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?AM'a HOKM Ifttruinff CftlUnor th? Wle^l *0 ? ? ?? Kopontanoo. - ? DQJifcAH norw l bujra ??uoh for a * at.iusjr mats, ft M Ufoi'tai |3P and iaiprudonco MO ofton twins God KOtts vfcltb ? Wo mau who I* willing to take a hurd placo. ' thoi'O U ?o vlr %tuo In dolnjf vU;lit * ntmply becauao \vo UttTO to. letter be a lamp In tho hotu? thau ii\v to bo A atar tn tho aky. God nmdemaa too if rout to find lit# llfo In tho present mo won I. HOW many times good fortune hnu ' nomo \o ua through our mistakes. - ' Backsliding begin* whan the OhrU .tlnn begins to llvo on stale bread. The" man will l?o well ocoupted whdao first oUn In llfo Is to do God's will, S i>'i Jiviiflt. .y&Lsfln do well, and you will boon l>o ablo to do much botlor. If wo try to please ovorybody, <vo shall soon havo tho roapoci of nobody. 'Tlnio u waatod In trying to nittUo a trottor out of a horso with a broken 1"?. . , :.. ! (Sad neods Qftafols, awul Jeaephu, and Wlljabs to-day, aa much asj l^over .? did. Tho nUu who think* hla ?ln wll) " uxoroi," lind him out baa doccivuil hlin* ..Mil "~?~^Pbo man dloa well., who dies with the cortMotiftnesg that ho has dono hla bwd. ?i* 1 tt depends on who does tbo preach* lug as- fri> Whether tho dovll iloops in church. ~ " ' Not to ?lvo ohoerfully when wo glvo to Qod lp to tako all tho value out of tho gift. Tho man who Jarsr* ^ \v $ jq It that tho win kuowa. ' A IB! I'M 11 DO. r~ An Early TirlfF Revision on Modor jh ato Protection Linos, TRUSTS NOT TO BE FOSTERED, Ilooiprootty /t; ml N HUMotnlllstu??No lioml Ihhuo^ to TftUo Up GroonbuoU# Kxpreaaea HlmioU Frankly, A dinpatoh from TC. V. flwalloy to tU<^ Now York Kvcining Voat, from Oautou, 0., outlinoVsome of tl\o foaturo* of t}$. incoming MoKiuloy adm^niRtiivtion. It ?aya: "Tho President ol^Ht haa olcav and ponitivo viowe on all qtWtiona of national flnanco and ho oxpr(\*eon thorn frankly to oallore who bring uplho sub* Jooi. It muut ho n roliof to hijn to *?'? ooivo a cajlcr now and thon vrbp wants to disouaa measures Infitoad fif men. At all evonta ho soonis to bo if possible a triflo moro cordial toward auoh oailors than tjiward tho Kolf-?ookihg majovll#. "Tho viowa of Major AloKinloy ou financial quo?tioua will no doubt bo ?harod by all the mombori of hiB cabi net. Thero will thus bo a dollnito and positive adininiatration polioy, whioh will, 'bo rooommondod to Congveea, known to oxpreaa the opinions of tho tiaw Proaident and hia eonatltutiona^ advisora. This polioy might bo formal* ly stated a? follows ; "1. An immediate revision of the tar ilYou moderate protection lines. No oxtromoly high dutioa thut might foe tax trust* or defoat tho purpose of obtain* ing adequate rpvonuo to pay tho 4x ponaea oi tho govormnent. "jJ. Tho restoration of thorooinrooiVv trofttias of tho Harrison - ndminfctra iion. "8. Tho mftluttuanoo of all kind* ol ?onoy at a parity with gold. "4. Effort! toward international bi motallism. in fulfil mont of tho plodg< nf fl)A Sif i.._ . .. ... ZAeriu finds ft loft for never Tbo .man. who lonCo wh<m ho should boat work will bnvft to work when ho might rest. -Zs*? <r ' Many peeplo^Avflnt to movo moun tains nlmply to attract attention to themselves. Tho man who spends his life In try lag to make this world lllto heaven dooa godllko work, ' ? i Tho man wbn always does ItJu best wjHA find ft steady demand for tbo 'thjn&a that ho can do. Holomon's. wisdom didn't oount for muaty after Pharaoh's daughter found a-plrico in hla hearty Who knows how much angels are disappointed when a preacher falls to . do bis prayerful best? ? ~i Many n man 1b screening gravel, who rtttlght bo dressing dlnmonds, bad ho properly Improvod his time. v If the. devil loves hla own ho must bo dclight/itf with tho man wbo says moan things In an anonymous letter. Hpohtaiiooas ComouBttori. Tho Iowa Dairy Mut,nal l\>o Insur ance Company baa Issued a circular containing the following on spontano ous combustion': "Sawdust In lcohntisoa > Jtr ?3Cl f-lgn I ta bl o, caused by spontaneous com bunion in hot weatboi\ lu owler to^vold a flro from above oauso tbo -CHiW44Mst iuOiil^ iiOt