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TO THINS OWN 8KLF BB TRUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT OHE DAY, THOU OANS'T NOT THEN BB FALSE TO ANT KAN. BY ?J A YNES, SHELOIl, SMITH & STECK. WA, 3J H AILLA, BOUTH CAROLINA, DEO. 18, 1901. NEW 8B?H58, NO. 108.-VOLUME lill.-NO. 81. B?on F. Reyn Our line of Sh satisfied in any wa; You will find the \ i all the -new styles our stock. We ha CA -FOI* 6ALE-V 26-HORSES AND ~ MOTES-26 10 Buggies, 5 Carriages, 7 Hacks, 2 Omnibus??'., 0 Wagons, 1 Hoarso, Ujy^"""">> go with all tho ?vehicles. All in a lump or any ono thing soin?? ..?*>: ' Will sell on easy terms on thne, or very ohoap for cash. v Call and seo mo and got bargains. T. E. ALEXANDER, WALHALLA, S. C. NO STRAGGLING BY DEMOCRATS. Democrats, in Caucus, Decide to Present United Front on all Questions. The Democratic United States Senators held their first caucus of the present session last Wednesday. Its purpose was to consider committee assignments, but the occasion was more than ordinarily significant be cause of the general attendance upon the caucus. All the Senators elected as Democrats, with the exception of Senator McLaurin, of South Caro lina, wero present, as were all of tho Senators who wore elected as Silver Republicans. or Populists. All the Independents, except Senator Teller, of Colorado; had eutored the Demo oratio caucus held just beforo ad journment last March, but Senator -Teller then remained away. Ile was present, however, at Wednesday's oonterence and participated in the proceedings. The caucus was called at the in stance of Senator Jones, of Arkan sas, who stated that he had thought it possible that tho new Senators migt?t want to make*some change in tho .officers of tho caucus. Thoro was, however, a general' expression of satisfaction with tho present x<*i oials, and Senator Jonos wan re elected unanimously chairman of tho oancus. Tho old committee on order of business also was reappointed and the one vacanoy on that committee was filled by the ??lection of Sena tor'Dubois, of Idaho, who was tho choice of all the Western members of tho caucus. TO I'RKSKNT UNITKl) FRONT. During the proceedings Senator Tillman saggested that there should be frequent conferences and a con tinued effort to agree upon the main features of all political controversies. There \ *s a quito general response to this suggestion, and tho'opinion was fairly unanimous that the party should presont a united front, pep mitting no more straggling than wy absolutely necessary. '? Sonator Jones presented a state ment from the liepublican committee on committees outlining its wishes as to the committee assignments, from which it appeared that tho Ho ublicans were anxious to increase the Republican membership of seve ral committees and to decreaso tho Democratic membership of a fow of the committees. Tho mont impor tant change suggested by them was that the Kopublicens should bo al lowed to add one member to their side of the committee on commerce, while the Democrats should agree to surrender one of tho places on that committee held by them. The com mittee as now constituted inclndes ten Republican members and seven De mocratic members, lt was derided vigorously to resist this innovation. WILL OI'POHK eilANOKfl. Tho Republicans also expressed a desire to inorease the membership of the committees on agriculture and census to eleven eaoh, the two new members to be Republicans ; to inorease the committoe on claims' from thirteen to fourteen, the Ke publionna to have eight members and the Democrats six, as against seven and six, respectively, as the commit tee is now constituted. An increase is also proposed in the oommitteo on foreign relations. As it nt present stands the committee numbers eleven mei ?bers, four of whom are Domo orate. The proposal is to make ii old's Shoes fe lia Marlowe's Batth oes is the very best y with the Shoes ye srear, style and fit t< and leathers, and y< ve a nice line of OT V. & J. E. BAl er y Outfit consist of thirteen members, eight of whom shall he Republicans and five Democrats. A change was also suggested in tho committee on irri gation, which is at present composed of six Republicans and five Demo crats. The chango, if adopted, would give a membership of eleven, only four of whom would be Demo crats. Tho Democrats deoided to oppose tho proposed changes in the committees on claims and irrigation. The Republican committee sug gested no changes in the committees] ion appropriations, finance and judi ciary, but indicated that they will continue Senator Jones, of Nevada, on the finance committee, thus prac tically adding one to the Republican representation and taking one from tho opposition representation. The Republicans did not indicate any intention to take care of Senator j Wellington in the matter of com mittees, nor was any suggestion made in tho caucus that