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To Produce Raw Silk. Tlie Chamber of Commerce of San Diego, California, is making an effort to establish the production of raw silk iu the agricultural districts about that elty. Steps have been taken to secure a large number of silk worms, and rrrvrvA mnlluirrr irooo "will tilinrtlr ho luuiuviij v? X V .. ... %. planted. The climate of Southern California is doomed even preferable for this Industry to that of France, the home of silk culture. The consumption of raw silk in this country Is enormous, and the entire supply comes from foreigu countries, principally from Jaiwin, China and Italy. In 1800 the total imports of this raw material were valued at $43,e4G,S72. Guatemala's Bird of Freedom. "The quetzal, Guatemala's bird of freedom," said Colonel T. G. Stuart, of Kentucky, who has recently returned from Mexico, "can beat the American eagle hands down on the score of plumage. It Is indeed a most gorgeous bird, with a neck glittering In iridescent splendor and a brilliant tive-pronged tall that makes the rainbow hunt a dark corner. "Its head is like that of a parrot, with a powerful and peculiar shaped bill and its cry is likened to the word libertad. which means liberty. The quetzal adorns the coins, eoat-of-arms and other Guatemala insignia, and the bird is held in the greatest esteem by all Guatemalans, and to kill or capture it Is akin to treason. One day 1 was talking to my friend, Slgnor Villejas about the quetzal aud some of the tra ditions concerning it, anil asked mm If it were really the natioual law of Guatemala that the bird could uot be captured. "'Si, signor, si." he replied. 'It is not only ze national luw of Guatemala, but it is ze national law of ze quetzals ?of ze birds zemselves; zey will noi live in ze cage. When ze man capture zc quetzal, which Is not often, and put ze bird in ze cage, he utters once ze Warning cry "Liberlad" and if ze man at once do not atone for ze iusult to ze bird and release bim, he once more utters ze warning cry. "Libertad." Zeu If ze man do not let him go he takes hold of ze bars of ze cage with his peculiar bill and spreading the live ? ? ? v.;*, Kaa .1 !#nl oil o mr?ncr tho pruugu ui mo irvouiiuu iuii (UV bars oil the other side, he breaks his beautiful neck with a twist and crushes his broken heart. Ze bird will not live iu ze cage."?Washington Star. Iu all the new school buildings of New York City space has been left for installing a system of shower botlis. llut lis are now ready in two or three of the seliools on the East Side, where bathing facilities are most needed. Children are required to furnish their own towels and soap. Dyeing is a* simple as washing when yon u?e I'ctnam Fadeless Dye-. Sold by all druggists. The only difference be.ween a physician and a doctor is In the bill. T? Cure a Cold in One Day. Take Laxatjtx Bxomo Quinine Tables. All druggists refund the money it it fails to cure. E. W. Gbote's signature on each box. 25c. We never get auythiug for nothing in this world. So. 37. Perhaps the gentleman of leisure wouldn't even be a gentleman under other circumstances. All Women Know Thai ordinary treatment falls to relieve painful periods m They know Lydla Em Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will and does and has, more than any other medicine. Every woman knows about Mrs. Plnkham's medicine. Every woman knows some woman Mrs. Pinkham has cured. But nine women out of ten put off getting this reliable remedy until their health Is nearly wrecked by experiments or neglect! Then they write to Mrs* Plnkham and she cures them, but of course It takes longer to do so* Don't delay getting help If you are sick. She has helped a million wcmenr W9w not vou ? i Thompson's Eye Water1 STARVINC MINER'S DIAR> Write* of HI* Suflering* During a Kton. dike Winter? lHd Not Survive. Henry Weywich, of Los Anjreles, ral., starved to aeatn wane wintering near McPherson Lake