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Affected by Surprise.

A very large man, desperate fellow
who had often boasted that he could not
be whipped, became involved in a quar-
rel with small man. Well, after the
fight was over friend of the desperate
man said:
"Why, Abe, he tore you all to pieces. :"
"Yas."
chopped up the township with you"
"That's whut."
"Bit of one of your ears"
"That's whut he DONE"
Ruined your clothes"
"Yas."
"Pulled one of your eyes out"
"B'l'eve he did,"
"Knocked out couple of teeth"
Reckon you're right"
"He don't weigh 100 pounds, either"
"Don't b'l'eve he does"
"I suppose you hate to be whipped?'
ooh, no, Billy, I don't mind bein'
whipped, ken stand to lose my ears an
teeth, but thar's one thing about the
affair that makes me mad"
whats that, Abe?"
"Why the surprise O. the thing. l
reckon hate 'stonishment wus than any
man in the world. Why / thought l
could whale that fel!er with one hand,
but I was never more astonished in my
life. Why, the way that fool feller fit
shocked me-'stonished me, I tell you.
Oh, no, I dor't mind the whippin,' but
Billy, why didn't he do it gracefully so I
wouldn't NV been so s'prised ? don't
like that feller."-Arkansas TaIellcr.
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Tile Opium and Choral Habit.

It's quite common to read in the papers
of the day small advertisements headed
"The Opium Habit Cured". To persons
who have never used opium and who
know very little about it, these little no.
tices furnish very little interest. They
eithe suppose that the opium habit is
something like the habit of using tobacco,
or suppose nothing at all about it. Be-
fore we enter further into this subject we
will give some idea of the opium habit
and what these so.called cures are capa-
BILE of doing. Some years ago a young
man of this city became victim of the
opium habit. lie was warned by his
physician that it would kill him, and he
made several efforts to give it up. The
unfortunate victim had become slave of
the drug and SO completely in its power
that he could not discontinue its use
without artificial aid. He purchased o
bottle of "opium cure" and after taking
some of it called on his physician and
said: Lam all right now; l have new
medicine which answers my purpose ex,
actly." The physician, noticing the
dilated condition of the pupils ofhis eyes,
warned him that the new medicine con-
taiued belladonna, drug as dangerous
as opium. A few weeks passed, when
on one Sunday morning the man rushed
into the physicians Office with his eyes
almost bursting from their sockets and
his parched and swollen tongut protruding
from his mouth and fell on the sofa. 1t
took two physicians several hours to save
his life So much for the opium cures.
It is difficult for persons who have never
used these drugs to understand why peo-
pic will commence or continue anything
that endapgers life. They produce
steady, agreeable and permanent glow of
physical and intellectual pleasure which
lasts for nearly fifteen hours. Unlike
spirituous liquors, if taken in proper
quantities they do not disorder the men,
tai faculties, hnt introduce order, harmo,
ny and pleasurablc serenity among them.
The person under the influence of them
is for the time being in m enchanted
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ATLANTA (GA,) DOTS.
Something about the Ups and
Downs of her inhabitants.
Miss DunaWaY Alive.

Atlanta papers are giving the public
some curious and wonderful cases that
are quite interesting. 1t seems young
lady of Atlanta had been reported as
dead, but it came to the ears of Constt.
tuition reporter that she was still alive,
and being on the alert for news, called at
her residence to learn all the facts. Miss
Dunaway, who had been pronounced
dead, said:
"For four years, rheumatism and neu.
ralgia have resisted physicians and all
other treatment. My muscles seemed to
dry up, my flesh shrank away, my joints
were swollen, painful and large, lost my
appetite, was reduced to GO pounds in
weight, and for months was expected to
die. I commenced the use of B. B. B.,
and the action of one-half bottle con.
vinced my friends that it would cure me-.
Its effect YVES like magic. 1t gave me an
appetite-gave me strength, relieved all
my pains and aches, added flesh to my
bones, and when five bottles had been
used, I bad gained so pounds of flesh,
and am to-day sound and we'll"
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Mr. T. p. Davis. of West End.

