The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, April 22, 1898, Image 7

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WllKNS. (t A. vluK obtained a 1h>x of 'I ettkhink of irA \\ right of Louisville, ( ?., which ou a ease of itching piles'of llv years' ng. 1 spent for different kinds of Ilea and the aki I of dot tors, all for no until I not the Tbttekink. I am now Ae eptt.tanks." Yours. W. K. KlN??. mall for flUc In a amps by J.'i'. ShupSavannnh. tia. human ^sponge is averse to tuking Deanty la Dloud Deep, an blood means a clean skin. No y without it. Cascarets, (,'andy Cathaican your blood and keep it clean, by ig up the lazy liver und driving all iities from the body. iiegin to-day to i pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads, tat sickly bilious complexion by taking ret*,?beauty for ten cents. All drugsatisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c, 50c. Is long when drawn out through tho iscope. 0 Cure a Cold In One Day. s Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All fists refund money If It falls tooure. Six 1 weather noror gets cold enough to ulp icietv bud. | Toliafro Spit and Ssioks Tonr Mfe Away. d|nit tobacco easily and forever, be mug Dull of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To;tb?! wonder-worker, thut tnalces woak men I. All drugging, 60c or fl. Cure guuranBooltlet and sample free. Address Vj KcmeUy Co., Chicago or New York juslelnn that can play nil kinds of inputs beats the bund. (permanently cured. No fits or nervous* Ifter firstday's usw of Dr. Kline's Great I Restorer. trial bottle and treatise froe > II. Ki.i.nk, Ltd..?$t Arch St., Philn.. Pa. fcoros strange that ttio product of the botild make men so noisy. A < o'* "I'lek Ijeilf*' Smokliii Tu''?rrn r un* 1 vailed for purity and flavor. Made the purest. i i post and sweetest Tobacco. B please >ou. '1 ry it. I baby in tin* cradle evidently thinks J a pretty rocky old world. prnto Your llonrela With CmrnDt . hly Cathartic, cure constipation forever, a*. Ut'.C.C fail, druggists refund uiouc: . toman raves over her new bonnet and usbnnd raves over the bill for it. I. Win* low's Soot him: Sy rup for child ren lug. softens the gums, reducing intlnnialllays pain.cures wind colic. .'Sic. a bottle. leadline r*'iuls, "Spain I.ooks for War.' Reun't she find It'/ t No-To-llae for Fifty Cents. |>"titoeil tobaA'o tial't core maltes weal" broug, blooil pure. 5/?c,4>'. Ail druggists. B (.'"tlnn junta room*- ilispoaed to plu; He ?/ the North" on American soil. Bvc f<iund Pise's Cure for <'iiio-uniptiot nfuiliug medicine. ! '. I>. I.ot/. |:#ti S< ot BoviligUin. Ivy., (tel. I. IS'.M. B't TIIY to k?*ep house without Itim ion Making Powder. At all tir*wers. il 1'. <'ompanv. Richmond. Yirginia. fotneky reports another unfortuuat* fin winch "a woman was shot in lb* rTo Cure Constipation I'oi'evr., HeCuscarcta Candy Cathartic. K>c cv'SSo EC. C. fail to cure, druggists rcfuud r.iou.'V Iut Meiitnley | r**f? rs playing a wait but docs not >ny how long he want tar Tobacco The Hoit. 'ledge Cigarette*. iisns City .imirnnl wrote of the "Hit f tti" Knd" before we bad renehei f tin* beginning. I S' ItANt'K. - I'AS.MS ami all iter im's permanently en red by the u-e o '- llreat Nfive Kc-toii r. Send I'o '( trial bottle audi .rvalise to 1?f. It I.til.. 1*11 A roll Street. I'bila., I'a IIow'k This r On Hundred Itoll-r ft e ward fnt id' Cat irrlt I bat cannot b cured by lirrli t 'in e. . Cttt:Ni:v A Co.. |? np-? Tided \ O. undersign -d. have known K..I. ('Into la t l*i yearn, anil Itellevo b in tie rmr bin. ii ail business t ali aclinniciallv able t>> carry out any uliliKii > by their firm. I'm \X,\Ybob-ale I);wggi Tob-di [.. Kin.nan <V M.vuvin, W.olesab -i Tnlniii. i tiii.<. "a la rrh (' ?? is ink en i icern-t llv, i ct I ;y upon I lie blood and ittuemm stir li system. I'i : . T.ne. |ie hott! . Sob. nggist*. Test.iinoioals live. 'aliiily I'illsare the best. w Are You This Spring ? nervous? *et rested? eil with boils, humors? is not strange. Impurities have umulating in your blood during a(k1 it lias become impoverished, tho e.xperioneo of most people. *e tltoy take llood's Harsnpurillit r their blood in spring, aughtor was run down and tired school, and I linvo been giviug d's Sarsnparlllia, which tins puriblooil and built her tip, and she is tgetting woll and strong. 1 have taken ipd'a Harmtpnrilln mysulf with excellent (hit*, and whenever we have any little ?nt wo resort to this medicine. It IM me in good health and good spirits, fmakoa inn fool younger. My hushnnd WMn taking Hood's rills, ami says lie Kfir found any ho liked as well." Mas. PFAnzoKAr, 424 Warren Street if York, N. Y. ltemembci lOOCl'S Saparma America's < I rent cat. Medicine. Sold by j^Mggisls. 