on tlie Yessezee IUver, Alaska. His partner, Al Doinlny, also of Los Angeles, was only saved from a similar fate by shooting a moose. He lived upon the meat until he reached a relief station. The story of Weywich's death is recorded in a little Spanish-American Bible, in which he kept a diary, as his notepaper ran out. Weywich and Domlny were members of the "Sunny South" party which left for the Klondike in 1808. They took the Edmonton trail, and before winter set In all save Wevwich and Domiuy turned back to civilization. Dominy and Weywieh struggled on and succeeded in reaching McPherson Lake, where they built a cabin and prepared to spend the winter. The men's provisions were short, but they thought they would kill enough game to keep them going. No game appeared, though, and by January they were on short rations. The rest is best told in entries in the diary: "January G?Too weak to go hunting; cooked a spoonful of rice, one of flour and one of vegetables. Al gave the leg of a squirrel." At this time the men were living on two meals a day. Both meals consisted of a thin watery soup, as in that way they could get all the strength out of their slender stock of provisions. "January 8?Am eating the buds of willows. We had a little white weazel to-day; we are getting weaker and thinner every day. "January D?Am starving to death. We had one spoonful of rice, one of evaporated vegetables and one of flour. It is cold and the thermometer is down to foily below. How dreary everything looks. "January 11?Flour is all gone; no sign of game. It is still snowing. We are living on one spoonful of vegetables and the tips of willows." For five days after the entry of'jnnuary 11, Weywich only signed his name and put down the date. He was evidently too weak to write. The unfortunate man died on January 18. They had had nothing to eat for a few days previous. Practically they had had nothing for weeks. Dominy and Weywich sang hymns and familiar tunes all the morning. The dying man gradually relapsed into unconsciousness. and at 2 o'clock died. His part nor buried tne Douy n iew rous away. Dominy managed to shoot a moose, the first one they had seen, the same day that Weytvioh died. The last words that Weywlch wrote In the Bible Vere penned across the following: "And behold I go In spirit into Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there." The Doctor'* Prescription. "When I wont abroad this spring." said the young man who was being dined because he had jufct come home from the Exposition, "I was so ill that iny ulother said I could not go without our doctor. "On the way across, somehow, all my illness get blown overboard and I felt as if I had left myself in New York City and was a new man I'd have to get acquainted with. But all the time tuere was xue uocior iu uui party. He was having a good time and taking his own medicines; every once in awhile he would take a pill from one waistcoat pocket and take it, then after a meal he would draw a powder from another pocket and , wash that down. ' The day we reached Amsterdam, however, like a flash 1 found my old self I had left in New York City. I felt ill and couldn't breathe. I went to the doctor in haste. " 'Doctor/ I said 'I feel queerly; 1 can't get a long breath, all I can do.' " 'Then take two short ones/ said lie. and I laughed and got better right there. "And that was the only time my physician prescribed for me from dock to dock, over and back."?New YorkSun. Ingenious AVork of ? Versatile Convict, One of the most ingenious attempts at escape ever known Las just been nipped lu the bud by Warden Dovre, of the Utah State Penitentiary. The convict who tried the plan is Clarence L. Maxwell, bank robber, horse thief, author and inventor, who Is serving an eighteen-year sentence for the robbery of the Springfield Bank in 1SJ>8. Maxwell took a piece of pipe an inch in diameter and eight inches long from the foot railing of his iron bed, bent the end to form a handle, filled tlds with lead. Then he rimmed out the barrel of the improvised pistol until it was smooth, and drilled a touch-hole in the top. This is as far as he got when the weapon was discovered. He had planued a spring which would serve as a hammer and strike the head of a mntnli thn? ovnlndinfr the WC.mon. How he accomplished all this is a mystery. His powder was in the heads of parlor matches ground tine, and his bullets pieces of lead andiron. 