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THE 4)1-0 ARMOR MAKPR. l.oaj lleforAthe Civil War flc Wove Coats of Mfcil us 4 Side l.iiie. "About two years ago," aaid a I'oy tlras street "business man. "Micro dlcif i at the Charity Hospital nu ccoentrK old German, who onee upon n time fob | lou^il tlw queerest Made In tlu? world, lie wan a mala r of coals of mail. LOhtf J before the war !??' had a Utile jewelry fdiop .oil the mn l h side til" t'au.il street^ ! and the coat of mail business was a | tjort of private sld line. The armor he tiien made wan composed of .small j links of very hard stool, woven to. . get her ho compact l.v that one eotihl n??l , thrust even a pin through the inter- I (dices, ami it was said Ufat Ihe 'coats* | would turn cither a Viilfe or bullet. , They wero fashioned something ill.e a sleeveless liudershll't, and wejv 1 it I end I ed to be worn immediately beneath the outbid* garment. In those days the j use of such devices was popularly at- ! trlhuted to fellows who wanted to se. cure an unfair ail va nth, see i \\t' duelling, , snd tbt> reputation *?f i\ cgrfug one tin* dor any clreuinstitnceft Was fatal to u rt*f>utalton for courage. Consequently the old Oennnn illiln't ?._? to :t:;y to exploit' bis business, ami his cus tomers must have eoihe to him through many devious channels. I knew the old chap quite) well when I was a boy, ami I have often seen him puttllig tiio noil I together In his Utile back Vomn, lie got the links from Uermany and they canto In long singlo-strand ebalns, which he fastened together with small "V Hi col rings, -'Muis building up a fabric like knitting*^ stocking. The coals were made over a wooden form, phaped' like \ man's torso, and were nstonishingly lljrht. After the war broke out a good many mate proteotlou, and for a while the old mini bad more business than ho could attend to. I went Into the army vml lost sight, of h I in until soim,* years a ft??r peace was declared. When 1 en couiivered him one day, working as a Journeyman ?watchmaker, 1 asked at once whether be made any more chain armor, and he laughed and said it had gone out of fashion. I believe, how ever, that he used lo si ill make a eoat now and then for some crank up to thi1 time of his death. Of lale years he unit active business and lived in q-.ilol retirement out near Si. John's bayou." ? New Orleans Times - Demo crat. I Cecil Klioiles uavs the Rrllish Hag li the richest asset in Ibe world. Cecil '?an'l get over tlv haldt of reducing his pairlotrAiu lo a counnerelal basis. I* tlrtit tir?d f">??iliw( ? blood IiioIch vitality i nud rhduiuss, and lionon you fod llko a Ian- J Hard all day and can't ifnl rmtod at it I >< It t . j Hood's Sur:'a|?'t rllla will euro yon Inionuse : It will restore to tint Itli/od the < 1 11 a 1 1 1 Iom It | nonds to nonrlH't, Hirontft !ion ititd ?UHtala j Hit* muscles, nor vim and organs of thnltody. t !t tflvtts swot , j i<f r.'slilitif sleep and Imparts j now lit" and vIlcot to ovury fit notion. Tlrort Fne!;nf; ? "I had t lint tired feel.' inn and ItHitd 'o'Ikw. Wan morn tired In tin* inoriilnj; t!t hi when I w<*nt to lte<|, it in I mv i>h?'Ic pained ni??. . Hood's Sitrsitpurlllii i and It mm | ?? I'il's Imvo cured inn and mnde ' tint feel ttni vital'' yoniit|>'r." It >s> iif.iu.kii, { 27-1 Itimhwl -I; tMaoe, Mrooljlyn. N Y. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is t he Uohi 1 1 1 ? I n M it!n?v Cun It iv. I'nt* I p?l'ed Itv' I, Ilo.nl .V- < o.. Ijttwell. \tn-w No. "ill. Soothing Bath for Norvnus Women. Tho woman Unit kiiiT-ts from ner vous alHtct ions will find n bnth of I lino ' flowers most soothing, 'rim ln:;irt' bnth Is also restful after the strain of the j day and an !?o made liy putting bran s ami starch in a Man and lctilng l( snak ! for a littlo while In hot water that Is Hftrrwaxd ailiU'd to tho hath. Soino- j times nervous trouble can also ho alio- j viati-d hy piilt.u.' ammonia in 1 1 1 ? > hath; j ons ounce should ho used to u huckot- i ftil of water I if* a df script ton of tin* compulsory I arbitration taw of Now Zciil&nd , Henry I >. I.loytl sn.vs tluit its compiil nioii is t It rec- fold. It compels put)- , Ili-it \ . reference ?o a disinterested ar- | hiter In case Hit' disputants will not ^"Nirbi irate voluntarily, and 1 1/1 .ill > oTicdi- , (^I'tulit tltf award of th^ arhit rat inn n Ihiiliat. THE HEALTH Of YOUNC WOMEN Two of Thrm tlpipml M rt. I'liikltam ? Ittxl tltvlr Lrttori, "Deaii Mns. I'tNKitAM : ? I am sixteen ; years oUT and am troubled with my ! monthly sickness. It. is very irregular, i occurring ?o!.V once in two or