51; six for $f,. ltd only Hood's iMlft'c Pillct are the only I'ills (o take JUU O rillo with Hood's SnrsspurilU |rpsJr7000 BICYCLES />>- 1 carried orer from 181)7 iniot MtrWuftt aow. New ^uV IrtW W. I AKf/t'"''1 tirade, all etjler. A uralVt/ f JflU'1?" eiiulpinent, 0tiar.inagf/1 Vjf'UW'f/rrrf S6.79t0?l7.0f?. Thf a ill'ieJ wheela,lat?model?, PvIK" ~M - \Srwt. '1 w *" maker. $3 to $12. ,/W^.yf K'rthip 011 approval with z/i\vy> J?'" cent /Miymrnf. Write df .""ji ' yr'-* Hat and art crtaiorne hESaZof ?w7ltYa* model.. lllt'Vt'l.K PltER for IBB to adrertluc them Send for one. Rider agent* Mad. I/Tarn how toKarn a lllcjele nnd make money. F. ,111: Alt CVl'ljK COM I'AN V, Cliiruya. IETECTIVES1B | trims. trust worthy men to represent us; expertlunne essary; apply tvltli relerein i s. Kkmaiii k OTivt Aar.NcV.8Sa Hroatltvav. New York t'itv. 27 Rwt Cough Syrup. Ttu>t on Oood. T.'no K(jj Ld In time. Sold by riruaatitts. W lif*"1 t -mriyp IBM FOR GOVERNOR. I l i The Prohibitionists Put Up a Ful State Ticket. TOMPKINS AND TIMMERMAN They Are Named for the Places They Now Hold?Capt. Thompson, of Darlington, Named for Adjutant Oenerul. t Joel E. Bruusou, for years au ardent Prohibitionist, a mau who baa not been identified with either of tbe political factions in tbe State, a sound and successful businoss man, a devoted member of the Baptist Chnrch, and a man who stands high in bis borne county-Williamsburg bas beeu nominated for Governor of South Carolina by n^represoutative convention of tbe Prohibitionists of Koutb Carolina. The selection was a surprise. Mr. Brunsou's namo bad not before beeu publicly ; mentioned iu connection with the place. On the ticket named appears also the names of two of the present State officers?Secretary of State Tompkins and State Treasurer Timinermau. Takou ull iu all tbe ticket uumed is considered a strong one. Tbe earnest leader of the Prohibition forcos, (.'apt. Childs, bus been given the second place on the ticket. Tbe couvontiou was made up of a representative and intelligent body of men and everything 'moved along linrmouioil.sly. There was but little useless talking. Tho convention was very particular to let tho world understand that its fight was to be made liioido the Democratic party. There was marked uuauimity of action ; nothing shows this better than the brief and emphatic platform adopted, which is as follows: First. We declare our allegiauce to tbe regular Democratic party aud our suggested nominees stand pledged to abi >> the result of tho Democratic primary election. Second. We declare that we are unalterably opposed to the manufacture and sale of alcoholic or malt liquors, except for mechanical, medicinal, scientific or sucraiueutal purposes. The convention was quite a representative aud intelligent body of men. ft was more largely attended than many expected. There we:e thirty-two of the forty counties represented. .Mr. A. Jones, of Newberry, submitted the following report of the committee ou nominations: "Your committee lias carefully eon Minorca 1111 uio names suggested and recommend that tho convention take up the uuiues separately and determine the propriety of suggesting the follow inir ticket to the I'rohibitiouists of South Carolina in order to promote harmony and secure unanimity in tho cuitse of I'rohibitiou. "l he following are suggested as suitable and proper candidates in the Democratic primary for the oilices named: (lovernor, .Joel li. lirunson, Williamsburg; leiutenaut governor, L. I). Child's Kichlaud; attorney general, (ieo. S. Mower, Newberry; secretary of State. I). II. Tompkius, (ireeiiwood; treasurer, W. H. Timmeriuan, Kdgelield;comptroller-general, I.. 1'. Kptou, Spartanburg; superintendent of education, K. D. Smith, Sumter: udjutaut and insbecior-general, Henry T. i iiompKoii, I turliiigtoi:; railroad coinuussioiier. I hos. W. Herry, Chester. " Col. liovt was called to tho chair by Mr. Hriiuson at this juncture. Mr. i'. .1. LaMotlc moved the adoption of the report, taking each name separately. .\Ir. K. I>. Smith said that tlie committee bad simply made these suggestions. Tho committee could act as it saw tit. Without remarks the suggestions for (Jovernor and Lie iteuant - (lovernor were adopted. And so were all the others. A committee was sent out to bring iu tho nominees. Mr. Hoggs moved that in case any of theso candidates should die or decline to serve, the executive committee be empowered to till tho vacancies on tho ticket so occurring. This was agreed to. Mr. Moft'att presented t'<o following: Hesolvod, That the delegates from each county name a suitable man from their county to act as cliuiriuan; that the said chairman bo elected by this convention; that the said county chairman lie charged with tho duty of tlior oiiL'blv organizing thoir respective conn ties for campaign purposes; that said county chairmen l>e charged with tho further duty of having a full ticket for the (leneral Assembly put in the tield from