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.. at Tho PAOMU. fe Job Office ls the pince to luwo your i*rl?tl?ji dono it you wnnt good work. Wo lia ve token opooinl caro in Utting up nu up-to-date Job Dopart mont, mid ni e now pro pared to glvo our cus tomers tho vory best service. Our prices aro as low as thu lowest ? for Neat Printing and il (iood, Honest Material. ? TO THINE OWN SKT.F J?* TIUJK ANT) IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT TUS DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THAN T>* FALSE TO ANY MAN. BY JAYNKS, h Xl ldLO.lt, BM ITH ? STUCK. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY 21, 1898. j. WALTER DICKSON DEAD, His Deni ?sc Occurred Suddenly in Andersen Lust Night. Col umhin will hu shocked to hour of tho stuhlen (louth of tho Kev. J. Walter Dickson, 1'residing Kider of Columbia District, M. E. Cburcb, South Thc ?ad event occurred at Anderson, where ho had gono in pursuit of heal th, nt 8 o'clock last night. Mr. Dickson spent much of his life in tb'iH city, as pastor of the ?Marion Street church, in thc Colum bia hYinale College, and in bis pres ent oilier. Ile was, therefore, widely known ami as widely esteemed. His pleasant manner, quaint humor, genial disposition, and charitable heart won bim multitudes of friends, and not only in Columbia,but through out the Slate and beyond. Air. Dickson was the son of Capt. ll. V. Dickson, a brave Confederate soldier, and was born in Anderson county, near Townvillo, August lil, 1811). He united with the Metho dist church in IS(5,r>. After study in the schools near his native homo bc entered Wo ff ord College, in thc pre paratory department, 1SG7, and grad uated with credit in .lune, 1S7'2. In December, 1872, be joined thc South Carolina Conference of tho Metho dist church and was sent to Wal halla circuit, a charge in thc moun tains, which demanded bard work and gave scant support. Thc young collegian was as faithful there as in thc largo (lehls paying ample salaries, which wert! later entrusted to him. I'Yotn thal beginning ho rose steadily, serving more and moro important work Lill his death. I Ic spent the year ISSI? in Charleston, and after thc earthquake was sent to Virginia and Georgia to ask ?lid for thc shattered churches. His eloquent presentation of this cause is still I resit in thc recol lection of distinguished hearers. hY>r ibo last 12 years ho bas served dis tricts, and those who know report him as an unusually able ofliccr. Most certainly bc is so esteemed here. On June Kl, 1S7f>, while pastor in Yorkville, Mr. Dickson married Miss Anne M. Schorl), (laughter of Mr. John K. Sc.horb of that town. Nino children were born to tho united pair, eight of whom are still living. Mr. Dickson for many years en joyed robust health and strength. Ho scorned able to stand any hard ship and never spared himself when duty called. When in Orangchurg District ho was sick for a short time, hut was thought to have recovered. Since last. December he luis not known a well day. Yet until Juno he did not lose an appointment. During the Inst month bis strength tailed rapidly, and while his recovery was hoped for, tho worst result was feared. A successor to Mr. Dickson will ho appointed by l?ishop Duncan, who is now holding tho District Confer ence at tho Mtirion Street Church. No one can tell who his successor will be.-Columbia State, July lf>th. nows TH IS ? Wc offer ono hundred dollars reward for any case, of catarrh that cannot bo cured hy Hall's Catarrh Cure. K. J. CHUNKY * CO., Props., Toledo, O. Wo thu undersigned have known K. J, Cheney for the last P> years, and hclicvo him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able lo carry ont any obligations made by their brm. WKHT ?V TIUJAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. WAI.DINO, KINNAN & MAUVIN, Whole sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon flu; blood and mu cous surfaces of the system. Price 7.r>c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Tes timonials free. (lull's Family Pills are the best. The Campaign .Meetings. '!'