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Marriage and Murder, A rather curious happeiUflg /nevoiop ed iu a Justice (Joui t atj^rbxy,<w,(''c? (;'^i ft few (lays ago. T1 re wast iiii Bagod in taking evhUy?"'? ut ,l wost bloody and revolting >^im " mmrdor case, when the pn>^<','<,i"ks wero In itorruptod by two' Negro lovors, who tasked to ho mar*?0''* '^'lo Hiurdor oauo Investigation /^'nB "uspoiidod and the ?knot was tl^* u Uils a *,,,a"Ke mln gllng of q. r4<ln0iil* f,,|d J^y. / fCoep on S?rikl<<Mnft. /olenr Into llm t>nu<> nn<t ?)>o M'ottor will bo tho wordti, 'I'lioKi'd only orio way i<> Ifimi , rrltntoil, i1Ih<'/ihc<1 Hkln. Hoolli" It. Kill llm _erilif? tlirtt cuilntt I lit* Oulllilo Ull<) li^til It ii p ?omul ami slnm#. Onlyoiio tliliiK In.tJUo worM Hill <lo iiiln ? Tuliwlno I (,'? M o?>i?Ih u l>ox m <U'UK HUuoa or |x).-i(|)alil I or .'<0 ?iontH In nt<ini|?t iiy Ji'li )>haj>tfliu?, Hn wtnnfili, (In. Moofiuiilwm of tho Human Hotly. Tho human body la an epitome In Nature of all in och anion, all hydraulics, all architecture, all machinery of every kind.. There aro more than thh?o hun dred and ten meohuuical movements known to mechanics to-day, and all of these aro but modifications of thoso found In th?> human body. Here aro found all tho burn, levers, Joint", pull eys, j?u n? j?m, pipes, wheels' and axloa, ball and socket movements, beams, girders, trusses, buffers, a roh oh, col umns, cables and supports known to solonee. At every point man's beat me chanical work can bo shown to bo but ftdaptallonn of procovtos of the human body, a revelation of first principles used In Nature. Ladles' Home Journal. A Ooort Trait. "I dunno C7> the prodlg'il son was so .very bad, after all," said Mrs. Corn tOSSOl. "He wa'n no good to his family," hor husband rejoined. "That's a fact. Hut when bo got homo ho didn't hov no more tor way. 10 f he'd been like most a' tho men folka nowatbiys Iho fust thing ho'd or douo would of been to find fault with the way the fatted calf was cooked." ? Washington Star. The average woman will forglvo her (husband any crime on earth so long a.1* she has every assurance that ho will never commit It. Judlcbhft 10 xp.oiidltures Cuiiho r.r Kclurn.s. To tho inorchant who is happy if ho can noil his 'goods at an inoronso of ten to twenty percent, over tho coal, how almost incredible must it seem that typowiiiing machines and bicycles, which cost from about sixteen to twen ty-llve dollars to manufacture, can bo sold for #1011 or even if *>0 - each. What machines aro more univornally used today than these two, excepting t he how ing inacliine V How hard the merchant struggles for Jus ton per cent, profit whijo the typo writing machine and tho bicycle sell at a price which is from four to six times tho cost of manufacture. Judicious and contiuous advertising lias made this possible. I>o Gurry-Why Is It that when a fel low U aloiio with a girl ho loves they seldom piny cards? Merrltt IJccauso If they did she would have to hold her own hand.? Judge. Nn.To.lt lie lor Kitty <'??nt?. Over on rod. AN" 1 1 y not lot N'o-'l'o-llart regain to or romovu your donlru I'or tobacco? haven money, mnkup li >*<? I ( 1 1 niit) manhood. Cure i;nn rim teed. 60 cents ami Sfl.00 at all dniKk'lhl.-*. Hlie Then piijm d dn't r?fu?i! to llaton Jo you 7 Ho -Not :i l>lt. I be^un by toll 1 i?k liliu I know of ii plan whereby ho could hiivo money. ? Cincinnati 10 n iiuirnr A. M. I'rli'sl. PrmiKlHt. Sholbyvllb*. Ind. fh.vh: "llall'h Catarrh ('tire ^lunt (lot be*l ? , 1 satisfaction. Can net pi i* ii t v of testimonial.-!, IIS It CUI'um uiul ) olio who Uhcn It." i ?niKf;l?;t evil it, 75 <*. Jnat try n 1<V?. box of Cnci'ni'Ct-s, Hie finest liver ami bowel regulator ever niAdo. I /iin entirely I'tni'il of lifnunrHi.ttfo of luii:<'i liy l'ian'fl ("nre lor < 'oii.Mimiillon f.nrisA Lin i>a man. Mi'tliany, Mo., January M, Iff I. Jrltn permanently cured. Nolltsor norvoiiH liens alter lli -l <la\'r> live of In . Kline's Ureal Nerve Kent ore r. trial l>ot tie and I reutlho free l?n. it. ii. km nic. Ltd.. :r;i .vi . i? si..riiiin..i,?. Oasoa iii'.th ?>tiinnlate liver, kldhryn and IiuivcIh, Never ulcken, weaken or gi"!j>e; lOo. Mrs. Window V Pool hinu Syrup for ehlld ren t cot hint,', volt em the ^inn^.ri'.hii in^ Inlbiiiimn t ion, ullayu jiain, mi et? \\ i mi eolle. !i)<*.rt buttle*. When billon* or ??native, eat a Cfiwnrnt, c<ui(lv*utliai lie; euro guaranteed; lOe., %o. Poisoned Blood TIioho oomo from |>ol- R/l rt I o *> ! 