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JOB WORK THIS OFFICE 18 THE PLACE TO BRING IT TO IF YOU WANT STYLE. TO THINK OWN SELF BK T.UUE AND XT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU OANS'T NOT THKN BK FALSS TO ANY MAN, BY JAYNK8, SHEULOlt, SMITH ? STKCIT. WAIiHAlili?? BOUTH CAROLINA, DEClSMBElt 22, 1898. NEW SKKI1SS, HO. 88.-VOIiUMB XMX.-NO. 51. ^_ OSBORNE'S^^ Analilla, Cia* Actual KuilneM. .No Text HooVi. Short time. Cheap board. Send for Catalogue. New Millinery Full rind soloct lino of Cupos und Notions. Hp, Ladies' .and Children's Undoi ? wear a specialty. (? Call and oxamino my stock and j<jj got prices before buying. You can [g save money by doing so. ?|j Very respectfully, I MRS. E. M. CUDWORTH. Dr. G. G. Pr 13 13 IS T 1ST, Walhalla, S. C. Office Over Carter Merchandise Company's Store. HOURS : 8.:it) A. M. TO 1 p, M. AND 2 TO GI 1'. M. Mardi 24, 1308. DE. ff. F. 13 E IV TI S T 9 Seneca, S. C. - OKKIt'K DAYS - MONDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY| OF EACH WEEK. ' May li), USDS.-ly Internal Reyetuie Service. DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, DEPUTY COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, WALHALLA, S.C, November 28, 1808. fill IE following described property _L. having boon seized from E. O. Lind say and .J. M. Morgan for violation of Sections :528D and Jib"))) Revised Statutes United States, any person claiming same must filo bond as required under pro vision of Section 8400 Revised Statutes within thirty (30) days from date hereof, ortho samo will be declared forfeited to tho Hinted States: Ono bay horse, Ono bay marti, One 2-horso wagon and harness, Eleven (ll) gallons corn whiskey. ANSON <;. MERRICK, Deputy Collector. December 1, !S()S. 48-00 Master's Sales. THE STATE, OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1 COUNTY OF OCONKK. J IN COURT OE COMMON PLEAS. PURSUANT TO DECREES OE THE AFORESAID COURT, in thc cases mentioned below. 1 will ofter for sale, to the highest bidder, at auction, in front of the Court House, In Walhalla, S. C., on MONDAY, tho '2d day of JANUARY, 181)1), being Salesday, be tween tho legal hours of salo, tho tracts of land bolow described: In tho caso of John I). Dickson, Plain tiff, against Jamos II. Llgon and J. Anna lagon, De fendants. All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in tho County of Oconee, State of South Caro lina, adjoining lands now or formerly owned by David Dickson, J. J. Norton, Marsh Dickson and others, and known as tho Wornloko tract, and containing four hundred ?ind eighty acres, moro or loss, on waters of Canoga creek, waters of Tugaloo river. TERMS : One-half cash and balance on a credit, of ono year, to be secured by note and mortgago of tho premises sold. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. J. W. IIOLLEMAN. Master Oconee county. In tho caso of Thomas M. Lowery, Plain tiff, against James N. Robinson, ot ni., Defendants. All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, with tho improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the town of Seneca, County of Oconee, State of Smith Carolina, and known in tho plan of said town as tho Eastern half of Lot No. (il), on which is located a livery stable TERMS : Cash. Puroliasor to pay ox tra for papo rs. J. W. IIOLLEMAN, Masler Ocouco county. In f i; T case of Amanda E. Harton, Plain tiff, again J. P. Ooforth, Defendant. All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in Goo noo county, State of South Carolina, on waters of Changa creek, waters of Tuga loo rive)-, (Mianga crook being th9 West ern boundary Of said tract, adjoining lauris of A. II. Land, E. S. Jenkins and others, containing ono hundred and ninety-eight (M)8) acres, moro or less, being tho ..anio place deeded to J. P. Goforth by Amanda E. Harton. TERMS ; One-half cash, and balance in one annual Installment. Credit por tion to bear interest from day of salo and bo secured by bond of tho purchnsor and mortgage of tho premises. Purchaser to pay extra for papers. J. W. IIOLLEMAN, Master for Oconoo county. . Docombcr 8, 1808. 