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TO THINK OWN BEL? BB TRUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW A3 THE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU OANS'T NOT THEN BB FALSE TO ANY MAN BY JA YNES, Hil 13 LO IC, SMITH ? STECK. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, JUNE 18, 1902. NEW SERIES. NO. 218-VOLUME LUI_NO. 25. un._ nu_ We are overstocked on PANTS, i to unload we have made a price that ^ move them quick. We will sell any fl pair of PANTS we have for LESS TH THE ACTUAL COST OF THE CLO'. We Call Your Special Attention to These Tables. Ci Wi State Mutual Life \ Annuity Go. -o :vi ES, c> yv. The Parent Annuity Association of the South. Asset??,.$180,471.?? Surplus, over all liabilities, July 1st, 1901, . $?8, 59.46 IT IS WITH PLEASURE AND PARDONABLE PRIDE THAT WE CALL THE ATTENTION OF OUR FRIENDS and tho public gonernlly to tho excellent contract for Lifo Insurance now being offered hy Thc State Mutual Lifo ami | Annuity Association, of Itomc, Ga. His notan assessment company, but a GUARANTEED STIPULATED PRE MIUM CONTRACT. Tho plan is tho Annuity System, which provides a guaran teed annual income to tho member in old age. In case of his death it provides for his widow, and in the event of her death, for his minor children. THE STATE MUTUAL issues thc strongest, tho safest and most beneficial contract for a dependent family ! now on tho market. They number among their policy-holdnrs somo of tho loading | financiers of tho States of Georgia, South Carolina, - . Alabama, North Carolina and Virginia, and with Tl^^ CJ^acf' ono accord they unhesitatingly pronounce it 03^T I I I BP V?? !>? THOMPSON HILES, President. ELBERT T. McGHEE, Secretary. J. W. ROUNSAVILLE, Vice-Pros. W. P. SIMPSON, Treisuror. Office ?md Consulting Rooms: 1600 Main Street, Columbia, S. C. First-class Agents wanted. Address: Lock Box No. 1*27, Columbia, S. C. FRANCIS & BAILEY, Stato Agents. Or T. El. FRANOIS, 880 Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia. Any information cheerfully furnished hy .1. A. STECK, RESIDENT AGENT, WALHALLA. SO. CA. 20? Mixed Paints It costa just as much to uso a Paint that lasts but two years ns it does to use one that will last four or five. That is, the work of putting on Paints costs the samo wbother you use good or poor mate rial. I sell Paints of any color and in any quantity, White Lead, Pure Linseed Oil, Pure Tur pentine Dryer, Pure Tinting Colors. No Alkalies, Benzine, Barytes, Whiting, or Pish Oil. Drop in and get Color Card. I will givo you hints about Body Colors and Trimmings. J. H. Darby, Druggist? I.COLEMAN-WAC-ENER HARDWARE COMPANY. tm (SUCCESSOR TO C. P. POPPENIIEIM.) 868 KING STREET,.CHARLESTON, 8. (J. SHELF HARDWARE A SPECIALTY. .... AGENTS FOR .... Buckeye Mowers, Brinley Plows, Oliver Chilled Plows. ?nw--Ol I MI: IC M George A. Wagoner, President; George Y. Coleman, Vice President; LG. Ball, Secretary and Treasurer, tyCOBSXSPONnKKCR SOLICITED. Sept. 10, '02. ?THE Mutual Life Insurance Company OF NEW YORK. OLD, SAFE AND RELIABLE. H. yo May 20-02. J AS. M. MOSS, ttcHi<lent Agent. COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON, S. CAROLINA. TpOUNDED in 178.V. strong faculty; V well equipped chemical, physical and biological laboratories. Library of 14,(MM) volumes, and the lim si museum of Natural History in tho South. Electivo courses leading to the degrees of li. A., B. S. and M. A. Hoard, with furnished room, in Collego Dormitory can bo ob tained for sin a month; tuition, $10. Ono scholarship, giving freo tuition, is assigned to each county of South Caro lina, tho holder to he appointed by tim Probate Judge and the County Superin tendent. Total expenses for scholar ship students, $112 to $180. All candi dates for admission aro permitted to compete for vacant Boyeo sholarsbips, which pay Ul.Mi a year. Entrance examinations will bo hold at Walhalla on Friday, July ll, HM12. Next session bogi ns Septem ber 20. For cata logue addrci>s ^HARRISON RANDOLPH, President. ^NnMl, 1802. 24 28* tho DM1? J NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI TORS.- All poisons indebted to tho estate of W. E Welhorn, decoasod, are hereby notified to make payment to tho undersigned, and all porsons having claims against said estate will presontl tho same, duly attested, within tho time ! proscribed by law or bo barred. THOMAS WELHORN, Qualified Executor of tho Last Will and Testament of W. E. Welhorn, deceased. My post office address is Piokons, S. C. May 28, 1002. 