even; this is always the best plan j to pursue in trimming the wick. 'Do j not use shears unless perhaps to cut j off long and uneven threads at the ! start. Always trim the wick in this ! way after each night's use. 3. Remember that dirt will get in- j to oil, little particles that perhaps j you cannot see, and this floating dirt i will gradually accumulate in the j wick, which acts as a filter to held i back the dirt as the oil ascends the the wick. After a time this dirt j chokes up the pores or intestines in \ the wick and partially destroys its power of capillarity. Then the light begins to fail, because the oil cannot ! get to it. So don't economize on ! wicks. They are much cheaper than ! eyesight. Put in a new one when i needed. Don't pin or sew red flan- j nel on to the end of your wick to eke ! out its existence and at the same I time expect to get a good light. * 4 Remember that occasionally, say j once in ten days, or whenever need ed, the dirty, dreggy, oil in the bottom of the lamp should be thrown | out. It may be saved if desired by filtering it through a piece of fine ; cotton cloth. Then rinse out the j lamp with some clear, bright oil. i Don't clean the inside of your lamp j with water; if you do the light pro- j bably be bad when you next use it, i sputter and give you trouble. 5. Occasionally, say once in ten i days or when you see it is needed, ; give the burner a thorough cleaning, ; boil it with hot water and soda so as to get all greasy dirt and open up the air passages. ? Then dry it thor- ! ? I Miss Maud Bemis, of Scipio, rj <sa v*;* Bp "Something over three years | 0, I became affected with ner- f, usness and neuralgic troubles. | ais continued until a year ago, i ter which time I was almost con- 2 mtly confined to my bed. The :uralgia gradually grew worse; | :rvous debility set in, and I was l| mpletely run down. My blood S as impure, watery, while my if mplexion was sallow and color- B ss. I had no strength, and was B i most completely helpless. The H j )ctor finally advised me to try g j r. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Pj "Father bought a couple of 1 )xes of the pills and after taking | le first box I was much improv- 1 1. I think I must have used 4 x>ut a dozen boxes with the re- $ lit that I was entirely cured, and | ave since had no symptoms what- j ;er of my old trouble.'' | From the Hun, 2iorth J'. rnon, 2nd. EE Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People ft ntaiu, in a condensed form, all the ele- g j cuts necessary to give new life and richness H the hlood and restore shattered nerves. E icy are an untamiit; specinc :?rfuni m.-. ses as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, E . Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia rhcu- ? atisin, nervous headache, the after-effects of B grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and llow complexions, all forms ot weakness p ther in uialc or female. ?> Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are never K Id by the dozen orhundred. but always in pack- t? ies. At all druggists, or direct from the Dr. Wil :ms Medicine Company. Schenectady, N. Y., 50 nts per box, 6 boxes $2-50. P ougbly in the sun or over the stove before usiDg. G Don't buy red oil; it never gives as good a light as the same quality of oil without the red coloring matter. If you attend carefully to all the rules and still get poor light then you may abuse the oil companies, but not before. In all the cases of "poor light" and "bad oil'' I have so far investigated, the trouble must have been due to neglect of some of the above simple precautions, which ought to be adopted in every well-regulated household. Remember that the State will see to it that no unsafe oil is e !.L . a j iL.i i _ lurmsnea you, sua mat uecause a lamp gives a poor light is no evidence ihit the oil is unsafe. In the recent oil investigation I examined some oils which were undoubtedly unsafe and below the law; but yet when I burned them day after in a properly cared for lamp no fault could be found with the light they gave. A Thousand Tongues Could not express the rapture of Annie E. Springer, of 1125 Howard St., Philadelphia, Pa, when she found that Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption and completely cured her of a hacking cough that for many years had made life a bur1 A II i1 1? _ J 1 aen. au oiner remeaies ana aoctors could give her no help, but she says of this Royal Cure?"it soon removed the pain in my chest and-1 can now sleep soundly, something I can scarcely remember doing before. I feel like sounding its praises throughout the Universe." So will every one