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^?!3K ? . Tov OoWV . . ? Wfc - >? A new nmftlgum has been discovered jwhleh Is ft wonderful substitute fop i 'gold. Tt con slats of tWuety?four parts jof coppor to six parts of antimony. Tho Soppev l? moltod, and tho antimony \h jthou added, Onco tho two motals are jsurtlcletytly fused, together a little mag tneslutu ami earbonatoof llmo a/o added , rto Increase tho dQU?lty of tho matprlaK \ b-1 1 io product can bo drawn, wrought, And soidurod Juat like gold, which It al nuost exactly rosomhleson being polish ed. 13von \vhon. exposed to tho action of amiuonlaeal salta or nitrous vapors It ' preserver lta color. Tho cost of making ? At Jstibout 25 eenta a pound uvolrdupola. j i HwoAvlUK Woil'i If <tl t> It. flKoartirg may malta a flr? burn, or It may ITiAkO a derli hand hiiMlo, hut tt won't 1ml p Tetter, or lit i>k worm. J t you ubo Tottoilim, n will mAko you 'ccnnfottublo awl (wivo BWoar word?. 60 couta /it druu htor?f>, or by iuaJI for M coutrt in hiujn j'S i/vm J /l>.!Jhui>t rlno, SAvuaunii, ' When bllNSio or contlve, eAt * JflAeoftrel, caudy cathartic; out'o 4,'uaittuUtwll 106., 2oO, Mrfl. Wlnslow'h Soothing Hyrup for ohftfoen loothlnK, Hoftonn tho KiiiiiM.i'iuluolng liifluiuirbf tlon, alUyu pain, cuiea wiuil collo. *>o.u bottl#. ' fiptirlous nllvor dollars arfibolntf extonalva. |y olroulatod in Muluo and Now Huuipflluro. No-To-Huo for Klfty Cent*, Ovpr 400,000 mi red. Why not lot No-To-llao yogatuto or rornovo your <l?slro for tolmooo? Savon money. mriko.H health and mitnhoo<l. Ouro Kuaia u(uud. 60 couls aud $1.W at all flruKfltilj). Tim Michigan Lo?hUluro kllloit tho hill to abolish conviot labor. Impure ofi'od ICutliiK rich ami hourly food, flwootH anil fats ' (n win I or, oIoko (lonllnomont ami breathing | vltlalml air In olTluu, store, fthop, lioviAe, law* jtory or xohnnl- ^ |/rt room, iiuoosfuir ily matcra tho I ctK6 blood Impure, uudoruidlonx, bolls, plmplon, humors uro tho result. Dlzssinofet*, indiKOMtloh and many other troubloj iuo ul.su uaunOd by liapuro blood. iHood's parilla 11b the brat? In fuel tho Ono'l'ruo Wood I'urlflcr, ||aA<|)a Dllln euro naufii'a, ludiucstlou, I100CS S .r IIIS hlllbusnCBa, SSooiih; fm" ? On a red hot tin y Hires Root beer - stands be- '* tween you and the dis j tress ing of- / | fccts ol the beat. HIRES Rootbees* cools the blood, tones the stom ach, invigorates t lie body fully I satisfies the thirst. A delicious, spark. - ling, temperance dt ihlc of the high est medicinal value.^ M*<V onlr hy Tim Charlc* K. lllr?? ?'o , I'Mlt. A S r>1lon*. Bul<i uliij wbfio. 111V/ Business A practical knowledge of at\J pi tilling i? necessary to business sucreis, 'J lie world spends two thousand millions of dollats a year in advertising. I he demand tor competent advertising managers and Writers of advertise rnrnls fir exceeds the supply. 'I lie howler College of Advertising teaches (l?y mail) blight men and women, in business 01 ii>tvn>lii>K to go into bu?inc?. how to wiite successlul advtilise inenls, circulars catalogues, ami alt printed nutter. The cost Is nominal. l>rop * postal fur full particular*. Fowler Correspondence College of Advertising Tribune Dulidlnf, Hew York City PURCHASE =? MuMifadtir-r In WPiror. IlluitrMoil r?lnl<>i;uo froo. tjinitrwrsr iirpnrtiiM'nt. A 'i. truss SI I'l'l.ll.* CO., Troy, N. V. A O C II T C Wo witil our nj-oiit in ? tut Cot m' y fl It r N I O i t.. toll t ? f.vntli<'n. Host j?\ idk W* nr'.i l" <ii? enrtli. Us |ikv nil i-iprnM AildrfM <;i.yza < <>., \\ loiniiKiiiii, i). t. f\ I Ulli UaSi pr.^nulnlml Sugiir/ft | A/| I Sl|IOj.<-ll III HltrlMnlr. S<MI<1 III) mji I li I) ? ? IIIIUll'l , lillt t'lll'lllM) htlllllp to *r * <om,ll<lAtr4 W hulf.iln S.To.. 21 i S. <II?U? Sl-tl?