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t ' A FAMOUS STORY. f* The Horse Swappers at Depicted , in Georgia Scene*. HOW BLOSSOM WAS FOOLED When He Swapped Bullet and Gave Three Dollars to Boot tor Another KB, the "Critter " In the "Georgia Sooncs" is tho typioal pioturo of horso swapping in tho olden days, whioh may prove interesting to tho prcsont generation. It is tho story of how Yollow Biost>om bantered l'otor Kctoh and watt properly caught. Yellow Blossom bolievcd that ho was just a "lectio bit" of tho best man at a horso swap that "ovor trod in shoo leather." After dosorib icg Bullet, Blossom s horse, and Kit, the "orittcr" owned by l'ctor Kotoh, at iotoo length, tho story prooocds as follows: "I toll you, roan," proceeded Yellow Blossom, "he is tho best live hors that evor trod tho grit of Georgia Bob Smart knows the horso. Como hero. B?b, and mount this horse and show Bullets motions." Hero Bullot bristled up and looked as if ho had boon hunting Bob all day long and had just found him. Bob sprang on his hack. "Boo oo-oc!" said Bob with a fluttering noise of tho lips, uod away wont Bullet as if in a quarter race with all his boau ties spread in handsomo Htylo. "Now fetch him bask," said Blossom Bullet turned and oamu in pretty much as ho went out "Now, t'ot h:m by," Bullet reduced his tail to customary, sidled to tho right and left fairly, and exhibited a* loast throo varieties of trot in tho shoit spaco of fifty yards. "Make him pace." Boh commerced twitohingtho hridlo, and kicking at the same timo. TheBO inconsistent m )vo mcnls obviously aud most taturaUy uisooncertcd Uullot, for it was iruj?ohm bio for him to lcara from tho method whether ho wkh to proceed or stand Btill. Ho started to trot and was told that wouldn't do. Ho attempted a eau tor, and wan chocked again, ilo atop' pod and wbh urged to go on. Mullet now rushed into tho wide field of ex poriuiont, and Atruok put on a gait of his own that oouiplotely turned the tables on his rider and certainly deserved a patent. It seemed to have dorived its eloiuonts from tho jig, tho miBuet and the cotilliou. If it wss not a paoo in it. no man would v< nto oall it anything else; so it passed otl to tho satisfaction of tho ownor. ''Walk him!" Bullot was now at homo again, and ho walked as if money was staked on him. Tho straDgor whoso name 1 aftorwardB learned was Meter Kotoh, having examined Bullet to his heart's oontont, ordered his son Neddy to go and bring up Kit. Neddy soon appeared upon Kit a woll formed Borrol of ihc middlo size, and in good order. Hiu tout onBemblofl threw Bullot entirely in the shade, though a glanoo was sufficient to satisfy any one that Bullet had tho deoided advantage of him in point of intelloot. After a few banters, Meter Ketch is quoted: "Neddy tako a couple of sticks and boat on that hogshead at Kit's tail." Ned mado a tremendous rattling at which Bullot took fright, broko his bridlo and dashed oil in grand style, and would have stopped all further negotiations by going home in disgust had not a travolor arrosted him and brought him baok; but Kit did not move. "1 tell you, gentlemen," ooutinued Peter, "he's tho eoariott horse you ovor Haw. Ho ain't as gcntlo as Bullot, but he won't do any harm if you watch him. Shall I put him in a oart, g'g or wagon for you, stranger? Ho will out tho samo oaper thoro ho does horo. lie's a mon atrous menn horso." During all this timo Blossom was ex amining him with tho nioost soruting. Having examining his frame and limbs ho now looked at his cyos. "He's got a ouiious look out of his oycB," said Blossom. "Oh yes sir." said Motor, "just as blind a bat. Blind horses always liavo olear oyos. Mako a motion at his oyes if you ploaso; sir. ' Blossom did so, and Kit throw up his head, railicr as if something prioked him undor the ohin than as if foaring a blow. Blossom repeated tho cxpori ment, and Kit jerked back is consider ablo astonishment. "Stone blind, you