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P?BtLISHteD kvery T?JISDaV. SUBSCRIPTION 91 .BO PER YJ4AH M?S. lilSASIS OF KANSAS. e Huoceaa of a Remarkable Wei torn 'Woman. e story of Mrs. Lease's advent! in 'cs is interesting. With her hus end her children she lived on a l|i Klngman county. One day s in1 Witchlta and leisurely into a union labor convention. ' requested to make a speech. id never before attempted I to . iu public, but the calls were so ent and earnest that she resolved -, For half an hour she surprised ilf, as Well as her audience, niak > speech that fairly started her on ) road of fame and fortune. Soon after this the Lease family ro oved to Wiohlta, where the- husband zecame a drug fllerk, and from the modest salary ho received in that capacity supported his family, which 'consisted of his wife and four children. Through the influence of his wife ho was subsequently made manager of a loading Wiehtta drug store, but the tironrietors having disposod of the mstnoss, ho was thrown out of employ ment, since which time he has boon a gontleman of loisuro. About a year ugo Mrs. Lease purchased a handsome home in a fashionable residence part of tho city and turned it over to tfio management of hor husband. Two oldorly female sorvants are employed, who are paid by Mrs. Lease, but Mr, Lease has entire control of tho estab lishment during his wife's absenco, which is maintained in tho best pos sible stylo. Since he lost his position Mr. Lease has looked after tho minor details of Caring for his wife's property and tho children, while Mrs. Leaso has boon traveling about the country delivering lectures, making political 'oenos and acting as a member {of ?ho State board of charities. About a year ago Mrs. Lease became interested In tho subject of hypnotism. She.made a study of the science, lter ambition being to acqurio hypnotic power. With this object in view she engaged tho services of a professor,who hus beon giving exibitious through the state. Ho pronounced hor a goodsub joct, and claims to havo developed unusual hypnotic powers in his pupil. Mrs. Lease dislikes to talk of her hyp notic powers, but admits that sho has givon the subjeot of hypnotism much study and thought. People in Kansas have ceased to wondor at anything Mrs. Loaso says or doos. Her political career has beon a series of sensations. Sho is constantly in search of something to say or do that will attract attontiou to her. She _? camo Into proiuineuco in tho cam paign of 18b?, wiren hor speeches preg nant with bitter invectivo and sarcasm caused many to compare her methods with those of Senator Ingalls, whom she took great satisfaction in abusing. Her success as a speaker consisted more in arousing tho enthusiasm of her partisans than in making converts. Up to and including the campaign of 18S>'2 she was tho idol of her party, and was called by People's party papers the modern Joan of Are. Her influence In party councils was greater than that of any other half dozen persons. Few men leaders ban tho temerity to cross her path, and her wishes always commanded respect, utt least in her presence, for no one wished to invito the sting of her sharp tongue by opposing. A few tried it while she was in the height of her popularity with disastrous results. Her success turned her head, and sho began to use her power in such a bold manner that friends desertod her and onemics sprang up on all sides determined to crush hor. Gov. Lewelling opened the battle by attempting to removo hor from the Stato board of charities to which ho had appointed her. She fought back, ropoalod to tho Supreme Court and came out of the fray victo rious. Sho is still president of tho board, and will remain in that position until April, when tho plaeos now held by two Republicans will bocomo vacant. Thoy will bo filled by Populists of tho Governor's choosing whom ho can rely upon to roorganlzo the board by re ducing Mrs. Loaso to tho ranks, and doprivo her of all influence in tho managomont of the charitable institu tions of tho Stato. Mrs. Lease delights to talk of her soli and her achievements. Sho says that if sho were a man sho could easily be tho acknowledged intellectual giant of tho People's party. In an interview, in spoaking of her oratorical ability, she said : "I beliovo I owe whatever power I havo in this line to parental influonce. My father was an Irish exile. He was banished from Iroland and ho fled to America, with a prico sot upon his head, and his property confiscated to tho English crown. I was the first child born from my exiled parents in America. My earliest ro eolloetlons aro tilled with a struggle against overy form of injustieo that I camo in my littlo world. I was liberal ly oducatcd and finished at Allegheny University, and whon tlftoen years old I loft school. The poor wages paid women arousod mo and when I began touching, scarcely moro than a child, I rebelled against this and started a movement in northern Pennsylvania and sou thorn Now York for bottor wages for women teaohors. Hearing that women wero paid bettor in tho Wost, I came to Ncoso county, Kun., whon I was seventeen years old, and taught at Osago Mission, whoro I mot Mr. Leaso and afterwards married him. A few years later Mr. Lease got an idea that we could do butter on a farm, so wo moved away out West to Kingman eounty and took up a claim. I Uvod in tho vory midst of of tho desert. It was solitary and dosolato, and there was no society but our children and no companions but our lonoly thoughts. It was an awful lifo, dreary, monotonous, hard, bleak, and uninspiring. After that wo moved to Wichita, whoro 1 took up the study of law with Eby & McMahon. I did not go to the office much, but Mr. Eby camo to our house and heard mo recite. When I was admitted to tho bar and mado my first address to tho jury the court room was crowded? My first real public nppcarunco was in Kansas City, in 1888, whoro I delivered the addross of welcome at a labor confer once, and whipped Mr. Powdorly, who at that time was in favor of la hur or ganizations keeping out of polities. I championed tho movement and I won the day. That was my lirst fight. There I got my first blood, and I want to Say right hero that I havo novor been defeated in my life in any fight, and I do not intond