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...THE,.. SEMI-CENTENNIAL Wo want ovo ry person who possibly c;\n, to visit Walhalla (luring tho Semi ( .Villen ni al in AntsiiHt. It will bon groat old timo. Everything for tho pleat!? uro and comfort of our guests will bo dono, and there will bo no bick of amusements. 'There will bo moro peoplo boro thou than evor boforo-and all will bo well taken caro of. 1?C>0. "Welcome. The Semi-Centonnial Celebration of tue JJ'ouncling* of Wni halla, August ?23?! mid ii-JLlh. "Welcome. lOOO. ., .THE... SEMI-CENTENNIAL AugUBt 23 mid 24--tho dates for Walhall a's Somi Centennial Celebration will soon ho boro. Let every citizen put forth au effort to make the entire town attractive, and whon our visitors como lot us nil fool that as Individuals and ns a town wo cannot alford to let a sititdo guest bo anything loss than do lighted with the old town. TO THINE OWN SELB HE TRUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN HE FALSE TO ANY MAN. NEW SERIES, NO. 123.-VO LUMM r r_ten ??o EVERYTHING NI HATS, GC WELL A! FROM TI LINE RIG Take up thc White Slave's Burden. [A Kt KM MUPVAMD KUM.INCLJ Take up tho Whito Slave's burden - bot justice ho t li y creed! (Jo, meet, bim on the highway And BUCtiOi" bim in need. Clo, timi him in tho rao'try. Tho mine shaft and tho hold; Toiling slaves of moneyed greed bot wealth her portion yield. Take up tho White Slave's burdon The lille horders that fret And chant in fitful measure For help that comes nor yet, Side hy side with luxury Of gorgeous pageantry The blanched face of poultry On every hand ye seo. Take up tho White Slave's burden (lo seek tho alley ways; (ioscok thc pauper's pallet On which ho cuds bis days, And say can such continue '.' Can man thus Satan he ? WllOl'O plenf ons riches doth abound Why lingers poverty'.' Toko up tho White Slave's burden - Go, see the grimy hordes Of densely crowded cities Jostling corporate lords. The almshouse and the palace And Mammon's temple high, Thc gulf twixt Dives and Laz'rus Yo see with callous eye! Take up the White Slave's burdon His liberty has bled! Must Sheriff Martin's murder'.' Speak, victims of Homestead! Mngnn Charla-isn't in shreds Hy Pinkerton shots torn'.' Tho Father's Declaration Will wealth its virtues scorn'.' Take up tho White Slave's burden Ye yet may fool his sting: Hiswoflll wail 'gainst thraldom Through hills and valleys ring. Tyrant days of pomp and greed Are como to chain men's hands, The feminines of Mammon Increase the pauper bands! Take up thc White Slave's burden Thy victom's cry is loud, Go search your sordid conscience; Yo can't escape tho shroud; Yo, loo, must, moot the Hoaper; Yo, too, must fool his breath - Tho poor mali and the rich mau He'll clasp alike; in death! THE DISINHERITED [('hester Dorr, in the Louisville (Ky,) Tobacco Worker. J All is good. And lifo is good, Were tho one lesson understood Of Its most sacred brotherhood. J mn os Davis was out of work. Not at all an anamolous position for the average toiler, bul truly a it 11 i < iii? * ono for this particular citi zen. Kor thirty years, since a lad of liftcon, ho lind entered tho service of Prescott & Paddington, ho had not experienced a day of involuntary idleness. Seasons ol' ill ness and days of recreation had come, but unpaid, enforced vacations natl never fallen to his lol. Ho bud been nu ambitious man, whose salary was liberal and amply suflicicut for all his wonts and those of his little family. Uti was blessed with ii good wife, and, side by side, hand in hand, j they had sauntered down tho road- i way nf a peaceful life, (?tiding fow stony spots on tho pleasant path. Three children had come to make their hollie brighter. Though thc lives of thc little group moved placidly along humble lines, yet they 1 had fouml I hem "ways of pleasant ness" and peace. His situation seemed assured. The linn of I* rosco tl A-. Padding* toil was as "old ns the hills," ami ap parently as solidly established. They employed threescore men, many o? whom, now old and infirm, had en tered the service of tho company when they were boys. Noone ever resigned from Prescott cfc Padding* ton's. The partners were upright Mien, who treated their employees as if they were hum in beings rather than hired ouloui.itons. The estab lishment was Olio of thal alm?st ex tinct type of primeval business days, which, exposed to trust competition, disintegrates like a late snow before au April sun. .lames I > ; . v i s used to take his small namesake upon his knee .ind tell him how, Inter on, ho, lob, should begin life in tho "store," ami perhaps, who knows, bc might in ti. become a part ncr. Idle dreams ' Ho took no interest in social re CW IN MEN'S HA' >LF OR OUTING 3 A COMPLETE IE MANUFACT ?B rHT THROUGH ! forms. Sometimes, sitting