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HO??. I Somewrt of plant httu been exhibited ! In Portland, Ore., under ttt^namo of an \ jkUtsUau rose, \vj?lch is deS4bed a? j looking |1ko n big sunflower, Sfccgpt : that In place of the potala of a ?uu- j; flower tho Alaska "rose" hn? a inut* of | yellow bloesouis, which lio very eloao j ?uuo to iho other. In-ar < hlltf. Lrfttle lVlle Will i make uoueh ?u>ls?\ Mr. Constant? I , Mi Con* I ant? Why, my lwy'f ToUo- Sister wild faho thought you would i>oi> to night* ami I was wonder- i lug If t| could bft\tear<jl tfpstalni.?l'hU- I luk'lplim N<hm 1? American. Nature Hate* a )U(; Iiolor, Somo curious figures have lately been made public by a celebrated Ucr |Ui> phyftlclau. which seem to polut to ?>Jlho fact that If a man wuntH to live Ions' ant! preserve his health and strength he ought to marry. Among human ist men between the ages of 30 . und hi tho death rato la twenty Seven fcier cent. Among married men bi* tween th^? an we ages It Is only olghtetm | (>er eont.' Kor for(y-one bachelors who' tvo to bo -V> years of ago seventy j^lght J ftmrrled men triumphantly arrive a t tho same prffrlod. 'IMio difference gcta V|l the tnoro marked a* time goo* on. j i\t 00 years of age th^re are only twen< I ly-two bachelors to forty-eight married khon; h t 70, there are eleven bachelors j to twenty-seven who are married? ami by tho lime they reueh ho t lie married jirten aro throe '?> our, for then* are nine r>f thorn to every three bachelors. t Whoa iho 1 ,000 ciiIh nhlijpo'l from Main* to j Philadelphia ic::i li.vl 1 1 yf?J r domination, tho root gurden djtutiiiui# fa thut <?! t y revived 40 inc. ? / I'tirrly a liezi-iuu l.t a l.-xl itl**ni?n and Ticeii" lW1' yietttmo'it. 'ItiO III Haled, iUiAfib'?d Aktli HiUSl to fcixiUi>'\t in' t f?ini? 'Hi' - t (iii <1 Innklod. Ko u|ft l" "Uotoyournelf nn iriilnyouratoni&oh just borrow <>f (in lt< litiiK ? nil ll 'ii TottoMiirt In tli6 only ?i. 'Hi-It-, sato uii't I'onnln euro for Tiiitar, 1'1'J ma. l;tn?\voi in mi l ot|n>r rtkln trouble?. At th nUKfstt or \jy itiuii b>i M> i'oiiIh In ilniui'ii ?i Hbuj>!! tun, Snviiiinuli, ?id. It Ih now huIi I thut tlio Kftiwis boy Inwyor Is ii f?ki>. and Homebody hns hlnivoil tho Ouorgla baby thut win horn with whiHitorH. iix.ixii of Ohio, Civy ov TOI-KOO, I I v l.t'f Vb OOL'NTV, * ' , " FiiASK.t i'?ii-:nk\ miitv' ? yivlb thut ho la Itr. W- lil.if lMllln-1" "f tho III'!') 01 I' >' I'll^Nr* ? .'o., iIdIok l m el nt! to I ii tuo Oily "t ' ?oui?t> mill Ht-it-i- nfoi osttTtJ. Wi't tliut fiiilil lirm will t?f? % ih?futnol iim: iiKWitri' tioi.t.Aiift f<?r ?*;acl? au<l 6ver?*ouM> of OATAituU that cftttnot lit cured by Hie tt&o of lUi.i.'n UatAHhii ( i.hk. * j I'll A N K J. < 'II JIN IS V. fHworn to V>of o iim ntid bubsorlbca In uo j , i nvoh\ n'-o, thin OLh ?1 /\y of i)iv;viol>er. V hKAl.' A t> A. W. Ul.WASON. \ Xotivv i'llhMr 1 1 all's On I ii t h CuroU UVi!i? liiterually, iu?d fci t.iilirfi t.lv on t?io blofid nail inuooua H>irfu< o* ?jf tho nvti'in. Sond for toHttnionlHls, fico. T". .1 . i iir.NKT ?V t *< ? , 1'olcdo, U. ??? -Itl !?', i>l'll?Kl?fc", Il.iJJ V family rllli???*o thyhwit. on, Wiiot spifnti ill Coih*o. ^Ir. <h)6diniiu, Willhim.i Co,, III., wrltea: "I'roiii oiio l n? kiii;i> SuI/ci'h tlorinnn Coffeo l!'*rry. eovtiuc l&o . 1 grew M'O H h. of btdldr <-olVi.'i? than I can buy In wtorrn at HO eonts n lb." * <-? # \ l>ai'.Uugo of HiIh t'OlTfo and IiIk ?'"''d and jtluiit oiitulo)<iio In M-til you by John i\. Haly.i'r Ht*?-d ' 1 <<i i'iT'Sm, Wl'., upon iu ?iol|'l of 10 ountu .??liiUii'H and iIiIm nulloft. 'I lit? ."M \i>'oli'f? l*oM , liiih'lfili, N. <!. North Carolluu'H I.tuulliiK l>ally l'ltpfr. 'iht; Post ji 1 1 n l h all the news worth priiittu?. | Nothing oI'jiw^^kH Jo ovrt lusvrtod. ltutua I ^G.OO por auiiuin; f0'\ |'"r month. It ii an Anii'rh'nn fad to ,iyin|>:ithlzo with j t In <i|.|ifi .HM-d iif other nations and to forgot j tin i |>noplo who <ti o rohb'-d at homo. To </??ro ii t'olil^Nh^io l)uy. i'h1> o I. a % a I i v? 1 ! loinn I, Oil ni in>TJfbK>t.'i. Ml | *>i iiisKistt) rof is ml nioii'-y lfll falbi t ?? mti >?. "O'l- i - ? A pis tall (in tho head of a ('lilnainau In tin* : ?ni" t'>r Ilurojuj to U?;lit . Fit i I'im iiwi :.i> ii 1 1 y rod. No (Hm or norvoa^- i t.c^ij.fl.'i ll ivt da \ 'h use* of )>r. t< lino'* ? U c/?t. j Nrrvo |{i<Kioroi'. J'J ti'hil bot tl^nml tfoatlsoTrpo lir. It. II. Ki.i.m:, Ltd.. VJI A r.di M., I'hllu., Pu. } A man with whoulj in hl.i lioad ii not to | V ? iru^tt'd u itli tho inii'hint'ry of i;o vera men t.,j t'lmrt' St'ir Toll Wei T(^i> H-<it. Slfilgo t ' i .i r*; ah truac.i uilf'iiii.'