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ouroS!r&tMi\; r S -1^-r ? '}> ? v j^.v^yV ??, r r ? 1 1 i "i '; ,, To Trutu Jnftutrj. ? ArfonKoraottUi fori Ui? training ?lo t British Infantry next winter aro to t>o r <,n a raoro ftllborato aeala than usual, t ?rid <?siiooTvir proniinonco In to 1>9 glwa to Uwtftotanco maVotUug. Thwsftro 100,000 trheolmsa la Now Jor? ..tfck ,, v- _ r ? y NA~T<uHft?for tyrty {'(Hit*. Ov'ar iW.OOO ourod. Why not lot No.To-N<\c. tt?guttttow?,v?movo your <U-#lr<i for BrtVffinwtojV iniiKcA h 6.11th ntwl niMiliOo). <'nr? KUKiswnicii. l>0 ccrita tuitl $1.(0, at nil ' ' <lx-ujfvCiniM. ""V liiniloiViH liro bWfofri^tn for <y?v <^d<^*toloatt<mt.ion ju-tv yow, VlTHntoppwl (ilonnj parirtrxnMJtlyouVirt. Ko fttn n/tAr fjrn( <Uy\-i ut-w of ))?. KmnuYi Oubat H*iiv? Hkatohhh. Fiv?>$3trl?lbotll?Hrtrt itVtl* <A<v tioiut to i)r. Kiln*. KU A roll fit. 4 Phllrt.t (Vi JUfiTVry A 10o. \K>I of CMCArot*. o?n ly <>r\ fluuNks Uuout Uvuv^Kuil bowel regulator juuito. v" After Ms }VM8' ?nfTnrlnR I w^nirwl hy 1*1 foV* Vims? Many Tiiomhon. 2W Ol?io Avo., ^Uqpiiony, !>??., March i?? IWJ. Mm. VPlnBlow'uHoothlnsr Syr?P for chlMrM ? * teelnlng. softonnthe euros. rcnunrn lnflftinmv riirf? *v Iwl raltc .We. ft hot_W<y t?AfiOAnnt? 'ftttmalnt? llvor, Klrinoy* nn<l WowoIh. Novt-r Hio'rfun, woukou or u? u>"! I0o. In n croort timo to put y.inr nhVi?lo.il Bytdom la .KQod ord or by puri r y i n a you r bto&'f flhd 1?u lid ln? vjityoiir health in order lo avoid t>ifkit(vts. "I ako Hood's Sareaparilla TTh? host r in tnct tho Ono Ttiio iiloojl r Hood's Wis TME DURHAMHOaft Clll'ckf.N CHOLERA CURE. VH15 NO OTIIEH. "\VYlt6 for testimonials. The only roJiiotU In tlio world noHiilvoly mmrrnitcoil to prevent and ruro Cholera. I'ut m> In lift-cent ami 51.00 *Uu6. fiuitl by hi I Di'HKhI'Hk h n rl . country luurcluiutH. Tilul Uoltlu1>y mull, bucui'o ly pnckcd, to imy (uUlrofl*. f?i wv\ Manufactured only by THE DURHAM OHOLBBA CUUE CO. DUiiU A M, NOHTH 0a1|{0J.IK A. C -.-1 otton. With carcful rotation of fcrops and liberal fertilizations, cotton lands will improve. The application of a proper ferti liser containing sufficient Pot ash often makes the difference between a profitable crop and failure. U$e fertilizers contain ing not less than 3 to 4% Actual Potash. Kainit is a complete specific against " Kust." All uliOllt PolttMv? the tftKiilU of ll? ??*?i liv nrlual e*. j (lemnrnt on the Ifsr farms In tlir. l/nil?I Statci ? i? told it> a little book which we tmblish .mil will j:l.uily ?DAUft-cc to any fafmef In AmericA who will wilto fw U. GliKMAN KAI.I WORKS, "? 93 N.?>>hii St., New York. MB B? Bat B? lliisiurun rourno lu ouo prrn' n RJ eL- m_ in orory county. I'1?!hb?> upply ? promptly lo Liuorcla Biul I K B n lsh ttus j Colleuo, Mhcoi), On. ASTHMA POPHAM'S ASTHMA SPECIFIC GIto? relief in ???? mlnuUs. Hond tor * KI(K? trial package. Bold l>jr DmiritiMg. pny .no* frnt pn*tD*ui A44r^ Yiioa. lui'iuju I'uua... t'JU REVOLVER FREE. WATCH FREE 1 38 othor arliolcs. Cost nothing. Head ouroffi r FREE' Every f.crirn wJ " rut* t??1? nil nii.1 ?rn -i ft'tjf, immft'lt r*|>ir?A nllht, III l"% Mill tin! Inl fiutrmmllr. ItOllMO H. A. \r. nu>?U*l or m ? m i 1 7 |{i*V( lU'r, i toll?l I?1 I *?) h Mfio ulml hikI *t? hi tot Witlih, ) cul^m r??)UMl 1 1 V..M hu'n.f t lj.lo l'.nitf'l i \f tiftii |l v?* 1 1 p)i?l|iUtf il ft Cuft iOnIi-'I \t lit h I'lmiin w? i th 7A?' # I lm. 1 f oliil / "M t'J s-m I I 'in, ( o'lnr lltiUni.v lifOl'uvoU'i ? t Ooi, |>t|: li Kfutlo J cim IVia i;*, ^ ) J.ra?l IVnrll Hlmrpr 1 IV k Jl >!? llltklMlilt.iMl fc?U 1 lV| | .4? t - , fw tml lliillrn lloio ll'MiqilCt. * All wo nsk. In 01 o?;r lc> hi* (kmIui'i* our rlpm*, I* llinl )?m aUhnv i!n lo ?ciwl 1>I ftAiuD I lit ki> i n in ol our finest lev. ClK^rn, \ ill 4io 1 At fi ft. I "lit I ?xuiitlnr?i ii'u TREE Hom/mhor, ron only pn; lin *ihi ri|)r(?i lot t! a cluurr, nnrt 1h* M?? A' ftcto^ ii**nf<1 ?W?vo nr* irrrv If \?m don't c>>n?Mri dm J el vrorih i Ilium \*h*l a*k,il??i? I |n?) I roni. AUdrp?? WINSTON MVii. CO., Wlimlon, N. OSBOIiMia'S SfluMnedd AK[) p / Bohool of iHliovtlx?ttcl AUQUNTAi <4A. < No Ul( twin u??.|, Aciuftl biuiuM* from dkr of ?etonng. llutirtftii pA|<er<. ourr-unr ?'? I ?-??!. Sr-ii'l for nnni(?nin?tf illmt r?l? 1 oai i - 0CU?. oh??par lutn in an r .Southern cltjr. DURFS ^wMFmE ALLtlSt Wl8. _ lifldt Cougli Syrup. Tmim (<<><.<1. upo In (Inn*. Sold by dmgtflMa. A MICK KMX KAIMVA>\H. flobcrt T. IfdVtor iilvcs Somo Inter eating Facts n^d Figure* Along This Mne, v '1 ho laical g$j\ial balailco sheet of tho railway* of (1w> (? nit?