't h.iioii.i miasms urging ?*"*?lciricl from low mnrrdiy land ami from decaying >i*K''tahlo in :i 1 1 ? - r . which, breathed into '??o hinu.i, enter ami poison tho blood, f.eep tho blood |.iiio by taking Hood's : a i .-ft | iitilla and there will be littlo danger from malaria. 'I'll" mtllioii.H take Sarsa pari I la Tim bent ? in Inel I be ? Mo* I rne Wood I'lirlller. Hood's Pills .S. N. n/. uufits where ranist fails. . Ural (,'uukU S}ni|>. Tutlcit (lw?l. Use In, time. by ilmtWiM*. Tl LILIAN'S ItlOSOMJTlON, It, ? ~ Majorlty of Senators Favor Invoattga' i ton ? Charleston Sanitarium. But unlay a pay of the Unitod States Senate showed a predominant sontimont in favor of tho Tillman investigation resolution. if ignored by the commit* too Iho Soniito will probably discharge tho committee and consider tho rowolu- i tion without committee action. Koria tor .Tonos, of Nov Ada, ohaitman of tho committee, speaking for hijuself, ?aul that ho believed tho resolution would bo favorably and promptly reported. Senator Jonos, of Arkansas, a mem ber of tlio eomnilttoo, is interested in prompt ooinmittoo action. Ho is largely interested in a patent for man ufacturing cylindrical cotton bales In stead of rectangular bales. Bearlos, Hocrotary of tlio sugar trust, now on trial, is president of tlio company and iuvoHted his money in tho enterprise, it is alleged, at t lie instance of Senator Jones. Tlio Senator said that ho court ed the fullest investigation. Senator Til I mail is satisfied that tlio invostiga t ion will be made. It in boliovod that u special ooinmittoo will bo appointed with Senator Tillman as chairman. ( A l<il( to establish a sanitarium at Cas tlo I'indkney was introduced by Sen ator Tillman. It will bo followed by a resolution calling on tho Hocrotary of War for estimates of tho coat of orootiiig necessary building? and improving tho grounds. Col. Kaufman anil Capt. Lfuld Haw a number of Sonators in roforonco to tho project ami lator, aecompanid by ( 'orporal Tanner and (ionoral Hurdott, both (hand Army men, called at the War I >opai tioeut to tho Soerotury Al ger. f"OM M ITTHK Wll.n AliT ON IT. Senator .1 ones of Nevada, ohairmau of tlio committee which controls tlio coiitingout oXpousojj of tho senate, to which was referred tlio Tillman resolu tion for an investigation of tho reports of Hpeculation in sugar stocks by sons tors, has conforrod informally with his oolloages on tlio committoo and an agreement. has boon reaehod to report the resolution back to the Senate. Senator Tillman nays that when it is reported lie will insist upon prompt cousidorat ion and that it it is not soon reported lie will move t lie discharge of the committee. 'I'll K KIJ'IZ KKt'OttT. K Agrees W illi the Stutement Mu?le l?y Consul (ioiierol Iioe. i llxbanu, via Key West, 1'lu. , MayUl. Of (lie two r opoi Is understood to have been sent from 1 1 abulia by the eoiiim is aion in voHtigating the death of Dr. |{ui/? tho one by Mr. Calhoun, who represents tlio Ignited Statoa, and tho other by Dr. Congosto, tho Spanish consul at I'hiladelphia, who aots for the Spanish government, the former will, it is said agree with tho statement oT ("onsul (ionoral Deo that Dr. Uui/< died from concussion of the brain, the result of violence, after solitary oonlino lnoiit more than thirteen days, regard less of his treaty rights. / * Consul (ionoral Loo dooliitfcd at yes terday's session of tho commission to question the witnesses, who were inter rogated only by the Spanish representa tives. ( 'onsul ( ienci'al Leo will shortly make a report on the ltui/, case, and M r. Calhoun will nuiko a further report on other matters such as the money tpies tion, tho condition of American inter ests and the general suffering due to Captain (Ionoral Woyler'a stylo of campaigning. Consul (ionoral Lees position is just what it was iu Feb ruary last. Ho hold that Spain is re sponsible, since Itui/. died, because ho was deprived of his treaty rights. 