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A YARN NAILED . Gary's Ch-arge Ag nst C. merr McSweer y DENIED BY CONSTASLES. A Spicy Wind Up ;f the State Cem.aign. Verner ard Col B b. Aldrich. A camps.1gn neeti:g was held on Monday of last week at Batesburg The meeting was featureless excet: for the sharp controversy 1:tween t;ov McSweeney and Mr. Frank B. Gary. Gov. McSweeney tpcke first, at:Q 1 the course of his speech said that tLh only thing that wa= broight up agamst him was the alleged .iun enforcement of the disptsary law. and he dared and detied anyone to bring up any chae.c to show dereiic:ion of duty on his cart or where he had done and thicg that he should not have done. Mr. Gary followed itnmeCiately afte1 and said that he wculd take up the chall, n ;e and that he alleged that Gov McSweeney had not been doing what he should in Colut.ia - ' .Tnt on to say that here was Gov. M!cSweeney boasting of doing as much as could be done and while in Columbia he had been told that there had not been a constable in Columbia in three weeks a:.d that no raids had been made in Columbia in weeks and that it was stated that no constable had been in Columbia in weeks, <xcept to pass through, although it was notorious there were blind tigers in Columbia Then Mr. Gary went on to say he un derstood the constables were out work irg for McSweeney. Gov. McSweeney arose and said: "Mr. Gary, that statement is not cor rect." Mr. Gary went on to say that he had positive info; mation that his statements was correct. Gov. McSweeney said that the state ments were not correct and demanded the proof. Mr. Gary-I can give you the proof. E Gov. McSweeney-I demand the proof. Mr. Gary-Col. John T. Gaston told me so. Gov. McSweeney-I say there is not one word of truth in the statement. Mr. Gary-Mr. W. J. Shelton told me so also. Gov. McSweeney-It is not so, not a word of it. Mr. Gafy thrn went on to ask if things were to be allowed to ru's riot .n Columbia in this way and if the con stables, as be had been iuformfd, were ao be sent off to do work for Gov. Mc Sweeney. When Mr. Gary had coteluded his speech Gov. XnSweeney arose and said to Mr. Gary he hoped he unde2 stood what he had to say. which y as that any inform.ition that he had sent con stables off to work for him was untrue and that whoever said so told a delih erate lie. Mr. Gary asked Gov MeSweeney if he was going to Columbia on the after noon train and he said that he was, whereupon Mr. Gary said he uld bring the parties face to face and said . that he made the statements upon the authority named. GARY FAILED To SPECIFY. The Columbia correspondent of the Florence Daily Times says there was little discussed after the Batesburg meeting except the charges of Gary that McSweeney had used the constab ulary for his campaign purposes. It is well known that the two men en whose authority Gary made the charges are men who are prejudiced against the governor one has no inu aence with any body who knows him, and the othier, John T. Gaston is one of Gary's best friends and backers. .It was thought that the men would be brought face to face with the gover nor the night after the meeting, but Mr. Gary in spite of his challenge, was not in the city that night, nor was there an opportunity given the gover nor to see the men who had given birth to the charge all Wednesday. It is not unlikely that they will refer to this matter again. The constables here have prepared affdavits and statements showing that there has been a number of them here at all times, giving the amount of liquor seized during the campaign, the number of raids and a flat footed denial that they have ever been instructed to use their irnalernee for any man, in fact Chief Barris says that their in structions are always not to meddle with politics, but to confine themselves strictly to their duty. . GARY BACgs DOWN. Tuesday the meeting was at Lsxing ton, and there the matter was brought up again. The usual speeches were made by the rest of the candidates. Gov. McSweeney claimed honesty of purpose in whatever he had done. He wanted his record compared with any other governor. He thanked God there has been no bloodshed. but bet ter feeling. It was absurd to expect him to force true bills. If his admuin istration has been clean, honest and business like he asked support. At Batesburg Mr. Gary took up his Columbia record. Mr. Gary said he did not use his name in what he said. He said he heard the constables were out working for their favorites. He did not use any names. Gov. McSweeney asked if he did not mean him, as he was the only candi date who controlled the constables in any way. Mr. Gary said if the cip fits him he had nothing more to say. Mr. McSweeney went on to say Mr. Patterson and Mr. Gary jumped on him and made attacks on him. He denied every charge and declarci he furnished the proof that there was nothing in the charges. He said Mr. Patterson started out on the campaign with a lot of flimsy charges and he had denied them all and Mr. Patterson had not withdrawn them. VERNER INVOLVES ALDIRICIL. Gov. MeSweeney then wert on to say that while at Waihalla Mr. E E2. Vr ner, editor of the Uconee News, who -'. published the statement about the tigers, cge up to him and said he was *sorry he had published the artlic lott mating McSweeney had patron.ized blind tiger-. out y-aid he did not know the fuli efect. lHe wnt on to eay that to his surprise Mr. Verner said that Col Robert Aldrich had written Litn asking him to republish the article in timating that the governor. Bellinetr and Gunter had patronized "tigers. .tatenent; tiat Col. Al - t hivc made such a reu'lebt tied to drag down others than This was contemptible poli - , I i never } et won rhe whole charze was a stand. r and should have b en withdrawn. Then he went on to say that he had rev. r raid one unkind wori abt any of h:; open-'t \lr. Gary and .