40-52 GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. Deposits rocoivod, Exohango sohl, Col lootions promptly made. 4-21-08-ly -THE GENERAL HANKING BUSINESS DONE. Exohango sold, Collections promptly mado. J. W. STRIBLING, 4-21-08- ly Cashier. If you desire attractive Job Printing of any descrip tion send it to tho Courier ??ob Oitico. Briofs and Argumonts : : : : a Specialty. Bridge to Let. npHE County Supervisor for Goonoo J*, will, ou tho l lth day of January, 1800, at ibo bridgo, lot to tho lowest .-c sponsibio bidder tho contract to robulM tho bridge over Conuoross creek, near W. O. Alexander's. Plans and specifica tions will bo exhibited at tho timo of lotting. Hight to reject all bids reserved. By order: J. W. SH Kl .OH, Clork. December 15, 1808. 60nv2 Notice. 1)Y virtue of tho authority in mo XJ vested, 1 hereby appoint E. M. Cud worth as Supervisor of Registration for tho election to bo held in tho town of Walhalla on the third Tuesday in Janu ary next ensuing, for Mayor and Alder men. II. A. il. GIBSON, Mayor. Dccombor 10, 18118. Notice to Debtors and Creditors AI<L poisons indebted to the estate of Spencer Stegall, deeoasod, aro hereby liotiilcd to make payment to tho undersigned, and all persons having claims against said ostato will present tho same, duly attcstod. W. S. HUNTER, M. W. COLEMAN, Executors. December 8, 1808. 49-52 Hiniainons for Xfcoliei'. STATE OE SOUTH CARO Id NA, ) COUNTY OK OCONKK. 1 COUltT Ot-' COMMON l'l.KAS. C. W. Pitchford Company, a Corpora tion created by and under tho Laws of tho Stato of South Carolina, Plaintiff, against Horace L. Hayden, Dofondant. SUMMONS FOR RKU8F.-<co,n,>,1,",8tervC(l.) To tho Defendant above named: YOU are hereby summoned and re quired to answer tho complaint in this action, of which a copy is here with served upon you, and lo serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on tho subscribers at their ollico, on tho Public Squaro, at Walhalla Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusivo of tho day of such service; and if you fail to answer tho complaint within tho time aforesaid, tho Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court, for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated November 25th, A. D. 1808. ?L. S.| JAM KS SKAUOKN, C. C. P. A C.S. J AYN KS & SHELOR, Plaintiff's Attorneys. To Horace Ii. Haydon, Defendant: Take notice that the Summons and Complaint in the above entitled action were filed ill tho ollico of the Cleric of thu Court o? Com mou ricas tor uconeo county, South Carolina, on tho 20th day of November, 1808; that tho subject of this action is money demand on account for goods and merchandise sold and delivered, and attachment, of two shares of stock in Walhalla Cotton Mills stand ing in your name on tho books of tho Company. November 25th, 1808. J A YNES & SHELOR, Plaintiff's Attorneys, Walhalla, S. C, December 15, 1808. 50nv3 Assessment Notice f ll HE Auditor's office will bo open from J tho 1st day of January, 1800, to tho 12th day of February following for tho purpose of receiving returns of personal property for taxation in Oconee county for the year 1800. Por tho convenience of tax-nayors tho Auditor or his deputies will also receive ret urns at tho following times and places: Seneca, Tuesday and Wednesday, Janu ary 3d and 4th. Newry, Thursday, January 5th, from 10 A. M. to ?I P. M. Cherry, Friday, January 0th, from 10 A. M. to2 P. M. Clemson College, Saturday, January 7th, from 10 A. M. to 2 P. M. Richland, Monday, January 0th, from 10 A. M. to 2 P. M. Westminster, Tuesday, January 10th, from 10 A. M. to 1 P. M. Mt. Tabor, Wednesday, January llth, from 10 A. M. to 2 P. M. Retreat, Thursday, January 12th, from 10 A. M. to 2 P. M. South Union, Friday, January 13th, from 10 A. M. to 2 P. M. Pair Play, Saturday, January llth, from 10 A. M. to 2 P. M. Townvillc. Monday, January 10th, from IO A. M. to 2 P. M. Oakway, Tuesday, January nth, from 10 A. M. to 2 P. M. Kort. Madison, Wednesday, January 18th, from IO A. M. to 2 P. M. Tugaloo, Thursday, January 10th, from 0 A. M. to 11 A. M. I). K. Carter's, Thursday, January loth, from 2 P. M. to .! P. M. Cannon's Store, Friday, January 20th, from 10 A. M. to2 P. M. Abel