Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TAKING ON INTEREST. Insurgent Army Believed lo he About ! Surrounded. THE AMERICAN ARMY IN A RUSH ? ? Lecnhaciiser Takes The Filipino Car tridge Filling Works.? Wading In Mud and Sw limning in Water. _ .rr-. ? Mapiltt, by CuUlc.- (July f ra k ?????*?? ? fary reports reach Manila o( (he op erations north, which, when the storV Is known, will provV to have been tin most remarkable < impuigniug 'ho Philippine war has known. (ieneral Lawton's <11 v.iHiou is *.pread thinly over the territory beyond San .los<-, where the telegraph ends. (Jener,*i Young's t wo regiments of cavalry are continuing their rapid sweep into the now tftwns, and the Infan.'ry Is being . shoved forward to hold tin*, towns the cavalry tikes, all in a country whoye natural dlfllcullies arc Indented In desoiibably bv the rain- making rlvor. out of creeks and. swamps out of fields. Wagon transportation is supposed. to have been abandoned, the Americans troops living on captured .supplies and the little produce the insurgent levies have left. Major Samuel M Swlgert 's " sqiti.dron of the Third cavalry is re ported to be. engaging a greatly Hupo rior force at Pozzorruldo, northeast ,of Dagupun. Those troops have fought three engagements, and are now hold ing their position, waiting for re in forcemeats. It is believed at headquarters that this Filipino foice. it; covering tin' re treat of the Insurgent lenders to the Hlnguct mounhiins, ihat the insurg ents planned to ret real nor! beast, along the Tayug road, which is stock ed with st orehuusc*, which the Anier / leans have secured to draw upon en route, and ihat the only insurgent ad vance force had passed Tan gin before the American occuy?itlf?nv the main body of Aguinaldo's army being within our lines. The majority of these in Mirgents may disorganize and' pose na ^ nmigoK when the Americans overtake / them. Amoftg the scraps of news oh.. ^ talnable are stories of the hardships the American army is meeting with. It is reported for instance, that (Jen. Lawton narrowly escaped drowning while fording a swiff river, when Lieu tenant I. una and two privates were lost. Unptaln llonr.v I .eoiihaeuspr. with ;i battalion of the twenty fifth infantry, is on his way from Hamban to O'l'on noil, to take the insurgent cartiidge tilling works there. A Filipino cap ha hi who surrendered with four men, to Colonel Andrew S. Hurt, of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, described the factory -and volunteered to guide 1 1 1 < ? ^ oxpedlt iqn The governor of Neu\a Vizeaya has deUTinfiied: like many other l*'ilipln.-?s in the e days, that the administration of his province can not change too quickiy and is coming to Manila to tell (Jen. Otis of his loyalty, and Incidentally request that he be re tained in office, under the new resini". Admiral Watson ha:; received an ad ditional credible report that Lieuten ant .1. (Jllmore and live of the cap tared pallors of the Fnil.tvl States gun boat Vorktown were at Tarlac on No vember 1. Lieutenant (Jilmore was living in a Filipino kohwhI'h bonne. Pritchard Kills Moneycutt. Pritchard Kills lloneyeutt ltalelgh, N. Special ? On Sat up day ex-Sheriff Pritchard an 1 .laeob Hlaylock, of Mitchell county. 1 1 <>im pt - ed to arrest a man named Honeycutl, who murdered (Jreer 1'hillpps. some time^ago in Mitchell county, lloney eutt phot and killed Klaylock. and I Priteliartl, a .-moment later killed H??n eycutt. Pritch/ud. who killed Honey Vutt, is a bfot.her of Fnlted States Sen flit or Pritchard. Senator Haywood Dying. Nebraska City, Neb. Spr.i.il. - .*?< n a tor M. L. Haywood is living. The physicians agree that de.it b is inevit aide, though Mr Haywood in iv sur vive for several day-. II" lias sus tained a rupture of t f i r-1 lobe of the brain, and. as this is the third pua lytic stroke in three months, his case is hopeless. lie is conscious but speaks with difficulty. 0 Rig Fire At Jacksonville. Jacksonville. Fla . Spe. i a 1 Pi e here at ?> o'clock Saturday morn tig destroyed the wholesale jjvh: cry h?Mi-?e of Lhu lJakor and Holme* < ?? I* Painter and (' ?.'s fertilizer w.ircinni-e and an infmense lunihi ; dock coni.'L.i ing ni ill ion. < of fee! :>f lumber. Pour whooners at the dock- were t.->v. I away just in time to pie\esit ' : : - : r burning. Maker and Holmes ?'?.< ?: building was ;;???? f, rt long, tin ? : wide and two stories high. I'lie hi t.ilizer' building was 'Jon feet square and throe .