bu uliOVfcu iv.piie r:U'p.'"6WirTdX^ eft1 fitfe Ibehea on top of the lce^^ho surplus should Ue romov ?d njadfkfcpt out of the Icehouse. Where - tb<T sawdust la allowed to aceumttUte cm top of' your tee It will eeustfme the ico. It should have dally carp doting the bot weather." Aoelfnt CofTa# Houses. Burton, bi his "Anatomy of Melatv eholy," 1021, apeaks ef Turkish coffee houses. In 1032 Sir Henry BlaUnt, who wrote a book of travels In the Levant, mentions Turkish eoffoo with praise. Evelyn describes drlnklug a at oolloge In tbo rooms of a Levant friend, .and Antony Wood tells that In 10CQ (ton yenrs beforo the restoration) a Levant Hebrew opened a coffee house at Ox ford. m Carelessness. Much of tbo food glvon to animals Is wasted In the careless manner In which it Is handled, bay being thrown Into looao ranks or narrow troughs, or aron v.n the floor of the stalls In excess of ?tbo actual requirements, a portion be ing trampled. A saving cau also be made In grlndlug the grain during the iWlntcr when labor li not so high, and It will consequently bo moro dlgostlble. V Tn the language of the prlze?rlng, let /Fpnln whip Culm beforo sho tries to get /into our class. C'KKXMRVIM.W. K.VJ. , Alrtrob e, ISM. ? "1 cnclnio twii aollATM 10 B?t ?oin? of yonr Tf.TrsatN k. It It** <1on? wonder* on thro? t>cr*ona to whom 1 hart Riven a itttl? of m# euppiv. Tn?f w?re radically ?ur?a of eVWroa.? Your? re>pj<t'ttljv, _ lUv. C. P. OABor?*. . 1 bo* l>y mnil for 60o. In ? J. 1\ SnUFTaiNK. Savannah, Oa. ?Mra, Wlrva^w'fl Hootning Myrtip for chlMrat tcottilne, aofletui thn (tum?, r?<\ucMi In Aainro* ItOB. allsya Datn. curM wind cnMc. tyc. a bottl* JJnormons artimsto inorassoarmamonts aro to bo a?ke.1iof Tarliauiunts throughout Ooa* ILni'iital EtilofH", H you lure'lrJSH Dobbin*' noktloR-norM Bo?p foo h?*a4**tffcwlu> itM> U aU tlia tiaia. If yoo trlfl It you c*? It to ronrwlf to A > ?o. . Your rr<X)V liM U or will **i 1*. I* aura that Viappacsavaprlatad la xtd. p tun i*AcinaWiLh0AD?. it?p? Will Shortly Be T*Hen to If? ov4~ QlfMb Government Wortgagos. The rmldent has had' aevoral coa? ferencea of late with tho Attorney Gen* oral, the tfaeretary of tho Intorior and the Beoretary of the Treasury, with ft view to ?;>?edy aotion for til* adjust ment of Uio obligation? of the Paqifle railroads to tho government. It is said to be nettled that steps will shortly be taken fov the foreclosure of the govern* mont's mortgage oil those roads unless Congrosa shall make other provision for tne settlement of the question at its greaout session, says the Washington with the amount ^yeady jwatwr ^inoW than ^1^,001),' 000" of the subui .bonds issued On behalf of the Union pao flo Hat, ftnd more than .80,000, OOP of similar bonds issued in aid of the S antral Pooifto road will have fallen ue and been paid or must bo paid on or bofore tho l?t of January . next. Without any referenoe to,, tho applica tion of the sinking fund now in treas ury, this state of affaire will, in the opinion of the President, "oreate such a dofault on the part of these compa nies to the government as will givo it the right to at onca institute proceed* ings in foreclosing iu mortgage lion." " Jh 'additloii to the above indebted ness, maturing January 1st next, thoro will mature thereafter bv January lot. ltfuV, the remaining principal of stion lubaldy bonds, whioh must also bo met ky il. - i C|<1 at aro .. ?81,000,000 on account of tho Control raoifle company. The President'? position on this sub ject is stated in his last annual report to Congress. A plan for the funding of this in Indebtedness i.? now under consideration in both houses of Congress. It was formulated by the Paoiflo railroads oom mittee and provides genorally that tho debt of the Paoiflo railroads now due shall be paid in installments, bearing two per cent, interest, extending over a poriod of about fifty years. The lloiifle of Itvpresontativon lias eot aside January 7th., 6th and Mh for the con sideration of this measure. Ponding "o. uraauat rotlvomout ox the aoswjeni buoks. as sofm as tho goYornmont ban rt surplus of rovonuo to apply to this put* oono and eomo