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TO THINK OWN SELF BB TRUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIOHT THE DAY, THOU CAJWT NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN. BY JT A Y N KN, 8HELOR, H Al ITU tV STECK. WALHALLA, BOITH CAROLINA, FEB. 8. 1904. NEW H KU I KHV NO. 30?-VOLUME LIV-NO. B. We can save y< for horses and mule No. 1 Timothy Wheat Bran, $1.1 Oats, 65 cents pert Best Meal, 80 cent! We are expect] will sell at 80 cent! C. W. & J. E Dr. G. C. Probst, DENTIST, Walhalla, S. C. Office Over C. W. Pitchford Co.'s t . . ?Store? . i ? Houits : 8.80 A. M. TO 1 v. M. AN? 2 TO ti V. M. March 24. 1808. Dr. W. F. Austin, DENTIST, SENECA,.S. C. OFFICE DAYS: MONDAYS, THUDS DAYS, F Kl DAYS AND SATURDAYS. Jauuary 15, 1001. ?. T. JAYNK?. I J. W. 8HK1.0K. -M J AY NES & SHELOR, ATTOKNEYS-AT-LAW, WALHALLA, 8. C. I)UOMPT attention K^OU to all buBi X. ueH8 Committed to their enro. WM. J. STRIBMNO. F {?.. L. IIKIINDON. STRIBLING & HERNDON, Attorneys-At-Law, WALHALLA, 8. C. Pill?M PT ATTKNTION GIVKN TO AI.I. Busi NKsa ENTBVBTKU TO THEM. Jan tu? rv 0. 1S98. FOLEYS KIDNEYCURE Makes Kidneys and Bladder Right Money to Lend. T OANS noKOtiated on mortgage of Jj real estate at 7 per cent in simm ol $1,000 and over, and 8 per cent, on less than $1,000: Borrowor to pay for papers, but no commissions charged. No loans less I billi $300. Loans mide only to one third value of i in proved farms. J AYN KS A SH F LOK, Walhalla, S. O. October 1, 100:1. 80-02 "TOB CHES? RATES TO TEXAS, ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, OKLAHOMA, INDIAN TERRITORY, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, UTAH, WYOMING, OREGON, MONTANA, WASHINGTON, and Other Points Weet, Northwest and Southwest, Writ? or call on J. G. HOIXBNBKOK, Distiict Passenger Agent, Louisville and Nashville R. R. No. 1 North Pryor St., Opposite Union Depot, A tlnntA, Gu. FOLEYSHONEYHLAR for r: ht td re nt mafm9 ?ur?. No o plat mm THOUSANDS SAVED DY OH. KING'S NEW DISCOVERY! Tins wonderful medicino per tivoty cures Consumption, Coughs Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Pneu monia, Hay Fever, Pleurisy, La Grippe, Hoarseness, Sore Thront, Croup and Whooping Cough. Every bottle guaranteed. No Cure. No Pay. Price 50c.&.$I. Trial bottle free. FOR . JOB PRINTING in Good Style Send to WALHALLA. 8. C. The Ocon< Marble and Ci W estinintst Rottend, Eas Italia Barre, Q?CJ Pneumatic T satiHfaction ? estly BOllolte< piompt and i O. E. C ALF, .KINDS. OF MONUMENTAL DESIGNING. WK GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. JOB PRINTING r-2. The Beat ia Alwnj ou money on all kin >s. Hay $1.10 per hun O per 80-pound . mshel ; Ear Cor: , ?! s per bushel. Lng a car of Sheller s per bushel. i. BAUKNICHl Little River Doings. Little River, Januury 28.-Mrs. J. 8. Hohlen has been on the sick list. Wo are pleased to see hor out again. Mrs. Jennie Porry has boon con fined to her room for the past two weeks from another fall. She is suf fering severe pain. Mrs. Perry has passed her 91st milepost. This is more than the most of us will pass. We hope for her Bpcedy recovery. Mrs. E. A. Perry is suffering from tb/) grip, and is quite sick at this writing. We hope she may soon recover. There is a good deal of mov ing in this section. J. S. Can trell and family have moved to their farm on Knowee river. Wo will miss Air. Cantrell very much in this section, but wish him great Buccess in his new home. J. B. Burgess, Jr., has bought the Moody place in this section, and will move to it in the nenr future. Wel come to Mr. Burgess in our commu nity. We are glad, too, to welcome W. 0. Whit mire aud family back from Tamassee to our section. D. II. Owens will move with his family to some part of North Caro lina. Wu wish him much BUCCCBS wherever he goes. Misses Box ie and Rodie Alexan der have gone to the Walhalla Cot ton Mills. Some of our boys whis per they are going, too, and that pretty soon. Hold on ; this is leap year, bo\s. Stiles Alexander found his fine Hounds in foul play with A. C. Smith's sheep. Ho did not ask for iclp, but made short work with his i'tn. NV. H. Talley has just completed lis two-horse wagon and drives irouud whistling like a mocking bird. J. G. Madden has his face all y reallied in smiles over their ,first mild, and it only weighed 12? .ouinls. The brethren of Little River danell have been doing some effec tive work on the seats in the church, mt in a stove, hung the doors and tash