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"PRACTICES IN THE STATE AND I Federal Conrts. and offers bis professional services to tbe citizens ol Lexington County. Octoner 18?ly, | EDWARD L. ASBILL, Attorney at Law, LEESVILLE, S. C. Practices in all the Courts. Business solicited. !* < Sept 30?6m C. M. Efikd. F. E. Di;eher. EFIRD & DREHER, - Attorneys at Law, LEXINGTON, C. H., S. C. TTTILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE YY Courts. Business solicited. One member ol the firm will always be at office, Lexington, S C. June 17?Gm Albert M. Boozer, Attorney at Law, COLUMBIA, s. c. Especial attention given to business entrusted to hitn by lis fellow citizens oi Lexington ccuuty. Office: No. 5 Insurance Building, opposite City Hall, Corner Main and Washing IUU otic*: WO. February 28 ?tf. DR, E. J. ETHERERGE, SURGEON DENTIST, LEESVILLE, S. C. Office next door below post office. Always on hand. February 12. >> Poultry, Farm, Garden, Cemetery, Lawn, Railroad and Rabbit Fencing. Thousands of miles in use. Catalogue Free. Freight Paid. Prices Low. Tbe McMULLEN WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO. CHICAGO* ILL. Nov. 17?tf ^ Saw Mills, Light and H??avy, an<l Supplies. CHEAPEST AND BEST. Ca-t every day; wor<c 180 hands. Lombard iron Works and Supply Co., AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. January 27? CAROLI TS\i NATIONAL BANK, AT COLUMBIA, S. C. STATE, TOWN AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Paid up Capital - $100,000 Surplus Profits . - - 100,00(1 Saving's Department. Deposits of $5.00 and upwards received. Interest allowed at tne rate ot i per cent, per annum. W. A. CLAKK, President. Welie Jones, Cashier, j- December 4?ly. BEESWAX WANTED IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES. I WILL PAY THE HIGHEST MARket price tor clean an i pure Beeswax. Price governed by color aud condition. RICE B~ HARMAN, At the Bazaar, Lexington, S. C. ~ HARMAN & SON, CONTRACTORS, AND BUILDERS STEEL AND IRON ROOFING, LEXINGTON, S. C. OIDS SUBMITTED FOR ALL KINDS If of carpenter work. Estimates furnished. None but First Class Workmen era ployed. House building a specialty. Satisfaction Guaranteed, Remember ns when you want work done. S. A. B. HERMAN, KILLIAN HARMAN. September?11. tf Grand Centra! Hotel COLUMBIA, S. C. E. H. GILLIARD, Manager XE WL Y EE NO J A TED. V - CUISINE UNSURPASSED. Especially adapted for those desiring Comiort, Ease, Home like mttnods. Commercial travellers receive every accommodation. 9- ^arKATE^. *2 and $2.50 PER DAY.-S^ June 2, 1H07?tl. LEXIIVGTON SAVINGS BANK. DEPOSITS RECEIVED SUBJECT TO CHECK. v W. r?. KOOF1, Cnsslii?>r. DIRECTORS: /Allen Jon^s. W. P. Roof, C. M. Efird, R. Hilton James E. flendrix. EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD. Deposits of $1 and upwards received udc interest at 5 per cent, per annum allowed ipavable April and October. September 21 ? tt I MttSO >rAI!V STEE Swansea Doings. To the EJitor of the Dispatch: The small pox rage has aboat sub1 1 A ~ ^ '> "? T-r*r? r- vnnnrtcr] I SIUC'Cl. cast; uac nao itj/m I as small pox but no one else so far, has taken it. The colored man who runs the railroad pump here, known as John Peg Leg, was the victim, and is said to have gotten it from | Columbia. Medical opiuion in this i county, in Columbia and Orangeburg ! have disagreed very much as to whether it is genuiue small pox. Parties near here and in Orangeburg who had it before and during the war, have gone and examined some cases in Orangeburg and they say it is not the kind of small pox "we had". Many citizens nave tueir arms iu slings and no one now likes the remedy for it any longer. "Whether or not it is small pox will be a question of the future, but if it is genuine it has ceitainly lost its deathly sting for statistics show that as many have died from vaccination as from the disease and for oBce the remedy seems to be at least the equal of the disease. ~ Our town has about rectified mat ters from the ravages of the storm two weeks ago. Mrs. W. H. F. Rust has been quite ill but is much better and her physician thinks she will be Well soon. Two others besides