othor form of eurrtpoy, bank or metallic, can bo. substituted for thorn, No now issua of bonds will bo fayorod for tho purpose of taklnguptho greenbacks. Possibly Homo plan may uo auggouted for a virtual rotiromont of a, considerable part of the greenbacks and Troasury notos by .thoir use as a part of tho bank loserves; this with a view of strengthening the gold basis of the ourrouoy. ?'0. An enlargement of the national batiking system to enable independent bauke or unmohes of oitv banks to ba oarried on iuSmall towns. This might lower tho intorost rate in tho country dietriots aud tond to losson tho presont oentripetal tendonoy of money towards the largo oitles. "?. Eoonomy in government expen ditures to correspond with tho ocono raies enforced in all othor lino# of busi ness by the condition of the times. Kptdemle Of fiuiotdcs linst Toat\ There was quite * n epidemio of sui oides last year, the total nunber being 0,820. as comparad with A,7b0 in 189A, 4,018 in 1804, 4,4flrt in 1898, 0.800 in 1893, 8,681 in 1801 and 8,040 in 18i>0. The total shows a stoady inorosso in t ho unfortunato crime of self-murder. Of this numbor 0,087 wore malos and 1,44a female#, the proportion of about four to One being steadily maintained year by year. Among professional men. physf- , oians still leaa tho mournful list, forty- J sovon having taken thoir lives, as com-, pared with lifty-niue iu 1895 ami forty* live ift 1804. President ICmrrit up for Ltfo. Oen. O. W. O. Loo, son of Ooa. Bobert E. Lee, President of Washing ton and Lee University, Lexington, Va. , einoe his father's death, iu 1870, has resigned that position to tako of feot July 1. Continuod ill health has forced him to take tho step. He has been appointed president emeritus for life, anu will give as rnuoh of his timo to the University's intorest a? his health will permit. Slashing Wages. The employes . of the/illi^oie Steel Company at Chicago have boon notirted that their wages would bo cut Feb. 1. The amount of roductions hw not as yet boon agreed upno. but it. i? general ly believed that it will be about 30 por cent. President Gales eays it is the result of poor business. A Traitor on Board. The latest about the ill-fated flllibun terer "Commodore," which weni down off the coast of Florida, is that ouo oi the crew was killed and fifteen were lost in attempting to reaoh land, lt is olaimed that a traitor was on board and that he scuttled her and then tam pered with the flumps. Getting' Ready fchrlOOO. The Progressive Pomocratic Club of New York, h*9 dcoidod to work for the nomination yot William J. Bryan for President f<r 1000. Tho olub line is sued invitations to all Democratic or ganizations in the North to attond a convention to bo hold this month. Ten Thousand Appllennfa. It is estimated that the extension of the civil service rules leovos at the President's disposal only 1,700 places in the dopavtmonte and only fi8 oonsn ?lat#s> \Tnoro are already at lea*t. 10,000 applicants for theso placos, with the 4th of March yet a, great way off. Ten Thousand Miners Strike. A diepatch from Maseillon, O., says the employes of ttfo mines ii* that dis trict, abtfut 8,000 men, have struck on account of tho reduction intho priftp of piok mining from 0J toNU cents por ton. imm ' iwvst yee*,e Sf n tder Record ?? The total number of murders Jbom mitted dnrinc the year 19M a small lncfea^e ovCf 1 893. twin# W,W. A* compared with 10,600 in -lttML ?,800 in 1894. 6,?15 in 1899, 0,794 in 1 m, V 900 fcl891 nnd 4,090 to 1300. (Kraft Was Too Much. Hammond/ laU second vice , of ?? aollaiwit NMUmM Uliaoi* commitUd nidi* kllOtl 01 JOklHmuou UU una j?ot at till likoly that tlio I'roSn'A.oift^esHary to take any itmoeuuilo'1 ui? utatod that ho deftiron to IjaTcvit* tlo'cl boforo the end of 1 that If he oonoludoB that reaftonable prospect of rem tion at this eeAston of this ^rill o?rtaiuly direct the i foreoloeuro proceedings railroad comuauios. v - ?? H?? ?? ? II I Kil.l.J The Wook's Happenings at (lather* ed. From Various Sources. 4 ?*??.??> THE NOISES AT NINETY-SIX. jftnte ItuUrodft Commission Boport? Coufedernto Veterans Form nDJvIc lou?