Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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fM''' W ?LJIM inimi I IIIITT? *? gTTjgEi III'"* " **-'-J":"?^TT*l * ' ""* .1 ff M ?^e??? -^w-THE"***" -cy-wa^ A ^ ^Y Y Advertisements will be inserted at the BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM f w-* f l-"* V f XT/TTVOiXT 1 VI C O A 1 1 H Z"Z?<E~ ?? Si | fit LbAIiNU 1 U1N l/lor/\ I vi 1.=-^,^ ..? ? Notices in the local column 5 cents per BATES BEASONA ~H.~~r.T-~ ~'~ liue each iusenion. a ? " Obituaries charged for at the rate of one ^s,-^ ? k -ixT^rr i ? 1 ono NO 6>4- cent a word, wl en they exceed 100 words. subscription$1 PERanmjm yyvttt LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, A1 RIL 18ob. ^enolke8iD8ert6dlre" Q VULi. ^VuXVlli-. G. M. HARM AN, Editor and Publisher. ?iuy i iiui u.iu v. siiis mi mom { ATTORNEY AT LAW, f BATESBU KG, - - - - S. C. I Practices in a:l the State Courts, espeeiI ally in Lexington, Edgefield and Aiken I counties I Mar. 6?lv ANDREWTRAWFORD ATTORNEY AT LAW, COLUMBIA, - - - S. C. PRACTICES IN THE STATE AND Federal Courts, and offers his professional servi :es to the citizens ot Lexington Couaiy. ? Octooer IS? ly. EOWARD L. ASBILL, Attorney at Law, LEESVILLE, S. C. t> oil Tonrts. TfaClitCO HA iAAA Business solicited. Sept. 30? 6 m C. M. Efikd. F. E. Dreher. EFIRD &DREHER, Attorneys at Law. LEXiNQTON, C. H., S. C. TT7-ILL PR AC TiCE IN ALL THE VV Courts. B :>iness solicited. Que member 01 the firm will al.vavs be at office, Lexngton, S C. June 17? 6in Albert M. Boozer, Attorney at Law. > COLUMBIA, C. Especial attention given to business entrusted to him by his lellow citizens ol Lexington county. Office: No. 5 Insurance Building, opposite City Hall, Corner Main and Washington Streets. February 28 ?tf. DR. E. J. ETilEREDGE, SUUGEON DENTIST, -o ??orT r t *!? q p JUJCi CjO * xoxjxi, u. V/. ? Office next do->r below post office. Always on hand. February 12. SENT FREE to housekeepers? Liebig COMPANY'S Extract of Beef COOK BOOK, telling how to prepare many delicate and delicious dishes. Address, Liebig Co., P. 0. Box 2718, New York. Saw Mills, Light ami Heavy, and Supplies. CHEAPEST AN!) BEST. f3?~Ca-t every day; wor.< 180 hands. Lombard firon Works and Supply Co., AUGUSTA, GtOhGlA. January 27? CAROLINA NATIONAL BANE, AT COLUMBIA, S. C. STATE, TOWN AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Paid np Capital ... $100,000 Surplus Profits . - - 100,000 Savings Department. Deposits of $5.00 and upwards received. Interest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent, oer annum. W. A. CLAKK, President. Wilis Jojjks, Cashier. December 4?ly. BEESWAX WANTED IN LARGS OR SMALL QUANTITIES. I WILL PAY THE HIGHEST MAEket price lor clean and pare beeswax. Price governed by color ai-d condi'ion. RICE B* HARMAN, At the Bazaar, Lexington, S. C. HARMAN & SON, CONTRACTORS, AND BUILDERS STEEL AND IRON ROOFING, LEXINGTON, S. C. Bids submitted for all kinds of carpenter work. Estimates furnished None but First Class Workmen tm pioyed. House building a specialty. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Remember us when jou want work done. S. A. B. HERMAN, KILUAN HARMAN. September?11. tf Grand Central Hotel COLUMBIA, S. C. E. H. GiLLIARD, Manager NE WL Y RENO VA TED, CUISINE UNSURPASSED. Especial'y adapted for those desiring Comlort. Ease, Home like metuods. Commercial travellers receive every accommodation. - J rn x>n? r> iv jar1 c a1 JLj \ find o\j jl a/.*, a . , June 2, 1807?It. LEXINGTON SAVINGS BANK.! DZFOSITS RECEIVED SUBJECT TO ! CHECK. - W. I?. liOOF, CaNliSor. DIRECTORS: Allen Jones. W. P. Roof, C. 11. Eiird. R. Hilton Jatnes E. Hendrix. EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD. Deposits of $1 and upwards received and "interest at 5 per cent, per annum allowed, payable April and October. i September 21?tf 1620 MAIN STEE' SPEAKER REED'S HAIR. It Occasioned a Lively Controversy With j a Colored Tousorial Artist. Hon. T. Reed, speaker, reclined in a I horVic* nti&ir tlio r>fhpr fiffprnr.nn looking like an aproned Buddha far plunged in contemplation of the limitations of the infinite. The disinclination of Hon. T. Reed to be discursive was Dot according