to loso my battle now. My strength has p.iways boon, as it is now, that I urn rig"jl." On the quostion 01 roligion Mi*b. Loaso expressod herself as follows: '? I think my religion is as broad as my political creod, for thoy are one and the same. I was reurcd in tho Roman Catholic Church and I havo at various timos worshjppod at other altars, but I am only a member of tho great big ohurch?the church without eatochlsm, tho church with no creed. I hate man made beliefs and prlest-mado ortho doxy. I take tho sormon on the mount and the golden rule and belicvo in them and thoy aro sufficient?sufficient unto salvation." ?MS i i i ?I. ??Prof. Lungly demonstrates that if a body of coal sufficiently largo to last tho United Statos a thousand years should bo sot on fire, tho heat given forth from it would not equal that which the sun glvos out in tlio thous andth part Of a second. ?Whon a man says amon right it always moans that he is willing to bo put down for his share of tho ex pense. KN8ATIONS IN UKOWNIKTO. 'W^W-''. ..... Actual Experience of a Man Who WanUrvwucd. r. C. A. Hartley relates his ex perience in undoi going the- struggles of drowning am' itation as fol lows in tie Star. : To stand helplessly on the river shoro and witness the struggles <)f a drowning follow-being is a harrowing experience, and little loss hoart*reud ing to contemplate, but, in mattors of this kind, like many others, "things are not what they seem.'* At any rate, doatb by drowning Is not as horrible as it in.,y soom to the on looker. Tho thought of being, dragged along tho muddy bottom of the river and found later in some out-of-the-Way, willow-tangled spot is what adds to tfre -horrors of suoh a death. Tho dread of such a fate is .really worse than the fate itself. I .once left this world by that route as hourly ae* one can aud get back. It was an accident, und was somo twenty yours ago. i A compaulon and mysolf were-bath lug in tho Ohio River. At the point where we woro a largo raft of logs was lashed to tho bank, and for quite a long wbilo we amused ourselves by jumping from tho raft into fifteen foot of water to see who could bring up tho largest number of white gravels each time. We wont down several times with varying success. The last time I mado tho effort I filled my lungs with air and leaped far out Into the river and'wen j to the bottom hoad first. I groped about for a handful of gravels und spent moro timo In tho search than I should havo done. Tho wator was warm, however, and I had no fears of drowning. When I could stay down no longer I started swiftly for tho surface, and when within a footer two of tho top of tho wator my com panion, not knowing exactly whore 1 was, jumped headlong into tho river. His head struok mo squarely between tho shoulders and knocked tho last ounce of air out of my lungs, aud a deluge of water at oneo took its placo. Tho weight of bis body falling on mo produced u terrible shock, and I sank to tho bottom of tho river like a stone. That is where I got my oxperionco in drowning. When tho wator rushed into my lungs and stomach it felt for all tho world like a pleurisy pain, which has also given mo a tusslo in later years, but was over in a second. Then my body sottled quietly to the bottom uuuVmy arms fell limp at my side. In my half-conscious condition I could see all my relatives and acquain tances crowding about and looking down on mo with tearful laces. All tho events, it seemed, of my prosy career passed slowly in review, and tho good, bad, and indifferent acts stood out before mo in bold relief. Kven little school boy tricks claimed attention. 1 knew I was drowning and remember thinking, "Why, this is not so hard after all !" I woudered whore my body would be found, and shuddered at the thought that it might never bo fouud. I also wondered whether or not my companion had be come alarmed and run away and left me to my fate, or whether he was diving hero and there to lind me. Then I pictured my burial, and how the clods would resound on my colon when it was lowered into tho chilly grave, und my fate would be pointed out to othor boys by anxious mothers as a warning. At the next stage I could hear bells softly ringing in tho distance, together with" little tinklinge and chirrups sounding in my ears. Then I began to see pretty pictures. Tho colors of the rainbow danced before my eyes und in termingled and formed into all sorts of odd shapes. 1 bad no pain and no fear of what was oxpected to follow. I seemed to be onehanted at tho scene before me. Everything was light and calm aud moved ubout without any visible impelling force. It was like looking into a largo mirror with every beautiful thing that tho most vivid imagination could conjure up revealed thereby. The last stage which I on tered increased the beauty of the sur roundings. All discordant noises ceased and were superseded by the softest, sweotest music that could be thought of. Apparently I had boon transported to a place flooded with bright, calm sunshine. It was neither too hot nor too cold, but seemed like a clear autum day. Then I seemed to rise from the ground and Pout off into spaco like thistle down. Higher and higher I went until I seemed to look downon tho world from a great boight. und then came a blank. Tho next thing I know I was lying on tho raft with my companion looking down on mo with a pale face. After several unsuccessful attomps he had succeeded in finding mo and getting me out of tho water. By vigorously rolling me over a log he had succeeded In rekindling the spark of life that remained. For tho next half hour I think I Buffered a great deal more than for tho same length of time be fore or since. I shall never forget how it feels to drown, but would not advise any one to try it to find out for hinisc'f. Resuscitation is too pain ful. Oats von Horses.?Experience has proven that as a grain food for horses few feeds are equal or superior to oats. Many farmers and teamsters, howover, by experimenting, have decided upon a combination of feeds that, in their judgment, makes a ration superior to anything else obtainable. Some use a mixture of ground corn and wheat bran. Others feed the corn soaked vith a sprinkling Of chopped HtulV, while others get inore'value from cut hay dampened and sprinkled with