-lns>uie Hospital ftxpensos >/ ? ? r Henry J. Kinard, writing from Nine iy-Six to th* O<ttobia Register." Hm the following to pay about "tho noisea" at the -above place: . ' 'Mlnoe t wrote about tho explosive uoUoa beard below bora no material changes arc reported yot. One explosion wan so loud and tremendous that it was board by Borne dUizons in this town and board muoh fiirthor round than common and a very marked vibration of tho onvth followed. Tboro 1b one tiling that makoB tl\6 noises board now dTlfovont from what they.woio ' bafure tho August earthquako; thoy aro nearly always followed by a rumbling or roaring noiao which onabloa one to oonreo tho report bettor. .Of oourso, tho vibrating is almost simultaneous with the roaring Bound. Terpous hard of hearing can diitlnotly hear tho roaring noise nftei each explosion. Tbeso oxplosions como at midnight, and during tho dark hours just before day doom a littlo out of plao#. They seem to oonform to no eyetem of proooduro. Binoe i wroto in? previous tu liulu letters from tho lower part ef the State report slight earthquake shocks. Tlxoro aro douut-, less uiuturbanoos iu tho earth tljaf oause these huge pieces of earth tq,dtop oft and fall with auoh roaults. Ttfwhat extent these disturbances will go no oue knows, but I can't bjjt Vbollove, as the great August earthquake was so olosoly connected with theBo noisos bo* fore, that sirhilpr results will likely fol low this time- Tho slight shocks al ready reported seom to prove that they are olosoly connootod. l? nonius strange that no scientist attompts to examine or give a oauso for theso disturbances, ? We have college prosidents and pro 'j^BBorsin our Btato, have they no tlioo fvw!r? ftbero is no doubt as to the aS;.?i uJ;.u *vl theso ocounoncos. Ho, netitution of ouk' t? Against the ? _ Btato Railroad Coiumls TIIR MO^'TH OF J A.M.' A It Y. A GIhtioc nt. (ho P'lgu?ri>3 fur fho I'rtRt T\ve?(y?Stx Yniih. Tli 6 United 8tfttpn "Weather bureau at CbAi'loston furniahof) the followiug data, covering a period of 53U years, compiled from the weathor bureau roo ordfi at Clmrlostqu for tho month of Jnnuavy: ?> ' Tomperature ?Moan o & Normal tem perature, 50. Tho warmest month was that of 1 8D0, with nil avorago of GV. rJ lie ooldont month was that of 18S0, with average of 40. Tho highest tem era tare wan 80, oft Jan. SO, 18 <D. Iho lowost lomp'oratnre was 10, on ,Tan. ll 1887. Arorago dato on which first "killing'' froHt occurred in autumn,' Nov. U7. Average dato on which laai "killing" froRl occurred in spring, March W. Precipitation (rain and melted snow) -Average for tho mouth, <1.00 inches. Average number of doj'sjwrith .01 of uh inch oi- nunc, ljs"T]io greatest, amount of precipitation rocorded in any 24 con Kooutivo hou/B wn? 8. l?8 inches on .It p. 1 and 9. 1884. rl ho greatest amount of nnowfall recorded in any 91 consecutive hours (record extending to winter of 1384:85 only) was l.y Inches on Jan. 18, 18M. Cloude and weather -Avorago num ber of elca1- dn.vs, U; partly cloudy days, (9: olo'udydays, 10. Wind- -Tho provaijing wind? havo been from tho north, 17 per eontum. Tho highest velocity of tho wind was 'l'J miles, from the oast, on Jan. 80, 1878. Homo Humor* of Morrtnico, Scarcely n woelt passes without bring ing new* f.f kwino couple who havo found It necessary to emigrate tem porarily genernlly Into Wisconsin, but sometimes Into Indiana, Lu order to get married. It la ono of the curiosities of tho law \tbat In ono and Die same blace?here In Iltfhols, for example ? It arrays all sorts of <11 HI cutties about tho process of get ting married, while leaving tho way to rcltlag unmarried comparatively unob i tructed. i. >? iteofrp a youthful couple who sigh profoundly for an opportunity to be come disanchsnlcd with each other can enter upon the disenchanting process they must, If of less than a certain ago, got th? consent, of their parents and comply with certain conditions about llccuse or banns, and all this at the cost of some money and trouble and embar rassment. It's nil woll enough. The hwv ought to fUnnd guard over mar riages, only It might well lako mora pains to ceo