!... D< iii MM i. die. Slate Kxecnfivo Com mittee, af its meeting on June 2d, arranged the following schedule for the campaign : Lancaster, Saturday, duly 2:!. Chester, Monday, July 25. Wi II ashore, Tuesday, July 28. Yorkville, Wednesday, July On I Vimy, Thursday, July 28. Spartaiihurg, Friday, July ..".?. liuion, Saturday, July 80. Newberry, Monday, August 8. I.aureus, Tuesday, August P. Iireeuville, Thursday, August ll. Pu liens, Friday, August 12, Walhalla, Monday, August 15. Anderson, Tuesday, Angus! lt>. Abbeville, Thursday, August IS. Greenwood, Friday, August IO. Aiken, Monday, Align?t 22. Ridgefield, Tuesday, August 28. Saluda, Thursday, August 25. Dex lug ton, Friday, August ,2(1. Columbia, Saturday, August 27. A man in Virginia rode forty milos, to Fairfax Station, for the express purpose of getting Chamberlain's Cough Itomody, and took home with him a dozen bottles of thc medicino. The druggist who re lates the incident adda: "Your remedy seems lo he a general favorite winn ever known." I ts effects aro I ndeod wonder ful in all lung and throat troubles. Pro cure a bottle at the drug stores of Dr. J. W. Pu ll, Walhalla, S. C.; ll. lt. Zimmer man it-Co., Westminster, S. C.; W. J. Lunnoy, Seneca, S. 0. SANTIAGO IS OURS! Glory Enough for Shatter's Army--Toral Surrenders at LastTEnd is Near. WASHINGTON, July 14.-Thc Adjutant General received tho fol lowing from Plays thia afternoon : Adjutant General, Washington : Have just returned from inter view with Gen. Torah Ile agrees to surrender upon the basis of being returned to Spain. This proposition embraces all of Eastern Cuba from Ahum adores on the South to Segue on the North, via Palma, with practically the 4th army corps. Commisssonors meet this after noon at 2.30 to definitely arrange thc terms. W. H. SHAFTER, Major General, ('onllrnied vin New York. NiiW YORK, July l i.-Thu Federal censor in New York, Mr. Grant Squires, stated at 8.16 P. M. to-day that the oflloial announce ment might bc made that tho surrender of Santiago had been verified and at exactly 3 o'clock this afternoon tho city was formally turned over to us. Surrendered nt JJ P. AI. WASHINGTON, July 14.-"Santiago surrendered at 3" is tho sig nificant onioia! announcement that reached tho President nt 8.00 this afternoon. It came in a dispatch from a signal service oflicial at Playa Del Fste, and told the results of the meeting of tho capitulation commissioners in the most brief and concise form of any of tho numer ous dispatches laid before tho President during the day. Tho dis patch was well ahead of the oflicial message from Shafter. Santiago time is fifty-live minutes ahead of Washington, which accounts for thc quick receipt of tho result, tho commissioners not meeting until 2.30. A few minutes after this message had come to the President tho following was received by Chief Signal Servico Ollioer Creely : "Pi.AVA.-(Jon. Greoly, Washington : Santiago has surrendered. " .TONKS." What (jon. Miles Says. WASHINGTON, July 14.-The war department has received the following dispatch from Gen. Miles, written apparently before tho final surrender of Santiago at 3 o'clock: Pi.AVA OKI, KSTK, July l l.-To Secretary of War, Washington. Px dore Santiago, duly l i.-Gen. Toral formally surrendered tho troops of his army--troops and division ot Santiago-on tho terms and un derstanding that his troops shall bo returned to Spain. Gen. Shafter will appoint commissioners to draw up the conditions of arrangements for carrying out the terms of surrender. This is very gratifying and (icu. Shafter and tho officers and mon of his command are.entitled to great credit for their sincerity and fortitude in overcoming thc almost insuperable obstacles which they encountered. A portion of the army has been infected with yellow fever, and efforts will 1)0 made to separate those who aro infected and those free from it, and to keep those who are still on board ship separated from those on shore. Arrangements will bo immediately made for carrying ont further instructions of the President and yourself. Nm.SON A. M11.KS, Major Gonornl of the Army. A Froncli Account* CA PK IIA VTlKN, July li.