Robina's, Saturday, January 21st, from 0 A. M. to ll A. M.' Mountain Kost, Saturday, January 21st, from 2 P. M. to I P. M. Salem, Tuesday, January 24th, from 11 A. M. to 2 P. M. livery malo citizen between Hie ages of 21 and 00 years, except ox-Confederate soldiers and those incapable of earning a support, from being maimed or from other causes, shall bo doomed taxable polls. Kx-Confederato soldiers are liable for judi tax until 60 years of age. Note all transfers of real estate sinco last assessment on your returns, from whom acquired or to whom sold. Remember that it ia important thal all returns should bo mado by the 12th of February, for after that time tho law prescribes a penalty of f>0 per cont added to tho valuation. J. G. ADAMS, Auditor Goonoo County, S. fl. Docombor 1, 1808. PRESIDENT ] HIS SPEECH AT Tit BRINGS DOW? Ho Pays A Tribute to tile Valor of tl tho North Should Aid the ?outh tho Confederate Dead-The S Enthuslasm-Clens. Wheel ATLANTA, GA., Deoombor 14. President McKinloy made memora ble tho first day of tho Atlanta Poaco Jubiloo by a notablo uttoranco in bia speech boforo tho joint session of tho Georgia Legislature this after noon. His reception by tho General Assembly was warm and hoarty in tho extremo and his speech was punotuatr'2 v/ith frequent outbursts of chcorhig. It is admitted on all sides that the address marked an epoch in history and is to-night on ovcry lip. Upon tho President's arrival at tho capitol ho was greeted with a held artillery saluto and was at once escorted to Gov. Candler's oilico. There a short, informal rocoption took place. Upon its conclusion tho President, followed by members of the Cabinet, was conducted to thc Assembly Chamber, where ho occu pied tho Speaker's chair, with Gov. Candler on his right. When Presi dent Dodson, of tho Senate, called the legislature to order, tho gal leries were thronged with men and women. The body of tho chamber was well lilied with State Senators and Assemblymen, while tho uni forms of various ofliccrs and tho Governor's Hlnff gavo a touch of brilliant color to thc gathering. On tho first row facing tho Sfieakor sat Secretaries Gage, Long, Wilson and Smith and Secretary Porter. Pe sidc tho Speaker's desk, and bolow tho President, Gens. Wheeler, Law ton and Young, in full uniform, sat on chairs. Thc Speaker rapped for silence and introduced tho President to the audience after congratulating the State of Georgia upon the pres ence of their distinguished guest. AB tho President roso thc audience applauded. During tho course of his short speech Mr. MoKinloy re ferred often to his notes, and con stantly paused for the cheers to stop. A scene of intense enthusiasm fol lowed, when, amid impressive silence, these words fell from tho lips of tho President: "livery soldier's grave mado dur ing tho unfortunate civil war is a tribute to American valor, and while, when these graves were made, wo differed widely about the future of tho Government, those differences were long ago nettled by tho arbitra ment of arms, and the time has now come in the evolution of sentiment and feeling, under tho providence of God, when, in the spirit of frater nity, we should share with you in tho caro of thc graves of the Confedorato soldiers." A wild cheer went up from ovcry throat in tho typical Southorn audi ence, a dicer that cell >?:d and re echoed through tho chamber until it was taken up by the crowds outside. Old men who fought for tho South roso from their scats and waved thoir hats. Ono Confederate veteran, now a venerable legislator, had prcssod forward until he was leaning against tho Speaker's desk, hanging on each word the President uttered. Whon the reference was made to the Con federate dead this old man buried Iiis head in his arms and, whilo the choora rang ont, cried like a little child. Of all tho many conciliatory speeches which havo been made sinoo Grant said: "Lot thero be peace," nothing has moro deoply stirred a .Southern audience than thc simple words of President MoKinloy this afternoon. The President's speech follows : .'Sectional lines no longer mar tho map of tho United States. Sec tional feeling no longer