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PUMPS IN NEW LIFE. Medical Mon ami Other ]*rofos8ton nl Mon Aro Grontly Interested in tho Model of tho Now Machine, For Which tho Invont or Claims Great TJiingH, and Upon Which Ho Has Experimented. Almost sightless and semi-paralyz ed, Prof. George Poe, living the life of a recluse on a backwoods farm in Norfolk county. Va., claims to have salved the problem of raising the dead by means of his "respirator," as he calls the machine which he has invented for the purpose. Tests of it have already been made in tho presence of Norfolk and Portsmouth city* physicians, asphyxiated or smothered dogs and rabbits being the subjects. In each case the ani mal, ufter being pronounced dead by the physicians, was brought back to life oy Prof. Poe's device, and soon afterward was frolicking around in tho full joy of living. \ A ten-year-old boy, Arthur Ostran der, son of the man with whom Prof. Poe Uvea, acted as his eyes and hands in the construction of the machino, which injects the air of life into the lungs as it pumps out the deadly fras es. The inventor claims that the ma chine will resuscitate persons killed by asphyxiation, poison or drown lng; prevent death by an anesthetic while a patient is being oper?tec' upon; prevent "infant, asphyxia" ai birth; make drunken men sober in a few minutes; revive men electrocut ed or hanged, the latter only in cases where the neck has been Broken'; pre vent freezing to death even in the Arctic. Prof. Poe had long been studying the problem "When does life really leave the body?" One day, while he was illuminating thc: centennial of 1879, an employe brought in a trap containing a huge rat. After the ro dent had been killed the professor said: "Stand "asike, boys, and I'll bring it back to life." He pumped oxygen into its lungs until he actual - y did revive it, so that it leaped from the table and escaped in a hole. This encouraged Prof. Poe, and he redoubled his efforts to ascertain the exact moment when life ends. Mis interest in it was stimulated by the fact that a young sister who had been pronounced dead from typhoid fever and plaeed in her collin had re vived within two hours of the time set for a burial and lived tube the mother of a family. I Several years ago Prof. Poe, strick en with paralysis, was advised by his physicians to live in the country. He went to Norfolk county, and it was) while in seclusion on the farm of his 1 friend. A. C. Ostrander, that he evolved his artificial respiration ap paratus. The boy, Arthur, of whom vhe professor was fond, assisted in assembling the model and in doing what the professor's dim eyes and palsied hands could not alone accom plish. The professor's model is simply that of the human heart. Thc prob lem in thc case of persons drowned, suffocated or dead through anesthe tics was to remove the fluid or the ftoisonous gases from the stomach or ungs, and at the same time pump life-giving oxygen in. So Prof. Poe began experiments on what he calls double larynx tubes ard two tubes t) connect the nostrils- -o io for Inlet. Studving the action of 11 > heart, he SAW that it was that of a double cy linder, or, rather, two cylinders; right and left ventricals and right and left auricles. With the assistance of young Ostrander he built a work - ing model in line with the construc tion of the heart, a simple machine with t wo clyders, each having an in let and an outlet valve. The plung ers of each cylinder are made to work simultaneously. The machine will in a very few minutes sober up a drunken tuan who has fallen into a stupor. It is the slow respiration caused by liquor that makes a man "drunk." By the help of the respirator thc respiration would be quickened, and, thc poison thus carried out of his system, mind and body once more resume their normal state. Thomas Black, a retired business' man of Norfolk, on being .'-bown the plans obtained permission to exhibit them to Dr. Francis M. Morgan, a physician of Norfolk. Dr. Morgan immediately saw that it promised to be an immense boon to humanity, and he induced the professor to de monstrate it before a committee of Norfolk county and Norfolk city doc tors. They witnessed the smothering of rabbits and dogs to the point of what they declared on their profes sional honor was absolute derim, and then saw them resusoiated. Dr. Morgan Wednesday described a demonstra! ion given in his office by Prof. Poe and his machine in thc presence of himself and Dr. J. P. Jackson and Dr. N. (I. Wilson. On the operating table was thc little brass machine, composed of two small cylinders about a foot high and six inches in circumference, with a pump-handle. Pipes led from a tank of oxygen to the machine, and from it tubes fitted with nostril pieces were to be fastened to a rabbit. The rabbit was put on thc table and one of the doctors injected two1 grains of morphine into its leg, after which four ounces of ether was given. Of course the rabbit was dead after! this, and the doctors