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Gibraltar ?? a fWtlfled Place. j There Is no doubt\tlmt Gibraltar 1*, Jfrom tli? nature of \lia location, tho tttougest fortified 8 potion tmrth," said to. rocently returned tourist, "but the English officers who are oh duty there seem Impressed with tho idea that j there is uomo weak spot about tho : place, and that some American may discover it. They have some very : nonsensical rules and regulations gov* ; , ernlng th| fortification, and one of ; them Is that no American can be nd mlttyil to tho fortified places, though i thpy-nrer nllowed to wander all atound ? t yo outside an long as they care to. /("I don't think the combined jgpns /of tho rest of tho world, all working together and for twelve hours each day, Sundays and public holidays in cluded, % for one year. couM seriously Interefore with Gibraltar beyond cut ting off the mall communication. Tho wails arc solid rock a quarter of a . tulle thick, hnd S'uoh a thing as doing any damage in a military sense would l>c simple nonsense, Gibraltar could resist any attack, and the conditions ? there are such that the attacking par ly would/necessarily have to bo ex posed in uinklug Its attack. This < \- ; posure would hnve to be within range of the guns of the fort, even if they are titty years out of date. Con.se- ! quently they would be nearly as ef fective as modern k""s, for with all that Is claimed for modern warfare there probably never will be any light- ; Ing dune when, the oppo-dng parties ! are out of sight of e.tch other. Wiille ? 11 this Is admitted by military men of All countries, It seems funny thru thorn ; thould be anything of a secret or hid- ' den character about t.'ibraltar that Americans should not "bo nTloweQ 1 1 ? in ?pcct as freely its the people of other countries are. Kngland may bo whip- ; ped some time in the history of tho world but the defeat will not titUo place at (llbrnltnr, 1 assure you." ^ i Washington Star. Soldiers nrc l ike Children. To tho medical man the soldier Is very like a child. Tliut Is to say, ho Buffers fyotn precisely the same (lis. eases as children. In au.v large army . hospital you will Hnd rows of patients down with meusles, soarletlna, dlph therla, mumps nnd unmet imes whoop ? '"Ini^cough. in fact, the soldiers* h..s. ; pltal is as like as can bo to the chll- i dren's hospital. That Tired Feeling Just as HUroly indioaten that the blood is lacking in vitality and tho elements of health ns does tho most obstinate -Jfumor that the vital fluid is full of impurities. Hood's Barsaparilla cures Unit tirod feeling by enriching and vi talizing the blood, oroatinga good appetite" and invigorating every ^ ' organ of tho body* Hood's SarsapariSIa "I had thatStlrvd fooling all the t !??<<?. s^.- I took IIocW'h HiirBiiparltla an I It I made mo fool like a uow man. Mv wlfo , ? wan all run down atul oould not ?lo h?r Work. Kho lias taken four bottlus of Hood's and 1h Id gool health," <!. IIowi.ry, Slanvlllo, It. I. Hood's Sn^nnarilln dnigKtst^ Oot Hood's ?n<l only Uootl'.*. No. IN. The Siege ol Plevna. In holding the fortress of Plevna during the llusso Turkish war. from Sept. 7. 1X77, to I ? m\ lu, against the pick of the ltus.slau army, the Turkish garrison, under Ostium I'asha, accom plished the Impossible, according to both military and medical experts, l or hot only did t hey defy the besieging fore*', when it numbered nearly tlfty to one against them, but they lived for twelve weij};s practically without food. Yet on I>ee. 10. alter having eaten 1 1 > ? ? ! r last grain of r.ve, they sallied out ami pluck fly tried to cut their way through the Russians. The patrol wagon In use in Akron, O., l.i an automobile possessing a maxi mum speed of twenty miles an hour. St costs and ll Is estimated licit tt will pay for Itself in four years in the saving of horse shoeing and hc.r-^ Gained? 45 Pounds > "DEAR MRS. P/NKHAM I was very thin and my f Mends thought 9 v/as In consumption. : 44 Had continual head" backache and fall - id my eyes ? "Evorv otto noticed how and I was to toko Lydla F am's Vegetable relieved ARP SCORliS DEPCW | ? * T Bill Takes Cliauncey to Task fur If is lllteranccs About. ? THAT BARBARA FRITCIIIfc STOKV ] * ? I l)epe\v Was lou Old lo lo lie Play- I Ing Around Ills /Mother's Knee In Those '( lines, Wlii (I Id is (lead, lull his portle II c?