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BY: .i A YNKH, SHISLOlt, SMITH & STEOK. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAUOLINA, FEB. 20, 1002. HHTW SHRUBS, HO. 208.-VOLUME Mil._KO. 0. NO SHOE MORE QUEENLY. NO PRICE MORE RIGHT. To THE LADIES ?a &"r> Vi' Wo want you to seo and know high grado Foot v aluc Comfort, prociato economy bc convinced. $3.00 ^ONE PRK Sole Agents for Panama Route tho Best. Washington, February 20.-Col. O. II. Ernest, of tho isthmian canal commission, was before the com mittee on intor-ocoan canals of tho Senate to-day. In a preliminary I statement be said the cuts on tho Darion route before tho tunnel was reached made that route impractica ble. While it had cot been ex aniic.i carefully, ho thought it would take twenty years to construct such a canal and at a cost of #290,000,000. As a member of the commission ho was assigned to the Panama route particularly, but went over the Nica rauga route. In answer to questions by Sonator lianna ho said lie would have recommended tho Panama route in the first report of tho com mission had tho offer of the Panama Canal Company to sell for #40,000, 000 been made at that time and gave tho following reasons for so doing Tho Panama route waa shorter, straighter, lower, having four locks, as against eight for Nicarauga, and cost #1,350,000 1CH8 per year to main tain and operate. W. Pl SO 'S CU R E f ?fa r? CUHtS WHtRt Alt ELSE FAILS, nest Cough Syrup. Tastes Qood. TJBO In t linn. Sold by rlru?glnts._L. Booker T. Washington Addresses Negroes. Tu8keegee, Ala., February 20. Tho eleventh annual session of the Tuskcegee negro conference assem bled at Tuskeegeo Normal and indus trial institute to-day. At tho oponing session Principal Washington said : "It is most en couraging to note that the time has come when Northern people and Southern people can co-operate in the uplifting of all classes who need j assistance. "It is with a race as with an indi vidual ; tho place to begin to make improvements is right where it ie. If wo cannot improve our condition in the South, I do not behove that] there aro many spots on earth where wo can do so. There is an oppor tunity open in the South for every black man lo purchase a farm and make an independent living upon that farm. Agriculture will give tho race the foundation upon which to build and prepare itself for more important things. "There is nothing in politics or any other avenue of life that' can begin to compare in importance just now to thc negroes securing a borne and becoming a taxpayer and edu cating Iiis children into all tho im portant occupations that are about his door." Favorite Nearly Everywhere* Constipation means dullness, donros sion, headache, generally disordered health. Dewitt's Little Karly Rise.8 j stimulate tho liver, opens tho bowels and relieve* Mn* condition. Snfo speedy and thorough. They never gripo. Favor ite pills. J. W. Reil. The Allen Colton Sold. McCully Brothers, of Anderson, last week closed a deal for 8<X) bales of cotton belonging to tho cstato of tho lalo P. R. Allon. Tho cotton was bought for nu exporter and brought approximately $80,000. Every balo of tho 800 waH last year's crop and carno from tho Allen plantation In Anderson county. There are fow if any plantations in the Palmetto Stale that yield so large an annual crop ^Jtho fleecy staple. Tho big lot of eot hen gradod, proved to bo of ex ? *lity. JUSTLY FAMED FOR PERFECTION IN MATERIAL AND FITTING QUALITIES. OF WALHALLA CINITY.^-K which is indeed Queen of all wear. If you f^^/?