\r. Pitterson ha. b:en say ing one thing afttr another and he Lad cmeu'. along and shown that there was notthing in the char2es. II he had been in :Leir plaets he would have wiCt draU the stat u.ts or prOvCn the. le ai.1 it was not shOwing their esaipcity to attack hiui. G1oy Mc =weete :ait Mr t; ry had said what he aid abou! eustables go:ng cut to L t n o applid to hici but he .u'd. >e? for whom it was in Led: 0d: as t., the Columbia matter he. -t!:impy v, .i:ed to present these affi WlHAT THE CONSTABLFS sAY. J. E io :gh says that his home is in Lancater, and that he is a constable, and has b:en in Columbia since August 14; that he has raided every day since he has been in Columbia, except on Sundays; that constables stationed in Co'unbia turrned over to the S ate dis pensary on August 2t), 210 bottl s of over and an expr: ss receipt for fve gal Ions of whiskev, all of which was seized on Saturday, is That therL have ::cni three or more constablest ijolumbia ever since he rs been here;that te has rsteen instjuetvd to do any politi ca' work, but I as 1een to'-i that con "tall s were tn keep q'aiet on politics C instable Eiion -That he has been a constable for two years. and has been in Columbia since July 12. and has continuou-ly ptrformcd duty since that tine; that he has been on a raid every day since ; that thr.e constabes, and frequently mo re, have been, and are now, on duty in Columbia; that h- has ntver received any in-tructions to do political work. Constabulary Clerk W. W. Harris Stsys that there has been a number of constables in Colu-abia throughout Me Sweeney's administration; that there are three there now, even since Chief Bateman has quit work, and receives no pay while in his home county. That cynstables have been instructed not to inteifvre in politics and not to use their ti:ne, which is paid for by the State, for other purposes than the per fornance of official duty. Governor McSwe< ney said it was easy to make charges. As to the statement of .Jake Shelton and Col Gastok, he dared them to make affidavit of what they had told Mr. Gary, for he believed they would not tell such thing under oath. He went on to say affiavits and statements had been presented him about other candidates, but he would not use them as that was not his style of campti{nit-g. and he would rather not have the (ffice than throw m~ud. As to having constables work for him, he renuembered what injury that had done Governor Evans, and he wanted it un derstood that all constables were free to vote and act as they pleased. In concluding he said that the proof of the slandcrs against hini and others ought to be presented or the charges withdrawn. BACKs CLEAN 1DOwN. At the Coliumbia meeting on Wd cesday Goy. McSweeney said when he went into otiice he reduced the consta bulary after consultation ai.h the in tendSants <f towns, who promised their help in enforcing tshe law. Any in sinuation tl.at he isin sympathy with blind tigers or that he has given his constabh s orders not to enforce the law is absolutely without foundation. Hie had tried to enforce the law earn eetly, without friction. so that it would bring about' no bad feeling. No eon stable under his administration had en tered a home or insulted a woman. He had not interferred with othr depart mnents of the administration an~d had not been dietated to by ansbodg. The trouble in Cbarleston is that when war rants are sworn out, the grand jury in every instance has thrown out the in dictments. He had had a better force in Columbia, they had deported them selves honestly and no complaint had ever co-ne to him of their actions. The statement that be has constables work iog for him is absolutely unfounded I'o the contrary, he had-told them to vote for whomsoever they pleased. At Marion Mr. Gary bad said something about Constable Bateman interfering with his speech. Bateman say s that be was there on official business and his record was attacked by Mr. Gary. Gary (notto voce)-Why, I never heard of ths man before. McSweeney continuing said that Mr. Gary was misinformed or misunder stod what was told him when he made that charge at Batesburg. He then read a let ter from Mr. W. W. Harris, clerk at the dispensary, showing that constables hare not quit their work in Columbia, and said that they were warned not to show their hand in this eect ion. He weuld not send 150 con stables to Charleston ".to raise hell." [He did not believs d in coercion and shooting men and women. He was applauded when he said that he wished he could send Pons, the big amist, to the penitentiary for life in stead of giving him a pardon. He was warmly applauded when he concluded. G ary followed McSweeney. He said: As to the Batesburg incident concern ing which so much has been said, he stated that what had happened was merely this: He had innocently said he had heard that the constables had ltt Columbia and were working for their favorite. He did not say that they had been sent, McSweeney got into terrible rage and is yet in a rage over it. Gary repeated