What Mr.. J. P. Davis, of West End,
said II have only a few words to say,
WHICH are to state that | have been con-
fined to my bed for two months with
what was called Nervous Rheumatism, or
Sciatica. i was only enabled to Eobble
about occasionally by the use of crutches,
and in this condition l commenced the
use of B. B. B., four bottles of which
enabled me to discard the use of my
crutches ard attend to business. had
previously used ali we'll recommended
medicines without relief. 1t has been
over one year since using B. B. B., and l
consider myself permanently cured"
Mr.. r. p. Dodge, Yardmastcr Ga. Il. II.
makes statement: "My wife has been
great sufferer from catarrh. Several
physicians and various patent medicines
we're resorEed to, yet the disease contin-
ued unabared, nothing appearing to make
any impression upon it, Her conssltu-
tion finally became implicated, the poi
son being in her blood. secured a
bottle of E. B. B. and placed her upon its
useJ duu W Oul oul Pilo0 buO Anl PiofoAA4eHo
began at once, and her recovery was
rapid and complete. No other prepara.
tion ever produced such wonderful
change, and for all forms of Blood Dis.
ease cheerfully recommend B. B. B. as
q superior Blood Purifier"
MIR. James L. Bosworth Buttonholed.
eyes," said Mr.. James L. Bosworth, an
old Albanian, ''it was twelve years ago
when 1 contracted terrible case of blood
poisoning. I had no appetite, did not
sleep well at night, my digestion was i'm.
paired, my throat was cauterized tive
times, and in fact 1 was total wreck. !
had been under the treatment of several
of the lending physicians of Atlanta; ;
tried nearly every blood remedy adver.
tised went to Hot Springs, where | re-
mained several months, receiving no ben.
eft whatever. A truly wonderful blood
remedy was recommended, known as B:
B. B. used it, and, sir, S bottles cured
me, and 1 really believe it to be the
grandest and quickest blood remedy ever
known"
Send to Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga,
for their Book of Wonders, free.
FOR SALE BY HILL BROS,
Anderson. S. G.
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Bucklen,s Arnaca Salye.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
tiuely cures Piles, or no pay required.
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac.
ton, or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale by Hill Bros, Ander-
son. s. G.
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CROW CREEK.

CROW CREEK, S. G.
D. T. EACOT 6 CO.-Dear Sirs: am
thousand times obliged to you for what
your Bacot's Best Liver Pills have done for
me- have been sufferer for forty years
with liver complaint Never q year since
that time but what I have had spell du-
ring the simmer which disabled me from
work until this summer. After taking
several boxes of your Pills, I have been
enjoying better health than for forty years
before. REV. I. NJ. JOHNSON.
Bacot's Best Liver Pills for sale by all
druggists and dealers in drugs. Call for
free samples at HILL BROS. Drug Store:
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mer is scarce of house room, the hay may
be nicely saved in stacks in the field
around poles only protect the bottom
from dampness and sharpen the top to
turn the water.
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Ine SecOnC turning 0uI WAS uuI4uS tue
administration of Mr.. Richard Murphy
this happened some years afterwards.
Among the actors were several persons
who are now we'll known planters in this
vicinity. The boys we're determined to
be on hand this time. Instead Of watt
ing until morning several of them went
to the school house and stayed through
the night. One who had been out hunt
ing that afternoon brought his rifle along
with him. They built good fire in the
fire place and whiled away the hou4. of
night as best they could. Mr.. Murphy,
the schoolnaster, also determined to be
on hand 80 with friend he made his
appearance an hour or two before sun
rise. He saw at once that the boys had
taken possession of the citadel, and now
the problem was how to GUST them. It
was still dark and the two conspiritors
conceived of plan which they proceed
ed to put into operation. They first pro-
cured pumpkin, scooped out the inside,
then cut into it most hideous face, put
candle inside, then one of them cover,
ing himself up as best he could, placed
the frightful looking object on his head
and marched toward the school house
under the impression that the boys would
take the thing for "haunt" and thereby
take to their heels, thus leaving the way
clear for the invaders to take possession.
The boys saw the would'be haunt ap-
preaching and did feel some tremors of
fear coming over them. They had no
idea of retreating, however, without
making some effort to hc'a their own, so
he who had tho rifle drew bead on the
"haunt," fired, and sending a bullet
through it Immediately put stop to all
further approach from that direction.
Every effort of the teacher to get in was
frustrated. At last the friend who was
with him put on the teachers hat and
coat, got upon his horse and made as il
he were riding away. The boys think
ing he had given up the contest ran out.
Mr.. Murphy seized the opportunity, alyly,
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BRIDE BURIED, GROOM DEAD.
Thompson Expires at Midnight
in the Hospital.
His Motive for the Crime Not Dis.
closed.