>d Htntes ?lye> tut iv total valuation of uiilwu-y property oloso to twolvo thousand millions of dof mn mid ovor ouo hundrod ami eighty thousand jnilos of road. Xext to our farms, which aggregate thirteen thou e,V' #m {(ii'rtt properties will form, fit iho elo&O of iho century, lilt) ll tout valu'abh) assets Of illO Hepul) lie. y no capital invosted in our mnuu* IrtOtui fyi in hi.i.s than hftlf that invested in radways>^nd ,y<d (ho condifion of our jnauuiaotyroa, if wo may judgo froiu the Itxmeiit lat ill agitations, Booms to command much more public attention. iho conuUucitou of |ho*u great aytdwotB oi transportation has placed an impor tant, if not the most important part, in J the progross of the nation In the Inst naif. century Hy the extension of tlu'ro tulways, population hats been distrio pod, large areas of^ country have boon r>benod to cultivation, cities built, msn ufaoturcs established, mines developed, foromn trade im r?.a.sod, and tho varied' mpuuct.H of our vast domain iTQUiclit trom tropical and frigid zones to the tem potato region of dflnseid population, In short, the laying of the track and the penetration of the locomotive have kept time with the building of tho nation it* soli, i few weeks, the Waya ayd Means ( ommitteo of Congress havo granted hearings at Washington to those representing our several indium trios. In read i tiff the published testi mony, one in struck with Ihodoplor ahle accounts given of the condition of many branches of mnnufacturo. Low tavjJV and cheap foreign labor have played havoc, with American labor and production. 'I bin is undoubtedly truo And tho remedy uskod for is increased infection. A duty sufficient to onahlo the American manufacturer to pay a liv ing wage and competo with ilia foreign rivals. While not occupying tho pttb J" mmd to anything like tho extent of the manufacturer, tho American rail rood is in as bad, if tioi in a worse plight. If Congress would only extend its hearings to railways, the Tories of the recent tariff hearings could bo ro pcolnd w ith omp|insiH on a larger and oven more improssivo scale. Loss of earnings, reduction of rates below the paying point, actual loss on passenger truffle, deterioration of roadbed, roduo lion in tlui number of employes, others working half-time, receivership*, fore closure Miles, practically half of this enormous invo5itmenl bringing no ro turnsj and the blight of insolvency steadily settling down upun our entire system. J'he losses and disaster* arising from these conditions have boon wido-sproud and fur reaching. In the first place, it in undoubtedly truo Mint in no other in dustry is so large a business carried on upon no small a banking aeoount. A railway company is a great distributor, not only of passongers aud freight, but of money. As fast as its earnings coirio in, they go out again, First, we have tho army of direct employes, which reached nearly eight hundred and sev enty Jive thousand a few years ago, but which ha t been reduced fully one hun dred thousand. With continued pros perity, our railway system would have today furnished direct employment tout least one million employes. The loss to labor has been enormous, and it is import, ml that railway employes of all grades should study this side of Iho question. With freight and passenger rates Ic^s than those of Kuropcan coun tries, where labor is paid about half Iho American rates, how long will our rail ^ 1m) IllHO III I'llHJ Willi ( t'l I iititjii forces and 1 lireo quarter time? Unhurt the decline in receipts is stopped, waged' must be reduced, and then the trouble will . begin. Taking an army of two hundred thousand men ' out of active employment hi oiHV occupa tion is a pretty serious business. That means an annual loss in wagos alone of not less than 3 130, 000,0m>, Here we have tho direct lose. The in direct loss comes from the irreparable injury to tho properties by reason of not keeping them up, ultimately ontaif-* ing additional losses. The reduction of rides between 181)0 and 1800 repre sent a loss of revenue of over #t0i?,"00;>, - 000 .??!.?, .'too. 000 iu passenger traffic and ?87, un;>,000 in freight traflle. Of course, this sum was remitted to the people of the United Males, but the ipieMipjn' is, can' tho people afford to force an 'industry in which nearly one Jifth or twenty per cent, of Iho total wealth of iho country- is invested