-Thc following bulletin was issued hero to-day by the French (/able Company : "SANTIAGO OK CUIIA, July I I.-The capitulation of Santiago has been signed. The American Government accepts the condition of Gen. Pando. The Spanish troops are to withdraw with military war honors and will bo sent back at once to Spain." Pi,AYA UKI. ICSTK, GUANTANAMO BAY, July 14, 2 P. M.-(ion. Toral, commanding thc Spanish forces in Santiago de Cuba, this morn ing sent a committee to Gen. Shafter, indicating his willingness to accept the terms of surrender proposed yesterday, and asking tho American commander to appoint commissioners to meet tho Spanish commissioners lo arrange to semi the Spanish troops back lo Spain. This will bc promptly ?lone. Tho surrender of (Jen. Toral not only means the fall of Santiago, but by the terms of the surrender the whole eastern end of thc island falls in!o tho hands of tho United States without, a shot being (ired. PI.AVA OKI. KSTK, GUANTANAMO, duly l l, I P. "M.-The surren der is to incl lido all tho Spanish troops at Santiago, Guantanamo, Caimanera and Sagan, composing tho Ith corps of thc Spanish army. Thc portion of the Province of Santiago de Cuba that lies east of tho lino from Sagan, via Las Palmas, to Assoradorcs is surrendered to tho United States. The Terms of Surrender. WASHINGTON, 1). C., duly 15.-The following was issued late this afternoon by Secretary Alger from dispatches received from ofllcors at Santiago : "The commissioners on tho part of thc United States named by Gen. Shafter were Generals Wheeler and Lawton and Lieut. Milcy. Their discussion lasted until lato last night and was taken up by them at i> o'clock this morning. Thc surrender covers a great area of the eastern part of Cuba. Of course tho completion of tho details may take some little time, but they are being pushed forward as rapidly as possible." Tho terms of surrender were dictated in Washington and tho offi cials arc advised that these terms were accepted on tho whole by Gen. Toral ns made. No yielding whatever was m/ldo on the part of tho American commissioners. Victory (j rea ter Than Appeared. The victory is greater than appeared at lirst. All tho Spanish troops in tho fourth corps, military division of Santiago Province, from a linc drawn north from Assoradorcs, eighteen miles west of Santiago, through Las Palmas Soria Alcnntaxa to Sagua do Tanam, on tho north coast and eastward to Cape Mays is surrendered and the territory abandoned by tho Spanish. Between IS,OOO and 20,000 Spanish pris oners are taken, about 10,000 of whom are in Santiago. The remain? der aro at Guantanamo and others aro garrisoned in the towns of eastern (?nba. All these troops are to be embarked and sent back to Spain under parole. Porto Rico Pears American Attack. ST. THOMAS, I). VV. L, .Inly 15.-Advices received here from San .luau dc Porto Pico show tho inhabitants of that place are greatly alarmed. They expect the port will bc attacked hy the Americans. The terrified inhabitants are Hoeing into tho interior, and it is said tho city and suburbs are practically deserted. Three Hen Dead of Yoi low Fever. WASHINGTON, duly 15.--The War Department has posted a dis patch from Assistant Adjutant General Greenlcaf, of (Jen. Milos's sta fl', an follows : "Si HON KY, July 15.-Only twenty-three new cases of yellow fever and three deaths reported within the past twenty-four hours. Typo of disease mild. Cami) site moved whenever practicable. Have taken vigorous sanitary pt coalitions lo prevent tho spread of the disoaso." Will Ply to Arms. Kvon a girl who is not warlike by nature will fly to arms under cortain circumstances. BMT tllltlS Will 111? AU fiSLf Alts, kJ llCHt Cough Syrup. 'l'ivtu<* (lix?!. Vr.o 1JS Erl?ii timo. Hole! by clriiKHlM?. BM EXPERTS IN A PANIC. Work of Our Army and Navy Tuts tho Foreign Critics to IMro Confusion. [Cabio Cor. In tho Now York Timos.j LONDON, July 15.