snugly on seo n seil in Iiis easy chair, he would road indifferently of the vast increasing army of tho unemployed or would peruso the details of the desperate deed of some unfortunate suicide. Hut his heart remained untouched with pity. I IIB feelings were rather those of incred ulous horror. These ghastly results of our system of civilization scorned so alien to the spirit of his happy homo that his imagination failed to recognize tho cruelly of tho condi tions that hied them. So the family drifted contentedly along on the calm current of pros perity and no whisper of a darker destiny troubled their peaco of mind. It was a bright day in early Oc tober that marked the beginning of a great chango in their lives. When .lames Davis returned home on tho evening of this eventful day he looked troubled and appeared ill St case. With loving solicitude his wife asked, "Are you ill, Janies?" "No," was the reply, "not ill, but I have heard bad news." "Bad news?" she repeated anx iously. "Ves," he answered. "I'll tell you later when tho babies are asleep." Ile tried to reassure her with a smile as James, junior, proving the truth of thc adage about little pitch ers, protested loudly against the stigma of being termed a baby. Mrs. Davis was uneasily conscious of some threatening disaster. When she found time to join lier gloomy husband she was in a state of appre hensive fear. So soon had impending misfortu nato east its dark shadow over tho happy household. "You might as well know at once," said be. "The linn has decided to elose tin? store, and the beginning of the new year sees the end of the business." Had he declared thal the sun would shine no longer Mary Davis could have fell little more incredu lous surprise. "Prescott it Paddington !" she ex claimed. dames smiled piteously. "Yes," he gently continued, "it is quite true. We wore told to-day. Competition is so sharp that of late years profits have greatly dimin ished, but because of the hands tho business has been kept up. Now Mr. Prescott's daughter is ill, and he desires to take her to France, .Mr. Paddington, who is getting along in life, wants lo retire. It, does not appear to have been a sudden decis ion. The subject has been under consideration for some time." "Put the men" "We are treated liberally," replied .lames, "a year's salary to each one and recommendations that ought to secure other situations for us." After the first effect of tin; news passed away thc couple became rec onciled to the situation. Mary pos sessed no doubt as to her husband's ability to procure a paying position. She was childly concerned because of the rude breach in old and valued associations. She mourned over the breaking of tender ties of friendship, many of which had to be severed amid the inevitable changes. Davis felt, too, thal bis long ser vice in the employ of this honorable old linn would prove a passport to new duties in reasonable time. Ile even took a vacation of some weeks before ho attempted to obtain om* ploy me ll I. When he did try, how ever, this serenity of mind was quickly dispelled. Ile returned home al the close ol' his hist, day's search with a clouded countenance. Ills bearing indicated amazement as well as disappointment. ll was the old, old story, .lames Davis had considered himself at forty live years of age as being capa ble .d' years of faithful toil. To his consternation ami indignation he found that in nearly every establish ment, where bc had been able to se cure a momentary interview with a head the answer had been, after a TS-LIGHT DRIVI HATS, WITH FA LINE OF STAPEI '"ER. COME IN A! _C. W. B careless glance, "We are only en - ploying j mug men here." "Do I look HO supcranuntod, Alary ?" he asked pathetically. "Why, no," answered his wife loyally, "you haven't a gray hair yet." "I shall have soon," murmured James, "if to-day's experience is a criterion of what is coming." "It can't he," hopefully returned his wife. "But luck to-morrow." "lt makes me think," said James, thoughtfully, "of that old chap who used to sell soap at thc door. I >o you remember how he used to say bitterly that there ought to be a law prohibiting life to workingmen OVor fifty unless they had acumulated suflicient moans on which to live?" "I recollect," assented Mary, "hut I always considered hm remarks un called for and his criticism exagge rated. It seemed to tue as if Iiis condition must have been the conse quence of folly or improvidence." "I thought so, too," said he, "but I wonder" What Ito wondered was not ex plained, and somehow, Mary did not care to ask. Tho story of this man's struggles to retain his wonted place in the world is very common place and easily duplicated. Days passed into weeks, weeks faded into months, and night after night he came wearily homo with only the