Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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t . w.. •T Taklug l.lfe b/ i ai > Battrrj. (Fraa th« Knr Tort Hw.) i New YoA pkjnoiMw think that *l.ln hanging are urgonti^ haa ’ wautto make the pleasant and delightful, been prc ifnropoBod by them for onpitad punishment, and the Legisla ture yeeterday oonaidered a bill to sub- i the electric battery for the hang- man’s rope. An electrician at the Edaon building in Pearl atreet, where electricity ia man ufactured for illuminating purposes, was yesterday naked how people might be allied with neatness ana dispatch by deomdij. He said that it was the easiest matter in the world. All a con demned man would have to do at the hour and moment when he was to iMftre the world for brighter dimes, would Ix> to take hold of two wires, one connected with a positive battery and the other with a negative battery. Acting thus as a conductor between tne two wires the electricity would go through him like a stroke of lightning. He would die in an fraction of a second. His taking off would bo as painless as it was know' had ;on i sodden. He would never him. He might stead on two the electric current throi die with his boots on. a chair with his feet resting and die comfortably. Killing the condemned by el is a humane, dvilixed and scientific of disposing of them. A man is usually sixteen minutes in dving at the end of a hangman’s rope, and he usually suffers s great deal before death comes to relieve him. A one-cell battery would kill all the prisoners who will ever be hanged in the Tombs under the present law. The only people opposed to the ass of elec tricity in capital punishment are the hangmen, and they are opposed to it be came it would throw them ont of work. If the gallows are taken down all the hangmen in the country will strike. uishoi* sutrsovs Town. The lleautlful Wanaalaniut Kraelvd bjr Mr*. Hlm|Mon In W eal laurel lllll. (r.cm tha rt.1 »4«lpfca K*cor4 , On the edge of a declining slope in the north wreUm part of West Laurel Hill Cemetery eteixls the grand mausoleum erected to the memory of liiabop Simp son by his widfm. It occupies an eleva tion overlooking a beautiful landscape, wends the narrow The structure, composite in style and cruel form in diape, 334 by 1*4 feet in dimension, includ ing the wings st the side, and feet high from its base to the top of the crosses on the main building. It looks like a miniature church. There are five windows sud four trefoils of calbedraJ stained glass giving light to the chain her, which is PJ by lo feiH m the dear. Light catecombo, four on each side, built of white Italian marble, oeeupv the wings of the structure, while in the centre of the chamber a the soroophages *tn which reels the dead body of the Upon the •I »b ie the m- ISHuTm rbj ••Matthew H Fptannpal Chi Mil. DtadH when 1 follows of the Horn, dime 31, iMll. Ihtd, June 1M, ItiM.” The lot upon which the mausoleum is erected is circular in shape, ninety feet in diamrti r and sarroaiMled by a granite coping The prevailing ft-ature of the - whole structure a its simplicity. tuk sotTH-s larKovraKara. • r of lAr Leetasa C< The •Wo Orsoolsed of Tradesman's weekh report „ ierpneos in the Mouth shows that the n-markable development that has been in (intfivas for some months pest ia eil aaeUons of the South is on the in • UKNKRAL miwa i The entire Italian ministry hsve resigned. Macon, Os.,Is taking steps to have a paid fire department. ^ At Winona, Miaa, iron ora has been dis covered in abundance. The Railroad Commission of Alabama has been duly organised. The strike in the Hew York docks con tinues, with no prospect of a settlement. The vote of the Senate in rejecting the nomination of Matthews stood 81 to 17. The strikers on the New York docks are mildly returning to work. The Senate has confirmed the nomination of L. K. Church as Governor of Dakota. The Supreme Court of Louisiana sus tains the constitutionality of the Sunday laws. -• •; . The House has passed the Senate bill ap propriating $.10,000 for a public building at Augusta, Ga. The Boston street-car drivers have struck for two hours for meals, out of the twelve for which they are paid. The President has nominated E. C. Moore, of Missouri, Consul General ut the City of Mexico. Mr. Parnell denies that he is going to the continent. He says his physician Is well satisfied with his progress. The Indiana fund for a monument to Hendricks has not yet reached its first tirraannd. M&nton Marble says there is no ground for apprehension concerning Secretary Manning’s condition. Governor Heayfer, of Pennsylvania, has signed the prohibitory amendment of the joint resolution. The