that these gen tlemen, Gaston and Shelton, and made these statements to him. They were on the ground now and would prove it. Killed His Family Wednesday night between 10i and 11 o'clock Theodore Wallert, a farmer liv ing near Arrington, Miss., killed his wife and his two step children, a girl 1t6 and a baby, and seriously wounded his 19 year old step son. He then set tire to the barns, destroying the stable with nine horses, corn cribs and a fall hay barn. widow -ear ago Wallert married the idwStarrbows, and for some time they have been having trouble. The wife has b->en trying to get a divorce and keep Wallert from coming to the farm. Wednesday morning, after prac tiengiu hewoods with a revolver, he rturined to the house andi entered by one of the wirndows. His wife was evi dently alarmed by the noise, and she ws killed as she was leaving her bed. The baby was found dead on a lounge, the girl on the ibor of her bed room The second boy is seriously wounded and has been brought to town. It is feared be may die. Wallert fled to the words after the crime and hat not BRYAN A\CCE Fl. t'oXti ~U r: r Hi' ;i i-.x L: 1 the raLk; of the tr.,ler and placed as a thin~f n :,e we o f those who reua'. i: mu-' uein lttger hour4, harci r i rk au'd i-ater sacr'fi:es for t t.. who ,i. aud the farmt-r, while he ,a mi..r- than his share of the ex t ut the army, has no part in arny contracts or in developit.' corn pinies, and his sons are less likely to till the life positions in the artuy than the sons of those who, by reason of wealth or political prominence, exert itifluence at Washingtou. ' Soon after the Republican leaders b'gan to suggst the propriety of a cul ouial policy. the papers published an interview given out frotu San F an cisco by a foreign consul residing at Manila He d(clared that the people of the oitced States owed it to them selves, to othe1 nations and to the Fili pinos to hold the Philippine islands permanently. At the couclusion of the interview there appeared the very sig nificant statement that the gentleman was visiting the United States for the purpose of organizing a company for the development of the Philippine is lands A few days lati r on his way east he gave out another interview in which he explained that rho c.'spanj which he intended to organiz! vwould establish banks at Manila and at other plazcs throughout the Pnilippine is lands and build electric light plants, water plants, street car lines, railroads, factories, etc It seems that the plan of his syndicate was todo all the de veloping and leave all the rest of the American people nothing to do in the matter except to furnish an army suffi cieut to hold the Filipinos in subjec tiin while they were tieing dtveloped. "At the present rate we will spend annually upon the army apprixin.ately half as much as we spsrd for education in the United Sates and this immeuse sum is wrung from the taxpayt ri by systems of taxation which overburden the poor man and und rtax the rich man. In the presence of such an issue as militaryism it is impossible that any Populist should hesitate as to his duty. But even the menace of miritar.ism is but a part of the question of imperial ism. The policy contemplated by the R-publican party nullifies every prin cit le set forth in the declaration of in dependence, strikes a blow at popular government and obs the nation of its moral prestige. Already the more ad vanced supporters of the colonial idea point to the economy of a system of government which entrusts all power to an executive and doss away with the necessity for legislation. The Army and Navy Journal, in its issue of Aug ust 4 comends the English systcm ard declares that as a result of this system a fifth (f the world's area, containing a fourth of its population is ruled with an administration marvel, and adde: 'One million two hundrtd thousand dollars spent in London is the price of administrative order ove the coloniai rule wl ose total budgets aggregate $1, 724 3-4 896 or 50 per cent. mt-re than our total of federa', state, county and vidlge expenditure for every posasible purpose for which taxes are levied [ia conrast to the results of this isystemn of fxeative administration the fact is cued that the American congress has spent an entire winter wrestling w'ith the tariff, the taxition, the adminisira tion and the peraonal rights 'f two lit :le is'an'i. The English execut'ive is ao imp r al c x -eutive The British parliament is an English legislature. To the same sastem we are coming by decree oif cironmatances as inevitable as that of fate. If this be iamperialism make the most of it. So far as citizen ship is concerned the British empire is one, but beyond the limits of the United Kingdom the citizen lives un der a rule of erstntial monarchial a-id not restriced by the constitu ional limits of the parlhamentary system' "Thus dot s imperialism btsar out its supporters' back toward the daik ages ' here is no middle grourd between the Amriern policy and the Europ~ean pol icy. If this nation remains tine to its princicles, its traditions and its his tory, it cannot hold e~lonies If it en ters upon a colonial career, it must re pudiate the doctrine that governments derive their just powers from the con sent of the governed. "-When such an issue is raised there can be only two parties-the party, whatever its name may te, whichi be lieves in a republic, and the party, whatver its name, which believes in an empire; and the influenee