their respective eouties, who are pledged to Prohibition. After some discussion, Mr. MotTatt changed the resolution so as to read as follows, and it was adopted: U030I veil, That the executive committeemen from each county be charged with tho duty of thoroughly organizing his county to the end that a full ticket be placed iu tho tield from each county pledged to Prohibition. The candidates were then ushered into tho hall. Pol. Hovt introduced Mr. Hrunsou in a happy and appropriate manner. Mr. Hruuson said they had nominated him from a combination of cir ciimstnncos. lie felt his inability to bo tho chief standard bearer, but he would do his best. They should go into tiie tight to win. The subject of prohibition has boon ono of slow growtti. The stronger they made their organization, tho sharper would bo tho conflict. They must, having (lod and right on their Sldi' HliLII all tli a fru ia nn/l ,.?? lr<1... 1 f " *" l"" | orumil/ut 1011 ns strong ?? tlicy could. i "Lot uh go luto this tight," ho smd, "to win, for win, wo must, ntid win, we shall, for (iod has decreed that this must he. " Ho then spoke of his reverence for tho Confederate soldier, and gave a pathetic incident. Ho told of a schlier who raised hi* sword to heaven ?/ aud swore not to give ilf> the fight until he had rid his coiiutry of its foes. Now was the time for tjiem to deliver their coiiutry from worfo than au assissin too. 1 Tho Stato executive committeo was 1 thou elected as follow*: Aiken, J. L. i Quiuby; Anderson, JI A. Hull, Barn- j well, J. M. Littleioh/; Charleston, H. ! T. Williams; Chester, Rev. J. S. Slof- i fatt; Clareudon, Riv. ,T. (). (lough; Colleton, J. 1). AckoCman; Darlington, 1 J. S. White; Dorchester, M. W. Minus; 1 Edgefield, T. W. Chrwile; Fairfield, i Bey. E. C. McDonald; Groeuville, J. M. Whitmire; Florence, P. Covington; j Greenwood, ,T. R. l.eavoll: Horry, l B. li. Beaty. Kershaw, J. N. .tones; I Laucaster, Waddy C. Thompson; 1 Laurens, 0. C. I itliorstone; hexing- ! ton, L. B. Hayes; Marlboro, Melton j McLaurin; Marion, W. S. Fox worth; 1 Newberry, A. C. Jones; Oconee, | Steck; Orausreburg, J. li. Sigby; Pick- i us, Julius b. Hoggs; Richland, T. J. | . >a.\lotte; Spartanburg, J. N. Carlisle, Jr.; Uuion, S. M. Rice, Jr.; Sumter, H. L. Scarborough; Williamsburg, B. R. Roper; York, H. C. Strauss. At a subsequent meeting of the committee Mr. A. C. Jones, of Newberry, was olected State chairman aud Mr. LaMotte secretary. '1 he convention theu, on motion of Mr. Kibler. at adjourned siue die. All i the members being satisfied with result. j FIKST CROP ItKPO111. Vegetation of All Kinds Made Idttls , Cirowth During the Week. The following is the first of the weekly bulletins of the woather bureau i for the crop season of 1 HUH: U. S. Department of Agriculture, ' South Carolina Section. Climate auil Crop Service, Weuther Huroau, \ Weekly Crop Bulletin. Columbia, S. C., April 13, 18HH. Tbo weather during February was steadily cool and dry, the rainfall amounting to only 34 per cent. of the normal for tbo Stuto. The actual rainfall uvcraged 5.4<> iuehes less than the | normal during January and February, j uud the deficiency was further increas- j ed, in places only, duriug March, but bus been considerably reduced by tho generous rainfall of April up to date, which has brought tho total umount since Mnrih 1st about equal to the normal for this period These conditions were favorable for tho preparation of luiuls during February and March, which work progressed rapidly and is now about ten Uavs in advance of its usual stage for this date, with fields practically all ready tor corn and cottoii. Fven bottom lauds that are usually too wet to be plowed until about May liuve been in good condition for working. Planting of the staple crops wus in advance of the season up to the beginning of April, since then the cool weuther uud heavy rains have retarded this work, especially over the western portions of the State, where the ground was frozen hard on two mornings. Vegetation of all kinds inudo but little if any growth during the week as tho temperatuio fell below ,tho active . growing point, each night, over a large portion of the Stuto. Owing to the fuvorablo weather dur- ! ing March farm work is well advanced and corn has been planted in portions ' of the State, being practically finished for early eoru over the more easterly portions. Much that was tip was injured by irosi, tuo uainugo was especially severe in Horry county. The usual amount of replanting is necessary on account of crows ami cut worms, the latter giviug much trouble in places during the cool weather. Corn that had been recently cultivated was badly hurt by the frost, while fields m ar by that had not been worked wore untouched. Cotton planting has made consider- ( able progress over the eastern counties, while littlo has been planted