and built a nice stand. This ip? aks well for the good people, lev. C. L. Craig, of Walhalla, is Mir preacher for this year. Ho is a food worker for the Master. Supervisor McAlister and Com missioner Phillips passed through his section last week looking after ho roads and bridges. They have lad double work to do in these ?arts owing lo the June freshet. They :.ve done better than we liought they could at tho outset and leserve a great deal-of praise. Grumbler. ncienl and Modern Advice About How to Ac quire Wealth. The ancient sages' "sure road to reult-h" was "ho temperate in ?li things, 10 economical always." Modern life, kith itH "nish methods" in business equircs Unit 'keep healthy" bo addod 0 the <dd adage. livery body know s ho w to bo tcmporato md most people how to bo economical, mt few know how to keep perfectly n ail hy. Overeating, irregular habits, legleot, etc., dei ?inge tho stomach, liver, tod ho.\ h s, causing indigestion, torpid iver, constipation etc. Kydale's Tablets aro natures bout ally Vhen such conditions exist. The .Stoui II'.li Tablets will digest your food, itreogthen your digestivo organs and turo your indigestion. The Liver Tablets will arouse your iver, stimulate your bowolsuud establish 1 regalar, healthy, habit. Hydales Cablets insure good health. J.H. Darby, iVafballn; Seneca Pharmacy. TnK COU MICA and the Atlanta Consu mion and the Homo and Farm one year or the sum of *3?. oe Steam ranit? Works, ;er, H. O. DKAJ.KIIS IN t Dorsel, Manchester, Pittsiord. D an? Georgia Marnies, -AND We&terley and Onjesny Granites. 'nols used in tho works, and absolute I-, ua ! a II I ced. Coi i es po 11 dc i iee earn tl. All orders and inquirios given Melli! il |e,,t ion. Hi AY, Proprietor. orders for Sta Advortislng Mat L'ourler and get ya the CJliotxpest. THE BEST f Lds of Feed Stuff s i dred pounds ; Pure X; Sifted Clipped ?J 3 cents per bushel} I* i Corn, which we ? r CASH MERCHANTS High Prices Certain. O. P. Heath is one of the loading /ot.ton merchants of Charlotte. Ile is interested in cotton mills and is in touch with the eottou mill side of the question as well as the side of raw cotton. On being asked to give an opinion of the cotton market, Mr. Heath said : "lt will be a long time before we see cheap cotton again. The factories have takeu thousands of families from the cotton fields. Cotton ought really to have gone up in price before it did. Tho supply has been scaut for several years past, but the trade didn't realize it. Hore ut Charlotte we've built a city of thirty thousand people. Most of these have come from farms. AH over tho Botton States factories have been Dstablisbed and cities and towns have been built. Where did tho people uome from to do this ? Nut from tho North or from Europe. They name from the cotton farms. The present price is reasonable in view of these oh anges." ? How long will the present, stand ard of prices last?" was asked. "Till conditions again change. This will take time. I can seo no 'i-oinisc of low prices for five years :o come. The manufacturing popu ation arc not going hack to the farm. Where aro now farmers to corni'?j 'rom to take the places of those who ! I lave gone into manufacturing? If I ti .hoy come from the North it will 11 ,ake time-years of time to come d iud got settled. If they como from t ESurope there must bo time for thom o ,o come in numbers, to learn thc anguage and learn how to cultivate rotten. I have no doubt wo will get >eople in time and that we will have t \ far 1 urger production than al u cresent in time, but 1 speak of high 0 irires now and for five years tojo ionic." y, "Hut," asked the newspaper man, r< 'suppose we have a big crop per : H ere next year. Wouldn't the South ? tl upply tho demand at lower prices?" j y* ?.If wc have a big crop next year iricos will still bo high by present tnudards. We haven't the labor lo ?ather a big crop per acre. Leave mt the boll weevil, which may be a actor, the world is needing more ot 'on all the time. Last year we vere short. This year wo will bo hort again. A big crop next year couldn't make up tho losses. There are a big crop will not put prices own to anything like what we or inarily consider low prices." Assuming these views of Mr. loath to be correct, tho situation nukes a very promising outlook for he farmer and for the merchant wi o urnishes tho farmer. And there's ho commercial fertilizer man whose .rospects would seem brighter than ur a long time in the past.