*! in uriMit nntain nro J < link od I" j'!iy coat." r? wank t? Hupport ? tlio atrlkini; onglnoer ?. Mm. i n-l'v.v'u So. it 1j!d>: Sv t up for '??Jjlid ron U.-U.ii,, . ^..i (^i.x i^? jrtimw. rVi's^trifr irelBina- : Uiin.nlinyr) i :iiii,i'tiii'H wind roiif, "Vi.nhottlo. ! ..... j 1 rnnnnt speiilv too hl?hly of 1'1-o'm fur* for i { ' i j , . i Mi 1' i ? \ N Iv ^1 o ll DM, !llo \N . Uil fcl.. New' \ ork. Oct. 1801. 7 ;0()k out iur cold.s At thi?- season. Keep Your blood pure and Ilioli and your system Toned up by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. Then Yon will be able to Ilesist exposure to wliioli A debilitated system ' Would quickly yield. H N. V. No. J. ? IK x r.rmt lic?.i>.ir Send fj>f ? /"RE} P D Xk I'll 'AW I'^Mtgvrc V H 5 $ IMS. S. I'KllIvKV, Chicago, 11U. r^^LrcrTtTJ^-^fr I liost Ooiiilh H>i iij>. Tl I Ultimo. Si.ui hv .limjLH ^?UJCAUH All llSnAllP. 1'iulvs ?Jii> I. L'iO FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. KuiuViIiikh hi Moth 1 bo Souulo ?n<l llous? |?ay IJy I>uy. Till1; 8KNATK. Il rii Day. Thi> prosentatiuu of ro* plios of tho mo^iibars uf the cabiuot to Iho icnylutiuit culling for information m to tho application of tho civil nor vice luw to tho varied departments of tho govorumout, .together with tho oou i.ldciutiou ? ?f tho hill est a bl lulling a bureau for tho twelfth census, preeipi t it t o< I u ?barp civil service debate in tho Soiiuty, til u Day. The Koiibto wunin nohHion two hour*. practically no buHinoitt was transacted hovoiid tho IMNMUgO of Ik few bills. Mr, Allen, of Nebraska, culled U|> the hill providing for tho holding of u cougruHa of tho roj roHoututivoN of <1 if feront trilioH of tho L'nited States at Omaha, lH'js, aiid appropriating 000 therefor. I ho Idea of tho confront! in to fthow I ho past and pro-suit t condi tion of tho ludiau trihoK of the country, ?t tho ?Mnaha Imposition, and to h1iow w hlftt ad vaiH'omont they havo made in education and civilization Aftur Homo loinoi amendment!* to tho hill were ntado, it was passed. Tho hill 1 1> pro- j t t the naino and iuHlguiu of tho Hod Cross was paused . A lull appropriating ."?loo, uud lor tho erection of u puhlio. building at Newport Nowh, Va. , was passed ' I -tin I > a v. - I ti I ho I Senate Mr. Teller, of Colorado, in a R| ooeh branded the pieu.H reports about Seorotiu y ( Jago'H 1 e 'i.jUtftlluii as all insult to tlitt ltd V vcntys of Irro coinage, Mr. Allen, of No bi a*ku, ollorod a resolution declaring th,m iho lulled SI at oh fdiould nido pouilontly and without delay begin and couthmo the free coinage t>f Hilvor at the ratio J hi (o I. Senator Mttllor, of Noi I \jf < hi ol nut, presented a joint rent** I'll 'oil piopoHing "" atneutluiout to lite constitution providing for tho election of 1 1 1 o federal judicial v. Tho rendu t i t > n went ti? the tablo to permit Mr. Mut lor to ittiikv a Hpoech on it. A men mii;;o from tho I'roHidont informed the Senate Unit the Mtlo of the Kaunas |'a ? ' J I ' " b'ailroad had boon postponed to Feb Ki-IH, and nl ho submitted the A?i tcullural I >epart ment roportH on ox pOI llnulil stations. II ro l?\v. In tho Senate a bill w us favorably reported from tho Indian committee, prohibiting loilroad com pauieii fi om oharuii.K ntoie than Ii conta n mile for passengers Ihrough Indian Territory. A resolution wan introduced looking; to tho lllteratiou of the waior used in tiio city of Washington having been olio rod and referred to Iho Dis ? i ict of Col ii in bin Co ui m i I loo, Mr. Hulo, Of Mailio, .'-aid that iu no part of the I nited States wan tlioro a city whoso citfieii.s w abused and iuipoHod upon astfd IllT waler auppiy ftrt are tho | cili/ont ol ^Washington. "Wo lire con Iron ted vv/ih bud, Ion I water, " luiid lie, j j 'Vo lillh^\ indeed, a? to make it dun- | [ gerotiH to ? 1 1 ink and oven to lake a [ bath." I'ho Senate at- l?..'?u went into c\e< utile Kesrtion to consider tlio llu waiian annexation treaty, tin: iioi si;. Ivhu I ) a v. The civil hoi vice debute began in tho llouso, based on Iho item in I ho lejrislut i \ e, executive and judicial appropriation hill, for the iniiiiiteuauco id tho commission. 