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/?THE MUSIC OF THE STAR9, ? Aft?r thdtatrlfft of llu* ilay, There iiomw In tho huxh of tyluht, Adovru Unuiiich meusuroloSM up .too v From ot(*ru" 1 Kphoros of light, A j-hythui illvlnnty wwoot \ * if ftoil htul t(?U?il0.1 l!(rt Un r?>. Au<l Mntur* thrills mut thrill* u^iiti With tho ntuxlf of the xtaiV, ;? 1 Iftorotw tlrcnmft tint woio ?lcur llftvo koiioId I ho ivvllltfltl mint - AhHuk through miuiboiloa* \uar:? WUon hopo and lovu lli i kl&ftOii ? in moiu'vy wo Uvo ouoo nuuo Alul tho snug that iii> o.u l !i ? ii /U) nun - At tiVMhlHK IHI" our aoiiN ii;;uin Willi tho Dill !>l? of th<> sl!it* ? M. Huivomt Clark*. lit Ui< < 'i it?>i 1<>j? . 1 1 l\ ?|Ul!CI'R"l Mtu IV 1 know of in tlyna mite; you fun uovot ')?) Huro U<> w much you know about it. It is very like worm: n the more you hoo of it, uiul tlio obler you L>e co mo, t ho more you 'a i o obliged to ooufofls that you know nothing nt nil about it. Perhaps tlu; tlrat tiling ymi will bu told about dynamite is that ooneus ?iou in uoodod to act it ofl\ N'tnv, I liovo accident ly cut a atick of dyna mite into halves with a npade, and nothing hi* J?I ??* I ? **?! , except lltal my luiavt leaped into my throat an I sniv what 1 had done. Again, I have .seen a minor pick up a stick and throw it nt his partner, who, luckily, caught it iu n most delicate way, and then gently laid it down and wont for the fool, and well and truly thrashed him. Another instance. Two of us were working at the bottom <?!' :< shaft, and had ma do ready for a shot. Some sticks of dynamite wel'o being Sent down to us iu a bucket, lull tite man nt the top, wln? was seven 01 eight different kinds of a born fool, man ugodlo dro)> a stick over tho .vide of tho bucket, and it fell ?tor:i;' tittv t:mt down tho Hlnjfl and landed at out feet, (leorgo Ito.'ts, my partuti. looked at mo and I at him, ve s.iid nothing, but I believe that we both thought a whole lot. So you Men that coucuk Moil does net always set oil' dynamite. Cut, oh! there is anot iier side to tho question, I Knew a mini r who was canning "t wo bticks of dynamite in the bosom of his shu t when lie slutuldod and foil. Where ho It II tho ground was torn up and a big hob made, but nothing more was ever seen o! that miner. Another case. A teams! was <li iv iug slowly up tho hill, picking his way and keeping a sharp look out for rocks on the roml; his wagon was load oil with dynamite, c.trciu!lv paekcii. Ono- wheel ntruck a alone; there, was a jolt and a roar, and then the teamster, his wagon, and four mules were scat tered over the State of .Montana. And tho corotu-r'fl jury did not view the re mains, because there were none. Ah I paid before, il i * ?jit?<er .??tuff, and y>'t it looks no in iiocen I and harm losH ? Hiiio t ho women again ! It is made up into slides about ten inchea long and one inch in di'imeler, wrapped in yellow or white paper. And those sticks look very like the Komau cau dles and hig f juibs used iu firework display*. Tin; stulV is vijry sensitive to changes of temperature, and has to be thawed out before using if it has j .become frozen. At li rat one, iu- , olinod to look upon this thawing out j process as rather ticklish work ? at- ! though, with proper care, it is usually perfectly safe. \ tire is made, and tho dynamite is placed near it. Often you will f>eo a miner, who wishes, perhaps, to startle hoiuo "ten dcrfoot," take a stick and no* /ire to it, holding it in his hand while it spot ters and bunts with a sharp, acid and choking smoke. I'ut bomolimey the , Fool-killer An<{ol (who doala also iu ! unloaded guusi is ultendiug to Ins business, and then that minor's btu ?;!it lodge has to pay an insurance I claim to tho widow. The only thing' you can say about dynamite is that the j unexpected is just as likely to happen . as t lie expected. Now tor my story. In October, j 1 H'.)7, T was at Castle. Montana, not | tar from the l'ia/y Mountains. While ! the boom waj agoing on, ('a- tic was a j lively, widf-open town, but when I was there tho bottom had fallen out of i tho boom, and tho town, if not dead, , was decide llv sleeping. Upon tho hillsides were the op? n i shafts of abandoned mini--. lice j luiildings and ? xpcns.ve machinery were lult (intended and falling to i pieces; uhiM the I oni di ngdiouses, tilleil to overflowing by millers tu the! palmy days, werevmptx an I deftcrted. ' Tho inhabitants ? . f tiie | ? 1 1 1 c towu . made patlmtic attempts to ? ?eon \ iice ! t he;nKcl v es and stray \.sit,,rj? that times were picking up, ami that th< re ' would yet be /prosperity for them, fs there, by tlye war, anyone hi the 1 world who is/ Mote sun . u 1 1;?. than n miner or pi o/^icelor A few ini/ivs wet e s-till bring woi kcd. mid rtituo/s of rich strikes w?