grand jury of New Orleans have in dicted 81 ixjrsons for gambling, ineluding a number of profcasioa&la. The Volcano Mauna Loa, on the Hawaii Island, is again active. No damage is now aiiicipnted. The President lias si enretioa of a public bui JS. IL. A London dispatch axe ill* are busily employed horses in Yorkshire. itoUi bouses of the Nevada Legislature hive adopted resolutions disfranchising Mormons in Nevada. The latest report from the White River Junction (Vt.) dUseter puts the number of killed at 83 and of woundctl at 3d. The I>ennlaoa Paper Company of Ma- cbittiics Kalis, Me., has suspended. It ti supposed that the liabilities amount to $410,000. The case of ex Abler man Cleary, indicted with McCJuad., o Natll. McCabe and oth ers, was called in court ami trial set for Wednesday of next week. ned the bill for the ling at Charleston, mya that German in pn retiming oiled that tlio mcmWVh are tiring of the deadlock, but neither faction will yield an ‘ Mb. In the Ptwimylvaiibi ■ylvama House the joint rrsolution providing for the AtttMliissiou of tlio question of a prohibition nmemlmcnt to a vote of the people was passed by wrote - of 180 to 69. It has already passed the Senate. * Two bombs Wore simultaneously ex ploded yesterday in front of the police headquarters’ offlee in Lyons. France. The bomba struck against the railing and were thus prevented from expending their force on the building. — Heavy rains and the breaking up of the ice in the streams has caused Hoods In nearly all the streams in Western New York. Northern Ohio, Southern Michigan and Nqftbern Illinois. Great damage to property resulted in some cases. John C. Leighton, for 1ft years clerk of the Municipal Criminal Court of Boston, is short in hi* account* in aJarge sum— said to reach $200,000. Another statement is that the shortage is insignificant, and tftnt Leighton is a uitin of means. Edward Loew, city editor of the Mil waukee Arlntsr /Mlunff, was sentenced to 80 cLys’ labor in the house of correction for contempt of court in causing to be pub lished libelous statement* in cocnection with Paul Grattkuu, the anarchist. The Commissioner of Pensions has start ed a requisition for $18,780,000, which is to make payment of pensions due March 4tb next. This will bo the largest pay ment for current pensions made ju any one quarter in the history of the government. The propositions to establish a State Rail road Commission for the regulation of freights and fares, and to change the pres ent Democratic system of county govern ment, were both Voted down in the House of Representatives of North Carolina. Raymond U, Noonan, a young clerk In the mail service on the New York, 8usque hvma and Western railroad, was arrested at Jersey City. N. J., for robbing the mails. Noonan bas been in the service only three wieks, and peculations have been reported on his route every day since be went on. Arnot’s extensive livery stable at 8t. Louis was burned last night Loss esti muti-d at $180,000; insurance $3o,000. A mini her of firemen were buried under a fi lling wall and three were taken out dead. A mong the pn>j>crty was the brarse that c .Tied the remains of Lincoln to hi* tomb. Counsel for Mrs. Ford, of New Orleans, have filed suit for divorce trom her hus band, Dr. T. G. Fimi, who was recently sentenced to the penitentiary for 18 yean for killing J. C. Kirkpatrick, the seducer of his wife. The suit is Iwouehl on the ground that Ford la a convicted felon. Tha Western National Bank was organ Inti yesterday by threlccthm of Merrrtory )t inning as Fraddetit. I’oiled 8utes Treit loser Jordan as Vlty Pn»i I Ititnkriihorn as(’a»hirr. Th and Jr rn \ Virginia ami tirorgii sterday morning at I (•mag the engineer ai The loo‘motive lent, and t* U nodu will leave • Cel>t these a co m.' The Norwegian ship Dagmar, Captain i Stoflberg. from PeosaroU. T>«wnher *1, >r for Urer|wol. foundered at aea The irew ^ “ lr '* Mtaios Treasury to hive arrived at tjueenstown I Sltona. Christian Hchaa, of Erie. Pa., who shot Two U * ,B ' °* 1 amt hilled one of his dsugbu-rs and wound i*l an a her, two mouths ago, mtnniitud suictue by banging in the Erie jail. ^ . A ttrt** M-fUKH, lobby ho. left 8dl The injurml rngifWrr and I^ske City lor H ashlngton to work sgatnd the Ldm ands Tucker Ull. Joint LolloU were token for l'ailed Mtoles S notnr by the legUlatures of New Jmey and West Virginia yesterday, but without ivsult An Incendiary .set fire to the law office formerly of E A. Glover at Kdgrflcid, oa Tuesday Timely discovery prvvcntnl s disastrous . .