1 1 is generally ad milted on both sidos that I ho appropria tion lull will stithd, as the anti-civil scr \ ice rclonuers do not seriously con template ail attemid to strike it out. I ho delude therefore is only preliini i > ?t 1 ,<* to any programme which iho one mioM of tlm law ma v agree upon. Tlio niolnherit of tho Mouse were divided i ni II I hi ee camps on this tpicslion those w ho aland bytholaw, those whJs a 1 vocale enliro repeal and those who tlnMie its niotlification. I hese d i visions w ere apart in t he debate tho nature of which was not as Blirrin^ an had been ant icjpatcd. ' ? ? i ii I' iv. I lie frieiul.H and onoinioH of tho civil t-ei vice ln\?. exchanged broadsiiles in the House ^I'lie heaviest ri ii n m on each iddii weie brought into oid ton, .Mr. i irosvenor, of ()hio, and Mr. -loh mum. of Indiana,- each made e\loiustt\? speeches and kept their re specliio sides in a constant furore. I ho interest in the debate wan livelv. Tho crowded galleries, which were plainly in sympathy w ith the oppouentn ot the law, became ho noisy in their demonstrations of approval at one juncture thai tho chair was compelled to call them to order. Johnson de fended the civil Her \ ico and opposed tho o\ i 1 h of the spoils system. ( i roavo nor srored tho National Civil Sorvico lieform l.eamio. ?? I -4 1 it I > \ v. ? The civil Rcrviro debate still noes oti. All eltorts to lix a time tor tlio terminal ton has failed, and tho interest in the discussion does not- seem to bo w lining. jl IYiii D w. ? The civil Rervico debate w at continued in the house. The ro maiiitlcr of the session under a special order was devoted to eulogizing the memory of the late Koprescntat i vo U right ? ?f \| assaciiusett?, and the Pith was set aside for paving tribute to I lie j memory of Iho late I 'eprcsentat i vo M tl 1 1 ken, of M a i no. Mini Piv. Tho opponents of the ci\il service Jaw had much tho heal of i ho debate it/ tho Mouse, so far u.s the liii ruber of those engngiiiK ,iu ft were concerned. I.ij^ht ot the toil spcaliers w ero of t lie opposition. I'he friends of (he law are \ei y anxious to shut oti further debnle, and iu this will hn\o tlio co o|K>rntion of speaker Hoed and tho i ul?'H coiiimit^ct>. Mr. Kdl son neeinros tMiir before the ! tv?rI(l*H nupply of mill 1;< exhausted n o I shall gurcly not bo dependent on It for ,j fool; in f not, t'uol of ntiy kind will t>o ! r- uporll nous. It !s snlil Unit ho hollevos ! i hnl t ho Pros <>f i iio In tor lor of t ho earl h ! will l?e ui Ilt7< <1 lii (ho future to rnrry on ev? i v Iinliislry requiring steam pow -*r. Is your hair dry, . harsh, and brittle ?+ Is it fading cr turning gray? Is it falling out? Does dandruff trouble you ? For any of thooo conditions there is an infallible^medy in Ayer's Durrant Dies on the Gallows for the Murder of Blancho Lamont, DECLARED HE WAS INNOCENT. | lu LouUUutt, ItlobUuds, ? Notorious Cliaraotor, G'oufessed That He Had Murdered Nino Meu tilnce lbtt-4. At Han Quentlu, Cal.i on the ?th, William Henry Theodore Durrant died on the gallows for the murder of Ulttuoh Lftiuout. Ho gave such an ex hibition of oooIuobb and norve as has ftuldom boon seen under similar eiroum stands. Hopeful almost to tho yory lastminutu that somothin# or Bomew* *W0Uld iutervouo to save him, ho walk ed to tho scaffold and uiado a speeoh, protesting his iunocouco as calmly and with a* diBtinot enunciation an II ho had been addressing an assemblage or friends upon soino ordinary topic or me day. liiH face w*s pale, his even were lad, but his voice- was Arm and lie stood /as solidly as a rook while ho proclaimed bia iunocouco and professed forgi\ono? to those who, ho Haiti, bad hounded nun to death, lie spoko uk follows: "I desire to way that although 1 am an inuocont uian, infioeottt of every crime that has boon charged againM liiy I boar no aniuioaity towards thuso who prosooutod mo. not eveu the press of San Fiauoisoo, which houudod mo to tho grave. If any man thinks 1 am go ing to spring a seu?ntiou, I am not, ex cept it in aHon?ation that 1 am an inno* cent man brought to tho grave by my liorHooutoiH. Rut I forgive tjiom a I. Tiioy will got their juutico from tho great (lod who i? master of uh ail,, unit I thorn [ alsooxpect to got justice that ; in tho justico of an innocent man. Whether or not tho perpetrators or tho oriuio of which I am charged aro diaooverjd, it will make no ditle onoo to mo now, but 1 nay tlna day win bo a ahauio to tho groat State of ( ali fornia. I forgive everybody who has persecuted mo, an innocout man whoso hands have nowir boon Btniuod with blood, and I goto moot my <?od with forgivonoss for all men. , There was not a hitch or accident to mar the plans of Warden Halo in catr,) ing out tho uoutonco of the law. 1 u o nook wa? brokou by tbo fall of live fool, ard tlfteon minutes later the murderer s body wafl out dowu aud placed in a colli u. . . Notwithstanding that tho crinio foi which Durrant today paid tho penalty was committed in