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& Sardinia Sayings. SARDINIA. S. C , Mav 2, 1S95. ^-- ^jinia Literary Society met last Friday^reniop wirh Pr?s. G. W. McFaddin in the chair: Quite H crowd of new mem? bers were enrolled and a Dumber of applica? tions received to be voted on at next meeting. The exercises of the evening were very enter? taining and pronounced excellent by all present. The subject for discussion, "Re? solved that the aoolisbiog of slavery wa? a benefit to the South," was very actively discussed by both sides, but was decided io favor of the negative. The picture of tba old corn crib and rice I bin overflowing with the productions of j slavery, and the smoke house groaning under j its load of sausages, pudding, &c , ss dis played by Mr. S. E. McFaddin, being more than this audience could vote against. There is a movement on foot to build a handsome school building at this place, which is a step ia tbs right direction, as we have beeb needing a thing of this kind for quite a while. This matter is in the bands o*f Sardinia's best business men, which is guarantee enough for its success. A stock compaoy ts being formed for this purpose and a neat little sum aod grounds upon which ?to erect the building have already been offered. The fish are beginning to bite with a vim, and the lovers of this particular sport are looking forward to a successful season, as every ditch, pond and stream is well sup? plied with white-finned trout, jacks, ?c. Transplanting tobacco is being pushed by j the farmers of this section. Miss Olivia McFaddin's school spent hs; ? Saturday pic nicing at Marion Springs. Quite a number of patrons and friends of the j school attended and the day was enjoved by all. Miss Cooper DuRant, of Alcolu. is spending a couple of weeks with her sister, Mrs. J. H. Garland. Mr. Ashby McFaddin, of Harvics, ?pent a I a few days with relatives* here this week. | Mrs. W. D. Gamble has returned from ? Charleston, where she has been under medi- : cal treatment for several months. XXX. j A Privateer Picnic ? _ PRIVATEBB, S. C.. May 4, 1895. i Early Thursday forenoon one carriage and ! three wagoo loads of happy young people | went from this township to Manning's Mill, ! where they heid a picnic. The millpond is j on the edge of the Wateree River Swamp,and j the surrounding country is a hilly one of considerable natara! bean ty, especially at this season when nature has clothed the j woodlands with a pretty livery of bright green. There is a hill near this pond from! which the spectator can gain an extended and j beautiful view of the country. Not only is the surrounding country picturesque, bot it is of interest to the his? torian. About a mile and a quarter from j the mill is the Singleton burying ground,: where is buried George McDuffite, the great orator, whose mighty eloquence was so grest, so resistless, that he has been compared to Demosthenes in his prime. Speaking of McDuffie, the fact may bj mentioned here tbat he married Miss Singleton of this county ?.sd hts only daughter was the second wife of Gen. Wade Hampton. Another place of interest, which is about three quarters of a miie from the pond, is an old Revolutionary battle ground where Marion's men fought. Mr. M. G. Ramsey who kindly chaperoned the picnic, related to me the following incident. The British shut up cattle which belonged either to the Rich- j ardsons or Singletons, and a negro man al? most under fire of the British at the time of | this battle, led the cattle safely away down I to the Santee and thus saved them. Having given some account of the sur? rounding country, let me now speak of the pic nie. The weather was charming, the son shene bright aod clear and the day was delightfully passed in strolling around, boat riding, games and conversation. One of the most pleasant features of the day was music on the guitar, banjo and harmonica, which harmonized nicely together and sounded sweet. This music was kindly furnished by three of our young musicians. And the girls-what shall I say of them ? Well with bright smiles and pleasant voices they graced the occasion as only girls can, and their sweet presence made everything look brighter and happier. The dinner was not oniy a very nice one but in the greatest abundance. Indeed, there would have been enough for a crowd twice the size of this one Everybody wbo bas ever attended a pic nie managed by the fair ladies of old Privateer township can bear ample testimony to the bountiful dinners that mark these occasions, and the dinner Thursday was no exception to the general rule. The.pic nie broke up in the evening and the setting sun, which bathed everything in a sea of glory, seemed to bid the visitors a pleasant good evening Thus ended one of the most enjoyable pic nics of the season. McD. F. Rudyard Kipling to Revisit India. Much interest will be felt by the public in the return of Rudyard Kipling to India. He bas just agreed to furnish a regular con? tribution to "The Cosmopolitan Magazine," for the coming year, beginning bis work upon his return to India. India has never ; been critically considered by such a pen as