to the barber's idea of j things. He attempted to draw the great man out. The great man only grunted monosyllabic replies and resumed his reverie. Then the barber decided to switch the conversation to the subject of Mr. Reed's hirsute peculiarities. "Yo' baiuh's sut'uly thinnin out a Leap, sub," said he. "Um-iD," said Mr Reed. "Teeucby bit o' tonic do it whole lot | o' good, sub." "Um-m; no." "Bin bald on de top o' vo' head long, i L j sub?" Mr. Reed did not withdraw his gaze j from the docrknob as ho drawled: "I caino into the world that way. j Then I had au interval of comparative hirsute luxuriance, but it was not en- I during. I havo long since emerged from i the grief of the deprivation. It no Ion- j ger afflicts me. Do not permit it to j weigh upou ycu." ; The black barber studied over this for J awhile, apparently without fully apprehending its meauiug, however. "Yo' haiuh'd look some bettuh, suh, ef yo' kep' it long in do hack laike," he said, after a few moments of silence. Hon. T. Keed removed his gaze from i the doorknob, fastened it upon the ceil- | ing, cleared his throat and spoke again. "Let me assnre yon, my tonsorial friend," said be, "that the appearance cf my hair, as I havo been accustomed to wearing it, is eminently satisfactory to myself, and perhaps I might also say to my constituents. What little hair still adorns my head I have possessed for a long time. I know it well. I have been on familiar terms with it for many years. I have inadvertently mingled spruce gum and chewing tar with it in my years of extremo youth. I have often sun dried it in order to present a proper not guilty appearance at homo after surreptitious swimming expeditions. I have had it pulled the wrong way by boys whom I only learned to thrash afterward. At the same period of my life I even endured the ignominy of having it cut?in ascending tiers?by experimental maiden aunts. The conse quence-of all this is that that bit of remaining hair and I are old and, 1 trust, I inseparable friends. I indulgo the hair j and the hair indulges me. The hair indulges me by permitting mo to wear it after my ?wn conception of the way it j ' J T i.1. ^ OUgDC to DO worn, ana i muujgo uio hair by firmly declining to have it trifled with by gentlemen of the scissors who possess artistic ideas more bizarre than my owu. I fear I'll have to ask you to indulge us both?tho hair and ni9. Cut it the way I ordered you to cut it." The black barber looked dazed. Vv lieu the great man had lumbered out cf the shop, rolling like a mau-o'-war bes'n's mate on a three day liberty asiicre, the barber mumbled: "Speakuh! Ah shou'd say lie is a speakuh!"?Washington Post. Cost of French Ministries. The ministry of education and the fine arts has no fewer than 1 i 9,709 paid ! officials. As to the ministry of war, it is difficult to determine the exact number of civilian employees connected with it. They are lost in the crowd of military officials. Besides, ministers have a trick in preparing the estimates of hiding as much as possible the full number of their subordinate functionaries. Their salaries are so small and their duties cf such slight importance, when they are not altogether useless, that to furnish full details might lead to their beiug got rid of. Parliament and tho | press are clamoring for retrenchment j and reform. The budget, which at the time of ! writing is not yet voted, amounts to the j enormous figure of 3,590,000,000 francs j (?140,000,000), and every day a few j millions are added for the purpose of | satisfying electoral interests, while j there is an aunual deficit which cah only be made good by the aid of dis- j guised loans. Is it on the lower officials that this golden shower falls? They are 10 or 12 in a room, occupied in classifying papers or copying documents which have already been written oucn in an adjoining office. They receive from 2,000 francs to 6,000 francs a year, according to position and seniority, altogether 30,000 francs or 35,000 francs. It would be easy to do away with half of them without detriment to the service. Indeed, it would be an advantage to suppress useless circumlocution and exact greater assiduity from the clerks. But the