that they are prudent. It does nothing tn that way now. Hut It pn.rs no much rogard to the prejudices and obstinacy of certain pc'rtplo who are not directly concerned at all as to drive tho Industry out of the fctalo luto com munities where tho theory seems to?l>o that marriage concerns nobody but the contracting pair. Tho oddest part of tho whole afTaTr^s that paronlo should persist In the obsm lefo notion that they have a right to say something about It. They ought to have learned by this tlmo that thore aro some things which wo can do for others and some things which each ono of us can do for himself or herself alone, They ought to have found out that'll Is no more possible for them to cbooso or rejsct a wlfo or a husband for their sen or daughter than it is possible for them to digest the dinner that eon or daughter may eat. As to linviog thMr cdnsohl asked or boing consulted about the matter In ad vance. why? that's preposterous. They "ITTflmtrbtr grntrfnt if leayn-about M In time to provide for themselves proper wedding garments.? Chicago Chronicle. WEEKLY NEWS BUDGET, Southern Pencil Pointer#, Tito 60th flefcoiAl Assembly of Ten* ncfcfuo Is in session. ' Tho rao?t imnortf arit work to come before thftt body the iirst week its the oon?ideration of tho oontost tiled by 0. N?. Tilhnfttti.jRo* y^iblicaa candidate for governor, i Floyd Estill, of Winchester, Tenn., has boon Appointed circuit Judge of the Fourth oiroui.t by Govornor Ttirney to fill out tho unoxpirod torin of <Tohn A, Moon, olocted to OongiOB* frbro the Third district, Nino oar -loads of Italians. dlroot from Italy, paused through uharlotte? N. C.? last week eunmte.to AJrkMW- , (In tho noxt thirty day# there will be hold in Florida thro.Q conventions H Arbor J>0fonse, Tobaooo Orowfl' and National Good iioads Congress. ? Nashvillo Tenn:. has rooontly expor ioneod a gouo.oou tiro. Insurance about hall. { .Am&ng tbo 4-9 fourth -olAsa post orders to bo advancod to Presidential on January let, aro Laurinburg iand Warronton, N. 0. Hereafter tho steamers of the Clyde Lino will discontinue calling at Wil mington, N; O.i'on trips south and will ' malco Charleston and Jaoksonvillo their porta of on try. Governor Bradloy, Kentucky, lias i? suod a proclamation offering wL\W, for tho arrost ly^TwrnvJotion of each, any or all. of tho Gwonsboro raob thf\t lynoh? ed.tjhp negrp Holt, The Commercial Bank, of ftolma.Ala , has 'failod. The Commercial was es? tablishod in 1880 and has a paid up capitel of 8800,000, undivided profits of $?0,000. Coo. A. Wilkinst the vice .president, has oommittod suicide. . 'kA. II. r?rvianoe. Bud Newman, Frank Cable end l;. M. SliAokloforu bavo hoon arretted for holding up tho Southern l'aoitlo pa?songor train at Comstock, Tox. Town Marshall Frank Hugotte. of Ilolontvood. Tenn., shot and killed Lewis Pomborton/whoin ho was arrest ing, and .Tames Pcraborton, the father, who interfered. A farmer in Webster county. W. Va , paturntod a hog with koroseno to olonribo him. Tho animal accidentally/' booamo ignitod and set tiro to tl\e bayii and houso, both of which wore de stroy od. . ^ V. Caul. C. Ji. iilood, of 'iVinnessoe, who i acted as drill master for tho raw insur gent troops under Gomez, has just re gion . ?(j {n jjjj homo. jj0 brings back The anuual report of the iaji road commission was mft^e publio lft week. The Uble giv?? the &i the statement of tho operations of all . AM roads of the State for tho p? >fc H it afford. ? ? ?^tn?.felyi Only two roads in the Htato sno^r ? S.te^s&.sss" ooi) This lt)ftvo3 ft defloifc 01 fK Included in the oxpouseao uhi however, was the amount of ??Xn 7')8 u, M(,?nded on maintonenoo ft,3 atnusture*. in Other *??", this sum, largor than that of auy othe rlli'l hai beon applied to permanent U^r.V?3?;?"v and Pn.Mng.on had ? total income ol PW.08&BJ. ^Ik ^g totftl oxpouses were 322, maiung * U^fo Southern railway linos oamo out ?f tho vonr with n not ll,como of ?14 n; which was loft, after doduoUng $80,l(V7.6tf in taxes a? wo.l an all l?it io thus f.con that tboro very marked improvement in aiUon Of the railroad business m Spnth Carolina during tho past