►t rlagr.iiion At Mi. Kte-nne. 83 miles southwest of Lyons, s hotno was thrown st the police stslkm. Eight men have been arrested, with the chsrjrrd offence Among the landing omitzaUona tha week reportad by tho Tradesman izationa of About 9u wltnrMca, summoned to testify L t'we Uk Meoate committee regarding the alW-gMi Washington county outnif»«. U*ih lc*t iirenham, Texas, for Washington. The llcusr has poawt the bttt to Imlem uify the Chioeos sullsfwrs from mot> vio lence st Rock Springs, Wyoming Territory, on September 3, 18M3. The Rev. J. W. Wolling, one of the shiest and ratal zealous workers in the Methodist conference will shortly ukc his departure for Hraxil. where be will labor in future in the capacity of a missionary. ill arts the following: Kentucky k Ar ent Jwrntucxr k Arranaaa I and Cnmnnay. of Ixmiavilic, Kr ., capital, $3,300,01)0. Peacock Coal, Iron k Lmprovi Birmingham, Ala., I'uteMgr. to appoint in his Farrau, who Is now Nuncio at of vcincnt ■with I Company, $300, ooa Cotton Preaa at (iainasville, Texas, with $40,000 capital Cotton factory at Bhalby, N. 0. Lk*-tric light works at bhclbynlle, Three fund tare factories, one at Win etou, N. 0., one at Rome, Ga., and one ai Looieville, Ky., the latter with $300, 000 oanital Gold mine at Marysville, Term. Cumberland Iron and Band Company of Hendereon, Ky., with $3,000,00( capital Black Band Iron and Railroad Com pany, at Troy, Ala., with $400,000 oapi- tal ^ Four marble oompaniea in Tenneaaec and Georgia. Nina railroad companies; two in Ten- new ee, one in North Carolina, one in Florida, two in Texas, one in Arkansas, one in Bouth Carolina, one in Louisiana. The Tradesman also reports that cot ton mills at Chattanooga, Waco, Texas, High Point, N. C., and Charlotte, N. C., will be considerably A large number of smaller industries are also reported. The AnSenou Hon4 Law. Senator Murray lias raised « row in his county by his new road law, and is busy trying to satisfy his constituents. The law provides that the roads in Andeison county must be worked enough days to put and keep them in thorough order, and the pro visions of the bill are stringent enough to accomplish this end. There is, also, small levy made for macadatniKing parts of of the rood which are so spongy that ordi nary work cannot cure the defects. The law is an excellent one and we wish it had been extended to this county. The howl Is raieod principally by Mr. Murray’s oppo nent, whu^would seek any opportunity to render him unpopular.—Spartanburg her ald, lam of Flesh aa4 Stress th With poor appetite, and perhaps slight la morning, on - • * cough 1 at mgbt. should be looked to in time. Pes- ag, or on first lying down afflicted with consumption are pro verbially unconscious of their real state. Mott cases commence with disordered liver, leading to bad digestion and imperfect assimilation of food—hence the emaciation, or wasting of the flesh. It is a form of scrofulous disease, and is curgble by the use of thst greatest of all blood cleansing, anti-bilious and invigorating compounds, known as Hr. Fierce's “Golden Medical The Canadian Pacific railroad is blocked by snow and snow slides. There has been no through mail for 13 days, and it ia un certain when one will get through. The mull is coming rus American roads. The Supreme Court of Louisiana ren dcrad a decision finding Civil District Judge Her nr L. Lazarus guilty of mal feasance in the administration of the estate Mt widow Omauaro. . Cant. F. 8. Lilly, a hero of three wars— the Florida, Mexican and civil—was in stantly killed by attract car running over him in Dayton. He had just raMved his Mexican pension papers. Tim Paris Mgaro publishes an article, signed by Aureiian Schell, imputing the grossest immorality to German women. This will raise a storm of indignant pro test In Germany. A man named Newberry, in Gilmore county, Ga.,-suspected of informing on illicit distillcr.s, was visited by masked men on Munday night and beaten almost to death. The committee of the Fremdi Chatnlicr of Deputies on the abrogation of tha con cordat has affirmed, by a vote of 11 to ft, the principle of the separation of Church ami Htate. The strike of the l*ew Y’ork longshore men is now said to be a decided failure. Freight is being moved by new men with Utc utmost facility. The strikers are strag gling hack to work on the old terms. v Eulogies on (he late John A Logan were delivered in the Senate yesterday. Senator Hampton was one of tb« sneakers. The House eulogized the late ItaMp^ntafive Price, of Wisconsin. James Lutz and R. OMoody fought with pistols in the streets of Barnwell yes terday. The difficulty grew out of the E rosecution of Lutz's bob for larceny, utz was very seriously wounded. Mr. Reed of Maine has introduced e hill to protect the fisheries of the United States, subjecting