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i Spain's rinftncoji. " ; Bpuln'a finances niay bo stated In n low figures. Tho nation's Indebtedness is $1,705,000,000, and tho annual hit cr est to bo paid l? about $70,000,000. Tlia total vovonuo la $1 (50,000,000, and after tho lntoivost la luet ouly $$0,000,000 Id Wt tp pay tho expenses of tho govern rutin*. I A Oood ltcnartu. "Ye*; I've given up Mildred.'' 4,A quarrel?" "Oh, no. Homo Idiot la flttljig up an oyslor parlor just around tho corner from her home."? Cleveland ' l'laln Dealer. C< | ^Aiinul He Co ro<1 by local application*, aatlioy cannot loach tho ulecarod portion of tho ear. The ii? Is nnlv ?iio WAy to our* dtttfnc^, au<1 that I* bv Uonal romodloa. I) nfnon* is oau*?vI V> y an n flaiuod Co rut i tton of tho imuoouh lininTof the KuntaohUn Hube. Wlun? thU luLu ?,uU Jn fl >n)f4 >Siii havfl a rumMli.H bound ??r In. , ??? r feet hcnrlni?. and when It Is ?< Urrly i-l. <?????! Ih^foMw I - tho r?Mi)t and unlftu it. a tr?;!an< iimtlon can ha tokon out and ibis tob-i rr stored to Its normal oaodltlon, hcarlnc >viii l> ? dWTOTi d for. vor. Nino caaoa out of t ?' i ? arc caiuod by oAtorrh, wliioh l*< nolhln:; '? ?' *n in tlAuicd < ondltlon of tho iuucv4*1$p * . i i <c w. \V# wll] |lv? One Hundred Dollar* for nny oaso of DcAfnos (iwiftd by ontarrh) that 'an not bo cured by Jlali'a < atarrh i uu>. Son.) ' for olrotilnrp, /roc. I K. J. Onssr.T A Co., Tulodo, O. fioM by Urn?i;U t?, 76c. JUiiV (family Villa aro tho bret If It Only Helped fv Mlllo It would bo worth Wo nta, Ono boisr'ti f ???<??? (Iojm fr.irn tho torrlldo Irritating Itch of t< i U wortii nv-ro than ? wholo box of Ti-tli-rln* oQ?tf*. it will our? ? <>ro, And It** tho thing tti at. will c lire. Mouil.-? at d :,{ M'.iii", or by mall from ,1. T. iSouptriito, Savannah, O.i. (lladstono, It Is finld, wolqhn only 117 pounds, At)'*, tho Marquis Of Ihtltsbnrv, tho prosont Promlor of Oroat HrKaia, tlpj tho ?calna at 252 pounds. To Cur? u Colli in Oiio I >,i y . Tako Laxatlvo IJromoO>tlni:;o Tablbt3. All Drujfglats rotund monoy 1. It fails to' oro. 2.V ? Former FroBMent Olwvolond hatwrlltGn <ho Texas Alumni Aflionlat ion that. hii son will bo In tho cla-JS ol 1015 or 1'Jlt) at ).'rli\oo ton,^\ Kite ]>?rfrinrii'rit.ly ctircl. No tits f?r ti'nwrt J T?CBS affor firat d iv'rt uh < of Dr. KUnu'* ti.< it: N orvo ltostoror. Atrial bo 111 u ? nd l! i?.?( !:??? t'i ? c i Ur. H. U. Ki.inb, l.t t..\Wl Arch m.., I'nila., lJ.i. : . y.Afoadlo Iloftrn, who h-vn llvol in.iny j your* In Japan, mya t'?at tlio y>loture.4 mado byJapano.se artbt:i uowsoom , to hlru to ho trub. ? Chftw fltar Tnbaoco? Tho I'o't. S'.mko Sledgo Oiynrottos, / Whnn Mark Twain wai roo.ont.ly fclvnn a .rilnnor by t.ho Ylimna JourotiKiitu' Club hi? jmadn a ape.och half In (iorinan and half t? Knglhh and kept hi3 htrurora lau^hlu^ all tho time. Mr?, Wlnnlow'ii Soothing .Syrup for c.hl'drcr toetliln^r, Hoftoun thopuini. rc-ducl InllAmi tlon.allaj rt pal n, euros ivlml callc, i'je. a I havo fo- ni\ PUo'h Chiro for Con* n motion an unfailing fnwtloino.-? !?'. li. i.oiz. lot.u ?-;coll Bt., CovlnKton, lty? Dot. 1. I8sm. Rheumatism Cntisod Croat RufforlOR-~A Wo'l Man Slnco Tnklnr* Hood's. "I was nfillotod with rhoumnUsm nnJ havo boon u grout uufTeror with thin < 1 > n - and alao with nloi?i<??h mm<1 hcnrt tioublos, but thunks to Hood's Har^ipd. rllln J nin now n woll man. !\lv wifn Ion boaix ourod of Jihlnny Olseaso by Hood's finnan pari I In." Ai:o. Huhjuus j:ii, 017 Weat 61'th fjtroi>t, N'cw York, i\ Hood's S&r&n$arilih Is thobai;t-ln fnot tho OuoTrue Tllor>?l T'ur Jlict Hood'u Pills euro '>'1 liwr lib. SIj A I'n'quo l'lpn. A novel pipe for transmitting hydrnu Uc pressure la in use at the Victoria uiiugo, uOtu tiiu uiuuiu hi iiiu Hivur Deo, England. As described In the En gineering News, It consists of a nolld drawu lead pipe, covered with cioso COlla of copper wire, and Is used for conveying water at JC>0 pounds per 6fj\inro Inch pressure from one tdde of tho river to tho other to opera to the machinery of a span of the uwlnpr brldgo. At first a copper pipe one ni.d i half Indies Jn diameter, Jointed wilU scrowcd unions, wns used, hut the 6COUrlng action of the tldo washed out tho bed of tho river, left the pipe un supported In two places and caused !t 10 leak. Tho new pipe made of lead, wrapped with copper wire, Is more flexible than the old one, and It i.s prrifil it will work more satisfactorily. 5aH52SZ5i^^!Ii!R5?K72StS?nS?WnK2KS'<,n:'X THi. CHASLO fTli PRIVATE HOSPITAL. gri!AI?I-OT1 K.X.V.. rv^?. I<? Trvnu ? }J25 {ZOSiiZS -c:o2552ScSiSHiiii2Si?>?S2S:'i2M WILL COn fi >on a COLU o: COLD-BREAKERS In' 8 to 13 hours, ?f>G. H DOXntDr THE COLD-BREAKER CO., ATICF.N, - - SOUTH CA K(>1>!.\ A. jfl> PIU H , MOR P K I N E f W i 1 1 SKCY rI CA l?". ? o!)