three i months, a/id also very painful. I also . htilTer with cramps and ihht in n while pain strikes me in tho heart and I have j drowsy headaches'. If there is anything" yon can < I < ? for nie, 1 will yladly follow fnur mTv-ico." j'" ? ? Mim Maky Gomes, Aptos, Cal. , July 31, 1898. " Drab Mwa. Pisiham: ? Aft?r receiv ing your letter I beffnu the use of your rr mo dies, taking both Lydla E. TMnk ham's Vegflfabl^ Com pound and Blood Purifier. I am now regular every month and suffer uo pain. Your medicine is the bent that any suf fering' girl can take." ? Miss MiKf ? Qouub, Aplos, Cal., .July fi. 1899. Nervous and Dizzy "Dkab Mas. Pikkiiam I wish to ~Mr>?u as y thanks to yon for tie great A benefit I k?T? reoelved from the ?m of <Xydta?. Pfokhatn* .Vegetable Com pound. X suffered oenstantly from t< r jiWei' aldeache, hud Chills, .waa nerroui and diasy. 1 had ffried>Kfferent kinds - ofmodtetae but they afTfailed entirely. After taking threojbottlesof Vegetable - Coapoand and thr$e of Blood Purifier I aaa all right. I oan^otthank you enough ?o*wbat yowr mdMlM hare done for mm."? Mw MahUa Jnincii, Box 11, ,<%dinilin^Wts.. Jnna 10. ItM. DISPENSARY v$. PK0III8I r ^ i Relative Merits of the I wo .Sy.vtcius ! OiHCMs^ud. To t ho I'M I tor of the Haptlat Courier. Your l.wsuc of January lth. last. e?u* . talus an article from tho Hun. Joel H , Hrutmon, eriHoiHing from the Hf fi n<! point of a Prohibltioniat. an articlc t j f mine upon tin* Dispensary. which find, appmred In tho Nowh and Courier. , and 'then in your Ishiio < j r the L'xth of' I >ec?iniber. Afl'WIH Ik* seen from a n iVri'iirc to my >ii?l<l article, its purpoHe was not o muolj to nxpoau the weak points i?, Prohibition , as t i show tho fallacy <.f t h<- 'vrRuiiunt then being uwil that tho I 'i pMtiWii ry i.liould he aboil hi d on a,-, count of t ho recent scandals in l lie i Stale Hoard of Control, and to present to the public sonic hImmik enroll > A'lli' tho law Hhould not bo repealed by tin*, (then) approach i iik session of the Leg I slat u to and the license system substi tilled in Its place. Tho only allusion to Prohibition thai said article eon talned was the following: 'While I'rohihition may he desii ; * h J i - . and ' for one would advocate it if 1 deemed It practicable, yet exporlniico ban taught us that it can mil im <?<> and that It virtuall> mount? free li qnor." The above paragraph contains, in a nut shellj uiy views on Prohibition, but Iih my position in regard t ? > tie Dispensary has been attacked by one of I he champions of Prohibition. I de sire to slate, more fully, my reasons for preferring the Dispensary to I'ro hihition. i entertain the highest re spect for those who are Prohibitionists rom principle, and as will be seen from the above quotation, and from this ar ticle, I have, always had a leaning to warde the thcldrv of Prohibition my seir, for thooMllcally it looks well but experience .and obsei v. it ion have lire. In txs:;, when I was about twenty . three vonrs old. we had an act passed by the legislature prohibit i ti m the sale of Ihpior in liarnwell county. We did not leave the enforcement of the law sob ly to I l?e c. unity olllcers, but organ i/.ed an executive committee, of which I was chairman. We brought case at tor case for violation of I he law. but ? with the exception of two oi three, the indictments were turown out by . the gra jml.vursiirdlu cmfwyp fwypcm the grand Jury sis a .t as they were pre sented. The "blind tigers" became s<> numerous in m.\ own town t hat I took it upon myself, personally, to enforce | the law. Ppon one occasion, the slier I rr of Mnrnweii county and myself" caught a 111:111 in the ai t of selling li qnor. we saw hot h 111 uiiev and whiskey pass, yet when the case went before the grand jury upon oio evidence, liie. Indictment wnn thrown out. In our nfideaVor to enforce the law we found belief class of ci t i/.l II h I'd I cmfwyp fw>' it utterly impossible Lu induce the . holler class of citize ns, i. e. . those who had ad voc.. 1 1 ci| Prohibition from a mor al standpoint and who were the most 1 clamorous for it to assist in enforc ing thO law. although they knfcvv that it was violated with inipuiiity. In near ly every instance the cases which were brought before the courts were worked up by detectives employed for that purpose. We also found Lint 111:1 11 v of those who had voted for Piohibttinn ? patronized (.he 'ibiiud tigers," and would denounce our executive commit tee for trying to enforce the law. To this day I have (he i!