ground feed; For these who are sat isfied with a standard food and one that careless teamsters and stable men Will not be liable to injure horses with by over-feeding, oats will prove more satisfactory. When American corn is worth less than a cent a pound, and OatS sell forever a cent ami a quarter per pound, tho feeding value is no doubt in favor of corn, but corn being very heating, great care must needs be exercised in dealing itout. In fact, some horsos are made sick by a few rations of corn. Constant feeding for two or throe months deranges the sys tem, requiring a complete change of diet, and often necessitates the calling in of a veterinary surgeon. The thick hull covering tlie oat kernel prevents fast eating, cousequontly more saliva is formed, which aids digestion, yot some horses eat so voraciously that many of the kernels aro swallowed whole. When this fact is discovered, either Lave tho grain ground and fed dry, 01 plaee several stones two inches in diameter in tho feed box. Those will prevent the grabbing of a full mouthful of gri&in ut once, and tliun cause twice the time to be spent in eat ing a given quantity.?American Ag riculturist. Hack TO HIS Ou> Lovk.?Three years ago at Munico, Indiana, Mrs. VVillian l'ash found a letter in her husband's pocket, which was a message of love to a young woman at Rod Key. Mrs. Hash secured a divorce as a result. Soon afterwards Pasb married the woman that caused his wife's actions. Mrs. I'ash brought suit ask ing $l(t,00i? damages from wife No. 2 for alienating her husband's affections, but the suit was equotohod in a man* nor that was a mysto.j until re cently. Wife No. 2 brought suit for divorce on identically the same charge as thax. mado by wife No. 1. Wifo No. 2 had found alovo lottor of recont date in her husband's pocket addressed to his first wife. Thodlvoroe was granted, and a few days ago William and his first lovo lockod arms and took tho train for Btdlofontaine, Ohio, where they are to be reunited as one in the town of tholr childhood, and whore tl.oy courtod ovor a quartor of a cen tury ago. DEATHS OF PROMINENT MEN. York and ICdgeftclri Counties Iioso Useful and Honored Citizens. The funeral services of the lato Col. I W. 13. Wilsdfi, of Yorkvillo, took place i on the,6th lust. It was one of tho most largely attended funerals that has ever taken placo In Yorkvllle. Tho sorvlcos were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Guerry. chaplain of SowaunoeUni versity. , Tho building was unable to hold the many friends who had come to pay the last tribute of respect to their dead friend. Col. Wilson was born in Columbia, April 5th, 1827. His father was tho Rev. Stauyarno Wilson. He gra luntod from the South Carolina College with first appointment In 184G. In 1848 he removed to Yorkvllle and began tho I practice of law with I. D. Wlthor spoon, and upon tho latter's death a partnership was formed with 1. D. Wltherspoon, Jr., which continued until tho firm of Wilson & Wilson was established. In 1853, Col. Wilson was sent to the Legislature for this county and was again sent for two terms, beginning In 1882. In I860. Col. Wilson was sent as the head ot tho ticket, to tho State convention which adoptod tho Ordl nanco of Secession. Entering the Con fodorato army as a private ho roso un til he was commissioned colouol of the 7th South Carolina Rogimont. At ouo time Col. Wilson was tho only Episco palian In York county and it is duo to his UQtiring efforts that tho Church of tho Good Suepard was established. In this church ho sorved as a warden for thirty-throe years aud as Sunday school superintendent for seven years. Col. Wilson leaves llvo sons, ouo of whom is un ox-State Senator and one is serving at present in that capa city. A correspondent of tho Abbovlllo Press and Banner furnishes tho follow ing skotoh of tho lifo and services of Capt. James S. Callisoji, who died sud denly at his homo in Shatturiield, Edgefleld County on the 5th of March : lie was of Irsli birth, coming to Ed gelield when a youth. Ho did not have a collegiate education, but by studyamL reading ho became a well informed and intelligent citizen. His education was derived from a contant reading and study of newspapers. This reading had been so broad and eloso that ho was one of the best informed citi zens upon all commercial aud political matters. His first effort in politics was in 18(>0, when he was a candidate for tho Legis lature, the isstio being State appro priation to the 1 Blue Ridge Railroad. Upon this he was defeated. In 18(>l he went to tho army in . Captain Tolbert's company, in the Seventh Regiment, and after arduous services was discharged for disability. During the dark period of recon struction he was bitterly opposed to Republicanism, and in 1870 was one of the most uetive spirits in rolling up tho tremendous majesty for General Hampton. He was one of the most vigilant and useful members of tho Legislature that Edgefleld has bad since the war, always working for economy, an active advocate for the adjustment of the public debt, and favoring economy in every branch of the State and County government. After a useful and honorable career in the House, he succeeded General Gary in the Sonate, and was ever re cognized for his ability and energy. Captain Callison was one of the best stump speakers iu the State. As a citizens bo was most useful: as a merchant ho often befriended bis neighbors ; a practical farmer himself, ho was an example to those around him. No man was more beloved in his own neighborhood than ho was? was often stiled tho " Dukoof Shatter lield." Prior to tho war tho section in which he lived was poor, but since tho war it has become one of tho most pros* porous and cultivated in tho State. To this prosperity and improved edu cational and religious advancement of his neighborhood no man has con tributed more than Captain Callison. He leaves many pohticai friends in every part of tho State. His entire neighborhood feels his death. A de voted wife and a number of grown, usoful and educated sons and daughters to mourn his loss. VOLUNTARY SURRENDER.?The Co lumbia Register says: All tho con victed criminals in this State seem to have determined to surrender them selves to the prison authorities and to enter the Penitentiary with