-nst! mid filu nders ill 1 1 v??. He wiu iw> inmli a fanatic as old John Urcwn and no doubt old John i m I; i I >??< I from him his lir;>( Jr wins in hatred of the Hoath and ala very. Wh lit i?*r "h poeiiei ai n before iiic and tliii < y-seven of them air waiting for the sluvi s and mallKiiant stints a^ulnwt thu Smith* ?'iii Btal i'Min?*a, iii<|iidiiin l alhonn, ,md (Ik* Sunt In vn j?. ? Ho was an ic (eiiso floeosHionlMtH it it* I \v lo n 'i'exaa was admitted he prayed In wise j<>.- ? ya vv n J nn Kiili' (?? i>->' h .1 <id separate He. N'oilh from the SoiiiIi. When Daniel Webster made his laid and Kti-ali'sl ap<-oeh <il I'ipni , in which lie defended III'" South a;:i! declared that we had the rlfc.hl lo withdraw fvo.u (he union when vv * believed tin- f ? -i I - rial ^ out } ?ii? t had been broken, Wlilt tler Hew lo his iuu.ilfiul and wiote t his of h i nt "So fallen! So lost! The lii lit with drawn Whh h onto he wore; Tin* v,Ioi'y from hits li.'irs j-rnn 1 'or evermore. !/? I not the land once jro'il id htm Tstiri TlTllllTJ TSTfn vn-vyn*l -r>Y.-r>Y|->v -mis vyyyT>, Instill him now, I Ihdionot'cd hi ovv All else |s K'>ne; from liio.e (jrotil ev <? Tlii' soul h; fled Win n faith i:> lost ami bono." dies 'I he mail is dead. They i>av tin- reverence of old (lays 'lo his dead funic ; Walk backward. with avero-d r-n/.c Anil hblo his shame.' That Ih part of the tribute lie piid to (lie immortal Webster. the grand est figure* in N'cw Kngland history. Hut, | was not trnuhlin.'C mys? if about tho glft? '1 fanatic. I was rn- ; m ina tin;: about t'hauue??y l?epew. who i<*. not dead and who rvrry little vht'e ; hobs lip serenely to net a. little nioie . fa 1110 as a humorist. It seems tliat whi'll Coneral Karly passed through I'mldii U City, in .Maryland. lie pans. ; oil lout', enough to exact from tin* good people the sum of S'JIMUHM) for army I purposes, for an Whlltier wiote of them. Li my were ' a famished horde." and now that rity lias applit'd to ?'on | gress for a refunding of that hum' y i and one reason they yive is that un | old woman in her ninety sixth yeai I waved the \Mlloii IlaK at the rebels and ! stonewall .lie kson ordoroil his men to j lire at her and they tired and broke the window Klass and riddled the ? Hag and knocked it out of her hand 1 iind she picked it up and waved It again. That's the poetic yarn lh.it Whillier lobl about llaibara Krelb hie ; and a committee fiom ITedei lek City 1 has been before congress and said U was so. Channiey Depew heard It all i and said it. was worth $200,000 to have : the truth of the story established and : he nodded lib? head approvingly and ? said tluil "old Harbara war. one of the I idols <,f illy childhood, and when he I played around his mothers kn?cs m4 J heart, throbbed with sympathy for the ' gray haired oi l woman whose patri otism ib <*ied the enemies of his coun try." T ho old Kip Nan Winkle. 1 reckon that is one of IiIh latest Jokes. I for he was bora in IHUJ, and was ! | w etit > -oig'ht years old when our army i was in Frederick City, and ho was i then playing around hi* mothers i knccn in the New York legislature. lu\ J. William Jones, of Richmond, i the highest authority on confederate history, has published In the March number of (he Confederate* Veteran another exposure of this wanton ma ' lignant myth about Barbara 1'reitchle. ! it rid does so only because tho poem has pit ton into some ttonthorn s< hoot i r.oks and he wishes U> brand v.ith ! falsehood this vile ^lander on Stone wall Jackson. The whole miserable tiling was investigated not at Wash ington. but on the spot at I* rodoi ?ck ' City, and it was established years ai;o that no Coiifedorato troops passed in {tight i>f tie- old woman's house, that no 11. ig w.is waved; that Stonewall Jackson was not then with his troops, and that old Barbara was bed ridden and pai alN .ed and could not have waxed a Ma?; it she had had one. The tbi in e' - ii i | die x\ . \ ab 1 1 us 1 - be 1 1 . has r publish' I his certificate that^ie llat; ? story is all a inxlh w it houl*Tlie siight ' est foundation, and that liis old aunt 1 was at that time hed-rhhteii and had lost t he power of locomotion. Kberl ! was there at the- time, and was the j adminl. t rator on her estate wlieu she 1 .lied and nexer heard of any Hag. and %,t ?.ne ot the rascals who is after ? th.it money tci'titbd that he had t?.o Hag at home at his house. The very last curse in the U'.ble is against him ! who inaketh or ioxoth a lie, and I' ! 