-re con Mantly ^henrd on the streets and re peatc j iu tho poor little w? ekly jiaprr. f know uf not ii iug more pitiful than a dcu<i mining-tost n ; and Montana has luajjy such dreary wreck*. fu ("astlu th^ro were many mines whu.se owners, Jii'thc go 1 1) c ii days, refused to sell them fo?~ thousands of dollars' now, however, thev were abandone 1 alto gether, or were worked, in a half hearted manner, "ou shares." Ueorgo Ross anc, I had taken the Golden West ' miue on Mhares; Oeorgo was an experienced miner, . but 1 was green at tho work, having but lately comu from tho cattle coun try, and being more handy at throwing a ropo than at .swinging a pick or turning a drill. Out we got on cni?i- ? tally together. One day we were .at work on a tun nel which we were running iuto the aide of tito hill. The tnnnei wan abort* t tovtj feet long, and while we drilled some holes at tho wall end of it, at; the mouth we built a little tiro aud laid near it aome sticks of dvuannte ' wbieh wero frozen. Iloside the fire -.stood a wheelbarrow, >\nd on it, ' "Wrapped in a piece of gunny naofc, i Were aoma lengtha of fnae aud a little tin box containing the cap* ovude- j tonaioratticd to explode the dynamite. W? wera bufjlj Working one morning, \ Lbs ?? drill sad turning it; while George wan ntrikiftg, whou suddenly wo both noticed tlmt a ohok? ing Binoke whs curling into tho tun - uel, bringing with it tho unmistakable smelt of burning dynamite. The voadev may judge of our horror when T tell him we Haw tlmt by homo means the awful ntuff bad caught tire! Now Ibis of itnolf might not huvo frightened us gro?tly,lmt we both knew iliut the danger lay in thut littlo box of |>ei cnHrtiou c ft p h . It thoy h 1? ????!< I explode, why then, uotlnn* on o?c t li '/&>uld save in, tiii tho ooucuvdon j would net olV tho dynamite, and then | ' wo Know tln.t wo should lie blown to ' piocott in our tunnel, George put out Ion hand and uquno/c.d mine. "I guosH we're done for," mud he, , aimply. Wo tin ow ourselves <>n our facts, i for tho smoko wus choking us. I , know f tried to piny, but it was u ljumbloil attempt, on account of tho i whirling eonfUHion of thoughts that | rushed through my oxoitnd head. I i thought of my obi homo in Kngluud; of mean things that. I had done at , school and ninco, uud of tho girl who J would never know bow much I had i loved her. Through nil there bu/.zc I t tho pitiful refrain : "lt.'n a shame? -it'ii a shame, to 'lie like thia - blown to piece# in u hole in | tho ground!" AV'o could hoc liio ii r?j catch tho I piece "of g unuy sank and llickur all I over it. fn a few necouds wo knew ? tho capa would g<>, and then well, ! then tho miners at tho '??Jumbo" above u *, when thoy came dosvn to I dinner,, would llnd the niou'h of our ? tunnel choked up and they would dig and dig, and perhaps Unit Rome h?>r ! riblo pieces of what had once been the partners who were working the , ! "Golden West" on Hharcs. I sziv we saw thu tiro ealeh the : gunny sack, which was wrapped round the box of caps, ami we hid our j faces, st retched til full length on the ground. lint, like one mesmerized, I could not keep my eyorf away trom I that flickering gunny sack, Mom J : whence utter annihilation wan to come. But it was not to be. I looked , again, and saw a marvelous thing ? -a tiling I shall never forget, for it is printed at the back ot my eyes and branded mi my brain. An 1 like al! marvelous things, it was wonderfully simple. The barrow was tilted a little, and as tho pieew of sacking burned, thu weight'of the box of caps slowly unrolled it Tho box then fell out on tho side farthest away from the tire, uud gently rolled down tho side of the hill iv.to safely! It wae a lew seconds before we realized that tho chief danger was over; then wo scrambled to our feet and staggered to the entrance ot the tunnel, f went down and picked up the still warm box of caps, and sprang down thu mountain-Hide with it George followed mo, and without iv woid we wont clown the main Btroel of tho 1 1 1 1 !o 1 o w u . llemcmber. thut the time fiom our first noticing the smoke Until I saw that blessed little box roll away could not have been more than a few sec ond i. \.id there wan not much chuiKv of showing bravery or cow ardice, n kitten, drowned in a mo*I, , may be brave or may not; it makes im dili'orcuco to the kitten or to il t reputation afterwards. i~3o it wnj with us in th?t' tunnel oi? the ''Golden