those already mentioned who have enlisted are from old Lexington blood, now in Orangeburg county, viz-: M. K. Knotts and Haskell Gartman from Knott's Mill section, are in the Edisto Rifles from I Orangeburg. Prof. Jas. V. Smith leaves a prosperous school and enters into his country's defence. All of those from this section are not tramps nor idlers but all are industrious, active men, and two of them, viz: Virgil Rucker and Lawrence Jacobs leave families to enter the army. The rest are all single who have entered. Mr. "West Hartley, who's failure to enter on account of a defective eye, is also a young man of family. Lexington's gallant sons are much divided. Some in the heavy artillery, some in the Governor's Guards, some in the Richland Volunteers, some in the Newberry company, and some in the Bamburg company. I The State convention has ended and that leaves the road now open to eandidates, and there will be many anxious to serve the dear people. The State convention has refused to notice the request of the Prohibitionists but did not fail to recommend the dispensary. We are in a day of revolutions and these revolutions will break into politics as well as into Cuba. The political fortresses need to be captured as badly as Habana and Porto Rico and will be silenced > s completely as was Manila. A moral revolution is upon us and we had as well meet the issues squarely. The prohibitory question is only one of the many issues of the future. It is only aimed at one of the fortifications of hell, the Anglo-Saxon will down in his onward march to a better day. The French government at one time would license men to steal or rob, and as he did a big or small business his rating io dollars was assessed. It it said man will steal and the only way to manage him is to make him pay well for it, but alas! who pays for it at last! Licensing barrooms and running dispensaries "for profit" will some day be considered as brutal in us, as we claim that it was in the French. For the State to run a dram shop | ami reconcile the matter by giving j the "clear money" to educate our boys and girls is a sad example for the end of the 19th century. To turn "the blood money" of its citizens into the educational fund of its treas ury, is a bright picture of our greet! of a way to get money and "but tas the people for it.'" On last Sunday illness prevented Mrs. Harinan from being the organ ist for the llaptist Sunday school but Lula, the thirteen-year-old daugh j ter of II. It Goodwin, fiiled hei j place at the organ and did her pari ! well. ! Mrs. C. S Hoof has been quite i! for several days, but not seriously so The boys in blue l?y train loads an ! passing on way to Tampa, Fla. I North Carolina regiment passed hen last Sunday night and was the last "W. IE2 a% - - Solic-ts a Share oi "The blue and Gray" re-united once | mnrp A mnmetous future, too, hails | j ..... - I | the fraternal greeting, j Rev. S. B. Sawyer, of Norway, in j OraDgeburg county, is announced to j preach at Sardis Baptist church on J J next third Sunday. Mr. LaFayette Jones of Ridge j { Spring, is in the iusurance business j j occasionally. Several of our soldier i boys insured with him before enlist1 ingThe post office has been supplied with a cabinet general delivery office this week by the postmistress, Mrs. Corbitt. Spectator. ( A Narrow Escape. Thankful words written by Mrs. ! Ada E. Hart, of Groton, S. D. "Was j taken with a bad cold which settled | on my lunge; cough set in and finally | terminated in Consumption. Four ! Doctors gave me up, saying I could : | live but a short time. I gave my- j j self up to my Savior, determined if I ! ! could not stay with my friends on earth, I would meet my absent ones above. My husband was advised to get Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Cold9. I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has cured me, and thank God I am saved and now a well and healthy woman." Trial bottles free at J. E. Kaufmann's Drug Store, llegular size 50c. and $1 00. Guaranteed or price refunded. | Th9 State Campaign Meetings. The following are the appointments of the State campaign meetings as