boo, gontlomcn," proooodod Poter, "but slio's just aH Rood to travel of a dark night as if she bad oycB." "Blamo your buttons," said Blossom. "if 1 like them eyes. "No," Baid Potor, "nor I either. I d rather have them mado of diamonds, but thoy'll do?if thov don't show as muoh white as Bullet's." "Well, said Blossom, "make a pass at mo." "No said Potor, "you mado the banter; now make your pass." "Well, I'm novor afraid to price my horse. You must givo mo $25 to boot " "Oh cortainly, say $50 and my sad dlo and bridle in. Hero Neddy, my son, take daddy's horso." "Woll," said Blossom, "l'vo mado my pass, now mako yours." "1 am for short talk in horso swap and thoroforo always toll a gentleman at onoo what I moan to do. You must givo mo $10." Blossom swore absolutoly, roundly and profanoly that ho novor would vivo boot. 4VVoll," said Petor, "I didn't oaro about trading; but vou out such hiirh shines, that I thought I'd like, to baok you out, and l'vo dono it. Gonticmon, you see I've brought him to a hack " "Come old man." mid Blossom, /I've been Joking with you. I begin to think you do want to trado. Therefore, givo mo $5 and take Bullet. I'd rather lose 110 any timo than not make a trade, though I hato to fling away a good nerse.. "Woll," said Peter, "I'll bo asolcver as you are. Just put the $5 on Bullet's t>aok, and hand him over; it's a trade." Blossom swore again, as roundly as before, that he would not give boot, and said he: "Bullet wouldn't hold $5 on ILl i j niUdfifjd bin bask. nohow. Hut at 1 banUrcd you. if you Fay an eveu swap, bore's at you." "1 told you," said l'owr, 4 I'd bo as olovcr as you; therefore, hero eoos *2 uioro, just for trade's sake. Qivo mo $3 ana it's a bargain." Blossom repeated his former assertion, and horc partii s st >od for a long time, and the bystanders; many were now collected, began to taunt both par tios. After some time, however, it was pretty unanimously decided thai the old man had backed Blossom out. At lcDgth Blossom Bworo ho 4lnovcr would be backed out for $3, after ban toriog a man," and accordingly they closed tho trade. 44Now" paid Blossom, as he handed l'otcr the $3, "I am a man that, when ho makes a had trade, makes tho most of it until ho oau mako a better. I'm for no rues ami after claps." "That's ju6t uiy way," said Moter: "I never goes to law to mend my bargains." "Ah, you'ro the kind oi a boy I lovo to trado with. Hero's your boss, old man. Take the and saddle bridle oft him, and. I'll strip yours; but lift tho blanket easy from Mullet's back, for ho'B a mighty tender backed hoaa." The old man removed tho saddlo, but tho blanket stuck fast. Ho attempted to raiso it, and Mullet bowed himself, switched bis tail and g?\e signs of Hiting. "Don't hurt him, * old man," said Blossom archly, "tako it off easy. I am, perhaps, a lectio of the bost man at a horse swap that cvor catehed a 00011." Motor continued to pull at the blanket tuoro and moro roughly, and Mullet became more and moro eavortish, insomuch that when the blanket oauio < II ho had?reaohcd tho kicking point in good earnest. Tho removal of tho blanket disolosod a sore of Bullot's backbone thai t-e m cd to liavo dt ii id all medical -.kill. ll measured six lull itchos in length, aud four in broadtn, aed had as m?'iy feat uros as Mullet had motions. My heart sickened at thought, arnl I 1 ?* 11 that tho brute who livi bei)it ruling li in in that situation desorvtd the li \ltcr Tho prevailing feeling, howtvrr, wan ibal of mirth Tho laugh In cam j loud and general at tho ohi man'* ex penso, and rustic witticisms vsero liberally bestowed upon him and hit) lato purohaso Those Blossom oontiou od to provoke by variou-? remarks, lie asked the old man if he thought If illrt would lot ^f) lio on his back. He declared most si riously that he had owned that horse three months, and h?d u?vcr discovered before that lie bad a hi to back, "or ho never would have tuougtil of trading him, etc., etc." Tho old man boro it