Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Kc-ry.n in China. Letters in the China papers refer t0 the beginning of the "kite season." A correspondent at Chinanfu writes: "E have been more than usually interested this season in noticing the variOul; shapes of the kites flying in the air o" -exposed for sale at the city gD*. The most artistic I have seen was in the shape of a brilliant red butterfly two feet or more across the wings, which was really beautiful as it gracefully floated high up in the air. Another which struck me specially was in the form of a dragon fly, with loig, spind ling body and broa--spreading wings. .The serpentine kite seems to be one of the higher artistic efforts. The common herd consist of representa tions of human figures, shap-s of flies, beetles, cicadas, etc. The other day, returning from the city, I saw for the first time a small kite made to simu late a mud turtle. Imagine such .groveling creature soaring aloft as a light and airy thing l"-London News. A !;c!: ia .. To asz'%t mod4esz, a C; "- .: J t, arcezufsi treat rent o1 d:-- p.ea their sex, a btok hv be. n . prared ic-- th. direction oO Rev. It. L. M :r a,t ed by eminent physicians and ti.cialist, enit.:d Boma Treatment ot Female I.:seasc. The book is wr:tren in timpLe b.nguage. easily understood. and contains: 2st.-A description of the feale or;anism. 2d.-Inetructions for detecting the approach of the menstrual age. and for i reatmont dur Ing the monthly period, and .o insure its ro-g ular return. 3rd.-A minute description of dises I fecting the genital, urinary and rar tru :--s of women, giving their cau5e, s) I woms and treatment. A paper editio of this great book has bee-, prepared, copies of which c-ta bo secured for six cents in postasze. Write, Rev. R- L. McElree, St. Elmo, Tenn. Chicago, Ill. From personal knowledge, having used myself and in my fami- ly, and fron th en thusi3stic commendation of nurcron- us tomers. I have no hesitancy in pronounei: Tetterine tobe unncsurably Z.Uper: ort remedy known; o me for skin die and I have tried all tie well-knov:n ones. I wri this, the only testimonial I tave ever ;v,1 to aremedy, because I at deeply impe-e withthe extraordinary merits ( Ttterin C. H. McConnell, Mngr. cr.eomw.al Uu Co., 126 Clark st. en by mail f . stamps. J. T. Siuptrlne, Sa.aanLh, Ua. Do not' b-o Misiid by statements regardin athe supposod enr.,ra qualities of tonics, nervines, cod-liver et -..-l 4ron compounds. Little permanent good re sults from their use. The zreatost good romes by increasin the digestivo power. 'Jyner'i Dyspepsia Remedy wilt do that. In simp'0 indigestion it wilt give comr'ort at once: in chronic dyspepsia it will give quick relief and, with a little per5everanee, bri a rpr manent cure. Price l0 cents per bottle. FIr gal, by all druggists. Keeps 3%en roer. The clork might be"boss"if ih1ad ;he i for it. The brains are there. but tijjc , t seem to work. The troue u:-n y be'Z:L; in the stomach. Indigo:-tion keers n po ;j.. cause they don't know they have it, but imag 'in) something else. lipans insure 'sound digestion and a clear h.?:d. T,ey -eg ulate the entire system. A-, h i drugt fo a box. FITS stopped free by Dt. Kims Gut.t ERavE RTsORER. Noilit anevrirst iTh's us.. MIarvelous cures. Tr-eztise omtl 20 rial hol - tle free. Dr. Kline. f>1 Arch St.. Phiila., P'a. 'Wii Von Shoul!d Use 1inndercornms. 7t taks out tho.eerns, and. then yon hav~e corn rort stirely agood exchange. lIc. at druggists. Health Built on the solid foundation of pure, healthy blood is real and lasting. With rich red blood you will have no sickness. When you allow your bloel to beco:n thin, depleted, rob'oei of the little re.1 Coe puscles which indieate its quality, you will become tired, worn out, lose your appetite and strength, and disease will soon have you in its grasp'. Purify, vitalize anIl enric:h youar blood, and khep it pure by taking ood's Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifler pnmine.ai the public eye. 1. Ai! dra,gis. " " - Is cure habitual enst:Pu fI000 S l tion. Price >.