holds back tho 'love wo boar each other. Fra ternity is tho national anthem, sung by a chorus of forty-five States and our Territories at home and beyond tho seas. Tho Union is once more tho com mon altar of our lovo and loyalty, our devotion and sacrifice. Thc old Hag again waves over us in peace, with now glories, which your sons and ours have this year added to its sacred folds. What causo wo have for rejoicing, saddened only by tho fact that so many of our brave mon foll on tho field or sick ened and died from hardship and exposure, and others returning, bringing wounds and disease from which they will long suffer. Tho memory of tho dead will bo a pre cious legacy and tho disabled will be tho nation's care. "A nation whioh caros for it? disa [N ATLANTA, IE STATE CAPITOL si THE HOU5E. ho Confederate Soldier and Saya that In Taking: Care of the Craves of entiment Excites thc Wildest 1er and Young also Speak. bled soldiors, oe wo havo always dono, will never laok dofondors. Tho national cometones for thoso who foll in battlo are proof that tho dead as woll as tho living havo our love. What an army of silent senti nels wo have, and with what loving caro thoir graves aro kept. "Evory soldior's gravo mado dur ing our unfortunate civil war is a tributo to Amoriean valor ; and while, when those graves woro made, wo differed widely about tho futuro of this Government, tho differences woro long ago sottlod by tho abitra mont of arms, and tho timo has now come, in tho ovolution of sentiment and fooling, under thc providence of God, when, in the spirit of frater nity, wo should sharo with you in tho care of the graves of tho Confederate soldiers. "Tho cordi.? fooling that now happily oxists between tho North and South prompts this gracious act, and, if it needed further justification, it is found in thc gallant loyalty to thc Union and tho Hag so conspicu ously shown in the yoar just passed i by tho sons and grandsons of these heroic dead. "What a glorious fut iro awaits ut if unitedly, wisely an 1 bravely wc faco tho new problems .iow pressing upon us, dotormined to solve them for right and humanity." No sooner had President McKin ley concludod than thoro were loud cries for Wheeler, and when that littlo man got up, his hoad Bcarcclv higher than tho Speaker's desk, thc audionco once moro gavo vent tc wild enthusiasm. Gon. Wheelo) roforrcd eulogistically to tho effortf of tho President towards preserving poaco as long as tho country's honoi would permit such efforts, and of h ii masterful policy aftor war was in ovitablo. Gen. Wheeler paid ; tributo to Admiral Dewey, an< added : "Thc army, in conjunctim with thc navy, was ordered to attacl and destroy tho Spanish forces a Santiago. In four weeks that ordo was obeyed and its purposes accom plished. Thc proud Spanish natio: stood suing peace from the natioi which, a month befoie, it had bel up to ridicule and scorn." Calls for Prig. Gen. Young brough that officer to bis feet with a ?hoi speech regarding tho conditions c ino anny camps in tho South. II said that no troops in tho world wei bettor, more regally fed and troate than woro tho troops in South Care lina and Georgia. Gen. Lawton wi loudly choorcd for, but refused t mako a spocch. Ho simply thnnkoi on bohalf of his men at Sauting* tho Legislature and tho peoplo ( Georgia for thoir tribute to himsel Seorotary Alger refused to speak an tho Legislature dissolved. Tho President held a private r< coption in the Senate and afterwar a public reception on tho stops of tl rotunda. There hundreds of Soutl ornera crushed and jostled each oth< in their anxiety to shako a Northci President's hand. Many had con from miles distance, and when, ; '2.16 p. m., tho President loft tl capitol there woro still hundreds bil tcrly disappointed because they hs not hoon aldo to make thoir wi through tho surging throng to got second hold of his hand. Tho dny'B festivities included unique floral parado. At tho Exposition Auditorio Thursday afternoon President M Kinloy made another memoral) speech. He was introduced by C< Ilomphill, who said : "Thc other day Chicago, with h patriotic multitudes, celebrated tl success of