-lories high. The total b;>? is $JM..r?00; iiisuranee, $x7.?J0n. The origin of the tire ia unknown Me Swindled Women. New York. Special.? -The r "dice have at headquarters lames- ('. Hart, who spent JS months in Sing Sing for swindling a woman out of $10,0(10 worth of diamonds in lSini. and whose latest operations, carried on in New York city, have ? outdated of swindling women out of money varying from $75 to several hundred dollars, their Jewelry, ?f whatever else he could sue- j teasfully lift and carry awav j The French Republic. Paris, By Cable. ? President l*oubet \ unveiled in the Place de La Nation , ~ WOHay a statue symbolizing the triumph of the republic. The premier, If. Wnldeck-Kousaeau. and all tho ! other members of the cabinet ^ were i present. The eeremotty^waa witness. ?l ; so Immense crowd. There was an : hnposlng procession of munlctp^l , fMMtle?ari?? and labor delegations. ICvery where M. I^otibet was greeted with cheers and the deuionstratico off without ??1ous Incident. ? ? - J. A. EVANS' VERSION. Ulvea Ml? Kvldence In the .Hcllrra Shooting Affair. On the morning of, the 1 1th int., In company with Hon. ?! I'. Haseldon, '<? M. ILpsolden, and l)r. Edwards, I went to Murion. and on our return homo wo wore informed ??>at there were In the depot armed men awaiting to attack iik <tH we passed *>y. Wo drove cm rap Idly, keeping '^',v straight road from Marlon to Sellers, and did not. as hu -i ' I teen stated, drive by the home of Benjamin It. Sellers. We decided he foro teaching the depot that .1 IV llaKolden wu.s i li *? man t )i?*y wanteir, and we thought' if we could get him by i here would bo no trouble. I waM riding with J. 1>. Haseldon, doing the driving, and as we neared tlio depot i guided our borne Ui left to pass the front buggy, who.-e occupants were I ?r. Edwards and ('apt I.. M. Haselden. Ah we were crossing tho railroa<f track 1 looked backwards and saw Mr. Men Seller* on the depot plat form, with a pistol In his hand, and Mr. .John Sellers rushing ont of the d^ pot door. I told Dudley to look out. At thl? moment pistol shot > were llr rd as Dudley was getting out of the buggy. We were then about feet across the railroad truck. I halted my horse and turned in buggy and began firing m Mr. John Sellers, who was firing In my direction from behind a mall crane. I positively did not shout at Mr. Hen Sellers, qnd several shots were tired before I Hied ill all. I saw shot guns (bed both from the door and window of the depot ofllce. After til ing my labl cartridge I dropped down in the foul of the buggy and. looking ii round saw some one pointing shot gun through almost cloned door of the depot ofllee, asking "where i?t Au bre\ *" A ft er party left depo' door I got ont of buggy and walked across to the hou:-n or Mr. Tlrown, looking for Dudley, who had gone in that direction after emptying his pistol. Not finding him 1 returned to (lei buggy and drovn (;fr down the road, where I was joined by Mr. L. M. Ila?i.ddcn.4 The buggy in which I was now bears the marks ' of six t?!tlb ; hole ?. While I regret the unfortunate affair It was unavoidable on our part. Ah lor my part. I had nothing again-t th ? gentlemen Involved. .1 A. IC V A N Sellers, S. ('.. Nov. 17. i'ront the President . (iov. MeSweeney has received a veiy handsome commission front the Pre. - ident or the I'nited States, and accom panying " was the. following b-tter from Secretary ot St.3te May Sir: I have t he h\uior to ippris' v on of your appoint iiljjilt l?V ihe presi dent its a member of the committer on national celebration of the establish ment of the seat of government in tin district of Columbia, under the provl. tans of the acL. of I'tumrc^, approved February L,yi. IM?!?. and 1 enclose your commission, a copy of til* a< t tuen t lotted and a form of oath w ai li should be executed and returned to this department in order to conform to section 1.7.'it! I'nitcl States Keviscd Statutes. t The first meeting of the rontnililec will he held at the Arlington hotel, in this city, at II o'clock a in.. Decem ber -1st next. I have the honor to be. sir. Vour obedient servant. .IOIIN HAY. A Comnmtaatioii. (Iov. McSwooncv lias commuted the 1S months' sentence In) posed on lame Alston. color ?d. to ti/month . \l ton ?va?; ccnviciei in IJeikclev cointv .n October last of the larceny of live stock. ^ lie commutation was ask ed f many promimm citizens and the ^lunty ollici 1 1 ?