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TO THIN* OWN 8*LF BX TKUK AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THB NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANS T NOT TR3CN BK FALSS TO ANY MAN. BY JAYNE?, 8HELOR, SMITH Ak 8TBCK. WAL.0Al.liA, SOUTH (JAiiOLINA, JAN. 1#, 1008 KKW HBKIIS8. NO. JMO.-VOLUME LUI._KO. ?. It Pays to Bi It Always Pa; Our oaoh business last y und credit. We fully appreciate* going through every drummer's }1 ns it denotes cheapness), but any We want to make this J are making Clothing a specialty, you find what you want. White & ANDERS Dealers in Mart fjS DO ALL KINDS OF MO* TING, Eic., Maible and Grai and Clear Lettering. Our wo every respect, and tho material used ii If you desire to place a handsom th?' grave of a relative, write or phone with a complete line of designs, and Wo will take pleasure in serving you and material. - WHIT; Phone S4 1. - WM. J. STIUULINO. }. ?{ B. L. HKKNDON. STRI BLI N G & H ER N DO N, Attorneys-At-Law, WALHALLA, 8. C. PROMPT ATTKNTION GIVKN TO ALI. Busi NKSS KNTHUBTKI) TO Til KM . January B, IsiW. R. T. j A Y Nita. I J. W. BBRIiOR. -r/o/ JAYNES & SH ELOR, ATTORN EYS-AT-L AW. WALHALLA, fl. C. PROMPT attention givon to all busi ness committed to their caro. Dr.W.F. Austin, DKNTIST, SENECA,.S. C. Ol-'FI CK DAYS: .MONDAYS, THURS DAYS, FKIILVYS AND SATURDAYS. January 15, DWI. Dr. G. G. Probst, DENTIST, Walhalla, S. C. Office Over C. W. Pitchford Co.'s ; : : Store, : : : HOURS : 8.30 A. M. TO l p. M. ANO 2 TO 6 P. M. Marah 24. 189ft._ FOR CHEAP R??ES TO TEXAS, ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, OKLAHOMA, INDIAN TERRITORY, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, UTAH, WYOMING, OREGON, MONTANA, WASHINGTON, and Other Point? WeBt, Northwest aud Southwo?t, Write or cull on J. Gt. ROLUtMBROK, District Passenger Agont, Louisville and Nashville R. R., No. 1 Drown Bldg, Opposite Union Depot, Atlanta, Ga. BO YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS Ac. Anyone sending n uk rt rb and description may quickly Ascertain our opinion free whether an Invention ls probably patentable. Communica tions strictly confldeutliil. HANDBOOK on Patents sent free. Oldest aironcy for sccuring patents. Paient* taken through tlunu A Co. receive tv? lal not ice, without charge. In the Scientific American, A handsomely Illustrated v eekly. Largest elr* ciilntlon of any sclontlllo journal. Terms, $3 a year; four months, Bli Hold by all newsdealer*. kW??!??! Ne? York Branch Office, 826 V Ht., Washington, D. C. Two Ways to Do Everything. There ia a proud mother in West End, who ?H telling thifl one to ahow the brightness of her little daughter. The little girl often runs errands to the grocery ?tore, but alie has been laughed at so often for mispronounc ing namcH of thinga that now alie will oi l / buy tiling that she can call correctly. Vinegar has always stumped her. She could not recall the name without creating a laugh, and abe wont on a strike and declined to buy vinegar. One day recently, however, when the row of lettuce in the garden got big enough for use, the moi her was compelled to send the little mina for a small vessel of vinegar. The little one hesitated a mo ment, got a linn hold on the vinegar bottle, made for the nearest grocery, hoisted the jug in p!nif view of ?ho clerk, and said : "Smell it and fill lt."-Greenville Daily Herald. ly for Cash ! ys to Sell for ear ex? ceded all our expectations. W i at the first wo would have to sell go< ine that, came to Walhalla and buying tII'MM; that we could buy for less than t anuary "a little December" in businesi and aro prepared to sell you a suit at 1 Yours tn O. W. & Company, )le and Granite. rUMENTAL DESIGNING, ?UT: lite Decorative Designing, handsome rk is guaranteed to bo first-class in 9 THE BEST, e monument or a neat head-stone at > us and we will send a representative he will quote you reasonable prices, with thc best both in workmanship E Sc CJOIVIJ/* ATV Y, Anderson. Corn Bread. With good meal and a cook fol lowing thc lessons and traditions of the old regime dolicious bread may be baked of Indian meal. But we have grave doubts whether it can be baked as well in a stove as in an open fire-place. But, alas! of the latter only a few remain. An ash cake, of course, must have ashes They are indispensihlo. As