their own Commitments Ip their pockets, coining to Columbia unaccompanied by officers and acting as if they wore as froo as any man. Martin Whooh r, colored, of Nowbcr ry county arrived in the city yesterday and went to the Penitentiary and sur rendered himself. He had been con victed of burglary, but bad appealed to the Supreme Court. That court de clined to give him a new trial. Ho has a sentence of three years to servo. Major Whitner Symmes, of Green vllle,also arrived in the city on Sunday afternoon. He went to Wright's Hotel and yesterday sent for Superintendent Noal. of the Penitentiary, to tell him that he had come here to begin a live years' sentence in prison, bringing his own commitment with him. Major Symmes belongs to ono of the most prominent families in the State and was at one time immensely wealthy. He is still worth a good deal of money. About two years ago ho killed a white man named Gary at Central, In Pick ens county. He was convicted of man slaughter and was sentenced to five years in prison. The Supreme Court refused to give hint, a new trial. Major Symmes is said to be u first cousin of ex-President Harrison." Ho is a highly educated man. Luther Trammel I, who surrendered about a week ago, and Colonel Morrow have both been put to work in tho hosiery mill. A Mixed Romance.-?A German widower, in tho village of Sanborn. Minn., sent, some time ago, to the old country for a young lady whom he ex pected to make bis wife. Soon after the lady came over she made up her mind that her widowed adorer was not the man she wanted. She did not, how ever, return to Germany, but engaged herself a servant girl to J. G. Yager. Looking through Yager's album she became fascinated with t he photograph of a man and'thought that with him she would like to oast her lot. On ln? quiry she found that the young man might be Inclined to consider a pro posal of marriago, if it came in a quiet way. A correspondence was begun, followed by an exchange of photo graphs. The yaung man, who lives in Indiana, went to Sanborn. When he stood face to face with his correspon dent he came to the conclusion that be did not want to marry her. The mat ter, wall.settled amicably. The young man did not depart immediately for his home, and by accident became ac quainted with a very est imable young widow of the place. Ho proposed to Her und was aeceptt d. ? Pho following declaration was signeo by 2.000 members of the medi cal profession in the United Kingdom s "That ' ao most perfect lieulth is com patible with total abstinence from all intoxicating beverages, whether In the form of ardent spirits, or as wine, beer, ale, porter, older, etc, oto. That per sons accustorood to such drinks may with perfect safety discontinue them entirely, OltnelT at once or gradually after a snort time. Toe total and uni versal abstinence from r.lttpholic llq?ora and intoxicating beverages of all sorts would greatly Contribute to tho heult h, tho prosperity, tho morali ty, and tho happiness of tho human race." THE PROFESSIONAL WITNESS. The United State? Court Rooms Must not be muni into Jukettug Grounds for Profcaslonal Witnesses In Searoli of Mileage and Fees. Srcoiul to tbu NotVB aud Courier. Gkeenvii,le, March 0.?Tho peo ple of Greenville wero very much pleased with Judgo Brawley's work at the lute torm of the United States District Court In this city. Ho prosid od with great drgnlty and ability and won the approval of the Bar by tho promptness with which he discharged tho business of the Court. Tho rogular correspondent of tho News and Courier kept its readers informed from day to day of what was dono in Court, but did not covor ono of tho most important incidents of the term. There was so much saving common sense in what ] Judge Brawloy said about the pro- j fesslonal witness and tho useless aud expenslvo litigation promoted by his activity that I shall attompt to givo what Judge Hrawley said touching tho matter. In dismissing the juries for tho torm Judgo Brawloy thanked them for their prompt, patient und intelligent dis charge of their duties, which duties he said had boon rondored moro arduous by tho consideration of a largo number of eases which should novor havo beon sent up to that Court for trial, and which had ovory appearauco of being instigated and prosecuted by a sot of professional witnesses for thoir own advantage, and not for the pro motion of justice or tho vindication of law. All casos for tho suppression of illicit distilling, ho said, wore of importance to tho Government and he did not wish it to bo undorstood that any of tho oillcers charged with that duty should rolax thoir vigilance and his remarks wero not applicable to that class of cases, but the great bulk of tho prosecutions wero for violations of Section 3,242 In selling liquor without license. Tho groater part of these eases wero properly cognizable iu the Courts ot tho State whoro any soiling of liquor by parties other than tho oflloials of tho Stato was made illegal. The Courts of the United State*}, ho said, bad a jurisdiction limited by law, they had no general police powers, they had no concern as such with any question of prohibition or with the advancement of tho eauso of tem perance, and so far as he could control it tho powor of tho Court should not bo invoked either in aid of or in hin drance of such legislation as tho State, in tho exercise of its general police powers, might see proper to adopt unless it was made clear that such laws wero an infringement of rights requiring tho protection of this Court. The eases that were the cause of the animadversion were not of that character. They were in the main petty cases of retailing, which, in the judgment of the Court, did not proper ly come within the purview of the Bootion referred to. That section of tho Revised Statutes was one of many features of the internal revenue laws, designed to protect and increase the revenues of tho Government by the imposition of a tax or license fee upon persons conducting certain kinds of business. It was difficult to lay down any precise rule by which it can be deter mined whether ono or more acts of selling liquor constitute a carrying on tho business of a retail liquor dealer, but it is not difficult to determine that many, if not most, of the prosecutions