22-25 Winthrop Coline Sctolarsbip and Entrance Examinations. fl!UK examinations for X vacant scholarships tho award of Winthrop Collogo and for tho admission of now students will ho hold at tho County Court House on Friday, July llth, at 0 a. m. Applicants must not bo less than fifteen years of ago. Whon soholarnhii aro vacated aftor July llth they will I awarded to thoso making tho bighost average at this examination. Tho next session will open Soptembor 17, 1002. For further information and a catalogue address PUKSIDKNT D. B. JOHNSON, 22-28* Rock Hill, S. C. -T. E. Stribling, Esq., is our regular soliciting agent at Seneoa. Ho is author ized to re?oive subscriptions, advertise ments, etc., and receipt for samo. Wo commond him to our patrons. M and viii I Talle Ho. 1, Ti " Til Ho. 2, Tl " J Table Ho. 3, Ti & J. E. BAUKH POLITICS AND POTATO BUGS. Uncle Josiah and His Wife, Metury, on the] Situation-A New Mixture. Editors Courier : Politicians and potato bags are on the go these days. The supply exceeds the demand with the unfavorable prospect for more to come. Uncle Josiah's present condition, financially and stomachly speaking, has been due largely to the influence and presence of these otherwise very different, but up-to-date, animals. While Uncle Josiah has been hank erin' too much after politics the potato bugs have been hankerin' after his potato patch. "Mc good lady, Metury, who has wonderful philosophical propensities about the dark Bide of life on lin1 dark of the moon, has converted the old man of late on the subject of politics. In fact she has so brought me to my senses that 1 am fightin' mad with myself for over going into politics, and it makee mo uncomfort ably uneasy when I see my friends] placing their political and moral des tiny in tho hands of tho fickle minded voters of our com. try. I am speaking from experience, and, like Metury, have come to hate politics as much as she says bho hates potato bugs. Metury told mo when I first ran for office, and came near being elected, that it would be tho ruina tion of Ut;, and her prophesy is all too true, for we have been fighting the wolf from the door and sleeping under mortgages ever since. "Going into politics is a much easier job than coming out," eays Metury. The worry and wrinkles that they have brought to me al ways reminds ber of the trouble she has with them trifling potato bugs which she even talks about in her sleep. "Well, Josiah," she says, "I will just have to give it up. I have searched every newspaper and alma nac in the bouse on the look for a remedy, and, with all thc help of Perish Green, Auntie and Uncle Green [ind all the little Greens in spite of j me, I believe that six como to act ns pall bearers to every ono I kill. Next year Pm going to soak ray potatoes it) ono part turpentine, one part kerosine oil, to two parts kianna| pepper, and then if I don't succeed in driving Mr. Pototo Bug away I will decido that I am working] against providence, and that ho is in a title to his share of sunshine and potatoes and stripes, as well as these political animals of broadcloth pr? tentions and silk bats that don't wear stripes, but ODgUt to. "But, 'Siah, with all of his trouble, Mr. Potato Bug has taught me some valuable leasons. He is neitber a politician nor a hypocrite. He al ways wears his colors and tights on his own ground. I always know just whero to find him, for if he has the monomania for any ono thing that one thing is the Irish potato. Ile says of himself: 'I am a potato bug; I have a right to exit, because I am, and potatoes are ; from what species of primordial activity I origi nated, it hath not yet boen concluded ; what I will be when I pass from tho here into tho hereafter, it doth not yet appear ; but this I do know, I am very much hero for the present, and as long as potatoes have eyes I propose to have stripes, and the moro you striko my back the more my rnco will multiply.' "From which soliloquy and from experience wo learn that bc has some very stayablo characteristics-a fact which is very much lacking in Mr Politician, except about rnoal time If I have to raise potatoes to feed bugs on, I want it to bo the kind that Providence sonds, for I prefer to feed those to these latter day political humbugs. "I look upon politicians as second olass folks, and I am going to give thom second-class fare. Last-yea meat skins, dried apple peelings and wheat bran, furnish a variety which may bc a lin lr hard on digestion but is, nevertheless, a good appetizer I mr G?ioice, .. 75c. rar Mee, .. 90c. rarCMcfi, . .