Kipling's, and what be will write for "The Cosmopolitan" will attract the widest atten? tion, both here and in England. Perhaps the most beautiful series of pic? tures ever presented of the Rocky mountains will be found in a collection of fourteen original paiotings, Executed by Thomas j Moran for the May "Cosmopolitan." To : those who have been in the Rockies, this issue of "The Cosmopolitan" will be a souvenir worthy of preservation. This num ber contains fifty-two original drawings, by I Fhomas Moran, Oliver Herford, Dm, Beard, ; H. M. Eaton, F. G. Attwood, F. 0. Small, ; F. Lix, J. H. Dolph, and Rosina Emmett j Sherwood, besides six reproductions of fa- I moos recent works of art, and forty other ; interesting illustrations-ninety-eight in all. ! Though "The Cosmopolitan" sells for but \ fifteen cents, probably no magazine ii the world will present for May so great a number of illustrations specially designed for its pages by famous illustrators. The fiction in ? this number is by F. Hopkinson Smith, ! Gustav Kobo, W. Clark Russell, Edgar W. ? Nye, and T. C. Crawford. Knight? of the Maccabees. The State Commander writes us frem Lin- ? coln, Neb., as follows: "After trying other; medicines for wnat seemed to be a very obs'.i? nate caogb in our two children we tried Dr. ' King's New Discovery and af the end of two days the cough entirely left them. We will 1 not be without it hereafter, as our experience proves that it cures where all other remedies fail."-Signed F. W. Stevens, State Com - | Why no: give this great medicine a trial, as it is guarantied and trial bottle? are iree at J F. W. DeLoriue's Drug Store. Regular size 50c- and $1.00. 6 - Mil - Backten** Arnica Salv*. The Best Salve in the world for Cute, Bruises Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter Chapped Hands Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or j no pay required. It is guaranteed to give per? fect satisfaction, or money refunded. . Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Dr. J. F. W. De Lorme. Telegraphic Briefs. The Bank ot" Commerce, New Kirk, Mo., capital $0U,000, closed its doors yesterday. The Spanish cruiser Infanta Isabel is lying in Tampa bay looking out for filibusterers. Catharine S weigert, who recently shot her husband in Savannah was yesterday adiudged insane. At the Peilican phosphate mine, Fla., Manager J. W. Gigrath shot and killed Night Watchman Charles Zinck. D>un & Co. says business begins in May in better condition than at any time 8iuce May 1393. Bradstreets is also cheerful. An official note from the British government confirms the reported ar? rangement with Salvador for the pay? ment of Nicaragua's "smart money " The recent disaster caused by the bursting of a dam at Bouzy, France, was the result of incapacity of the government engineers who built the dam of improper materials. Maj. Campbell Wallace^x-raijroad commissioner of Georgia and a very prominent man of that State, died at Atlanta at 11:30 o'clock last night, aged 89 years. In order to give a strong stimulus to such work, the executive com? mittee of the Atlanta Exposition offers a bonus of about 33 per cent, of the cost of the structure of hotels for the accommodation of visitors to the exposition. A dispatch from Shanghai says the Chinese, with a view of preventing the Japanese from entering Pekin, haye cut the embankment of the Pei Ho and flooded miles of country. Hundreds of persons were caught by the rushing waters and drowned. Yesterday, in Rntherfordton, N. C., the case of Hoke Secrest, who twelve years ago murdered his wife and child, was called. Counsel for State and defense announced agree? ment to a compromise verdict of man? slaughter, which was so rendered by the jury and a sentence of twenty years imprisonment imposed. May 6. Dr. Samuel P. Swain, of Plaque mine, La., shot and killed Dr. Emile rlirart, at New Or'eans, Saturday. Swain claimed that Hirart was too familiar with his wife. Dr. Swain was arrested and lodged in jail. N. F. Clark & Co., the largest mill firm in St. Cloud, Minn., failed for i ?800,000. A tornado passed over Dennision, Texas,, Saturday doing considerable damage to property. No loss of life is reported. Two children, of Mr. Scott Sowers, of Atlanta, Ga., died Saturday night from the effects of a wrong dose of medicine. Whether the physician who prescribed, on the drug clerk who filled the prescription is to blame, has not yet been decided. A forest fire in Elk Couoty, Pa., yesterday, destroyed $125,000 worth of property. The town of Glen Hazel, Pa., suffered the greatest loss. Charles W. Fish, the champion bare back rider of the world, died Saturday morning at his boarding place on Wabash avenue Chicago, of blood poisoning. He had been ill for some time. The State Bank, of Orion, 111., was robbed by three expects Saturday morn? ing and about ?5,000 in gold and bills taken. Mr. George Hamilton, an old and wealthy citizen, is in jail, in Florida, for refusing to pay alimony to bis young wife. The case has some sensatienal features. J Banker the American wheelman, was beateo in the first heat of the 2,000 yard race at the Velodrome de