> and th ' applica tion was endorsed by Solicitor .fcrvey. It tnrtis out that the n.T.roV attorney did not show up it l lie trir-l that with , 1 1 ? a defense In was ?? ;i >? ?ted and ? iii.t there is g.Ti'-'c doiru as t ? h:s Commission Issued. The secretary of Slate has Issued a ? cummis-iou to I-'. A Cover. of I'hil.a d?" 'ph la . I 'a f! . i 1 ( J recti . a ltd \\ I Williams, of Kock Hill, a.- corporators ? tf t lie real t st.ile and investment coin pa nv ot K x k Hill. The capital stock is place 1 a' $1?>.otn> divided ait ?> shaves of $ let* i .e h. .Mr. Wiley's (iift. Mr .1 o.-epli Wvlie lias donated to the citv of Chester $l.in?? In cash. by lift nig the mortgage, amounting to this -Ulit on tile public park Sonm mouths ago when the no acre? of natural I'.. -is ot er on West F.nd lltll wen* sold a paik association wiu organised consisting of Hd young nun. for the puipo-e ot purchasing this property and after paying for it by installments ;t was tlndr intention to pre cut it to the 4 i t v . The final payment and de velopim iit of the property would have taken a number of years, but now that Mr. Wvlie has made this ban.l-oine git. to the city, the park will at on* ( be improved in ??very way ami made one of the "prettiest spots in the w hole Soul li Hobart's Strength Falling. I'alerfon. N. .1.. Special. ? While thfl fjortors and w atchers see no change rs far as general appearance is con cerned in the condition of Vice Presi dent llobart, they cannot help notic ing thai bin strength Is gradually faiS lng. It requires more effort t > Vejnovo him from the bed to the window Cum it did a week ago. Private Secretary ; Evans aaid; However, that Mr. Hobart parsed a comfortable day, was cheer* ful and ate solid fvvu i'urrc times. Greenville's Smallpox. la response to the yovevnor's request to rend come one ;o investigate ;he ? smallpox situation Kt Gantt'n, in Greenville county. Dr. lamrs ?vana, j of the State bo.- id of hojlth. wrote Gov. MeSweeney that he had wired ; Dr. Peter T;. Uaect, ?me of the be. t ex perts in the State on r. mil' pox. now at | Hilton llea.r. to fro to flreenvilH and ? lake the rltnatlon In hand. It .nay bo i several davs before I>r. Ilaoot can get i there, bv.i '-'11 g . *?* -mn n * i We. Th? go.erwir dvelined D.\ Kvanj,' | elfer to ?p h.nuslf 1 I HE KILLING OF DR. JAMES, An Account of the Recent INkons Tragedy. A Pickens special nays; On tho nlgbt of the 15th Hurricane Town h ) 1 1 1>, In Pickens t *01111 1 y, wit# tho scene ??f a bloody tragedy; Maui I.n tiler *hot and imUantly killed Dr. j Thomas fcJ. James ail'l seriously woun 1 Ued a son of i lie doctor, who was In the buggy with hir> father. l.anler was a UMianl, of Mr. James ami 1 hey had had *ome disagreement about a aPttlr-nK'nf , but !f this had been all there would have been no Mich trouble. Dr. James frequently dratik too much and when under tho influence 0/ whiskey he was a great bluffer. Few people feared hint or paid any atten tion to what he #ald. A stranger who should chance to hoar him talk while ' In one of bin sprees would think that he wa>; a great bully and in tUo habit ' of wearing out two or three good citi zens a week. Ho had whipped two or throe in thin way this week and neither one of the victims knew anything of/ the punishment they had received. He told l.anler the day before lie* was go ing to kill him and the poor man seems to have been put in fear. James and his son had taken Mrs. Lanier < > I.' in a buggy, so the story goes, to pre vent Mr. l.anler from abusing or mis treating iier, and they had just brought her back when the shooting occurred. James and Lanier began to dispute as soon as the former drove up. three in a buggy, a ii>U Mrs. J.anler jumped out. As soon ?utr she was clear of danger Lanier ll/ed, putting the whole charge of shorin the lace and breast of the deceased, then ran off. Mut he soon came back, and canto to tow n and sur rendered. and is now in jail. The body of .lame:: wax left in the buggy in a silting position. Just a -s he died, tin ill the coroner went to hold tin; in fltlCj.l . I Ired oil .Sheriff. A shooting occtu red <t! I'liion Saturday beivvecn Deputy Sheriff .lint Loiifc and it negro by the name o|' It. damn Lyle--(. which oa me very near being a serious affair. Mr. Long had a search warrant to 1 ,-o.uch the negro's houpe for