over the western portions or in the extreme northeast, but the preparation of lands 1 is well advanced and indicates that about the sanio area will be put in cotton as last year. As but littlo cotton was up, the damage by frost was slight, Sea l island cotton is lip in many places and looking well. Kico planting is well advanced, uuusually so in the lower rice districts, 1 while in the (ieorgctowu fair progress has been made. Tobacco plants are plentiful and large for the senson; very little transplanting , lias been done yet, owing to the cool weather. Oats aro looking very promising, except in portions of tne south-eastern counties, where it was so dry during i the winter. Frost apparently did not hurt much, if at all, simply checkod its , rapid growth. The saine is true of wheat, although wheat in places . turned slightly yellow. As neither 1 wheat nor oats had begun to "joint" at the time the most sovere frost oc- ' eurrod, tliey will not be materially , hart by the freeze. Melons where up were badly frosted, and gurden truck in general suffered more or less in all portions of the State, oveu in the coast truck districts, where lrouts in April aro very rare. Pasturage started to grow very well in March, but lattorlv has been rather scant. I Hardens very backward gonerally, although instances ure reported of remarkably early maturity. Large ship- j inents are being made from the Char- 1 leston district of strawberries, beans, peas and potatoes. J. \V. Batkh, ' Sec. Dir., Columbia, S. ('. " I No one can wonder that Pierre Lor- | (Hard, of New York, lias determined J ilia! Kuglnnd is "the only place in the ' world lit for a gentleman to live In." 1 It is somewhat trying to a gentleman who bases Ids claim to gentility on tta> sale of chewing tobacco, and whose arms arc Inscribed with a jaw rampant on a cud dominant, to lind Ids prccc- i deuce disputed by rivals w hose blood has become blue through battle with ' railwax stocks and the curing of pelts and hides In Kngland. where the habit of eating tobacco has not been sulliciently established to make it an object of polite wrath, Mr. Lorill.ard will be ' ceived with warmth, and he will take short rut or line cut to aristocratic 1 i v?ty. And when his carriage rolls tot gh llyde Park or is found in the I oner,*.! processions of the nobility, no i til Ml 1*1 I? Will 1)1* III MM I MINI Willi I |H? 111 < M In whirl' tin* Irish wjijr siiirjreslrd fori I<Uliily I-note, thr oilier - iiibitious !<? ' hnecotiist: ul?I rhlea." 1 t \ / / LIFE OF ENLISTED MEN. _______ . ,:OW A SOLOIER'9 DAY IN THE UNITED ^E*rES ARMY 13 FILLED UP. ".:ifr it K.siil Physical examination tlir Kn-riill I* Put Into Comfortable Qu?rtern and Taught His UutlrwA Soldier'* Ilall.v Koutliic?Time Por lircrration. The life of an enlisted man in the army, says the New York Herald, is what he himself makes it. For instance, n man twenty-one years old. of sound mind and good health, concludes to enter tho ariur. He presents himself at any military post and tiles his application for enlistment. He may be a man of ordinary intelligence, but with little or 110 education. Perhaps ho can barely read auil write, and iu some instauc.es he caiydo neither, ft is the desire iu makingfenlistments to secure men who cau veall and write. ? I.UI. 1 - ~r ?1 1!? * IWHOICI, c% ni^ii (ji auc UIJIMIIICUIIUU not absolutely essential f<w^ new reWhen the recruit prcs?^B himself at the military rendezvoq^Be is put through a rigid physical jHninution, and if he comes up to the requirements of the service ho is enlisted for thrt?e years at the rate of $ldn month. This does not seem like a tempting compensation to strong, nhlehodied men of average intelligence, but. us General Corhin said, a good citizen should make a good soldier, and a soldier's life in time of peace is not one of hardships, as is sometimes imagined. After being duly enrolled, the recruit is equipped with pleuty of comiortablo clothing. Ho is provided with a good warm bed in comfortable j barracks. If he is an ignorant man j he is taught to read and write at the j post school, and his thirst for additional knowledge may be quenched at the post library. If he is inclined to be convivial;his thirst for some of the good things of this life may be satistied at the canteen?the elulisted man's club. 1 Any one who has visited an army post knows what is ore tillable at a canteen. Beer and light wines are dispensed, but no whiskey is allowed ! by the regulations to be sold. Pre- ] cautions ure taken to prevent over in- j diligence, but should the enlisted man j partake too freely of the good cheer > dispensed at'.tho canteen lie is obliged | to suffer the penalty of several hours in the guard house, with a little extra duty ou the side, in consequence of his bre ach of discipline. The soldier who gets intoxicated at a military post is better treated than the average citizen who, after imbibing too freely, bills into the clutches of the metropolitan police. The tirst duty to which a raw re- I emit is assigned is that known in the ! sorvieo as the "setting up drill." He is taught to stand erect, how to march, how to fall in, and, in a general way, he is instructed in infantry tactics. All this regular exercise tends to his physical development, so that while his mind is being cultivated his physical development goes steadily on. Some idea of the routine of a soldier's life may he obtainec. from this daily disposition of his time: lieveille, whiter, ti.30 a. m.: summer. 