all with the most philosophic composure. Ho cvinoed no astonishment at his lato discovery, and made no replies, but bis own son Neddy had not disciplined his feelings <juiio so well. His eyes openod widor and wider. From tho first to tho last pull of the blanket, and when tho whole soro burst upon bis view, astonishment and fright seemed to ocnicnd for the mastery of his oountenancc. As the blanket disappeared bo stuck his hand into his brooches pockets, heaved a dcop sigh aud lapsed into a profound reverie, from which he was only aroused bv tho outs at his fathor. Ho bori them as long as ho could; and when lu oould control himself no longer, ho began, with a certain wildncss of cxpros sion, whioh gave a peculiar interest tu what he uttered: "His buck's mighty bad oil, but dod trot my soul if lie's pui it to daddy as bad as ho thinks he has, for old Kit's blind and deef, I'll be dod trot if he ain't." "Tho devil ho is," said Blosioui. "Yes, dod trot my boul if ho cia't, Vnil u. u ! L him tiwA an a if h n ui n't Hie oyosdon't look liko it, but he'd jusi j as leavo go again the houao with jou, or in a ditoh as anyhow. Now, you gc try him." Tho laugh waB now turned on Blossom, and many rushed to tost tho fidelity of tho little b jys report A few experiments eHtablishod ita trutli boyond oontrover<y. "Neddy," said the old man, "yoi oughtn't to try and inako people dis contouted with their things, StraDgor don't mind what tho litllo boy says. ll you oan only got Kit rid of them little failings, you'll find hivn all Boris of i horse. You are a littlo tho host man a< a hor6o swap that ever 1 got hold of but don,t fool away Kit. Coino, Noddy my sow lot's bo moving; tho slrr.ngei seems to bo getting suappiih." A poworful ongino cannot bo rur with a woak boiler, and wo oau't keo) up tho strain of an aotivo lifo with i weak stomaoh; neither can we stop th< human maohino to mako repairs If tin stomaoh cannot digest enough food t( keep the body stroug, nuoh a propara tiou as Kodol Dyspopsia Cure shoulc bo usod. It digosts what you cat am it Hiuiply can't help but ho you good. l>r. E. Norton. Burned to Death. A dispatoh from MoCorinick to th Augusta Chroniolo says: Tho littl six-year old daughter of our follov townsman, Mr. Tom Kcrgamor hal th< misfortuno to moot with <iuito a sa< death Wodnosday morning. Sho wa standing too noar a firo built out in tin j ard when her olothing caught firo am sho was so scvoroly burnod boforo th firo oould bo extinguished that death re suited at 4 o'clock this morning. Ever effort was mado by her physicians t uavo hor but tho most that oould b dono was to roliovo in a tueasuro he sufferings. Mrs. J B. Harmon, neighbor who was tho first to roach hoi was severely burned in tnakiD a heroic effort to extinguish tho tDmot For tho weaknoss and prostration fol lowing grippe thore is nothing s< prompt and cffcotivo as One Minut Cough Cure. This preparation is high ly endorsed as an unfailing romody fo all throat and lung troubles aud it early use prevonts consumption. I was mado to euro quickly. Dr. H Norton. Many Killed. Advices from Ratavia, Island of Javi capital of tho Nothorland Islands, sa tho expedition sont against Samlangi Island of Sumatra, has captured tli Aohinotc fortress of Batorilik. Th Dutoh loss was six killod and fort woundod. Tho AohincBO lost soventy. Persons who oan not tako ordinar pills find it a pleasure to tako Do Witt Little Karly Risers. Thoy are tho bet little livor pills evor mado. Dr. JC. Norton. SOMNAMBULIST'S FEAT Walked Twenty Five Miles Without Awakening. Sound asleep, without oonrclous volition and utterly unaware of hie performance, until after it wan ovor, Kenneth Hughes, a stulcnt of tho L*ko Forost Academy, made his way at night from his room in tho academy to his oountry homo near loon Like, -"> milos distant. Whether ho rodo or walked, or by what road ho went, or what wero his advcnturis along tho way, ho has not tho taintest glimmer d knowloJgo