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HEROINES 0 Women Have Saving Washington, July 21.?Women will represented at the coming Congress which is itc be held at Life Savers, wmou is v [antes, France, in the letter part of month. The life safring work of aerican women partioularly will re kjve attention, inasmuch as they eon ibute not a little to the, efficiency of life saviDg service of the United Utes. NQt 0Qly aoes an afl8t",*ftti?n 'women, known as the Bine Anchor jciety, supply all the life saving nions with clothing for - shipwreck people, but the wives and daugh of the station keepers frequently heroic wo~rk in the rescue of drown g persons. The annals of American heroines of e surf have yet to be properly writ i but when a capable pen takes up task they will compose a fascin?t? volume. In a number of instances jmen have received medals, of gold L<? silver from the Government in cognition of their services, and in jre than one' case Uncle Sam has be aded such decorations upon little The famous Ida Lewis was only a tie girl whcn she made her first res She was 12 years of age at the e and her mother was the keeper the Lime Kock light house in New rt harbor, her father being a help s cripple. One day she saw a sail t upset in the harbor and promptly ed out to it in a little skiff, reach it in time to save four young men o were struggling in the water for e. " : ater on, under similar cireum ices, she saved a soldier from toe rt Adams garrison and the man was tored to life at the lighthouse. On other occasion three men were amped in a boat near Lime Book ile trying to pick up *a valuable eep which had fallen off a wharf, e rescued them and the sheep also, on afterwards she saw a* man cling to the spindle which marked a f near the light house and, rowing 5, she brought him in. In a gale another day she saved two soldiers m a swamped boat, and again she lied out two members of the Fort ams garrison band, who had broken ough the ioe between the light and the Fort. In all she res et! thirteen persons from drowning d earned for herself the title of the ace Darling of America. She is w 60 years of age and still keeps the ic Rock light. he gold life saving medals, worth each intrinsically, are granted on d cases where the recipient has ked hib or her life. In one case a dal was refused by the person to om it was offered?Edith Morgan, Hamlin, Mich. There had been a nul storm on the lake, in the win of 1878, and the steamer City of ledo was driven ashore. It was wing hard and the ship was soon osformed into an iceborg by waves aking over it. Communication h'tbc shore was established by a e aud the girl, assisted by a num of men, succeeded in rescuing the w uf eighteen men. The medal t to her was of silver because ahe not actually risked her life; hut declined to accept it, saying that er performance did not merit a gold she did not want it. ne little girl who received a medal Marie D. Parsons. She was only years old and lived on the re of Long Island, at a plac? called eplace Village. She was watching an hoist a sail on board of a boat | e distance from shore when sud ly the boom flew over and knocked rboard a small child of 7. The jumped in after the ehild and the t. drifting away, left them strug in the water. Marie, seeing t no time was to be lost, got into a ff and, by rowing 300 .vards with aii r might, got there quickly enough to 'eboth. v A gold medal was bestowed upon a tie girl named Maud King for a deed daring done in 1889, in the harbor Charleston, S. C. She, her moth "d her aunVMary Whiceley, were 3 only persons at home in the light use supply station"at Oastle Pinok 7 when a yawl was capsized about a ?ter of a mile from the wharf, iree men and a boy were on board of r- The boy Swam BBhore; ono man >?g to the boat and the two o>k?#? 1 wiged to reach the wharf, V hung on for dear life, the sea ?t was running making their poai 10 one of great danger. Maud, who was the granddaughter 'he captain of the light house ten-. r Wistaria, ran to the wharf and 'ered a boat, the task being oho of little difficulty owing to the rough ter- Into it she got, accompauicd Qcr aunt, and the two, each taking ?ar, rowed to the men, finally res ?g all three of them. [n Angnst, 1874, the Catherine, a ?F THE SURF. Done in the Work of ; Lives. Norwegiao vessel, ran ashore not far from Pensaoola, Fla. At that season the crews of the life saving stations are off duty, so few wrecks occurring, and thus it happened that there were only two men in the nearby station on Santa Rosa Island?the captain, whose name was Broadbent, and une assis tant. Fortunately, however, the