$1:1 IIGHT, Cash Merchants. Tbut ia ray bill of fare for tho can didates, 'Siah, and PH just let you and them know beforehand." "Well, Metury, I oan give you a few points on Mr. Politician, as I have been in the business myself. I agree with you in everything you have said about Mr. Potato Bug, but you are rather hard on Mr. Politi cian. You must remember that he, like the rest of us, is made out of common clay, and should be given credit for his good intentions. As you say, however, ho is unstayable in his ways ; he is a minute-man-you never can tell one minute where he was the minute before. Sometimes he is on one side of the fence, some times on tho other, and, in his ef forts to be on both sides at the samo time, he sets a straddle of a rail-a very uncomfortable position, Motury, but that is where most the politioal roosters roost these days. It rather oases the conscience end not to take sides, you know." "Yes, 'Siah, I never know before what that saying, 'He is on the fence,' meant till now, but if a poli tician can ease his conscience on that kind of a place he must have a mighty low midlin' kind of a con science." "Yes, Metury, he can be all that, but still have good intentions. As I was going to tell j DU when you go hunting for him you are moro than likely to shoot in the hole where he has just been. You are just as apt to find him conducting prayer meet ing or making a Sunday school address as you are to find him tho center of a group of down town rowdies-a preacher making a politi cal speech or a politician taking i text from Lamentations and after reciting the woes of tho people since tho days that Cain killed Abel ina presses upo., ihcm thc fact that he is sent to level the mountains of extor tion and high-handed robbery ; to take the spots out of the sun and the unfavorable signs out of the Zodiac. And, Metury, the dear good people believe it every bit." "Here is one that don't, Josiah. I have been hearing that song all my life, but the mountains are still standing, and the sun is still spotted and the bugs and politicians and a thousand other spotted things that worry people are here, that wasn't known of in my growing up. I be liove these politicians have more to do with tho weather and hard times than the sun and moon and stars, anyway. If they como 'round hero with any such nonsense I am going to tell them to go off and soak their hoads in salt water, for I've heard the like before." "Mr. Politician is also very am phibious, Metury, in his nature." THE FIRSTBORN. Why is it that the firstborn child U so often the healthiest of a family of chil dren ? The reason seems to suggest It self. As child follows child the mother has less snd Its* vitality ; often not enough for herself and none, *herefo*e, for her child. Expectant mothers who use Doctor Pierce's Favorite Pre scription And that it keeps them in vigor ous health. They eat well, sleep well and sre not nervous. When tisby comes its advent is practically painless, and the mother is made hap py hy the birth of a healthy child. If you would be a healthy mother of healthy children use "Favor ite Prescription." "I will be very glad to tay a few' words tor Ur. Pierce'? favorite Prescrip tion," write* Mrs. P. ?. Douglas, or Mautonville, Broine Co., Quebec. M Dur ing the bref/four months, when I looked forward lo becoming a mother, I mif fered very much from nau sea and vomitina, and I felt so terribly sick I could scarcely eat or drink a thing. I haled all kl bis den scarcely eat or drink any thing. I hated all kinds of food. At this time I wrote to Dr. Pierce, and he .told me to get ' Favorite Prescription 1 and a bottle of J Oct Medical Discovery.' I got a battle of each, and when I hnd taken them a few day?. I felt much better, and when I had taken hardly three parts of each bottle I felt well aud could eat as will as any one. and could do my work without any trouble (I could not do anything l>efore). I fiel very thankful to Dr. Pierce for his medicine, and I tell all who tell me they arc sick, to get these medicines, or write to Dr. Pierce." Those who suffer from chronic dis eases are Invited to consult Dr. Pierce, by letter, free. All correspondence strictly private. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. Pierce's Pleasent PeUeta cure bil iousness and sick headache. ? '.viu-ii iiny-omi OKI you say, 'Siah ?" "No ; you misunderstood rae, Me tury. I said amphibious. You know these animals that live both in water and out, such as frogs, snakes and alligators, ure oalled amphibious animals. Such animals have lost their identity ; that is, you can't de soribe them as either open air ani mals or water animals, and you oan locate them only by the mud they stir up. When it suits their conven ience they live on the land, and when it is a matter of necessity they take to water. That is why Uncle Sam has gone into hysterics of late. He has been taking too much to the water. If he don't quit fishing so far from the batik, and wearing his colors so far from home, he will be coming home somo of these days with his identity stripes all bespat tered with Philippine mud." "You better had said Philippine blood, 'Siah. If Uncle Sam don't get all them hyhdentity stripes washed out of bis coat-tail it wont be on account of the lack of cheap soap politicians nor the scarcity ol water." "You are a natnral born philoso pher, Metury." "It don't take none of your college learning nor magnifying glasses t< see that. It is just a plain, commor sense, evory day way of looking a things. 