the offending vessel to seizure and the persoas employed on the same to a fine of $30 each. # Dr. Windhorst, leader of the Catholic party in the German Reichstag, says tkp it is impossible for him or his followers to comply with the Pope’s desire for a policy of conciliation. Dr. T. G. Ford, who pleaded guilty of manslaughter in having killed John 0. Kirkpatrick, of Shreveport, La., recuotiy, bus been sentenced to 13 yean’ imprison lary at hard f ' meat in the penitentiary at hard labor. A Pittsburg. Pa., dispatch aaya that the •trike of 6,000 Mouongahela miner* i* practically settled, and work will be re sumed in nearly all the mines In the flrtt, second and thmi pool*. ~ ' At Paterson, N. J., a general strike of •ilk dyers has begun. They demand $1 a week mom wages, and that 33 hours shall constitute a week’s work. About 1,000 are out. of cuttle In Montana, mm Sixty dollars la refumd for a lontf coal, I •■d gram willow palm are mUtag at $14 a A decided Improvement in the situation on tbe New York piers is now rv|>orteil. Freight is being moved by non union nun with cunahlerable dispatch, green h.uxU ate rapidly tiecoming expcits Tu the work, and tbe indications arc that the backbone 6! the strike is broken. Afters dispute about the [UTbaae of aune goods, Nathan Jackson, colored, of Toombsboro, Ga. challenged W. B. Fret- n an, white, to a fight. The two went In the rood. Four shots were fired. Jackson w** fatally wounded. Freeman claims to bnve actea in self-defence. Mrs. David Kouth. a highly respectable womap of Pekin. HI, was taken to the a*ylum nt Jacksonville, having been crazed by religious exeilement. - Thi* lathe second out) of insanity caused by the excitement attending a revival in progress at Pekin, a-ul the citizens are taking steps.to remove the-revivallsta frofti the dty. The Coast Defence Congress organized at DeFuniak Springs, Fin., yesterday. Resolutions were adopted culling on Con- gross to improve the coast defences. Let t< rs were read from a number of promi nent gentlemen—among them Governor Kit'hurdson, of South Carolina. The steamer Cherokee, shortly after 1< nving her dock in Charleston for New York yesterday morning, was discovered to i» on fire. She was towed to the wharf by tugs, and’the flames were extinguished after very little damage. There was no panic among the passengers—about JO in number. ‘ . ' Op Monday night train wreckers removed a rail on tjic Carolina Central road, 12 miles east of Charlotte, which resulted in pre cipitating the engine and tender of the east bound passenger train down’ an em bankment 12 feet. The engineer and fire man were dangerously, if not fatally, in- Jurep. No other casualties are reported, r Ten thousand Socialists assembled on T ucaday in Loudon to celebrate the riots Of February 8,1886. Tlierelfero hundreds of r dice present bn horseback and on foot. >roe Incendiary speeches were made, and the Socialists attempted to light torches, but wore prevented from doing so by the police. .Tha crowd afterwards dispersed, making much noisu, hut doing no harm. A shock of earthquake abbut j o’clock Sunday momlrg was reported from at. J/>uis, Springfield, Terre Haute and else where. It appears to have been very gen erally fell throughout Central and Southern Illinois and Induma pispatclies from 20 points give substantially the same account of the time and duration of the shock. No (Linage was done it any {dace so far as heart], from. T«i apek« ago J. T. Lane, of Clinton, III . waa blttaa oq the ankle by a pet dog. A few days ago he wu taken with a mala dy which, In sumo respects, resembled hy drophobia. He was in such mental terror that he became violently insane. Y’eater- day he was sent to Jacksonville for treat He was placed in jari and in two hours afterwards was diaeorerud dead in his cell. djy battle was fought four miles north of DeKalb, Tex .Monday. Four nub of a fMahwawaad White Thera waa a man of Arkansas, Who had a moat savage old father in-laa. With a shoe No. 8 " - He shot Kim over the g 8, - And tattle l{0$g tHp gtiaiigffM Death rates—Funeral expenses. . Tbe point of death—The bayonet Light weight—A pound of candles. ’a promises to *1 U> bs paying quantitl-v nt.d evi ls! quality, tuu la* n di»o>» t. Mu* >itaflies of the bciag inmycd. and If it psttvm It look* to local experts, a cdhipai the lead, w hi u are MJ|»pi‘ [run ore. ia illy of snii od cr il mar Nate ere are LlBg g-itt w II be funned to develop U man> miles in extent In the Buprriur Court for Meekkwburg rountt. N. C.. lost riaiunby. the jury gate $i .200 for Fetavr A Wait*worth iigalnii the XV ru Unioa Tsirgratth Coniiwny, dam ages (l«iaM<d Tor failure toiUiiver a tek drum ord< ring ' futures. ’ An ap|a-al wss taken. Two colored men. uamt*l Rm-ker aul Ilcpjmni, of Albany, Ga.. fought a dii»T— LV|tp*rti using s revnln-r and HmAer a gnn. Kuckcr mvtvwl five bullcta and w kilirtl. llrppsrd got Lith lomL of Lick •li.it, suffering tenre, and protaiLy fstah w unds. Fire oa Monday induing Awtreyed the w 'jnlvosli drug house of M. T Sprji^iK; r t’o., MoUle. Ala. Lo*s on huildiug k^.uiO, inxKsuuc $13,100, h «» on $20,000. in-urance $13,000. James McDowell, n . ...... ,... . wll-hiuiwnmmMKC x*a<klllcd by a fall rj« has decided to recall the pres Wtt j| >n< j oibtf persons were lr inml Nuncio st Paris and * J -*-•-•- 1 A ^ J Literary Note^—Author’i The nianist'sptomiae to play is, of course, note of band. ——7 — ! ^ — jf ' - A base deceiver is fit for nothing hot playing ball. The coward reckons himself cautious, the miocr frugal. The original Boone companion was Dan iel’s trusty rifle. : It is iierferily natural for “theaadaea waves” to look blue. “A chance acquaintance”—The bunco steerer You set my teeth on edge—aa the saw remarked to the file. A rousing demonstration—Getting growing boy out of bed. '•There is n frost” ia the latest English of Iwing “left out in the cold.” When the cold begins to strengthen then the coal bills begin to lengthen. When a man gets to be a leader of work ing men he is able to quit work. The dime museum woman who writes with her toes must make a great many foot notes. History repeats itself. A man named Cain killed another man in Colorado re ceotly. England is importing bells from Balti more foundries. Those Baltimore liells id ways were popular. “Waist makes wants,” said the young husband, when his wife asked him to buy her a $13 pair of eorseta. Cunning ix a weak imltaahun of wizdotn, and iz liable at rnny time to merge into fraud, says Josh Billing*. A Georgia lady boasts of having raised onions measuring fifteen inches in diameter She does not require to keep a dog. Egypt Is one thousand miles long and only six miles wide. Must look something ■ta Sarah Bernhardt. “That to not tbe way to raise a child,” said tbe humanitarian to a parent arrested for lifting his boy by tbs sar. “Papa's Home Tonight” to •n«g. The o and n of tbe last word of the tittle can be omitted when necessary Tbe banana skis, though crashed to earth, be* tbe |>ower to take sossebody with It. They used to my. “Cnuy as s bed Img. but tbe revised vorttoa hath it. “Crmry as s bed quill." * A new front ha* been put in Bachman A Youuuum’ office, which gives the offices brighter appearance. Asa general nils the man who extemporaneous •parches ran girt you tbe manuscript if you want to prist It “Man proposes, but ." .Upon think tog it over, we don't bettovxl be pr»|Hwr* at often es tbe girls wouhl like him to. I The smell boy learning thr alpha!«t to wry much like e pmUge stamp—he often get* touch on s letter. laaliee bait are higher than rvwr f.w thia w later. By amt by they will hare to take them off to get indoors This to the eeasoo when the rider pftchrr Is more ia demand than tbs haoe be! piulx-r A man mar talk and talk aad aui he a Ik ire if he ulfs to you shout your good {■•iota There to no |urticutor harm la riding a bobby if you don't take up the whole reed with it. A Tariier may succml in cutting off his a n wltbuula coal, but he can't cut off the lawyers. A Philadelphia clergyman 'What's la the Bible'' to which we prumpt- toaraa.” I AMVT1 i CANS. i of Bribery. WASunteTOK, D. C., February 8 —The remainder of tbe documents bearing upon . JunesC. Matthews, of Albany, N. Y., to be Recorder of Deeds for the District of public to-day in Columbia, were made conformity witli the re moval of the in junction of secrecy by the Senate In secret session yesterday. The greater part of the petitions and memoran da received from persons outside of Wash ington appear to have been originated by Mr. Wm. IL Johnson, colored, of Albany, N. Y., whoso name leads those attached to tbe petitions and whose signature alone is ottnened to s number of long ktter*, ac cusing Matthews of attempts at bribing him, Intimidation of colored voters and of uttering threats of removal of colored men from employment at the State capilal un less they votkl the Democratic ticket. John son further asserts that in post years Mat thews was, with him, an earnest Republi can worker, but ebanged iff* politics from corrupt motives. Among the proti sling documents is an editorial from the Troy Telegram, characterizing Matthews as the wont kind of offensive partisan; report of the executive committee of the Columbia Democratic club defining its position upon home rule; and & letter from J. Owen Moore, of Washingtondalc, Orange county, N; Y., declaring