~crr box. World's Fair I M1IGH-EST AWARD). a pVPERIAL Isunquestionabiy amnost~ valuable FOOT b ; sick~ room, where either anneP .one or adult needs deli cate, nourishing gliet ..! SSold by DRUGGiSTS EYERYWH-ERE! ; John Carle & Sons, New York. AND Sotcool of shothanc1 AUGU'4TA, GA.. N~otext books used. Actu.d ba,imess from d't ri' entering. Bnsin-sa oapers, coaig eur -ocy -Vt I g as ed. Send for handso:ne:y iIlstrat34 e aLt tus. Board cheap. R. Rt. fare paid to A2,.Z-'. Increase Your1income Mrse prontradr on sya; investnIY. send fr<n Zree book. Comstock.HinhesaCo.,"7.2rudwr..N.Y. your wife OVerm .workedI, Do all yucanto1 ghe her household cares. Begin to-morrow by sending home a packa.ge of Buckwheat ft means for her a half ho:.u mro-e slcep in the moruing. A tbkwhezt br.akfast can be prepared in a CURES. MH.E Att. ELSE FA!!S. Best Cough e'rup. Tae'.e Good. Use inhm. So ydura -rh Ph.RPt2UAL WOO?$G, "'he dulI world clamr-rs at my feet And a.ks :y hand and he1jing sweet; And wonders when the tiae shall bi I'll leave off dreaming dreams of thee. It blames me coining soul and time AM- sending minted bits of rhyne A-wooing o: thee still. Shall I make answer? This it is: I ca:mp beneath thy galaxies Of starry :houghts and shining deeds; And, seeing new ones. I must needs Arouse mv peec'h to tell thee, dear, Though thou art nearer. I am near A-wooing vp thee still. I fv-i ty ieart.at next miae own; Its rra:--e Imth a ri-bar tone. I r'il o--ver in thine yes A balmier. dewier paras I'm sure thou art a rarer zirl A md s I ".k thee, f!nest -earl A-wooing of thee still. W;thit->w,. of roses on thy lips Cans: doubt my tretbing--somethiag slip wnthy ieiiness and me So --::nm' anlace. so rond of thee. Ah. Swret kiss is waiting where T : inIS. stopped thy lover's prayer A-wooing. of thee still. When n-w liglht fals upon thy face 3 laddened so-l 'is-:rn.s some traco Of Gr. or ange, never seen In r.i! .1a" S of shad; and sheen. N,'"r mn- 4uc rapture <ie,. or les Tan liy like this my heart eoness A..wooina of thee still G-' *hen U --al of bo:muy, go F'-ee-fo l~d toward tile heaven aglow. Mayap, in h..!.)-ir~ .hou shalt se , wtir jf* thy ior'y and tlee. Th' wouO-1L not have me satisfied ,~tthulvV'st me-none oe a.e A-vooing of thee still. This was a sn y'ears ago Of s;-rin:; Now k rif'. ig flowers of snow 31konn U1the i n-low- .! as white A' r-av-b-ar. '-'-in'- tn Iugh love's light Andi halan;' '.i' ;-in1 has the while. It-: .z>.s her i .Ah . etest smcil la oeI F'. -in Chicago ite:r.L . H W LAMS POR O! HE/\IiN Major liar q i s cane lont L, 'a P. an emptVx -wthe and e fora Cross society - wN a s anxious t c Ai ' - ma a much of him, for the exciting fe counts of the little ar h in which he i ha lost his 4rin d and performed spe -ta feats of valor had not vet been forgotten. The halo of romance around his name would probably have cvaporartea on the discovery being made that the gallant Major wore spectacles and was inclined to obesity, but the returned hero did not give Lsndou lion-hunters a chane to eriticise his appearance. for he made no stay in the metropolis, an.1 in a very short time the memory of his exploits passed from the public mind. In the little Devonshire village where he took up his abode the won der of his fame had longer life, for a newly made celebrity is likely to create considerable stir in a sleepy spot, where the military element is represented by a solitary half-pay Colonel wh-o rever saw a battlefield. To have been the subject of commenda tion in a printed newspaper is an awe lnspiring circumstanee in such a neigahborho od, and callers fiocked to Woodhower. They were bitterly di:s appointed to find that Mt's. Jiarslake was an invali and received no visitors, w.hile the claims of courtesy were mect by a return of pasteboardis, and the Major mu.ie no personal re sponse. All the more eagerly did bafdled curiosity welcome the next Sundr.y. when orthodoxy required the new comner's presence in church, and MIr. 3I1iti' had1 an unusually large congregationn 't morning ser vice. His daugh ter Violet, who played the ergan, was guiltily con scious durig the "salms that her at tention wan dered rm both dty and devotion in a' ef'ort to descry the occupnant of the W\oodbewer pew. She asi:e'i forgiveness in her simpnle hearted prayer, and imposed