-Char [>tte Chronicle. ' Rev. J. D. Frlorson Exonerated. The Sparenburg Herald says: Che committee on investigation of ho charges Against Kev. J. 1). .Yierson, pnstor of tho Methodist I ' ihureh at Paoolet, Friday afernoon ? r etched the decision that there w a I n i > ground for Mr. hVierson's being g ried before the District Conference.I c The committee retired on Thursday ' t kt twelve o'clock and the decision.;8 i s yus roached late I'ri day afternoon, ' " This committee, consisting of It?-v. ' tf. K. Melton, chairman, Rev. J. VV. : c ?hell, pastor of Bethel and (ti?ndale I t< lb arches, and Hov. H. M. Robertson,' t instor of Cberokeo circuit, acted in j r ?apaeity similar lo that of grund jury i I n the civil court-that is they con- j f idered the charges and the testimony I iresented to sustain tho charges. ' fl They decided, as stated above, that ! 1 trial of Mr. Friorson was not ?ecos- | fl ary. Mr. Krierson is now at I'aco ;:t, he having been giveti no work y the recent conference on account if tho charges against him. The barges were of slander and falsehood j 81 f such a nature as is of nc public in- i ? erest. Killed. There is not an ache or pain that can fi e reached externally that cannot bo Killed" in a few minutes hy the use of illlott's Emulsified Oil Linimont. Rub ? on tho affected part and the pain will non disappear. Cull | pint bottle, 20 .bte J. n. Darby, Walhalla; Seneca 'harroaoy. \\ ROOSEVELT GIVES UP FIGHT. .egro Woman No Longer Postmistress ol lndianola, Mississippi. Washington, January 29.-Tho vhite peoj.'e of Indiar.ola, Miss., won ?ul in their tight ugaiiiBt a negro H>Btmutttcr in that' town, as the Veuillent ha? appointed W111. B. dai tin, a while man, as postmaster o succeed Minnie Cox, the negro vornan who was asked by the white teople to resign and who refused to 10 so. Tho alleged threats against ter remaining as postmistress oaused ho President, moro than a year ago, o order the post offioo a' lndianola ilosed. And it hus remained closed ivor since, although the Cox woman ?.?? continued to be postmistress, vhile the people of the town re eived their mail at Greenville, Miss., md sent a muil carrier, privately un ployed by them, to that town for nail. Tho official statement given out it the White House is that the Cox vornan had refused the ro-appoint nent as postmistress, but had rec ommended Wm. 1$. Martin, ono of 1er bondsmen, as successor. Her 'ecommendation was agreed to by he President and Martin was nomi tated. When ho is confirmed the >ffico will again be opened. Martin s understood to bo Democratic, al though ho was a good friend to the 3ox woman when she was in trouble. Phis solution of the matter will bc lonsidered a great victory for thc vhite people of lndianola. Catarrh Cannot bo Cured villi local applications, as thoy cannot each tho seat of thu disease. Catarrh it . blood or constitutional disease, and ir 11 der to cure it you must take iuterna! (.medien. Ball's Catarrh Curo is taker eternally, and acts directly on the blood md mucous surfaces. Hall's' Catani lure is not a quack medicine. It \\ a tr?sor I bed by ono of the best physician' n this country for years, and is a tego ar prescription. It is composed of thi test tonics known, combined with thc ?est blood purifiers, noting directly 01 ho mucous surfaces. The perfect com miution of tho two ingredients is. what traduces such wonderful results in cur ug catarrh. Send for testimonials, freo F. J. Cheney & Co., Props., Toledo, O Sold by druggists, price 7.r>c. Hall's Family Pills are the host. Thirty Injured in Stroet Car Collision. Morf than thirty persons were in ured, Home of thom fatally, in St .ouis last Wednesday, when two orth-bound Btreet oars collided) Phe oars were going in the same lircotion, hut a dense fog prevented he motormen seeing each othor't ara. Tho front car wan stationary wing to a quarrel with a pasRcngoi var the fare. The second car crashed its wa) brough thc rear of the front car ntil it roached almost the middle f lt.. Tho dozen or more passengers 11 the rear platform of the front cai 'ere jammed together under tin ?ir car. The other car was crushed nd tho passengers inside were irown about on the floor and under 'recked seats, while showers ol roko n glans fell upon them. Jucigin, ic motorman, caught the full force ? the collision. Hu was cut and rushed and his back broken Ile ill die. A panic ensued on both irs and in the light for escape ch i 1 - ron and women were