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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1893. _ - r-? ----- 4> VOL. LVIII. NO. 39. A WARM WAR OF WORDS, TILLMAN AND BUTLER USE SOME STRONG LANGUAGE. Tillmanites ; Attempt to Howl Down the General-Cal. Caughman Attempts to Draw His Pis tol on Tillman, Augusta Chronicle. SPARTANBURG, S. C., July 81.- j Governor Tillman and Senator I Butler had an exciting personal altercation in a Pullman car on the way from Union here to-night. It ended in smoke, but for a time trouble was looked for. Boiled down, the matter was that General Butler was offended at what Gov ernor Tillman said of him to-day and wont into the car. He told Governor Tillman that he had de liberately perpetrated a fraud and & lie and that he desired personal satisfaction, and in the future would take it. Governor Tillman told him that he was old and in firm and one-legged and he would not fight him. General Butler told him not to mind his infirmities but when he wanted to fight to sav so. Governor Tillman told Gen eral Butler that his blackguards are in full swing these days, and that he (Butler) had helped to re peal the dueling law, which pre vented a gentleman from getting satisfaction. General Butler an swered that this didn't matter and charged Governor Tillman with having put hoodlums on to him to howl him down. Governor Till man denied this. There was considerable excite ment in the car. Cal Caughman cursed Tillman and started td draw a pistol, but was hustled out. Governor .Tillman, in opening "bis speech, referred to the prema turely published report of a por tion of a speech which Senator Butler was to have delivered at Laurens. Governor Tillman took these things up and said he was tired of these insinuations of Butler's and wouldn't stand them. They indi cated that he was either a fool or dishonest. He declared that Gen eral Butler is allowing his mouth to be used as a sewer pipe through which other people discharge their filth at him. General Butler got figures from members of the whis key trust or from some one else who didn't know what they were talking about. When General Butler got up to speak there seemed to be an ex pectancy for something either in explanation or otherwise. General Butler said he had appeared in. campaigns since 1870, except for the last two campaigns when for some reason he was not asked. He had tried to conduct the campaign on a high plane and according to parliamentary rules without any provocation. Some of the crowd began to cheer for Tillman. General Butler went on to say that some philoso pher had said when a man got mad he was a fool, and that to day's t?xhibition was no exception to i he rule. "Governor Tillman has seen flt to go out his way to make some flings at me." Then turning to Governor Tillman and around to the crowd that was still hurrahing, General Butler, who was getting redder in the face, said: "I want to notify him and you that in future I do not intend to wash our dirty linen in public. If he or you have any personal griev ance against me there is another way to settle it. He knows where to find me and that he can get all the satisfaction he wants. I let such things pass by as idle words. But I want lo say that its always the hit dog that hollers." This seemed to get th? boys hol lering and hurrahing again in great shape, and they kept it up for some time. General Butler went on to ex plain how matters had been pre maturely published in the News and Courier; that he hada copy with him at Laurens and gave the correspondent and that he mad? copies for him and other pers and marked it to the N and Courier, and that for si reason he could not use it, 1 notwithstanding the corresponc had telegraphed about it, the n ter was used. "Yet Governor Tillman gets and talks about my mouth beii: sewer. God save thu sewer pi if his mouth is not worse than i E know of." This was the occasion for other outbreak of applause Tillman, and a lot for Butle: counteract it. This about star the row. Going on General But 3aid : "I waut to say this. The figu [ gav? in that article I seem from competent authority, andi ;he whiskey trust, but Tillm loes not answer the directquesti< Are the figures correct?' W loes he not answer the facts a 3gures?" Governor Tillman : "I've airea lone so once. I said they we lot. true." The hurrahing and feeling we jetting worse. INSINUATES DISHONESTY. "The point is," continued Buth 'whether the figures are corre< md I want to say I got them fro i reliable source. Talk about n lot paying my honest debts. If lad the dispensary at my bae vith its hundreds of thousands i lullars in it, I would perhaps 1 ible to easily pay everything, au naybe feather my pockets." Great hurrahs for Tillman an ome for Butler. "The fact," continued Gener. Sutler, "that a mau is a poor ma light not to lay him liable to an reputations. Anybody who say don't pay my honest debts tells alsehood. That I am a poor ma s not my fault, but Tillman talk ike a rich man. All I have don s my duty to myself and to m ?ountry." The hurrahing kept up for some ime and at thft first lull Genera SiHler said, "He'll need all th lurrahiug he can get." (An ex-soldier: "You led m ?nee, and he is leading me righ IOW." (Referring to Tillman. At the first break General Butle aid : "I understand that this is a pu ip job to howl me down. But yoi :an't do it. ('Rah after 'rah fo Tillman.) If you want anythini rou can get it. I'll take you black ,'uards one at a time and give yoi ill you want." That was a little too severe fo: lome. Down through the crowe lame I. M. Mobley, tearing fo: ?en. Butler, but he stopped befon ie got where there was any trouble .'t didn't please General Butler The hurrahers got mad. "He's charged us with beinf lacked," they cried, and all sorti >f things. Men came crowding ui owards the stand. The yelling cept up. The men knocked up ignin8t each other and talked anc lurrahed. The little fence around he stand was broken down. The ;rowd trampled on the territory ol :he reporters. "He's an honest man and we von't let him be denounced," some me cried. "By God, don't let him call UE ;hieves," came the response. Governor Tillman got up and isked that General Butler be given in audience. General Butler asked aim to sit down. Chairman A. C. Lyles, who tried his beet to keep things quiet, got up and said: "I im surprised at you." Dr. Munro came up and said Sen. Butler would have to speak. QUIETING DOWN. Well, things went on in a jarring, excited way. No ene knew how things would end, but luckily they simmered down. When General Butler managed to be heard, he said : "I have said nothing but what I intend to stand by. I was invited here to speak, and I do not intend to be intimidated and howled down, and I'll get down when I've spoken. Why, there are not men enough here to suppress my free speech." "Don't abuse us," cried some one. "I have not abused anyone ex cept a few out. there who tried to howl me down. I never would do such a thing. I see men out there who were with me in. far more dan gerous places-" "I'd stand with you now if you were on the right side," said the same old soldier. "No you wont. That'B not what you are here for. I am afraid some of you are nQt liberal enough to hear me and give ian his free speech. I thought the men of Union were remarkable for their courtesy and chivalry, and I be lieve the most of them are. I sat there and listened to all he had to Bay to me, but when I get up to talk about him his henchmen at tempt to howl me down." (Hur rahs for Tillman and Butler.) T. K. Palmer : "Did you call this crowd a lot of thieves?" "No, I certainly did not." Palmer : "Then I apologize." Some thought that this would precipitate another riot, but luckily that war cloud passed by without trouble. Gen. Butler then went on without much interruption. "I want to say this to you and to some of you who stood by me when it took brave men to do so. I intend to speak if I have to stay here un til sundown." He then went on to say that in 1876 he took his life in his own hands to redeem the State, and he thought then that the State would at least have free speech, but it seems that to some few men this is not permitted. That will never win. It won't work here or any where else. It will bring untold woes if persisted in. J. VV. G. Another Account. CHARLESTON, S. C., July 31. When the senatorial candidates left the stand they were in a bad humor. Gen. Butler dined at the railway station house and Gov. j Tillman went to Judge Townsend's. Gen. Butler announced that he in- 1 tended to see Gov. Tillman about 1 the matter. They did not meet j again until after the train foi j Spartanburg had started. Gov. ' Tillman had gone into the Pullman and was sitting with Mr. Stanyam 1 Wilson. Gen. Butler took his seat in the first class coach and soon after the train started began to ] look for Gov. Tillman. The news- < paper men had an idea of what 1 was up and were all close behind J him. After them came Gen. Rich bourg, Mr. Ellorbe, Col. John Gary Watts, Mr. Yeldell and Cal. Caugh- 1 man and Gen. Butler's brother. That was the regular contingent. After going through the regular train the party went in the Pull man. There, on the front seat, sat Gov. Tillman and Mr. Wilson in a conversation. Gen. Butler address ed Gov. Tillman and asked him whether he did not know that the article about the dispensary had ; been prematurely published in the ' News and Courier through acci dent. Gov. Tillman remained seated and replied that he "under- : stood" from Mr. Kohn (corres pondent for the News and Courier) something about the matter. Gen. Butler insisted if he did not know it was an accident. Gov. Tillman replied that if he had been in Gen. Butler's place he would have made ' a personal explanation as he came up on the train with him from Co lumbia; he had no right, he said, to look to Mr. Kohn for any ex planation. Gen. Butler insisted and called for a more specific state ment. They split words for a minute. Gen. Butler called on the correspondent to explain what he had told Gov. Tillman about the matter. The reporter said that Gov. Till man had rung him up on the tele phone and asked him what the dispensary publication meant, as it was not delivered. He explained that copies had neen given out and that he had telegraphed the News and Courier that the matter should not be published as it was not de livered at Laurens. This seemed to leave the matter with Gen. But ler and Gov. Tillman. Gov. Till man held that the matter should have been explained to him by Gen. Butler and that the News and Courier was no friend of his. After humming and hawing the flood broke loose, when Gen. Butler said : "All that has nothing to do with it and I want to say that you per petrated a deliberate fraud. I have come to tell you that these mat ters must be settled personally, and I'll meet you anywhere." Gov.Tillman: "I did not know if you were responsible or not." Gen. Butler: "You know it per , fectly well, and you perpetrated a deliberate fraud, and you ought to have come to me. I denounce what you have done as a deliberate fraud, and you know where to fifrd me." H Gov.Tillman: "I know."