^lovo beauty, ap fry a pair and All styles. ^'fVa^v $3.00 )E, $3.00. ;AUKNIGHT, Walhalla, S. C. OCONEE REAL ESTATE MARKET. Much Valuable Property Has Changed Hands Within tho Past Sixty Days. Tho following transfers of real ostato have hoon recorded on tho Auditor's books within tho past sixty days: Pulaski Township-J*. M. and L. V. Phillips to J. II. Cannon, 50 acres, $125. Walhalla-Tho State Banking Co. to Miss M. C. Darby, 1 lot, $050; Bossio S. Darby to W. A. Strother, 1 lot, $750; W. A. Strother to Mrs. BOBS?O S. Darby, 1 lot, $1. Seneca City-W. B. Cherry to May B. Cherry and others, 1 lot, $5; Lucinda Phillips to W. R. and S. J. Phillips, 4 lots, $1,020; V. B. Swann to M. S. Strib ling, 2 lots, $000. Koowoo Township-Cornelia Jones and others to Alico Kelley, 570 acres, $5,180; J. P. Fortuno to W. A. Simpson, li5 acres, $500; John Freeman to W. A. Simpson, 80 acres, $150; V/. M. Perry to Frank Heaton, 200 acres, $400. Westminster-Wm. J. Stribling to Clif ton M. Walkor, 1 lot, $200; Mrs. C. E. Dickson to S. W. Dickson, 4 acres, $10; C. C. Simpson to Southern Shuttlo and Bobbin Co., 2 acros, $202.25; W. P. An derson to Mattie J. Herring, 12 acres, $802.60; A. Zimmerman to P. M. H. Eng land, 1 lot, $00. Chattooga Township-A. B. Bowden to J. C. Novillo, ono-third interest in 142 acros, $250; W. J. Novillo to J. C. No villo, one-third intorest in 142 acros, $200; W. O. Whito, Mastor, to E. L. Collins, 485 acros, $145; II. L. Brandt to E. F. and lt. A. Albertsou, l.'il acres, $120.10. Tugaloo Township-Biomann Long to Trustoos District No. 14, ? aero, $1.75; Clom Watkins to Loo Pelfroy, 47 acros, $141 ; Elvira Pago to J. M. Davis, 5 acroB, $40; C. H. Miller, executor, to Wyly Ferguson, 85 acros, $735; B. C. Potboil to J. D. Jo?os, 0 lots, $7.50; Aloxandor Check to P, P. Sullivan, 7 lots, $450. W.'tgcnor Township-Wilburn Abbott to John W. Abbott, 57 acros, $700; J. W. Holleman, Mastor, to J. J. Frotwell, 45 acres, $2:50; JOB. Korr and Hulda Korr to Mary Ann Heaton, 200 acres, $300; W. A. Rreekinridgo to E. M. and E. W. Taylor, one-half intorest in 82 acres, $10; H. Y. II. Nance, Probato Judge, to E. M. and E. W. Taylor, 80 acres, $70. Seneca Township-R. C. Strothor to F. G. Brown, J. A. Brock and A. T. Smytho, 2 lots, $25,000; A. T. Thompson to Miss S. J. B. Phillips, 60 acros, $2,000; V. C. Blackston to W. A. Simpson, 4J aores, $1,000; L. D. and S. P. Stribling, oxecutors, to J. S. Stribling, 538 acres, $4,005; Alex. Pitts to Mrs. L. E. Harris, f?t acres, $110; Turnor Wiggins to L. W. Jordan, 230 acros, $3,450; B. F. Sloan to L. W. Jordan, 42 acres, $1,050; L. W. Jordan to Seneca Cotton Mill, 278 acros, $3,500; W. O. Whito, Mastor, to K. M. Richardson, 282 acros, $24.35; J. C. Cary to D. 0. Chandler, O acros. $300. Contor Township-K. W. Marett to E. C. Marett, 250 aoroB, $1,201; J. B. San ders anil Others, trustees, to Mrs. E. L. MoLin, 3 aores, $34.80; J. C. Hill and Maggie Hill to T. Frank Mooro, 101 acres, $700; K. W. Marott to W. J. Mc Crary, 75 acros, $525; Susan Burriss to J. ll. Harris, 00 acros, $403.03; J. W. Sin gleton to Sumter M. Singleton, 102 acres, $128.57; S. N. Richardson to R. ?. Rich ardson, 10-1 acres, $1,000; M. L. Gibson to W. II. Deau, 43 acros, $800; E. C. Marett and A. R. Marett, executors, to J. S. Smith, 82 acres, $730.75; H. R. A. King to A. T. Thompson, 0 acres, $3.25; Mrs. ft. M. King io A. T. Thompson, 125 acres, $2,000; E. C. Marott mid A. R. Marett, executors, to K. W. Marott, 325 acres, $1,570; R. T. Jay nos and others to J. Ed. Sitton, 174 acres, $84-1.00; U. C. Routh to S.N. King, 116 acros, $2,500; II. J. Myers to J. S. Lawless 0 acres, $1(H); .las. H. Mason to Jas. S. Lawless, 51 acres, $750. Revenue Collector Aikon, assisted by several deputy marshals, destroyed a 200 gallon copper nt ill, 13 tormentors, and 2,<>00 gallons of beor near Sunny Sido, in Pickens couuty last wook. The officers say this was ono of tho largest outfits evor destroyed in thin section of tho State. \ Defeat of Biennlul Sessions. Tho proposed amendment to the constitution, which provided for bien nial sessions of the Legislature, was defeated in the Senate by a vote of 20 to 15, not a constitutional major ity of three-fourths required for tho submission of an amendment to tho voters. We think this a mistake from any point of view, and that it would bo better to inako a square issue upon tho amendment to tho constitution than upon the election of members favoring either side of the question. It is a matter for the people to decide for themselves, and th'ey are fully competent to make tho decision. The question will un doubtedly come to the trout in the campaign next summer, ar.; candi dates may