ajeordir ? to his story. Tho trio is all the moro woudetful bccnmo tho youDg man had bcon suffering for wocka with in fUmmstory rheumatism. Ho had ox pressed to hia paronts a desiro to visit hia home, but deferred the trip bcoauso ho thought it would bo too painrul. Tho moat tho sleep walkor knows is that ho went to bod as usual in Lako Forest and was awakened next morning iD hia father's barn, twonty-tivo milos distant. Tho duration of hia somnolent stato was from shortly after 8 o'clook in tho tv miDg until <5 o'clock in tho morning. It win at tho latter hour that tho bjy'a father, who ia a farmer, went to the barn to feed his Bt<<-k and found tho young man propped up in tho family buggy, still sound asleep Young Hu.hoH hnd tnkon tho pains to wrap a number of robes about h m. This instinct of self protection, which manifested itself whtio ho was dreamily uocinsoiius, probably savod him f cm acrious rosulta from exposure. Tho older Hughos, eupposiog hia aon was in Like Forest, was surprised to find him where ho was, and his surprise grew into amazement when (ho youth protected that ho knew no h ng whatever of tho hours that ioieivenod between hL retirement and Lis awakening in tho barn. Ho opened his ryrs in astonisl m nt and tri< d to r? o ill *ouic incident of tho night, hut i was a 1 a por'cc. blank to hi in lie coil>itod t ho money in his picket, found that ho ha 1 lf> eon's .i8< than he had tho night before, lie decided thereupon that ho uiuH have rid den upon an eh c r c ear from L k-? l'\ro->t to Waukegan Ho has noroiitl lection, however, of boarding tho car. paying his faro, or of alighting ai the end ot ilicliiio. Tho hot n<<ss of his mu solos so? mod to ooDfirm the sup pes i tion that he had wa kcd the twenty uti)oh from Waukogan to the f*ru;. Tho details can only ho guessed at, hut it is ocrltia that tho ucc urna! traveler arose frrm hid bed, olot hod himself fi?r a cold ?rtp andro&chtd tho destination for which he dot out. Thoro was nut a sorateh on him, allowing ! that tho sense ui solf-preservation did not lapse at at>y st igo of hia experi( euco. l'r>?f. Conrad Kibbler of Lako Forest Academy is much puzzlod by tho oaso and does not attempt. to aonountfor tlie st'ango trip. Ho thinks Hughes left iiia room about 1 o'clock in tho morning the faot t Hat tho N mhwealcrn railway night agent staled tho boy oauio into the depot and asked when he oould get a train or an oeloe'rie oar to Kvanston. Ho was tol l that no more ears wero tunning south and that ho oould Dot rc in tin in tho station. The agont did not no'ioe any thing peculiar in Hughes' actions, and can not say whether ho waa at-loop. Hughes nays ho rememborH abaolutcly nothing about this conversation with tho ageut. Nobody else ao far as known, saw Hughes until hia fathor found him j in the buggy. , l Dr Haven, tho boy d physician, states ll a his pationt had no fever and that ( hii ootidition was normal, exoopt for i the rhoumati8tu.?Chicago Times-Hor! aid. Thero ia always danger in using 1 counterfeits of DoWitt'a >A*itoh Hazel Salve. The original is a aafo and ccr1 lain euro for piles. It is a soothing and healing ealvo for sores and all skin !. diseases. I>r. K. Norton. i k Tillman on Child Labor. Tho following letter from Sonator Tillman explains itself: ' Uoitod Statos Senate, Washington, D. C., Doo. 5, 11)00. Mrs. Elizabeth L. lialdwin, Ono of the i King's Daughters, 181f> N. GatosSt , i Columbia, S. C. ? Dear Madam: 1 havo your letter ol ) Deo. 2d. I sympathize heartily in the [? effort to provont ohildron boing put tc ) work in faotorios at such an early ago, - aid would gladly see an act passed by 1 tho general assombly suoh as the 1 King's Daughters had introduood lasl session. Child labor suoh as you dotcribo inusi result in rapid dotorioratiou of those subjected to it, and 1 bid you God o speed in your effort to seouro logisla 0 tiou that will provent it. Tho devolop v mont of tho ootton mill industry in ' South