of every citizen, is consciously or uncoraciously, intentionally or unintentionally thrown upon one side or the other. "Where the divine right of kings is recognized, the monarch can gra't different~egrees of liberty to different subjects. Ihe people of England can be ruled in one way, the people of Can ada in another, the people of Ireland in another, while the people of india may be governed according to still different forms. But there can be no variety in a re public. The dc>trine of a r epublic differs from the doctrine 'f a monarchy as the day differs from night and be tween the two doctrines there is and ever must be an irresponsible conflict. Queen Victoria has recognized this ne cessary antagonism between the demo eratic and imperial form of government. In proroguing parliament a few days ago she said: "'Believing that the political inde pendence of the republics would be a constant danger to the peace of South Africa. I authorize the annexation of the Orange Free State.' "A republic is always a menace to a monarchy, just as truth is always a menace to error. Self government, b~e ing the natural government, must ne cessarily create dissatisfaction, among the subjects of those governments which build upon some ottier founda tion than thie consent of the governed What the Orange Free State and the Tranvali republics are to South Af rica, our republic is to the world and only our increasing strength and the wide Atlantic have proteceed us from the inextinguishable hostility which must ever exist between those who sup port a throne and those who recognize the citizen as a sovereign. "Every step taken toward imperial ism by this nation meets with pirompt and effective encouragement from Eu rope. Lincoln pointed to the interest which European nations have in the abadontment here of the doctrine of equl rights. lie said: ''The principles of Jefferson are the de fiitions and ax ioms of free society. And yet they are denied and evaded with no imill show of success. One dashingly calls them 'glittering generalities.' Another blunt ly call them self evident lies.' And others insidiously arguo that they ap py to superior races.' Tnese expres sions, differing in form, are iacutical in objet-the supplanting the princi ples of free government and~ restoring those of classification, caste the legiti macy. They would delight a convoca tion of etowned heads plotting against the people. They are the vanguards, the miners and sappers of returning despotism. We must repulse them or "Our opponents .ay that the world would hurh at uo if we should give i-,depcnder.ee to the Fii'.inos Yes, kiDjes would1. laugh, aridoutets would laugh aid those who would laugh would deny the alienable rights if men and despice the humtbler folk who 'along the cool, secquetered vale of life, keep the noise lesa tenor of their way,' but let this nation stand erect and, spurning the bribes of wealth and pow er, show that there is a reality in the principles which we profess; let it show that there is a difference between a republic and a monarchy and the oppressed in every land will see in our flag the hope of their own deliverance and, whether they are bleeding upon the battlefield or groaning beneath a tryant's lash, will aise their eyes to ward heaven and breath a fervent prayer for the safety of our republic." WIND PRESSURE IN TROTTING Secret That flas Been of Great Benefit to Many Very Shrewd Drivers. "Not one man in a hundred, even among professional drivers, seems to ap preciate the importance of taking ad vantage of the wind," said an oldidriver the other day, relates the Chicago In terDcca=,. "I have et..d it. for years, and many's the time it has been worth dol:ars and cents to me in driving a race or in showing a horse to a buyer under the watch. Not long ago a man came here to see a mare in my stable. with a view to buying if she could show a quarter in 35 seconds. The wind hap pened to be blowing good and strong from the west, so I raid to him as I took the mare out on the track for the trial: Ti'll just move her slow through the home stretch here so you can see her way of going, and when I get around' the turn I-:1 step her fast up the back stretch.' Well, it wasn't any trick at all for her to go that quarter with the wind in 33 seconds. Mr. Buyer never tumbled, anc. I got my price for the mare. Now, if I had tried, to show the first quarter down the home stretch, going against the wind, she couldn't have trotted It In 0:33. Another time away back in the first part of April I drove a green trotter a quarter one day In 0:30%- It caused: a big stir, and lots of people who timed the trial saidI was a fool for doing it so early in the sea son. They didn't notice that my horse was going before a stiff wind. I didn't say anything to them, but I say to you that it was easier for that horse to trot that quarter In 0:30/ than it would have been to d.rive him a quarter the other way of the track in 0:36. Yet if he'had trotted over the same ground the other way In 0:36 nobody would have thought It was worth talking about. "I learned to take adrvantage of the wind when I used, to drive races on the kite track at Independence, Ia.," con tinued the trainer. "I remember one time I had' a little soft-hearted mare that couldn't go the last end of a mile to save her neck, and she was entered. in a race against some game horses of greater speed. I thought I would be lucky to get fourth money. One of those prairie