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TO THINE OWN SELF BK TRUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS TUB NIGHT TH? DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THBN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN~ BY ?J A YNES, SUELOlt, SMITH & STBCK. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAUOL?NA, BBB. 1?, 10O2. "?_ NBW SBB1BS. NO. 201.-VOLUM? XI II_NO. 7. NO SHOE MORE QUEENLY. NO PRICE MORE RIGHT. To THE LADIES - ANin vi Wo want you to seo and know high grade Foot value Comfort, prec?ate economy bo convinced. $3.00 -ONE PRK C. W.&J.E.E Sole Agents for THE NEW JURY BILL. lt Has Boen Passed by Both Brandies ot tho General Assembly. Columbia, February 4.-The fol-" lowing ?8 tho toxt of tho jury bill OH it linn passed both houses : A bill relating to tho selection, drawing and summoning of jurors in the oircuit courts of this State. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of tho State of South Carolina : Section 1. That ibo county audi tor, the county treasurer and the clerk of Court of Coutmon Pleas of each county in this State shall per- ? form tho duties hereinafter set forth. Section '2. That the said county auditor, county treasurer and clerk of the ('curt of Common Pleas of each county shall immediately after tho passage of this Act and there after, in the month of December of this and each succeeding year, pre- j pare a list of such qualified eleotors, under the provisions of the Constitu tion, between tho ages of iii and 65 years and of good mora! character, of their respective counties, as they may deem otherwise well qualified to serve as jurors, hoing persons of sound judgment and free from fill legal exceptions, which Hat shall include not less than one from every three such qualified electors under the provisions of the Constitution, between the ages of 21 and Gf> years, and of good moral character, to be selected without regard to whether such persons live within five miles or moro than five miles from the Court Iloutto. Section 8. That of the list so pre pared the county auditor, county treasurer and (derk of the Court of Common Pleas shall cans* the names to be written, each one on a separate paper or ballot, so as to resemble each other as much as possible and so folded that the name written thereon shall not be visible on the outside, and shall place them, with ,the said list, in a strong and sub stantial box, without appertures or openings when closed, (to be known ns the "jury box,") to be furnished to them by the county supervisor of their county for that purpose, and of such-size and shape as that, when such separate paper or ballots shall have been folded and placed therein, as above required, they may be oasily shaken up and about and well mixed therein, and it shall be the duty of the clerk of Court lo keep said jury box in his custody. The said jury box shall be kept securely locked with three separate and Strong locks, each lock being different and distinct from tho other two and re quiring one key pecubar to itself in order to be unlocked, and the key to one of the said three looks shall be kept by the county auditor himself, the key to another of said three looks by the county treasurer himself and the key to the third ot said three looks by the clerk of tho Court of Common Pleas himself, so that no two of them shall keep a similar key or similar keys to the same lock, and so that all threo of them must be present together at tho samo timo and placa in order to look or unlock the said jury box. At tho same time they s?mil placo in a special apart ment in tho said jury box (which special apartment shall be known na IUSTLY FAMED FOR PERFECTION IN MATERIAL AND FITTING QUALITIES. OF WALHALLA CINITY.^-^ which is indeed Queen of all wear. If you love beauty, ap Try n pair and All styles. *fV0M/TAT $3.00 )E, $3.00.^+^ lAUKNIQHT, Walhalla, 5. C. "the tales box") tho names of not loss than one hundred nor more than four hundred of such persons whoso names appear on said list ns reside within five miles of tho Court J louse, from which tales box shall bo drawn jurors to supply deficiencies arising from any causo or emergency during tho sitting of tho Court. Tho names of persons placed in said tales box shall be also placed in tho said, jury box. Section 4. That not less than ten nor more than twonty days before any regular or special terni of tho Court of General Sessions for the present year tho county auditor, the county treasurer and the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of each of thc counties in this State shall draw from the said jury box eighteen bal lots containing the names of eighteen persons, who shall constitute the grand jury for