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\ . LAN ? VOL. VIII. LAGRIPPE IS CONTAGIOUS. ATMOSPHERE IMPKKtiNA S KI) |r .WITH. GEItMS. Disease Proved He.vond Question to bo Inlectious.? Is Itupidl.v Mi' Mire hiiiI Rft l>r. Miles' Nervine. Booklet on heart ntnl nerves sen! free. Address. l>r. Miles Medical ( o., Klkhart, I ml. THKSt,'HATCH OF A i'KT PAIt HOT. This Caused the Death of ('apt. John M. Moore of Chester Special to The Stale. Chester. Jan. '?.?Chester is Gr again called on t<< inotirn the loss of another of her popular and highly respected citizens in t he death ot' Capt John. M. Moore. Capt. Moore had been away from h one most of the year, be ing engaged in the North Caroii ua rolling exposition enterprise, jf with W. II. Kamseur. lie had traveled with his car all over the north and had onlv been home .- 1 -u^uce since ho loft, hero u voar ikco. pa* u ring Christmas week In* was in # wfpelika, Ala., and was in a much improved state of health. Ho wa* very found of a pot parrot that as his daily companion in the oar. Just before Christmas, while amusing the bird he was scratched on ,tlio forefinger of his left / * hand and from this slight and at the time painless wound resulted his sad and unfortunate death Wednesday night, blood poisoning being I he immediate cause of ^ his death. t 'apt. John M. M aire wa* well known a 11 over the "bate and is#| peeialiy ;>i r.ulro.i , 'ircle-. 11m was for .i while cnndui'toi on the Columbia and < >ret uvill - Ji . :: of the Southern railwax and '<-r a long 11 Ml" I'm in i lie ?a no* i r> ity between Charlotte and A n gusta. H was < n-?'dered i ni ' competent and e!iie:e:it r 11 !r< : man. i I? wav al > at on 11m eoinloetor on 11;- ' *h ' r and I.e. ^ noir railway, and just before entering upon the work of hi- lit.--' ,-i surprise lie resigned the oiperintetideucy of tin- Chester an 1 Chora*' railway. John Moore was a big hearted man. lie was liked by a'l the ^ railroad ollieials and employes ? j and made a larrre nniolier ot * friends all over thoState. lie was in tho 88th year f his age and J* sick only ahout two weeks. When r;W his case became alarming Ins friend co worker, (,'api. W. H. Kamsem, brought him from Ala\ Conquer' lie Country. LaGrippe is .;oiil:i^iou> disease. Its specific germ lias been positively identified, and it is transmitted from person to person either by direct con mt.b ui uj 11111 r. 1111 ^ I III* ^ITIIIS Will IC they float in the air. It is a dangeroii8 d'sease, lowering the vitality and wasting the resistive power so that pneumonia, heart disease, nervous prostration and insanity find easy victim i) No specific is known that will kil. the Cirip germ, but it may lie dri en out and jtseileeis overcome by tae prompt use of 1 >r. Miles' Ftestorativ Nervine. l.aGjippe leftgmj Jnervoiis system sc acked and shattered that I could id. sleep and for two months was under the influence of narcotics, i'liysicians and friends gave me up to die; hut in two days after I commenced . taking l>r. Miles' Kestorotive Nervine I began to improve, and in a month's time 1 was entirely cured. It is t tie greatest health restorer on earth." I>. W. Hilton, Knuisville, Ky. AII druggists are ant hori/.ed to sell Dr. Miles' Nervine oil a guarantee t hat first bottle benefits or money refunded. ASTE Lancaster, : bam a hero in their own car. The arrived hero Tuesday nicht an rverv attention tfi ?* skillful pin sieians could :;ivo was siinwn hit hut nothing could chock th" m j roads of the deadly poison 1 passed peacefully away at tl ' homo of Dr. J. M. lirteo W.ulne 'day night at 10 ;:?0 o'clock. llo was a brother of Mrs. Wi | II. Hardin of tins *utv and of M r \to.I....... I'.-..? . r it ii , ....... .r>w.i ii.to Ul lXIMMIIIl VI III'. 