'Hie guards tested some of the powder :n a rifle and found it effective. It is supposed lie intended to escape when he was being taken into court next month to testify in a case.?Denver Republican. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Count Leo Tolstoi's health is much Improved. The Shah of Persia purchased about $ GO,000 worth of various articles at the Paris Exposition. | Admiral AlexielT, who commands the Russian naval forces in Chinese waters. Is a man tifty-tive years old.j ! President Hadlev. of Yale, is an ex pert with the foils and is said to Ik? a better fencer than any of the students in his university. President MeKiuley is the ideal man for a stenographer. He speaks just fast enough, with perfect distinctness, and never hesitates for a word. The Democratic candidate for Governor of Wisconsin. Ikhus G. Bohmrich, is a successful Milwaukee lawyer who was born in Germany forty-live years ago. Lord Salisbury recently characterized Hiram Maxim, the gunmaker, as ' the man who has prevented more men from dying of old age than any other person that ever lived." i Major-Geueral Wheeler has been asked to deliver during next winter a course of lectures on the great battles of the world before the department of history of the University of Chicago. Alvinza Hayward, the California millionaire and mining king.still wears the style of beaver silk hat that was in vogue fifty years ago. For balf a century he has had his hats made over the same block. Joaquin Miller, the California poet, announced iu a recent interview that in the complete edition of his works which ho ts preparing for publication only ufter his death his real name, Ciueinnatus Heine Miller, will be used. Kogora Takahira, the new Japanese Minister at Washington, has been in the diplomatic service of his Government for twenty-five years. He is a graduate of Tokyo University, and has been a Minister to both Holland aud Italj\ Radishes in Pharoah's Day, Radishes come from China, but a scientific journal the other day announced the discovery, from a translation of Egyptian hieroglyphics, that rharoali fed his pyramid-builders on radishes. He even went so far as to spend nineteen hundred silver talents in order to regale his masons with the crisp and spicy root. Again, if you read the Old Testament carefully you will bo sure to come across the announcement that in Egypt the children of Israel ate melons, beets, onions and garlic, and evidently. In travelling through the wilderness, Moses had a great deal of difficulty in persuading them to cease yearning after these Egyptian dainties. " BUELL & ROBERTS' i CASH DRY UDS Sit A'e continue offering inducements to close out our Summer Goods. We can mention only a few of the many goods reduced: Ladies1 8? Underyests for 5o. lOo Ties and Bows for 3c, 25c Ties and Bows for 15c. Initial Handkerchiefs, H. 8., embroidered, 3 In a box, for 19c; 2Ac goods. loo Men's Black Initial Silk Handkerchiefs for 10c. Meu's large White Figured, Drawn-Stitch, Janonet Handkerchief for 15c: worth 25c. Six Large White Floe H. 8. Handkerchiefs for 60c. in fancy box; ohenp at 75c. Three large White Fine H. 8. Handkerchiefs, in fancy box, for 40c- worth 50o. Black-bordered Linen Handkerchiefs for 12c; cheap at 15c. Good Mourning Handkerchiefs for 4c. Handkerchiefs for lo. Handkerchiefs for 2 l-2c. Handkerchiefs for 3c. 33-inch Madras for 71-2?; worth 10c. Aft.ln h Mudr&s for 6 1-2C: worth Sc. LAWNS AND ORGANDIES FOR LESS THAN COST. Shirt Waists for much less than It cost to make them. BIQ REDUCTION ON SKIRTS.' 