the present year. If there shall be drawn from said jury box a ballot containing the name of any person not between the ages of 21 and (if) years, or not of good moral character, or who has died, or who has removed from tho county or is otherwise disqualified to servo ns a juror, such ballot shall be destroyed and such name struck from the said list, and another ballot drawn ; and so on until eighteen are secured. Not less than ten nor moro than twenty days before the first term of the Court of General Sessions for each year after the present year, the county auditor, the county treasurer and tho clerk of the Court of Com mon Pleas of each of u'iid counties shall in like manner draw from the said jury box twelve ballots contain ing thc names ot twelve persons, who, with the six persons drawn by lot (as provided by law) from tho grand jury of the next preceding year, shall constitute tho grand jury for that year. When said grand jurors are drawn as aforesaid the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas "I die1 not sleep a night for seven long weeks." That prolonged period of sleepless ness is most expressive of the pain and suffering caused by womanly diseases. It is pleasant to con trast the medical in efficiency, which said wI could not be cured" with the prompt and perman ent cure effected by the use of Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription. This great medicine for women establishes regularity, dries en feebUug.drains, lien"s inflammation and ul ceration and cu cs female weakness. "I take great pleasure ill I.?< i un I ur m lim: lu. Tierce'? medicines to other suffering women " write? Mrs. Mnry Adam, of f?rassyereck. Asile Co., N. C. ?1 had in tcrnal trouble very badly until it resulted in ulcer* of the uterus. I was troubled willi lt so tliat 1 ?lld not sleep n night for seven !;<IIR ??< ...... The doctors sala I could not I ? cured, but I com menced taking Or. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and ' Pleasant Pellets.' After taking two bottles 1 contd strep all nihill, and after taking six bottles of ' Favorite Prescription ' and two of 'Ooldea Medical discovery and three vials of 'Pleasant Pellets' my ease was cured. I had told my husband that I would have to die, as it seemed I could not live. Ile told me to put faith in Dr. Pierce's medicines, for lt had cured others and would cure me. So ft did. and I thank God and your medicine for saving my life." . Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, 1008 large pages, is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send x\ one-cent stamps for thc hook in cloth binding, or only 21 stamps for the paticr covered volume. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo,**!. Y. ?hall issue his writ of. venire facias for them, requiring their attendance on tho first day of the ensuing torm of tho Court of Gohoral Sessions, and said writ of venire faoias shall bo forthwith delivered to the sheriff of the county : Provided, that in case a.ny term of tho Court of General Sessions is to be hold within less than twenty days after tho approval of this Act, such list may, neverthe less, be prepared and tho graud jurors drawn. Seotion 6. That not less than ton nor more than twenty days bofore tho first day of eaoh week of any regular or speoial term of the Circuit Courts tho said eouuty auditor, tho county treasurer and tho clerk of the Court of Common Plena shall pro ceed in liko manner to draw thirty six petit jurors, to servo for snell week only : Provided, that whonovor a jury shall be charged with a case, suoh jury shall not bo discharged by reason of anything in this section contained until a verdict shall bo found or a mistrial ordered in such case. Immediately after such petit jurors are drawn the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas shall issue his writ of venire facias for such petit jurors, requiring their attend ance on the first day of tho week for whioh they havo been drawn, and the said writ of venire facias shall be forthwith delivered to the sherill of the county: Provided, that incase any term of Court is to bo held within less than twenty days after tho approval of this Act, mich petit jurors may, nevertheless, bo drawn for such term of Court. Section G. That tho said drawing shall be made openly and publicly in the office of the Clerk of tho Court of Common Pleas, and tho county auditor, the county treasurer and thc clerk of the Court of Common Pleas shall give ten days' notice of each of Said drawing.