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??I haven't played a game of poker j
fqr twolvo yours," remarked Thomas
H. Slidton, a prominent business man
and politician of Eastern Kentucky.
I was famishing for u little game my
self, aud he saw the sigus of my yoaru
mg in my face, which impelled him to
mtiku this avowal.
I know ho had onco heon extrava
gantly foud of pokor, ami kuowing,
too, when a mau oucu gots tho pokor
habit Uxod on him that breaking tho
morphine habit is a small task com
pared to it, 1 was interested to know
tho antidote that had cured him.
" Since 1 held tho winning hund and
lost on a l?g Handy river raft twolvo
years ugo 1 haven't touched n deck,
and I'll shulllo off this mortal coil bo
fore I'll shulllo a pack again. Tho
very looks of cards mukes mo shudder,
as It recalls tho most horrible ex
perience my life has known.
44 1 was engaged, at the timo I
started, iu the timber business on tbo
Big Sandy river. I was iu partnership
with Joe and / '". Davis, twin brothers,
ami wealthy timbor men of tbo llig
Sandy valley. Wo were buying thous
ands of staves, ties and logs along the
Sandy and its tributaries and wore
lloating them down the Ohio to Cincin
nati. On tbo occasion of which I
speak wc three woro on a raft of logs
that wo were taking out of Sandy to
the Ohio, and were about fourteen
milos above Oattlesburg, the point of
confluence of the two rivors. Alf. pro
posed that we have a quioi little game
of poker, and .loo and 1 readily assont
ing, wo repaired to a little box shanty
iu the centor of tbo raft where wo
slept and ato, and had tbo cooking
done.
" Alf, entered tbo door of the struc
ture first, and, going to his overcoat,
hangiug at the opposite side from tho
door, he drew therefrom a quart bottle
of a muddy-colored liquor.
44 'Hoys,' he said reaching it toward
mo, here is a sort of liquor they call
44 persimmon ooze." 1 nover saw any
before?never tasted this. A friend at
Liouisa gave it fo me?don't know what
it tastes like, but it'll make the drunk
come like whiskey, they say, if you
take too much of it.'
44 'And you take too much of it if
you tako a drop,' said I, pushing the
bottle away. 'I've heard of your
44 persimmon ooze," Alf. and 1 heard
nothing good of it. It's a Satanic con
coction, distilled from persimmons,
and from what I've heard, Shake
speare's witches preside where it is
made. 1 don't want any, and would
adviso you, if you aim to play pokor,
to let it alone.'
*? *Oh, one snifter won't hurt a
felor, 1 know,' ho said laughing.
11 As I refused, ho extended the
bottle to .loo.
44 4 Alf,' I interrupted, 4don't take that
stuff, please. From what I heard of
it, it is dangerous.'
44 4Why?' asked .loe, withdrawing
tho cork.
44 ?Well, it turns a man's nature
completely upside down. If you are a
happy man, it makes you nvserable; if
you arc miserable, you havy a mnniacal
joy; if you are brave it makes you
u paltroon, if you are kind and good
natured, it makes a violent demon of
you. Now, you are very good natured
?and tbo proportionate reverse would
make you Satanic indeed I'
44 Alf laughed incredulously, elevat
ed it to his lips, and took a long swal
low. He put it back in his coat and
we all sat down at the greasy little
tablo and prepared for a poker feast?
a feast more delectable to the mental
palate than a French chef could pre
pare for the material. At that time,
we all three had lots of money, and
wo wouldn't slur tho honored game
by making small bets, or setting any
lines of limitation.
44 In a few minutes the 'pot' hold
five thousand dollars in gold. Thon,
for a moment, 1 felt a sort of cool sen
sation travel up and down my back
bone. A foreboding of evil took
possession of my mind in spite of my
efforts to shake it off. My hand be
gan to tremble, and that doubtless ou
couraged Alf and Joe to think the
hand I held was very frail, though they
had uevcr before, in the face of any
situation, however desperate, aeon me
give any physical signs of elation or
distress. It wasn't that 1 feared the
result of tho oponing, for I hold a safe
hand.
44 Soon my inexplicable distress be
camo ho great that 1 half arose from
the table and gasped for breath.
44 4Set down, there!' roared Alf.
4 You coward I You don't quit the
game that wayl'
44 I looked at him and tho Satanic
expression of his face drove the blood
to my heart. He held high his hand,
and began to laugh iu demoniac
shrieks. His brother, I vaguely noted,
was gazing at him with staring balls,
all the blood gone from his drawn, yel
lowish face when the 'show down'
came. All had a pair of aces and a
pair of lens.
44 Ho looked ovor Joe's hand. The
latter had three queens.
44 4You choatl' shrieked Alf, and,
quick as a flash he seized a skillet lid
ami struck Joo on tho side of the head
with the edge of it. The latter rolled
under the tablo with a groan. I was
too frightened to think how badly Joo
was injured, when the demon shrieked
at mo: 4What have you got, you
rogue?'
44 4Oh,' I cried, 'nothing now; the
pot is yours. Your pair of aces, pair
of tens and skillet lid knock out ray
four kingsl* and I forced a laugh.
44 The demon ran to his coat, took
out the bottle and drank agflin.