40c Pique Skirts for 25o. 98c Crash Skirts for 81c. All Summer Goods are being sold at re> duced prices. NEW GOODS. One case Longcloth Go; no starch. Fine Black Henrietta at 50c. TINSEL DRAFERY SILK A LINE, BALL FRINGE. Black Duck at 8 and 10c. FURNITURE DEPARTMENT. 10-plece Walnut Suits $75 to $100. 10-plece Solid Oak Suits $18, $22, $25, $3Q, 535. *40. *50. $55. Oak Hail Racks, French Plate Glass, $7, I $8.50, $9.50. Wardrobes $8 to $25. Bed Lounges $9 to $15. Bedsteads $2.25 to $10. Iron Beds. Iron Cribs. Farlor 8u!ts $36 to $50. Baby Carriages $6.50, $7, $7.50. Hoor Oilcloth 30c. Matting 10; 12, 14, 15, 18, 20. 23, 25, 27 and 30c. 10-plcce Chamber Sets $2.19 to $3. Window Shades 11, 15.3!), 35. 40c to $1.23L Stoves $6.50. $7.50, $10 to $15t Trunks $2.50 to $6.50. Ill I HI IIPtPIP lea f 4 409SL Jh) Our fee returned if we fail. Any c any invention will promptly receive 01 ability of same. "How to Obtain a secured through us advertised for sale Patent taken out through us receiv The Patent Record, an illustrated ai by Manufacturers and Investors. Send for sample copy lrREE> < A VICTOR J. E (Patent A Evans Building, Kndol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat. Itartificially digests the food antfaids Nature in strengthening and reconstructing the exhausted digestive organs. It is the latest discovered digestant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efficiency. It instantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Sick Headache.Gastralgia,Cramps, ana all other results of imnerfectdigestion. Pbxpcred by E. C. Dev." :u & Co.. C&icafla i. s. mi MANUFACTURE KS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, MOULDING AND Building Haterial. Dealers in Sash Weighte, Cord, Hardware, Window gtasi, etc. We guarautee our wprk superior to any sold in this city, all being of our own manufacture. E.n.HACKER, Proprietor CHARLESTON, - S. C. Atlantic Ccast Line. ; Koptk-Sastsra Raiiroii of South Cariliai. Condensed Schedule. natArl Anril l.Vh. 1301). ?I T SOUTHBOUND. No.35? Xo.23* No.53* No.51* AM P >1 I'M AM Lv. Florence 2 34 7 45 9 40 Lv. Scrantou 8 21 10 27 Lt. Lake City 8 27 10 83 Lv. Kingstree 8 54 fO 59 Ly. Lanes 3 38 9 14 6 4.'# 1120' P M I Ar. Charleston 5 04 10 53 8 30 1 00 NORTHBOUND. No. 78* No.82* No.52- No.50? AM P M AM P M Ly. Charleston 6 33 4 04 7 00 4 00 Ar. Lanes 8 32 Lv. Lanes 8 05 6 13 5 39 Lv. Kir.gstree 8 23 5 56 Lv. Lake City 8 48 6 23 Lv. Scranton 8 51 b 29 Ar. Florence 9 25 7 25 7 05 AM PM AM PM Trains Nos. 73 and 32 run via Wilson and Fayeuevilie?short Line?and make close connection for all points North. /NO. F. DIVINE. Gea'l. Sup'S. Registration Notice. The office of the Supervisor of Registration Will be opened on the first Monday in every month for the purpose of the registering of any person ?? - ha . i wuois qunuueu ua iuhuwo. Who shall have been a resident of tho State for two years, and of the county one year and of the polling nrecint in which the elector offers to vote four months before theday ofelection,and shall have paid,six months before any poll tax then due and payable, and who can both read and write any section of the Constitution of 1895 submitted to him by the supervisors, of registration, or cau show that he owns, and has paid all taxes collectable during the present year on property in this Stato assessed at three hundred dollars or more. .J. J. EA.PDY, Cleik of Board. I TffSKf^frwsrfTniki i I f? i f ff'f l^BAv ttSUMUin GOOD for alJ work, ^ BETTER for some, j BEST for everybody. J Scad for Your Neighbor's Endorsement ' (JiJURHtR, GENL'SOU.~AC&rtl ? /S WALL*ST.. ATLANTA CA?