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TO THIN? OWN BKLF BB TB?K AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS TH? NIGHT THE DAT, THOU OANS?T ?OT THEN BB FALSE TO ANY^c??T WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, JAN. 81, 10O8. WBW SHRIEK, STO. 851.-VOLUME! LIU._NO. 8? SUITS I Thursday, ? Woolens from the take your measure, in and look at whal Summer. EXCELLENT WORK. Letter to White CSL Co. from an Oconee Patron. ConneroBS, S. C., Jan. 1, 1003. Messrs. White it Company, Monument Dealors, Anderson, S. C. Gentlemen: I fcol that it is duo you that I write a letter in regard to tho monument I bought from you, and which waa ereoted tho wook before Christmas. It waa in ovory respect a better piece of work than I had expected, and I am dolighted with it. Tho material and quality of workmanship aro cealainly fluo, and I shall novor fail to speak a word of praise for your house whon an occasion arises. 1 hope and fool that auoh work os you have given mo will largely increase your business in this seotion. Very truly, ?fcc, Mus. S. M. HUNSINGER. Dr.W. F.Austin, DENTIST, SENECA,.S. C. OFFICE DAYS: MONDAYS, THURS DAYS, FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS. January 15, 1001. DrTuTcTPFoust, DENTIST, Walhalla, S. C. Office Over C. W. Pitchford Co.'s ; : : Store, : : : Douas : 8.80 A. M. TO 1 p. M. AND 2 TO 0 p. M. Mardi 24. 1808. BO YEARS* EXPERIENCE PATENTS I RADE MARKS DESIGN? COPYRIGHTS AC. Anyone gentling a sketch and description may i whether an Coimniinlca* on Patents jvi!> 41I.M nunijin* n ..turu mm ui-ncr quickly ascertain our opinion free Y Inrentlon Is probably nntentnhlc. C lions strictly oonrldontlal. HANDBOOK sent fro?. Oldest agency fur securing patents Patenta taken through Munn A i tptcial notice, without cbnrgo, In the Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated . cokly. largest cir culation of any scientific Journal. Terms, $3 a year : four months, ll. Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co.8e,Broad*a* New York Branch omeo. C2? V Ht.. Washington, D. C. FOR CHEA? RATES TO TEXAS, ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, OKLAHOMA, INDIAN TERRITORY, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, UTAH, WYOMING, OREGON, MONTANA, ?VASIIINGTON, ?nd Other Points Wost, Northwest and Southwest, Writ? or cull on J. G. nou.BNnp.CK, District Passenger Agent, Louisville and Nashville R. R., | No. 1 Brown Hldg, Opponito Union Depot, Atlanta, Gu. Policeman Killed at Pacolet. Pacolet, S. C., January 15.-While in the discharge of his duty, Police man Lake Smith, of this place, was killed last night about 10 o'clock by Will Davis, colored. Tho negro has made his escape. Mr. Smith attempted to arrest Davis for trans porting liquor and tho negro resisted, firing upon tho officer and killing him. F U R S Silberman Bros. Largest Fur Houao InAmorloa. Branoho? All Over Europe. Highest tush price paid for all kinds ot raw furs. Hola your shipment until you get our price Hst. Write /tr H t?-iiay. We mall lt free. SH.HERMAN BRO. , lytte 1MMlcb.gaaSt.. Chl<Mgo,,|H^ 1 ADE T( Globe Tailoring Oo. Remember the c t we have to show. Respectfully, C. W. & GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONVENES. M. L. Smith, ol Kershaw, Elected Speaker. Organization of Both Houses. Columbia, January 13.-The House of Repr?sentatives met to-day and reorganized by the eleotion of Mr. M. L. Smith, of Kershaw,as Bpeaker, over Mr. T. Y. Williams, of Lancas ter ; the unanimous eleotion of Col. T. C. Hamer as clerk, and the eleo tion of Mr. J. S. Wilson, of Lancas ter, as sergeant-at-arras, and J. S. Withers, of Chester, as reading clerk. Promptly at 12 o'clock the House was called to order by Clerk T. C. Hamer. W. O. Tatum, of Orangeburg, placed in nomination for temporary chairman, Altamont Moses, of Sum ter, which was seconded by several members, and as there was no other ?amo placed in nomination, Mr. Moses was unanimously eleoted and took tho chair. The uHual presentation of creden tials and swearing in of the members was gone through with, and the an nouncement was then made that nominations for speaker would be in order. Mr. Morgan, of Greenville, in a glowing speech, placed in nomination tho name of M. L. Smith, of Ker shaw, which was seconded by several. Mr. A. L. Gaston, of Chester, placed in nomination the name of T. Yancey Williams, of Lancaster, which also received several seconds. There were no other nominations and the election was ordered. Ono hun dred and eighteen votes were polled. Smith received 97, Williams 21. Mr. Sinkler wanted to make the election