|.l. M liln?. H. N\ ? ? *97./ XJV ^VITII TIIKIR WORK. Farmers Iteport Entire, Orop Emi nently HuUttfuotory. Tho Ollmftio arul Orop Servico lluIU tin, as issued by Section Director ilauor, for week ettdlng Saturday, May lht) in part, is an follows : Tho warrnor woathor and lulu had a very bonolloiftl effect on (flowing orojj>??. Vor tho arontor portion of tho wook, howovor, it was too dry to finish prti paring hoiiio lands for planting, novor 'tholesH farm work progressed rapidly, and is geiiolally as n?uoh udvanood as UhikvI at thin soAson although in hoiiio localities tlio season is coiiHidorcd lato. 1 Fanners aro gonerally woll nj' in their work. Upland oorn planting in Hearing com pletion Over tho greater portion of tho State, lnil in tho northern counties thorn is much yot to l>o planted, tho dry condition of tho soil having proyentod tho preparation of landH, Stands of early planted oorn are generally satis factory, with exceptions in every coun tv, owing to worms in Beaufort. Dor ouostor, Hampton, Colleton, Williams bnrg, Uorkoley and Florence; and lack of moisture oUowhoro, however,- tho needed moisture lias sinoo boon sup plied. < Oh in oh bugs continue destruc tive /In Chester. Over tho ^ eastern | comities (join ban received its first working generally and hoiiio its second. It in somewhat "off color" in a fow lo cal i ties, owing to dry weather and oool nights during tho previous wook. A great improvement is oxpooted during the present week both in stands and color. Tho porcontago of cotton yot to bo planted ranges from five to twonty-llvo, the latter in Chostor and York and to tho wostward. Stands aro greatly im proved and are generally satisfactory. The late rains will bring up the rocou t )y | lantcd to good stands. In tho east ern portions of tho State cotton has ro? coivod it first cultivation and somo Holds have boon chopped to HtaudH. it is estimated that cotton planting will bo finished in about ton days. Transplanting of tobaeoo sots niado much progress during tho wook, fob lowing tho rains, and ihis work is well advanced. Tho plants continue plenti ful and of good size. Hi vor rice is about all planted, but upland rice iH lato and planting has boon delayed. In Kershaw rice has not done woll. Considerable yot to sow in the Georgetown district. Tho cool niglils of tlu? previous wook woro injurious to young plants, n? also woro brisk winds of tho past woelc. Wheat reported as heading short, but tho ruin* aro expected to niako a marked improvement in this rospoet. Its con dition continues promising. Tho reports on oats vary consider ably, but its general condition is Htill good. The rain will prove of groat bonolH to oats in id I portions of tho State. Oats aro heading low in places,.^ J*?fghUm cane eominir up rtlowly. "More than tho usual area is hying planted inMho central eouutios. A great improvement, is reported from tho truck districts, aince tho rains. Large shipments continue -from tho Charleston district. Sweet potato draws becoming plenti ful and transplanting has begun in tho southern counties. Irish potatoes grow ing well, and aro largo enough for-UBO in the eastern counties. (iardens aro everywhero reported do ing woll. The rains of the week woro timely. l eaches are dropping freely in^atnp ton. but in other sections a fairJHtfp is indicalod. Apples plentiful ouTrees. ( 'orrespondonts report, the entire crop conditions as omiuontly satisfactory and cncouragii-'g to farmors over tho o/itire State. FA K M Kits' I N STITUTICS. / 1 ?? ?' ? Held at. (iriMTH and (inll'ney? Interest in H iik ii r Ileels. Tho farmors in the vicinity of GrOors a/id (.iall'ney have just held woll attend ed and very interesting institutes, in which t hey were assisted by President Craighead of Clonison AgriculturalJOol logc, Dr. Wyman, State Votcrinariau, and Dr. tjuick, Professor of Agricul ture and vice director of tho South Car olina experiment station. 1 lie former disennsod in an able ad dles, s tho value of education to tho far mer, and tho latter talked on cotton, its culture and better management and tho vacillation of the soil, while Dr. Wyman treated animals free of charge ami discussed diseases gonorally with I the farmers and in addition wounds and horseshoeing. ?