cap tain had three daughters, who prompt ly volunteered, helped to haul the life saving apparatus a distance of two miles, fired the life line from the shore over the stranded ship, rigged the breeohes buoy and rescued all of the orew. Seven years ago three young women happened to be staying for the sum mer at Point Lookout, on Long Is land/Sound. They were the guests of the wife of the keeper of the life sav ing station at that place, and their names were Jennie Rhodes, Mrs. Cel ls. Raynor and Mrs. Rene Southerland. A gale sprang up and a vessel came ashore about*a mile west of the sta tion. As subsequently ascertained she was the Martha P. Tucker, bound from Port Tampa to Carteret, N. J., with a cargo of phosphate rook. Ow ihg to the season the station wafe shorihanded and the twelve men on board would have all been drowned in evitably but for the efforts of the young women, who helped in trans porting and operating the apparatus, thus saving eleven of the orew. The twelfth was swept overboard and drowned. In January, 1892, a vessel was blown ashore at night on the coast of Washington State, in a lonely region where there were no life saving sta-c tions. It was a terrific storm and all night long Mrs. Martha White, the wife of a local settler, patrolled the beaoh with a lantern. She thought she heard guns at intervals and when day broke she saw the wreok. Taking off her petticoat she waved it as a sig nal, but the situation of the vessel was evidently hopeless. Nearly all of those^on board were lost, but three men she succeeded, though herself a very'little woman, in pulling out of the surf, afterwards restoring them to life. For this servioe she received a gold medal. Only three years ago, in April, 1899, the Bteamer Chilkat, laden with lum ber, went to pieoes on the bar in trying to enter Humboldt Bay, Cal. A life boat was sent to her assistance from the life saving station a couple of miles away, but it was loo late, the ship having capsized. There were twenty people on board, including half a doz en passengers, and most of them were lest; but throe were saved with the ut most difficulty, and under circum stances of the greatest danger, by wo men from the station, Mrs. Hennig, the keeper's wife; a girl named Shum way, and Mrs. McLean, who was >'.he wife of a surfman. The women dashed into the surf and dragged the unfortu nates ashore, all three of them being afterwards resuscitated. Shipwrecked persons are apt to oome ashore almost if not entirely naked, owing to the fury of the ele ments, and henoe the necessity of having on hand plentiful supplies of clothing for them. No sooner are they fetohed to the life saving stations than they are put to bed and furnish ed with every possible comfort by the women, who in this way contribute very importantly to the beautiful work. . If they did nothing else their services would deserve to be consider 2d moat beautiful,abut, as already ex plained, they often take an active part in the actual business of saving lives. It is a fact worth mentioning incidentally that the first life boat ser vice on the Atlantic coast of North America was established by a woman, Dorothea Dix, who built and equip ped a station on Sable Island, off the shores of Nova Sootia.?Rene Baohe, in News and Courier. Cures Blood Poison, Cancer, Ulcers, Eczema, Carbuncles, Etc Medicine Free. If you have offensive pimples or aruptions, ulcers on any part of the body, aching honen or jomtB, falling hair, mucous patches, swollen glands, ikin itches and burns, sore lips or sums, eating, festive sores, sharp, gnawing pains, then you suffer from 3crious blood poison or the begioiogs of deadly ceoocr. You* may be per manently cured by taking Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) made especial ly to cure the worst blood and skin diseases.v It kills the poison, in. the blood thereby giving a healthy blood supply to the affeoted parts, heals Dvery sore or ulcer, even deadly can 3cr, stops all aoheS and pains' and re duces all swellings. Botanic Blood Balm cures ail malignant blood trou bles, Buoh as ulcers, eczema, scrofula, Blood Poison, eanoer, eating 30VCB, itohing skin, pimples, boils, bone pains, swellings, rheumatism, ate. Especially advised for all obsti nate cases that have reached the sec ond, or: .third stage. Costs $1 per large bottle at drug stores. To prove it cures, sample of Blood Balm sent. Tree by writing Blood Balm Co., At lanta Ga. . Describe trouble and free medical advice sent in sealed letter. l?BKFhia is on honest offer?medicine lent at onoe, prepaid. - Sold in An leraon by Orr-Gray Drug Co., Wil lito os Wilhite, and