upon herself the penance of eyes fixed on her music book as the congregation dispersed). ''What did you think of my new parishioner?" inquired the re:ctor after dinner. "I :id not see him., papa." T iolet blushed at the evasion, knowing her thoughts lad been occupied with the new arrival during the paternal ser men, which was not sufficiently strik ing to compel attentIon. "Dear me, dear me! That shows Low mnuch eirsa ears for bravery, or ero sm, or anything serious. Now, if his wife had been there in a smart '-"nnet von would have noticed her, 1'il be bound," and the rector chuckled at "is time-worn joke. He was mistal;en in his estimate of his 'anhte-r. Violet was a hero-wor -nh,pper, .nd had thrilled to every line of th curt- war telegrams when she read the newspaper to her father. Neither spectacles nor a double chin quenched her enthusiasm when she saw at last tihe mlan of whose aoings she had heard,while the tenderuess of his nature seemed doubly sweet set against a background of fame and eunraz'. Mirs. Jiarsiake was in broken hemilih ; her husband tended her' with 'xtriordinary tdevut'on, ailed by a faith.al maid 3'r. 2:trick wa- the oiv v'sitor aditte L- Woodhow-er, 'a: tlv o'- hiu w here the Mlajor ws:en a n: U rectorv. B3"y-,i 'he re'pec ' p aid by the a"r:.v to zt'he chure" 'was the link of ----; th -eregret- t-at.John Kars le ever "'e'-t fo he lo'o his sword c'nt -;''- hi savrit vioi' 1 ver - foubo: agrea pl -n:r1 -i:.t -hat is ene. j' :s eet"e oul 1v as th'e t.orn a"d trou'led -oh wh: ohd pa :d no h.s face -m .Smn- : I :w t m. la i "Don't spoil the chiki with flat tery," te rector generaly added, 31r. Merrick had died at Violet's birth; her father was kind and affce tionate. but apart. The air' was solitary at heart, and lived moro in her thoughts and dreams than in her deeds. Practical and alert in daily duties, not even the gossips of Coombe had ever called the rector's daughter romantic, yet the very care she eXIr cised to avoid any appearance of sen timent was dictated by the sacred ness in which she held her ideals. Naturally these tendencies seized upon congenial food, and the rever ead regard she bestowed upon a pro saic, middle-aged gentleman was more akin to love than the innocent maiden knew. "What is Mrs. Karslake like?" she askd Mone day, as her father returned from visiting the invalid. "I suppose she was pr.etty once, answered the rector, not disinclined to talk over his neighbors, and after a pauee went on, "Karslake said she had a lovely comolexion when ho fell in lovo with her at some suburban dance, but I expect that was a sign of sick ness. She is a wreck now. The fooeli fellow married while still in the tute lage of an 9rmy coach, and I fancy I the had a rough timo of it at first. The children all died, excep. the one daughter, who is married. Violet sighed in resp:>nce. Mr. Merrick might have added that the strugls of a subaltern's wife had not been calculated to deyelop Mrs. Karslake's intellectual powers, which were never large. She was hard and peevish, accepted her husband's devo tion as a r*ght, and was inclned ic despise him for his limitiess patiCce rnd attention. She ventcd on him the disappointment of an rnsatiated crav ing for gavety, forev,-r thwarted by illness and in his gr,,at coa,s on for her suplering he acceptetd the claim to mrtvrdomn without a thought "f his own voLun'tary srme When her worn ut frai! a', len,h sne't'umbed to the compl"' 'icai of i elsez Which had torm''dit S-) 1o the a-band's g.'ief was de-qerate H i dagtrsfl:ving visit xve 11im l*ittle cons.ltion. She had inl.rited froma her mother ihe binh ro:s : n and its attendant dra.wack o' deic:,com binng with it a f--athcr brain and in egotistic heart entirely occupied her own iprct [y self. "Pear papa looked after mamma s well! He was niserab"c if an.vbo Iy else did anything ior . -" So naturally Ethel did nothing ont amuse herelf, even before s;e mrried t eighteen the rich young b: or who spoiled her to her utmost co:;ent Mourning was bcoming to Ethel and she was considerel to look So interesting, poor dear " at the fun era], but she found Coombe d-Mp, therefore Roger teok her norne nc-t day, and they