pathetic reply to give to the unut tered query itt his wife's eyes, "No man hath hired nie." His ambition had dropped many We are detenu in order to do so, hi go for cash. 8 to 12-oont I'KRCALKS at f All Organdies, cost. Anything in Straw Hats Alt Ladle At prices that are s determined to sell i next season. We r get what you want Respe (l?greos, and he would gladly have j accepted a situation which once hoi would have rejected with scorn. Ile found his prized recommenda tions useless. "We cannot employ men who have worked so many years in the conservative, old-fashioned way that was the rule at Prescott's," said one man plainly. "We want up-to-date, sharp young fellows who know all the tricks of our rivals. Your habits are took fixed for change. N'o, we could hot possibly take you." His rosy illusions vanished. Ile began to realize that lio was only one of a myriad idlers. Suffering < 1 i<I ( not for H?rnt! time enter the door of the Davises. They bad deemed it, however, prudent to move from thc comfortable house on the avenue to a cheaper place OU a dingy back street. Winter and spring passed while thc depressed mau Continued bis fruitless search. It seems cruelly incredible, hut ii is nevertheless a fact, that a man who Inls spent his youth and early manhood in the ser vice of any one firm and linds him self adrift at middle agc will almost surely become a human wreck, ft NG HATS, DRESS NOY BANDS, AS G HATS, DIRECT ND INSPECT THE AUKNIGHT. part of Ibo llotsnm and jetsam of humanity which is hoing constantly casi up on Lim shores of time. When tho second winter made its unwelcome appearance Mary Davis had become the breadwinner of the family by doing such sewing as she could find to do. Their stock of money was lessening fast, and even this scanty addition to their income was welcome. Later, when it be came necessary for the boys, who had been gently nurtured, to also assume their share of the burden of support, it broke their father's heart. Ile had never felt any sympathy for the newsboys from whose half frozen finget s ho had callously taken so many times in past winters his daily papers. Hut now at last he recog nized their position as victims ol' a cruel system and felt a sympathetic sense of fellowship with them. Sor row was humanizing .lames Davis. That winter he tried to obtain work at various occupations. lie proffered his services anywhere that seemed to offer the slightest chance of employment. lie spent a part of their scanty income in paying fees at agencies until faith ceased to be a virtlto and became a weakness. Ile besieged aldermen, begging for a few crumbs from the city's larder, lie was received suavely and bowed out politely, for he was a voter, hut that wits tho end of it. Ile was one of hundreds who waited all night through bitter cold at tho entrance of the statehouse, hoping to be one to register their names for a future tined to close out 01 ive marked them al ).' to S cents. Id-cent Dimities, Figured I Embroidery and La nost Given Aw >s' and Childre ure to move them. or cash at a sacrifie nean business, and j while you have a g ctfully, j cbanet! to work. Chance, alas, is thc correct term. Within sight of 100 church spires, within sound of 100 (.burch bells, the band of unfortu nates shivered through the cheerless ours of a Sabbath night, inspired by tin; infinitesimal hope ' hoing al lowed to apply for employment. Surely the One who oil earth had not where to lay I fis hoad was nearer that night to these men in their misery than Ko w.as to those* who worshipped, culpably indifferent, to their brothers' woes, in luxurious temple'? dedicated in Mis natue. II?! fought like a starved beast for a shovel, the badge (d' occupation, with seores of furious men, cub eager to secure the boon of ten hours' laborious toil at small and in adequate pay. After each snowball be joined thc forlorn brigade ami one day was the envied recipient of tho token of service. Ho was a man with a shovel. Uni at the close of day he crept home, nearly prostrated. Mis weakened frame had sticoumcd lo ibo unwonted strain, and be spent the res! of tin week in bcd suffering from achin.r bones and tortured nerves. Tho Davis family now existed in ? tenement of two rooms, and many cherished household possessions hud disappeared. Little by little, one by one, now a rue;, now ?i clock, now a valued vol unto vanished. They went into the insatiate clutches of one of lhos< pnnmites of our present civilization who profit hy the misfortune of their fellow beings. And so the end drew nigh. Chu roh os and charitable organiza tions proved broken roods in this hour of trials. "The (?od given right lo work''j neither lind to bestow, .lames Davis I became morbid and felt himself to1 bea kind of negative Ish'mnlito, with; every man's door