trample 1 on nd tho weaker ones were beaten gainst the wreckage by the stronger, Stsrfiny and Staying. At the start in a long race, the advent* ge often appears to be with an outsider, lut the race is won not in starting but 1 staying. The quality which wins is taying ]x>wer. It is so in the race of if e. Staying ower wins, and *S\ ?i s a rule the best TV n layer is the Ulan \ \ ^ VL.r il Mtb the beat tom ach. All ^^jA-^WT^i^ ihj ii M Btrength flfe^Sl ) derived from Bs^TS 0 o d which is WBgjSsI nd assimilated. ??kT " r~l Vhen the food ^Maliial aten <>nly put ?5BvS.3\ y digested and P*^j8yr ssimilated there ^mimK 1 a loss of nutr? ion which means 1 I loss of strength Wj nd t'?e general M esult ii. physical ?j ireak-down. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery ives strength and staying power, be ause it cures diseases of the stomach nd other organs of digestion and nutri ion. It enables the perfect digestion nd assimilation of the food eaten, and o strengthens the body naturally by the attrition derived from food. "i W.I3 troubled with Indigestion for about wo yearn," write? Wm. Ilowker, lt?o., of Julln Un, Lulah Co.. Idaho. ?I tried different doo ara and remedies but to no nvnil, until 1 wrote a you mut you told me What todo. I suffered dtli n pain in my stomach and I- ll aide mid bought that it WOUl ! kill nc. Nor/ I am Rind 9 write thia and let you know that I am all Ifiht. I cnn do my work now without pain nnd don't hnve that tired lt -lit:?- that I uaed te lave. I'lve bottle? of Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ial Discovery mit] two vlale of his ' I'lcaiuui 'ellet?' cured me." Accept no substitute for Golden Med cal Discovery. There is nothing "just is good" for diseases of the stomach, >lood and lungs. Dr. Pierce's Pellets are easy and plea? mt to take. A most effective laxative. j _ I JJ_1_ ? _i_ Ship Load of Coll?n on Fire. On January 27 tho british steam bip Manhattan, with n cargo o 8,000 bales of cotton and drawing 7 feet of water, was brought inti ie port of Charleston. The cottoi n board the big ocean tramp was 01 re. This is tho largest ship am tie largest cargo of cotton that ha ver gone into that port. Foley's Honey and Tar cures th >ugb caused by attack of la grippe. I eala the lungs. For sale by J. W. Bel 'ulbulla. RETURN OF A PRODIGAL SON. He Lilted the Mortgage on the Old Home on New Year's Day-A Pathetio 81ory. There was at least one family io South Carolina made happy by the dawning of the New Year. It waa genuine happiness this family en joyed, tho kind that counts, espe ci.illy when the old ones are turning gray with age, and tho silver crown warns them that tho day of the gol den is not far distant. A beardless youth, upon whose face the down bad not yet attained to manhood's estate, threw the beam of light across the pathway of bis aged pareuls which lifted from their already bowed shouNIetb a heavy mortgage which resteVi on the home where their little one had first Bien the light of day. When be was a mere lad John Williamson, who lived uear Camden, S. C., ran away from home. He wandered over tho face of tho earth, first going to one plaee nnd then to auotber, but always remembering his parents. He wrote to them occa sionally, telPng them not to worry, that be was getting along all right. In tho course of his travels he landed in Texas. He decided to locate in tho fertile fields of the Lone Star State, ile purchased a small tract of land. It became necessary to have water with which to supply his stock. A well had to be dug. For many weary days the youth stood by and watched the progress of digging a well in Texas. The long drill pierced deeper and deeper, and tho expense column pierced deeper and deeper into his pooket. But he must have water, and he WBB determined to stand tho expense of digging tho well. But when the bucket, tho first to reach a liquid substance, come rising from the well, it contained-oil ! In a comparai i vol y short time the youthful South Carolinian found himself the possessor of wealth bo youd his wildest hopes and dreams. Oil flowed in plenty. Ile was a rich man. Ile worked bis find carefully, economically, writing homo to tho old folks all the time that he was doing well. He did not teil them of his find, for it might prove a mirage, and they would be forced to share in his disappointment. By and by as he grow richer news of his aged parents found its way to his Western home. He learned that they were in