44 4l)rJnkl' he yelled, reaching It to
me. I hesitated. Ho seized the skillet
lid again.
414Dnnkl' he shrieked again.
441 raised the bottlo and pretended
to drink, but the cra/.y man saw the
hypocritical act and threw the lid at
my head. I saved my skull by shifting
the bottle. It met the lid and fell to
pieces. I now screamed as loudly as I
could. The man who steored the raft
came running. As ho was about en
tering the hut, Alf fired at him with a
revolver. The man ran a few feet and
reeled over the logs into the river.
44 The crazy demon thon turned the
revolver on me. The first shot grazed
the left side of my head, and badly
powder burned my cheek. Ho fired
again, but I disturbed his aim with
my left arm, and the ball went through
the roof of tho cabin. He tried to
shoot again hut the pistol snapped.
My this time I got hold of the
skilled lid, and before /he could aim
again, I struck him on (he side of tho
head with such forco that be fell sense
less to the floor, wallowing in his own
and his brother's blood.
44 I now stopped to examine the ex
tent of duo's injuries. Alas! Iiis
skull was brokeu at the right temple,
and the brains was slowly ooziug from
the ugly eteft.
44 Now what could I do? One man
was dead sure, the other apparently so,
and the steersman, of course, floating
down t In- river, ami I would bo buug
for tho triple murder I
44 The distress 1 suffered for tho next
hour passes power of expression, but
you see the blossoms it put forth in
my hair, which was black at the lime,
but white iuside of a month.
44 1' or several minutes 1 sat at the
reeking table, my powers of thought
almost gone, an 1 my brain ouly con*
scious of a burdeu of sickening agony
that weighed down my icy limbs. Fin
ally tho striking of the raft against the
sido of tho bauk partiully aroused mo.
1 struggled from my chair and went
out on tbo logs. I went slowly to
tho steering appuralus nud grasped the
pole. 1 managed to kcop tho raft in
tho current until I reached Calletts
burg. Theu I lnnded, culled to some
men on the grade, and told them my
awful storv.
m I wtiH not believed by many on ac
count of tho peaceful disposition of tho
Davis brothers. 1 was accordingly ar
rested and takeu to jail. A groat
trailing tbrong followed in my rear, as
tho Davis men wore known to all, ami,
on account of their kindly natures,
greatly beloved. For awhilo there
were buzzing hints of a mob.
?? I was given complotely over to dos
palr, when, an hour or two later, I
looked out from tho jail and saw a
crowd returning. Now I was to die I
know. However, tho disgrace of dying
that way, and tho consciousness that I
would die innocent of crime, was all
that disturhed mo. Death, in itsolf,
would ho a kindly relief. On camo the
crowd. The key turned hoarsely in tho
lock. Tho door was pushed open, and
tho shoriiT and Jim Anderson entered,
.lim Anderson was tho steering man I
supposed at tho bottom of tho rivor.
Ho was only slightly wouuded, and hail
plunged from tho raft to avoid tho
murderous maniac. His evideuco,
supported by tho bad reputation of the
persimmon oozo, saved me.
11 No; no more pokor for mo, thank
you."
Tho lirst raiu for fifty-six days fell
Wednesday in Alexander City, Ala.,
bringing great relief to tho people.
General Chaffeo has ordered a court
martial to try Lieutenant Hickman
on charges of cruelty to tho Filipinos.
It is alleged he hnd a native ducked
until the latter died.
The stick insect of Borneo, the lar
gest insect known, is sometimes thir
teen inches long. It is wingless, but
8omo species of stick insects have
beautiful colored wings that fold like
fans.
Salt Lake City is about to lose one
of its landmarks. Tho old school
house where the children of Brigham
Young wore educated is to be torn
down to mnke room for some modern
structure.
Three tenths of the earnings of a
Belgian convict arc given to him on
the expirntion of his term of imprison
ment. Some of them thus save more
money in jail than they have ever
saved before.
In a church at West Kensington,
London, a notice was lately posted an
nouncing the sale of flvo pews. One
of the ?* advantages" of these pews,
ran the notice, was that ?? the con
tribution box was not passed to them."
Col. V. M. B ickus, of Indianapolis,
has in his possession a dress sword
presented to (Jen. William Henry Har
rison and carried by him through his
Indian campaigns and during his terra
of otlice as Governor of tho North
west Territory.
While 100 tons ia a load for an
English freight train an average load
on one of our railroads last year was
T>40 tons. On the British railroads it
costs from 48 1-2 cents to move a ton
of freight one milo, while the cost of
a leading Now York road is 23 1-2
cents a mile.
A Japanese tea i in poll er scoffs at
tho idea of successful tea raising in the
United Stales and in Hawaii on ac
count of the high price of labor. . la
Japan children, who do much of the
work in tho tea gardens, are paid but
cents a day, and oven at that it re
quires strict economy to enable the
raisers to place the prepared article m
tho market at a profit.
A daily average of 0,500,000 tons of
water is received into the Dead Sea
from the Jordan and other sources
during tho year. There is no outlet
and the lovel is kopt down by evapora
tion only, which is very rapid because
of the intense beat, the dry atmosphere
and tho dry winds which are constant
ly blowing down from the gorges be
tween tho mountains.