... DAMNED FRAUD AND LIE. . jV Gen. Butler: "You know.-.yoj put those hoodlums up to howliag at me, and you know that you pej? petrated a damned fraud and a|Ke when you did so." Cal. Caughmau interjected: "Yes, he is a lie, G-d d-n him," and with this made a move pfc wards his hip pocket. He was talkative, and was crowded to oiixs Bide in the commotion. Gov. Till man at this juncture arose ac| looked right at Gen. Butler. Tl* silence lasted fora moment or tw< Gov. Tillman said: "Now, Gez Butler, you are old, and one-le ged" Gen. Butler: "And you're on eyed." Gov. Tillman : "That don't hu my physics\ power. You know I' not afraid of you." A passenger came up and ask? if they had political meetingB the Pullman cars in South Caro^ lina. Gen. Butler went .on: "I don3! ?uppose you are ; but you can find-j me at any time." Gen. Butler made some refer-3' mee to blackguards howling him iown. Gov. Tillman promptly replied, making his finger in Gen. Boiler's .ace: "Yes, blackguards have full sway in this State now, and you ire one of those who helped to 3nact the anti-dueling law about 3fteen years ago, and a gentleman ian no longer obtain satisfaction tor an insult. I'm not afraid." Gen. Butler: "That don't make' my difference. I'll meet you any where and in any way." Cal. Caughman was taken in nand by Couductor Dawkins and \lr. Ellerbe and moved along! That was the beginning of the.end. The two principals kept up a fire Por a minute or two when Gen. Butler said: "Damn it, I do not intend to ?tand, any mora insults about-my. sot paying my debts," and said ivhen Gov. Tillman had anything to say he knew where to find him md said that Tillman made refer m?e to his debts, and said he tvould say that he heard that Till man paid $16,000 mortgages. Gov. Tillman : "Why don't you jay that on the stand?" Gen. Butler : "Because I did not moose to." Gov. Tillman : "You know it is Qot so. It's a lie." Gen. Butler : "I just want to re peat to you not to presume on my age or my infirmities, and to tell you that I will meet you at any place or at any time." Gov. Tillman : "I'm simply de fending myself. You've been mak ing insinuations in the papers, and I'm tired of your attacks." Gen. Butler : "I want you to un derstand my position. I have not insinuated anything. Why don't you deny what I have charged and not go into personalities. When you want to fight, daran it, say so." Gov. Tillman : "I don't want to fight you." Gen. Butler: "Well, refrain from making any personal remarks about me." Gov. Tillman: "You have no right to make any insinuations as to my public life. You can't sepa rate my public record from my public character for honesty." Gen. Butler: "I don't made any insinuations. There is no use talk ing any more. When you have anything to say, come to me first." Gen. Butler referred to the howl ing down. Gov. Tillman : "You know I had no more to do with that than you did." Gen. Butler : "I want it under stood that I'm going to have my free speech if I have to fight for it. But don't put these G-d d-d hoodlums on me." Gen. Butler and Gov. Tillman kept up their fire for a few minutes longer Butler repeated that h? did not want his one leg consider ed, and that he did not want any innocent people brought into any trouble. Gov. Tillman said he had no right to make his insinuations. By this time Conductor Dawkins had worked his way back inlo the car and peremptorily ordered the discussion to stop. He appealed to the participants to be quiet as he would lose his job if he per mitted such things in his car. It would delight you to view and review the beautiful lines of harness which Ramsey & Bland, received this week. Magnificent is the word. THREE EEAMBLE STOEIES With a Point to Each and Humor to All. This tale is told in the East : A lady one day found a man follow ing her and ehe ask him why he did so. His reply was : "You are very beautiful, and I am in love with you." "Oh! you think me beautiful, do you? There is my sister over there ; you will find har mnch more beautiful than I am. Go and make love to her." On hearing this the man went to see the sister, but found she was very ugly ; so he came back iu an angry mood, arid asked tho lady why she had told him a falsehood. She then answered : "Why did you tell me a falsehood.', The man was sur prised at this accussation, and asked when he had done so.' Her answer was: "You said you loved me. If that had been true, you would not have gone to make love to another woman." ONE or BARNUM'S BEST. Years ago, when Tom Thumb was