'I he exact facts as to how Dr. Ilui/. received the blow which killed him, (ion. Lee and Mr. ( 'elhoiln could not learn, bo cauHO half of the witnesses examined by t ho commission wore prisoners, and it is believed wereafraid to testify fully. The remaining witnesses were the jail ors who would not testify so as to in criminate theinselvos. The relief of snivel ing Americans by Consul (icneral Leo goes on daily. Several hundred have already been as sisted. Tin*, I'ltrklsli I'mco. ( 'orislant lnople, .May SI. -- ( By Cable. ) --The ambassadors of the powers in their reply to tho porte's nolo of A (ay I'Slli (saying t lio Turkish government coiihcnts to negotiate for I air co, )-ro\ iittul the <5rcek commanders lirst i-iiwii ait armistice mid (hat ho soon us this is done the Turkish government will negotiate tlio peuco conditions with the ainliassaihirs, tlio treat}' to I ?o signed by the Turkish and < iroek ploni potent iarioa in Thesally) announced to day that I liny do not. object to tho con clusion of a in i I i I iii'.v ariuistico and will Jake steps at Athens with tip' object of Mvuring it. Hut in the meanwhile they are of the opinion that tho discus sion of the peace condit iotia should bo in w ithout delay. I lie I'rrsliytcrlmi Assembly Ailjoiicns. The thirty-sixth annual as.seinblj' of tho Southern I Tosbyteriau church was dissolved at Charlotte, .May 'JJMh, at 'J o'clock', after a session of ten days in the J'irst I'reaby terian church of that : city. Tho business w as of minor ini i 4>ortance. Tho assembly paid Mr. ! ioeteliins, the moderator a handsome | tribute testifying to his ability and j eflicieiicy. Tho majority of the com missioners hut ai night lor their re spective homes. The assembly was a j notable one in many respects. There j weie el veil ex-moderators present. Tho '?f-'iUth anniversary of the Westminister } symbols were celebrated. Mrs. Mab ney and I logo were present " [ r liavo boon iiskiq Aycr's I'ills for thir teen years, nn<l llu.l tliiil nothing equal* ' them for indigestion. I They arc tho only relief f liavo found In fill these. ye,nr* for llso suffering ot dyspepsia ami iii<iiK???Hon. Mrs. Matt in H. Mitch r.i.i. Ohid Hill. Vft., rob. 21, I80O. ' "I Iirvo been Ayrr's 1 PJlli for yqM* for blliouo noBf And constipation. 1 ftii'l f tfiom very offectJVc, nwl WiM in ACUon. Thoy ?gU tny system In ev^ry ro*poct.'' Jolt* F. A*n UtV; rellc^n, 1*., July 19, WEIGHTY WORDS pom ? I Which Lasted About Fifty Seconds I am! Caused Great Excitemont, | CHIMNEY TOPS SHAKEN DOWN, ? Wcru of About ICquM Voro? A?? Over tho Country?Very nt Charleston, S. C, Washington, May nt. ? Wiuit was ft?,,,,uH0U to havo been an oartlu tuako waa foil ??eio ut om? minulo of lasted about fifty nocoiida and caused ohiuiiloHoro to sway ami floors to trow blo povooptibly. Koports from all over Hi" <""" '.v show tho earthquake to I'avo boon M " oral, ft was very dooidod .... ti and Clovohmd ,uud othoi 1 , towns. It waa slight ... Baltimore and Niuv York. At Isnoxville thoro I wo distinct .shocks and reports a alight .shook. 1 ho oa. llutunko was distinct in Louisville and nmuy Kentucky towns. Tho .fullov;^? also report experiencing tho earth quake: lUcloiul*. \ llU^?viilo unit port News, Atlanta, Ashovillo ami ' (WoS'N. 0., May ;j 1 ? - o'clock this afternoon tl.o nuth trim l.tml. all*' tl.o ahook of ' ,i I x,ut four Booonds. I ho shook was ao rimiiinKl l'.V h losv rumbling mgj* Two ohimnoy topfl at tho jm! ?l.(" shaken, which was aboutall thodamago done horo. _Thoro was brick buildinua folt it. 'I ho ??"?<* VU4.H bo heavy that doors which , l iiiif o|u.n wore ww ay o?l baokwaid om? for w ar?l as if movod hy an uuhoo. mV On residonoo streets, w horo tho houses :,V 1,1, tl.o hhook WOH ?u h?uvy Hint many la<li?? >vo1'" [rlKhlonotl / badly. two distinct shocks woio folt ^Newton N. (1.. May HI. A sovoro eart hquako shook was folt hero to-day about * o'clock, last.. ik ? Tho shock was accompanied b\ a nun lin" noiso; buildings rooked and win (low lights rat Hod so that nearly ?VM>' Hk.ho ill brick buildings. No damago , "?vo horo .["'I thoro ?.??? pieces of plastering foil, a. Tim bricks from tho tops of ehimuoj ,s. T h shock was sovoro enough for persona ( ".iv1..!" n"1 ji?" m:-At.o?t 8 -icfiivlixik ' Hi''' af'tornoon tho earth trembled and the vibrations worn so prolonged ami tho shock so Bovoro, t hat the business men all ran to tlio wire . Window panes rattled and, in a few in atalu'oa! l.ri?kH I. unbl.nl from thoch.m nev tops, but no soriourt daiuago re sulted. 'The shock hero W more ae voroti,;u,n,o..m..^A;.R? . m hTOvv shock of earthquake was felt horo this afenoon Tho shock was preceded bv ? low, rumbling noiso. Uoods \voio shaken olV the shelves in ?110 town Some residents ileclaio that t o lawns aa heavy hero as the famous '''MaHon'xV. Mav JH. Tins after H..OH at ?.?'i.