to a point where nearly half lljo stock and bonds pay nothing iu dividend ami interest, and the current expenses must bo reduced below tLo safety point. This is tho problem the people Will soon have fo lace in relation to our railways. The gloomy litt of non-dividend pay ing slocks has of hito years boon gaming from about sixty per cont. ton years ago to upward of seventy per cent now. \\ bile this doorcase of rates has been going on, tho cost of running trains has not similarly decreased, ami herein lies the danger* ! ho following table shows clearly that rates are being steadily reduced: Y?nr. lO'vomio i n^Ki i.grr IIiiv,-i>i:o jirr l-m . _ I'i'f inllu. of (n-l^iit jior mili?. ?.t?'ii ,5i i IWI V U I ,R)3 ?3-'J LM.-tl .MM Ifevi ?.!(? l?n j.DSA nai I v<>> xo ?? f it 1 n ?"ttwhtfti ti Mr itv. \\ith the exception of 18U-I, passenger rates i cached their lowest in while ireight rates, sa\e a small rally in I8il?, are steadily coming down W hen com pared with foreign countries, our rates aro indeed low. Ho far as I can learn, thoro is uo desire on tho part of railway managers to generally rair.c i nteo. There is, however, a w ido-spread l>elit?f that r^cji -bottom niiccs havo been reached, Sarsaparilla Sense. Ajiysarsaparifia is sarsaparilla. True. So any ?*;? is tea. So any flour is flour. But,grades differ. You want the best. It's so with sarsaparilla. There fre%rade& You want the best. If you understood -sarsaparilla as well as you do tea and flour it would be easy to deternjine. But you don't . How -fh6uld you ? C Whlen you arc going to buy a commodity "whose value you don't know, you pick out an ola established house to trade with, and trust their experience and reputation.^ Do so when buying - J it?_ ? r- ? -- N Sarsaparilla has been on the niftct Your grandfather used Ayer's. It is a and flift't anything. ' ovoYi <ho merest shade lower, ^ 111 be ^btfn.lutoly lUiit ou a. I'vl'hH'I llio .tvhJUnl M*m, including Iho million who nhould bo di v' WClly ongAged in . trjtnHpWrbiUon, the sldppera and nwiitMfaotoioiH, might jJ.? \y^f| Yeali'/.o now a a \s hen destruction has potin, thot our railway system eau* not lose another $130,000,000 of income in ten years kii average of 811,000,000 per annum? without sweeping down with it tlio very ihterosla which sustain theB'rt roftdfl. i'hV* fa'bt is, auothor twint or bo in tho downward direction will simply kill tho goose that lays tho gold en o ggs. When tho^ovonuoa of rail-' ways are suftloiont to Iieop up the pro portion, to pay the legitimate interest, to glVo'ovoh a aTnall Vylnr'O 01V the stoeky to pay American wages to tlioeiupluyos, to give omployiJiont to an increasing number of people instead of to a lesser number, allied induatrien must Ian gulsh. ,'l'he caf.o againat tho railways is a familiar one. 'lho.se who realize Iheao now conditions havo no excuses or (Vpo)ogiea fof past mismanagQJpont, nor fqr the methods by which some of these road a woro built. Whatever may bo liaid of thono who built railwaya far in advanoo of population, or for purposes otlior than legitimate trade, wo havo, on the other hand, equally to blame, tho cities and towns and eouutioa and individuals who woro ready to mortgage tho futuro to holp along tho work, in a largo meaauro the wimh^nd tho wator and the fraud havo been squeezed out of thoao properties. l^i .thoir place now and honestly acquired capital in tho shape of enforoed loans from bond holders and forcod asftosamout of stock* holdonl haa been invested, Fore closures, tho ahoriO'. and the oourta havo wiped out muofi of tho inflated valuos and now capital with re organ ization for business purposes has fol lowed. Huroly no one will deny that, tho consolidation and ehangea, nay of the last dorado, havo been beneficial. Thoro is mpro uniform action than ovor before. Rottor business priu*' eiploa prevail. The publio have never been so woll and so cheaply aorved as now. Considering the hard times, tho discharges, the reduced time, thoro has nover existed bettor fooling betwoou tho railway em ploye and tho oilleora than at. present. The loaa of one hundred millions of dollars of income in live years must have boon a staggering blow. A continu ation of this sort of lliin^ would simply destroy much of mir wealth and arrest tho progress of tho Republic. It is im portant that tho people of tho United State" should realize this situation. The facts heroin brought out should be borne in mind in any discussion of