year. Confederate Votornnn Form n TMvIbIou Tbo organization of a 8tato di^ion of tho Sons of Confederate Veterans was accomplished in Columbia la?t week Thero lmve boen but few cww< organised in tho Bloto, and conBcjflwit ly there wore but few pre^m.b'jtUu vouny gentlemen Boetnod detei n"n?c I ,m.h U>o ?,^olznuon. *h. go* XT in the K.ndiil building, end representatives were pvcBent roni Camps Moultrio, Charleston j , vj all ace, Fdgcfiold; Maxoy Or egg, Oolumbm 0 Seal, Greenville; J tampion, Mt Pleasant; Humphrey, Andeieou. Mr "U A, Smith, of Charleston, maa macU < imnorarv chairmau, ana 1 rofcssoi euel of Charleston, was elected Mmj o. General of the division, and ho will np no tut tho Brigadier (ionorala. h? Fliom will Hecido on the time and ploc< for holding tho next, annual meeting. ? * insane Hospital Expend. povt^'^hev^'^a^th^'e^taliituvo fo) - (H)0 to pav interest, on tho \> allac? 'tsssar.iaasM tftiaettuggiS offlcors of tho asylum state that vnej ,w ill barely como out even. ( K > CI over nor Evans has offered a rewarc of'?l()(i for the capture and delivery t< the hboriff of Orangeburg county o. Hope Williams, tho negro v?ho kille< lpd J). Bmitb, a white maa, neat I <>? Motto. ? AdiolH.it 0 oneral Watts received a re v having special aphtu^for OTimira UCTViCO! Il? K< I'W; \f' V "Robert eon, T, 9- MoonttWi Of, n* ? TMftine. The first three are the moet distiogtiiaUW. "))g The Citadel trustees met in Columbia iou? for repairs, futures, etc., W^rfrle^gry ??* Mi " . " t . ? *? 1 v letter sitMtf tv wmr'traoir wrtiwa Bjf M eximo Monne^ . *)?? Cuban leader, to Gen. Caiapoa offering terms Of peaoe, - Tlit President ? h?a- Amended. .Ihs civil eeprtk* ralee 00 as toindnde in thirtervieftallemployeeof ^gov ernment penitentiary in the AUnh?d HUtes who ere subject to. <lMrino?ftte?. .. .. ? The Ad*** Kxprw Company will ceediog the United 81 paay OA thai ayeUm. f ll6 WivftV/iig iiuui CftfuWUI Woylor is ? nativo of Ohio and a- sou of parents of Gorman origin His father ib at present ji farmer m tho Buckeye. SVate. ? At Los Angolea, C'al., some weeks ago the polico and whorilf receivod no tico to look out for J. P. Folk, eon of a prominent South Carolina farmer, who 10 wauled in Abilono Toxas. for alleged forgery: The police got traok of iho young follow at North Pomona, follow ed him to India, and lodged him in jail fclioro. " . , - ... ? ? AH About tho North. a toll-gate war in bavin ;iinton con prominent f for chopping down the gates. The at They are having a toll-gi Clinton county, Tnd., and nromiuenfc farmers havo been nd. , anifl forty-four arrested gates wore" mado openly, during the day. /-^ Haxon S. Piugreo haij been inaugu rated govornor of Michigan., * Tho warm weather will prevent the usual ico palace carnival at St. Paul, Minn., this winter. - It is uaid that farmers in Northern Indiana rather than boar tho expense of feeding horses 0 t ugh the winter have killed Them and -posed of their oar casees to fertilizing faotorios. . Frank S. Black, the new Republican Govornoi of Now York, has been inau gurated at Albany. Tho Ohio Miners, in State Convon J^on, doclavo that thoy will not ac cept less than 70 cents per ton for 18?!7. At Sully. Iotva. a *mall town near Newton, robbers looted tho State Bank. Tt'is reported the robbers ontered the bank, blew the safe and carried away ao amount of cash estimated at from $3,000 to $20,000. A Twenty-6ovon foreign stoamor?<'wef;e . in the port of Baltimore rocently. They have a capacity of 100,000 tons, and form probably the largest foreign fleet ever gathered in that harbor. Maryland has fallen into line with 8evoraV>ther States in the matter of institutes for the education of the farmors. Tho work is to begin this wintor with a Legislative appropriation of &J,000, which is regarded as sulfi oient to provide for the holding of one or moro institutes in eaoh county in the State. "n ... l; At Lancaster, Pcffrtf^be lien son. one of tho members of V(he gang of thieves and outlaws who reside on the Wolsh Mountains was shot and killed by his step-brother, Jerry Green, who is also a noted criminal and member of tho same gang. f, rl