/irco nnd fiil.llT. tllpjiliirf Ihiil'i jL>f-rnjki'.>.at:> luioiI i>y 1 1 A 1 1 ? ..KHri TUEAfJlUA >? *'y t iitf.ii. I k <<i i ini'-r motion. moiled frw. 1)11, ,1. I . ItOOiil 4 liahcll* Hull iltiK. 1 hirngu, III. OTJQTEPH'SIIvER REG UL ATO R _ l ilt1. UKST ON Till-: MAUKKT, All Dmgk-lfrtn nad Morohanti. MnfM by Jj. CJiiK* TJ.K tie CO. Ctiatinnnnga, Temi. R. BAKER'S FEME mULATOR CURES SUFFERING VVOftiKH. Abioliiiely Vojj.-t ?h!? ?'"i Manufiio ?h rth by (.ookout Monutaln M?*?llclno (.'umpau y. C'rcencvlllu. Twin. D WHY IMV MOKli. I <mi Uuli.luo IMU.kua.au t?*M tooobtftln 3 k^aIo* Of pure <|ulitlnn inch, JO cM by mallorftwf>r $1. Hut up OCIn np?o)c?jia. Bond ?traftpior l'.O. ardor. J.F. l'oi?cll,\V?iike*n?. Ill ftPCUTC Uf iiurcn *11 rrinrtptl Clt<?9 mil l AUCHI? If AH It U town?; crwiS opportunity lor Inimrance men ?nd collator* to m*V? moLcv ? VoUedHtntea Ile*l?try Co., 1M Fifth At*,, M.V. | ) Thompson'* Eye Water p?rtua? Told. TmI I0c.ltump?nv?u>|i?, Corrc< t MMrwer (tuwonUod. c. O. Oonond, Holly Orore. A rk e. a. u.? No. iv-'tn. iHFjiilii, : Prohibitionists Talking of Mr. Chilcls for Governor, TO PAY PENSIONS PROMPTLY Vice Presidents of (lie 8. O. (iood Uoaits Asocial ion? I ho IMcKons KuWnay*- Harbor for thoSonuto. ( Jiul^'o <l. 8. CotVniu died in Now Yuri* on tlio fith, aftorMi long illness Tho lnuly was cavrtod dirodfto \ i 1 1 o, whoro I ho luuiul talicu placo ou , Tuck. lay, tho>th. (/ udi?o CotlivjVfiT'Vaa fctii! ;,-onoiat ooii n bo I of t )>o Houthoru Hail way hi this .Statu at tho time of his i (loath. Ho romovqd to Ciiconvillo afow yo:irs uijo. lfo was tho last of his tfonoration of monition) of tho Ahbovillo bar. 1 1 1 1 1 1 j(?> Cot lira it was rogilrdud as a broad-minded, ab!o ninn, 11^ in a do r? good jud?o and a watchful 'Oouprosa* man InteumU of a publio and private ohjwnrtev did not fmMbi' wlioji entrusted to hi* hands. In view of tho uncertainty as to what islobodono in tho way oi' lo#itdation on th< ; liriuor fpioMion, tho altitude of tho piohibitioiutit;?, who const itnto a largo, if not tho turgor part of the vot ing Htronglh of tho homocracy is of ftpceial nnportanoo. 1 hat t hoy a rev to in.tko inoKt- Htreiiuona erfurt* to havo a strong prohibition law pa^fcod im cor tiiiu. C)r<;anizui ioria a?o boing mado ill every county, ami tho exoentivo com* mittfo iutond to got out an addroso ponio time, in which tho nttitmlo of ttic prohibitioiUHtu as to tho oriiuavy for (iovornor may}bo defined. A number ut ? apora in th??siat<? favorntdo to pro* hi! -it ion aro urging that a candidate fov Covcrnor bo nominated. 'Iho Calhoun (Ja/ot to, of ?St. Vatihows, in a rocdnt is? tic, ha? the following editorial para* graph: "Wo nuininato L. i). Childi lot' 1 1 1 o next Oovernor of South Cavoli* h i \\'?> witni u pure, honest, upriglit prohibitionist. Wo want a man with a head well as n heart. Ho ia not a politician, but a j^ont leinan : not a ti iok. tor, but aa honest man." .Load in;.; prohibitionist^ in Columbia aro non-committal u* to what wiii bo dono, bat if it sliouid l a decided to run a candidate, Jllr ( "hilda would undoubt edly be tha -luuninco. ~'J ho iJegudtr. Tho worSf at d;?dnb?Hn? t \- o pension j fund 1 a. >/? {iot'f ii i ) lio conHidornblo. | Thoro hayo boon delays in uettinji out tho nu^jiuy in )ncvii,u'i vc :m-\ and the ppuai?m boat d wmlsto lmvn everything in readiness next yynr lor t h o distribu tion o! tho fund, ami has oonsoctuently | ru'iit out tho following letter of instruc tions: Counrnu, >'?>. C. , Poo. 4, 1807. Mr. , Chairman County I'on* pion Hoard ? ! 'car !-:ir; Your (itl.ontiou I i?< directed t>*? J-"0t i h-n i of tho pension j law, bci. which provides for n moot ; iny of tho to\vn:.hi|> j onsion board. You I will nt once give notice to your town* j li i )"? !>w:ud;t tu moot on ino third Moil* | day, January ! iS:i--, and- consider all j tin! new ifppiio.ii ii>)iH for a pension, and 1 lWlr.o the i .din of 1 ^ # J . I ho townidnp j hoftrd1'. \? ! ! 1 triv;* 1 1 \ i r ioanour. for drop* j pjiprany naim a 1'iom tho rolla. The j pen: ion boards elected in 1 $\) 7 will nerve until August, Tho rules of j tho State hoard, w;lh other blanks, will he no:.t you fur dir.Jrihution at un early ? day. A ny i-Apt-ii: i? in po.dawo mcurrod in trnnsnnttinjr tiiefo btnlilcn will ho j paid for this o!!ire. Kespectfully, j P. 11. Tompkins, Soorotury of .State, j W. A. Hauiuhi, Attoriiey-tionera!. j I. P. Ill* ton, ( oinpboller-dencral, State Unard of Pensions. The following i-< i ho I ? ~ t of the Vice presidents of t ho < lood liouds Associa tion. bluivil'o, .f. J !. Hi a< 1 icy ; A ikon, T. r,*U.nt{ A ii< !?T:ii'?n, \V. I!, Sncl grove; 1 amber'j, , J'arnwoll. \V. i't <'arr . I teaufoi t. \V. U. Sanders; Uerkcley. < M. V? (. hat lostoti, W. \J. M ;lflK'li I Cherokee, X. Lips { comb; < *???, i W. Shannon; Chos ! tot ll-'-iil, 'I. *> i I ; ( 'larendon, J". | ( '. < twotv; < "f ?l! t? ? <?n , ,1. O; (iriltln; Dar I iill^tOII, I < ui-l I \ 1 1 J ; I 'l?t i'liOnt Oi', ! I Jr. \V. 1?. \\av; tadyodold, f I . ? t >. i I'albrt t ; : 'i.;i tii i?l, Ik (i. I'cnuant; 1 i' !oi > iieo, \\ . IV j )eMose; ( > eorgotown, S. W. I ''Mi v ui' ; Greenville, .1. }?. , Spoiyle; > i i "<'??? s? woood, J. M. Ma j ;??! ; i i !i tn i it(ij), .1. if. Lifflitsey; liony, N. I hardtwic'c; Kershaw, J. Ik 1'helps; i. si n on.