1 1 1 ; 1 1% ? s no ?l i ft ereiiee whether lie is a pot t priest or senator, he will II. id hum.e'.f in awful bad company In th.r? xxoibl to ..mie Years ago this nixth ! wan ex oloded in the New York Sun ' xxhile l >.i u. i xvas living. but now that lie is dea l it has i nine to light again | in its . olunins. That paper s motto u:.e.l to lie "If you )!"r it In the Sun 1 It's .,;o." bnt now if yon see it in the i Sun it's not so. would tit It hettei. I wish thai every confederate noldier I and their children an I grandchildren ; would i.ub-i r ibe for the Veteran and ; keep lip xvith the best memories of the 1 I ost Cause a lause for which we are | ./till proud, for gets briber and purer as the years roll on. Somo . month -: ago Dr. Andrews, the groat educator, declared and published that every principle the South fought for bad since been before the supremo court of tho nation and decided in its favor ? and recently a noUible England minister has declared that nogro suffrage was n miserable blun der. and that the fifteenth and six teenth amendments to the constitution should bo repealed. Well, timers a good doctor, and t?| South 'a lhA ?P&r?"nd . Th publican party may bo re-elected, but the South cannot ho worsted. The day will come when pensions and back pay will be given our old soldiers and our Confederate widows, and our Northern soldiers will take off their hats and apologize. We are trying hard at my hou^e to be reconciled? to forget and forgive and he calm and serene when holding social intercourse with tlioae r bo J 91 nn tti? other slf|c. and w# ??? along pretty well as long as t hc-y meet us <>n halfway ground, but as for thcso vile slanderers who keep on lying and rubbing ijt in, we are very much llk6 my larngntcd friend, (P-orge Adair, said about a preacher In wljom he had no confidence: "Weil, Iih may get to heaven. the grace of (!od Is very j great. but If I get I hero I'll not hunt him up to nay howdy- I don't want to live on i ho saino street with hmi."~ Hill A 1 1> In Atlanta Constitution. - A OA. Ml: LAW. Passed by the House Mic liner NS'nr : In (lit* Senate. SlCNATi:. One. Hundred iuii| Fifth 1 >ay . Al- j iiiojit ih(? entire day wa.i devoted to j tli" cou.slderat ion of the right of Ka i than It Scott, of Wet t Virginia. to re- j lain hiR sent In the Senate. Mr Pet- j fits, Alabama, w!;o atone of the mem- i hers or (()<? committee on privilege* j ai.il elections i.i opposed t.) the claim of Mr. Scot i 1(1 -I sea t ; II I ;| r (?? Mil elaboi arguim til id sustain bis view'.-. Mr. Morgan. Alabama. spoke In f.isor of I hi:; col I mi hi. 'c contention. Mr. M< -Co mas, Mary land, Mr. Tui'loy, Tennessee, Mi Chandler, New Hampshire, Mr I teller, Colorado, and Mr. Allen, ,\c- i braska. aiblro :>i d tin* Sen a to in sup- j poi t o: the n .>ulutl.'jn declaring Mr , Scott entitled to his scat. The case] wont over without action One Handled and Sixth Day. 't no i Senate voted upon the ro.-oltili >u de? I 'hiring N.'itlian I!. Scott | ? ? lie ciitilbd to bis nca I in (Jiii Sena I e from Wes* Virginia, 'l'ho number of \otes in the negative wan only 3. Mr. Ch.iudl r nave notice that ho would call i.p the cjih(? of Senator ('laik, of Montana, on Wednesday of next week, but inti- t mated that he would not press eon- I have time in i ea<I the testimony !u tliel case. Mr. Money, of Ml aids si ppi. by unanimous consent, called up a bill |o amemi an act to provide r ?r the col b-i Hon of abandoned property and Urn prevention of frauds in insurrection ary district* within the I'nitcd Shuos. One hundredth and seventh day. ? M'ii- following bills wore pavsed: For slie establishment , control, operation aid ( 1 1 f 1 1 ii t < nance of th*? northorn branch of the National Holue for Diis ?'bled Volunteer S.ildlers* at Hot Springs In South Dakota, and appro priatii g $150,000 for the purpose. Requiring that the dam across; Rainy i.ake rlvfrf. Minnesota, bo con.