closed against him. Ile realized as the days wont on that the lengthening chain, whose lirst link was forged on that memorable October day, was becoming loo heavy a burden for his failing strong th. Perhaps James Davis was not as bravely persistent as he might have been. Perhaps in the battle of life he proved to be a lamb rather than a tiger and so naturally succumbed, but I nm portraying him as he. was and not ns he might have been. Perhaps his martyrdom was ignoble, but it was very real, ami it emailed hitler suffering. So one night when weak, weary and distressed lu; was making his way toward the dreary rooms where only more sorrow awaited hint, what wonder that he yielded to a sudden overwhelming frenzy which surged through nod over his bewildered brain! In a few moments there was another strain upon the record ol'civilization, and Mary Davis was a widow. If it be a truth that somewhere, some day, all accused and acens?is shall meet fact! to face before a right eous judge, what defence will so ciety make when James Davis, andi thousands like unto him, st and before the bar of justice and silently uplift their bloody hands, witnesses of cruel wrong? Does it not appear likely thal there will then be something lo arbi trate ? Will society advance ils wicked plea of "not proved V" W ill j it. assume a Catnliko, apologetic atti- i tude or will it philosophically explain i to a just jntloe ils convenient doo- j trim ol' the survival ol' the littest? xv entire stock of Si 1 down to prices th LAWN'S at. 7 cents. Liaw ns, and all light ce at cost. 'ay ! in's Oxford Tie These and many ot :e rather than carr3 Lt will pay you to ( ;ood stock to select CARTER A scheme to get (?reenvido connected with tho Soabord Air I.inc Hoad sons lo prevent her from being bottled hy the Southern and get Loller freight rates thiough competition is hiing talked among the < ?reenvide business men. The idea seems lo lie to organize fm the pur pose of seenI'illg a franchise ami light <d way, and tho best route, in I he opinion of the ( I reen vii le men, is by Piedmont, Dolzor, Willlamston, and I lei I on io Ah beville, about .Ml miles. Deafness ('annul he ( moil by local applications, as they cannot leach the diseased portion ol the car. 'l here is only one way to cure deafness, and thal is by const it ut ional remedies. Deafness is caused by nil inllamod con dillon of the mucous lining ol' Hie eusta chian I nbc. When this I nbc gels i n I lamed you have a rumbling sound or imported hearing, and when il is elli bely closed deafness is the result, and unless thc Inllaiuniation can be Inkeu ont and ibis lube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever. Nine cases ont of len an- ca.; ,. .1 by calal lb. w hich is nothing but tn iiitlained condi t ion of t bc mucous SUI faces. Wewill give one hundred dollars for any case of deafness (caused by calan li) (hal cammi be cured by Hall's Catarrh ('ure. Send fur circulars free. I '. .1. CH KN KS A CO., Proprietors, Toledo. < Hi:... Sold by druggists, ',.".,.. Hall's Kaili i ly Dills are the best. SCHOOL BOOKS. Capt. Wm. A. Courtenay Wants them Writlety by Southern Authors. Tho South lia? heretofore not been prepared to publish its own school books on account of tho largo capi tal required. As a consequence a whole generation of children have been obliged to USO school books that asked rd answered affirmatively such questions as "Was C?en, Lee a traitor? The South is now ready to furnish ils own school books, which arc in nell superior to those formerly in use ; utilizing Southern authors for their readers, equally with northern am hors, and the purpose lo stain]) Lee, I lampton and the Other South ern leaders as robots is wisely omit ted. No .sooner has this series of school books como to thc front than a chap from tho (Jrand Army of thc Repub lic turns up promptly in Atlanta and publicly advocates that all thc School books in thc South should bc written lo dem?nstralo that the fath ers and grandfathers of Southern children were rebels and traitors. Fortunately (Jen. Gordon rebuked this insolence on thc spot. This movement, adopted by six or seven Southern Slates, and when fully understood, will embrace all of lhem, is ned a common school book job, but II patriotic purpose in behalf of the truth of history. I want to bo on record as favoring this truth ol'history. W.u. A. CoiJUTHNAY. Newry, S. C., August 3. Voil will never lind any other pill so prompt and so pleasant as DeWitt's I,it lie Karly Hisels. .1. W. Holl. She Had Him. "Well," said little Mr. Pooken ham, "I'm glad, for my part, that shirt wau.s arc going to bu fashiona ble for the men." "Why ?" his wile asked. "Because, as long as you've boen wearing most of tho clothes that by rights 1 ought to have worn, maybe you'll let mo have your shirt waist now." Lin fortunately he tripped on the edgo of tho run in trying to escape, and she had him.