-, .James Downoy; I .oxinj: tun, 1 .. J. l,augfoi d . Lancaster, i I. tYrry; Marion, W. S. Ilowitt; V. st: 1 i >: j i v, W. I'. Kctiney; Xowberry, duo. M. Shumpert; Oconee, A. Lay; Orangeburg, I >. A. I\n toj ; IVluW*, I',. I' I .oopei , Kichland, F. If. Hyatt; Jr'sduda, .). W. J.Saiiks; Spartanburg, J. f\ 1 1 r ? w i ? ? ; Sit in tor, Murion Horn; t n ion. t". .1. I'cdcnbaifgh ; Williamsburg, I! I). Chandler; York, 'I', G. (nip It renins now that tho I'iokons rail road i:- n certainty. J ho long dreamed of and anxiously awaited scheme is alioti t to bo realized, and tho proba bility i.i that wo.k will lie begun fdiortly, and roon tho quiet el' tho capi ta! ( l i !:<; independent ^ t a t o of Pickens will bi- l.t i ki n by the lond puff and Mii ii! wl;i: tio of Southern Kailway j I ( 'Ci i s ii .'1 1 1 vc, t.i.v-i tho G rcou vdlo Moun biinocv. 'A ppocial io tho State from Choftter, fny?: Attorney General Barber authorizes tho rtatemcr.t that ho will be a candidate fuj- cougroxa in the Fifth district , whether it reiuain as it in or j be rearranged by act of tho legislature, j Solicitor Homy has likewise declared ] : : m j . : -po.so to i nn, and Congressman i Strait will utand for l e-electiou. _ ? ????-- ? .. J"oi:ncr Stale Dcicclivo XowboM is a- hiK homo in C he^tcj. Ho is takiug tljiiiU" quietly as ho can. It is un der -tood that no application will bo ' inatio to Governor Kllorbo for tho ro* ward that was ottered for Lis urront. Firo do.-ttroyod tho acid chambers at tho Head I ho-phaio works, a few railos from ( h.arloston. Tho mill building wa* raved by hcroic wcrk of employes. Origin of liro nuknowu. Loss about ?oO,ui)<), which is covered by insuranco. On Dcc. 3!st tho timo for paying State and county taxes expiroB. Firo at Tun mon ftville. caused by a dofcctivo stove fine, dostroyod a large fouv-htory leaf tobacco prizery, owned and occupied by W. L. C'oopor & Co. Tho building was built lii^a cost of 82, .',00, and tho inMiranro is onfy* 8','?00. 'I ho stock of tobacco wa?i between^',* CW and inrnranco only 3^i00t>. A Harmony QXyVQ,' io H o Atlanta (On )j Constitution *ay?: .Tndgo Hutchins baa sentenced i Brooks to lio banged tn private on the 17?h. Tho Govornor will bo aaked to renpit# Hey noMvvfcPjenccd to Jiang on the 80tU, so that he may hang on the seme day with his con federate. TOLD IN A PARAGRAPH, 1 lie Soul Ik John Monty, a Florida dospor/ido, was arrested near Valdosia, Oa ? A hill linn "booif introjluoed in the Virginia ?Sonato to prohibit football games. I At ("trconfthoro, X. C. , ()n tho @8<l, U S. l?yan will ho hanged for tho taking of tho lifo of liia Wifo. / ' Jn Alabama a nogro l^jlhj a womau nnd hor son and novoroly wounds bar husband, then robn tho houso. Tho Sou thorn Hugnr Kolining Com* pany ha* boon chartered in Virginia; it io to ougago in tho beet sugar indued ry^ A prisoner at Pitta, bus con fessed that ho inurdored .TolVh M. Clay* ton, in l'lumiiiC) villo, Ark. , olgbt years ago, PostinaMt?'r lJapier, ot Mobile, Ala., r?ftiKOH to yiold Iiih oilleo to bin huooos sor, assorting that his turui has not ex pired. ' Benjamin JS. . flima, wanted ( In At lanta, (>n , for using cancolled postage ntftmpa, ia hold in Now York in j?2,6U0 bond. Hon. John Paniel hasbeon nominated by the Virginia Democratic legislative to succeed himself in tho United States Sonate John McG'ormick, years old, son of tho editor of the Moridian ( >1 isft. ) News, has strangely disappeared from Wheeling, W, Ya.' At Now Grleann Gun Huhlin, the giant heavyweight of Akron, O. , do luatcd 'J ut ilyau, of Australia; in a ton* round light. " Col \V. O, Chiploy. a prominent and wealthy citizen of Florida, diod in Washing Ion. His remains were takou to Columbus, Ga. , for interment. J Tho Atlanta, Ga,, bankers issue a call | to all tho Southern bankers to attond u meeting in that city on tho loth to take action regarding tho currency j^'noa* tion. A? i^? Bertie Wilson, of South Man* ohostor, Jvy. , narrowly esoapod serious injurj' from tho burning of hor.collu loid comb which caught liro from tho heat of a stovo. Albort dob neon, tho oldest locomotivo onginnor in tho United States, died at "doigh, N. C\, aued 8^. ilowanana . o of l'oteraburg, Va. , and begun run uiug an engine in 1830. At tho?