expect to align themselves on one side or tho other, as there is a growing conviction among the people that tho Legislature can transact all necessary business once in evory two years, and that the State will suffer no (let riment by making this arrangement. As for tho reasons in favor of biennial sessions they are very ap parent and convincing to tho aver age citizen. On the score of economy there ie a certainty that money will bo saved by infrequent sessions, and yet more will be saved to tho people by avoiding so much unnecessary legislation. It would seem that South Carolina can got along* very well without chauging' its laws BO constantly and unvaryingly, and aa au instance wo might cito tho pres ent session of tho Legislature, which is likely to pass intvj history'as a body made illustrious for its refusal to enact now laws and its failure to amend the statutes already on the books. Our belief is that bieiiiiial sessions would prevent this constant changing of the laws, and in this way prove even moro beneficial than it would from a purely economic Stand - point. We have been experimenting with legislation for the last twenty-five years at an enormous expense to the State, not so much in the cost of holding annual sessions for that pur pose as in thc uncertainty of what is the law itself, by which tho courts aro Hooded with litigation, while "those who dance must pay tho piper." It is time we were reaching a degree of stability in tho adminis tration of our local government that would not demand au incessent tink ering with tho statute laws. It is time thc people knew for a certainty that tho expenses of our govern mental machinery had roached a solid foundation, instead of vacillat ing and tampering every year w!tb the current expenditures. There is an unending temptation to reduco here and there, and to increaso this and that, until no ono knows what to expect when the Legislature meets in annual session. The conviction has been growing upon us for somo time that tho con stitutional convention of 1895 was a distinct failure in many respects, but more especially in tho character of the constitution made and provided by that body, which was a remarkable convention in several respects, but chiefly in tho fact that it was com posed largely of men who had been in tho turmoil of partisan strife, and who felt that they must give and tako in thc formation of a constitu Nobility Recommends Nervine. Thc above portrait is that of Countess Mogelstud, of Chica go, III., whose gratitude for thc benefit received from the usc of Dr. Miles' Nervine prompted her to make this statement: "lt attords roe treat pleasure to add my testimony to the very excellent merits of Dr. Miles' Nervine. Although I mn past So years of a^e I find lt soothes the tired brain, quiets the irri tated nerves and insures restful sleep. I never feel contented without a bottle of it ia the house." Gratefully youri, CHRISTIANA MARIA, Countess Mogelstud, M?W Nervine is a nerve tonic and strcngth builde- 1 *?t starts right in re storing h immediately. ? Solo ?. all Druggists. Dr. Mlle? Mealoal Co., Elkhart, Ind. tion for the government of tho whole people, with white supremacy as the corner-stone. This was emphati cally a condition and not a theory the members of thc convention were considering, and unfortunately they drifted into legislation for the wel fare of tho State, fror., which there has sprung much of tho confusion and uncertainty of the laws enaoted sinoe the constitution wont into ef fect. Biennial sessions would obvi ate Borne of tho difficulties growing out of tho incongruous legislative features of tho constitution, beoauso tho legislators would be compelled to regard the difficulties of tho situa tion, and study moro closely the actual needs of the State iu tho mat tor of chango and amendment of tho laws. They would grow moro con servativo in tho enactment of now laws, and would havo a longer timo in which to reflect upon the operation of laws already on tho books so that inccssaut changes would not bo taking placo, and tho people would understand that sta bility might bo expected in their law m uko rs.