applied every known test to discover signs of life, No life was there and the doctoral agreed that life was positively ex tinct. Then Prof. Poe applied thc tubes to the rabbit's nostrils and, pumping out the poisons with one cylinder and pumping oxygen into the lungs willi a simultaneous movement of tho val -1 ves, within three minutes the rab bit, but lately dead, was breathing naturally, and within six minutes if was running around the room. K showed no ?ign of nausea, proving that the ether was entirely oui nf tho system. Next a dog was placed Itt a box containing a heavily charged atmos phere of acetylene gas, one of the most poisonous gases known, and Smothered lhere for forty minnies. The dog was then taken out and doc tors examined him and pronounced him dead beyond hope or re?uscita* tion. But tho little machine gol in its work, and the dog, after four or DJ mil nu.mtwmmm$m$mmfwmmm ive artificial respirations, began wreathing' naturally, and soon hi? MUBO waa boating normally. NOTHING GAINED. flr. Branson Corcparss Ins Old ' and New Dispensary Laws. Io Doon Not Soo Whoro Tho Prohi bitionists Itnvo Gained Anything I Hy Now Law? Po the Editor of The State: I do i\ot wish you to think that >rohibition is dead, or that I am dis ?runtled at defeat. The truth is, ?vhile I do not intend to again be a candidate for any oflice, I shall con tinue to vigorously oppose the sale of intoxicating liquors for beverage pur poses, and with this in view shall 1 ?nd a hand to the organization of t>ve prohibition forces during the n >xt two ye irs. To this end I hoi e 'rm win crivo mo space in your col umns for an occassional letter. The prohibitionists were chiefly re sponsible for the enactment of the dd dispensary law and true to their compromising tendencies they de serve, in large measure, tho credit for the passage of the new dispensary aw. There has been much rejoicing al) over the State at the death of the G. M. I., but it behooves an intelli gent Christian people to examine jareflilly and if possible see wherein the conditions have been bettered. Will not the county dispensaries, now being so eagerly established sell just as much liquor as when they were under State control? Will not the stuff now sold by them make just aa mueh drunkenness and crime as the .stuff they sold before? Have not the opportunities for corruption and jraft been multiplied by the number of new county boards authorized to buy liquors? "Is the general distribu tion of graft germs over the State better than to keep them in a pest house in Columbia? Is there some thing peculiar in the soil of Charles ton and Columbia that will purify ?he liquors there distilled; or was it for some other reason that to those cities was given the exclusive right to establish new distilleries and brew eries? It is necessary in distillation to have 20,000 people to watch the process, or was it the object of our legislators to give to the cities of Charleston and Columbia the bulk of thc liquor trade of the county boards throughout the State? Under the Brice law we had all the "local option'' we needed and the question was between prohibition and the old dispensary with its establish ed corruption-a convicted criminal. Now, under thc Carey-Cothran com promise we have only the same local option and the question is between prohibition and the county dispen sary, the corruption of which must develop as it is operated. Are we in better condition? I The old dispensary law gave us by far a stronger, better organized sys tem for handling intoxicating liquors than this loosely-jointed system of county dispensaries can ever be; and yet we saw every good feature of the law violated) every restriction re moved and every barrier to corrup tion broken down within a few years. It should not be forgotten that the county dispensers under the old sys tem were entirely free from temp tation in the matter of buying liqu ors-greatest of all the temptations -and yet about 50 per cent, of all those employed had to be dismissed for shortage in their accounts or other crime. Can we hope for better results with increased temptations? I believe the time will soon come whcii the authors of the Carey-Coth ran compromise will be as much ashamed of their product as certain others should now be of the old dis pensary law. JOEL ?, RRUNSON, Greenville, S. C., March 4, 1907. RKAIN LEAKS itriKot Sayings <>f W. M. Dauphin in Brynn's Commoner. An ounce of will is worth a pound of wish. The true Christian has seven Sun days a week, I ('redit is the grease on the run ways to bankruptcy. lt is a disgrace to be poor if it is your own fault. A "fashionable church" isa vesti bule to perdition. ' Infidelity makes no converts at the mouth of the tomb. Profanity is the drum major of the whole parade of sin. The recording angel never has to strike a trial balance. When you can fully realize the depth of a mother's love you are just beginning to realize the depth. of God's love. Real sympathy is always accom panied by the