* by posting in a con spicuous place on tho Court House door, or by advertisement in a county newspaper, a notice of tho place, day and hour of such drawing : Provided, that in case any tenn of Court is to bo held within less than twenty days after the approval of this Act, such jurors may, nevertheless, be drawn without such notice. . Section 7. That ?ll jurors shall be selected by drawing ballots from thc said jury box, and, subject to the exceptions hereinbefore contained, the persons whose names are on the ballots so drawn shall be returned to serve as jurors. Section 8. That thc names ol those who arc drawn and actually servo as jurors shall be placed in ?n envelope, and shall not be put back into the said jury box, until the first revision of the jury list heroin pro vided for after they have been so drawn, to thc end that no person shall servo as a juror inor? than once in one year. The same rule shall be observed as to drawing jurors from the said tales box : Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to bo in conflict with thc provisions of the law ns to selecting by lot from the grand jury six mem bers thereof to errve for tho ensuing year. Section 9. That nothing contained in this Act shall prevent tho clerk ol Couil of Common Pleas from issuing venires for additional jurors in term time upon tho order of the Coflrt, whenever it is necessary for tho con venient dispatch of its business, in which case venires shall bo served and returned, and jurors required to attend on such days as tho Court shall direct. Section 10. That in drawing juror* from the said tales box tho same rules shall bo observed as in drawing from said jury box, except that nc notice of such drawing shall bo neces sary. Section ll. That no moro thar thirty-six persons, to sorvo ns petit jurors, shall he drawn and summoner: to attond atone and the samo ti int at any Court, unless tho Court sha! so order. Section 12. That tho grand ant petit jurors drawn as hcreinbofor? prescribed, from tho said jury box shall bo summoned by tho sheriff, ni now provided by law, at loast foui days before the time fixed in .th? vonire for then to ' attond tho sitting of tho Courtj-excopt when such torn of Court is to be held within foul days from tho approval of this Act and tho grand and petit juron drawn, ns hercinbeforo prescribed from the said tales box, shall In summoned by him and shall attont and serve according to tho oxigene; of tho summons. Seotion 18. That the juries drawi and summoned under.tho provision of this Aot shall bo organized ant empanelled in tho Circuit Court a now or hereafter may be provide? by law. Section 14. That the jurors drawn and summoned under the provisions of this Act must have tho qualifica tions that are now or may hereafter | be prescribed by law. Section 15. That wb v r it shall j bo necessary to supp' ?ny deficien cies in tho number ? >. grand or petit ?jurors duly drawn, whether caused by challenge or otherwise, it shall bo tho duty of tho county auditor, tho oounty treasurer and the clerk of tho Court of Common Pleas, under the direction of the Court, to dr?w from tho said tales box suoh number of fit and corapotent persons to serve as jurors as tho Court shall deem necessary to fill suoh vacancy. Seolion 16. That whonovor the jury list of any county shall bo des troyed by fire or other casualty, or ] whenever it shall be held by any Court of competent jurisdiction that the jury list of any oounty has boen unlawfully prepared or is irregular or illegal, so as to rondor void the drawing of jurors therefrom, it shall bo tho duty of the oounty auditor, tho county treasurer and tho clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of each county to prepare a special jury list for tho said county forthwith in the manner herein prescribed, from" which special list grand and petit] jurors shall bo drawn for the Courts) of General Sessions and Common Pleas for. such county until the annual jury list shall have been pre pared for such county as herein pro vided. Section 17. That when at any time it shall be determined by tho rosi dent Circuit Judge of any circuit, upon complaint made to him, that an irregularity has occurred in tho drawing of juries for any Circuit Court within II?B Circuit, or that any act has been dono whereby tho validity of any juries drawn or to be drawn may bo questioned, it shall bo lawful for such Circuit Judge to issue his order to the county auditor, the county treasure!' and the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for each county for which said Circuit Churl shall be held, at least five days before tho sitting thereof, to proceed to draw jurors for such term, orto tako such measures as may bo necessary to correct such error. Section 18. That in case . there shall he a vacancy in the office of the clerk of the. Court of Commou Pleas, oounty auditor or county treasurer at the time heroin fixed for preparing said jury hst, or for drawing a jury, or any one of said officers shall bo disqualified or unable to servo for any cause, the county superintendent of education shall act in his place and stead, and in case lhere shall be a vacancy in two of said offices, or for any other eause two of said offi cers shall bo unable to serve the1 county superintendent of education and the sheriff of such county shall act in their place and stead. Section 19. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Section 20, that this Act shall go into effect immediately upon its approval by the Governor. And it shall bo io duty of the Secrotary of State to have printed at once a suffi cient number of copies of this Act to supply ono to each clerk of tho Court, county auditor, county treasurer, Cireut Judge and solicitor in this State, and forthwith aond a copy to each of said officers. Catarrh Cannot be Cured with local applications, as they cannot reach thu scat of tho disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disoaso, and in order to euro it you must tako internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Curo ia takon internally, and acts directly on tho blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Curo is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by ono of tho host physicians in this country for years, and is a regu lar prescription, it is Composod of tho best tonics known, combined with tho best blood purifiors, anting directly on tho mucous surfaces. Tho perfect com bination of thc two ingredients is what pi od neos "ich wonderful results in cur ing catarrh. Send for testimonials, froo. F. .J. Cheney A Co., Prop? , Toledo, O. Hold by druggists, prico 7So. nail's Family Pills are tho host. Contractor Robbed of $2,600. New York, February 5.-Karly to-day four masked mon ontored tho offieo of Gcorgo Hill, a contractor of Klizahothport, N. J., who is con structing car shops for the Jorsoy Central railroad, and, after gagging a watchman, carried off $'2,600 in money. Tho watchman, in trying to free himself, was struck over the hoad with a piooo of iron and badly hurt. It isn't necessary for a man to bo a hypnotist in order to got his mind concentrated on the toothache H 1 " ?UKla WHlHt All H8f /AUS, " Owt r<m,h Syrup. Tortea Oood. TTM In Uro* Sold by druwuUU. CONSUMPTION V R0BBER8 KILL SHERIFF. Masked Men Rob Bank of 96,000 and Kill Sheriff Almost Instantly. Fort Smith, Ark., February 5. Robbers early to-day, at Glarksville, Ark., blew up tbe safe of the Bank of Clarksvillo with dynamite, scoured a sum estimated at $0,000, killed John Powers, sheriff of Johnson oouuty, who attempted to capture them, and escaped before the oitizen*j were aware of their presenoo. There appears to have boon from four to six men in tho gang. They tied their horses on the outskirts of the town and made their way unob served to tho bank, which is situated in the north side of the public square. After gaining an entrance they destroyod tho safe with dynamite, secured what monoy was not des troyed and made their way to the street. There they wore confronted by Shoriff Powers, who opened fire upon them. Tho robbers returned the 6re, using both revolvers and Winchesters. Powers Btood his ground and emptied two revolvers before he waa killed, although it is believed ho was mortally wounded by tho first volley from tho robbers. When citizens arrived on tho scene a Huta later, Powers was dead and there was no traoo of the robbers CM cpi. a trail of blood that indicated that tho shoriff had wounded ono or moro of his assailants. Powers roomed on tho second floor of an adjoining building and bad been awakened by the explosion. Tho bank officials to-day were unable to give tho exaot amount of plunder scoured, but stated that thc bank was insured against loss. As late as ll o'clock to-day no attempt bsd boon made to capturo the rob bors, except to wire all adjoining towns to be ou tho lookout for them. Powors had boon sheriff of John son county for twelve years and was known to bo a fearless man and a orack shot. Mark Twain's Cousin, G. C. Clemens, of Topeka, Kan., the no ted constitu tion ?1 lawyer, who bears so striVi?g a re semblance, t o Mark Twain, (Samuel B. Clemens) th.it he is frequent ly taken for thc otiginalMark, O.C.Clemen., is a man of deep intellect and wide experience. He is con si <c.?d one of the foremost \??yc:s in this country. In a re cant kiter to thc Dr. Miles A4*shcalCo., Mr. Clemens says: . . 'Ttisons! experience nnd obser MIM l?vt ihorou?l.iy saii.->fied mcthnt Otv o Nervine contains true merit, AA I li r?ceilent for what it is recom men *e.t." Vr.Normin Waltrip, Sup. Pres. Bank ers Fr.