| will of Hi" ? old bar keepers ol my county for the : zealous manner in which I endeavored to have tho law enforced. The law I was violated in every section of ^.hc county with impuity. and became such a farce that the people becoming ut terly disgusted, petitioned t iie Legisla ture to repe.il it. which was done in INSt>, after a trial of three years, Although my faith, in the enforce ment of a prohibitory law against the ~hI?* of liquet*, was shaken to the foun dation by this personal experience, yet ' owing to my hatred pf the old barroom system. I voted, while a member of tile House uf Kepi < ?son t a H v es in IVMi. tor vv)i at is known sis the <'hilds Pill \nd when the question was submitted to th* Democratic voters of the Slate, sit the primal > election in IM?!>. I voted ! for Prohih t ion. In IMH. when the I Mspensnry law was pi -sod, I was at lirst a little slo p ticai as to its workings yet I was sur piised and pleaded at the uniqueness of I lie Idea, and a.-< it t. dally revolution i/.ed the old barroam system, sunt did ' away witii many of its attendant evils, I was willing to give ii a fair trial And silth iug?i it has never had a fair trial, a.^ every obstacle that the ingenuity of 111.111 could invent has been tliiown in the way of its enforce lueiit. yet I .1111 convinced even with its i niperfect ioii.s and ? hortcoiiiiugs, 1 that it conies nearer s dving the liquoi ' problem than sinv law tiiat I have e\ei heard of. '-..Knltoniucil tlx* Dispi usury law it rognizc.i tin' personal right ?>f in. in to ilrink. yil regulates atxl controls the ;;<i |e of I i 1 1 1 1 < > : in such a manner ib in art as a chi rk upon his appotite. As 1 have already, in former artU let., shown the good feature* of tin' Dispell- ? sary. I will now show j few weak I points of Prohibition. Since tin- whole tenor of Mr llrun s .>n's argument is, that it is wrong to j ? ! rl k or sell whiskey under any elr ' cumslancc or in any way, 1 wish to say that while I admit that it is best not to ; drink intoxicjiting liquors as a bever- j aue. ami have sinre arriving at my ina- j jorltv tried to live up to this belief and to i it : i !<-.? 1 1 ? t iir same upon tln> minds ; of others, atnl would be. willing tlf it rtrif juts ildei in have absolute I'rohl bltl. n, yrt it is idle for iiiip to assort dogmatically that it is sinful to take I a glass of beer. w ine, or wluskey as a i hev< rage It is Lite jiIhusp of it. and not the use of it. that is sinful. The Bible i teaches .temperance, not Prohibition. ! Christ him self recogr.i7.es the use of wine, which was intoxicating, and it is . folly for us to deny it. In all?ages r.f the world, among all nation^, there. I seems to ha\e been, and is. a craving i for stimulants. The fact that the last . report of the Sl:ile Hoard of Control showed that over, a million and a half dollars was speniXin South Carolina ' last year for liutiors, pro von that the vast majority ?>f people do not regard '? It as sinful to drink, and that It is ut- j terlv absurd to think that you could Mid'lenly stop them from doing so by j law. You had a h well try to make a idver flow up stream as to attempt to ! prevent the p**?plo of gknuh Carolina from drinking; liquor absolutely. The following nrswer of n tramp to a lady Is thc? stipdpolnt from whloh nlne 4*nt.h* at the people look at thi* ques tlon. She said, "Don't you know that rum Is a destroyer?" Weary Willie, "Yes, lady; but so la trolley cars, bi cycles, dum-dum bullets, and corsets; but still folk* will tiM 'em." I.et us now look at tbi* question from a common -sense standpoint, la the event that you yieceeded In bar ing a law passed prohibiting the sals of liquor, the first q^sstloa (feat would aviso would l>e. How are you Kotng to enforce It? Would I you have a cmi Htabulftvy forw? Surely not , f< ' >< claim uow that ?n? of / * ? i,i, urea of the nittpA?tt-.iry law is It* 1 i al constabulary," who l?vmlw * ( Kunrtliy of tho citizens home W n l < In ninety nine cases out of '^et> lU ' ?in.f| prove to 1)0 tl\C lalra or hl na tl K,rs." mil suppose you your scruples and did have a itftrfuN jlliy, how would you pay yon derive no revenue iroi* hostile of liquor L-? pay laeui ' .. . luiuoi * an now he obUim.d la* I l?y l? South Carolma. yet It red' ? ??d J year the ?.?>., , , ,,iiy the c^TabH*.- 1 'f,,! ? were t., prolog the sa o of ?< ' ;,|,H.lulely. .loot 4T..ot fol lo? ? ;; a 11 (.??<-1uHlon flint the te nptatb to violate ?h.. law ? won hi he ?mm- - hundred- f.dd, and eonHeipient ly. a lat ,.> to i?iy Hi "oi.l, a t? .l?V? ? v iirt r sri. thousand dollai.-* fo M}1,ilv I n ?><> , v ; need of the money, then rot . . Vf'r'u!