-! im-nccd within three years and com pleted within five years from Mav, l,~j IX9K. Appropriating $2,400 to bo paid cor- I tain persons for improvements relin quished to the t'ntrert -States for the use of NeZ J'erco Indian^. To autlmrlzo Commander J. M. Mil ler, I'nlted State Navy; Surgeon O. 1). Norton, I.'nitod Stains Navy; and ICd win V Morgan, formerly secretary of 1 tar Sawian coinmlaslon and now seo : Veti'ry ul the legation of tho I'nited ! States at Seoul. C'orea. to accept pres ents t< ndered them by the ICmporor of j j < lennany, j One hundred and Kighth Day. ? | Again the ipicstion of expressing sytn ? pathy far the Uoers win thrust upon Senate. | nis time il came up in a mo lion to proceed lo I he considcral ion of the resolution intr. aimed by Mr. Petti grew. of South Dakota, whic.li was be fore the Senate last Saturday. \ 't'tie I motion was defeated, U!l to :50. Date in the session the Senate, utter n brief j dlsrn-Rb.n, agreed to thr conforrnre re put on the joint resolution relating ic I the administration of ci\ ii affbirs in j I'orto Klco and providing for the ap ] point ment of temporary ofliitora for j the island . No progress was made , with the Alaskan civil code hill. One Hundred and Nineth Day. \ftr>r : mote lit in two im nUis the Al t?kan civ. j II code hill wa-t passed by the Senate. The amendment relating to the alien location of luiniiiK cl.iltn-; lias delayed i the passage of tho measure for several ; weeks, and nf times ha.s engendered a I deal of folding in debate. Mr. Carter, j therefore, today withdrew the amend j luent end all other point ; in dispute i and ;v few minutes later the hill was passed. It provides a full civil code of procedure for the district of Maska. 1 1 Ol' SIS. One ilitmired ami Fifth Day. ? Afte:* | four days of didcussii,n the House com pleted thi' consideration of the 1'ontof ti>'e appropriation Idii and passed it | The I'lttempt to strike ?>til the $|!)i?onit j for special mail facilities from New ? N ork to New Orleans and from Kan 1 City to Newton. Kan as. met tie' j t.ite it has ever since the appropria tion was placed In the hill in lv.?:b No one demanded a reparate \oie upon the amendment striking out the pneumat ic tube provision, and the Ifouse by a I large njajoritv. stood by the amend ' meat fo give extra compensation to letter carriers for work in excess of forty-eight hours a week, althmoh the carriers were said by Mr. Camming-, j New York, to l>?' opposed to li. Tin ' hill to increase the salary of the Direc tor of the <Vn.-iis to fan) the <-al ! aries of supervisors of census by (wo per vent of the amount received by i their euiMuerators was parsed. 'Jlsti ' ttnal ?onfi'reme ri*port on the Hawy ! iian g.tviMunient bill was presented, ! but not acltil upon, owing to the ;ib sene.e of a quorum. One Hundred and Sixth Day - i ii* { Hoase broke all records by jiassing M private pension bills. Among them was one granting fb> a month :? t ! i ?; widow of the late (;ol. .Ilion M St..| t zcnoerR. .off Hie first N? brask?(, who was killed In the PiiilippincR. The con ference report on the Hawaiian eov ! ernment bjli was adopted, lis to ill, and the bill now goes to the Presi dent Saturday May K' was r t a. e!o i t ?>r receiving the statute of I S tlran*. ! presented to the government. vme iiunarcn and K'lghth Day. ? The J House passed the bill to enlarge \X\p powers of the department of ai(Yi<fu ; iure and to prohibit interstftto com ; merre in game Killed in violation of . local law.-'. It authorize* the secretary o( ng:icu!ture to provldo for the iutro i due! ion and r?*ntorntk>n of Rstnc, sons and insectivorous wild birds. It gives him the power to prevent the intfoduc ! tion of undesirable foreign birds and ! animals, and prevents the killing of game in violation of State laws for coalcd shipment to States where it can b* sold in the open markets. - One Hundred and Nineth Day.? For the first time during the r.o years of agitation of the project for tho con BtruetiMvof nn inror-?Veaiiie cansl. (he i House of Representatives entered upon tho consideration of a rornsnre to ac tually Mflthorize tje building of a ca nal. Many times proposition < hearing upon tihe subject have boen before tho House, but this was Hie flm tHue pos itive aotton can he predicted: Judge ( -apron of Indiana hold* (hat ; wlien * church afters to pay a preach* ; er A flicd salary the salary must ho ! paid/ U tha cburch property baa to b?? h s<4d for tbat p4rpo%e. { DtitfOfttny! Bk in eruption*, which keep yon ?