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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1893. VOL. LVIII. NO. 18. BLOODY JAfflE FA?! i. Joseph Pet?la aid His Twi Sois and Mr. T?omas Boiler Encase in aLivtyDoel. M?Y BE TWO DEATHS, ft Elder Fettfioln's Qtesdies Perforate!" au Will Pertyjolui SbctiB tne Begloi if tie Align. ? FUSILADE OF SHOTS. One of the Most Prolonged and Sensational Personal Encoun ters in Recent Annals of the Two States, Oc curs in Ham hurt:. Augusta Chronicle. Yesterday afternoon between the hoars of 2 and 3 a bloody encoun ter occurred over in Hambarg, in which three well known parties In Augusta were wounded, one proba bly fatally, and the other two very painfully. It amounted to a regular pitched battle and round after round was exchanged on both sides, and the firing only ceased when the am munition gave out. The participants in this minia ture battle were Messrs. Joseph Pettyjohn, William P. Pettyjohn, and Joseph Pettyjohn, Jr., a father and two BOOB on one Bide, and Mr. Tom Butler on the other. THE WOUNDED. Mr. Joseph Pettyjohn is now lying in his room at the Arlington Hotel fatally wounded, having re ceived three wounds, one in the right foot, which is more painful than serious, another on the left Bide of the head, just above the ear, whioh is Riirmlv a ?'gUnna wound, only breaming me sam, and a third in the abdomen a little above the right hip. The wound in the abdomen is the only serious one that he re ceived and the physicians are ex tremely apprehensive that it may prove fatal, as quite a number of shot entered and they were afraid to probe the wound on account of j Mr. Pettyjohn being in such a . weakened condition. Will Pettyjohn was very badly shot, receiving five wounds in all, but none of them necessarily of a fatal nature. Two were on. the right arm, one above the elbow, and another about the wrist, the third was on the right leg, a little above the knee, the fourth and fifth were flesh wounds, just below the abdomen, and of a most pain ful nature. Mr. Tom Butler was badly pep pered about the face, neck, and chest, and his right hand was fear fully mangled, some seven or eight balls having lodged in it. The wounds in the face, neck, and chest were merely flesh wounds, and it will simply be a matter of a few days when they will have healed. Several of the balla were extracted, but there remains quite a number whict will be removed when the wound? fester. After counting them all it wai found that Mr. Butler had receivec twenty-four shot in hie face, hand neck, and chest. The shot were a size larger thai the ordinary bird shot, and cans a very painful wound. HOW IT HAPPENED. It seems that Mr. Pettyjohn, hi two sons, and Mrs. Pettyjohn wei driving toward Augusta after paj ing a visit to their farm, a shoi distance fi om North Augusta, an just as they crossed under th Richmond and Danville railroa trestle on the main street in Han burg they saw Mr. Butler, who w? Bitting in a chair in front of M William Sh i nal l's saloon, with h: double barrel shot gun leaning u against the side of the house. Mr. Butler about that time recoj nized the Pettyjohn party and g< up and reached for his gun. I the mean time Mr. Pettyjohn ac Mrs. Pettyjohn and the two bo^ jumped out of the buggy. Mr. Pettyjohn thinking th: trouble was going to ensue led tl horse down into an open lot out the range pf the bullets. Butler then fired the first eh at Mr Pettyjohn, which waa tl signal for the fusilade to coi menee, and it did commence dead earnest, for all four of thi i parties started to firing as rapidly as they possibly could. . Butler jumped behind a larg? U tree which stands just in front o: the saloon ; Will Pettyjohn protec ted himself behind the pillars oJ the trestle ; young Joe Pettyjohr who is not more than fifteen yean old, with gun in hand stood arounc ? the corner of an old house about thirty or forty yards from Butlei 1 and Mr. Pettyjohn siood in the middle of the road. THICK AND FAST A Each one of the Pettyjohn party , had a double barrelled gun and a pistol apiece and Butler had a gun I of the same kind and a self-acting rovolver of the latest make. It was claimed bv a number who witnessed the fight that Mrs. Pettyjohn also used a pistol, but this has been positively and stoutly denied. Just as Mr. Pettyjohn out jumped of the drag Mrs. Pettyjohn was heard to tell her husband and sons to stand their ground or words to that effect. After the first round was fired it was hard to tell how may shots were fired afterward as all hands loaded their weapons and fired as rapidly as possible from their re spective positions. . During the first round Will Pettyjohn was shot in the arm and during the second in ihe region of the abdomen and it was then that Mr. Pettyjohn was wonded in in the foot. After about fifteen shots had been fired Butler's amunition was exhauted and he was forced to beat a retreat into the saloon where he again loaded his gun. Mr. Pettyjohn followed him into the bar and just as he got into the room they both fired simultaneous ly, being only about five feet apart. Mr. Pettyjohn received the whole contents of Butler's gun in his ab domen which jerked him around and caused him to discharge his gun upward: the shot striking the ceiling. Butler while loading his gun again stepped back into a passage way which led out into the yard and partially closed the door be hind him. They both fired in this position,. ^riT^&?