the American arms in tl Spanish war. A. few days aftc wards Philadelphia, with horlibort loving hosts, held a great jubiU giving credit and glory to our viet rious anny and navy. To-day it loft to Atlanta to oolobrato tho Iii genuine Peace Jubiloo in this cou try. It is peculiarly fitting that tl great jubilee should bo hold in t South. This section did her du and furnished to the war hor que of heroes, and as long as timo lal and tho pages of history aro read t names of Sohloy, Wheeler, I4 Hobson, Hagley, Blue and ma others bravo and true, will live illufitrato Sohtheril patriotism n Southern ?kill and courage. (/ plauso.) ft*-??-'-;-? "Whon tho nows Hashed from tho wires a few days ago that tho treaty j of poaoo would be siguod thoro oamo also this statoniont, that thoro would bo complication with tho nations of Europe if wo attomptod to hold our now possessions in tho East, giving as a reasnu that wo laokod diplomatie manners. My oouutrymen, think of it 1 Wo can assure these old worn out nations that, perhaps wo may not havo tho politoness of the Fronoh danoing mastor, but thoy oan rest assured ol this faot, Un '. we do not lack diplomnoy, skill ?or courago, and whothor on land or water, tho Amorican diplomat, soldior and sailor, is tho equal, if not tho supe rior, of any diplomat ooldior or sailor that tho monarchies of Europe can produoe. "Judgo Day spoko a groat diplo matic truth when ho said, *A peace treaty can contain anything whioh tho victors put into it.' Ile was ap plauded on this side of tho Atloni?o. No European diplomat over spoke a truth moro torsoly or moro directly to the point. "If wo had boon >: nation, that par leyed with doubtful terms, Amorican independence would not to-day havo boon a fact. Over ono hundred years ago our patriotic forefathers proposed to England in unmistaka ble terms tho wishes and intentions of this country. It did not tako an hour to understand what wo were driving at. Our people aro plain and unassuming, and I pray God that thoy may continue this way for ever, honest and true. Spain thought wo were joking when wo demanded Cuban independence. They said wc were cowards and would not light, They called us pigs. They wore startled and dazed by the lightning Btroko that carno from our splendid battleships. (Applause.) "Thoro aro great questions pro sentcd to this nation to solve. Tin majority of tho people of this conn try, I fully believe, have made \\\ their minds to retain all of those countries that tho providence of Qo( bas dolivcrod into our hands. Som? cry out 'Imperialism' if wo extent ! our boundaries and tako in theso nov possessions. Others say wo aro loav ing the old landmarks laid down b; our forefathers, and thoro is dango in doing so. Tho American poop! aro not fools to be misled, nor ar they cowards to be soared by air such statements. "This is not a matter of politic! but of patriotism-not a question o supporting this administration, bu of sustaining thu government in th honest effort to socuro tho full fruit of thc war. "The United States has never ye added a foot of new territory br what glorious results havo followot It docs not require a prophet to pr< diet, if wo will follow up and scotti thc full benefits of this groat wa that lasting and beneficial result will bo tho outcome, surpassing aw thing that has boen experienced i tho history of this groat countr And if wo do this, the United Stat? will attain a placo among tho natioi of this earth, the height and broad! of which no ono has yot dreamt of." (Applause.) "A littlo over tliroo years ag during tho great Cotton States ar International Exposition, thoro w? celebrated on theso grounds a Bli and Cray day. I had tho honor presiding over a largo and outhit! astin meeting held in tho oxpositit auditorium. This meeting was a dressed by distinguished and pron neut Governors from the North, oi of whom said : 'Tho time, if not J ready hore, should bc hore now win tho North and tho South only sn gest gco" Hphical divisions, and n thing else. If wo over fight agai and I pray God wo may novor ha to, but if wo ever do, wo will fig on tho samo sido and wo will fig tinder tho santo flag, and