A despatch from New York says: In her
fathers little house ON Forty.flft street, on
the morning Of the 18th, Rev, Dr. Joseph
L der, who, two weeks ago, married Gene
We've Kahler, the beautiful shop girl
to William b. Thompson, read over the
same girl the burial service. The same
white robes graced her form at her funeral
that ha decked it at her wedding. In the
crowd, which the three policemen with din
Guilty kept IN order in and around the house,
there was no relatives, near friends or
other representative Of the husband On the
lid of the red cedar caskct were strewn a
generous abundance OF rare flowers, and
wreath of roses and lilies rested on her
bosom. All had been sent by friends. The
clergyman's service was very affect ng, as
was also his prayer in which he referred to
Thompson as one whom due repentance
might yet lead to meet his bride oncJ more.
After the services the casket was removed by
undertaker's assistants, there being no pail
bearers. 1t was followed by her father and
mother, her brother and sister aud IN st in
innate friends, Mrs. Pratt and Mr.. Pratt
This little party alone accompa lied the
hearse to the Evergreen cemetery.
At the hospital Thompson was slowly sink
ing through tie day, and at midnight he ex-
pired, refusing 10 the last to tell why he killed
his wife. His father and two brothers we're
with him most of the time. His relatives, if
that he committed his terrible crime because
he bad no money and was afraid to let his
wife know it is still the only one that has any
reasonable sort Of support The official in
quiry in the case will DO begun by the coroner
in a few DAYS
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FiSHERlESI IN THE SENATE.
What Senators Dawes and Hoar Hnv
to say on the Subject.

What Senators Dawes and Hoar Have
to Say on the Subject.
Mr.. Dawes presented in the senate on
Wednesday, 10th inst, resolutions of the
Massachusetts, legislature relating, he
said, to the recent uujustifable
proceedings of the government OF the
Dominion OF Canada with regard
to our fishing vessels" and they were
referred to the committee on commerce. Mr..
Hoar remarked that there was very natu-
raj feeling Of uneasiness on the part OF the
fishermen Of Massachusetts, over the present
conduct of the Dominion government. Mr..
Hoar was sure however, that the committee
on foreign relations of the Senate was fully
alive and alert in regard to the necessity of
pres rving tho honor and dignity of the
United States and the right and interests of
its citizens. There was no class of our citi-
zens whose wrongs would excite in the Senate
more instant sympathy and desire for redress
THAI would those of the American sailors.
Mr.. Hoar was sure that, unier the lead of
the junior senator from Maine Mr. Frye,
who, he supposed, knew as much about
this subject as any man in tho United
States, aud that everything that legislation
could accomplish would be done to maintain
the position OF the United States in this
controversy. Mr.. Hoar wished, however, to
add that, in his judgment, it would be
the legislation already adopted the amend
ment to the shipping bilD, and to put it in
the power of the President, when commercial
privileges were denied to United States
yes els in foreign ports, toretalate, not merely
by denying like commercial privileges, but
authorizing the President, in his discretion
to deny all commercial privileges in United
Safes ports to vessels Of the power so deny
lug, or to vessels of any province, colony or
daSnopianpv of S,,ph This
ton, Mr.. Hoar said was embraced in the bill
introduced somewhere" by his colleague of
the cape district of Massachusetts," and me.
his Mr.. Hoar's) hearty approval
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The Poisonous Scorpion Of Mexico.