A Berlin dispatch says that Emperor
William lias given orders to stock his
Family cares and duties do not weigh
down the well woman, aud the children
are never in her way. But when the
womanly health fails, and there is a con
stant struggle with weakness and pain,
household duties are a burden almost
past bearing, and children are a cease
less annoyance and worry.
Weak women are made strong and
sick women are made well by the use of
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It
establishes regularity, dries disagreeable
drains, heals inflammation andulcera*
tion and cures female weakness.
Sick women are invited to consult Dr.
Pierce by letter free. All correspondence
strictly private and sacredly confidential.
Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
*l had been ailing dome time, troubled with
female weak ne*?,>' writes Mr*. Wm, H. Johnson,
of Avondale, Chester Co., Pa. "Jtvery month I
would have to lie on my back. I tried many
different medicines and nothing gave me relief
uutll I began Or. Pierce'* medicines, using two
bottle* of ' Favorite Prescription ' and two of
'Ootden Medical Discovery.' These medicine*
have cured me. When I began your treatment
I wa? not able to do very much, but now I do
the work fof my family of nine, and feel better
to-day than I have for n year. I thank you.
doctor, from the bottom of my heart, for well
do I know that you are the one who cured me."
? Pavorite Prescription " has the testi
mony of thousands of women to its com
plete cure of womanly diseases. Do not
accept an unknown and unproved sub
stitute iu Us place. *f
Dr. Pierco's Pleasant Felleta **? Um
best laxative for family u*?. 1
Long Hair
"About a year ago my hair was
coming out very fast, so I bought
a bottle of Aycr's Hair Vigor. It
stopped the falling and made my
hair grow very rapidly, until now it
is 4o Inches In length." ? Mrs. A.
Boydston, Atchison, Kans.
There's another hunger
than that of the stomach.
Hair hunger, for instance.
Hungry hair needs food,
needs hair vigor?Ayer's,
This is why we say that
Ayer's Hair Vigor always
restores color, and makes
the hair grow long and
heavy. $1.00 a bottle All droztUU.
If your druggist cannot supply you,
?und uh one dollar mid wo will exprt-as
you a> bottle. Be sure and givs the nnmo
of your nearest express oflu'e. Addretts, I
J.C. AVER CO., Lowell, Mass. 1
game- preserves near Potsdam ami
Berliu, with American quail as an ex
periment. The Emperor is quoted as
saying that bo wants American quail
because, like American citizens, they
are satisfied with their surrouudings,
whilo German quail, like a great many
German citizens, emigrate every fall.
The butterlly is stated by an .En
glish writer to sleep on the very top of
grass stems, Invariably with its head
down ward and its oyes looking toward |
the roots of the plant. Its wings are
foldod to the smallest possible size.
This is doubtless chiefly for protection
against cold, but it reduces the dimen
sions to those of a narrow ridge, mak
ing the creature resemble iu shapo as
well as color the seed-heads on sur
rounding stems.
Litchflold, Conn., has more historic
trees than auy other town in New
I Kuglaud. Among others are two elms
planted by John C. Calhouu; a Byca
more said to bo one of the thirteen
planted by Oliver Wolcott, signer of
the Declaration of Independence, nnd
named after the thirteon original col
onies; an elm which sorved as a whip
piug post iu colonial days, and a wil
low tree which grew from a walking
stick stuck in the ground by Col. Tal
madge, the American ofllceHwho captur
ed Mr. Audro, the British spy.
There are forty millions of meu and
boys in the United States, of whom
ten millions or more are smokers. They
consume annually some six billions of
cigars and also a few billions of cig
arettes. To meot this demand there
are made iu this country twenty mil
lions of cigars every day, and a large
part of the million dollars that are
paid out every week as wages to tobac
co workers goes to|these cigar-makers,
who number more than 7?,000. They
make up a large at my of hand-workers,
but eventually many of them will piob
ably be employed in tending ma
chines, or iu some other occupation.
The cigar-making machine has arrived.
The largest cotton mill in the woild
is to be built within twenty miles of
Kansas City. Twenty million dollars
is to be invested, $3,100,000 of which
has already been subscribed by Eastern
and Western mon. W. B. Smith
Whaley, president of the Olympia and
Grauby cotton mills, of Columbia, S.
0.| is to be president and general man
ager. The mill will have 000,000
spindles aud 12,000 looms, will employ
?1000 employees and will have a pay
roll of $2,4f>0,000 a year. The capacity
will be 170,000 bales a year, with an
output of 76,000,000 pounds of llnishod
cloth. The value of the annual out
put will amount to twelve and three
quarter million dollars. Electricity
will he the motive power and several
new devices will be installed. Thoro
will bo four mill buildings, covering
an aggregate of 2000 acres of grouud.
CONGRESSIONAL, HUMOR.
The Wit of the Great Statesmen
FIowb Fast aud Freely.
Roar Admiral Schley was telling
stories at the Richmond hotel a few
days ago and, perhaps naturally, came
around to the subjects of courts of in
quiry. He said that during the civil
war a court was convened to try a man
for desertion, Schley, then a lieuten
ant, was one of the members of the
court. When everything was ready
the judge advocate asked the defen
dant: u Have you any objection to
any member of this court?"
The accused man looked ovor the
couri scrutinized each member closely
and then said: * Yes, sir, I object to
the white-haired man at the end of tbo
table."