Barnum's only attraction, he went to Saratoga and attempted to give an entertainment. The village fathers, however, scared him away by the price. of their liceuse, and he went to Ballston, the next town, and advertised the performance. A special train was run from Sara toga and a great manv went down on it; When the curtain went up Barnum came out and made a little speech. "Ladies and gentlemen," he began, "it was my first inten tion to give this entertainment in Saratoga, but I ' soon discovered that there were some men in that place so much smaller than my fa mous Tom Thumb that it would be useless t:> attempt competition ?rith them." THE SALAD OF MATRIMONY. A learned English Judge asked i woman to marry him, because she, knowing his weakness, had mixed a salad so artistically that he declared he could not live with? rn** ^itv-oating>^aD^thj8x.^JEha^u4ga ( 30on repented his folly. The lady hada foolish nature and a temper which so tormented her husband that he would prolong the sessions of his court far into the night. ''Gentlemen," he was accustomed to say, when counsel or jury mur mured at the lateness of the hour. uas we must be somewhere, we can not be better anywhere than we are here." To the Reformers of Edgefield County. The following address issued by authority of the State Reform Ex ecutive Committee exolains itself : To the Reform Votes of South Car olina: The State Reform Executive Committee met in tho city of Co lumbia on the 10th day of July, 1894 in obedience to the call of the chairman, all counties being re presented except the counties of Lexington and Beafort. It was found necessary to chan ge the date of the club meetings and county and State conventions, ane also to make other changes and requrements, all of which will ap pear in the resolutions incorporar en herein, and;'stand in lieu of the resolutions as adopted by the com mittee on the 4th day of April 1894. The following are the resolu tions: 1. That a convention for the sug gestion of candidates far Governor, and Lieutenant Governor bo held in Columbio, S. C., on the 16th day of August, 1894, at 12 o'clock m. 2. That said convention be com posed of delegates 'elected by con ventions to be held in each countv on Munday, the 13th day of August 1894, each county to be entitled to double as many delegates as it has representatives in both houses of the General Assembly. 3. That county conventions aforesaid be composed of delegates elected by various Reform clubs in the county, each club to send one delegate at large and one delegate for every tweuty-five members or majorty fraction thereof. In those counties where there are no distinct Reform clubs the Reform members of each club shall be cal led by the executiqe Reform com mitteeman to meet at the usual place of meeting and elect del egates as aforesaid to the county convention : Provided, "That in the cities of Charleston and Columbia the number of Reform clubs and polling precincts shall be left to the discrtion of the committeeman of said counties. For the purpose of said election the clubs afore said shall be called to meet on the Ilth day of August, 1S94. At such meeting no member shall partici pate except such as voted for the Reform delegates ij the August primary of 1892, and all others who will pledge themselves to abide by and support the ticket suggested by the State Reform con vention of 1894. 4. That all Reform caudidates for State offices including Railroad Commissioners shall publicly an nounce their candidacy and shall file with the chairman of the State Reform committee a pledge to abide by and to support the nomi nees of said convention. That said pledge phall be filed as aforesaid on or before the 25th dav of July, 1894. No vote for any candidate shall ?be counted in the State convention who has not complied with the fore going requirment. 5. That the Reformers attending the various club meetings called by the committee on the 11th day of August. 1894, be requested to ex press^their chioce by ballot for Gov-, ernorand Lieutenant Governor of this State, and that the chairman of the delegation of the club to the county convention be required to make return of said choice to the county convention to be held on 13th day of August, 1894. 6. That in holding the elections in each Reform clubs provided for to take placo on the 11th of August, 1894, each club is to provide man agers for holding said election. The committee adopted the fol lowing resolution : Resolved, that this committee suggest to the county Keforra con ventions to beheld on the 13th day of Angust, 1894, when they elect : delegates to the State convention, ? to also instruct said delegates whether or not to vote for the nominating of a full set of State officers including the office of Rail road Commissioners. This committee take pleasure in ? commending to the consideration ? the people of the State the address issued bp the special committee on the 4th of April, 1894. J. THOMAS AUSTIN, J. M. GLEDN, I J. R. EARLE, H. A. DEAL, J. C. OTTS, LOUIS APPELT, In accordance with above the Reformers of Edgelleld county are * called to meet at their respective club precincts on Saturday, Aug. 11th, and the County Convention is called to meet on Monday, Aug. 13th, at ll o'clock A. M. . J. M. GAINES, ] . j Committeeman. 