well try to produce a mint julep without mint. On the other hand, "flap jacks" need only a well greased fry ing pan ; but skiil is required to turn them. That is done by pitch ni!', them out of the pan into the air and making them come down flap on the other side. The corn pone may be cooked in a stove or range. The hoecake was originally eooked on hoe in tho fields and in negro cabins A skillet will do well enough for it but it must be well greased at the bottom. So, too, .with respect to egg or batter bread. As for corn muffins the appliances of a range are admirably adapted to them. Wc wish some millionaire would fit up a ?Virginia country house in ante-bellum style, and, among other things, have in it a big open Are place, a black cook in a gingham dress, with a red bandanna on her head, and also have a half acre mint bed, an iee house and an old time garden, filled with raspberries and gooseberries, thyme, sage, currants and all the ordinary table vegetables. When one of those old time homes and garden? and kitchens is restored and the host mid hostess have ontered into possession, we desire to be listed as a frequent guest, with a reserved seat in the chimney corner. Then all we shall want will be the zest, the appetite, the voraciousness wc possessed when we could eat eighteen rolls and six eggs for breakfast and consume a whole wa termelon between meals. But, alas ! it would bo easier to restore old walls and open fireplaces than to bring back the digestion and storage capacity ot a youth that's gone, of a time that's past and can never re turn.-Richmond Dispatch. It is H great affliction for a woman to have lier face disfigured by. pimples or any form of eruptive disease. It make? her morbid and sensitive, and robs her of social enjoyment. Disfiguring erup tions nre caused by impure blood, and are entirely cured by the great blood Kurifying medicine-Dr. Pierce's Golden ledical Discovery. It removes from th? blood the poisonous impurities which cause disease. It perfectly and perman ently cures scrofulous sores, eczema, tetter, boils, pimples and other ?ruptive diseases which are caused by the blood's impurity. It increases the action of the blood-making glands and thus la creases the supply of pure rich blood. " l'or about one vi-,ir and ? half mv face wat very badly broke'n out." write? Alia* Carri? Adam?, or 116 West Main Street, nattlecraek. Mich. " I ?pent a great deal of money with doc tor? and r>r different kind? of medicine, but re ceived no benefit. At lust I read one of your advertisements in n paper, and obtained a bottle of I>r. Pierce'? Golden Medical Diacovery. Be fore I had taken one bottle of thia medicine I n<>:'ced a change, and after taking three bottle? I wan entirely cured. I can well recommend Dr. Pierce'? Golden Medical Discovery to any one similarly afflicted." The- sole motive for substitution is to permit the dealer to make the little more -profit paid by the sale of less mer itorious medicines. He gains ; you lose. Therefore accept no substitute for " Golden Medical Discovery." The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser, a book conlainig 1008 pages, is given away. Send 21 one-cent stamps for expense of mailing only, for the book in pitper cover J, or 31 stamps for the vol ume bound in cloth. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, cloth. A ..rv Cash! e sold as many goods last year aa vre c >ds for less than before to do the basin anything that we could buy at a bargt he real value. >, so we are making some prices that o yrery small cost-at a prioe that will mi ily, J. E. BAUKNIGH'. A VOICE FROM OLD PICKENS. Throe Prominent Families-The Steeles, Mc Elroy? ?nd Craigs. Old Piokens, S". C., January 10th, 1908.