/ .More of these valuable,/ meetings should 1 1 villi by farmers, until by exchange of ideas and introduction of new ones, their business may bo placed on a surer and moro paying basis, t lood spankers can always no assured, and e.Tvy such meeting made valua ble to the farmers. The government sugar beet experi ment under way in I t States is com manding universal intorost. Tho fanners of South Carolina havo re sponded promptly and over 100 will co-operate in the good work of ascer taining whether or not this State can Mill more diversify her farming indus tries, and thus relieve the tension of competition now so injurious to cotton growing. It is possible, so the Nice director of tho South Carolina experi mental station thinks, to grow two crops annually, an at tho Chiuo beet sugar factory of southern California - cue in thoautumii audouo in the spring. If such is tho real condition and the sugar content of South Carolina grown beets prove of profitable working per cent., there may be a new and greater future for agriculture in -South Caro lina.? Tho State. " I Am ' only too gla?i (o t<>v 1 tlfy to the great Yfthit of Aycr's HarsaparlUa J which has been a house hold companion in oiu ' ffttnlly lor yean. I tnkcl from 3 to 5 botllc* of tt fivciy 6)>rlng, goner#lly beginning! about tno first o( April- Allor that I feel )lke ft two year old,1 tor ft tone# up my system, gtv?s 'riftftn wcc^Hynt yppctltc and 1 ?i?ep Ilk* a lop. As * blood mcdl clneitliat no miperlor,atl*Mtthftt| to my opinion qf It.? If. B, Wim>ky, Philadelphia, Pa., March JO, 1KW. masmwtm * V row Ayers Sarsapariila. NEWS I If MS. J Oil t tl I'l' II l'('ll<H I'ollllOI*' , I Miii M ? i > i 4 ? U . it wifs murderer, ami Iii.h In-other, Inge, was killed by a posse near Pro tpnl'iirg, K,V(. N'oHh Carolina, South Carolina ami Georgia naval reserves will unite HI >M0 OlH'iilil | uncut thin Sliniiiior. A farowoll hampiot was g i von in At lanta, (in , Saturday to Col, Albert 1%. Muck, Minister to Japan. I). I). Oolooek. of New Orleans, Da., liu.'i boon elected vice-president for Louisiana of the A moricuii I rotcotivo Tariff jjoaguo. Muy H, there was ft heavy snowfall in I portions of ?oUthwest Virginia, (tig r uopth of four inches in Wise bounty. At Houston, Toxas, sovon nogroort ?were lynched by ft eoloroil mob for the murder of tin old negro and two girls. Ooo. K. Crawford^- ft. Richmond, \ rt. . roftl estate man, lias boon urrostod charged ith Btealing $1,800 from Mrs. Oatharino l'usonotto. At Hook Hill, B. (5., John Harvoy Neoly and Ham Nooly miarrolod while thoy worptryiug to Bottle an account of longcvfftftndiuK, and resulted ?u tho Jtotmor being paralyzed from a blow. Thoro monoy with which to clone i. the Ai^aiiBAH crovas?oa on the love oh SmmHi o farmors refuse to food their idlo hand*. The morehantB decline to carry thom and the chairman of tho relief committoo reports that 7>000 persons *ro in dattgor of starvation. At JaekKonville, Fla,, Lioutonant of Polioo W. K. (J rubor was found lying in ft patoh of brush in tlio nor thorn pint of tho city, foully murdered. It is bo liovod he was oithor murdered bv a Women or a joaloiiB lovor or husband. At Dallas, Texas, the Confederate monument oi'eoted throuj.h tho ouorts of the Daughters of the Confederacy of Dallas was unveiled, lion, .loan tl. iteagan delivered an eulogy on .leltor* Bon Davis. Tho TonnoBsoo Contennial wan open ed May 1st with appropriate exercises. CJovor noi Taylor, the membors of tlio legislature, tho executive committee, tho tSupromo Court, and other notables woro present. The exorcises were licit! in tho auditorium. President Thomas and Director General Lewis spoke, l'rosidont MoKinloy, in Washington, touched tlio button that- started thoma ehinory in motion. Win. P, Nicholls, president of tho defunct bunk of Coinmercoat Now Or leans lms boon convicted of tho oiijboz* zlomont of #20,000. Cashier do Rlauo, jointly indicted, was acquitted. Tho spooial oloction in tho Fourth Tndiunn district to elect u successor to Mr. Holnian will probably bo called by tho Governor for May lf?th. The National Hank of Gaflhoy, B.C., has been authorized to begin business, with (i capital of $f>0,000. J. If. WoBtburv was shotat Isabella, Ga., by E. A. Nisbet, a real estato agent. Cause, an unpaid sloro account. Nosbitisin jail and it is thought \\ est berry's wounds may prove fatal. James J. Willis, of Florida, tho dep uty auditor of tho State Department has boon removed. It is stated that during tho past year Mr, Willis has been absent from his desk 2d4 (lays with pay. On an electric car in Tampa, l'la. ,tho, conductor and motorman, who woro trying- to eject a Cubnn, wore set upon by thrceother Cubans. While tip) light was going on tho cur ran down A grado to a railroad crossing and collidod with a railroad train. One man was killed and throe injured. ? -? ^ All About tlio North. Clovoland, O. . authorities will allow no Sunday baseball playing. Firo in Pittsburg, Fa., destroyed three million dollars worth of property, and several llremcn woro killed. Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, has by one order discharged every head of a city department with ono exception. Ex-Governor Porter, of Indiana, and 'who was United States Minister to Italy under President Harrison, is dead. Tho Central Union Telephone Com pany, of Dayton, O.. has filed a mort gage to tho Illinois Trust and Savings Rank for $1,000,000. Three thousand people marched^ in tho Socialist May Day parado in New York. Included in tho crowd were MO women and girls. Governor Pinuroo, of Michigan, has vetoed tlio Donovan curfew bill, which provided for tho arrest of children found upon the streets after 0 p. in. At Hrooklyn, N. Y., a fatal llro caused tho loss of four lives. j \V. J. Calhoun, of Sprinlield, 111., has been offered in Judge Day's place as special counsel in tho Unix cose. . a call has been issued for a conven tion of free silver Republicans of Ohio in Cincinnati, <1uno 1, to elect dele gates to the national free silver conven tion, .Inne Nth. It is possible that M iss Clara Hurt on may go to Greece in tho service of tho lied Cross Society. Mr. Demetrius Yasto, the Secretary of tho American fund in aid of tho Greek llod Cross, ro contlv Kitmmoiiod ^LisS""narton for a conference in Now \^rk in regard to her possible journey. A swindler from tho N'orth, so savs the Atlanta (Ga ) Constitution, recent ly exchanged three gold bricks to a in an named Jackson, in Macon, for 3<i,:j00 in cold cash and a chock for 3500 as a "trood investment" by telling liim nr. Indian had just found, a mine in a secluded spot iu Nevada, and the sam ples were only to get the money w here with to dovolop tho mine. Washington. President MoKinloy and Secretary A Igor will attoiul the reunion of tlvo Army of the Potomac at Troy, N. Y. , on August 20. \ \c,> On tho best of authority the fitnto ment is made from Washington that Dr. Isaac F. Hopkins, of Georgia, will be appointed Minister to Greece. At Washington Minister Dupuy do Lome has revived ap official dispatch from Madrid conflrnnug the presa cable that the Queen hA4 applied tho reform law to Cuba. Miscellaneous. ' The >m>w? York Legislature has finished its possion and adjourned. Twenty-six more anarchists ar<& oon. demned to death for participation in the bomb. thae&ing in Barcelona June 7thW. W ... . .... The report that the' King of ftiam would riait the United States thi?wjw mer is reported tyforrect by Isaac Towasesd B?itb, consul-general of qjfUtt in New Yor*, fiafiii ; That's What the Women's fexposi tion of tho Carolina Is to Be. MAY 1ITH IS THE OPENING DAY. Tho l^loturo, '<lireuking of tho Jlonlo Ties," Will IJo Heady for tho Opening. Charlotte, N. 0.? A|>ril :i0. (Special corrofn>Uiideht. ) ? The ebmprolihnslvo and rtttrilotlvo program fpr tho Wonion's I0x position of tlio Cnroiinils is nearly complete. Tho doors will bo thrown wide opon tho ovoning of Mayllth, with a recaption to tho public. Mrs. Sallio Southall Cotton, ono of tho South's loading women, tfhftiste address on u national training school at tho Mothers' Congress at Washington at traded such wide-spread attention, will deliver tho opening addross. A nn>nhor of adurossos l>y prominent Houthoruoi'fi, and outortaiumonts of tarioua kinds .will oxtond through tho ontlro month, "Uala Wook.u tho wook of tho 20 th celebration, Will ho orowded with eVottta, III addition to tho numer ous attractions afforded by tho exposi tion, tho fastost bicyclists' in tho fcountfy will bo hero at tho wook of tho national racing circuit; tho competitive flromen'i) races and displays, and varioua othor organizations will have a place in tho colobratiou. Special rates havo boon granted tho exposition from all points in North and South Carolina and nearby points in tlio neighboring Statos. Tho rato in eluding Norfolk, Suffolk and Danvillo j in ono faro for the round trip. For t May lUtli and 20th as low rates will prevap as has over boon given in tho Statu, tho rato being ono'oolita milo. This will euablo all to attend. Tho Century poster exhibit, probably tho llnoHt in tho world, including all tho private collodion of Mr. W. JiiilBWorth, secretary of tho