some corn I hit It was supposed he had stolen l>ou? different parties, and when he went to seai cli the house he was flerod ill b\ the negro. L'Ui he stepped hack and the shot went into the side of the hou e the negro then ran and was tired fit several times by Mr. Long and the chief of ];olp;p who was with hlni Dead Body in the W oods. Saturday morning the dead bod* < f Mr llcnben Ma let's, wa1'- found In 1 some woods near the residence of < li lt I. Watson, about three miles bclov\ Anderson. The body was discovered by a lit lie eegro girl, who immediate ]y reported the matter toothers. ' P on investigation i was found that <b' composit ion lui l set in and ev idently the body hud lain there for IS hours or more. A coroner was summoned who held a preliminary examination * but being satisfied of no foul plav iri lite case delivered I he body to the friends of I lie dead man for burial. ? State News Notes. Application lias been made for a charter for the Joiu'sville ("odor Mills, of .1 otiesv i lie. in t'uioii County. Tite application for the chaiter was made by .1 J. I at tie John W. I. I.itllejohn and other.';. It was not stated what capital slock was to be asked for and the papers will have to be returned for amendment. The Secretary of Stale ha- been ad vised that the Dexter Broom and Mat tress Company, of Green ville. iduis in ? leased i ! s < ipital stock fl'C-CVi $;>.IMlO In $lu.U(iii. The (Oitipany is doing a prosperous business throughout the Slate. Hi lot's. The io,-; of operat inn the great steamship Oceanic is between $ lO.miO and $r.U,nnn ;i month The extreme earn i ng capacity of t tie Oceanic i about $!iu.iiiiu .1 mouth. When the co.-t of repairs, in. air. nice and deterioration Hi 1 he value of iheship itself is taken into 1 otis idera t ion the proll. 1 (-main nig t epre-ents only a fair return on ;!i. ? IvesillKMlt of $ I ."IMt.OOO. L'llgene Ktienne. who is II OA posing (J ,1 < the Ami l''nulish leader in 11? French House of Deputies, has had a l(,!iu .Hid < 1 i tinguifdied career as a pub II, lit. til II' is liow ve.f., r. old III his early manhood lie served ?t> in s]u< for general of railvvn\>. In I KM he wa;; tirsl circled in the House of Depuiie- ami rved tlnee terms, lie has been -et.ii.iry of t ? 1 1 ? ? for the , flumes and ha- twice been elected Vive President of the Chamber lie is a Kepuldii an and a 111:111 <Tf great in lluence. David Sinifui. a retired merchant .'f., Cinclnnati. O. lias g:va:i JliMHifln \K) thi- t'niversliy of Cincinnati. The President's Callers. \V;..-h ingtcn. D Special. H. SI. Manna, ef the Indianapolis monetary coaventkMi. had an hour's consultation with the President Saturday. Among the President's other callers v.e:? (5eiV- al Henderson. of Iowa: General j I'MtzhUgh l.ec, and General Wade. (Jen- i era I M? nder-nn >aid that he had biai ply called ov? r his V?speets. Goner.il ? \A'c talked over ibe Hlluiuton in Cuba, especially Maianzas province, of which be is military governor, with the j President He will return to his lKr?t the latter part of the month Vs \ Chief Justice Resigns. Washington. 1>. C.. 'Special. ? Chief j .Mistier Chambers, of Samoa, has re signed and hi* resignation has been accepted for the United States, one of : the three parties to the Berl I ifj treaty. ; bv the President. The re* If pnjfm alxo j will be made to Great VlWlfaln and j Germany. The latest official task o7 Mr. Chairbers waa the' submission of j jr^report upon hi* administration ol 1 affairs aa eh.ef Justice up to 4b# tlms | of bl* <lei?.?!iure from Apia. Identical . cwpl'"> of the d;*eunient bave been du- | patched l?y mall to the KorHgn Offiee j at London f>nd Berlin. BEN 8E3 BUNO. ? -y < .<? '.Vf*' Q?riu?n Iconoclast DomolhUe* ? Loot KutMbiubra m;:?n Th? T^aucet: A long serifs of experi ment* h?H recently been nmdc by I'rof If. (jrlesbach, of Basle, upon tho rela- j tlvo acuteueas of the sensea of hour- I in*, touch, tuato and smell la the caao of iho bllnil and thoso who posseHa j normal vision. Tho rcH.ilfs hio con-v.) talned In Pflugor's Archlv. The obser vations wore mado on those who were otherwise healthy; In the different'** tlon of tactile impressions m> remark able difference* were i1bscr\ed between ! the seeing ar.rt the blind, or if small differences did exist they were III favor i of the seeing. Jn those born blind the j tactile sharpness wan somewhat 1 eK.