that have been brought at this term aro not within the true intent of this statute. Most of them come from a few of tho commissioners of this Court, and relate to isolated selling of drinks or half pints of whiskey by negroes on the public highway or in obscure localities, which negative the idea that a business is being conducted which it is the intent of this statute to license. They aro simply cases of un lawful selling obnoxious to tho State laws. This Court would bo in perpetual session if the commissioners all over tho Stato followod tho example of two Or three who sent up most of thejjeases, and tho oxpouses could he enormous and out of all proportion to the good accomplished. lie wished the com missioners to understand that every casual and furtive sale of whiskey was not an olTence under the section re ferred to. Tho commissioners should cxereiso more discrimination. With a little care they could readily deter mine whether the party charged was conducting a business in violation of the statute. If they did not the Court would lind commissioners who could. He did not wish to say anything that would discourago all proper prosecu tion for violations of the laws of the United States, But ho did not intend to allow its Court rooms to be turned into junketing grounds for the pro fessional witnesses in search of mileage and fees. ??M. Blondin, now in his 71st year, is giving marvelous performances up on tho high rope at tho Crystal Pal ace, London, in bStil he walked across the Niagara Falls on a rope 1,100 feet long, stretched at a height of 160 feet above the torrent. At tho Crystal Pal ace his performance is upon a rope stretched across the center transept at a height of (it) feet from the ground. The rope, which is an inch' and three quarters in diameter, is made of stool wire, covered with six strands of inanila, and from anchor to anchor it is 400 foot long. Blondin walks across the rope blindfolded, stands on his head, carries a man on his back, and performs other feats, all of which aro accomplished with tho old grace and daring. Magnetic Nervine, tho great restora tive, will cause you to sleep liko a child. Try it. Sold by Carpenter Bros., Greenville, S. 0. ALL OVKli THE QLOBE ?Dr. Pierre's Pleasant Pellets aro known. Pilli of American manufac ture easily lead. Why? Hocau.se they're smaller; the vegetable ex tracts aro concentrated. There are many liver pillsryet there must, bo a reason why Dr. Pierce's Pellets givo tho best satisfaction. Probably be cause thoyVe sugar-coated, small as grains of mustard seed, therefore, easily swallowed. Most of all?they act in a natural way, and aro effec tive in result. Then, too, after they'ro taken they can't be felt?so different from the old - fashioned pills, with their griping and violence For indigestion, pain in stomach, COStivonC88 and habitual constipation, as well as sick and bilious headaches, these "Pellets" bring such a lasting cure, that they can be guaranteed. Your money is returned, if they do not givo satisfaction. To every sufferer from Catarrh, no matter how bad tho case or of how long standing, the proprietors of Div Sago's Catarrh Romody say this : ** If wo can't cure it, perfectly and permanently, wo'll pay you $500 in cash." Sold by all druggists. Highest of all in Leavening Power.?LatoetU.S*XlovVRepor4v ABSOLUTELY PURE ? ?_U_i_ THE ALLIANCE MANIFESTO. TheWalhalla Catechism tobe?rouuht Forward Immediately?Candidates Must XotUodf<o the Issues. The Cotton Plant, tho official organ of tho Stato Alliance, hau come out with a manifesto urging tho imniedi ate application of sundry questions to I tho candidates now fioekiug to the field. Tho quostions wero adopted last summer at Walhalla, and tho Cot ton Plant is calling upon tho Allianco to enforce its demands for prompt and i unequivocal answers. The article is as follows : " Wo havo at various times set forth tho attitude of tho Allianco, as an or ganization, towards candidates and po litical purties. Wo havo endeavored to Impoees on the minds of our people that a firm adherence to our principles, as laid down in our platform, and their unqualified support tit tho ballot box by tho membership of tho order, was the only way we huvo of making our wishos effective. That udberunce and support should bo given without a con sideration of the aggrandizement of a political party or tho elevation of some man to a position of honor and profit. This attitude of independence and do termination will force men and parties to do our will and WO can't enforce our demands in any way oxcopt to make it a matter of business. '"This is a campaign year aud the candidates for all tho olllces, from United States Senator down, are com ing out and getting themselves in posi tion to strive for thoir ambition. It is time now thai the Allianco was also getting itself in shape to enforce its demands. Wo are interested in the election of every officer, because every ollico carries its influence which may be used for or against our cause. State and county officers, for that reason, should bo required to pledge them selves just tho same as the members of the State Legislature and the National Congress. It is true that the members of Congress are tho ones directly con cerned in carrying out our demands and their election should bo more care fully looked after than thoso not so directly concerned. We are forced to dopend on their firmness, fidelity and energy in working for the enactment of our demands and every precaution should be taken in making our choice. We are also directly interested in the olection of members of the Statu Leg islature because of their participation in the election of a United States Sen ator. "The election of a successor to Sen ator Butler is, for obvious reasons, tho most important of the year, The man olooted during a period that will decide the fate of this republic. Ho will holp to decide whether wo are to have a rule of tho peoplo or the rule of a money monopoly. As tho candidates for that ollico aro very properly re quired to come before tho peoplo and express their viows, the people can and must appiy the yard-stick to them as well as to Congressmen, aud not al low them to take any equivoeul or con ditional position that will admit of dodging their responsibility whon elected. If