-Editors Courier : William D. Steele was one of the moat promi nent and influential citizens of Old Piokens in the early days. Besides engaging extensively in the mercan tile business, he was the Ordinary of the District for several terms and represented his people in tho Legis lature a lung time. He was a mem ber of that body at the time of his death in 1854. The Legislature be ing in session in Columbia at the time he obtained leave of absence to visit his brother-in-law, Dr. James M. McElroy, who was dangerously ill. Therp is something deeply pathetic in the death of these two noble men and devoted friends, as almost im mediately after thc arrival of Capt. Steele, apparently in good health, they both expired almost at the ?ame time. Both were buried on the same day with Masonic honors at the historic Old Stone Churoh, where no -many illustrious dead repose. Each of them is survived by a largo circle of influential ralatives, among them Mrs. Margaret Steele, tho ven erable widow of Capt. William D. Steele, who resides with her son-in law, Capt. A. H. Ellison, on the old homestead, and is one of the oldest ladies in Oconee county, and is said to be remarkably well preserved, both mentally and physically. Wm.D. Steele was a nephew of Capt. Wm. Steele, who was a most remarkable man and figured prominently in the early settlement of this seotion. Ho was born at Pendleton, his father being the first set tler in that town and the last Tax Collector of Pendleton District. At the age of sixteen he went to sea and was on board the Chesapeake during that fierce and terrific battle between the Chesapeake and the Shannon and heard the brave Capt. Lawrence utter his last famous words : "Don't give up the ship." After an eventful seafaring life of several years he returned to his home, married and settled in An derson District, where he served one terra in the Legislature, two terms as Tax Collector, took the Census in 1850, moved to this county in 1851, where he resided until 1872, when he died, aged 76. He had been a Ruling Elder in the Presbyterian church for thirty years. The Steeles constitute a large and influential family and wherever they have gono or in whatever vooations they have engaged have achieved success and distinction, whether in peace or war. One of the saddest tragedies which ever took place in this community occurred on December last, namely the sudden death of Mr. A. H. Craig, a prominent citizen of Pickens county. It itt supposed that becom ing suddenly ill on his way homo, being alone and exposed to the severity of the weather, be froze to death. A sad ending to the life of a good and useful man, who, for four years "during the civil war, endured all ?ts hardships and faced the leaden messengers of death in defense of his country. Mr. Craig will be re membered by many in Walhalla as the efficient Deputy Sheriff of W. N. Craig during his term as Sheriff of Oconee oounty. He removed from Walhalla to his large planta tion on Keowee Hiver, where he re sided until a few months before his death. He was a man of a most kindly nature and generous to a fault. In the days of his prosperity the poor, the needy and the unfortunate always found a friend indeed in Art Craig. Th? widow and the orphan never departed from his threshold empty handed, and in favoring this olass of people he recked not. of compensation in this world. But such deeds of charity will be remem bered to bis oredit on the last great day, when "all nhall be judged ac cording to the deeds done in the body." I heard one poor old woman remark ?ince his death that if the widow and orphan children of Art iver sold any ?thor year for both oaah tea*?, but by paying oaah ourselves and ?in (we don't like the word bargain lake the gooda real attraotive. We ike yon bny quick, just aa soon ail r, Walhalla, S. C. Craig had a dollar for every bushel of corn and pound of meat he had given to the poor they would be rioh in this world's goods. Such a tributo is far more creditable to bis memory than all the lands and mortgagee he might have accumulated had his heart and mind so inolined him, for] he was a man of fine business quali fications. So if he did not leave a large property it is owing more to bis love for his neighbor and his charitable heart than anything else. Mr. Craig leaves a widow and one son and one daughter who have the sincere sympathy of this whole com munity. As this article will probably con clude my reminiscences of Old Pick ens, it may not be amiss to state that during the last year of tho war Old Piokens Court House waa the ren dezvous or camping place of the "Ilome Guards," an organization of j aged men, who were too old or too feeble to go 'to the front. Their arms consisted of flint look rifles, old time muzzle loading shotguns, ?fee. No matter how feeble they were nor j how inferior their weapons, every pulsation of their noble hearts waa | true to the South arid most willingly