helping hand. The seed of duty well -done pro duces the Mower wc call happiness. The weight of the trangressor: Fourteen ounces to the pound. lt is awfully easy to be good natured when things are coming | your way. The man who is doing his whole duty bas very little time for grumb ling. The wife who really loves her hus band will always laugh at his jokes. A wilde lot of husbands have for gotten how they courted their Wi VI'S. A man cannot raise a crop of brains by irrigating his stomach with booze. Satan always keeps a large force busy coining excuses for not doini' right. There is a great difference be tween having fasl friends and friends that .are fast. When you meet a man who has the itch Cor office il ls a good time to "scratch,'' A lot of people give God promis sory notes in order to have cash on hand for Satan. Law and Morala, I A Missouri graduate in law, says'i ;i politician of that state, wrote to a * prominent lawyer in Arkansas to in- 1 juire. what chance there was in that 1 section for such a one as he described 1 ijtmclf to be, I le said: "I amare- ? millican in politics and an honest ( /oung lawyer." The reply that < :amc hack seemed encouraging in its t nterest: "If you are a republican, I he game laws here will protect you, f ind if you are an honest lawyer, you ii viii huvu no competition. t CHINESE PRISONS. Terrible State of Men and Women Confined In Them. Sorno of tho Tortures Inflicted on Prisoner* Aro Almost Boyoml Ilc Uol The East of Asia Magazine says tho first thing which impresses the European visitor to the Chinese pris on is the absolute flimsy character of tho structure itself. If one gets per mission to visit the prison in Canton -anti shoals of globe trotters do wend their way thither after they have seen the execution ground-it ! will be found to be a ramshake build ing of no pretence whatsoever. The question will be asked: "By what means are the prisoners held in safety if the structures in which they are incarcerated are so flimsy and in secure?" the answer is brief. With out exception the prisoners are fet tered. Many have chains on the legs only. These are the less dangerous and have been guilty of the less im portant crimes. Others, in addition, have letters on the arms, which make it impossible for them to escape. Lastly, a few prisoners were not only manacled on the ankles, but wore u chain around their necks, at the dangling end of wichh was at tach?e! a block of granite. The pris oner would walk from place to place within the court yard, but ere he could move beyond the length of his chain he must stop and lift the stone and, carrying it in his shackled arms, drop it again where bc wishes to stop. In addition to the chains worn by day, all the male prisoners are furth er shackled at night. By means of two heavy beams, in which boles have been made for the ankles of the pris oners, a rude but effective method is discovered for detaining the prison ers in absolute security. The prisoners, who during the day have been loafing in the court yard, are in the evening driven into the wards and made to lie side by side on a raised platform. The upper of the two beams is then raised and each man is compelled to place his ankle into the hole made to receive it, whereupon the upper beam is replac ed and the prisoners are held by the feet in these rude stocks. There is no possibility of escape. They are allowed bricks for pillows, and in this uncomfortable position they pass| tile hours. In addition to this however, special cruelties are perpetrated on certain prisoners who, for some reason or other, are exempted from capital punishment. Prisoners lhere are whose appearance becomes as wild as the beasts of the forest, who, with heavy cangues on their shoulders, are incarcerated ina fif thy d ungen for' the term of their natural life. 1 have seen them moving to and fro like caged hyenas in their dens at a men agerie. Their appearance is revolt ing. Night and day, as far as I remem ber, both asleep and awake, this heavy burden rested on their shoul ders, though how it was possible to sleep therein I was unable to under stand. On the other hand, in a pris on I visited for a few weeks ago, I was informed that the cangue was removed at nights that the prisoners might sleep. A crowd in tho prison quadrangle, with their unshaven heads, their unwashed faces, their clanking fetters, their hopeless looks, their diseased bodies and their bc bruted souls can never bo forgotten. But although under the recognized system of punishment Chinese pris oners must live a life which to us of the West would be unbearable, it would not be so lo them if they were fairly treated and were saved from the exactions and barbarities to which they are exposed at the hands of their rapacious keepers. When a prisoner first goes into the wards the warders claims his clothes and his money and he is left with the barest rages to cover his nakedness. He is robbed of all his cash, asa mat ter of course. Those who are con demned are