- * huiiimi ^ s;jr/;:r!?' " would enforce the law I 1 st , ted before. 1 have had a Ut A- i at-1 ??Public Sentiment (.\pertenee ?vitli .. IV.V.V eveJy?l>:ly^ W,H "" n?" ??ody h hnslne**/ ranving We now have a law i iu ? - , . , ..mealed weapons, wliloh ha it 1,, Sent Intent" condeinm}. ntany eases have "who , wTre^l'.rompted by -Public. r;?: ~rr. r.m w .Oont y ofllcera to enforce tin. b i\s. J I umito m'tnl '<" >? ??'!"'! ;:"f'w,Vv" H=:?;s,v?a A'V- en' ii4 <w. 'under ?!?? UMHm*;uy lav. rinrXUi^ olbeers. upon Urn lingers ,h0 nt.,ve VI.. s. < ' moil ht.lv, r*x sr "r j , cKUbllal. <-nl? of font blunt iM ln ? vl, rnnm.m -.1 U n.Hu . ^ ?;;; I.. ,h..v 1 .i.deinco <?l law and puble ?; "X ' II.. is ho<...n.h.R , f .. whlskev dtinUtuK and ,VlV'1 .?!!??! tv oi U Ms blind tiger lbpnn 't Mil state (d affairs will be the "Pli i s ?? >ne^pond?-nt ha.s at ""U" ..".in .'iln-i 't ir 1 1 1 v a I'udiibition lown. 'T, ! ?? "?? v""1" W ?tlm the raeln and pr?pon?l<-r few months i , (it , ... vitli in i at ? ? " 1 " . i. ;"u ' I, ,.n,i i?> broken up ami t?" ir(.?i?n H <u Tm., o'/i'lCKftb v |nt it us pnnisifMi it !)() TIMClIi l)( TV (capitals iniiioi. The ? 1 ?? > \ ? is from the report of lh" local corref;pomh nt of tin' Ne\Vx an*d I'oiii'itr. I'ebniaiy :.'7 Men ? 1 < > not look i'P 'ii ? he viol-it i<>ii of a law against 1. 1 1 ? ? Mile ol ] i < 1 1 U 1 a."> I lley <Io UpOII 0110 til, it i> against a crime ni ilum in .sr. for tlx > leg ?r<l if as a iiersonal right lo drink, and that the man who sells to tlx-in is but ?-;?? ? i i iija t ? their appetites aUil that i he\ are i morally I partierps eriminr; Coin -I'qiM'iH ly it is a very ditih ult mat ? ? i-r to got evidence against those who ? ?!l liip'or illegally. as I Ihmv is a cer taiu degre. of odium attached to i! thai ini'ii of char actcr ?lo not wi.sh to voluntarily a^umc. Would you play the ? >!<? oi informer or attempt tin.' < ! ? i ! :??>. of t he lent h hound ?" Another objection to I'roluhit ion w > 1 1 1 ? I he timt drug stores would he al lowed tii handle alcoholic ll/rpiors for tin- purp.-.se of compounding drills, l'his would hi- ..wapping "the dvvil foi tlii witch " for they would soyn ho nothing iii 'ie nor les* than barriVuii.s. \Ve .ill Knew how hai'il il is now, nXdei i lift I >is| H'iis.:i ! y law. to prevent them iroin selliu:; "Soft Drinks" and "Malt Kv i ract that eoiitain a greater per ce|i i . of alcohol thin file law allows. I can hesf illustrate the condition ?f affairs that would prevail. If we had I'r, hil'itii n i>\ the following anec hue: I wo women were talking about their husband.--, who were in the habit of urinktug ??>*? mueii One said to the other I am so i;lad to inform you thai my husband 1i:l< sobered up. and has stopped di inking whiskey " ller companion ex* laitm-d. "Pra\ tell ni" what did he taper off on?" To which the other replied, "Spiritus frumetiti. which they .-oil at the drug store." Having heard a great deal about Prohibition in Maine." ami being ativ iou - t i know from an otlicial source if tin' law \v;iS ever violated there, I re cently sent for. and now have befoie nie a eopy of the attorney general's report for the yea',. lNHT-'JkV How many indict meats do you think were brought during the year 1X97 for vio lations of her Prohibition law? Over sixteen hundred; and yet she has a population of only about seven hun dred thousand, and which is almost exclusively white. Now. if there were sixteen hundrod indictments you can imagine hmow many violations there were that never came to light. South Carolina has nearly twice as many inhabitants as Maine, and over half of them ur? Negro**#. I think I have shown very plainly why I do not believe that Prohibition could be en fo reed. T<et lis now look at the mattqtf from another standpoint. There are aonio so-called Prohibition ists who are advocating a coalition be tween tfho Prphibltionia's and those who are advocating a license system for the purpose of downing tho Dis pensary. and agreeing to dlvido the spoilt* in that ?v?ut. That Li, that some counties may havo Prohibition and some the license system. As I re marked upon a former occasion, such a combination is calculated to ^ t|, Neat Dow and tiough turn over in gravos Jn disgust It It the 4lon the Iamb over ajcain, except that this case the lamb Is to get the offlc and the lion Unfilquor. Every unbiased ^an in South Car . j t V ! linn knows that the DUpcnsary law ! with all of the crimes, fraud, Boutdals. ' etc., laid at 1 1 h door, Jh far suporlor to , t Iio ol.i barroom system for tho ina.i ! agenu-nt a rid control of th<; sale of li quor. Once listen 10 life