-clo.-U wo liail tho hoajMo.t ear t lo pink o .d.oek since )x\^' The citi/eVis made a . tisli fo? J1" . ll.. ..f ihf filre?st. ?" order to bo na o in it iSiik walls falling. The shock lasted half a . ..... ute ^ A? oarthMuako'shoek was felt horo today at o' ? . M htnigh not very sovoro it wi s Vt K.'"1 'MT?! ?( vil.rnlti.na. ami la?t?t m .. was pna o.-.h"! hj ? loj) ing sound, resembling that mado l>3 a eontlagration. . .noit Lynchburg, Na., May .11. --A ???cqk of earth., uake wjis expononecl ho.o at 1;r,H o'clock this afternoon. ' 3 were shaken from a number of 4 1,1,11 neys ami furniture ami crocked waio jos,h'?l. No damage of oonsc'iuonto "'sHvannah, <!?., .May ill.- An -arth "T,...-h .'?? Ml thia lUtarnooll about ? o'clock. Windows were shaken, buildings trembled ami th?? poop o alarmed. Not niiu-h damago was done however. Vjn. -Thoro NVa.;,al,:i,g h. ? ear, I.Tiake fcil ( all over South (JAfoliiin t. ..lay about . o ? loj I k. The vibrations seemed stronger in tin. northern part of the .State, and \u\ Illl fc ^.n Charleston. A few peoplo were ntar.ly frightened. No dain ""iialei-h Moin uo. Wade; boro, States Mile Oxford. U.Mdsvillo, Moorosvillo, Salisbury, Hickory Klin wood, I nu villo and IJiithei t??i dton, N. ., i?a?? felt the .piake. and at several pla.es brieks were thrown from chimneys, dishes rattled ami buildings samin cd. ICevlval nf Ihr Slu'iil") I. aw. The House of I {epreseutativos of I'lorida has pa:-sed an "Act to prohibit t In? inst nicl inn or at ItMiilniM'o as schol ars jit tho same school of while and col ored prisons. " Thiu is a revival of tho Sheals law of t lit* last I ?Ogialaturo. I ' ii I a v\ t ii 1 1 y Itcri'lvi'il Deposits. In liie criminal court at Lebanon, Ten ii . W. I ',. 1 1 ale waft found trinity of unlaw fully receiving deposits and hit* venli'iico wmi lixed at iive vcars in tho penitent iary. Tho caso will bo appeal- j i>d. Hale waft cashier of tho Hank of Watertown, which failed about a year HgO. Molliri , Sister anil OlilM Drownetl. At Abbott. Tex., Mrs. Nannio L. I5arr, her ?1-year-old babo and her sis tor, Mian Mattio L. Aloxander, aj;cd M, were drowned in a tank near thoir house. Tlio boy waft playing in the shallow water and inadvertently fttep ped oil into a doop liolo in tho contro of tho tank and the ladies wero drownod in trying to rose no tho littlo follow. A Norwnj* Town Destroyed, ?The town dJT Nam soft, province of North Trondhjom, near tho month of tho Namson river, on tlie Namsen Fiord, we?t of Norway, lias t?een en tirely destroyed by lire. Tlio flames, fannod?l>y a tlerco wind, spread bo rap idly th*t tho I, ^00, inhabitants wore nn* able to 8avo even thoir furniture, Ite?uftof n I>rnnk. At Han Antonio, X?*-. Bnd Frank*, : * hofoe trader, wound up a drnnken spree by ^irdeiinff hi* wife *qd then I btoirlfif oil fcttoirobntfiu, NEWS ITEMS, Southern l'pimll I'olnter*. Jft.s. R. Catou, o f Alexandria, Va. , has announced himself u cnudidato for Lieutenant (ioyernor of Virginia* Mrs, \. Godfrey was arrested >u i Atlanta, (In , on the ehargo of strang ling her daughter's illegitimate child bix years ago, Tho steamers Riscay no ami l>ftunt I088 have boon captured gtC tlfo Florida <?)a?t, charged with engaging in fili bustering expeditions. Muring a lire at CharlottcftYillo, Va. , a building wan wrecked by the explos ion of a keg of powder, ami the chief of thu hit) department was killed and sev eral others wounded by falling bricks and timber. The Kaleigh (N. O. ) Press- Visitor learns that the Tribune is to rosumo publication about July 1st. It is to bo I *ii Id ished mm 11 four-page morning daily with an eight-page Sunday edition. Col. \V. S\r. 1 1 ay ward will continue an editor. Mrs. Dora Copohavor, of Kduiburg, Shcfiandoah county, Virginia, attempt ed to light a fire by pouring coal oil on tlic kindling. \The oil in the can ig nited, and was' thrown all oyer her, binding the woman ho horribly that she died within a fow hours. The M id vale rolling mill and epiko manufactory, of Koanoke, Va., has been purchased bv the lloUidayuburg lion and Nail Company. Tho plant will bo removed from Koanoke, either to liollida ysburg, Fa , or to Kirming* ham, Ala, An international motor ear raco ia to take place from London to Birmingham and back. The Tredegar Company, of Rich mond, Vn., arc the lowest bidders of l,iHH seacoast defense shells. The boundary hue on water between Maryland and Virginia will be survey ed the buoys marking it will be re stored. The Populists of Virginia hold a con vention in .July to nominate a Stato ticket. 