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IMMIGRANTS OF LUZON. A Poor Mountain People That Ap. pear Happy and Contented. The Igorrotes livein small hut b~:it in clusters -n the slIopcs of thk mn ::ntains. where they can get th< sun and are sheltered fr,m the col w:nds. Fnr though we -ire iot fai rtim the equaztr, we are ;.ooo feel ahw'e the sea. vwe kr.ow what il is t be cold. The heat of the trop ical sun at midday is very grateful af ter the cold night and the accom panying fog. The children go to school with th< babies tied on their backs. But the3 have little sisters at home, too smal to work in the fields; these will lool after the babies. It is not considere< necessary that the women and girl should be educated: they are to d( the hard work in the fields. Th< babies are always carried on th< backs of the mothers while they work or on the back of an older child It is really wonderful how thest people can go about in the cold o: these mountains absolutely naked We. withour clothes on, feeling cold realize that they do feel the cold, bul have no clothes nor anything to mak< clothes of. All they have is a coars< cotton cloth made in various brighi colors by the Hocano;s of the lowlands for which they exchange their camo tes (sweet po'tatoes) and coffee. Th< men invariably carry a bandala o: this cloth, which they wrap arouni themselves when not exercising. lik< a toga. Irrogote houses are built of spli logs and grass. For warmth an< cooking a fire is built in the middl< of the house on the dirt floor. A night all the family lie around it t< sleep, and from time to time one oi another gets up to replenish the fire There is no chimney and the smoki escapes as best it can through a hol in the roof. In consequence of this many Irro gotes have badly inflamed eyes muc of the time, and their hair and skii become filled with soot. The womer and girls, wth their long hair, suffei especially. Rice and corn hang ox roof beams of the house to dry, an< become perfectly black and filled witl soot. With all the seeming hardships o: these children of the mountains, the] are a very contented and happy lot much more so, I fear. thin many whi have everything they want. Suci things as toys are unknown to thenm The boys, however, make tops an< are skillful in spinning them, with banana fiber for a string. The wo men and girls all carry a musical in strument niade of a piece of bambo< which has one end split; this end the; hit against the palm of the hand, th< other end has holes in it, over wvhicl they place the fingers to vary th sounds. It is crude and weird mus ic, but *they are happy with it, ani at times it does sound cheerful. On' * cannot help but love these people, ir spite of their filth and vermin. Mr. Staunton has a school in the vil lage of La Trinidad, three miles frorr our house, attended by about fifty Ilo .canoes and Igorrotes, of all sizes an< ages, from babies to young men an< women. He holds the school in house put tup for a saloon when th< American soldiers were in La Trini dad. THE CRAFTY PERSIAN. Has His Own Quiet Fun Out of His Western Customers. Washington Post. "'I see that Prof. Gottheil, of Co lumbia university, has sued Charles T. Yerks for $3oo-his fee for th< translation of the inscription of on< of Mr. Yerkes' prayer rugs. Tha1 *is a big fee to ask for the translatior of a single sentence. Still, I hop< that the professor gets his money." As he spoke, the Armenian rug doctor darned a Bokhara rug. He dic not use in this work new yarn; h< used-what was many times mor< coatly--yarn 50 or 6o years old. Ex pert rug doctors always use old yar! in darning, for these, with their sof1 and silky hues, match best the olc rugs they repair. "I have seen inscriptions on Per Sian rugs," said the .\rmenian, "thal I would not translate for S3.ooo.'' H< chuckled. "They are odd chaps some of the rug weavers. The: ,have a sense of humor. When the) kn ow that a rug is to be shipped t( - America. where Plractically nobod) undi~erstands P"cr,'ianl. Iher weave ;iItle j'ke int1 the design sonetimes - Pitt1burg millionaire ordere< tihrtugh our firm a Daghestan rug foi his hallway. Ile specified every de tail of the de,ign and the colors. Th< I wearer in Daghes4an made the rug t< - his measure, as it were. But thi4 t weaver. being an artist, did not Ilk< the millionaire's taste. and he xvov in a lozenge near the top: *So hideous is this rug that it, weaver will not sign his name 'to it as is the custom. A curse on th< Western barbarian of Pittsburg whc compels an artist to debase his art. I "The Pittsburg millionaire wantet us to translate that inscription," saic the Armenian. "but we pretended tha we knew no Persian. '*Some of the Persian rugs sent tc America have poetical inscriptions. s(old one yesterday that said: May a young -girl possess me and may she keep her beauty longe than I keep mine.' Last week a lawyer bought a beau tiful Tabriz rug from us. He didn' know that it was inscribed: "'This rug for a liar and thief. pig ot the west, a drunkard, a robbei t of orphans and widows, a coward.' EVANGELIST WHIPPED BULL) Then Ha*d Him on the Front Bend at the Meeting That Night. Baltimore Sun. t A Methodist minister of this cit, tells the following story about thi late Sam Rozel, the great Virgini; evangelist, who in his day was on t of the best known pulpit orators ii the south. "Sam Rozel was a very big mai and had a wide reputation for physi cal strength. In his college days h< came off the field of combat, usuall, a circumscrbed and secluded area o the campus, wearing the laurel o victory on many occasions, and' afte he became a preacher stories of hi: physical prowess were spread far an near. "One day he went to a village t< hold a protracted meeting. The vil lage blacksmith, who was a very bil man, and who was recognized, spe cially among the tavern habitues, a: a pugilisi wonder, heard about th coming of Rozel, and th villagers di< 1not fail