Contury Company; all works of tho linest French artists ar lived this ntorning. Some fifty paintings from Washing ton artists have arrived, and many of tho leading art exhibits will bo hero in the next few days. The work on tho building is about complete aud tho rooms are being given tho finishing touches. Tho building profionts a hand some appoaranoe; is well situated, aud tlio arrangement is as good as could bo desired. Ono of tho foaturos growing in interest daily is tho exhibit of tho colleges in tho.'Htato. Tho University of North Carolina will send a most creditable oxhibit,. including tho famous death mask of Napolocm, valuod atiJSO, U(H>. Greensboro Fomalo Col logo, tho Stato Normal School, St Mary's Guil ford College, Salem Acadomv, Eliza beth Collogo and other higher institu tions will probably be roprosontod. Par ties of students from tho various insti tions will visit tho exposition, indeed the plans are to arrango spoeial excur sions from thoso schools and collogcs, a real gala day all'air. Ono oxhibit of moro tlmu usual in terest, will be that of tho Kussian Cot tage Industries. This will bo arranged and inauagod by ono of the poi sons who represented Russia at tho World's Fair in lyiJii. The exhibit will bo novel to the pooplo of this section and tho per sons having it in charge will wear tho nativo costunio. Ah plans havo grown tho idea of a machinery exhibit has increased, until it will now bo quite comprehensive. It will include cotton mill, hosiery, band ing and cording machines in oporation and all the exposition printing will bo done in tho building. Tho arrangements for tho shipment tif "Breaking tho Jlomo Tios" havo now boon complotod. Owing to tjjo Kieat risk and oxponso, tho picture it self will not arrivo until tho morning of tho night the exposition opous. May l!th. Tho draporio'6 will all bo hung, .and the details for hanging arranged, and tho picture can bo placed in a few moments after it arrivos. Our readers may bo interested in knowing what ia invol ved in the loan of such a picture. According to contract, insurance for $30,000 must bo placod with tho agents, Youngman ?fc Wales, of Philadelphia, in the nanio of C. O. Harrison, tho owner, tho insurance to no in effect from tho time it leaves his walls until the pieturo ia hung upon its return. A check for 3JJ76 is necessary to this end. Jas. II. Earlo & Son, oxpert packers of Philadelphia, are to send to tho home of Mr. Harrison, a distance of sonio 1 f> $r <?0 milos, ami removo tho picture, puck it, with frame, in wator prbof packing, and box it socurolj*. A chock for about $*~)Q is necessary for J this. Tho picture is thon to boshippod by express, insured, and tho express company released. Tho oxpressago will make the cost for tho loan of this pic ture for thirty davs about SMfiO. Tho fact tlmt. this pieturo has been ; exhibited alone for tlio prico of admis- j sion to the entire exftosilio.1 is sufll- i ciont proof that tho women in charge ; are ondoavoring to givo tho massos of tho people a creditable exposition at at small expense. The Exposition News, the official or gan of the Women's Exposition of the C'arolinas will bo issued about May 1st. All persons desiring a copy which con tains full information will receivo ono by return mail by enclosing a stamp and ^addressing, Advertising Depart ment Women's Exposition of tho Caro linas. Not more than two copies will bo mailed to any one address. Tho Oklulioint* Flooil. The latest news from Guthio, Okln., says tho llood-stricken valloy of the Cottonwood yiver is onoof horror, hun dreds of destituto and hungry havo ,J>eon found. Ono hundred and fifty f^ionscs lmvo been wrockod, ami tho Iosh will bo in tho neighborhood of $100,000. New HutMing ami Loan Association. A largo\numbor of investing ntock holders in tho Southern Jhtilding and l.oan Association, of Knoxvillo, have formed a reorganization committeo, composed of large stook holders, eaoh Btato being represented by one or more members. Tho new company will at once bo re-organized, known as the Lodn and Deposit Company of Geor gia, with headquarters in the Equitable buy up the associatiopa of the Southern. New Traffic Piu?