would they have offered np their | lives on the altar of their country. They disbanded when the Southern armies were overpowered, recon struction oame with all its horrors, the old District was divided into Oconee and Pickens counties, all the best buildings, with two or three ex ceptions, torn down and moved to Pickens or Walhalla, most of ber citizens going to one or other of the new county seats. Whilst all thia is true and she is indeed "a deserted village," the associations conneoted with Old Pickens will long be re membered and the fertile lands ad jacent will always render this a pros perous community, and when a cot ton mill shall have been erected at I the High Falls and a railroad con structed along thb banks of the lim pid Keowee, from Sapphire to the great Southern, Old Piokefia may yet Phrenix-like, arise from her desola tion and be numbered among the flourishing villages of the Piedmont region. A happy and prosperous new year for The Courier and all conneoted with it. c. CJAPITIIIITB Cures COLDS, LA GRIPPE and all HEADACHES, etc. Sold at all Drup* Stores. A Financial Showing for the Stats Penitentiary. Columbia, S. C., January 9.-Capt. Griffith, Superintendent of the Peni tentiary, has completed and flied his report, ranking a most excellent showing financially. Considering the failure of the crops the previous year and the fact that a great part of the supplies bad to be bought, and fur* ther considering that 'he price of all such articles was nearly double what they had been, the financial showing .is remarkable. The financial part of the report shows that there was on hand De cember 81,1901, $11,787.02, and that there had h<?en received since then $72,282.10, making a total oasb lum available for the year $84,009.21. After paying necessary expenses, making permanent improvement?, amounting to $4,800, there romaine a balance of $17,112.1<1. To this must be added what is in sight and soon to be available, making a total balance of $28,402.04. The oropa were good this year, and after hav ing enough to run the institution fora year there will be for sale 5,000 bush els of oom, 600 tons of hay and 8,000 bushels of peas. During the year there were 981 prisoners, but the number has been reduced to 701. There were three pardons and 45 deaths. This seems a large number, and it is, but it waa caused from the faot that a great roany diseased and physically worth less prisoners were sent to the peni tentiary rather than to the chain? gang. Him? from Return. Ueturn, January 0.-Christmas ha? passed off quietly and serenely in this seotion. No drunkenness or rowdyism. The prayer meeting at this place was more largely attended Sunday afternoon than usual. Rev. G. W. Hogers has been elected to serve the church at this plaoe another year. Miss Lula Dickson opened sobool here Monday. She is ono of OooneeV best teachers and the patrons are highly pleased to have her as toaoher again. Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Kennedy en tertained a number of their friends on last Wednesday night to a pound, party. Thc music was furnished by Messrs. Cox, Moore and Hopkins. Miss Ora Simpson ia visiting rela tives at Anderson and Pelter. Mr. Roper and family, of Oreen ville,"spent the holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Julian. Miss Lillie Crooks, of Newry, Bp?' 'he holidays with homefolks. Wc ?? ? ' *o our midst Mr. Furman bu? 'tinily. They are occupying . 'H ton cot tages. Mr. Timms, of Atlanta, sp ^e holidays with his family. , Mr. Bogga, of Calhoun, visiteo relatives here last week. f The Misses Roper, two beautiful young ladies of Greenville, returned to their home Saturday after a lengthy visit to relatives. Messrs. T. M. Lowery, of Seneca, and J. O. Armstrong, of Richland, were among the business men of note in our section recently. Mrs. Sallie Crooks has, made a new addition to her dwelling. veritas. m?m i i. - STATU OK OHIO, CITY OP TOI.KDO, I LUCAS COUNTY, J ' Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he-i? the senior partner of the Arm of F. J. Cheney ?ft Co., doing business in tho City of Toledo, County aud State aforesaid, and that said Arm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars for each and every caso of Catarrh that oanuot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Curo. FBANK J. CHKNKY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 0th day of December, A. D. 18S6. . , A. W. GI.KASON, SKAI. [ ? Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts direotly on the blood and mu cous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHKNBY A Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 7fto. Hall's Family Tills aro the best. What Heaven Lacked. Billy Saunders is a natural born wit. Ko is in his eightieth year, living hore in New York, and is still working at his trade, painting. On a recent occasion Billy and one or two of bis mates were beautifying a lawyer's office. The younger part ner, thinking to take a "risc" out of Billy, said : "I say, Billy, did you ever know of a painter going to heaven ?" f ??Yes," replied Billy, "I knew of ono once." ??But do you think he stayed there ?" ??Well, I did hear they tried lo put bira out." ??And they did not a?cceed ?" ??No. According to latest accounts they had not socoeeded." ??Why, bow was that?" ??Well, sonny, it was this way : They couldn't find a lawyer in the ?laoe to draw up the papers I"-Now pork Tribune. Cured At 70 of Heart Dis ease Contracted During Civil War Veteran Grateful. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure Effected Cure. Heart disease is curable, but in people of advanced age it does not readily lend itself to ordinary treatment. There is, however, hope Or all sufferers in Dr. Miles' Heart Cur/, which we know from watching hun dreds of cases and from the letters of grateful sufferers, will cure where all else has failed. It is not only a wonderful cure for weak and diseased hearts, but it is a blood tonic, a reg ulator of thc heart's action and the most effective treatment ever formulated for im proving thc circulation of the blood. "During the Civil war I contracted heart disease, and in 1896, while living in the grand old town of Lexington, Va., I grew so much worse, I left there with my wife to visit my sister in law, Mrs. T. A. Kirby, at Roanoke, Va. While I said nothing tc * lyone 1 never expected to live to return to the dear old town. On reaching Mrs. Kirby's sh? Insisted 1 should try Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. 1 pro cured a few bottles of it, abo the Nervine and Tonic. After using one or two bottles, I could sec no improvement, and I despaired of ever being better, but my faithful wife in sisted on keeping it up, which I did. Im ?irdVement sooft began in earnest and I took n all fifteen or sixteen bottles. I was re stored to perfect health and while I am 70 years old. I am comparatively a boy. You sir, are a benefactor, and I cheerfully recom mend Dr. Miles' Heart Cure to suffering humanity."-J. L. SLAUOHTKR, Salem, Va. All druggists ?ell and guarantee first bottle Dr. Milesr Remedies. Send for free book ?n Nervous and Heart Diseases. Addres )r. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, lad. V ' 'S-? -EJP "S-a1 *? A VISIT TC -*S> By Arthur ] i ifcifc ?jfe iffj* jffjV IEJ* ?jfc * Trough, 9. 0., January 5.-Editors Koowee Courier: Thinking that perhaps some of your readers might be interested in au articlo on London, I bare decided to give a brief account of roy recent visit there. We sailed from Norfolk, Va., Novem ber 6, and after a rather long and rough passage we arrived safely at our jour ney's ead. ' To any one who baa never made a trip across the Atlantio there are roany things aeon on tbe journey to in tor??t and instruct. London ia not ouly ?the Capital of (iioat Bri*ian, but ia also the'largest and wealthiest city in tbe world, with very hear sis million inhabitanta, and cover ing an area of 80,000 acres,' or 122 square miles. For one to realize tbe immensity of this great city it ia uecessary to visit it. The city liea in a valley some forty five miles from the sea, being built on both sides of the river Thames. The Boonery ia very pretty going up this river. To the stranger, especially if he come from the bright auulight and clear skies of A me ri ea, London presenta a dingy, oloudy, sombre aspect, giving to the heart of tbe wayfarer a chilly and de pressing feeling. Owing to tho nature of thc ooal used, and the damp atmos phere, all of the buildings have assumed a discolored appearance, which causes evcu the more modern structures to hive a look of antiquity about them. There is a sad lack of electric