5.30 a. m. llrcukfast. winter, 7 a. in.; summer, 0 n. in. fatigue, 7 a. m. Drill, 7 a. in. Dress parade, 0 a. m. Guard mounting. O.'iO a. in. Drill. 10 a. hi. Dinner. 12 m. School (limners' school if ia arlillerv. i p. in. Iletreat. sunset. Supper, inmie diulfdy after retreat. Tattoo, n p. in. Tups, It p. ni. Of course, tlVs schedule is only a rough indication of the disposition of the day, since this necessarily varies, not only with the arm oivtho service, hut also with the latitudetind the post. There are also various drills, g-.ieli as signalling, instruction in first aid to wounded, etc., taken by only a few men at a time. On the whole, however. it may be said tlint a soldier's time is pretty well tilled until two or three o'clock ill the afternoon, after which he is his own master until ret reat. In line weather the afternoon is generally devoted to sports. If the garrison he near a town many of the men visit it on passes, but u'pass is never given to u soldier unless his record is good, the stoppage of pass iwii'ilor/ou ? * - ' IEi<llU(j I1IVII lilt- I 'II J 11 II 1 II , anil forming u jiowerfu! lever in favor of discipline. If in the artillery branch of the service the recruit's advaucemeut will proceed in accordance with the ability he displays. After learning how to handle a musket ho is instructed in the art of handling liehl pieces. Then, by degrees, he is taught how to manipulate mortar batteries, siege guns, the modern eight, ten and twelve inch rifles and magazines. [11 a few months a man of ordinary intelligence is ready for active service at any of the great seacoast fortifications. To become skilful artillerists men are required to possess some knowledge of arithmetic, must know how to read barometers and thermometers, and must also have some knowledge of the fore3 and effect of the velocity of the wind. This enter . into the sighting and firing of heavy ordnance. Discipline in the army is not as severe as some persons imagine,although in some rare instances army martinets have been known to render miserable the lives of some of the enlisted men under tliein. The relations between the officers and enlisted men are, as a inle, of the most friendly nature. nl.i .i: i-i ' * ' ' niiituM- spoils nave neen widely encouraged in recent years, so that toii iv there is a football team or a baseball nine nuulc up of otlicers and enlisted men at almost every army post in the United States. Undertbe head of hardships in army life, it is sometimes necessary to separate a married man from his fam ily. To tbat end marriages among en* i listed men are not encouraged, and in making onlistmeuts it is considered desirable to seleot single men in prefer* < ence to men with families, other < things being equal. At many of the army posts enlisted men are married I uud live with their families. As far t as he is able, the commanding officer i of a post give the men quarters by ? themselves, and their wives perform ? various duties around the post, such as washing, dressmaking, etc., and in \ (hat way many a liapny little family is I ! kept united. Under the army regulations every | post is a recruiting station, the objeebeing to effect a saving in transporta- 1 tion. if vacancies occur in one of the ' frontier regiments the officers of that post are allowed to till such vacancies locally, or as near the post as possible, j So is with the stations along the coast. , If recruits needed for duty in New < York harbor can l?e secured in New York it is not. necessary to go to the Pacific coast for thorn A New l'?f For t'?*r|iet?. . One of the latest public uses for ' Wilton carpet of an extra quality is J that of the swal? for Uncle Sam's huge i cannon now being placed on the new ? battle ships and forts. According to J ordnance experts the old method of swabbing cannon with cotton waste or i like stalls has been very ineffective, J such fibres failing to properly cleanse . the interior of the iron monsters. Tt t is stated that the grade of Wilton re- 1 quired by the ordnance department is . an eight-inch frame of the fiuest ? worsted, and that when the cannon is ( swabbed with the material it is again 1 ready for business immediately. Dealers in short lengths and rem- < limits, however, must not imagine that 1 Uncle [Saiu wants anything but full ' lengths. He. is very cranky about his cannon swabs ami. while not ready to give contracts, would like the mills to keep Wilton looms well oiled up in case Spain gets nasty over the Cuban question. It is believed, in fact, that with a good supply of eight-inch frame Wilton on board an American battleship would feel almost equal to confronting two Hritish battleships of tho same tonnage and armament. ?American Carpet and Upholstery Journal. Cor II* Cut tin- Ki|;!i! I'.x|ir*i>siiiii. "Thanks," said the tregedian, "man*? ii.o..L-^ r-..