unanimous, but Mr. Moses ruled that tho motion was out of order, and the vote stands as it was cast. The new speaker was escorted to the chair and sworn in, after which ho thanked the Houso for tho trust imposed upon him. There was no opposition to T. C. Hamer, who was nominated as clerk of thc House, and he was unani mously re-elected. The rules of the last House were adopted until further notice. Thc election of sergeant-at-arms was next ordered, and the following wore nominated : G. W. Asbill of Batesburg, J. S. Wilson of Lancas ter, W. K. Grant of Greenville, and tho votes received were as follows: Wilson 84, Grant 21 and Asbill 14. Wilson was declared elected. The follow mg committee was ap pointed to attend, with tho Senate committee, the funeral services of the late Chief Justice Mciver : Messrs. Patterson, Mautdin, Thomas, Whaley and Moses. J. S. Withers was elected reading clerk without opposition. On motion of Mr. Thomas, the hall of the House was ordered turned over to thc South Carolina Bar Association Friday afternoon and evening for their annual meeting. A special messngo was received from the Governor announcing the death of Chief Justice Henry Mciver and the Houso was notified to take tako such action ns it might deem proper. On motion of Mr. Thomas, tho House then, as a mark of respect, adjourned until noon to-morrow. THE SBKATR-JANUARY 13. There wore no unusual features about tho opening session ot Hhe Senate to-day, the only thing out of the ordinary being tho swearing in of now members and election of officers. Lieutenant Governor Tillman paid an eloquent and feeling tribute to tho memory of tho late Chief Justice Mciver, and referred to the groat material progress made by the State. Ho said if ho had to write tim name of tho man who waa responsible moro than any other for this progress ho would write the name of F. W. Wagener. Senator Sheppard was re elected President pro tem and he thanked the Senators for thia renewed evi dence o? confidence. Gen. I Ie tn ph ill was re-eleoted olerk, Mr. Stewart reading ?lark and 3 0RDE1 we will have our 6 An expert tailor late, Thursday, Jam All the new thinj J. E. BAUKNIGH1 Mr. Sohumpert sergeant-at-arms, without opposition. For chaplain, Dr. Darby, Dr. Kinard, Rev. Mr. Herbert, of Colum bia, and Rev. A. J. Harrison, of Hampton, were nominated. Darby was elected by a vote of 27 to Kinard's 7, Herbert 4 and Harrison 1. The following appointments were mado at the request of Lieutenant Governor Sloan : R. M. McCowan, assistant clerk ; Tillman Bunch, journal clerk ; H. D. Butler, bill clerk ; J. R. Boulware, J. E. Watson, J. F. Gooding, door keepers ; Jas. P. MoGorty, J. A. White, keepers of committee rooms ; E. B. Jenkins, keeper of president's room ; G. Duncan Bellinger, Jr., II. J. Fe tn er, pages ; Robert Adams, porter ; Jack Pressley, Albeit Nance, servants ; N. O. Pyles, mail carrier. The committee appointments were then made, one extra being formed, to be known as the dispensary com mittee, to whom all matters relating to that institution will bo referred. Governor McS weeney's messago was then read, as was also a special one announcing the death of the Ohief Justice. On motion of Senator Brown the judiciary committee was instructed to draw up suitable resolutions. A committee was appointed to attend the funeral, after which tho Senate, on motion of Senator Brown, ad journed until to-morrow out of re spect to the memory of Chief Justice Mciver. J. F. Lyon was appointed clerk to the finance committee and P. E. Hol land clerk to the judiciary commit tee. Mr. Herndon, of Oconee, was ap pointed on the now dispensary com mittee. THU 8KNATK-JANUARY 14. The Governor sent in a message oalling attention to the fact that the anniversary of the death of Gen. Hampton occurs April ll. He sug gested that proper commemorative exeroiBCs be held, and said that he had invited Gen. M. C. Butler to deliver the address and that he had accepted. A resolution was adopted appointing a committee to make necessary arrangements. A messago was received from the Governor vetoing tho bill instructing tho State Treasurer to write off of his books certain bonds. These are commonly known as Lord bonds. Sonator Marshall to-day intro duced a child labor bill. Its main provisions are : That after May 1, 1903, no child under 10 years of age shall be employed in any factory ; after May 1, 1904, no child under tho ago of ll shall be employed, and after May 1, 1905, no child under 12 BARGAIN BABIES. If babies were for sale the most invet erate bargain-hunting woman in the world would not look for a bargain baby. She would want