uni miscellaneous. King Humbert, of Italy, is ill. fifty- two 'here aro fifty-two paaitentia and over 17,000 Jails in the united States, It cost $600,000,000 to build them. Over 000,000 persons were incarcerated in tho year 1898. The oriminal expense to tho oountry is not lees than 8100,000,000 annually. Col. J. Courtney Hixson, Jlpited States Consul at Foo-Chow, Chirijt, is enjoying a brief vacation in Washing ton, tho first slnoo his appointment^ threo yfcars ago. The directors of the American To bacco Company hai'e declared dividends of fl per cent, on " the preferrod stock and 8 per cent, on the common stock. A mild sensation has been created aft "loifo. _ m troir to *twi? otff. Jfllt t bottl* ??eojK?mo8 watw g1*M a rlna and tot ft atan ? twenty-lour boowi ? ?cdlmout or miiHur ladloiti* ? dlseaaed ooi> dltlon of th?? i^tnoya. .,-vfhen orlno ftta|n linen it la po*ltl ve erldoneoof kidney trouM? Too frequent dealro to urinate or pain In th baekiaaleo eonvluoJa# proof tbftt the kia ? uky* aud biaclfior are out of order. tVIIAT TO DO. There la eemfort In the knowle l?i ao Often ?xprwwo'l, that Dr. Kilmer'a Bwarap?Hoot, the #roat kidney remedy, fulfill* every wlah in relieving pain la tho baok, kidneya, liver, bladder nod every part ef tho urinary pia ?axe*. Jt correct# inability to hold urln and aoaldlng pain In pa?ln? It, or bad offoctf following u?a of llqoo?, wlno of boor, nnd overcome tbnt unpleaat it neueaaitv of boln-. eompelled to get tip mdny tlmea during tb< ?i?:tt to urinate. Tho mild and the extraor dinary effort of 8wnmp-Jloot loaoou reallKOvl. It aianda tho highest for Its wonderful curo. 6t the moat distressing cosf*#. Hold by drug gl^te, price fifty cent! end one dollar. For a 'ample bottle and pamphlet, both aont free by mall, mention this pastor and aend your full poatoftloe addroM to Dr. Kilmer A Co. Uinsflmmton. N. ?. Tho proprietors of this pnporgunrnnteetho gom)lnon??aof thlioffor. SaafaeM CtePftOltrfc Cured , by local application#, m they oenuot react* th? diseased i>ortl?n o t the ear. There <a only one way to vitro deafness, and that In by oonatitu tionnt remedied D^\fne?a i? caused by an in (lamed condition o t tho muepne lining ot th? Kuetaphtau Tube. When tola tube gota in, flamed you Itave a rambling aound or imper foot hearing, and wu<;n it in entirely oh;avd Deafneaa is (lie result, end unleaa the inflam mation o.ia be t?k n out and this tube re stored to t * normal cmdltton, bearing will bp ded roved forever. Nine ca/?ee out often are eauwj by qttarrh, which la nothing bat an in* flamed condition of the muooua aurfeCee? ?\ o will give One Hundred Do l*re for any of .Oenfne** (caused by wu?M thst can not bi? cured by liaire Catarrh Core. Bend for Circulars, free. J- Onjww A Co., Toledo, 0. P WwtK; IflTBslopited ireesnu permAnfintlyoured. No fit a nftei- flr/st day's u*e or Dn. Ki.iwa'a Ohbat NititVulUmrouicu. FreeMirinlbolUandir.nU. tec, Send to Dr. Kline, tSl Arch St.; rbll*. i'a. i 1 "WiUto* Bnkcr Co.. of porcheator, MftW., C. 8. A., have nivon yenra or mn ly io the aklu ftil pre i unit Ion of- oo<5(>^ *'>d ehocolaic, And lluvo duviacd machinery and system* |UOU iar l|) tholr met Diids of I rem mont, whereby tis? mirlty, p-vlutulilllty und hlyliost nutrient oIihi ^ut?'rIsUca nre retain. d.v Their preparations /imknown tito woiitl over, end hiv? received tho J>!Klieat indoreomntits' from tho nud.o.tl nriu^ltloiH-r, ttio nurao, end the inte Uvunt lioiwokct'per and catcr.er. There la hnrdly nny Court-prouuct which may be so extensively ?u?ci In/iho lioueehoid .in oomblnat O/i with othrr fr/da as cvtooH nnrt^chocolate; bi|t lusro ukhIii wo ntK* tbo Importance ot purlt) and nutrient value, uud tin so im OMaiii wiint?, wo feel BU'O, may be relied upon In ttaker'tf Oocoannd i Cnocolate.'^JDttt^tfc and Hugtenie Q<wtU- ? Cent ry Y" wwnjr *.?v < ja~ ? %in iinltmJnuj. Ny?'rt'6Mlftr ifod* PflrhAW the nvi.it beautiful (?al?nd<\r Iwmo.l for llio yunr ^ Is Tu?: Youth** Companion Art C'aU'ntlnr. which la Riven to o?'h snibsorlb' or to tho uii(H*r for tho ye;ir *97. It l? mado up o( four ciuirnvng lilctUMS beautifully ?oi?ru* <1 nonet in twe ko htmnoolsiia '-oIai?. I^ts In form if. t( ir-piigo folriui* vvhlolt, wnon cxlH^U'<\ 1h )t:x :i Inches ii\ *lze. Tha subjects nrj (lo. lightfully Attractive. TliU Citlftixlar nvikoia clpsirnbf" orrwment for u t?h i>t ??', c?'