winds was sweeping over the kite almost in the faces of the horses as they went away. I happened to get off right behind two of the good ones. They were fighting for the lead and trotted together like a team. Pret ty soon I noticed that, while they ap peared to be laboring, my mare was go lng easily. For a moment I couldn't understand it. Then it struck me that she was in a good position where she was protected fr-om the head wind, which the horses In front of her had to breast. I just let her trail until we got around past the turn, where the wind caught us the other way. Then I turned her loose. The good horses were exhausted' and my little soft-hearted mare stepped right away from them In the race home. I've won many a race by those tactics since then. "By the wa'y, did It ever strike you that the secret of Ed Geers' style of driving a race Is right there In theway he has of protecting his horses from the wind? Geers nearly always drops behind the pole horse, you know, and trails until he strikes the home stretch; sometimes until he is half way down the str'etch. I don't know whether he does it intentionally, but he gets his horse in a position where the at mospheric resistance Is next to noth ing, and there he stays while some body else breasts the wind. To my mind- It accounts for a great deal of Geers' success. Even on a still day a horse trotting a 2:1i8 gait has to plow through what seems like a strong wind4 and a mere gentle breeze seems like a gale when you're going against It. "To go back to the kite track at In dependence, I remember one day when the wind was whistling over the prairie George Starr set out to drive Direct a mile against time. He went down the half in something like 1:031, with the wind, of course, andt lots of folks thought he was going to knock the world's record Into a cocked hat. I don't remember how fast the mile was -not much better than 2:10, though. When he struck the head wind he wited, and before he got to the wire he was so tired that he could! hard'ly put one foot before the other. Hie just. staggered home like a dead one, though no gamer horse was ever foaled. I've seen many another game one do the same." Letters in London. The traveler is interested in getting his letters promptly. At his London hotel there are 15 deliveries a day. He may drop a card in a post box at eight In the morning, get an answer at noon and mail a reply which will get to his friend- before evening. Within the hast three years, whenever the post offce bill has come up in the house of repre sentatives, there has been discussion as to the practicability of the pneumatic dispatch. One might as well discuss the practicability of the telephone. They would smile at such suggestions in London or Paris, where a slight ad dition to the postage will secure a rapid delivery by pneumatic dispatch. An other great convenience in the postal system abroad is the method of paying money orders. One is not obliged to ge a half mile to a branch, or three miles to the central post eince, to get his money. Trhe postman who brings the order brings the money with him. You receipt for it, and that is the end of It. -Forum. Rhode Island Slow to Change. Rhode Island was the last of the original 13 states to enter the uniot' It was the last to abandon the English system of entailing property and con-I firming the suffrage to eldest sons. It was ,the last to allow foreign-born citi zens not holding property to vote. It has held on to traditions and historical precedents with a firm hold.-Chicago Chonice. Gainesville, Sia.. o. d, 1899 Pitts' Antiseptic Invigorator hs" been used in my family and I am per fectly satisfied that it is all, and will do all, you claim for it. Yours truly, A. B. C. Dorsey P. 8.-I am using it now myself. It's doing mue good.-Sold by The Mur ray Drug Co., Columbia, S. C., and all| dnrgists- tf MAN AD MOUSE TRAP. Wreckage Made by an Exciting En counter Between Them in a. Dark Room. "Talk about your peculiar mishaps," said a young man to a New Orleans Times-Democrat reporter, "something happened to our boarding-house the other night that I think is entitled to first money. One of our lodgers is a very fat man, who has a job as book keeper in a wholesale house near the river. Well, he has a room directly un der mine, and lately we have all been bothered more or less by mice. The landlady declared war on them, and for light artillery she bought a lot of small wire traps - those dome shaped affairs with holes around the top for the beasts -o stick their heads into. "The servant put one in ea. h room, and a few evenings ago, wien she was going around baiting the lot, was careless enough to leave the fat man's standing on top of his dresser. He happened to be out attending a sing ing society that night and didn't get home until about one a. m. His room was pitch dark, but he knew there were some matches on the dresser, and, moving cautiously across the floor, he began pawing around for the box. At about the first plunge he made he stuck his fat forefinger into one of the apertures of the mouse trap, and the thing snapped on him like the jaws of a bulldog. "Now, imagine if you can," con tinued the railroad clerk, "how you would feel yourself if you were prowl ing around in a dark room and some unknown monster suddenly nailed you by the finger and hung on. 1 am free to say I would probably have howled just as loudly as the fat man did. He supposed, of course, that the thing