want-that it bad be come necessary to mortgage the lit tle farm. Later he heard the mort gage waa due, and there were no finnis to meet the demands of tho mortgage holder. John Williamson scoured New York oxobange for $'2,500, bought a ticket to Camden, and was soon near the scene of his birth. He walked to the hotel register and wrote in a firm strong hand "J. A.Williamson." It was late at night. Next morning he secured a livery team and drove to the little home under the shadow of the hill. In tho little home tho New Yoar had dawned cold and cheerless. There was no happiness, no good cheer there. The wolf was howling at the door, and tho strong arm of tho law stood ready to evict the aged couple who had stood the shat tering blasts of so many storms. John reached the little home. He leaped from tho buggy and was shortly in the arma of those who had given him life. It was a sweet home-coming, tinged with tho sad ness of pressing need. But that day tho parents buried their sorrow. They would be cheerful for John's sake. Around tho open fireplace the trio Bat until the shades of gloom began to cast a \A\ over tho face of tho sun. Then John told them of his oil well ; of tho purpose of his viBit ; of how ho meant to raise tho j mortgage. The old man and o'd woman hung on his words in breath less suspense. Then the good, patient mother fell to Weeping} silently. Tho old man brushed a tear from his eye, and with trembling hands took down from the high mantle tho old and worn" Bible. Ho road, "Bless the Lord, oh my soul, and forget not all His benefits." After tht! reading tho little group j knelt around tho fireside and an elo quent prayer was offered. There J was happiness in that homo. foley's I louey tMld Till* is tho liest, for croup and whooping cough, contains no opiates, and cures quickly. < ?ireful mot lou s keep it in the house. For sale by J. W. Hell, Walhalla. Among tho papers of a prominent oitizen recently deceased there was found an itemized bill for a supper served on a notable occasion in a Massachusetts village in the yent 1705. The provision of food was livish, and tint turkey and roast pig wero washed down with twenty bot tles of wine, a quart of brandy, four bowls of "sling," eighteen lurge glasses of punch and twenty-four glasses of bitters. Twenty-three clergymen drank tho liquor, and tho supper followed a'minster's ordina tion. It is well to recall such things in days of discouragement, and to measure social progress by the fact that drinking men no longer find countenance tn the example of moral leaders.-Youth's Companion. Inven?s .> Cotton Picker. A Memphis man, who has for some years boon at work on a pneu matic cotton picker, has been granted patents on several improvements on his machine. Thc invention of a maohine that will pink cotton-one that can do the work which negroes are called upon to do-has been the goal of many au inventor for uearly half a oentury. Many thousands of dollars have boeu spent in trying to give to the cotton States a picker that would pick. This machine was tried last season, minus several of tho improve ments for which the inventor bas just been granted a patent, and did good work. Thc picker tried dur ing the, present s-juaon had most of these improvements and did work highly satisfactory to tho inventor and the capitalists who are bucking him. The maohine is called a pneumatic cotton piokor. It is mounted on a higlt arched frame, something like a wagon. This wagon covers one row. Hose, attached to different parts of the maohine, allow the men operating it to pick two rows on each side of the machine, which, with the row under tho picker ina ohinery, give a total of five rows that eau be picked atone trip. The speed with which tho cotton oan be gathered,depends on tho skill of the men who have tho handling of tho luise. There are four lines of this hose direotly connected with a 26-ineh blower, which pulls tho cot ton from thc bolls through th? blower and dumps it into a largo bag attached to the bed of tho maohine. Power to run tho blower is obtained from a six-horse power gasoline eu gine at tho front of tho picker traine When the end of a set of rows is reached all that is necessary is for the driver of the two mules to turn around and go bi>ck over another Bet of rows. One of the operators or tho man who drives thu team is supposed tc watch the bag, nud when it is full unhook it and attach another These bags, owing to the force witl which the