The ofllcer objected to was the pre
sident of the court. Tho judge advo
cate inquired: ** Upon what ground
do you object to this rnomher of the
court?"
Without a moment's hesitation the
defendant replied: ?I don't like the
honesty of his countenance."
The court retired for consultatiou
aud upon roturning to the room an
nounced that the objection was not
sustained. The judge advocate, turn
ing to the accused, asked: "Have you
any objection to make to any other
member of the court?"
He looked gravely about him for a
few minutes and then answered: "Yen,
sir, I object to the whole incarnate
court!"
? One of Washington's noted fisher
men is Major " Dick " Sylvester, the
superintendent of police for Washing
ton and president of the National As
sociation of Chiefs of Police.
The major went fishing a few days
ago and returned with a five-pound
black bass which he sent to the Presi
dent with his compliments.
Two of the major's friends heard of
this catch and asked abont it a few
days later when they were fishing at
the same place. They met a country
b .y and said: " Is there good fishing
up hero?"
?* Yep," replied the boy. ?It's
fair. Major Dick was up last week
Hshin.' '?
" He caught a five pound bass, I un
derstand," observed one of the party,
" and gave it to the President."
" I dunno nothin' about his givln'
It to the president,* the boy . said, 'but
giandpap caught the fish."
? "I promised an old negro in Tennes
see ten years ago that I wonld do some
thing for him when the time came,'
said Senator Car mack, '< and today he
came around having worked his way
here from Memphis, and reminded me
of the promise, which I shall make
good at once."
" The colored brother has a longer
and acuter memory than the white
man," said Senator Vast.
"Indeed he has," put in Senator
Blackburn. " I remember of talking
to an old darky down *?* Kentucky
V
some years ago who claimed to remem
ber George Washington.
44 4I suppoeo you were with him
when he crossed the Delaware,' I sug
gested.
14 'Deed I was, boss,' ho repliod. *I
done poled the boat.'
44 *Aud, I said, thinking to tease the
old man, 4I suppose, al?o, you remem
ber when he took a hack at the cherry
tree?"
44 The old man scratched his hoad
and thought for a minute. Then he
laughed gleofully. 4 'Deed, boss,' he
said, 41 jls done 'member that, too. I
done druv dat buck mahself.' "
-ii it i?i
A NEW POLITICAL ALLIANCE.
THK PRESIDENT AND CON
GKESSMAN L,1TTL,EFIEL,D.
The Muu Who Defeated the.
Cuban Keelproeity Selieine in'
CougrcHH. '
The Washington correspondent of
tho JVews and Courier writes as fol
President Roosevelt's sudden affec
tion for Representative Littlelield, of
Maine, and the alliance they have
formed to 44 do things" to trusts, is
tho political sensation of the hour.
Representative Litllofleld is practically
a new liguro iu national politics, al
though oiuce he came to CougreBs, as
tho successor of "Czar" Reed, he
has forced the public eye to turn upou
him.
The President loves a bravo, cou
rageous man, and one who has couvic
tlous and is not afraid to light to main
tain them even agaiusl heavy odds.
Such a man i8 Mr. LiltleQold. He has
grown rapidly iu the estimation of
public men within a comparatively
short period, and today ho stands ou
even terms iu point of ability, sound
judgmeut and patriotism with any
man who may be mentioned iu Con
gress.
Tho most remarkable feature of tho
Roosevelt-Li ttlellold combination is
the fact that Mr. Littlelield was the
actual leader of tho Anti -Cuban reci
procity light iu tho Houso. It was his
generalship against tho combined ad
ministration leaders' that defeated tho
mOasuro so dear to tho Presidential
heart. Somo of the old leaders in the
party stand aghast at the suggestion
that the Presulont should puss them
by aud take up with Mr. Littlelield in
the contest he lias vowed to wage
against trusts.
It makes some of the volerana gi t en
with envy to know that Mr. Littlelield
was tho tirfat public man invited to tho
Presidential home at Oyster Hay, to
confer with the President on the great
issue of the comiug campaign. Mr.
Littlelield Una been designated to
frame a bill which is intended to over
come nil the evasions and shortcomings
of existing anti-trust legislation.
In this connection it is said that the
President now realizes that he was be
trayed by some of the veteran lenders
of the party during the recent Bessiou
of Congress, and ho is willing and
auxious to lead in a crusade to depose
' tu m and reolaco them with young,
i l1 rogressive aud loyal men of tho Lit
tleiield brand. This gives riso to so
lions talk about the formation of a
Roosevelt party, with >oung men iu
com maud.
The Washington correspondent of
the Atlanta Constit ition says that
Chairman Griggs, of the Democratic
Congressional campaign committee,
signalized his return to headquarters
by blowing holes in President Roose
velt's anti-trust balloon.
Judge Griggs, in his good-natured
way, proceeded to riiiiculo tho Presi
dent's belated zeal against trusts, and
at tho same timo hurls a few stubborn
facts at the President and tho Repub
lican parly on tho subject of trusts.
44 I see that the President has de
clared that he is to make war on
trusts," said Judge Griggs. "A light
conducted by the Republican party
against these monopolies would be
nothing moro than a sliam hat tic, aud
I have too much confidence in the
good judgment and common sense of
tho American people to believe that
they will be fooled by this sort of cam
paign bluff.