'The Tennessee courts have declared constitutional an act of the last Legis lature which will save to the people ^ii, 011(1,000 a year in ofllce fees. The vote iu Virginia on tho tpiestion' of calling a constitutional convention hah been defeated. 'I lie ninth annual session of the American Railway Accounting oilicers met in Kichmomf, Va., on the VJTth. ( Ijic hundred and forty members were present. II. M. Kochcnsporgor, comp troller of tho N. V., New Haven and Hartford Hail ways was elevated to the presidency of tho organization. I hey meet next year at Atlantic City, N. in May.. Fir? at .Savannah, (la., destroyed tho w holesalo grocery store of Smith Kros. Loss, #($,000; fully insured. '1 he iron shipments from Tennessee and Alabama during April aggregated 10(1, TIM tons. Captain .lohn U. Welsh, of "Florida, formerly of Frio, Fa., is a candidate for Consul (ienorul to Cuba. Few people aro aware of the variety of goo?ls shipped from the Sotlth to all pails of tho world. The steamer ( ? corgia or the Old May Lino plying on the ( 'heaspeake Hay between Haltiinoro and Norfolk, recently brought into Haltimore for shipment consignments ( of Southern goods to Capo Town,' ^Africa; Kingstown, .Jamaica; , Shang hai, China, and London, F'ngland. A part of the Chinese consignment was cigarettes made in North Carolina. ? All About the North Tlio Indian outbreak in tlio North won! territory has been < i nol Icil. Al mighty Voice has been killed. Tlio eighth anniversary of tlio Johns town disaster was appropriately ob served May Hist. Snow foil at many points m Michi gan iiiul Wisconsin on Decoration Day. A cull lias boon issued for the tenth annual convention of the National Re publican .League, at Detroit, Mich., July i.ith. At Denver, Col., a spring wagon driv en by Henry Marsau, a carpenter, and containing eight children, vanning from to !) years old, was struck bv a i-peoinl train on the Donver and Itio (Srande railroad and as a result four of the children are dead and tho others ' 1 injured, two so badly that A statue of Deter Cooper lias been unveiled in New York. '.Wills at Soincrsworth, N. II.. havo decided to shorten hours of labor. In its legal controversy with the Su preme Lodge, Knights of l'ythias, of Petroit, Mich., the Improved Order K nights won a victory. .John I*'. Johnson gets ten years in ? he penitentiary for wrecking the IjO ga n sport (Ind.) bank while he was president, A woman at the John Hopkins hos pital. Haltimoro, Mil., has leprosy. It is thought she contracted tho terrible malady a number of years ago while in tlii*> West Indies. A company has been formed at Rich moiid. I mi., to build an clootrie traction lino in N icarngua. t I mliaiis at tho l'jliia Reservation, in Ari/oiia, are cojisfructim; an airship in which they hope to Il3- from a mountain top. \ A head end tjollision botwoen a freight and a pnssnnger train occurred at American Kails, twenty-live miles west of Poeatollo, Idaho. causing tho death of nine men and the serious iu jury of eight others. Manufacturers of the Indiana ^aa holt at Anderson are organizing to prosorvo the natural gas fields. A monument to the hcroie. men who mot death in a lire on tho World's I^air O rounds, Chicago, was dodicated Tuesday. At Wnshincton John O. Soarles, soc? rotary of the American Sugar Refining Company, liko President ilavomoyer, has been acquitted by the direction of Judge brad lev, who sustained tho mo* tion of tho UofenBO. Tho Southern Wholesale Orocery -Association held its sixth annual con vention at Nashville, Tonn., on the 27th. Spanish ofTlcors make ro porta of sev eral skirmishes with the Cubans, in all of which tho Spanish troops aro suc cessful. Noiffi "Carolina nostofftoe appoint in en Is* Poyett, Wilson connty, W. F. Howe; HaraoTlllfj Greene connty, J. 11. Kava^o; Hermitage, Ashe county, Dydia Farnrer. Miscellaneous, piici m ? Tli? Past Week Has Been Generally J Unfavorable, COTTON CROP NEEDING RAIN. Tobuceo Plant lug IIhm Made l?'avor? ?? l?lr? ProgrcHS--('utt Ing Wheat In Virginia. Tho United States Weather Bureau, in its report of crop conditions for the week ending May HI, says: Tho paat week lma been generally unfavorable for crop growth, boing utuoh too cool in uli districts east of