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HOW BOURS PITCH THEIR LAAGERS. \ Always I'ut Tents Between Parallel lines k ol Hills. A. O. IIuIoh, tho Australian oonc j?poufleut who was t'upt u roil by tin? Huot's ami released by ProHltlout Steyu, writing ff'o*i lliugheiKdorp, sh y * : "Vo^siMy u uiay interest Rutflb^,1 nten ml women, too, for Unit ma"' ' 1 * to know what "a lighting lunger ' ls 1 l''"* and, as I have Hot-n half a ' them from the enemy's ^ 1 1 " wall, a t'pugh pi n sketch l!',ay, amiss. In war times'' ! ne\ci under any <;Trcum^1a,,,'v" laager In the oy* eountry 11 theie are any kople>^ll,<nit- No l"n,tor 1,<,W secure he JF* f,,,u'-v lliu,M'ir ,Vm' al titelc noV^ lcr "" ""'lv 's !l 1 within "?l 1 i-onif "''1 always j?lf? lies his laapr jj^^a place of safety between two p.ir jHllcl lines of hills, so that an a! lark cannot bo made n {>? > n him. either front or rear, without giving l> i hi ?> u im mense ndvatipige i? v cr tln? attack. ug force, if tin* < nrini is ten tunes as-??tr?Ag !n numbers. By this means the Boers mauc tueii impregnable. If lliey have a choice of ground they pick a narrow ravine or I gully, with a line of hills frmil and I rear, eovorrd with .small, rocky j bowlders and hushes. The.v d i *,\ e their | wagons in between these hjlis. "The women are plaeed in safely, i for it is a nol'leeabl" faet I I J :t t very I large numbers of women have follow ed their husbands and brothers lo the . , war, not to ad as viragoes, uol to mi ! 1 Bex themselves, nor to handle the i!ll>\ , but o mi the wounded. to comfort I the living and to lay out the dead, i have heard .tlieiu singing round the ramp tiros in the starlight, hut it was tix-tx* tJioe -(.uijif iwii . J/J songs. I base seen them kneeling by the side of men in the mooubght, hut not in wantonness, hut in mercy, and many a man who wears the British uniform today ran benr me witness that 1 speak the truth. "The foot Mounts lake np their posi tions among the rooks and shrubs on the hills in front and rear of the laager, l-Jaoh scout has his i . 1 1 1 ? in his hand, his pipe ill his teeth, his bandolier full of cartridges over his shoulder and hi* scanty blanket tin tier his left nnn. No fear of his sleep I n .if at his post. ||*> is fighting for honor, not for ptiy; for hoim*, not for glory, and ho irtinws t'b.it on his neute liess the lives of all may depend, lie knows that his comrades and the w u men trust him, and lie values the trust a*? dearly as British sobber* ever < i m I No matter how lire I he may be. no matter how famished, the I'.oer sent! no| Is never faithless to his orders." HOW MUCH YOU EAT In not tho question, hut, how ir.ueli you di gest, because food does good only when il Is digested and nsslmllate-1, talieu up by tho blood and id (id ?? Intel uuniolo, nerve, bono and t Issue. Mood's Hunmpnrllhi re stores to tho stomach jtM powers of dlges. tlon. Then appetite It natural met ho'tlthy. Then dyspepsia Is gone, and strength, ela ? llcity and omluranoo return. Stomach Trouble? "I havo had trouble with my stomach and at Ihne.s would ho very dizzy. I also had sevcro headaches ami that l i r? ?< I feellni; W'heu I bail taken three bottles < ? r Hood's Sar?a parilla t was relieved. " Mas. Anoii.jsa JAHVIS, 6 Applotou Kt.. liolyoke. Muss. Hood's Sarsaparilia Is tho Host Medicine M ? ? i n ? v ( 'a n . I luy So. '?i. Interesting I \per meiits. Prof. Muhso. of the I iiivornity ol r.onoa, has rofontly roniplotcd :i Boriea of IntorcHt Iiik oxporiinontn for tho purpose of obsor vi iik tho tompora t.uro of tho body during tasting airl tho rait.' of assimilation of ?aib<;.i\ ratt s. Tho oxporinu nts donn-ast rat (h I tho officary of sugar in raising t h ? ? temperature of an animal which ha<l fallen during ;l fast. I'pon tin* :? ? I - ministration of sugar tho t ?-iii p?*i at ? i r . rose rapidly during lift ??? -n i u 1 11 : 1 1 < ; and in 0110 or two hours loathed n:< maximum. A ft *?!" broad Is j; i \ ? : i 1 1 1 ? ? temperature will nso nmro > lowly than in tho casv 01 sugar, oiv ug to the greater diffionlty tho animal has in assimilating tho food. I'rof. Masso hays that with susiar ho has sia<iM<l<0 111 retr ring tl]e vitality of dot;:* in a serious st ;>fo ?