44 Six years the Republican parly
has been in absolute power. It has
controlled the Senate, the House of
Representatives and the Presidency.
For soven months a Congress, Repub
lican in both branches, has been in
session, yet not one sentence - not one
word?not one syllable of legislation
has been undertaken for the suppres
sion of trusts.
44 Now, four days after the adjourn
ment of Congress and live months be
fore it is to meet again, with a great
national campaign coming on in which
the people are to decide who aro iho
friends of trusts, the 1'iosident sails
forth, armed cap-a-pie, to assault tho
tilists. Mark you, he did not send a
message to Congress, but instead,
took occasion to go to Pittsburg ami
deliver pronunciamonto in that city.
44 Tho Democratic party sent a mes
sage to Congross while that body was
in session, although we had no author
ity to do so. We sent it from our cau
cus, and upon this same question of
trusts overy Democrat in tho House
voted against adjourning until some
legislation was enacted which would
curtail the power of thoso gigantic mo
nopolies and evory Republican voted
to go houio without taking any such
action, leaving them to plunder tho
people for a time longer. Wo voted
to remain hore, if it should be all sum
I
The*. Wop - s Greatest,
?ure for iHaiana A.
?
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.nie tak? Johnson'* Chill and Havav
Toni?. # A taint of Malarial poison
" 111 yojr blood means misery and
failure. BloodmedU-tnencan'tcur*
Malarial poisoning
for It fa ,
Bet? bott
il'he antidote
for It Is JOHNSON'S TONIC,
ttla to da
lay.
lietti so Cictt If It r>?.
THE YOUNQBLOOD
LUMBER COMPANY
AUWl)HTA, OA.
Offiov ahd Work?, North Aohdata, 8. C
Doors, Bush, Blinds and Builder's
Hardware.
FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING AND
INSIDE FINISHING LUMBER
IN GEORGIA PINE.
All oorrespondonoo given prompt at
tention.
mer, for the purpose of enacting an
anti-trust law, but now, after Congress
has adjourned, the President buckles
on his armour and starts out to light
the trusts.
" It is all a big bluff. As they say
in poker parlanco, it in a ' four flush.'
and 1 do not believe that any one will
be deceived by it.
"And what is the romedy the Presi
dent suggests ? Why, it is publicity.
Publicity is nothing more than moral
suasion, which would have about as
much effect upon a trust as it would
have upon a highwayman. 1 never
kuew of moral suasion causing a roh
bor to desist from ' holding up ' his
victim, aud 1 cannot see where it
would bo any moro effective with the
trusts. What is needed is tho strong
arm of the law iu both cases.
, " We havo the ltopublicau party on
the run upon this great question of
trusts, and we propose to keep them
running and see that they do not hide
behind any such flimsy sboltor as the
President put up iu his PilUburg
speech."
Since 1880 South Carolina has lost
her pl-.ice as the chief rice produciug
State in the country, being surpassed
by Louisiana, which has held the load
ever siuco, and is so far ahead that she
will likely held it for yoars to come.
Iu that year this State produced 52,
077,515 pounds, and Louisiaua 28,
118,'ill pounds. The next decade
showed that Louisiana produced 75,
045,438, while this State showed up
with only 30,838,951. In tho next
decade the production in this State, in
creased to 47,800,128 pounds, while
Louisiana turnod up ?vith 172,782,480
pounds, (ieorgia follows this State in
the amount produced.
Tu k Spider Wkb.?Every student
and observer in nature, says the Chica
go Tribune, noou iearns that the spider
remains in the center of the web that
it may feel the slightest motion caused
by any luckless insect which has been
caught in the slt<:ky substance. Now,
if one will look closely at the spider he
will see that it hangs head dowuward
One day, by suddenly frightening a
spider, a man learned the secret of its
constant position upside down in the
web. It dropped head down, and
stopped when about half way to the
ground, and swung slowly to and fro
from the end of a long thread of wob.
if it had beeu head up in tbe web it
would have beeu broken. After the
spider had swung at tho end of its web <
for somo time it thought all danger
had passed, and turned and climbed up
again. It rolled the web thread up
with its foro-loge aud then throw it to
tho ground. This was evidently done
to keep it from becomiug tangled with
1 any of the web proper, or with grass
or weeds nearby. Any one who has
touched a wob kuows that it 18 sticky
and hard to ravel when once tangled.
Certainly this bit of instinct is not ab
sent from the spider's brain.
A now explosive, which is said to be
moro powerful than dynamito, maxi
mito or lyddite, and yet which may bo
handled with absolute safety, has beeu
invented by Prof. C. M. Hathaway, of
Wellsboro, Pa. It is named hathamilc,
after its inventor, and at a rocout pub
lic tost Prof. Hathaway demonstrated
its safety by pounding the explosive
upon an anvil, throwing it into a lire
and tiring rille bullets through it at a
speed of 1850 feet a second. In order
to lire the new oxplosive it is nocessary
to use a strong dotontitiug cap.
The Worlds Greatest Fever Medicine.
For all forms of fovor take JOHNSON'S OHIIii* nod FKVKK 'IONIC
It is 100 times better than quinine and does In a nim;lo day what slow qui
nine cannot do in 10 days. It's splendid cures are in striking contrast to tho
feohlo cures made by quinine.