hlrcn voice of 'hi- advocator of llcenso and dMiiHiy the Dispeimnry, and rin certain as tho ?ou shines tinki y you will have the old n?an <m?iii kv (em with all Its attendant i evils fastened around your necks ns light as thi' old ruau of the sea .? was around that of Hi n bad. Kenietnber tne ! i miliar fablo of tho dog that hatl a ! i tic In his mouth, and while uoaaiuu , ;t st renin l<? ?ki*d down and saw his in: ago reflected In the water which he ' mistook for another dog with a bono and made a grab for it, and lo and be hold, h<> lost his own bout*. Moral: I):, n't give up that which j you have by attempting tf? got all. As | a writer by t ti<? name of Finch stated ! ?in t hr- IJ.iptlst Courier some time! , back, you now have, under the Dispen sary law, the right to vote out the dis pun-arii-* citing tho case of York ! county Whilo I do not , believe that ' the illicit t radio in liquor ran be pre | vented in counties that have Prohibi- ! tion, yet tho bill introduced by Mr. ] Winkler in tho recent siission of the Legislature in which it was provided i mar upon tt>e petition of one fourth of j the citizens of a county, the Oovcrnoi , should older an election giving tho' people the right to vote* an to whether j thev should have, or retain, dispouMa- j lies in their counties was agreed upon ; in a caucus of which Senator Tillman, j myself and others were members. This j provision was substituted as au am'-ud- j nii-iit to the "Anther 11111," and passed | t.!i? House by a large majority, bnt w is j j killed in the Senate. I urged the del egation from my county to vote for' i this amendment, believing that the j people should have this right, but was ino-t assuredly opposed to the que-dion i of licence being submitted. I have always eoutonded that the j mji])ni>?|-n was cmweo, not tor tHO 1 I purpose of making aioney, but to con { I trol and regulate the sale of liquor and J | to act as a check upon one's appetite, j I furinsbing it only to those who will i have it. and not to encourage and In- j ! dure men to drink. ; The following good points of the law [.sustain this view: Selling only in the } I day time; not .selling to minors or j ? drunkards; or selling on election days i ' or Sundays; not silling less than a j half pint; not Allowing liquors to oe drunk on the premises; and selling for I : cash. The social features of the old bar- ! room system is best described by the j following quotaiion from a letter which j I received a short time hack from a ; gentleman in tho upper part of the I State: "The writer has drank whis- ! key excessively, but God- forbid that I ever take another drop as a beverage. ! . Tho whiskey habit ui' mine was c.on- j traded in old-fashioned barrooms.; The beautiful attractions and social ' features of barrooms carried aAo there. ' The convenience of getting mint, juh'py : and cocktails carried me there; the j nice place l*> loaf at nights in the bil liard room carried me there. Now j there is nothing iu a Dispensary to at- I tract or entice, and if the ordinary p<?r- j son goes to a Dispensary and buys I whiskey, lo? commits a cold blooded iii-t on bis part and no one is to blame I tint himself. The Dispensary has no I street strikers to drum up trade like j the old barroom had." Prohibition! , will uot prohibit, and this Is why those | I who are iu favorf of the license sys- 1 tem are advocating a coalition. Not i bee i use they hate Prohibition less, but . hate the Dispensary more, tine of the j strongest arguments (while it <lotn seem paradoxic! 1 1 in favor of the Dis pensar> being a more potential factor I > in the advancement of temperance than Prohibition, is the fact that not j only the advocates of the license sys tem. but I he old bar keepers and the ' keepers of "blind tigers" always vote I I for t;ie Prohibition candidate iu pref- i ereuee to the candidate that is in favor J 'Of the Di pen^nry. How do y->u lie- j e.ount for tiiis anomaly? Because the; liquor men know that. Prohibition i means free liquor for a short while, i and ultimately to the return to the old ; barroom system. The very inliucnce j that is now advocating a coalition a j few years back, before the Dispensary . was heart! of, was bitterly opposed to I Prohibition. I say let us retain t.he Dispense ?