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|||Vf/LEAIlleTOM DiSPSTCH, ^-1.1, " y ADVERTISING RATES: ^ ^ A^ertisenieatK inserted at the rate ^ R " .?_ Marriage notices inserted free. - / Obituaries over ten line charged for at "I JSHMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ?? ? _~. . . regular advertising rates. jq *0? *. " ~~ - A dress, { ? vol. xxi. Lexington, s. c., Wednesday, june 3, i8?i. no. 28. .tjieslHI 44 " three months 60 V-Ul v ? 77 r % l^ff- FOR CASH ONLY |^H>v v r; to rem; mm. M " mm i i. $17,000 WfYRTH OF CHOICE SBE?? FRESH CLOTHE I Hats, Gent's Furnishing Good^-fobQ sJS&H*1 * below co>t Merchantsy^-^gpecialiy in|p yited to buy the stock^j^bnlk or in lots to I w.lf V1^1/ oner is maae m *s offered in the interest of B^every" purchaser who wants to buy goods I I. a?d reliable goods at a sacrifice, This is ?S4 B one of the chances of a'man's life time to B be able to buy first-class goods BpgLOW-lNVOICE COST! ^^^B as I hare made all necessary arrangements " ?>.i>nnf^*.inr)no business as (VO J*u UUU tu; ui(>u<Jw_..-0 soon as this stock is sold oat. This is [SO DODGE OR TRICKING [advertisement. My stock comprises Men's l^oy's and Children's Clothing of every deeeHption, Hats and Gent's Furnishing Goods. Trunks and Valices in endless variety. This is a GENUINE BARGAIN SALE, for the purpose of changing my investment. Every article wiil be marked in plain figuies, and positively no deviation in price to any one. i I MEPSTirc. r i ~i mini -i?^?u?ii"1 | ? * CSDE5 COLUMBIA HOTEL. COLl'MBIA, S. C. ( Sept. 7-tf -LOAN AND EXCHAN6E1IXK 01? S0f!I CiMISL STATE, cm MO COIYTY DEPOSITORY. COLUMBIA, S. C. Paid up Capital $127,000 Surplus and Profits 76.000 IJransacts a general banking business. Careful atteation given to Collections. SimGS DEP1HT3E.YT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. Interest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent per annum, payable quarterly on the first days of January, April, July and October. ~ i I \ T"* T"? T T n I a. (j. HASJVr>rrcMueuit. i W. C. FISHER. Vice President. . JULIUS H. WALKER, Cashier. June 19?1? [ COMMERCIAL BANK. COLUMBIA, S. C. Capital Paid $100,000 Transacts a Banking and Exchange business. Receives Deposits. Interest allowed on Deposits. Safety Deposit Boxes to rent ' $6 per annum. "* wsc K. I.rr.ps,. James Ibedell, President. Cashier. Nov. 28?ly CAROLINA RATIONAL BANE -ATbD OLUMBIA, 8. C. and COrfT? DEPOSITORY. K * p Capital $100,000 W ;us Profits 60.000 SAYIffcS DEPART.HEYT. Deooaats of $5,00 and upwards received. M^Sat^reet allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. W. A. CLAKK, President * Wtt.tt; Jones, Cashier. Improved cotton seed. NOW OFFEKING 100 BUSHELS B a Devsr variety of improved Peterktn H r * '^^Rwofor sale at $20 per bushel, or $6 per Peek. It is a Limbed Cluster, very prolific, fraits from the ground to the top, and matares every boll. Not likely to dry forms I ^ on stalk lite other prolifics; not liable to H[ \ fell out like other clusters; makes about the same tnrn out of lint as the well known Peserkin, (from 3# to 40 per cent). I have three years experience with this 9BA Cotton, and can say that I believe it to be B^K: \ the best Cotton now m existence. I hare never offered it for sale before, . ^nd have only 1< 0 bushels for sale. Order jsght away if you waut thein. F I am still offering; my well known variety ?t $1.50 per bushel, price reduced on large Cash moat aceox.pany orders and freight H prepaid, as the railroads will not accept j without ureDavine the freight. ^ 4 4 V w , N. \Tb? price on Improved Seed will not be reduced r>v taking over a peck, bat will be m j j'V.A o?b^6ji--<Tdf-red in large lots. A^afmer who bays a peck of the Im3k| ftroved Ste?l. will consider himself fortoKate next la'L I b&ve never seen anything K equal it. ^1$. A. PETERKIN, MOttC; S. C. j AFTERWARD. if SouiS that bear a'traily- cross, , Half-fainting, questioning^ bearing, still, Some time your lesson shall be learned, And ye shall understand God^ will. 0, eyes that weep through hours of night, And veil your wistful pain by day, Joy yetshall come with morning light, Yet shall not weep in vain alway. 0, willing feet, that hourly run On ceaselees errands, here and there, Fo tried, yet ye shall find a goal, And cease your weary aching there. 