<? hVpoJ hermia whllo tho ailmi/listration of idbfttr.on to oth failed to savo thoir lives. Weary -- VlfontBn . Rest and heip for weary women arc found in Lydia Cm Plnkham's Vegetable Compound. It makes wo men strong and healthy to boar thoir burdens, and ovoroomes thoso ills to whloh woman aro subject booauso ihoy are women. |*LydtI E. Plnkham's VtgtUMf. CompnuncT Is known from coast to QOMstm it Itas oured more slok worn on than any Other modioinom its mro ovorywhor * aro constantly thankful tettors In this MRS. AST IS ABSENT She G?flC on a ^r'P *w friends, FAMILY IS GREATLY DL'IORALIZLD (till Si* y a if H i Writes l h At Some of the Chlhlie u Arc Sick Sho W ill Hurry Home. ? So many letters come t'> i n ?? of lute asking about the Confederate Veteran t h ;?t I am oonxtralned to answer through the pic.s-. i Is a mm : n t ily jm > llshod in Nii.vhville by Oaptala S \ thiiiniughnm. 'Hi In ftiniiulK tiic. tu aav that .vim I ) i v Ih is not t !ip only hero of bin k.nd. William M. Form by writei i'1*' I , w |.? ville, Ark . that the:o I In Uitle |{'?< k I ho grave ?.'f l>avld 1 )'?? I < I . who w hen only IX year# of age win til rested nmir t hero a* a <-!'? ' minor taut papers found on his perum. t.Mi eiui .-de, 1 J'- ? or' that lnwt and offered him n pardon If he won d dis lose the 11 Ames 'f tlx 8*1 fiom vhom ho g< t the inforniaii it. i.ll > Sam Da vis, he reftuu'fl and mild he would d e first and he did die. lie wrote a h M r to }? | -i mother, \v io then live I in At lanta, Cass e unify, lexa-*, telling h' i of his it. 1 1 i in i*l y fate. My friend ay. I e l a s a ropy of t hat letter and h is r:eea the grave in l.itlle Uo. k, whim (.me frond* have marked with u plum while > haft. I nave Writbii him t? .send a c >PV "f 'be letter to the Vet ra i iiin! if possible u p'.i I graph < f 'he nun lile shaft . Siedi loyalty and II lei ll j v miu't be preserved and put t n iv o-ird. We a e ill demoralize I at o r hou-e ;i n n home, tor Pie mittermn miee:?i\>i has gone o|| mi a t.tip to It uiie and v. id lay there, 1 re< k m. until 1 write li? r ih: I .le->.ie or htir little c'hlldieu or some Other member ()f the family is sli k. Then she w ill < tune on the Hrs' train. She has got kindied ami friends over ther? , lotK of t'aein. and they will |;et p her until she goes the grand rounds, for stir live I there twenty-w i n years. She and I were aim im li:* | pintieern of Die Hill City. In fai t w _? I are ilie only living persons wli > wet.4 ! living in Rome when we moved tin-re. i lift y yeaiu ago. Just think of i' Htul : | ; nder it. How surely and rt'-althilv i a p! pulat i n pn ?**???? away. How insidl I uiis I., Time, the unrelenting old ras -at 1 Only fif?y v??hi'm him! not a man ??r w.? | man 1 ft but my wife and I There ! were then about l.ahO pt?onle In Rome I '.ml now there are ten tlnu.s that mini I In Kvery old settler Is tie id nave i r. lonel T. W Alexander, ami he < anie ! tlnt'C years after I did. livery la. wye , every d t lor, every preirdier and tea' h er, everv mei'rbant ami inetdiaiile are ! dead, old Judge I'li-ei wo al. J. W. IT. j Pnderwvod, Judge Wright, (aeneiul lllaek. Alexander. Sbian, Shorter. I ?i Itattey, Hr. l'mlerwootl, nil strong and ratable men i eould wtlte a b.iok j about ea h of {hem. And then there was old .lake llerml >n and 11 g John, the Mum hausetis of the town, who were ready to swear that when they lirst sit! Ie<l 'here away bark in the thirties the Coon river was a little sp, i in; brum h. old Jake deflated that ? lie had seen a fre.-'het that rose to the j (Mini trie on eotirlirju e hill, ami the thermometer was 24t? In 'he shade. I In always s-aid thermoni eter. and neeeiit ? >d t'lf llrst syll ible. My little boy had an old fa; hi m <l rubber ball and show i.i| it 1 1 1 I'ntde Jake ?ntl he reinarkel t !? a t he once had a hall made out of ? hore enuft Injun-rubber." ami li ' would bonnet' out of si^lit, and one tla> J }><? bounced it o!. -common haul and it ! never c me down till next day. and i t lion his little th?K grabbed It and it re. ' beund'd, took the th.g up with i'. and i he had never jee.n the iio^ or ball since. ' old Jake ludievetl liis own lies. 1 heard him .cay tune thnt when lio^ killilli; I lime eitioe round he heated rocks on i e.uii wide t>f the mill p uid and threw j l hem i:i and drove the hotfs t'arou?:h | and they fame out clean on the other ! ;id?'. lUn John kept the only :alotui i t town. A saloon was failed a gr> . ei \ Hi. n and Kin John's grocery was a 1 i ml mark the loaflnK plat t> - f >r In kept a comfort aide henrll on eaeli side of the front <lot?r. They were outside nil the sidewalk and were >;? nrally < < - | ' f u pied. Old Jake II. radon could be round there half the day, .Mid in-: .ion i firave lii-n bis whl key fie.1 ax an nttrac ? 