the best baby that could be bought, regardless of price. Every woman naturally craves a healthy, handsome child, a?id her crav ing eau be gratifieff if ah? will but re member that the child's health is her own gift, and to give health aha must have it to give. Mothers whose babies have been weak and puny have nursed in strength their first strong child after UBing Dr. Pierce'? Favorite Prescription. It is the best preparative for maternity, encouraging, the appetite, quieting the nerves and inducing re freshing sleep. It gives the rc other strength to give her child, and make? the baby's advent practically paulie? ?My wife had been tick nearly ?ll her lifo," says Mr. K. R. Pricke, of Petersburg, Mcanrd Co.. Illinois. Box 367, "and ofter trying every thing I could think of I made up my mind te try ' Pavorite Prescription.' I got tax bottle*, which ray wife took, a tablespoon ral three times s day, until the baby came. She felt better after taking the first fjottle. and when baby waa born he weighed nine and a ha1/ pound?. To day .he is six months old and weighs twenty-two pounds. He is as good a child as any one could wish. The doctor says he is as healthy ?a any "baby could be, and also says the use of your . Pavorite Prescription 1 was the cause of such a healthy baby." Dr. Pierce'? Pleasant Pelleta arc th? beat and aafesl laxative for the us? of j ' delicate woman. I i {pring Opening of will be on hand to lary 29, and come 5S for Spring and \ Walhalla, S. O. small be employed. After May 1, 1903, no child under 12 shall be per mitted to work between the hours of 8 p. m. and 6 a. m., provided, a child may work after 8 p. m. to make up for lost time, owing to accidents to machinery and other oauses. Chil dren of widowed mothors and chil dren of totally disabled fathers, the children being dependent upon their own labor for a living, may be per mitted to work, on affidavits to be made by such.mothers or fathers to Lhe facts. On an affidavit being made that any child had attended school during four months of the cur rent year and can read and write, it may be employed in the mills duiing Tune, July and August. It is said t,hat the bill meets the approval of a argo number of mill mon. Col. Mar mall has given the subject much thought and careful consideration, md he believes that the provisions if the bill will prove advantageous ;o all the interests concerned. A bill was introduced by Senator Dean, of Greenville, allowing manu facturing corporations to form or ?oin in mutual protection associa tions for fire insurance. THE HOUSE-JANUARY 14. Several ohild labor bills are to be ntroduced in thc House, among them me by E. H. Aull, of Newberry, which is similar to Marshall's, ex cept that it starts at once with the 12-year age limit. Toole, of Aiken, introduced a bill ,o reduce the State dispensary stock ;o $350,000 and devote the amount )f the reduction to the school fund, fl is bill also provides for purchases )f supplies to bo made in publio "rom the lowest bidders on the steps >f the State House. >TATK OK OHIO, CITY OK TOLEDO, I LUCAS COUNTY, J Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is ho senior partner of tho firm of P. J. ?honoy ?fe Co., doing business in tho City if Toledo, County and State aforeaaid, md that said Arm will pay the aura of >no Hundred Dollars for each and ivory caBO of Catarrh that cannot be unod by tho use of Hall'a Catarrh Cure. FKANK J. CHKNKY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in ny preaouce, thia 0th day of Docombor, V. D. 1880. / '"?**-?N , A. W. GLEASON, ] BEAL \ 1 v^-w' ' Notary Publio. Hall's Catarrh Cure is takon internally md acta directly on tho blood and mu lous surfaces of tho aystom. Send for estimoniais, frue. F. J. CHKNKY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75o. Hall'a Family Pills are tho beat. ?tole 192 Hail Pints of Dispensary "Booze." Spartanburg, January 13.-Yes erday morning employees of the Charleston and Western Carolina reigbt office discovered that tho eal to a box oar had been broken ind some of tho contents of the car nissing. This car contained a Bhip nent of whiskey for H.T. Ferguson, lispoii8er. Four cases, containing 18 half pints each of fine whiskey, 'alued at $96, were stolon. The reigbt train which leaves the depot it 6 a. m. every day was a little de ayed yesterday morning, and while nilling out beyond Arkwright Mills, Vir. Ed Campbell saw a negro toss bur wooden boxes out of a oar. Phis struck bim as a little peculiar, rle went near the railroad track, ixnmined tho boxes, which were ?rnpty, and saw that they had cou ained whiskey. Mr. Campbell