> law. bop off such excres- ' enees a-, hotel and beer privileges, j which I have always contended were | contrary to the letter and spirit of the i law. Throw as many safeguards | around tin- >alo of liquor as possible. Appoint g i< d men as dispensers, who \>iii not i n, -oarage men to drink; do j not treat them as you would saloon , keepscrs. but :>s officials. and require j them to d> thefr tin ties properly and j punish those who do wrong. Kn force the la\\ in all parts of the State with- j out regard to the locality in which it j violated. Tlnvse good results can be accomplished under the Dispensarx ? system, but it is utterly Impossible to ! do .(> with Prohibit ion. And common * sense tells us so. A HOW A ltl> PATTERSON Marnwell, S. March ?!, 1900 The Deadly Coral Srnkc. It w ;? s probably tin? txtreme i l ii i u ^1 . uess of the coral siinke nt ?i r?k i iisr iH intended prey that led until v?>r\ re cently to the belief that it was pcrfect ! ly harmless. It Avas .HI I V a l" I ? ? r :i re markabh successful achievement in this line in which the snake's victim j i ] it ?< I within an h.>m\ Ihni t li?? coral ' ?ilake i "i iim* nn.h r > -.cMitii- s.tii- . tiny. and it was found Ilia! its poison , I is iden'ical i ; !? that of tin' Indian ? ?? ?- j j hra. I'ii:- poison is ihr ni uu ? ?? ? n.- 1 :i u- ] i iMii of ili<- venom of all the i Utpincs, J ' alwa\ s m:\ed. however. with :i <.-riaiuj ' moonlit of foioi'diis vi'imm The p.ii*r>n * 1 of ill" \iprrs Is mainly composed < > f a colorotis vi-nofji. wirh more or !? >.?. ad- j mixture of the col mm cons! i: n.-nt. Tin! j cobra ami rattlesnake ate selected a* i j typical specimens of ill ? elapine ami j j the viper families in regard to tlieir i poison, as the cobra contains 1. a>i :i<1- * I mixture of the viper or <\?:on>us venom nnri vice versa. I lie effee: of those two poisonn is distinctly different, the co bra venom affecting the entire system, reaching 'he nen ois or motor centre? with extreme rapidity. ami leaving only a slight sear murk to tlic wound, while the viper poison acts chiefly by causing mort itieation of the part bit ten. which may spread with more or less rapidity over tho entire Inwly, or may only result In a Wal afTecMou. ^oli (Irauktipperi Rc*pos?iblc. Many Missouri farmers are losing _orses from slcknews which It In 1kv flered Is caused by grasshopper orei! leposlted In tl>e hay and fodder fed M U?m. Whara Eufeniu Patent Mar Tim* The IS in press Eugenie's home In ' England, Knrnlwrongh 1-1 ill Mansion, i Is a charming p/oce half way between j the Itoyal Military School ui Sandhurst ! and the famous eamn at Aldcrshot. i ' Close t<? the house Is tin* church of St. . i Michael, built hy Kugenl** hk a m**iiio- < ; rial chapel to her lmsl>nud, and it\ the ?crypt la also placed tin* tomb of iitoi ? I'rlnco Imperial. During the winter the Empress t pass-* much of In*;' lime at her lovely Villa Cyranos, at Cap Martin, one of '??at th's chosen spots near Nice. From hero she may cruise at will upon l ho Mediterranean In her yacht. She then Kook to Paris, the scene of her greatest triumph and saddest humiliations, to . ; consult her physician before returning to England. Shorn hy fate of the crown \hat Na- I polcon proudly placed upon loir exqtil- | site brow, she Is erowiied anew by the { superbly white hair of beautiful old ng e. and set apart, to the end, as one j of nni lire's queens.- I.edgcr Monthly. i Tetter ami Kczemn. "What will you charge mo for 1 dozen boxes Tottorino? I kn<?w it to be a splendid remedy for the cure of Tetter and Eczema. I would like V k*ep it for salt?. Mrs. Emma i'lu tu rner, Waynesboro, Miss." If your ; druggist don't keep it, send 50o. to J. j T. Bhuptrino, Savannah, (la. , for a box. j An Indication of some of the Impor- | taut Industrial effects which may be j expected to follow the opening up of j China, is given In recent reports con cerning the Chinese tree called the "tu ( chung." Ihith rreneh and English i botanists assert that this tree contains j her. or gut la porcha. Mr. Weiss, of ] Owens College, believes that the sub i stance Is a true caoutchouc, and that j the tree will become of great ecouomic j Importance, Nell ? "I hear you've left your new job in the hair-dressing establish ment." Hclle? "Yen; 1 was afread I'd dye j;n old maid." Ho Your Actio iir.it Hunt t Shake Into your shoos Alton's Foot-Ease, n powiter for tin* loot. It makes t l^clit or uow shoes foot Curoa Corns, millions Swollen, Hot, Smarting and Sweating Foot ami Ingrowing Nails. Svld t>v all drn??j;lsls and shoe ?toi?tf. VJ5 cts. Sample sunt FUEL. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Loltoy, N. V. No. Maude, dear, we have never heard that people who don't pay thoir Lnii.s picler soda. water Ijucuuhh it's ;h urged. To a I'oltf 1? One Dwy. T*k *> LiiiT/fi Dxovo Qrinj.SK Tabi-V-ts. AIJ. druk'#jK?d refund the iuou?v if it fitiW etirtf K. W. Owotk's hi^natufo oil 1't'X, 26c. f> The tfirl who donen't wish to bee cullers ; HlU?t I'il'W't to be found out. Hnud Content*, Prize 1 trills, f>r??