government, as organized at present, has such great need of an electoral army to sustain it that it is oblig * * 1 ,'i.. ea to go cu increasing ujc uumuti uj. its interested supporters in order not to succumb to party attacks.?Nineteenth Century. Not So l>ari. One of the famous English musicians of the first half of our century, John Cramer, had groat repute also as a veteran courtier and an adept in elegant flattery. To judge from the following anecdote, his reputation in this respect must have been well deserved: A contemporaneous pianoforte player, Thai berg, once said before a company, with a degree of pique: "I understand, Mr. Cramer, you deny that I have the good left baud on the pianoforte which is attributed to me. Let me play you something that I hope will convince yon." Thereupon Thai berg played a picco that showed wonderful manipulation of the bass part of the keyboard. Cramer listened attentively and then said: "I am still of the same opinion. M. Thalberg; I think you have no left hand. I think you have two right bauds!"?Youth's Companion. There is a great deal of sole stirling music in squeaky boots. "V\7". E2 r, Solids a Share o: W. *1 I. ?- ! ? ! Bad Digestion, Bad Heart. Poor digestion often causes irregulatity of the heart's action. This irregularity may be mistaken for real, organic heart disease. The symp torus are much the same. Thc-re is however a vast difference between 4 tn-r. ^irr-rmin hpfirt disease 'is ll-L - often incurable; apparent heart disease is curable if good digestion be A case iu point is quoted from tbe New Era, of Greensburg, Ind. Mrs. Eilen Colsorn, Newpoint, Ind, a woman forty-three years eld, bad [ suffered for four years with distressing stomach trouble. The gases generated by the indigestion pressed on the heart, and caused anissegularity of its action. She had much pain in her stomach and heart, and was subject to frequent and severe choking spells which were most severe at night. Doctors were tried in vain: the patient became worse, despondent, and feared impending death. f? iJripR^ o j | ] j^ ^ " f:.Si rA CA SE or HEART FAILURE. .She was much frightened but noticed that in intervals in which her stomach did Dot annoy her, her heart's action became normal. Reasoning correctly that her digestion was alone at fault she procured the proper medicine to treat that trouble and with immediate good results. Her appetite came back, the choking spells became less frequent and finally ceased. Her weight, which had been greatly reduced was restored and she cow weighs more than for years. Her blood soon became pure and her cheeks rosy. The ca?e is of general interest because i he disease is a very common one. That others may know the means cf cure we give the Eame of the medicine used?Dr. "Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. These pills contain all the elements necesstrv to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. War Notes. San Francisco, April 22.?Col. Jno. S. Moseby, of guerilla fame, during the civil war iu the vally of .Virginia, and who is now a resident of this c-ity has wired to Gen. Miles fcrautliorby to raise a baltillion for regiment of volunteers of special service in the front. New Yoik, April 22?A dispatch to the Herald from St. Thorns says: A revolution has broken out in the Ponce district of Puerto Rico and j there is lioting all through the ; island. | It is said that the Government pHns for an attack upon Spain are W'li laid. The squadicu at Key West will attack Havana, the flying i squadron PSrto Rico and the Asiatic j I squadron the Philippines. The plans ! of attack by C.tpt. Sampson's fleet | upon Havana's forts contemplates i active bombardment bv two battle ships and monitors, while the rest of j the fleet lies cff ready tj give assist1 ance or repel Spanish warships. Commodore Howell, recently of | the European squadron, has been i r?pf:dipd to command the patrol fleet. * ; Gfd. Cluseref. a French officer who ! served-in the Northern army in the i late war, says no European nation, | not even Germany, can stand Lxfoie j America in war. i Spain has called for eighty thous-' i & . j and rcsoves, and is sending 12,01/0 j additional troops, with stores, to