cotton is sent into then by the powerful blower, are packed tighter thaii they can be "tramped" by the old-time method. Five mon aro required to operate the packer. It is declared to have a capacity of from 4,000 to 6,000 pounds of cotton a day of ten hours, more than four times the amount that can bo picked by hand. A Night Alarm. . Wor.se than an alarm of Uro at night is tho brassy cough of croup, which sounds Uko the children's death knell and it means death unless something is doue quickly, ff? ley's Honey and Tar never fails to give instant relief and quickly cures thu worst forms of croup. Mrs. P. h. Cordier, of Mauniugton, Ky., Wiites: "My threo year old girl had a sovero ense of croup; tho doctor said she could not live. 1 got a bottlo of Foley's Honey and Tar. Tho first dose gavo quick relief ami savod bur lifo." Kef uso substitutes. For sale by J, W. Hull, Walhalla. Biennial Sessions. Columbia, January 27.-In the House to-day tho joint resolution providing for biennial sessions was finally passed by barely the consti tutional number of votes required. Thor? was a hard figH a,,d at one time it looked very much as if the resolution by which the question of biennial sessions is to bo submitted to tito peoplo would bo defeated Btmply beoauso of the absenoo of members. It all turned out well in the end, how over, and the resol ulion, which has already passed tho Senate, has now gone through its threo suc cessful readings in tba House by tho constitutional requirement of 83 votes, and tho resolution lias been ordered to be ratified looking to bi ennial sessions after 1900, and thc people will have tho opportunity of voting upon the question at tho nj xt general election. DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK? Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. Almost everybody who reads the news papers is sun to know of the wonderful cures made by Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver [t, and bladder remedy. It is the great medi cal triumph of tho nine teenth century; dis covered after years of u.. scientific research by -?^XB Dr. Kilmer, the emf? " nent kidney and blad der specialist, and ii wonderfully successful In promptly curing lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou bles and Bright's Disease, which ls the worst form of kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root ls not rec ommended for everything but If you have kid ney, liver or bladder trouble lt will be found Just tho remedy you need. 11 has been tested In so many ways, in hospital work, in private practice, among the helpless too poor to pur chase relief and has proved so successful fn every case that a special arrangement has been made by which all rerfflfcrs of this paper who have not already tried it, may have a sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book telling more about Swamp-Root and how to find out if you have kidney or bladdor trouble. When writing mention reading this generous offer In this paper and send your address to | Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing hamton, N. Y. Tho' regular fifty cent and Hom? ol i&w?Htte* dollar alces are sold by all good druggists. Don't make any mistake, but remem ber the namo-Swamp-Root-Dr. Kil mer's Swamp-Root, and the address Binghamton, N. V. on everv bottle. FOLmHONEY^TAR .tofft? fla? cough ours? Hernia lani? To Moko Sahara a Sea. Frenob engineers have declared il is peifeolly feasible to convert the desert of Sahara into a vast lake, thus opening to commerce great regions of the interior of Af rion, which can now only be reached hy loug, tedious and dangerous caravan journeys. They say that a large po. lion of the desert HOB below tho level of the Atlantic, and that by digging a canal to let in the waters of the ocean the great obange could be effected easily and at a cost whirl) would be small compared to the benefits which would accrue. If the whole desert lay below the level of the Atlantic, tho flooding of it would or?ate a sea moro than four times ns big as tho Mediterranean ; but as the Sahara is composed of elevated plateaus, mountain ranges and depressions, only a part would be covered with water when tho waves of tho ocean were let in, and the new sea thus formed would bean irregular body of water, probably of about* the same size as the Mediter ranean. Great commercial oities would at once spring up on ?ts shores aud trade and civilization strike at once to tho heart of