oame o thc city and reported the matter. \s a result a telegram was sent to [{radley station, where the freight nado a considerable stop, and upon ts arrival there an officer arrested Charlie Briggs, a negro employee of ,he road, who was on that run. A learch of the oar developed the hid ng pince where Briggs had secreted di of the liquor except two half lin ta. Briggs is being held at Brad ey and a constable will go after lim to-morrow. The Governor has granted a par Jon to G. F. Minson, who was oon /icted of murder, with recommenda Lion to merry, at tho Joly, 1896, ci m of Court for Piokens county md sentenced to life imprisonment n the State penitentiary. ?OOO ROADS NEEDED. An Extract from Governor WoSweeney'* Met* sage-He Favors Bettor Highway?. It would be a waste of words to attempt to argue before any assem blage of South Carolinians the im portance, of good roads and the necessity for road improvement. Neither ; would it be profitable to attempt to argue before you the advantages of good roads, for all are agreed upon that subject. The ques tion wbioh concerns un ia how best to aeoure them, to deviae aome plan by whioh we oan at least begin the building of good roads. It ia a busi ness proposition and should be taken bold of in a business way. With the extension of the rural delivery of maj! the necessity is upon us for road improvement, for already the department at Washington is discussing the impraotioability of ex tending, or even of oarrying on, this service of mail delivery unless there is road improvement. It has been stated that the Poatraaster General ia to be aaked to consider a plan for the betterment of our public roads, and the request ia baaed on the faot that only one serious obataole stands in the way of extending and develop ing our free rural delivery 8ervice, and that ia the condition of the pub lio highwaya. Mr. Martin Dodge, director of the bureau of publio road inquiries of the department of agri culture, in his recent report aaid: "The circumstance that over $6,000, 000 waa appropriated by our laat Congress, largely to be buried in muddy roads in the delivery of our rural mails, while only the small sum of 120,000. waa last year devoted to meeting the road problem, indicates the great need of education regard ing the present necessity and demand for vigorous and intelligent road work. "As much of these large appropri ations for rural mail delivery oould be saved if we had good roada it is obvious that an amount equal to a considerable portion of these sums could be spent to a good advantage in educating the people in the work of improving our country roads, and thus forever close a large drain on our national cash box." It ia not BO much a question of education, at least with us, as it is a question of the means wherewith to build good roada. And yet in a sense it is a matter of education, be cause if our people could be taught to roalize the value and importance of good roads there would not be so mueh trouble to secure the means. If we oould have aome practioal illus trations of the value and the saving to our people of good roads they would not hesitate to put up the money to aeoure them, for, though we are not rich, they would then realize that they could not make a better paying investment than money put in good and permanent road improvement. If the general government could follow the sugges tion of Mr. Dodge and spend some money in demonstrating the value and the service to the people of ppod roada and the advantages to accrue we would have little trouble in con tinuing the work. And, as bo sug gests, it would be a saving .o the government at Washington in ex tending the rural mail delivery ser vice, and would be aa legitimate expenditure of government funda as the building of dykes and the drain age and irrigation of lands, for which the government is now spend ing large suma of money. But, after all, wo must depend upon our own resources for thia great advance movement. To accomplish resulta will take money, and the way to raiae thia money ia by a property tax. Under the preaent system of road working our publio roada are almoot impassable at oertain seasons of the year. With the one dollar commutation tax we are going back ward, because the money from thia ia inadequate even to work the roads. Besides, it is not right to nuke the people who live io the rural districts keep op the roada any more than it is to make any other class of our citizens keep up an.; build any other publio institution. The publio road is as much the property of the county aa the court house or the jail. A property tax for road building would reaoh the incorporated towna and cities and the railroads and other corporations, and make them con tribute their share to this publio benefaction, and no one will deny that they are aa much benefited by good roads aa the peoplo of tho country. The labor of our ohain ganga in most counties ia labor thrown away, and the money to support them ia money wasted. The ohain gangs should bo required to do permanent S?