the Kooky Moun tains, and too <lt^ in tho Southern States, while oxoohrivo rains in Now England have Retarded farm work in that section. ()n the Pacific coast tho conditions have boon unfavorable to corn throughout tho principal corn producing States, being much too cool for germination and growth, while complaint# of poOr stand nro quito gen eral. in the Central and Western (lulf States the conditions hrtvo beou more favorable, the outloolfc**iu TAxas and Oklahoma being flattering, whijo im provement in tho eonditionjfof tho crop i? reported from {jouisianiyand Missis sippi. Planting is nuariug completion ii) the inoro northerly Sfatoa. /U'lio eastern portion of tho cotton ro Tgion is sutl'oring to some exton\ for f?\in, but the crcp is clean and is goner ally doing well, although backward. The most unfavorable reports aro from Now York and Tennessee and in the last .named State a considerable area will be ploughed up and planted in corn. In Central and Northern Texas the crop is reported as from two to three weeks late, very irregular and suN'oring from cool nichta. Over Southern Texas tho crop is not so late and, although being damaged in localities by insects, it is fruiting nicely ami is' generally well cultivated. Excopt in Kentucky, whoro the out look is less promising than it was a few weeks ago, the conditions of the past week have been favorable to winter wheat. Tho crop is nowjroading as far I North as Nebraska ami Illinois pud harvesting will begin in Mh**tm?*f hy about June 10. Some wheat hIf#-?beoii out in Virginia and harvesting contin ues, with good yield in Texas. ( Spring wheat has been injured by frost in tho Dakotas, some being killed in North Dakota. In Minnesota tho early sown is doing well, but the late sown has made slow growth. Over tho Southern portion of the winter wheat region tho conditions have been more favorable. Tobacco planting has made favorablo progress in States of the Ohio valley and the crop has been planted in Vir ginia. In South Carolina and Florida it is much in need of rain. TIJtJKKK tV CO. KAIL., Debts Preferred to the Amount' of $31,111(1 ? The Assets Will l>e Large ly In K.YC08S. At Kaloigh, N. C. , the business of \V. 11. ,V K. S. Tuckor, established in ISIH, ami tho largest dry goods houKo, in the Shite, is in tho hands of trustee# for settlement. Tho co-partnership )l?i;elofote existing between Messrs. .lame^-lioylan, Theo. W. Dobbin and William Boylan, under the above firm name of W. II. <V 11. S. Tucker, has been dissolved by mutual consent, and on account of the mi\L'uitudo of the bus iness, it was doomed oest to turn every thing over to disinterested parties with power to wind up the business by sell ing the stock ami paying the debts, and distributing tho, surplus anioiiK the partners. With this Object in view, the lirm has filod in the court house, a' deed of trust to Krnost Haywood, Wm. It. Snow and William II. Tucker, with power to wind up the business. Neither member has any homestead or exemp tion out of the firm's assets. Tho debts preferred amount to $HI, HI (I. At pres ent it is impossible tO ascertain the ex ile!- amount of tho assets and liabilities, but the indications aro that the inven tory, which is now being taken, will tdiow assets largely in excess of tho liabilities. TIIAT DISI'KNSAIiV DMCISIOX. . Senator Tillman (iivos Jurljrc Slmon ton Another KnUliif;. Concerning the lindiug of Che {South Carolina dispensary law void, Senator Til I nmn says: ".Judge Simonton has rendered an infamous decision. If Congress wero really in soss/on wo would n law ttyro'uuh that would re verso. Siinonton so'quiok it wonld make his head swim. " lie suvs tho Attorney' (loneral of South Carolina wonld probably apply for justice to tho United States jiu preme Court. on a writ of orror to stay tho ell'eotof Judge Simonton 'h decision, pending an appeal to tho full court. I In lias little doubt that tliis will be grant ed. ?- Tho diapojisnry law is as consti tutional as the constitution itself and a good thing for the State," said tho Stales Senator. The t!iiltc<l States to Illume. Madrid. .Tuno 1. ? (By Cable).