that held him was alive, and when he tried to knock it off his hand, en countered the corpses of two mice that had been caught in the other holes before he came in. The touch of their soft, furry bodies confirmed the idea that it was a living creature, and it was then, as he explained after ward, that he tried, to escape to the hall, and got tangled up with the fur niture. "How he came to demolish so many different things in such a short space of time is a mystery, but you know how easy it is to bump into all the articles in a dark room under the most ordinary circumstances, and a fat man with a mouse-trap hanging to his finger would naturally be a great deal more destructive. Any how, it was that first bellow of mortal terror that, awakened me, and the next thing I heard was a succession of frightful crashes mixed with the noise of breaking glass, shuffling feet, torn cloth, falling furniture and ten ply profanity. I could have sworn that my neighbor was having a fight with at least eight burglars, and, needless to say, the whole house was up in a moment. Of course nobody was anxious to go in and get mur dered while that awful row was in progress, but presently it died out, and when we pushed open tne door we found- the bookkeeper sitting in the middle o:5 the room, totally collapsed, with the mouse-trap still hanging to his finger and the floor littered with i.he wreck of all his belongings. "A 50-pound lyddite shell couldn't have produced a more picturesque ruin. Ever since then a desperate ar gument has been in progress as to who is responsible for the damages. The landlady declares the fat man will have to pat' for the smashed fur niture, and he swears by the nine godIs he won't give up a cent. On the contrary, he wants remuneration for his lacerated finger, the shock of his nerves, and the suit of clothes ruined in the battle. I wouldn't be surprised if the case got into the courts with t e mouse-trap as 'Exhibit A.'" From the Resolute's Library. A book taken from the library of the Britishi bark Resolute the day after the Resolute wvas brought into-New London harbor, December 24. 1853, has recent ly been given to the Black-stone memo rial library at Branford, Conn. The Resolute was one of the three ship. sent out in 1850 by the British govern ment in search of Sir John Franklin. In 18,53 the ship was frozen fast in Wellington channel and was aban doned. It drifted more than 1.000 miles In the pack ice and was found in 1855 by Capt. James Budington, of Groton. He was able to put it in order for a voyage, release it from the Ice and to get It to New London. The book has much interest as a meme'nto of an achievement that was widely celebra ted at the tIme, and' generally consid ered to have reflected much credit upon the Connecticut sailor for a dif ficult feat of seamanship.-N. Y. Post. Interesting Old Churches. Some of the most interesting old, churches in the world are said to be located in Yorkshire, England. At Adel, for instance, there is probably the one perfect Norman- church in Eng land, with its lion's head on the door for sanctuary. At Lastingham there is the wonderful church founded by St. Ceadda. which has a hole in the aisle, down which one descends to find one's self in another church acting as the foundation for the eddfice above. At Kirkdale stands the ancient church built by Brand, the priest, which was actually restored some years before the conqueror set foot on British soil. Among the ether numerous rarities In churches which Yorkshire boasts may be mentioned the Saxon frescoes on the wals of the aisle in the parish church at Pickering.-Chicago Chronicle. We11 Trained. Teacher--What do you know of the microbe family? Little Maudie-Please. ma'am, mam ma has forbidden us to gossip about other people's family affairs. - Tit Bits. STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,( L'CAs COUNTY. FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHIENEY & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL L ARS for each and every case of CA TARRII that cannot be cured by HALI.s CATARRH CURE. FR ANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my my presence. tnis 6th day of De cember, A. D. 1886. A. W. GLEASON, SEAL Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter naly, and acts dire etly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHlENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 753. Hall's Family Plq are he best. Csteo Salvador, a stowaway aboard the steamer Southgate, jumped over board when near New Orleans and ei sped. On account of his despcrat e ef rort to escape he is suspected of being THE L Grove's The formula know just what y do not advertise ti their medicine if y Iron and Quinine p form. The Iron malaria out of the Grove's is the Or Chill Tonics are i that Grove's is are not experimer and excellence - only Chill Cure the United States. LAST OF THE CO-CAPITALS. Rhode Island May Try to Do with One Legislative City Only Hereafter. The electors of Rhode Island, the last the states of the country with two leg islative capitals, are at the general No vember election to vote upon a consti tutional amendment abolishing New port as a capital, and making thereaft er Providence the exclusive legislative capital of the state. Originally, a most curious provision for so small a state, Rhode Island had five capitals-New port, South Kingstown, East Green wich, Bristol and Providence. In 1SMt, however, the number was