(jrAtehiu#, ami look raw and ?ore. It in unrefined in oilhor sex; uud gives the i ujprmnioi) of (i nol^wu n??M. Don't vou unlit to got i id of it? (let a fiOo. i.ox of Tottei ino from your diuggitd, or send RtamjiH to ,1. T. Hhuptiiue, Savannah, (in. it euros, .without fail, i all t-kut (Ukviihcb. (iivo it a tiial. I'coplc Who Arc MUaing. Thn f'ollee Iiisj lor aatil: "About j M il years ago 1 w:tH wy telling som< j workmen pulling down u row yf olc ! river.vide lioii-.es that had had a \lea peratoly hud reputation time out 01 j iiilml, and I can recollect what a star: ! It gave me when they showed inn tlia nearly every hoti?o had a ureal trap ! door through which tiny thing eouh . in- dropped into the race of tho I Ul< ?' IjcIhw. Many a poor elmp had gom { !?? liU death that way, I II go hail. Bo ' 1 can tcli you a curious thing that hap ' peued only the other day. A man ha', j l<i-cn drugged and robbed, but he tole I us that In -fore lie became Insensible hi I hnd managed to lock and holt his tloor j and locked and bolted it was when In J came round again, llow they had gW. | In and rohbed him he couldn't luiiig* inc. Well, we search*-! about and! finally discovered that the door wai . really two doors <"? n ?? within another. j lie lifid locked and boiled the luiici j door into i In* frame safe enough, but ! then the frame Itself, was only an ' other door with separate hinges of it* own." ' "I suppose the list of those reported missing Is quite a abort one In these days, is it not?" "Homo eighteen to twenty thousand - - - -X 1- i "n ^rrrrv -mi\ >??>?> *v More than three quarters of them turn up a train In some way or other. Vou see, the list Includes strayed children and runaway hoys to be^in with. Then there are the men wlni j;et locked U(i at night for something or other, and either are too careless or too ashamed to send to their wives, j with the insult thai (lie poor women rush off to the nearest station In the ulorniug to make inquiries, tjniie a j number of men go and bide aftcif ? quarreling with their wives. Why, I '? on me across a easv the other day where n man had lived for four years within half a mile of the -wife he'd ; deserted without her finding him. A j big town Is the only safe plaeo for a i fellow that's 'wanted' to hide cone j fortably." CnsseH'a .Magazine, A deaf mute runs a baiber shop in* Topcka, Kansas. iu 4'?tr? m < ol?| III Out- Hut, Take r.AXAijvK liiKMO Qwisistt '4'ajhath, A'l druggists refund ih? uiouty if it funs t<l eurtv Ji. Wi Uhovii'itfliiuiitjfwijiiftti'li lion, 2uo, Tlio it i hi) who falls Into a fjrtuno never com plains when ho atrfk^H (ho hard eawh. F1TH permanently cltred Nofltnor renun nova aftor flrstday'tt iuo <>f It. < )luo'? ?. r?;vt Ni rvn itont'>ror.$? Crini bottle and tr-,ini'r(i.f 1 r. K. II. KUMKi l.nl .'.i.'.i Al '? I J'i?. I'. J, Cheney A Co., I'ojortn, (>., J'rop*. of UftU'H Crttnnii ruro, offer sjMOO reward f<>r any cMd of catarrh ilial cauuol bo otirod ' v taUlitf Catarrh Cure. fcUuid f r teste ^Vui^/ Hold by Druggist*, There 1h nothing llko a whlnt club tr? develop ? convoiHutional powers in a diffident woman. I'cixaji l)vi 8 do uot atj?ia tl|<: lianda or spot ho Kctllo, Hold by nil drug* glut*. Karl Huasell, who recently married at Keno, Nov., having already a legal wlfo In London, has started home, and Expects no trial for bigamy. PIho'h ("tiro Pi Ihii best iihiiIIi loo we e-. or i|*ed fur .'til ulTf it ii.nn of throat and lunr<. NVii, O. Ksosi.ky, Vanbiuviv Intl., I?\d?. 10, .UK Mr*. Wlnslow'sMootltlni: Syrup forchlldren teething, softens t ho kuiiis, rod moon inilniiiiitii* ii.>n, nil ays I'lUn. i ~ ii r i ' h w I ml colic, Mcjv bottle. No, Maude, dear, although the men who work in hanks auay handle for tunes, they are not fortune tellers. The Makers of Curler'* Ink Sr?y s ?'We can't; in?ko?ny butter Ink than wo do; we don't knew how to. Wu can nuvkc poorer ink, but wo won't." Cartor'a Ink is tho Ih-kU ? It's the rich people who usually give poor oxouhos. Tlio lli si I'i'ONorlplloii lor < l? 111* ?