tho, railway problem, whether for tho pur-' pose of State legislation, for the modi fication of our interstate commerce act, or for tho purpose of giving additional employment and mure steady wages to the million that should bo directly em ployed by our railway system, and to tho additional hundrods of thousands who, under normal conditions, should bo kept busy iu tho allied industries. To ignore those facts, will work a great injury and placo additional obstacles in tho way of u return to prosperity. ? Robert T. Porter in the Now York nun of dan. lit. I>K. I V A<;i;'S..VI>MT. lio Will Lcciiirt: Only in Colombia on ^ I lie 1 Kl It, Mr. J. M, Nicholson, the field man iger of Dr. T. Do Witt Talmage, was in [Columbia Monday ami concluded ail ju-numcments for the distinguished d: vino'H lecture in thai city on the loth at Ihe Oporn Honso. Hie ?>ubjeet will bo his trip around /ho woljd, and ho will muko only uuo lecturo in thin State, find tlio above city is tin* point, liail roitdd will oiler cheap rates from sur rounding townn and riti It nvny in terost many to know something about thin man who )h known to fame tlio world over, .so Wo give the following: ? "Dr. Talmage was born January ?, bS.'jO, at Hound Hrook, N. ?l. 1 1 in par ents were persons of pure Christian character, the truils of whose judiciou.s training wero manifest in the conver sion of DeWitt. when IS years of ago. Mo received his literary training in the University of New York. As a belles lettres scholar, a professor of the uni versity tolls us Mr. Talmage has had no equal in all the students who have ever graduated from that institution. On HP.V. Dll. T. !>K WITT TJU.MAOK. graduation fla.v, when ho doliwrcd his itpocoh At Niblo'n < 1 artloii. the oll'cot ?av olcetrio and overwhelming; (ho most of (ho audience rising lo their foot, uude.j (ho spell of his oniliaut, original, mirthful and pathetic utterances. lie uftorw ards graduated fnlin tho thoologi onl t-rhool at, NV'V^Jh itjiswick, A\ Tho lir:?t (hroo yenrsiof his minirttorird oaroor woro Kpent in 1-oWivuo, N. ?)., from whcfuce ho w as railed to Syracuse, N*. V. After laboring hero (hroo years j ho wont lo Philadelphia, ?? where he re muincJ seven year*, dining which time he earned a high place among tho preachers of thnt oily. llis congro/a liona were large and his church rapid ly increased in membership. Many largo and important congrCgat ions w?p'0 now oxtonding calls to him. lie aocopt od a call from tho Central I'resbytorian church in Brooklyn in lHrt:>, then in a btato of decline, in preference toothers, because ho saw an opiH>;t?)nity lo lmihl up a frco church. "During tho timo I)r. Talmftgo was nastor of this church ho directed tho building of tbrco great edrflees ata cost of nearly 61,000.000. lyich new church .WW greMer am) grander than the one used before it, tno last one being" tho largest over erected on thi? continent. Dr. TalmAge preached each ?Jrin<lay ill i it to vast congregations that, were only limite.l by the. capacity of tho great chm (MT* After it was destroyed by lire, ho preached to tho ujmnl grgrt tI?ronr- 1 in tne Academy of MuMo, Kew:?on Not long ago he received\a call to preach In the Presbyterian chqvch in a?<! "now, each Sunday , iM ctmreb . packed to it a utmost capacity. Long] before iervico tho Etrcetr in front J* J crowded fcjr those who derive lo hear wh*. ..ij ?4?ata to probable that a ?oo? have WKHH ItUKltlG'ANIS MWKPT. yk Tw^lbld tK*pefleiico pf ^<1tntrat tUthce1# Flftef* Charleston, H. O. (Bpoeiol). - Ad*, niiral Bunco's trip from Hampton 1 toads to Charleston bar, with tho ttajj ship New York* tho battleship Maine, the cruiser Columbia, the' monitor Am? phitrito and tho cruiser Marblehead ha# cost Undo Ham tho lives of four men, injuries to oight others and just how m?ft dollars in damages to tho is not fthown. Tho battle ship Maino lost: Leonard (!, Kotftfj, upprontioc, HuooiHl-olasn. daubed to' death against turret h and body lost in the sea. John Brown, seaman. washed over hoard and drowned; body lost. Alexander 13. NoIboii, private in United States marine, washed overlioaid and drowned; body Loat, Tho cruiser Marhlohbnd lost; Sha whart, ship's oni[Pontor, daohod totjpoth by heavy flea; Jpdy caught, The injured are atv'on of the carpon*. tern* gang w''? woro ut work on tho sea auohor with Bhawhart and were dashed against the iron nuperstruo turo end and were all moro or lets hurt. Tho following shipn are now at tho mouth of