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Ccmtene 3V?i>crtiecv. PUBLiiaHBD UVEisY TUESDAY. 8UBORIPTION ?l.fMJ PER YKAH. Ah* Always Made Home Happy. In an old church yard stood a stone, Weather-marked and stained; The hand of Time had crumbled it, Bo only part remained. Upon ono sido I could Just trace, " In memory of our mother;" " She always mado home happy 1" this Was chiseled on the other. I gazed on monuments of fame, High tow'rlng to the skieB; I saw the sculptured marble stone (Whore a great hero lies; But by this opltaph I paused, And read It o'er and o'er. T hjad. never soon Inscribed a wot (Is as theso before. ~e always mado home happy!" What a noble record left! A legacy of mem'rles sweet To those whom death bereft. What a testimony to hor worth By those who knew hor best, Engraven on this orumbling stono That marked their mother's rest. . It was a narrow resting place, Among tho humble poor, But they had scon tholr mother toll, And patiently enduro. They marked her willing sacrifice As, ono by one, sho bore Her cross-llko burdens up tho hill, Till all hor toil was o'or. So, when God stilled hor weary heart, Folded her hands so whlto And Bho was carried from tho homo She always mado so bright, Hor childron reared a monument That riches could not buy, Tho wltnoss of a noble life, Whoso record is on high. ? A noblo life, but written not In any bookfof fame; Among tho list of noted ones None ovor saw her name, For only hor household know Tho vlct'rles shohad won; And none but they could testify How well hor work was done. ?Swan 7'eall Perry. OLD EIGHTY-SIX. Oppressod with a heavy sonso of woo, John Saggart stood In a dark corner of the terminus, out of tho rays of the. glittering aro lamps, and watched onglne No. 86. The englnoor was oiling her, and tho fireman, a** he ope nod the furnaoe door and p1, coal, stoa^, ' -j a re^. . .jut picture fh the cuu against the darkness beyond; As the engineer, with his oil can, went carefully around engine No. 86, John Saggart drew his sleeves across his eyes, and a gulp came up In his throat. Ho know ovory joint and bolt In that contrary old ongluo?the most cantankerous Iron brute on the road, and yot, if rightly managed, one of tho swiftest and most powerful engines the company had, notwithstanding the many improve ments that had been put upon locomo tives since 86 left the foundry. The cry of " All aboard I" rang out and was echoed down from tho nigh arohed roof of tho groat torminus, and John, with: a sigh, turned from his contemplation of tho englno and wont to take nls place on the train. It was a long train, with many sleeping cars at tho end of It, for tho heavy holiday traffic was on, and people wero getting out of town by tho hundred. At last the flying train plunged into the dark, ana Saggart pressed bin face against tho cold glass of tho window, unablo to shako off his fooling of responsibility, although he know ?Muit there was another man at tho throttle. He was aroused from his rovorlo by a touch on his shoulder and a curt request, "Tickets, please." fie pulled out of his pockot a pass and turned to hand lb to the conduc tor, who stood there with a glittering plated and crystal latorn on his arm. "Hello, John, is this you?" cried the conductor as soon as he saw tho face turned toward bin?. ? ?-f- hoard ? about your worry to-day. It's too bad. If a man had got drunk at his post, as you and I have known 'em to do, it wouldn't havo scorned so hard, but at Its worst your caso was only an error ? (judgment, and then nothing really happened. Old 86 seoms to havo tho habit of pulling horsolf through. I suppoeo you and sho havo been In worse fixes than that with not a word said about it. "Oh, yes," said John. "We've been in many a tight place togothor, but we won't be any more. It's tough, as you say. I'vo been fifteen years with the company and seven on old 86, and at first it comos mighty hard. But i suppose I'll got nsod to It." "Look hore, John," said the con ductor,-lowering his voice to a con fidential ton i, " the prosidont of tho road Is with Aus tonight. His prlvato oar is the hasV but. one on the train. How would It do to speak to him ? If you're afraid to tackle him I'll put In a' word for you in a mlnuto aud tell him your aide of the story." John Saggart shook his head. "It wouldn't do," he said. "Ho wouldn't over-rule what ono of his subordinates had done, unless thoro was serious injustice, in tho oaso. It's the new manager, you know. Thero's always trouble with a new manager. He sweeps olean. And I suppose ho thinks by bouncing ono of the oldest engiueers on the road he'll scare tho rest." " Well, I don't think much of him, between ourselves," said tho conduotor. " What do you think ho has dono to night f He's put a new man on 86?a man from one of tho branch lines, who "TOTeen't know tho road. Idoubtifho's ever been over tho main line before. Now it's an anxious tlmo for me, with all tho holiday trafBo moving, with the thermometer at zero, and the rails like glass, and I like to have a man in front that I oan dopend on." "It's bad enough not to know tho road," said John, gloomily, " but It's worse not to