-Chicago Tribune. immer Goods, and, at will make them IO-cen I M A 1 >K.\S at 7 cents. Summer Goods at s and Sandals her goods we have T them over until )ome at once and from. & co. Thc opponents of Governor Mo Sweeney, notably the Columbia State, arc attempting to deprive him ol' ibo (daims to n second tenn which an un writ len law gives the (Jovor nor, by asserting that ho hus not been elected lo Ihr oilier ami therrforr should have no more prestige or prominence than any of tho other candidates. Now, gentlemen, "tote laic'" We have no use for that sort of sentiment in rogar il to tho second lorin, hill as long ns it pre vails, Gov. MeSweoney is entitled to whatever betielil it is supposed to COIlfer. Ile w:is circled GoVOl'IIOI' OH conditions, just ns completely ns KllOrho was elected without condi tions, : 111 > I when the State was Called upon to face (hose very conditions contemplated and provided for, then hy the votes of ibo jieoplo already polled .url registered MeSwcenoy was Governor without furl lier conditions, just as Kl lo rho had been, We again avow (hill WO arr mil in politics. We are just trying to keep thc boy. st raighl. < ?affney I ?otlgor. M DUKES Wilt Ht All HSl I AILS. \ KMJ U< ? M ..ii.-ii s> i up. Tll?tes Good. Vtm\ Lr] in tune. SoM hy (IrituaUtfl. SUMPTlOKl f .THE OLD LADY OF TREADWELL STREET" Colebratos Hor 206th Birthday-Employes Glvon a Holiday. "The Ohl Lady of Treadwell Strcot," known otherwise as tho Bank of England celebrated her 200th birthday on .Inly 27th, and from a monetary and high business standpoint ?ho is much further from being "broke" to-day than nbc was 200 years ago. As a financial insti tution it in thc greatest in tho world, whore no personal deposits of loss than $2,500 aro taken, and a corpora tion account of less than $25,000 in not considered worth the bothor of cnturiug on tho books. Knob anniversary of tho Hank of langland is made a holiday for its employees, and in consequence of this they are to-day enjoying an out ing at thc corporation's expense. It takos 1,500 mon to attend to all the queer things that go on in this great financial bee hive, and they aro under a governor, a vice governor and a board of twenty-four directors. Of tho mountain of notes in thc "old noto office," tho weight is ninety-one tons, its value is (?8,750,000. If they wore laid end to end they would make a ribbon 13,000 miles long. Hay's Ultimatum to Li Hung Chang. WASHINGTON, August 2.-Thc State department has made public tho correspondence between Li Hung Chang and the department regard ing thc abandonment of thc cam paign in Pekin. "Telegram sont to thc United States embassies in Berlin, London, Paris, Home and St. Petersburg and to thc United States minister to Tokio : "Department ol State, Washing ton, August I, 1900. "In reply to n suggestion of Li Hung Chang thnt thc minister might bc sent under safe escort to Tien Tsin provided thc powers would en gage not to march on Pekin, thc Sec retary of State replied on the 30th of Jilly: "This government will not (Miter hilo any arrangement regarding dis position or treatment of legations without first having free communi cation with Minister Conger. He sponsibility for their protection rests upon Chinese government. Power to deliver at Tein Tsin pro-supposes power to protect and to ope? com munication. This is insisted on." Tho message was delivered by Mr. Goodonow on thc I5lst to Vice roy Li, who then inquired whether if "free communication were estab lished between ministers and their governments it could be arranged that thc powers should not advance on Pekin pending negotiations." To this inquiry tho following re ply was sent on thc first of August : "Goodonow, Consul General, Shanghai : "I do not think it expedient to submit tho proposition of Karl Li to tho other powers. Free communica tion with our representatives in Pe kin is demanded as a maller of ab solute right and not as a favor. Since thc Chinese government ad mits that it possesses the power to give communication it puts itself in an unfriendly attitude by denying it. Negotiations are advisable until tho Chinese government shall have put the diploihatio representatives of the powers in full and free commu nication with tho respective govern ments and removed all danger to their lives and libort. We would urge Karl Li earnestly to advise tho imperial authorities of China to place themselves in friendly commu nication and cooperation with tho relief of expedition. They arc as suming a heavy responsibility in acting Ol her wise. HAY." "You will communicate this infor mation to tho minister of foreign affairs." I*pits! Dizzy? Then your liver Isn't Acting well. You sutler