<ti?-tHb'.i? ?>V writing rtosk. It Is oit?xrort for >a!o only bv liio pubiiaht/ri or Tin: YoimiW Companion at fiO emit* per io^x? Only beoAitjo of tho enor mous liU'nbur jiusIIaUi'u la /it ptvMlpIo for Mio publl*h?v< of 'l'*i n (Spvp.vxiON to eoml It ficu to nil Companion ontaci'Hx'fe v'" After phrsJobins hnfl Riven mp np, I vrii ??vi'tl by P?*oV Ottr?.*-KAbPH K&jmo, WU? nHhisport.ru.. Nor. JW. 18W. Reliable Charlotte Merchants Coll on tlitin when yon k? toChm-lotli* N.C. \Vrto (Ihmii if you ilo noi ko, mid linvu your onlors nllwl t.y mnll. In RnK\vi!ilni{ mtvcriliU'mfius klixlly n on Hon Oils paj>cr. DBtUflMft MKST WORK, l^ftsonnMe Prlooi t ttlfl ilfiv VYr to Kc\v? <* Times Pt'ir. Houoo. i i i i ' " ? - ? - Pff B UT^TTO t E- M. A N D It fiWS, 10. ii W. Trado f UtVtU* VftifAUo I' nnn!*, O (mus? HloyoloJ if rn ? t.jjj. i WOMAN'S MF ] for monthly palna iu-tho aldcv fi hi pa, back, ucck, shoulders, R bend and limbo. ' 1 Tbeao pains nre e^mptotnt of 0 dangerous deir.ugemcnts pecul?-~ I l?r to women.' 4 , f McKlree's Wine of Cnrdul cofr. | rccta tlieso derangements, cuwffi S VHiJtesnnd falllngottho Womb, u relieve* Suppressed Menstrua* I tlon and flooding, qulfiUi the t ncfves and brings b?ppiueaa to I afflicted women. f -t For fltalo by Mfrtldrw D?al?n #i ] I ONB DOl^aa A HOH I K. ' I ? ? r x^ | FREEJ K oi nm.?f nty mwi&v i^twv'^vVMf-fifu SsS^^LiUS Clcf&itft Ul??ilVw> ??J?b tflVOAfld Miff VuUioj, )ni fctttRMt, ?ttf*ft)|,l J 4*4 Wttlnl oiecoumloiH j*fpelu?' mi' ?Vu?rii??Srr fj'jjjj '?!a?^?}$ TOU bii'I wuU" W lotwNthJ '(lull ?>*? *? uk ? >1*^ W 1 1**5;.. A:U, Winston H'f? Co., Wiastn, IU ? ' ' _ _ >> a un -v-i 'ft ^ * ? ~*"r W Si QnifSftd BUI L t RS. H^'t'ixuk-. .Snick*; Stiintl I'lpai fttirt ShocWli' ?*iri'n Work; siiufiiuyr, Polioye, Qeftvfui{tvl; Uoxo3.HniigorJ.cto. t frVCftsi cvorV litvy; wor* hands. ~" LOMBARD IRON WORKS' i? AND SUPPLY CO AUOU?TA, OBUIUUA. ; ? ?? - ? pSBOIlNEl'S \td<mg4.d AND <7 S's Sohool of Sliortliaaict AliUUMTA. ?A. r\ofit boob* anrd. Autual hunn??i from "It*., at ... ? nlxriiiK. H?iin<n* oo!..>a;? \rv_af iq j coud< mart. Kftml for fiityUomiiy ~ U'cue. ilojr>t oliajptr Una in nnjr baitUira oiti. nmmiivw i>>?*4L DR. J.L.8TKPMl,'N8. / A NO <ll,\ CATS AND KlTTBSft to 8* lljwyf coat Hue i all*. 0- J. M. MlilTMKIhlJk-liOtf?. port, Mftluc. . 9. N. ?0t. "PHAT Listless, Aimless, Doll. Lack* Lustre feeling of yours shows that. your internal machinery is running too slowly* . 4 f/vV T1-^ LIVER 15 LAZY & Yf lU 1^ BOWELS are languid r m v w *v blood is sluggish flet amove oH-ovlthout delay, or you'll be a very tick v person. Cascarcls C*nov Cathartic make your livef rt lively, your bowels regular, your blood pure, move your M machinery. Huy a box toxley,eny dtua; store. ioc., ' r boc. , or mailed for price. |2fr^ Write for booklet add free . ?ample. ; CANDY m CATHARTIC' CURE CHRONIC i CONSTIPATION. - ATERLf NO I7CMKOV COMPANY, cmioaqOs wontmal. can.j Ntw yor?. " REASONS FOR USING f [Walter Baker & Co.'s 1 Breakfast ^>oa. t. Because it i$ absolutely pure." z Because it is Jiot made by ihe so ullcd Duicii Process ??j ; which enseals arc used. " ^ 3. Because beans of the finest quality are used, ... ^ A. Because it it made by a method which preserve* unlmpuJr^l . the e*quisite natural flavor and odor oHhe beant. 5. Because It is the most economical, costUi^iess th*n ope cent. ? <up. ; \ 5# iiff <t?t yom ??? the genuine article made by WAt,t6Bi ^ OAKGR A CO. Lt4., Oorcbcctcr. Mara*. Hstabllsti?M7$b. Jtf "BiighW 3 costs cotton plantere>more than five mil lion dollars an riuallyr "Tins *s an enormous waste, and can be prevented. Practical experiments at Ala- , bama Experiment Station show" cowttusively that the J ENGLEBERG * RICE Th# only I. Hull la.ifti fcrUWflWL Wtll^for ?;o M& He >w m?l refus ed H thereof. I IcjjiiI eol-l oftcr?Ml I to ty. pio?t not more n t l*o ({{sere led, further ; rilea oflemilny before Haid kr- property whtflli jkir. . 1