Africa. -London Answers. A Faithlul Dog. Here is a pathetic story told to my informant, the venerable Judge N. A. Patterson, by his father, as an inci dent of which be knew, says a writer in the Springfield Republican : In tho early days of North Caro lina a man rode a long distance on horseback to eolleot a debt of seve ral hundred dollars. Ho took with him for company and as a protection against robbers, a dog to which he had long felt much attached. Me collected tho money, all iii silver dol lars. These he tied up in a strong sack, lashed it to tho saddle behind him and started for home. When they had traveled about half of the homeward journey the dog manifested a groat deal of un easiness, to which ho gave expres sion by nervous barking and frequent dives at the horse's forelegs. Tho man waH sorely puzzled, and watched th* dog for some time to seo if he could find an explanation of its strange conduct. His reluctant con clusion was that it had been bitten by a mad dog and was the victim of hydrophobia. And MO to save his horse and to put the poor dog out of the misery he supposed it was suf fering, he drew a pistol and shot it. Not wishing to see it die, he applied the spurs to his horse and rode rapidly for some distance. The thought oafno to him, "I would rather have lost tlie money titan to have been forced to kill that good dog." Thus reminded of thc treasure, he put his hand around behind the sad dle, to seo if the bag was safe, but it was not there. Ho turned and rapidly rode back. When he readied the point where thc dog first commenced to bark and plunge at the horse's legs he found the bag of coin, and the poor victim of his cruel mistake dying there, with his paws resting patiently on eithei sido of his mus ter's treasure. Ho had tried so hard to make the master understand, but had failed, and paid his lifo as the pri?e of his fidelity. A Thousand Dollars Thrown Away. W. W. Baker, of Plainview, Noli., writes: "My wife had lung trouble for over fifteen years. Wo tried numbers of doctors and spuntovor a thousand dollars without auy relief. She was very low and wo lost all hope, when a friend sug gested tryiug Foley's Honey and Tar, which I did: and thanks be to tho groat comedy, lt saved her life. She is stronger and enjoys botter health than she has e ot known in ton years. Wu shall never bo without Fo'ey's Honoy and Tar aud would ask th> so afflicted to try it." For sole hy J. W. Boll,"Walhalla. An Energetic Woman. Tho following is from last week's Ab beville Medium: Mrs. John ( '?ink;eales was in tho eil y last Friday with another lot of Ina splendid butter which is al ways sought after by our people because it is among tho best ovor brought to the city. Mrs. Clinkscales lives in peace, plenty and comfort in a happy home, near Monterey. Sho looks after every thing about thu homo. Sho milks nine cows twice every day and makes ten pounds of butter a day.* Last year in the city of Abbeville shu sold more than $250 worth of butter and about $50 worth noar homo. Sho tins 160 beautiful Plymouth Hock hons and every yvar^ raises 800 or 000 chickens. At ('hristmns sho sold 35 dozen eggs at 35 and 40 cunts a dozen. Hufore the holidays Mrs. Clinkscales killed four hogs and from them made 37 gallons of lard. Sho bas on haud 12 beautiful hogs of tho Kssex breed. At the home placo sho looks after everything, and her husband, who is a fino farmor, wot ks th? Wardlaw placo that belongs to him. Ile made last year 0,000 bushels of corn ami peas enough to plant Abbeville county. Thero is not a moro energetic woman in our county. She bas good judgment and is prosperous and happy. Georgia Seed Sent to Texas. Athens, Ga., January 20.-Yostorday six cur loads of sood for tho cotton sec tion of Texas that was devastated by the boll weevil last year wero shipped from Athens by buyers at this point. This was simply one of tho numerous ship ments that havo been made recently and that will continue to bo made until enough seed from Georgia and a fow other States in this latitude aro shipped to give the farmers enough to plant their nest orop of cotton, Th? "Death Die?. The Gvrm?n Emperor bas pre sented to the Hohenzollern museum tb? "death dioo" with whioh one of his ancestors decided a difficult case in the seventeenth century, Tbis is their history, told by the Taller : A young girl had been murdered. Suspicion fell upon two soldier?, Ralph ami Alfred, who were suitors for her hand. Both the aooused men denied their guilt, and even torture failed to extract a confession from either of them. Thon Electa.