Charleston harbor. Tho Hag ship Now York, tho hattlo ship Maino, cruisera Columbia and Marblohoad. monitor - Amphitrite. dis patch hoot Dolphin (j#t?T the transport Fern. Tho Indiana, whioh started from Ifamptou Roads, put back before tho storm, COST OF AN KXIIlUtT. Wlttit the, Oovemnionl Spent on tlio y ' Atlanta Kx position. Assistant Boeretary Uabnoy of the 'Department of Agrieulturo baa com pleted his report to tho president oh chairman of tho hoard of managera of tho United .States exhibit at tho Cotton States' International Exposition at At lanta, (la , hold in 180o. , In tho letter of transmittal accompanying tho roport J>r. Pabnoy rccitea, that under tho sun dry civil act appro vod Aug. 18, 181H, tho government authorized an exhibit by the governineiunent of tho United States of "hucIi articloH and materials as illustrate tho function ajid adminis trative faculty of the government" >aiid appropriated for tho oiponso-s of . ox hib it. #200,000, of which $00,000 was for building, and of tho $100,000 re maining not more than #10,000 was to bo oxpondod for clerical services, How Carefully this fund was disbursed is shown by tho fact that the building cost $-10,700 and exhibit propor #188,2:11.80, of which #1. 8S1, 01 only was for olorilal services. Thus, aftor carrying out fully and creditably tho purposos of the appropriation, ovor $12,000 remained to bo turned back into tho United States treasurv. Tho report of the chairman concludes with a brief but , earnest tributo to Dr. (leo. B. Ooode and Mossrs. It. E. Earlo and B. S. iUut tliows, who woro associated with Dr. (loode in tho installation nnd -cftro of tho exhibit, all of whom linvo died in the progress of the work. Dr. Ihibnoy'H report as chairman is followed by a list of tlio awards of tho board of awards- to tho United States government departments, bureaus and individuals, whoso sorviees woro doom ed worthy of recognition in the pre paration and arrangement of tho gov ernment exhibits. ? ^ I'MMSION AC.sK>Jf?!KS RKDUCK!). Only Nino Disbursing O file en for I he K n tiro Countrj' Hereafter. Tho rrosidont^nns decided to reduco the pension agencies from eighteen to nine, which will he a saving of $150,000 annually. Tho consolidation wasmado by uniting existing agoucos nnd the on* tire jurisdiction thereof, in order tlint no cxponso should he incurred hy tho making of now rolIn.^Tiio ngencios fit Concord, N. II. ffirffl Augusta, IVIo., are discontinued, mid paymouts liithpup hilTdo there Ifffi ordered inade from thd agoney at .Hoston, Mass. ; the pension ers heretofore paid at .Buffalo, N. V., are to ho paid from tho New York City agency; thoso at Pittsburg froin the Philadelphia agency; those at Louis ville and Knoxvillo from Washington; those at i'otroit from Indianapolis, thos'o at Milwaukee from Chicago; those nt Pes MoiuoH and Topeka from St. J.ouis, where a now ngoney is estab lished. A Novel Hill. * A hill before the California legisla ture provides that 'two photographs shall be taken nt jMiblio expense of cv* erv voter registered, one set to be placed in a book in alphabetical order of names and another in another book arranged by streets apd numbers of rooms in houses for tho use of oleetion ollleials. Every photographer in tho Htute is understood to bo in favor of tho p&KSAgO of tho bill. The Maximum Price. Tho Senate committ?o on naval af fair &__l>ON._ajiiccd. that the maximum prico (o be paid for armor pinto sludl not cxccod $100,000. If satisfactory con tracts cannot bo inado villi tho* Car negie people, CongresB tfill ho asked for 8 1, 500,000 with which to establish a government plant. I>ic<l on IIIh I v hook. Fred J. Kfttos a reporter for tho Co lumbus (On.) Kvening ('nil, nn evening nowspnpor of that city dropped dead whilo at church. Ho wa* kneeling at prayer, when he raised himself to his fair height, and foil hack dead. DlHcrerilt the Story. Tho Amorican phig tobacco manufac turers discredit the ?tory sent from De troit to thoefloct that wholesale grocers in tho Middle Wost Stales are forming j a combine in opposition to the Amen- 1 can Tobacco Company, and regard the rej?ort as a stock-jobbing manipulation. Motors. Ivigget 4. Mcjera . T. Drummbnd, whose namee- con nected with the dhipeteh, - deny that they are or fcoreafter will lie counoctcd with any each combinatioty. Insnne Motktr'l Track) Act. At Big'Tiraber, Mont., the wife of John Colt threw her three children into tho Yellowstone IUve* and them jamp Miu after them. The c*um? of th? tiagedy te b* do*>?ette unhappi mmn M State*, for exoneration jSiSxl wm ? NEWS ITEMS CONDENSED. Southern I*cttoll Point crij| A deal ham boon coii*ftiirtato<T where in' Hiruiinxliuio, Ala , is to buvea nteol plant within nix months to coat, nix hundred thousand dollars. J. 