1 n II" was a drawing card and drew the thirsty men like molasses tlr.iw< (lie Some intes 1 wonder where they are ie w w hat they are <ii?inir. for Swe (leiiburs fays that folk; will pursue the same t .? ?up at ons in the next worl I 1 hit they do j-t this, but with greater diHieenee and no I'.reaier perfection. Mv venerable friend Major Avery ) i V > ; oil H iwald stre.'t. the I'ei dl t I' e nf Itoine It e\:entls f:o n llroatl street to the br i d lie and was thickly Keltled lliiitv live. y<ai;? a;c and Is yet. but t:,is ir the only family thai lived then, tlilitv two year' ai;',>. ard when tie bnlit his ho-i. e Tblnk . f i'. All gone within thirty !\w> y.jrs Honie is tliir ty'milf>? di ? t n r i ?' m 1' r'ei ; ville and Hi-' i i\'M 1 i ml at e all ot c ip icd by f ir n i rs, luit n. t one of them lived along line before the riol war. and 'be rivr .still sings as it flrrw.-. "!"or nieii may eome and men may . Hut 1 ^o on forever." M> wife will i f .'no hr>:ue t i t^pend birthday m \t week. 1 know. She knows 'ha' many of her numerous ff springs will gather at 'lie paternal : Hi an - 'on Mil have I gift of some fi-rt ( and ki s her ' lassie tu'ow and stroke : ln>r t:-. \ . ? v. h.-r I haf i. where sho tri 1 umnhs o\ ? ? ! m? Not a crav hair on her head, tior a dark ono <>n tniiii-. t? it ,.he U fiitc'.iir.g up pretty fait. 1 re ? meuit'i i" v* In it I a> >.^ i ilii?'? as old as ! fiie w.'s ;iiul .^i\ veil's later I w;v< ju-t ' twice a old. .iTid n >w I am sevfity f(.,,r. Now let the jvhool boys and L'irls ! do i!iat :-um ??ii I tell how .dd mv wife I i. Hut tin- frns.niun of tin* day is about ?hf nt'Rrd I.tki* I! nuino's K.'-St, ho I' will rnt litc.vn I >r. I. illy, llir ablo yoc rMary of iho St'.Mnian institute for no groes at Tu.-v al< < s i, roporis to iho l'rr-by loriaa n**nora I n.*somhly that no progress has horn mud*1 In rolorod ov nnroliration. and that Industrial train. ing Is a failure, and oat of 1 . 2 4 .1 negroes educated to mechanical pursuit*, only three are following the trades they have learned. He declares that agri culture Is ?ho only calling open to th? negro and the only one that will keep him oui of the cities and out of crlmo and the rhainRnn* These ?r* tii?? in sults at Stlllmim and Hooker Washing ton's schools. We are glad to find o:io preacher who has got goo.l, hard sens* concerning tho negro and dares to speak It. Of esure. we can't atop HV>k rr Washington from teaching, nor the north from giving him money, hut we i p the Presbyterian church trovy I our money on the o tgru. \ Pliore are 4.000 in the piiojH a?id ! u^utiK ^ > t (Jeor^iii now. to my r.o ( liiPR of thorm we have lynched, a : > < I i iiiodI of Hum have hco:i c lu -ate. I. I. t Uuth got l<> farming. Th it unit* lii li<-Lt ??r nature ami will I < ? p !>lni out of crime. Hilt tho higgext H0{:f .'it ion I ?? t. ' ? < ? M i - llion of Key. Mfiiry Frank. if New York AiotJ\jjiulilua ch.uch, p.eit.lcJ i Ji?t HmiMny. in wlneri he *?<? dared la*' j 4' iv i tl g frcccom t y yitu tn-i:ro Ins i d ;i dlso^t i (him (A i hue. Tli-it lit' ii lap 1 ? 1 1 y lapsing iyt.> hai'lim I >: in and will I . oo:i he (<:iK ex nn t . II" e :k i i I him I ti h a ivj uial I. vast, more ilu'.u* i ?' i t'Oininui.i'y Until u wild b ill. He ad J ^li}' h iliil n ft rri'ji v h" ? i { . . t : f !> j j th*ai ami t'nTc ilnv inu-t go agiia i i i f \MYr'l ? lid cIciom* t i I' hi i i l ;t,vt in lli<' ii i ? ?:? j 1 1 i r j tin* f an hi-e 1 '? ! ; t \k< n from litem. T.mt * . u Mend's | ll\-M>d. I il II '? I M/W W r . i t I ' 111 .I.'' ? j i il, and I <im afraid <f Anything tint j j ronuM fi in a .ViinUc ? i i< .? h i I h tv ! n't forgone i lli-nry Ward 11 < li r yet ! Mil y ho Hi people would 1 ! 1: o to nwn , them again ni.d work lln-ia ia a mi < j i congenial eiinu than N*> l-ngl ill 1 ! I ami liny would go to making < ?t:?m | and hike our lahoreis from <air ! i in \ and ci.