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'AN EPITAPH. He's done with ills? He's Jived hig little dny? And now that he is dead and claims his rest, This legend carve above his pulseless breast? *Ho paid his bills." What wonderment there thrills Through that mysterious bourne where he is now!? Where vague and shadowy shapes conjecture how Within this sorrow'd vale where wolf-howl m shrills H And creditors pursue and cark'd care __ kills? He paiu nib pinsi What still peace (Ills The deep cairn-slumber o( this scn3eles3 clay? This heap of dust which only yesterday? A man?toiled hopeless in the grinding mills? And paid bis bill*! ?Olin L. Lyman, in Lite. PITH AND POINT. Customer?"What have you in llio shape o? oranges?" Grocer?"Well, ve have baseballs."?Harlem Life. Ida?"I wonder what it is in surf bathing that shocks people?" May? "The strong current, of course."^ Chicarro News. "Nau, how does ray hat compare with Kitty's?" "Yours looks more like a hearse coming around the corner tbaa hers does." Tommy?"Fa, is tlie baby crying because he hasn't any teeth'/'' Father ?"Xb, my sou; he's crying because he's going to have some."?Puck. The lluest days in all tlio year "VVitli strange perversity, appear Ja.-t when we have, and eaunot sliirlr, Some hideous job o! indoor work. ?1'itroit l'rce Press. "Are you sure you love that girl5" "Well, 1 can't worl: in the morning until 1 get a loiter from her. and alter I get it I can't work'."?Chicago Record. ".My horse has reasoning powers, I tell you." "In what respect particularly?" "Well, instead of shying at that automobile cab he edged up to it and kicked it." "Marry you!" sh? exclaimed. "Do you tliiuk I am crazy':" "I don't know nboat that," he replied, "but I will be if you don't."?Philadelphia Xortu American. "When will your new frocks ba done, Amelia?" "I don't know; my dressmaker is very reserved and has not yet taken me iuto her confidence." ?Chicago News. Wlieti lovely woman stoop* to follv And seeks through bargain aisles to roain. What art can soothe her molancboly, If she has left her parse at home? ?Iuilianapolis Journal. Hicks?"That lady you bowod to? are yon particular friends of one another?" Wicks?"Oh, no; I have ^ sung with her in our church choir?" * Hicks?"1 see; only a chants acquaintance. "?Boston Transcript. "I never thought the time would A r cVtrmf/l Iia rl a! ifrfofpfl CI Vi C U ui u n uvu * w to hear that piano going," remarked Fogg, as tho "instrument" in tho next house was being carried down the stairs to the furniture wagon.? J3ns*nn Transcript. %. "What puzzles me,M murmured Chollie, as ho fouud the other fellow had reached the house oi the adored one ahead of him aud was monopolizing her attention, "what troubles too is the ouestion whether I am this evening more of an ontlander or a bore."?Indianapolis Journal. ' Fuddy?"You never can tell anything about the weather. At the time of the liood, you know, it rained forty days and forty nights." Puddy? "Yes: and I'll bet if there had been a weather bnreau in existence at that time it would have prophesied fair weather, or at least clearing, every morning."'?Boston Transcript. "If you keep on as you have begun, Mabel," complained the young husband, running his eve over the expense columu, "we shall never be able to lay up anything for a rainy day." "How can you say so, Henry," exclaimed the young wife, righteously indignant, "when you know I have two of the loveliest rainy day skirts that were ever niude!"?Chicago Tribune. John !. Jtlair'n Keady Wit. One of the best stories told on the late John I. Blair is uu incident of an inspection trip over one of his Western roads. The train ou which he was riding stopped at noon at a wav ... ?l i; Siae BliltlUIJ, WUHi: umuci oruou on u schedule by which tho employes of the road paid a quarter, but the passenge a a haif dollar ou the same meal. Air. JSlair, having completed his repast, deposited a quarter on tho cashier's desk as he walked out. "Hold on, sir," the woman called out, sharply, "do you belong to the road?" "No, tho road belongs to mo," returned the financier, as be continued his progress back to the train. V ? Fitted Both Ca*?