the ! Canary I-lands and strengthening i fori iiioations there. i Food supplies are growing dearer j in Havana and a financial ciKis is j imminent, and with the city block i ach-d supplies will be scarce and still higher. ; The citizens of Key "West cheered | the two Colored regiments of the i Twenty fifth Fniied States infantry | as they marched through the town, j The final destination of these regi! merits were Drv Tortugas. j Our big first-class seagoing battleI ship Alabama, will be launched May n?mir? h11 !i ii i {' Your Yalued Patron f 1st, ami christened by Senator Mor- : gan's daughter. I j William J. Brvau toM a World correspondent that the Senate Cuban resolution met bis entire approval. sic.no'/->! Tnl'.-.r civk flip silver men ? JCJJUvUl XViiW! un J ~ ? ? rvill oppose a war bond issue until all other sources of revenue aie *xhaustetl. A war tux on railroad tickets is spoken of among the revenues necessar}' to meet expenses. T. De Witt Talmagc snrs ho will volunteer as a chaplain. He thinks i the war will be brief. | As a forlorn hope the Spanish govI eminent is trying to negotiate with | w n O j the insurgent leaders, but th?ir overtures arc repelled, and the Cubans are in high spirits and hopes. They now see independence assured. Plans are now biing formu!. t?-d in C.n gross Jo place 200,000 soldiers at the disposal of the government in the | j r.ext few days. The wildest enihus- I J iasm prevailes all over the country, j and there will be no trouble about i the T ailed States having ail the volunteer she may need. , Buenos Ay res, Apiil 22? &20 p. j i m. The Spanish toipedo boatTeme- | i rario left heie today. It is believed j she Las gone to attack the T'uitcd j ' o, . . r\? r,A i I intuits UUllltSUip Vir^L'U I1L.U tuc j United States gunboat Marietta, j wbieb left Valparaiso on Monday last i for Montevideo on her trip Lome. London. April 23?The Daily Mail ! says this morning that it is stated in j Falmouth shipping' circles that the American cruiser Topeka, formerly the Diogenes, which left Falmouth on the evening of Tuesday, April 1!), foundered in collision with the bark Albatross at midnight on Tuesday. According to the Daily Mail the cap- 1 tain of the Albatross asserts that after the collision, the steamer, j whose name Le did not ascertain, , flashed a light and suddenly disap- j j peared. He believes she foundered. ! -c- * - j The Most Favorable Season \ To cure catarrh is in the spring. Dur- .i ing the winter the patient is likely to j take fresh cold and have a set-back, j j But if treatment is begun in the i I sminfr and continued into the sum- j i ? iner, nothing need be feared for thesucceeding winter. Of course, it all depends on the medicine. There are a great many catarrh medicines which relieve the most disagreeable symptoms temporarily. P?r-ru na cures more slowly but also more permanently than this classof medicines. A course of Pe-ru-na during the : spring will cure catarrh more quickly ! than at any other season. Mr. "Walter I H. Tucker, Concord, X. If., writes I Dr. Hartmau as follows: ''When I j 1 began taking your medicines four I jears ago I was suffering with j i chronic catarib. I had taken nearly ! ! two dozen bottles of a so-called catarrh cure without much relief. Pe-ru-na cured the night sweats and dizziness; it cured the cough 1' have had from my cradle; 1 can say it saved my life." Dr. Hartmau has published in ; book form a seiies of lectures on I various phases of chronic catarrh, j which he calls "Winter Catarrh." | This book will be sent free to any j address by The Pc-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Company, Columbus, O. ^ -o j JittU h'jWbtMtvu ... Manila. Amc-rican Fleet to Attack Capital of Philippines. London, Apiil 2d?The American ! squadron at Hong Kong, according to a special dispatch from Shanghai, has sailed for Manila, which it will attack. The diepatck says: The steamers recently purchased c bv the United States government will follow the fleet with coal. The approaches to Manilla are mined. It is lepcrted here that the priests and the commercial classes in the Philippines are in favor of a peaceful surrender rather than to suff.T a lorn! bardmenfc, but