1J leaves Jfour sisters and a lari j number of relatives and fr'oni l to mourn his death. The funeral services were hoi j yesterday afternoon, conduct* J by Rev. .1. K. (irier of the Meth< J dist. church. The remains wei interred in Kvertrreen cenieter M essrs. tTolin W" Dunnovar.t. I Ileyman, S. M. .lone**, Dr. !. 1 Wise, I,. T. Nichoib- and \. S j Aiken. .lr., acted a>* pallbearers ! ISHt KIRK IN Ml AltLOTTH Valuable Property in the (Villi of the City i)eslroved. I I <.'liiirloMo, N. .I.i? . <?.?At j o'clock lust niirhf lire was disco I orod in the three im v huiidii j on the Shaw-flowoU flarne i company, on Fourth street, no; ; th centre of the business porti< of the city. 'I'ho lire had paint j such headway when the alar was kouihI'mI thai the was soon t tally destroyed. The lo<* tot! stock will reach fully ?<?(? wii j $25,00u insurance. From the Shavc-llowell Win! t i 11 ic the ilamcs spread to the a . : - - I (waning ?>i?iiuifl??, JMt?U l)V I I l.iddcll Machine company, as : olRc i and sample mom. I'm.* !.? to their slock is about $'??,000 wr : $4,0(M) insurance. |'i?e buildin was a total wreck and was vhIik at $ 1.000. i The lire me i worked undi > great, difficulty. as a high wit was blowing. The burned t>1111< ings are just across a narru I a reet from the Huford hotel. : four story structure, but th building escaped injury. 1 At I : l.'i a. m , the tire was und< control. The total loss will prob ; bly reach $03;000 to $75,01X1. low to Pri ti nf I'iich inon l?. ! Vou are perhaps aware th; pneumonia always results fro a cold or from an attack of grippe. I hiring the epidemic oT grippe a iew years ago when many cases resulted in pheiim nia, it was observed that the i taek was never followed b; tl> disease when t'h.imberlait t'oiigli lietnedy was used, counteracts any .< :idenc\ of cold ? r hi grippe to r suit in th dangerous dt-ca ;e. It is the be remedy m the wnri I tor had col it i .i grippe. I.ve;\ I? . 111 < \va rai.t 1 mc sale 1>v .1. i . M \? m tV to. The nunifwr < ! mow-r;? p<* published hi Mil-, ronnfrv is :.S| iii til.* Knuimli 1 ?ii i i'.'f, wi i 11 < JiTfiiHii. '"> "? >' ' i<*h. .*.1 Kri-ni'li. Ilolirnuari. : I*olii>h, 'J*? Italian, I" I >ut? It? I 11 M.rew. etc. Winfien'* ( oiiiplc\ion ilepe.ml I beiwiy upon IH^eotidii. I?r M.A.Sii iihmih J.iver Medicine Ueijninte*. li Stomach, l.ivor ami kidneys hi , neenresthe blessings ??f good I?i I tion. a s ?/*-.' J } r v if{ EN BKLMI-WK1HIKLaV. S. C., \VKDNr:sl)AV, j;> V IXSl'RISKNTS STILL IIOLlMMi d I LOI LO I !i. !!" Wr Homlmnl TSir.v Will Sri i Fir, <<> thr I H? M anil a, ! a M. S.?(\>1. Pott er, t he Mi-fi'. I embassy of (Jen (>' i ^ !?/ tween Manila and I<*i 1**, arrived, n tlii-< afternoon with dispatches . s. from the lath v point. The situation whin lie left there was prao-t le tically unchanged. The streets Is were barricaded and it was roper : ted that the principal buildings it had been "kerusenen." the insnr >d gents lia vine rhr< atoned to destroy ' , the whole bust nest*, section bv IP" , r,?iat the Mr t dio* of bombardment, i y. j The banks were shipping their jj S tit a-ure to the Fnited States! 1 V , ! . tramp-.rt .Newport and other ves lf- "'u . .. . t j i lii - i a tuny ot the American vice consul has gone on boil..: thej Newport. Pol. Potter report.- that ' | President McKinlev's proehiuia r(? I t ton I; *.d to hi typewrit ten aborad v j; !ii;>, *s t!.4- print rs on -h re do jelined Jo do the work, and v?hen > jo | the text of the proclamation wa-i v. j read to tln'in tin ridiculed the'j )v! notion that conciliation was pe - 4 ss i Hide. , tr' Privates Harry Silvery and , )n Frank Kirkpatrtck of the Sixth! >d Foiled Stater ait tilery, while! in j guarding a water boat asii-rn of!1 o-1 the y.i wporf, wi?cr attacked by j * ip tile nal.ves of the crew. Private , tl: i Silvey's ~Uu!