the Demo crats should find places for him. -? <?? Of Benefit to Ton. D. S. Mitchell, Fulford, Md.: "During j a long inness 1 was troubled with bou sores, was advisod to try DoWitt's Witch Hazel Salve and dia so with wonderful ?esults. I was porfoc"ly cured. It is tho | est salve on tho market." Sure euro for pilos, soros, burns. Beware of coun terfeits. J. W. Boll. Fruit for lt hen II ??sin. Tho uso of fruit diminishes acidity and antagonizes rheumatism. The acids in fruits undergo changes which diminish tho acidity of the blood and aid in the elimination of rheumatic acid The most digestible fruits aro ripe grapes, poaches, strawberries, apri cots, oranges, very ripe pears, figs, dates, baked apples and stewed fruits A dietary consisting wholly of fruits is a valuable means of over coming billiousness. Such a dietary may bo maintained j for one or two days a week. A modified fruit dietary is highly [beneficial. The most laxative fruits are apples, |g8? prunes and peaches.-Family )octor. Women Dread The disfiguration caused by skin disease, even more than the tormenting irrita tion which is so commonly associated with it. The use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery generally results in a complete cure of eczema, pimples, eruptions sud other forms of di Be a se which have their cause in an impure con dition of the blood. " Golden Medical Discovery " abso lutely purges the Mood of numors and poisons, and so cures the cuta neous diseases which bod blood breeds and feeds. There is no alco hol In the " Golden Medical Discov ery" and it is en tirely free from opium, cocaine, and all other nar. cot?es. "I was troubled with eczema from the crown of roy head to the ?oles of my feet," writes Mrs, V,\\n Quick, of Cass City, Tuscola , Co., Mich. "Couldnot walk at times, nor wear my shoes. Thought there was no help foi- me .t least the doctor said mere was non*. I went to see friends at Christmas time and there heard of the good that Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discovery had done (or them, and was advised to try lt at once. Por fear that 1 might ?.elect lt my friends sent to the village sud ?ot a bottle and made me promise timi I would lake it. I had been getting worse all the lime. I took trn bottles of the 'Oolden Medical Disc- ?ry 'and ten vials of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pallets, and used the ' All Healing Salve,' which ninda a complete cure. It w?? .'/?w, but surd. I was Inking the medicine about eight months. " I would say to all who read thia ; Try Dr. Pierce's Oolden Medical Discovery before wast ing tim? and money," Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets assist UM action of the " Discovery."* ?r Men, hoes for Won e-Axe Shoes f ) we have ever sho\ )u are wearing try i ) be the very best. )u can always find rershoes. JKNIGHT, Cas Dispensary in Georgia. Gov. Candler bas vetoed tho bill passed by tho Georgia Legislature for tho establishment of dispensaries in counties voting for it. The bill was not half so harmful as the South Carolina law, for it pro vided that citizens of any county should have the right to vote upon the question of prohibition, high license or dispensary, whilo our la^w forces the dispensary upon a county whether its citizens want it or not. . Gov. Candler gives his reasons for his veto. Among other things ho aays that while the bill purports to be in the interest of temperance it would, if made a law, have just tho oppo site effect. He is of the opinion that "it would open the floodgates in the ,dry counties, and at 'thc same time set back the cause of temperanoe at least a generation." The Georgia Governor is too wiso a man to be fooled by the specious plea of a "step toward prohibition," and toe honest a man to protend to believe it But here is the strong point in thc .Governor's reasons for his veto. Ile is not influenced by tho jingle of thc money that liquor selling would bring into the coffers of the State and counties. It were well for South Carolin? if she coulv Vibavo a Gover nor and other officers in high placet who would put the honor and good name of the State above the lilt li) lucre, as Gov. Candler does in th< following declaration : "I have heard only three argu ments in favor of tho bill. One ii that it will stop tho agitation of th< liquor question. This is not true On the contrary, it will probable precipitate floreo contests over it ii every county in tho State withii twelve months. Another ia that i will stop tho illicit salo of liquor ii tho dry counties and provide for it lawful salo by responsible bondei officers who will not, as do tho biin< tigers, sell on the days forbidden b] law, nor to minors and drunken mer Thoro is some forco in this argument but not so much as thoso who ad vance it think. It would no douh greatly curtail tho business of th 'blind tiger' in daytime, when