that “Matthews is a scoun drel and is ouly using his black skin as stock in trade in politics.” Work to • Crank. While Adelina Patti was singing in tbe Grand Opera House, San Francisco, on Wednesday night, a tremendous explosion was heard, and a cloud of smoke arose above the railing of the top gallery. As soon as the location of trouble could be learned, a poilcegtan rushed to the scene and found a man with burnt face and hands, moaning with agony, and the re mains of an infernal machine about him. He was placed under arrest and conveyed bosmtal, where he staled that when >ped tt> pick up his hat and cnoc he found a package under bis scat w hich lie picked up, and that aa he raised it to see what It was il exploded. lie Was badly hurt. lie gave bis name a* Dr. James liodge*. aged *1 years, resi dent to Ban Francisco. He stoutly main tains .his innocence, but it is generally be lieved he tried to throw a bomb at Patti. Aa Bspreat** Laiary. Just think of it A* $3,300 Judge, a $1,600 Solicitor, with Sheriff. C lerk. Stcno- grapber and a company of Court cunsUblcs and the emblem* of their office, together with 30 “good sad lawful iuen”ca!leti here from every corner of the country, titting ia solemn dignity ti» find out whether a »e gro had stolen n dollar-xnd n halt h ■ to scarrely pnatiMe that tbe ingenuity of the average Legislator evrr ffiWMta more absurdly ridiculous pnm-citng. The h<>c cam and a few other case* winch weir tried at this court, would •carcallf ni»ii»- laia the dignity of n good Thai Jiubit« office.—J Mm tir JVas* ami Uannar, BLOOD AND MOKEY. The Mood of man has much to do in shaping Ilia actions during bin through this troublesome world, lose of the amount of present or exi_ aut money in podket or stored away in bonk. It is a conceded fact that we np- our blood makes us, and the ax’stMa Aix **' from n colomon Blotch, or blood uro eonguC-iod by fving, and lavf EatlUK T nigu infivuv.. - Its potcncin curlny pear as our blood makes us, and purer the blood, the happier, healthier, prettier and wiser wo ore; hence the oft repeated interrogatory, “how. is your blood?” With pure streams of life-giving fluid coursing through our veins, bound ing through our hearts and ploughing through our physical frames, our morals )tg nv . become l)otter, our constitution stronger, 1 uoils. Garb uncle*, Sere Eyee, *ero» our mtelloctualfacuHiee more aeuto and njou" OUMt Eruption, Salt, rheum, or Roqeh SuSCd by had this powerful puri- iiiodicine. ©rent T'Iccr* .rapidly hen! under jb* be* nhra WoSfllSffi grander, and men, women and children happier, healthier and more lovely. The unprecedented demand, tlio un paralleled curative powers, and the un mistakable proof from these of unim peachable character and integrity, point with an unerring finger to B. 13. B.— Botanic Blood Balm—as far theliesty the cheapest, the quickest and the grandest and most powerful blood remedy ever before known to mortal man, in the re lief and positive cure of Scrofula, Rheu matism, Bkin diseases, all taints of blood I>oison, Kidney oomphunts, old ulcers and sores; cancers, catarrh, etc. 13. B. B. Ls only alxrat-three years old —a baby in age, a giant in potfer—but no remedy in America can or ever has made such a wonderful showing in its magical {lowers in curing and entirely eradicating tbo above comphunts, and gigantic sales in the face ofirensied op- poMtion and would-be moneyed monopo ly to the be stoo ists. Letters froaj all points where intro duced are pouring in upon ns, sja-aking in its loudest praise Borne say they re ceive more benefit from one bottle of B. B. B. tlian they have from tweutv, thirty and fifty and eves one hundred bottles of a bootted decoction of inert and non- medicinal roots and branches of common fore*t trees. We hold the proof ic black | n'o'oA, Ab ** and white, and wo also hold the foit. | cbltt \ A» ? . : Ifdftre, or’Tbtck Nock, and Eulargel Gland*. Send ten cents In toSmp* for a huvo treatise, witii colored pliitvs, on -ktn Pis‘-«se8, piuuo amount for A treatise on Fctmulonil Aff 'ctlon*. _ _,, «THE MEOOO IS THE EIFE.’* TlioroiiKhtr cleanse *t br ueinir Ur. PI C recta Golden medical I>iseovcry,»UHl Rood CONSUMPTION, which 13 Scrofula ol the Lung*, ia ar rested and cured by tins remedy, if taKcn be- fore the lost ttagt* of the disease nn' roached. Vrotn its marvelous power over this UrrtMy fatal diseas»>. when 1'tyt cltertn*r this now ceieUated r nusly to tbo publi<',“B». 1’IMCB thourht seriously of callfn? U Ids “Cou- •n nipt ton Cure,’* hut ntauidoned that iuu&u as too JlmUeu for a medicine which, from Its wonderful e'nnWmiMen of tonle, or *rrrTi£r'ii'4' t r2-, T-tti*rt«^~, --v i -tf*--.