wintered aboard on ac count of her iungs, "I wonder iiarslake did not go with them," commented Mr. 3Merriek. '"It would have done him a world of good. " It did not occur to the worthy clergyman, in retcipt of a com.fortable stipend, that foreign travel is exen sive, and that the Major was too proud to acep)t obligations from his son-in law, even if the latter had made the suggcsti on. ~itoger hat displayea somTe inclination that way', but the idca had been prmpty quenched by Ethel, wooprosed instinctively any expen diture other than on herself. taigon here," contioned the rec tor ; "'I should hIave missed him ter rmiiv. I cannot think honw 1 e-xisicad before he Camte. None oE the poiple about here 'cave any interest bcyond local matters." "The 3?ajor is so ~eie-er," roturned IViolet, with conviction. "There is nothing he has not read or thought about ; but he is drea.1fllby deprsed now. J. ami afrail1 hs will neverre cover the hlow of Mirs. larslake's death." "Hei is a very go'l fe1oY," said 31r. M'errickt. "bhut I have obser'ved that inconsolable widowe'rs genera'llv marny arain." It was certainly a liitle 2.m' 'at Woodb~o'ver that wet a~.~utno, and Janeb, tinouh an exceiut houIse I'pe)r, was not munch of a c:nipanion fo an intelligenit mau, cn nentlyl th e Major spent more of his time at~ the rectory t!.an ever. He hadl made some other acqii ntan:ces in the ne:igh borhood, but the Mer:icks suited him best, bes,ides he wats by nature judo lent, and thc rectory was only live, minutes' walk from his own low white house buried in trees. Violet's heart ached when, fromt ner window overlooking the churchyard, she saw him often staind by the fresh green mOund. Owing~ to the rainy weather no monument conl be erect cd till spring, and the girl haid lbowers~ all winter long on the grave which his sorrow made sacred to her. Hie znever said any word of thau ks. but she felt he knew who tended so care'ully tlie spot where his heart lay b)uried. The violets she hid pilanted there were blossoming 'when the mnason9 men dug tl-ema up to nirmly fix tbe mrbrle slab, which was placed in co.tJy commu3no ration of "Cathariue, the belov'i I 1ife of-etc." MIajor Karsla:e wore a felv violets in his outtonhole that night, when he spent his usual musical Louir at the Merricks, but there were vo lets in the Woodbower garden, and indeed' of every garden. of mosy Coombe. When the monument was finished the widower wout away for a1 ebhge he hnad developed rheumiain in damnp "Yo'i rite somtimes, Karlake ?" said thme rector, heartily. in iar-sl "Why,'of course !" replied his frieud, but he never did. It was a dull summer ; Violet could not remember one with so little 'un shne. and she foundthe gr' 'kien very depressing. Se3mte oa ble 'eors in the clot' ugrciab, the S'rday- scool and fth e hoir of h. and 'he worked so hrd tht the' ree tor said they mutt take a rio to se to bring back the color to her ehera:s Violet did not seem to care for the idea, and her father was not ener getic ; the pldan fell throngh;bu when the Major came back and their musical eveniugs began again, Viole t' looks impiroved considerably Th change in her was so obvious that n one was surprised when the eusv.e ment. was announced, and e.nectly Iwo let Merrick succeeded to that ne.me and title. "Rather too great a difference in age !" cavilled aunts and cousins, who were not invited to the quiet mar riage. violet is old for her years," re pliied the rector to all objections. What a blissful year was the fBrst. Qomo unions begin with discords that time and custom soften into harmony, but this one opened in perfect tune. The 'tajor fell into an inversion of his forL.. habits, for his young wife loved to wit upon him and anticipate all his wishes. Janet was rather inclined to receive the new-comer grimly, but Violet's sweetness soon won the old servant's heart. The atmospliert of Woodbower changed from Etagnant seclusion into cheerful life. Sp-ing Lad succeeJed winter. ts new mis tress took an intelligeni interest in the topics ol the day; she drew forth the thoughts and reflections Which Karslake had been wont to cherish silentl-, nuowing they would find no resl;onse in his home; for