th county liquor shop is open, but bc tween sunset and sunrise, when it i closed, and when, under tho cover c darkness, most of the dangerou drinking is done, it will be no barrie to intemperance. The blind tige will still do business at the old stan( and will prosper, and the young me and boys who infest the streets < our towns and oities at night wi still be exposed to its baneful inflt once. This has been and will coi tinao to bo the case, dispensary < no dispensary, wherever there are r licensed barrooms. Neither thc di ponsary nor total prohibition oan pr< vent it." "The other argument which hi been advanced, and chiefly relied o is that it will be a great sourco revenuo to tho counties and towi in which tho dispensarios aro locate and will in this way greatly redn the burden of taxation. It is ov< claimed that already there has be< found a county in which no tax aro imposed for county purpose because the profits of its dispensai amply support the county gover I mont. Grant that this is true, ai that the dispensary in every ooun will pay all tho ox penses of I county'and the peoplo bo wholly r lieved of local taxes, can Goorgia, glorious State, glorious in her hi tory, her traditions and tho aohiev ! ments of hor illustrious sons, ai peopled by a Christian people, affo to sanction a law making eve county and town in the State pr prietor of a liquor shop to debau tho morals of the youth of the cou try in order to esoape tho legitim? burthens of local government ? C she afford to put upon her statt book a law to coin the tears a blood of the wives and ohildren weak or vicious men into dollars fill the coffers of county and to treasureries that their taxpayers m be relieved from taxation ?" len, or Everybody, vn. If you are dis \ pair of our Shoes. We keep up with what you want in h Merchants. But it is too much to expeot that any Governor of, this State will take sud) high ground. The State is bound hand and foot by the liquor ootopus, and a man who aspires to the Governorship and opposes this powerful octopus will not have the opportunity of vstoing any bills. Moro's the pity.-Newberry Ob server. . Health and Beauty. A poorcomploxion is usually tho result of a torpid liver or irregular- aotion ol tho bowols. Unions nature's refuse ie ourried off it will surely cause impure blood. Pimples, boils and other orup (ions follow. This is nature's method Of throwing off the poisons which thc bowols fail to remove. DoWitt's Lit tle Karly Risers are world famous foi rornedying this condition. They s ti rou lato the livor and promote regular and healthy- action of the bowols, but nevei canso griping, cramps or distress. Sah pills. J. W. Bell. Tillman and McLaurln. A* large portion of our spaoe it surrendered this morning to an ac count of the sensational resiguatiorj incident between our two Senaten in the United States Senate on Mon day. It is "hot stuff" and spicj and sensational. It is simply the ole Gaffney resignation business ovei again with this difference, that th* challenge was not accepted this time for "Little Mao," of Columbia har said if thone resignations came tba way again he would make short worl of them. It was an unseemly spec taclo to bo enacted on the floor o the Senate, that of our two Senator airing before that dignified bod; their personal animosity toward ead other. No good can come out of it either to the two Sonators or to th State they represent, unless indeed i should lead to action by the Senate which will result in dedaring bot seats vacant, in which oase the Leg islaturo will settle tho raattor by rc tiring one of them. It is a politics quarrel between tho two Senatoi with which nobody is concerned bu tho people of South Carolina, an tho quarrel should not be aired in th national forum. It is greatly to t regretted now that the Governe was not let alone last summer an allowed to accept the Gaffney resij nations and let them go before tl people and fight it out. The matte would have been settled and doi with and this causo of irritation r moved from our politics. We ai inclined to believo that Senator IIo? is right and that both soats are v cant,- and if the Senate should ho to that view the matter will be in fair way to speedy judgment, ai tho Stato may be saved an irritatii and sensational campaign next sui mer. Anel yet it might bo better let the wholo matter come befo the people and let them pass a fir verdict on it.-Andorson Daily Ma Buy and Try a Box Tonight. While you think of it, go buy ai try a box of Cascarets Candy C than ic, ideal laxative, tonight. You never regret it. Genuine table stamped C. C. C. Never sold bulk. All druggists, ioc. Democrats Win in Bolton. Boston, December ll.