>-e4eaii!»lnw, 7.1, f | . i. ;.e proper- qA* i* rneovif.not < -xt-rr* a n'medy fol c<». iur- "nn, jm l-- a.', throuxc IMs- cascact t * Liver. E’oati, ar.il Lungs. Tf von ft* ’ dpc^sv* dcbnitilted, havo ffiMllnvccDn- <u ftaiii. <t vi Now 4iUi-l»rowa i.tifcOw c*,i > | u «daclic or dtrtl- Tb* m■#>«■* i Mr itmtm It to bow mid that Walter Bin, toft tbe aeylum where be has bren aad that be be* made hto way to. county through Virgiato. The Nmmrilar dertaree that be has l* home toooe tbe munk-r, anti it i tvtadrr be be* actually vtoited th Me crime Tb1» Is a toranfe drel ooe of the mutt remarkable Buule 1 All who desire full information about the cause and cure of Blood Foiaons Scrofula and Scrofulous Bwxllingn. Ul cers, Sort*, Khenmatism, Kiuner Com plaints, Catarrh, otc., can secure by mail; In *, a copy of our 82 page llluttraled Book of Wotub rs, filled with tlu) most wonderful and startling proof ever before | known. Address, _____ BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, Oa. MOTHER’S FRIEND Wot "a!? (Sortrae the ttiM nt lahnr •M amm* imi a*in, b it It gtrtiut liuuinour* the *t*asvf ta fife of iota author and flkUd, oa«l le v*e ike mabei la • run.uiuue mom favo atas I** ■pr».*f trcmity. aad lam U*Me ie Foo-iiae, «oavvatsew eat »'hvr wirat:ne ifBMtama M esneay ia Um rMK*r« ruix«s • ie be eollta Tub Honin'* Kuw*t>. aad t> roek Mae* to IM l! r.aiTiB* reieeSiei to la* aiaet**a k -weierv. W« reaa 4 pub.im rerttSca’t* roo- crraoftki* wnmrnm weead- lae ib« i* i wire to ike wnars Ytt we h«rt hoauie is ee s;w or. lace or in -iucnt lawdaebe . [vi 1 in mouth. Internal heat or cbiii:*, niiTeofited t.'iijni '. \<>n an- liiffreinir from Indlveatlou, p*ln, and Torpid Liver, or ** 5iitioufciiena.” In many «i*.* oaiy part of ttawi tymptoms ere expe- rieuced. At a remedy for all such «»»•, I> r , pirree'o Golden .VJcdleel DIm tW For > XV -ik '•.tills*, Xplltlnt of ltn-»* of flrrAili, (Iron* bma. Kovere Conalia, and . It i< en cfBclrnt remi*ly. r V >Ln nr Unixiui-r*. it (,1.00, or t»IX norif.ita for t -iid Vu i uaf tv. >x on l on'uinctu'p. AihlrcM, XXorM'* Utapciiuiry .*t J»* ni A*»o« cialioiif CC*I Main t, iKTicAf/i* N* •• for TMr. Pleror’i $500 REWARD to < ITi-red by tbe [-ronrlrtor* oi Hr. Soil* - 1'iuarrh Remedy lor a ea*» <»f intunh. whuh r*-» , v. ~tr-*rrm have a <!lv.Uarjn' Tr<'i* tho or i.IIk-twIIv. [ortlid I'*** of li. uniiv. weak lyi-*. •'.uUlwlO tud, ,o*i have OUan V Tlmu- n*,t» In «*>n«*,mt'Uoo. ■pWCatahbS Ke»i«>r curL^tbe *'*rrt C'jiturrtSa Itt vlir llmtlf Catarrliwl llcadaclxo. ( I now*, off.-nto,** •mud. tut", or or preflaiin- In U< ! mkI* <>f *■**•*•* I Ur ■a An. lOT ■ ly reply: “Autuuio] Teerher—“If you nt of a county fair and wanted S gale tender. what would you do?” Pupil—“Boll It" Tbe affection* of • man who to proved to to faira are valued at over $8,000. How . ..... 4 :..c arr Um* affc-tion* of e true man? It to •aid that women drees extravagantly to worry other women A men who diruae* rxtravaganlly generally worries bis tsilor. It to mid that Mark Twsiti'bas been more Jaccaasfal in transforming tbe cents of hu u..»r into dollars then nay man to the country. —— When you inquire aaxiouely after tbe h.-allh of tbe furoece la Uu morning, It is not exactly comforting tq be told (bst it to “well enough to be ouL M If a man’s obituary notices could only lie published while he is running for office iistcad of after death tbe result of many an election might be different. We hear of a woman in tbe up country so rtingy thst tbe only things she Is known to give sway are “shoos” to her neighbors’ / , 1 * L *Lr l IlKIlCtJN. Jt appears to be an established truth thst an ounce of keep-youMaouUi-tttut Is better Uinn n pound of explanation after you have si)ld It, An American with a homely wife never realizes how much worse be might have done until be sees on English professionar beauty. csT TVere tbe strength of a man.in propor tion to that of the beetle, he could play with weights equal to ten times tbe weight of -a horse. Generally the party who sings “I would not live alway” Die loudest, is the one who gets between the feather beds during a thunder storm. whole affair, a comapondcnt that if ever Blu wen touurhi to trial (and ntv, r . ttu i facts would b« brought to light i would give a ettanru-r to the murder make H more horrible tha'. even Ux- re nett tonal imagination could coucciv —— A MmmIVm (Ml Mill. Meow* LookabdIA Uu. Uv. a ,' new enterprise at Chctoer. It to a ftaw oil milk The mill to located near th jumbto road oa the amJI bran* u' lliot through that Iowa. The mtorpriurii prictor* have tix cltminanu winch m rot daily 2.400 pound* of mrufra* : The oil to obtaiaed by mean* of cvn tion. Meaan. Lookabdl A Ca have e for all the