-ternal Society, Chicago, says: MUeV P^X**^- Pill? ire '.nvahnVle far headache and nil nain. 1 h?r. been a great sufferer from lo a.'achc un*' I learned of the efficacy of Dr. Mi' *s' Pain FIL?. Now I always carry them and prevent recurring at tacks by taking a pill when the symp toms first aopear." Sold hy ?tl Druggists. Price. 25c. per Box. Dr. Miler. Medloal Co., Elkhart, Ind. Apalachian National Park. Washington, February 5.-Senator Pritchard, from the committee on forest reservations, presented a writ ten report to-day on tho bill appro priating $5,000,000 dollars for the creation of a national forest reserve in the South Apalachian region, as authorized by the committee several days ago. Tho report urges tho establishment of tba reservo for tho protection of tho timber and the con servation of tho waters of the land embraced within its proposed aroa, plaoing tho damage done by floods arising in that area in tho year 1901 at $15,000,000. It is claimed that tho land to be inolttded can bo pur chased for from $2 to $3 por acre. One point made in support of tho bill is that in tho Southern Apala chian Mountains therc is a greater variety of hardwood trees and greator remnants of tho prirnovnl forests than in any other territory of like size in the Itastern States. Tho con tention also is made that it has tho highest, and largest mountains cast of tho Mississippi, tho heaviest rain fall on tho continent, except along tho Northern Pacific coast, and that consequently tho washing away of tho soils of tho region can only bo prevented by keening thom covered with forests. "Tho absence from this region of lakes and gravolly soils, such as abound in tho Northe > Slates and thero sor ve to storo th i rains and give uniformity to the flow of streams," tho report continues, "renders thc perpetuation of those Southern forests absolut cly necessary for thc protection of both tho soils and tho streams." IN THE SWITCHTOWER OF NEW YORK. The Noiseless Levers and. Their Work. Switchmen Must Study Hard. The queerest text book in the world perhaps is the thick, yellow paged pamphlet used as a guide by the switch operators at the Grand Central station. 883 combinations re ferring to the looks, intorlooks, checks and signals, operated by the great levers, are registered between the covers. And although to tho out? sider the text is unintelligible as Sanscrit or Chin?se, being one suc cessive complexity of sirens, onpitals and numbers, there are men who know thu whole score by heart and others who are studying it daily as a step to pronfotion to the switchman's ranks. Certainly in no one spot in tho oity is there moro concentrated energy continually exercised than iu tho switch tower of the station yard. Tbo men manipulating tho many gay colored . long-handled levers ranged side by sido in the middle of the iloor give the impression of playing, on some quaint instrument, tho key board of which only is visible. Tho players pull down a blue lever here and shove up a red one beyond, reaching over to snap a-''third in place. Black, red, yellow, blue : yellow, black, blue, red, baok and forth they snap tho handles, tho exe cution all in accord with" tho jottings and formulas of that yellow text book. The visitor in tho stronghold dur ing rush hours is struck with the impassive orderliness with which things are conducted. No" fuss; everything quiet except for the raovemont of tho feet on tho bare Iloor as they- stop forward and back in attendance on the hugo instru ment ; the eliok, click of tho different liberated lovers settling back in place and tho tinkling of tho signal bells in steel reverberators. The moon-faced clocks sentinelled along tho wall at a height oven with tho men's eyes aro mute. Thoir big hands show tho time to tho fraction of a second, but they waste no energy in needless ticking. Tho switchmen aro of Uko description. Their entire attention given to the business of tho moment, even while looking out for tho business to come, with almost superhuman accuracy, carefully considering, listening to thc signalling' of the belis and the grinding of the switch locks and ; answering to thoir orders. The foreman and tho interpreter for the grand seems to havo mastered the problem of doing a dozen things at once, lie sounds the plunge bells that send signals to half hun dred places out in tho tunnel. Ho talks through tho megnphbno out of the window to the trainmen in tho yard below. He regulates a special batch of levers and keeps in touch with the operators in the telegraph room beyond. He keeps this up eight hours each day. After one has- looked on at and listened to tho towoi doings for a considerable time tho various sounds take on distinctness. It can be judged from tho stolid thub or the keen