0, patient hands that toil so hard To meet the needs of every day, Some time the work will all be done, And in rest soft-folded lay. 0. Hearts, where good and ill contend, Sinning, repenting, vexed with life And all its cares, fresh courage take, For victory 8 hall follow strife. 0, souls that bear a daily cross! O, hearts that strive! 0, eyes that weep! The time will surely come whew God Shall give to 'His beloved sleep! " And every bruise shall find its balm, Good deeds a full and sure raward, Pain, toil, and grief be overpast, And peace shall follow ?afterward! j For the Lexinirton Dispatch, Questions Answered. On the last page of* the. Dispatch j of ' May 6, we found a series ,of ten j Bible questions which seemed to in-: vite answers at some one's hands. Having had a few leisure moments on Sunday afteriioon, we set ourself to the task of finding th^-^nswers to j the same and below is lthe result of our labor. We give the answers in the order in which the questions ap- j peared: 1. Rechariah, 8: 5. 2. Jehudi?Jeremiah 36: 23. 3. Eutychus?Acts 20: 9. 4. That dry land had appeared? j Genesis 8: 11. 5. It was recovered by the Prophet j Elisha who cast a stick into the water at the place where the ax sunk and commanded the iron to swim.?2 TTinore rv-7. 6. Paul.?2 Corinthians 11: 33. 6. Gideon thus routed the host of Midian.?Judges 7: 16-21. 8. Jacob.?Genesis 35: 4. 9. Rahab.?J-oshua 2: -3 6. 107 A little mafd, a c'amiv? rrfthe Kingt of | Syria, was the man who was cured j and converted.?2 Kings 5: 1-14. k V. H. H. . Caughmans, S. C., May 10, 1891. "How delicous is the winning Of a kiss, at love's beginning,"? sings the poet, and his seniment is true with one possible exception. If either party has the catarrh, even love's kiss loses its sweetness, Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy is a sure cure { for this repulsive and distressing af-! diction. By its mild, soothing, antiseptic, cleansing and healing properties, it cures the worst cases. ?500 r?ward offered for an incurable case. | 2Tew County Question. For the Dispatch. Editor Dispatch: Please allow me space in your paper to call the attention of the citizens of the lower part of the county to a scheme originated at St. Matthews to form a new county, to be known as Calhoun, by taking a portion of Lexington county by a line running from the mouth of Sa- ; vannah Hunt creek'on the Congaree j to Witt's Mill on the Edisto, and J from thence through Orangeburg county by Jaminson, on the South Carolina Railroad, down Four Hole swamp to the Berkeley line and back , to Santee river and up the Congaree to the first named point, thus making it about fifteen miles wide on the Lexington end and about eight or ten miles on the Berkeley epd and about sixty miles long, with the court house at. Rt. Matthews. There was an attempt made to haveit passed throu^n the last Legislature, -with a petition signed by some of the citizens of Sandy Run township and a few from Bull Swamp. I sifted it down by examing it closely and found a good many of the signatures only transient persons with no taxable property and some few under age. Mine ancr Mr. 0. R. Riley's sympathy was sought in this scheme, we being the only two members from the proposed territory. We persistently opposed it, and I even objected to allowing it to go before the committee and get a favorable report i and then let it lie over to the next session as was proposed to us. I \ would like for this matter to be brought squarely before our people j as it is an important one, involving : considerable in the shape of taxation and in placing us in a county where ! the colored vote would double the white, and I can see no benefit to be derived only to the few in St. Mat- 1 thews and its immediate vicinity, who, by the way. have offered, in propos- j. ing the scheme, to bond the town of St. Matthews in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars to build a court house and jail. There was an arch built in Columbia for the Centennial by the friends of the proposed county which will have its influence. I think it would be best to have a mass meeting or two later in the summer in the section proposed to be cut off from Lexington. Respectfully, "VV. H. F. Rast. , v. Catarrh Can't be Cured With Local Applications, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh, is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you have to take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly, on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is no quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonic known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. Sold by druggists, 75 cents. 