At recent meeting of the Academy
of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, DR..
Leidy read q communication from DR.. V.
Gonzalez, giving an account of the scor-
pions of Durango, Mexico, and the dead
ly effects of their sting. They are found
everywhere in the city, and every effort
has been made to exterminate them, but
without effect. A reward of a cent and
q half for males, and double that amount
for females, is paid by the authorities,
and the records indicate that some years
over one hundred thousand are captured
and destroyed. The sting, especially in
the case of children, is invariably fatal;
the victim, if under two or three years
of age, dying in few hours, and some
times in few minutes, in strong general
commissions. No antidote for the poison
has yet been discovered, and the assist
ancc of DR.. Leidy is asked by the writer
in his endeavor to determine some sue
cessful mode of treatment. 1t was sug-
gested by Messrs. Horn, Heilprin, and
Leidy that the Mexican scorpion must
differ from the species found in Florida
and California, as the sting of the latter
is not usually graver than that of a
wasp.
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Balloons as all adjunct Of warfare are
attracting much attention in European
military circles, and their possible value
in time of peace is not entirely over
looked. An English writer remarks that
the recent successful attempts at balloon.
Storage in France have led many
thoughtful persons to believe the day not
to be far distant when we shall see bal
looms plying in well-paying passenger
traffic between England and the CONT
nent Another writer adds that such a
result would be no more wonderful in its
way than the discovery and development
Of the telephone, which, though scarcely
decade old, is already so familiar to us
that it no longer seems strange.
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)" The Lion Throne.

Few of our contemporaries made any
special reference to the throne upon
which her Majesty was seated at the
opening of the Colonial exhibition. As
matter of fact, it was none other than
the royal seat of the Lion of Punjaub,
Run jeet Singh himself, the chief of the
trophies sent home from Lahore after
the glorious campaign on the Five Riv.
ers. That some of the morning papers
spoke of it as a chair may be due to the
fact that cushioned lining, specially
nodded upon one of the royal chairs at
Buckingham Palace, had been fitted
into the famous throne. 1t was a curl.
GUS coincidence that at almost the same
moment the so called "heir" to the Sikh
sovereignty should have been soliciting
the sympathy Of his compatriots in the
Pun jaub, while here in London the EN-.
press of India should have been seated
upon the veritabe lion throne of that
once potent nation, Jamess Ga.ett
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Fashion Notes.

Lace dresses are more flowing than for
mcrly.
Beige and corde-de-l a-reine are CON-
bined for girls wear.
Yellow and black on high walking hats
is favorite combination.
A bouquet of carnations is one of the
most stylish hat garnitures.
Chalh, etamine, foulard and India silk
are used for girls nice dresses.
Tucks or folds on an under dress are
very stylish in any heavy goods.
Shot silk in light shades is used in
combination with light summer woolens.
Drapcd polonaises and overdresscs,
| with basque bodiccs, are in equal favor.
Wells of colored Grape accompany the
SHRED Grape bonnets so stylish this sea-
son.
Plain skirts without cores, some being
made with deep plaits at the side, arc
worn.
Watcrcd ribbons are used very eifec-
lively in trimming light weight cos.
tunes.
A large gray parasol is a very stylish
affair this season. A huge bow ornaments
the top.
Egyptian and oriental lace are used
for founces over colored and white
dresses.
Wide sashes of surah are very stylish
with street costumes rs we'll as those for
the house.
Embroidered Grape, gauze and muslin
are shown in most elaborate designs and
beautiful coloring.
White canvas cloth combined with
black velvet makes very stylish cos
tune for the seashore.
Coarse meshed nets have large or
small polka dots. They are to be found
IN all the fashionable colors. They are
made up over silk.
Scrges for children arc made with
blouse bodices and box-plaitcd skirts.
These frocks are useful for seaside wear,
and arc made with square collar and
cuffs of striped flannel.
A velvet sunshade is not only senseless
but it is very heavy, and when it is
adorned by bouquet of artificial flow
ers on the handle, it is worse.
Some of the new woollen laces are OF
very fine quality and are quite glossy.
Lace for millinery purposes is often
edged with wire SO fine that it cannot be
detected. This wire prevents lace from
becoming limp and clinging, and en-.
ablcs lace bonnets to preserve their pris.
tine freshness.
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Forestry and Cyclones.