Evans Pharmacy. Is ? Surgeon Excusable? A cablegram from Paris states that the Gazette M?dicale created a sensa tion by maintaining that it is entirely excusable if an absent-minded surgeon se?s up some instrument, bandage or the like in the body of a person opera* ted on. "Five practitioners," adds the oablegram, "are now being sued in Paris Courts for aots of forgetful* ness of that sort." This cablegram was shown yester day to Dr. J. D. Blake, the well known surgeon of the city, who has operated on nearly 300 cases of appen dicitis. "That is an interesting subject," said Dr. Blake, "and I quite under stand how the editor of the Gazette M?dicale should excuse any oversight of that kind?for oversight it is, and nothing more. Similar oases have happeued in this country, although I cannot recall any case of the kind in this city. Any person at all famil iar with the many features of a diffi cult operation can realise how eatiy it is for an operator to make an overs, sight of this kind. And it may not be the operator's fault at all, for he has assistants in the more difficult operations, and one of these may place 9 spoogue iu that part of the body being operated upon, end this sponge may be lapped over or hidden, so that when the opening is being closed the sponge may be overlooked. This over sight will be manifested, although it may take some some time to discover what the real trouble is. I do not think that suoh an oversight could have fatal resultB if the other condi tions were favorable. "The operations in which suoh ac cidents are more likely to occur are those of the ' stomaoh and breast, es pecially of the former. Iu speaking of spocges we generally mean little bundles of gauze which are plaoed in the opening, either to stop the flow of blood or to seperate the infected organs from those free from disease. These sponges arc used only ence and are sterilized before being used. Real sponges are sometimes used, but they are more expensive. There are many ways in which an operator raight over look one of these sponges, so that it would be sewed up in a person's body. It is my custom 'generally to place an instrument at the end of each sponge. The attention of the operator is often divided between the actual work of the operation and the condition of the patient. While looking after the pa tient's condition a bowel may slip over one of these sponges, or h tissue may fold over it, so that it is hid from view, even after a careful examina tion. In the removal of gall stones from the bladder many spongeB are used and it is difficult to keep the fiejd of operation clear. "I have never heard of a case, how ever, where an instrument was sewed up in a person's body, although^ this Bhould not be the most supprising thing in some operations where large tumors are removed. Recently I removed a tumor weighing 49 pounds and yon Ban easily understand what a large uavity that made. Numerous small instruments to stop the flow of blood bad to be used, and one of these might bave been conoealod and afterward sewed up. "With reference to the suit* brought in the Paris Courts I should not imagine that any verdicts will be given .he plaintiffs, unless it can be proven .hat the Operators were incompetent or n?gligent. I think the decision ren iered in this city some time ago, in vhicb $30,000 damages was asked of ,he Hopkins Hospital, would stand in similar suits here. In that case a nan from Virginia was operated on 'or one eondition when another exist :d. The Court instructed the jury to ;he effect that unless the operator iould be proven to have been incom aetent or guilty of negligence no ver lict could be rendered for the plain tiff."?Baltimore Sun. ? Cottonseed oil, eorn oil and lin seed oil, there is good reason to be ieve, will probably have a rival at a lot distant day in edible petroleum >il. As a . matter of faet, petroleum ias been sucoeRafu?ly desulphurized tnd demineralized. Certain other lolidfl'and ingredients have been ex ;r*r.ed from it, and the produotion of i ikkirly good edible , oil has already esulted. t? It is a good thing to love your leighbors. If you don't they, are apt o talk about yon. let the GOLD DUST twins do yOBf *orfc?