-i ; than in the ucelng, and in ?ome cases! tho sensorlum generally was equally ; defecllvo. The blind in particular f< ^ 1 !o;<r acutely with the tip of (he Index { linger than do those who see. and In many < ases the tactile aouteneas of tho j two Index finder tips Jiff or a. In tho blind, especially In the region of the hand, a fit ron go r imp; ossioisj is re quired to produce a tactile impression, than In thoso po3M?.e<l of si^ht. In! the capability of localizing Impreailons ! of sound no difft-rencw exists between the blind and the seeing. In both great individual variations occur. 'As j a rule, both in. tiie seeing and t ho . blind the use of the organ of both j sides gives better results than the use of one alone. No difference in the ! aouleness of hearing exists between the 1 blind and thov.e who sm, No relation ' was observed between the aeuteness 1 of bearing and the power of localizing i sounds in either the seeing or the! blind. No difference was observed In i the two classes in regard to the acute aess of smell. in the execution of manual labor the blind become fa ? igite<) sooner than do those of equal -go who see The blind are more fa- : ttgued with manual than with mental; work, which is nof the case with tho! seeing of tho ;amo age. If any differ- j enee exists in regard to exhaustion af- j tor mental labor It is in favor of tho'-e Of the same use who si,e. Hoth among the blind aid th> seeing there are, persons who have many, others who have only ? few, and others again who : have no illusory or erroneous Hnpres- j siont) of toil' h These results are In ; many respects opposed to generally re ceived opinions. for it is usually sup- I posed that deprivation of sigh! leads j to exaltation of the acu'eiioss of tho oilier uenses, espe< I. illy of the touch and hearing. broker's Novel Preach i,wson. A well Liiowii Ni'W York slocl: broker Is learning the i'reiicb language in a peculiar way. 1 1 is education was neg lected in bis youth, at least in this par ticular direction, and he has always reureiled bis inability to read the work of lb-nan. nnd possibly a few other authors, in the original. The broker lias a great friend in a child who is attending a kindergarten. Me lakes her out driving almost every day in I'cnlral I\?rk. nnd mimic iiiil.* time ngo the ehlbl pointed at :i tree and remarked, "that i- uu arbre." "Kb! What? That's :in elm." said the broker. "Never heard of a tree eallet 1 an rib." "That's I'rgkUeh," resopnded the child with dignity. After i lie broker bad recovered he elicited the information that it was the custom at the kindergarten to teach the children a few wfirds: <?? 'Tench every day. Me seized upon the oppor- 1 limit y. and now as they drive through the pari, the litil^ylrl repeats her daily | lesson to her ?;ro\vu up friend, lie ex- | peels to i>>' able to speak the language j very nicely when the child is a few \i;irs older. New Voric Times. I' or Foil r Mont lis tnv wi V had < hills. Ono bott'o of J>li. Kino's j < imm. A I'"kvkw Tojife cured us all entirely, ! and \v liHve not had a <,hili Mnce. It Is tin* j bo.-t ineil h'ine in tho world . W. H. I',. Mount- < s >n. iii?i< b'uito, Nov. in. is:?s?. Sulii l>y I'.i t:ui i.t. ,V l>i nn Co . Charlotte, N. < " . and all medicine dealers. f>0e per ; bot b*. A I ?< avs i*iiurunteed. ? f-'ix"t> ? n windows tn the dome <?f 1 1?<* t new c.ij'ii"! ?>f ('olornilo, at li'tiver. | to bn\>- p'M traits of P-adlntf citizens ; "t t lie M:?t.\ and the w.-.jm-n have Mil- | denly s|>!ock a demand upon the nun ?t;?:rs tbiii ib' ir s<-.\ .shall lie repi e- I sent'. ? 1 ;:i .i< i'-.i-u f1\?' "f them. j Brnnty la lilond Oee p? Clean blood means a clean skin N# beauty without it. Cascareto, Candy Cathar tic clean your blood a^nd keep it clcan, by itirring up the lazy liver and driving all im purities from the body. Hegin today to eauisli pimples, boils, blotchcs, blackheads, i find that sickly bilious complexion by taking Casearets, ? beauty for ten cents. All drug- } gisU, satisfaction guaranteed, ioe, 2Jc, 60c. It's bard f. < r a fellow tj keep Ills troupers ' ,>r. ?-??,! lien he's courting. "He That Any> Good Would Win" i Should h.vfe <?ood health. cPi:rt. rich ! blMa is the first requisite. Hood's SdrsA- i r. trill. t . by pi^'ing pood Moi\1 And <;oo<i health, has helped many a mar, to success, j besides <)rving strength and courage to 'women <ivhc. before taking it, could not | even see any good in life to tvin. Z&GCU SaUafuViifL \ ?US'SiS? I Thowipwn't Eyt Water /?: Don l Put a Bird id tbc Window. ? "Nov'T put n bird In the wiudo^.'