-Tho p rali ty of Pat Collins, the Democra oandidato who was elected maj yesterday i continues to grow a to-day it is said te> be the most pi nounced victory ever recorded, bei over nineteon thousand. The v tory is attributed to looal issues a the uncertain polioy of Iloosevelt his attempt to follow publio ser mont as viewed by the leaders his party in favoring trusts, the o tralization of money interests and I cutting down of tho repr?sent?t in the South. .. ?^??? Great Clubbing Offer. Prom now until the first of next Ja ary wo will take subscriptions to ' Keowee Courier and the Atlanta So Weekly Journal for only $1.50. 1 olin only lasts until January 1. Al that date the two papers will cost $1 Ohl subscribers can take advantage this oller by paying back dues am year in advance. Do not delay, ?i The six Democratic Congrossn from Louisiana have deolared tl intention to vote for the Philipp tariff bill, a Kopublioan measure? LETTER FROM THE PHILIPPINES. Governor Jss. H. Grant Writes Interesting/ from th? Distant Isles- Massacre ot Co. C. On December 1st Mr. John F. Tatham received an Interesting letter from Capt JOH. li. Grant, now Governor of the Prov i nco of Loy tu. Tho lefter follows: Taoloban, Province u? Levte, Y. I., October 9, IDOL-Dear Tatham: I have been looking for a letter from you evor .ince you reached home, but suppose you have been busy telling the people about your exp?rience in the Philippines. After you left I was detailed as Judge Advocate of general court martial at Headquarters Department of Southern Louzon, where I remained until June 80th, when I was mustered out. I took a month's rest, and at the expiration of that time I was appointed Governor of tho Province of Loy to, whioh inoludes the islands of Leyte, Biliran, Maripipi and two others South of Leyte. The capital is Taoloban, whioh you will re member had the reputation of being one of the prettiest towns in tho Philippines, and I am sure it is. The Governor's mansion, which is just nearing comple tion, is a magnifloent reBidenoo, with beautiful drivoways and luxuriant flower gardens. |It is ono of the loveliest places you ever saw, facing the bay and only about thirty yards from it. I got a uftiary of two thousand dollars per year (gold), and house to live in. Lorenz is my private secretary at a salary of seventy-five per month, and I havo Joo, tho little interpreter at Calbayog, as in terpreter for me. I have three other clerks in my oflloe and an orderly, so I have no olerioal work to do at all. Lieut. Far well, of the old 29th, is Col lector of Customs hero at a salary of fourteen huudrod a year. My appointment is only until the 1st of March, as Governors are to bo elected all over the Philippines during the month of February; but I may be a candidate, and, if I am elected, will hold offlco for a term of two year?. Enough about mysolf; will tell you something about old Samar. As I am just across the straits from there and within two miles of tho island across the bay from here, I keep pretty well posted. The ports all over tho island have been closed for about six months and tho enemy are lighting along the same lines they wero when we left there. I moan by that that tboy fire into the towns and run, and you can only get a fight when you surround them, as we used to do occasionally. About a month ago Capt. Jackson, of tho First, got oloso onough to Lukban to wound him, capture his wife and ohild and his secretary, with all of his official correspondence, in whioh it was discov ered that our friends, Gibson and Brown, v^Calbayog, and Easton, of Smith, Bell & Co.,. at Catbalogan, had been very (dosely connected with tho insurrectos; so muoh so that they have been ordered to leave tho island. M Ass A? 'UK OF COMPANY C. I havo now to tell you of one of the most brutal things that has happened to our troops since they have been out hore. About forty miles below hero is a little town, on tho Samar side, called Hallan gigi, stationed in this place was Com pany C, of tho 0th infantry. They had about ninety Filipino prisoners in the guard house and when they turnod thom out to go to breakfast about ten days ago, they mado a rush on the guard, and at the same time on tho Presidente. Policemen rushed to the officers' quar ters, who wore still in bed, white bolo men from ont of town, who had ap proached near enough to be in roadiness, with the people io the town, rushed to the men's quarters, who were at break fast, and seized their guns. Then began a hand-to-hand fight for life. With the garrison completely disarmed, the result was that the officers were all killed and the men killed or captured, with the exoeption of about twenty, who escaped -fourteen in ono boat, with ?leven of thom wounded. Tho officers were muti lated after they were killed-noses, ears and other members being out off. Then the bodies wore partially burned. Some of the oaptured were oarried out of town and troatod the same way, and when found forty-eight hours later, the bogs and orows were eating their bodies. Up to last night forty-nine Americans had