1 An Emperor's Handwriting. [ Memoirs- Baron de Men? val. *? Napoleon's writing wasja-coilec-,. .ftg'- * . . .. "?. ti?n'of"Tefters unconnected with' ; each other, and unreadable. Half the letters to each word were want ing. He could not read his own writing again, or would not take the trouble to do so. If he was asked for some explanation, he would take his draft and tear it up, or throw it into the fire, and dic tate it over again-the same ideas, it is true, but couched in different language and different style. Al though he could detect faults in the spelling of others, his own or thography left much to be desired. It was negligence which had be come a habit : he did not want to break or tangle the thread of his thoughts by paying attention to the details of spelling. Napoleon also used to make mis takes in figures, absolute and posi tive as arithmetic has to be. He could have worked out the most complicated mathematical prob lem, and yet he could rarely total up a sum correctly. It is fair to add that these errors were not al ways made without intention. For example, in calculating the num ber of men who were to make up his battallions, regiments, or divi sions, he nlways used to increase the sum total. One can hardly be lieve that in doing so he wanted to deceive himself, but he often thought it useful to exaggerate the strength of his armies. It was no use pointing out any mistake of this kind, he refused to admit it, and obstinately maintained his volun tary arithmetical error. Thc True Man. If you want a true man, don't look for him on the crest of the wave of success, but in the trough of the sea as he fights back the blinding sprang. If you want a true man, pass the flower-bordered walks of ease and look for him who picks his way with bleeding feet over the cruel stones that lie along the up ward path. If you want a true man, look not when the sunshines fair, but watch for his face in the blinding flash out of the dark night. If you want a true man, look for him who stoops under his heavy load to lighten the burden of the weakling. If you want a true man, look for him whose faith in his God and his fellow man has not l:een allow ed to be smothered by disappoint ment, but burns brighter and brighter as he nears his Joughome. An elegant line of furniture al ays on hand and for sale at bottom figures at Ramsey & Bland's. "SOCIETY. Rev. A. J. Lamar, D. I)., in Christian Advocate "The American people love to be humbugged," said one who had achieved notoriety and fortune by practicing his maxim. Whether they love it or not, it is certain they are humbugged in many ways, and perhaps in none more excuse lessly and hurtfully than by so ciety, falsely so-called. Its pre tensions are so great and so un questioningly received by so many, it exerts such power over certain minds, not few in number, that it is difficult to believe that the whole thing is a hollow nothing, the very chiefest of humbugs, without basis for its pretensions or leverage for its influence. We know of certain Methodist parents who fear exceed ingly lest the disapprobation of society should blight their chil dren's prospects, and who make great sacrifice of money and com fort, and of things more precious, as of faith and conscience, to get and hold them in it, who. will find it hard to believe this statement, and for their disillusion let us look at the thing in a clear day-light and see what is in it. Upon what is it founded? Upon blood? Manifestly not! If in a land like ours there can be any claim to aristocracy on the score of lineage, those entitled to it are not to be found in large num bers in "society;" certainly it does ?ot require pedigree as a condition of entry. The vast majority of these know nothing of Revolution ary decent, are strangers to blue blood, and in their own expressive phrase (as they speak of new comers who have not been among them long enough to feel at home,) 'have come up from nothing." Upon intelligence? Intellect is Qot requisite for fulfilling any of the functions of "society." You bave but to sample it anywhere to be convinced that its thought and culture are neither broad nor deep: Cn the main its reading is confined to the trashy' fiction of the day.- ; Its knowlei?ger'of iiisto-ry^or scieirc?; for occasionally as a fad it dips ?uto such matters, is of the sort which may be gathered from the cyclopedia.. Upon any question of solid interest and.concern to man you will hardly find denser ignor ance than iu this circle. Its most enamored adherent will hardly claim moral excellence as its basis. Nothing in its favorite occupations is calculated to engen der any strict or high morality, while much in the opinion of sober, sensible people, tends in the op posite direction. Its sympathies are narrow, its selfishness pro nounced. Equally, surely, it is not based on spiritual character, for its atmosphere proves quickly fatal to spirituality. Perhaps you think it is founded on wealth? But no, it is notorious that many, frequently the majority, of "society" in any given place are liviug beyond their means, and have wrecked their credit in their effort to meet expenses too great for their fortunes. Because