-Nothing olso in tho war, not oven tho heroic sink ing of the Morrimnc, interested and dolightcd tho groat bulk of tho Eng lish people so much ns Lieutenant Commander Wainwright's extraordi nary performance with tho Glouces ter. Engljgh naval history is enor mous in bulk and thickly studded with remarkable achievements, but it contains nothing at all resembling this. Pcoplo talk about it endlessly with mingled amusement and won der. Doubtless they enjoy it thc moro booauso it complotes and em phasizes tho discomfiture of tho na val exports who made such goats of themselves in the London press at the beginning of tho war. Practi cally everything these wise folks said has boen falsiiiod by events, but in nothing else were they so con spicuously wrong as about tho Span ish torpedo boat destroyers. Ac cording to these so-called experts these terrible destroyers quite made up for Spain's inferiority in battle ships. Some wero content to say that they equalized tho naval forces of tho two combatants. Others in sisted that they put America at a disadvantage This being a country where every tl ing naval is of intense popular interest, tho general public not only road, but remembered, these predictions, and there were evon founded upon them public com plaints that tho British Admiralty did not hasten to build more of these marvelous destroyers. Then comes tho grotesque anti-climax of a con verted yacht, taken by surprise, en gaging two of them single handed, dismantling and chasing them in half sinking helplessness upon the rocks. John Bull could not have smiled moro richly if Wainwright boro the queen's commission. Un happily readers over herc are being furnished with a vast deal more stuff about Shafter'fl grievances against Sampson, Sampson's injustice to Schley and a dozen other similarly obscure and vexatious stories of per sonal friction and jealousy than is good for cither them or us. Many important subjects thrown to the top by tho events of tho past week aro being anxiously discussed by the British naval officers. It is hardoly too much to say that Santiago bas frightened them. They realized that American gun practice must bo infinitely superior to British. Lord Charles Borosford is going around declaiming in thc lobbies that he warned thc admiralty and parlia ment of this years ago, striving to incite a parliamentary mutiny against the admiralty's stupid neglect of gun nery. It is suspected, moreover, that American snip ordnance and ammunition are superior to the Brit ish, and it is known that their ar moring is ; and this is going to bo talked about bitterly. But most striking of all is tho sudden perce*.) lion hero among naval officers that our Annapolis men aro scientifically their betters. While England has four military colleges, her immoas ureably moro important naval needs are supposed lo be served by a sin gle educational institution at Green wich, tho scope of which can bo judged by thc fact that it bas eight professors and eighteen tutors, seve ral of the latter attending about once ' or twice a week. This stale of affairs is really so preposterous that it can only require some such sharp awake ning as Santiago has furnished to aller it. There have been no British naval manouvres for years in which more collisions, accidents and mis understandings have not occurred in a wcok than the wholo Amoricnn campaign in Cuban waters has exhi bited. When British oflicors them selves say that this is because they fn'f> not educated like the Ai?OricuuH, as thoy arc saying all over tho coun try, it is probable that there will bo a change. It is not un inappropriate placo to add that English men of affairs confess lo mo their surprise nt not bearing of steps being taken by tho United States swiftly to train a young civil service staff for the specific duties of colonial administra tion. To send out unskilled admin istrators, ignorant of the babils and bbfas o? a country, ami dependent on native interpretors and rebel poli tical advisers, is, they say, to walk straight into the most calamitous kind of a hornet's nest. Those who have studied events in the Levant in the past few years will not be surprised now to learn that the sudden exuberant admiration for Amoriotm valor and intolloot, and tho cool indifforonco to tho heart