from bilious? ness, constipation. Aycr's Pills act directly on thc liver. Hor 00 years thc StanoV.rd family rill. Small doses cure. ?bc. All druggists. Walli ?Our InOUtlACltO ur bOftftl A l>0.iittaftl 1 !....? ii <>r i I'll Murk T 1 IIII liff BUCKINGHAM'S DYE ?r?r? Kifrope not only produces more than one-half of the world's wheal Crop, but consumes almost the en tile world's surplus. CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES Spoak at Monea Path-Tho Crowd Small-r Nothing Startling in tho breeches. The candidatos for Congres? from tho Third District spoke at this placo last Thursday afternoon to .about otto hundred voters. It was not generally known that tito speak ing would take place, consequently very few attended tho mooting, lion. Josh Ashley introduced tho speakers. Tit is section is ono of Congress man Lntimor's strongholds and while he still has many ardent sup porters boro tito other candidates made a favorable impression and many who have heretofore supported Latitnor state, since hearing tho speeches of the other candidatos, that they will not support him. Dr. Wyoho was the first speaker. He made a capital speech and was listened to attentively by tho crowd. Ile began by saying he favored ro tation in office, claiming it to bo tho slogan of tile reform movement in Iii is Stale ; that tho precedent was established by George Washington, who could hayo been elected to a third term, but preferred to give way to others equally as well titted for tlic oft]00. Tlie Doctor spoko against high tariff, showing wherein it worked to the interest of tho American manufacturer aud against tlie laboring class of people who have to pay thc large per cent placed on goods, lie claimed that tho only chance for tho South to prosper was by the fostering of manufacturing enterprises. That tho South is naturally adapted to this as it lias tiie climate, tlie material and tho labor and that by welcoming these enterprises it would open up a mar ket for the farm products. Ile is against tho trusts and would uso every means in his power to legislate against them. E. E. Vernor, the next speaker, said that the fitness for oflioo was tho paramount reason for electing any one to oflioo. That it was not tho position a man took, but his rea sons for doing so that should bo considered, lie was opposed to freo silver and gave his reasons for his position. He made a very sensible talk on tliis issue and challenged his opponents to show Wherein he was mistaken. Ho claimed that if this was made a law, and he saw no chance of it ever becoming such, that it would raise the price of com modities and would give us a cheap money and in the end tho farmer would bo in HO better condition. That tho price of cotton is made in Liverpool under the gold standard, hence, if free silver was adopted in thc country tho poor farmer would pay more for his goods and get no more for his cotton. He criticised tho free rural delivery and made tho assertion (hat it would cost fc'JO per family to have the mail delivery and while it would riot be a di root tax on tho people, that it would bo an indi rect tax and he thought best to abolish tho whole system. Congressman La ti m cr mado only a short talk, as he was at home and tho people were familiar with II?B record. Ho endorsed Clemson Col lege and was in favor of keeping tho College up. Ile gave an account of Iiis work in Congress and claimed that ho had been faithful to tho trust imposed on him by thc voters of the Third District, and if elected ho would continue to serve them as ho thought best for their interest. Ile hail succeeded in bringing into tho district ?176,000 for tho freo delivery of tlie mails, and that in a short while thc fanner would liavo 'his mail delivered at his homo just as it is to the man in the city. Ho know the needs of the laboring class and would use his efforts lo legislate to their interest. - Honen Path Chronicle, August I. Millions will he spoilt in politics this year. We ciiii't keep tho campaign r..-. iiifi without money any moro than wo can keep the hotly vigorous without food. Dyspeptics usod to starve thom* selves. Now Koilol Dyspepsia (hilo ili gcsls what yon eat ami allows you to cal all tlio good food you want, lt radi? cally OUl'OS Stomach (roubles. J, \V. Hell. According lo "I lard ware," two rival commercial travelers were try ing to sell a merchant a lire-proof safo. Thc first said to (he merchant : "A cat was put in one of our safes, ?..ul tho sale was put in thc middle of a fir . for ~l hours, and afterward tho cat came out alive." Said I he second : "We put a eat in one of our safes, and piled a lire around it for a week, lind when we opened il tho eat was dead." "Ah, I thought so," said the mer chant . "N os," said (lie traveler, "lie was fro/en to death."