of the manifold dishonesties growing out ot this, defalcations, forgeries, etc., ever and anon we are shocked by hearing of a suicide ''in society." It is not founded upon any of these things upon which an aris tocracy might presumably rest its claim. A certain outward grace of man ner of the sort which may be learn ed from a dancing master, knowl edge of certain rules of deportment more or less silly, seem to be all that is needful to a place in the charmed circle ; if in addition one can lead the dance with grace and is fairly adept at gambling, leader ship is attained. Tracing Lack to source, we lind that society takes its cue from the Prince of Wales and his tet-a source so corrupt as to bp an offense to all decent morality-loving people in England. If from the question of its basis we turn to examine its products, we find "society" equally con temptible. It produces no leaders in the great concerns of the world. The men who lead in politieal, in commercial, m professional, or me chanical life are not "in society." They are almost to a unit men reared in the country or small towns, the few from the cities being from families unbitten by the so ciety craze. The reason for this is on the surface ; society is ener vating in its enjoyments and em ployments unfitting men for earn est thought and thorough work. He who "leads in society" leads no where else in this world. The high est product of its force and agen cies working unhindered is the perfected dude, whose mind ex hausts itself in considering the fit of clothes, and whose highest effort is the adjustment of a necktie. And still people fall down before "society," and esteem it an ines timable advantage to get their children in it. Do they not "love to be humbug ged?" It would be ludicrous if it were not horrible. German Carp in Carolina Waters. News and Courier. The German carp is here to stay. Within six or eight years he has multiplied to au amazing extent. The lordship of the Santee and its branches he disputes with the red horee, the catfish ; and since his increase is wonderfully rapid he bids fair in a short time time to make himself more prominent than any of his rivals. It is very probable, too, that the freedom of running water will gradually im prove his quality, if not his size. The carp has been praised be yond his deserts, and he has been also much maligned. He is not che finest fish that swims, though Izaak Walton,, gallantly feminiz ing him, calls him "The queen of rivers ; a stately, a good, and a very subtile fish. In the Charleston market buyers would pass him by on the other side, and further- in land he is, regarded as'decidedly inferior to many small pan fish, and to the trout, which', hythe way, is no trout at all, but a black hasB. But he is superior to the catfish,' the mudfish, and. perhaps, the jack. After all is said, however, thc carp's worth remains, like the voter's choice for Governor or Senator, a matter of taste. A great deal de pends on the cook. His First Sight of a Deer. North Wood's Letter to Amsterdam Democrat! In the early dawn,, just as the mist was rising from the lake, I proceeded thither to perform my ablutions,--when, lookin^acios?-to a, point about 300 yards, I spied svhat at that distance looked like a sow. I called the guide, and he ' 3aid it was a deei. He had his head down, browsing at the edge of the lake. I clapped my hands, and if Delsarte could have seen the ele gant toss of tha t head he would have been charmed. It was turned with its branching horns in our di rection for a second, then he began browsing again. I again clapped my hands, and instantly he had wheeled and bounded off into thc thicket. I never before understood just how the deer are captured. Perhaps some of my readers know just as little as I did. Well, then, the deer hunter sets his dog off into the woods from any point on the lake, the dog sooner or later finds his prey, and is taught to chase it. The deer puts for the lake as its only safety and escape from its pursuer. The dog is train ed to keep it in the right direction, and when it emerges from the woods there in the boat is the dead ly rifle which is to end its career. An Old Doctor's Favorite. Dr. L. M. Gillam, who ^practiced medicine over forty years, origi nated, used, claimed that Botanic Blood Balm, which^ has now been in use about fifty-five years, was the best tonic and blood purifier ever given to the world. It never fails to cure the most malignant ulcers, sores, rheumatism, catarrh and all skin and blood diseases. Price per large bottle, $1.00. For sale by druggists. To Build Up Your System and restore Your Strength Invigorate your Liver and Purify Your Blood Strengthen your Nerves and Give an Appetite Take that Excellent Medicine, P. P. P. [Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potas sium.! Abbotts East Indian Corn Paint cures all Corns, Warts, and Bunions. This is ene season of the year when the farmers' mind stubbornly contemplates the purchase of farming imptements, and other necessities in the hardware line. As usual Ramsey & Bland have prepared to meet every demand along that line. Visit their store before buying in your supplies. A big lot of Collar Pads at 35 each, at Ramsey & Bland's.