who tries Dr. King's New Discovery for any trouble of the Throat, Chest and Lungs. Price 50c. and Si 00. Trial bottles free at J. E Kaufmanns Drug Store; every bottle guaranteed. Expansion. Philadelphia Record. "I am persuaded said President Madison?who was, perhaps, chief among our constitution makers? ' that no constitution was ever before so well calculated as ours for exten sive empire and self government.' Since Madison's time the truth of this forecast has been tested by experience. The area of the country has been extended from the Atlanta to Pacific. A non contigous part of the continent has been added to our possessions. There has been no failure on the part of our constitution to adaptability stretched itself over our expanding limits. It has withstood the test of accommodation to foreign territory acquired both by purchase and conquest, and it has not failed us even in the stress of civil life. Looking back at the experiences of the past century in the successful absorptions which have increased the area of the United States from the 325,U65 square miles or ttie thirteen original States, to the 3,602,990 square miles now constituting the American republic exclusively of our lately acquired insular possessions, the most despondent anti expansionist can put aside his fears and take heart of hope. The further we can push the benign operation of our constitutional government, the better for ourselves and the better for the people who are permitted to share with us the benefit of self government. Ths Illusion. ""What b-utiful peaches'?" said an old ladv a< she stopped at a stall in the market and admired a basket of the choice fruit. They were covered with a pink gauze and looked very tempting indeed. The old lady bought the peaches and took them home. The next day she appeared again at the stall and showed the stall keeper a small piece of pink veiling. "Do you keep that kind of veiling for sale?" she asked. The stall keeper told her that ho not "Well," she said, "when I took those peaches home they were small and sour and green, and I thought if I could get some of that veiling that made them look so pretty a plump in the ba-ket I'd wear it myself. If it would improve me as much as it did the peaches, people would think I'd found the elixir of youth." I Ro\A m Absolutely Makes the food more d ROYAL BAKING W A Chaptar Worth Raading. The following from the Verdict is I 0 I the clearest statement of McKinley's financiering ever published, says the Apreal to Reason. It is plain and worthy of careful perusal. If you desire to be well informed, preserve it. These are figures to file away. Keep them as a rod in pickle for the back of black administration. They are not to be lied into silence. Neither may they be fled from, dodged or gone about. They are the dollar and cent record of the disasti o is McKii 1 y. The trer s iry deficit in three years of McKinley is: 1997 $18,051,000 189 8 38,048,000 189 9 88,897,000 The government revenues, by years, during the McKinley administration, have been: 189 7 8347,721,000 189 8 402,321,009 189 9 517,216,000 Total 81,267,258,000 The McKinley administration has spent, duiiDg its term, these vast sums: 1897 $365,775,000 1896 443,368,000 1890 605,093,000 Total 81,414,236.000 Deficit for 3 vears.. 144.678.000 Of this revenue received in three years $200,000,000 was from the sale of bonds; $7G,000,000 from payments by the Pacific railroads and $112,000,000 by means of the war revenue bill. Put in table form it if: From bonds $200,000,000 From Pacific railroads. 76,000,000 From war revenue .... 112,000,000 Total $388,000,000 This i9 extraordinary revenues, all counted in the receipts of $1,207,258,000. Had not the treasury revenue, the deficit, instead of being $144,978,000 would be $532,978,000, a sum greater than for any three ? 1 1 < 0 t 1 J X years in tne me 01 me nanon, except during the civil ,war.' Iq putting upon the books of the treasury 8200,000,000 in bonds, the McKioley administration has increased the public debt as follows: Debt in 189G $1,760,840,323 Debt in 1800 1,001,027,406 Increase in public debt in three years 532,078,000 Naturally the annual interest charge is increased. On the dates given it was as follows: June 30, 180G $35,386,487 June 30, 1800 30,896,025 Increase $4,510,438 On the basis of population July 1, 1806, the per capita interest ^charge was 50 cents, and on July 1, 1897, it was 55 cents. The table shows the public debt of the United States for each man, woman and child in this country on the dates named: July 1, 1808....$25 00 July 1, 1809.... 