that the military are j determined to resist.'' i Buckien's Arnica Salve. i The Pest Salve in the world for I ; Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, 'Teller, Chapped I Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and t-'kin ! Kruplions, and positively cures Piles ! or no pay requii\ d. It is guaranteed ! to give perfect satisfaction or money i refunded. Price 25 cents per box. I For sale at J. F. KaulTman's. r, Tie., lage. Prompt and 1 7 7 i Royal makes the food pure, I wholesome and delicious. I ! m j II bAirilltf I POWDER j Absolutely Puro J j Itlisister Wocdfard Insulted. | His Train Attacked by a Spanish J Mob. Hendaye, Spanish frontier, April 22 ?Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, the United States minister to Spain, ac companied by his staff and others, I reached the frontier at 8 o'clock this j morning in safety, after some escit- j iDg experiences. The Spanish police j attempted to capture a member of i the legation and at Yalladolid the train was attacked. Mr. Moreno was the member of the United States legation siDgltd out by the Spanish police for capture, on the ground that he is a sub ! ject of Spain, but the attampt was frustrated owing to presence of mind of the ministes. At Yalladolid the United States minister's train was attacked and i stoned. Windows were broken and the civil guards were compelled to protect his cariage with drawn swords. Gen. Woodford, however, slept throughout the disturbance. Tue Moreno incident threatened to be serious. The Spanish police made a determined effort to capture j Mr. Moreno, but Gen. Woodford stood in the doorway of the cariage, declaiing he should only be removed by force. A detachment of police accompanied the train from Toloso to San Sebastio, where the police officials i left, on seeing the general determined to maintain his rights. At Segovia the students of the military college gathered on the platform, cheering for Spain, and there were several similar incidents at other stopping places. It was a great relief to the minis| ter's paity when the general finally I reached Trench soil. Tut uen. i Woodford personally seemed unccnj scious of any daDgerBuyonue, France, April 22?10:35 ! a. m.?The farewell of the United States minb.ter, Gen. Stewait L. | Woodford, to Spain wa^ in keeping I j v-ith the dignity he displayed throughout the crisis. When asked i if he had anything to say he simply J raised his hat and said: "Good-bye." I 1 i j The Segovia incident was compara- j ! tively unimportant. The students of : j the military school, in full uniform. ) | packed the depot. They were silent : until the train started when there | was an entbuoiastic outburst of j c-heeaing for Spain and Cuba. I The Yalladolid affair, however, j I threatened to be quite serious. I Thousands of excited people attempted to invade the railroad station and i the 20 civil guards who acc:mpanied ! the train were compelled to form up ! in front of Gen. Woodford's cariage j with drawn swords, while other civil j guards of the local force issued from | the depot, to protecM.be train. The j guards did everything possible to ' IvwL- fiio iiinlv wlmsp ypIIs rrnd ! sliieifcs resounded on all sides. ; Stones were thrown at the traiu and i windows were broken. A newspaper ! i man was wounded in the face by ! b.okeu glass, Sir Charles Hall, the j recorder of the city of London, had a ! narrow escape from being hit by i stones and Mr. Montague Hughes j Crasckenthorpe, 0 C., had a similar i experience. " ^ i [ # 1 | Thousands of sufferers from grippe have been iestuiod tu health by One f j Minute Cuugh Cure. It quickly cures coughs, cold?. bronchitis, pneumonia, grippe, asthma, and all threat j and lung diseases. J. E. Ivaufmann ^.G-EIEe, < Polite Attention. Charleston May Best Secure. ' j The Big Guns in Jasper Are in Pcfcitir>T? the Harbor Mined and Mortars Pointed. Sj ecirtl t<> The S:;ite. Charleston, Apiil 21?Charleston will be one of the safest ports on the Atlantic coast in the event cf war j with Spain. There is net the least occasion for j alarm or excitement when the news 1 reaches Charleston that war has been j declared. The four big rifles at { Battery Sergeant J isper