West." "There,'" said George, when we had reached our nhaok, "what do you suv to that for a close call? Now, would you call that an accident, or what? And why, do you MippoM1, wcrou't wo wiped out just now?" And I could not answer him. ? Ihe ; Wide World Magazine. I itiler-Ooctil JioM \Vli,il Wu* WituleU. "J waul some -kind of a d<?t?r-prinr, one that won't get out of order," said u cuatomer to a hard ware 4>ian. ? \ doorspring?" "Yes; and one ihnt won't require thu strength of an elephant to open." " Hem !" "And it must be strong enough to bring tho door all tho way to and not leave it HwingiuK open a couple of ? niches. " "I hoc. " "And when t lit* door closes I don't want it to shut like a catapult, with .i jui that (shakes the house from '.t:*. foundations." "Yes. You want one thai will bring 1 the door all the way to. and yet do it gently?" "That's the idea Hut I d.-ii l want any complicated arrangement that i ?? quires n skilled mechanic to attend . to." "No? of course not. You want something simple, vt rong and etloe- ! t i ve r" ?'Just Something th-tt ?au l>e 1 1 'i l on or taken olV easily suineihing that will do it" work quietly yet thoroughly, and won't bo eternally getting out of order. "I sec. I know exactly what you ! want, sir, just exactly. "Well, show uie one." "We don't keep doci 'p: ;ngv'. l it Hit-' A l'( (Mil 111 ixt ?t I ItJJ. "Ilo only neod.s a htllo 11 common | ? 1 1 1"? o u;uong us whc.t ? r-oinehody pcema rclltcluiit push j hiiusolf forward. \ iriuu in ii:?t always disposed to K,v^ another credit for hi * : siuxloftr. W'licii < laiiitul'li. I lu- Italia. i pa- j trio}, was ui London lus popularity : wn< unbounded, and the crowd wished liim to exhibit himself continuously. ! Oiifl particularly noisy admirer of ih?> j geueral used to tell this story: "I was tn tho Strand it tho time, I and the crowd was s<N thick that I j couldn't cvflii see liis carriage, much I lens him. So I just halloed: 'Stand tip, Jarihawldi!* and blowed if Jari hawldi didn't stand right up in tho carriage and let m? see him!" Mnnty tu I'url*. The annual harvest of pearls at Panama will average a value of ahoitt 8150,000. Pearl oysters are fonud in all parts of Panama Kay. Two years ago an ordinary ftsberman fonnd one dear Taboga Island, not t4uore than half a mile from the regular steamship anchorage, that contaiued a pearl worth ?'2400, bnt the largest bed* are about thirty miles from the city. The oys ters are much larger than those fonud in northern waters, and the shells ars even larger still. Tlae oysters are rank and coppery, bnt no healthful, and are eaten by the natirtQ. '/he smaller i ohm are often brought to-?be Panama : mar Ktt. DliWEY MARRIED. i Wrni.-i it lister of J-ihii k. ricl.ean, o! Ohio. Washington. l?. Special Mi Jla7.cn was Inairlcd I j Admiral Dewvy Thursday mori.ng ;? ? tin1 pastoral res idem ?? of St I'.imI'h <T.ui<h 1 ('atholh ?. Iluv. Path or Mackin. pa tor, performed (('I'cmony The welding wa- in lot 111a 1 and \ ???>' tjttU t, helng witue.-sed only I ?y memhcr.t (,( Mib. :in tttediu'vo family ami Lieutenant <\ild \v?di, t he it <1 111 i ra 1 'a secietniy. Whoh the wedding p-irty entered the hou.-.e rat h< i .Mai J<in wan pi ? sen led to Admiral Dewey hy Mih. dnzon. TI10 remalmh r <.f Hit* parly were pre:-:er?tftd and a ft' w inlnuKfi heforo 10 <>'? I < ?? ? ( he wvddlng party entered the parlor. Lieutenant Caldwell wt.'Xid at the light of the ii?Y>ilr; I, ami Mrs. M< Lean and .Mr Jt. I.'idmw to the l**f 1 of Mrs:' I la/en I'at !icr .Mac kin faced the n<! tnlral and \J 1 s. I la'/en. The hrhh* was dressed !n a ln-i iit.iing cost u/uo <?f IIkIi*. k iay wili<, with an over*Mrt Dimmed with gray aiik fringe Iter bonnet m.itchcd her drc-'.? mid sthe w 01 <? white kid filnvci). Admiral Dewey won* a frock coat c\ti ndii,y almo.t to his knees. light trousers with a narrow stripe, and patent hallo 1 shoes. Lieutenant 1'ihl xvt'il ,wa < : i 111 i lai iy ? fltl it cd rather Maekln made a short address, dwi lling en t'he impoitaaee 01' the o'i ?.iiioi>v tin lit 'Mi proceeded with tin. Catholic ri'relHi;li\ arranged for a wedding when one 01 the contracting parlies 'v 1 ( '1 1 holic and Do* other a J'rote la: 1 H- t.h in wry and Mi?. Ma ; ? i n gave Ho rc.;p:>a e.s in a til 111 voice, and tlo-n l-'.i h>'i M i kin proiioui eed tlii-ni man end \s 1 f ? * and invoked the or, iiif hie jinn npoa tlicin. t'oiinratu lalious were l a order a ad Wi-ro e\ t ? ? I i d ? ? d ..II ill .ellel "I und?t -i:;nd you were once ;i .sail or." said Dewey to Father Mackin ? I was oiof." he responded. "having run it way to sea when a hoy; hut 1 found