^-ff t-2P *LJf t-ff t-ff "t-ff S g A Trip to \ Walhalla, January 0.-- Edi tora Courier; Having just returned from a . trip to Waehington, Baltimore and other nolnta of interest, I will give sketohea of my viait in our county vapor for the Interest of the public in general, and those of our own family living nt a distance especially. Leaving home on the 15th of Decem ber, a very cold, rainy day, I thought that maybe "a bad beginning would make a good ending," and aure enough it proved true in tbis iustanoe. Not h ing of importance came in sight till next morning, when I rolled out of bed at Lynchburg, Va., and found that part of tho Old Dominion hills wrappod in winter's harshest embrace-a two inch snow and a falling sleet. As .soon as it was light enough I began Boanning every side to see what Virginia waa like, having heard such glowing descriptions of wheat and tobacco fields from old soldiers of the sixties. It is certainly a pretty country for farming, and sheep and oattle of tho lin er brooda are there in ah und ance. I noticed one Hock ot sheep near Manassas whioh must have contained 1,000 hoad, and near Alex andria I saw a very handsome herd of short-horned cattle. About 10 a. m. of December 16th I found myself turned loose in the "City of Magnificent Distances," a blank stranger. livery thing was wrapped in a dense fog so a porson oould see nothing at any distance away. I hau oeard that ono oould aeo tho capitol from the St. Jamea Hotel whore I stopped, but I couldn't on account of the fog, and I went in search of lt. Having walked a square or two up Pennsylvania Avenue, I saw it-the great, grand old thing I had alwaya had pictured to myself. Coming to tho monument of poaoo I took a good look at it and proceeded up the west entrance to the rotunda and stood en tranced by the beauty and oleganoe of the columna supporting it. They are monoliths of Virginia sandstone. The whole building covers nearly four acres of ground. Tho corner stone of the main building waa laid by George Washington iu 1708. The wiugs were finished in 1811 and burned by tho British in 1814. The corner stone of the extensions waa laid by President Pilmoro in 1851, Daniel Webster being the orator. But the pride of every lover of the grand is the donn, It springs from a peristyle of Corinthian col u nins abovo the central building, nearly three hundred feet above the ground, and orowned by the statue of freedom. The dome is made of iron and ia said to weigh 8,000,200 pounds. A very large eleotrio light is placed in the dome now and ia lighted when Congress holds night sossions. The wall? of tho rotunda are adorned with large and elegant paintings by the best artists. Among them I noticed the Surronder of Burgoyne, by Trumbull, and that of Cornwallis, by the same artist, and the Deolaration of Inde pendence. At the east entrance of the work, starting from the county oonrt house as tho geographical centre and building out in each direction per manent roads. If only a few miles are built each year it will.be so much contributed to the general welfare. The State convicts could not be put to botter publio service, even if it necessitated selling some of the State farms. Wo can never have any permanent road work done until we change the present system and make provision to raise money by a property tax, and make it mandatory that said money shall be put on permanent road improvement, and also make it mandatory that the chain gangs shall be put on tho same work. The advantages of good roads and tho saving to the people and the in oreaaod value of land as a result of them are so patent that they soaroely need to be stated. But unless you chango the present system we will continue to go backward. It ia re markable that our people have so long submitted to the condition of our publio roads without making greater efforts for their substantial improvement. Aa to this oountry at largo "it is conservatively estimated by gov ernment officials that we are needlessly losing or wasting over (600,000,000 each year beoause of our bad roads, making a mud tax of over $2,000,000 for every working day in the year and an individual tax of nearly $8 eaoh year for every person in this oountry." This does not include the disadvantages and inconveniences and discomforts inci dent, to bad roads. We are losing or wasting our pro rata of this enormous sum in South Carolina and sharing our portion of discomfort and inconvenience and disadvantage on account of bad roads, beside the loss in property values. "It is evi dent that, if this stupendous question is to be rightly met in the spirit of economy, progress and enterprise, so obsracteristio of the people of this country, it will be necessary for our legislators to give it inuoh more comprehensive and careful attention than heretofore." flood roads in a L-ff 1?