the first time in his life he enjoyed true femi nino companionship. Sometimes in hi; humble soul he would wonder ho he had gained the blind adoration 0f a youg pretty and intellectual WO man, and then he would treat Violet with a tender respect which was touch ing, fr:m his age to her youth. After a couple of years Violet's ecstasy had calmed into placid alec ion, and the Major hod gr:own more aged and silent, but they wero still happ7. Mrs. Rarslake had been un avoidably drawn into some of the small festiviiLes of the neighborhood, and her husband was occasionally obliged to appear with her at a dinner party, but he. generally ran away from visit ors, aid hid himself and his pipe un der the big cedar. Old Janet found him there one day whcn hile came to bid him in to after ilohin tea. ".riag me a cup here," ho said, "and a k vonr mistress to excuse me. j 1-::0 the, quiet best." _b, it's not so quiet now as in the olIQ~oys, sir? "Of eourse not; my poor wife was too ill for any noise," answered the Major, and he cast a glance in the di rection of the 2'ureyard. \Well, weil," said the old woman, qerilously, "I'm too old for chaunges and I like old ways best," and she tned back to the house without waiticg for a reply or rebuke. The Maor pufed away meditatively at his deep-toned meersehaum and siil looked over at the churchyard, bat his eves saw other pictures. Lit tie pleasures and big troubles shared and borne togethcr in youth, when ex perience bites deeply into the record. Time n:-morics of his dead children Rlittel by, e,ah the intan,ible link of the chain that held him still ; tropical skies and Easlern seoncs came back, all bound up indissolubly with the deadi womnu. .1t was his youth, i. was his life that lhy buried in her grave. What was he bnt a ghost that walked beside the living ini his new marriagei Yot all Violet's love and devotion could make her part of ~the past, and the o.ast is dear with thne joy of morn ing and vivid with vrirginl sen"aion when we look bick upon it fro:2 the Thel' Majocr let his iea grow cold and his pi: go out. "J oh, John! where are you?" criea " voie:>. "You should no+- be siting on!: here with the dlew falling, you'il have such a twinge of rheumia "'Oh, Lm a rih my' dear," said th Major as imnpatiently as his ain Hre fel ver old just. then. V*ole casped1 both ha.us over his a' and began cht'tering ai>out her viiosas they went' into the house. In the drawing-room1 nader the brill iant light of the lampe, M1ajor K~ars lake's face lookedi white and worn. "'Wiy, John, dear ! what is the m'tter? Xou look s) ill," cried his wie, in alar:u. '"It's nothius. Vio''d, don't be troubled," he sac'id, gently, his mo mentary irritation gone. "Only r, lit te main in the arm I have lost." Woman. Map Worked in Silk. :Miss Ada Swifi, a si:d-ea-ve r-old dauhter of Mr'. and Mrs. JT. M. Sift, of Waycross, Ga., formerly of Stockton, exeutecd a beautiful silk and satin map of Georgia for the art exhibition the womian's department of te Atlanta Exposition. The fia; is five feet wide at six feet long. It is a correct map of thec State, giving the shanpe and position of ena county in app.ropriate colors, and containing the raiiro3as of the State. The coast of Georgia and the Atlantic Ocean are very beautifully xcented, and the islands are repro senteif very correctly. The river:i oi the State are represented by lines of back silk needlework. and the rail rads are in red silk needlework. A t lanta is made cons;uicuous in the map by a diag;ram of the city. Miss Swift did -iot at first intend that the map should be exhibited1 at the exposition, but w-hen it was in ished yesterday her friends and ac quaintances complimented he:' very highly and suggested that it be sent to the exposition. The flag will be forwarded to the exposition next week over the Plant systeta and the Sonth ern liailway'.-Atlanta Constitution. A 3iuzln'e:i JUInnOn. The're is an imperative nemnd for soe. in venutin that will pre'vCfnt the sca'pe an'd w.ute of oil in machioery. While hr are many inventions that c:in to do this, all machinists are a.'s etisid and assert that the wani is uat ya~ met. On one of the truuk us '-unniug out ot New York an in veigation of the most exhaustive .ort iias been made, resulting in the discovery that thirty-thmree per cent. the lu'oricators used is i'jn. Here j-::t chance for an inventor toc mnake a fo,rtne.