31 Haskell Men and the Party. Greenville News. A premature discussion is being started as to whether those who voted for Haskell at the last State election will be allowed to vote in the Democratic primaries and conventions next year. We confess our fear is that a good many of them will not offer to continue with the party. If we remember arignt tnose who strayed off after the Greenback candidates a few years ago were welcomed back into the fold on their promise to support the nominees and the same rule ought to apply to the Independents of the last campaign. White men must stand together. When any go astray the whole power of the party should be ^jedtonrov^tothemjhat^i"^?8?1^ After that those who are willi^?pB^P come back and vote with us anrd help keep the party strong and solid should be welcomed. There need be no^ killing of fatted calves or putting on of gold rings to mark the home coming of the prodical sons, but the fact that their votes and aid may be very handy in emergencies should be recognized.' The ?efSjpifiiaitic pa*fc? is always glad to have recruits and to receive back those who have departed from its path or its organization. It has no right to require of any member more than the promise to support its nominees and reasonable assurance that that promise will be fulfilled. Enm&n Instinct. So powerful is human instinct, that some of its suggestions become embodied in social and household customes. The people know and feel that ^at-^the^begmningf^b^Jt^ spring season the system Deeds an alterative and a purifying tonic and stimulant. In all parts of the country it is the custom for the house wife to dose her brood with sassafras tea. Among the simple remedies that our ancestors employed, this decoction has continued to hold its own. The demand for a spring alteration and tonic, however, is filled more efficaciously by 3- S. S., which is itself as simple as nature's remedial medicine should be. It purifies the blood, cleanses and strengthens the system,* and prepares the human r&achine to stand the wear and tear of the summer months. / / The agricultural department at Washington has distributed throughout th6 country 60,000 copies of a report which contains a number of colored pictures of the edible ana poisonous varieties of mushrooms, for the instruction of the farmers. Since tliese copies were mailed, it has been discovered that the word "Edible'' is printed under the picture oi the poisonous kind, and the word "Poisonous" under- the pictures of the edible kind.- Becipionts of the report will do well to note this fact, and void both kinds for their own good. It is not easy to distinguish between the two varieties and the poisonous variety is almost as deadly as a revolver in its effects. oil nlnppK nil all oc I Ui.1 Ltluc o, in in * casions, under all circumstances, for all headaches use Bradycrotine only. What is the first thing a man does when he falls into the watw? Gats ODDS AND ENDS. At the present day a ton of diamonds is worth about ?7,000,000. School children in Victoria, Australia, are carried on the street cars free. Steamboats, it is reported, will soon be running on the Sea of Galilee. A handful of flour bound on a se vere cat will often stop the Weeding. There is only one sudden death among women to every eight among men. Some lend their hearts much as they do their money, with a pretty heavy interest. Rev. R. L. Kidd, a Canadian evangelist, boasts that he can recite the en- i tire Bible from memory. The degree of success obtained may often be ascertained by the amount of jealousy which it arouses. The "fool's slipper" has a pointed ! tr*? with a. hisrh noint ud the back and i another one over the instep. London has 200,000 factory girls, the majority of whom are only able to make a "bob" a day?