'P. s'|?Ae^, jfr, , n young white man, tnv?> -'hot hwI killed at Macon, C* a , in kt&iupling (p ht*!al chickens. The Nooll flouv mill, at Kstell Hmrings, In Franklin comity, Tonn. , wliioh cent $.'100,000, is advertised for salo for $1 tf,000 on March 2d. The Duck River I'hosphute Company of Hickman county, To mi , has in ado on alignment. Tbo Honthern Mutual Building and f.oan Association, of Atlanta, Ga , has hoou placed in the hands of Judge James A. Anderson as temporary ro? eeiver on application of shareholders, ,who stated that the association whs sol vent and unablo to meet current with drawals ef stock. Tho.- Bov, l)r. Charles Ta.vhw, f<?? some yfara ft missionary to ( hina for tho Southern Methodist church, died at Cortland, A In. It is about sottlod that there will he & Constitutional convention culled by tho present Legislature of Alabama. (lovornor Plllorboin a special message to the South Carolina legislature says tho Stato's finances avo shakoy. Both hranohoa of the Alabama legis lature havo paf-so I an anti pool hill. Thia bill covers not only pools on races run outsido of tho .State, but on races run in the State, and breaks up tho husinoss entirely. RoV. J. A. Brooks, a well-known di vine of the Christian Church and l'ro hibit-ioniftt eandidato for tho Vico-l'rosi* ilency in 1H88, died at Memphis. Tenn. , of heart failure. i\Iaas & Schwartz, cotton commission morohunts, and S. Moas & Co. , kindred firms, doing a wbolfisalo grocery busi uoss at Solma, Ala., havo made an as signment. 'The liabilities are over ?300,000. Tho assots aro not given. There ara48S brands of fertilizer for sale in Norlh Carolina, and 08 of those only arc ijiado in tno State. Some havo not registered, and tho Agricul tural Department are asking farmers to nmno thtfm, if'any such aro oflored to thoin. / /' At AeUoviilo. N. C. , "Pa^iol L. He\0> nobis. ex-aherilT of Buncombo county, \v?\s tried for ombez/.ling tho taxes of 18(J2. Tho jury, after boing out threo hours brought in a verdict of not guilty. At Birmingham, Ala , Andrew Fearin has been convicted of removing a rail on MoComb's trestle, December 22, causing tho wreck of~"tho Birmingham Mineral train at Cohaba river bridge, in which twenty lives were lost. lWaggio Comor, 25 years ngo, com mitted suicido b3' leaping from the bridgo of tho Cumberland river; at Nashville, Tenn. Ill health was the eanso of tho rash1 net. Snoeulalions on margins caused Hank Teller Leo B. MoFarland, of thoSecond National Bank of Farkersburg, W. Va. , to beoomo a defafdtor to the amount of $455, 000. Tho teller confessed when confronted with the evidence by the bank oflieials. At Spartanburg, S. C. , Saturday, a local train collided with a shifting train mashing up things in general. En gineers and firemen of both trains jumped and saved themselves. A negro who was on the cowcatcher of tho. shift' ing engine was killed. Admiral Bunco's squadron oi evolu tion is to blockado Charleston, S. C. , early in February. Judge 10. T. Morrjek, ex-Chief Jus ticeot tho Louisiana Supromo Court and 'one ol' tho best known lawyers inoitlie South, is dead. All About, tlio North. Cashier C. TO. Brodor, of Iho First National Bank of Bethlehem, Pa , is a defaulter to the amount of lie has absconded. A bill lias been introduced in the Kahnn* legislature! by Senator ITanna, (Pop.) on letting out all county ofliros to tho lowest bidder. A bill to uvovont prize fighting hat heen passed by the California JStnt c Benato. fX. u "c r nS At 0 rand Rapids, Micyt., John lane, in consideration of under n written agreement, sold and released hi? wife to .las. IT. llnrst. All concerned celobra' ted the event. The Illinois legitdature is to attend the inauguration of Presidentelect Melvinloy in a body. I ? A dispatch from St. Louis, Mo., ray:; a sweeping reduction in rates of corn has boon made to Southern seaboard points by tho St. Louis railroads. The "eleventh annual convention of tho*Si?