~% ^ 'MBALL HOUSE ENTR UMiEUHttil me sending sketch and description of or opinion free concerning the patentPatent" sent upon request. Patents 5 at our expense. e special notice, without charge, in id widely circulated journal, consulted ddresa, VANS A CO., ttomeys,) WASHINGTON, P. C. CWti Tki OOQOOO whjlu Ji/iouagwo* For the speedy and permanent cure of tetter, salt rheum and eczema, Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment is without an equal. It relieves the itching and smarting almost instantly and its continued use effects a permanent cure. It also cures itch, barber's itch, 6cald head, sore nipples, itching piles, chapped hands, chronic sore eyes and granulated lids. Dr. Cady's Condition Ponders for horses are the best tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge Price. 25 cents. So Id by The Drug Store Kind but price the same as Oidhiary brands. Druggists buy Anvil Sod* in bulk and sell It at five cents aa ounce. Grocers sell it In packages at 10c. a pound r :S founds for 25c. ft is Exactly the Same Soda* To get the best you must insist on packages put u*> by the manufacturer urra the AMVH. CRAMP TRADEMARK. Probably you use if? Nearly everyone does, and if so you know all about how far superior it is to either baking sodn or baking powder. Leaven is the latest advance in baking preparations, and if you don't use it you should. It Ib Better Than Soda because it will make biscuit just rife every time. No more yellow spots . soda taste. It la Better Than Baking Powder because it is half as strong again and one heaping teaspoonful will do the work of two rounded teaspoonfuls of the best baking powder ever made. It Don't Spoil but is so prepared that with ordinary care it will retain its fall strength for years. We do not have to pack it in tin cans like baking powder, and this saving enables us to give you better | VftiOC 1VI |uui iuwuvj ? ????? ;vu vtv* had before. ' AVf/r leaven Uaveneth the whole / ounce# for ten cuu.-4 ounoes for five ceutfc ICiE HYGIEmC MftTTRESS. JThin mattrww depend* Largely aeon air?the note retei tent to roe known to science?for it* Injurious comfort in nee. baring a hallow central sir space the length end width of the mattrew oontaining spring eectioa with 86 steel ?prints .n'.nreoiled into wwren wire fabrics at top and be# torn. Ar-xmd '.hi* U placed the Oiling, ? ihnrtnl aate septic pure white Mttaa fell. The air andar preasore la cojpb?nation with the springs reeolt in a moat remarkable oUettcit? and with the other feat an* make the mat Ufa hjv'ieulr, pnoamatio, self-van tilaiing and of doeny softness. Better then mmj ether mattress at aar prW eleaalleeea. Adjust* 1 toe If anto i^txaljb^'Cf jarrfaw welahU. A licfit and hoary porroa lying tcde by ride win not roU t^ala't onot^jl^w^d frright Anyai only when Mtladed that they are exactly aa represented. Where aW wh <1AHiamnt with wdrr wo preeay MfU la bell from this pad. Parther. wo will make aHiprueat wfth tbe expreae understanding that if, in yoar judgment. the mattmn alone Uaot , worth me/* than ifi.'M and better than any other in all I Mi. no matter how oaetly. toa can h?wo yoar money beek. k The prleeof thla mattr? does not begin to represent Ita I value. the reel aoiid comfort found In its aee. Nearly 1 every body who has rued it thus for hat reported 1%fi . I $16.00 vslue received io the nm tnpmth'aaae. mm I The prearlene offered in connection with themat't^P Ue a free gift from ox for the advertising wfc'ch we expe* we win obtain from the use on yoar part of <-Mi mottreaa. I It ta by ore alone that ite foil merits can he appreciated. On rwtacat we will mod duplicates ofpecaonal letter* of endorsement from the celebrated Ohtaagu etirgeoo. Dc. J. B. llurpkys Waahiagtou Heylng, fate poainrarter ef Chicago; Mr. Jomoti BiegBL or JWegel, Gooror A Co. of Chicago; Judge K. W. OliaoKU of Qifongn. ?m nosxr other well known people, of the mertt* of this xratoLcMa. AiLlbr IJookW ,*A?B CDCC?of covers anil LHn*test?vd c*t*ri\CC Iocom ?t>owios man than OO'tarta, af tone Couubaaat oil Ami, SotIm KMUiim, D?,fc>i tKnmw AMM KiUfTriaaM lfrtel H?H*. Untie yt-lA uad KoMla* Bed* CK<n, Kaek- ' * *<*. 0 ACKt SPRMtC W- 43d St. "? ?Ctt CQ . IHtCACO*