-Greenville Mountaineer. Biennial Sessions. Three correspondents, writing from as many different places, re ported yesterday tb9 sentiment ol their several localities with regard to the defeat in the Scnato last week of tho joint resolution providing for biennial sessions of tho Legislature. Our correspondent at Bowman says that the public generally ol that place condemn tho defeat ol tho measure, and adds : "The timt will soon speed around when tho op' ponents of tho fish bill aud of bien nial sessions will havo to appear bo^ foro tho peoplo and give account o! their stewardship." Our correspondent at St. Matthewi remarks: "The action of tho Senat? in voting down tho biennial sessiom resolution was a great disappoint mont hore. Public sentiment ii practically unanimous for th< change. When another sessioi weeds out some of tho mossbacks ii that body it will go through withou any trouble. Quadrennial session would receive an ovorwholming mn jority in this county." # Our Yorkvillo correspondent says "There is great disappointment ii this county over tho fact that th Senate has killed tho bionnial ses sions joint resolution. Evorybod who is at all conversant with th laws of tho State knows that abou one-half of the laws now on tho stat ute books are ignored, and that i legislation is reeded at all it is alon the line of repealing laws already er acted, instead of making moro. ] tho peoplo aro ever given the oj portunity of saying whether or nc they want biennial sessions, there i practically no doubt of tho fact tin they will say 'bienniel' so loud an plain that after that time they wi be rid of about half tho annoyanc they now have by reason of tho ai som hiing together cf thc outfit." That these views reflect those < an overwhelming majority of th people of tho Stato, there is ii ground to doubt. Tho House fair! represents public soutiment on tl question and it voted 97 to 13 nino-tonths majority-in favor < tho resolution. A majority of tl Senators, it is to bo marked, ali voted for it ; tho vote standing i to 16. Tho resolution failed to pa for lack of seven votes only-S votes being required to raako tl necessary two-thirds vote of all tl Senators, ns required by tho Co stitution for tho passage of sui measures. Five Senators did n vote. Their votes added to tl twenty, with any two of these ca by tho fifteen minority, would ha passed tho resolution and insured t adoption of tho reform. The i sponsibility for its defeat rests e tirely with tho fifteen Senators wi voted against it and the five who d not vote. Any se Ven of these cou havo passed "it by their votos-ai so saved thc Stato a quarter of million dollars every decade, hosid saving it from tho annoyanco, e penses, confusion and waste resultii from an annual flood of now bills n constantly tinkering with old ones. Their constituents cnn deal wi tho twenty accordingly, whether the way of approval or of dis? proval ot their action and its com quenees. Tho lesson of their acth at any rate, is perfectly plain, is that if tho people want bionn sessions, thoy will have, to sch and elect Senators who will vote : thom ; and every county, of cour must decide the question for itaolf The issue will doubtless bo ma before tho noxt election in a mimi of the oountics whoso Sonators i responsible for the dofeat of ^the form at this session, and it is wo: considering, perhaps, whether it should not be made in favor of quad rennial sessions, and submitted to the voters in all the oounties in that form. The loss by the ohaogo would only bo that of the threo sessions of Legislature out of four as at present. The saving and gain in money alone would be $850,000 every ton years. Whether that amount can best be expended in holding unnecessary legislative sessions, or for some other public purpose is the whole question in ef&ot. Certainly $250,000 oan bo saved ever^ decade without any kind of loss, by outting off half tho sessions. And the saving is too important a matter to bo loft to tho discretion of any half a dozen men, whether iu tho Senate or out of it. Tho subject should