compelled under a threat of the whip, to write bogging letters to their relatives, requesting them to forward money. If the unfortunate man hesitates to accede to this demand the ward ers, assisted by some of the oldest prisoners-for it appears that inmat es of more than 20 years' residence' have accorded them certain privil?g es-take the man in hand during the night. The hands of the prisoner are fastened by a rope, and the ot her end of the rope is then passed through a ring which hangs from the roof of the ward. The warders then hoist the unhap py wretch, who is left hanging in mid air by the hands. Should he attempt to cry out, his mouth and throat are tilled with ashes. When the breath has almost left his body and he is choking he is lowered, and under the terror of renewed of this torture he is eager to promise almost anything. Many die under this ordeal. But as it is assumed among the mandarins that mortality must be high, and as no official probing is ever dreamed of, a general statement as to natural death is sufficient. KnwdiiHt Alcohol. "Glorious Opportunities Lost" jg the nana' for song that the drinking men of the country can sine; with much pathos, said Dr. Wiley, the pure food expel t of the agricultural department, friday. The doctor ex plained that science has discovered that sawdust is a good material for the manufacture of alcohol, "lt's, not wood alcohol," declared the ex pert. "But the genuine st nd' can not be told by taste, smell or ana lysis from alcohol made from indian corn. Just think of the millions of tons of sawdust that have gone to wast?'. Sawdust alcohol is now be ing manufactured commercially In Pennslyvania and the industry is ex pected to spring up and thrive in all sawmill communities." lirutnl Murder. When he returned from his office Friday night, Herman W. Quern heim, presiden! of the Quernheim Hardware Co., stumbled over the lifeless form of his wife in the front hall of his residence. 8720, Vesta ave nue, one of the fashionable residence streets of St. Leahs. Mrs. Quern ?eim's throat had been cut, she had teen shot once and her body bad leen brutally torn and bruised, Scattered about the Moor were mini .rons jewels and several hundred lullars in currency. The only Hiing hat was missing was a pair of dia nond ear-rings which had been torn rom the dead woman's ears.' Noth ng bas been learned as to the Iden? ity of Mrs. Quernhoim's tuxxiilanv. PRISONER~R^UED.A .fci?m>?i? HVglU lunwii vMi vi Mtv nvvruo ville Guard House. Jako Konnpurto Wrenched rintel from onicor Innblnott and Shot at Ulm. hut Without Effect. RowcsvIU? was somowhat ut it-rod up Friday night whou a negro man by tho naino of Jake Bonnparto re slated when Ofllcer Iunblnot under took to arrest him for disorderly con duct on tho street. In the scufllo Bonaparte wrested a revolver from the ofllcor and fired point blank at him but fortunately tho balls wont wild and tho ofllcer escaped injury. Tho affair caused considerable ex citement for a time, and tho nogro will bo severely punished when ho.ls caught. Bonaparte was employed at the J. L. Blake Lumber Company's mill at Rowesvlllo us a log turnor and came from Sumter some months ago to work In tho mill. WM lo ho had never been under nrrost, ho WUB al ways to be found Btanding around whoa there was trouble going on and ho had tho reputation of hoing a sullen nogro About "Ight o'clock Friday night he was standing on tho sidewalk amusing himself by pushing nogroet Into tho street. Alderman Georgo H, tnabinot came out from tho store whore he works and attompted tc Placo Bonaparte under arroBt. Bona parte resisted and Mr. inablnet at tempted to subdue him by tapping him on the head with tho butt end of the pistol, which ho had draw? when the negro refused to submit to arrest. Tho negro then caught hold of tht pistol and wrested lt from Mr. In abinet's hand, As soon aa ho got possession of tho pistol tho negrc oponed Ure on Mr. Inablnet. Ho thor ran and tho penco ofllcors of tht town, who aro the mayor and alder mon, started out with a posBO ol citizens to run him down. Thej wont to tho cabin of Alk Mnrtlu whore they had reason to think thai ito had hidden and tho woman ol ibo house barred tho door agalns1 them and would not allow thom tt outer. Tho woman's refusal to open tin door made tho ofllcors certain tba Bonaparte was tn tho house, and s< they determined to forco tho doo wlilch they did by putting thol shoulders against lt and tin door foll in on tho woman and he one week old babe and other chit droll. They did not lind tho mai they wanted, but did And that lu went I li rough the yard a few minute before they were there. Tho posse returned to Rowesvllt and later Ofllcors Henry Wolfe, W Ll. Mazycb aud Ilobort Falroy won to tho caliln of Rosie Jones, wher they know a '"hot supper" WUB t ho served and waited In tho wood outside tho c;ibin saw tho man the wanted, who walked Into tholr arm md was placed under arrest with out trouble. Ho did not have th ?? ii ii that lt was known