<alos of tboronghbrods at Lex ington, Ky., Bramblo, tho famous siro of Clifford, .Bod Bush, oto. , was sold to Clay & Woodford, Pari*, Ivy., for ?0i?. Ho ia 22 years old. 'iho miners at Corona, Lock hart, Pallon, Black Diamond, Coal Valley, Mountain Vujloy and Gaslight, in Wal ker county, Alabama, have struck because of iho failure of the operators to restore tlio ]() per cont. j'oduetion in wages rr.ado laRt spring, which tho miners claim they promiaod to roBtoro Nov. 1st. ~1~ Tlio North. Littlo progrosa in being marto in tho Luotgert ensoul Chicago. Mayor Stionor, of New York, aava ho in not iu favor of capital punish* munt. r.lovcn cars awl a looomotivo wovo [ destroyed near Cloveland, O. Tho tram j jumped the track. Honator Jones, of Ark an pa v, will lead tho Uomocratio opposition to tho au nexation of Hawaii. Congressman .Bailey. of Toxaft, thinks that Congrcsa will do little nioro than pass tho appropriation billn. Anson will retire from tho majiar.ro moot of tho Chicago baaaball club. 'Join Burns wiii probably auccoou him." Forty children in a sebool at Tioko mo, Ind., wero partially- asphyxiated by tho fumca of natural gaa need for heating. The crold output of tho CripploCreek, Co!., district in November was - (too, the largest for one month in tho history of t ho camp. . At Auburn, N". V., Charles Burgosa was oleolroeutod at the prison for tho murder of Henry V. Whitlock, ?>f thia county, in August, 18!)5. -? At Pittsburg, fa., a negro man, who claims to have been born in 1??T, asks for admission to tho poor house on tho ground that he ia now too old to work. Adolph Tj. I,uet{rert^ of CM<>a?;o, on hia second trial for wifo-murdoi\ baa issned an appeal to the public for fund a Wiklk which to defray tho cost of hia tlWr Tho Naval board hn<? mndoits rccom* mcndntions to Secretary of tho Navy Long, m connection to building tho armor pinto plant. It 8?y^ tho plant will cost 000, 000. Hole! l>almoral, on Mount. McGregor* near h'aratosa, X. V. , has been do* st roved by llro. 1 bo hotel was overt ed in at a cost rf rfJiO.dW, and tho cou tents woro valued at $fir>,U00. At Woonftockot, H. I. tho Hay Cotton j Company's Mill has shut down for an imlefimto period, bccan?o of tho un f at if-f.i''lory condition of tho inarkot. The mill employs ;u)0 hands. Martin Thorn, of Toreezwiakv, ^^n \ ii-led of the murder of William i'inlfton r.uppo, has boon *ontoncod to l;o elec trocuted in tho woek bogiuning .hum* ary 10, 1898. At Petersburg, Pn. , there in tnl!c of forming a big coal trust i<? control tho river coal interests from tho Mononga heln to New Orleans. Tho primary object is ?aid to be to reduco expenses in both mining and shipping. ** i M JfeellanooiM. Wire mills may nil bo in a trust by rob. ut, Tho Southern Railway is to inaugu into fast .Southern schedules. Pelainm has an output, of 0:?t0fl0,000 pounds of oleomargarine per annum. Thirty-one divotvo cases will comoup in tho Circuit Court at Lexington, Ivy. Walter Croot, o? Newcastle, England, who was defeated for tho bantam weight championship of tho world at tho National Sporting Club, at Lon don, Kng , by Jim.mio Harry, of Ohicngo, died of tho injurioa which bo rocoived/flnriug tho contest. Wilholmina, Queen of tho Nether lands, will take the oath of accession to the tnrono on Soptembor 0, 1893, in tho new church at Amsterdam. A disastrous storm has swept tho coast of Enprlnnd, doing great damage to yorscIs nnd lasliiouablo rosorts. Ouo hundrod livos wero lost. Tho Court of Appeals refused to ad mit a woman to tho praotico of law in tho Paris courts. A rack of bloodhonnde has been pro. videdetSk Lotus, Mo. , to aid tbo police in running down criminals. Wasli^gton. Tha President appoints B. K. BrnOe, colored, register ot theTreasury. The President has abpoioted 088 postmasters during the recess of Con A apeolal from Washington says Pritchsrd and Skinner of North/ Caro lina. are at oqU oyer the eastern oolleo torehift Ml 1 PIMM U, S, Supromo Court Sots March 7th as tho Time to HEAR ALL QF THE CASES, Lc#t?)Atui'0 Will IIuvo to Tacltle tho CJrcut OJ?punsnry Quontlon Without Its AI<l-tA <i rent Surprise. ThoSouth Carolina Logifllaturo, whon it moots in January, will hav? to taoklo tho dispensary question without thoaid of tho United fttatos Bupromo Court. Attorney Oonoral Harbor has rocoivod a telegram stating that tho court had not the timo for tho hoaring of tho Vandprcook and other dispousary casoa March 7. This was a grievous disappointment to .Mr. Darbor as it will bo to tho mem bora of tho legislature who had hopod that tho court would docido ono way or tho other as to tho merits of the cano bo th^t proper legislation could V>o taken thereon. In view of tho funeral agveomont among counsol and tho personal ro Quest