aches mid woos of tho wvotohod Spaniards uro tho proBoiit dominant notos nt ovory Europonn onpitnl. A (jUArter of a century of militarism lino transformed Europo aa a whole into a bowolless, treacherous, inhu man sort of entity, equally roady to fawn on tho strong or to kick tho weak to pieces. Except in the mili tary and other expert circles of Ber lin, which did not condescend to Illumine the editorial mind, thore was a general idea on tho continent thal Spain would give a good account of herself in war. Tho English authorities, liko tho Gorman, were under no such illusion. As far back as April 80th I related a prediction made to mo by an English admiral that tho Spaniards would bo destroyed alone by their grotesque inability to aim their guns, a prediction which, in tho light of reoont events, is really worth recalling. But in l'aris, Vienna, Rome and elsewhere, people really believed that Spain had an even ohaneo, and encouraged tho hidalogs in every way they could think of to go ahead. There is some thing horrible now in the way they turn their backs OH their stricken dupes and laugh at thc suggestion that there could be any possiblo help forthcoming to them from any quar ter of Europo. Thc Spanish rage at this desertion is one of tho import ant elements of the present situation. The great international financial in terests aro employing every means of coercion at their command, almost to tho rack and thumbscrew, to force tlie Madrid government to sue foi peace. They own so many politi cians, and have it in their pov er tc buy so many more, that if tilt poli ticians were in control Washi gton would already have received a plo? for terms. But the cortes has dis appeared, and generals with sword* loom instead on the horizon. Per haps their average integrity is liol specially higher than that of tlu senators, but their aims are quit( different, and the money kings ol IO li rope cannot combine them prod tably. A Sure Thing for You. A transaction in which you canno looso is a Bliro thing, biliousness, sid headache, furred tongue, fever, plloi and a thousand other ills aro caused b; constipation and sluggish liver, (?asea rots ('andy Cathartic, tho wonderful nev liver stimulant and intestinal tonio an hy all druggists guaranteed to euro o money refunded. C. C. C. aro a sun thing. Try a box to-day; 10c, 25c, Hilo Sample and booklot free. All druggists The United States boan. WASHINGTON, duly 14.-The sub soriptioiiH to the ne w .'I per cont wa loan of $200,000,000 which closed a ?5 o'clock this afternoon, inoludinj offers made by syndicates, wil amount to $1,200,000,000, or si: times tho amount of the issue. Th subscriptions represented by check or other forms of payment, it is csti mated, will aggregate about $760, 000,000, or three and three-quarter times tho amount of tho issue Earl; this week Assistant Secretary Van dorl i pp, who has had imm?diat supervision of tho work in coonee lion with the loan, became convince that tho subscriptions of individual would bo far more than sutlicient t wholly absorb thc loan, and gave in struotions that checks roproaontin all subscriptions of corporations b prepared and returned to the sondei to-night. It is thought at the bron amy department that no individu.* subscriptions as high as $10,000 wi receive an allotment of bonds. - . .-^4)a?_ Two Millions a Year. Whoo people buy, try and buy again means thoy'ro sntisflod. Tho people ( the United States are now buying Casoi rois (Jandy Cathartic at tho rate o' iv, million boxes a year and if will bo flirt million boforo New Y-.r's. lt mom merit proved that Cnscnrotsnro tho moi delightful bowel regulator for overybod tho year round. All druggists. lOo 25c, (Vie. a box. (biro guaranteed. Fearful Accident in Anderson. A NI OK uso,v, S. C.. July 14.