that fl will bo tho glorious stars and stripe tho saino our grandfathers lifted ti] the same our fathers bore. In mai a battle's tempest it shod crims rain and to-day it means that, wi God hath woven in his loom let man rend in twain.' "Prophetic and earnest wor were theso that oamo from tho o quent lips and warm hoart of Northern man on Southern st Since that day we havo had a grt war and our pcoplo havo stood si by side and fought under tho sm Hag, just ns predicted by that orm on (mat occasion. Sinco that, briii Soptomhor day this distingnisl orator has been called by his coi trymcn to tho highest oflico in I gift of tho people. Ho in ad o glad on that day that wo had ( common country and ono glori flag. Ho complimented our pco and gratified tho committee ? 1 days ago when ho paid a warra and glowing tributo to tho South by say ing that not a singlo Southern sol dier and not a singlo prominent Southern paper had complained of tho oonduot of tho Spanish-Ameri can war. He made thousands of Confederate hearts glad yesterday when ho uttered tho noble Christian sentiment, 'Tho time hos now como in tho (!volution, of sentimont and fooling under tho providonoo of God, whon in tho spirit of fraternity we should share with you in tho caro of tho gravos of tho Confederate sol diers.' Wo aro honored as well as rejoiced by his prosonco hero to-day, aud I havo tho great pleasure, as well as the great honor, of present ing to you that Christian patriot and illustrious statesman, Hon. William McKinley, President of tho United States." (Great applause.) Mr. MoKinloy said : "I oannot withhold from this peo ple my profound thanks for their hoarty rocoption and tho good will which thoy havo shown mo ovory whoro and in overy way since I havo j been their guost. X thank them for tho opportunity which this occasion gives mo of mooting and greoting thom and for tho pleasure it affords mc to participate with thom in hon oring tho army and tho navy, to whoso achievements wo aro indebted for ono of tho most brilliant chapters of American history. "Other parts of tho country have j had their public thanksgivings and jubilees in honor of thc historic events of tho past yoar, but nowhere has there been greater rojoioing than among the pcoplo here, tho gathered representation of tho South. I con gratulate them upon their acourato observation of ovonts, which enabled them to lix a dato which insured thom tho privilogo of being tho first to oolobrato tho signing of tho treaty of peace by tho American and Span ish commissioners. Under hostile firo on a foreign soil, fighting in a common cause, tho memory of old disagreements has faded into history. From camp and campaign thoro como the magic healing which has closed ancient wounds and effaced their soars. For thia result overy Ameri can patriot will forovcr rejoice. It is no small indemnity for tho coBt of thc war. WK AUK INVINCIBLE. "This government has proved itself invincible in tho recent wai*, and out of it has como a nation which will remain indivisible forevermore. No worthier contributions havo been made in patriotism and in mon than by tho people of thoso Southern Staten. When at last tho opportu nity came thoy wore eager to meet it, and with promptness responded to tho call of country. Intrusted with tho aldo leadership of mon dear to thom, who had marched with their fathers, und or anothor flag, now fighting under tho old flag, they have gloriously helped to defend its spot less folds and addod new luster to its shining stars. That flag has been planted in two hemispheres nnd thoro it romains the symbol of liborty and law, of poaco and progress. Who will withdraw from tho pcoplo over whom it floats its protecting folds ? Who will haul it down ? "Tho victory wo eel o br ato is not that of a ruler, a President or a Con gress, but of the pcoplo. The army whoso valor wo admiro and tho navy whoso achievements wo applaud woro not nssomblod by draft or con scription, but from voluntary onlist mont. Tho horoos came from civil ns woll as military life. Trained and untrained soldiors wrought our tri umphs. NOT A SliM-'IHII TltUOK. "Tho poaco wo have won is not a solfish truco of arms, but ono whoso I conditions presage good to humanity. I"11'. ? :' . 