-al lleldx iiimI ir n ml \V * will hnvo tn wntrn them 0-ih w-s lo tliev aii' id way. i up to -ume 1 1 ? ? vilmejil *- lim aip in i\ i <<4i> l<> (J. 1 *? i rii<- Soil, ilisi '?? ( 'o-opera 1 1 vo As^o'lii- j lion, puldislii r hi' tin- \i'\v \ ui'k \" i ?l k h J /idl ill);:. lias seemed from 111" Appel I ; 1 1 ? ? I ? i in of tlic Supreme ('olirt in j Nriv \ <n 1% l ily a lever-. il "f I In* jildi nn iil awarded against It S;i iiiih I I'lime. wliu i - 1 ? iuicd to he ilamaiM-d liy tin' pnMlr.'vt ii ii in th" \'<>lks Zcltun^ ? ?f an alleged Hl-elmis I ?? ! (??!' addressed to thf members Hi' III"' < 'ig:i rm.i Kits' I li tri'iia I iniia I I 1 1 ion In this IrltiT liisj I 1 1 ia ii 1 1 1 ? i* of runducl ing Inisinc-s was | i ri il ii ix il, and In- was called a "ti?ni?. iii**ii I liiiiiNt' Itons" ami a "niiscj'a hli) j ' " itix.ti.ua limjl jjjtjjj nj' J i j j s . \ I J la !<? lrili|lli!il rcfi'iTi'il t<i the f ji ? -t that J ' test itiioiiy wms given nil (lie trial as In j , the sigiiilii ain o of tin- word " : ? ; 1 1 ? . " ' in ! indicating a person wlin \va? an mil : c;i s | to lie slililllll'il l?tV llis fellow ,s. It j : was un necc^Mi ry, In* said, to luive re i collide In evidence of tli.it description. , 'I he term wns one of ancient origin in ils a ppl if ;i I ion t<. persons (if tl'si'e|ilile, meaning "paltry or sluiMi.v fellow." It j wa> cntiifly free from ? i ? ? 1 1 ! > t . the Com I said, thai the piildifiit ion wai j I i I m - 1 o 1 1 s per m', The i>'\'ei-?al was ] ,is\I.Tcd. mainly, hecanso of i lie im piopcr admissiiin in evideiiee oil the part of plaint iff of the report of a com ' mM le<* t a > on? ? Uiiit io ??'l ?-?r?-,iif?* to . I ertilill I II! I ges. Tho Exnmplo Not Always f-ollowod. Hill -Tliey s,*i \ there is il good deal to l>c leiirneil from the lmsy hoes. .lill So i here is, Imf? as a rule, pen ? pie are not mmviou'* to take points from them. YoiiUorii state-.iiian. Soulh Carolina and Georgia Extension R. R. Company. yt'firiTl.F, no. :i. In F./Toot 12:01 a in., Sunday, I >00. 24th, 'US) I ???( worn ( 'hiihI c n , S. <?., uiid Hindis l?ur?, S. ( \ Wist. Kant. 35 :tt 3J 34 FASTKHN I I.MK, 2-1 Cias* 1 <1 < I-t Class 2'I CI a* Lo.Krt l'liMHiiy'r l'n.-utug'r l'liftHUK'i 81 A HuN8. hiiilypx. Iinlly ex. I 'ally <vx. I) vlly ox. Siiiuliiy. Sunday. Hun. lay. Sunday, in :io I'. H?. p.m. P. m. I n 20 l 2 50 Cnindcn 1 J 25 s 50 I 15 l>t<K iilb 12(12 -1 M? 1' 20 I "J7 West villo n 50 4 :?o II) .VI ] 40 K'Tflmw 1135 4 10 11 "Jit 2 in lli'iilh RpriiiKS I J 20 3 l*> j i :ir? 2 ir> I'lrasimt 1 1 til n i.< :* oo 12 3n 2 :?>."? l.'iin'UMt' r I 'i bfi 2 35 1 (Hi :? M? l:iv?>rsi<li> i <? to l (to i -jo 3 w> HprmiMeii i" ft iv io 2 .'10 II in CiiiiiwIph .luno't in v.o 1 2 20 2 .ri0 :i :o i,. >ii.> loio lioo :i in :i 10 K>><-k Illil io no io 10 i io Nc-w i\irt ?.? :i:> h 20 I 15 1 oj Tir/uli !( ;in ? 01) .10 1:0 Yiifk viiio ;? 15 7 :to 1; 00 1 Sharon ;? ? >(> 0 .'0 II 25 4 .'0 1 1 1 ? ? k < > f y drove s i.'> 0 20 ii .i > ft nu Smyrna K 4> 00 7 00 5 20 lliiu-ksbur,' 8 15 f? :i0 l?. in. p. in. ii. in. n. in. 1 Ic I >>???? 1 1 IUii<'li!*l?urjj, ii ml Mkrlon, N. <'. \ Kast. II 83 32 12 l AjVfF.US '11 M E. S I \TKiNS. _'i! ("lass 1st Ciii'tf . fff < ')a?s 2d Ci.-iM Mixed Pa-*m:'r r.i?siiK*'r Mix<?d I >ally fx. 1 niily i'x. T>aliyo.x. Maliy i*x, Sunday. Stind:iy Sunday. Sunday. ?i in, j'. in. h. in. p. in. rt 10 5 .ill 7 H 0 40 .h so r> i ". r.'u U 7 :i j ?". 2ii * 4 I M> l'litl i 's Spfl's 7 25 6 12 ;i 20 0 00 Shi'lliy / 15 0 OJ lenO ii 20 I.altlnioro II ,'iTi i ,'AI III 10 t > 2^ M"ureshoro 0 IS 4 40 in 2'? 'H ll"iiiMu l ? ii.1 4 .0 in ,'x) l> 55 l'nri"l City Ii 2.1 .'1 50 II 15 7 iniiiilhorfordloin'> i?5 3 25 11 .U 7 22 Mill Wo. d 5 .?< M Oi, 11 |'i V : t '? ( ? r 1 1 ' t ? m i Valley > i i 2 50 | J 05 7 in I'lmrmnl City 5 :t7 2 4ft 12 25 7 58 (iliMHTii.nl 5 17 2 20 j'j *,0 s : .*? Mnrlon 5 fV> *2 00 i.. in j'. in. a m. p. :n. WhfllV < in II ney IMvlslon. KAST. Ift < Ih-- . I t Cluftm 15 1.1 EASTl'.ltN TIMK 14 10 I'.nly > \. - Jktliyoi. S u inlay. HTATIONH Huiniay. p m ii m , * ni p in I 00 6 uo llliu>k-),>nr? 7 50 3 00 I 2n 0 20 ChornViOi! l ulls 7 HO 2 40 : i'J 0 10 (ia!Tn?'y 7 10 2 2C p. m. a in. ??? in. p, ni. Train N >. .12 l?*avlii?; Marlon, N\ at 5 u. :n.. in >i k 1 1 . k i'IoSO I'nniu'otioii at HlaoJokurfl, S. ('., wllh tlio .-oKthcrn'.i train N<>. SO for Char ni to, N. ami all p..lntH I'ant, mid '?iiinvtuik' wltli thn Si'iithnrn'ii vwlll'iilu ><??? iti?f to All'intt. On,, and all potntn Wwt, ahil will riH'dvii pnwiiKiir" ^oln^ I'.u^t rum train No. 10 ontho <*. ?