$1.50 a week. The Greeks and Romans during the prime of their republics contented : themselves on one meal a day. The Chinese and Thibetans have a week of five days, named after iron, wood, water, feathers and earth. Any one who has been_5?2L1ded by steain should be taken to a w&nn rodtn, and the parts scalded drenched by cold water. By actual count L50 young women have taken up timber claims in Western Washington during the past six months. ridb of Scotland issued one pound Dotes asa* 1704, and their issue has since been continued without interruption. J I a the United States there are 2,800,- ' 000 hives belonging to 70,000 bee growers and producing 62,000,000 pounds of honey yearly. A Jackson (Mich.) man, recently married, celebrated the event by treating his frieDds to bread tickets. He i passed them instead of cigars. Professor Boys shows that the heat of the lunar ravs can be definitely de term in ed as 150.000 times greater than those of a candle twenty feet away. A good handful of rock salt added to the bath is the neit best , thing to an "ocean dip," and a gargle of a weak solution is a good and ever ready remedy for sore throat. Water has been discovered in the Sahara Desert at about 120 feet below the surface. This is the first time that a supply of water has bg.en found in that locality at so slight a depth. i 1 Ftsh^ Chiirj?l*nr. > ~ besTtlshjjtories told 'singef^ : beii^C-x\2^ ^?biewinter at St. Augustine;--rta.. and returned to the city the other day. While in the south the genial Thomas took daily strolls along the beach to get an appetite for dinner. One day he noticed a little colored boy lying upon his stomach along the bank of the river, with his eyes fixed upon the water. He watched the little fellow for fully fifteen minutes, but not a muscle of his body moved. A few minutes later be saw the boy make a plunge toward the surface of the water, and when he appeared again he held in his hand a good sized trout. Tom thought that this was such an unusual thing that he offered the boy five cents for every trout he caught that afternoon. Thomas sat on the beach and watched the operation. The | boy caught the trout so fast that Tom. ! fearintr that he would be bankrupted. I ? V compromised wi!h the lad. He de clares that his curiosity was pretty ex pensive. It is rather a common thing to see trout charming along the banks of the southern waters. The temperature is so mild and the water so clear that one along the beach-and seesthe fish jumjKsiluJOst <TTbot above the sun 'face of the vater.?.New York Tele gram. ? A Diagnosis. Nature ^ith a lavish hand has en dowed>h& human body with no less than st?en million spots to which j ache or pain can he attached. ; each bne of these spots, both insi<\* i and ou^de, is filled with a bard plad- ! num dipped pain; when your head *, aches V> that you are conscious of al:% the-^fSes scallops on your brain jbst as you see thein in the pictures in yiour physiology; when youf heart thumps and your stomach wobbles and you have the feeling that something is wallowing through your inside works: ! ?rV,An v-nM* vtumnni fpAls stove in and there is ap uneasiness under your shoulder blades us though your mugs were beginning to sprout; when you are one moment alive to the linger tips with thinking of the things you must get up and do and the next completely exhausted by even the thought of doing them; when your backbone has the sensation of being twisted by a monkey wrench; when you are-so dizzy that you can't see, and your ears ring, and your eyes water, and your nose is in such a state that it is presumption to lay aside your handkerchief for one short minute; when you cough and sneeze and groan In turn?in fine, when you feel like the very deuce?you e&a set it down that you have the grip.? Chicago Herald. Kaage Cattle Doomed. Jczeph H. Moore, of Fort Worth, Tex., whose cattle interests exceed those of any man in the southwest, was among the guests at the lick, where in conversation with & reporter beaai4: "You have heard a great deal, no doubt, or did, a lew years ago, at least, j (4 the famous 'Cattle Kings' of the i west, who were supposed to reckon ; their wealth by the millions. The bus- I juess of raising cattle was conducted on ! a grand scale, and at one time the profits were simply enormous. This naturally attracted capital in large : amounts, and wealthy men from ah j parts of th* world rushed eagerly into j iha bgsineas of breeding and raising oat tie. The result was overproduction and a serious deciins^'n prices. 