*"} t'/yvyir in m tuilllu nt J'AHliii.iiatJ ('mi l I o n in. It is simple Iron and quinine In a tltstuloas form. Noouro--uo pay. l'rioo 25a. The ehronle borrower should make a good walking delegate. He's always on a strike. ' AHh Yonr DenJcr for Allen's Voot-Kuno, A powder (<? shako Into your shoes; rests tho foot. Cures Corns, Bunions, Hwollou, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aehtng, Sweating Foot and I n - growing Nails. Allen's Foot-Hush makes now or tight shoes easy, At all druggists and shoo stoma, Wets. Hamplo uiallod l'ltEK. Address Alley M. Olmsted, l.elloy, N. Y. Her One Inostimablo Virtue. "Thai new girl is a wretched cook." "Yes; but I've Pound out she Is Just ! rplenriltl at rreasing (rou^erK."? >Clcve I land Plain Dealer. The marriage rate of Queensland '< Australia, has boon steadily decllnbij. |-*1'roiii 1*1.5 pel* 1,000 in 1803 tu li.y p<? | 1,000 ill 1 808. "1 wish I knew what was the matter with mc, my chccks ore so pale, my lips so white, my musclcs so weak, and my nerves Seem to he all unstrung. I am just nhout as tired and depressed in t!ic morninn as I 'am at night. If I could only get some rest, but sleep seems to do me no good.'' Shall wc tell you what is the matter? That's Anemia Anemia ? it's another name for starved blood, thin blood, poor Mood. Of coursc this isn't the kind to have. What vou want 'is rich Mood, red blood. You want the old color bitlf to your chocks and lip3. *You want your nerves oncc rndfe strong and Steady. To tnakc this changc you must take a perfect Sarsaparilla, a Sarsaparilla made upon honor, a Sarsaparilla that vou have confidence in. That's AYEB'S ?'The only Sarsaparilla made under the personal supervision o! three graduates : a graduate in pharmacy, ft graduate in ehemistry, and a graduate in nicdicinc." $1.00 a bottle. All druggists. "Too much cannot l>c ui<l in favor of Ayer's S.impariHa. Since taking it I frrl l<kc a different person. I now enjoy and profit by niy ?lrrping. My ?ppetite ii p.ood, mv neterj are strong and steady, nnd I know my blood h pure." ? f:,r, ank WrNNiminn, Dct Moines, Iowa, Oct. 9, 1K99. *25 cents n box. All druggists. If your liver isn't acting just right, if you arc constipated or bilious, take Aycr's I'ills. When the bowels arc all right the Sarsaparilla acts more promptly and more thoroughly. Primilive Telegraphy. The Kafirs. Tiasulos and Zulus nr the native "runners." lint it is n<>t by running that they do the host of their work. This they do l>y shouting (heir messages from liill to hill. They are the South African telegraph system. The first news of the battle of tJleucoe : w hleh leached Kngland ami Amerit-a j enme to (Jape Town in this way. Whatever message Is given by n native [slu- Kro is never altered by any one who ? forwards It. though It may be passed ?along by 2, 000 men. The precise words ! that are uttered by the first man are ; the identical ones which tho last one hears. White ni"n have often tested ' thi** by sending mesiagow In this way, , and no one has ever known the mess | iiki's delivered to Jiavs* been exnpsrcr atcd. diminished Aliened In the slightest degree. ?Julian, Ralph, in Col lier's Weekly. , Baseball magnates are not the only people who can be depended upon to scttlo old scores. HOICB Vegetables will always find a ready : market ? but only that farmer can raise them who has studied the threat secret how to ob tain both quality and quantity by the judicious use of well balanced fertilizers. No fertil- j i/.cr tor Vegetables can produce a large yield unless it contains at least 8%' Potash. Send for our books, which furnish full information. We send them . i - * free of charge. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 N'uuu SI., N?w Yock. I WAIT A MINirrE t Don't be in too big slurry t If J 09 ..t can get Hi# best at only a dolia? co more, why not Uke it! It wili b& ok Mptr in tile -iA. i Sm our Ami or write dUtcl. I A LCOHOLIC LIQUORS ! 1 ' * ami NARCOTIC DRl'OS I Make INFURIATES, j THE KEHLHY CURE, i CURLS THEM. 1'atleuta bourd ?ml lodge lu tlitf iuflilutlon. 