* *aid it bird fanHer to the reporter tho" other iliiy. "I rarely k?> into the street In summer, or even on a mild day iu winter, that 1 do not see unfortunate. cniutrlvH bunx in I lie* windows. Even if the sun Is not broiling the brains un der the little yellow <np, it draft is blowing all the time over the delleale body. People have been told a thou sand linjr* that 4^ey must not put * bird tnfhe draft, yet how few remem ber that there la always n draft in an open window.? Berlio tMd.) Herald. ARMY HARD TO OfiTt rurcln^htjt^Ue ynniiuenl I'lnd* Difficulty la Meet luff (lie 1tecialr<;ui?ut?. Tho entire northwest is being ran sacked by agents of tho war depart ment in quest of horaca suitable for j the cavalry and artillery or tho array, j The horses procured aro /or the most j ?part brought to Chicago, where they | ave Inspected, and then distributed wherever there la need of thero. Among j tho requirements are tho color of the, animal, Its weight and Its height. I he owner must stand tho expous? of has* lug (ho two front slices removed, fur- j nlah a halter ?.nd have the animal weighed. "It would require the ani mals to be molded," 6aid a horso tradei at tijv stockyards. "As yet there are few horse? that wt have received that come up to the requirements of the or iWt, and an owner having a horso that would ans.wor the stylo that In wanted by the army demand*; a larger price than the government offers to pay.' The local horsemen state that the gov ernment will have to make nomrt allow ance on the order or It will not get the requisite number from this territory. Horses aro being secured that will come up to the requirements in ra?ny respects, but it is feared that they \tl.l be turned down by tho government buyer the same as they were last ^ear. - ('tiicago Chronicle. Willing to Imitate. "Why don't you 'take example frow tho little 'busy boo?" Inquired the man of unoriginal Ulcus. ' I do." answered Meandering Mike. "Alt' .1 want to cnll your attention to do fact daf about now is when do little busy boo lays oil' an* doesn' do uo more work fur d?* nox' six months." To Cur? Constipation forever. TaVo C'isearet* Clotty Cathartic. lOoorSoQ. U C. C. C. fail to cure, drugging refund money In to vuars American life insurance pai.ivH havo doubled their assets, ltic anmunt rising from in lsss to $1.844.?01,1M In 1S98. 1 he In tro a so has been decidedly tho gicat-. est since prosperity Vvturned to the country. . * I'D tN am l'Ai'i'.i.i sm I >t km do not stain tho hand)- or spot tho ketllo. Sold by all druggists. It is 40 years since the llrst Itritish Volunteer donned hla uniform -and at that time It was "bis" In reality .fyr even privates in those days provided their own garb and weapon^ of war. Row A I*? Tour Kidney* t Pr TTobKV Sparaeus Pillscurooll Kidney IUs. 8an> j>1c> free Add. Sterling Itemed; Co .Chicago or N. Y. Tho I.ond?>n poor suffer tevribly i.om overcrowding- According to the Sani tary Record. lo.K.O 'persons lived In 4 057 tenements rlth one room In i th? Parish of St. Man's, Newington: 40,1-1 persons In 7. 070 .two-roonirl tenement*, ad 1^.74- perstffls I" three-room ed tenements. "A (iroiit lllcKHinKi" ways Mr. ft- C'ooa Mr. J?lin S. Cook, of Atlanta, Oft.. a preat .sufferer fro:n dyspepsia and Indigestion, writes : ?'1 have be<?? sufTorl ng with dyspepsia for Ion venrs I began taking 'l'yner s Dyspepsia lf.Miir.lv ?*iel galne.t llftetn pounds In thirty days. it Is h groat bleBBlnjt- I can eat supper, pi ?<.? lied niMt b^'fp l!k<? ii linbft ? Bomotliing ? cui]l.t not .ii? I't'forw. Jons Cook. Prlr? iTitij} a 1 >.>t l lo, at all druggist* ; or s -nt foi |>i !'?<?. express -paid, ??>' Tyncr iJyspop Ha Hemely ?'<> . ???"> MllehcU St . Atlanta, <Ja. Ciiiiotii w??und? \v #????.* itntdw by light* tljng strokes on residents of Hevltn. None of the wounded lias extensive burns; the wounds look as If caused by it cHarge of grain shut The holes reach t<i tho bone and are surrounded t'j a web -_>f blue and brown lin< s. Bon*i Tobacco Spit and Snioko Yoor I.lfo Am ay. To quit tobarco easily and forever, be mag netic. lull of llfo, nervo and vlt'or, taUe No To Hio, tho wonder- wor'/cr, that makes wealt men strong. Alt druggists, 10c or SI. CuroKuarau* tccd. BooklC* ond ?amplo freo. Address btorllag Itemody Ca. Chicaco or New York. --It dos^n't require much pluck on tho psrt of the cobblur to stick to tho last. 1 nve 1'iso's Cure for Consumption both In mv finnUy and practicc. Dr.fi. W, I'aitkk SON.Inkster, .Mich . Nov. A. 1801. Cures a Cough or Cold at once, Conquer.