PEste Saturday. Baras won the final. At the Velodrome Buffalo, Dunwoody got second prize in the race for amateurs. Three prisoners broke jail io Wood-j ward, Oklahoma. The prisoners were followed by a posse and when overtaken turned on the possee and began firing The fire was returned and two of the prisoners were killed. Several of the ! posse were wounded. May 7. A terrible cloudburst occured near Dayton, Tenn., yesterday. Crops and fruit were ruined. Over the storm area about four miles equare, all the small streams became rivers and swept through the streets of the town, carry? ing everything before them, while the rain and hail passed entirely through the roof. Dr. Payne, the State chemist, said that it is his opinion that there was no poison in the medicine given the two children who died suddenly io Atlanta. Ga., Saturday. A special to the Times-Union from j Tallahassee, dated May 0, says : The ' Senate passed the anti-prize ti^ht bill to-day. It now goes to the House, where it will pass without doubt. Peter Hammond, his wife aud Miss Belle Taylor were drowned while cross? ing Denton creek near Justin Texas, Saturday. Mr. Hammond was a promi? nent citizen of Denton County. The U. S. Steamer "Alert" arrived at San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, yes? terday morning and reported. "AU well and all quiet." 1 In the municipal conte^f io North : Carolina yesterday the Democrats were 8tt3cessfi:> almo-t without exception, Greeti^Noro ?<?r the irr>.* ;:n-' in h?T hisior> cibctiug a D?mocrate tiia^ur aO'i alderman s Thy strike of the miners in the Vir? ginia coal fields is extending. About 13,150 people are now idle. That the strike will extend to other departments and to several extensive works is cer? tain. The case of Fuentes the New York paper correspondent who was arrested near Santiago de Cuba, for complicity in the Cuban insurrection was laid be? fore the State Department yesterday. Immediate steps will be taken to secure his release. The Supreme Court of Louisiana has decided that there can be no prize fights io that State. Japan Will be Graceful She Will Not "Permanently" Occu? py the Ceded China Territory. LONDON, May 6.-The St. James Ga zette prints a dispatch from Paris say? ing that Mr. Sone Arasuke, the Japan? ese minister to France, yesterday in? formed M. Ilanotaux, minister of for? eign affairs, tha? Japan, in deference to the friendly advice of the protesting powers, had renounced ber claim to permanent possession of the Liao-Tung Peninsula, including Port Arthur. CONFIRMING REP0RT8. LONDON, May 6.-A United Press dispatch from Paris confirms the state? ment in the St. James Gazette that France has been informed by Japan ' Ct the latter's renunciation of ber claims to permanent possession of Liao Tung. A dispatch to the Globe says that Japan bas also intimated to Ger- ; many her willingness to give up po3 session of Liao-Tung. ST. PETERSBURG, May G.-The Jour? nal de St. Petersburg, semi-officially publishes a communication stating that Japan, in conformity with the friendly advice of Russia, France and Germany, has undertaken to renounce her claims to final possession of the Feng Tien territory. THE COUNCIL SUMMONED. LONDON, May 6 -A Yokohama dis? patch to the St. James Gazette says the Japanese privy council and the heads of the government have been hurriedly ' summoned to meet io Kioto to-morrow. : The reason for the summon? is not i known. i FOREIGN FLEET AT CHE FOO. CHE FOO, May 6.-The foreign fleets ate assembled here. Eight Russian ; ships, including three torpedo boats, j are already here, and it is expected that Great Britain, France, and the United I States will each send one vessel, and ; Germany two. The Cuban Revolution. Latest News Prom the War riven Island. : JACKSONVILLE. FLA., Mav 5.-A S special to the Times-Cnion from Key | West, Fla., says: The latest Cuban ? advices to this city state that an j American newspaper coi respondent ! named Fuentes was arrested in Guan? tanamo on the 2nd. Ile is the cor respondent of the New York World. : Fuentes was charged by the Spanish authorities with negotiating with (romes.and Marti for the sale of! arms and ammunition The Spanish newspapers claim that Callazo, an insurgent leader, has landed in Cuba with an expedition, j Upon investigation, he was found at | Tampa. Much indignation is ex ? pressed at the Spanish government for the execution of Gallego. Ca?arte, La Luchas correspondent j in the field, states that there is great difficulty in getting news to the pub? lic. AU correspondence is revised by the Spanish authorities, and many facts are withheld. The Spanish Government finds great difficulty in getting provisions, etc , to troops at Bayanio. The American tug boat Pedro Pablo has been converted into a transport. The insurgents claim that thespian will not be successful. All the fortifications around Manza- j nillo have been destroyed bj the in- \ surgent8 The province is virtually in their hands. The battle at Ramon de las Jaguas on the 19th of April, according to an eye witness, was ? terrible. The Spanish troops were ' almost annihilated. The battle lasted \ nearly three hours. The insurgents j lost fifty men. Ex-Captain General Collejo claims the policy of Campos to arm the farmers is dangerous. The : sentiment among the eouutrymeu is favorable to the Cubans. The lead- ? ing members of the home rule party j in Cuba, on account of the govern- ; ment refusing to institute reforms, have resigned. The belief is gene? ral that the revolutionists will be greatly strengthened Two bands of 50U in the province of Santa Clara have joined the insurgents. They aro led by Col. Quintin Bravo, a former revolutionist, and Dr Bruno Zayeless, very prominent in the pro? vince. Jose Maceo, claimed by the erovernment to have been killed, has appeared at Guantanamo wih 2,000 men and issued a manifesto taxing the inhabitants of that province ?300,000, to be paid monthly At Matanzas, on the 3d, at ll .*?0 p m., I a baud of eight men attempted to ? capture the barracks. They were I driven off. No one was hurt. Washington Letter. ! WASHINGTON May 6, 1*95 If President Cleveland and Secre? tary Gresham needed vindication for j the position' they took in the dispute between Great Britain and Nicara gua, the outcome of that affair would furnish a full supply, ?howing as it does that the administration was thoroughly alive to American inter? ests. To say that the Monroe doc? trine was at any time involved in the affair is simply to display ignorance of the Monroe doctrine. But the treaty between the United States and Great Britain, known as the Clayton Bulwer treaty, was the foundation upon which the administration stood when it consented to the temporary occupation of Corinto by the British. That treaty says : "Neither the | United States nor Great Britain will ever erect or maintain any fortifica? tions comanding the ship canal, or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy or fortify or colonize or assume or exer? cise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rico, the Mosquito coast or any part of Central America." In the face of^that explicit language bow silly appears all the wild talk about the intention of Great Britain to gob? ble up as much of Nicaragua as would give her control of the canal It just shows, however, how lamentably ignorant many of those who write about public affairs are. But vicious? ness has been responsible for more of the misrepresentations in this case than ignorance has. Civil Service Commissioner Lynam. ; whose rumored forced resignation ? has been a sort of bi-monthly or quarterly publication appearing with sufficient regularity to entitle it to claim second class postal rates, ever since that Congressional committee investigated the charges made against him, several years ago, by the Washington Pott, ot favoritism towards a relative in office, is really going this time. His resignation, which it is needless to say was not voluntarily tendered, is now in the hands of the President, and it is ex-1 pected that his successor will be named at the same time that -the vacancy caused by the resignation of Theodore Roosevelt is filled. Both Lyman and Roosevelt are republi? cans, but it is the Prasident's inten j tion to appoint a democrat in place of one of them, which will make the commission consist of two demo crats and one republican, instead of ! two republicans and one democrat, as it has been during this entire ad- ? ministration. ? Senator Gorman doesn't often allow his opinipns to be quotod in a newspaper, but he has this to say of the personal attack lately made upon him by the Hon. Isador Rayner, an aspirant for the Maryland democratic gubernatorial nomination : "I regret to be compelled to say that I regard Mr. Rayner's speech as that of an ; over-anxious candidate, who has for gotten his protestations of friendship I and what he has always claimed to j be his undying gratitude for my friendship for him during the past twenty years. Why he has made the personal assault upon me, I am at a loss to comprehend, unless it be that his earnest pleading with me to support him for the nomination failed to receive a favorable response. Ile ought, however; to have been satis? fied with my assurance to him, that I believed the best interests of the party required that the nomination j should seek the man, and not the man the nomination." Secretary Gresham is not sick enough to justify the sensational re? ports sent out from Washington, although he is confined to his room and is likely to be for four or five days more. It is the same old trou? ble-stomach and liver-that laid him up a few weeks ago, and the cause is also the same-overwork and faflure to take proper care of himself. Ile is in no danger and only requires rest to bring him around again. Attorney General Olney has de? cided that the construction put upon the law governing the purchase of seeds by the Agricultural department by Secretary Morton was correct ; consequently instead of spending the $100,000 appropriated, Secretary Morton will only buy such seeds as are "rare and uncommon," unless Congress makes a new law compel?