eliok of a roloased levep whether the iron feelers it regulates are weighty aud long reaching or con trol only tho turning of a lock or the giving of a signal. . And for tho olectrio bells I Each bas a messago of its own. Now one tickles repeatedly and instantly, the same whirring racket again and again, a meaning that tho forman chalks down in graphic signals on his j slato to bo held up, for the gang's edification, and later to bo answored with a number of stout pulls on Iiis plunge bells. Now comos ? brief, quick ring apparently inconsoquont, but the levers respond to it promptly. Again a prolonged tingling at tho extreme ond of tho room causes the head man J.o oatch up his megaphone and shout hurriedly to yard hands outside, "A trainload .of scenery coming in I" he calls, then hurries back to his levers. A I'CW seconds lator comes assignai giving word that a special funeral train must bo allowed for. The towermen can judge with tolorablo accuracy tho workings and movements of their outbound trains, but tho inbounds kcop thom guessing and tho signals along tho hundred block-tunnel aro .vatohod narrowly. With the specials and extra assign ments to bo considered there can be no invariable rules and sometimes even the least used levor of the 170 odd is brought into requisition. "After making 17th street, got in ns soon as you can," is tho station yard order that the engineers go by, hut thc getting in is apt to be modi fied by various happenings. ??<? 3$ - ..'*.:*' ;* Is made wit! ing Powder, sweetvpure? The picked towermen .have the $Witoh' combinations so at their lin gers' ends that if there is a single bit of tackle or apparatus not being wJiked for all it is worth they oan suggest a resource for tho yard mas ter when he is in a tight place. From the tower windows one gets a view of the patch work of tracks without t,ho trains and locomotives being shifted about at the bidding of the loyers. Up at tho narrow neck j of th.' yard waits an inbound train panting to get home, but looked fast Until a track can be cleared for it. Two trains stand ready to start out at just a minute's difference in the starting time, the engineers waiting neck to nook liko racers straining to be On the right a locomotivo is making tho flying switch to bo off from the train it brought in and scudding away to grooming ground, while the sleepers and passenger coaches roll into the station shod to unload. A local train is being backed into station only to reappear on another j traok a moment afterward, and a shining, bright locomotivo comes pulling out of tho roundhouse where it was despatched to be coaled, watered and turned round.' Its fresh, appearance makes tho shabby pusher, one of the drudges of tho yard that j is being switched about on orrands, appear all the moro humdrum and negleoted. Tho long distance trains, pots of tho road, are started off, their teririors piled with coal and every bearing and surface shining ns if assured of high priced busiuess. All hands tako interest in tho start of these | gilt-edged flyers, and the lovers that scouro the track to them sink back to place with a gratified thud as if doing something worth while. Tho switch operators aro always chosen from employees about the Btation ; sometimes train hands or assistant baggage men or general helpers. Familiarity ' with railroad and engineering matters is a good foundation for the studying of the combinations in the switchman's toxt book, and employees look forward to. a berth in the tower force just as salesman in a shop aspire to the place of buyer or stockkoepcr in their depart men's, Although many apply to bo switchmen few aro choson and fowor still beeomo experts. Tho switchman must be strong and able to enduro fatigu?', for some levers are exceedingly heavy and are used continuously. ' A retentive memory and nimbleness of movement aro essential, and even if with these reooramondations tho applicant has not presence of mind ho cannot fill the post. A nervous man is ont of he count. Tho foreman of tho tower gang has gonerally ha l seven or ton years' STOPS PAIN A thon?, Tonn., Jan. ?, 1601. Ever since tho first r-.ppearance of my menses they wer? very irregular and 1 Butlered with groat pain In my hip?, back, rtomach and leg?, with terrible bearing down pains in the abdomen. During th? pant month I havo boon talcing Wino of Carded and Thedfonv's Black-Draught, and I passed tho month ly povlod without pain for tho flrnt timo ia years, NANNIH DAVIS. What is life worth to a woman suffer ing like Nannie Davis suffered? Yet lhere sro woroon In thousands of homes to-day who are bearing those terriblo menstrual pains In silence. Il you irs one of these we wan? to say that IM? tame W1N&CARDUI