* Croup without fail. Is ih?- best lor Uroncliilis, Grippe. Hoarseness. \VUoopinjsf-Cou{{h, and for the cure of Consumption. Mothers praise it. Doctors prescribe it. Small closes ; quick, sure results. UMftiTEn f Ki'llilili' l<M-nl xtlt'Miipn wnmc I rlHll I CII ? 111 i-rcry MM'tlon <>T till' I'nltrri Sfnt'-s. Ilpfi-rfiicw rv<|ii(r<'>l itiul *lwn. A<l<lr<*K?, .1, > KOh?KH A( O-.'l ?baiTiiul<l?.TII.iXTlliV,V \ . MR. AS TOR'S SOLITARY LIFE. Sees l ew Americans and Seldom (iocs Out to Dinner. Willitun Waldorf Astor, owner of t lie l'all Mall ( Ja/.et to, :i< ?(?online to a I.011 doii dispatch, leads a very solitary life. V Ho goes down to his olliro at 1 I :;$0 eaeli morning. There lie* attends to his ey 'ate atld newspaper business for a eonple ol* hours, and remains in his of fice. jis ;i rule, until after o'clock, not oven leaving for Inueheoii. Lunch Is cooked in the ofliee, one part of which is fitted op with perfect cuisine ar rangements. The chef comes from Carlfon I louse Terrace for the purpose. Astor usually ImnJ***- alone except when lie is joinofTny his imughtcr, but he sometimes invites Sir Douglas Straight, the editor of tin; l'all Mall (Jazottr. or I.ord Frederick Hamilton, the edit/ir of the l'all Mall Magazine, or th<* business manager of the papers. After lunch, about lie gets the first edition of the l'all Mall Gazette, which he. fcoc* aver tviLli his secretary, making criticisms and suggestion. Then he tet# to his literary work, ami It is believed' by Ids entourage that he has some big book of reminiscences or history on hand, at which he works regularly, consulting a largo 1 number of books of reference and occasionally going to the British Museum, wl>cre, be noes the books in the private readers* room or consults scholars Vngaged in special rosea relies. When he Is living at Cliveden, on the Thames, which he bought from the Duke of Westminster, he comes to town jnst llir sain* every day except on fc^turday ami Sunday. Hr seldom goW out to dinner or entertalqment* of'ny kind, ami ?m no Americans regularly, with U? exception of Am bassador Choate and First BpdtW&f Henry White. ( ? - Look at your tongue ! If it's coated, your stomach is had, your liver out of order. Aycr's Pills will clean your tongue, cure your dyspepsia, make your liver right. Easy 10 take, easy to operate. 25c. All druggists. bvuiittlii* Want your moustaelio or btyird a ?rown nr bl.itk V 'Ahtj" JUCKINGHAM'S DYE (5UUS? U?uare of Oliitmr ttl? (or Caturrli Him I On ul a I it Mf rcur y. r.s mormiry will surtdy dftroy tlic $ense o( , smell u U'l completely (tgr?(iK<> t hu whole *> ?? i torn when euttrlnv It through the tuncou* j surfaces. Kuch articles should uove r be used i except on i>r*?sc rl v?t Ion from reputable physl- j ciaus, as t f> ?* d they will do Is tenfold j to the Kood you can possibly derive from t (hem. Mail's Cat irrh euro manufactured by l'\ J. Cheney k Co.. Toledo, O.. contains no j mercury, ami Is tiken InteJ.nally, acting dl- I ivctly upon the bYol and mucous surfaces of the syslom- fa buying llall't Catarrh Onr? i he sure to tret th-* genuine. It It tukvii inter- ' nally, find h made In Toledo, Ohio, by P. j. ! Cheney A Co. Testimonials Free. f,ff" Sold by in-uvulst*; price, 75o. per bottle, i Hall's Family Pills are lh? bo?t. The Bcotch Democrats In Onnany now boast 71! newspaper oinmitf. Tin InrRPft. Vorwnns.'hns n circulation of hs.OOO copies. EdnentoYour Iloivols With * rtsraren. Canity Cathartic, euro constipation forever. I0o, 18c. If C. O. C. fall, druggists refund money. North Haven, Mo., hus a 123-year j old apple tree. ___ Fit* permanently cured. No flt-s or nervous ness alter first day's use of Dr. Kline's Oreat Nerve Restorer. $3trialbottloaad treatise free i UU. 1(. 11. Kmnb, l.td..V3l Arch St. l'liila. I'a. j Acts gently on the | Kidneys, Liver and Bowels The riydelmnk Shipbuilding C- in- j J pany is about (<> build an Atlantic j fdeamship 1"> feet ionpror than thn ; Oceanic. Shf -will bo completed by tiie | ?aprinr? of Iflftl. and will bo a veritable j I world w wonder. j Ky wrltinjf at oiiV-o ' T Q tor JIi?? r?*iitHrk)t t>to ofTVr of iho South'n Krc.ii- J t-ur liMtitutlou of l'rn?