boen found and buried. This included tho captain, first lieutenant and the major surgeon. I believe it ls estimated that about one hundred natives were killed. After tho fight tho enomy took everything in the post, inoluding about eighty serviceable guns and thirty thou sand rounds of ammunition. They also ?tripped tho men and officers, taking every piece of olothing, hat ana shoe in the town. It was the work of savages, and they did it just abont as our North American Indians would havo. A few weeks prior to this affair, four men wore attacked just across tho bay, within sight of here, and boloed; three of thom killed and the other severely wounded. A lieutenant was also killed in the same way a few weeks prior to the attack on these four men. You will soe from this that the insur rection io not quite over in Samar, yet. Wo used to have six companies with whioh we held down the outiro island. Now, and prior to this affair at Hallan figi, they have twenty-two companies of nfantry, with General Hughes's head quarters at Calbayog, np to about two weeks prior to this occurrence, when ho returned to Cebu. Well, you and I had somo protty dose calls while we were there, especially when we were on the last hike, when we had a running fight for about three hours, driving them from hill to bill until WO cornered about t bree hundred and came near being ambushed as wo approached their fortified barraoks. Howevor, we drove out over three hun dred with about thirty men. and I guess they must have had quite a little funeral ceremony after wo left them, don't you? If you deolde to return to the Philip pinen, let me know. I have a seventy dollar a-month job waiting for you any time yon oome, with good prospects for an increase. This is gold. With best wishes, I am, your friend, Jae. IL Grant. The Portentous Pistola. The last South' Carolina Legisla ture made ^ law that no pistol shall he sold in that State with ' a barrel less than twenty inohes long or weighing less than three pounds. The law will be effective July 1, 1902. After that date, as we under stand, anybody who kills a man with a revolver of less than the required size will be liable to punishment. If the law is made effective, the South Carolina campaign meetings -after the sapply of revolvers of the present issue has been worn out by use-will present a ourious aspect. Short, men of the "wool hat" order .who attend in their shirt sleeves will be at a disadvantage because a twenty-inoh pistol worn in the breeches leg will inevitably interfere with the knee action. We do not know but that the law may be suc cessfully attacked, on this account, on constitutional grounds. . It ap pears to be a distinct discrimination against the horny-handed son of toil and sweating and down-trodden masson who habitually array them selves with one gallus as evidence of heir contempt for conventionalities and loyalty to Ben Tillman. A three pound revolver would bo, we admit, a serious addition to the responsibili ties of this one gallus, already heavy, and would threaten constantly calami tous consequences. It is a strain too severe for any one American gallus to be subjected to. Our plea would not be in behalf of the buttons, be oauso they are usually replaced by a horse-Bhoe nail or an oaken skewer, but in behalf of tho gallus itself ; and the courts might hold that it U a serious infringement of the rightf and privileges of the citizen to re quire him to wear two galluses while his tastes and habits incline him U. one. Furthermore, the law gives a dis tinot advantage to statesmen, pinto orats, aristocrats, octopuses and othei obnoxious olasses wearing long-tailec coats. These insatiate enemies o the oom mon people oan oarry theil new revolvers hitched on behind with a string, concealed by the dra peries which their arrogance an< effete habits oauee them to adopt and ready to be produced with om hand ; whereas the common peopL hastily extricating a weapon of tin required length from its breeohes lej i would be compelled to use beti hands and to lose valuable time often to his serious detriment. As to the children, the aged am infirm and the dyspeptics of Soutl Carolina, we oan seo nothing befor them but expatriation-turning thei backs upon tho beautiful and belove State of their nativity and seekin some new land where they ma oarry revolvers adapted to the di( tates of their own consciences an their physical capacity. The proi peet before thom is gloomy indeei They might, of course, mount th proposed weapons on wheels an draw thom about with ropes, bi suoh arrangement frequently woul be inconvenient and disastrous. Tl great merit of a revolver, aside fro its ornamental functions and tl fact that without it a oitizen is had to censure or arrest for indecent e: posnro of his lifo, is its handinee While busily and happily disengaj ing it from its carriage with tl laudable purpose of doing bunine the unhappy owner might have many holes created in bis person to destroy his usefulness porsonall We fear that the bacilli of aristo racy has infected the South Carolii Legislature. This pistol law a pears to us to be distinctly a blow the masses-mid a discrimination favor of the classes and likely destroy the sympathy of politic gathering and to bar the toiling ai oppressed populace from attendan at them.