- Hen oral Boinar, who has just returned to this city from tho island of Cuba, had an interview with tho Minister of War, (Sonera! Asrurraga, in the course of which the minister was informed that the } of t )i w rebellion in Oubft was only duo to the assistance which the insurgents rocoived from tho United States.. A H Igher Turin on Kaolin. Senator Pritchard, of North Carolina, lifts |>orsuftded tho United States Son ato Bopublicaus to agroo to iWduty of 9H i?er ton on kaolin. Thero was a strong opposition to increasing tho rate, but Sonator Pritchard tftood out for $.'1 per ton and won. A (inltant 8oIdler I)p?I. Col. Kirkwood Otoy, city -ylffTtor and a promiuont citizen of Lynufiburg, Va., is dead. Aged <18. Hturtvas a gallant Confederate soldier, <yfln man ding the fcleventli Virginia liettimenfc in Uong Btroot's corps, during the war. Gen. Mlici at Athens. Athens, June 1.? (By Cable. ) -Major G on oral Nelson A, Miles, U. S. A., re turned here today from Thermopylae, the headquarters of the Greek army, wbaro ha mat -Crown Prinee Oonstan tine and was enable to inspect the de fense*, of th* Greeks. ' Bryan ?a a l>ect?re Tour. William Bryan ha* started oti a ten-week's lecture tonr that -will eatfnkw Montreal, San Francisco, But land, Vk, and Troy, N. Y, PHYSICIANS BAFFLED. Prof.il, H. ItowtnuKi Iiwtructor of Nuturnt Bcifitfv lu IlHt'tttvlllo ('vllre^i Ciircii S gf a Movere Illuoitu l>y 1> 1V111- ' Shud1 Fink 1'illt fnr I'alo After rityttU (lunt rultetl. from the l(epublican, Columbus, />id 1'rof. K. R. llowman, tho ablo instructor of natural sclonoe in th? famous Hurtsvlllo (In<l.) GoIIoro, Is w^U and favorably known, not only a? an oduoator, but ?l?o a# a min ister of thf^ gospol, us for a number of yoara ho w(\3 p/VHtor of tho Unftqrt JJrothron church at Charlotte, Mich., before coming to HarUvJllo, x-aor. n. showman. Bom? tlmo ago ho had a severe tllncM which was ourod almost mlraoulously. A reporter hearing of thin, Intorviowod him regarding ills oxporlenoo. Prof. Bowman was In tho xnldst of his work wlion tho ro portor oallod, but ho chooi fully gave him a hearing, "A yoar agodaat fall," said tho professor, "I broko down with nervous oxhaustlon, and was unablo to properly attend to iny dutlos. I tried diAtxpnt physicians but with no roltof, and also usod many d Iff or out pro prietary inodlolncs, upending almost llfty dollars for thcBO roodlclnos nlone. I then suooumbed to a sal go of tho grip in the mlddlo of winter, and was left In a much worse oondltlon. My kldnoys wero fearfully disordered, and my digestion became vory poor. I was Indeed In a bad condition. "A minister in conference learning of my condition advised 1110 to tried Dr. Williams' Pink l'llls for Palo People. I had heard much about tho wonderful eurativo powers of this medicine, but It was with reliictanco that I was finally persuadod to try it, as it scorned that nothing oouhl do mo any good. However, I proourod three boxes of pills and took tboin strictly according to direc tions. l$y tho tlmo the. last dose was taken i was almost cured, and in better heullh, than 1 had boon for years. I oontinuod usin? tho pills awhile longer and wns entirely cured. I oau cheorfully roeommond Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Palo Peoplo. 8uoh was Professor Bowman's wondorfiij story, whioli was fully endorsed by tho fol lowing nflldnYit: 1IART8YU.I..K, Ind., March 16, 1897. I afllrin that tho abovo accords with tln? facts In my ease. B. W. Bowman. Subscribed and sworn to boforq me this /Oth day of March, 1HD7. Lyman J. Bovdokh, A Tolary Public. ?Staitb or Indiana, ss. J)r. Williams' Pink Pills for Palo People contain all tho elements necessary to give new Ine and rlchnosu to the blood and re storo shattered nerves. They aro sold in boxes (nover In looso form, by tho dozen or hundred) at 50 cents a box, or six boxes for ?12.60, and may bo had of all druggists or directly by mall from I)r. Williams' Modi olno Co., Schenoetady, N. Y. A Nose Party. A jaoso party Is the*latest. It came olT In Hucksport, Me., tho other evening, and is thus (1 escribed by a participant: Tides wore made, in a shoot largo ehough to admit a good^Ized nose. Half of tho party got behind it, and for ?. moment or two there was a wjile ly vftryiug assortment of proboscidean exhibition, ranging from the turn-up pug to the needle-pointed creation searcher. The party on the outside se lected nose*, each choosing tho partic ular noso that suited his ideas, and tho owner thereof was hl? partuer for the evening. It was n solemn occa sion. ^ Uermun Lkik) Owners. Germany's Ufteou largest land own ers own between them 0,000,000 acres of German soil. Prince Wittgenstein has .'1,000,000 acres, next comes the Duke of. Arenberg with fiOQ.OuO, then In order the Prlnco of Tli(urn and Taxis, the Duke of Rrunswlok, Prince Salm Sal m, (lie Prince of Talkeyraud-Hagan, who Is a French subject; the Prince <if PI ess, tho Duko of T/euch ten berg, Prince Benthelm, Prince I^owensteln, the Piinco of Wled (father of the Queen of ltoumanla), and Prince Fengger. Many of these have large estates out side of Germany. DRUNKARDS <SAVE:Df Tho craving for drink Is a disease, * marv?llona euro for whl<-H ha? l>e?