know old 86. She's a brute if sho takes a notion." " I don't suppose there's anothor engine that could draw this train and keep her time." "No. Sho'll do her work all right Jlf JtOuMl humor her," admitted Saggart, * who eon Id not conceal his lovo for tho englno, even while he blamed her. "Well, so long," said the conduotor. " I'll drop in and soo you as tho night passes on." Sagcrart lit his pipe and gazed out into tho darkness. Ho knew every Inch of the road?all the up-grades < the down-grades and the levels, knew It even bettor in the darkest jight than in tho olearest day. Oc casionally the black bulk of a barn or a olump-of trees showed for a moment against tho less black sky, and Saggart would say to himself: "Now, he should shut off an Inoh of steam!" or, "Now he should throw her wide open." The train made few stops, but he saw that they wero losing time?80 was sulking, very likely. The though of the engine turnod his mind to hi own fate. No man was of very much use in the world, after all, for tho moment he steps down another is ready to?*and_in his place. Tho wise me * oifcjr who had listened to bh knew so well that an engine ? a combination of iron, 188, and that a givon num 1m of steam would get it q number of miles in a ir of hours, had smiled when ho told thorn that d her tantrums, and that sometimes ?ho bad to b* coddled up. The conductor camo in again and nat down l)C8ido the engineer. 1T0 said nothing, but sat there sowing out his tlokote, whllo Saggart gazou out of the window. Suddenly tho engineer sprang to his foot with his eye? wide open. The train wau swaying from side to side, and going at great i speed. The conductor looked up with a smile. "Old 80," ho said, "is ovldontly going to make up for lost time." "She should bo slowing down on crossing the G. and M. line," answered the engineer. "Good heavens!" he cried a moment after. "We've gone across the G. and M. track on the keen jump." The conductor sprang to his feet. He knew the seriousness of such a thing. Even the fastest expresses must stop dead before crossing on tho lovol the line of another railway. It is the law. "Doesn't that jay in front know enough to stop at a crossing ?" "It isn't Mint.," saldSaggert. "He knows all right; evon the train boys know that. Old 80 has taken the bit between her teeth : he can't stop her. Where do you pass No. 0 to-night ?" " At Poiutevillo." " That's six miles ahead. In five minutes at this rate- wo will bo running on her time and ber track; She's always late, and won't bo on tho side taok. I must got to 80." Saggart quickly mado his way through the baggago car, olimbed on tho oxpress car and jumped on tho coal of tho tender. Ho cast Iiis oyo up the track and eaw glimmering in the dis tance, like a faint, wavering star, the head-light of No. 0. Looking down in tho eab he took in tho situation at a glance. The engineer, with foar in his face and beads of perspiration on his brow, was throwing his wholo weight on tho lover, tho Uroman holp ing him. John leaped down to tho iloor of tho cab. "Stand aside," ho shouted, and there was such a ring of confldont command in his voice that both mou instantly obeyod. Saggart grasped tho lovor, and, instead of trying to shut off the steam, flung it wido open. No. 80 gavo a quiver and a jump forward. "You old Uoud," muttered John botweon his olenehed tooth. Thon ho pushed tho lovor home, aud it slid into place as if there never had been any impediment. The steam was shut off, but tho lights of Polntsvilio flashed past thorn, with tho empty sldo track on tho left, and they woro now flying along the single lino of rails, with the headlight of No. (? growing brighter and brighter in front of thorn, "Reverse her 1 Revorso her !" criod tho other ongincer, with a tromor of foar in his voice. "Rovorso nothing," said Saggart. 'She'll slldo teu mi]e8_.JLL^m_jdo_. !^v;wi-sTo^ram." Tho man from tho branch lino jumped promptly. " Savo yourself," said Sagga.-tto tho fireman. "There's bound to bo a smash." "I'll stick by you Mr. Saggart," said the fireman, who know him. But his hand tremblod. Tho alr-brako was grinding tho long train and sonding a shiver of fear through ovory timber, but the rails woro slippery with tho frost aud tho train was still going very fast. At tho right moment John reversed tho onginc, and tho sparks How from her drivors like a Catharino wheel. " liraco yourself," cfled Saggart. " No. 0 is backing up, thank God !'' Noxt. instant tho crash camo. Two headlights and two coweutchers wont to Hinders, and the two trains stood thero with horns locked, but with no groat damage done excopt a shaking up for a lot of panic stricken passon gors. The burly engineer of No. 0 jumped down and camo forward, his mouth full of oaths. " What do you moan, ruuning on our tlmo like this? Hollo, is that you, Saggart? 