arranged by the Executive Committee, at its meeting in Columbia, on the 2d of June. OraDgeburg, Tursday, June 1GSt. George's, Friday, June 17. Charleston, Saturday, June 18. Walterboro, Monday, June 20. Beaufort, Tuesday,(night), June 21. Hampton, Wednesday, June 22. Barnwell, Friday, June 24. Bamberg, Saturday, June 25. Sumter, Tuesday, June 28. Manning, Wednesday, June 29. Monk's Corner, Tuesday, June 80. Georgetown, Saturday, July 2. Kingstree, Tuesday, July 5. Florence, Wednesday, July G. Marion, Thursday, July 7. Conway, Saturday, July 9. j Darlington, Tuesday, July 12. j Chesterfield, Thursday, July 14. Bennettsvilie, Saturday, July 10. Bisbopville, Tuesday, July 19. Camden, Thursday, July 21. Lancaster, Saturday, July 23. Chester, Monday, July 25. Winnsboro, Tuesday, July 20. Yorkville, Wednesday, July 27. Gaffney, Thursday, July 28. Spartanburg, Friday, July 29. Uuion, Saturday, July 30. Newberry, Monday, August 8. Laurens, Tuesday, August 9. Greenville, Thursday, August 11. Pickens, Friday, August Vi. Walhalla, Monday, August 15. Andersnn, Tuesday, August 16. Abbeville, Thursday, August 18. Greenwood, Friday, August 19. Aiken, Monday, August 22. Edgefield, Tuesday, August 23. Saluda, Thursday, August 25. Lexington, Friday, August 2G. Columbia, Saturday, August 27. Sure Death to Bad Bu^s, Etc. The Standard Liquid Insect Destroyer is A No. 1 Polish for Furniture, a Wonderful Disinfectant, safe, sure and speedy. No insect dej stroyer ever yet devised has so fully j aud unquestionably met the desired j requirement, that of certain destrucj tiou of Bed Bugs, Poaches, Ants, ! Ac., and also the most perfect ger| micide in the word. If you are sufJ fering with any of the insects try i this most wonderful Insect Destroyer ! and be convinced of its merit. It is 1 ; the most perfect insect destroyer in ; j the market. Invaluable to every ! household. Sold under a positive ' t guarantee. Price, 25 cents, at the - j Bazaar. i I | Japan has a population of 45,000,: nfti) with ft tenitorv but three times r ' 1 " ^ greater than that of Pennsylvannia. The human machine starts but ] i once anil stops but once. You can . j keep it going longest and most rege ! ula:ly by usirg DoWitt's Little L j Early Risers, the famous little pills e | for constipalion and all stomach and . j liver troubles. 1Y GC ^oniTCi^Toi: ? Your Valued Patroi Blown Ut3 Tjv Torosdoes. Destruction of Yankee Warships in the Civil War. Industries and Iron. The American war of secession, which began in 1SG1, was productive of astounding results. At the commencement of the war the Confederates possessed no special stores, no trained personal and very little knowledge of sub marine mines and torpedo warfare. It was more than a year after the outbreak of the war before the Confederates could get together the materials they required for sub marine attack, but when they once started their crude systems, the wiping out of the Federal ifeet commenced and continued with increasing effect until the war termi Dated. Ibe Jist ot damaged udo destruction which followed is given in detail, as its lesson should he seriously considered by all the naval administrators of the world. 1. In December, 1802, the United States armored vessel, Cairo, 872 tons, 13 guns, was totally destroyed by a Confederate sub marine miue in the Yazoo river. 2. February, 1808, the United States monitor Montauk, 814 tons, 2 guns, was seriously damaged by a sub marine mine in the Ogeeche river. 8. July, 1803, the United States armored vessel, Baron de Kalb, 012 tons, was totally destroyed by a sub marine mine in the Yazoo river. 4. August 18G3, the United States gunboat Commodore Barney, 513 tons, 4 guDS, disabled by sub marine mine in the James river. 5. September, 1803, the United Shatas transnnrt. John Ferron. was seriously injured by a sub marine mine in the James river. G. October 18G3, the United States armored vessel, Ironsides, 3,48G tons, was seriously injured by a torpedo oil Charleston. 7. February, 18G4, the United States sloop of war, Honstatome, 1,240 tons, 13 guns was destroyed by a spar torpedo off Charleston. 