April, 18M5. and in rant was convicted and sentenced to l-o banged February 21, IHOO, his lawyers mauagod to find enough legal loopholes to postpono tho exocutiou until today. Durrant was sentenced three tunes, Friday, .luuo II. 1*97, was tho second day named ou which ho w as to die. but by taking the case to tlio highest State court and filially tfl>tlio Supronio (. ourt of tho Cnilod States he obtainod a ro priovo Twice tho case was earned lav fore the highest court in the land and stronu pressure was also brought to boar on (lovoruor Hudd to coinumtc the sentence. Throe Hanged In Ijoulslnnn. Throe murderers died on the scaffold at Hahuvillo, a small * town in > St. Charles pariah, Louisiana. LmiiaKjch ai ds, alias "Pierre, alias Creole, by t ho latter name being notorious, w as one ol tho trio. .Together with George W ash ington and Foxli Morris, ho was son toncod to death for murdering and rob bing a .Jewish peddler named Louis Xoigler, last .Tune, on tho hlliugton plantation, near Hnhnvillo. Creole confessed, implicating the othor two and with the assistance of his statament, tho authorities obtained eon elusive ovideuco of their guilt. ( reole also confessed that since 18M-1 he had murdered at least ninov men and one colored woman on various plantations, uud that not for a single one was ho over arrested. His victims were priu cipallv Italians and dews who made it living by peddling among plantation nogfocs. Close investigation revealed that bin confession was ontirolv coned aud it cleared numerouH murdor mys terios of yoara ago. The Itlght Man Hanged. A spooial to the St. T.ouis, (Mo.) Post Dispatch from H&inbndgo, da., says. Simon Hopkins, colored, was hanged here at 1 1 :H0 today, lie made a confes sion to tho cffect that ho inveigled a friend named Harris into a swamp ami killed him. Auot tier Innocent Man Hanged. John O'Neil, dr., was banged in tho Franklin county, (Misa.) jail for Hit murder of Mrs flattie Iv Mo( loud, in Huckland, on January 8th, of hint \ear. 1 1 (> protested his iunocouco to tho last. ' Shot by ?* Woman. A deplorable tragedy occurred in the outskirts of Memphis, Tenn., a few days ago. Dr. Shop A. Rogers, professor of anatomy at tho Memphis Medical College, ox president of tho board cf health and one of tho most prominent physicians of that city, was shot by Sirs. Mary Sgudbrink, a widow, ami thero isvorv little hope for lii^recovcij. \fter Bhootlng Dr. Kogcrs tho woman turned tho revolver to her breast and sent a bullet through her heart lhe causo of tho tragedy in veiled m the deepost mystery. Nobody saw the tragedy, ^r. Hogora w as engaged to bo married to Airs. Saudi. rink, and b'i soiiio reason did not carry out his ) ait of tho contract. TiATKn. T'lr Shepa Rogers, who was shot by Mrs. Mary Saudbunk, in Tennessee, is dead. Hunting t li o Itiiscnh. Instructions have boon sont to ChiH Ha/on, of tho secret Rcrvioe bureau, to devote it 1 1 of hi* tinio and onoi^ies to tho capturo of the maker of the plate nutl the pinto itself from which tho now 8100 counterfeit silver certificates weic printed. Cuttlnc oil' Kmplo.vca. At tho Southern shop* in Columbia, 8. C. , there has heon a wholesale cut in*; off of etnpldycs. Forty men have boon "laid off" until! tho 1st of Feb -wary. Tho eauso has not boon as signed. , Ilrynu Speaks In </h!rago. At Chicago on the 8th, Jackson Pay tc?? celebrated by a banquet at the Tremont Mouse in royat style by over j 500 democrats. The Hob. Wro. ?J. R?yan wan the principal guest, and he delivered a ringing speech on the fun damental idee of?eeretarr Oage'e fln social policy, which he laid bare in a moefc eirthiagfashioo^and waa reoeived with cheer after eheer. Mayor Harrieon presided and acted ae toaat aaeter. .. , . % i ' ^a* i '* Bin Brewta* Company. A brewing company baa been ineor ?Qrated at Auburn, S, Y.f with $100, ABOUT COTTON. It Is 0*td Tkti Year'i Crop Wilt Ap proximate 0,030,01 4 llale*. Latham, Alexander A Co., have li med a statement of the cotton situation iu which they state that the total visible lupply of cotton In the world h? 38,822 bale* more than last year, 189,048 bale# less thau iu 1810, and 50t,095 balosa less than in 1895. The exports this your ire 813, 89 1 bates more then last year. 1,015,895 bales moie thau iu 1890, and J71.270 balos more than in 18U3. The ituok iu United States ports is 20,874 balee less than lust year, 150,871 bales more than in 1890, and 24,007 bales less than in 1805. The total amount of cotton that has come into sight from September 1st to January 1st (four mouths) for the cot ton years menUuued