-?. A cyclist was bitten on the leg by d savage bull terrier. He wrote a long complaint to the local paper, the communication closing with the sentence: "The dog, I understand, bolongs to the towu magistrate, who resides in the neighborhood, and is allowed to wander on the road unmuzzled, and yet sits on the bench iu judgmeut on others."?Philadelphia Call. \ IIanalhbcru, N. C., Jany. 23, 1900. i I have ustd and sold Lee's Heaiac.be and j Neuralgia Remedy and llnd it the best I ever tried. j. r. bavne. Bchweil .t Dcnjt Co.. Charlotte, and all medicine dealers. 25c. No cure, no pay. A steamship was loading at Philadelphia last week with coal for Genoa. This is said to be the first coal shipment to Italy. pctbak fal>ei.kbs Dtk produces the fa-rest and brightest colore of any known dye stuff. Sold by all druggista. More than .too applications for pen- 1 sions have been filed by members of the ! Seventy-first New York Regiment. Bennty Is Blood Deep. Clean blood means a clean skin. No j ' ? ? e..n.ri>?o ( Vinrlv (':?1 har- ' ; oeauiy wiiuuui it. v,aw.Bitw,v?u-; . tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by j stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im* j purities from the body. Begin to day to j j banish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, I and that sickly bilious complexion by takin/ j Ca?carets,?beauty for ten cents. All drug* j gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c. , The number of men composing the ' bands in the British army, exclusive of ! those in the militia, yeomanry and vol- I j untecrs. i" upward <>t 6.000. i Fiso's Cure fur Consumption has no equal i as a (lough medicine.? F. M. Abbott, U.Vl I j Seneca s:., LuiTalo. n. Ym May y, ltftfcL Vita- jtv low. ''ebiiitatn t or exhausted cured bv l<r Kline's Inv-soratlng Ionic Frkk si trial Cottle forZ weeks* treatment. J)r. \line, l.d., 1111 Arch St., 1'tii adeipliiii. Founded 1671. I -? j I Half """"j a Bottle | j Cured Me jj I" About thirty veers ago I B bought a bottle of Aycr's Hair I j Vigor to stop my hair from jj j falling out. Ooc-half a bottle n \ cured mc. A few days ago nv g i hair began to fall out again. I 8 went to the medicine shelf and 2 found the old bottle of Hair | Vigor just as good as when I | bought it."?J. C. Bixter, g Braidwcod. 111. Sept. :7. 1899. j Keeps Thirty Years | Avers Hair Vigor is ccr- I tainly the most economical prep- ( aration of its kind on the market. A little of it goes a long wav. And then, what you don't need now you can us: some other time just as well. 1 It do csn't take much of it to I stop falling cf the hair, restore S color to gray hair, cure dandruff, I and keep the hair soft and glossy. | ; There's a great deal of good and I ; an immense amount of satisfac- | m fv/cv hot tl nf it . | $1.03 a tottie. All |!^CM?RTUQOZU'Vjt ij Write the Docior 1 f you <!o r.ot obtain all the benefits you I desire from the use of the Vigor, write 9 it -l>r. J. c. Ayj n, Lowell, Mxss. I TAPE ~| WORiSS | "A tape worm eighteen feet long at j ' least came on the scene after my taking two CASCA1JET3. This i am sure has caused my ! bad health for the past three years. i am still taking Cascare ts> the only cathartic worthy of notice by sensible people " geo. w. bowles. Baird, Mass. candy ^CATHARTIC & CVKWW) TRADE MARK REGISTERED gn i Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Gmit. Do j i Good. Nevor Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe llic. Sic. Uie. j ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... I Alerting lirie.