<(ii|?r Association. Representatives of leading railroads of the South met in Washington ana concluded the formation of a new pas senger traffic association, to be known as the Southeastern Passenger Assoc! . ation, and elected officers for tba snsn idg year. The articles of association were tentativel y formad at a rsoant meeting at Atlanta. Tha election of I* f? A W Walters, president < Iivt Biorif fow states ft man of ? WW / | FELL TO THE FLOOR.' HT8 T.KOS WU l)|)KN IjY OAVK OUT. k'hoiua* Vt 1M?ki <> t <ievr land, Ntri< It o \Vu< Vr?pfttiiig fur a Villi to I rleiuU. F}6?\ tho lie ale >\ OUfwt oml. Ohio, Ot tiia Jlst dt ilki, ninny so-called Infltlfft Mo disorders none iiao jifcyod 1 1 bo moro of ft n enigma to tJ>?? lWt learned liKd <i? eompltshod physicians tft&u Jocomotoi ataxia, or a? it In moro commonly koowu, creeping paralysis. This dread dlsofwo bos baftled tuoir skill, and they hftvo been forced to ftduilt that thoy cannot success fully Copo with it. All they httYO boon ftldo lo do Is to mitigate the' accompanying pain and suffering; beyond t I?Ih tho Aotynoo ( >l modtolno has boon of HUlo or no avail to tho many unfortunates** who have con tracted tho dreadful rnaWWy, which, many Iiooplo, esnoolally thoao wliVaro thus nf llotod, bollovo 1.4 ft forerunner**^, the grJLlA.. toessongor of |ioMth. ***' Thomas I\ ftlgg, tohfi Kveft ft( M?. 1073 fit. (Malr St root, corner or J.awronco t)tLu>t>\ Oloveland, O., linn boon suffering from Locomotor utftxlft for nearly live years, aud nothing but hia wonderful vitality has pro vontod his dissolution long before this. Tho malady Is directly Attributable to his exposure during army lifo. Ho enlisted In tho Third llegimont Ohio Cavalry in To ledo, and served nineteen montna in the volunteer Rervloe, and after tho eloflyof the rebellion, eighteen months In tho rogulai army. "At llrst," he said in narrating his experience, "mv stomach went bw/k on mc nnd for six weeks J whs laid up in/ a hospi tal lit Texas. Ever tdnoo that limp ttint or gan has Oftused mo trouble, ajud shout seven years ago the doctor told Ino I was Buffering from fteuto Indigestion. That Wfts bad enough, but four years ago last July ^nrftlyslrt eamo on, and I have been Using tlfrso erutohes ever since. Tho pa ralysis wus In my legs, and it came ralnet I suddenly, i noticed at lln.t that rny knees wore n lit tie f?ttff, a sort of rhottmatlc pain, you know, This quickly developed into fmralysis," I trlod nil kinds of remedies, and I tried j physicians, but I did nut imiuovo. All this I time, though, I wrt holding my own- ] wasn't getting any worse. A short time1 ago I was Inducod to try Dr. Williams' I'lnk I'llls, I did not oxpoet 1Kb last venture would provo any more bonofiohd than thu others which prooocdod It; hut I am pleased to say that I was most agfrioably dlsap polntod. J)r. Williams' Pink Pills tiro nim jdy wonderful, I began to use thom two months ago, My logs thon were perfectly numb and cold ? nothing could warm them, Aftor Buffering with paralysis for moro tlinh four yoar?, I now exporionoo a com fortablo feollng of warmth in my lower jlmbs. I tell you I fool like shouting when I think of oseuplng froru my bondage, and my mind la on tho Bitbjoot protty much of the time, X intend to conllnno "(lie use of tho pills until my logs am as yood and uso f ill as they wore In their b.?M daya/ifuid I fool t l?nt will bo soon. , "What effect Jiavo tliq/pllls had upon your stomach?" Mr. was asked. <?'A8 rogurds that," tiaM'no. "you can readily boliovo that a sttffna^H which has been seri ously out of orflor for tlilrty-llve years Is In bad shape. Nothing used to stay on my stomach, and I was subject to violent tits ot hlccoughlngfi Thon I would huvo to lako an opluto to jfet to sloop. JJut now I llnd that food slaVu on my stomach, though I do not suPl'o/e that organ will ever bo in first-class s^ftpo again. HI ill I am satisfied to think tltht it la Improved to such a degree, And thai I can oat with u fooling of ease." For six yoars until a month ago, October, 1800, Mr. Bigg kept a stationery and con fectionery sturo at No. ;il7 East Madison Avo., directly opposite the Madison Avo. School. JIo sold out his busincsB- and c;ui now bo found at any tiino at No. 1073 St? Clair 8t. Dr. Williams*' Pink 1'illn contnln, In a condensed form, nil tiio elements necessary to givo now life and richness to t ho blood and restore shuttered