<c N \S'. U.l(.,nt Yorkville.H. at 8.45 n. in., uu<l oopin'ctn Ht Cnnulen, s. t'., with th? houthorn'n train No. 78arrlv l ii kf In ('hH4li^(no, S. at 8.17 p. ill. Train X-vOt with pai>H<?nK?r eiMi-h aUn<*.hiui, having Ilia.'kshiuK at 5.30 >?. m., nn<l con ?ifvrtlm? at Kock >1 1 it, 8. witn 'lie Houth ern'a Fiornla train for all point* South. Train No. leaving <'ani?li*n. 8. t\, at 12.50 p.m.,aft? r tho arrival of tho 8>>uthrt !?'? < l;arl?4tuu train ?*onnoc s* at I.an<vv*l??r,S,C., with thr I,. ,fc c. It. It.; at t'ataw^a Jnnctlon j rr:th thn ??. A. I/., Ro?n^ P.n?t. at Hirok Htli, 8. with too Southern's train No. 34 for Charlotte. X. C.. ami All [lolntn Ennt. Con* nociM at Vorkvlllo, 8. C5.. with train No. 9 on ih* 0< A N. W Ik 14., for Ch*?*tt?r, 8. <?. At Itiaok?t>ur?r with tho Soutbern'a Toatlbuie I k'olnj; Fast, and tho Southern's tralo No. S3 | koI X A\>?t, an<) connoting at Marlon, N.O., with the Houtnhera both K?mtTWi#\Vesk 8AMUF.L HUNT. ? l'reeldent A. TRIP?. 8upcr1nt*n?1*nt. \ .. 8. B. LUMKIN, ^ Oea'l. RuNOfir AyeaU STATE TO OfiT MM I A MILLION. fir. Veldcll I'inUs l.onx Rccords a i ul Voucher*. A fto: .tJi ,i:t two mw-'Jia of mo~t ifc ? 1 ' '!* WO|k (I Mil p;l illHt l kitlg H'"IT<*h a number r?t papri 3 worn foun;l In the T-uti-y.i'.i 1 tiW ! .!i j < ( in a I tin* Stale rap itol Saturday al'ainuon. which nituu in tho long mn t'Uy establishment of claim* against the federal government which will, even if com promises arc r ftv< tc.i place a balance of half a mil - lkn dollars in the treasury < f tin- Stale df Sou'h Caroibn. l,x? ? ** (hit* / yen ? tlx* wi n y march for tho f imo.in 'Mack's 1 h i t?i t A" on the revolu tionary and ? : |j ? ? r war < 1 i.ix h.ia been going on. 'i hia c-xhiWt vay an ab-y Iru'o ncre.-sity to ih'' establishment of 1 Hid principal claims of tho State against tho I'nited Stat pov eminent, j ami for I )*(? past six nrmths has b< en ' Hi" m oh t defilml record 11 tho 1 losses : ion of the Statu. The credit of liud iiiK t*he valuable document togotlvr villi Agent Mack's ???? on i report he*. l?> Mr \V. ii Yebleli of Ihld, and Chief Clerk Je -s? '1'. c.'antt r /??????<? <>r Hi.. Re< r? tarv of State, who urged that Mr. Ycddoll he em ployed to mako tho sourch. Day afbv <1'iv Mr Yeldell has limn working h?n way through the pile of musty records In the "ruhhish r?;c??" of the eapito!, going through an endless variety of papers from 1700 down to date and arranging them in order witi* indcxis as to their loculity. lie had nearly completed his work when he picked up a. bundle of' papers yellow witn 11*40 and glanced at it. llo waa about to throw it aside when his eye eaug'ht the word "Mack." Ilo opened tho bundle and then n woio found every . one of the precious pipors and vouch er.'; so Jong booked for, accompanied by < Ag< ; l IMnckVl report rnado In 1 KP.t) oT which 1 lie. searchers havo never been | (1 bio to tl nd a copy, and which w'lh ! Uow <iih:t'ji iniHsane to the lcgislaturn in December. I860, saying: "Not hav ing recovered ian> M these claims, he, of ??, n.rse, will not be entitled to any commissions but having spent" ? shows that Muck did not receive, tho I $1S,000 payment on tho Mexican war j clai.ms that, tho federal government j claims to have made. On tho outsldo of tlio papers in Mack's handwriting appears this sum- j niary of the claims erf the State due tho ] federal government: War of 1K12 (with Interest to U0.S oaly) . ,. .. . . $20 230 . 00 Florida war (interest) 2u.000.00 ; 1 Mexican war (principal)... 32.lfi2.41 Interest, on above (1S'?S) 23,i)0o.'h) [Revolutionary war (no in 1 Total ul Total $3l?4,310. 17 Oil this cnt^1 Slim no interest after (x'S is calculated. With interest the total claim would amount to about one ! and a half millions of dollars. Agent Mack's report, 'aiado in IS'iS is already in Senator Tillman's hands. | and upon it ho Is about to secure t'.i' adjustment of all 1 1 1 ?? claims rave t'iiose relating to tho Kevolut i; nary i war. Mis hill covers the war of 1X12 and Florida war < laims and interest, less J is. 000 tho government claims to have paid Mack. Tho find yesterday shows conclusively that Mlack did not p'celvo this amount, and presents th?? absolute "proof to sustain all the Ilevo ' lutionary war claims with interest. fo? WO yciir.M. This even if compromised will give the State a surplus of about ! half a million dollars after paying [ claims of about $l!