limited to two by constitutional provision, New port and Providence, and the date of the meeting of the legislature was fixed on the first Tuesday of May. Un til a few years ago Connecticut also had two capitals, Hartford and.New Haven, and the legislature met in these two cities alternately until the "joint cap ital" plan was abandoned ajd Hartford is now the only capital of Connecticut. With one capital it is practicable to construct an appropriate state build ing, whereas with two capitals an ob stacle to it is found, and moreover the uncertainty as to the permanence of a capital is a barrier to the establish ment in a city of the interests which a capital ordinarily attracts. By the last census the population of Provi dence was 132,000, while that of New port was but 19,000. Providence has long been the commercial and political capital of the state. It is the chief railroad terminus of the roads con necting various parts of Rhode Island; it. is on the mainland, and the reten tion of Newport, a town of no political importance, as a capital can be de scribed only as an anachronism, which Rhode Island will he the last of the states to do away with-provided, of course, that the constitutional amend, ment submitted to the voters in No vember receives the approval of the requisite three-dfths. Section 13;of the Rhode Island constitution, provides that the general assembly, as the legis lature of that state -is called, may pro pose amendments to the constitution i? a majority of the members elected to each house approve, and' if so, the amendment in the form agreed to is submitted to the voters and "if ap proved by three-fifths of the electors of the state present and voting there on in town and ward meeting" it be comes a part of the constitution. In proportion to its population New port, with appraised property to the value of $35,000,000 to $175,000,000 in Providence, is the richer city of the two, but it owes no part of its pros perity to the capital and, will have no reason for opposing the acceptance of Providence as the official, as it has long been the political, capital of the state. CASHIERED ENGLISH OFFICERS They Find Employment for Their Talents In Central and South America. "The Boer army is said to be fuill of cashiered foreign officers," said an old revenue inspector, chatting at the cus tom house, relates the New Orleans Times-Democrat, "and if such Is the case I would certainly hate to be in that service. The cashiered officer, particularly the cashiered British of ficer, is a nomad of a strange and pe culiar type, like unto nothing else on the globe. In the course of my wan derings up and down I havemet a good many of such unfortunates and they resembled one another to a degree that was really startlng. I suppose the common character of their disgrace and the continual brooding along sim ilar lines was responsible for the fam ily likeness. At any rate they were all morose, gloomy, fatalistic end gener ally martinets. There are a number of exiled Britishers in the Central and South American service, and some of them are fine officers, technically speak ing. but without exception they have made themselves heartily disliked by their associates. "There was formerly -an Englishman in the Colombian army who had been a captain at home and who was unques tionably a military genius. Nobody knew his story and nobody asked any questions. He had charge of the fiel artillery and brought it up to a very high state of efficiency, but he held aloof from everyone and lived the life of a recluse. ne day he was met on the coast looking after a consignment of fixed ammunition, when he happened to encounter a London mining expert who had come over to make a report on some properties. 'Great heavens, Charley' exclaimed the Londoner. "where on earth did you drop from?' The captaia turned white as a ghost. 'I d on't know you, sir,' he said, quietly; 'you mistake me for somebody else,' and he walk-ed off,1leaving the other ap parently paralyzed with amazement. I witnessed the little incident and al ways believed somne strange story lurked behind it, About a month later the captain committed suicide by shooting himself through the head." Leg of Park as Goose. Boil a small leg of pork for an hour, remove the skin and put sage and onion tuffing roundt the knuckle. Roast for an hour and a half to two hours, bast .ing constantly, and during the last half-hour dredge It with two ounces of finely powdered crumbs mixed with a tablespoon of powderedl sage. Serve with good rich gravy and plenty of ap ar1a, Chills a MAKES MAKES LDREN CIt.DREI NoADULTS N*ADULTS AS FAT A AS FAT AS PIG PIGS nI u~ REST PRESCRIPT Tasteless Ch is plainly printed on every Du are taking when you take ieir formula knowing that y ou knew what it contained ut up in correct proportions acts as a tonic while the system. Any reliable druggi -iginal and that all other mitations. An analysis of oth uperior to all others in e ting when you take Groi aving long been establish old throughout the entire No Cure, No Pay. Pric MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. The greater part of standing timber in England is beech to-day. The city of Cleveland is the first to create a department whose sole object is the abatement of the smoke nuis ance. Under favorable conditions of peace the death rate of soldiers is about five in 1,000. The death rate of clergymen is 11 in 1.000. The pearl fishing industry of west ern Australia