below is as fol lows: 1808, 7V&J0, 038; 1897, 0,898, 19*i-i llw, 4,944,220; 1805, 0,004,078. Thrf imount, therefore, that has couie into light this year to January 1st is 801,811 bales more than last year, 2,815,813 bales more than 1890, and 205,300 bales wore thau in 1895. The receipts to January 1st are 801,811 bales greater than those of lust year, when tho crop proved to bo 8,757,904, and with a corresponding gain until the Hid of the season on 2,850,773 bales, which were tho receipts from January 1st to September 1st, tho total crop would approximate 0,030,0m bales. U liO.N I>I li K KEHKK K-XI'KDITION I'roposuls for Transporting Supplies ()|ioncil--i*ack Tralu Soon to Move. Vancouver Harraoks, Washington, ~ (Special.) Captain l>. L, Hrainord, la charge of tho government Klondike reliof expedition has opened proposals for furnishing supplies to be delivered it tho head of Lyau canal, Fob 17. A largo number of projiAils woro re joivod from Paoltlo coai^f points and plsowhoro. Tho award haa 'not boon ui ado. | Tho govornmont paok train for tho expedition assembled hero, is now com plete, with tho oxceptiou of four addi tional packers. It consists of 101 mules, U horses and 17 packers, in charge of liiout. C. If. Preston and J. A. Myall, of tho Ninth Calvary. As soon as the supplies purchased by Mai. Jaoolm a fow days ago, are received, Captain Eldridge, and 60 solocted men of Company II, l-'ourteonth Infantry, will be ready to proceed to Alaska. Wanted (to Soe tho President. Tho police oflicers at tho White House arrested u crank last week, Ho vas a middle agod Gorman, named Jacob (Moments, who said ho livod iu New York, He has hauutod tho White House for the past fow days, endeavoring to obtain access to tho prosidont. lie ad dressed a letter to tho President, and he callod aud annouucod that (Sod had ?out him; that ho boro tho m^rk ou his brow aud that ho must seo tho Prosi dont. When he was denied bo became boistoroiiB. Ho will bo examined as to his sanity. / $20,000 for Mrs. Liuctgort. Police lnspootor Schaack, of Chicago, ?hai mado a verbal otl'or of 329,000 in approved real estate to any person pro ducing Mrs. Liuotgert, doad or alivo. Attorney Harmon, of tho defense, lias complained that ho is only provonting from producing Mrs. liiietgeit by a lack of funds, and Inspector Schaack, it is said, choso this method of rejoin der. Ho also hopos to thus put a Mine tut) on tho reports from various parts of the country that Mrs. liiietgort has boon discovered. Embargo on Tobacco Kxports Knlsoil. Tho following telogram lias been ro" coived by tho Secretary of State from our minister to Spain, announcing the revocation of tho embargo on exyorU of tobacco from Cuba: "Tobacco can bo exported ou paving tax of 12 poses per 190 kilos. All manufactured tobac co except pieaduro, is free of export duty. Santiago de Cuba is excepted from tho new order. Tho importation of tobacco from all pcrts into Cuba is prohibited. " Cigarettes Made Him Itoh n Hank. Calhoun Calkins, son of rich paronti #ud formerly a young society leader, ii on trial iu tho Criminal Court at St. Joseph, Mo., on the charge of lmrglarj and larceny. Ho broko into tho lea! estate oflico of John Ij. Ziedlor, on th< night of September 3d, and rilled th? safe. When the polieo arrosted him lit admitted tho crimo. Tho defeueo ii that.ho was made insane by the excos sivo uso of cigarettes. Perpetual Motion Discovered. At liogansport, Ind., S. B. Nickum, an inventor who has been experiruont ing for soveu years, sa}\j he has per fected perpetual motion. < His machine i:t scaled in a globe ami will last as long as tho globo romains intact, ho says. A Long Distil iico Telephone Talk. It is believed tho long distance telo phono record has been broken at CSalla tiu, Tenn., wbou John II. Connor, representative of the Jloll Company, tallied with tho operator in Norfolk, Yh. Tho circuit used panned througt Nashville, Fvausvlllo, Torre Hauto, Indittnapolis, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Wnshington uud liichinond to Norfolk, making fully 1,500 miles. Money Order l*ostoflle?-8. About 1,100 postoflicos throughoul tho country woro assigned to tho money order class on tho lid. This makes np proximately 25,000 postofHces at which monoy orders may bo obtuiuod ot cashed. A New Silk Manufactory. A movement ban been started at New port News, Va. , towards tho establish- j mout of a manufactory for mskiti^thr raw matorial of silk, as it arrives in ibis' country, into silk yarn. It is proposed to invest $?5,o<X) and to employ about | 150 expert oporativos. ' Murdered 81?l?r mid Mother. William .Koloy, on trial at Libert^ Mo., for ^ne murder of hie mother an\ eisier, was found guilty and sentenced to bo han/ged. Friday. Fob. IS. Increase In Wheat Seeding. The sreciol bulletin of tho New York Journal wry* there ban been a material increase in wheat seeding in (lie South ern Slates, due to the low price of cot~ tou. Tho increases are; Nor tb Carolina, 20 per eeuk ; South Carolina. 