-V M. Clayton, a grandson of the Hoi l>. I<\ Clayton, waa killed to-day ? bis grandfather's home, while worl ing with a shredder. A loosonc bolt caused a disarrangement of tl machinery. Tho machine was oi Uroly torn to pieces, a fragment cu ting tho young man's throat ar another striking him in the brear His death was instantaneous, negro man was a^,") struck by nineo of iron, breaking his thigh ai leg, causing his death also a fe hours later. - - Beauly is r.iinm m rp. (?lean blood moans a clean shin. 1 beauty without it. Casoarota (Jandy ( thartic clean your blood and koop clean hy stirring up tho hey liver a driving all impurities from tho bot1 begin to-day to banish pimples, hoi blotches, blackheads and that siet I ii I ?MU , complexion by taking Casoarob beauty for ton coiits. All druggls Satisfaction guaranteed. 10o., 2?0., BO PEACE IS NEAR! Spaniards Make Ready for it by Muz zling Their Own People? MADRID, July 15.-Tho Oflioinl Garotte to-day publishos a royal dooroo temporarily suspending throughout tho -Spanish peninsula tho rights of individuals as guaranteed by tho constitution. Tho deoreo ia that tho govoinmoni will render an account to tho pnrliamont of tho uso it may make of this measure. *. Tho publication of tho decree ia genorally accoptcd as hoing con vincing proof that Spain ia now ready to sue for peace and that nego tiation? Lo ihat effect aro actually in progress. The government wishes to have full power to sttppross any evi dences of discontent or rebellion whorover they appear. Tho Carlista aro furious and sure to attempt to create trouble. McKinley Hopes for Penco. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 15.-President McKinley gavo expres sion to-day to a strong hopo for carly poace. Responding to congratu lations on tho success of tho Santiago campaign, ho said : "I hopo for an early pcaco now." in tho course ot other interviews ho gave voico to tho same sentiment, not expressing ontiro belief, but a strong hopo, that poaco will come soo'). Surrondcr Carno When a Long,. Hard Fight Was Expected. Oi'F AQUA DORKS, .Inly 14, VIA PORT ANTONIO, July 15.-Santi ago do Cuba was surrendered to-day. Menaced by thc American forces on land and sea, disheartened by past dofeats and without hopo of victory, Cnn. Toral'yiolded his city to savo his people. With tho final stroke of thc Spanish General's pen, the only stronghold in tho province of Santiago has fallen and tho power of Spain in Haslem Cuba is crushed. Thc end came swiftly and unexpectedly. Tho Santiago cam paign, with its deeds of splendid daring and dark with tho record of slaughter, had been behoved by many men high in rank to have only begun. The refusal of thc Spanish to surrender has been so emphatic and so recent that both anny and navy had forsaken tho idea of vic tory without furthor bloodshed, and noon to-day had been set for tho final and desperate assault upon tho stubborn defenses of tho oity. .* That its fortifications wore strong and its forces were bravo all knew, and to-day had boen looked forward to as likely to bo thc blood iest in tho history of tho campaign ; and, when soon after 2 o'clock this afternoon Admiral Sampson received by signal tho nows that General Toral had surrendered, the admiral and his oflicers scarcely credited the story. When Gen. Toral on Monday last refused absolutely to consider tho terms of unconditional surrender, and when Gen. Shaftor announced negotiations at an end, it was believed that thc taking of tho city without further fighting was an impossibility. Thc artillery of the F?deral forces was ordered to be rushed to tho front, thc invest ing line was extended to the town completely and every preparation was made for the final assault. Acting under instructions from Washington, however, Cen. Shaf tor again proposed surrender, and at a conference yesterday, at which Cen. Miles and Gen. Toral were prcsont, it was proposed to allow tho Spanish oflicers to retain their side arms, and the American com mander offered to return tho defeated army to Spain under convoy and parole. The story of tho conference has already been told. Gon. Toral's announcement that tho matter vould havo to bo referred to his gov ernment convinced the majority of tho oflicers at headquarters that nothing further would come of tho negotiations, and an order was issued to preparo for a general attack at noon to-day at which hour tho extended armistice expired. The