()0,O00 that, the gen j era] government is pressing against | r'io State. Everything is included in j th" (liinnncttU found. lCve.ry vouchor : ! is there in printed form with refer I onees to leginl.it Ivo aetion thereon, j There is S2 page;? of printed matter in i the portion gi\ tig these vouchers. '1'lM.se are not the records Mack was : i to li Jo in the comptroller's office, but those iile<l with the legislature and ? >n.-;c<| u< nt.lv ate all the more com plete. In iT'JIt a Revolutionary war claim settlement wax made but all claims in- J j eluded in tliis report were subsequent- I ! ly made. Every paper desired has j been found. Senator Tillman's present bill pro. i v ides that no commissions will be j paid to anyone for collecting the ! claims. This a. olds many pi tt falls. The Senator was notified by wire of the invaluable find, and he wired back ; frr all the documents to be sent by ex- j pres.-? to hi til on the first, train, his ovi Intention being to put in ait amendment that will not niako I'n.-le Sam. ;-<? desirous of pushing his claim* j .?gainst South Carolina. Eventually ; Micro is no doubt that the treasury of South Carolina will be about hilf a million doll:>s least better off as a 1 result of this tin. I in that gold mine of a "rubbish room." A New Men for Oiling Buggies. A new styjeofaxie is being used by , the Roelr Mill Muggy Company, by , whb h fhe lr'KR> Is oiled without re- j moving tho w.^tsss. The oil Is p.v.ired into a chamber, frptn which it is car- , ricd by the motion of the wheel to the j ?'?} grfM?ves the top and bottom of j the axle. The Idea is an excellent one j it.- a vehicle built with this style 01 | n.vle will rm much longer with one i oiling. sa\(ng time and annoyance. News items. *1 lie governnr Iviving received the i resignation of N. -J . Cox a.-? cnagis- | trate in Simpson Creek township. j 1 lorry county, has appointed .Jno. I*. ! I'.oyd to succeed him The State railroad coimiiission has j nsked the aMerney general to furnish j an opinion setting forth the rights of j the < ommission as to ^flowing tip' rail- i roads to collect excess fare, returnable 1 at the er.d of the trip, from piu"6en- j gers failing to purchase tickets uix'h i boarding a train. The reasons the | roads regard such a regulation nn i bsolute necessity have already been fully set forth. The attorney geheral has not yet given Ms construction- of the act gcver'^ng ?,-h? matter. The conference of the two H<*t?e? ott tho naval appropriation Mil dccided to report a disagreement on the armor plato amendment of stenate and also on tho Senate amendments relat ing to tho terms of Annapolto cadets and oceap and lake .surveys. An agreement has been reached trpon all other itema of the bill and a partial re port probably will be made at the earJyi rate. ? The Companla Transatlantic Espan ola.jwhlcto prior to the Spani sh war maintained a steamer service between Xe?r York and Cuba, will establish a | lit* between New York and Spain. V Fcrhapa you hive tfrcafy discoverer! tint pov.dcfj and wishes will not curc tkesc eruptions on your lace. They may cover up and sup press, hut they cannot re move. Hashes, boils, ss't-rheuin, shingles, hives, cczerns, tetter, etc., are but surficc imitations of a deeper trouble. And That s Tlie question lor you now is, ? auw iu u.-Lc Kid hlorti good Llood; how to get rirl of all these impurities in your system. Everybody knows the answer, ? a perfect Sarsa parilla. No ordinary Sarsaparilla, such as you can buy at almost any store, will answer; it must he a perfect one. There is such a Sarsaparilla, and it differs widely in every way from all other Sarsaparillas. That's r\ "The only Sarsaparilln mndc vndcr the pcrsonnl supervision o! three graduates : a graduate in pharmacy, n graduate in chemistry, nrO a graduate in medicine." $1.00 n bottle. All druggists. "I had frequent and most painful boih. 1 was treated by 3 number of phy uciuns, but they did me no good. I t ied many kind* of patent medicines, but without cll'ect j but when I tried Ayer's Sarsapaiilla I got hold of the right thing, for I was soon completely cured." ? R. 1', Crow's*, Attica, N. V. flic Part She Didn't l ike. Tlie oilier day n wee little woiiiiin w lio lives lii ji suburb saw :nnl heard a donkoy t ???? t ho liist time, xa.v* theCiw ciunati F.mpiirer. She talked about it continually alter getting home. It was a "good donkey," it was also a "beautiful donkey." In fart, the ehlM went completely Through hor sim.1l store of adject ives. And when her father came home at night he heard the adjectives all over again. ''And mi you liked the donkey, dar