16; Ala-' bam*. 17; Mississippi, 22; Louisiana, 20; Toxas, 10; Arkansas, 22; Teams see, 20; Kentucky, 15. Thieves J! Old II#.-* Ttmla A train on the KauaaaCity. PiWabarf and OnU&riromd was held np new tanni V V Roseborough, of Fairfield, Aged 70, Marries Hester Howell, Aged 70. FATHER OF TWENTY CHILDREN. ? The Mot tier of the lirlde, Aged Ort, Wat l'i'Cieu(?Tlto Kather of the (iroout, Aged Still Alive. Tho Itidgowuy, Fairtleld oouuty, cor* respondent of tho News audCourior, vo |>orta tho following notable uogro wed ding: Near Sharp FoatofMco thoro was rt rom&rkablo marrmgo of auagod colored couplo? Frank Hoseborough to Hestof Howoll. A number of white aud col* ored friends of tho contracting,' parties wituousod tho ceremony. Tho bride is ^0 years of ago. Her mother was pros out. She wuhuu old sorvuntof tho lata Thomas Session, aud was purchased by him fifty - nix year a ugo. at tho age of ?10 ; therefore, she is known to bo 90 years of aye, Sho is conversant and nfth a retentive memory. Tho genial Frank was owned by tho Hoseborough family, of ltidgeway. lie was all through thucuwpaigu m Yugiuiu with his you ng master, Mr. .'Thomas Rose* borough. Mauy of the soldiers with tho old 7thbataflion will recollect Fraak aud wish him happiness and prosperity. I'rank is now 70 yearn of ago. lie is the father of twenty children by his first wife, who died about two years ago. His fitthor aged n.\, is now liviug noar llidgoway. He was tho former slave of the late Col. II. Davis, claims to have known him from an infant, and he a man-servant of hie father, tho lato Dr. Davis. In his youth ho remembers when there was only a few stores on Main Rtregt, Columbia, which is now tho Inisiuess portion of the city. ? ? ? ? Against t he Cotton Seed Oil Trust. At Honuottsvillo/on tho first Monday tho cotton grower^ of Marlboro county met aud orgaui/od', ami among the most important businefH transacted was tho following resolution, which was passed, and tho co- operation of other counties and States is solicited iu their enforce ment: "Whereas the late Cotton (?rowers' Convention declared against all trusts and combines; aud whoroas tho cotton oil companies have organized a trust on cotton seed and meal, fixing prices on both without regard to our in terests; and whereas these articles como at once into tho legitimato domain of our rovonuo from cotton growing, aud tho control of their prices is undemo cratic as opposed to freo trade; there fore, ho it Resolved, That as tho bulk of seod has already passed from our hands at ruinous prices, wo doom it ad visable not to pay moro than Sift por tou for meal delivered. " Free Library for Marlon. Marion County is soon' i^i/ih'oiu Mt Woods has given fr>00 for that r>ui i-e?udnnB:I?ou?tU.^e.nrrp.o; Ouabain. Mr. Woods has also signified ins intention of riving 5800 ay?av to tbo library lor throe years and Mi. <? "ham will civo S100 annually for the same ooeth of time. The library will l.o absolutely free to all tbo people of the count v. I" connection with the libiary there will be well furnished club rooms, which will be kept u|> by membership fees Mr. Woods and tho Hank of M anon have given thoscco.ulfloorBof tlu-ir buildings which Hume i oof, for the uses of tho libiary nnd club, free of rent. I his will ^.1* 0 tho library a convement and ?pacious huin0- ? * -- Hudson 011 tho Nimble I'lstol, Vx-JudgeJ. H. Hudson is out m an able article on tho causo and cure ot homicides. Ho says the nimble pistol* and the relaxation of the laws and inlos relating to oriiniual prosecution is at the root of all tho trouble and that nil efforts to annul tho evil should bo di rooted t<? prevent the uso of pistols and to re-establish tbo clhciency of the courts in dealing with the c|'lin0* farther savs pistols whould be prohib lie".. they ire not v.thin tho jo^hj tutioual provision regarding the right tobcar arms for the common defence, aud that judges should, be allowed ^to instruct and aid the juries, uub slioiUd not bo allowed U> iboir o." behalf, on.l thai ba.) ' .honld be within tho discretion of tho judge. High Prices for Itlee liUiiilc. The (icoigetown correspondent of the News and Courier, nays that on the first Monday there was ? larger crowd of people in tho city than for a long timo. Tho attraction scemod to he the %aluable rico lands to bo oft'ored for snlo under foreclosure proceedings fho price? brought were high, as wil bo seen W the following figures: I>A,H.m , 1? was bid oft by Mr. l>. Breslauei for q..j .? ?r, 'j'lnH is full value at tho present outlook, notwithstanding the p antntion i? in first rate condition. I he three places Hopolnnd, M -Hopewell" and ? 