| *.va:- fract urod fatal J ' j ly, an 1 Private Kirkpatrick fell , overheard, but escaped with a :i (j. I llesh wound. s j The l.'nited S:at"s miuboat Pet-'. in j rel arrived at lloiln on Friday , 1 ... 'and I'ul. I'i'tii r reports that the I 't'-ii S' c troupe will pruli.i jlT lily iaiii! on (iiilaniaras inland. )(j alaiut Hit i*.\ .. lu'tweon the island < 1 I'anay ant! the island of Neirro<, where a camp will lie es?r . i c , i tahllsod. id 1 .... J here ha- neon no recent sn the situation hero. ' < >n Friday nieht public detn- a a ....... t ? onstrations where held :r. l am ' panga* province, in ratification of i ! Agin nit I do's proclamation and "* r I the excitement was intense. Alii a* nativeswho enter the city in the s . night time are searched and every 11 other precaution is taken. lUSOl I K I I NO l>|S|'.?TCII FROM OTIS. :,t in Washington, dan. v.? I he war Pi demurmeiit received another disl.i patch Irom Maj. (ion. ' iti'. com man ding the I uited States troops ? in the riiilippinos. The otlicials ohsel'V" 'liltconu p'ticenre with respect to Us content-, tint il ;j ndor-toixi that tin information ' ' - cont'<idimI in ?iot nf n'i nnfavora ' It !>!* rh iractiT or such a* to ^iv-? .. 1111:]11. ? '.ut'prit tlir :j Ifji>i?i-11 :i . I toil. >? far a-Mitf i llifia! .?:> v\ 11! i. t ^ t .filar th.ii I i' 11! - |>;?tt !i -low . 111-?i* ri i' < '. t- 'c- 'i tl'.o ' COUillJt a ? X!'f;i,.' at * ' i i: i?t r- |?rc\ i -a- u.iviri*-. ino t ot lit VI it. lilt .1 t'.llit.HIK'.l a..;ii;aL >.! a alia, actai ai.trluinn. ' scrioir o\firin?. Thorr lia.I lifM no f illmion with th? innir- ( r- ffiit fi?? atldfd. am! not a ?hot i. hail lirrtl. Tin* dispatch. litiwi'Vi'i. i- In' 11? vat 1 to Iijivh hp??n ol sulli.-H at importance to l.rin^ ' !!: ? immediate attention of the 1 president, and th latter Soereta- i Is- rv A I ire r. Secretary f .niir. Ailjn- | taut (ion. Corhin. wore in confer- , once for Rome time i?t the White House during tho afternoon pre"r Hiimubly on tho matter. ' * ? - * \ lie LATE t- I cil uml curly t > I ix**, preparesu 1(( ii.an l..r l.is home in tin- ski'1- II t .irl? I ? ' .1 anil :\ l.lttl" Karlv Risiir the |.:ll that ( I make* lif>- 1 >n?*<T >n<> better ami ?*.x-r. rmw ( f.?r I llruv | ? . > \ TERP iNUARYll, 1899. MM ii i i aammamnEXEnzmnrmz: ru~rmnu umxsx ABSOWJTE!Y Mokes the food more d< PQVAI RAKINQ PO Facts niul Figures. N?? 1 than live systems of t\v arc in u-v i:i ticriminy. The average person wears near- j v fourteen pounds of clothing. The (ir>t envelope ev? r made is | a the ?possession oi 111?* l.i itish I il 11- lMI m. It takes 7if.000 fo?i of paper to uake the postal ranis used in the riitoij States eaeh year. TIpm? are *!>! ?. limes as many imseles in thj tail of a rat as here im in 11n human hands and ' vris's. V" '' .n* ' > : ;>.u l.m : i . . . C'nlliHi tic 1".? nrS{, ( c. C(!. la ; . i > .. , itruiiiiuiij r? iu:?.i ait .i y lin present population ol the tilted Slates exceeds that oil i riitil li \ 'iv a iioii I ifif.W1 il),(II)0, a m I hat of (ileal ftritian hv dl.OOO, | Mill. Tln? Jewish Vi'.ir ltook e.-ti nates that i'it" are in ihr w-ivid ! ihoiit I 1,0'Hl.iM!) ! tjiat r. a-.r ban half under ifu-iiu uriadict ton. A ton of \ t iantir v-it?r yields, ifter evafeir ?i loti, >! pounds -f , alt; of l!.e I'aeilir. 7h: of ihei \rrt;c an 1 A u la relic, va ; of the toad Sea, I >>7. Kns-ia, with a population o| _'7.0(M),O0O, has only phv ician*. In the ( nited States,! nth a popnlat h.n of uhoul 7- j IIK),000, there are 1 if0,000 phvsiii.ns. I)r. Hull'* Cornell Syrup is u mry ollinent remedy. Cor coughs i imi cold* it has po equal. It is mod for adults iiml elii ron I'Vir :roup and whooping rough it is nvaluahle. The largosl rnas? of pure rook ialf in the world lies under the; jroviin'o of (ialfieia, Hungary. It s known to ho .