<lj t*onp?n*. I hlr.gn, Kutml, \r* tnrl. 113 Mn.Tn.RilP So'd "i'1 guaranteed l.y all drug U IU DAw gists to C?l'K? Tobacco Habit. . i< mailt! to give Satisfaction and tt does. Have you useil it? i FMiLLiONDOlLAPTTOi [] Most talked of potato on earth ' | Catalog tells?eo also about Sal- /a t;j1 I H rer'a Earliest six Weeks'Potato, wr , a." | u I-argest farm and vegetable seed ejPu ; 1 growersln U.S. Potutoes, Jl.i'iiand/^ | tV jXB J op a bbl. send this notice and oc.Ma?vsuA;.<J 1 |J ?taap for Big Catalog. VJ jjLijr M 3JOHNA.SALZERSEED' LA CROSSCwis^j I fei. ? ,, .iijin' Bgga^is^EiaaaaaHii s IS CURLS WHtKE ALL ELSE FAiLS. Ed Ly Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use H M In tuna Sold by druggists. In qpH-T i' n'i ft i ; 4100 Reward. HOft. ' The readers of this nape? will be pleaded to leara that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is atarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is tho only positive cure known to the Siedical fraternity, c atarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treat- j ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, i acting directly on the blood and mucous eur- | faces of the system, thereby destroying the | foundation of the disease, and giving the pa- > tient strength by building up the constitution J nf nature in doing ita work. The | proprietors have so much fa th in Its curative I powers that, they offer One Hundred Dollars I for any carte that it fails to cure. Send for list j | of testimonials. Address ! ( F. J. (.Sexiy Ac ( O., Toledo, O. t Sold by Druggists, 75c. < a Hall'* Vamily Pills are the best. b Mrs. Vlnslow'sSooUiinif.^yrup for children I let thing, softens the puma, reducing inflama- j I Hon. allays pain.cures wind colic 3ao a bottle I | /DrBull'sNj Cures all Throat and I.urg A flections. I COUGH SYRUP j Get I he genuine. If cfusc substitutes. Vis sure/i, Dr. But?: rills cure Dystefisia. Trial, so forge, i Millions op Women Use C for preserving, purifying, and cleansing the scalp of crusts, sc stopping of falling hair, for healing red, rough, and sore hi j i _ n ^ _ for annoying irritations, muni too free or offensive perspiratic for ulcerative weaknesses, and f purposes which readily suggest especially mothers, and for all bath, and nursery. No amoun those ivlio have once used it t for preserving and purifying t infants and children. Cuticui emollient properties derived 1 skin cure, with the purest of clt most refreshing of flower odo toilet soap ever compounded i for preserving, purifying, and hair, and hands. No other fore however expensive, is to be c< purposes of the toilet, bath, ai bines in One Soap at One Price the best skin and complexion best baby soap in the world. Complete External and internal tre, consisting of CtiTICURA Soap Ci5o.), to cleanse tl thickened cuticle, Cuticura ointment (50c.), tc irritation, and soothe and heal, and Clticuka ] blood. a Single Set Is often sufficient to cure and blood humors, with loss of hair, when all els xeb drug aju> Chum. Corp., Sole Trope., Dos tot J||M IHFIM \TI6M I'Al.V l\ BACK. LaGIUPPE, I JKOI'P anil tOl.ofc Grandmother used It. why lOt you; I?'a the greatest rat-dlelne known. Sold by II druggist* and general stores'. Made only by rOOSE OI'.EAbE 1.1M11ENI CO.. Gr?.i>sbOBO, if. 0. )on't Stop TobaccoSudoekly t injure* nervous system to do so. K.1COI'ltOisthe only euro that, REALLY CURES nd notifies you when to stop, sold with a uarantee that three boxes will cute any case. lAPn.PIIRfl is vegetable md harmless. It has cored thousands, it will lire yon. At ati dructjists or bv mail prepaid, I a box: ;5 boxes J-..Y) Booklet free. Write illtl Kt t HlAllt'AL CO.. l.a('ro??e. AVU. aaillU MORPHINE IIABIT* <T RED II fill m AT IIOMK--P VIMJ ssl.V Jl IWin DH. MKt-.KKK CO.. ? fltCAUO \ 'uticura Soap exclusively beautifying the skin, for ales, and dandruff, and the softening, whitening, and mds, in the form of haths 11 mat ions, and cha tings, or >n, in the form of washes, or many sanative antiseptic themselves to women, and the purposes of the toilet, t ot persuasion