men at the front made every preparation for battle, thc fleet gathered around tho little bay of Aguadores to hurl shells over the hill and into thc city, and tho combined ?American forces quietly and grimly awaited tho word of Gen. Miles. Hut while all these preparations wore going forward Gen. Shailer and Gen. Miles were still hard at work in an attempt to avoid thc slaughter which must follow an attack. The telephone and telegraph wires from the front to Juragua were burdened all the forenoon with messages to and from Washington, and Gon. Toral was busy in communication with either Captain General Illanco or with tho Government at Madrid. At about ll o'clock Gen. Miles sent an aide-de-camp from Jarngua to Hoar Admiral Sampson telling him .tho chances for a surrender were good and that no shots must be fired from the fleet without defi nite orders from the shore. As 1 and 2 o'clock passed without an ordor to begin bombard ment the excitement among the oflicers who knew the significance of tho delay became intense. It was a few minutes after 2 o'clock whoo the Hist pushed her way from behind the anchored transports and started on the short run from Juragua to Aguadores. 1 {oiling and pitching in tho rough sea, thc gallant little yacht dashed for tho flagship, signaling as she passed onward. A cheer burst from tho oflicers on tho after deck, and it was echoed by thc men clustered forward. At almost the same instant the other ships in tho fleet or ugh t thc momentous meaning of tho bright colored Bignal flags which flashed at tho 1 list's swaying masthead, and a great cheer from a host of American throats swept through tho squadron from ship to ship, while answering pennants flew from each vessel in response to the New York's repetition of tho Gist's Bignal. Eventually tho Hist ran alongside the flagship and delivered her dispatch. It contained no details, being simply a I rici message by wire to Admiral Sampson from Gen. Shaftor, saying that tho enomy had surrendered. Gen. Toral surrendered in tho nick of time, for had the plans of to-day's battle been carried out, tho city of Santiago would have beon torn to pieces br' .c night. The fleet had the exact range, and although the city was about eight miles away and hidden by tho hills along tho coast, Commodore Sohlcy said that shells could bo dropped in tho heart of the town every two minutes for as long a timo as Gen. Shaftor thought it necessary. Aside from tho work of tho fleet seven batteries of artillery were in position and so placed that three-inch shells could have boen hurled into tho town from all sides. Thc Spaniards, however, had made careful preparations and had oven erected barricades in tho streets, ready to fight to tho vory last. Gen. Shaftor ami his oflicers confidently expected tho Amorionn loss to bo heavy if the attempt had to be tundo to capturo tho city by as sault, and elaborate hospital arrangements wero made in anticipation of snell an occurrence, a large number of tents having beon orected at Siboney since tho buildings thore wore burned. "Our customers say you manufacture tinco of tho bent romodios on earth," unid tho morcantilo Arm of finns, Harris, f t ii i ti A- Mcbain, of Dawson, (la., in a recent lotter to the Chamberlain Medi cino Co? Thin is tho universal verdict. Chamberlain's Pain Kahn in tho ducat preparation in the world for rheumatism, neuralgia, lamo hack, quiusey, soro throat, outs, bruisos, burns, scalds, pains and swellings, A 25 cont bottle of this liniment in the houso will save a great deal of sufferings Hut lt nt the drug stores of J. W. boll. Walhalla: ll. B. I Zimmerman & Co., Westminster; W. J. I I ninney, SonOOA. Mr. (J. B. Hush, president of the (?li nier county court, tolls briefly his expe rience, with an epidemic of bloody dux in bis family. Ho writes under dato of October 8, IHOfl, Auburn, W. Va.: "Dur ing tho past summer wo had throe casen ol bloody l.nx in our family which wo cured in less than ono weok with Chant* borlain's Collo, Cholera and Diarrhoe Kennedy, tn somo instances thore worn twenty hemorrhages a day." This rem edy never