that ho ha in his hand when he ran away. H humed to have thrown lt away. Ltonsparte was then placed In th jua rd house, but when Sunday mon lng cunio ho was not In thoro. Som r Iiis friends had wrenched tho loo from tho door and rescued him, an ho is now at large. The olllcors t (towesvllle should sparo no effort t [Ind out who released tho prisone und when they ure found out tho should be prosecuted to tho full o: '..ont of tho law. Bonaparte ls ound faced negro about 25 yoai of age and weighs In tho noighbo hood of 200 pounds. It ls hope that he will ho caught and punlshe Tho News of tho Day. Archie Roosevelt, young son < the president, is critically ill wil diphtheria. Names of several Yale studen were mentioned by witness in tl Norton divorce ease. Hamburg shipowners are impoi ing English stevedores to take tl places of the strikers. Dr. C. J. Moffett, the original of " M off ell's Teethina" died in Ru sell County, Alabama. Ambassador Bryce called at tl state department and discussed mn tors of pending business. lt is probable that Mrs. Eddy w be summoned to appear before magistrate to tell of ber affairs. Standard Oil on trial in Ghicai for rebating, suffered two setbacl in the shape of adverse rulings. M. Golovin, the president of tl lower bouse of the Russion parli ment, had an audience with theczti N. T. Maxwell, accountant of tl Southern at Spencer. N. C., is in j; charged with padding the pay roll Western railroads have abolish) all reduced fares in retaliation f legislatures passing 2-cent rate law A bomb thrown at Gen. Nepleui the retiring commandant oi Sebast pol, wounded him in the feet ai legs. The British woman suffragists st they will keep on having themselv sent to jail until their object is a tained. The Penrtslyvania railroad Coi pany reached an agreement with tl trainmen both sides making COIKV sions. Senator Bailey denies that he h asked to succeed Senator Blackhill as the democratic leader of the Ur ted States senate. A Pennsylvania Railroad passe Ker train plunged over an emban nient near Warren, Pa., and nit persons were hurt. Thousands of Georgians paid the last homage to Judge Logan I Blccklcyat the funeral in thu cai toi in Atlanta Thursday. ll is reported that a battle tor place between the forces of Hond ras ami Nicaragua in which the Ni araguans were defeated. Col. E. R. Fox, of Los Angele Cal., was arrested and held in $f>,0( bail on a charge of criminal lib made by Dr. IL Mel). Peggs. The story sent out from Washinj ton that a machine had been inven M I to take tho fuzz elf of COttt ced is pronounced a fake. lt is claimed that the Louisiar sulphur mines can supply thc woj'l bVitli that article of commerce. Tl Italian government is interested i ho statement. Ex-President (trover Cleveland (hooting ducks at Georgetown, S, C is thc guest of Gen E. P. Alexaudci le is accompanied by E. C, Benedic md Admirai Lamber?an. Detectives announce that, tile lave located W. F. Walker, thc <}< 'suiting treasurer of a bank in N( v it it inn, Conn,, in San Francie They await identification. . llIlill?i?ill i'll H 111 lljjjfoll ittljfl _...... ? *.??>..>?? Turn on thc Light. Had the Legislature passed tho Raysor-Mnnning Bill before tho Inst election tho people would hnvo Htood by tho State Dispensary by a large majority. Tho enemies of the State Dispensary knew this, and that in tho reason why tho Houso of Repre sentatives refused to pass the puri fication ineasv.ro. The Slut o Dispen sary as originally designed was al most graft proof, hut lt had been BC changed hy tho Legislature thu' graft become an easy matter In it: management. Tho Ruysor-Mnnnini Hill would have put the Institution bnck whore Senator Tillman pitt lt when he designed lt, hut tho prohi bitionists, tho County Dispensary ad vocates und the high license or bar room element in the Legislature by acting together prevented tho pas sage of the ilaysor-Mannlng Bill and thus prevented the purification )f tho State Dispensary. They claim ed that the Slate Dispensary could! not he reformed It must be admitted that thofc was considerable graft la thc man agement of the State Dispensary, and thC Legislature must be given or ed it for turning out tho old board of directors atal electing a new onet but the House- of Representatives refused to do what the friends of tho State Dispensary asked them to do. which would have made the State Dispensary graft proof. Winni tho new board of directors was el ected lt was hoped that its mern tiers would so act that there would be no ground for the slightest suspicion of any wrong doing on their part, but unfortunately this was not the paso, and very soon after the Legis latur?.' met a committee investigated them and Die Legislature unanl nously recommended that they he ro moved from olfico, which lo his cre dit be lt said Governor Ansei vor} promptly did. The revelations brought out by the committee doom ed the State Dispensary, lt waa brought out by tho cou-, mitteo that Mr. Black, one of tin members of the Stat?? Hoard