&a stfr?inm in ?he hall or passage way. Butler's gun was discharged up ward and the shot grazed the side of his opponents head, causing a flesh wound. The door swung to just as Mr. Pettyjohn fired and the contents of his gun passed through it and struck Mr. Butler ir. the face, neck, and chest. About this time Mr. William Shinall was able to get a hold on Mr. Pettyjohn and pushing him out into the street he called to Will who was advancing not to shoot again, but to get the drag ready and take his father to town as he was very badly shot. A PLUCKY DRIVE. The ?rag was brought up and Mr. Pettyjohn and Will, although both badly wounded, got io and the party drove to AuguE.ta. Mr. Pettyjohn doing tho driving. Both Mr. Pettyjohn and Will were very weak from loss of blood and when they drove up to the hotel they both had to be assisted to their rooms. Young Joe Pettyjohn was the only one of the four men who es caped without a wound. Drs. Wright and Ford were at once called in and immediately set to work dressing the many wounds of the two Pettyjohn'!, which occupied considerable time, as several of them were very se rious ones and had to be handled very skillfully. Mr. Butler after the shooting re mained around the scene for somt little time and then drove to nit home on the top of Schultz Hill where his wounds were dressed. MR. PETTYJOHN TALKS. Just after Mr. Pettyjohn arriv?e at the hotel a Chronicle reporte: called at his room in the hotel an< was admitted, and had a short tall with him before he became so weal be was unable to converse. Mr. Pettyjohn said that a shor time ago he and Mr. Butler had : few words over the hiring of on of his hands, who works on hi farm and that Mr. Butler hai insinuated that he was a liar, an that he did not wish to have an; trouble with Butler, so he simpl; called an officer and requested tba he arrest him ; the police refuse to arrest Butler and then the separated, mutually agreeing n. 11 speak or have any thing to do wit each other. Early, this morning, he san some one telephoned him froi Hamburg that Butler had "pounc ed" twenty-eight of his cows an that he would have to pay for fhei if he wanted to get them, for the had gotten into Butler's oat pate and damaged his crop. Mr. Pettyjohn stated that he fe that Butler had simply taken h cows up because he disliked hi] and that he determined that 1 would get them out, by force necessary, without having to pi anything, aB he thought it was scheme to extort money from hil He stated .that he and his tv CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE. THE BATTLE CEY "RAISE MORE HOGS" T( FEED MORE NIGGERS, To Make More Cotton to Buj More Hogs, Etc. American Farmer. The high price of pork Wi! lead a good many farmers to keei a larger stock of pigs than thej have usually done. . Probably few if any, of these men expect thai the present rates will be perma nent, but they all hope that they can get their own stock to markei before there is any material fal] in prices. As far as prices are concerned poik is subject to the same general law as all other articles of com merce. Very high prices will lead to increased production, and this will inevitably be followed by a decline in pricee. It often occurs that the decline goes as far below the normal rate as the advance had gone beyond it. Pork can be produced so quickly, and in such enormous quantities, that there will always be a liability, of sharp fluctuations in prices. Not only this, but changes of this kind may be, and they often are, brought about very quickly. It will be wise for all who are engaged in the business of pork production to keep these facts in mind. On general principles it may be considered best for the farmer to select some common course of ac tion and follow it without refer ence to any ordinary fluctuations in prices. And in practice it is found that this is the wisest method which can be pursued. The men who are constantly changing their crops, or their classes of stock, in order to produce those which com mand the highest prices usually make their changes too late to be j|%3&^fi^^ nf qninr. down with its ebb. While they are ' constantly changing their crops and their methods, and are as steadily .failing to obtain the rewards for which they hoped, the men who have made a wise selec tion of crops and stock with refer ence to their soil, climate and sur roundings and who go on year after year producing these crops and keeping these classes of animals, are fairly paid for their time and toil. It is true that the latter class of farmers have to sell their pro ducts for low prices when these prevail, but this disadvantage is fully offset by the benefit which they receive when high prices rule. From the very nature