1 sm a plain woman, Josiah but I have enory self-respect not t< have the people always guessing jus where I stand. I am agin' politician and potato bugs and ag;in' Uncle San when he don't stay on thiB side th< water. That's ray platform an< thera6 my politics." "Metury, I never did 6nd but on fault with you ; you always wouli have the last word. I want to hav tho last word for just ono timo an add one more plank to your platforr and then it will bo big enough tor u both. I am agin' Oconeo count chain gang." "Thems my sentiments, Jo3iah." Benno Dunno. Fair Play, juno 12, 1902. Death of A. Evins Browne. Mr. A. Evins Browne, formerly citizen of Walhalla, died at his hon at Denver, in Anderson county, c Friday, the 6th day of June, 190 after many months of suffering wit a complication of diseases, aged f years. The deceased was one of tl thirteen children of Samuel ar Nancy Geer Browne, and leaves tv brothers and five sisters, besid many other relatives and friend who highly esteemed him. Win only 10 years old ho joined Cot pany G, Orr's Regiment S. C. \ and served valiautly through tl civil war until May 12, 1805, win he was captured at the Bloody Aug and taken to Fort Delaware ai kept a prisoner until after Lee's st render. In September, 1865, married Miss Julia Miller, of Ocon county, who, with ono son and o daughter, survives him. Mr. Brow was an honorable, upright citiz< and, best of all, a Christian. I many years he was a devoted me ber of tho Methodist church, yet last days were his best days, for tho fiery furnace of affliction 1 dross of his nature was consun and the gold refined, so that walked close with God. lleware of Ointments for Catarrl that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the so of smell and completely dorango whole Bystom when ontoring it throi tho mucous Riirfaces. Such arti should novor bo used except on prcoc tions from reputablo physicians, as damago they will do is ton fold to good you can possibly dorivo from th Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured F. J. Cheney & Co., Tolodo, O., i tains no mercury, and is taken intern; acting directly upon tho blood and cous surfaces of the system. In bu; Hall's Catarrh Cure bo sure you get genuine It is taken internally, mado in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Choni Co. Testimonials freo. Sold by d gists, price 7oo. per bottle. Hall's Family Pills aro tho host New Military Officer for Clemson. It is practically certain that Cl son Collego will have a United St army officor as military commani at the begining of next session, f ator Tillman has secured tho prot from the war department to ha suitable officer de.ailed for such vice. Clemson had a West Point oer_Capt. Fuller-as comman? for sovc.ral years, but at tho outb of the Spanish war he was withdr for active service. It is believed by nearly ovoryl that the disoipline at the college be much improved when a Ul States Army offner is secured. Tua COURIER and the A' .anta C i II t um and the Home anr". Farm om for the sum of f 2. LETTER FRC ANOCON Tho many friends of Mrs. Ludie M. Coleman, formerly of Seneoa, S. C., will be glad to hear from her through the medium of tho presa. Mrs. Coleman is at present making an extended European tour in com pany with her son, Dr. E. M. Cole man, of Columbus, Qa. Wo are in debted to our valued Seneca cor respondent for securing for publica tion the following lotter, written by Mrs. Coleman from NapleB, Italy, to a friend in Seneoa : Naples, Italy, May C, 1902.-We have now buen in Naples four days. We are stopping at the Grand Eden Hotel. To-morrow we go to the Grand Hotel Vesuvius to join the tour with Cook's party to take in all the points of interest around Naples. Ed and I have been taking in everj - thing that is to be seen in the city and nt the reach of the tram cars. Carriago hire is very cheap and wo rido all tho time. No body seems to walk here. To-day we went to the largest medical school in Italy, as Ed. de sired to visit it, and he saw very many interesting things. Afterward we visited thc National Aquarium and saw the wonders of the deep. It was the most interesting sight I ever" saw ; BUCII sea weeds, fish, coral and other curious and beautiful things. Wo also took the famous earrings