to tell him all they had hear< about the size of the parson's arm an< the length of his legs, and of the conl vincing way he had of closing an ar gument with his fists. "All this nettled the smith consider ably, so when Rozel reached the towr he sought him and asked him t Sfight.. "Rozel, of course, said he did no want to fight; but the smith kept or insisting and finally Rozel became an gry and agreed to gratify the f.ellow "They fought. Rozel literal!: wiped up the ground with the bil man. When he had pounded hin until the poor, vanquished bully wn 1gasping hard Rozel pici'ed him up an threw him over the fence. "The blacksmith had not said word since the affray began up to thi: point. As he rolled over on the othe: side of the fence, however, he calle< out: "'Say, parson, kindly throw mn; horse over too, I'm going away. "But Rozel followed the man t< his home, and had him sitting on front bench at the meeting that sam< night singing louder than any on< else." The Impractical Inventor. "Inventors, with all their originalit; and brilliance. are often naive, child :like and impractical." said Gen. WVal lace F. Randolph, of the. general stafi ot ofthe army. An inventor called on me one da' to talk about an explosive he ha( o riginat ed. Tt is the most powerful explosive the wxorld has ever seen.' he said, 'and it is my idea to send it up in a balloor wvith a lighted fuse attached to it The balloon will be sent over the capofth enemy, the explosive wvili go off. and victory will he ours.' "'Yes.' said 1. 'hut suppose a cur remit of air should h!nwv the bailoor back over .l : it natnv? \\'h at tnhen? Th...eV.' said the :vemtrr. !ayine h is hand a. mvr arm. 'l tell you what it is. general. our army would have tc 191EV TEDFORDS BIACDRAUG THE GREAT FAMILY MEDICINE Thedford's Black-Draught has saved doctors' bills for more than E sixty years. For the common fam ily ailments, such as constipation, indigestion, hard colds, bowel com plaints, chills and fever, bilious ness, headaches and other like complaints no other medicine is necessary. It invigorates and reg ulates the liver, assists dizestion, stimulates action of the kidneys, purifies the blood, and purges the bowels of foul accumulations. It cures liver complaint, indigestion, sour stomach, dizziness, chills, rheumatic pains, sideache, back ache, kidney troubles, constipation, diarrhcea, biliousness, pil, hard colds and headache. E drug gist has Thedford's Black- ught m 25 cent packages and in mam moth size for $1.00. Never accept a substitute. Insist on having the original made by the Chattanooga Meiicine Company. r I believe Thedford's Black.Draught is the best medicine on earth. It is good for any and everything. I have a family of twelve children, and for four years I have kept them on foot and healthy with no doctor but Black Draught. A. J. GRFEN, llewara La. NOMINATIONS RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. I TO MEET THE GRATIFICATION of the people it is announced that the jolly candidate for Railroad Commissioner will be in the race this year-Cansler of Tirzah-the f lame farmer of York and the fox-i f fire of the campaign. PPP. CONGRESS. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for Congress in the - Third Congressional District, and pledge myself to abide the results of the democratic primary and sup port the nominees of the party. I. H. McCalla. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF I a candilate for Congress from the Third District and pledge myself -to abide the rules of the democratic party. WYATT AIKEN SENATOR. IH E REY FANNOUNCE MYSELF as a candidate for the office of State Senator. Subject to the rules -of the Democratic party. COLE. L. BLEASE. 'I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF Sa candidate for the office of 'I iState Senate and pledge myself to abide the rules of the democratic Iparty Arthur Kibler. I REPRESENTATIVES. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF Ia candidate for the Legislature from Newberry county subect to the rules of the Democratic party. A. 3. Gibson.I I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for the Legislature and pledge myself to abide the rules of the Democratic party. J. M. Taylor. HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for the House of Rep resentatives from Newberry county, subject to the rules of the demo cratic primary. John W. Earhardt I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF as a candidate for re-election as a member of the House of Represen tatives from Newberry County.A ISubject to the rules of the Demo cratic party. ELBERT H. AULL. ITAM A CANDIDATE FOR THE I House of Representatives, subject to the rules of the democ'ratic party.: FRED H. DOMINICK. T JHEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF,' aa candid(ate for the House of Re pre2sentatives of South Ca;-olina from Newberry county F. W. HIGGINS.T HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a can(didate for the Hout'e of Repre sentatives from New! *rry county. sIbjeci to the lemocratic primary. WV. H. SANDERS. CLERK OF COURT. HEREBY ANNOUNCE MY self a candidate for re-election to the office of Clerk of Court. Sub ject to the Democratic Primary. JOHN C. GOGGANS. SHERIFF. EING CONSCIOUS OF THE fact that I have discharged the duties of the sheriff's office to the best of my ability, and believing that I have the endorsement of the majority of the people of Newberry county, to this end, Iwould again announce myself a candidate for re-election, subject to the decision of the democratic primary. M. M. BUFORD. HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF1 a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Newberry County. Subject to the Democratic Primary. W. A. HILL. SUPT. OF EDUCATION. HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for the office of Super intendent of Education of Newber ry county. Subject to the rules or the democratic