I will bring you, per manon t relief. Con tole yourself with Ihe knowledge thal 1,000,000 women have been completely I cured by Wine of Cardul. Those wom I en suffered from leucorrhoea, Irregular menses, headache, backaclie, and. bearing down pains. Wine of Cardul I will atop all these aches and pains ' for you. Purchase a $1.00 bottle ol Wine of Cardul ?o day ?nd lake il In j the privacy of your home. OT ad ?lo? an<1)lt*r*lur?. aldrrs* .RlVlUKsymp >mft, "The lAdieV Advisory h?i*riiiii*nt," hs ChAtunoogft MecUulne Co., Chattanooga, est Cake i Royal Bak Always light, V wholesome. rta? I apprenticeship. Sunday afternoon is tho chosen time for the beginner to practice. Then only half the ususal quota of trains are running, aud ho cnn npply the theory learned from the te .vt book to practical ad vantage, oxperimouting with the less working levers and making the re sults, as well as taking lessons in in terpreting tho bell sign Als.* The hours along from midnight to 4.3? a. m., aro tho slack time in the tower. The long-distance trains are away on tho road, and tho yard en gines and thoso that pull tho subur ban and looal trains are resting. 'At 5 o'clock tho morning rush sets in. Slaok as is tho work for the late night shift in .tho tower, however, they never pirmit'a greenhorn to take a hand, for, with vigilance in all other" dopartmonts relaxed, these, piokod watchmen must \oep faith. "Wo have to take on extra hands in all departments whenever there is - a big drive on, but never any raw re cruits get into tho tower," said one 1^1 thc oil i i-i als. ''Sometimes the old switchmen who have been laid off for a rest come to us in emergency, and again certain men in the regular , shifts are willing to do double duty. "Aro there any accidento? Oh, oo oasionly thero is a'close shave, or barely averted blunder that makes tte switchmen tremble after the danger Ifs all over. But switchmon never tell their troubles and esoapes, and, besides, they aro as nearly perfect in their role as any human machinery oan bo. There is too muoh at stake to afford any carelessness. "The men are either entirely com petent or.they won't do. At stated intervals they are examined so as to insure no lapsing from the standard. Their health, memory, sense of dis tance of proportion, knowledge of color all aro tested. At times when there is an expected rush of visitors to the city the yard master is told of the number of extra trains to be ac commodated and tho amount of spe cial work apt to turn up. Thon he goes ahead and plans his switch move ments liko a field martial maping out a oampaig.1 ; doubles up his available forces, and puts more watohes in the 'tower. "Twenty-four switchmen aro now kept continuously employed, work ing in separate gangs of eight eaoh. But thyre aro ? fully thirty on the yard master's roll, tho ?xUas kept as a relief omorgonoy force, to be re lied on when wanted.-New York Sun. Favorite Nearly Everywhere. Constipation moans dullness, depres sion, headache, genorally 1 disordered health. DoWitt's Little Karly Kisoru pill:. The Cry of Hard Times. One of our exchangos remarked a few weeks nineo that hog meat was so high that it made one almost wish he was a Jow. And corn is so high that wo wish we did not enjoy corn dodger. It is a great pity cotton is not good to eat, but if it were people would quit growing the staple and produce something that they could not eat. It seems that farmers had rather raise cotton at G and 7 oents and"p*y 12 cents for bacon, $1.00 a bushel for corn and $4.00 and $5.00 per barrel for flour, than to raise such at home. Tho cry of "hard times" will be heard so long as fanning is conducted in this unbusiness-liko manner. Far mer, friend, raise your supplies at homo and grow cotton as your money orop and then you will obange your tune from "hard times" to "home, sweot homo."-ridgefield Advertiser. The Last Heard of lt. "My littlo boy took tho croup one night and soon grow so bad yon could hoar him breathe all over tho house,'*' says F. 1). Reynolds, Mansfiold, O. "We feared ho Would die, but a few doses of Ono Minuto Cough Cure quickly re liovod him and ho wont to sloop. That's tho last wo hoard of the croup. Kow isn'taoough cure like that valuable?" Ono Minute Cc ugh (Juro is absolutely safe and acts immediately. For cough, colds, croup, grip, bronchitis and all other throat and lung troubles it is a oer tainouro.' Very pleasant to take. The little ones Uko it. J. W. Roll, Nino mon out of ten who start at the top reaoh t ho bottom, but nine out of ten who ?tart at the bottom stay thero. ?---<<| ?? 1 i I i, i,, How Ar? Vom- Kidneys t Dr Hobbs'R|.nrnicuNTMIlitniir?nUktdn?rUIs. Sam. plo freo. Add. St?rung lt?medyCo.,CI>to?Lgo or H. V, 4