I had n<? chance of hei iming an j ndmh i?l. and :> 1 i returned to my ; hook.;." i "Well." said IV'.vey, "I .1111 glad to I hit', e hei n in:?i t ied hy a uaiior." I A lies a few more word.' the Wedding party left the hou.se. \dinlral and Mm. , Dewey takli.K tin* admiral carriage, j Mrs Dewey Is forty three yearn of ! uk", of medium hch'.ht . and while m?t a ; lit au 1 3 f 11 1 woman, is one of tlm most j entertaining. No one wit present a! the wedding 1 bleak fast ? > ???pi member-; of the wed 1 ding pari > . A dm i lit I and Mis. Dewey' remained ? ;it the McLean residence un'li neaily | 1 U.ito o'idc.ek. when they entered it car: ! rlagc itnd tlrove to tin? I'ennsyl vanht j Itailroiid Mtiition. where they took the i 1LM"' train for New York, ticking sti-ls ii, :t eirtir ear. Secretary Root who i W;e al<v? ii piueenger on the train on i l;i'i way to N'ev. Voik, joined theui lind i (ongi'al uiated Iheni In.'iirtlly Several : o'tnr friei..!;- who were on the irain j enugrai ulat" <1 1 In ia. The 1 o.; | d e will .,m lid the tirst titge? ? i.r iii.-ii hoii">'nionn at nakdale l'arm. I. I land, a handiwmie country . place hei . (ii,- 1 hi; lo \! 1 -. Ludlow, the : hride's .-ji-ler. L on j?, ress Pet tloiK'U . , New York . Special. At the meet ing of lli'- New York hoard of trade and t tii 11 puliation, the following re> < ? 1 1 1 1 i'.lll; Were ildoptetl: " Hesol vf-d, That we ,i'd; the Csipkipk.. of th. . t-'ailv-d States to euact it law e.-dah i lisliing tin' gold dollar as a i-tandard and measure of value, and providing : it.it Uiiul.s and noies of the I'nited and alt paper money, invlmi iin/, nalional tiank notes, shall he re deeinalde In r.oht Unsolved. ' ?y t ie New York hoard of truth* and tran.j poi int iou. That tin" h'.iainea.s ln urestn in the t'nitcd States demand j : he 1 r. ation of a separate igovcra- J 1111 itt department, whoae head sh.ill ii-' a i.ihiinl oHlcer. to he known as ii*." Department of Commerce and Manufacture-; and the 1'reddent of I ' * ? M ? d Si ate* I* respectfully urj'O:* ;ci r< e.nniiu'ml to CongrenM ear!; ? 1 on 1 o t hie < mi." I |\c l'ri\ntcs Dis^haigctl . \ 1 1 . 1 11 1 n . (la, Spei i tl. ? Privates Der | 11. |: 1 llursl. H.i i I'd . Kellev. ??f tae i iih Kegimeni tiei.ruiiL Volunteers, were dl ehar^< I I'ridty from wervlec of ili,. st ;; 1 e hy ilovirnor t'iindler for the jv-M.d of I he \ ic. I lie uieii are 1 hart;' <1 w . Ii lnotiuu .1 mall store at ! j ; 1 1 1 1 . - ? N 1 ' . 1 -ii t l;e iria. n of t ho rog iii.i nt i; an Nrw \'ov!% . w here it had In en pa :'t n 1 pa t i n.u ill 1 1< i> Dewev celc hi'.: t '."ii . I .'iiuling at San Hihiait. Mmi .1 1 ? v "I* li ?? l.md.ng of t!>" \ ni< ! it-;; v. 1 :t ?<?]?>! .il S;in Fabian r i > w.i t !i<"' nia.-t spcitiu iila r nf I.ii ni' ; ii ? ? ;.,i i i-liur (icneial Shaftc;* t i i ? < id !i;i t U< il .it Daiquiri. Tin- ?*??-? ?!?*?:" - it . ? ?:i 'f '!)<? t rups and t ti ? ? navy ??:: i !,<? rnnboat s laaiii'aiiiivl a I'tiili' for an hour, vh.'c thr ' i'n:i| . ?. a :i'il waist deep ti?r.'!s?ra fh.:.a-h 1 1 >. ? ? Mt.f under a v\ 1. .<?!;. iiinicii tire. from" (lit* in.-ui at : : < ".I'iU's, and ? li .i i K' < 1 right :? mi ;; in c '."Hoy after volley af* :<!? the Sr." rebels. FortyN|;*ilipino^ \vr < ap: nirii. mo ily tion-commi.J sionc'l office vi-vaJ insurgent ilojul a::d live v.'uui.'.lttl were found in a i>??i!'llnr. V.;.oo,ooo Hales. Wnshingtou, 1> Special.-- The monthly report of th c statistician of J th<i Department of Agricukuro will ><tate that t lit most thorough Investi gation of the cotton situation that has been made since ha.? just been completed. Special agents from the Washington ?>tli o have visited all the principal points hi the cotton belt, in vestigating both acreage and produc tion. On the basis of this Investiga tion the Department estimated '.lie ool ton ciop nt 0.500.000 bales Military Occupy Arscnnl. Frankfort, Ky., Special.? It became known Mtijllil t-iml ? x<)imiI of tit ??*?* millitlamen had been secreted in Ihe State arsenal tor severnl nights past. The soldier* or officials refuse to tell by wbose orders they are doiflg guard duty. Uut it develops that they have been on guard since Tuesday evening, when Uocbcl was given a grcrffc. dem onstration r.pnn arriving here- and threats ?re made by MvrvRl against white UcpuLd w an* >..<vabl l.Jov Drad ley refu-e to re? ogni7?* <.:rb<l 113 gov trnor ff given a certificate of ruction bj llio state board of election r~ c * TRYING T HI: hOO." Row Danjfcroui Druxi Arc Put to the Pl?M lu'og'cnl Tcili ??Vuu'vi- beard ihe ihcatrical expre* tloii 'trying ii on the do^.' " a Vcl? formative wf a mai.nlaeUtr.n*' drutf Iwum". -Well. i? "in- 1,r huslnos we floptchlly 11 on 11 do*.' nlxf. < II !? f " ,:,t- n a tnim-a |?U- iiud oil, or m.Muuh too num. croiis to in* ? it ' h?u. n\M" til t ?