'Three vearsagujt became evident to those who studied closely the course of events that cattle raising would soon change from large herds on the range to small herds on the farm. Those who were shrewd enough to foresee this took prompt advantage of it, and today have before them the pleasant prospect of good prices and a." ready market. As a conseouence, however, the days of the cowboy are numbered, and he is doomed to extinction just as certainly as was the buffalo and the Indian. The small farm is crowding them slowly but surely to the wall, and in a few years they will be gone."?San Fratcisco Call. ? . -A n Tnttirlude. It waa in of a fashionable church Jin The organist was dreaming overa Volun tary. Suddenly the organ b^wor got tired, or something gave*!$u*3 for the thunderous peals came to < full stop, and a high soprano voice vas heard shrieking to the contra Kb ''Sow did you like the circus?"?Philadelphia Record. Auojjker Voktt of View. Mr. Fudge?bo Tou wish to marry mv daughter. do you? ilay I ask how much you are "Worth? Mr. Broke?Yes, sir; I wish to marry your daughter. May I ask how much you are worth??0 jce a Week. Some of our people who experience so much ditfifujty lu keeping up appearances sh'/agitry a hand at keeping down exp?g3? "Worse th&i^^Fiffceen Puzzle. In the ligo^^^the Nineteenth century it soMjwoueerly to read of the practices^^Rie ancient physician. We ar|Jnd that in the fifth contpfy-fikJ&iSj a celebrated doctor, invenfeedjteystic form of letters called Abracadabra, believed to be possessed of magical import, whereby they exercised wonderful healing powers when used to permit their free scope, in the Sixteenth century one physician claimed to have cured 200 cases of" ague by hanging the words about the necks of patients; while anoth5f_clwmed to cure toothache by its use, though the patient were ten miles off. In contrast to this, let's loo.k at the most wonderful remedy recently medical research has placed in the hands of suffering humanity. iSr. Westmoreland's Calisajfc Toaip^repared tKfttugXZZ mu!* debitiiimpaired diges&aa, is a sure feure for dyspepsia, and tones up a failure appetite. When the system is run down or over-wrought, by all means try Calisaya Tonic. Then too, it is an unfailing remedy in malarial districts being a sure antiTidT-in/i; A AVVWV* For sale at the Bazaar in 50c. and $1.00 bottle. Personalities. '%K Keep clear of personalities in general conversation. Talk of things, objects, thoughts. The smallest minds occupy themselves with personalities. 7 Personalities must sometimes be talked because we have to learn and find out men's characteristics for legitimate objects; but it is to be with confidential persons. Do not needlessly ^report ill of others, There are times when we' are compelled to say, "X do not think Bouncer is a true and honest man;" but when there is no need to express an opinion, let poor Bouncer swagger away. Others will take his measure, no doubt, and save you the trouble of analyzing him and instructing them. And as far a3 possible dwell on the good side of human beings. There are family boards where a constant process' of depreciating, assigning motives and cutting up of character goes forward. They are not pleasant places. One who is healthy does not wish to dine at a dissecting -table. v There is evil enough in man, God knows; but it is not the mission of every young man or woman to detail or report it all. Keep that atmosphere ks pure as post ?uu ? n SIDio sua naugut ?u.u gtmiiejuesB and charity From Nature's Storehouse. It stands to reason that a medicine which will destroy the germs of contagious blood poison and counteract the effects of mercurial poisoning may be depended on to overcome the diseases that have their origin in malaria, or that have their seat in an impure condition of the biood. This is what S. S. S. has done, and what it will do, a3 its popularity' attests. As a preventive, and a remedy for the long list of affecticns-that display their activity during the spring and summer months, it stands with out a rival. The secret of this is a remedy drawn from nature's own storehouse A A Wellington, Kan., couple, who were married in 2 weeks after they met, parted in two weeks 6f*t- * uov were married. ? Sa Address of Es-President Q-rover Cleveland at the Reception Tendered Sim. At 7.30 o'clock May 12, Cleveland was escorted from