1 Addrftsa Of cwll lit THE KEELEY INSTITUTE. uoy Plain Street, COI UHBIA, S. C. We special Contracts WITH THH LAIMJKMT ANI) MOST : ltK.si'oN-NiiiLk mani'i ACii hj:i:s or i MAi II t N K It Y iiimI Mill. ' and auk fiiki'auvp to ofkku you Kl'KOIAL ADVANTAOKS. <>U< lAllU j THIS ARK SKCOSJl TONONfK. Complete Ginning liquipincnts, Complete Power Lquipmcnls, A SPHCIALTY. VV. II., (ilBBES & CO., COLUAlBtA, - S. C. Complete plants FOR FACTOR I l:S AND MILLS. Engines; Corliss, Automntlo, plain si. So vtilves. Hollers, IlcncntB, 1'untpn. Saw ."Mills', from umiill I'iantttlion .Mills to tli*) Il^uvloat MIIIh lu tln> Mtirkot. All l^lnds of Wooit Working Mnchiuory. Klour anH Corn Milling Machinery. Complete Ginning Hy?tfnn* Lunuiun, ?"V T\T? T? YVtffCVO WUXI ^ Engine!. lioilers, Saw*. Olns In Stock .'or qitlok delivery. V. C. BADHAM & CO., 1326 Main St., COLUMBIA, - - - ? S. C. DIANOS and AlUiANS f DIRECT FROM TUB \| FACTORY I OOOOOO OOO Thin is why I orii ] tupi'ly The BEST FOII TIIH I. LAST MONEY. (UhTTA. NOT now CHEAP ITIUI lu. BUT liOW GOOD. \V A It 14 ANT V t , | The liuininiriil* 1 represent nr? fully unrtHitird by ro|)uial>1u builder* and : t?dor?ed by inn, innklDj; you Doubly Hoc u rem (100D, RELIABLE OROANS, $35 "P (JOOr>, RELIABLE PIANOS, $175 up. Writo fof Catalogue to, M. A. MALONE, COLVMBlA, S. C. SAC8IFICE SALE First Glass Music, j 00 pieces. nr. For .sixty iluvx ?c wl|l hciiiI FIFTY 1'IF<'KH I OF Fllt>T < I.WS, I I I. I, SI'/. HI), li?*U ^railc, Muu<lnr?l Vocnl iiikI I 11M iiinu'iitnl MI SIC, rur.-liillv nclrelcil, hicltiilliiii Solow, IMiflw, <)iiarl<'llM, Wnll/i'N, I'iiIIuir, (Ipci'in, Nl'Krn .llrtoilli"), II.viuiih, rtrn, clr., <"lmr??'* rreimUl by i>onI or r\|ir*KN in tiny |>n rt ol' ibe Cnllrtl SiolfH or Ciitiailii, upon r?i*i*i|>t of two dol turn In rnnli, niuii*]** or iiimtvv orth-r. The rcKiiltir |?ri?T of ibln music Is $20. Aildrc** | FUANCIS WAVI.AM) <41. ICN iV CO., 1 ll) Itrouitwny, .New York ('|iy. j W. L. DOUGLAS $3 & 3.5Q SHOES Worth 34 to SC comoared with other makes. Iiuloivt'd 1>v iivcr 1,000,000 \v< urora. The aenuine have W. DoiIrUs name and liricc sumped on bottom. Take no fcubkiitute cUiine<! to lie as good. > c?ur dwwi' should krrn tiipm ? if not, we will st tul a J Vu on r?-<rint <>1 mice ant ;tc. ritra for r.mitjp. State kintf of leather, size, '.iii'l width, plain or can tor. Cat. frc?. W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE CO., Brockton, Mass. ? Irtf r* st MKKMUTJ ON 10 DAYS TRIAL. Aluminum Itl'fcT IMMWF Crrom . K?-|iur?ti>r?, ?Iji-h I to ir. c4?'*, |>rk'? j fhmi fi l<> iio^'i 1 1 1 ii k to *l/.o. "I p-io-liatr" fftiurit*. tlzf-H 1 to 15 cows. (irlccK )?*? t-? i'j. 1 licy make is pi-r rrnl morn Imitor. < ?BtaloKtf'1 on-Korrn# frre. Don't tm.v until you h'-nr from us. Wo nro n?ar>uf?i'titrcr? ami nQ t to llif> con?uiner wliefo \v?t linra h<iii;oiil?. We ii*v l'r?-lKlit n?>t KxnrCM. <;ilUo\-K'|\KU WIT .MF'fi. i ll. (iltJSONlA, PA. i Wnhtrd ftr tlio tiest A f I fcl T^k7 ''Hiinc ?">0k M-?r /I I I ?i 0 m luhllnliod. 1,C00 <t?. AUCll I J sstafifife pun ( on my, 900 lu f'hnrl?ijtrin. 1.130 in M<|ni|>tif<<. y?? MJonws?lls Ww In f.nn ?cok, ?i.im Uo iiO ix^ ;>?>r iiaip*ure. In nuawrr'lng stnto jvirr ?'*j??rl<>Hco, If Any.* j. l. /NienoLS * <?o., Jio. OI'.'-UM AmMll it ft 1 1 ( 1 1 n tr. Ailn|it:i, ?.n. \ tea* fart**' brain .Ntuvrs. |mVSCIES*~DLOOO r wwtc ?. rr* r n? cA <&oenhficTr?^m<n! for All manner of NtRVODS diseases: ..T o#.ii<H..rti?uy Here It Is! Want. to iNrn ?>l ?l>out ? I UtirMf now Co rtck OOt a I aoodOAfl! I tions md *> <tu?r?l skiuiiM rrmdf Detect Di^nn* #n<1 ( bff**t ? Cut* %h*n i* j.oMibJe? T*|l th?Atf* br Wh?t to c?U tho r*rt* of tkr Nwl) !*<>? r H(W Wi>'pwl;f All thta j Mdotkw V*ln?b}? la formation cai:ba ofoMl&MI by I MdlM our lOO-PAUK 1M.V8TRATI* I tTOMK lOtK, which w* vUfsnmi yort |?M. oW?rt?f oft l r *5 r?M* IK MMH. J BOOK ' South Carolina and Georgia Extension R. II. Company, SCHEDULE KO. 8. lit Effect liLv 1 a. ui., Suuday, Uo<j. 24th, '92 lletwofii CunMlen, S, O.i uud lllucK* burg, 8, 1 eastern time. 2 1 ( In 4 1ft ( *las>#t V lnt Class 2<J Class l..?. Fit l'owng'r \ Paa&og'r PuaiinK'r BTAimNB. Daily ex. Dally ox. Dally ox. Dally ox. Sunday. Suuday. Sunday. Suuday. p.m. p. m, p.m. p.m. M 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 6 30 a 60 1 15 DeKalh 12 02 4 60 1)20 127 West villi* 1 1 60 4 30 10 50 ) 10 Kershaw 11 35 4 10 11 20 2 10 Uenth Springs 1120 8 15 1133 2 15 Pleasant Hill 11 15 3 00 12.10 2 33 Lancaster 10 55 2 35 1 00 2 60 Riverside 10 10 1 00 120 3 00 SprliiKdell 10 30 12 40 2 30 3 10 l Jutawba Juno't 10 20 1220 2 50 8 20 I.?all?"P 10 10 1100 .110 3 40 Hock 11111 10 00 <10 40 4 10 3 65 Now Port 0 85 8 20 115 -1 02 Tlrznh H 30 8 00 5 30 4 20 York villo ? 