of Dis pensary Directors, b id placed a very large order with one whiskey house tinier very peculiar circumstances, in repotting their findings tho com mittee raid in reference to tho case mentioned above thal they "found that Mr. John Blnck, a member of tho Hoard of Directors, purchased a large amount ol' liquor amounting to about one thousand six hundred burroin, from (Marke Brothers & Sons of Peoria, III., Black making tho pur chase In person at Peoria. Tho com mittee went on to say that tho li quor thus purchased by Mr. Blnck from ('lark Brothers & Sons nt $1.50 to $1.75 per gallon, is a very infer ior quality of liquor, being what lb known ns high wine, and it is not worth more than $1.33 to $1.35 per gallon and can tie bought in the market at that price. Mr. Norfolk, the blonder nt tho Stato Dispensary under tho old Sys tem, testltied (bat t ho rye whiskey purchased of Clarke Bros. ?fe Sons, wan nothing but "chlogne spirits" worth tait $1.32 per gallon In the market, whereas the Stato of South Carolina was oxpocted to pay from $1.60 to $1.7R l?er gallon, notwith standing tile fact that the single or der nggregnted nearly $100,000. He declared that the corn purchased of thin finn waa about ns cheap whis key as one could buy, and was worth about $1.33, while the State wan lo pay $1.00 for lt. According to these figures lt nppearod I lint tho State paid about thirty thousand dollars too much for this one order. It was Just such transactions ns this that, caused tho dow niall of the State Dis pensa ry. This matter should be probed by tho commission appointed to wind up the affairs of the Stato Dispen sary. Let the commission hold up all the bills of Clarke Brothers & Sons until this transaction is sifted to tho bottom. They should tie forc ed to toll how much they wore to pay for this large order and to whom If lt should develop that sonio dis pensary official was to got this rake nit ho should be prosecuted to tho full extent of the law. Let an ex ample ho made of some old Stato dispensary official if ho has been libiioueut, and it will havo a most ?NLY REMEDY IHEUNIATISM TO CURED. 'Makes You Well Al! Over." Th? liens the entire system. Headucl ig indicate that you need ?MOVES THE ?iulncy, Mos?.. July 18,1905. (altimore. Md. Sirs; 1 was laid up last November with tulum In my feet and ankles, but after taking itics of Rheumacide I have not been bothered I tried every old kind of liniment and was wo doctors, and all I tried had thc same re til I got Rheumacide. Now. I am pleased to ias not been necessary for me to take any ic for Rheumatism sine? February lait, ody that 1 recommended it to has hud tho ?suits. Yours very truly. P. RANAGAN. Manacei. Quincy Industrial Co-operative- Society. Intelligent treatment at your home BY O ?I O tho i:r?'JtnBt nu ul.',!; HM mn i IC by p'-opJo residing in tho oouir ry find Hi?a I towns m thoir fid uro t<> o nsull tho experienced apocinlist for thoir deep M'.iicl or chron.c din rdors. They Huffer al n< day alto' d;iy, shortening their liven by months und )earr, either throu :h igno ance ol what tu?) npi'cia isl m- l<| do lor thom r tho belief hut special ire tm nt would re quite their romov 1 to tho city. I tia Dot necee A y th? ty.ai should rt si o in tint Kamo city tn ordor to r. - coi *i> benefit of our Kporl.il t> ca troon . Wo in lie al uilctciM from doOp* soatod. hmL'-s ii oing troubles ol Heurt, Head. Lunga, 8U m ch, ii? wob, Liver, Hlt.diier, Hlo- d, Nerves, or discuten pt> eul ar to either a x, to write or call ? pon UH and loar ? what wo havo dono for otlieiH Similar). ufllioied, and what wo evin co for them. There ia no elm ree 'or ttiis comm'ta lion, and it >e w rth your timo ?I d of fort whotluv you decido to bo^ln treal nnui or not. For n?o e than twenty years, 1, and tho np- ol il mt M uns dal od with mo, ha ve given our entho time, thought and rtudy loth? otiro of tito deop seated chr ni* or aervoua disordo'8. vhloh lavo halllod tho . leas oxoenouccd all round phyhician. W atever you may hlnfc jour ibnont lu, it is not probable Uial you eau ??o quito ?uro ot your O" n diagnosis or toat of tho ordinary phyatoien. Or you mav wri o us, first. In enliro confidence, if you ch ose. Homo o sos d'? not i eed a personal vial , although alwa. a adv mido. Hoad f. r our booklor on ''brain and Nervo Kxhaimtion " Mailed ireo .u unprinted wrap. or. wholesome offect on tho officials of tho County Dispensaries throughout tho state, if tho dispensary system ls to stand it mu Ht bo conducted honestly from top to bottom. Penny Wiso Pound Foolish. lt ts said that tho appropriations made by the legislature will exceed by $187,000 the Income of the state under the 4 Mi mill levy and from license and all other sources. This levy was Axed hy tho legislature in tho facti of tho comptroller general's statement that thia deficit would oc cur. In commenting on this condi tion of the finances the Spartanburg Journal says lt in difficult for the people of the ututo to understand tho legislature's