of J udgo Bimonton that tho court advance tho caso, it was confidently boliovcd that tho learned court would do to. About tho only thins tho legislature can do is to pass prohibition or vo on act tho dispensary law with some mod ifications aud await tho decision which uiuy not oomo until lato next onmmor.i Iu 'tho meautimo tho original package stores jfoill havo a picnic unlesn tho Logisla\ure attompts to 1 nt a high li cense on thom, and in that oaso in ore litigation may ho expected. Tho following is tho papor tho at? tovnoy gonoral submitted to tho court asking that tho caso bo advanced aud an early decision rondo rod. 1 ho to two oases involve substantially tho same questions, and by aurooniont of counsol tho court is asked to hoar thom together, ijoth grow out of tho samo transaction. Tho issue is tho validity of ho much of n cortain act of tho gonoral assembly of South Carolina, commonly known a# tho dispensary law, aa prohibits non-resident manu facturers and dealers from importing into tho State of South Carolina spirit uous aud intoxicating liquors, tho pro duct of other Statos and foroicrn countries, and storing and soil ing tho samo within tho said fttalo in "original packages" by or through aKonts appointed for such purpose, j Thoso suits aro brought against ofllcors of tho Stato in conncquenoo of tho soiz uro by them nurauant to said not of cer tain liquors shipped into tho Stato for salo, and it is of groat publio import auco that tho question bo doteiminod by this honorablq court aa speedily as it isjipraotioable. Tho attorney-general of- South Caro lina, thoroforo, respectfully moves tho court to ndvrnco tho cases on tho docket and set thorn down for argument on somo oarly dato convenient to tho court. In t hit* connectioon it is respectfully suggested tluvt tho Ccneral Assembly of ."south Carolina will conyonc reg ular session on tho second Tuesday in ?1 miliary next, and a speedy decision from this houorablo court <Vill bo of Croat valuo to tho Stato as n guide to legislative action during that ses sion. Opposing counsol cononr in this mo tion, of which fact proof appears from tho stipulation hero appended. Print ed eopios of tho transcript of record in both cases have boon forwarded to op posing counsol by the clerk of this court as provided in said stipulation. Wm. A. Baiuujb. CRUELTY TO A LUNATIC. Chained for Kiuvuu tears to an Iron liar and Kept Naked and in filth. / llumano Agent O'Brien, of Pennsyl vania, has juot uticnrthod 01.10 of the most shocking cases of maltreatment of tho iusano ever recorded in western Pennaj'b'auin, at Clinc's Hollow, West- 1 moroland county. Tho officer has ascer- / tained that Franklin Poarso Clino, now n years of ago, has been chained for tho past eleven year a to. an iron bar with a chain which will not permit him to move in any direction more than six or eight feet. Ho is a raving manioc and during his long poiiod of incarceration has boon kept constantly in a fjtato of nudity. Agent O'Hrion nays Clino was kept in a small out honso, constructed especially for him. When ho callod to see him tho room was in a, filthy condition and thoro tvas not a vestnge of anything for tho snQoror to lay upon. Tho Stale board of binary has been notified and is now investigating the caso. It is thought that tho West moro lnnd county authorities will bo asked tc tako rlmrgo of tho man as tho entato is amply able to pay all ncccasary ex penses. A Ktilrtl Holler Kxploslon. Tho boiler in tlio powor honst of tho Citizens' Llectrio Light aud J*owor Company in Portsmouth, Va. , exploded, Killing Fireman Benjamin Ponnio and fatally wounding Jot Smith. .Tames Clark, engineer, cs enped with r-light bruises. Tho boilei room wan shattered and tho end blou-c out ol tho engine room. Tho boiler was blown a hundred yards. To Supply-Chinese Mcrchuut.v Tho Indian Head Cotton Mills haa just been eomploted at Cordora, Ala , at a cost of 8000,030, and which Will be^i'i operations within thirty dfly'r, closed a deal for the sale of their entire output for fivo years, consisting of shcotiog and coarso rlotho in China. Tho Rullroiuls (-ot. Two Years. Tho Inter-Stato Commerce Com;um* eion has decided to oxtend for two years tho period within which railroads uiust comply with tho act of Congress requiring all railroads to bo cquij ped with eafet.v appliances for tho protec tion of tho employes and passengers. ? Jmtge Huck Suicides. Judgo Itwaco B, Buok, associate jnstico of the Supreme Court of Mon> tana, , shot himself through tho right oye, which resulted in his death, A Sol4*?i^8^!?Jll6 to Be Sold. Tbo Confederate Soldiers' ITome, U Atlanta, /("la., to the construction of which thUt city and its people contrib uted many thousands of dollar*, ietolo Bold at pnbjie anotion. II