8. April, 18G4, the United States transport, Maple Leaf, 508 tons, was destroyed by a mine in St. John's river. 9. April, 1804, the United States transport, Gen. Hunter, 400 tons, also destroyed by a mine in St. John's river. 10. April, 18G4, the United States flagship, Minnesota, 3,307 tons, 52 was seriously injured by a torpedo. 11. May, 1864, the United States armored vessel, Eastport, S00 tons, 2 guns, was sunk by a mine in Ibd river. 12. May, 1SG4, the United States gunboat, Commodore Jones, 542 | guns, was destroyed by a mine in I t.bo .Tamps rivpr. 13. May, 1864, the United States transport, H. A. "Weed, 200 tons, was destroyed by a mine in St. Johu's river. 14. June, 18G4, The United States transport, Alice Pride, 020 tons, was destroyed by a mine in the St. John's river. 15. August, 1804, the United States monitor, Tecumseh, 1,034 was destroyed by a mine in Mobile bay. 16. November, 1804, the Unite 1 States transport, Greyhound, 000 tons was destroyed by an infernal machine in coal used in a furnace, in James river. 17. December, 18G4, the X'nited States gunboat, Narcissus, 101 tons, was destroyed by a mine in Mobile bay. 18. December, 1SG4, the United States tug, Bazley, was destroyed by a mine in Roanoke river. 10. December, 18G4, the United States gunboat, Otsego, 947 ions, 10 gurs, was destroyed by a mine in Roanoke river. 20. January, 1SG5, the United States monitor, Patapsco, 814 tons, 2 guns, was destroyed by a mine ofl Charleston. 21. February, 18 Go, the United States gunboat, Harvest Moon, o4fi tons, J guns destroyed by a mine at Charleston. 22. March, 18G5, United States transport, Thome, 403 tons, destroyed by a mine in James river. 23. March, 1865, United States gun boat, Altken, 72 tons, 1 gun, de stroyed by a mine Blakeley river. J 25. March, 1865, United States i ?? t, je., iago. Prompt and ] monitor, Milwaukee, 070 tons, 4 guus, destroyed by a mine in Blakeley river. 2G. Marcb, 1SG5, United States monitor, Osage, 523 tons, 4 guus destroyed by a mine in the Blakeley liver. 27. April, 1SG5, United States gunboat, Rodolpb, 217 tons, G guns, destroyed by a mine in Blakeley river. 28. April, 18G5, United States gun- | boat, Ida, 104 tons, 1 gun, destroy* 1 by a mine in Blakeley river. 29 April, 1835, United States gunboat, Sciota, 507 tons, 5 guns, de- ! stroyed by a mine in Mobile bay.* 30. May, 18G5, United States trans- | poit, R B. Hamilton, 400 tons, de J stroyed by a mine in Mobile bay. TT a. _r ! | Jiere ill iue iLiiuiicy ui auiu uiauuc warfare, the Confederates who had everything to learn, succeeded in blowing up and totally destroying twenty-four Federal warships and transports and disabling six others, while on their side they escaped with the comparatively trifling loss of three small vessels, blown up accidentally by their own mines, and j one armorclad, the Albemarle, blown ' up by the Federal torpedo attack j Since this time the progress and de- j velopment of torpedo warfare has i been incessantly pushed forward ! to perfection by the most eminent i chemists, scientists and engineers of . i the age, while the increasing size. \ displacement and weight of modem j battleships and cruisers render them j more and more liable to destruction i by the latest forms of torpedoes or j sub-marine mine attack than was the j fleet of the smaller vessels engaged j in the Federal cause. On January 17, 1885, the wellknown ship builder J. D'Aquilar j Samuda, launched from bis works at j ~ * T 1 I IL. i .Poplar, an armoreu cruiser iur mt- , Brazilian government, which was i named the Aquidaban. The success j of this vessel's peiformances in re- ' gard to speed, maneuvering powers i and peifection of offensive and defen- I sive capabilities caused great inter- \ est to be accorded to her not only in j England, but thoughout the world. About his time the chief construe- ! tor of the United States was on a visit to England, buying up his gov- ; ernment all the best and latest information he could possibly obtain of modern man of war construction. Following this visit, Mr. Hichborn, j in a book he afterward published for | private circulation among American | naval officers, reproduced detailed plans of the Aquidaban, and from these plans, slightly enlarged, the Maine was built The Aquidaban was torpedoed by j the Paraguayans, and the Maine now lies at the bottom of Havana haibor, the victim of a mysterious explosion. 