of the case it is not possible that all our farmers can get rich by keeping pigs. If present prices could be maintained money could be made rapidly in this direction. But a large increase in production, which is sure to come, will certainly be followed by a fall in prices. Still, a moderate increase in the numbei of pigs will be wise and profitable The things to be avoided are a mac rush into the business of pori production by those who have hac experience in this line, and th< entering upon it on a large scal< by men who have neither a knowl edge of the business nor facilitiei for its management. ELLIOT. ' Erie Co., Ntw York. WATER FOR SWINE. In arranging to secure the bes growth and thrift with pigs ai abundant supply of pure, fresl water should not be over-lookec No matter what kind of a ratio: is supplied the hog needs a goo drink of water several times a da if he thrives best. The best wate in nearly all cases is that which i supplied from living wells, supplie in clean troughs regularly ever day. If the water is supplied i this way there is less risk of dil eases than in any other way. Wit running streams there is alwaj the risk of disease being carrie from one farm to another, whi] to compel them to take what : needed from stagnant ponds ca hardly be considered healthy. The troughs should be arrange where they can help themselve and not be able to get in them ar lay down, something they a almost certain to do unless tl troughs are properly arranged, ar then see that they have water re ularly and in abundance. N. J. SHEPHERD. Eldon, Mo. . SHE WAS A WIDOW )|SHE HAD BEEN A W1D0\I FOR THIRTEEN YEARS. f I Slie Didn't Get a Ticket for Hali Price, But She Got In. New York Sun. I j It was at a circus in a North ) Carolina town. The performance had begun when a little old woman wearing a poke bonnet, white cot II ton gloves, and a blue calico dress stepped up to the ticket wagon, laid down 25 cents and held out her hand for a ticket. "Fifty cents, ma'am," said the wagon man. ? "I'm a widder," she replied. "Can't help that." "Bin a widder fur thirteen years." "Yes, but the price of a ticket is 50 cents." ' "Buried two ohildren sense I was a widder." "That makes no difference." She picked up her 25 cents and took a walk around and stopped at the wagon again to hand it up and say : "Gimme a ticket to the show." 'Fifty cents, ma'am," replied the man. "But I'm a widder." "You told me that before, but ! we make no discount to widows." They never pass the contri'bu shun box to me in church 'cause I'm a widder. Bin a widder fur thirteen years." '.W ell, you couldn't buy a ticket for 25 cents if you had been a j widow for thirty year;;," ue said asi he turned away. She picked up her two bits and travelled around the circus tent and stopped at the wagon for the third time. "Ticket fur a widder." she said as she handed up her 25 cents. "Look here, ma'am!" shouted the price wm ou~cencB, anu: mail you couldn't buy a ticket for less?" [ "Bin a widder fur thirteen years," she calmly replied. "I don't care if you have been I a widow from the cradle up ! Don't j bother me any more !" She took her money and went went off in the direction of the side show, where the fat boy was on exhibition, and I entered the circus tent. I had not been seated over five minutes when something from beneath the seats pulled at my leg and a voice whispered : "Stranger, hitch along to the left and give a widder a show !" I not only hitched, but assisted the little old woman in the poke bonnet to climb up beside me. Wheu she had got her breath, I asked : "Did the man sell you a ticket for two bits?" "No. He got no compassion on widders." "Then how did you get in?" "Same as I always do. Bin a widder fur thirteen year?, and I've crawled under the canvas twelve seasons. Do yo un feel like buyin' a lone widder a glass of that air lemonade?" It ie generally reported that Sen ator Butler and Governor Tillman will make a race for the Senate. The Legislature elected in 1894, will select Senator Butler's suc cessor. It is said that the canvass will be a hand-to-hand fight. This can be brought abbut only in twc ways, so far as we/ can see. First let there be an agreement to have a State primary and let tho ma jority of votes decide the matter That would leaye the candidate for the General Assembly to run on general principles. That would ;lso have the appearance of ruling out a third candidate. The mem bers of the Legislature who are entrusted witH the business ol selecting a suitable man for thal office would hive no voice in the matter except to confirm the vote of the people] The other piar would be for tjvo sets of candidate! to run for the/ General Assembly: one, the Buller candidates; the other, the Tillman men. Thal would not be a fair test for half ol the Senators hold over and one o: them might be far Butler, whei the county vas fori Tillman. Ther that plan narrows the choice dowi I to two men, both pf whom migh be objectionable to mauy hones voters. Take it anyway you please the condition is o?