oil they can manufacture, intend to inrsenae the number of elimi when their supply of roots increases. l Tor or a ok, "1 Uaxsnxu* Knit o MoUrera," nvsueS fret Lxiea Ca*. ausau. om. r S Cti n- Hmm $• Mo And re might also in our advice to generally ijr—lime and pain logood bouneke. [<cr* The great necrrelty | existing always to have a perfectly safe remedy convenient for the relief and prompt cure of tbe aliments peculiar to woman-r functional irregularly, constant pains and all the symptoms attendant upon oteriiie disorders—induces u* to recommend strong ly and unqualifiedly Dr. Pierce'* “Favorite Prescription’’—womans will save money. _ ... OKU Tiill r IRON TONIC WiU verify tka BLOOD <*«< %BB5SnKI OB to LADlE8if%%^§ T01flO*«to* M*t .r—^yrM* Olr«***l<**r fc»«' From the World’s Best liken, AT FACTORY PRICEO. Easiest Terms of Payment Eight Grand Maker*, aad Over Three Hundred Styles to Select From. PIANOS: Chickening, Isson k Hamlin, Mathoahek, Best sod IriOL ORGANS: Kison k Hamlin, Orchestral sad lisj SUto. Ohto Youth i mMI*. Id- !•(« 51 VIO- »• “■* t Xyeattt*. fnaiM-.loa.Lark of Sir;aol* aod Tlr*J t'Mliaa *b- •My rorod Soo**. *>u-. » utd **■ ’ M rocMfto »*w fnroo r»n»*n. tkr utafT •nS MptoU* br*i* Fn*,r. itirta* P»«> r«Mi> >•>■>(• Planoe aad Organs delivered, freight paid, toall peinu Soath. Fifteen days' trial, and Freight Paid Both Ways, if net satisfactory*- - —— Order, and test the Instruments In your Own He best f friend. It A bese bail umpire wm klllwi by llgbt- ning, a few days ago, and it took half a day to convince the kicking nine that it wasn’t one of bis own decisions tb«( caused his death. The country girl gets even with her city cousin when she writes, “Pn bas got the house full of paying boarders, you know, !a like to ‘ else we shout •pending the summer. When you return from an adventurous fishing excursion, my son, don’t undertake to tell more than has happened to you. m m.\ ow are you going to have you all here more You may get a ten-pound fish oiy a six yiifemfea C mnd rod, and then nd him? A book-agent waa struck by lightning last Tuesday night, and on the spot where he stood it looked aa if a brass cannon had been melted. “I shall fight It out on this lyin’ if it takes gll summer,’' remarked the political stump sjieakor, as be sent to headquarters for more "doctored facta.” The large amount spent in advertising by soap makers leads one to believe that •the ftlcTproverb should he ebanged so as to read'‘‘There is nothing like lather.” ' Without consulting any fashion author- ty, the statement may be hazarded that ast season’s kid glovea will be “woni” next fall. Atf American lady married to an Italian Jrince a year ago haa^dready left him. Some Amor loan girls are too proud to travel around with a tambourine all day. An old lady, having seven marriageable daughters, fed them exclusively on a fall diet, because it is rich in phosphorus, tbe essential thing in making matcJm. . A Chicago clergyman he a Christian and at U “Can a man the same time a sue cessful business man?” He can if he ad- vert toes largely. A writer says that “kind words are never Jott." How ia it when your wife puts them in a letter and gives them to you to mail. A paper tells ha on past troubles. 4 fiddle, play the aa they like. reader*: Wc am “Don’t harp they “Have you failed?” inquired the major of the colonel a few mornings since. “No; what gave you that idea?” “Well, I don’t know,” answered the major, “except that 1 see you have bought u stylish turnout.” ’ “Do you opt think I would make a very attractive angel?” said a Columbia dude with very large cars to a young lady. "Well no,” she replied, pointing to his im mense ear*; “I think your wings are too high up.” A man whose knowledge is liased oh act ual experience says that, when calling on their sweethearts, young men should carry affection in their hearts, jierfection in tlieir manners, and confection in their jtockets. Are you being well treated down at the jotelf; asked a friend of a stranger stop- )ing in this ‘Ciiy. ‘ Treated! ’ exclaimed the stranger. “No, indeed; I have to do all the treating. Why, I’ve tipped every*- body from the Dell boy to the porter.” ■otupartawat—«M tto* OBMflUL *n> But. I Headftch* Sampl* ^matire ea rMMpt o Do CMiUMBIA MUSIC BOUSE, Branch of LUDDEN A BATES’ SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE. nuos AMD TXXMS THl BAXA V. W/THUMP, Droooi I Of two < THE ON. HART EH MEDICINE COMPANY. •VUtoo, Mo. GflARLOTUB FM ? * n-j 1; NT LSSTlTCTEfor \OUNG LADIES In the Bouth bus advantages supe- ,rior to tiios^ .ilTmul^ Iweie^in eviuy de^iart- experienced iui*l aci^mplisliqA teachers. 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