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High Pries of Wheat. | Representative Stokes on the Deal Made by L&iter. | ! The following communication api pears iu the Washington Dost of ; May 31: Editor Post: You are usually so accurate when you invoke facts that I read with surprise your attempted j defense of -Jo," Leitcr, and incident ally of option gambling in yesterday's ! Post. You characterize as unspeak: ably wicked certain expressions of leading Knights of Labor and others, which recently appeared iu a New Y'ork paper. The unspeakably wickedness of the labor men apparently is only less iu your estimation than that of the unmentionable paper in publishing them. In your defense of the man and the method you appeal to the facts, and charge those who hold contrary views with deliberately deceiving the people as to the facts. Cin the editor of the Post be seri/-mc ahon lin cove T.f-itpr Vioa tint speculated or gambled in futures or options? The merest tyro in the exchange methods knows that his transactions from start to finish were speculative purel}*, and the very essence of gambling. It is true, as you say, he "bought the actual wheat in the open market at the prevailing prices." But he bought it solely be cause it became necessary in arder to win his outstanding bet3. The essence of the transaction was like tbit: LeiUr bet tui million dollars, say, that wheat would go above 70 cents by a certain date, and the higher above the bigger would be the stakes according to an agreed scale. He put up his stakes, and then with all the power of unlimited money, he went to work to force the price above 70 cents, in order that he might win his bets. The higher above 70 cents be could force it, the bigger would be his winoiugs. By thimblerigging methods well known on the exchanges, he forced the price up to 77 cents. Then it occurred to him, if he could get control of the actual wheat, he could demand delivery of actual wheat in stead of the margins. In that event, his antagonists would have to come to him for wheat to fulfill their gambling contracts, and so lie could force the price up indefinitely. That is precisely what be did. He bought up all the wheat in the market?at what price? At the price he himself had fixed by manipulating the figures on the exchange. Then what? Having control of the actual wheat and of the gambling contracts as wtll, be actually forced the price up to Si.80 per busbtd. And yet the Post says Leiter is not responsible for the higher pi ice of bread. However we may disagree about terms descriptive if those acts, there can be no rubbing out the fact that the price went up from 77 cents to ?185 aftpr Loiter bought actual wheat. How, then, can the Post ' say thai "if the cost of wheat has been increased, it is the result of natural causes over which no opeiator had or could have had the least control?" ! It is begging the question to say that the increased inurost to the producers of wheat. It is not oalv untrue, but disingenuous. This increase iu ptice has taken place in the main since tLe producer parted with his product. It is always so. ; not only iu respect to wheat, but in respect to cotton aod every other subject of option gambling. But suppose the producers did get the benefit of these gambling opera tious in this instance. How does that help the producers who bad to sell last year and the }ear before, and for ten years past, while the matket was under control of the "bears?" The Knights of L ibor are right. r> o "Jo" Leiter and his class, and the I exchanges which make them possible, should be abated by law. They perforin no useful functions comrnen surute with the evil they do. i I have a bill pending before a com ' mittee of the House which will ac complish that purpose, and if th( people who are forced to pay mon for bread, or go lttekitby reason <>: these gambling rperatioas, will help such abuses will not occur again Germany and Russia have