nor, yes. They aro an unfailing apeeillc for such diseases as loco motor ataxia, partial paralysis, fjt. Vitus' daneo, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous liendaHio, tho after efl'pot of la grljjpe, palpitation of tho heart, palo ami salli\# Complexions, all forms of weakness either in malo or fomnle. Pink Fills aro sold by all dealers, or will bo sent postpaid on receipt of price, f>0 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50 ^t hoy aro never sobl ia bulk or by tho hundred), by addressing Dr. Svilliams' Medioino Company, Schenectady, N. Y. F. .T. Cheney &r Co., Toledo, O , Props, o! Hall's. Catarrh Cure, oll'rr $I<M reward for nuj case of catarrh lhatcannot he uun-<l by taklm. JIall's Catarrh Cure. Solid for U-fctinioniflh, free. Sohl by Druggists, 75c. CARCAnKTR stimulate liver, kiilneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe; 10o. Fits permanently cured. No llts or nervous ness after first dm"? use of l>r. Kline's <_ireai Nerve Hest,orcr. trial bottle and treatise free Diu It. II. Kmnk. Ltd., Wt Arch .St..Phila..Fa. I use Piso's Curo for Consumption both in my family and practice. ? Dr. (J. W. Fattku fioN, Inkbter, Mich., Nov. 5, 1?9L Just try a 10c. box of Cascrtiet?, ilie fipest liver and bowel regulator ever made. 8. N. U.-18.? '97. GUT ItlCIl onlckly; oon<r tor Inventions AVautad." JiuoAn Tate k. Co.. 246 H Way, N.Y. OI?fCN SUIHwr.^H ANI) WINTER. A'lvaJuaa^notan.'HUn i? America] Cool ?unv i??i? him KraixJ ii'uhiiiUIh Hi #n ?%*,*' \?f?<>n ??" Pf* luojitti c?r ti-TtAUr?hlp #*0. Koifd ??> *uout^ cheajj lttillfoA'i mk?. M. wTkMMOHp. , /**? A?hevlrle, N. < " machinerV and SUPPLIES. J&WGINK8, jflOlLEKS, V* bAW MIIil/8, COfi* MILLH, WJIKAT MIIjIjH, PLANFJIIfc}, HKIOK 51 A('II INKS, MOt/IyDlCltS, GANG HDGKRS. And all kind# of Wood Working Machinery. No onu lit tho floulh on a often you higher grade good*, or al lowor prices. TAlbott, Llddell and WftterlowU Engines. We arl only ft fow hours fide from you. Write foi prices. Lip; lit, Variable Feed Plantation Saw Mill* a Bpeplalty. V. C. BADHANI, (UCNICKAIj AGlCNf, Columbia, - - S. C. NOT MISLEADING. ! No Dungor, la Curing Otib Habit ol l/ormlng Another. (Mpfi>hlno Laudanum), et<>., Cared VttyM In fiotij fotir to ulx ? ?oks. \vin>KEY HAlJlT Cured In Four Weeks. . 'I li? euro endorsed by Nat, Oov't- InSoldlori lli-mes, In the Iteu >)ur Army, by Mis* Wll. Wd, tl?6 "W, c. 1. 13.4 by h'oftl Uotv, Franoff Wni'Ul y, by 1, O. O. T. and by OOO.Wty OUrea patient*, i\?,000 of thtflj belni( Physicians, Kor Teriitti eto?k AaflftM 'CM } T1I10 KKKbliV INSTITUTE, W Or I J rawer 27. Columbia, b. ? Reliable Charlotte Merchants Call on them when you go to Charlotte. N. C. Wrlto iht'in if you do not go, and l-are your orUora filled t>y mull, la hiiswoi'Iuk adverliMtnonU kludly men tion thin paper. ft P DUrt Mantles, Tiles. Sash. Poors fai V I I SfUWifcft ft CftVi etc. College and Third. fflTVWMfi "EST WORK. Hoftsontt>)lo Price? JmfuiitU Write No>vs & Time* 1'iV IIou*e. ffffl MfTWfJPK. M. ANDHKWS, 10-18 W.Tratto i W tW ?l A * UmUAIho IManos, Organ* & ltlcyolos. DrWHVVflKEFIELD ?Can bo consulted tn bis ofllco In? CII A It IjOTTIO, N. C., No. rft>U . J^'orth T ivy on Street. On n ny wook dny oxcopt Woiluesdny. Ilia prnctico la. limltoa to disuaecs of tuo Eve, Eflfl. Nose&Tnroit GROVES TASTELESS IS J U&T A8 GOOD FOR ADULTS. WARRANTED. PRICE GOcts. Gat.atia, Ills., Nw. 46; 1593, P?rl?M?<tlclnoOo., W.lA>ute,Mo. . _ . Gcntlomon:? Wo told lriBtycar. GOO botU?a of GROVE'S TABTKLKSS CHITX TONIC and bare i., .utriiL tbreo gross already this yenr. In all ont cx 14 yenr?t In tho drug buRliwwt hnvo .lull ivi nove lacUuu Df 14 year*. In ttio drug Diifunw. nnvo I jm nrtlclo thatgavo mien unlverBul autls* . your ToblO. Youra truly, / Aijney, CARH &CO? ANDY CATHARTIC ? 10 * 2S* 50 ? AU DRUGGISTS ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED *? nlonnil booklet free. Ad. RTFKI.INO BEWKIlT <*>?. Chicago, WontreaK Cy.t Tork. ^ tij.j I Tn* Doctor? uno layer or napor Ulwul oaoutch.you I>*t? IthFcshuro mny?n?jr recover ImtMJinnt tlirl?o." ALABASTI N E. IT WON'T RUB OFF. TF.i | pnnor ll Unsanitary. KAIJSOMIWE IS TKm-oKAViv, hoth,kuw5 off ami* hc-alkh. AUBASTIHE.&MSGkF?5* , For Hale by Paint Dealer* Everywhere. rnrr A Tint Onnl Bliowtnp 13 desirable tints, *l*o AlAb<utJno 1 rntt vonlr Jtook fwnt f rw tuir od? mrat Joolmi this iiMxir. AI(Ar?AHTI*'K<!0^rt?