'I. .. 1 " iVinkes the food more del ........ somtAwwfowt liiiaM.?i?MiijiiiMaii?nininiiNi?ii?MUMi^^nRfar^' ?. Bgtftt?gJ.jj.IMUMI.. Tho domains soourod under tho treaty yot to bo noted upon by tho Sonate oamo to us not as tho result of a orusado of conquest, but as tho reward of temperate, faithful and fearless rospouBO to the oall of con soienoo, whioh could not bo disre garded by a liberty-loving and Chris tian pooplo. "Wo have so borne ourselves in tho conflict and in our intercourse with the powers of tho world as to esoapo complaint or complication and give universal confidence of our high purposo and unselfish sacrifices for struggling peoples.,, "Tho task is not fulfilled. Iudeod, it is only just bogun. Tho most serious work ie still before us, and ovory onorgy of hoart and mind must bo bont and tho impulses o! partisanship subordinated to its faithful execution. This is the tim? for earnest, not faint, hearts. OUK NEW IWTIKS. "'Now occasions tenoh now dutioB. To this nation and to evory nntioi there come formative poriods in it lifo and history. Now condition can bo mot only by now method* Mooting thcBO conditions hopefall; and facing them bravely and wisol, is to bo tho mightiest test of Amori cnn virtuo and onpaoity. Withou abandoning past limitations, tradi tio-? and principles, but by mcotin prosont opportunities and obligationi wo shall show ourselves worthy c tho groat trusts which oiviliwvtio has imposed upon us, "At Bunker Hill liborty was r stako ; at Gettysburg tho Union wi the issue ; boforo Manila and Sant ago our armies fought not for gain ( rovongc, but for human rights. The contended for tho freedom of ti oppressed, for whoso. wolfare tl United Statos has novor failed 1 loud a helping hand to establish ar uphold, and, I believe, novor wi Tho glories of tho war cannot 1 dimmed, but thc result will bo i completo and unworthy of us unie supplemented by civil viotorU harder possibly to win, in their wi no less indispensable "Wo will havo our difficulties ai our embarrassments. They folio all viotorios and accompany all gre responsibilities. They aro insopar bio from overy great movement reform. But Amorioan oapaoity li triumphed ovor all in tho pa Doubts havo in tho end vanishi Appnront dangers havo been avort or avoided, and our own histc shows that progress lias come naturally and stoadily on tho he of now and gravo rosponsibilit that as we look baoV. upon the acq sitions of territory by our fathi wo aro lilied with wonder that n doubt could havo existed or any ; prehension could havo boon folt tho wisdom of their notion or th capacity to grapple with tho tl untried and mighty problems. THU REPUBLIC OF TO-DAY. "Tho Republic is to-day larg stronger and better prepared tl ovor boforo for wiso and profita development in now directions i along now lines. Even if the mi of some of our own people aro i disturbed by perplexing and anxi doubts in whioh all of us have sha and still share, the gonius of Am cnn civilization will, I boliovo, found both original and oroativo oapable of subserving all tho gi interests whioh shall bo confided our kcoping. "Forever in tho right, follov tho best impulses and clinging high purposes, using properly within right limits our powor opportunities, honorablo reward n inevitably follow. Tho outcome not bo in doubt. Wo could 1 avoidod all tho difficulties that aoross tho pathway of tho nation few months ngo wo lind cc ignored the piteous appeals of starving and opprcssod inhabit of Cuba, if wo had blinded selvon to tho conditions so noa our shores and turned a deaf oa our Buffering neighbors, tho issi territorial expansion in tho Am ami tho Kast Indies would not been raised. "Hut could we havo justified a course ? Is thoro any ono would now dcolaro anothor to boon tho hotter oourso ? With humanity and less courage on part, tho Spanish flog, instead ol I Stars and Stripos, would stil i :A4KINfe POWDER URE ?ceous and wholesome IH 00., WW YOflX. floating at Cavito, at IV?CO, and at Santiago, and a'ohonoo iii tho moo of Ufo* would bo wanting to millions of human