-New Tork Leager. It is estimated that 304~ persons in this country have perished by mob vi G R ,I T-E N G 1NE EL NM F EA T.; OCEAN STEAMSIIPS BETWEEN ZEW YORZ AND CHICAGO. A $200,000,000 Ship Canal to Con ncet Lake Erie With the sea board-Difficulties Overcome. HE boldest plans hitherto of fered for a ship canal between Lake Erie and the seaboard have none of them contem plated less than thirty-live locks, and one of the most feasible would have required fifty-five. To be ad,"quate for the irai they would bear these loks nould have to be as capacious as the new lock at Sault Ste. Marie, the largest and finest in the world. te latter is 8100 feet long. 100 feet wide and 21.3 feet deep, and iz costin aore than 55,000,000. With lock like the Sault, the ecst for lifts alone for the contemnalated ship canal would be at least $175,000,000 on the St. Lawrence ronte, and upwards of S2.50,000,000 on what is known as the Oswego route, that is to say, from Os wego to the Hudson. So loug as nine teenth century engineering was unable to advauce bevond the lock invented by Luonardo da Vinci, about the time that Columbus discovered America, the problem could not be solved. The cost would have been too great for even Government undertaking. It has remained for an American en gineer to cut the Gordian knot by the invention of a new lock, exceedingly simple in desigo, easy and cheap of construction, and quickly- and inex pensivley operated. In 1890 Chaan cey N. Dutton, a young Pittsburg cu gineer, took out in the principal countries in the world let ters patent for what he dcscribed as a pneumatic balanco lock. His design, revolution ary as it was, seemed. on tho whole, so simnle that engineers stared in won derment that no ono had thought of it before. Colonel Haskell had already applied ihe compressed air principle to the pneumatic dry dock, now in use in all countries. Mr. Dutton pro posed simply to make the pneumatic dry dock into a wet dock by buildin up the side walls and putting in end gate between them. Simple as this device appears, it puts navigation by hydraulics upon an entirely new basis, and, in the judgment of the most em inent engineers, must revolutionize canal construction all over the world. Merely to indicate the meaning of this new invention, it will now be pos sible to construct hu;c ship-lifts of equal size, and at least eight times as high as the greatest lock now in exist ence. Two locks, each lifting 160 feet, could replace the twenty-five locks now required along the Welland Canal. The cost of these new locks, built as large as the new lock at the Sault, would not be more than $3,000,000 each. They would pass a ship from Ontario to Erie in an hour, where it now requires a day. It is from the invention of the pneu matic balance lock that Mr. Datton has developed his huge scheme for a maritime canal. which has recently been hei'ore Congress anta the Legisla ture at Albany. -It will extend from the mouth of the Weflaud Canal on Lake Erie, utilize a p)odCioni of that canal, descend, Dy a pair of locks set tandem, into the Niagara River at a point about opposite Lewiston, utilize and enlarge the present Canadian canal system along the St. Lawrence River as far as Lake St. Francis. and there fork in two directions, one arms wll reach by a new canal to Montreal, and the;nce by the St. Lawrence Rliver to the sea, while another wll extend from Lake St. Francis to Lake Cham plain, reverse the current of that lake, andi rue fro-n the lower end of Campliain to Waterford, on the Hud son River. It will involve only abouit ninety miles of artificial canals, and after iard.s iifteeni ilesI of this will be cut oat 1:y the- const' action of a new anal from Lewiston, on the Niagara River, to a pi,unt above the Falls onl the American ie. The project will rqure thae expenditure of a vast sum of moner. but Mr. D)auon has asso ciated wvith him so of the best known engineers la the country, to gether with a numaber of! hecavy capl