have been j mounted. The tight new 12 inch! mortars fir the battery near the I ! hottl are rapidly being mounted, and I in a few days the 1<> mortars will be j prepared to be lch forth fire explosive j shells. The war preparations are still going on at Forts Sumter autl t Moultrie, and soon the old rehabili- ! tated fortresses will be in fighting trim. The approaches to and the ! channel itself are laid with torpedoes j and submarine mines, and it will be impossible for the Spanish gunboats to approach Chatlestcr, lest alone to : get nearer enough to slull the city. Charleston oflVis no strategic pur- j poses to Spain, and it v. ill seriously 1 interfere with her plans of procedure ! about Cuba to come to Charleston to J attempt to shell the city. The : Spanish navy will have all it can at- | tend to around the Cuban waters, j looking after the safety of the Span- j ish possessions and intercepting ; American merchantmen to come to | Charleston. The commerce of Charleston is not inviting enough to bring ! a Spanish fleet here. The two-year-(.Id sou of \V. L j Furgasou, of Bolton, Miss, had whocping cough. "After several physicians had prescribed for him, j without, giving relief/' writes Mr. Furgason, "I persuaded my wife to i try a 25 cent bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The tirst dose had J the desired effect, and in forty-eight : hours Le was entirely free from till} cough. I cousiper your remedy the \ best in the market, especially for children and recommend it all times." The 25 and 50 cents sizes for sal'3 by J. E. Kaufmann. j Better waver about taking the drink than to wabble after getting it. ; Plenty of work and a good diges- J tion is a good remedy for the blues. j Themauv. Id las not :n enemy way be a good man, but what is he j good for. . he farmer, the mechanic and the i bicxele rider are liable to unexpected cuts and bruises. DeWitt's Witch j Hazel Salve is the best thing to keep on haod. It heals is quickly, and is a well known cure for piles. J. E. j Kaufmann. ! A very large proportion of the j glass used in the Unittd States is j made in Pennsylvania. The monetary unit of Spain is the peseta, which is worth about 10 cents of our money. Prophet Totter says, "ill great; events happen iu even years." Which is very odd. a If the sun was enclosed in a mass i of ice (10 feet thick it wcu'd 1 e one ! I minute in melting it. Children like if, it saves their lives We mean One Minute Cough Cure. the infallible remedy for coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, grippe, and all throat and lung troubles. ?J. E Kaufmann. An old habit is stronger than a . mnn'kj n?rht ariil. Fi.rtunate tuC ! man whose habits are good ones. Austria is the only empire in the j world which had never had colonies. ; or even transmarine i> ^sessions. No receptacle for soiled clothing j even if handsomely decorated, should be kept ia a sleeping apart wont. Some people's idea of toleration: ''Do as I want ycu to do and think as j I wan: you to think, and you will be liberal.'5 The Lest Liniment.?"Chamber- . Iain's Pain Lalni is the iitn.st on earth,'1 write Edwards A Pinker, of Plains, Ga. TLi& ia the verdict of j all who use it. Fm iut-uniati?ni, ; lame back, sj rains, sv. t ilings and the numerous slight win.ems and accidents common to ev.ry Lousehcll this liniment has no njual. With it i in the hoUiC, a great deal of pain j and suffering may be avoided. For 1 sale by J. E. Kaufmann. ' 'J OI jITMI3I A, 8. C., October 13?tf. WOODS USED IN GOLF. Dogwood, Persimmon and Hickory Now Iu Universal Demand. In Scotland, from time immemorial, leech ami hornbeam have been regarded as tho best wood for golf club beads and ash as tho most pliable and springy for tne snaits. une enecc or rne grow m or the game in the United States has been the introduction of dogwood and persimmon for beads and of hickory for shafts into Great Britain. It is an old 6tcry now that this seasuu the Scottish handmade golf clubs are livaled ou the home market by machine turned clubs from this country, but the importation of the woods named in rough blocks into Scotland has gone on for some two years and is steadily increasing. The first wood turner