> J" (Mill, not il?urallve. W. make them ?? uncertain U?c- miviigth certain *l? which fur v?-a-on or oiler ml . da-mical nualysK la ml h w<; rvwirt to W hat h called a phv -iol..irl? a "lest Suppose, for In-iaiiec, we N\ani to tlml out the strength of a simple of digitalis. whirl', if 1" K'>v<t comhia.n, has a Mimulathur effect the heart. I l.,. , x,).t1k on the staff of the inborn <?rv at our works force n (Iron oMhi .1 v'ff I It to lit." vl. an:.. 1. or ? MV"11 ? u l.l? l> Is thou ph.cd it. it .1- IU-""* .lilac called a I. > n ?o i ?1 1 that record* its heart heats on a Mr U' "> l>a|wi\ ili^ltalls may ho perfectly dead and In ert, itixl ii may he strong and a-mo -? ?? cle-mlst could tell the difference hut tit*' kymograph tfets iU iit<' Hut > V nil infallible certainty and tl?* s;,ul h graded accordingly. The frogs uVd arc little fellows not over two Indus long. ami i hcv a.v rather hard to get. lime *l'nl l,OUs?. a consignment I'o.a TscW <>? hat they proved to ho too hirgo. Wltv d<> we use such > mail ones? ^ mas., it takes les> of II..- drug to at f,.ft thi'in. It's merely a mailer <>r economy. ... "Sonic of ? lit* other tots ate s more curious," continued the <lrw, lllllll( "ami none queerer U.nu that of ergot. To ascertain Hs active propei t1e?t a Minn 1 1 iinantliy i- Injootcl into a fnlh?ro\vu rooso-r. If ? ?lru? uh to standard stronmh tl"' ",iuh n'(, fowl soon h.^'ins lo ittra hhi<> and event ually hecomes ulmosi hla. k. 1 mo power of tho parli. tthir sample on trial is in.lieat.-tl I'.v th'? deepness ot the <?!*? eolurallolt. This is the only H-lhi hie one known anil is eM-e.-tllatjlj xaU " Ul.le, iK-cause orijot has a straiifl'* 'l ' v of o.-. asionally h-ift.i; ail ii? nit dieimtl properties without showing the slight est rhanse i? general appearamc. h.-esh, wltich Iims tl-ured so extensively in romaia-es ol Ha* Orh-ut. is kno\vn m ientllically as f;inna?ds Indi.-a. It |< tested on doii*. When the drns s all rijiht the dojr soon i..-uius to I dopy, stairs in its walk and eventu ally Keels over and dreams dreams. The no<\Visity of iesiiiiK' hashe-sh crows unt of a very siiifiular tart. As most people know, ii is made from the hlossom of India n hemp, hut H Is only lit,, itnfertili/ed female ilower that has ai.v nareot le properties. The male (lowers and the seed hearing female Ih.wers are ah.-olut.-ly valueless, hut all three look alike tin* naked eye. So does the tin?-ture prepared from i hem. and. like. druiss men I i?> tied, il d'ieiii ' nvM to analys,s. Thei^e t will ::h>' a fair idea of the modern uk tho.l of ^etiite,' at faets allolll medicines, i It. y ai- only a few out of many. Almyelher. 1 suppose i ha t upward' of a do/e.t dif.ere.it ani mals i, re lived, t .o-ii sele- 1 ed he, -at.se o Its sennit i Vel.e -s t.) some special p''e parati"ii. o.-. asioitally the sentimen talists ra'iM- a wail ovti* lle> l?^"r guinea pif;v Iind u liite rats mm. I Hie ill noeent frons that are saciitice.l to sol en. e. hut if ii wasn't for the help of I i;rse ere.'t i u. r< s we would have to tall hack .... the old-fashioned method ol dist iuccuivhiiin toadstool - from mush rooms. look I hem ami eat tln-m. was the formula, and if they don'i kill y.'U i hey are mushrooms." D:h:.ns l'i iii.-s- 1 ii nioera l . Old Case of Teller in Toes. "( HAwroi:i>Mi.t.r, l-'r.A. : 1 rtterino is woith more than its weight in gold to me. One application etirod mo of tetter in my toes of seven (7) years' fdandinf*. John A!. Towles." It cures all ? k in diseasPK. At riruprRiata 50 cents a hox, or hy mail postpaid from J. T. hflinplrine, ?Sa.jinnuh, <<a. V A\urjn 1'nlrlol "Kx.nipe me. hut I thought yuit wero one of t'.to-o fellov^t who l>> for. h!s country whether it he tiRht Ar wron V j -?I would he, if who ever J could bo wrong."- 1 1? tl ?it napol ifl ?loifiiiii*. n is n.? unusual tlrtr.p f-v " v. ,s -1 ply I iU? t'et A""I. Japan am ^ carry I ..?< .oi.oo fans ;is a v;i ). ? it' 1 1 s i-arpo. >Iy Ktiinlly Hull r,.^ul i r .. .1 f .x hloii eil s l.iiki'iK ' 1 1 1 - . N i *t i . i ti^f .:i.| n ii ?- u I < Mil I l- 1" I I'ii. Kixi's ihim. am. 1'ivru J ? mc. We lia\e ma h:ul ti '-Isin la I: i.' ? Ii !' r^t Ir.ltle. It cured us. liiM'V I.k.oi. Piit'-villo N i Made I v IJfiixv . i.t. .V I t nn < <? , Chi.rlotte, N , , II tail 1-y ail medicine d? ?? 