*ticnl IlnsinosH Training, Tiie Ga.?Ala. Business College, j Don't Delay 1 MACON, GA. Lazy Liver "I have been troubled a great deal ; Willi a torpid liver, which produces constipa tion. I found CASCAttETS to be ell you claim | for thom. and secured auch relief the ilrst trial, i that I purchased another nupply and una coin [ plotcly cured 1 ahull only be too Kind to rec | nmmond Cascarets whenever the opportunity i is presented." J. A Smith. 8020 Susquehanna Avfe., Philadelphia, Pa I?2oa**nt. Palatahh*. ror?nt, Tnf.IT i>c i Qood. No.vwr SU kOD, weaken, or (irlpfi KV-.. 26c. 60c. : ... CURE CON8TIPATI*N. ... ; llrmt*/ f Clit?iy>, M? Irnl. 1m Y?Hi. 1M : un Tit Dlf* Hold nml aimrnnnwt I'jr nil drug- J nW* I U'DAv i,-i?ik u> tl'K E Tobacco Habit. | CORE YOUR HORSE of Spavin, Curb, 'Splint, Capped Hock, Sore Tendons, Cuts, Kicks, ttmiftcs, etc., by using,. SLOAN'S LINIMENT Alio *n invaluable remedy /?* man. JEfifiC lako H turti Cramps and Colic. It is tjbe btU amtistftic kmc wn, * Ini Mtfs fa milium. flchfteydtwNie SSaSSK2M2J^'^-?. f?mmi to KMH t. UWW, itU*, ?ws , Railroads In Alrka. Africa hris now nearly Ju.OOO wile*' of railway, ami offer? an unlimited field for extensions. The dream of u great lino extending1 the whole length of tlio country from t.'alro to Capo Town, some ft. 500 milo*. acema likely to be realized early iu the new contury. On the north end at?out 1,100 nmo^ are in ? t ion, and on the south about 1 too flrttox. tearing womet him? Ijke 'J, , *>??<< miles yet lo foe built through the l>ark Continent, which locomotive headlights u ill ere Ion;? Illuminate. ~ Kaiiwiiv Aye. B ? ? or- ? IV NOW AND _ SAVE MONEV. i'ricefl on Maciihjury aud Huppllea olevory description art) advancing and now is t ho opportune 1 1 nu> to place your order. 1 'REASONABLE" l.'jiftir.ps and Hollers, Haw and Ort*t Mills, nio? IJiill#r?, (iruln Drill", Wocd Working Machinery. Write ua fcljon la tho market for anything in our liuo. It will pay you. \V. H. flIRBKS & CO., Headquarters for Machinery and Mill Supplies. 801 <?????? ?l? ??., Vi?nr I iiToiv l>ci?ol, ( OM tllllA, S. <% I Meet All Competition I Will place wilh re sponsible parties. Organs or Pianos on trial and pay. freight both way s if not found as represented. ORGANS SETup PIANOS Write for cata logue. M. A. Malonc, Columbia, S. C. , i I Rmlth Pucumatio Suction F.levatlng, Gfnulng and Packing ftystom is the Simplest and Most Kftklant on tho Market: Forty flgM Oompleto CHitflte In South Carolina; Each Ono (living absolute satisfaction. BOILERS AND ENGINES; Slide Valve, Automatic and Corliss. My J(lght and llcavy Log Beam Saw Mills CAn?(Jt bo dQ&Aittxl irt tf?*Tg|>, EftloloAoyor Price by any J)Qftler dV MonufftOtute* In tb? Bohth. V?'i-lto for Prfioa ana S&iajogues. V. C. BADHAM & CO., IJ26 Main St., COLUMBIA, ? ? ? ? S. C. MILL5, ~ ** Evaporators, KETTLES, ENGINES, BOILERS AND SAW MILLS, A >J > HICt'AIICS K?IJ SAME, - Itrlfctle T\vli:c, Saw. TfHh and 1"li?-*. Slu?f(lni:? I'uliL'j'i.ilclUug, liij?*otor?, Ysilvc* nml LOllllH IRON WORKS k SUPPLY CO, Al'til'STA, GA. AVE YOU A HOME? II h.i, yon lvnut- n fl tltliAM) M'OVH I o ... a K 1 1 11 1? !?>'. If they are not b- Id Ly your loading itioi chant; vrilto to SHEPHERD SUPPLY CO., <'1I A It liKSTON, S, ? STATE AOHNTS FOR ? w A I.M> .TI A > I FA<.Xj;?KRS OF GALVANIZED CORNICES, ETC. W. L. DOUGLAS $3 & 3.5Q SHOES ^a'SISI Worth $4 to $6 compared with other makes. Tiiilorccfl b.v over 1 .4H>o,ooo wearers. The rtenvhte liavc \V. I. Douglas' name and i?ri?ej stamped on bollom. ^ I akr4 no vibstiiutc claimed t > be a* pood. Your clciicr should keep mem -.-v, not, we will send a |?air Ion rcc* ii?t of price. Si ate kind of eat her, size, and wlGtii* plain or cap toe. Catalogue C frpe. W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE CO., Brockton, Ma:?. /SUTLER'S CAltBOLATE OF IODINE. A euaranirfd Cure for Catarrh, Coiidimpllon and llav I'rvrr, All BrNtjtfMK, \r.ti.sirrThft t ljt.y Ru Halo, N. V., I?r<>pn. WAHTEDMElAS I rnr onr new llneorcnUIJT. __ XI AH BOOKS; f f all bomtd la cloth ; no "?ri*?T?." Kxctu ?lro rliht of territory; OUTFIT FRRK. J. L. NICIIULK * CO., Atlanta, Ga. eRTERSlNVT Has a good deep color and do?* not * train th? ?jr?a. HDADQ V NEW DltCOVEKT;*** W I oatck and aarai want will *4 tOdara' tieati?eai Frrr. Br. I. ? tuu'a Man ?M >. AU**u,a?, inS^IJOS U taaUUaUdH iiw? wiwr 11 UUe paper when writing ad vertJter*. S?. 47