1 thought there was a now man on to-night. I didn't oxpect this from you." " It's all right, Billy, it wasn't tho now man's fault. He's back in tho ditch with u broken leg, I should say, from tho way ho jumped. Old 8(> is to blame. Sho got on tho rampage?took advantage of the greenhorn." Tho conductor came running up. "? Row is it V" ho cried. It's all right. No?80.gothor nose broke, and sorved hor right, that's all. Toll the passengers there's no dangbr, and got 'om on hoard. Wo'ro going to back up to Poiutsville. Bettor send tho brake men 'o pick up tho other engineer. The ground's hard tonight, and ho may be hurt." "I'm going back to talk to tho pre sident, said tho conductor, oinphati cally. He's In a condition of mind to listen to reason, judging from tho gllmpso I got at the door of bis car a moment ago. Either he ro-lnstatos you, or I go gathering tickets on a streetcar. This kind of thing is too .exciting for my nerves. Tho conductor's intorvlow with tho president of tho road was apparently satisfactory, for old No. 80 Is trying to ? lead a bottor Hfo under tho guidunce of John Saggart. ^ i ? - KILIjHD BY A NEI?11IIOR. A Prominent Farmer or Aikeu County Shot Down Without Warn ing. Capt. J. M. Rhott was shot and in stantly killed by Mr. Marion Toolc, a neighbor of his on Friday aftornoon. Capt. Rhett lives at his handsome rosidence, "Sandhurst," at Rhott's Station, about 6ovon miles eust of Aikon, aud tho murder occurred on the boundary lino between his farm and chat of the man who shot him. Toolc and Rhott had for somo tlmo had some bad feollngs growing out of and ruin in;;- ditch that was located on tho lino botweon tho farms. Mr. Rhott sent his ovorseor, James Ponnington, to open tho ditoh. Ponnington re turned and told Rhott that Toolo would not allow him to opon it. Rhett and Ponnington then wont togothor to the, spot, and found Marlon Toolo and his son John thero, both armed with double barrel shot guns. According to tho evidenco at tho coroner .i inquest, the following con versation then took placo : Mr. Rhott said to Mr. Toolo : " Good morning." Mr. Toole roplled : " I warn you and your man not opon that drain." Mr. Ithott roplied : " I will not touch any thing on you land, but will do what I do all on my own place." Then turning to Pennington, he said : " Move that board," and as ho did Marion Toolo raised his gun to his shoulder and fired the entire load of buok shot Into his upper abdomen and chest. Twenty-oight wounds woro found on his body. Julius M. Rhott was ju9t 55 yoars of age, his birthday being on tho 14th day of Fobruary. He was a member of the historic South Carolina family of that name, and loaves a widow, formerly Miss Fannie E. Dabnoy. of Philadelphia, a lady of most excellent family. Mr. Rhott has boon living at Sandhurst about thirteen yoars. and was ongaged in stock raising and raisod somo very fine blooded stock. Cant. Rhott served with distinction and bravery in tho lato war in tho Confederate service in the ranks of tho artillery. Marion Toole, who did tho shooting, is about 50 years old. and Is tho eldest son of G. L. Toole of Alken County. Ho' is a hard working, in dustrious farmer, and Is generally well thought of. Toolo Is in jail. . Tho affair Is most deeply regrettod. ?A Chineso bankor, Han Quay, is laid to worth the almost inconceivable lUm of $1,700,030,003. A great number A tho largest banku umpire are believed control. in the Chinese to bo under imtmv point? am* 8**1308. Gleanings from the Field of Hnroor ?ml rikli<Mo|?hy. ?is it more religion you need, or a better quality V ?Toe best way to look h\ it fritu'Vs fauits Is to blmt your eyes. :?Aro all our looses aeoideut?, und all our va\n-* sp eia! piH>vifh*ncV'*.V ?Fostor Rhodes, of Chicago, has been knighted by,tho King of Portugal". ?The people who llvo tho longest aro thoso who Sloop with thoir mouths shut. ?In the announcement of marriages In Spain, tho ages of tho contracting parties aro always given. ?It Is more important to discover a new Bource of happiness on earth than a now planet in tho sky. ?Hicks?-" Gray says that ho owes everything to his wlfo/' Wicks?" Oh, no, that can't bo. Ho owos uae $10. ? An engraver mado this mistake : "Mr. and Mrs.-respectfully request your presents at the marriage of their daughter." ?Flora?" I don't always do unto others as I'd havo others do unto me." Clara--*" Of course not. It Isu't a girl's place to propose to a man." ?Outer blinds for windows were un known uutll tho 14th contury. Tho Venetian or interior blinds aro so call ed because they were first usod in Venlco. ?The heaviest snowfall1 lu this coun try began on February 10, 1717, and continued fivo days. At. its close tho snow was from fivo tosoven foot deep all over Now England. ?Eleotricity has now, it seems, beaten tho reoord of the gold boater, and can produce a full of tho metal from five to ten times thinner than ordinary gold leaf. ?A telegram from Now York to Australia has to go nearly twenty thousand miles, lifteen thousand of which ar?s by submarinecablo, audit is bandied by flftcon oporators. ?Damp salt well rubbed Into th? hair at night and loft till morning and then combed out will remove daudruff, and if repoated onco or twico a month will keep the scalp in good condition. ?Tho monument to bo orected at Washington's! birthplace, Wakoflold, Ya., will be almost a duplicate Of tho ohelisk over Mary Washington's grave, in Froderleksburg. The shaft will he of light granite, 51 feot high, and will bo visible