cars, aa thc streets ave. so narrow and traffic BO great that it ia impossible to run them on the main thoroughfares. Instead of the oars, we And the omnibus and cab. Of course there are lines of railway, both surface and underground. Among the many|places of interest we visited may be noticed >s the most im portant the following: st. Paul's Cathe dral, "The pride of all Londoners." This is undoubtedly one of tho hand somest buildings in tho world. Its dome reaches thc height of 400 feet; ita length ia 600 feot and ita width 280 feet. The cost is variously estimated by different authorities, but may be safely placed at $3,750,000. It took 36 years for its con struction and was done by one great architect, Sir Christopher Wren, and one master mason, Thomas Strong. The magnificent dome ia 108 feet in diameter. We were Btruck with the maguitude of the building w hen, wc entered, and with the beautiful statues, which have?-;boen placed there by loving hauda to com mem?rate tho lives and deeds of some of England's greatest sons. Prominent among them may be noted those of the Duke of Wellington, Admiral Nelson, Cornwallis and Moore. Many persons of ronown are buried within thia building. The tomb of Kn gland's greatest admiral ia found in tho crypt, with the inscrip tion, "Horatio, Vise Nelson." The sarcophagus has a Btrange history, hav ing been originally designed by Cardinal Wolsey aa a memorial of himself; but after his disgrace it lay for centuries neglected in? Wolsey's Chapel at Wind sor, from which place it waa removed by Qeorgo III and used for Nelson's tomb. Not far from tho tomb of NOIBOO stands tho magnificent tomb of the Duke of Wellington. The casket is en oloscd in live cases. His funeral car stands near. It was made from the gun metal captured by him in bia battles. On tho sides are inscribed the namea of the battles that bo won. The car cost ?20.000 or $100,000. Wo attended sm vice ut Westminster Abbey on Sunday afternoon; also visited the Abbey on week daya. Aa we wan dered around in thia old place we seemed to be living in tho past. Everything has auoh ancient look; a kind of awe per vades one's mind aa one looka upon the tombs of the great, and thinks of the history they made, and of their atrifes and turmoils, their ambitions and con quests. As they lie there, sleeping Bide by side, they speak to ns of the emptiness of human honors and the George W. Williams Dead. Charleston, January 6.-Geo. W. Williams, secretary and president of the Carolina Savings Bank and widely known as one of tbe wealth iest men in South Carolina, died of heart failure at his Meeting street residence, at 3 o'clock thia morning. Mr. Williams was 88 years of age and had not been in good health for some time, though be was in his office as usual yesterday. The for tune that bo leaves is variously esti mated at from two to three million dollars. Mr. Williams is survived by his wife and four ohildron, two sons and two daughters. These are George W\ Williams, H. P. Wil liams, Mrs. Patrick Calhoun, of Cleveland, O., and Mrs. W. P. Car. rington, of this city. -? A Mississippi Girt. A Mississippi girl desorilles her first visit to a city in tho following rapsody : "Oh, 1 had auch a per fectly beautiful time ! Everything wrns so converted, yon know. We ?topped to a house where we rode in it refrigerator and our rooms were illustrated with election lights, yhero was no stove in tho room, but one of those legislators in the floor, and the heat poured right up through* it. It did not have any appetite And could not have any thing I could realize. Honestly when I got home I waa almost an individual. i-? 'fi-S t-S1 l2^P *EJ? ' > LONDON. P. McElroy. ^ vanity of human pride, It ia a rare treat to visit this old historio . did lng, whioh contains the aahea of ma?.y of England's Kings and Queens, as well as many others of historio and literary fame. The British Museum contains the largest collection of the kind ondor one roof in the world. The building covers several acres and cost $5,000,000. Days could be spent very profitably in this one building, BoeiDg the curious relics of many kinds The library is one of the largest ip the world, containing 050,000 volumes; 75,000 aro in one large circular room, furnished with desks for 400 readers. ' The tower is ?mong the oldest and most historio buildiuga