motive In such an unbuslness-like proceeding. A heavy deficit a year hence will be a serious embarrassment to tho state govern ment and we think the states cred it would In nome degree suffer from such a Hltuation. No mun in his own business would neglect to pr? vido for bin expenditures; yet tho Legislature of South Carolina has dono that very thing. Appropria tions were increased and the tax levy decreased. In trying to bo eco nomical the legislature pursued a penny wiso pound foolish policy. Tho Pension Army. Tho oldest member of tho Oran irruy of the Republic, Willlaii Ich, aged 106, la (load, and the Orand Army Is considering tho dls lon ti nuance of its anuai p through infirmities due to advancing {e. "Prehaps," says tho Nev/ York Timos In noting tho above fact,"the veterans will never again be seen in lino with their tattered flags. It ls a pity, and there will bo real loss in tho disappearance of such a whole tome ntlmulns of patriotism. It ls i pity also that thlH sympathy for ho bravo and decrepit ls marri d by ho wonder that although the Orand \rmy ranks are thus thinning, the far rom grand army of pensioners in mrprlslngly healthy and superior to ivory consideration of morality. If ho pension roster and "Orand Army osier shrunk together both classes voubl be enshrined in the hearts of heir countrymen, but what, shall bo mid whon tho pension roll grow? Afit?l than thc old soldiers die.?" Married a child. For marrying a girl whose age tas .shown to have hoon hut eleven ears, .Samuel Martins has been scn enced to ton years in the pcnltcn lary at London. Ky. The giri was tartha Bush, the daughter of a wid w living in Laurel county. The mother gave her consent to the mar ia ge, and doctored tho girl was.fif ?&? j tai a?-o. Rheum ease and req RHEUMACIDB 4 the Inside," and thai after all other remedies hi sweeps all the poisonous germs-ar >se pains are danger signals, warn ios, Pains? Bad Taste Iii the Mo CAUSE OF T Cured 80-year-old Mrs. Mary Wclborn had suffered 20 years. Cured Rev. J. K. \ Methodist minister, of Relsterstown, Md. more, after Johns Hopkins Hospital had < Wilkes, of Dillon, S. C.. after ho had been were drawn up against his back. Better at once. Sample Dotti? and booklet FREE BOBBITT CHEMICAL < There's Dange We Have )ne 25 horse power Talbott, second hi v boon overhauled This Engine ii /roat bargain for anyone who ?B in i We are head quartern for anything i j rompt attention will be given to all x ara. 1 W>ito uflwhon you are m tho . Columbia Supply Co., Taught Them II Lesson Tho Southern members in Con gress had an opportunity last week to again show to tho'r Republican friends that principle was Worth ' more to them than "opportunity*'. It came about In the fight against tho ship subsidy graft. In derision! tho Republicans moved to. strike out tho provision for a sn enid . for tho ono Uno from u southern port, and wore surprised to noto that to a man tho Democrats voted to striae lt out. As tho Florenco Times says , the South might have gotten rich long ago if her representatives had shared tho tariff graft With tho North and let the principle of the thing alone, but they have never ac cepted such doubtful benefits for |' themselves nor been content tb eoe others doing the robber act. It 1B very gratifying to see that there ls still some of that high principle in Southern politics, we wore greatly fearing that tho Southern Statesmen were being "modernized" BO that they considered anything that they ' could got without, hoing caught by tho police was right. In voting against the subsidy bill the Demo crats gave the Republicans a lesson in honesty. A Sharp Trick. Our readers should keep their weather eye open for fakirs and swindlers, they are numerous and work every scheme to catch people. The latest swindle, worked by a sharper in one of tho cities recently. Is nu apt illustration of tho ability of these dead boat fakirs to catch not only tho ignorant but all others who aro not constantly on their guard. This swindler walked into a jewelry store and selecting a $125 watch left' ti check for $CO0 drawn on an out-of town bank, with instructions that tho watch bo regulated and that he would como after it and his change a week hitor. On returning ho was informed that his check was no good "Well, that's strange," ho said,"lt's the second tinto tho bank has done that thing to me. Rut hero's tho mon ey for your watch," and ho counted out $125 In currency and started for the door. "Oh, yes," ho said, turning round, "you'd better give mo that check." It was willingly handed over to him. On tho back was the Jeweler's endorsement. With this the man went into a bank, got it enshod and was never heard of af terward. Hope i'll is is True. A dispatch from Washington says ono of tho most important devices In tho history ol' cotton culture prac tically has been perfected by exports of tho department of agriculture. It ls a machino for the removal of thc fuzz on cotton seed and for tho sep aration of light from heavy