boiugs who to-day oall this notion noble, and who, I trust, will livo to ooll it blesaod. "Thus far wo havo dono our supremo duty. Shall wo now, when tho viotory won in war is writton in tho troaty of poaco and tho civilized world applauds and waits in expec tation, turn timidly away from tho duties imposed upon thu country by its own groat doods ? And whon tho mists fado away and wo BOO with oloaror vision, may wo not go forth rojoioing in a strength which has I boen omployod sololy for humanity and always boon tempered v/?th jus tico and mercy, confident of our ability to moot tho exigencies which await us, beoauBO confident that our course is ono of duty and our causo that of right?" DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CUItED hy local applications, as thoy cannot roaoh tho disonsod portion of tito oar. Thoro is only ono way to euro deafness, and that is by constitutional romodics. Deafness is caused by an inllnmod con dition of tito mucouB lining of tho Easta ohaiu Tubo. Whon this tubo gets inflamed you havo a rumbling sound or imperfect heaving, and when it is entirely closed deafness is tho result, and unions tho inflammation can ho tnkon out and this tubo restored to ita normal condition, hearing will bo destroyed forovor. Niuo casos out of ton aro caused by catarrh, which is nothing but nu inflamed condi tion of thc mucous surfaces. Wo will givo ono hundred dollars for any caso of deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot bo ourod by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Sond for circulars, froo. E. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. Hall's Family Pills aro tho host. . Cuba's Doss. WASHINGTON, December 18. Major Gon. Brooke arrived in Wash ington from Fort Monroe to-day and was olosotod for moro than an hour with Secretary Al?cr. Ile then, in company with Adjt. Gen. Coi'bin, proceeded to tho White IIOUBO, and when ho returned to tho war depart ment it was formally announced that tho President had designated him to bo military governor of tho Island of Cuba, a post which carries with, it all control ovor tho military and civil branches of tho island formorly oxoroiscd by tho Captain Genoral ander Spanish rulo. Your Danger Now Io fi om tho overworked condition of tho livor and kidneys which aro unable to oxpol impurities from tho blood. This causes rhoumatism. Hood's Sarsaparilla lias boon wonderfully successful in cur ing this disenso. It noutralizos tho :ioid in tho blood and permanently cures tho aches and painos which other modioinos fail to rcliovo. Hood's Sarsaparilla is tho best winter medicino bocauso it purifies, enriches and vitalizes tho blood. It gi vos holp just whoro holp is nocdod. It tonos tho stomnoh, stimulates tho livor, and arouses and sustainos tho kid noys. It wards off pneumonia, fovors, bronchitis, colds, coughs and the grip. A Horrible Crime. HOT SPRINGS, AKK.jDccembor 10. -Tho disappearance from this oity sovernl days ago of Mrs. Nollio Horne, a beautiful young woman who was visiting at a health resort and who, it is boliovod, was murder ed by young Hardy Shoflicld and robbed of money, is hoing oloarod up, and dovolops tho most hoartless crimo over committed in this coun try. In conscquonco of tho manner in whioh Mrs. Horne lost her lifo , Hardy Shoftiold is in jail charged i with murder. Tho sheriff returned to tho city . to-day from tho homo of Sheffield's j brother, in Hot Springs county, whoro it was reported tho body of Mrs. Homo had beon found. Ho I brought with him a sank containing , tho grncsoino ovidenco that a human ! body had been cremated, piece by piooo, in tho Shoftiold house. Tho sack contained human bones, ashes 1 and other artioles recovered from tho fireplace in Sheffield's house. > A $40,000 Hotel Gono. I BRUNSWICK, GA., December 14. i Tho famous hotel, St. Simon, located i on St. Simon's island, and whioh has boon regarded as tho finest summov i resort hotol on thc Georgia const, > was totally dostroyod by firo to-day. i Tho hotol was orcotcd in 1880 and i has cost its owners about $40,000, r including improvcmontB, Tho insur ) anco carried amounted to only $10, ) OOO.