1> ? ???', ? r for ? V . ! \vr. , - ratio ???!. -rt'o Po'-l -flV e l.ulldl tor a! Nlrsln'a. , San 1m'? MTV. Cat . Is mad, of an ? o!d I'lni.o >?? v. ' " The Best is Cheapest.'' UV Ica"\ !':?? frc~>: erpcricnc< t'i e very , department cf life. Coed dothes .xrc mos! ; serviceable ?; nd -wear the longest. Good j feed (rncs the best nutriment. Good i medic ne, Hood's S.xrSApJtrilh. is the best j And cheapest, because it cures. Absolutely j CURES, ivhen .:// others fail. SaUapam^ One of th n mont deadly Miak?s In ] India was caught by an nrmy officer j In a small mousetrap a few weeks ago. | The officer. Just lis he was groins to bod, j noticed something dart for the door of hi* bedroom, and taking It to be n muskrat. he set the trap for It, placing It against the edge of the bed. When j h^ got up In th? morning tfte snake was found with his head crushed lo the | traj>. In 1&8? a law was passed In Germany that every German with an Income of 1760 and over -must Inauro his life agslnst slekneaa and old age. In 1S8S there were 11,200,000 persons In Ger many thus inaurtd, and mo many pf these had pulmonary consumption that 37 ?>f the Insurance companies erected at their on n ex pens* a ?anU&Mum for the caro of the** persons. I Bt Ait Of Ohio, City l.vcx$ (,'ocwrr. _ * f Km kk .1. < ttesiT iJ|?t?o?th that h*te M?e K-utor partner of fn<> nfra ol J. F. OjiknbT A i ii. d<?in< b?iifne??'ntfief1trof If uu>J State aformld. nud th?{i*td firm will ! (*> vie ?uut of VSR Hl^OJ-.KD b(>u. am for e -ch and t-vt-ry cii-e of (jmiins that crtMiOt be cured by tLo ui* of It AM '* Cat a rum CVtkl. IT?AJ(k J CttKVBV. H worn to Wf.<je m? &r.a *nb%cr!bud In lu< . i pr^er.r*. ib<? Aili dAT of I ??>tjiu->cr, ' ? uu ' a. D. A. W. OmuiO*. ' ? \ M.tiry P.ibl.o 11*11* < ntnrrh \j ufo U Uken iuu>ruell)\ftj> I ut.ta dU'ictlr wu blood #na mucoU4 ?uv r>tee# of th? tyfUa). Semi /or UitimouUl# frfe F J, t'ttBNUY <C- UO., ?<>)?do, O. SuM by Dru?f.st?, ?fto. lUTs t'ttinlly i ill i are the b.'ot. FiU LeraiM neatly cured. No flte or ?ervoo*? nee* o'ter flnt y'n uee of Or. Kline's Orral Nerve Restorer. $2 trial botUe*udtreaUre free Lit. 11. 11. Kum, Ltd.. Wl AroU Kl. I'Ml*. 1'a. So t nn-t ?*")? In thi> wny l-')udl<-y'a Eyn H?lve 1< ?' Id. Chr-xilo nuJ KraiiuWited HdB cured lu CO lays; I'-jMitnoii tofo tycH lit 3 duyn, or uiouoy I U for tl<? (iHkitiK. Hold l>y till rirutftfUt.-', or ly tDall, Jl>i\ per box. J. J?. lfauu, Decutur, Texa*. Is your breath~Fad? Then your best friends turn their heaJs aside. A bnd breath means a bad liver. Aycr's Pills arc liver pills. They cury < onstipation, biliousness, dyspc psi/f sick headache. 25c, All artigp.itfls. iii'X.i i i :!io bonnl u UtrttiUUiil , trown or i i ?- 1 1 l>ivKY iini ! BUCKINGHAM'S DYE ftAiSKS? I l 'I Of f*r. C " r ?M? l A CO, ?? PUSH! PUSH!! PUSH!!! That's the way conic dealers do! I'ush cheap poods because the profit* are large. Why let ft man push ? cheap lJuL'gy of! on yon when you can get tho host at only a dollar or bo more ? Do you ever think a hoot it thai wuv ? . Aee our Agent or write direct BUGGY CO, l?OCK A French ofllccr inv.-ntcc^^u army L>l?-y< io which promises to dJ^vued Ser vice. It fold*. At tl.e word of com mand l he soldier rldlnft' the bicycle dismounts, folds the machine In two, u hips out the handlebars, attach- s two broad straps,' slings it over his back and walks off with no mote in convenience Hutu it he is carrying Ids pa? k. Dr.Bull's COUCH SYRUP Cures Croup and Whooping-Coucjh Unexcelled for Consumptives. Ciivefi quit Is, tut e rijiilt*. Kcfn>e substitute*. Dt , built J\ lit cut t iitliou .'I'll. 7> lal.io How an Englishman Told If. Hero In a joke which com"* fyesl? ' from the Ki ln, Sir Thomas l.ipton s | yacht. Names Were Kiwn to the j writer, but they are suppre-sed for ub* \ ions reasons, relates the Philadel phia Call." A young woman oji tho Krin while ! every one was waiting for a wind i a sked ! J W hit t slang ex pi i >siun which yon I have Id America pleases a pu: sy cat .'" i The listeners ail Rave it up, of coins ?. "Why, rubber neck," was the reply. One of Sir Thomas' Itrltish friends j hoard it, and thought it was so Rood j that he culled a friend up to hear the ! conundrum. The on o summoned came i ii 1 1 expectancy. The enthusiastic ad mirer of the story could 11 < > t wait for j the young woman wl:o had originally | sprung the joke to repeat it. but start j ed to tell .1 himself. "What slai ?; expression which you lutvc In Aineilca pieMSt s a pussy cat?" he asked. "Why. smooth lur back," was the re ply. and the aii jw. r 1 fought out a ? greater roar than had gre.-p-d the . original story. Voles Were in His Mm I. ? Me ,,<? I'ichnrd ( ' roker's duties as a ? party loader is to listen to all yets of ! visionary promises o*' support at eler j linn time, says it.