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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
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e monument or a neat head-stone at
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he will quote you reasonable prices,
with thc best both in workmanship
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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
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?n Nervous and Heart Diseases. Addres
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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 ,