-A* B> Williams, in Ric mond Mews. ?lew Ar? Your Kidney* t Dr. Ilobbt' Bparagua IM ll s euro ali kid nor lill. Bi pie free. Add.Bterllrig Remedy Co.. Chicano or N -- m?m i ?i Aiken for Congress. It has been announced by frier of Court Stenographer Wyatt Aik< of Abbeville, that he will bo in t race for Congress from the Thi District in the next oaropaign. ? Aiken has been court stenograpl for the Ki j di th Judicial Cirouit fo number of years. Ile is doubtl better known than any other man the circuit and bas many strong p sonal friends. It is said there \ be a number of oandidateB in \ Held,'ami the race will doubtless interesting. Throe boys, the eldest scarcely I years of age, at Montgomery, A were sentenced io len jc??o lu penitentiary. Thoy caught a druid countryman in an alley and rellei him of {GO. The U. S. Gov Show the Abseil Royal Baki Bloody Duel With Knives. Doraville, Ga., December 10.-In a bloody duel with knives* James Pierce, a farmer, was out to death and Thomas Collins, a m er oh ant, of Sheltonyille, was probably fatally wounded on the Southern Bell, the accommodation train which is due in1 Atlanta at 8.80 this morning. ' Both parties boarded the train at Duluth, and shortly after it passed Noroross it is said that Pierce, who was in the smoker, went to the first class coaoh and walking up to Col lins said : "I understand you said you were going to slap my face, and now you have got to do it." With this the two men drew their knives and olinohed, slashing each other on the throat and head. The passengers in the coach made a break for the rear oar, where the conductor was engaged in taking up the tiokets from passengers who had boarded the train at Norcr?ss. When he learned of the trouble Conductor Willingham, who is cour ageous and a great favorite with the patrons of the road, oalled on D. K. Johnston, of Noroross ; Elmer Bar rett and Robert Moon, of Flowery Branoh, and John Smith, of Gaines ville, who followed him into the coaoh where the men were fighting. When Conduotor Willingham and D. K. Johnston, who were the first to reaoh the men, arrived they found them between the seats, almost com pletely exhausted by tbe loss of blood, with Collins holding buth knives in his hand while Pierce was holding him by the throat. They were soon separated, but it was seen that Pierce was fatally wounded, as the jugular vein on the left side of his neok had been sevored and that several other wounds had been inflioted. An effort was made to stop the flow of blood, but with out success. He died from the loss of blood soon after the train reached this place. Collins received a serious wound in the temple, another on the throat, and several others on the head and faoe, from which he bled profusely, but the wounds are not necessarily fatal. He was taken in charge by Doctor Flowers, and bis wounds dressed. He is very weak, and the IOBS of blood may have been so great that he will not recover, al though there are indications that he will survive tho wounds. Pierce married the widow of Green Collins, a brother of Thomas Collins, and it appears that Mrs. Pierce after her second marriage, claimed that she was not fairly treated in the division of the land owned by her former husband, and became very bitter on this account. After she married Piorce he took up the fight against Thomas Collins, which has been almost a continual quarrel until it ended in the duel to-day. Collins is a highly respected mer ohant and is an influential citizen. Pierce was a farmer, and also stood very well in his oommunity. Postmaster Palmer of So. Glen Falls, N. Y., des cribes a condition which thous ands of men and women find identical with theirs. Read what he says, and note the similarity of your own case. Write to him, enclosing; j stamped ad dressed envcl L. D. Palmer. ?P? {oT and get a per sonal corroboration of what is here given. He says regarding Dr. Miles' Heart Cure: *I suffered agonizing pain in the left breast and between my shoulders from heart trouble. My heart would palpi tate, natter, then skip beats, until I could no longer Ile in bed. Night siter night 1 walked the floor, for to lie down would have meant sudden death. My condition seemed almost hopeless when I began taking Dr. Miles' Heart Cure, hut ft helped me from the first Later 1 took Dr. Miles' Nervine with the Heart Cure sad the effect was aston ishing. 