#a healthy one I-Spartanburg Spirtan. Buy your Straw Hats-cheap thi ! season-from J. M.,ibbb. I' I " = m THE VEEGE OP DEATH, il TOM CAT AGAINST A RATTLESNAKE. I I _ Thirteen Rattles and a Sutton-A ? Life Saved by a Tom Cat. ''Yes, sir ; it saved my life, and A [tor's wealth could not purchase it j I fould part with everything I p< saess first and starve afterward. jjThe speaker was a young car penter of this city, the unpurchas "it" an ordinary looking cjat, with three dark lateral stripes extending from shoulder lank on both of its sides, and person addressed, the writer, w|o confesses to having made a ale but wicked attempt to con 't the priceless tabby into a tburg steak with his bootjack the night previous, says the San Francisco Examiner. -I'You see," continued the laker, picking the cat up in his is and stroking its fur with his h?hd, while the mouser began to puj and rubbed its whiskers against its owners arms, "less than six months ago it saved me from a horrible death. You want tojkn?whow it happened? 'Twas thii i way: I was building houses foj^he Indian Department on the Crpw Reservation in MontanB." fl was working convenient to th?jBigHom River, and had to sleep in an old 'shack' built on tba outskirts of a little eopse, in wljich there was a dense under growth of willow, rosebush and tiwi, currants, which the Indians sai? contained swarms of rattle snakes. Until then I had not seen an| reptiles, but I had heard the noise of their rattle many a time. I Had a half breed Indian helping mtf who owned the cat. One aftei nojn last July he went to the river tatet-a drink. IfftYO n j un; wnw i*--u ? Minutes after came running to me squeezing the thumb of his right hand, while his copper colored features had assumed a cadaverous hue, He had been bitten by a rattlesnake. I tied a handkerchief around his arm, while an old Indian sucked the wound. Despite the primitive remedies of the medicine man' and the medical aid of the doctor from the agency, who was sent for, the man died the next day, suffering intense agony., "After the funeral the Indians set fir? to the copse, and, forming a circle around it, they killed a number of snakes that were at tempting to escape from the fire. That night I was thinking over the fate of my late companion be fore going to sleep, while the cat purred plesantly upon my shoulder. I had about another week's work to do there and I fervently wished myself through with the job. I went to sleep consoling myself with the thought that all of the snakes in the neighborhood had been ax terminated. "Being very tired I slept until late the next day and when I opened my eyes the sight that met my gaze almost paralyzed me with terror. Coiled on my bosom its head erect and ready to strike, and its large eyes scentillating whith rage, was a large rattlesnake I was too horrified to move, and to add to my dread I could hear the rattle of another reptile under my bed. I do not know the exact time I had been watching that SDake after I awoke. It might have been 15 seconds but it seemed to me a lifetime. "The first thing I kenw I saw the cat's paw descend upon the fnake's head like a stroke of light ning, and the next moment the squirming, slimy thing was flung upon the floor. With a bound I jumped up in the bed and grasping a heavy stick that stood convenient I smashed the rbptile's head into a pulp. The other snake then showell fight, but it was dispatched as quickly as its mate.Af ter making Bure that there waa no snake in the hut I picked up the cat and to my joy found it unharmed. "I measured the reptile from which the cat so timely rescued me, and found it to be 3 feet 6 inches long,having 167 scuta on the body and its tail had 13 rattles. The other snake was not so large. The tire in the copse had driven the reptiles into the shack, and were it not for the cat I weuld have met the fate of the half breed Indian. No, sir; money cannot buy this cat." LAW OF THE DISPENSARY. RULES AND REGULATIONS BY THE STATE BOARD. How, When, and Where You Gan Indulge. 1. County dispensaries will be open for the sale of liquors at 7 A. M. o'clock from April 1 to October 1, and close at 6 P. M. The rest of the year the hours will be from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. In cases of illness only sale, may be made at night, 2. No loafing will be allowed around a county dispensary. 3. When the applicant for the purchase of liquor is unable to write he or she can make a cross mark and the same attested by the county dispenser will be received as if made in accordance with the Act. Applications must not be filled for one person oftener than once a day. 4. Applications can be filled on written orders made in good faith when the name of the applicant is authorized to be singed by the county dispenser and persons known to said dispenser or his identity is established to his satisfaction. 5. County dispensers can carry on their legitimate business in connection with the sale of liquors in the same store by paying a proportionate share of the rent but this does not affect the time of closing as fixed in rule one. All liquors must be sold for cash and money deposited in bank each night. 