to tako up the sawing and shaping of club heads in the rough in this country has his shop in New York. It is on an upper floor iu a factory on the west side, a dingy, sawdust filled room, in which the dust from the whirling band saws settles on the clothing like flour and titillates the nostrils liko snuff. "It had been 22 years I had cut aud twisted wood before I heard of golf," said tbo pleasant faced German boss yesterday. "But now I tnru out many heads and shafts, aber there is now opposition; even the sewing machine companies are now to make them for the trade. Yet I still get tbo best pay, and my time is filled up, so it must be mine are the best goods already." Willie Dunn, then at Sbiunecock Hills, was the first golfer to give an order to the German. TLo latter worked on beech for Dunn, Mum Tucker and others until somo time in 189.3, when Tucker brought him some dogwood seut from Tom Barker at Richfield Springs. Persimmon was tbo next wood tried, and tbo two, with hickory for shafts, have siuco been in strong demand. Greenheart is also used for shafts sue cessfully, buc it is apt to bo too stiff. The Gorman boss now furnishes the wood, supply ins any sort of hoad or shaft wanted by the gross. He obtains the dogwood and persimmon in Virginia, hickory in Now Jersey and this state, and greeuheart from the West Indies. Ho lias mado many experiments with different woods for heads. Cedar, California redwood, poplar, black gum and maple were found to be too soft, elm and ash too variable, and oak too short grained and brittle. The old wood turner has now in hand an experiment in shafts that ho thinks may amount to something. This is the use of a close grained reddish African wood, sent to him by Beveridge, the clubmaker at fchinnecock Hills. According to Beveridge, the wood is called assegai, and is used by the Zulus for their spears, as the Indians formerly used laucewood for arrows. Apple wood makes a durable and resilient head, but it is so apt to be knotty and hard that it does not pay the wood turner to use it as a staple commodity. A carefully selected piece of apple wood, he admits, will make a good head. He says the same of certain roots brought to him by some amateur golfers. Both apple wood and roots have merits, but they cost more time and money tbau they are worth to call the good from the bad blocks. i A ?i?i ? mo woou turner s opiumus*, ?uhw based only on tbo commercial sido of the question, agree with the experiences of American golfers. Hickory is incomparable for shafts, and in onr changeable climate dogwood aud persimmon are rnoro satisfactory than beech in the beads. In the moist air of Scotland or England a beech head will keep so soft and springy that it will show the dent of tbo ball after the drive, and when the face wears away the head is still kept serviceable by a refaciug of leather. Eut in this country beech hardens and chips or splits, and it cannot be depended on. Dogwood, if well seasoned, is as durable as compressed wood or metal, and whether faced with leather or not does not lose its resiliency on account of its hardness. Many players hold that when a seasoned dogwood head can bo obtained for the second play clnb it is useless to carry a brassey, for where tbo dogwood cannot be trusted it is time to use an iron.?New York Sun. If you are not feeling well why don't you take Hood's Sarsaparilla ? It will purify aDd enrich your blood a :d do you wondeiful good. Society, says a cynic, is composed of two great classes?those who have more dinner thsn appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinner. A s(eel arch is to be thrown across j t -e Niagara river near CliHton, w hic-h will be 810 span?a greater distance than was ever yet spanned by an arch. A little boy asked for a b< ttle of "get up in the moiuiig as fast as you can," the druggist recognized a household name for "DcWin's Little Early Itisers," and gave him a bottle of these famous 1 i;t'e pills for consti patiou. sirk headache, livei and stomach Ijo lbles. J. E. K tufmann. "Its li) use to f' e' me wrist, dcct'lor," said Pat, when the physician began to feel his pulse; "the pain is not tbore, suit?its in my l.id entiuly." "The men are all