~ Slave If you will, but If you prefer to make house* ork easy, use GOLD OUST makas noms brighter and care lighter. Ada only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY. Chicago, New York. Botton. SL Louis. Makers of OVAL FAIRY SOAP. Virginia Ulrl Changes Her Mind. | Clarksburg, W. Va., July 21.?Out of the West a youog Lochinvar oame yesterday?not on a horse, but in a buggy, and ho carried away with him the bride-to-be of another man just ten minutes before she was to have plighted her troth. The audaoity of the elopement created consternation and the wedding guests were aghast ami amazed. In all of Randolph County, famed for beautiful women, there is none whose comeliness excels that of Miss ivie Thompson, daughter of Mr. John Thompson, one of the best known cit izens in the State. She had suitors, by the score, and when Philip H. Wolfong won her he was the envy of i all the youog gallants within a hun- | dred miles. The wedding was nti for yesterday ! afternoon at 5 o'clock. The guests were assembled and the bridegroom oame with the venerable clergyman ' who was to make him the happiest man in West Virginia. A few min utes before the appointed hour, and as the guests were looking for the bride and bridesmaids to appear, there was a Budden commotion in front of John Thompson's house. A herse drawing a buggy and driven by;William R. Rennix had stopped there, and the bride, evidently by pre arrangement, ran down the steps, and, plaoing ooo dainty slippered foot on step, sprung into the buggy. The whiplash fell on the horse's back and he started off on a gallop in the direc tion of. the railroad station. Wolfong reached the door in time to see the I buggy turn a bend in the road. Call - I ing to his prospective father-in-law, and mounting a horse as quickly as it I could be saddled, he started in pnr i suit. The rowels were dug .deep in the flanks of the horses, but by the time the pursuers reaohed the station the train was pulling but The-elopers went to Cumberland, and tpday a new license was taken. The beautiful girl who was to have be come Mrs. Wolfong ehanged her name to Mrs. Rennix, and without any ex planation as to the sudden change in Le? affections. Sorry To Lose Marse John. ' John Miller, of Richmond, Va., told some amusing stories of negro character at the last dinner of the New York Southern Society, says an exohaoge. One had to do with the exslaves retained on his father's plan tation after the emancipation procla mation. The elder Miller, a liberal minded man, insisted on giving each of the freed negroes a salary, but ask ed, in return , that each perform his or her assigned duty without fail, just as would be done were they to seek ser vice elsewhere, as they were free to do. To one old fellow, Jouas, was assigned the duty of watering Mr. Miller's sad .die horse three times daily at regular intervals. Several times he neglected the duty, and each time was told by Mr. Miller that they would have to separate if he were not more careful. When next he forgot Mr. Miller said "Jonas, you've had fair notice. Now you and I must part." "Vas, Marse John," replied Jonas, "I'm sorry too I was bohn an' raised here on de plan t ash urn and shall die here. I 'mem bers yo', Marse John, since a baby an' I does hate for to see you go 'way Where's yo' gwiao to, Marse John?' In every town and village may be had, the Mica Axler Grease that makes your horses glad. parents' fi?pvnsiMltty It is the right of every child to be well born, and to the parents it must look for health and happiness. How incon ceivably great is the parents' ^^ v^W^vfl' responsibility, and how important that mkS ^ H no *a-Q^: ?* ^iseas& i3 left in the blood ^1 1 I ^>y^fifi to "e transmitted to the helpless child, entailing the most pitiable suffering, and marking its little body with offen sive sores and eruptions, catarrh of the nose and throat, weak eyes, glandular swellings, brittle bones, white swelling- and deformity. How can parents look upon such little sufferers and not reproach themselves for bringing so much misery into the world? If you have any disease lurking in your system, how can you expect well developed, healthy children ? Cleanse your own blood and build up your health, and you have not only enlarged your capacity for the enjoyment of the pleasures of life, hut have discharged a duty all parents owe to posterity, and made mankind healthier and happier. There is no remedy that so surely reaches deep-seated, stubborn blood troubles as S. S. S. It searches out even hereditary poisons, and remov?s fevery taint from the blood, and builds up the general health. If weaklings are growing up around you, right the wrong by putting them on a course of S. S. S. at once. . It is a purely vegetable medicine, harmless in its effects, and can be taken by both old and young without fear, of any bad results. Write us about your case, and let our physicians advise and help you. This will cost you nothing, and we will also send our book on blood and Skin disease*. Xtsa SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta. Gav. DONT CRY .A.bout Spilt Milk JVti?k another Cow. Wo have a few Bargains in? Pianos and Organs Still on hand, and from July 1st until September 1st we are going to show prices that you have not seen and will not see again. Come look at them. You will certainly be eurpiised hor cheaply and how easily you can now get a Piano. THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE. "MAKE HAT WHILE THE SUN SHINES !" It is very easy to make Hay while the sun shines if yon have A DEERING MO WER and RAKE. THE many advantages the Deering Mower has enables the operator to work it with much more ease than any other machine, and no time lost in go ing around stumps and tree*. This Machine is so constructed that the driver is at no trouble in lowering and raising the cutter bar in passing-stumps and trees. With no effort roarcety he brings the cutter bar to an upright position without stopping the Machine. There are many other Advantages the Deer ing Ideal Mower has that we will show you when you want a Mower. The Pitman Rod of this Mower has only two pieces, while all other Machines have from ten to twenty-five pieces to wear out and be replaced. The Mower is not all in looking up an outfit. It is essential to have a good Rake, and the Deering Rake is the simplest Rake on the market. A comparison of our Rake with other makes will convince any farmer that it is the Rake he needs. The devices for dumping are so constructed that a child can operate it without any assistance. If you are in need of an outfit let us show you our Mower and Rake and he convinced. '.*? t? Now is the time to sow ymr Mtuhble land in Peas and harrow thera in with one of our TORRENT HARROW8. - We are still headquarters tor all lines of Hardwaro, Nails and Wire. BROCK HARDWARE COMPANY, Successors to Brock Brothers. Cores CMera-lnfaDlQu?; Dlarr'^oM.Dyscntery, and tho Bowel Troubles of Children of Any Ago.' Aids Dilution, Regulatta the Bowels, Stitngthcoa. the Child and Makes Or nail ?5 etnf Oo c. u. MOFFKTt/m. d? ?S ?w?^. Costs Osly 25 cents at Druggists, ?ith our baby whea ba . _ Law* It tu owfui la t:?thlac eoOdm tretakaptauareia recoauacndlnjri babrqaUt,_HAHTWELLH. AY&H, (Maajgw Dally Tlmeoind Hf*r4 It, atUi in with Dim tnret CotEM-WAGENER HARDWARE CO., (SUCCESSOR TO C. I?. POPPENHEIM,) 308 KIXG KTKEET,.CHARLESTON, H. C. SHELF HARDWARE A SPECIATTY. - AGENTS FOU Buckeye Mowers, Bri?ley Plows, Oliver Chilled Plows. -. OFFICERS: OEORQE A. WAO EN ER, President. GEORGE Y. COLEMAN, Vice President. I G. BALK, Secretary and Treasurer. Correspondence Nolle!*? d. UP-TO-DATE FURNI T?RE. COFFINS UND CASKETS. -UP-TO-DATE FUNERAL CAR. PEOPLES FURNITURE CO. A great many people have be gun to realize the virtue of Evans Liver and Kidney Pills, And it only takes one to reach the spot. By Mail 25c. EVANS PHARMACY, I ANDERSON, S. C. Fruit Jars. Extra Caps and Rubbers. Come and get your supply while they are cheap. Milk Coolers, Ice Cream Freezers and Fly FanB going fast. Our Stoves and Rangea are the best money can buy. We have them for 88.00 and np, with 27 pieces. Iron King, Ruth, Times and Garland. Drop in and see the Blue Flame Wickless? the ideal Summer Stoves. Our line of Tinware, Woodenware, Enamel Ware, House Furnishings, &c, is complete. Roofing, Guttering, Plumbing a^t Electri cal Wiring. If you want the best CHURN made try a BUCKEYE. ARCHER & NORRI8. Phone No. 261?Hotel Chiquola Block. BLACKSMITH AND WOODWORK SHOPS ! THE undersigned, haviug succeeded to the business of Frank Johnson* & Co., will continue it at the old stand, and solicits the patronage of the public. Repairing and Renainting promptly executed. We make a specialty of "Goodyear," Rubber ?nd Steel Horse Shoeing.. General Blacksmith and Woodwork. Only experienced and skilled workmen employed. We have now ready for sale Home-made, Hand-made Farm Wagons that we especially invite your attention to. We put on Goodyear Rubber Tires. Yours for business, Church Street, Opposite Jail. J. P. TODD. /S. ?'?????k NOW is the time to make a selec jlj tiou of a? j PIA.ISTO! The "Kroeger" is the perfection oi mechanical construction, and for artis tic tone quality has no equal. Don't be talked into paying a fancy price for a cheap instrument, but see me about prices. I can sell you the very best at an exceedingly low price. Pianos, Organs, Sewing Machines. Machine Needles 20c. per dozen. M. Ii. WILLIS, Next. Door tu Peoples Hank. CELEBRATED Acme Paint and Cement Cure, Specially used on Tin Roofs ' and Iron Work of any kind. For sale by? ACME PAINT & CEMENT CO. Reference : F. B. GRAYTON & CO., Druggists, Anderson, S. C.