is of considerable extent, many fine pearls being obtained every year. The average value of each pearl, several thousands of which are ob tained annually, is about $5. Indians are making rapid st-rides in the paths of education. The Chicka saws have five colleges and the Creeks have ten. The Choctaws have no col leges, but have 160 common schools in which the higher branches are taught. The Tennessee state board of health has adopted resolutions declaring tu berculosis a contagious and, infectious disease, and, directing that all inmates of state institutions afflicted with it be isolated in rooms or wards set aside for such patients. J. B. Gaylord, better known as "Ber nie" Gaylord, who died in Iowa recent ly, was one of the best known circus men in the country. He had traveled: around the world nine times and twice took circuses to Australia. He per sonally assisted in the capture of the largest tiger ever taken into captivity. His greatest feat was securing the fa mous white elephant in Siam ands in getting it out of the country after the king had made an edict forbidding Its removal. A curious accident occurred at Boul der, Col. The brake on a tank car loaded with sulphuric acid refused to work, and the car went down a grade. Whistles were blown, and the switch man saw the train In time -to shunt it onto. a side track. The tank car strucke a box car loaded with household goods; the tank car, whicheontained about 4,500 gallons of the acid, slid off the plat form car and was telescoped into the box car. The acid began to escape and ruined the furniture and- made a great pool in the yards temporarily preventing the passing of teams to ob tain freight. The loss amounted to several thousand dollars, says the Rail way Review. Ortman Pays the EXpress Steam Dyeing of every description. Steam, Nap tha, French Dry d chemical cleansing. Bend for our new price list and circular. All work guar anteed or no charge. Ortman's Steam Dye Work 1310 MaIn Street CoLUMBIA, 8 (3 A. L. Ortman, Proprietor Murray's Aromatic Mouth. Wash Whitens the Teeth Cleanses the Mouth Sweetens the Breath The Murray Drug Co., COLUMBIA. S. C. Dissolution. T he firm of Jno S. Reynolds & Co., Print era of Ready Prints to Newspapers, was dissolved by mutual consent on July 1. 1900. JNO. S. R EYNOLDS, JA.S. L. SIMS3. Having purchased the interest of Mr. Jno. 8. Rey no da in the above business I will continue the same on my own account, at Orangeburg, 8. 0., and hope by strict atten tion t~o business to merit a continuance of the patronage heretofore bestowed on the old firm. ____JAS. L. SIMS. Having traneferred to Mr. Jas. L. Sims my interest in the business of Jno. S. Becyn olds & Co., I lake pleasure in asking for him a continuance of the patronage hitherto given the firm. JNL). 8. REYNOLDS. Columbia. 8. C., July 1, 1900. PITTS' ANTISEPTIC iHIGRATOR I Cures La Grippe, dyapepsia, indigeationt and all stomach and bowel troubles colc or cholera morbus, teething troubles with children, kidney troubles, bad blood and all sorts of sores, risings or felons, cuts and burna. It is as good antiseptic, when locally appled, as anything on the market. ryit and you will praise it to other. If your druggist doesn't keep it, write to ~MURRY DRUG COMPANY,' OLUTMDTIA, S C, kip ION IS ill Tonic. bottle-hence you - Grove's. Imitators ou would not buy Grove's contains Lnd is in a Tasteless Quinine drives the it will tell you that so-called Tasteless er chill tonics shows very respect. You re's-its superiority - d. Grove's is the malarial sections of e, Soc. Near Union Depot. Having, formed a - connection -with The ELLIOTT BIN REPIOR ORKS I am now prepared to repair and rebuild cotton gins as thoroughly as the vari ous manufacturers. This branch of the business be under the personal supervision of MR. W. J. ELLIOTT, - who has had fourteen years of practical experience in build ing the Elliot Gin, and who is well known to -most gin users in this State. Now is the Time! Bring Your Gins Before You Need Them! '3OMPLETE GINNING SYSTEMS, EQUIPPED WiTH THE MOST PERFECT PNEUMATIC ELEVATING AND DISTRIBUTING SYS TEMS ON THE MARKET SIYTY EIGHT COMPLETE OUTFITS IN USE IN THIS 'STATE. AND EVERY ONE OF THEM GIV ING ABSOLUTE SATIS FACTION. Highes Grade Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Corn Mills, Brick Machines, Wood Working Machinery,Saws ulleys, ete We offer: Quick delivery, low prices and reasonable teims. V. C. BADH AM 1326 Main St., Columbia, 8 C. L -RH ' STAT OIN OLD OldSreT, Burns, orns, Bunions, Ingrowing Toenails, Inflammatory Rheumatism, Aches and Pains, Chapped Hands and Lips, Erysipelas. It - is something everybody needs. Once used always used. For sale by all druggists and dealers. At wholesale by THE MURRAY DRUG C. - Columbia, S. C. MAGINERT AND APPRINICE&M Ginning Svste'ms Equipped With Tne Mrray Cleaning and Distrihulig Spite. Power Equipments Saw Mill Macbinery Farm and ll Machinery IN GENERAL. S. C. Agents i or Steele's New - South Brick Machinery. Write us for prices on any thing in our line. W. H. Gibbes & Co., 804 Gervais Street, COLUMBIA, S. C. THE L.EDER lIDEED. The New Ball Bearing Domestic Sewing Machine [t Leads in Workmanship, Beauty, Capacity, Strength, Light Running. Every W aman Wante One. Attachments, Needles and Parts for Sewing Machines of all makes. When ordering needles send sample. Price 27c per dozen, postpaid. AgentsWanted in Unoccupied Terri tory. I. L. 8H ULL, 1219 Taylor Street, CML A S. C