^B?pid., Bleb. I sbpa ^^wfiTOroaGa^^aa^Saaa^^. ^WWI>W'' ?!.""' | ? j OCCONEECHEE . FARM. POBKAH. W.C. i >1 i . ? nfmi^ A* M FW??TIT3PiUfH8TttS. ?RONZ* m WHIT* tvfwciv#. PEIUN DUCKS, ?uoc irnx AM *? wm mi. SHROPSHIRE SHEEP. Jmtj Kllftftw* m Jw* v Thl# tltlo of our fnr-fftiuod City haa beow bhndud down through tho ancestor* of J. Mc Knlt AlOxnudor and otlurn, ftlKiior? of tho MookloDburu I)QOl?rntion of Iudopondonpe. Thrt'emno snfrlt of determination that per vaded thin little hand of patriots, to throw off the yoko of oppre&don, and proclaim light and liberty to down-troddon humanity, Ift fully exeiupllllod now In tho progressive, wldo-awaku and up-to?dnto merohimt/i* BELK BROTHERS. ? - >?v Who shlflk their tent on thlsfifstorio spot over eluhtuOn months ngo, and with (? feellnft ofprfdfi to Imnd down to thft f\ituro genera tions- , a successful bwlneM carter, put tu every offort to accomplish tills end, llehoUjl today tho magnitude of jht? vonturq, cover ing n good portion of ono entire block; pre senting nn array of grandeur unequalled in either of the Cuiolluiis. . Tlio deolnratlou o( principle* laid down by us la equal Juntloo to* all. Saiue that our foijofathers promulgated' on tho 20. h day of May, 177S? while thla ono, aettled by tlio forcool arms, ours by tho foroo of dollar*. One brings blood, tho other takes tho hidoj look ovor tho Oeld of action and observe the wrotfkft caused by our "Paulo Trices." Bwoejv lug everything llko the mighty Mississippi ln\ Us mAYl carcwr recently None daro try to? check thoon\jvard rattrob of the Thoosandsas (hey wend their way to tlda gigantla estab lishment. Tlio preservation of this Union i? with tho President of those United States. Ocorgo Washington, our first chief, recelvod tlio support vt tbe people and may William jMcKlnley. our present ruler. 90 govern $W& j great Nation that all may be drawn to him. No wonder thou wo nro tho talk of thrt country, parrying, as wo do, moro shoes,, dry-goods, hats, w?| ?, k??si la" furnishings, oto,.. and employing moro clerks, paying moro< freight, buying Inorogoods, doing more busi ness than any two houses combined. ''Pay cash as wo go." Scoop in bankrupt stocks, auction sulus, railroad wrocka and so on at frequontiy less than fiOo. on tho Dollar, Wo arc the ccnlro <>f attraction of tho Quoon City uf tho South. Many thousand? will oorao ti> sec tho Woman'* Exposition in May, besides! Ihcro will bo other things during the month to draw the attention of many. Big colobra tion on the 20lh lasting several days. Bar naul A Bailey's Show tho 12tb. Hoinothlug new each day. .So take it altogether this wilt bo tho biggest month In tho hlstofy of Char lotto. ? Wo Intro mad?W*U)nsivo i. reparations for tho reception of tho people. 80 como prepared to spend several v?ays if you expoot to take In tho whole lay out. Will have a representative to show you. through our mammoth establishment un<l explain our system of conducting business. Will be a good schooling for old and now hugiuners. Wo are tho recognized leaders in th3 mercan tile arena of the Queen Oily BELK BROTHERS | CHKAl'KST STORK ON EARTH. li> to 21 10. Trado .Street, CHAKIjOTTK, - - - - - N. C. Whenever This ^ Paper Goes PLEASE RECEIVE if A? A' Personal - Call, Bearing a Most Cordial Invitation to * ?visit our store to seo the ? Great Stock CLOTHING That ifl now placod on our counters. Wo have oftcp been singled ont by our friends as being the Fairest Cloth iog Dealers ami as carrying the ? Largost Lino of Fi rat- Class Goods .in Charlotto. Wo caro not'Vhhat your positiou may, be:... ..A Farmar, Mer chant, Clergyman or Mechanic, we* have tho goods that will please you; and while we never quote prices* w? believe we can undersell some of our H competitors who 'olaim to sell yon Clothing "at" and "bolow cost." Wis never eell anything aicoatx- We make only a small and a decidedly reasona ble profit on everything *e se)J. ? oub Line of? i Hats and Gents' ! - Furnishing Goods Is not in tu^ Iea^in-de back gTound. Thie Iida^s Felly aa'LA ROE m can . bo : % care of obr out-of-town cuatoniers and invito them id eom* and aee what w? have. w?r charge yon notbiag W leok through oor atock. MjLLOH &8H8LM WUWttltt,