was offered to the Stat* on certain conditions, Trbich the Legislature. deolined to *o rrpt. 8iuco then tho property, although very valuable and in pood condition, has been allowed to lte vacant, until now the trustees are forced to pill it lo the block. Thee* commissioner* have all given np hop* of aver acoompliahina anything in preparing tha home for old , veteran st " JJHADSTK fCKT'3 ItKPOltT. | {father More Animation In Oenfral Throughout tho Country. IJiAdtitreet's wookly trado roport for tho past wook aayn in part: "General trade throughout tho country has pro ' wonted rather raoro animation, owing to colder woather and the approaching j holiday". While ^lothing, dry goods, ! hat8,v Bhoofl, notions, hardware and j fancy grocorics have boon in a little bettor demand from both jobbora and at retail in tho region tributary to Obi* : cngo, 8t, Louis, Omahu, St. Joseph, St. I l'aul and Kansas City, the tendency of j business lias bpon to aluckon. This is . noticeable in iron and stool, further do- j i>refloion in cotton goods, print' cloth# | taviug made o now low record in Vriee. 4 *U-'ho appoaranco of a bettor domand for fll!iug-iu purposes Li<ih hud ft favor ablo influence at points in Tonnosseo and tho Gulf States. On tho Pacific count tho foaturo of business in tho woll-raaiutained oxnort movomont from noarly all porUs. 'lho lowor price for print cloths* ia followod by a elmrp reaction in wheat and a lowor price for Indian corn. Oata are slightly highor and eofl'efthas advancod, in audition to which there romainn a long lirftof Kta nles, prices of which nro unchanged. The domoatic grain trado continue* to look with equanamity on tho unprece dented largo (^antitieA of wheat export ed from both coants weok after week, tho continuation of which an evidence of an appreciation of tho rolatiou of supply to demand by tho grain t^ade abroad. "Thoroaro250buainosa failuros report ed throughout tho United States this week, compared with 233 last weok, 850 in tho first weok in Decom.bor, 1896, SliV in tho like w^ek of 18;)"), 823 in 1801 and as compsved with 883 in tho correspond ing period of 1893. * "i'horo are 27 business ffiiluroa re porto :1 throughout tho Canadian Do minion this week compared with 84 last weok, 47 in tho week ono yoar ago, and 89 two yoara ago. " INTFRNAL .lEVIiNUB GROWTH. Eight Millions Moro This Year Than Last ? A Comparatively Safe Sorvlce. In his annual roport to tho Secrotary of the Treasury Mr. For man, Commis flionor of Intorual Rovcnuo, estimates the receipts from all sources for tho ourront fiscal :ycar will aggregato at least $135,000,000 an incroaso over 1807 of about $8,800,000. A comparative statement of tho ro oeipts during the last fiscal year is given in part, as follows: Spirits, $82,008, 342; iucroaso ovor 18D0, $1,828,472. To bacco, $30,710,207; decroaso, 81,231. Fcrmoutecl liquors, 832,472, 162^ do creaao, ?1,312,072. Tho cost -of tho collection of tho rovonuoa during tho Inst fiscal yoar was $3,848,400. During tho yoar 2,241 illicit h I i 1 1 h woro destroy ed and 32 wero removed; 820 porsous were arrested, 1 killed and 3 wounded. Of tho stills seized and destroyod 228 wero locotod in Alabama, 841 in Geor gia, 403 in North Carolina, U)0 in South Carolina and 240 in tho 0th Virginia distriot. During tno last ton years ten ofllcors wero killed and sixteen woro wounded by moonshiners. SUFFERING IN CU?A, Forty Thousand (.'onccutrndoea In Want? lo, 000 of Thorn Orphans. Havana, Cuba, (tty Cable)-~Seuor Ganalajas, tho Bpoclal commissioner of tho Spauir?h govornmont, has returned horo from his vieit to tho province oi Piuar del Rio. ITo Bays thoro aro in tl:3 province 40,000 "concentrado" peasants gathered iu from tho country and neighborhood of tho towns for protect ion from tho insurgents, or to prevent thorn from joining the enemy, and that they are all in waut. Of this number 15,000 aro orphans aud tho majority aro children of tender years. Tho munici pal authovitiop, tho commissioner says, aro without resources and theroforo unablo to do anything to roliovo tho destitution. WEALTHY, BUT COMMON THIEF. A Rich Merchant Shot Read While In tho Act of Robbing n Store. A. E. Sibloy, a merchant in Sheffield, la. , was eliot dead whilo robbing a neighboring elore. Tho nafo in his private apartments was opened. In tho safo Mere many diamond rings, gold "bracelets and jewelry of every description, including sovontocn gold watchos. Dry goods that had. been stolon by Sibley wero identified by Liscomb merchants. JonaaSohlesingor, of Hampton, identified clothing f-.tolon from a car in tho railroad yards at Hampton and for which tho railroad company had Bottled. Mr. Hobbio, of Hampton, found threo bicycles which wero stolont from him. Sibloy was reputed to bo worth $-10,000. SimUKUAN CAHS COIilvlOK. Three \Pernons Klllod nnd Many In \ jured in l>etrol(. Two suburban cars carrying about twenty passougcrs, and-both running at a speed of twenty-five m|los an hour, collided on tho Detroit & Oakland Eleo trio Railroad at Detroit, Mich. Three men woro instantly killod at\d a ecoro of peraoua injured, ten of them uori on si}*. _ Killed Ilia Wife. At Greensboro, X. 0., Honey Ryan, a worthless character, aftor <iuarrelihg with his wifo, pulled a 88-calibre pistol and (shot hor through tho neck, causing hor death. IIo waa arrosted and placed in jail. mm ? II !!?