*s Pnrudeti, Hhntn Hftttl?w. Take the children and grandchildren to the 20;ti of May Celebra tion jit Charlotte. S. C'., by the Seaboard Air Line, May J2 23-24 25th, Tho trtea are turning ovor now iMIVWi. C?rl?i'? Ink Ik ( he lt??l Ink m*d?. hilt no dcitrer than tho poorest. lifts tho largest b?.o of any ink in ihe world. One kind of llunnclnl embarrassment in J when u man ha* so much money lie doe.-n't j know wh*t to do with it. , . . , ? 'I lit' llt'Mi I't-cM-riptloii (or 4'lilll? and Fever is n notile of (Shovk'h Tabiki ksh t en i. Ton io. It is s tuple iron and uuinliic in , H tasteless form. No cure? no |>i?y. l'r '/in'. The pick pocket sometimes follows his voca tion junt to keep ids hand in. Grand Jt.it 1-t and public addresses. Open air concert* All the time, Thousands will he !n ('iiniiukii', X. ('. diitioK tlo> ?Qlh of May (lain SVeek, May 22 2J-24 2Mb. Take the Seaboard Air Line. lkictoiM are mourning tho demise of < tho f;i ii? season. I'aeli package o? Putnam Fa!>?:lkss I ? v k j colors more kooiI.h than any other dv?? and1 colors them botter too. Hold by all ! druKKbsts. live may have hud her troubles, hut Adam ' never brought bin friends borne to dinner unexpectedly. Itcol ltnees, Hook and f.adder context*, | bursts of speed by trained horses, athletic contents of nil kinds; baso ball, foot races, ! tests of strength, for valuable prizes. Fan- j tastie parado of the JFH.s. Every ljodj;e in j \t>t> -rfiirn- toii ii*i in nmi -171 miiey eoyrmme. 1 hiding Camels, Hiding Ox?n, hiding Mules, during the 20th of May (lain Week nt Char lotte, \. C., provided you take the Benhonrd Air bioe. Mr?. \VI iisIow'hMoiiI him; Syrup fore hi id 1 en ? i ethiiiH, softens the xuins, red noes in tin in "ii 'ion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c. ? i?'i 1 If. There w ill be #1,000 00 In prizes f?u f-- ? ?? ??? men's contents at the iOth of May Cialn V eek in Charlotte. Take the Seaboard Air i.1110. I do not believe Piso's t'ure for Consumption has tin i inial tor coughs a nil < olds. John F. I'ovkii, 'I riuity SpriiiKs, Ind., Fob. 15, 11KK). Otn* faro for the round-trip by the Sea hoard Air Line to the 20lll of May Gain Week nt Charlotte. .1. C. Hlmpsnn, Marquess, W. Vn , says: "Hall's Catarih Cureeured tnoof a vary bad ca.-e of catarrh." Druggists sell it. 75e. Four da\.? of PiiKcant, Panorama and Pa triotism during the 2U'.h of May Gala Week at Charlotte, May 22-23-24-251 b. 'i'uke tiie Seaboard Air Line. How arc the children th'rs spring? Complaimnc a cocd dor! cf head ache, can't stuclv es well as usual. easily fall asleep, and are tired all the time? And how is it with yourself? Is your strength slipping away? Do you tremble easily, arc your nerves all unstrung, do you led dull and sleepy, and have you lost all ambition ? . That's Spring Poisoning Nearly every one needs a good spring ir.cdicincia medicine that will remove impurities from the system, strengthen the digestion, and bring back the old forcc and vigor to the nerves. A perfcct Sarsaparilla is just such a medicine; a Sarsaparilla that contains the choicest and most valuable in gredients : a Sarsaparilla accurately and carefully made, and one that experience has shown is perfect in every way. That's A YEB'S "The only Sarsaparilla made under Ihe personal supervision ol three graduates: a graduate tn pharmacy, a graduate in chemistry, and a graduate in medicinc." $1.00 a bottle. All Druggists. ? 1 1 mi perfectly confident that Ayer's Sartaparil'a and Pills have saved my life by taking them every fall and spring. I have kept them in the house for th? pa?t twenty years." ? Eva N. Hart, Buffalo, N. V., Mardi 29, 1900. CruwJng the 1 rofesslons. Chicago, too, notices the crowding in IIh- professions, not ns something ni'v , luit .is becoming Intensified. It is estimated that out of a total of 4,i m m > lawyers in Chicago f?00 arc handling the litigation of the ciiy and only iihont *J(K> lire milking or Over each year. The passing of tlio national bankruptcy in t. H cut otT a large ami protltablo source of revenue for lawyers. While rhc legi timate business of the courts lias not ihown mi)' marked Increase, tlie Influx of lawyers from the country has been steady and uninterrupted, and the stream of lllackstonlnns hat^ been yearly augmented by heavy contri butions from the colleges and univer sities. Of doctor* the number in Ohh ('Ago Is estimated at 4,()00. It th#. city had a population of 2,000,000 this would give a physician to ?very 600 Inhabitant*, which means that there are four or live .iiue* us many physi cians as arc needed. NO crop can grow with out Potash. Every blade of1 Cirass, every 'grain of Corn, all Fruits ' s and Vegetables must have it. If enpugh is supplied yOu can count on a full crop ? if too little, the growth will be u scrubby/' S?