The only means of which we can con-
ceive within human power for the pre-
vention, or at best the rendering less fire.
quent, of cyclones, is in the covering of
the face of the country as much as pos
sible with trees and verdure. Let there
be ascending moisture instead of ascend
ing currents Of heated air. In the great
timbered valleys of the Amazon cyclones
are unknown, yet when we look at the
formation of the land it is probably one
of the most monotonously level regions
on the face of the earth. In the vast
area drained by the Amazon in its trib-
utaries might be packed the whole United
States and not one of its boundaries
would anywhere be touched. Seen from
any of the eastern spires of the Andes,
this whole region is sea of verdure.
The boundless and unbroken forest give
it the appearance of an illimitable mead
ow. From the grassy steppes of Venzu-
ella to the treeless pampas of Buenos
Ayres expands this sea of verdure. In
it we might at almost any point draw
a circle of eleven hundred miles in diam
eter, within which all would be an I'M
broken evergreen forest. And so matted,
corded and festooned with vines are all
the trees of this forest, and such is the
exuberance Of the underground, that a
"macheta," must be used with which to
hew way into the wall of vegetation
the moment the voyager on one of these
put foot ashore from his canoe.
Such is the steaming moisture within
these great forests that salt soon becomes
brine, the best refined sugar becomes
syrup, epson salts and many other kinds
OF medicines deliquesce, and the best
gunpowder becomes liquid in few days.
even when enclosed in canister.
Take away the forests and verdure,
and leave this region vast desert plain,
and it would no doubt at once become a
very playground of cyclones. Salt Lake
Tribune.
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Captain John Miller, of Jimtown,
Chickasaw Nation, was recently on trial
at Fort Smith, Ark, charged with muir
der. This was not novel experience to
Captain John, for, says the St. Louis
Globe Democrat, he has, according to his
own account, killed thirty men during
his life, not counting those lie may have
slain in the war. Though often tried for
murder, he always escaped conviction,
and in this last case was released on the
ground that the court had no jurisdic-
ton in the case. Captain Miller was
born in Choctaw county, Miss, in 1916,
and is now seventy years of ago, though
no one would take him for more than
fifty.
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POOR DEBTORS SIGH IN VAIN.

Imperfection in the New York Bill--
Test Case to BE Tried.
A squad of unfortunate prisoners for debt,
who have been confined in Ludlow street
Jail in New York, one for six years and
others for nearly as long, expected
to be released at once under law
passed by the last Legislature, which
abolishes Imprisonment for debt and declares
that, within five days after its signature by
the Governor, all such prisoners shall be set
free. Imperfections in the construction of
the bill, however, making its exact scope
uncertain, caused the sheriff to determine
to await action by the courts before he made
any releases under it, and the poor debtors
sighed in vain Tor their expected breaths of
free, pure air. Counsel for Augustus r
Mcdonald, who has lain in Jail for six years
becau.e he was unable to pay a judgment for
$55, 900, sued out a writ OF habeas corpus, and
the sheriff will have to show cause under it
why Mcdonald should not be released. A
decision in his favor will cause genel al jail
delivery for the debtors
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The previous chamber consisted of 4s on each

The previous chamber consisted of 43 on each
side.
Appalling mortality Is reported among the
British troops stationed at Assouon. One
hundred and six men of the Dorset Regiment
have died within the past two months, "
500 invalids on their way to Cyprus, 10
dropp d dead from heat on Sunday last
Tho Greenland seal fisheries have been an
entire failure
II the French senate passes the expulsion
bill, NJ Waddington will resign the From h
ambassadorshi at London, and other French
ambassadors will do likewise,
Prince Victor NAPOLEON met with n bad
accident in Paris recently while driving in
tho Bots do Boulogne,
Adyices from Calcutta report tho death OF
the Maharajah of Indore,
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The devices for attracting ana pleasing
customers in New York stores arc various
and ingenious. In one store buffet has
been opened for free lunching. A neat
maid serves out tiny sandwiches, cakes
and coffee. She is an expert, however,
and puts the dainties where they will do
the most good to her employers. She
discriminates between little and big
buyers intuitive,y; she soon spots those
who bring their empty stoma his too often
to be filled. and especially is she kind to
the children of liberal purchasers. For
these youngsters she has special supply
of pastry, and with them she opens the
hearts and purses of the fond mothers.
Probably this luncheon counter does
not cost more than $25 a day, and in.
fuences more than enough business to
pay for itself