<flbiial Brick Manufacturers' As sociatio?i\was held in Buffalo, N. Y. , recently. Every State in tho Union ?was represented. B. B. Morrison, of llomo, Gia., is President.. Twonty-llvo hundred men, employes of tho Illinoisfjteol Company, of South Chicago, have accepted .a sweeping re duction in wages. Not a man from the president downr was -exempt- iiom? the reduction. There are over one hundred cases ol typhoid fovorlift Canton, O. Tho cause is attributed t tho water supply. Mrs. Kmivia Troll, formerly amanuensis for Major McKinley, being among those who have succumbed to tho diseaso. At Pittsburg, Pa., in the court ol coin mon picas George S. (Jrissom and II. E. Anderson . woro appointed rc coiveiH for tho Peiirtsylvahia Lead Com pany of .Pittsburg. Judgment wao eonllrmed to Trusleo CJrissom foi $040,000. At Lancantor, Ponn., Abo Heneou. ono of the members of the gangof thieves and outlaws who resido on the Welsh Mountains was shot and, killed by his atop brother, Jerry Green, -who is also n noted criminal ?nil member of tlnrsame gang. llllscellAiicous. ? Albert M. Billing* died at Chicago, III., leaving an estate of about $10, 000,000. Hont 1* Carol ioa Las taken no Atep* tc fceouie '? o|_jtbe Kt ate'? resourceaflnd produotfees at the Ten nessee Centennial exposition, Edwards R Taylor, ml fa Arthur XT, P!aU, who is nnder arrest in London, England, tot Killing /esee T/ree . in Kentucky tn \m, has bem aXVadHed 1 ? iLl *- -M A ,ii - - -I- ? J la id? ioe tww flt/wi potict^ URUi ?no A DKCAUK OK AUOKT. A Votir>tf I'tttiy of K*M ?*yn*cu*? Tfll# H? , Story# I'rotu I tit Standard, Syr(toU$6, A'. V. Miss Hosarnond A.sh, who rosldea with her father, Mr. 0. 0 Alh, on tfaWits Ht ro?l, Hyraonso, forward* tho following tottlmonfftl to Ote vlrlmu of Dr. Williams' rink I'illn and nocouut of hor sufferings, which I.' uturtllogly intorosilngi Manmit* Stjiubt, Syiuousr, N. y.. August 16, 1896, "For iho pv?t ten your* I havo boon n fr nr ni sufferer from (ho mo*t painful lym of inflammatory rheumatism, whioh woul I muko Us npparunoo on tha least powlblo provocation. Winter was whon 1 suffered Iha'tfond, ami II t>??nnrjtUy attaokud tnufroivt my i>ip# down, ami I ha I to<go 1 If*' While t&oso atiaoya iaslod, If anyone t.ouohod the bed Oven, I Would scream with tho leant contact wub unbearable, lot ffvory joint and every mu?w>le ga\o wieexocdolatli-ik' agony. "Whllo I wan In th's lorrlblf condition, niy pajitor, RoVi Air. Campbell, eamo lo v si l mo, and told mo l?o know of a ease v?ry similar to ml no thai had boon, entirely eurod by tho use of Dr. Williams' P.nk JN Is for Pale People and advised mo to try them, ua I ho physicians woro not doipg mo any good. On this my father bought mo two b >xe.<> whioh I took Hooordlng to direction*, and I be;:nn to roeov?r, gelt log stronger everyday, I k<*l?l on wfth Dr. Williams' romaly ualll I had takon two dozen boxes, and by that limb every imoo of rheumatism was gone, an I I am now a? well as over I wua. "If you Imvo uny doubtu ns to my slate moni, I refer you for Its confirmation to Jtev. Mr.' Oami'tbull, of Hasting, and Mr. Ser ver, of Hastings, tho latter b Ing Nnper Intondent of tho Mothodlat Suuday fiiihooi, who know all of tho faets surrouud rig my extraordinary ropery. rink I'llls saved my life and mavo me h*nlth and strength, nud wo will never bo without thom In our' house. (Signed) "HosAMcfNn Ami. t "Manliua SlYeet, Hast Syracuse, N. Y." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, In a eou donsed form, all tin* elements neeossaiy to Hlvo now I i f 0 au'l richness 'to (ho blood and rMtoi'ri shattered uorvus. They ara also a ft poo I ft o for troubles peeulla'r to females, snob as suppr 9s|ons?, Irregularities and alt forms of weal; nes". They build up tho blood, and, restore the glow of health to pnlo and sallow ch?eki?. In roon they o/Toet a radlo.il! otiro la all otisep nrlHlng from mental worry, over work or oxcqssoa of wlmtovor nature. Pink Pilla aro told In boxeo- (never ia louse bulk) at 50 con|s a box or six box<v? for $'J,60, and may bo had of all uruKitl.its, or direct by mail from Dr. Williams' Alo.liolno Company, Hohonoctady, N. Y. ^tatb or Omo, Oitt or Tolsdo, I .. ? I.uoai Ouun rr, I IIUUHI l/uuni i. 1'junk ,1. C'hkn ky mnko) o.\th that he Is the Behlor nortnor of the firm of F, J. CtiKNBY J# Cv>.,d(ilnKbutilnuu in theOityof Toledo, Count y and Kt ato aforojiaid, nn.l thateatd firm will pay thoBtun of on r, n(/Noti?D noLi.Ani for roo t m?1 I'vor'y cjuib o( catakuu thatv?cannol' bx cured by tho us? lf*r,L'? cataiihh Curk. 1 FltANK J. C'niJNET. 