the Hotel Iriqouis close to the club house, Buffalo, and the formal exercises soon thereafter began. It was crowded almost to suffocation :with members of the club, as was also the adjoining rooms and the broad staircase. Cleveland was greeted by the wildest cheering, I long continued and often repeated. | He spoke as follows: } Mi*. President and gentleman: As I stand for the first time face to face with the Cleveland Democraev, j' I experience mingled emotions of responsibility and pride. My sense of responsibility arises from my relation i ?i n M j to your organization as its u-oaiatner, ! and my pride from the noble manner ! in which you have borne my name, j I acknowledge your right to require of me at this time an account of the manner, in which I have kept the political faith to which you are devoted. This right grows out of the fact that ] the word "Democracy," as it stands I in the name of your organization, ! means so much and is so worthy your Cure, that its significance should n jt I in the least be clouded by any prefix | which is not in keeping with Demoi cratic aims and purposes. In giving an account of my political behavior, I can only ofler a rec, ord of political conduct famaliar to i all my coimtrymen, and supplement ; this record by the declaration that I i have done the best I could to deserve ; the confidence in me which you have so gracefully manifested. For the character of the record thus prej sented, you yourselves are answerable i with me?for it has been made under the influence and encouragement of I the sentiments and doctrines which I the Cleveland Democracy have culti; vated and enforced. When we started together in political life and responsibility your accepted creed taught that politics was something more than adroit jugglery; that there was still flPfiifaliuMMdH* o&rial duty and that that the Pr>SvIeT to the people rf^orthy^of our Governstudy, and that the.'doctrines of true Democracy, honestly and bravely enforced, promised the greatest good to all our countrymen, and exacted through the length and breadth of our land impartial governmental care and indiscriminating justice. PUTTING BELIEF INTO PRACTICE. You are not content to allow these truths to remain with you as mere j idle beliefs. They supplied constant | and aggressive motives for your polit| cal activity and were your inspiration as you went forth to do battle in the Democratic cause?resting your hope j of triumph upon an unwavering faith in the thoughtful and well informed intelligence of the American people. Thus you were found doing valiant service in the campaign of education. As the smote of the last stubbornly fought battle cleared away, no soldiers on the field were found surrounded by more tropies of victory than the forces of the Cleveland De ! : mocracy. Surely your rewards are most ! abundant.' You have not only aided ; in the advancement of the Demoi cratic standard, but you have alsc i contributed your full share in demonj strating that the people can be trusted when aroused to thoughtfulI ness and duty. When I suggest to you that mud sturdy fighting still awaits all those enlisted in the Democratic ranks, ] i feel that I am speaking to veterans j who have no fear of hard campaign i ing. We may be sure that unless we ; continue active, watchful warfare we shall lose what we have gained in the people's cause. Insidious schemes are started on every side to allure them to their undoing. Awakeaec frv o onriQA wrrnri or ininsti^p promises of redress and benefit an held up to their sight, "like Deac Sea fruits that tempt the eye bui turn to ashes on the lips." The self ish and designing -will not forego th( struggle, but will constantly seek tc regain their vantage ground througl ! tempting fallacies and plausible pre j texts of friendliness. I believe th< most THREATENING FIGURE j which to day stands in the way Q { the safety of our Government anc ! the happiness of our people is reck less and wicked extravagance in ou: public expenditures. It is the mos | fatal of all the deadly brood bore q | governmental perversion. It hide: J beneath its wings the betrayal of th< people's trust and holds powerless ii its fascinating glance the people' will and conscience. It brazeningl; exhibits to-day a Billion Dollar Con gress. But lately, a large surplu s remained in the people's