legisk j tiou for the protection of the pro C OI^TTMHI A, s. o., (Mober 13?tf. ducers and consumers of bread and other agricultural prodflcts. "Will this country be less considerate of the masses'? I band you herewith a copy of my bill and of my speech thereon, and ask that you review your facts as well as your opinion on this absorbing question. J. William Stokes. House of Representatives, Hay, 30. Tha Sure La Grippe Cure. There is no use suffering from this dreadful malady, if you will only get the l ight remedy. You are having pain all through your body, your liver is out of order, have no appe tite, no life or ambition, have a bad | cold, in fact are complately used up. j Electric Bitters is the only remedy | that will give you prompt and sure i relief. They act directly on your Liver, Stomach and Kidneys, tone up the whole system and make you feel tike a new being. They are i-?no f r\ ^uuiou^cu V Uicui jnunucu. | For sale at J. E. Kaufraann's Drug Store, only 50 cents per bottle. Colored Volunteers. j Columbia Register. There have been some complaints i among the colored people because, ! a9 alleged, they have not been given j an opportunity of enrolling fur service in Cuba. We understand that in South Carolina some of the colored troops are disposed to feel slighted. It is stated that Gen. Miles, when he ! passed through Columbia, intimated j that he would use his influence with the President to give them representation in the army of invasion. As i Gen. Miles is likely to be very busy J from now od, he will hardly have the opportunity of carrying out his promise, and if the colored troops fail i in this they still have a chance of getting in a regiment Dr. Pope is trying to be organized to raise. The Secretary of War has issued an order saving that of the ten regiments of "immunes" five will b? colored and five white. There will be an opportunity for the colored man to enlist in them, and a further i nrmrirtnni I v fr> Anliaf in Hia Pnlnred | V'|'|/Vi VUMI VJ ?V VM??WW v w*v* I regiments; of the regular army which j are said to Deed recruits. But as a matter of fact several regiments have been iuade up in the southern states or will be 6oon. Governor Bradley says he will make up one under the second call. It is i | said that the governor of North i Carolina and the governor of Virginia | will do the same thing, and the governor of Alabama already has a regiment to go in with the "immunes." But the first rush to enlist was so , great that the colored brother was | swept aside, and in no instance which i we have noticed were there any conj siderable number of them who offered i their services. There are comparatively very few ! military organizations among them I in the South and preference was j given to military organizations. Digital Depression. Did you ever notice, when a man smites his thumb with a hammer, while putting down a carpet under wifely supervision and criticism, how -?- ? 1 -1 ? tKufofo 4 Viz* Krmftnfl I (JUiCKlJ L1C lllUL.-iio tJjQ U1U4WV. ; throbbing member into bis ready i moutbT asks Burdette in TbeLadies1 I Home Journal. People think it is because the ap| plication is soothing. But no; it is j an involuntary movement, same as I winking. The man cannot help it. | Nature knows what the man would ; be apt to say under the circum ! stances, and so she has ordained that 1 whenever he hits his thumb bard 'I j i enough to hurt?and it doesn't take ! very much to nearly kill a man wheu he is doing something he doesn't want to?by a soit of interlocking i system the thumb flies into his , mouth and stops him up, so that he can't say an} thing. I Some men whom you and I know should be provided with an extra thumb which they might carry about in their hand all the time it wasn't ? ' in active use. It would be a great 3 1 thing wouldn't it? i " f , J The evidence in the case proves * : Hood's Sarsaparilla cures scrofula, - i salt rhtum, boils, humors and all -1 eruptions. Q-cn. James Losgstreet. The Old Veteran Takes a Cheerful View of the War Situation. New York, June 1.?General Jap. Longstreet, the aged commissioner cf vjil rno rl a on/1 * -3 . t ? uuuuj uuu lUliun