n man is earnest and sin cere in Iiis advocacy of our demands ho will havo no reasons for not complying with what we require. "In Ol'dor to protect ourselves in this matter the State Alliance passed reso lutions at its Walhalla meeting last July requiring its executive committee to get a written answer without am biguity or equivocation from candi dates, as to whether or not they would discuss and defond our demands and pledge loyalty to those demands above loyalty to party caucus. In each coun ty the duties devolve upon the execu tive committees in carrying out the orders of the Stato Alliance. Tho hesitancy and slowness of men to act in important matters of this kind when their personal interests are involved makes it extremely unfortunate for one who is charged with this duty he a caudidate. for that reason we have always opposed Alliance officials be coming such during the time they aro OX poo tod to servo the order. Such a course has hurt us in tho pust by giv ing an opportunity to make the plau sible charge that the Alliance was an olli co-see king machine and would bo an impediment to our progress as long as it is kept up *, because, very aatu rally. a man does not wisli to jeopard ize his personal interest by taking hc tion that will likely bo unpopular with some. '* We enll on the officials who aro re sponsible for carrying out tho resolu tions 'uO get themselves in shape to do so for ji groat deal depends on it for the advancement of the cause of tho people as represented by the Alliance organization in the elections thisyoar. Lot us take; a long .step forward and do our duty fearlessly." ?The Eskimos havo many customs of peculiar interest, not the least among is a remarkable reluctance to pronounce his own name before a stranger. If a white man meets a family and asks the head thereof his name, his wife will promptly answer for him, or vice versa. If a child bo asked his name, both parents, if they are present, Will reply, while tho little one will stand dumb. If but ono Lski inn is about, and the same question be put to him, ho will look about in a dis tressed way, as though seeking somo one to give the desired information, and will endeavor toovado the query until a member of the tribe comes up to answer for him. If pressed, und no other course is left him, lit! will toll Ills natu. , but with marked reluctance. < ?11 all other subjects, except their Spiritual beliefs, thoy will converse with volubility, and do their best to impart information." If you have sour stomach and feel bilious, and your head aches, take a Japanese Liver Pellet, it will roliove y,?u. Sold by Carpenter Bros., Creon ville, S. C. Ladies, if want a pure, delicate soap for the complexion, Carpenter Bros., Groonville, s. C, Druggists, wr'll a ways recommend Johnson Oriental Medicinal Toilet Soap. ft, C. Taylor, Murfreosboro, Term, writes: " I have used the Japancso Tile Cure with great satisfaction and success." Sold by Carpenter Bits., Greenville. S. C. ?TAlFAlNtJKSia r* vi* s ^HF CS URB A N>w and Complete Treatment, oondstliifr o( SUr-r-OHrrOlUh." Cap?ulo? of Olulmont and two '. .,.( ointment. A nevor-falllnpr Cur? for rile ? ?! every nnturn an.) dcurco. It make* nn operation with tli? knife or Injection* of fitrnollo acid, wlil. li nro i '..oimi nml Heidorn a poriiinuenl cure, and often ultliiK in tleaUi. uHlnOCOSaary. Why endure thin terrible disease? We guarnntoo ? l)OXAB to oure any onso. You only |>ny for unsflts received, f 1 h bo?. (I for {ft. Hunt by RlAll, ' iiimntoet loxuci' l>y our nf(eritn. nfllM^TIPATIfltM c,,r0'1' Pl,0? P'cverlc:!, dm prent I.I V Kl? ml H'l OM AOlf IlKOIII.ATOIt nod III.OOI) I I 1.11 11 R. Hiniill, mild and plenfanl l > tikn, cHjieolally neapted for child rf.u'i use, to Do 104 Vi conta. OUAUANTKKB Issued only by Carpenter Bros , Gkf.envillk,S C Proper Time to Eat Fkuit.?Tho proper t imi' for eating fruit it* in con nection with . meals, espoolally ut breakfast and dinner. It should be supplied in generous measure with those two repasts, either in its natural state or simply cooked. Iu either of those ways it will bo found easy of digestion, agreeable to the system, a corrective of many demoralized con ditions, and most highly relished by nil appetites of normal condition. There has eomo into vogue iu late Joars what may be termed almost a ad for tho production of strangely compounded things, in tho form of sauces and rolishos of ono namo and another, of which fruit forms the foundation, but which are so disguised by the addition of spieings and other foreign ingredients that tho original fruit is practically lost in sight and tasto. Let it bo understood, onoo for all, that these things are no longer fruits, and aro not to bo considered such, and can in no manner or degree yield tho beneficial results to be derived from the use of fruits.?Good I Housekeeping. THE LAU RENS BAR. II. Y. SIMPSON. C. D. nAItKHDAT.lt SIMPSON & BARKSDALE, AttorneyN at Law, LAU REN.St SOUTH CAROLINA Special attention given to tho invest!. Rat ion of titles and collection of claims b. w. BALL. 1.. w. simkinh. w. w. rai.l BALI., KIM KINK eft HALL, Attorneys at Law, Laukuns, South Carolina. Will practice in all State and United States Court. Special attention given collections. I. T. JOHNSON. W. It. KICJiEY JOHNSON aft KICHliY, attorneys at law. Oppiuk?-Fleming's Comer, Northwei side of Public Square. LAU RENS, - SOUTH CAROLINA. W. II. MARTIN, Attorney at Law. Laukens, - South CAROLINA. Will practice in all Courts of this State Attention Riven to uollectlmiH. MACHINERY! Wood Working Machinery. Kink and I'ilo " Hurrel Stavo " Gl IIII i Ml* " (iraiu Thrashing " Saw Mill " Rica Hulling " KN?IN B S AND BOILE R S. State Agency lor Talbott it Sons' Kn gl n Cr) h ud Del fers, Saw und Grist .Mill*-; ltreweis' Brink Machinery, Double* Screw Cotton Presses; Thomas' Direct Acting Steam (uo bulls): Thomas' Se???i Cotton Elevators: 11*11 & hummus' <Jius; BiiKlobera Rice Hullen?; II. It. Smith iV Co.'h Wooil-Working Machin ery, Planer?, Hand Saw n, Moulders, Mor tises; To Honors' comprising complete equipment for Sasli, Door and Waiton Factories; DeLoaehe's Plantation Saw Mills, variable Iced. BELTING, FITTINGS AND MAC HIN*: liltY SUPPLIES. ftT- Write me l<>r prices. V. C. RA DI I AM, Mauxk'nr, Columbia, S. 0. ?ii?Ti!aWAY&G8.. .