public treas- j < urv after meeting all expenditures ; : then by no means economical. This ; condition was presented to the j ; American people as positive proof j that their burden of taxation was , uujusi/ uocauac uimeceBsai^, auu'jci I while the popular protest is still heard, the harpy of public extravagance devours the surplus and impudently calls upon its staggering victims to bring still larger supplies within the reach of its insatiate ap petite. A few short years ago a pension roll amounting to fifty-three millions of dollars was willingly maintained by bur patriotic citizens. Today public extravagance decrees that three times that sum shall be drawn from the people upon the pretext that its expenditure represents the popu lar love of the soldier. Not many years ago a river and harbor bill appropriating eleven millions of dollars gave rise to a loud popular protest. Now public extravagance commands an appropriation of twenty-two millions for the same purposes, and the people are silent. To-day millions are paid for barefaced subsidy, and this is approved or condoned at the behest of PUBLIC EXTRAVAGANCE, and thus a new marauder is turned loose, which, in company with its vicious tariff partner, bears pilfered benefit to the. households of favored selfish interests. "We need not prolong the details. Turn where we will we see the advance of this devouring and destructive creature. Our Democratic faith teaches us ! that the useless exaction of money from the people upon the false pretext of public necessity, is the worse 1 of all governmental pervisions, and involves the greatest dangers to our guarantees of justice and equity. We need net unlearn this lesson to apprehend the fact that behind such exaction and as its source of existence is found public extravagance. The ' axe will not be laid at the root of the 1 unwholesome tariff tree with its vic ious inequality and injustice until we ' reach and destroy its parent and sup? port. * unconcealed and dreadful- manifesta- i tions, force us to the contemplation ! of other crimes, of which it is unL doubtedly guilty, besides unjust exactions from the people. 1 Our Government is so ordained that its life blood flows from the virtue and patriotism of our people, and its health and strength depend upon ( the integrity and faithfulness of their public servants. If these are destroyed our Government, if it endures.. will endure only in name, fail, ing to bless those for whom it was created and failing in its mission as . an example to mankind. Vvl-I a nvlvn vo r??o-non in ifa ml o fi /\V? , JL UUiiV CAl/i. a T Ug UJUVV/ ALA 4VO JL VAtVViVAi to INEQUITABLE TARIFF LAWS ; not only lays an unjust tribute upon the people, but is responsible for un fair advantages bestowed upon special . and favored interests as the price of . partisan support. Thus the exercise of the popular will for the benefit of . the country at large is replaced by sordid and selfish motives directed to ; personal advantage, while the en[ couragement of such motives in pub. lie place for party ends deadens the > official conscience. Public extravagance directly dis? tributes gifts and gratuities among . the people, whose toleration of waste is thus secured or whose past party i services are thus compensated, or ; who are thus bribed to future party ' support. This makes the continuance ; of partisan power a stronger mo. tive among public servants than the j faithful discharge of the people's j ? ! trust, and sows the seeds of conta- I I .- - t j gious corruption in the body polity, j j But, txf'my^ mind, the saddest tmd ' ) | - MOST FRIGHTFUL RESULT I of public extravagance is seen in the I ' readiness of the masses of our peo- j 5 pie, who are not dishonest but only j I heedless, to accustom themselves ^ to that direliction in public place " which it involves. Evidence is thus 3 furnished that our countrymen are } in danger of losing the scrupulous 1 insistence upon the faithful discharge * of duty on the part of their public 3 servants, the regard for economy and frugality which belongs to sturdy Americanism, the independence which f relies upon personal endeavor and 1 the love of an honest and well rog ulated government, all of which lie r at the foundation of our free institut tions. f Have I overstated the evils and j s dangers with which the tremendous ! ? I a | growth of public extravagance j i threatens us? Even* man who loves I | # I 3 I his country well enough to pause and y think of these things must know that i I have not. s Let us then, as we push on > * JMS&s&Mk campaign of education, especially impress upon our countrymen the lesson that teaches that public extravagance is a deadly, dangerous thing, that frugality and economy are honorable, that the virtue and watchfulness of the people are the surest safe guards against abuses in tlieir government, and that those who profess to serve their fellow-citizens in public place must be faithful to their trust. Won't Accept the Bible. A Baptist Minister Gives His Hearers A Dose Of Heresy And then > Resigns. * v R<&hester, Pa., May 22.?Rev. A. G. Bonsall pastor of the Pirst Baptist church here, preached a sermon yesterday that a most took away the breath of his hearers. Then he prer sented his resignation, ancj^V will probably be accepted on Wednesday. ? i ? in cue course 01 ms sermon ne saia: * "It is questionable whether Chrpt^-^ " gave us a book and told us to swallow, v it all. "We are told that Moses to^? ; ' the account at hand. There is noth- ;'*TV ing positive as to their authorship;' \r/' and'I do not believe that all of the * Bible is inspired of God. "TVliy are we to believe Paul was inspired when he says he was nott As to eternal punishments, I believe man will always be within the mercy of God. I do not believe Christ when in the manger and while he walked the earth was so consecrated that he was God. I believe, however, God was in Christ."^ Mr. Bonsall 'is very popular as a pastor. The acceptance of the resignation depends upon whether or not the failure to accept it will be con- ; -/ 1 - - ? J L U.'n strucea as an enu.orseuie.ui, ui i-u.-> news. A dove that had reached the age x m of thirty-two years,died at Greencastle Penn., last week. v * A small box filled with lime, and ^ k placed in a pantry, will absorb dam and keep the air sweet. A mohogany tree lately cut down in Honduras, Central America, made three logs, which sold in Europe for $11,000 ?? jxuasa and Eve -imdifee earth at 'vne time.- Their ext>eriezice should be , a warning to those people wno it to-day. Pensions are now paid by the gov- * ernment to the widows of three presidents, eighteen generals, one colonel, and two rear admirals. "Bridget, what is that child crying so wildly for?'1 "Sure mum, he's /^wtTilrn/1 oil Vvia fl/VltVllTl' gvmn J U9t IUAVVA C4JUI MMJ.KT WWW V?^ and et the cork, and I dCn'fc know what ails him unless it's the bottle he wants to schwallv." It is now said that the la grippe has numbered more victims than the small pox, cholera, and yellow fever combined. In Chicago, alone there has been 10,000 deaths from it this winter. The doctors do not know what to do with it. When Qneen Victoria is travling by rail in her special train she exercises no deadhead rights. She pays at the rate of SI,92 a mile, whatever the distance in addition to first-class fares for all the party, servants included. Her saloon carriage cost 830,000. The Squire?It's no use for you to deny your guilt, Johnson. The chickens were actually found in your coat tail pockets. Bre'er Johnsing (stoutly.)?I kain't help dat, sah. Hain't it pooty tough to hold a poor niggah responsible fo' what's going on behind his back? Advocates of the phonetic system of spelling are making an effort to have the United States government adopt their mode of spelling in all government publications, and in the printed proceedings of Congress. The. following is the new hair flirtation: Hair hanging over the left shorlder, "I am engaged;" over the right shoulder, "I am married;" and hanging straight down the back, "Go for me, boys, I'm your oyster." Tongue cannot describe the love of Christ; finite minds cannot conceive of it; and those who know most of it can only say with inspiration that it "passeth knowledge." At the close of a long prayer by a father who had prayed for the poor family his son said: Father, if I had * \ _ as much wheat m tne oarn as you have got now, would answer that prayer myself. A Massachusetts man with more money than brains proposes to erect a $7,000 dog house, and still there are people who wonder at the discontent of the poor. A New York girl was rendered so desperate by an attack of the grip _