primary. THOS. E. WICKER. HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF1 a candidate for the office of County Superintendent of Education, sub ject to the rules of the democratic primary. G. HOWE LIGON. HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for the office of County Superintendent of Education, sub ject to the rules of the democratic primary. J. S. WHEELER. COUNTY AUDITOR. HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for the office of County Auditor, subject to the democratic primary. L. I. EPTING. HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF as a candidate for re-election to the office of County Auditor, subject to the rules of the Democratic Primary. W. W. CROMER. CORONER. HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for Coroner for New berry county and pledge myself to abide the result of the democratic party. JNO. N. BASS. HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for re-election to the office of Coroner and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democrat ic Primary. F- AIARION LINDSAY, MASTER. V. D. HARDY IS A CANDIDATE for Master and will be grateful to the people of the county for their support. HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF as a candidate for the office of Master for Newberry County, and pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic Primary. J. W. D. JOHNSON. HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF as a candidate for re-election to the office of Master. Subject to rules of the Democratic party. H. H. RIKARD. COUNTY SUPERVISOR. 1. P. COUNTS IS HEREBY AN nounced a candidate for County. Supervisor, subject to the rules of the democratic primary. VOTERS. HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for County Supervisor, Subject to therules of the Dem. cratic Primary. J. Y. FLOYD. NDREW J. LIVINGSTON IS hereby nominated for the office of County Supervisor, subject to the democratic primary election. HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELP a candidate for County Supervisor,. subject to thes rules of the demo cratic party. G. SAM MOORE. HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a caudiidate for County Supervisor, subject to the rules of the demo eratic primiary. T. MONROE WICTKER. I HEREBY ANNOUNCF MYSELF a caiitatesforsh-uervsorfor Newhcrry C -m h..:hict to the re! the iXm *cratic )rimiarv. I II REBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for Sub-Supervisor for Newberry county. subject to the rules of the democratic party. George Burda Boozer. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for Sub-Supervisor for Newberrv county and pledge myself to abide the rules of the democratic party. J. P. Cannon. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for Sub-Supervisor for Newberry county, subject to the rules of the democratic party. Jno. A. Graham. [ HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for the office of sub supervisor for Newberry county and pledge myself to abide the rules of the Democratic party. W. F. Koon. [HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for sub-supervisor for Newberry county and pledge my self to abide the rules of the Dem ocr:tic party. T. B. Leitzsey. [ HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for the office of sub supervisor and pledge myself to abide the rules of the Democratic party. Irby D. Schockley. ! HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a cadidate for the office of Sub Supervisor for Newberry county and pledge myself to abide the rules of the democratic party. JOHN A. C. KIBLER. [HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for Sub-Supervisor for Newberry county and pledge myself to abide the rules and regulations of the democratic party. V. H. WENDT. COUNTY TREASURER. [HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for re-election as Coun ty Treasurer and pledge myself to abide the rules of the Democrati. party. JNO. L. EPPS. [ HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for County Treasurer, subject to the democratic primary. EUG. S. WERTS. MAGISTRATE. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for Magistrate for No. io township and pledge myself to abide the rules of the Democratic party C. L. Wilson. I[HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for Magistrate for No. 1o township, subject to the rules of the democratic party. J. H. Singley. WE, THE CITIZENS OF. TOWN ships Nos. I, 2, and 8, hereby an nounce Chas. B. Tidwell, for the office of Magistrate, and he is pledged to abide the result of the democratic primary. CITIZENS. J. H. CHAPPELL IS HEREBY announced a candidate for re-elec tion as magistrate for Townships Nos. i, 2, and 8, and is pledged to abide the result of the Democratic Primary. [ HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF as a candidate for re-election to the office of Magistrate for No. 3 Township. Subject to the rules of the democratic primary. T. P. ADAMS. [ HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for Magistrate for Township No. ro, subject to the rates of the democratic primary. P.B. ELLESOR. .SOLIN L. GRAHAM IS HEREBY announced a candidate for Magis trate for Township No. 11, subject to the democratic primary. IOHN W. ROPP IS HEREBY AN. nounced a candidate for magistrats for Township No. 7. [ HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELU a candidate for re-election to the of fice of Magistrate for No. 11 town ship and pledge myself to abide the rules of the Democratic Primat. WV. F. SUBER. :HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF a candidate for Magistrate for No. 9 township, subject to the rules oi the democratic party. B. B. HAIR. ['HANKING THE PEOPLE OF No. 3 Township for their support in the past I hereby announce my sf a candidate for Magistrate ip No. 3 township pledgcd to abide the result of the primary, and th' wishes of the people. F. E. Maybin.