1 earnestly implore similar suf ferer? to give these remedies a trial." Sold ky all Druggist? on guarantee. Dr. Mlfsa Msdlosl Co., Elkhart, Ind. ernment Tests ute Superiority of ing Powder. BLUE RIDGE RAILWAY. Description of the Country 'Tributary to Itt Lines-O renee. Walhalla and Seneca. The December number of the Southern Field, published at Wash ington, oontains the following : The Blue Ridge Railway Company recently purchased the property for merly known as the Blue Ridge Railroad, a line about thirty-four miles in length, extending from An derson to Walhalla, South Carolina. This road was built in 1858. Ander son is the county seat of Anderson county, and Walhalla of Goonoo county. These two oounties are in the extreme northwestern part of the State, and belong to what 1B known as the Upper Piedmont Region of South Carolina. Oconee county, in the northern portion, presents a mountainous ap pearance, parts of whioh are heavily timbered with virgin growth. The prevailing varieties are oak, chestnut, yellow poplar and pine. The county seat is Walhalla. This town has all the advantages of health, climate, schools, ohurches, etc, to make it a good location for manufacturing enterprises. It is tributary to ex cellent supplies of timber. The soils of the surrounding country are fertile and productive, and altogether it ia a very prosperous town. Tho Walhalla Cotton Mills, located here, is a prosperous manufacturing plant. I Situated at the junction ot this road with the Southern Railway is Seneoa, a town of about 1,000 popu lation and a very progressive placo. Last year it built three new indus I tries, a cotton factory, planing mill ! and iron works. j It is quite a lumber manufacturing town and has also a large cotton seed oil mill. It is said to be a good location for an ice faotory, brick works, hardwood faotory and dairy. Deafness Cannot be Cored by local applications, as thoy oannot reach tho diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to euro deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Doafnoss is caused by an inflamed con dition of tho mucous lining of the eusta chian tube. When this tubegots inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and whon it is entirely closed deafness is tho result, and unless the inflammation oan be taken out and this tubo restored to its normal condition, hearing will bo destroyed forovor. Nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condi tion nf tho mucous surfaces. Wo will give ono hundred dollars for any case of doafness (caused by catarrh) that oannot bo curod hy Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free. F. J. CHENEY ?fe CO., Proprietors, Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills aro tho best. How She Won a Hutband. Middleton, N. Y., December 0.-Miss Nina M. Tingley, who came to this oity four months ago to accept a clerkship in Wiggin's jewelry storo, bas solved the question of how to make young men hurry up and pop tho question. At least it has been successful in her own case, and she has won a husband in the person of Robert Dugdale, a prosperous yoong merchant of this oity. On Friday Miss Tingley decided to accopt a more lucra tive position in Pittsburg, Pa., and noti fied her lover that she would leave on Sunday. This was more than Dugdale could stand, and Sunday, when the nour arrived for her departure, he prevailed upon her to remain under the promise of their being married at onoe. She accepted the proposition, a dressmaker was called in and uad her gown in readi ness for the ceremony, which followed Ave hours later, at 10 o'clock on Sunday night, in the presence of a largo gather ing of friends at tho Central boarding house, whore both have boon stopping. This government is becoming a pretty expensive institution. Secre tary Gage figures out the expense of running it for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1002, at $610,829,088. This is for the regular appropriations and does not include special or inciden tal appropriations. But then, as Tom Reed used to remark, "this is a billion dollar country." Ratet to Charletton Exposition. The Ultu r.idge Railway Company an nounces tho following excursion rates over its line to the Charleston Exposi tion . From- A. B. C. Pendleton.$11 67 $8 66 $6 88 Seneca. 12 18 8 04 6 16 WcBt Union. 12 48 0 16 6 80 Walhalla. 12 67 0 22 6 84 Column A--Tlokets to bo sold dally, commencing November 80th, 1001. until and including May 81, 1002; final limit June 8, 1002. Column B-Tickets to be sold daily, commencing November 80th, 1001. until and including May 81, 1002; flail limit ten day* in addition tc date of sale, ex cept that Anal limit should in no case oxooed June 8, 1002. Column C-Tickets to be sold on Tues days and Thursdays of each week, com mencing December 8, 1001, until and in oh'dlnp May 20, 1002; Anal limit seven dave i'i addition to date of sale, except tlu t Anal limit should in no oase exceed Jnnr 8, 1002. M 8 sum