- Frederick William deoided to cut the knot by means of the ?lice-box. Tho two soldiers should throw for their lives, and the loser should bo executed as the mur derer. The event was celebrated with great pomp and solemnity. Ralph had the first chance and threw sixes, tbe highest possible number. Tho dice-box xwas then given to Alfred. He fell on his knees, and prayed aloud : "Almighty God, Thou knowest I am innocent. Proteot me, I beseeoh Thee." Then ho rose to his feet, and threw the dice with such force that one of them bro'-c. The whole one showed six, the broken one also gave six on tho larger portion, and the fragment split oil showed ono. This was a total of thirteen, one beyond Ralph's throw. The audieuce held its breath in amazement. "God bas spoken 1" oried the prince. Ralph, appalled by what he re garded as a sign from heaven, con fessed bis guilt and^was sentenced to death. mom* CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Tho Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Big Distillery Seized. Greenville, January 27.-The reg istered distillery operated by T. F. Trainmcll at Marydell, 16 milcB from Greenville, was seized to-day by Deputy Collector Scruggs. In addi tion to the plant, whioh is valued at about #'2,000, there were 89 barrels, or I,st to gallons of liquor, confiscated and to-morrow will be shipped to Columbia. Trainmcll is charged wb. h violating tho internal revenue law by removing liquor from the cistern room. OA.BTORX?. Boara the yjihe Kind You Hate Always Bought Bishon Galloway, of the Metho dita Episcopal Church, South, has accepted the invitation of Booker T. Washington to preach the ^com mencement sermon at tho Tuskeegee Institute on May 22. The University library at Turin, Italy, was partially destroyed by fire on January 27. It is roughly esti mated that over 100,000 volumes were burned, as well as many rare manuscripts. Tho loss is about $500,000._^ ^_ In the Merry Springtime. In tho morry springtime the festive malaria micrubo, gouth forth determined to colonizo ovcry human organism. If this arch foo has iuvaded your system allow us to suggest Itydales Tonio. This remedy ficos tho blood from malaria microbes eliminates poisonous matter from tho RyHtcm, strengthens the nerves, and restores robust bonlth. Rydales Tonio is guaranteed. J. H. Darby, Wal halla; Scnocn Pharmacy. Troubles ot the Alliance Exchange. Columbia -Stato: Petition has uc?? (Hod with tho United States District Court, Judge Draw loy presiding, to de clare as bankrupt tho Farmers' and Me chanics' Mercantile and Manufacturing Co. of this city. Tbc potitiou is submit ted by numerous attorneys of this oity, who represent out of town creditors of tho firm, to tho extent of about $7,000. It is claimed that many of these ao o ?ints have boen outstanding for months and that tho concern IISH not paid them, but has extended payment to tho banks, which hold a large amount of paper from two company. It is said that about $15,000 will cover tho liabilities, while thc asKots approximate $40,000. Whother or not the attorneys for the company will resist tho" petition is not known "Tho matter should bo argued within twenty days nt tho utmost," said ono of tho gentlemen connected with tho caso last evening. Tho company w is organized about tho middlo of the last decade hy a ntimhor of South Caro lin ann, some of whom wero also inter ested in the now defunct Farmers' Al liance Exchange, which, however, was entirely Independent of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Mercantile and Manufac turing Company except in that rounda bout fashion, though tho latter has ofteu been called tho "AllianceStore." ? Pl SO'S .CUREf.FOR . ' Mi][Ni:BY!i'l?\IB]I .' " ih_ f . C ON SUM Pf ION UUIIfO rmi nc HIL HOC f AUS. Host CoiiKh Syrup. Textes U<XKT. Use In time. Bolo bf (Irugcilnts. ----~^mm - Regret to Lose Mr. Lee. Our good blacksmith, J. W. Lee, and bis family moved back to Wal halla last week. The community regretted to seo thom leave, but wish thom health and prosperity in their old home among their kindred. Our farmers would be glad for some other sober, industrious and skilful blacksmith to come in and ocoupy the place left vnoant by the ?omoval of Mr. Lee. He could get plenty of work to do from good paying cus tomers, and would find this a desira ble looation.-Denver Cor. Anderson Intelligenoer.