6. A member of the county board of control must be present when a shipment to an}' county dispensary is onpend to certify to any breakage of bottles in transit, else no claim ofthat kind will be allowed by the State commissioner. -7. ft 11-nnplrngpH pnntm'njncr must be opened carefully, vso as to be returned to the State com missioner without' injury, and the same must be shipped back at once. Any loss or damage will be charged to the county dispenser. 8. Any liquor not in stock in the county dispensary will be purchased by the State commissioner on application through couuty dispenser or fur nished from Columbia. 9. If county board of control or county dispenser, suspects any one of infringing the law, a State constable will be detailed at once to investigate and make arrests, upon application to the Governor. The same will be done when notice comes to the Governor from any reliable citizen. 10. Prices of the various brands of liquors on sale will be kept posted in a conspicuous place in each county dispensary. Any deviation from these prices, if reported, will cause dismissal of ceunty dispenser. 11. Dipensaries will not be es tablished at mora than one place in a county until after and by its permission. 12. The quarterly expense account of each county dispen sary must be approved by each county board and submitted to the State board for endorsement before it is paid by the county treasurer. County dispensers are required to conduct their business with the same economy as similar stores are run under private onwership. They will be allowed assistance only when the mag nitude of the business warrants it, and the State board will issue the permit to employ the clerk upon a proper showing. 13. Alcohol, will be kept in stock at Columbia, or ordered from the distillery by the State commissioner, when the order comes though the county dispenser for barrel packages. 14. In counties where no dis pensaries are or can be established the county board of control can receive no compensation. Their appointment is for for the purpose of soliciting their aid in enfor cing the law. 15. Any rules in addition to those formulated by a county board, will be submitted to the State board for approval before they are enforced. 16. County dispensers may provide refrigerators and ice with which to cool beer. The State board will contract for same and then it can be ordered direct. B. R. Tillman, Governor, D. ft. Townsend At. General. W. ?I. Ellerby Comp. Gen. State Board of Control. THE LAW OF THE PLAINS. RIFLE, PISTOL, OR KNIFE. THESE THREE, NO MORE. A Fair light-The Way They Do ia Texas. New York Sun. The outfit of twelve wagons had stopped at a point on the Rio Pecos river about seven miles above the town of Anton Chico. We had supper and were smoking our pipes, and it was between sunset and dark when a young fellow about 20 years old came riding up from the direction of the Comanche coun try. He was dressed like a cow boy, and what few words he spoke were in good English. He rode up to a campfire around which five or six of us were sitting, and after a "Good evening" to all dismounted and let his gaze wander about. Teamster No. 5 was a Mexican half-breed known as Big Pete. He gave a start of surprise as the stranger rode up, and I heard him cursing and muttering to himself. By and by the boy fixed his gaze on Pete and kept it there for along half minute. There was a sort of smile on his face which made one think of the look of a wolf who had pursued a victim for hours and hours and was finally near enough to seize it. "Rifle, pistol, or knife?" he ask ed of Pete in a low, even voice. The big fellow looked around uneasily. He was no coward, as we all knew, but the sudden ap pearance of the boy had rattled him for, a moment. A full moon was coming up, and there would be light enough for firearms. He was a good shot, but that long, sharp knife was his favorite wea pon. Besides he was a giant com pared to that slender but active looking youth. "This knife, and I will give you Tgw"".- - ? - .- . r-1-? u.. j. "Very well. Just as you please !" quietly replied the young man as he unbridled his horse and sent him away. Not a word was spoken by any of the rest of us. We all rose up, but made no other move. Not a question was asked of either man. It was the law of the plains. One man had the right to demand sat isfaction of another by rifle, re volver, or knife. As to the cause of tho quarrel, why should we ask or care? Pete removed his belt and jacket and sombrero, and tied a handkerchief around his head. The stranger removed the belt in which he carried a couple of re volvers, threw aside his sombrero, and walked off to a distance of fifty feet. Pete followed. Every man in camp formed a circle about the pair. The moon made every thing as plain as daylight. The horses and mules were all to the right of us. So far as all could see, every one stopped feeding and gazed steadfastly at the circle. . "Ready!" It was the stranger who called out, and at the word both moved into the centre of the ring and menaced