- ......... - i j iiiMiinn i\/? J WUI ^WUU WJMIilVMI. I I always study from nature, sir. In ! iny acting you see reflected Nature horsoll." "Try this cigar," said an admirer of nature, reverently. "Now. where did you study that expression of intense surprise that you assume in the second act?" "From nature, sir, from nature. To secure that expression I asked an intimate friend to lend me $5. lie refused. This caused me no surprise. 1 tried several more. "Finally 1 asked one who was willing to oblige me, and as lie handed me the note I studied in a glass the expression of my own face. I saw there surprise, but it was not what t wanted. Itwasalloyed with suspicion that the note might be a bad one. I was in despair." "Well?" said the other breathlessly. "Then an idea struck me. T resolved upon a desperate course. I returned the S"? note to my friend the next day, and on his astonished countenance ( saw the expression of which L was in search."?New York Herald. "* True In Ills CutiiVii. A few years ago an Irishman, fresh from the "ould sod," secured a position as porter, messenger and manof-all-work in a New York store. It happened to be the last day of the month, and the merchant was making out his statements. "Here, Fat." ho said at noon, "go out and post these bills. Where? Oh yes; I forgot that you were still a little green. There's a mail hox 011 the telegraph pole at the corner. Fost the hills there." Fat soon returned and laid the hills on the merchant's desk. "t)i mav be. 11 little irrnno vet snr " lie said, with a running leer, "hut, he the sivin slupers, Oi'in not postin' thim hills wid u big Oirish perliceman watehin' the box." "Not posting them? Why not? What about the polieeman?" asked the astonished merchant. "That's all right, hut ybz'll not he foolin' me if ()i am grane,' Pat replied, with the same cunning leer. "Share, didn't Oi see the sign on the pole over the hox?'Post no hills under piuulty av the law?' "?Harper'b Bazar. Skyscraper* u* MKMIIIiik Itoil*. Liightnpig is not dangerous to the steel skeleton building. The entire skeleton, in fact, is u lightning rod of the most efficient type. It is closely riveted together, forming a continuous rod. The steel columns extend through the basement to u broad steel foundation, helow the basement floor, nud arc usually in a damp soil. The iron water pipes in the building, too, uro connected with the iron street pipes ; of the city water supply, which form a very effective ground connection. The 1 same is true of the gas pipes. ?CY.xsier's Magazine. reed* Four People Well lor m War, I A contributor to the Lakies' Home Journal by publishing a copy of his household accounts shows that it is possible for a family of four persons to live on $'200 per year. The family comprises hushuud, wife uml two children 11:1c mill three voijvh ?hl? i and the agregatc cost of the edibles consumed for the entire year is$lM.82. 1 Of course, stri<? economy is neces- | sary, but the writer avers that he and his family live substantially und well, < and out of his salary of 9 100as teacher lie is able to put S200 per year out at interest. ! V V The Cau* mf DyiytptU. from the Itrpubhcan, Scr anion, fenna. T^e primary cause of dyspepsia is lack of ritality; tU?> absence of nerve force; tbe loss af the life-sustaining elements of the blood. So organ can properly perform its funcion when the source of nutriment fails. When the stomach is robbed of tbenourlshnent demanded by nature, assimilation leasee, unnatural gases are generated; the ?ntlre system responds to the discord. A practical illustration of the symptoms \ud torture of dyspepsia is furnished by the case of Joseph T. Yaudyke, 440 Hickory St.. Ucranton, Tn. In tolling his storv. llr. Vandvke savsr "Five years ago t was afflicted with a trouble of tbe stomach, wblch was very nggra vatlag. I had no appetite, XyTT^Vi. ould not enjoy myself at uny time, and especiallyw4Y\Logj;\ was the trouble sovero\ wbon I awoke in the morn- %5Kri\ \ iMg. I did not know wlint the ailment was, but It be- I V amo steadily worse and I I |< was in constant misery. I , />' . ( "I called in rtiy family 1 If physician, and ho ding'- j IV nosed the case us catarrh J. I i?f the stomach. Ho prencribed for me und I had ? Ills prescript ion filled. I Jn Mitury. look nearly all of tho medicine, but still fhotroublo became worse, and 1}felt that my condition was hopeless. I tried several remedies recommended by my friends but without benefit. After I liadjboen suffering leverai months, Thomas Campbell, also a resident of this city, urgod me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Tills for Palo People. "Ho finally pcrsundod mo to buy a box ind r began to uso tho pills according to lirectlons. l'.efore I had taken the second pox I begun to frol relieved, and after takng a few more boxes. I considered myself restored to health. Tho pills gave me new lfc, strength, ambition nud happiness." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure dyspepsia >v restoring to tho blood the requisite conitituonts of life, by roucwing tho norvo 'orco aud enabling the stomach to prouipty and properly assimilate tho food. 'These |iills are a speelllo for all diseases having their origination in impoverished blood or ilisordorod nerves. They contain every Rleiuoat roquisite to general nutrition, to restore strength to tho weak, good health | to the ailing. Rctlui'cil Kates in 31tty. The Seaboard Air Line announces the fol lowing reduced rates for special occasions to tuke place in Muy: Hnltimore. Md.: Qundrennini Conference of the M. K. Church, South, ltnto of ouu j one fare for the round trip, tickets on sale May 2ud-4th, with final limit May :ilst. New Orleans, l.a.: National Order of Klks. Hate of one faro for the round trip, tickets on rale May Tth-'.Uh, with filial limit of fifteen days. General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the U. N. Iinte of <>ne fare for tho round trip, tickets on sale May 17tii-l'.HIi, with Haul limit of Juno 1th. Norfolk. Va.: Southern llsptist aud Auxil uiry lajuvcniions. Jtute ?>r one Tare for tli? round trip, tickets on sale May 2d-(Jth, with llnai limit of llftceu days. Charlotte. N. (\: Twentieth of May celebration of the Mebklcnburg Declaration <>f Independeuce. Hate of one fare for the round trip, tickets on sale May IGth-l'.ith, and one cent per mile travelled from points within a radius of two hundred miles, tickets on sale IHtli-r.nl). with Anal limit May 23d, lb-union Confederate Voteraus. it ate of one coot per mile travelled, tickets on sale May ISth-l'Jth with dual limit May 23d. For full information in regard to these rates call on or address any agent of the Sealioaro Air Line or write to T. J. ANDKltsoN. ( en. Pass. Agent, Portsmouth, Vs. A (iooil Dictionary For Two Cent*. A dictionary containing 10,000 of the ni >st useful words in the Knglish language, is published by tlie I>r. Williams Medicine Co.. Hehcnoctady, \. Y. While it contains aomo advertising, it is a complete dictionary. concise and correct. In compiling this book care bas been taken to omil none of those common words whose spelling or exact use occasions at tiau-s a momentary difilculty, even to well educated people. The main aim has been to give as much useful information as possible in a limited space. To thoso who already have a dictionary, this book will commend itself because it is coin pact, light and convenient; to those who have no dictionary whatever, it will be iuvnlanbie. One may be secured bv writing to theabove concern, mentioning this paper, uud enclosing u two-cent stamp. Value of Sliitu Milk. When a set of farmers <l<> not know that good skim milk at !-< per 100 pounds is a bargain, what me.sj lie the real state of dairy Intelligence among them? These fanners have boon sneering at "Itook farming" for years; lliey have been calling the institute workers "theorists," and every effort on the part of experiment stations, dairy p.i pors and ali other agencies has been ill row n away in striving to make them see good, clean iigrieultural truth. Their estimate of the value of the skim inilk is a key to their sound practical knowledge of the dairy business in general.?Hoard's 1 fairy man. In a recent article of uncommon merit, a writer says: "The curse of America is the wanton abuse of honorable men in high places. We are m i* in* our iicsh citizens oui or out* tiervice. Tlu> hardened politicians only will 1h? Left to conduct our affairs. Already the men of culture, refinement and delicate sensibility turn their back on public employment. It is unfair, sinful, suicidal." Tills witness is true. Wo know many men of uncommon Rifts who hesitate to accept j fcbllc preferment, because it involves the possibility of beitiR blackguarded as If t.liey were bo many pick-pockets. PILES "I suffered (he (ortu re* of the damned with protruding plies brought on by constipation with which 1 was a filleted for twenty years. i ran across your C'ASCARKTS in the town of Nawell. Ia.. and never found anything to equal them. To-day I am entirely free from piles and feel like a new man " C. U. Kbit/.. 