*- .New York "World." I Wh>.l\ euiiy In Si p: . . inbor, IS!)'.", Mr. j t'ryker, v.a*: returninR ti> tho t'nitod I States for the municipal campaign, ? tlier? w: re lots o/ would-be politicians ! of bourd the New York v. ith blm. The | sarno ridiculous offer?: of assistance wire made to ); : n? on the sU.-.'uuer. One ; man, who said his name was c ro.<.;, t-dd ilie Tammany boss (hut he eon t'\lied no I' Sh than P\000 \ot s In New j Y i>i k t 'It y. "I have them light le i*- in the palm , of my hand." he *?xid. "They are eii j yours for the mere asking." Mr. Cro I ker gravely thanked the man. "Will you keep tho?o )t?,000 votes i t : mind," persisted Cross. ] "Yes." replied Mr. Crokcr, with a i twinkle of his i/ye and a wink at a friend. "I'll have those "lrt.0'10 vol's in my mind, .Pi?l >s here you have lit m A hpripR at Kliswoi ti?. Me., y,':lds n<. water from !'"> n. m. to 1:J0 p. m. daily Whenever enough men from an j Anxrican man-of-war cast get sdioro i leave, no mutter in what for-dgn port ! they may lie lyi"g. they are almost < ( r t u1Ti to start :t *>ai| eiitne. in the Kng r fl.'h n;ivv < ri< k- t is even played on ! b"-m d fdtip. We ref uel !<??? for every j aekago of 1't T Sam Kadki.I'nh J'vr- that Inks ty trl>?? mtis la ii ui. M nroe i'rug (Jo., I'niou villo, Mo. Sold by all druggists. i Al the recent eonirrrss of veierlnaty pliy>Vi ins at Hiubn- Maden. In-. J|e? )<"? er. of llnlle, maintained that (he foot aud-inoiitn disease <nn ho transferred t<i healthy animals by birds, fie y. o<e.: a fact wbieh. I f sub* ta,nt iat r d. will . all for modilh ati<> i of P-crisla t i- >n W a 'I w. ? tifivoliiii: Md< tnuMi la rmh Southern f nrr i? ".(nicii'i i iVrmaniMit I'CiOttnn ' xpcrp'fii'f! ln>t n I'hoI uit'ly ntfi'c'FAi y. Peerless Ti>t?#i.-'-ii \\'fl i f i koi, ftr-dforrl * it*. \*'i It is estimated tliat^the auo'unt paid In I.ondon. at auetlon sales of second band books !nrt year was I.T..0.00 pounds. A feature of tho year has b<vn the large number of rare hoiks nf lered. and the exceptionally hiRli pri> ?.s obtained for them. Kir WhuoptnR Coligll Tide's ' "u re is >uc eo.>hful ieai<>d>. M I'. lui.TKtr. Iliroon Ave., I'rookiyn, N. Y.. Nov. j, ItCJj. I! W.iS the Only Allcrnat ve. 1 Waller Well man, the relumed Aivt:c f txplorer, has si quaint gift <?f humor, I wblcli was happily dl>p!ay?-d just bo | fore leaving upon hi^ last trip to the frozen North. sa>s Ihe "Saturday Kvcning 1'ost." A i?ompous merchant, j who tloes not believe in Arctic explora | tion because it produces no tlnauelal : results, said to the traveler: "Sup posing, after all this trouble and e\ | pen?o, you do teiscii the North Pole. | what will you do th*ri'.'" "Why. come back again, of course." replied Wellman. "Th< re really dceiii't j nvetn to be anything eke to do." Ueals were closed r.t Wheeling last week, by which tho National Glass Company, the tableware combine, ac quires two plants In the Wheeling dis trict. For 1202, MiO the Crystal Class Company's plant at Bridgeport* and /or $80,000 the West Virginia Com pany's works at Martins Kerry are se cured. The transfer becomes effective immediately. TTtO only p'ant In Wheel ing outside the combine besides th? old Hobba plant, now owned by the United States Glass Company., is to be pur chased by a local syndicate headed by tJtates 8enaU>r N. B. Scott, for ARTERlS INK o y aWt-s \v ritinK ? comfort. 7r_ ? A Lillb Off on Hor Mythology. A young lady who had greatly on Joyed John Kendrlclc teiinffa' "Iluisfl boat on tho Styx," thought II only ju.;t to write a few liner, exprostlng hor do llght, relates the Chicago "New,*." She i mjcii her Icttor with: "I did so much enjoy your 'Jlouscboat on the &t!ck?.' " Mr. nnnKy politely answered: "Dear Miss: l? you have studied mytholo?<;'. and without doubt you have, you w.ll realize that considering tho ungodly heat where those Styx are supposed t > he located, it would he Impossible for them to support tho houseboat until my lines were finished. Yours truly, J. K U." The Nile Is the longost river hi tho world, 4.300 miles. Tho Niger la nd!C3 and the Zamb::d 1.600 mlie.1. CHRISTMAS SHOPFING BY MAIL. Our Hooks Know uuu ?v liave hourly t wo million cus tomers whu live in till j>:? 1*5 ^ or the wot Id, iiiost of w depend upon our istaiiMsli mrnf fm1 their thrifctinns c;irt:j Wo rim take euro of your w.uitM also. ^loney tsav ins,' siu^cHtious ui( hi oir ' i page < at ah'Ktif whi'.li ells nt i-vrr.v tiling Ui Ivat, Wear mid el' fees pui iK'iihtr bargains in : Hoiik' Ulfyt is, ( uM net:-'. lJras.