each other. A fight to the death with knives is a horrible thing to look at, and yet there is a magnetism about it which forces you to stand and look till the end comes. Boxers move about-feint, advance, retreat, rush at each other, and grapple. So it is with men who fight with knives. Back and forth across the circle, round and round it, their knives now and then clashing together, and it was ten long minutes before blood was drawn. With the first drop came death. No man called out. No man in the circle moved out of his tracks. Some of tho horses came nearer and whinnied softly, as if asking what it was all about, but this we remembered afterward. Big Pete was working to make his great strength bring him an advantage. If he could seize that boy's right arm with his left hand and hold it. for five seconds the duel would be ended. Thrice he attempted it and thrice he failed. Suddenly the boy found the opening he had been seeking. So swiftly that none of us could follow him he sprang forward under the uplifted right arm, there was the flash of a knife, and Big Pete uttered a groan and sank down. "You are witnesses that it was a fair fight," said the stranger as he stood over Pete and looked around the circle. It was fair, but no man answer ed. He called his horse by a low whistle, slipped on the bridle, and half a minute later was cantering away to the east. Big Pete had wronged him. The law of the land plains had avenged him. A grave beside the Pecos-a guess or two as to the stranger's identity-that was all. LYNCHED WITH GLEE. HIS BODY WAS SLASHED WITH POCKET KNIVES Then Dragged Down the Streets and Around the Court House. DETROIT, Mich., May 24.-A special dispatch from Corunna, Mich., to the Tribune says: William Sullivan, the farm hand who so brutally murdered his em ployer, Layton Leetcb, and murderously assaulted the latter's wife, paid the penalty of his crime last night. He was taken from pail and lynched at 9:40 o'clock p. m. The mob consisted of over eight hundred men who shouted^ them selves hoarse as the body dangled at the end of the rope. Just be fore he was taken from the cell Sullivan attempted to commit V suicide with a knife which he had in some manner concealed about his person. By iteans ct sledges the jail was soon broken open by the mob and a noose placed around his neck when the crowd dragged ?him through the jail corridors to the big jail yard and to alow marshy sq%re ground about 500 feet in the rear of the jail building under an oak. The men fought, struggled and cursed for the privilege of helping to tug at the rope, which was' thrown over a limb and with a sudden jerk Sullivan, who had been lying motionless and ap parently unconscious on the ground was raised to a sitting posture. Another pull and his headjand shoulders were visible above the black mass of those that ' surrounded the spot.' A terrible scene followed. The body was pushed from hand to ' hand: Several drew pocket knives . shreds of his shirt remained hanging to his shoulders. , When the body was lowered, to the ground portions of the mob which had been unable to get close enough to take aband in the actual hanging, seized upon the rope, and dragged the lifeless body through the mire. After ward the crowd dragged him about the streets and around the court house square. $40 Found. MR. EDITOR: California is a lovely country, the sick ^et well, the poor get rich, cyclones and frosts are practic ally unknown. A hundred to three hundred dollars per acre is made each year on fruits with irrigation. The Cali fornia Land and Water Exchange, of Deyton, 0., control large quan tities of land in California which they plant, cultivate, pay taxes for ten years, paying you $40 per acre as your part of the profit, they keeping the balance for the care and cultivation. They give n acre of land away with each four certificates. All they ask you to do is to pay for the irrigation, which can be done in small pay ments each month. They will send you the names of ninety per sons who last year received from $25 to $500 on year's investment. President Harrison says, "Half of the good things of California have not been told." The Hon. Jeremiah Riisk says, "Truly Cali fornia is a poor man's paradise." To five-acre holders the California Land and Water Exchange, of Dayton, 0., give a free return ticket to view the property. Why should any due be poor when such a chance remains open and do not have to do any labor or work, to get the profits and do not have to leave home. Write them to-day and get full particulars. A CALIFORNIAN. If you desire a beatiful com- ' plexion, absolutely free from pimples and blotches, purify your blood by the use of Ayer's Sar saparilla. Remove the cause of these disfigurements and the skin will take care of itself. Be sure you get Ayer's Sarsaparilla. The original of H. Rider Hag gard's terrible and ageless beauty, "She who must be obeyed," is, or rather was, tho first wife of the English novelist, who was divorced from him, and is now living with her third husband on the Pacific coast. She was a Miss Carroll of Baltimore.