Carolina has boon phenotnonal 1 and thorc is a disposition on tho part a of tho legislature to lot woll onougli 3 alone, at least for tho prosont, but if A tho good womon of tho Stato will take o tho matter in hand and systematically i* organizo and go to work they will be y successful in tho long run. o I do not know what aotivo support 0 1 oan givo you, as my duties hero will r not allow mo to bo in tho Stato whor ? tho legislaturo is in session, but what "? evor iuflucnoo my naino may givo if K yours to use as you boo fit. ' Thoro uro to agonoios you havo t< combat?tho mill owners who employ ' tho ohildron booauso thoy get thou 1 ? * a lor email wages, and tho paronts whc 0 arc oarlotH of thoir ohild'a wolfarc, s< that it in earning something, very of * ton to support tho adult in idlonoss. Tho working of ohildron, of tondci yoara, in mills injuros thorn both phy eioally and mentally, tho good eenso oi tho Stato will so doolaro whonovor th< question is properly prosontod. Washing you Qodspocd, ' Yours vory sinocroly, ^ (Signed) B. K. Tillman, * _____________ Reports show a greatly inoroaso< ? death rato from throat and lung trou bios, duo to the provalenoo of oroup pnoumonia and grippo. We adviso tlx y uso of Ono Minute Cough Cure in al 's of thoso difficulties. It is tho onl; it harmless romody that givos immediate results. Childron like it. Dr. E. Norton. MARK TWAIN'S LATEST. One of the Keenest Satires He Ever Wrote. In The North American ltoview for Kobruary Mark Twaiu publishes odo of the koooost satires that over came oveu from his poo. The article is ono of tbe most cau9tio reviews of the imperialist polioy and tondonoics of the administration that wo havo scon. Mr. Clemens takos as his tlomo "Tho Person Sitting in Darkness." Ho ohurgos President MoKinley with playing "the European gamo, tho (Jhamborlain game," and playing it badly. Of tho prosidont's famous utterance about "oriminal aggression," ho says: "Tho momory of that fine saying will bo outlived ly tho roiuombranoo of no act of his but ono?that ho forgot it within tho twelvemonth, and its honor ablo gospol along with it." In tho opinion of tho satirist tho lenightod heathen for whoso "good and goods" wo aro making suoh exertions mu^t bo puzxlcd by our "strango mixture of err'pd *nd (Jnrtlinnan " tin .mnnliJna O* ^ v-..-?. .. " *v vvuwiuuwa by oxpouding tho facts of tho caso in tbo following words: "Thoy look doubtful, but in reality they aro not There have boon lies; yes, but they wore told in good oauso. We havo been treacherous; but that was only in ordor that real good might oouic out of apparent nvil. Truo, wo havo oruahod a deoeivod and confiding people; wo have turned against tho woak and tho friendless who trusted us; we have stamped out a just aud intelligent and well ordered republio; wo have s'abbed an aly in tho back and slappod tho faoo of a guost; wo havo bought a shadow from an enemy that hadn't it to soil; we have robbed a trusting friond of his land and his liberty; we havo invitid our oloan young 11.011 to shoulder a discredited nouskot an 1 do bandit's work ?u d- r a Hag which bandits have been accustomed to f. ar, not to follow; wo havo debauched America's honor and blackout d la-r face before tho wor d; but each detail nas for tho best We know 111 h Tho head of every sia'o aid rtovtrtgmty iu Crriatcndom and 91) percent of every legislative bodv in Christendom, including our congress and our fit) state legislatures are uiein bus not only of the chuicli, but also of th-j liioisings of-Civiltnation trust. This world girdling accumulation of rained morals, high principles and jut-tioo oar not do an unnght thing, an unfair thing, an ungenerous tiling, au unclean thing It knojvs what it is ?brut (jive jourielf no un asiucss; it is ail right " Maik Twain cou'd Dot havo found a boU< r su 1 j'.ot for satire and robody eeultl havo handled it with ihosc&thiug sovcrity exhibited in tho aniolc from whioh wo havo quoted.?Actinia .Journal. Kcocnt experiments show that all itluminu nf f.wirlc hiqm V?n ni.in nlefnl i? A % v/? IVUV?U Uinf uw will I'lVVl I y Ulvested by ft preparation oil.cd K idol Dyspepsia Cure, whioh ab-iolutcly digests what you i at. Ah it is t ho ot.ly combination of all tho natural digcstants ever devised tho demand for it has became onorinous. It ban never failed to euro tho very worst o:ihoh of indigestion and it always give instant relict'. Dr. K Norton. How Birds Help Farmers. Tho bullotins on birds and mammals published by tho lhological Suivoy of Washington eoncot widely prevalent errors an to tho economic Hiatus of species that i ffeot agricultural interosts, and demonstrate tho iniilioienoy and wastefulness of bounty laws, under whioh millions of dollars have been expended by tho various states and territories without accomplishing tho object for whioh thoy wcro intonded. Birds are tho farmer's most valuablo aids in his life long battlo with tho insects that prey on his crops. How important, therefore, that ho should not dosttoy them that do liiui grcatost scr vice. In tho caso of hawks and owls the division liasshown, by thocxaminalion of tho stomaoh oontonts of about throo thoucand of thoso universally hatod and persocutod birds, that only six out of tho Bovonty throo kinds in. habiting tho United States aro injurious and throo of theso arc so raro thoy Deed hardly bo considered, leaving only three to b < ink en into account as enc, mioH of agrioulttuc. Tho others prey upon mice, insects and other vermin, and rank among the fannora' host > friends. Since its establishment, in , 188'), the divison has examined tho , stomaoh contents of nearly fiftoen thousand birds belonging to two hun1 drcd species and sub species, and has , published information on the food habt, its of ono hundred and forty kinds, mainly hawks, owls, crows jays, blaik^ birds, sparrows, thrushes, fly oathors, , swallows, wrons, shikes, wood pcokers, horned larks and ocdarbirds. Millions of pooplc aro familiar with i DoWitt's Littlo Karly Risora and those I who uso them And them to bo famous , littlo liver pills. Novor gripo. i Dr. K Norton. r . Foli Thirty Foot. Loirs Ronoor, aged forty years, fell I t.nm . . . . ? V. - IV J L -? -1 .i 1 I w HI n I'UIUII \J I bllU I/1U(U1UU(1U I1UIU1 III Birmingham, Ala., Wcdnosday and I was instantly killed. Tho roan was fooling vory unwoll and started to tho baok poich in order to got fresh air. Tho railing of tho poroh i8 very low and ho loaned ovor it and lost his balance, Ho foil to tho ground thirty fcot bolo v. Ho was found a half hour afterwards by his wifo doad. llonnor was a nativo ol Germany, but had resided in Charles ton, S. 0., for sovcral years. Ho woni thenee to Knoxvillo and Chattanooga whoro ho oonduotcd hotels and drink ing plaoos. Ho rcoently oponed a sa loon at Knsloy City and intendod re 1 moving to that plaso, residing in Bir inghaw until he oould got a rosidonot 5 in the lattor plaoe. Like bad dollars, all aonnterfnits n Dowitt's Witoh Hazel Salve are worth ess. Tho original quiokly ourcs piles, . eoros and all skin disoasos. Dr. B. Norton. J China is Still "It." 1 Chinoeo officials aro talking about re y imbur.ieniont for tho looting sufforec o by Pekin. It soomB difficult for Cbim to understand that it is the football not one of the players. A *0* ^ THE I Grove's The formula know just what y 1 1 . \ ao hoc acivcruse cr their medicine it ) Iron and Quinine p form. The Iron malaria out ot the Grove's is the Ot Chill Tonics arc ii that Grove's is ; arc not experimer and excellence h only Chill Cure \ the United States. HULL CRUSADING [Continued ftoun pago l.J her own rcoogDiz moo to appear next Thursday for trial. Mrs. Nation thanked him and shook hands and dopartcd Mrs. Nation was again arrested on a warrant sworn out bv the owners of tho "Senate" saloon Sho is oharged with uialioiouH destruction of property. Sho was rrloasod on $100 bond for trial Saturday. A lladloy, physical dirootor of tho Y. M. C. A , fought Tuesday afternoon over tho meritsof Mrs. Nation's crusado with a Nogro named Jackson, who sai 1 ho wished Mrs. Nation had been kil'od. John C. Nicholson, a lawyer from Newtou, is hero with a bill be lias propared to Icgalizo joint smashing. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh tha Contain Mercury as mercury will surely destroy thesenso of fundi and ooinnletolv derant'o thn whole system whon entering it through tho mucous surfaces. Suoh antiolcs should never bo used exoopt on prcaorip tions from reputable physioiaus, as tbo dnmago they will do in ten fold tj tho good you can possibly dorivo from thoiu. Hall's Catarrh (hire, mauufaou'urod by H. J. Cheney & Co , Toledo, O , con tains il > mitoury, and is t*kin irtcrally, ftjtine directly upjti tho blood and mucous surfaces ot tho system. In buy ing Hall's Catarrh Cure bo sure you eet the genuine. It i* tikon in'erually, and made in To'odo, Ohio, by K .1 Cheney & Co. Tcstiujonials fico Sold by Druggists, prici 75o. per bottle. Hall's Family Hills are the beat Libeaal Pensions. By a decisive mej irity the bouse ef representatives Tuesday passed a bill appropriating $200,000 for Confederate t ensions This is doublo the amouut b ore t of ore appropriated for this iiurporc and tho increase is legardod as V'iy significart. Tho author of tbo bill is Captain .J. Ilanip Brooks ofGrecnwoid youuger brother of Preston S Brooks, who caned Charles Summer in tho United States hi fore the civil war Wilmington and Canvij Railroad. Daily except Sunday. Southbound.?No. 97. Loave Hub 3 <>0 pn Leayo Ilicna 8*10 pm Arrive Chadbeurn S 36 pm Leave Chadbourn 6 36 pro Leave Clarendon 6 00 pn Leave Ml Tabor -. 0 16 pn Leave Loris 6 36 pat Leave Sanford 6 60 pm Leave Bayboro ? 00 pui Lewe Privetts 7 08 ah Leave Adrian 7 I'd pn Arrive Oonwny 7 40 pa Nerthbouad.?No. 98. Leave Conway 8 80 am Leave Adrian 68 am Leave PrlvelU 9 00 am Leave Bayboro 0 10 aw Leave Han ford \? 30 an Leave Loria 988 pm Loave Mt Tabor 1010 am I.ears Clarendon 1140 am Arrive Chadboara 1130 am Leave Chad boom 1160 am Loave lliona 1316 j*?r Arrive Hali 1326 pm | NOTICE. Conway Ix>dge, No. 90. Knlghta o Pythias will meet regularly tha first and third Thursday nights of each month unti otherwise ordered. I). A.Bpivhy Chan. Com. J. 0. BriTBv K. li. At 8 | May 14th, 08. lj WACCAMAW L1NI STHA141RB.?Th< bteamer will leave the wharf at Cea way every Monday and Wednesday mornini 1 fer Qeorwutnwn at 4 a'nlnftV Inimhln* ?11 - tarmediate point*; ami will laava har whar at Georgetown arary Tuesday aad Friday morning for Conway at 4 o'cleok, teueklai f at all intermediate palate. D. T. ktalfalll, . Qeu'l Agt. and Trees., Coaway, S. C. Jaha 8. Beaty, * Agent, Georgetown, B,0. H. H. WOODWARD, Attornay and Counsellor at Law, 5 Conway, S. 0. MTOffiue ap stairs over Herald efle ^ opposite Rank. Dr. H. H. BURROUGHS, LOUIS, 8. C. Calla promptly answartd nigh or day. 1 R. B. Scarborough, ' Co swat, 8. 0, ATTOUNJCY AT LAW. aria. Chills JEST PRESCRIPT! Tasteless Chi is plainly printed on every on are taking when you take O / leir formula knowing that yo 'on knew what it contained. ?ut up in correct proportions ai acts as a tonic while the 1 system. Any reliable druggist ininn! nrirl th:?t ;i 11 other < nutations. An analysis of othe superior to all others in ev< iting when you take Crove laving l?ng been cstablishet sold throughout the entire n No Cure, No Pay. Price, rjfil* MARK. * cy * '? OLD NORTH STATE OINT MENT, the Great Antiseptic Healer, cures Piles, Eczema, Sore Eyes, Gianulated Eyelids, Carbuncles, Boils, Cuts, Bruises, Old Sores, Burns, Corns, Bunions, Ingrowing Toenails, Inflammatory Rheumatism, Aches and Pains, Chapped Hands and Lips, Erysipelas It is something everybody needs. Once used always used. For sale by all druggists and i dealers. At wholesale bv THE MURRAY DRiJO CO , , Columbia. 8 O Ortman Pays the EXpress ; Bteam Dyeing of every description. 