COSTS 50 CENTS IF IT CURES.
Southeastern Lime and Cement Co., Charleston, S. C
Headquarters for Highest Grade I'alnts
and Oils. Agents for Jno. W. Masury's
Highest-Class Heady-Mixed Paint and
Railroad Culors.
Also for "Standard Shades" Cold Wator
I'alnt, the Finest on tho Market.
MASURY'S PAINT
-Is the Leading
Paluton the Market.
'STANDARD
SHADES'
Cold Wator Paint Is
the Favorite.
-Dealers in Building Material of all Kinds.
CONVERSE COMMERCIAL SCHOOL.
Address,
Commercial Department of
Converse College, Sparta nburg,
S. C, oilers to the young people
of this county unequalled facili
ties for obtaining a Commercial
Education near home at lowest
cost. This is the oldest, best
equipped and most inline ntial
Business College in the State,
occupying the largest quarters,
employing more teachers and
securing more positions for grad
uates.
Write at once for catalogue
with full information.
B. W. U ETI N (JE 11, Manager,
Spurfuiilmnv, S. C.
The Entering Wedge
To your consideration is gon
orally tho cost, though coflt should
always ho rolative to value to bo a
fair tost. Tho lumber wo soil may
not always be tho choapost in price,
but it's always choapost in tho
long run, because wo give tho boat
value. Thoroughly kiln-dried,pro
porly sawed and planed, you'll
find it "matches" woll, and will
bo a life-long source of satisfac
tion
R.H.Hudgens&Son.
Pianos & Organs.
Wo are soiling lots of them and sav
in? every purchaser rauoh money.
The Kindergarten Organ li the prot
tioBt and best organ made for the prlco,
and no other orqan has tho new seven
color keys?which make it possible to
loam In a few minutes. Let no ono
prnvent your buying this organ.
Tho McPhail Piano is unsurpassed
for tone and beauty. Terms right.
Send for prlcea. Don t delay.
L. A McCord, Mfg.,
(>niro, Laurens, S. C.
Gin System Bargain.
FOH 8ALK?A 8KCOND-HANI)
240 Saw Om System, consisting of four
00 Saw Gins and Fcodors,one 240 Saw
Lint Flue, ono 240 Saw Thomas Ele
vator System, complete with fan dis
tributor, good condition. Trice low.
This outfit has to be moved by July
lothi Any further information cheer
fully given. Terms cash. M. S. Bai*
ley & Sons, Clinton, 8. C.
Why Not Save The
Middle-Man's Profit?
The McPhail Piano or Kindergarten
Organ direct to the buyer from fac
tory. Write mo if you wish to buy an
Organ or Piano, for I oan save you
money. I travel South Carolina, and
would be pleased to oall and show you
my Pianos and Organs. A postal oard
will bring me to you.
L A. McCORD,
Laurena, * / South Carolina.
Atlantic Coast Line.
TralBo Department, Wilmington, N C
March 20, 1902.
-FAST hl NE
Hetweou Charleston ?ml Columbia and
Upper South Carolina, and North Caro
lina.
CONDKNSKD St'HKIIl! I.R,
In etfect January 15th, 1902.
no IN? WIST.
No 58 No 59
H? M *A M
Wi Charleston . .6 25 0.00
banes .7 ."55 7.5'.
Bumter. .. .!? 15 0 26
Ar Columbia.10JI0 11 0?
P M
Prosperity. 12,29
Newherry . 12 42
Clinton. 1 25
Laurens. 1 17
?reenvillc. ? ?f?
BpartanhurK. 830
A M
bv Bumtor. 0 45
Ar'Camden. 11 15
P M
Lancaster. 2 37
Kock Hill. 3 40
Yorkville. 4 18
Pdackshurg. 6 2r>
Shelby, N/U. hihi
Kutherfordton. N. 0. 7 16
Marion. 8 30
Wlnnsboro .. . 7 13
t harlotto N. 0. 0 20
Hendersonvillo, N. C . ... 0 11
Ashoville N. C. 7 15
OOINO RAST,
No 63
?P M
Ar Charleston.020
bauen.7 36
Bumter.0 13
bv Columbia.4 4 i
Prosperity.3 20
Newherry.3JKI
Clinton.2 22
baurona. 2 02
Green ville.12*2
P M
Bpartanburg.12 16
Ar Bumter.6 15
Camden.4 15
A M
Lancaster.?.m ,
Kock Hill.10 00
Yorkville.9 16
Itlacksburg.8 15
Bholby. N 0.7 16
KuthPrfordton, N. 0_fl 05
bv Marion.5 00
Wlnnsboro.10 18
? harlotte, N. 0.8 10
Hendersonville, N. O...0 02
Ashoville, N. C.8 no
?Daily. (Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sat*
nrdays.
Nob. 52 and 63 Solid trains between
Charleston and Greenville, H. <>.
Nos. 68 and 69 carry Through Coach be
tween Charleston and Columbia.
H M Emerson, Gen'l Pass, Agt., 'I'. M.
Kmernon, Tratllc Manager; J, it. Kenly,
Gen. Man.
Medical College
of Virginia.
....B*tabUah*d 18BH....