te stis, and it s propo.sed to construct this gigantic system without a dol lar of Nubsidy from either the Canadian or United. States Go'vern ment. The Canadian Parliamaent in chartering the North Aerican Canal Company two years ago. gave it tho right to use the summit levels of the Canadian canal system along the St. Lawrene and across the Wellaud Pen insula, to acquire aud enlarge any present locke, and to con ree such new locks and canals as wvill be re quired to complete the enterprise. Such National legislation as is nee de d in this country has been introduced in Congress by Senator Allison, of oa. Specifically. Mr. Datton proposes to build a canal eqmnppedL with locks of sufficient sizo so that atn ocean freighter like the Cevie may sail at river speed from Neo \ ork to Ci rgo, and that without nsaerial in-terrup ion. HeI prop)oses a ca" al sysitemi with locks of 2G feet draught, 05 feet wide, and 510 feet clear length, wich- will lift vessels carrying 12,nf0. tons of freight. In place of the thirty-five to fift-five locks requiired in any other plaa yet proposed for a simuilar canal, this project involves buit fire. In a word, iust.ead of an est imate1 expen diture of at leart N29Q,.000 for loks. the intter, unider the new con stration, will not reqiuire more than 15, 0O00.). The projector dimates hat to carry the first oc~eaui steamsip from New York to Chicago -.ull re ptir te expenditre U: '13,0, '00, aul t o comfplete the canal t" en tb e vessels like the Cavie to make river sn,eedI throupl the~ dredged chan nel s wa.l require the ot iy of - much in-ini all, some.30,00,000-.) - Hap er' Weekly. More than 100 c'ani: dI ctories have been started in North Carolina this year, and herr-a fer there will probably be a great inorease la the number of factories with each recur ring fruit season througehout the whvle South. The MisI-sippAi v-a r.aei ats i print at St. Ttais. M. - i ti' :emom.ry th oldreas endeau. :u o uw Highest of all ia lzavming ?oW I AEbOLUI The commissiloners appointed by the Halifa (Nova Scotia) Government to inquire ito the "history, causes, ni efeet" of t:e coal im-ine lircs of PictoLu Conty bave just finishe-l taking ev; dene. 'The work of the commission was directed imianlv to an investiga tion of the con!.ition oE the Foord pit. This mine ha; been on fire in one ilace or another since the fifties. aud is buruing yet. Explosion after exluosion has ocurred, and many lives have bVen o.st. When f-re broke oat in onc L.ae the miners resorted to nother, sinking : iew shaft. Tqo avoid the fire va au uoer lvei. a chint was sunk aud coal Itakca out on the level immletiatel buow the tiro. Soon the Ilre came through, au, again the mine-s were driven out. Nothing that the owyncrs could do availel to drive out the firo, an the 6plnidiA mine has 1e pr.actic.lly 7abaUIone3l, thoug a Little coal is now being taken out ou a levol below .a part that is; onI fire. T'e object of the co:n.rissioi is to learl whether So:netl1ng einuot ba Joue to save so valuablo a property as the F.wrl p:t ..tes W;No ':-So--LngS y--p frchild-.e-a . n ,often, t .g. rduces lina - Lion, .!laypain, .nres n! nlic.Z.'. a brttse. Xon,ey qpeit !a Pnrker's Glnger Tonlo is weit invested. It subrluv nain. and brings betLer digestion. bettor strength and healb. Iemdd nrw Ov! wrt ,i.to' Cure "or Coa :umptia%. 1, .'s.- s-- r.E ONIE ENOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of' Figs is taken; it spleasat and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers anid cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from -the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to a'11 and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. D)o not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. saV PRAJcisco, C AL. IJWSVJLLE, KY. flEW YORK, fteV / ~ Noth: --the woi ingtoc< [ evei Sminds *tireso (ffpay1! of Pearline; ~\~aagaint lkndi a sort of supersi save so muCh labor must be ha Write forourP"Fa ers Gan yo is imiatin, hel onest-: infrato fack will mak~e and save you money. A GERMAN Money in CHICKENS HN KNOGWHOWJ>( ner.