- j iug the expenditure of ail the money. Ex-Senator Blair, o? N. H., evi? dently insn't a Reed man. ne says: "New England is apparently for Reed, but the feeling isn't of the kind that would make men die in the last ditch fighting for Reed. Some of his brethren may be for him, thinking that a New England man, not Reed, however, might get second place on the ticket. And yet it might happen that Reed himself would finally be satisfied with second j honors. Then it must be remem- j bered that in his own State l?alo and \ Frye and the other old time Blaine ' men are not brimming over with joy at Tom Reed's present political j prominence. They are (br him, but largely because they have to be, and the draught is just about as pleasant as a dose of medicine is to a small boy." The arguments before the Supreme Court for a rehearing in the income tax cases were opened to-day. - m^^mt^ . - - - Mnk?'S Pure Blood These three words tell the whole siory of the wonderful cures by Hood's Saraparilla. It is the best blood purifier aod epriDg medicine. From the Bostonian. Washington a Myth. Doubtless if some of ray reader? could go to sleep, and awake in thc year 3^05, they might se?; an article like the following in the "Londoi Historical Review "WASHINGTON* A MYTH." A volume bearing the above title has been recently published. It it written by that learned historian, Dr J. B. St. John, whose eminenl abilities as an author are familiar tc our readers. The book is written ir the Doctor's pleasant style, and ii replete with most interesting histori cal information. While we are nol fully convinced that Washington toa? a myth, still we must confess that some of the Doctor's theories are plaueible. According to his idej there are only two reasons why we have been induced to believe thal Washington lived at all. First, be? cause history tells us so, and second ly, because there is a great city ir. North America that is said to have been named for him. But Dr. St. John meets with the following theory the several facts which history has advanced. Many centuries ago numerous companies of emigrants from Europe went tc America and settled there. A large portion of the settled land belonged to England, but the settlers became weary of our rule and rebelled. A little fighting ensued, and England soon gave the Colonies their freedom, for she cared but little for a wild country, far across the sea These colonies then grew into a mighty republic, which is said to have ex? tended from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Finally anarchy prevailed, and the Republic was split into many countries. Washington City had been the capital of the old republic and when that was broken up, it be? came the capital of the Vanasgo Re? public. It is claimed that Washing? ton was the leader of the people when they fought for England, and that after the war was over he es? tablished the mighty republic. Dr. St. John says the truth probably is that the scattered and half savage settlers really had a number oi leaders, and the republic just gradually grew of itself, and was not formed by any man or special set of men. lt is simply ridiculous to suppose that any one man could be the leader of scattered settlers, who lived on a sea coast extending many hundred miles. This man Washington is represented as having been almost an angel. It is said that he was so truthful that he could not tell a lie. He was a farmer, we are informed, who had no military training, yet no sooner did he enter into the army than he proved him? self one of the most wonderful mili? tary commanders of whom history makes mention. He was so superior to other meu that he never laughed, but had the dignity of a fabled God. His life was a charmed one ; no matter in what battle he went, no matter how many were killed and wounded, he was never injured by a bullet. He possessed such power over other men that the people al? most worshipped him. Could such a man as this live in our world ? No ! yet according to history he did live. Dr St. John then pleasantly relates numerous examples of historical in? accuracies, to show with how little safety history can be depended upon. * Xext our author gives a grapic account of fche half savage age in which Washington is said to have lived. Rail trains and the tele? graphic were without a doubt, un? known to the simple people of that age, and it is certain that telephones and many other things of the sort were never heard of until ; ears afterwards. The people of that age were bigoted, to a wonderful degree. Such was the age of Washington an age in which there was little machinery, nothing scarcely worth bearing the name of medicine, no inventions, the people bigoted and wrapped in dense ignorance. Is it any wonder that myths should grow in an age like this, and among such a people ? How did the myth ?l ,t George Washington really on?.nate ? Dr. St. John accounts for it in this way. In those ancient times there was a ccllecdon of houses on the Potomac River which were inhabited by peo? ple in humble circumstances, and ths women largely supported themselves by taking in washing. This collec? tion of houses grew gradually larger, and finally it became known in the neighborhood as Washing eil! e. Stores were opeaed