6worn to before mo and 6Uj>serlbed la my presonce, this Otli day of Doccnxbcr, j bf.ai4 a. D. A8?e. A. W.Gi.kabok. ' ? ' j\'oiary Public. Hal Pa Catarrh Cure la takon latoriiftly, and nets directly on tho blood And mucous surfuot* of the nybtom. Bend for trstlmoDtals, fr.-e. F. J. Cnssti <S? Co., 'l\)lodo, (X Fold by Dru^iilsttBUo. lluh'a Family lMllrar? tho bosU MACHINERY aifa * SUPPLIES. fcNUlMCS, l!(>IMCf<S? fe/WV mills, COHtfMlVhW XV II 10 AT MILLS, PL^NKItt), * 11KIOK SIACIIINK8, MOlJLDttttS, , <JAN? ICIHIKKfL And all kinds of Wood Working M?ehlp?rf, No ono In tbo Bputh c vn offor, you higher Ktado goods, or nt lower price?, Tnlboti, Llddoll and Watortown Knglnod. Wo art only u low hour* rido frpw you, Wflte lof . prlvW , Ll^ht, Varlubto Foc<l Plantation Sifctr MlllH II NyooLUty... t?.v V. C. BADHAMp (UGNftKAL AURNT,'"".". Columbia, j__- S. 0. NOT MISLEADING. " Vo Danger, In C\? ring Ono ol li'orrniiig Another* rifllltW (Morphine Laudanum), etc., Car*) VliWft.Xu tUJlU four to six ^ cokfl. \ nn-KKY rrAniT oi(i'<s<t m F<mr\v?ek? 'I ho euro ondottiod by Nat, Uov't* In SoWlMva H'.intw. In tho Hoi/nlar Army, by MliuWtl* lurJ, tho W< 0. 1 . V.. by Ncal J)uw. Fraaolf Mnrpby, by I. O. Q. T. and by ?00,<Vw qarea patients, ll\000 of theso bclntr Vhyelclanit. 'l'orn>? cte., Address Til 10 KKKL1CY IN8T1TUTK, (tfiDrawor ii7. Colombia, 8. C?,'" ... 1 i??i(L i?v?i? nnmo of tho largest VtWolo OOUCWM m lUJfW.1 Country, riiu iim ? ??? otvy. - .... KXIKS, 61/KltlCYS. 1MK45TOM8, ( |)ai?S, SI'HINO WACiONS, < I<\\ It M WAGONS AND HAKNESeL and would l>o plotted to correspond with you. Pl.firo tofitn 130 foot dooivlwo fttori?? And b:\ftpin0nl nil Oft to coiitnga with latest atylefr cif doktriktllo vuhlclc. Write lor Catalogue Oll'l MMf* 1 5, MINOR ? COMPANY, 203 a iul 2<>r> South Collogo Street, ? CHARLOTTE, - - - N.?- C. ?1,000 Reward f , To anyone who can find a JO-co* f'lfrar on the murkol that wt!loora? ' pur? wiiU . . ?Black Poodle" -or "Tli? Fairest." Tlio 5 crtit goods manufactured by i-\ S. DIXON, of Durham, N. O. Don't breathe untlJ yon htvvo trle^i thom! ) Ilium. For sale by Alt Dealer*. Call for thora. ^ ) ANDY CATHARTIC CURE CONSTIPATION 10 ? 25* SO* to core any wwo of constipation. Cwwrfti ore the Ideal U? tire. never trip or crlpe.hnt otuso easy nntnramwlU. 8al? RRMKOY CO., CltlcBCOt Montreal, Cm., or Ken York. tltf ALt DRUGGISTS ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED ploamt booklet fr<*. Art. STBKMNO ALAHASTiNE. IT WON'T RUB Of F.,' WaII Paper In Vj&huUnvy. KAWOKtft'ElS TEUI'OHAUV, KOT?, KUB8 OFF AMD (SCALES, mi ttrt A ATIIIT' is a pure, permanent And artletto A I OH AS I INb" wall coat (hr, ready for Ibo brush flLnynV I 111 Li* by mixing in cold wat?r. FREE For Hale hy l?aSnt Dealer* Everywhere. Tub Pooto*? "One Uy?r of p?per 1?b*rt enoufrU.you h*T0 thfeo hero. n?by tn?y recover but cannot thrive." Reliable Charlotte merchants ? . . ) . - ? ? ? -? ? ? ? Coll on thpni when jog. go toChftrlottn N. O. Wr to llieiiiir yon do not sro, urtrt Jiiltr ?>rdnro (II eil |,y nmlt. In i?n?w?rlug ftdvertlaetnciiU kjtully iron tlon Oils paper. ftftftlff Hfl I'KST WORK. KetMonnMuPiioA* ? iVifi I it! V Wr to Kvwa A- Tlmos Pl'g. Jlmmo. fK#MtTMBPR- AKnnE\V&,IO-18\V.Trnd? ? UhHII UhmAIho Pianos, O liana & Iticyulo) Dr.W. H WAKEFIELD ? Onn be consulted la Ms office lu ? CilAKIiOrrK, N. o., No. 201 N. Try?* St. (Jltfnt Iliilldlnc On any week day oxcept Wednesday. Ilia practice Is limited to diseases of tho Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat & N. U.-8IX.--97. n RHEUWACIDE, J ?'iho 8r.-at ConatfiuiloniU Cure, by neutrA . JUiufl U?o Uwo AUU In Um< blood, Abtdiuwir, Htirrl.v and pcrmqnll)' oiiros v RHEUMATISM, And I* n mid1 eppcin ; for finy (Ifaeaseart^nj from Impuilt/ of the bloo<', such ?? 8orofi?la.v; uIocjk. Oontaalo'18 Vi iH'icftl foisonlns, efc. . - Hon l whitt a prooilUCHt bu?li>ora man w?y? of Itlicumniido: '*-? ? ? t-t atkivh, Va., March 3, lWfl. ... rw>bbltt OrxiR Co.. Italclith. K, C.t Xtrnilcmen "Hv i lin (line I fli>l'hc<l upthe-IUvt iiftttloof luiciiinni ltlo i WM Holing nmcfi,betttr. _I ..._ usod t>vo moiv I nllU'.i. iiitn I nailzeu that 1 wm entirely ? ?r that ca?u of Joint nnu idumdIh rtu'immtlum and lndb:ct>:h?> from which I hk&. Mut tered for year.*, itml u hicli ha<l liindo ntenfUriy * wiflCk. 'KhcmnncMo' 0 Id ? ft< Ct ft CUfO. I >v? tah*rt HO pound* when 1 l*gai> to ut(4? 'i.tiPumacloc. t ? y*waus?}> Vor .?nlti>y nit OriiRslst-i at $1.00 per bottl*. M Altnf ac lur*d ?>i?i y by . THE BOB 8 ITT DRUG CO., B*leffih, *. 0 ? M* |iitih??ical n i t ii i~?cr i^Tjjfi ?*WfM