>n discovoml called "Auti Jax." which inak#s tho Iriobrlate lone all taste /or AtroiiK drink without knuwIiiR why, an It can be glveri wx-rotly In tea, coffeo, aoup and tho like. If "Antl-Jaa" 1a not kept liy your drugaUt sond ono dollar to ilio ltonova Chemical (Jo., w llroad way, Now York, and It will l>o fcorU postpaid, In plain wrapper, with full dirratlonn how lo give ain-rvtly. luforumiiou mullcU fr?r. IS WHAT? ALABASTINE A purfl, permanent and nrtlBtlc wall-coating ready for tu? brush by mixing in cald water. TOR SALE tY PAINT DEALERS EVERYWHERE, rn r - i A Tint Card allowing 1 2 desirable tin ta, l-H l-f- ?{ ah*> AtabaatineHourenh* Rock Brntfraa 1 IILL I to any on? mentioning this paper. ALA8ABTINE CO., Qrand Mick OSBORNE'S AKT RICH q?Uok?y : ??twi tor J n van (Ion* VJMV#.,'' KWMVaiK * OO., Stt B'jray. N.Y, THE KEELEY CURE. am oiiofj, OlMUM, lOllACCO i:sinu I'rortucoctirh u <1 -??* imvinif ?iviniu ? ogy. Iho tlUoaio V M&lv to llio Wl>\? OltlorldiXif ' n?t* IIIKIlt ?t* 'Tt i,l tl.O ivK?yl.K\ 1'intl lute, ( uliiiuhia, IS l lifti'oa inoiu ??i (he InUltuiv is itluasQiit. ratii.MU? arc itoj hiibjf't ( to unro!tMomtl>lt? rvhlralot. It l<? Ilko ink I in; a vacalioa of four WOOkSt T fit'S' (>rtl j'' know t h<>y nr<< fJolail fd luforinaiion of ihls tir.at io?<ut, proofs of its Mt<'. ?<?**, tiinl Kvolo)' Olifttoonlsm mailed ou application to IM'Awor .v7, Co lumbia, S. 0. THE THONIflS ,J Js (ho niout coin|tK'lo f?y?ton> of Klovat iiiK, llainlliiy/, ('IwHiiinK ami,' 1'flckliiK ('<>i ton. lin|JW>voft tavtsa labor, limktvi you tinfcJiny. Wtito fur Cutft h>KVt&i uo olln.r i'MUttls il. I HANDLE TI\o most ImproviHl Cotton 'iii-a, Ptoasos^" JCIovatorn, EnninoH ami tv.i >70 (?"> hd found on tlio market. My hortfouut i?>if lh'ali) Saw Mil! in, in ?linj*?!lelty ami ofll oioncy, a womb-i. Oi>ta .Mills, Plan?rj?T ? " flYniK ami nil Wooil W.'irfil n?r Mtioiilnory. I.ltbloll ami Taioott Iin* ^Iiioh aro tlio bo.it, Wrlto to iho boforo buying. ) V. C. BADHAM, Uouvrcl Ageut, Columbia, S, 0. i Reliable Charlotte Merchant*; C'aII on ^lieni when you go loCliurlollo, N, O. Writ?t tiirin ir ,vou <l?> not ko. mxl J-uve your oriler? filled by liiKll, J? hiihwui Ihk ;?il i i rllrttirnptiU kindly men tion lilts payor. _ _ RBIMffXJfl HIOH'I NVOHK. i.cuMonai.lo I'rluM* IftlililflU Wilta Xovvs & Time* iH'u IIouro,. PltftMtTftBPR' A XDREW?, W-ia W.'f rade I UluMl wIVmAIko 1J lanes, Oriftms frtiUiyulea. COR I'INt, OKrtM), MiUHr.t PIANO I III Kooil orUci ; ll"l UM'<I > I'l V loUKi. \v||Ll?i; yiljl ?? a Hfu'riavt'. W. KAl'KMAN, I'luiiloUt', N. C. Lnuah at tin* Sun . Drink Rootbocr Keep CoohBnm Rootbeer Keep Well-Drinll Rootbccr.j Qi/enchm your thirst HIRES Root beer.. Here it is! ? * Want to learn all nlwut a UoTHcf How to 1'i. k Out iV Oouil One? Know (Ions and no (lnav>l nf'nmst 1'iauil? Detect l)iM.?*e uiwl EffOt't a Curo when lauio U noinil.le? 'id! the A RO t^T thoTeotiif What (orn)l ilio Different Parts of tlio AnlumU How lo Hlioo t\ If or. -to I'fopetTlyf All tlila an<l oilier Vuluftblo In formation i;.u ho obtained by I reading our lOO- I'AtJU I I.MISTIt AT1SI? IIOltSK ItOOK, which wo will forward, i>ost? - j>nid, on rccolpt of only !?o cents in * BOOK PUB. HOUSE, 131 Ijeoiiut'tl 81. > N? V. Cltjr. The popular will expressed In tbo de plorable form of riots Bcomfi to bo wak ing headway against the loll gate ey^ lom in Kentucky. Jlourbon County hua expended about $5,000 on roadnmkln^ machinery, and hist week nearly 100 miles of roada were thrown -open to free travel. Tho county wlll ac<iu1i? the remaining UUU miles In a fe>\V TASTELESS CHILL Id JUST AS ooob FOR ADULTS. WARRANTED. PRTCqeOotS. q AI.ATI4, W, 1IW. ParUMfldlclno Co., ?t. j<oQlr 7 We io|q l?l onovft'8 tawtjsj.kh# Oi bQiiKht Ibreo erots already portrnco of 14 y?r?. In II never sold *n article that uny. fa?Uou iu jour 'fonlo, Vourfc trnlj , ,<? ABklV.CABB A CO. ft. N. U.-No. 22. -'97. CURECOnsriMTION PMiluil