ling, did you?" he asked, taking the tlnv lass on his knee. ? oh. yes. papa, I liked him. Thai is. i liked him pretty well, but I didn't like to hear him donk." Several hundred people from lllin is will visit .Maine during (lie summer while the rla ins are ripenim;. The people who compose the excursion are grandsons and granddaughters of peo ple who went to Illinois from Maine before tlie prairies were ploughed young folks who never saw the sea iwr a hill as high as their heads. Are Yoli I teliy! If so, something i? wrong with your skin. Ask your druggist for Tetterine, and you can cure yourself without a doctor for oO cents. Any skin disease, ringworm, ec/emii, t < rheum, etc. Or send ">() eentH in stumps for box prepnid to .F. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, <Ja. Try a box. To Prohibit Scandalous Publications. It bus I icon proposed in New York lo prohibit b.V law the publication ,,f scandalous matter found uii the per sons or in the possession of suicides or of those who have attempted sui cide. 1 his would be a good thills' to do. Persons who take their own lives lire often insane. If not actually deranged, their minds are Jn so morbid a condition as to unlit them for calm and accurate statement. H often hap pens that, with the intention of ex plaining their act. they leave a letter or scrap of paper which refloats cruelly upon thi? character of one or more l.\llig persons. I he newspapers print the letter under prominent head-lines, mid the injured person has no redress. A mere denial counts for litile, ail 1 i here is no defence against the calum nies uf the dead. I ho Ferris wheel at Chicago Is to be soil for old junk. It made profit during the World's Fair, one-half of which went to the fair company. It has since kiiii k $?oo,<nh) for its owners and it will cost $:}0.ooo to tear down. Do Your rent Acho nml Hum? Rhnke iiitoyoiu shoes Allen'* Foot-Tv\so, ft powder for tin* fuet. It mtvktt* tl?hl or leMv shoes Toe] easy. .Cures Cufus, lltinioiis. ' Swollen, Mot, Smarting ntnl Sweating Feet and I arrowing \nll-. :??1.| l>y nil <1 nurcl-t s h n I s'too stores. 25 ets. Hum |>1<* sent FKKK. Address Allen .S. Olmsted, I.eltoy, N. V. Clohlen and Diamond Wedding* were ceelbraied by Cd*l couples in Prussia In 1M?P, and ihe stale d;s fribrtcd jubilee medals to each hus band ' ' i Merlin and the I province of Bran lenburg the number of these couples was 1 lu. Tlie lie* I I'refcer 1 1? 1 1 <? ii rw I Chill* ? ml Fever is a t>ottl-? ef (Jhovfe's I jhim.i h Liiii i. Tonic. It is s icfl.i iron nu.| in ft trt-tel.w.s foray Xo.ciiro.-n,, ^iiy. Price 'iov\ | Soup kitchens were ) perfectly prop rr method of charity in l^iVivhen this | oldest of Philadelphia charities was 1 started, just as it was then the Justl | liable thine to treat diphtheria with i sy rup and flannels instead of antitoxin. 1 here are now eleven soup houses in Philadelphia supplying .xu.ooo iiersons, with a total of MUMnni ipiarts of Roup I and 250,000 )ssfr cs of \7T course. It Is a pauperizing charity. A late can vass shows that of 218 families sup plied only eleven could, by the most liberal construction of rules, bo record ed as needing the aid. ' The rapid advance In war Teasels is fairly Illustrated In the fact that the .British Ironclad Warrior, launched In MtiO, has been retired from active SOr^ ?ice as being Intffo^mra. > ji I The is-it-hct-enough-for-you flend j is making life miserable. Von Will Never Know nhat Kood ink ia ujilci.s yuu usu Carter's. It [ co?ta ud inuru Uimi iKiur lull. All ilcuh ra. The grizzly out at the zoo says tins j weather is unbearable. It require* no eTperieRfM t?? tl wiili Pep- j n m I'akh.k-r I'iks. Simply boiling your j i?o(mIh in tin* dyo Is nil Hint's necessary. Sold ; by alt tlrugxis'.*, ? 1'ow wives are .striking their bus- j ! bands for seal .< k i n saqaes. 'I'd < lire a (Ol<l in On(< liny. j Jake I.axahvk I.teM-t Quinine Taih.kth. I All druggists refund iho money if it fails to | imi re. E. \V. Uiiovk's tdgnaturo on oaeh box, | ^ * ? ? No, Maude, dear, a lightning caleula [ tor Is not a man who predicts thunder- 1 j storms. 1*1 so* ? Cliiio for Consumption I* nninfulli- j bio medicine l'??r i'diwIis ami eobls. N \Y. I J> vmi'CI.. Ocean <ii'ov?', N. ?!., i'e!