Departments of Medlolne. Dentistry
and Pharmacy. For particulars ana
catalogue address, Christopher Tomp
kins, M. D., Dean, Hlohmond, V?.
CASTOR IA
11 11. ?<>? <>.v. ?.?vr .11 ~>. n;ii ? ?.>? mi- i ii<
? uiul lias been made
CJz * Nonal super vision sii
Allow no one to dcee
Tho Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been.
In use for over iJO years, has lmrno tho signature of
under his por
inco its infancy.
Allow no ono to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and "tJust-as-good" are hut
Hxperimcuts that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children?Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worum
and allays Fevcrishiicss. It eures Diarrhoen and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Dowels, giving beultliy and natural sleep*
The Children's Panucca?The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
.Bears the Signature of
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THC OENTAUR company, 77 MURRAY f.HU. I 1 NEW VORN OITV.
Greenville Female College.
High (irade.
Thorough Courses.
Excellent, Equipment.
Host Climate
Write for catalogue and terniH.
H. C. JAM KS, Lltt.D., Freu.,
Greenville, B. C.
Converse . CeOllege,
A High-Grade College for Women
Conservatory of Music.
Schools of Art and Elocution,
For catalogue address
ROB'T. P. PELL, President, Spartanburg, S. O
Sumter Military Academy. Sumter Female Seminary.
CHARTRKK.U SUMTER, S C NON SECTARIAN".
OI.AItRNOH J. OWKNS, A..M , I), President.
Departments: Literary, Seien ti lie. Leading to degrees, lt. I,. M.S., A. It
Conservatory of Musio: Pianoforte, Vocal Culture. Violin. Director is a
graduate of ihc Royal Conservatory, Leipeig, Germany. Commercial School:
Stenography. Typewriting, Bookkeeping. Art, Ktoouiion and Military
Courses Accessible and Healthful Location. Superior faculty. Magniii
cent Buildings. Kxpenses Moderate. Scholarship in each County. Next
Beebion opens Nop'. 17th. Wiiie for Sixty-page lIluHiraled Catalogue.
Columbia, Newberry & Lag? RI
(JimiicHtoti, Qrcenvillo, Columbia, Atlanta
SHORT 1.1 N10.
Schedule In ofTer.t April, 13th, 1952. "
KAHTKHK STAN I) A 111) TIM K.
Groenwood.1 22pm :s ;v? pm
Ar Clinton .... Dinner... '.' i.'.ixn '2 45 pm
t!. & W. <,'.
Leave.
Glenn Springe.,0 & W 0.10 00amAr ? oopm
8part anbury. 1216pm ?<? 30
Greenville.12 22pm S2S
Ar l.aurona..... hiiiner.. 1 42 '2 05
SOUTH iM7ifNi?r~
Head Down. Kcaritlp
l.oavo.
Atlautn BAI
Athens.
Klbcrton ...
Abbeville ..
H 40am Ar S r>0 pm
.10 fnam 010 pm
. 11 ,Vi?m ? 17 pm
1'2 ,r>7pm I 06 pm
?No. 22 No. 58,
Lv Laurena. 600am 200pm
Parks.? 10 2 08
Clinton. ?40 ?2i
Goldville.?58 2 :tl
Kinard.7 us 2 48
Gary. 7 17 2 !l
Jalapa.7 2? 2 51
Ncwborry.8 no 8 10
Prosperity. .... 8 25 8 2-1
Blighs . 8 42 ? &84
Little Mountain .8 55 3 3?
Ohapin. 9 15 8 61
Hilton . 1? 24 3 ' 7
White Rock. 9 28 4 01
Ralontino.9.37 4 07
Irmo.9 62 1 17
Leanhart .....10 02 4.28
Ar Columbia.10 30 145
?Daily Freight except Sunday. _
NORTH HOUND.
?No. 85 No. 62
l.v Columbia .....12 30am II loam
Leaphart. 12 48 n 30
Irmo. 1 00 11 37
Halentine . 1 15 11 41
Win to Hook. 1.24 11 51
Hilton . I 20 11 54
Chapin. l;89 12 02
Littlo Mountain. I Mi 12 12pm
Hlighs. 2.02 12 10
Prosperity. 2 22 12 26
Newberry. 3 (Ml 12 3!?
Jalapa. 3 22 12 64
Gary. 8.81 12 60
Kinard. 3 40 1 05
Goldvillo. 8.61 ? 1 16
Clinton. 4 30 1 27
Parks . 4 50 1 38
Ar baurons.... 6 00 1 17
~ A. 0. L.
Leave
Columbia.... .455pm Ar 10 50
?n rotor.?20 It 26
Ar v;narlc8ton. 9 20 _Lv ?00
TraiiiH 58 and C>2 arrive and dopart from
new nn on do|>nt.
Trains Nos. 22 and 85 from A C L freight
depot West Gervais street.
Kor Kates, Timo Tables, or further in
formation call on any Agent, or write to
H. M. Kmkiiron, Ocn. Kroight and Pa?
b?ngei Agt? 1\ M, Kmkkson, Trallle M'gr
Wilmington. N. C.
J, K. I iviNusTON, Sol. Ag'l, l!ank ol
Columbia,
W. C. Childs. Prosidnnt, Columbia, 8. C
CAESAR'S
HEM) HOTEL.