from tho decks of vessols passing on tho Potomac River, ?It is a common notion that faith is a venture?a leap in tho dark. Faith does not leap In tho dark ; it reaches through tho dark to tho light. There is no moro risk in tho act of faith than there is in the child's roach ' 9U*^_and grasping its j&?t?rer'b hand. " "* ~ ?Business letters from London com plain bitterly of tho cold to which thoy are unused. Water everywhere has bcon frozen in pipes, and firos havo boon loft unkindled for foar of bursting boilers. The suowing up of railroad lines on tho Continent, where steam snow ploughs nre unknown, is a decided novelty. ?Tho story is told of tho late Professor Blnckio that whon ho one? put a card on the door of his lecture room, reading: "Professor Blackio will meet his classes at 1 p. m.," somo waggish student obliterated the "o" in "classes." Happening to pass that way the old Professor saw tho change. Stepping up to tho door, ho obliterated tho iotter "1," and wont grimly on his way without a word. Should he in thk Fibld.?>Dr. Pur? noss, of Philadelphia, tells acharactoi lstio story about Wondoll Phillips. " Several clergymen," ho says, "board ed a stroot car in Boston ono day, and ono of them hearing it intimated that Wendell Phillips was in tho car, got up and asked tho conductor to point him out. The conductor did so, and tho minister going up to tho orator, said : " "You aro Mr. Phillips, I am told.' " 'Yes, sir.' " 'I should liko to speak to you about something, and I trust, sir, you will not bo offended." *' 'Thoro is no fear of it,' was the sturdy answer; and thon tho minister began to ask Mr. Phillips earnestly why ho porsisted in stbving up buou unfriendly agitation in ono part of the country about an evil that existed in another part. " 'Why,' said the clergyman, do you not go South and kick up this fuss and leavo tho North in poace ?' " Mr. Phillips was not tho least ruffled, and answered, smilingly : " 'You sir, 1 presume, aro a minister of tho gospol ?' " 'I am sir," said tho clergyman. " 'And your calling is to savo souls from holl ?' " 'Exactly, sir.' " 'Well, then, why don't you go thoro ?'" ?Mrs. Mary Perry Payne, wife of ox-Sonator Payno, of Ohio, who died a fow days aero at hor homo inC oveland, was a highly esteemed woman and a member of tho Perry family to which Commodore Porry belonged. ?The taxnayors of Indiana will pay just about 8100,000 for tho expenses of tho Stato Legislature which has just adjourned. ?M. Kito, the now Japanoso min ister to England, wears tho latest Eng lish fashions and is quite a dudo. ?Captain W. G. Kidd has boen the conductors of a certain train on a Ten nessco liuec for thirty-eight yours, and during that time has novor missed a trip or boeu reported or reprimanded. PLEASANT TO THE TASTE, pleasant in the taking, pleasant in their action? but unrivaled in their results. That fairly de scribes Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. In every disordor of the liver, stomach, and bowels, they give a last in;/ oure. For Biliousness, Jaundice, Indi gestion, Constipa tion, Dizziness. Hour Stomach, and Siok or Bilious Headaches, thoy are the natural remedy. They're tiny, sugar-coated granules, scarcely larger than mustard seeds?a com pound of refined and conoentrated vegetable extracts. Put up in aealod vials, always fresh and reliable; a oonvenient vest-pooket remedy. They're guaranteed to give satis faction, in every caso, or your money is returned. Both hands at work trying to ward off a cold i n the Head. The surest and easiest wsy to do it is, by us ing Dr. Ssge'a Catarrh Rem edy. It's a mild, soothing, demising, and healing preparation. 1500 reward for an incurable oate. MM Remedy tor Grip. Wn.u>MHTON, il. C, Feb. 4. To the Editor of The Stale: A year ago, when the influenza or grip was t*> prevalent, 1 noticed a report on the disease from one of the best hospitals of Europe. This hos pital is in Ediuburg, Scotland. At the hue of the report hundreds of inlluenza cases had l>een treated there. After lighting the epidemic with varying success, a happy acci dent led tho superintendent to udopt an alkaline treatment with an ex treme case that was brought in. A , full dose of saleratns was given every two hours. Although the patient was in convulsions when brought in j she became quieter a short time after j tho lirst dose; and only three doses were given before the patient was clearly on the way to recovery. In three days she was counted well. This same simple treatment was then followed with a thousand, not one of whom died. Best of all, not only was the influenza promptly cured, but there was no unpleasant or danger ous symptoms following recovery. It has been observed that not more die of tho influenza than of what may follow it. From somo work in my chemical laboratory, carried on before this re port came out, I had concluded that tho influenza was at least associated with excessive acidity of tlve, systerii, if it was not cuuscd by this abnor mal state. I was so certain of the correctness of this view that on be ing thrown in bed myself with the inlluen/.a, I treated myself with only alkaline drinks to counteract the acid. The result was that in stead of two or three weeks of puny ness, I missed only one day from work. The success with my own case was so astonishing that 1 havo been called to treat other cases; and of about twenty-five treated very few have had to give up work for more than a day?some uot at all. Not being a physician, I should fool some hesitancy in offering my cure, if after I had begun to try it, it had not received the high testi monials quoted. At first, I used the carbonate of lit hin, which is the beAt? ot tha aUsa Ul for the. Cttftjitte? But as my prac tice (all charity) enlarged, I left so expensive a drug, and contented my self with the carbonate of poatsh and soda. These I found practically as good us the lithin. For the sake of the suffering pub lic, 1 would say that the dose I have used for grown patients has been a level teaspoonful of baking soda, dissolved in plenty of water, taken every two hours until soreness and headache arc gone, and then one extra dose for good measure. It is not best to take a dose just before or after eating. 1 have rarely found more than four doses needed. Since the system is in an acid state, calomel is a very dangerous medicine, and many deaths from in lluenzu are, without reasonable doubt, traceable to the use of calomel in the disease. It is interesting to note that, when all else failed, our grandmothers used to cure the worst colds with "fire-coal tea." This was simply a crude saleratns treatment. 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I rise to speak, and my theme shall be of the one thing only that I pro fess to understand, the management of the heu. I have now 600 on the place, and not an ailing one in the lot. They are al?o free from vermin, and are already beginning to moult. One hundred and fifty of tho num ber are hens, and besides raising 350 eh ick-, and using all the eggs we desired, I have sold on the average 150 dozen eggs for every month since Januaay. The food during the time consisted of wheat, oats and rye mixed, with a small mess of corn once a day, and during tho early months all the milk they could con sume. But, let nie whisper it, in the meantime they wore not left to manage things their own way, but tinder strict discipline and brought up in the way thoy should go. As a preveutativc of parasites and for the sake of good health and pure odors, their habitation and yards were kept clean and raked and swept and White washed) and the setting hens, eggs and newly hatched chicks freely sprinkled with insect powder. Every hen inclined to set is straightway daubed on the parts, most likely lo be infected, with coal oil, and if she Is still determined to set she will prove one not likely to forsake the nest when the eggs are given her. But the most important secret and the one having the strongest bearing towards "luck" is that they were given plenty of pure, cold water. This, 1 contend, is far more essential than food if they have a wide range, and the oih thing needful to their health, to *av nothing of comfort, during tbfc hot weather. Yes, at tention togletaiis is what counts, so do not" expect to sit at your ease and at the same time reap a rich reward from the chicken business. If you arc really concerned for their well being and want them to thrive and your pocket-book to grow fat, you will constitute yourself doctor and generalissimo of the whole manage ment. You will have a hospital where the wounded or t e ailing may receive their just and timely cure, and to relieve the most common you will rub fresh wounds with pure lard und turpentine, roup you will treat, twice a day with a mixture of grease and kerosene over the head and in the mouth. For lice you will keep a clean house und nests, plenty of lime about, and as a reserve for the foe, plenty of insect powder, and no harm to the chicks but sure death lo the other " critters." Killing: Children's Sig:ht. Never let your children read or st udy in a room where there is not plenty of light. Light is the best food of the eye. Visit the school room and sec to it that your child's desk is in a position where he will not have to strain his eyes and use them up before adult age conies on. Plenty of physical exercise between hours of study is a good thing for the eyes us well as for the rest of the body. In the French public schools 24.2 per cent, of the scholars arc short sighted ; in the German, 35 percent., and in the English only 20 per cent. According to M. Martin, in the Journal de Medicine de Bordeaux, the percentage is highest in the rhetoric and philosophy classes. The hy gienic condition of the school does not scorn to affect the percentage, and he thinks the want of physical exer cise is the cause of the trouble. By modifying the work of the classes the proportion of shortsighted schol ars at the College of OJiessen has fal len from 20.G to 17 per cent, in live years. M. Martin recommends reas onable periods of physical exercise between the hours of study. While preventing shortsightedness, these will not detract from the proficiency of the scholar. When to Cut Bushes. Any time is a good ono to cut bushes to destroy the growth. If the leaves can be prevented from growing one season, the bushes will die; but otherwise they way be cut down to the roots for a lifetime, and every spring they will sprout again. The cutting should begin at once and as fast as new sprouts appear those should be removed. But the most effective way to rid the laud of any kind of brush is to take it out by the roots by means of a heavy plow and a mattock, it is more work at the beginning, but a saving in the end. People who are living to learn and profit thereby will not be offended at the truth. Some Mistakes. U. L. Corbly, in Farm Reporter. By studying the many errors of the farms, I find one of the most important at present is, we try to cultivate too much land, hence get iu more grain than we can well man age to make it a success for both land aud the producer. For an example, we get often potatoes of a new aud good variety. We solect a place in which to plant them. We manure aud prepare the ground in an excel lent way, plant and cultivate them as though we were raising silver dol lars. When digging time comes, we are surprised to sec the quantity and quality we have from only a few, while our large patches are only a half crop ; we thought we had not time to cultivate them as we did our new kind. How often does the farmer plant his corn when he ought to harrow his ground over again? How often do we hurry our wheat in, and half do it, because our neighbor is done sowing? How often do we half do things on the farm, because other things are crowding us, and we have not rightly managed? 1 have learned by experience " if we do not push our work, it will push us." Therefore, to those who will see this article, (if it appears in print) 1 would say study the farm to make is a more pecuniary success, more ef fective, and I assure you the farm work will be more pleasant. A NARROW ESCAPE! How it Happened. Tho following remarkable event In a lady*| Ufo will interest tho reader: "Fora long time I ha<l a terrible pain at my heart, which flut tered nlmost lucessautly. I had no appetite nnd could not sleep. I would bo compelled to sit up In bod and belch gas from my stom ach until I thought every mlnuto would bo my last. Thero was a fooling of oppression nliout my heart, and I was afraid to draw a full bronth. 1 couldn't 6weop a room with out Hitting down and resting; but, thank (?od, by the help of New Heart Ouro all that Is past and I feel liko another woman,' Ilc foro using the Now lloart Curo I had taken different Bo-called remedies and bcBn treated by doctors without any benoilt until I was both discouraged and disgusted. My husband bought mo a bottlo of Dr. Miles' New Heart C'uro, and am happy to say I novcr regretted it, ns 1 now have a splendid appetite and sleep well. I weighed li"; pounds when I be gun taking tho remedy, nnd nowIwclghlW/t. Its effect In my caso has been truly marvel ous. It far surpasses any othor mcdlcluo I havo ever taken or any benefit I over re ceived from physicians."?Mm. Harry Starr, Poltavlllc. Pa., October 12,1802. Dr. Miles' Now Heart Curo Is sold on a posi tive guarantee by all druggists, or by tho Dr. Miles Medical Co., Kit; hurt, Ind., on receipt of price, $lpcr bottlo, six bottles |5, express pre paid. This great discovery by an eminent specialist In heart disease, contains neither opiates nor dangerous drags. Sold by Carpenter T3ros., Druggists, Greonvlilo, S. C. Harpers Bazar IN 1H?5. An Amor lean Serial, Doctor War rlak's Daughters, by Rebecca Hard ing Davis, a strong novol of American lifo, partly laid in Ponnyslvania and fiartly In tho far South will occupy the list half of tho year. My Lady Nobody, an Intensely ex citing novol bv Maarten Maartons, au thor of "God's Fool." "Tho Creator Glory," etc., will begin tho year. Essays and Social Chats. To thie department Spectator will con tribute her charming papers on "What We Aro Doing " in Now York society. Answers to Correspondents. Ques sions reeoivo tho personal attention of tho editor, and aro answered at the earliest possible date after their re coipt. i' Scud for Illustrated Prospectus Tho Volumos of the Bazar begin with the Numbers for June and De comber of oaeh year. When no time is mentioned, subscriptions will begin with tho Number current at the time of receipt of order. Cloth cases for each volume, suit ablo for binding, will bo sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of $1.00 eneh. ritlo-pago and Index sent on applica tion. Remittances should be made by post ; oillco money order or draft, to avoid chance of loss. Newspapers are not to copy this ad vertisement without the express order of Harper & Brothers. HARPER'S "PERIODICALS. Hakpku's MAGAZINE, one year, *1 00 Harper's Weekly, " i oo Harper's Bazar, " 4 oo Hakpek'h Young people, " 2 00 $$TPostago free to all subscribers in [ tho United States, Canada and Mexico Address: HARPER & BROTHERS, P. O. Box 859.N. Y. City. ?WHO AJEZ,J? WEITESTER & MARTIN? rhey Are Our FASHIONABLE HAIR GUTTERS and SHAYERS Dr. Cathell, in tho Mar viand Med ieal Journal, advances the opinion that fasting during the long interval between .supper and breakfast, and especially the complete emptiness of the stomach during sleep, adds greatly to the amount of emaciation, sleeplessness and general weakness so often met. The Japanese Pile Care in the only proper application for internal piles and Is guaranteed in every ease by Carpenter Bros., Greenville, S. C. Bits, dlzzlnees, hysteria, wakeful ness, bad dreams ana softening of tho brain quickly oured by Magnetic Ner vine. Sold by Carpenter Bros., Green ville, S. C. Inflamed itching, burning, crusty and scaly skin and scalp of infants soothed and cured by Johnsoa's Ori ental Soap. Sold by Carpenter Bros., Greonvlllo, S. C. Recommend Johnson's Magnetio Oil for rheumatism, neuralgia, sprains, bruises, lame back, It quickly relieves pain. Sold by Carpenter Bros., Greon vlllo, S. C. JOHNSON'S MAGNETIC OIL! instant Klllero! Pain. Internal and External. Cure? RIIKUMATIHM. NKUHAl OlA, Irfiiuo Unek, Bpraln?, l?rul?< BwSauVgf. HUB Joint*. coi.io *).< tOHAMI'S instantly. Cholera M r ?bus, Croup. Dlpthorln, SoTo TUr<M\'. (BeXoaoub, ?s if by maeto. DDAlin Especially prepared fot mi. iiwii? DtlAllU, Btock, Double Strength hoiuoot Poworful and PenetratlnKl.iulinoutfor Mnr >i- beast in eiiutonoe. Lar^o (1 Blee 76c, 60c el to 40o JOHNSON'S ORIENTAL 80AP. medicated and ToUoL Tho Great Skin Cure ana aao Benutlfler. LnclioB will flnd It tho mo?t lellonto and highly porfumad Tollut Hoop 0m thonmrkot. It Ib nb?oluto1y pur*. Mokoa tho i klu oof t and velvety and restore* the l?**?S2Cl plexion; ta o luxury for tlio B?th for Infanta. It nlnyB ltchliiR, cloniiBos tho Bcalp an.l promote* the growth of hair. Vrloo'jo*. Foraoloby Carpenter llros.. Greenville, S. C. South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Co. "THE CHARLESTON LINE. Schedule in effect Jnmmry lf>, 1895. COLUMBIA DIVISION.?Bast Bound. Lv Columbia. 0 50 am Ar Branohvllle. 806 urn LV BrauohvlUo. 920 am Ar Charleston.11 80 am Lv Columbia. i pm Ar Charleston.S4Upm WOSt Hi Hl II.I. Lv Charleston. 7ir>am Ar Columbia.ii 15 urn IiV < 'hurli?slnn. ft ijO pm Ar Branohvllle. soo pir. Lv Branohvllle.?. s 10 pm Ar Columbia. 1010 l?m CAM DEN IIKANCH.?East Hound. Lv Columbia.6 GO am Ar Camdon.IS05 pro West Hound. Lv Camdon.340 pro Ar Columbia.10 ID pro AUGUSTA division.-W08t Pound. Lv Columbia . ?150 urn 4 90pn Ar Branohvllle. 7 85 am 080pa LV Branohvfllo. 085 pm KtO pro Ar Augusta.12 IK [>m 10 45 pir. East Hound. Lv Augusta. 'i 40 pn Ar Branohvllle. 625 pn Lv Uranohvillo. T lo an Ar Columbia.10 io pn CONNECTION. At Columbia with Southern Railway to and from all points in upper South and Nortt Curolina. Through trains between Charles ton and Ashoville, N. 0. Any othor Information, folders, maps, et? will be furnislied on applfoalion to E.s. how en, General Manager. Columbia s. c. L. A. EMEHSON, Tinllle IManager, Charles ton, S. 0. Q.H. PABK8, Travollng Agent. Columbia s. c. Atlantic Coast Line. WILMINGTON. COLUMBIA AND AUGUS TA B. It. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. IN EFFECT .IAN. 27, 1805. Going South. No. 65. No. 61. .v Wilmington.::::<? pm . Lv Marion. 621 pm . Ar Ploronco. 700pm . . Lv Florence.*7 25pm ?"JIBare ArSumter. s :!<i pm 4 L'l nra jV S?mtor.s ;i*i pm *o is am Ar Columbia.lo.oo pm 11 o?aro No. 52 runs through from Charleston via Central B. lt., leaving Lanes 8.38 a in, Manning 0.15 am. Going North. No. 66, No. 58. Lv Columbia.*5 20 am *4 :i"> pro ArSumter. Ii 4U am 5 411 pro No. 56. No. 60 Lv Sumter. II 43 am ?."> 17 pro ArFloronoo. son am 655pm Lv Florence. 7 35am . Lv Marion. S 10 am . Ar Wilmington.1150am. ?Daily. No. 68 runs through to Charleston, S. ('., via Central K. It., arriving Manning il 21 p. m. Lanes 7 oo p. m., Charleston H4hp. in. Trains On South and North Carolina It. R? leave Atkins 0 40 a. m. and ti ;<0 p. m., arriving Luoknow 11 10 a. in. and H Olli?, m. UetiiiiiiiiK leave Luoknow 6 45 a in and 4 20 p m. arriving Atkins s r, u m and ., ;,u p m. Daily except Sunday. u Tiiuns on Hiirtsvillc It. It. leave ilartsvillc at 4 If) a m. arriving FloydsSOO a in. Iteturn Ing leave Floyds9 4Apm, arriving Hartsvllle 10 15 p m. Daily except. Sunday. ^Trainson Wilmington, Cliadboum and (Ton way It K leave Chadbourii II :<0 a in, arrive at Conway 145 pin, returning leave Conway at :U) p m, arrive Chadbourn 4 60 p in, leave Cliadtiouin 5 ;15 p in. arri\ e at Hub at 6 20 i> m, returning leave Hub 8 15 a m. arrive at Cliad boiiru 0 00 a in. Daily except Sunday. JOHN i\ DIVINE,Gon'lSupt. J, It. KENLY, Oon'l Manager. T. M. EMEItSON, Trulllc: Manager. Columbia, Laurens and New berry R. R. Northbound. -out hhound pm am Stations. pm inn ?113 10 30 .Columbia ... 180 IL 10 4 00 10 02... Lonphaii .4 66 1128 8 64 ?4? .. . Inno ... las 1137 3 40 !>27.. . Bnlentine ....6 26 11 46 3 4-2 il 16 .. White Hock .... 6 86 11 50 3 34 8 34... Chaplain . 6 55 12 02 3 21 830 Lillle Mountain 5 15 12 13 3 21 8 22 . Sllgllfl 0 22 12 IS 3 12 soo. Prosnerlty . (141 12 20 2 50 7 30 . Nowboiry 7 0s 12 48 '2 17 7 05... Jalnpa 7 35 1269 2 44 ?55 . Gray'8 Lane 7 47 1 06 2 40 0 4? . K"innrd . 7 57 1 10 2 35 ?35 . Qoldvllle . 8 10 I 17 2 20 ?22 . Dover . 8 23 1 26 2 25 (115 . . Clinton ... 8 30 1 30 F. K. SCIIUMl'KKT, Agent at Prosperity. THE LAUKBNS BAR. n. Y. .simpson. C. D. BARKSDALK SIMPSON & BAKKSDALK, Attorneys at Law,' LAURKN:-?, SOUTH OA KOLIN A Special atloutlon glvon to tho Invosti ' ?alloii of titles mid collect ion of Claim? B. w. bam.. L, w. 8imkinh. w. w. BALL BALL, SI M K INS .V BALL, Attorneys nt Law, Lai i; i, South CAROLINA. Will praotioe In all Htnto and United States Court. Special attonllon glvon collentions. J. T. johnson. W. R. RIOItKY JOHNSON & ItlCHEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Ovrioi?Floni ng?? Corner, Northwa aide of Publio Square. LAURHK8, - SOUTH CAROLINA VF. H. HIAItTJN, Attorney at Law, Laurens, - South Carolina. Will practice In all Courts of this Htato \ttonUou glvnn to QoReoUopa. SOUTHERN RAILWAY Ca (SAITUN BTSTlMLi PIEDMONT AIR LINE. CONDXXSKD lUHDCU O* ?AMBNOVK tb AIKs\ Northbound Meh 17th, 1*95 Lv Atlant? oUlua Atlanta ? time Nororoes. ButorU.,. Gnli.es ville.. LuU. Cornelia....... lilt. Airy. Tooooe. Westminster. Seneca. Ontral. OreenvUle.... Spartanburg.. Gaffnoys. .'.... BlaokaburR... King'nMount'n Oastoniu. Charlotte...... Dan villa. Ar. i; Id ni mil Ar. Washington . " Balttm'o p.u.h. " Philadelphia. No* Yort Southbound. r.v New Tork p.n,n " Philadelphia.. ?' Baltimore. " Wus jlii^toii... " Klchuioud. " Danvlllo.... " Charlotte... ?* Gastonla ... " Kiii^'ttMount'n " Blnokaburg.,. " Guffuoys. " Spartanburg. " Greenville.... " Central. " Sonoca- . *' Westminster. " Tooooa....... " Mount Airy.. " Cornelia. " Lula. " Gnlnosvlllo... " Buford. ?' Noreross.. ., Ar Atlanta f. time Ar Atlaata C tlmei ?L? p "A" a. m. "P." p. m. "M." nooa "N." night. Nos. 3T and 88-Washtngton and Southwestern Vcstlbulod LlnilUd,Through Pullman Sleepers between New York and Now Orleans, via Atlan ta and Montgoniory.and also between New York nnd Memphis, via Atlanta and Birmingham Dlnlng Oars. Nos. 83 and M United States Past Mail, Pull man Sleeping Cars between Atlanta Moat louiory, and New Yorfc. Nos. 11 and 19. Pullman Sleeping Oar between Richmond, Danville and Oroensboro. Trains Nos. 88 and 84-The New York Florida Short Lino Limit*??bave Pullman Can, also Finn C1ob9 day coaohss from Charlotte to Washlngtoa without change. Note connootion of Nos. U and ii with Nos 83. and 84 at Charlotte. W. A. TURK, B. H. HARDWICtt, Gen'l Pass. AO. Ass't General Pass Ag't Washington, d. C. Atlanta, OA. TV. b. RYDER, Superintendent, Cuurlotto, North Carolina. W. H. ORBEN, J. M. GULP, Goal M gr., Traffic Mu'gr. Washington, D. o Washington u. O. S??THKRN RAILWAY CX). (KASTKKN kvstkm <) *"* Coadenxnd Schedule In rrrr??? March 17 th, 1800. Trnins rm by Tot* Moridluii Time. STATIONS. ITv Cliurtcsti.n .~ ... -?Bfflfc;."-.::::WaiS Ar. Cilutun.I'.x Sum ..."..".Tffajj n m _J if >?1 ? L^jL^i'L'I^- . I 3 10pm '? Ninety Six. 7777! ^mTT "Ofeenwood l-oopm _?? Hodges '''Abb" " Ihillbti. Seil? o i 8 it pm ?I a.oo pa Tftj i?ji i i.46 pm 6.*o pm ?i6 .to'pm . Cully I No. 1 luTsara 10 ei am Lv. Oroouvlue. . . " Piedmont . :: rerston.? "::::::::::::|i,T:waS Ar s.:::::::::::;::;:ll,-1S*g "?l'l.fOam la 3-2 pm 1.18 pm 1.87 pm io ?? aih i i.io am ilOdgQg . . .7. Greenwood. Ninety Sil . . TT?rireria i Kx Sum Clinton i Bx .Sum.. " Nowl erry " Pros)M>rity Ar. Columbia., Charleston Hotwoen tolumi.lu anu Ashe'vlila' STATIONS ?.3!) pm 2.'?pro 4 la pn\ s io pm Daily. ! it! ? No 13. Mo. 15 Daily, j Daily, No. 10. !no. u. 7.-\.i.n :->.:i T. .. l?V?iarie? oniViTSDanu KSpm .ISpn, 7.18?.,,, ? SantuS".:. .J| i?opml * ? l.Wum f.SOa.m"..Union ??In ??of.n. ; ? oVoon?"?1M Wa,"H b0tw??? Chur.es: Trains leave Spartanburff, A. and C. division. ..orthi ound. 6.88a.,?.. ?40 p. m..?.t8p. ^ V,i Hbulod Limited!i eoutbbound, i.oo a. m. a.w? m.. 11.37 a. m.. (Vostlbuled Limited) Trains leave Gr.ienvlUe. A. and C. Division nor Abound. 4M* ta. a u pm., and WpmJ,?Vi? Mhulcd Limttodi; southbound, l.ft2a. m 4Mb in.. 13 w p. m? iVeatlbuled Umttad). ' Train:. Ir-ave Sonoctt. A. and C. Division, north bound. 8.01 a m. and 12.59 p. m., southbound a oi ii. in. and (..01 p. m 1 PULLMAN hkkviob. Noa. 15 and Io have Pullman Sleeping oars betweon Ashevillo and Jacksonville. Pul m in Palooa Stooping ( um on Trains as and ;it>, ^ und on A. nnd C. Divlsloti. W. II. ORKEN. J.M.OUf.P. Gon l. fft r, K.as. Hys. Trafflc Af?r. \s nshingtou, D. c. B. BE11KEL.EY, h ipt.. Columbia, s.c IT. A. TURK. S. H. HAtiDWICK, Gen. Paa. Aul.. ak'I Ueo. I'ae. Agt. Kua Sya. POH'J' royal tc wkstkkn car L oima Railway, j. B, Clevolanri JteOflvOP. (guckest route to PoSS ulo takln? effect July 1st, 1894. ?STATION?. Lv Greenville Lv iMutildin Lv Simpsonvlllo. Lv Fountain hm Lv Owing* Lv Gray court Lv BarkRdulo Lv Liturens Ar Greenwood Lv Mo?ormlok Lv Aufrtista .. I'v Savannah Lv Jackson vlllo.. ArHt AugustIno STATIONS. Lv Jackson vlllo . Lv Savaiintth . Lv Augusta Lv MciJormlck .. Lv Green wood Lv Liuirons. Lv Bnrksdnlo Lv Ornv fourf Lv owings Lv Im,imi ., m Inn Lv Slmpsonvillo Lv Man Id In . Ar Green vlllo.... Except Sunday, Except Sunday 10am 87am Mam 12am .'!.'!;> in 40am ftOaml l?iim 2Spm 80pm Ifipm 00pm 86pml 4iipm, B oopm 6 17pm ? 27pm ? ;tnpin ft 60pm ft 58pm <? (M)|)ll) (i 16]?n. Dully. |S 9 00p?? 0 IIP 2 P 4 f Excop "111 (lll< 50a suiuhiv tmiuN |0?ao GreenvL p m und muko c nufcolionsjAqn, Bpartanburgt l or ratcs^-^-^n. I'aas. Alwl? IL M?. TO ' m