seed,The process has boon in course of devel opment for about two years and lt ls the opinion of tho cotton expert? ^f the department that its universal uso would effect ti saving of about 10 per cont, of the entire cotton crop \n the crop of America amounts to |>7f>0,000,000 a year, lt easily can be ?ea I i zed thal suoh a saving would be >f vast Importance. By tho romov tl of tho fuzz from tho cotton seed he seed may bo planted with an or 1 ino ry gravity drill. By the oaso vit h with the smooth seed catt bo manipulated they can be planted In tills, without unnecessary waste, and he plans BO located can be tilled In wo- directions. The machine, lt * lo tated, can se made at very small ixpoiiKo. and as the invention is In ho hands ot the government, cotton ?I an tera who use it win havo to tay no royalty for lt. Wo believe tItero will como a time rhon Charleston will ho ono of tho irgest and richest ettie's .lp the 'orld. This may cause a smile to lay ovor tho faces of some, but lt J true, nover-tho-loBs. As wo ;<o tho uturo, with the canal completed, harleston baa tho brightest out wit of any city in Amorlca. Hor oy ls camlnfc. RUBBING T CURE. atlsni ls an Internal dis? u ires nn Internal remedy. *Qet? at the Joint* from t Is the reason li Cures ave failed. R'.tcu machte id acids out of the blood inj'; yoif of a disease that uth, that "No-Account" HE PAIN. . pf High Point. N. C., after ah? Wheeler, TO years old, a leading Cured John F. Ellne, of Baltl Bompletely failed. Cured James In bod three years and his legs get a bottle from your Druggist . If you send B cents for postage. IO., Proprietors, BALTIMORE. r in Delay. ?fe For Sale Mid engine m stock which hat* rot x * i in fi rat elans condition and will ' the martel for*snob a size engin < n the way of machinery ?upp?iev <M nquin^ and orders entroetad ' naoket foy ?invjihino ?rid ' '-.1.-1^ ?loi? cr Kur Colombia. S. C. Pianos and Organs At Factory Prices. Wri'f m <. c? 'o* ou?1 lo-ntat plan rt' pa.yv.Rnt* 'on ? PU iv or Oleran. If ?.ou b iv pi? her i???t iim?"i through ni. ./o?? K?t a sta^.^ naiko one thal ^V) last a Ufa Mm?. Wyita Malones Wusle House; Columbia S.O.. 'or oftt.alnga, pHons ft roi C^f?//j OFFERED WORTHY .^i^ye YOUNG PEOPLE. No matter how limited your means or ed?* eatlon, if you desire a thorough business train? lng and good position, write for our GREAT H ALP RATE OFFER. ? Surceos, independence and probable FOR-? TUNK guaranteed. Don't delay: Writ? to-day. The QA.-ALA. BUS. COIXBOB. Macon. Cfib (?Iud They Arc Pew. Sometime ago we. heard a young. man making fun of religion. Prom our soul we sincerely pltlod him, be cause we thought ho lacked some thing in his head. His moustach had just begun .to sprout and judg ing from MB talk his mental facul ties were not as well developed aa his moustache. During our brief stay upon earth we have seen many just such young mon cold in death, We have seen the ntheist at rest in hts casket, but before consigned to their last resting place they have all been carrlod through the doora of a church and had prayorn said over them. This young man could scoff at religion in his strength and beauty of health, but if tho dark an gel should get after him he would Instinctively regret what he said and look into the future with fear and trembling. When one stnnds before the open door of eternity his desire to scoff at roliglon vanishes. We' ad mit there aro bad men in the church but even these black sheep in the flock might bo black or if they wore outside. No young man, or old ono either, should condemn thc noble efforts of thc army of Christian mon and women are making towards bet tering tho condition of things, and whether wo attend church or not but few of us would desire to live in a connu unity where there was no .burch. We thank God. that such >'oung men ns we speak of above ire rare. . , Sixteen young lady oporatlvea in a bag factory at Wilmington went on a strike because a notice was post ed that thorn was to bo no talking turing work hours. They did ex actly right. The idea of sixteen young ladles being together for ten hours a day and not talk. Tho fol-' low that concocked that rulo needs looking after. Very Much Mixed. Suit for divorce was filed in Cleve land, Ohio 00 Tuesday by Elizabeth bordon Hanna, wife of Dan R. Ilah la, only son of thc late.Senator Mark lanna. Hanna is accused of gross neglect" >f duty, abandonment and extremo H truel ty. Mrs lianna asks for divorce, ample ilimony and tho custody of her laughter, Elizabeth, aged five years. The plaintiff* isk Hanna's second vife, her first husband being Walter >s Maud, an Englishman. ShewaS livorced fr ot.: him in 1900, and on ^edruary 19 of t he same year she was named to Dan Hanna ITprid? has a'so been married wi.ee. P u (inna's fi'!t marriage v;u\ io May Harrington. She obtained i divorce in 1898. She has since re- ,, Harried. Hanna's present wife is the auo-hter of the late Charles W. Jordon, a millionaire, who bequeath* d to the city of Cleveland Gordon ?ark?