io London. It was originally designed for a fortress, but was afterwards usod principally as a prison, many prominent personages having been incarcerated there-Queen Elizabeth, Queen Anne Boleyn, Sir Wah ter Raleigh and a host of others. In the yard near St. Peter's Chapol is a small incloBure roarkiug the spot where six persons were executed. There aro many relics of tho olden time to be seen here, in the shape of implements of war, and armor that were used ''when knighthood was in dower." Among the most interesting places to visit is the Jewel House, where tho crown jowels are displayed. King Ed ward's orown occupies the highest place in tho case and 1B said to contain 2,700 diamonds, besides many other jewels, and its weight is .SO ounces and five pennyweight. The nouse of Parliament, whioh stands near Westminster Abbey, ranks among the fincBt buildings in the world, and is worthy of ?the great nation whose laws are made within ita halls. It covors oight acres, has 100 stairways, 1,100 apartments, and two miles of corridors It is built .in the gdthic?style, and its cost is estimated at $10,ooo,ooo. The hall of Peera ?B 07 feet long, 45 feet wide and 45 feet high. It ie raagnificoutly furuishod The oorridor leading to the Peer's diam bor contains many fiuo paintings, inolud ing "The Meeting of Wellington and Blucher at Waterloo," "Death of Nel son," and many others. The Hall of Commons is 02 feet long, 45 wide and 45 high. Tho furnishings aro somewhat plainer, but are very pretty indeed Westminster Hall uow forms a part of the main struoturo. It was in this hall that Charles I, Sir William Wallace and the Earl of Stafford were tried and con dem ned. Here also took place the famous impeachment of Warren Has tings. A plaoe of interest to all Methodists stands in City Road-John Wesley's house and chapol. Three rooms of the house are kept open as a museum, where many relics of thia great and good man are to bo seen-his study-ohair, clock, desk, and tho pen with which he wrote to Wilberforce on his doatb bed concern ing slavery. Tho, bon so is built of brick and bas four stories. Tho chapel is large and very nicely arranged inside with large galleries. The pulpit usod by Wesley still stands and is in a perfect state of preservation. Seven new marble pillars have recently been placed m the ohapul by soven different countries. We see that our artiole is getting too lengthy, so we hasten to close. Space forbids our mentioning many other places of interest that wo visited, such as parks, palaces, cto. Whilo we have enjoyed our visit to this great metropolis, and trust that we have been greatly benefited by what we have soon and learned, we are glad once more to turn our faces homeward. Lon don is a great city aud the capital of n great Empire, yet wo think our Southern skies are clearer, our sun brighter and our air moro balmy; in other words, "There's no placo like home." We re turn home, after having seeu something of England, with our opinion still un altered, that ours is the greatest and best country lu tho world. A. P. McE If you wish to do business during! 1903 you must advertise and let the people know what you wish to do. Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor and cheerfulness soon disappear when the kid neys aro out of order ' or diseased. Kidney trouble has become so prevalent that it is not uncommon for a child to be born afflicted with weak kid neys. If the child urin ates too often, if the urine scalds the flesh or If, when the child reaches an age when it should bo able to control the passage, lt is yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon lt, the cause of the difficulty ls kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these Important organs. This unpleasant trouble ls due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made mis erable with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the Immediate effect of Swamp-Root ls soon realized. It ls sold by druggists, in fifty cent and one dollar 1 sizes. You may have a| sample bottle by mall free, also pamphlet tell- ROOM of SWMU^ROO*. lng all about it, Including many of the thousands of testimonial letters received from suffer - cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., P' nton, N. Y., bc aura and mention ti ,-apar. Don't mike any mistake, but remem ber the name-Swamp-Boot-Dr. Kil mer's Swamp-Root, and the address binghamton, N. V.