-latcst E S. Go- Repcrt I $3Powder: 7ELY PUIE Blicyce Riezords.4 People who had paia no atte.tion to bicycling natters will be surprised to learn of the recordts for sz)ed aand en durance which have htely been made on the modern wheel. A reernt road record is that of Holbein. who, cf July 7th, covered 27 miles in twenty four hors on roads bet-.weeu London and Peterborough. A tra^I!: record is that which was mae in a hour bicycle raec at PutueY, England, on Jine '22 ai-I 23. In thi.i trial of endurance Iad spel A. C. Foa utane made 474 miies 12) yardl4 tve ty four hours. Bat the greate.t achieve ment in the way cf enurance is that which was made some weeT ao by a Frenchman named ihret. He co ered 515 mii cs in t eaty& uo tra upon a tracz. L-a:au; th .1 3ion of enduran-N an"I nio; dosa to the question of speedl, it wo2 ha in:eret for those who hIv ,mo.red the soee of bit.::elist with th ped ot horscs to uote this table 1! y5 .Ti ( r 1 ::-- 1.5 2-3 R J r: ...17 .!! 1-2 :.:35 1-2 ; ,:.. ; . - 1.:22: 1 :2.03 3-4 It will bez sL--an fro:n1 t'iu forzoi r2cor,d Vt the , biylel a!;s:ni--Ls:n er HIm t2:ta any hrse. cJr ra1 Iin". paI*;j, or trott:.g, Iuthe ;ar jrIS fat-t is th:it th gr-ter the di favor v th: clis-. --Ar -o")n.j. . or OMIO, Crrr Ov To-IDo, Lucas Cousr. Fn.nr J. Cumar~ ma.kes oath tht ho is the 93nior partner (if tho ina of F. J. CE.Y & Vo., doing busine4s in the City of Toled. jouantyand St te uforesaid,and tbat sairtimi: will pqy te sum of ONE HU-NDM 'r-.4D DOL LARS for each and every case of Catarrh tha', aunnotbe cureCythouse Of HALL'SCranas C"am- FRAn J. CZE.Ny. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my prescnce, thi 6a day of December, A. D.1s%. SEAA w. GLYAsoy, sz A L - . olary LEd. Eail's Catarrh Care is t en internally, r.nd acts directly on the blood andl mucofs surfaces Of the system. Send fortestimonjaia. free. 46 F. J. CNLxz-f & Co., Toledo, 0. M" Sold by Druggiats, c. Charlotte, N. C. Br.siness. Shorthand and Typewriting. The only Business College in the South that ron can try betore paying the tuition. Actuil business practico from start to finish. Senid .or cata1.;ne. J. E. HUDSON. Principal. 5TCl IMa qj Q ,MVE Solid Ex.. sangle matteal PKgg. J. J. I.t.SVK, -nman, 0. -tadw ill show you how to b.. sa a:noiutely ,ure; we ur r.-h te wor - ad teach you rri.e :yots work in thie 1r.c:dty where v,vi hive; - -sendnsyou?Addrssandwewid.xplain the buAn.-iSS fully; rerIternaer we guar . ante,e a eear protl, .* a :or every i.ay a , wotrk: a.b..olutely ..ur- ,,rhte at ine. BoYaL. MA.NUFACTLnSLG .CorFasy, jt0r u.3, tNr,Ar, Lib JOJNSON'S CILL AN~D F~E1ER ThOI Costs son 50 cents a bottie if it carce youg end not a.sine cent Cede*s it doeC. Whi.. does it, e.:re? hIt. Chills ar.d reer. Sud. Bilious Eeer. 3rd. TrpxowD Fcv'. 4th. Hernorrhsago Jeer. 5th. Deue Fever. -6th Mess . '7th. N.n-algia Stb. La -rppe. ?.fon h ch if on. bo....e tai:,. Askyear de'ersabout it . A.B. Gra-a.snr.' S&aaun1h. Gs.. Propr:et.r. ~S SAW CORN ANDEU FEED MI1LLs. Water Wheels and Hay Presses. DeLoach Mijll Mfg. Ce., 395, Atlanta, Ga. PARKER'S E~~A!R BALSAMI ' .Clases and be:atifies the hr. __2 Frro:sa uxuriant growth. -dit Har tuisCotflCor - Cures scalp d:,enses.2 hair ialling. ng to complain of nan who uses Pearline. Noth.. omplain of in the washing and :eaning line, anyway. And rtainly th~e proprietors o f Pearline can't complain. If 2 only knew how many women, y day, are nmaking up their that the old, wearing, tearing, me way of washing doesn't' bigger than ever-the success though it has to fight not only of poor imitations, but against ition that anything which can rmful in some way. i some unscrupulous grocers will tell yo., ;ood as - or " the same as Peurline." lT'S arline is never peddled: if your grocer sends 4S0 JAMES PYLE, Necw Y'ork. ed Soils - er and better crops by the Potash. " a 142-page illustrated book. It farmers. It will be sent free, and dress, K ALI WORIKS, 93 Nassau Street, New York. Chickens. a tsan who devoted 25 vears of'hi Pfro CONDUCilLNG BT..-Eh. ra< apas EGi 1d f"cLII' . ::epcnded et:ch atten.uon cs 0I.1 a ~ned 'toCC br. a i:1c~: miand. the' r m: t a g_ u r secc . d-eh: ad .."3 :ch moer ad 1.o? tI:: : > .I how toec Save folr ;:r-'d;ig Pnrp.oscg ~r-4 ~ sho:I. kn.owem: this re::.1ett. T- L' F55 S. YOSE