not be forgotten or overlooked whon the Legislature adjourns. Tho time to deal with it effectively will come in thu campaign next summer -News and Courier. Controlling tho Earth. Jacksonville, Fla., February 19. Tho Standard Oil interests in the last few months have aoquirod oon trol of about half the phosphate interests in tho State. Cure tor the Grip. Hampton Guardian : Dr. H. V. Miller gives this :is a never failing remedy for thc grip : Take two large lemons and put them in boiling wa t?r. When they become soft, squeezo them into a cup aud add a little sugar. Then swallow tho mix ture and a cure will follow in a short while. Almost Reached South Pole. New York, February 20.-CbarloB E. Borohgrovink, the A nardie ex plorer, arrived in Now York to-day on the steamship Etruria. To-night he told in an interview of how, in 1899, be and a party of scientists bad . reached the seventy-eighth degree, fifty minutes, south latitude, about 800 miles from the South Polo, and tlio most extremo southorn point that any man bas ever readied. Shipping Horses to South Africa. Salt Lake, Utah, February 20. Three thousand Western horses, known as "cayuses," gatherod from the ranges of the inter-mountain States, are to bo shipped to South Africa for use in the British army. Tho animals were purchased by agents of the British army, who had been scouring tho country for weeks, and liavo been concentrated in corrals in this city and Grand Junction, Colorado. --?? ? ? Sell Produce in State Without License. The bill to allow all farm products of this State to bo marketed in any town in tho State without license, bas become a law. Merchants, mill ers, cannors and provision brokers will bo interested to note that it appears, by its title, to cover all salt and smoked meals, flour, meal, corn and other grain and all vegetables and fruits canned in the State. If the terms of tho measure conform to its title, no license fcc can bo exacted for tho sale of ony of theso produots of tho State in any town of tho State. ON FIRE. = An exploding lamp ? the clothing tn a blare ; a paragraph in the paper tell ing of horrible suffering from buruB. Tragedy in this form moves a man to tea in. But for women who are daily bejng con sumed by the smouldering fire of disease there is little sympathy, i Inflammation, with ita fierce burning; ulcera tion, eating into the tissues ; the nervous system al most shattered by suffering, these are only part of thc daily agonies heme by many n woman. i Dr. Pierce's Fa vorite Prescription puts out the fire of inflammation, heals ulceration, and cures feninlc weakness. It tran quilizes the nerves, restores the appetite, and gives refreshing sleep. "Favorite Prescription " is the most reliable put-up medicine offered as a cure for diseases peculiar to women. // always helps. It almost ahvays cures. ?W1i??? : Brit v.mc ticed us'sr Dr. Pierce's medicines," writes MIT?. George A. Strong, of Oansevoort, Snrntogn Co., N Y., ?I was *<trf?r lng from female weakliest, a disagreeable drain, bearing-down pains, weak and tired feeling ali the time. I dragged around In thal way for two years, and I began taking your medicine. AArr taking first bottle I began to feel better. I took four W.tles of Or. Tierce's Favorite Prescrip tion, two of * Golden Medical Discovery.' one vial of the 'Pleasant Pellets,' also used one bottle of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Kcmedy. Now I feel like a new person. I can't thank you enough for your kind advice and the good your medicine has done me." . Dr. Pierce's Common Senne Medical Adviser, paper bound, is sent free on receipt ot ai one-cent stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. .Y. v. -Tho Atlanta Semi-Weekly journal and Ta? ? JUHIKK for #1.75 a year. The Captin? of Jefferson Devis. The newspapers are again discuss ing the capture of Jefferson Davis and the apparel which he wore at the time. It ia useless for Gen. Milos to try to justify hiB course before the Southern people,. He simply made a mistake which tnay or may not be excused, and that is all there is of it. Mr. Davis in his "RIBO and