a).ko.v She was a t.Upbore girl who said this. She added, "When I say 'Line is busy,' i hey ; hvays sure ti say awful things." All relined gold is not alike. Australian go'd, fur instance, is distinctly redder ilran that from California. The Ural gold is the reddest found anywhere. * 'i : L:o Will Bo a Major General in the Army. S.iys lie Would Go as Lieutenant if Permitted to Lead a Squad. Richmond, Ap.il 22.?It is understood here that Gen. Lee will unquestionably be made a major general in the United States volunteer army, and will lead a division or corps in Cuba. He will leave for Washington on -Sunday if not ordered there sooner, and immediately upon receiving his commission will select his staff of nine men. When asked if Virginia troops would be attached to his command he stated unhesitatingly that they would be, and it has leaked out that he wired to Secretary Alger today, suggesting that the troops destined for Cuba be uniformed in the lightest possible clothing. When asked if he would accept anything less than a major general's coinmission, Gen. Lee referred to his telegram sent to the Washigton authorities from Key West, (ffeiing his services for any duty he might be called upon to perform and said: "I am anxious to return to Cuba to put to rout the Spanish troops, I would accept a lieutenants commission if it permitted me to lead as much as a squad in Cuba.'" Tho Surd La, Grippe Cure. There is no use suffering from this dreadful malady, if you will only get the right remedy. You are having pain all through your body, your I liver is cut of order, have no appe.tite, no life arc ambition, have a bad i cold, in fact are completely used up. Electric Hitters is the only remedy that will give you prompt and sure relief. They act directly on jour Liver, Stomach and Kidneys, tone up the whole system and make J'ou feel like a new being. They arc guaranteed to cuic or price refunded. For sale at J. E. Kaufmann's Diug Store, only -">0 cents per bottle. ? ? Thq Girls Men Admire. They admire the girl who is her mother's right hand in household matters, and who is not above taking an interest in the most trivial matters in connection with house duties. They admire the girl who is a bright, entertaining companion, and who has ever a kind word and pleasant smile for all with whom she comes in contact. Tbey admire the girl who is always neatly gowned, no matter if in inexpensive material?, and who never dresses loudly or in questionable taste. They admire the giil who can adapt herself to any society, who never puts ou affected airs, and who would scorn to do a mean action. They admire the giil who iu an emergency can turn her hand t> anything, front coo'iing the family dinner to retiimming an old hat. They admire the giil who is unselfish enough to give up some pleasure of her own to benefit another, and does not consider herself aggrieved at having to do so. They admire the girl who can talk of more important thiugs than dress or the last new opera, and who can listen intelligently when deeper subjects are introduced. ? " Not so Spry as He Was. The Southern black man may never have had his white brother's advantages, but if Southern newspapers . are to be believed, he is something able to give him good advice. An old Georgia negro, hearing that his former mastrr had decided to enlist in the Cuban army, said to him: "Marse Tom, doan' do no sich fool thiDg ez dat?doan" you do it." "Why shouldn't I ?" "Kasc, Marse Tom"?and here the old man lowered his voice? "you's got a touch er de rheumatism, and you can't run ez fast now ez you ruu eudurin' er de vrai!"' "I feci it my duty to give you a truthful >tai< n ent of what Chamberlain's C 'lie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy did.'' writes J. S. Collins, of Moore, S. C , "I had a child about two years old, that bad the diarrhoea for two mouths. 1 tried all the best liuowu remedies, but dodo gave the least relief. Wheu this remedy came j to hand, I gave it as directed, and in two days the child was completely cured." tx>ld by J. E. Kaufmaun. Nearly all the canvass back ducks eaten in the United States come from Alaska. TLey start on their southern tour at the close of summer.