Open from June iHt to Oct. lnt
4,000 feet aboye sea level. Popular re
sorb Koom for 200 guests. 30 miles from
Greenville, 1? from Hrevard, N. C. Desira
ble cottages for families. Kosidcnt physi
cian, Telephone and dally mails. Hot
and cold baths. Knchantfng scsnery, Mow
ing springs. Temperature Xrom 60 to 76
degrees. Reasonable rates. All ministers
16 per week. Write j. n. Bramlett. Mari
etta, B. C, about, hack transportation. For
information address,
j.B. GW1NN, Manaonb.
Cwaar'e Head, 0, 0
AIR LINE RAILWAY.
DOUBIjK DAILY service
Between New York, Tampa, Atlanta,
Now Orleans and lJoints South
and West.
IN KKKKOT APRIL* 13TH.
BOOTH BOUND.
Daiiv. Dally.
N<i. hi. No. 27.
Lv New York. 1' rr.... 12 ft ? pm 12 10 am
Philadelphia, " .... 320 7 20
Haitimoro_ " _ft 4 > ii I i
Washington, W B Ky v no 10 ti
Richmond, S A I, Ity.lO :i7 2 lft pm
Petersburg " .11'JO '.'.'*>
ISorlina.... " . I ft > am ft
Henderson " . 2 28 ft 64
Raleigh " . I 12 7 'ii
Pouthern Pinea. o oft " 27
Hamlet. 7 20 10 35
Co him hi a 1 . 0 40 1 0ft am
Ar Savannah. 2 hi pm 4 68
Jacksonville. 7 hi 0 1ft
Bt Augustine. hi?"
Tampa. 0 4ft am ft 4ft i?ni
No. XI. No. 41.
Lv Now York, N Y J'.VN.tl tft am 8 65 pm
Philadelphia ' .10 Pi 11 20
New York,ones co.t3 00 pm _
Baltimore, u s i? co . f0 80
wash'ton, n a w s h. 0 ?'?>
Portsmouth, a a i. ry !?(?.'> !? 2ft am
Weldon.n 45 ltftft
Norlina. 1 ?? am 1 4? \>m
Henderson..,.. 228 210
Kaleigh. 4 12 3 ftft
Southern Tines. (> Oft 6 I?
Hamlet. 7 20 i" ?'? >
Wilmington. :?0ft
Ar Charlotte.10(;.s 10 32
Lv Chester.10 22 1 :ift am
Greenwood.1235 pm '?> 43
Athens .2 50 013
Ar Atlanta t. :t ft'> "> ft"
Augusta, CA W C . ft 40 ....
Maeon, C of (la. 7 2<> n :*?
Montgomery, a a w v u 20 0 26 pm
Mobile, i, **n ....... 2 ftft am ....
New Orleans, i.&u.l 7 20 ....
Nashville, n c.vHi i... 4 on 0 ftft
Memphis.4 Ift pm 8 2ft am
nor1ii round.
Pally. LUily
No. 32 No 38
Lv Memphis, n P&ar i. 12 45 pm 8 40 pm
Nashvillo. 9 80 9 30 am
Nhw Orloaus, I. it N.. 8 00
m.:? i .'. ?.i" ? " uii ....
Montgom'ry, a & w r ? -jo l 30 pm
Mncon, 0 of (ik. 8 00 4 20
Augunta, o A w o.10 00 . ..
Atlanta |hai, uy. ..120O m 800
Ar AtlioiiB.... " .. .. 257 pm 11 23
Greenwood " .6 14 1 68 am
Chester.... ?? .7 7 4 I 0
Lv Charlotte, " . 7 27 4 60
Wilmington " .3 0ft -
Hamlet_ M .10 40 V W am
Southern Pinea.11 33 UM
ltaloigh " . 1 35 am 11 65
Henderson " .3 nr> 12 42 pm
Nulluni.,.. '? . 3 50 1 45
Weldon_" . 6 00 3 00
Ar Portsmouth ?' .. 7 15 6 .'?5
'Wash'ton, NiVw.Rii .... li 55 am
Italllmore, a s r CO..... tut?
New York, o i. n ....... 15 on pm
Phlla'phia. n t r & Nt? 4(1 pm 5 10 am
New York, " .... 8 16 8 00
No. 34. No. 66
l.v Tampa,., s a r. ky... 0 On pm 8 00 am
St Augustine " ....7 45 am 560 pm
Jacksonville " .... ?45 800
Bavannah.... " .... 1 65 pm 11 65
ColumhiaS.." ... 7 0 . 6 00am
Hamlet ..." ....10 40 8 2S
Houth'n IMneB " .. 11 33 0 22
ltaloigh .. .. " .... 1 36 am 11 36
Henderson. . ?? .... 3 06 12 68 pm
Norlina." .... 3 45 1 45
Petersburg..." ....5 53 4 01
Ar Richmond... * ....635 4 65
Wash'gton, W B Ky,..10 10 8 fO
Italtimore. p na. ..1125 1126
Philadelphia, r a r. . 1 36 pm 2 66 am
New York, hi. 4 18 6 30
Note.-- t Dally Kxcept Sunday.
tCentralTima. SKastern Time.
G. H. FIJI,LICK, Agent,