in the hamlet, and its citizens then called the place Washing toicn. After many years the w was dropped from town, and we have Washington. The town became a mighty city, and people began to inquire "How came this city to be named Washington ?" Some one ad vanced a theory that it was called Washington for a man of that name, and right here we have the origin of what Dr St. John terms "the Wash? ington myth.'' Other people claim? ed to discover that it was really Washington who had formet! the great republic, and as the masses * were iust emerging from a dark and an ignorant ag<?, they believed the myth ; it was Mattering to their van- j ity to believe that such a man as Washington once lived in their country. Therefore, after the myth ! was started, they nursed it carefully, and every two or three centuries some innocent additions would be made to it But how about the name George which we see added to the Washington, ? Wei], George is a word belonging t?> t??" ancient Ger? man, and means a husbandman or farmer There is every reason to believe that in those primitive times moat ot the men were farmers, . and they were known as much by the name of Georges as they were by that of farmers. When the hamlet of Washingville grew to be a city, and the myth of Washington grew from j it, and it was claimed that Washing ? ton was a farmer, what is more ? nrtural than to say that his other name was George ? MCDONALD FURMAN*. 500,"000 ?ken. Our readers will remember that in the leading editorial of our last May number we advocated the employment on great public improvements of the large numbers of laboring men through? out our country who were at the time idle ; and among the improvements we named were, in connection with the i ship canal now being slowly constructed j from the Mississippi river to Chicase, j another ship canal from Lake Michigan ! to Detroit, and another from Lake Erie j to the Hudson iver. I We are plea ?d to find, io our daily \ paper of Marcu 6th, that a bill has been , now introduced into the New York ! Legislature to charter a company with j a capital of $150,000,000, to construct a ship canal capable of taking vessels I five hundred feet long, sixty feet wide, and twenty-six feet deep, from Lake Erie to the Hudson River; and we prophesy that before long another charter will be asked to construct the i other ship canal we suggested from Lake Michigan to Detroit or there? abouts; and that these two great im? provements will give plenty of work for possibly a hundred thousand men. Another ship canal, snch as we sug ! gested across Florida from the Gulf to the j St. John's River, and most useful work I io raising and strengthening the levees i of the lower Mississippi and other I Southern rivers, would give employ? ment to perhaps a hundred thousand more-and saying nothing of the draining of vast quantities of wet lands, and the irrigating of thousands of square miles of dry lands, and many mach needed improvements on various sea coast harbors, breakwaters, &c, J there is a gigantic work to be done on ! American roads to make them half as ; good as European, sufficient to employ : half a million of idle men, if that num I ber can ever be obtained to work OD i them. There is useful and needed work I enough io the United States to employ j all the idle men of this country who j are willing to work, and there is food ! enough to feed them and clothing ? enough to cloth them. All that is ; wanted is patriotism and common sense ! enough to set them at work. ! If this country were plunged into a I war to-day [which GOT ??rant we never i again may be] there would not be the ? slightest difficulty in -\r -\n?? and main? taining in the field 500.000 men for ! the purpose of killing other men be , longing to our own or some other I Christian nation.-Geo. T. Angeli in ! Our Dumb Animals. i Right Arm Paralyzed! Saved from St. Vitus Dance. ----- ! "Our daughter. Blanche, now fif ; teen years of a-re! had been terribly j afflicted with nervousness, and had : lost thc entire u-e cf her right arm. : We feared St. Titus dance, and tried ! the best physicians, with no bene?t. : She has taken three bon les of Dr. ; Miles' 2>ervine and has gained 31 pounds. Her nervousness and symp? toms of St. Vitus dance a*Te entirely gone, she attends school regularly, and has recovered complete use of her arm, her appetite is splendid.*' MES. R. R. BULLOCK, Brichton, N. Y. Dr. Miles' Nervine Cures. Dr. Miles' Nervine is sold on a positive guarantee that the first bottle wi'l oenefit. All druggists sell it at $1,6 bottles for $5, > r it wi!: he sent, prepaid, on receipt of pri?e hythe Dr. Milos Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. For sale by Dr. A. J. China. Sumter, S. C. T. C. Scaffe Would inform his friends and customers Jhat be is prepared to manufacture TOBACCO FLUES, Any dimension or thickness, more reasonable than any cf his competitors ; having many advantages over them ; haviog '20 years experience in this kind of sheet metal work. A Pencil and a Pencil Sharpener for ten cents at S. G. Osteen & Co's. Choice writing: Paper ten cents per box at H. CL Otteen Ss Co's.