13 tea id, Nap ; tha, French L>ry and chemical cleansing. Bend for our new price list and circular All work guar anieed or no charge. Crtman's Steam Dye Works 1810 Main 8tr*e< OOMJMRIA, H. C Li. Ortmnn, Proprietor. Murray's Aromatic Mouth Wash Whitens the Teeth Cleanses the Mouth P U'noinnu ilwi l)*on tV? v .i .h ih-ii.1 our; i?irnuu The? Murray i Drug Co., ; OOLOMBIA.S. c. ; Atlantic Coast Line RAILROAD COMPANY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. f CONDENHKl) SOIIKDULB. I 1 Trains Going South. 1 ; Dated Nov. ID, 1899. No.66* No.8t P.M. A. M heave Wilmington 8:46 Leavo Marion 0:84 Arrive Florenoe 7:16 1 Leave Florence *7:46 *2 84 Arrive Sumter 8:67 8 6t i No. 62 A. M I Leave Sumter 8:67 *9 4C' Arrive Columbia 10:20 11 IK f No. 62 rune through from Charleston vis j Central R. R., leaving Charleston 7:00a. ra., I Lanes 8:84 a. m., Manning 9:09 a. m. Trains Going North. No. 64* No.68 A.M. P. M Leave Columbia *6:40 *4 16 ArriveHumter 8:06 6 86 No. & P. M Leave Sumter *8:06 6 0( Arrive Florence 9:20 7 H Leave Florence 9.60 Leave Marion 10:80 Arrive Wilmington 1:16 Daily. No. 63 rune through to Charlecton, K. (J., via Central K. It., arriving at Manning 6:04 ! p. m., Lanee 6:43 p. m., Charleeton 8:30 p. m. Trains on Conway Branoh leave Chadbourn 6 86 p m, arrive Conway 7 40 p m. returning leave Conway 8 80 a m, arrive Chadbourn 11 20 am, leave Chad bourn 11 ft*? a m, arrive Hub 12 26 p m, returning leav* Hub 8 00 p m, arrive Chadbourn 8 86 p m. Daily exoept Sunday. J. R. Konly, General Manager 1 T. M. Emerson, Tr&ffio Manager. H.M. Emerson, General Passengei Agent '</ A,, I ON IS II Tonic. bottle?hence you Grove's. Imitators l i . u,... i] wouiu 1101 unr Grove's contains ul Is in a Tastelc ss Quinine drives the will tell you that >o-called Tasteless r chill tonics shows try respect. You 's?its superiority 1. Grove's is the nalarial sections of ? .Soc' Saw M i I Is, Corn Mills, Cane Mills, Rice Hullers, Pea Hullers, Engines, Boilers, Planers and Matchers, Swing Saws, Rip Saws, and all oilier kinds of wood working machinery. My Sergeant Log Beam Saw mill is the heaviest, strongest, and most efiicient mill for ihe money on the market, quick, aeenrate. State Agent for U. M Sln.itl. im?<1......... ..vn ?.? win 11 ii jtiavi ii i ijt~ v_/iiiii[iiiu y wood working machinery. For high grade engines, plain slide valve?Automatic, and Corliss, write me: Atlas, Watertown, and St rut hers and Wells V. C. BADUAM, 1S2H Main St., Columbia S (7. THE LEADER INDEED. The New Ball Bearing Domestic Sewing Machine ft betels in Workmanship, beauty, Gapaeity, Strength, bight Running, ffrvery Wom?a Wants Ono. Attachments, Needles and Parts for Sewing Maohiues f all makes. When ordering needles send sample. Price 97o per dozen, nARtnaid r.v>r..v.. A gouts Wantod ?a tluoosuptod Torn lory. J L. 8HULL, 12lit Taylor tJtroot, OOLOMBIA, ri (? Hard to Beat our Line of Machinery and Mill Supplies LEADERS: Lane, Chase, liege,* Liddell and II igh Point paw mills The Murray Cleaning and Distributing System. Liddell Automatic and plain Engines. "Sioux" Corliss Engines. "New South" Briok Machinery. Farquhar Threshers and Orain Drills Disston Saws and Files Peerless Paoklngs, Sietous Sower Pipe, and Supplies generally Erie City Engines aud Boilers Egan Woodworking Machinery. "Queeu of the South" Grist Mills Kelley Duplex Feed Mills Bundy Traps and Steam Specialties Magnolia and Columbia Babbett Metals. #f. H. fiibbes & Co.. 1 MACHINERY and MILL SUPPLIES 804 OenraU Street, COLUMBIA, 8. (J. PITTtt' ANTISEPTIC IRVIfiOUTOI I Cures La Grippe, dyspepsia, indigestion and ail stomach and bowel troubles. e^vX) or oholera morbua, teething troubles with children, kidney troubles, had blood and all sorte of aorea, risings or felons, outs and burns. It ia as good antlsepMo, when looally applied, as anything on the maraet Try it and you will praise ll to others. If your drugKtat doesn't keep it, write to MURRY DRUG COMPANY, COLUMBIA, 8. C I "I