*d for our booVi telling all tboal rn?pmlri? c 4 firtOiMri be*t Adapted for cup*. Tfc*y c?m jrw CUUUM KALI WORKS**) S?.. N?w Yo.%. PUSH! PIISHf! PUSH tit Thit'f tk w?/ hmi Wbflitt m wmm jooom *?? t Do joa ?rer tfciaki ;iMM( HW wwyMNwt ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS ^ and NARCOTIC DRUtiS Male/INBKIATtS, THti KUIiUiY CUKH, cunts rtit.M. l'N<l?ulH iKMirtl nrnl Initio Iii th? i n?l Ad'IrMs or onU hi M THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, 1109 PlalaStrM^^COLllflBlAi 3* C? We si"fciAi. Contracts WITH THE LAIfCI- V|- AM) MOST |{KM'ON>IHl,K M \ N I ' t ACiTHKKU OK MAClHNhnV ??"< wit.l/ A NO A HE I'll) I'AUI I' TO OKEEll VOU HPKCiAI, ADVANTAGES. OUft FAOILI' TIES A HE KEi ONI) Id NONE. Complete Gitmififr Equipments, Complete Powtr I:Qtiipmef|ts# A SPECIALTY. VV. II. GIIHifiS & CO., COLUMBIA. - S. C. A WORLD without MUSIC \\' ou 1(1 hi* a I Icon fV piftco. VI H9i<; ih alt ln M|>l ration >n tonic. V?H HXpOCt to buy tut or^an or ? iuno >om<t time. \Vh> not now? An I nstrumont Ih furnlturo -- It'a '?nt'jf litlniut) n N1 its inveHtniont. I f yon x?t <>"0 <>f the Standard limit DM r> |>ctl (Mil ' nl by *i\'-. uk? will not jifTeot it. II U'J.l )?<> ujb. ??* ilvo yoti r? frjTi now, u h thu ? t I you bought It. ? My Price Is Rl^lit . ORGANS $35.00 UP. I'lANOS $175.00 UP. Ilf U'rllt> lor uimI 'IVrnrn. Athln'Nv, M. A. MALONE, Columb a, S. C. Complete EE FOR FACTORIliS AND MILLS. Engines; <'orllrts, Au(on>uttr, plain Hld? Hollers, IleatorB, I'usnps. Saw ."Mills, from small Plantation Mills to tliH II puvlCNt >1 ills in t he Market. All Kinds of Wooil W >rklng Machinery. I Flour an >.1 Corn Milling Machinery. Complete Glutting Sysli'tin ljuminin, Van Wlnklo uud Thomas, EnginM, Boilers, Saw. Oius In Htoc. fo? quick delivery. V. C. B ADM AM & CO., 1326 Main St., COLUMBIA, - S. C, EVERY MAN MS OWN DOCTOR. Hy .1. Hamilton Ayors, A. M., M.I). This is a mo?) Valuable Hook for the Household. teaching as It ? lot's till' CUntl) -lllsl lllKUlHtied Symptoms of dtflerciit iJiscaso*, tlio <.'aus?-< awl Aicuiis oi lYt veutiii;: siieh Diseases, ami the Simplest Hemedlos which wilt at levlttc or cure. j9s Pages, 1'rofusely Illustrated. 'J'hc Hook is written in plain every -day Kui;llsh, un<l is free (roiii the tochiiicul terms which reiulm ittoHl Doctor Uooki> <>o valueless to the Ki'iicrullty of renders. Tliin Hook Ik in :,"inlr.l lu bral MTVit'tl I tt tlio I**tt 111 il ml l? so worded to tie readily umleif.to.nl uy nil O.N I. V (ill ??!?. I 1'ostn^e Stamps Tnkijn. Not only does Will Booii con* lain so much Information itelu- / tivc .o I 'isease, Utit very proper- < l>" kIvcs a t'oiii|ilete Analyst* of t everything pertiuuliiK to t'oiin- ; ship, Man iiiK1' ami the i'i'oilile- ? I loll and llriirlil^ of lleiiitliy lainlllos, together with Valuable Itei'lpe* mill Proscriptions, Kx tilanationsnf Itotnniral Practice, Correct Usoof Ordinary llei t>s,*v! COMI'I.K.TK I.MlKX. f. IKKI Iv l?l l?. IHM'SK, ; 1 .'14 l.eonii r<l St., N. V . fit v r-Arrsic a srt ttrricrT. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 & 3.60 SHOES Wi'SP Worth S4 to $6 compared, with otnar maxea. lnUorn?Ml by over l.OUO.OUO wearen. Thr nrnuine have W. L. DounU*' mw aim! fric* ?tamped on bottom. Take ?o substitute clainwl to b? a* good. Your dealer fthould krep iHrm ? if not, Wf win FTTIft a J-1TT on receipt ci pnce a?< >sc. ?*Ua for carriage. Suite kirxl oi *e*tncr? lize, and width, nl.iln or cap toe. Cat. Ircfe W. L OOUOLAS 6H0? CO.. BtocMm, Hio. w r?T (MtmiiT) Money in Chickens for 'J.V. in ulaiiip* we hikI m 11W VA lit. IiuOK ?i vu?i th? ?*|H9rl*no? ?A a |/r.K (ii'iu ivmtwjr Kaiaer? Dot ?if amateur. OUl ? inaa workUu ror UoiLRXx unU CMIU? iturtwc m v.-ar*. fx loachnn bow (u Detaot iittil Uvro Ulmmm; KorJ for ittffi nfcu lor KattPuloff; wtoloO KowlfW sMr for Krvnlinn: r-veryttelug r? iTfM- '<"* JironiaUl* Poultry rate wMilOK I'URI.IrtfllMU I'O. lai l^uirtairMi, sew * ?r*. STOPPED Fid PtriMMiil|;Car*lli OR. KHil l WM ?? Ciu ?/??? Am 4*;i M* *i w n Mil; miiw TR^AI< IIOTTI<R VRIB ' >k* Mr hi??im? ?*(r *????? (, Mlonlf cniMiIrr r?lkf. ktlHJN*> "i,i?Bga" rernx>tocr*pn?r?, turn* and H<MM,Tinw,nf, ley B??k Mjin, 0*bt *t Mf C*rrtf Mmm Uif^t r?T*lof n? to tb* Homk, NOL 4, ilNfcr* WAXUKlt, Tl I MrMt, Btefciiwd,