-on every bottle. Two Views of Death. _ Roscoe Conkiing, in bis eulogy uf Oliver P. Morton shortly, after that statesman's death, said : "D oat li is nature's supreme abhorrence. Tho dark valley, with .its weird and solemn shadows, illumined by the rays of Christianity, is still the ground which roan shudders to approach. The grim portals, and the narrow house seem in the lapBe of centuries to have gained rather than lost in impressive and foreboding horror." Yet Conkiing went bravely, for all that, when the time oame to go. Beecher expressed a different idea of ?death. He said : "When we com prehend the fullness of what death will do for us, in all our outlook and forelook, dying is triumph. No where is there so fair a sight, so sweet a prospect, as when a y ??ung > soul is passing away out of life and time through the gate of death-the easy, the royal, the golden, the pearly gate of death. Death is as sweet as flowers are. It is as blessed as bird singing in spring. I never hear of the death of any one who is ready to die that ray heart does not sing like a harp. I am sorry for those who are left behind, but nof for those who have gone before. As I grow older and come nearer to death I look upon it more and more with complacent joy, and out of every longing I here God say : "Ob, trust ing,- hungering one, come to me.* What the other life will bring I know not, only that I will nwako in God's likeness and see Him as He is. Speed on, then, oh heart, and yearn for dying. I have drunk at many a fountain, but thirst came again ; I have fed at many a bounteous table, but hunger returned ; 1 have seen many bright and lovely things, but while I gazed their lustre faded. There is nothing here that can give me reBt, but when I behold Thee, O Qod, I shall be satisfied." Herc are two flashlight views of two thinkers concerning the mystery and tragedy of lifo and death. Beecher's is the more cheerful view, and his was unquestionably the greatest in tellect. How much has intellect to do with views of the whence and whither, the hereafter, the unknowa ble? What is it that causes ono in tellect to approach tho grave with serene confidence and contentment and another to drift into the inyntie shadows with questioning spirit to whicn comes no reply ? Does any man die without a lingering faith, a hope of the hereafter? Where are Conkiing and Beecher?-Nashville American. The Balky Horse. For the benefit of those who have been caused a great deal of anxiety by a balky horse, lo9t trains as well as tempers and sometimes even ruined the horse, tho next time they have the experience to run across a balky horse, no matter how bad he is, let me tell you how to start him ninety -nine times out of a hundred. Of course, it may fail one time in a hundred. When a horse balks, no matter how badly he sulks or hpw ugly he is, do not beat him. Don't throw sand in his ears, don't use a rope on his fore legs or oven burn straw under him. Quietly go and pat him on the head a moment. Take a hammer or oven pick up a stone in the street, tell the driver to sit still, take his lines, hold them quietly while you lift up either front foot, give each nail a light tap and a good smart tap on tho frog, drop the foot quickly and then chirp to him to go. In ninety-nine cases out a hundred the horse will go right on about his busit.ess, but tho driver must keep his lines'taut and not pull, or jerk him back. If 1 have tried this once, I have ttied it 500 times, and every time I have suggested it people have laughed and even bet $6 and bottles of wine that I could riot do lt. So far I have won every b#t. This may make you smile, but a horse has more common sense than most peo ple are willing to give him credit for. The secret of thia little trick is simply diversion. 1 nm a firm be liever that with kindness nod proper treatment a horse can be driven with a string.-Horse Shoers' Journal. Every time a woman pick? up a towel it makes her husband shiver for fear she is going to tic it around her head and go to house cleaning. No wonder men get discouraged win n it takes years to establish a reputation for honesty and sobriety, while one can gain notoriety as a thief or a drunkard in a few noars Fri In time. Hold br draggUU. gi ,