V/ULlIiruei IKtJ officer, and minister to Turkey, is staying at the Empire Hotel for a few days upon business matters connected with bis office. Before the first call for voluntetrs the general announced that his services were at the disposal of the government. Last night he repeated that he was willing to give his services, and regretted that because he was beyond the age limit they could not be accepted. "The annexation of Cuba, it seems to me,'' he said, "will follow the expulsion of the Spanish forces from the island. I do not think the insurgent government will be satisfactory or stable for any length of time, and the lack of peace will result in a demand from Americans for its annexation to this country. Why, the autonomist government was superior to what I believed the insurgents D will provide. Puerto Iiico, I suppose, we must hold, too. The people there, however, probably will give U8 little trouble, and it is a fertile, rich country. The Philippines I do not know much about, aDd if I have read cornet accounts in the newspapers, it must be a land of great resources, and as such will not be a drawback on our government." When asked how long he thought the war would last. General Longstreet said he bad little means of judging, but he thought if a policy of starvation was adopted, it would mean only a matter of a few weeks. "If the Spanish armies in various parts of the island are cut off from supplies," he said, *T don't see how they can stand it more than six weeks or two months. But if they are n? t embarrassed for food and ammunition, it seems likely to be a prolonged conflict." Got Kis Monay's Worth. This is a story about a Washington man who believes in getting the ' worth of his money under all circumstances. He stayed at a hotel in a neigh| boring city, recently, for a few days, and by some mischance happened to scratch the marble top of the bureau in his room. The injury was slight but when he come to pay his bill he found that he had been charged ten dollars for ruining the marble slab. The item infuriated him but he paid the bill. Then he called for an ax, took off his coat and announced that he iutended to take ten dollars worth of satisfaction out of that marble top. He pounded it and be hacked, at it, danciDg about in fiendish glee the while. The marble cracked and splintered, but he was not satisfied with that. He worked manfully till a great j igged fragment flew up and struck srpiarely in the center of the? large plate glass mirror. It coet him $30 to replace the mirror and he had to pay for ruining the ax, too, | but these are mere extraneous dej tails, and won't affect the principle of the thing. He had his money's ! worth out of the marble slab. $100 Reward $100. The readers of this paper will be ! please to learn that ttere is at leesfc one dreaded disease that sciense has beeD able to cure in all its stages, and that is Citarrh. Hili's Ca'arrb Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. C?tarib being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Citarrh C ire is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood aDd ma cods snrfac s of tbe syst-m, thereby destroying tbe foundation of tbe disease, and giving tbe | atiei t strength by building np tbe corstitu'i >o ai d assisting nature in d< irg its work Tbe proprietors have so mncb fai'h in i's curative p>wers, tbat they ? ff-r O ie Hundred D >1 ars for any case that it Iti's t?? cure Send for list of '-etimMrimls. Sull by all drnfg'Vs. Pr Ci 75 ce? t< 30 ^ * It is an old proverd that "boy3 will be boys.'' "What a pity it isn't < qually true that men will be men. That young man who drinks, bets, swears, gambles, and idles away bis time, is on a thin place on the ice. Unsocial old Suarl says tbat love is a combination of diseases?an affection of the heart, and an inflamma tion of the brain. The Cuban question and political | issues sink iuto insignificance with | the man who suffers from piles. I What he most desires is relief. De! Witts Witch Hazel Salve cures | piles. The Goddess of Liberty can never | be considered up to-date until she : mounts a bicycle with a quid of gum * | in her mouth.