can muuue 0 use any other, especially lie skin, scalp, and hair of ra Soap combines delicate from Ccticura, the great ?ansing ingredients and the rs. No other medicated or s to be compared with it beautifying the skin, scalp, *ign or domestic toilet soap, impared with it for all the ul nursery. Thus it com, viz., Twenty-Five Cents, soap, the best toilet and ATMENT FOR EVERY HUMOR $1.25, tie skin of crusts aiul scales and soften the 1 Instantly allay Itching, inflammation, and Re.solve.nt to cool and cleanse the the most torturing, disdgurlog skin, scalp, ,e falls. Sold throughout the world. PoTi. " AH about Skin, Scalp, and Hair," fre?. PUP Every one to lllU. know that the KEELEY CURE, For Drink, Drug and Tobacco Addictions Is now re-established at Columbia, S. C. Call or Write, THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, COLUMBIA. 8- & DUY NOW AND Lf +o*co+ SAVE MONEY. Prices on Machinery anil Supplies ol e?ery description are advancing and now it the opportune time to place your order. "SEASONABLE" Engines and Hollers, Saw and Gri-t MlUa, Rice Hnllers, Grain Drills, Wood W.rkXag Machinery. Write us when In the market tor anytiiixig in our line. It wiil pay you. ( W. H. G18BES & CO., Headquarters tor Machinery and Mill Supplies. SOI Cicrvals Sr., Nmr Ciilon Depot, COLL'.IIHIA, S. C. rmwrc and apTTaivo uiiu itiuni w I DIRECT FROM THEFACTORY! oooooo ooo ? The BEST MONEY. liATTTi. '^T ?0W CHEAP UUI IU. RUT HOW film W.UIKA.1TY: TheInstrument* I roprmrnt arefnlly warranted by reputable builder* r.nd endor?cd by nte. making you Doubly Secured. GOOD, RELIABLE ORGANS, $35 up. G00t>, RELIABLE PIANOS, $175 up. Write for catalogue to, M. A. MALONE, <01, i; TIBIA, * o. mii iiir i 1 The Smith Pneumatic Suction Elevating, Ginning and Packing System ia the Sim pleat and Most Efficient on the Market: Fortyeight Completo Outfits in South Carolina) Each One Giving absolute Satisfaction, BOILERS AND ENGINES; CI1J onue vaive, Automatic and Corliss. My Light and Heavy Log Boam Saw liUb Cannot be equalled In Design, Efficiency at Prioe by any Dealer or Manufacturer la the South. Write for Prices and Catalogues. V. C. BADHAM & C0., 132ft Main St., COLUMBIA, - - - - t C | FOR 14 CENTS | We wiah to (rain tlii* ye*r 200,010 9 ib^tTu cmtuoi m, nud fi t-nco oflVr A A SEfcSLrifl _ I PJlB. City Carden Beet, lie Z p'wSKfilAl Pktf Karl'nt Kmrr-ildCacnmberlic 2 X tffrSI1 " I-aCroHH,' Market Letttuo, 15c X M ' ' y fw.vr * " Straw!,. rrjr JI?-lou, ICo Z A - ".Vi i ? if?!i RID, tv'bttt. !0o W i 1 ' l: i>i?ner On IDs I I tCkY,' iffi&T 3 " Bril..*nS. Flo.rer Se?da. 1'a | | I | 'jEw Worth (l.Ob, for 14 ceata. $I"uC | I I ftS AboTo 10 PlfRs. worth $1.00, ww will I I I I a&i tiJ mail yon free, toe-ether with car I I 111.* SI great Cataloc, telling all about i | III?J m SAUE3 S MILLION OOUA0 POTATO , i I I Qt in upon mv.pt oft hi* r.oli.-e <! lie. i | Ml Wu atnupn. Wi* intito your trad a, and ! ; m? SM 1 know wlrnn you once try Sal xer'm ; ' T,>u *' ' neTtr J-1 .fit he it. ( > | | I Vw*^v?Oo Prizmon Salter'* 1SO0- rar- I I ( | rut earlinatTomato (iiaat on earth. C ? | | <1 MHS i. ttUBB Wioco.. L4CBOS8S, wis. , , I I JPOjPQflllOCIOCB J>J03t>C3JI I Have you a home? II' aa, you waul h OAKLAND STOVIi to n akr yon Iiappy. If they .ire i.ot n- Id ly y. ur leading merchant. wilte > SHEPHE&D SUPPLY CO., C'AA KLKSTON, S, C? _ ?TATE AGENTS FOR ALSO ?IAM FACT! IIERSOP 6<MJZEG COBIIICES, ETC, 0" DYSPEPSIA! No Medicine to Swallow! Cured by Absorption In ? day*. If iiottienotuted money refunded. Hook free oil appi leaf Ion. Bead Sl.'JO for a Ptl) to the MANNING GROCKRV CO.. ManningH.C. SOI-K AtlTsf. lOll N. >. C. AND t?A. ATTENTION Is fAcilltatcd if yon mention this paper when writing advertisers. No* 5 o D f\D <55 V N EW DISCOVERY; *irm ^ X~ VJ <]uiek relief and otirw vrorat e**o<>- Bo-jK of testimonial* and 10daya' beatmaot Tree. Sr. B. H. OBEEh'S BOSS. Box B. Atlaata. Oa. jmSS' I Thompttn't Eft WatjJ J