15 7 80 (>00 135 Sharon 0 00 H 60 0 25 4 60 Hickory drove 8 45 6 20 (1 83 6 00 Smyrna 8 35 6 00 7 00 6 20 llluckaburg 8 15 5 30 i>. in. p. in. a. ui. a. m. (Jot ween lilncka l> n i -g, S. C., ami Clarion, N. CJ, Wo.it, E?at. 11 81 32 12 EASTERN TIME. STATIONS. 2vl Class lsl Class 1st Class 2d Claw Mixed I'iusiiK'r * PaspiiK'r Mixed JJuiJv ax, J.'ailv cjc. Dajly ext Dally ex. Sunday. Suuday xmioay. DunnWy. a. in, 1>. I". ?? ,nj. P'-1"! 8 10 5 30 lilnicksburg 7 48 6 40 8 30 6 15 Earls 7 32 6 20 S 4.0 5 60 Pattr's Spg's 7 25 6 12 <? 20 6 00 Bhelby 7 15 6 00 10 00 6 20 Lattlmoro 6 56 4 60 10 io 6 2B Mooreaboro #48 4 40 10 25 6 38 Henrietta 6 38 4 20 10 50 t> 55 Fore.'t City 6 20 8 60 1113 7 10Rutberfordton60S 3 25 U35 7 22 Millwood 5 58 3 05 11 45 7 35 Golden Valley 5-40 2 50 12 05 7 40 Thermal City 6 37 2 45 12 25 7 68 Oleuwood 5 17 2 20 12 50 8 15 Marlon 6 00 8 00 i?. m. p. m. . a. m. p, m? WEST. UafToey Division. EAST. 1st Class. _ 1st Clasa, 15 13 EASTERN TIME' " l4 lfl ' Daily ox, - ? Dallye*. Sui.Ua.y. STATIONS. . Sunday,, p in am a m p m 1 00 c 00 Blacksburg 7 CO 8 00 120 0 20 Chorokoe Falls 780 1140 2 40 6 40 Gaffney 7 10 2 20 p. in. a m. a* m. p, m. Train No. 82 lonvlng Marlon, N, O., at 6 a. m., makliiK close connection at Blaolcaburg, 8. C., with tbo ftoutbern's trnln No. 36 lor Chnr.otte, N. C.f and all points East, and conneotluK with tbo southern's vestibule go ii>K to Atluntn, Ga., and all points West, and will roc, five passengers Kolng Eaat 'rom train No. 10 on the C. & N \V. lUt.,at -Yorkvllle.S. 0? at 8.45 a. m., and oonnccts at Camden, 8. C. , wlih tho Southern's train No. 78 arriv ing in Charleston, 8. C., at 8.17 p. m. Train No.04 with pa^n^or coach attached, leaving lllacksburg at 5,30 a. m., and cou-? nectlnx at Itock Hill, 8. C., with the South ern's Florida iraln for all points South. Trnln No. 33 leaving Oamden. 8. C., at ' 12.50 p.m., after tho arrival of the Boutho ji'a Tharlcvtou train connoc s at Lancaster, B.C., with tho L. <V ('. It. It.; at Catawba Junction with tho 8. A. L? KoinK Eu8t, at Hack Hill, 8. C.. with tho Southern's train No. Qijot Charlotte. N. C.. nnd all poluts East. Con nects at Yorkvllle, 8. C., with train No. 9 on tho C. <t N. W. It. It., for Chester, S, 0. At Blae.ksbur< with the Southorn'a vestibule goln? East, and the Smltheui's trrtlh'No. 85 goii g West, and connecting at Marlon, N.O., With the Soutnberu both East and West. SAMUEL HUNT, President' A. TRIPP, ? Superintendent. 8. B. LUMKIN, Gen'l. P&ssonger Agent. V ^ .. .. RAM'S HORN BLASTS. devil enjoys I himself in the'com J?. pany of people who arc well pleased with thepisolvca. It won't do any K?od ' to pray for the. South Sea Is lander so long aa yt)u won't. ?peak to t'he man who lives in the next house. . Sin would not l>e 6p. deadly, if the devil could not mind w if uW j|i of thtu. ?}r- -; UaVJ JSC w 4W7* *v? i-Vg Mi'' ? rfo '? T OTy.sfHtfiuj ; uu. > qkg ij*a? wear a mask. One reason why th^re Is hot mbfo pood being done is because so many people want to wait until to-morrow''' to begin. ?; ' ? CJod never forgets the man who id 1 ' willing (o take a hard place. ?* >??>?> Men famishing for righteousness cannot be fed on flowers of -rhetoric.' If yoif would grow more Inrgraee,""try ?* praying more for people yonlrloiKt like ^ ? A flower will have aomethiM/.sweet^t' ' to say to you, no matter Whvre. put it. : :*I : ?? i.. Tho stained ro->t?wood of reltgiocfitp ? has ever been 0110 of tho . most fash-:-.., ionable finishes amongst the' wofydjy. . ? , ?? There Is no use praying for G<H to open the windows of ne&ven until you bring all the tithes Inttf the store house." ' ? Men shun the light that points QU.t the pitfalls on the way bocanse It also reveals their rags. The man who preaches only for hrend and fnitfrr :1tfTPT prfitfjif? the gospel of Jesus. Christ. . / Many a man who asks God to lead kj him when he goes to prayer meeting .1 suffers the devil to guide hlin when he ;,a goes to vote. * , . . (r?; Truo self-control handle? the more Than the brakes., irr.rn The greatest admirers ,pt /rejliiolt ^.v are utatrtr. tamo vim ? So madi^tunahle'in ^ walk bec&ttee they are