Fall of the Confederate Govern ment," gives this account of his oap ture, which every Confederate will acoept as true : "My horse remained saddled and my pistols in the holsters, and I lay down, fully dressed, to rest. Notb ! ing occurred to arouse me until just before dawn, when my ooaohman, a free colored man, who faithfully clung to our fortunes, oamo and told me that there was firing over the brunell, just behind our encampment. I stepped out of the tent and saw some horsemen, whom I immediately recognized, as oavalry, deploying around the encampment. I turned back and told my wife these were not tho expooted marauders, but regular troopers. She implored me to leave hor at once. I hesitated, from un willingness to do so, and lost a few precious moments bef< e yielding to her importunity. My horse and arms wero near tho road on which I expected to leave, and down which tho oavalry approached ; it was therefore impracticable to reach them. I was compelled to start in the oppo site direction. As it was quite dark in the tent, I pioked up what was supposed to be my ?raglan,' a water? proof, light overcoat, without sleeves ; ' it was subsequently found to be my wife's, so vory like my own as to be mistaken for it ; as I started my wife thoughtfully threw over my head and I shoulders a shawl. I had gone per I haps fifteen or twenty yards when a trooper galloped up and ordered me to halt and surrender, to which I gave a defiant answer, and, dropping the shawl and raglan from my shoul ders, advanced toward him ; he lev eled his carbine at me, but I ex pected, if he fired, he would miss me, and my intention was in that evont co put my hand under bis foot,' tumble bim off on the other side, spring into his saddle, and attempt to esoape. My wife, who bad been watching, when she saw tbe soldier aim his carbine at me, ran forward and threw her arras around me. Success depended on instantaneous action, and, recognizing that the opportu nity bad been lost, I turned back, and, the morning being damp and chilly, passed on to a fire beyond the tent." It was believed by many that thero was no good feeling botwoon Mr. Davis and Mr. Stephens. It was oven hinted that Mr. Stopheus thought hostilities should have ceased beforo the surrender of Appomattox. When tho collapso carno we believe Mr. Stephens was at homo. When Mr. Davis took up his journey for tho West it was said that some of Mr. Stephons's friends urged him to escape beforo tho Union soldiers would capture him. We heard it said at the time that Mr. Stephens replied substantially : "No, I shall not run. When the Federal authorities want mo, they will find me at home. I would rather bo hanged in Crawfordsvillo than to live in Paris." Whether tho speeoh was intended as a reflection on Mr. Davis will never bo known. Mr. Stephen H had sympathizers in the views which he wan supposed to hold, and for bis speech, and for his remaining at homo, ho was endorsed by some, though his memory seems to have been entirely overshadowed by that of Mr. Davis.-Abbeville PresB and Banner. ??.?? Just Eight members Left. The State : There are now sur viving only eight of the members of the original Secession Convention, which was perhaps thc most event ful gathering of men ever hold in South Carolina. On the occasion of tho last State Veterans' Reunion thero woro ton of the convention's surviving members. Sinoe that time Dr. Campbell and Capt. Kinsler havo orosscd the river. The survivors are Chiof Justice Molver, Col. Joseph Daniel Pope, Dr. James II. Carlisle, Dr. St.ftkoR. Hon Robt A Thnrjon. ... j ... ?. ....... j son, L. W. Baratt, R. C. Logan and Dr. James II. Ware. - <t> It will cost the Government $170, 000 for common garden seods and $28,000 for clerical help to scatter 1 them among the people who have no use on earth for them. These seeds, though, undoubtedly have quito an influence politically in determining the fate of many a Congressman, and thus is explained why so roany old seeds got plaoos in Congress. The Fin Is made wit! ing Powder, sweet, pure ? The Sociable Candidate. ? H tor y, whloh is part of the flot sam