fails to cure tho worst canos of bloody flux and all bowel complaint* nail every family should koop it nt hand. For salo by J. \V. Boll, Walhalla; if. H. /dm i merman & Co., Westminster; W. J. hun i noy? So noon. Royal makes the food pure, wholesome ?nd delicious. POWDER Absolutely puro novAi OAKiHO ro^ntR co., NEW very ! mm Important to Depositors. Congressman Fleming Booms nl vvnyB to havo IUB eyes open to tho interests of tim people and tho pub lio oonvonionoo and baa sccurod a ruling from tho rcvonuo dopartmont on ono point in tho tax act that will provo of widespread importance and bonofit. In a letter to his brother, who ?B President of tho Commercial Hank in this city, Congressman Fleming Bonds tho ruling referred to, and it will be received with pleasure, not only by tho banks here, but else where, and by tho army of doposi torfl who aro worried at having to affix a Blain]) every time they dcairo to draw a few dollars out of bank for their own use. lloro is tho ruling by the D?partirai .?tt "If a bank takes money on deposit and pays it out in partial payments to a depositor upon his signing a receipt for each payment, such receipt (containing no words constituting an order for the payment of monoy) does not roijuire a stamp uudor this Act." Tho effect of this ruling is to enable depositors to go tc bank and sign a receipt for any sum thoy desire paid over to thom from their doposit account and bo relieved of tho neces sity of stamping thc receipt. This docB not refer, of course, to checks issued to a third party. These aro negotiable papers and .must bo stamped. Lot us illustrate. Suppose A bas monoy in bank and owes a number of small accounts that he is accus tomed to pay on a certain day in oaoli month. If he pays off Tom, Diok and Harry with cheeks when they come in to present their accounts he must put a stamp upon each cheek. If, however, ho stops over to tho bank in advance and draws out a Hiiilicicnt Bum from his deposit to sottlo all tbeso accounts ho can givotho bank a receipt for tho ?um, without a stamp on it, and oarry tho money to his office, whore ho can pay the accounts of Torn, Dick and Harry in cash.-Agusta Chronical. Everybody Says No* Cascareis (Jandy Cathartic, tho most wonderful medical discovory of tho ago, ploasant and refreshing to tho tasto, act gently and positively on kidneys, livor and bowels, cleansing tho entho system, dispels colds, euros boadacho, fovor, ha bitual constipation and biliousness, l'loaso buy and try a box of C. C. C. to day ; 10, 25, 50 cents. Hold and guaran teed to euro by all druggists. Impressive Scene. Aflor tho naval battle at Santiago, according to John lt. Spoars' lottor in tho Now York Sun, there was a most unusual and impressive acono on board tho Texas : "Capt. Philip called all hands to tho quarter deck, and, with bared hoad, thanked Cod for tho almost bloodless victory. M 'I want to make public acknowl edgment hore,' ho said, 'that I believe in Cod tho Father Almighty. I want all you officers and men to lift your hats, and from your hearts offor silent thanks to the Almighty.' "All hats wore off. Th oro waa ti moment or two of absoluto silence, and then tho overwrought feelings of thc ship's company relieved thom? solves in throe heart}' ohoors for their beloved commander." That waa a thrilling incident, showing a magnificent spirit and a grund character of which h?roes' Christian heroes--aro made. Tho country is safo wlion such a spirit rules tho navy, and he who com mands tho Bea sloops to bless the people. An Old I?le?. Kvery flay strengthens: tho belief of cml nont pbyAlciaiin Hint impuro blow! lu tho CAUSO of tho majority of our dise?aos. Twenty-five yearn ugo thin theory wnn ?med as a bunin for ?|.<? fornuxla ol' brown*' Iron Rittern. Tho ninnj ?mnrknbloc>.iroseffected by thin famoim old household remedy sro sufficient to prove timi thc theory beetroot, Browns' Iron Ritters ls sold by nil deniers. A Topeka lady cngagcB a lawyer by thc yoav and pays him a stator! sum for nttonding to all her legal work. During tho la?t, sovon yours he h ns scoured five divo voes for her?