'Barony " were sold together, ami brought 318,550, being bought by Mi. O R. ftkinner. A syndicate of local capitalists will be formed and a stock company chartered, which will l'lant this valuable tract of land. ? Piedmont Farmers l*ay I P The Spartanburg banks .ay that the farmers have paid their notea romar^ nblv well Evod with .i cent cotton there scorns to be a living on tho l'erhaps. after all, the low prjco of ca? Jon wd? Prove helpful in that it wiH forco the farmers to diversify their crops and to givo moro attention to the raising of cattle, hogs and chickens. Safe of Broken Down Stock. AtVloronce, the merchants and some "other business men have organized* "Boneyard" and tho first Monday in this month was the inaugural day. t^nito a crowd of people, as well as Buitablo stock, were m hand Horse mules, cows, wagons and Pjow- were auctioned off and went to the bidder. - Mules sold as low as T J? | "Bofceyard'' will be conducted evcrjrj vlirst Monday. ^ pall* and Breaks Her Neck. ?r'"f Mr0'*'' ?# farmer of that oooHon SSS5Sf2?WS?* JSySa h*Ck too far and tho died in afsw minnjoj. w. real, or| ftSK Lo hoart ?same, oa bo lfWK> Li ?a?o to Thar* la, however, tWooij tho two; vrxunitf heart often Insurable; ni>i>ar*ut hriut carabU if aooJ digestion be reetor ? o**i la point is quoted from Aie JVrt6 Kr&, of OrepD?l>&r?, lad. Mm. Kifipu Ool som, Nevpdiat, ImJ., ? woman forti-three yMra 610, bad infrared fo* four voal* with dlfttr?*6t4g stomach troublo. YhoVgoae* reneret^a by the Indtjfastton prefect on tb? heart ahd oauaed an lrre?alarlty of Its aotion. Hhe had inuoh pain In her stomach ahd heart, and watt subjoot to freauent mH llYtta ohokltpf spell#, which wore most severe at night. potior* were tried in vain; t ie patient became worse, deapondeut, and (oared Impending death. A OAS! or UKAUt' JfAlLUMH. Hh? was'inuoh frightened, but noticed that in intervals lu wuloh h^r stotaaoh did not ftiiiiiy hdr, Iter heart's notion becam o normal. Reasoning correctly that her di gestion vriiB alono at fault, she procured (ho proper tnediclno to triut that trouble, ami with Immediate good* rAftuUs. ITor appotlfe oatrtQ baok, the ohoking spoils be came leas frequent and Dually ceased, ller weight, whioh had beeh greatly reduced, Wfta [Veettyrod, and she now Weighs more thin for yeft-rs. ller blood soon beoamo pure and nor obeek's rosy. The case id of general interest bccauuo tho digoase is a very odmmon one. That others uiajr know the means- of cure we give thd hamd of tho medloLnft usiuW-Dr. Williams' Pitjk Plll$ for Pale Popple. Theso pills contain All tho olfewentg neo&flary to give hew life and richness to tho blood and restore shattered nerves. FORMS A HUMAN HEAD. Qi^eer Figure Outlined by the Tluy Leave* of an Ivy Vine, Ivy Is known to bo ft v ry accommo dating creepor and often forms queer ilgures of its own free w 11, but tho vino 'In tho>yard of James Hughes of Philadelphia Is tho queerest of the queer. The sketch shows the form out lined by tho tluy green leaves. Many people visit Mr. Hughes' house to find out how tho strings aro arranged, but It would lake an exceedingly fino mem ory to rotaln the plan so as to produce n I similar effect. Some of tho visitors A ftTHANOK TUELM9 OF IV*. bavo made a sketch of the entire vine, but as yet none 1ms reported his suc cess In copylnjr'thc oddity. ? Truft to Ills nrlti?inx-Up. A -writer In tbe Independent has dls:' covered something rare ? a doukey boy In Cairo with a sense of the Ideal. Most boys of bis profession are a good nn tured lot, but few are tjie vices tliey cannot teach. Little Hassan, on the contract, seems to havti principles, and Is ortfetly. standi In hp adherence to them. Olice he refused a cigarette, says the traveler, -?Tld in my surprise I almost lost my balance. "YVWUi jiot smoke, Hassan?" said ~I thought all tho donkey boys smoked." "I "don't," said Hassan, who looked about eleven, was short, very brown, very scantily dressed, quite dirty, had only ono eye and trotted behind the donkey wltb rounded shoulders and head craned forward. "I don't. If I