and jetsam of a recent politioal campaign, is worth a moro permanent place in the annals of human nature. A candidate found, to his surprise, that a voter, somewhat ignorant, but of hill uenoo in his ne'ghborhood, had suddenly decided to vote for him. This was the reason the man gave for1 his ohange of base? "I was against you at first, sir, and when you stood by that pigsty and talked with me for half an hour you didn't budge me an inoh ; but after you had gone away I got to thinking how you had reached your hand over the rail and scratched the pig's back until he lay down with tho pleasure of it, and I made up my mind that when a man was so sociable as that with a poor fellow-creature I wasn't the ono to vote against him." Undoubtedly, if the candidate had scratched the pig's baok as a mere electioneering expedient, it would not have had the same effect, for your thorough-going farmer is very quiok to detect a thing which is done for show. The city man frequently gets the oredit of such sharpness, but tho faot is that he is so prone to consider all things frauds that he is sometimes inclined to reject an hon CSt> ???ii?? IQ ?t*VOr o? J? ???l?l? pi'!', l)CC?*ti SG tho latter appears to be clover, lt is pretty safe to conclude that when a man is immensely popular with tho plain people of the country thoro is something genuine in him which they instinctively feel ; and in this oase the candidate's impulse to make the pig happy appears to have been half unoonsoious, and all the more im pressive on that account. It would hardly be safe to conolude that any candidate may go to Uongress by tbe simple process of pig-soratching, but honest friendliness toward "fellow oreatures" never comes amiss in politics or in life. Presidential Inaugurations. Last Wednesday tbo Senate passed by tin. requisito two-thirds voto tho joint resolution introduced by Senator I loar whioh provides for a constitutional amendment fixing tho termination of tho Fifty-eighth Congress for the last Thurs? day in Apt ?1, 1905, and providing for tho inauguration of tho noxt President and Vice-President at noon on that day. If the proposed amendment should bo adopted the dato of our Prosidoutial inauguration would ho changad from Maroh 4 every four yoars to tho last Thursday in April. Tho main reason offered for tho chango of dato is that the fourth of March usu ally comos in about tho most disagree ables woathor that visits Washington, whereas the latter part of April is almoBt invariably very pleasant and healthful at the National Capital. A Christian Officer Holder. Governor Shaw, the new Seorotar of tho Treasury, is said to bo a man ot fine Christian oharaoter. Be is. not only a prohibitionist, but a total absta uor from all intoxicating drinks. Ho and his Christian wife never permitted wino or any kind of liquor to bo served on their tablo at social or State functions whilo ho was Governor of Iowa. Wo need more mon like tho Sooretary of tho Treasury in pubiio olden. May.hie tribe bo in oroased. Want to Pay Out. A Washington dospatoh says that tho famous Owens Cherry Treo Company, whioh is under indictment by the postal authorities, is making a desperate effort to keep its case out of court. They havo submitted a proposition to compromise by paying baok to tho army of womon they have defraudod of money tho sum of $30,000, which they claim constitutes all the funds on hand. Among thoso indiotedaro a preacher and his daughter. -Chester Lantern. Catarrh Cannot be Cured with local applications, as they cannot roach the seat of tho disease. Catarrh is a hlood or constitutional disoaso, and in order to ouve it you must tako internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,-and acts directly on tito blood and mucous surfaoos. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicino. It was presoribed by one of the boat physioians in this country for years, and is a regu lar prescription. It is composed of the boat tonics known, combined with tho best blood purifiers, aoting direotly on thc mucous surfacos. The pnrfoot com bination of the two ingredients ls what ?