*?."?<) miles loug. *20 road and -.*?<> feet iri thickness* 1 Jnra>r ? om1 I'nu - It With l'a(r?rPU <*%n?ly i. v.iv ? -'is!:joki;oti foro^ c . !!''(' I' f \: . . ..'k'isl s r f uii \ inoi.i' The year IT I! (,\ was the long;>t year on i . >:*<!. l?v order of I it] i us. it eontained ! } "? lav-. i addition il d:\s v. ere ?ut in lo ru ?.. ill" -< i-mi- eonorni. *>. to- i ;>.)- ili! , wit! he ndar venr. 8.a "* is ?} % Trrsili'*!. "! ! , a - ; iai*. e i ! from e ieeo11 ( at'nek < f la grippe tille i r," i v M i .i a-. A. .I n auhli-Ie-r of :!? Leader. Mexi.i.j lexa-. "In the latter ease 1 i,<ed . 1 hamherlain ('.nigh Leine?iy, tml 1 tliink with ruii-i'|cr<tMr i hi niiiv l?*?iti?_r in bed ?i 1?111** )Vcr two ! \ > 11>i^* !< n davi I nr t!i<* fcl I!KM' :?!' i k. I'll:* second ' ?t.n k I :tui - ;i I i ?iit-ii would have M'en equally ;i? id as the lir>t lit for tlif use i . 'his remedy as had to l > to bed in about mx lours after 'struck' with it, vhile in the iirM case 1 was able o attend to businesn about two lays before Kitting 'down.'" For alo by J. F. Mackkv A Co. S *x V f. RISE. NO 79 k ji &AKIN6 f#WDER BHjre d!(ciou5 and wholesome *Df W CO.. Kt?> YOIIH. The regular army is made up of 25 percent, of foreigners, while in the navy .'>'2 per cent, of the petty oi'icers and 12 per cent, of the seamen are foreign horn. Forty per rent, of tlmso who went tJnrfu with the Maim* were of this class. !f is eighteen (v??ars since the (iro Japanese newspaper was estahli.he.l, and now there ?rc in existence 575 daily and 'weekly paper*, .'55 law magazines, So tnedieil tv igazitiep,* 11 scientific and i large number of religious journals. The oldest university in the world if, lit I'okiii. it is called the '"School for the Sons of the Mm pi re." IN .antiquity is very gre.it. and i granite register con i-Hng .{" stone columns, 020 in number. contains the names of ) vi' initiates. Thrwiiihor.t the entire world : here am ahnul 2^,000,000 s(|tiare nr i> !' 'in.'\jilure.i territory. In At'in-.i in i"'- are 0,.>00,000 square miles; Arctic regions, 0.000.000; Aiiiuviic regions, 0,"I'M,000 ; America. 2,00O,00O; Australia, 2.000,000; Asia, 200,000, and V irions island 000,000. It has been computed by geogra pliers that if the sea were emptied of' its w Vers and all the rivers of the earth were to pour their presentj floods into the vacant space, allowing nothing for evaporation, 40,000 years would be required to bring the water of the ocean up to its pres ent level. y* It instated that the merclmtiN dise carried hy rail in l!??? lotted * States is double the amount of ' land carriage of all the orhen [ nation* |??i th*? earth combined* r This means that the To 000,000 people of the I' nitod States transport twice as much merchandise as the remainidc I. loo.ooo.ooo of tn a n k i ml CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. ' ' ? The Kind You Have Always Bought SiK^Mre of I ^ ^ ^ | . ^ iravnK,milTiadfrMiricitSlkliinl, indPit J ! .. n. ...ii'-utcil 1 ; modcrau re.?. * JO'in (lrt :r 15 ^rrrjirr U S. Patc^t f^-rici Jn-..;..' n sccu.e j.i#en iu lets liiuo iboMl iei.ii>''! train Washington. 0 mixicl. draw^ . r 1 hot .. ith tic :.j> 4 w t . We v1 patentable of not, free oft ? /t h4i(5<? C lr fee r ? 'I le t !t pe'.cnt is secure :. / J A f- imPHift "H ? t ? 0!>*iin Patents," v.tw r. v* if &cuiC 1 L . e, c .,1 1.;>icujti'if v^> sent free. Ail-!' . it On. F-? iTO<f W?SHisjr7 -.A ? ,. If y" uiu Ilcaiity Is TMo\J Clcan Mood ntean.i a / < ,|ppr> 1 auty without it. ( asrar |^',v ' ' * t:< rlian your Mood jg<1 ( s*^,,. stirring up-.'/. lazyjjr ' { in ities ""n> <',,lA?r -r , banish puiiph's. ' M? >ZII A and that hi< U) * . '...".'id You Haw Always ('a wa ret yv ^ gtsU, *x{~for