drive to the Cave of the Lybil, Virgil's Tomb, and whore Pliny wrote Acteon, and came back along tho road where St. Paul walked as he journeyed to Rome. At every turu there is something of interest to be seen-such Howers, sueh orna mentation-fairly takes one's breath away. Tho hotel where we are stopping is very modern and is one of tho most artistic buildings I have ever seen. It is built upon the side of the mountain and wo go out upon tho top or roof garden to reach tho next street which is reached by two or three flights of stone steps leading by terraces of lovely flowers, great 8AM JONES HITS THE TARHEELS. "You Go Home and Kill a Dog-I Mean Commit Suicide," He Shouts. A special from Charlotte, N. C., says : Sam Jones and Evangelists Stuart and Holcomb are holding a big meeting at Wilkesboro, N. C., which is located in a county known as a rather stormy section when it comes to moonshining and returns show that the Georgia Evangelist is turning himself loose in characteris tic style. Speaking of Jones a special from Wilkesboro says : He said that the worst enemy to the people of Wilkes is themselves. "You are just like your daddies.! Your daddies wore old whiskoy-soaks I and distillers and their kids are the same things. You needn't talk to me about your daddy. I oare noth thing about him, because I've seen ? kid ; and the more I see of the kids tho less I think of your daddies. Why, bleBS you, your old daddy is in hell a frying and unless you quit this whiskey business you'll go there, too." Ho paid his respect the preachers of tho county and said that they were nothing but little jackasses running about ovor theso hills. Ho said that thtro were many peo ple who would get mad at what ho said. "But," said ho, "I don't caro. I'm going to shoot into the holo you're in, and you'll como out a-humpin' and swearing you weren't in there." The "hardshells" re ceived a punch. Ho said that "you hardshells will got mad ; why, bless you, you aro so narrow between tho eyes that I could jab both your eyes out with ono fingor." His text was Proverbs ll : 19: "As righteousness tends to tho light, so ho that pursuoth evil pursueth it to his own death." Upon the whole his sermon was logical and to tho text, interspersed by his wit and ridiculo Tho worst evil he found in Wilkes was tho liquor business. "Tho worst crimo you can commit is to tank up on liquor. Then you are ready for any crimo ; ready to murder your fellow-man, your wife or anybody elso. Then tell me what your daddy dono. I've got no uso for you nor your daddy noither. A man who makes whiskey has no conscience. | I had as soon hunt for conscience in an aligator as to hunt for it in a dh tiller." Speaking of those who would get offended at what he said, Jones re marked . "You can tako mo to a hole in that river 20 feet deep and >M SUNNY IT EE LADY VIS bai. 'xs of ivy, geraniums, carnations, palms, &o., &c. At the bend of tho steps is a grotto in which are tea tables and ohairs. Out in front of tho hotel is a lovely garden filled with the most gorgeous flowers. All the beds aro bordered with tiles of cream and blue. All the steps every where are of white marble and the dining room is a long frescoed domo, with stained glass windows of pale tiuts, but 1 will not attempt a de scription. Will have to tell you about it when I come home. We were invited to Hotel Bristol this evening to tea with some very pleasant people from New York, who MRS. LUDIE M. COLEMAN. came over on tho same steamar with us-a Mrs. Clark and her daughter. They had Ed. up there to dinner a few days since and ho took Miss Clark for a carriage drive afterward. To-morrow we will take a trip to Camolde together. Old Vesuvius is in full view, and the red flames sometimes loom up pretty lively. We are not very far from the bay aud have a beautiful view of it from our windows. You know it is said to bo the most beau tiful bay in tho world. The National Museum here con tains all of the curious statuary, bronzes, etc., that have been found I tie a rock that will weigh a hundred pounds to my neck and plunge me in and drown me, but every bab bling wave that passes over my dead body will say that you drowned an honest man who had the courage to stand up and speak his convictions. I intend to do it and you can't help it, you lousy devil, you. If what I say is the truth there has got to bo something dono. If what I Bay is a lie then you ought to come up hero and knock mc down and btamp me in this sawdust. Some of you little devils have got a pistol in your pocket, you little cowards, you. Say, bud, lot me tell you what you do. You go homo and kill a dog-I mean commit suicide. Now, what aro you going io do about it ? Do you know ?" Sam Jones