^SPECIALISTS.*^ (ISi .ruine Grndtiatos.) Ate tho i.' i line mid must successful specialists and *Ul KlVR yuu help. Youngand mld dlo aged men. Itcmsrkanle rat ?Uli? liHvn foil.-aj cd our ticaunett, Jlany veitn ot varle . 111.1 mi.-, r? i>'' rxptrlinM lawj use of cur* tlvo methods that! we stloneownana] contru) for ail dl?-' orders of men who have weak, mule-; fVOtoped or dis eased orxana. or who are suffering Ifrom errors or youth and exree? tor who are nervous land Iraastssi, |the scoru of theli (fellows and lha contempt of theh friends and coin panlona, leads ui te gnnnantee to nil pattonta. If they can possible be i -Moi-fi, our own exclusive tresUsuoat will tiltttrd ik cure. *iVOMEJfl Don't you want to get cured of that tventtneee with a treatment that you can tun at hoioc v.l.Iran Instrument?? Our wonderful trees ment 1,is cured others. Why not you? Try It. CAT ?VTJKW, and dUcasea of tho Skin, Blood, sTeart, Liver and Kidneys. ?TT?HILI?-Tho m??t rapid, safa and alTaetlva rsiucdy. A coinplcle Care Guaranteed. ? KIN limr.AHVtt of all kinds euros! whare many OlllOrl have failed. VNTATt'TSAI. imuiIAROKa promptly * ? "i ? i s i- -v days. i'.suro aud safa. This Ipciiidoc Qleoi and (lor.orluce. TRUTH ANO PACTS. We |i?v? <iure?l eaaos of Chronic Diseases the* have fatlsd to get cured at the hands of other Special Irin and medical Institutes. ._M?iBOVUEMr..Unratliiit there Is hops for You. (J.uuult no other, as you nisy waste valualu* liino. obtain our treatment at once. J5eT^ure of free and cheap treatments. Wo glrs the liest and most scientific treatment at moderate ?rtcci?as low ss can he donB for safe and akMifia ' " ?. ,'. CHRJS eoiisultavtlen at thsollljoor by in-ill Thorough ex'mlrntlon and careful dttg soli. A home treatment can he given In a majori!? if?r.'"i. Bond for Symptom Illnuk ?0. I for Men rln Vor Women; No. 8 for Skin Diseases. All corn ?po'i h-iica n-iswered p-omptly. Ruslnssa strlctlv cor Idci'.tlll. I'.nilro treatment aent frae from ohstrr* Moil. Itefer to our patients, hanks said business iu*?. Address or call on DRe HATHAWAY & CO 5outh flrood *tr*e4. ATLAiaTi A. 0' The Public is not asluop in respect to sewing machines, and a lady, now-n-days, buys a machine, not because It bad a good name, fifteen years since, but selects the machine, t hat pleases her best; and the most improve ments, and does its work in the most quiet ami ladylike fashion. The New High-Ann Davis, with Its vertical feed, tills the above re quirements, and is said to combine all the advantages of other ma chines, with many that, are original ami peculiar to the " Davis." In deed, any lady who is the possessor of one, may rest asssured that she bits a treasure. It is the Law of development. that the new shall succeed and displace the old. This law applies well to the New Davis Vertical-Feed Sewing Ma chine. Have you seen it ? Alexander, Bros. & Co., Greenville Music House. Pianos, Organs, Sewing Ma chines and Sheet Music. 17 and 111 Washington Street Oroou vllle. S. C Fertilizer Company. HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS. SEASON ?!=? OF-'.-!- ks?+<; THK ENCOURAGING REPORTS FROM THE USE OF THE GREEN villo Fertilizers the past .-? ; M'ii in every section where they have been used, have induced the Company to address a few thoughts to the public, desiring simply to inform the farmers and dealers that our facilities, both for manu facturing and shipping, are Unsurpassed by any manufacture in the State. Our plant is complete in every respect with all the modern Improvements. We manufacture a complete Fertilizer from the raw mutOlials with tue latest Im proved millH. Our material is ground to a dust, making our dissolved bone ami acid phosphate almost entirely soluble, and in the very best possible condition to get good results from the land. To know of our several brands of High Grade Ammoniated Fertilizers is only to rei.d the testimonials from some of out most practical farmers in our pamphlet. A trip through the Northwest will convince one that in this country not ono farmer in ten plows his field as well as it should be plowed ; noi one In ten harrows as well as it should be harrowed : not one In fifty takes Sufficient euro in tho quality of seed used, and not one in one hundred uses fertilizers sufficient to supply the wants of his crop. The only royal road to make farming succeed is to strive to produce your cotton, corn, wheat and other products cheaper than your neighbor. Then you can compete with him in any market. Prepare a sufficient amount of your host land to make your living at homo. Afier this, plant every aero in cotton that you can cultivate thoroughly. Use liberally tho GREENVILLE FERTILI ZERS. This will not only guarantee! your success, but the whole country will prosper. Witli twelve months supply in the smoke-house and a bulged out corn crib, every farmer is independent. Wo keep always on hand the following brands and will make special brands to order: Cherokee Acid Phosphate; Cborokeo Solublo Guano, 2 to 2J per cent. Ammonia : Cherokee Migh-Grado Guano, 2} to 3 per cent. Ammonia; Small Grain Specific. 2 to per cent. Ammonia : Cherokee Alliance, A to I per cent. Ammonia: Kainit. K2 degrees: Agricultural Lime, 4 per cent. Potash; Cal cined S. C. Marl : Nitrate Soda : Muriate Potash : Pure Ground Hlood. We have a large stock on hand, ami are ready to supply all our customers. Send in your orders, and they shall have our prompt attention. Address The Greenville Fertilizer Co., Gr X-O v^XXVlllO. - - - fit. O ?WHO .A-RJS WHITBNER & MARTIN? They are our Fashionable Hair Cutters and Shavers. Ben-Delia Hot /COLUMBIA & GREENVILLE Ii. H \j Co. Samuel Srencer, j<\ w IIUIDEKOPF.lt AND Kf.UHKN poster, l{eci*i v?>r8. Condi ntted s -i ituIn eHool Doc. 24, 181Kb Trains run by 76th Meridian Cime. liutwoon Columbia, soneda and WnlbnUs N?Tl Nn. 11. ?l ATIONrt. 7 16am Lv 11 20um bv 12 03am 12 i spin 12 ;tr>pm| 12 ?Oplu 12 ."i I [mi 1 .'tOpm 2 18pm i 2 87pm 3 OOpUi 8 aopm o 8?pin it 85pro 4 oopm ?l 24pmi l.v 4 68pm . ( buries ton .. . Columbia... .. .Alston. .. Pomnris_ Prosperity.;. .. Novrnerrj ... .. ileleno. . Chappelle... . Ninety Six .. . (irecji v? iiikI .. . Hodftes. Donalds.. . .Horn H l'atli.. ... Kilon . Lv.Helton ... . . Audei son... Pond lotos... A r Ar ft :fUpiii Ar.Sent ca .. ft ?npm Lv .>*oneoii . 0 26pm Ar _ Wal im 11 a Lv Ar Ar Ia Ar Lv s 45plll 4 I?plil :; ftopui 3 l Ipui 2 ^fti'in 2 8vj tu 2 ::.-ij?ri! 1 ?tipm I H2ptn 12 ftftptn 12 86pni 12 Itipro IttWprji H 41mm II 40um ii I?uni in .'.Oam la UtHini iii (Hliilli u ufturo Hot ween A odorson, lie I loo villo. Dally I No. 12. STA'I IONS. and Wret n? Daily. , No. 11. :iQ8am Lv. :i 40piul Ar. ?l 00pm] Lv. 4 20pm Ar. 4 26pm Ar. .. A iidcreoii . Ar .. Did ion ... 1.'. ,.15. lion. . ..Ar .. Wiiiiamston . Lv .. Pelsor .Ar 'l 40pm! A r... Piedmont 6 l?pml Ar . <?' <?? n?-i!l( 12 07 pm II i.V.in 11 SOpni 11 (K?pm 1 It?pni ... \r 10 ??>!*:? .. Lv I III Iftpni Between Charleston, Jaoksonvlllo, uvan nnh, Columbia, Alston and Spartan burg. No. 18. bTATIONS. No. ll 7 iftnm Lv . 7 UOinn Lv . 11 .")()..in Lv . ."> 10am l.v.. ft f.opm ? 44pm i (i iVlpm I 7 I ll'..in 7 48pm H lOpml Ar.. s liipni Lv 11 20| in Ar.. . < Ii it ?.ton . .1.cksonv ille . Savannah .. Cidlim' la.. A Ision... . Carlisle.... .. Sa nun:.. .. ... U nton ... Paco!? i... Sp?rt im hing ?S, arb>uburg A sll('< Illo Ar Ar Ar .Ai Lv .A r Lv l.'ipin ?iipm lltljlll 00, iii 2(tpm 2llp.ii 17pm .V.ip.n 24p iMijtni .Vipr flOll!' Hetweon Hodges and Abbeville. Kx.Sun. No, ll STATIONS. DllllV, N'>. I? M isi'd 8 o.'? pni Lv 8 25 pm Lv 3 40 pm| \r iT<t7i>T No. 12 Mixed 12 40s mi Ar I (Ilia m 1 IftimlLv Between Newborrv, Clinlnn und Lmin Kx Sii ii I No. 161 STATIONS. Kx Sun No. I(J 11 20pmILv_Columbia . ...Ar I 4 15pm 12 50pm .... Nowbttrry . j 'i il'lnin 1 l>0pm ... .Uoldvlllv .... II, !)5 un *2 Iftpml ... .Clinton .... Ill 10am 2 60pm|Ar.ban ions., i.v itiani Connections via K. C. ,v P, Ituilroud. Cent i i?I Ti. i N>>. So, ::T Lv cclumhin . I2.15ani liiATnni a r Savannah . i -1 .i5iini i oopm Ar ?Jacksonville.! Ii <W. OOOftn < ontrol Time i no :>s . n<? io X i ? oImiu bin H ftopni ! i 05pm I?? Mnvannnti . n 60aui| 7 2oj?ni Lv Jacks uvllo.. ' 7 O0uni| i 2.*>ptu \ through couch is run heiweeii Ore n? vlllc mill Charleston, leaving ? In lieMon : i 7 20 a. in., arriving ni Oreenvlllo n( Hoop, in l.oavo Orecn> III? m Ii so n, m . nnd nr? rlvo ni < harloaton v 85 p< in. I'ulimnfi Palace bin-ring Our ou Ti ; n 86. fllj. 87 and on ,>..?. ? DMolon, N'iik. lit and |i pre solid :rnii? Ix'twcen i liarlcston und v. alluilla. Trains l(^Ave-Hp??i'iiitibiirfr, A. A- !>' i'IflIon, Norilibniu it, 12.15 i m, f> -ji i> m, 0.12 p in (Vest Ilm led Limited); Sou 11' bound. 12 f>7 u m, H.0? p m, ll?07 ?? ni ( Vestibule.! Limiten); W csibMiud, lv, N C. Division, 8.15 p in for Henderson vlilc and Ashi.'vllb . W.A.TORK, >.U. llAROWICK, Oon. i'HRt. ?fft.? .\s?. tii n. i il--. \.m. Wnsblnsion, 1>. c. Allantu, (la V. K. McHkk, sor. Haas, OonM snpt.. Trnfilo M'v'r. Columbians. 0. Washington, i>. C. w. h.ohkrn, Qonnritl Mansgor, Wash ington, ?. o. ri ICH MONI) ? DANVILLE R. lt. tt Samuel Spencer, f. W Huidk KOPER and UKU BEN POSTER, Uo netvcia. Avium.i A ClinrloiiH Air Lino Division, Condensed Schedule of Passen ger frninn in ottccl Dec. 24, 18l?8. Trains run b> ?tistorn time. N'outiiboond. i No. us , No. ;IU ; No. 12 12:00n'n 5:15pm 0:50am . 0:5?| in I0:r.0;iin .. .. i ... It :01am . i. 11: i::mi ll:20tm 11: Hi,tin 12:10pin l iOOpm 1 :28jun 2:(>llpin :81pm :10pm siOptn : iojim ::;T i>u? :2lpin :8spm : I ipm :?.T1 > t ii :20pm :2lpm : l"|nii Southwako. No. 87 No. 8?i Nu. n l.v AM inta ? Nereross. Suwanco . Itui ml. Plowcry Branch UailH'SN ilio. ... Ulla . Mt. Aiiy . i T'lCO ?it. j \v? stminstor . i Seneca. < foil.ml . Kuvl-y. Greenville : Oreer's. Sniirtanhurg ; Oliiion. Cow peii 8. Oallncv .... Mucks burg ... (iasLoaia. . . 1 Ar. i 'hariotto 2:81pm s7:64pm| . bS:l."(| in . IS l-'plll .. .. s0:U8pm 10:06pui] 4:38pm 10:18pm I i 5:80pm ll :16pin I ? I 60:22pm 81215 im ::::::: |' fl :08am 7:11pmI 1:11? mil 0 I ? 2:07am 7 s:v!i mo 2:50aml 8 l.v. Clnii lotto, Oastnnia. Illaekshurg . Oailuoy . Cow ports. ... CliltOM. Spin i h nburg.. Oreer's . (hfonville . Knuley C; Hirtll il( : I Ulli I >UT, Wi Till.A . :>it. a.i ? . Lula OainosvtUo Klowrrj lira nob lluf nl . Suwaned. . . Nore.rnsS. Ar. Atlant?.. . i) :85ain 10:50pm I2:00n'n i 11:20pm 12:50pm (10:48am 12:05pm 1:47pm I .J . I 2:07pm !.;.1 .... .: 2:28pm 11 :;>7.nn 12:.">7.?in :i:l?i?iiii .I ,... 1 8:i;t>i in 12:28pm Bl:52a?i 4:05 I . 1.i 5:00pm ;. s3:0lnra 5:46pm 1. . 0:03pni . . s8:40tim 0:80pn 7:20pm 84:42am 7:."il|>ni 0:88pm 4:C0am 8:20pm . . 1 8:40pm .t 8:61pm . i. i 0:07pm , '.?:?" ipm ?: :55pm 0:20pm Pi:i6pm 1 * ?i 11 in ii ii Cur 8crvice: Nog, "?"> and 80, IthdiinoiiM tintl Danville Kit?! Mail, Pullman Sleei i r helweeii il mln and New York Thmujdi Pullman Helpers liel ? con Sew York nuil No* Orleans, and Washington mill Memphis, via Atlanta and llirmingham. I".i it i.'ii <t information in lot: i anil liiinii'.-li Urne tatdes, ia'is and Pullman Hcepucc t ar res rvtitions, confor with Inenl ai/onls, nr address? 11. HAHDW1CK, a. ruitK, ? (leu. Pass. Au't, \. nshinutnn, l>. <'. .L A. DODSON, Sti|>erlKlet.th <?.'. Atlanta, (in. w. Ass'l.Gcn.l'ABs.Au'L Atlanta, (lit. SOI. 11 A A 8, Traffic M'-r'r, Washington, l> <:. ii. OltKKN. Oon'l Mau'g'r, VVat-h Indien, I). ?. A ATLANTIC (.'(?ST LINE l'\s : ii r>.'pHitinen(. Wilmington N. C. .Ian. 14. 1804. Kust Line between Charleston anil Columbia and Upper muiIIi Carolina, and Western Nordi ( nro? Iiti ud Athena and Atlanta, Condensed fVboduia. '.. m . ?i'Si I (Ki i,v_ Charleston. vr s 10 H III I.V .I Alll'8 . Al' 1 (H) ii .">: l.v .mji'sk r.. dv* ;?ftfi II Ofi Ar.< oiumblti . liV 420 li'..: Ar.Now bot i \. _ Lv.. 2 RS ?i il Ar.Greenwood... LV 124H I'm AM n 03 Ar.... Alltel**. I.v 11? Oft 7,4ft Ai_ Allan tu.l.v 7 :*o I- >i 021 \r .\Vlnn?lior?.. . ... Ia il 40 - ?'? ? Ar ChHtlottO,NaO. l.v 080 i 21 Ar . At.ii.?;??<>,, . l.v Ii jfl ."i n Ar. . . tin CtiVlIlO. l.v in I.'? I' M r oo Ar v. nltiHlln .LV 11 ift il ?.':! -.r ... Abbeville ... l.v I i > -' I ? \ ? K) hi iMi.lmrj . Lv 1000 10. ?2 a f . llOixU-r'vlllc.N.O, Lv 7 .s A M 1120 \r AHlicville, N.O Lv i i; tO "(Lilly? Ni><. ;>'.! arid 58 solid trains i :un ii Cbnrlenton nnil ('Union? S? C 11. M. UMKR-ON", As>s. (Jen. l'rtR*?. A^'t I. 15. M.M.Y. T. ?.. KM Kllso.N, f?.-?** 1. \iHPiw/er. iv*mo mriiAuer. ii. i. HaYSNworth. i.. w l'arrrk RAY NSW ORTH <& PARKER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, 001 Main St - - Greenvillo, S.C