-j riimlliK i lil mi Closets, Ok'Wx. < om iiioilcs.i. ?)U<*Ih'<t, t ? elry, l)o>ks. JJiapt rlis. I'uis, Fumy < 'hairs. Fa m-y Ta're.s Fountain Vei.s. <;<ikt l'? u rll;i, ( -i >K-,.i'i? s. | .tiiups, Mtiir .l-.is, llanukcrt lilvfp, Musi rat Instruments, Nt-ektlt#. orn.unt nts. 1'U lures. l'o< K. i ! Kniv.-h. Hov'lMTd, Iffs's. Mi ? Siivorw.ae, Stri!iii({ -J|h , J- NowMlCH, \\ atefci v, siooIh, Tatdcir, il>\ ( r / /?'/'< . (,' ' i'.f>hnt < i titling' >!:? '.i.L t ( it ? trt' . At ' V ':t 4 1 'i tin A L> r*:/ it I - J u; lit* t' )'i:l <?.'>>?. i M f.rrf '>.? , .'??it'C i 'ufuhid !>f, cr.,1 trrrnut. (>..< .l/.uV-/--. I it. > Ci'vfi'tuiK t \ faiai -v U !'i .??.**?/ V;. vt rl-tth <ilitX( ittd i ''is sftti ciitl ,>:? > t. oin $*..??.'? I ) S JO.'i.t (lr-,7 ( O. /) . /'.Afinssoicc f-.*tdott < in'.hm -x . t! r<lfsu is t <-'e ii S/>.< ?../ ( 'child; if of Z\<! ( 'i i'O'if. SiU lilf; ffii' <"Ad: T ??>;?/ ft, (. All imjun i' s an v.vrrc >1 s.ni:" uuy us rrn-ivt ?. \\ c >% I i i rn.iK" \o'ir < t:i .sun is l.uv ;nir Iiioh- j-.il iKr.trtorv Mian U li.i.s tv:'r lii'cu |>Vioiv. Which Cftlfllojiuc j on wnnt? AclrtroF ttiiswnv : JUMXTS STENTS S & .SON, II. \ f. l niOK I . Ml>. lii jit | CHARLESTON, S. C. 5'1'ATIi AOI-NTS I- OR MANUFACTURERS OP CORNICE.' GALVANIZED w. "V S3 &3.5Q SHOES S Wcrtit f V t<r$S compared,^ with other mnxes. / ' !??, ?>????? I ,?><M>,UOO It I'll I'Ol l it,.' i.,vf w ; I naiuo ii 'i upt-'i t>:i 1 >ot J ? ?!?? . ) V g.uxi. Your i ii.iiii) hccii liiem i>t, ??! ?i!l ssii'! nan .1 tr. ,--!.; <?i price. Ctrl ol catner.-j \f.t ? .<:? i ' 1 .i;> :.ic. C.ViA^irc I' W. L. CC'JGLAS SHOE CO.. Erotkton, Mast i<tlh, plain or UtLHR'S CARBftLATE OP IODINE. A utiarnnlcrd 4 tiro for <'i?i??rr!?, j ( <iiiKiiiii|ii]oii mid Ita)' l'rv??r. A >1 *? i .no. w. ii.s^umi.v < l?,, KnlJ'nlo. >. V., I?r- (>?. CURE YOUR HORSE 'of Spavin, Curb, Splint, Capped ilock, Sore Tendons, Cut*, Kirks, Bruises, clc., by usirgj 'SLOAN'S LINIMENT Also an invaluable iciucdv for tnan. When token internally it cure* Cranip* and Colic. It is the to/ <t ni?srffi< Anonn. E\ ttfTjbotCc It warranted. Sclil by dtkleri and cfrujrgUts generally. frantily till, Ilortc ?i<?. 50c. anO$is?. P gA h Li CAAA A or i. vi m MifTfON. liny to Vyu ilo not iioe.1 nn> thing In our line liow, 1 \i t 1/ you should, now or lator, o intuit your inUrni l?y wrltlsg u? for prica* ft:i i f.itim?tc? tiofofo plowing your order*. Now i? hi.* tirno lo Luy a ]U00 HuU?r v>f Itiv-n iiirciJu;. \\'/l - noil the 11KSI'. W. H. CiBOES & CO., COM .y IHA, ti, c. I Meet All Competition I Will placc with re sponsible parties. Organs or Piano* on trial and pay freight both way* if not found at represented. ORGANS PIANOS ci's o ? s> Write for cata logue. /vi. A. Mnlonc, v Columbia, S. C. j I tin f'-nltli I'lifiiiniHtli' Suotlon Elevating, Oli ni'iK it i >d lacking tiystom in Iho 81m,j>Jo?t ?iul Kftloiont on tln> Market; Forty i !?,'l?t Coin (ili'lo Outllia In H ?'th Carolines Km li Ono < th ing absolute Satisfaction, 150! LEWS AND IODINES; Sliilo Valve, \ Automatic and Corliss, My I.lk'lit m it<! Ifoavy Lor iionm yaw Mills Oii'iK't i't* equnlloii ia Design, Kffleleney or I'rioo L>y any DuuW ur Manufacturer lathe fjyutli. Wrlio for Prk'03 an?! Catalogues. V. C. BAD1IAM & CO., !.']? Alain St., COLl MPI Why take Nauseous s. c. Medicines Are you suTfering with INDIGESTION ? Aro you siili'srin^ with KI9NEV nruUODER TROUBLE? Arc yc\i subjoct to COLIC. FLATt> LENt;Y or PAINS iu lh? HOW ELS ? Do you aitffor from DETENTION or BUPFItEStflON of URINE ? Do you feel LANGUOR, and DEBIL I i'ATED in tliM morning ? s Schiedam dumsAPPS CURES THEM ALL!! Ftawl 1 1 iaH Stimulating, Eiuralic, Ston jciiio, Absohftaly Pure. THE fcsst mm and LIVER MEDICINE I N r HE WORLD ! \l V {? i. UUl' fOH SALE mm DY lioni 25* TRAC?': CURES MARK LA GRIPPE' COLDS Can ie<de Calf Wears Like M Men's $2.50 Boys' $1.75 Yniillis' JI.50 Little Gen Is1 $1.35 Hed Seal Cartons. H. ill SliO'i COMPANY, All. AM A. OA. 5?nd your ivine rud address on a postal, aiul v.e vwH s:r.d .you our 156-! pap: illustrated catalogue free. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARKS CO. 17G V. inche;tor Avenge, f'ew Haven, Conn. WANTED AGENTS^l, "T nil ? otitifl in HoOi : n<? KicIq tivo rlrl.t of territory; OUTFIT l"BE?r J. Ml llol.J* .V < <>., Ailuiiiii, On., ? ADIII^S II i.'.b.. i ? i"l N. Terror <**? nDHDCV Ntw DISCOVfcRY;?l*w 1/1% Vl *9 I nu<<!( ro'lif >n<t ?a>M ??nl i utn Ka^ if iMtiBMi ?l? ?n<l l(Mar*' ! ??<???? ! Free. Dr. it U. onEEjr's tout. ?. iunu. o*. Attention is facilitated if. rou m?aUoa this paper when writlDK advtfrUtera. ft*. 44 ^^J^n!oB^eran<l?d fry your merchant, so why not try it! Frlco SOc.