then bounced on tho swearers and said "a man who will cuss boforo his wife and children is not tit to he tho dadd y of a litter of pups." In closing hi? sermon ho said : "You'll never make tho state of Wilkes what it ought to be umil you get the still houses out. What you need is more churches and fewer drinkers ; moro Bohool houses and fewer distilleries." A Miraculous Feat. "It seemed that nothing short of a miracle could save my little daughter from an untimely death," 6ays City Marshall A. H. Malcolm, of Cherokee,Kan. "When two years old she was taken with stomach and bowel trouble and despite the efforts of the best physicians we could procure, she grew gradually worse and was pronounced in curable. A friend advised wuev Nervine aud after giving it a few days she began to improve and final ly fully recovered. She is now past nve years of age and the very picture of health," Sold by all Druggist*. Dr. Milse Medical Co.. Elkhart, Ind. ALY. ITS NAPLES. , , ? V at Pompeii. We spent a day look ing at them and tho fine paintings, - which are next to Rome-tho most valuable in the world. This oity is famous for its corals, cameos and gloves. Those three articles oan L>e purchased choaper hero than anywhere else. You oan got a fine quality of gloves, such as wo give $2 for, for 40 cents. We have not visited Pompeii, Capri, Sorrento or Vesuvius yet, as those points arc inoluded in our tour with Cook. We have very funny times trying to make these people understand tis, but somehow we always suooeed in the end. Tho people here in the hotel speak English, so we are all right when at home. Botb of us are picking up some Italian, and ? think I could soon learn it. The women here are very pretty, and the children are perfect pi? tures. Every evening about sundown tho streets are full of goats, which aro milked out on the pavement. That is the Naples method of dairying. Tho nannies seem to enjoy it, and are tho most independent looking objects iu Naples. The horses are the worbt looking animals 1 ever saw. It is quito a common sight to see a great big cart, loaded with furniture or other things, drawn by a poor little donkey, not larger than a three-months-old calf. Beggars beset you on every sido, and it won't do to even look at ono. Flowers are for sale everywhere. Can get a dozen American beauties for twenty cents, and carnations for even less. I like Naples better than Genoa or Milan. In fact I would like to stay hero for a long time. I feel very anxious to hear from home. Have not yet heard from any of you. Write me, Gonoral Delivery, Vienna, Austria, when you receive this. Wo expect to reach there the 25th. Lud ie M. Coleman. Hard on Josh Ashley. The boy? aro telling a new story on Hon. .lush Ashley. The story may or may not be true, but it is a good one nevertheless. Away baok in the howling days ^f ten or twenty years ago Mr. Ashley was a violent Tillmanite. On one occasion when Mr. Tillman came to Anderson, Mr. Ashley and some more of tho boys met him at the depot with a carriage After Mr. Tillman had taken his seat in tho vehicle the crowd unhitched tho horses, and, attaching themselves in stead, pulled our noblo loader up town to the hotel, shouting and wav ing their hats, and perspiring and enjoying themselves immensely. All this is a matter of history. Hut times have changed since then and Mr. Ashley >? not a Tillmanite any moro. Tho other day, so tho story goes, Senator Tillman and a drummer met on the train and fell to talking, as men will do. In the course of their conversation tho drummer remarked : "Senator, they tell me your old friend, Josh Ashley, doesn't think as much of you as he used to do." "Ashley ?" asked tho Senator, in a puzzled sort of way. "Ashley? Who is Ashley ?" "Why, don't you know?" said tho drummer. "Josh Ashley, up in An derson-used to be a big reformer." "Ashley 1" repeated tho Senator to himself, pondering deeply. "Ashley 1 Oh, yes; I romcmLor now," bo finally said, brightening up. "I remember that fellow now. I drove him to my carriage once when I visited Ander son." Some of tho boys told this on Mr. Ashley in his presence the other day, and he tried to laugh at it, but a sickly little grin was all ho could muster.-Florence Times. Negroes Leave Decatur, Ind. Decatur, Ind., June 9.-For some days persons employing negroes have received warnings to discharge them. Last night a mob of fifty men, some of them intoxicated, attempted to drive all the negroes from tho town. Another crowd formed and rescued the negroes, hut all afterwards loft. There aro no negroes in this placo to night. In timo. Unlit hy dmgRllUU I A Kansas man bas put up a sign "Jim Smith, Physician and Under taker." He catches 'om a 'comin and a *goin\