>. IT, U*>i. _ _ I | Mrs. Wlnslow'sSootbf lis; Syrup for ctil lilren I : i rot softens t Ik* i{ii iiih, red nee* I nil amine- | j lion, allays pain, euro* w iml colic. :J*>c.a but lie. F f TS permanently cu reil No fit* or nervous j ? nens af ter !lr*t il ay?n use of l>r. >\ line's Great ' ! Nerve Jtestorer.8? trial bottle and treatbef reu j l?r. H. li. Kmnk, l,??l .SMI AreliSt. Pbila, Pa. . . ... - A. M I'rli st, Drugglat. Shelbyvllln, Ind., I says: "iiall's Catarrh Cure k1 ves the best j J of satisfaction. Can get plenty of tcMimoul I j al*. a* it e?ir?,>? every on? who takes it." ! j I 'ruk'KiHt.H sell it, 75 \ Some people never talk about their ' neighbors beeause tli^v are too busy i ! talking about themselves. A LCOHOLIC LIQUORS ' ' * and NARCOTIC DRUGS Make INEBRIATES. T?1B KGHLEY CURE, - CURLS TUMI. I'Mlontii board and kd^e i'i the lu?tituUoi?? Addru*.i or call at THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, moo I' >ain Street, COl.UfUilA, H. C. A Famous B to,;, A ropy of tho minoua' book, "In Hit v | Sti'iw," will I?m luteilitfl to any porson sending i . u 1 t hu naino uf <??<? yuuuK person who ex- y : peotM to filter a l i ?i - 1 n? ? - . C.jllofjo within th? ! uext CO dny\ and four *41 hum X^jo may at* ! tend at soino tlnuv Write your nami< nnd add rotten all i lfl , ADi>ur.rf.s j B. W-, GfcTSINGfR, Manager, ! coNvnusc conniiUCiAL sctioou HPAKTAN IHTItO, - H. 0. We Contracts WITH TUB KAItOK.KT AM) MOST ItlCJU'ONM IIJiK MANUKACTUHKR8 Of ! M At II IN Mi \ aim .un<n ,->i iT;.!"". ' AND AIU: JREPAJUD TO OFFER YOU SPECIAL ADVANTAGES. OUU TACILI ' T11C8 AHE HE I OND TO NONE. Complete, 'Ginning Equipments, Complete Power Equipments, i A SPECIALTY. |\V. H. GIBBI3S & CO., COLUMBIA. - S. C. /I WORLD m jb w r /"? w without t Would >?? ? dronry place. M usio la ?it In eviration -a tonlo You expect t< l>uy an organ 01 t lnr?o ?-om? tlm? "\V >? y not now ? An Instruinnnl Is furnlturo ? lt'? outer t a I n in e n t. It 8 I HVOHtlIl?llt 1 1 you Ket una ol tins Standard makes r<-|ire-ent* ril by in<\ ago v\ 1 1) not nITect It. I' will In* at nond llvo yi'ars from now, hs the d?j J you bought It. ? My Price !s Right ORGANS $35.00 UP. PIANOS $175.00 UP. f&~ \V rite for Catalogue and Term*. A?l?lreMN, M. A. MALONE, Columbia, S. C. POWER PLANTS FOR FACTORIES AM) MII.I.S. Engine*! CorlUn. A mtomutlc, plfcln ?ld? vi*l vps. IJollcrs, Heaters, Pump*. Miw >1 Ills, from small Plantation Mllli to tho Heaviest Mills In the Market. All kinds of Wood Worklnjf Machinery) Flour and Uoru Milling Maobiuery. Comploto Ginning Kystcms-Luramui, Vnu Wlwklo and Thomas, EukIum, Bollord, Saws, Gins la Stock fot quick Unlivery. V. C. BADHAiVl & CO., 1326 Main St., CQLUtt&U, - . s. a KEEP AWAY FROM THE SHOP "DOCK IIILL" BUGGIE8aro"A Little Higher W in Price, But ? " they stand up, look well, and ' * above all, keep away from tho shop Only a dollar or eo higher than cheap work. Why not use them when this is the case? *?> Soo our Agent or writ* dlroot ROCK HILL rSSSSaS Wfl N C H EST E mm FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS^^Tfe "NewRSval, " " Leader," and "Repeater" Insir.t upon having them, take no others and you will get the best thells that money can buy. ALL DEALERS KEEP THEM. HOICE Vegetables will always find a ready market ? but only that farmer can raise them who has studied the threat secret how to ob balanced fertilizers. No fertil izer for Vegetables can produce a largo yield unless it contains at least $% Potash. Send for our books, whifh furnish fyU information. . We send them' free of chaige. GERMAN KALI WORKS y ft Kmm Nww T?l> tain both quality and quantity by the judicious use of well fEO. E. NISSEN & CO., , u U/AHANQ Lightest draft, most WW nUUtlU durable and (finest finish. l>o not take one claimed to he as good. If not sold in your town, write us for prices. WINSTON-SAM*.*!, !V. f. W. L. DOUGLAS S3 &3.5Q SHOES BMW Worth $4 to $6 compared 4 wirn oiner manoi. Iu)l<>iv4'<l Uy ov#r 1,000,000 wcMren. TTicpi'niiiHO have w, I* Doughs' name ?nd price j ?lamped on bottom. Take^ no substitute f Jaimcd to he a* good. Your dealer ?hould keep them ? . il > ? not) we will send * piir? on receipt of price Ajx. i$C. ft' M wi cKwrmm |ntra for carrlaxr. State kind or leatnv, ?Ue, and width, i>l*i? or cap to*. Cat. (re*. ,W. L DOWUU m ? CO.. Bracttm, Km Money in Chickens Tor la iumy* wm Mod a Ml wzssz'iz&rsasss-' mm Mmim, (mm ? tMk worfcMy tor d?ll?ri ??> natMwtH ? .jrrfcr*. |l fm 0*m I teanjaagi NodU " r i) SiumIi m* CO. lA UuirJ Wrfloi, fltw ??fkf ITTCTTMW U fgt)?UW? ujamm 91 W?9?pin>kM WtiUIIMKI llNlf.