>rodurea such wonderful results in cur ng catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. V. J. Cheney A Co., Props., Toledo, O. ' Sold by druggists, price 75c. Hall's Family Pills are tho host. est Cake i Royal Bajc Always light, f wholesome. , Whit People Die Of. Among the fi ff;, sn maladies to which the larger number of people suooumb, consumption comos second on the list and pneumonia first. Heart disease follows as the (hird. According to tho oensus showing the twelve others which follow these three are : Diarrheas' diseases, kid ney diseases, apoplexy, can cor, old age, bronchitis, oholera infantum, debility, inflammation of the brain, menengitis, diphtheria, typhoid fever and premature birth. A few years ago small-pox was regarded as1 one of humanity's soourges, but it does not now appear to be reckoned among the dreaded diseases ; Binoe compliance with re quirements for its prevention this disease is classed with miuor ail ments whose fatal possibilities are looked upon as too remote to give much concern.-Greenwood Journal. Made lt Rhyme. "Ai a recent celebration down in First ward," says the Philadelphia Record, "a numbor of Italian school children who had very musioal voices sang 'The Star Spangled Bauner.' As many of them knew but little of English tho toucher' who had under taken their drilling carefully ex plained to thuin thu moaning of each line. In the refrain they rather balked over the line 'Long may it wave.' Tho word wave puzzled them, as they seemed to associate wave with water, but the teacher, flag in hand, demonstrated to them that wave meant to float in the air. Float seemed to thom a muoh better word, and when the chorus was tried it went this way, much to the patient teacher's disgust: ; "The tttar spangled banner, Loug may it float O'or tho land of tho free " And tho homo of the goat." Thief Lodged in Jail. Tho Groonvilo Nows, of February 18th, says: "Deputy Shoriff Ballenger yester day wont to Westminster and scoured ono Frank Cown, colored, who ia wanted in Groonvillo for stealing about $30 worth of goods and effects from I lem y Oreo, colored switchman at the Air Lin" depot. Oreo has recovered his valuable <v' Appalling Disaster. St. Petersburg, Fobruary 17.-An im ivi??b? oiOv?BB? ha? appeared near Shara akha, Traus-Caucasia. Flames appeared and a stream of lava was . thrown out. Four thousand houses in Shamakha woro destroyed and two thousand persons are dead. Thirty-four villages in the vicin ity aro dos troy od. Tho earthquake shooks continue. Williamston Nows : Rev. G. H. Wad doll, representing tho Epworth Orphan ago of Columbia, preached two real soul-stirring sermons in tho Methodist ohurch last Sunday, morning and night, boforo largo congregations. At the con clusion of tho night sorvioo a young lady presented herself for membership in thO chill eh. President Roosevelt has returned to Washington, after spending several days with his sick boy at Groton, Mass. Tho orisis of tho disease had passed, and the physicians said tho boy was out of dan ger, so that his father might safely return to his public duties. The President and Mrs. Roosovelt expoot to keep their en gagement with Charleston, and will como to tho Exposition after the visit of Prince Ilenry to this country. Our civil government in the Phi lippines is getting to be large and expensive : Governor Taft gets $20, 000 and oaoh of his four assistants ?il6,000, while there are twenty-six other ofliciais who draw from $4,000 to $7,500 a year. In all there are 4,600 civil employees, not quite half of whom arc Americans. The salary roll runs to over $3,000,000, of which over two-thirds goes to the Americans. A Kansas preacher who wants to build a church has Ptruok on the let ter chain plan. Ho asks only five cents eaoh, but asks eaoh reoipient of a lotter to send a similar letter to three friends. But he wants it stopped "at the end of the one hun dredth series," by whioh time he will have, acoording to the figuring of somo fellow who had a good deal of spare time, $965,424,642,600,807^897, 721,580,794, more or less, which ou?ht to build a pretty nice charon,