> ?? Sanctified header Must Go, A Spocial from South port. N. 0., fays a notice is posted on tho door of tho house of Joe Lynch, head of tho Lynches or eauotlfled band, telling him if"ho does not leavo in fifteon days hia uamo will be burned, and if that does not suffice he will be lynched. Diamond Smugglers Arrested. Emanuel J. Laser, a saloon keeper of New York, and his wife were held in $0,000 bail by United ritatos Commis- j eioner shields on tho charge of having smuggled to this oountry $100, OOJ worth of diamonds. i.' ' ^ Juror Arrested tot Theft, " ' Ben Thrift* a white juror, was arrett ed at HunUviile, Ala., on the charge of 1 grand larceny while on dntyin the oirchit court* He is cliarged with stealing a oow from a federal court official. His brother, Jesse Thrift, of Monrcvie. ia implicit ad in the allemd crime. Both w era lodged In jail. ~<J? Oovrroor* Acc?pt, OffWH bOTWIRmw JMrnTw lOOVpiM IA9 invitation of Governor Bloxhaa, of Florida Id ?Wt thai State oa the oeee Ltfion of the national: .fieb eosgrees o# pan. 19, 1699. No. 208. Th'#Q?M> tor-iownl CAk vvjlilnir i-tooo. it IiM ? d-luoh beveled . plato glut 10 top fttld ft deep drawer bolovr, Ar Fr*0Oht??i ftlloflofcUed $3.89 Ja our ?poo to I prico tor thfa #10 doik. . , ( Mnlj ordorft filled promptly.) Wo will tntWl Anyone, froo of all clinrROs, our no*r lUpngo Pjiooial Cnfa< lo#uo, containing Furnlturo, Drnporioa, JLrtmps, 8t0T0?4 -<>rookery?- ! Picture#, iUuldiug, KofrJiouUors, Ilnby ( firrlnfr!,?, ?to. Ti>is is ttio most oonl pj?to book ovor publlshod, nnd wo p?y all |k>^?h?o. Our lltliofeTrtphod Cftrpot (;?'fil<>?iio, ehnwjriff Qiu-potA iu c-olora, la nUo yours for the ftslil"#, If ?arpot nainploi nto wan tori, m/fll us 80. In fluunpa. Tlioro Is no ronton why you should pav your local aoalor CO por coot, profit whon you onirouy from tho mill. Prop a lluo now to th? monov-eavois. JULIUS HINES & SON, Baltimort), Md, rionso montlooi thlg napor. Tobacco will cure well, have a bright, rich color and flavor, with good burning properties, if liberally supplied with a fertilizer con taining at least 10% actual Potash. in the form of sulphate* The quality of tobacco is im proved by that form of Potash, Our hooks will tell you just what to use. Thoy are free. Scud for them. ^ GERMAN KAM WORKS. / Nassau S|? Neve Yotfe. Jenifer, Ala.t sfty9; I havo uecd Dr. M.A, Sljrnnons IJvcr Modlctno SO yo&ra, and know itwillcuroklvor Disoiuse, Nervousness, Bowel and Stomach Tronbloa. I UkO It bet* tcr limn "niaofe Drniigbv" | or "Zcllln's" taedicluo. Pftfcnthood, Children bind husband and wtfo nioro closoJy than tho wedding ccremony Itself. One-half of mnrrifed misery Is due to tho growingphysicnl woakness of women, which f mahoschild-bcaving n dreaded bnrden and }rf rovent8 those closo relations between hns band and wifo, without which happiness cannot exist. Row important then is it that tho woman bo brought to aB pcrfect a condition of health, of which nho is capable. bo that sho can glvo to her offspring out of hor abnndanco of Hfo and spirits. Dr. Blrmuons flnuaw Vine "tVlno wijl do tills; It will pnrify her blood, tono np her norvons eystcm and glvo her courage and assur* an co of safety to go through tbo ordoal of childbirth. H ? //f . v ^ k ? ? - I \^S Ashland, AJo., writes t Ilftvo . usod ?r. M. A. Simmons Llvor Modlcloo 10 years tor Colda, Diarrhoea, Sumnior Complaint vrlth children, It glvea Utter satisfaction thna "Tbcd^ ford's Black Draughtl" or |"St. Joseph's IlogulaVr," ' or anything wo can get. Dlmnosi of Vision. /"Incr.069 of wtfuk and Ipiporfoct Tlfllon, tho Cannes qf dlsoaSc should, If pogslblo.bo corroctly ascertained, so that tuoy rony bo as far as possible obviated aud caardod ngninef, Whore tho trocblo is fnnctlonqJL And arises from eomo constitutional do rangomcntordobllity, ?jch ns torpid liter or innctlvo kidnoya, producing A utorbid condition Id tho organism, constitutional treatment with )>r. bl. A. Simmons Liver Slodiola* will prod oca tlx? happiest {CSQltp. Whcnfau^cd by nrolongod nursing, cxcca 01 vo Mxonl inanigoncoo, abuse of otirtn lnnts, tho exceaslvo nso of the eyes on too bright or too mlnnto objects, too ranch sleep or other Clrcumstaneoa \vhioh produce do terminatlou of blood to tho bond, 'Dr. glmmona fiqaaw Vlue Wine quickly euros* Sterling Slher Filagree Pin. The mKvgst uu'lroosT beautiful Beat/ Fin on tho market to d?y. To Introduce our latest Holiday Cataloguo vro will fiend tho J'in od receipt ol lyGHT CENTS ? CATALOOCs fltEE. D.M. WATKINS & CO., H fg J?w?ler? 10 Taxo St. Providence, B. I., PATENTS SSIS [I INVENT Improvement* In toola.lmrlemouta. W household arllClCK, elf. Wrllf F. 8. Al'PfJf IIIAN, P?l?nti,a?vr?r, H'lirWr, Hid*., Wastt frf) fi/rcftl?r *u4 wflt? JA9Y? /ce?; Aiicuara. On. Acln*l bntlnog*. N?Ux(. ^ IimS". Short tftoo. Cli?