29 00 RoVbsd the Gravs. A startling incident, of which MrJohn Oliver, of Philadelphia, was the subject, is narrated by him as | follows: "I was in a most dreadful condition. My skin was almost yellow. eyes sunken, tongue coated, , pain continually in back and sides, no appetite?gradually growing weaker day by day. Three physicians had given me up. Fortunately, a friend advised trying 'Electric Bit| ters;1 and to my great joy and surprise, the first bottle made a decided | improvement. I continued their use j for three weeks, and am now a well ' nun. I know they saved my life. and robbed the grave of another victim. *' No one should fail to try them. Ooly 50cts, guaranteed, at J. E. | Kaufmanu's Drug Store. Probably She Msant It. I j "When she will, t-he will, you can | depend on't, is a line which many | meu have quoted of many women. The saying is often unjust, and the j * \ ' j Baking ^ Powder Pure elicious and wholesome >WDER CO.. NEW YORK. i woman i? often justified; but now and then the cap tits peifectly. Not long ago a fast express was bowling over the sands of Arizona. Just how it'happened was frequently explained and never understood; but as the train sped aloDg by the side of a parched river it suddenly It ft the rails rolled down the bank and landed in three feet of muddy water at the bottom of the river bed. Within the cars there was some natural confusion. Men, women and lunch boxes were thrown into a heap, and not an umbrella nor parcel was left in the racks. One by one the occupants of the car extricated themselves from the mass, and sought for means of escape, while staunching the various wounds caused by broken glass. Every exit was jammed tight. Just then, in the midst of the doubt and confusion, rose a woman's voice in emphatic demand? "Let me out! Let me out! If you don't let me out I'll break a window !'' a a n - r rt ? a sure wure iar vfoup. Twenty five Year's Constant Use Without a Failure. The first indication of croup is hoarseness, and in a child subject to that disease it may be taken as a sure sign of the approach of an attack. Following this hoarseness is a peculiar rough cough. If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears, it will prevent the attack. It is used in many thousands of homes in this broad land and never disappoints the anxious mothers. We have yet to learn of a single instance in which it has not proved effectual. No other preparation can show such a record?twenty-five years' constant use without a failure. For sale by J. E. Kaufmann. - His Mother's Picture. Baptist Argus. The following touching story concerning Admiral Dewey has been published: Just before the battle of Manila, when the order had been given to strip for action, the smallest powder boy on the flagship dropped Lis coat overboard. He asked permission to jump after it, but was refused. He went to the other side of the ship, dropped overboard, recovered the coat, and was promptly arrested for disopedience. After the battle he was tried and found guilty. When the sentence was submitted to Commodore Dewey* for his approval, he became interested in the case, as he could not understand why the boy should risk his life for a coat just before the battle. He had the boy brought to him. He spoke kindly to the youngster, who broke down and told the Commodore that the coat contained his mother's picture, which he had just kissed and he could not bear to see it lost. Dewey's eyes tilled with tears, he fairly embraced the boy and ordered him to be released, saying: "Boys who love their mothers enough to risk their lives for her picture cannot be kept in irons on this fleet . Not a Burden. In coi sequence of the insufficient support, the Rev. Dr. Goodman had b?en compelled to resign and was about to accept a call from a church in another city. "You will carry with you to your new field of labor, doctor,'' said the leading elder of the Hock, "our most earnest hopes for your future success and prosperity." "I believe you, Brother Higgersley," replied the doctor, "and that is about all 1 shall have to carry." Ledgers, journals, records, counter, books, memorandum books, school books, pads, pencils, ink of all colors, mucilage, &c., for sale at the Bazaar. I -II' ?????I ADVERTISING RATES." Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of 7.3 cents per square of one inch Sj-ace for first insertion, and 50 cents per inch for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made with those wishing to advertise for three, six and twelve months. Notices in the local eolnmn 5 cents per line each insertion. Obituaries charged for at the rate of on* cent a word, wLen they exceed 100 words. Marriage notices inserted free. Address G. M. HAEMAN, Editor and Publisher. A Frightful Blunder Will often cause a horrible Burn, Scald, Cut or Biuise. Bucklena Arnica Salve, the best in the World, will kill the pain and promptly heal u o?TP e lb. VUIC3 vyiu uuics, XCYCI OUIOS, Ulcers, Boils, Felons, Corns, all Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. Only 25 cts. a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by J. E. Kaufmann, Druggist. A Society Gradation. The lady residing in a 14-story Hat was talking to the wife of the jinitor. "Do you know Mrs. Higgins?'' she asked. "Which Mrs. Higgins?'' inquired Mrs. Janitor. "The one who conies here some times to help me with my sewing.'' "Oh," and her nose perked slightly. "Hei? I've met her: but I don't call on her." "She a nice woman, isn't she?"' "I never heard anything sgainsfc her. She isn't in my set, that's all." "Isn't her husband a janitor, just ' as yours is?" This time Mrs. Janitor was in quite a dudgeon. "Of course he's not,'' she exclaimed, drawing herself up disdainfully, "he is a j initor for a building that has only six stories, while none of our set would engage in a building of less than ten stories, and this one, as yotz know, has fourteen," and with a four' teen story haughtiness of manner quite overwhelming she bowed herself out of the lady's apartment. $ The Georgia Senate Silled Probation, Just as we Expected. Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 8.?By a vote of 2G to II the Willingham bill was killed in the senate today and State prohibition defeated. The various roll calls consumed an hour, a great many senators rising to explain their votes. The debate in the senate com* menced two days ago and was carried on with great vigor. Every interest in the State influenced by the whiskey traflc fought the passage of the bill and all moral agencies were used in its favor. Had the measure passed the senate it would have been so amended as to kill its purpose. The entire fight has been one one of the fiercest the State has ever known along this line but it is now believed the question is effectually settled for some time. ? Hone and Farm. By special arrangements we* offer the Home and Farm, the leading farm and home paper, published in Louisville, Ky., and the Dispatch for $1.25. Those of our subscribers who desire to subscribe for the Home and Farm, can do so by sending 25c in silver or stamps to this office. Her Hypothesis. "It really seems foolish, Charley, dear,'' said young Mrs. Torkins. "What seems foolisL?"' For astronomers to sit up nights looking for those meteorites." "I suppose you can explain their failure to appear/' "Certainly. Every 33 years the earth comes along and a wnoie lot oi these meteorites fall upon it. There is no use of assum'n* that thesupp'y of them was exhaustible. Thirtythree years ago we passed along and gathered in the last load and that's all there is to it." Oh, the Pain of Rheumatism! Rheumatism often causes the most intense suffering. Many have for years vainly sought relief from this disabling disease, and are to-dny worse off than ever. Rheumatism is a blood disease, and Swift's Specific is the only cure, because it is the only remedy which can reach such deep-seated diseases. A few years ago I was ti!:en with Inflammatory Rheumatism. which became so Intense that I was for weeks unable to walk. I tried several prominent physlS. cians and took their treattnent faithfully, hut was f unable to get the slight1 est relief. In fact, my conpSr ^ dition seemed to grow yV AY I worse, the disease spread VfiS. / x over my entire body, and /iJ from November to March &&sI ??fifered agony. I tried *2&28l2p!!5'& f/'\ many patent medicines, 14^'oy * U Jk 1 but none relieved me. vf V> L?Z V Upon the advice of a 7 friend I decided to try S. S. S. Before allowing me to take it. however. my guardian, who was a chemist, analyzed the remedy, and pronounced it free of potash or mercury. I felt so much better after taking two bottles, that I continued the remedy, and in two months I was cured completely. The cure was permanent, for 1 have neversinco had a touch of Rheumatism though many times exposed to damn and cold weatner. Ki.eanor M. Tippell, #711 Powelton Avenue, Philadelphia. Don't suffer longer with Rheumatism. Throw aside your oils and liniments, m they con not reach your trouble. Don't experiment with doctors?their potash anu mercury will add to your disability and completely destroy your digestion. S.S.S.rfheBlood will euro perfectly and permanently, tt is guaranteed purely vegetable, and oontains no potash, mercury, or other mineral. * Books mailed free by Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga.