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'ho ?ill 1 a to] yen ork ; ached ?11 quite of rootion jhigland In >f tlmo aro th, and the eon two suo .? It will be icult It will bo th and the yoar tt the month has minutes aim 2,08 "tho year has 305 J minutes and 45 es us 12,300 mouths f wo take 12 months 9 too short by noarly eet of such a count "0 any date, for ex baekoy about eleven aud consequently, wo r tho lapso of a fow A January coming In jl'Iio Mohammedans have alondun. Any dato-with jugh all tho> roasons in ./o years. the time of Julius Ciojar, used substantially the as tho Mohammedans priesthood and raagls days In ,aa Irregular to keep trio months in itions. into such a hopoloss con Julius Caspar, with tho astronomer, boslgoues, e '#as no way out of the oon fa butfto form a new calendar, mat iywas useless to try to make meetly a divisor bl tho year. This ?v calendar, whiom was called the ullan, r/iado the ;|ear '365 1-4 days. Urco years wero givg?-30^,..whtUa tUe mrth was given 366 days. I This extra v/?jjfc.wuii added by counting twico the sixtA day buforo tho culond*, or first, of MA ich, houco tho name bissextile for lelvp year. ^ Julius porpetuatcd his glomv by call > tho fifth month, as It Was then, ing the -July." Augustus, his successor, 'not to bo outdone, otolo a day from February and addod it to tho following month, calling the month August. His month had to bo as l?ug as Justus's. The Julian Calendar, as It Is called, va.s, by far, th? best ono that had ->n used. Its fault is that It made vear longer by about 11 1-4 mln ?n the equinoctial yoar, which 'he 'sons. According to *oning time, though ' tho months as ro pery slow, 'urloa !' In.168& ^..?ntrX'hae lai.^.- aek to t..o tub. of March, In stead of coming on tho 21st as It had twelve centuries previous. This orr. ;? would have gone on increasing, and aftor a sullicient ltffpso of tlmo we would havo hud Christmas oelobrateo In summer and the fourth of July iu winter. Our days would havo ad vanced with referenco to tho seasOns In tho same way as tho Mohammedan'* back, except our change would have been very much slower. Tho dtf ' forcuco between the equinoctial year and .the one of tho Julian calondar in ?Km years amounts to 3 days 2 hours and 27 minutes. * Popo Gregory XIII, acting under the advice of the astronomor Clavius, decreed that tho century year, instead of being leap year, its under the old system, should be Qnly so when divisi ble by 400. Thus 1600 aud 2000 are loap yoar, while 17o0, 1800 and 1UO0 are not. This adjusts tho three days of the timo mentionod above, and leaves a discrepancy of only 2 hours and 27 minutes for every 400 years. According to this calendar It will take some 4,000 years to throw, tho seusonb and days of the month out as much as one day. Four thousand years from now the vornal equinox, according to this, tho Gregorian calondar, will havo fallen hack from tho 21st of March to tho 20th. y$Sioreovor, Gregory, to havo the ?seasons fali as they had twelvo cen turies boforo, ordered the day follow ing October 4th, 1582, to bo called tho 15th instead of tho 5th, restoring the tou days that had boen lost. All Catholic countries adopted the <^?*ogo rain calondar at once, but ?England bolug Protestant and Russia being Greek, did not. With characteristic slowness in adopting anything foreign, " "land chanued tho Julian for the In 1752. dt of t*arliamont, tho u?y September 2d was to bo tombor 14th, InstoatLof iho ?ho same tlmo the year, was .i with the first of Janua**y4n . of with tho twonty-flfth of Marob, it previously had. Tho modified .alondar is known, in English history as the Now Stylo,f while the old sys tem is called the Old Style. ] Although Jearliamont was very oar> i * to mivKc tho eleven days addt/1 ? *ojudlcof,o debtors, yoV th^f, used riot Injurious parts of Tho peoplo said "they were )cd of olovon days, civilized counties now use n-iun calendar with the ox ? Russia, which stid uses tho d, as a consequence, tho lat y. iS twelvo days behind tho world. ?there will bo a dlffotonoe /s v tween tho calendar of Russia. E. Hrkazeale. pretiont bless* * has njaoy : '?hloh 'H Repub- 1 ^yluuii/!?. and nleh sets forth ' sctioo und tbetr Itleal organiza w follows: committee of the ?* of South Car lo our party of ilow Republicans at u late this nation Jtoriei? achtoTod at -vojAbor loot, mg/audate the na or thrown the Deifao qld enemy of all that and useful in the State ollna, Maryland, Ken t Virginia, and thoruby " Solid South " whioh fore oemented by and violence at the ulaVa the nation upon .?ed to She, leadership of .1 the lower "house of Con match less and patriotic , lion. ThomaB B. Reed, of .edgo our faith to the prlnol the party of Lincoln, Sumter rant, and renew our pledge to principles laid down in tho plat u /i of the Republican party at the us/ional ooBTention of 18D2. In tho last general eleotlon we made . strong fight for the election of Re publican Cong>'essmon, In six of tho seven district* in tho Stat*, but under tho operation of the infamous registra tion law, thousands of Republicans woro illegally prevented from voting. Under Instruction of this committee the rejection of those voters, through /this Infamous and unconstitutional registration law, was made tho basis of contests in four of the districts of the State. The Republlban contest ants in the first, third, sixth and seventh districts are on every ground of justice and equity entitled to their seats. The seating of these contestants would strengthen and encourago the Republican party of South Carolina and be but tardy just ice to those who, undor difficulties and discouragements, which can not bo fully appreciated by our friends in the North, have, endeav ored to bold up the bannor of Republi canism in South Carolina. A new condition Is now upon us. Now.necessities now arise. New laws are now In force. New lessons must now bo loarned. Wlokcdly aud fraud ulently as was this now constitution thrust upon tlTe people of the State, still more wickedly and fraudulently Is tho purpose of the promoters of this scheme to enforco It. To enforce it not with tho view of preserving white supreinaoy as Is falsely proclaimed, but with tho purpose of stifling the ? .will of the people in tho exorcise of tho'functions of citizenship, the selec tion of their public servants, to pre serve the elo.no corporation whioh now parcels out the offices in the State and porpetuato themselves In power and place. Soon tho books of registration will bo open In evory county In tho Stato, and overy citizen twenty-one years of ago and upwards must register, and those who have been registered must bo registered In ordor to vote hereafter In tho public elections' In this State, whether Federal, State or municipal. We urge upon every oitizon tho impor tance of possessing himself with a copy of the new constitution and care fully studying It in order to know the now requirements and meet them. We urge upon every citizen a peace able but firm resistance to every en croachment upon his rights of citizen ship, whethor it comes from those in high places or thoso in low places, for, indoed, there is no ono in this govern ment higher than of oltizun, and no right higher than tho rights of citizen ?hin. Do not allow yourselves to be dis couraged by delays and annoyances, but go to the places of registration and peaceably and patiently wait, but per sistently* and manfully demand your certificate, and exhaust all lawful means to got It, and teach and evory citizen who now has a registration certificate Is advised and admonished by thL committee of the Union Repub lican party to pioservc and retain said certificate of registration and permit uo person or persons under any provo cation or for any cause to tako awjy; or destroy said certificate., of . eg'istratton. Let overy oitizer;-keep his certificate 'by all influx, for there is no law to compeLJliin-t? surrender his old cer (lftttb to Any person or parsons in the *tat or So ttn Carolina. Uudor the or ?...in ifcioa recently adopted it Is intended that tho Legis lature shaii past- lawr providing for a . glstrati ?n .. county of the Stulo ; after tho .Legislature shall have parsed the new registration laws for the State your coininittoe will issue another aud.. ? to ouch and every county chairman of the Uulon Repub lican party of tho Stute direetfug tho voters how they shall act and what must*be dono by each and every one of them to securo their certificates of registration and their right to voto. Wo call tho attention of tho people of the nation to the gross violation of the spirit und lotter of tho Constitu tion of the United States by tho late constitutional convention of South Carolina by its acts of discrimination against the citizens of the State In relation to tholr rights to vote in the public elections of tho Stato and that in this new constitution all male citi zens, including Union soMlors, are re quired to pay a poll tax till ho Is sixty years old, while a Confederate soldier Is exompt from paying poll tax whon he arrives at tho ago of fifty. The platform of tho Union Republi can party and its prlciples aro broad enough for all patriotio cltizons to stand on, and we earnestly Invite all oltizens whatover may havo been their past political affiliations to unite with us in advocating tho principles and in wrestling tho administration of tho Stato government from the control of the Democratic party and In placing this Slate in tho Republican column In the approaching Presidential eleotlon. (Signed)?E. A. Weber, chairman; Thoraas E. Miller, E. J. Dlokorson, George A. Reed, P. Simpklns, B. F. Meaus, A. C. Morriok. The South During the Year ? Richard N. Edmounds, editor of tho Manufacturers' Record, in a general review of the business of tho South during the past year and the prospects for the future, says : " The year just ended has'been one which' for all times to como will be noted in the records of Southorn pro gross as one of tho most Important Serlods in tho business history of tho outh. Looking baok over 1805. we oan see that for tho South it has been a year of marvellous achievement. Whon the general business depression, Whioh has existed throughout tho wfyrld for several years, is taken into account It will bo realised that tho Smith achieved wonderful things dur ing 1805. It was free from Hpcoulacire activity and a year in whioh there was no hurrah or booming business seen in any part of tyhe South; but la all this great territory there has been a solid, substantial'foundation laid for greater growth than was ever before seen In tho South, If not in any other part of the country.?' He attributes a great proportion of this prosperity to the Atlanta Exposition, of whioh be says ?bat Its influence will bo felt for yoars to come, und that Its effeut on the fu ture of the South oannot bo measured never knew any r uld r ? ?My like THIS YEAR'S COTTON CROP, j | The Great liiwrt Says that Cotton Wtlt Not Bring Higher Pries? The August? Chronlolo publishes the following letter from Mr. Alfred 13. Shopperson lu reference to the cot ton crop: Nsw York, Jan. 2, 1896. Hon. Patrick Walsh, August, Oa. My Dear Sir :?The year wbmh has just ended will be a memorable one lor the oottou trade, inasmuch as it recorded the lowest price for middling uplands ever reached in Liverpool, ex cept when the same low igure, two and thirty-one thirty seconds, (2 31-32) pence per pound was touched In No vember, 1894. The lowest price In New York for forty-eight years was also reachcu in November, 1894, and re peated at intervals to March, 1895. The largest orop ever produced in America was grown In 1894 and marketed in the commercial cotton j season in 1894- 96. From the low ebb ] of Maroh 1, 1895, there was one of the most remarkable reactions over known when prices advanced in New York from 6 9-16 on March 1st to 9 3-8 Of >ts on Oct. 15th for middling uplands cot ton, a matter of three and thirteen sixteenths (3 13-16) cents per pound. This great advance was due in part to the improvement in the general business of the country, but oh lolly to Bpeoulative buying of cotton futures. On account of the comparatively high prices ?hioh ruled hi bop to la bor and October, much of the orop of 1895-06 was marketed at good prices. Much interest is now felt In cotton olroles in regard to the extent of the crop now coming in, and in the ques tion of the aoreago of the orop to be planted this year. 1 am satisfied that a.large quantity of cotton has been held back in the interior by country merchants and farmers on account of the sudden and serious decline which occurred in the middle of October. I anticipate comparatively large re ceipts in January, and think the orop will probably be about seven million bales with a possibility of even more. Excellent weather for maturing and pioklng and long delay of frosts partly compensated for unfavorable condi tions earlier In the season. In view of the very large stocks of cotton at the beglnuiug of this soason in the Amerioan and European mar kets, aud in the hands of spinners, and the fact that inuoh larger shipments will certainly bo made from India, Egypt and Brazil than last soason, I do not think there will be any suoh scarcity of cotton as would advance the price to such an extent as to justi fy an> increase whatovor of the pres ent cotton acreage in this country at the expense of a roduotion in food and forage crops. I tbink that an increase of our cot ton acreage would probably cause lower prices of cotton for the re mainder of this season, and oertalnly for the next season also, unless tho weather conditions for the now orop should be oxtromely unfavorable. No man rejoiced more than I did at the recovery of cotton from the un warranted depression, though I did not have any pecuniary interest lu the market and have nono now. Feeling, howover, a deep interest in the pros perity of the South, I would regard an increases of cotton acroago this year as a most unwise policy. With best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year, I remain, yours very truly, Alf. B. Sheppehson. REDUCING THE CROP. Cotton Growers Will Compare Notes About tho Reduction of Acreage. Hon. Hector D. Lane, of Alabama, the president of the Amerioan Cotton Growers' Proteotive Association, has issued the following call to the cotton growers for a convention to assemble at Memphis op Tuesday, January 21st, in order to formulate some rale and plan of aotlon by which the problem of cotton acreage next season might bo solved beneficially to the plante/s. Mr. Lane reviews tee tactics of the "bears" to depress the values of cotton to the detriment of the producers and con cludes with tho offer of a plan which, if worked out, Will result In favor of tho COtton farmers : "To the Amerioan Cotton Growers' Proteotive Association?Tb* ias arrived when next, yoar1? aoreage in cotton shou^-rocelve most serious con sideration. Our onomlos, the cotton 'boars,' aro anticipating matters by industriously circulating reports that it is the intention of the cottou grow ers to enormously increase the cotton aoreago, and doublo tho use of com mercial fertilizers the coming season, which will result in tho production of a crop of from ten to twelve m'llion baled. " It formation comes from Texas that Now Orleans 'bears'are reporting that Texas wll plant for four million bales. The--..: reports are eirculuflod to induce tho Southern people to soli tho balanoo of this small crop at present low prices. " According to the official data Arnorica has exported to Europe, one million threo hundred and twouty three thousand bales loss tnan last yoar. "Tho Northern mills havo taken four hundred and fifty thousand bales loss than last year. " Stocks of cotton at Amorle in ports and interior towns aro about1 *ie same at last year, but as the sea >on pro gresses the sioek. at the p t., will dally grow loss as compared -vith last year. "On the other hand tho mills of England, Amoriea and the continent aro running full tlmo and if thoy keep up the present consumption until next September, they will need all of your cotton; they cannot wait for tho next orop. What, thon prevents your obtaining remunerative prices for the remaining portion of this crop? This is easily answored. Tho speculative 'boars' of Now Orleans, New York aud Liverpool aro thoroughly indifferent to your condition and rook little of your welfare. Thoy would be glad to isee cotton selling at 4 cents and would contribute their aid in pressing it down to the lowest regardless of the destitution and sorrow that Would en sue throughout tho South under suoh conditions. " The Southern planter has the power to depose these reckless despots and wholesale despollors of our prosperity, destroy the annual surplus, thotr able coadjutor, by judicious deoroaso of aoreage, and these gentlemen will be out out of a job. Plant only a moder ate orop and you will bo bottor off with a seven to a seven and a half million hale orop, selling at 10 to if cents, than a ten million bale drop, selling at 5 to 8 cents. " Do not be led into the error that you can deceive the great flrme that buy your produot. Thoy have their agents in evory town and village; they are ever scrutinizing your notions, and know more in regard to tho general aoreage than you oan possibly find out yourselves. "Conceiving this to be a matter of paramount, importance to the material Interests of the South and being Im pressed that this question in its most comprehensive form should be con sidered cravoly,'I therefore do?^m it ad visable fthatj the cotton growers must meet in convention, that we formulate and adopt some intelligent rule of ao tlon through which we may be enabled to combat these agenoles, whose perni cious methods are sb destructive to our prosperity. " On account of its general accessi bility I hereby ns-we Memphis as the place and Tuesdr '"luarv ?* the time of meet' ." I earnestly oltlzons that r Interested in '??<" em feu, cotton excba iges, commission merchants, facto??, associations, eto. '?Tho movement is strictly non political, but essentially industrial ; therefore no man should Bay nay on ac count of political afliliatluos. " I respectfully in /oke the aid Of the | press. Reoogniz.nv the demand for heroic actionjand tho disaster that is to follow without it, I appeal to all pa triotic people to join in this Struggle to emancipate our people from a bondage that is as oppressive and ignominious as was inflicted by the czar upon a lerfdom. " No longer'can we live prosperously and happily under so tyrannical a sys tcsa. The demand of the occasion is for honest, earnest men, who have tho intelligence to appreciate prevailing conditions and the courage to 'Take up arms against a sea of troubles, and, by opposing, end them,' I remain, sincerely yours. \* Heotor D. Lank. " President American Cotton Grow ers' Proteotive Association." Industrial News and Notes. The Enterprise cotton mills, King's Mountains, N. C, contemplates putting In new machinery. The W. J. Hooper manufaotlng com pany will build a cotton mill at Moun tain Island, N. C. . The Charleston knitting mills have been chartered at Charleston, 8. C. K. B. Lobby. T. S. Wilbur and others are Interested. Ai e inn Blood, president of the Colum bia mills company, Columbia, 8. C, contemplates ereotiug another cotton mill at that place. . Work is progressing favorably on the nowcotton mill at Prattville, Ala. The building is 165x60 feet, aud the nails of the first story are up. It will be com pleted and ready for work In a fow months. Jno. L. McNalr and W. H. Willard, Jr., of Cheraw, 8. C, havo purchased the domestic mill In Norfolk county, Va., and converted It to suit their pur pose. They will nut in machinery to manufaoture children's hosiery anu ex pect to begin operations by Jan. 1. Cotton mill building in the South In 18U5 was phenomal. The aggregate number of spindles for new mills under taken during the year and for enlarge ments of old mills was in round num bers, about 1,000,000. The now cotton mill at Hendorson. N. G, is noaring completion. The roof is now being put on, tho machinery and steam plant have been bought. Tho name is Hendorson cotton mills, and the oapltal stock is $125.000. D. Y. Cooper Is president; J. B. Owen, treas urer, and E. G. Davis, secretary. It is rumorod that tho 30,000 spindle cotton mill of the Dwight company, In Alabama City, Ala., will begin opera tion by tho middle of January. Nearly all of the machinery is already in posi tion and tho boilors and engines nave been fired up. The houses for the mill operatives, aro, many of them, flnlshed and ready for ocoupanoy, while others are in course of erection. At Anuiston, Ala., two large land companies have donated a site for the cotton mill to be oreoted. there by ne groes and operated entirely by that race. A corps of civil engineers havo bogun surrveylng the grounds for the purpose of making maps to be used by the architects who are now drawing fdans for a 10,000 spindles mill build up. The erection of tho structure will be begun in about six woeks. The largest numbor of mill opera tives that ever camo into South Caro lina at one time arrived in Polzor on last Wednesday. The party was brought in a spooial train of fifteen cars from North Carolina and consisted of 1,040 people besides a large number of ohildren. They come from three counties In North Carolina. None of them have over worked in cotton mills before, but all will go Into No. 4 mill at Peizer to loarn the manufacturing business from the beginning. Thoy are fine, healthy looking people appar ently woll to-do and are highly recom mended. South's Carolina's Prosperity.? The News and Courier has been peg f'ing away for many years urging tho anners of this State to diversify t^af, crops aud llvo at h?rn?, uast year It offered speolal-prizes for the biggest hops.rzni?d In South Carolina and tho most hog produced in the space of three hundred days. Those off c rs gavo a , great impotus to hog raising in the State, and reports published by The News and Courier sotting forth the tinaucial and industrial condition of tho State show that more hogs havo boon raised than In any year since tho war. Laurens County with 35,000 pop ulation reports one hog per capita. The condition of tho Stato has not boon so encouraging nor prosperity so general for ilfteon years. Nearly ovory county has made Its own supplies. There have boon fow if any commercial failures. The merchants report their collections havo never been so good. Not only have tho farmors paid their dobts for 181)5, but in hundreds of oasos havo wiped out old scores. Tho manu facturing interests were never in a more flourishing condition. The banks report largo deposits and tho whole tone of the report is jubilant. A Strong Approval. -Dr. Wm. P. Jacobs, editor of Our Monthly, and one of tho most capable and intelligent mon In tho Statos maken tho follow ing comment upon tho work of tho constitutional conroation: "Tho constitution recently adopted by the convention was in many respects a most admirablo one, far superior to the one for so many years tho organic law of the Stato. There are many points of Interest, among whloh aro the following: Divorco for any cause Is prohibited ; prize-flghting is forbidden, gamblers are not allowed to hold oiflce, lynch-law rccolves Its doath blow by holding tho county where it is commit ted responsible (or it; no atheist can hold office ; a three mill tax is imposed for tho support of schools ; property held by churches, colleges, and charita ble institutions exoopt real estato is non-taxable, and all real estato occupi ed by tho Institutions; aid to sec tarian institutions is strictly for bidden. Suffrage is limited by an edu cational or proporty qualification. Lu those and many other points tho coii I stiLotion Is a success. The State is to I be congratulated ou the ability with I which the convention did its work." ?A Richmond (Va.) dispatch to the Washington Post says: "The wide spread discussion of the Monroe doc trine in connection with tho Venezue lan matter has caused unusual public in terest in tho tomb of the author of that declaration. This has recalled the fact of the removal by some relic hunter of a plate on the tomb of President Mon roe. It was of bronze and about 12 by 18 inches. It is possible that the thief thought the plate was silver, and there fore of considerable value. Monroe's tomb is in the northwestern part of Hollywood oemotery, near the grave of President Tyler, and within a few rods of tho last resting place of Jeffer son Davis, the ohiof executive of the Southern Confederacy. ?An excellent remedy for a cough Is an old fashioned one, made of one pint of the best older vinegar, one pint of Porto Rico molasses, on? pint of the best tar. Simmer together four or five hours, and when ceol removs the tar from the top. The dose is one tess poonful. W. J. Richardson, of NtV* io has been feeding a pig ? t prize of the News an-' . that it was woi and tlppc* . Will* ?The following Is recommended by m oxchanro as a food preventive er hog cholera, and as U la very oheap md simple all who have stock ef aay clod should fire It a trial: " A gea leman frera Keataaky told us that a (omponad made of salt Snttl askea in kbout equal parts weald keep hofa, j Mittle and horses hMltky and free rom diet ass. The mixture is Stade a? rlth water and will harden like roek tall. Thea It It put about the faed aoughs aad animals will beoom* fond it tkv* ?It seems that two species of native birds are becoming quite rare in tbiB -State?the showy red bird and the mocking bird. The Indianapolis News jays: ^" The threatened extermina tion 01 these birds Is said to be due to the demand for thorn in the North, uk) , in the oaso of the red bird, the In troduction of the English Bparrow is bo blame. Tho mocking bird, how aver, is qulto capable of holding his awn against tho saucy but pugncolous foreigner. Next to singing, there is nothing a mouking bird loves so much as fighting." It will not cure everything. It Is not olalmed that it will cur? but one oomplaint, that is, dyspepsia. We cannot say that it will oure every oaso of dyspepsia, but It will oure a large majority of them. Suoh oases as are adapted to its use will derive immedi ate benefit. Oao small bottle will be sufficient to test it. The Shaker Digestive Cordial 1b especially adapted for emaciated or elderly peoplo whose food does them but little or no good because it is not digested. Tho Cordial contains an artitlolally-dlge8ted food and 1b a di gester of food bappHy combined. Read one of tho little books which your druggist is now giving away and loam of this wonderful remedy. A really palatable Castor Oil can now bo bad under the namo of Laxol. ?Tomato plants have been grafted on potato plants In England, giving a orop of tomatoes above ground and of potatoes below. Potatoes grafted en tomatoes have produood flowers and a fow tybers. ?Remember the poor ; prayers and kind wishes are good, bnt they will not serve instead of fuel and food. The Bible has some practical remarks on oharlty that stops short of actual giv ing. Johnson's Magnetlo Oil cures all pains, internal or extornal? cramps, colic, neuralgia, rheumatism, sprains, bruises, huno back, pleurisy Instantly. $1.00 size, 50 cts.; 60 cent size, 25 cts. ?In Mexico and also in Siam, judge, jury and lawyers all smoke In oourt, If they wish to, while a case is being tried. Even the prisoner is not de prived of his elgar or cigarette. ?In Sumatra the leaves of tho ooffe plant are used fer making tea which has the essential properties of both tea and coffee, resembling both In taste I and smell. ?One of the curiosities of this ago of Iron Is a Uno of railroad, 38 miles long, in construction In Florida, whoso rails are all woodon, and secured with wooden pins. ?" That lawyer yon recommended Is not a maa of his word." ''Why not ?" "He told me I could talk freely to him, and look at the bill he's ecnt me 1" ? Physicians all over the world recou?. mon? Japanese Pilo Care. It, Jjfca oured thousands, will cure j^KiT Sold ufraer^p^silcirW guarantee. Sample free. ?If Adam Is accountable for " con sequential damagos," he will haro a rough time of It. ?Love's young dream?A little sigh ing, little crying, a little dying, and a very great deal of lying. ?Naomi, tho daughter of Enoch, was 580 years old when she married. st. vitus dance. A Physician Prescribes Dr. Mil?' Restorative Nervine. Dr. At lies Modical Co., Klkhart, Ind.: My daughter Mattlo, agod 14, was afflicted lost spring with St. Vitus danco and ner voiiBnos.1, hor ontlro right aids was numb and nearly paralyzed. We consulted a phy sician and ho prescribed Dr. Miles' Restora tive Nor vine. Bho took throe bottles before wo saw any certain signs of Improvement, but aftor that sho began to Improve very fast and I now think sho Is ontlrely cared. She has takon nlno bottles of the Nervin?, but no othor modlclne of any kind. Knox, Ind., Jan. S, '00. IT. If. noSTWrnm. Physicians prescribe Dr. Miles' Remedies bocause thoy are known to be the reqnltof tho long practlco and experience of oae ef the brightest, members of their profession, and are carefully compounded by experi enced chemists, In exact accordance with Dr. Miles' prescriptions, aa used In hi* practice. On sale at all druggists. Write for Dr. Mile*' nook on the Heart and ftetree. Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, lad. Dr. Miles' ItanediM Rwtor? HoaM. 1 [In serving turk^ m other birds it is no longer customary to ask when there are m/ray guests which part each prefers/' To every guest is sent a piece of dark meat, a piece of light and a little of the dressing. If the carver happens to know that1 any lady at the table especially likes a wiug, ho sometimes inquires if he may send her one. Gravy is not! now passed at table, but is served upon the dressing?not lavishly, because too much may not be agree able and more can be asked for later on if required.?Exchange. Try a bandage of hot salt outside the face for neuralgia; fill the mouth with hot salt in cases of toothache; put a little hot salt in a piece of muslin, and then put in the ear for a second or two when ear ache is troublesome. Trying to ksep cows fat that have no other protection from the win ter's* cold than the leeward side of a straw pile is trying to warm up all out of doors with a No. 7 heating stove. THE LAUBENS BAR. h. Y. SIMPSON. C. D. BARKHDALE SIMPSON & BARKSDALK, Attorneys At Law, LAURKN8, SOUTH CAROLINA Spools) attention given to the investi gation of titles and collection of claims U. w. HAl.r,. fc, w. simrinb. w. w. ma 1,1, BALL, SIM KINK & BALL, Attorneys at Lavr, Laurenb, South Carolina. Will practice In all State and United States Court, collections. Special attention given i. T. JOHNSON. W. It. RtCHET ?JOHNSON A RICH13Y, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office?Fleming's Oornor, Norttiwe side of Public Square. LAURENS, - SOUTH CAROLINA W. It. MARTIN, Attorney At Law, Laurens, - South Carolina. Will practice In all Courts of this State Attention given to collections. DUKE . Cigarettes MAOS. FflOM High Grads Ts&aaoo ABSOLUTELY PUftS We Desire ToMntroduce our furniture business into overjr community In the South ern States, and in order to do so In the quickest time, have concluded to mako Bomo very liberal offers in bed room suites to secure at lettst one customer at every nostr-oflice In the next 60 days. Please read this advertisement carefully and send at onco for one of our special offers. Our groat offer No. 1 consists ef one 8olld Oak nedreom Suite with largo dresser with :.'0x:M bevol mirror, one large Washatand, with double door antf drawer, eno 5-feet Bedstead full width. This suite of furniture is worth In any furniture store not less thnn fSBS. Do not think for once that it Is a little oheap suite, for we assure you It Is not, but a large, full-size suite oqual to any thing on the market In order to start tho sale of these suitOB and to koop our men busy and Introduce our business in your neigh borhood, we agree to ship one suite only to each shipping point in tho South for 915, when the cash comes with the order. This advertisement wdl posslhly appear twlee in this pa per. therefore If you are Interested, cut this out and send with $15 and the suite will bo shipped to you. If It Is not Just as represented you may re turn tho sulto at our expense and your $15 will bo refunded to you. Our catalogue containing many illustra tions of rare bargains and house fur nishing goods will be sent to yeu up on application. The suite nbovo doserlbod Is a spec ial bargainand doosnotappcar In the catalogue, therefore It fs usolcss to write for illust rations of this suite, and while you are delaying writing some one else may get the bargain. We assure yeu tnat we will not ship but one suite In your neighborhood at this price. After one suite has been shipped in the neighborhood the price will go to at least 930. L_. F. PADGETT 84? nnOAD BT., AUGUSTA, OA. Who is Will Whitener ? ?^^^^^^^^^?,? ?--. ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ iionable Hair Gutter and Shaver, ?DER " vi?, . water . appiy with Salt and water n?*M *?. after having a tooth pu Li?... the bleeding. Prints riuseu\* in the water will hold the color and look brighter. Two teaspoon fa Is in half a pint of tepid water is an emetic always at naud, and is an antidote for poisoning from nitrate of silver. Neuralgia of the feet and limbs can be cured by bathing night and morning with salt and water as hot as can be borne; when taken out, rub the feet briskly with a coarse towel. Salt and water is one of the best remedies for sore eyes, and if applied in time will scatter the inflammation. Silk handker chiefs and ribbons should bo washed in salt and water, and ironed wet, to obtain the best results. Food would be insipid tastleless without it. Hemorrhages of the lungs or stomach arc promptly checked by small doses of salt.?/Selected. South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Co "TUE CHARLESTON LINE. Sobedule lu effect March 10,1800. COLUMBIA DIVISION.?Bast Bound. Lt Columbia. 6 60 Ar Branohville. 0 06 a Lv Rranohvllle. 0 20 an Ar Charleston.1130 am Lt Columbia.4 20 pis ArCharloiton. 8 40 pm Weit Bound. Lv Charleston. 7 20 am Ar Columbia.1103 an LvCharloaton. 5 30pn Ar Branchvilla. 8 00 pa Lv Brauohvliie.8 .6 pra Ar Columlliti. 10 10 pm AUGUSTA DIVISION.?West Bonn Lv Columbia. 6 60 am 4 20 pm Ar Branohville. 7 36 am . 6 30 pm Lv Branohvillo.0 25 pm 8 00 pm Ar Augusta.12 16 pm 10 46 pm East Bound. Lv Augusta. 3 40 pm Ar Uranchvllle. 6 26 pm Lv Branohvillo.?. 7 10 nm Ar Columbia.10 40 pm -CAMDBN BRANCH.?Bast Bound. Lv Columbia.6 60 am Ar Camdon.Li 00 pm Weit Bound. Lv Camdon.,.8 46 pro Ar Columbia.1010 pi CONNBOTION. At Columbia vrlth Southern Hall war to and from all points in upper South and Nortb Carolina. Through trains between Charles ton and Ashevlllc, N. C. Any other information, folders, maps, cue will be furnished on application t? B. 8. HOWKN, General Manager, Columbia S. C. L. A. BMBRSON, Traffic Manager, Charles ton, 8. O. G. H. PARKS, Traveling Agent, Columbia 8.O. Atlantic Coast Line. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUS TA R. R. CONDBN8BD SCHEDULE. IJ> KFFECT JAN. 27, 1896. doing South. No. 66. No. 61. Lv Wilmington.*3 8Dpm . Lv Marlon.6 21 pm . Ar Florence. 7 00 pm . . Lv Florence.*7 26 pm ?3 16 an ArSumter. SJM pm 4 21 an Lv Sumter. 8,38 pm *0 48 an Ar Columbia.10.00 pm 11 05ran No. 62 runs through from Charleston vis Contral R. U., leaving Lanes 8.38 a m, Manning 0.11 am. 0 olnr North. No. 66~No. 63. Lv Columbia.*f> 20 aui*4 26 pa ArSumter.. 648am 6 43 pm No. 66. No. 60 Lv Sumter. S 43 am *6 47 pm Ar Florence. 8 00 am 0 66 pm Lv Floronce. 7 36 am . Lv Marlon. . 8 16 am . Ar Wilmington.1160am . ?Daily. No. 63 runs through to Charleston, 8. C, via Gontral R. R., arriving Manning 6 21 p. m. Lanes 7 00 p. m., Charleston 8 48 p. m. rains on llartsvlllo R. R. loaro Hartsvllle at 4 30 a m, arriving Floyda 5 00 am. Iteturn Idk loavo FloydsO 46 p m, arriving Hartavillt 10 16 p m. Daily except Sunday. Trains on South and North Carolina R. R., leavo Atkins ? 40 a. m. and i? :W p. m., arriving Lucknow 11 10 a. m. and 8 06 p. ra. Returning leavo Lucknow ?46 a in und 4 20 p m. arriving Atkins 8 lb ii m and IS 60 pm. Dally oxeopi Sunday. Trains on Wilmington, Chudbourn and C?n wny R R leavo Chadbourn 11 30 a in, arrive at Conway 145 pm, returning leave Conway at 2 30 p ra, arrive Chadbourn 4 60 p m, leave Cliiirlrjourn 5 35 p m, arrive at Hub at0 20 pro, ' id It er St. Ill) Northbound. southbound pm am Stations. pm am 4 18 10 80 .Columbia ... 4 80 11 1ft 4 00 10 02 . Leaphart .. 4 6ft 1128 8 64 0 40 . Irmo . 4 08 1187 8 46 9 27.. Balcntino ... ft 2ft 1146 8 42 9 1ft .... White Rock . 6 8ft 1160 8 84 8 84 . Chaplain .. 6 6ft 12 02 8 24 8 80....LUUH .Mountain ft lft 12 18 8 21 8 21 ... . SliKha 0 22 12 18 8 12 8 00. I'm, v41 12 29 2 00 7 80 . Ne* ?^12 48 2 17 7 06 . 12 69 2 44 6 66.' 05 2 40 6 40.... 286 086. 2 20 6 22. 2 2ft 6 16 Norths*.. Jan. 8.I89u. Ur. Atlanta, "O. T. " Atlant?, B.T. *? Borcroes. ?* Buford . " nalnes-ilte .. - Lola.. - Cor nelU. - Ml. Airy. *? Tooco?. *? Wostniluster ? Beneoa. ?? Central. *? AtMartw... BpartsJiburg ?ug Oastonla ]?ffney? RUoksburg ifug't Mt Ar. Cbarlotio ?? Danville . Ar. Richmond.... Ar. Washington ?? Baltm'e. P UR| m Philadelphia " Now Yurk Southbound. Lv. N. Y.. PiR R Philadelphia 11 Baltimore... " Washington l?*>p aaVp 44? p ?30 V ? Up 7 00 p 8 20p ia oo a la 12 68* a 01 a aas? aeoa a 16 a ? Ma 4 07 a 439? 0 1*? a it* ? ?0? 709? 7 3a a 7 03? 893? 1 30 p 0 40p Vor N: 37 bally 4 30p ? SO p ? JO p 10 43 p FstMl Nm. JS Unliy ia im 3 W? oaa? u Ifta 600 a til No. ii Dally No. it KBu* Lv. Klohmond . Lv. a 03 a laoap a oo* Danville. Charlotta ... OrtlUMlU. . . King's Mt.. lllaoksb'.-.rg . Uatfneye.. . Sp?rtauburg Greonvllle.... Central. Brneoa. Wcatinluster Toccoa. Ml. Airy. Cornelia. Lula. Oalnes-lllo . ? flit ford. Noroross. A Unn m, E. T Vt??.?!?? r T 6 JO* 8 3,1? tSOOp W6&p 11 OOP 10 40? 11 37 ? i a as p 1 10 p 181 p 4 8? p ?nap ia to* i*aa* liWl 1 00? 330? 3 00 A 360 ? 4 41? 46V? 7 00 ? taao p 1 08 p I SiP a oo p a ia p 306 p 4 40 p 640 b 6 08 p HJtp 0 68 p 740 p 745 p H 13 p 83?pl 738? 9 ?7 p I 7 4? a '4vy?v ??* 10 3? 8 37 a 9 30? 9 3Qpl 8 30?^ ??A 1 a. ut. ???"* p. m. "H" nan: "N" night. No*. 37 ?nd 38?Washington and ?enthwester?. Vestibule Limited. Through Pullman sleeper* horwnen New Torfe ?ad Mew Criesa?, vi? Waefe? tagton. Atlanta and Montgomery, tnd also be> twaoa Haw York ?n<t Memphis, vi? Washington, Atlanta and Birmingham. Dining oar*. No ,. 3? and 88 -United Statos Fast Mall. Pull* mnn sleoplng oars between Atlanta, New Or learis and New York. Nos. 11 and 13. Pullman steering oar between Richmond, Danville and Gi^'borO. " f, H. ORKEN, ?cn'l Bnpt., Washington, D. O. J. M. CULP, Tr*m<3 M'g'r. Washington, D. C. RYDER, Superintendent, Cbnrlotte, North I W, A-TT7RK, ???'1 P?se. Ag't, Washlngtea, D. ^arolhjg, O. ARDWICK, Am'i Oan'l Pass. Ag% AtlftnU, C*. SOUTHERN RAIL OaoslaMaisl WesssxiwU ta Trains ran by TWfc STATIONS. Et Ch?rietton. - ColumWt? . " Prosperity At Bewberry BT TWTS At Clinton.(Kx Sou). " Lauren*.,jKx Ban) It, SI 9 nt IS.?? a* * Nli.ety-aix * Ortwnwood Rodges.? ? 9.10pm l.tf.p 5 1.48 pm ** Abbeville. H Andereon . " Greenville SB p_?e 9.4* pi ? Atlanta.. 4.98pm 9.38 p m Daily Ne. 12. STATION?. Lv OreeBTille_. * Piedmont....?. - WflllamMon . W.flo a m 11.01 am 11.31 am " Anderson , " Bel ton ' i Arjkinnald's t/y Abbeville. .? 111.08 am 11.4* am 13. OS p m ? l?SffM.' - Greenwood Ninety Six " Laarene..(Ex 5551 M C71n4en......^Kx Sim) ** New berry.?. - Prewperliy .-. Af.Cotambtn. Obarieaton. 13.39 p m 1.0? pm 1.28 p m 10.40 am 11.10 am 2.18 p ra 2i8 pm ?.r>0 p m M9 p m STATIONS. CliarlivRton .. Coiumbiit... Alston. Haurne. .Union. ,. JonesriUe... .Paeolet .... .JB par ten barg.. ..SpAttanbu rg., ...?AshvlUe... Daily No. 14 .Ar 8.0? 8.40 2.6? 148 1.0? 1Z40 1Z23 11.45 .Ar 11.18 AM 7.10 P m p m p m P ?? p m ? ? p m ? m ? m a ra TnfaM leave BpartaBburg, A. and C division ?itfebeund 0)19 a. m., 10:43 p. m., 3:22 p. tn., 9tM p. m.,VeeUbule<i Umlted); nonthbonnd, 1*6? a,ssv, 9:06p. ra., 5(36a. m., 11:37 a. m., (VesUbnled Trains leave Oreenvllle, A. and O. Division, aoetfebound, 6:08a. m? ?16 p. n? 9:54 p. m., and %m p. ML. rVeatlbuled limited); southbound, btS a. 448 p. tu., 0:21 ?. inH 13:38 p. in., (Vet tftwis United V. rsslimitm Herrlee. Pttttman PaVace Slee-Hng Cars on Trams 85 and CA, fiand ?2. 87 and 88, on A. ami C DlvlslOSu ?LA. TVJRK, 8. II. HAUOWKJK. ?am. Pan*. Agt As't Uon. Pa*. Agt, East. Bye. W. H. ORKEN. ? J. M.O?LP. tjsem. Bqperla ten dent, TraffloMge. Waal?ngton, D. C. r. L WKLLE8. Bupt.. Columbia. & a PORT ROYAL. St, WESTERN OAR olimi Railway Augusta n Asiicvlllo Shon Line." J. B. Cleveland, Receiver. Schedule In effect June 22nd, 18!)3. Lv Augusta.9 40 am Ar Greenwood.12 !'> pm Anderson. 8 00 pm Laurens. I 15 |>m (Ircenville. '2 AO jun Olcnn Springs. 4 0,r> pm Spartannurg.;t 00 pm Saluda. 4 W mn llendersonville. .. 6 Hi pm Asheville.0 20 pm 8 00 pm 12 U0 am 7 l.r> am I 9 45 am Lv Asheville.800 am Spartanhurg.11 45 am Greenville.II 40 am ? Laurens.1 15 pm AndersoN.0 20 am Greenwood. 2 15 pm Ar^Auguata. 5 06 | m Savannah. 5 05 am 3 40 pm 7 30 pm 5 66 arri 8 3.5 am 6 00 pm Lv Greenwood. 5 23 pm 2 88 am Ar Raleigh. 1 26 am 12 00 n'n Norfolk. 7 00 am 6 20 pm Petersburg.(i 00 am 5 43 pm Richmond. (i 40 am 6 45 pm TO ATHENS, ATLANTA AND POINTS WEST. Lv Greenville. 9 45 am Lv Anderson.9 20 Augusta. 9 40am Greenwood.12 48 pm Ar Athens. 3 03 pm Ar Atlanta. 4 09 pm 11 40 am 2 42 pm 6 09 pre 7 45 pm Close connections at Greenwood for a" points on 8. A. L and 0. & G. Railway, und at Spartan burg with Southern Kailwa;. For information relative to tickets, rates, schedules, etc.. address R. L. TODD, Trav. Pass. Agent. W.J. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agent. Augusta. Ga. . S.Cureton. Agent, C. H. Speights. Gen Agent, Greenville, 8. C. J. R. Pant, Agent, Anderson, S. O. PBOPLB WON'T BUY. A second time from a business house thsir flrst transaction hon besn unt lory, eiist frie a. 11