*p board- Sentl (or c?UIo*a?. HONSUMPTION AND CATARRH "Ara result of Cot)tr*ot*4 No?lrll?. t]rvgt Cannot d f.(v. for NAH\Ii JN6riUAT6R or ? ct?. lotto Q, J). Vxuutp, Aro r?#u Ct/rf. 8en for pwjopUlotto 8 N. U. No. 40.~97. E, M. ANDREWS, w'A! ftoalor t? ^ Mp* | fiatoiaiidf * Otgav 5 SAW MiLLS. m ? ? If yon oood a saw will, any *1*0, Wflta I no boforo bayfnn el.iowhoro. J hnvtj / tho most comfdolo lino of mlltoorany denlor or nmnufnclnror in tUo UoutpL, CORN MILLS, S Very hlpthoat ?rado Stones, ajfttnupitaV Iv low prlOOf, ? WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY, Planers, Monldors, Edger', Ite-Sftifa, lland Saws, Latlu, oto. ENGINES 11 BOILERS,' " Tnlbott nnd Llddoll. Engleborg llloo Hnller, In etook, qutok doHyory, low prices. V. C. BADHAM, No. 18S0 Main St., Columbia, & - ? fill* . ? c... , i...- ? ??.?<>? .???<> my Make Home AtfractlveC Tho mellow tono" of a goad Piano or QrTih - will rofro.sli nnd rost tho piront-i, araniuV ?ti$" children nnd koop ihftm at homo. Do yojv . want ouo ? I am proparwl to supply you wlta ^ tho niostd<?aiviii)lo INauo or Or?nu tlio mar. kol affords. Don't euy you can't afford ltT_f until you kitpiv my liberal tovnvj and low pr.co*. Only a' postal card >? nouoMartf toaste - mo for oatalosuo, torms ami prlcos. Addro?s ? - M. A. StfSaiono. C_fl LMBJ a, ? SOUTCAROLUA, FARM LANDS FOR SALE IN SOUTH CAROLINA, IN LAltOE or. SMALL TRACTS. TElMS EASY, roil rUllTIIBU INtfOllMATIOS ADDRESS E. K, I'AJf.IUKK, COIiUMltIA* 8. C. has demonstrated ton tbon?*nfl times that it ia almost Infallible FOR WOMAN'S PECULIAR WEAKNESSES. irr<*EnlarItJcs nnd derangoments,-' It lias bocomo tho loading remedy ' for thin oIkkb of troubles. It exerti n wondorXully honling. strengthon* ing and soothing inliucnco upon tho menstrual organs. 16 cures ?'whites" and falling Of the womb. It 6 tops flooding and relieves eup {>reesed and painful menstruation, 'or ChangO of Llfo It Is the beat mcdloino made. It Is beneficial during pregnancy, and helps to bring clnldrcn Into homes bnrrett for yearn. It invigorates, stimu late#, eirongthwj# the whole syfl*~ (era. This groat kemody la offered to all nfUlcted women, why Mr III' "7 an" woman suffer another miouto with ccrtalu relief within reach t Wine or Cafdtt Only coata fl.OOpw" hottlo at y^ut drugstore. For ailrftt, <n tatea tvqnirlnj tpeeial Airtc* f (on#, addrtif, pfrtttfl ayi/i|jf<wn*, the "badtot' Advltory Department-," Hie Chqilauooya Af?t Ulne Co., Chattanooga, Tetxn. . .... Rev. ). W. SMITH, Camden, 8.O., Mjri: "My wllo uied WInoof Cardul at horns ftfe falling of U>6 womb and ft entlralf cured her." ?1GET OUR PRlCES.t? QJTOast every day; t cork 180 hai\dt. , LOMBARD IRON WORKS AND SUPPLY COMPACT, AUGUSTA. (fEQjlOIA. i ,.>? Do^lTBreeclf?^^?^|S5^ Quns and Rifle6from$2 to $50. voNere, 70 ct9, up. Knives, Selnos , Tents, Sporting Goods ot all kinds. Send 3o stamps for 73 psno Oatslogao ana ssto 25 percent, 49u W. Main st nff ALEX J.. SEMPIE &. CO. mimmilt, ?y.W * tWctBI SF Rice's Goose Grease Liniment* IS'ilw<vys sold under a cuaranteo to cur? all aches and palnH, rlieumotlam. neuralgia; enriilnn, bruises and bums. It te also warrant ed to enr? cold*, oroiip.cottffbts and la aTtpD* quicker than any K'?o\vu*_ remedy. No cur* no pay. Bold by r.11 -rirfiRRbU and K6n?ral stored. Mada only by <>OOSK GREASE LINIMENT 00.. Ghkenbboiio, N. O. QBT THB GBWOIIVF, ART1CLB t ? . ... Walter Baker & Co.'s Breakfast COCOA Parct Delicious* Nutritious. Costa Iroas ihsrn ONE CENT a cup. Bo fore that (ho package bears our Trade- Mark. Walter Baker & Co. Limited, (BMaWWwJ 4M(} Dorchcster, Mas* HERE IT IS! . ? f- ' '? ' gfeftjmw III ? ? ? ? ?? ? ? I ?<*?*?? I \T*n|fAl?ftn? *UftboQl*QomT How to piok onl % godfjonat Know, imperfooifont end ?o gnerd agai eat frand? Detect dUeaae a od efr?ol 4 car* when mcbo to poeatblc? Tall the Age bj th? teethf What io cell the di?are?V iwrto ?)tt?uiwl) How to afcoe 3 Horaa property? All this and Wtier. t5u?1j1> ipro??M>0ft eta M<fotiig?dbTr ^ ioo-PAft& lllus* TRATKD HOBflSI BOOK, whio b we will forward, postpaid, on rccdpt ?f dttlf 56 C?il?te Btuap?. Book Publishing House, U 1 84 Loonnrd Street, - . Now York Ojty,