-2F t-ff ,&-2i *&~2I 'SUS* VasHington *r Points. ^ L jli^St JJL^SI JEL ^?j?^KihF? rotonda ls the Rog?rs Bronze door modled by the Amor.cnn artist and cast by VonMiller at Munioh. The door con tains a history of Columbus from the oounoil of Salamanca to hts death. His whole history is illustrated on these doors in high reliefs. These are the most wonderful doors of America and cost $20,000. The whispering gallery is a wonder. Oue can hoar another person speaking in whispers fifty feet away. The Statuary Hall ia an elegant one, designed by Latrobe after a Greek thea ter. The oeiling is decorated after tiie Roman Pantheon. This room waa usod for the hall of Congress until the new one was finished. Here was the soono of the soul-stirring debates of Webster, Clay, Adams, and last, but not least, our own immortal Calhoun. J. Q. Adams was stricken with paralysis In thia hall and died in a room, adjoining it. Now the whole hall is usod for a depository of statuary. There are alroady many ele gant statues there. The columns of thia hall have natural pioturea of birds, ani mals, faces, etc After I left the Statuary Hall I visited the Supreme Court room. The Chief .lustiee and his eight Associate Judges make a very aober, august group of mor tals in their judioial robes. They were hearing a oase from Illinois-a man ask ing for damages for wounds received in a railroad wreck last year. Thoy seemed to weigh evory point of law and evidenoo aa accurately aa any jury could havo done. ? Leaving the Court room I found my self tirod aud night at hand, so I deoided to visit our formor countryman, Mr. John Schl?ter, who moved to Washington sovoral years ago, and is doing a nico business. To him and his good lady I owe quite a debt of gratitude for the part they took in making my visit a pleasant as woll as instructive ono. On tho following day I visited the Capitol again, going in rrom tho east side. At this entrance stands Green ough's Washington, which is an ologant, oolossal marble statue of the "Father of His Country." The figure is seated in a Roman ohair, tho left baud clasping a sword and the right pointing heaven ward. Horatius Greenough made this statue for a great exemplar of freedom ; not without freedom oan it endure. The whole Capitol and grouuda aro extensive and grand. After looking long and admiring tho outside I went in and visited the Hall of Congreas and found our man Latimor there, the same good humored man ho always is, ready for duty; and then I went in soaroh of our otbor worthies (?), Tillman and MoLaurin. "Old Ben" waa on hand ready to do damage with his wonderful "fork." But where was Mo Laurin? I guess he was out on some committee or something of the kind. Both houses were adopting great resolu tions in behalf of Speaker Hood. S. A. Massey. country are evidence of its civiliza tion. If you will provide for a small property tax so aa to get tho move ment started in a praotical way, thero will bo no trouble in the future exoept to keep tho people from going too far. Thore has been talk enough on t hit; subject. The time bas come for aotion. It is for the General Assembly to tako the action neces sary. Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Don't Know lt. Row To Find Out. Fill a bottle or common glass with your water and let it stand twenty-four hours; a sediment or set tling Indicates an unhealthy condi tion of the kid neys; if lt stains your linen lt ls evidence of kid ney trouble; too frequent desire to pass lt or pain In the back ls also convincing proof that the kidneys and blad der are out of order. What to Do. There ls comfort In the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish In curing rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It corrects Inability to hold water and scalding pain In passing lt, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extra ordinary effect of Swamp-Root ls soon realized, lt stands the highest for its won derful cures of the most distressing case?. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists In 50c. and$l. sizes. You may have a sample bottle of this wonderful discovery and a book that tells m?r.> about it, both sent absolutely free by mall, address Dr. Kilmer & Hom? of ftwainpjtooi. Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing men tion reading this generous offer in thia p" per. Don't make any mistake, hut rem. ta ber the name-Swamp-Root-Dr. Kil mer's Swamp-Root, and the address Binghamton, N. Y.-on every bottle. "Ci Looking Out for tho Future. Washington, D. C., January 14. The Chairman of the House Com mittce on the Judiciary introduoed a resolution in the House to-day direct ing the House Committee on the Judioiary to investigate the power of Congress to tako possession of coal mines and all transportation lines neoessary for the transportation of coal on the ground that a necessity for the exorcise of such power has arisen. To Suspend Coal Duty On? Year. Washington, D. C., January 15. The Ways and Moans Committee of the House to-day decided to report a bill providing for a rebato-equal to the duty now imposed-on all kiuds of coal and coming from all countries for a period of one year. The bill is a substitute ' for the one introduced by Representative Hill, of Connecticut, which provided for a rebate until Juno 80 next. The bill provides "that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to make full rebate of duties imposed by law on all coal of every form and descrip- , tion imported into the United States from foreign countries for the period of one year from and after the pass age of this act." All Righi to Steal Coal. Toledo, January 14.-The work house board han issued an order Hot ting' atjiberty all prisoners held for stealing ooal from tho railway yards and traoks. The order inoludes directions; to the superintendent to receive no more prisoners from any Court sending them in for petty coal thefts. It is explained that no prose cutions for coal thefts will bo recog nized by the board dnring the coal famine. HEADACHES On rod While You Wait, Bjr OAPIJDINlil NO EFFECT ON THE HEART. Sold at all Dru?; Stores. --^ # .> - "Hnul Down the Flag." Columbia. Mo., January 14.-In ?a speech before the students of the Missouri University last night Dr. Jaoob 6. Schurman, President of Cornell University and member of the Philippine Commission, said the Philippine islands should be given their independence. "Haul down the Mag," he said, "whenever its work is done. There are but three ways to dispose of the islands : Hold them as subjectn, admit them ao States and give them their 'independence. The first course will result in con tinuation of warfare with them ; the second course is not praotioable ; tho third course is the only one practica ble and sensible. Some say don't haul down the flag, but tho work of the flag is finished and it should be hauled down." Negroes Walk Home in Snow. Bangor, Maine, January 14.-Tho advance guard of 260 negroes from Virginia and Alabama who were working in the mines and steel mills at Sydney, N. S., arrived here to-day trying to walk back home. The rest of the party have left Sydney, and are making their way with much suffering through the deep snows of Northern Maine in an effort to reach the sunny South on foot. According to their story they are the victims of misplaoed confidence, and claim to have been swindled. They say they were promised $3 a day at Sydney, but the highest paid wao $1.25 and few received that amount. When they made trouble Italians were imported from Pitts burg. _^_ -Watoh the label on your paper if you want to know how your subscription ao oount stands with True Couman. The Boldest Speculator Quits Business. Chicago, January 14.-La Salle street, Chicago's Wall street, was startlod to-day by news tbat John W. Gates, the most sensational spec ulator in the country, hos retired as a stock narket operator. Co-inci dent with this announcement it is reported that the plunger has given his son and hoir, Charles J. Little, a present of a million, so that the son may keep his end up among the bulls and bears. Over Seven Thousand Euchre Players. New York, January 14.-The largest crowd of euohre players ever assembled at ono sitting was gathered last night in tho Fourteenth Regi ment armory, Brooklyn, where 7,500 persons played the game. There were 1,875 tables. These were, arranged in sections, so that there wore 40 players in eaoh sec tion. The dozen bands played in nnison under direction of one loador. The party was given by the stu dents of St. Franois College. Ten thousand dollars, it is estimated, was raised. "