did, my family would beat nie,_an<J quite rlpbt, too." "But who are you, and who are your family?" I asked. "^.h!" he said, proudly,,- "we are Sudaense. In the Sudan, we are strict. To timoke, to use wine, to drink coffee, not to pray? these are shameful things; and If a man do^s anything Impure, they hang him to a tree with his faco toward the sun." NORMAN'S NEUTRALIZING CorsxaIv* The Sifnt, Surest and moat Pleasant Remedy lor all affectlona of the stomach and bowels. For Incipient 'And chronic DIARRHOEA, CHOLKRA MORBUS. CMOLBRA INFANTUM AND FLUX, It Is uniurpuwd. IT CURES ...DYSPEPSIA... and all derangement* of the digestive organs. Pricc, 25 and 50 Cents. NORMAN'S Indian Vform Pellets. The PMrltM Espclfcr of ##w6rms.? 5mN, nktly rapr CMttd and easy to yk?. ?mm ttfiT LIVER PILL ON TMt MARKET. Prlc?, 10 mo4 ?J fcOLO SVCRYWHCflB. SAW MILLS. 1< yon u<*4 ? t?w mil), auy da*, writ* bio before tuytuK ?d?*?wh#r* I mv< (W most complete line of ipHU of W)J . dealer or bauufacturer la the Soutfc CORN' MILLS, i Very hluliodt tffad* Btotvwj, at uniuual* * ly lu vt pilot#. WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY, J'lauer*, Moulder*, Kdftar*, tt? Saw* Uftud Huws, Lnth*, eta . ENGINES AND BOILERS, Tulhott ft ih) Ltddoll. 1'iiKioimrx 11 icq Hullor, la Mock, qulol delivery, low piicea. ? ?*-"* V. C. BADHAM No. lb?U Main St., Columbia B. Q, Make Home Attractive I Th? mellow tone of a ifooll Plaoo or Qrqaa will lofi'uoh nud lost tho ihfvnltt, imM? W( children ami keop them at home. Do yo? want ono ? 1 am prepared to ttupply you with th^ most dost rnble Piano or Orgaa too mab kbt afford a. Don't wiy you ? can't afford 11 until you know my liberal terms anrl low ' prices. Only a p??Ul curd In no> esnary ' mo for citaloRuo, tOrm? and prlcon. Add xJB* M. A. Malone, t? COLUMBIA, - SOUTH CAROUNflT c ONVEItSE COMMERCIAL -SCHOOL, Hpiirtuiilnirg, H. HAKLESTON COMMERCIAL SCHOOL, riiarlenton. H. t\ Tho 1hik<<h>, equipped ?n<l mostup-to dnto B USI N ESS COLL EGE iTth? ftito __ More nnyitions fiponto our Kriiaurttea than wl ??H >> fill. Writo at onco for catalogue. I). W. URTtflVCiKlt. Murines* 2tUtia?er. Spartanburg, - .? 8. O 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 .. in the form of sulphate. The quality of tobacco is im proved by that form of Potash. Our books will tell you just what to use. They arc free. Send for them. GERMAN KAL! WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. ALABAMA SPEAKS J)UT. Kykjfou, Ala., writes; For Palpitation of II o art and Sick llcadnche Dr. M. A. Simmon* Liver Mcdicino Is worfcli its weight in gold* |Tiie imitations ate not I 50 good. Wlfefiood. . . . itteof vital Imporinuco to ercry woman ytho contrmplRU'B wifehood that be* mental Btato unil physical condition ftboald bo a| their beet, Hiuco tho dcalre aud buppinees of mankiud nro cou?ummfetcd in marrioge and procreation. If she 19 feeble, It is Impoml. ulo l hathcr children should bo strong. Every woman ehonld know that female weakness can bo enred ; that k>r. Simmons Squaw \lno VFIno will provo most beneficial dart Ing wifehood ; tliat it will impart physical, mental aud local strength, nonrtsn tho nervcH, blood, brain, ana vitalize the feral nlnoorpaulsui and insnres a MteABdOOtt* parativoty yajjpicflfl delivery. Oak I^ane, Alo.,wrU?s: hits used Dr. H. A. Simmon* Liver Medicine 18 fftn. H cured A o*?e of ?di Headache of 80 y%T9 standing. "Black PraurhV' In tomctlmos imposed on people ai a Subatltuto wbeo nicy cannot ggl IIW MBJUM' ' , Dr. M. A. S. L. H. which I think Is far Suptcioti Pufflness and Dark Rings U The symptoms of liver di accd?diug to the elrcamet ment, sge. or cpn*tltntlor_ . .. . . the individual. Not unfreqncntlir tbel plcxion becomes pale and aatlovr wo DMM is n p^jflucss and dark rings trade* to# eyes. The fancuouai powers of the stomaela arc Impaired and there is loss or lrreaolar? tty of appetite. Those and all other JJlsor dersof the liver maybecurcdby.*wtokl reliable remedy, I>r. M. A. SlmmowSmt Med loin*. The fact that imitators aader* take to nail under our colors and sell oa the million dollar reputation o t our t>r.iI. A. Bimmons Liver Mcdicine Is a compliment to our coo da. but sn aOwowUflgasat WW< Inability of their arlidc to staaa os Uaoere merits, and ehowa an attempt to ui " " o bn*in?ss of another* tentlcmeri, nod lor the imitations lose to huvo anything to do with appropriate thobi Ja unworthy of go ahoold look out fc CLEARING LAND WITH A GRUB . 8TUI PUJ.LI C. !*, Kmi'AKD?, Bond for Cntaloi^ Albert L? , MlMW? FOR 14 GENT* W#w<fh te ni?l?M#*OTr?Wr. > ?MNn.nflr?IiaM' *? TEUJt1 .