1411 Jones St.. Sioux City. Ia. yktt candy m 1 m cathartic MASK gss^ Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. I)o tJood Never Micken. Wcnken. or Gripe. 10c,26c. Wc ... CURE CON8TIPATION. ... iMrllaf !(. ..<; Cuapiar, (kltit*. trail. > ? fork. 312 Off) TA BAP Hold and guaranteed by all drurHU" I U'DAU Kists to (TRK Tobacco llabtl. pHARLOTTE COMMERCIAL m: UOLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C. <v Vacations Positions Guaranteed?Catalogue Krco M SAW MILLS. It you need a saw mill, any size, writs me before buying elsewhere. I have tbe most complete Hue ot mills of any dealer or manufacturer in the South. CORN MILLS. Very highest grade Stones, at unusually low prices. WOOD WORKING MACHINERY, Planers. Moulders, Kdger*, Re-Saws, Hand Saws, Laths, etc. ENGINES AND BOILERS, Tnlbott and Liddell. Kngleberg Rice Hulier, in stock, quick delivery, low prices. V. C. BADHAM, No. 132ft Main St., Columbia, S. C. W U flfODDO A lln ii. ii. uiuuuo a uv., COLUMBIA, S. C? State Agents fur I.iddcjl Co., Charlotte, S. C, "'^MACHINERY IMPROVED SYSTEM GINNERIES N SPECIALTY. Engines, Hollers, Saw, Grist and Cane Mills, Gins. Presses. Threshing Machines, Mowers, Hakes, Bolting. Packing, Etc. W rite us for I'rlees. We can Interest You. ~ ALABAMA XADIES" Brave as I.ions. /r-c*vf7*>P&^v Jenifer, Ala., writes: My Husband wan ^0/gKffi5*5252/ cured of Hllloasncna moiiH Liver Bledl?3t B cine, which I hftvo ? . W used 1(1 veers. Have \ / tried l*ot!i Zellln'minct V J "Black Draught," and A i think the M. A. ft /mh Sii:itin>na Mcdiojr.o i so far Superior that north throo or four of cither tlio other kiuda. Insufficient Menstruation la sometimes caused by non-development of the parts, soiuetimcu'by olmtructiono in month of vagina, and sometimes by connti?ated bowels,but nsnnlly results from adoilitated conditionof the system, which prevents nature from overcoming any unusual exposure, mich tin fright. orgottinKfocl. wet. I?r. Simmon* Squnw Vino V/ino builds up tlio svBtem and cures the disorder, whllo Dr. M. A. Simmon* I.Ivor Modlolnn enrea the constipation, indigostiou, losoofnppctlto, pains in hack, hips, hcud and litnba, which are usually present. ShrllmftH {In writ AO* * havotlBcd I?r. M. A. HiniMS 1 moiis Livrr Modleluo 15 _ years. It cured mo of Torw< i>l<l T.Ivor, IndigentIon, K[ ?%\ NcrvouniKM nml HlecpIcmdcm. It curod my T dOStim Wife of p. Femulo Comk ?V> Plaint. My tv.-o Aunts ! IiAvo licen gnntly bene^v1 nTt'lltod by It In their old org, Pfca llftTO used "Mack Draught" .*J but think Dr. M. A. S. L. i ai. far cn pert or ttr it. Skin and Eyea Yellow. This disorder lindsitsdircc.tcr.unoin some derangement in tlio liver and lt:i cloocly allied glands. Tbo bilo, instead of pausing out through ttio bowels, hno been olictrnctea, and liruling no outlet through it j usual ckun" ncls, lias accumulated ami been taken up by the absorbents and distributed over the Byntem, poisoning the blood and disturbing all tho functions of the bodv. In tbo treatment of this disease, Dr. M. A. Simmons I.Ivor Mod let no should ho taken night nn<| morning until the complexion becomes cloar. Spurn Frauds that eonrt yon Tor your money. Tho initr.tionn that try to ? ':o the ?laco of tho Original Dr. M. A. Simmons iver Modicino, w.'iilo by interested dealers eold as " tlie same," ara advertised as "not . tho Fame." and yon mny bo courted and doeeive;! for yonr money at tho cspcaso of your health, lioiraro.' Cotton, like every other crop, needs j nourishment. A fertilizer containing nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and not less than 3% of actual Potash, will increase the crop and improve the land. Our books tell all about the subject. Tlicjr ire free to any farmer. GERMAN KAt.i WORKS. 93 Naiuu St., New York. Augunta. (i?. Artoal badness. Kt trit & book*. Short um. Chaap ootid Send lor oaiataamt ADIIIUM0RPHINE habits 9 I r 11 II1V1 treated on n guitranton. No 9 IB I VIII pnv till cured. Address B.II. VEAL. Mgr.. 1.1th la Spring Opium Curs Co., Ixk-U Hoi 3. Au atoll, (1*. 8 N. U. No. 11!.?flrf. 1 ~ 1 1 urium^ Men and women wanted TO Tit AVKf, for old eatatdished house. Pormanon' position. <?o t?r pmntli ana all o*psnsoa. p.v/zil.t.i.nit H CO.. '-AS lA>niHt wt.l'hUa.. SERB IT IS. Waat to learn all sl>out a as Horse? Haw to fiok Out a /? (hod One? Know Imperfor^^S. ""V^ tlonsand so Ouard against \ 1'raud? Detect Dtaeaaaand yfV1" "Tf \ r.Cact a Cure w>cn s-.aie t? f \ I \ tir.ssihle? Toll ths Ae? lor * V i \ tlio Toelh? \v hat to call the Different Part* of the Ar.ltr.al? How t-? Shoo a Horse Properly! All tbla ami other Valuable Information can lie obtained be reading our lOO-PAUK IMXHTUATKI* liOlt*R HOOK, which we will forward, poet? l*iJ,on receipt of only 23 rrnta lu atutup*. BOOK PUB. HOUSE, 131 I.n*arJ til., N. V. Clip. / |