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BAGSOVERTHEIRI IE ADS THE TREATMENT GIVEN PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S ASSASSINS. Extraordinary Measures Useti to 1'revent Esuape tesuue and Nuicido-a SIgullcrut Chapter of Unpublished hIistory. During the exciting times imniedi wtely following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln the prisoners, who were arrested in sonnection with that afair, were confined on board of United States monitors anchored in the Potomac River, opposite the navy yard. A history of the Washington navy yard, written by Chaplain Henry B. Hibben, which has just been issued as an executive document by the Sen ate, contains the orders given to the commandant of the navy yard as to the care of those important prironors, and these orders revealed one or two features of their treatment, which, it is believed, have never before been made public. The first order was from the Navy Department to Connodore J. B. Montgomery, commandant of the yard, and dated April 15, 1865, the day of Mr. Lincoln's death. It reads as follows: "If the military authorities arrest the murderer of the President and take liii to the navy yard, put him in a monitor and anchor her out in the stream, with strong guards on vessel, wharf and in navy yard. Call on commandant of marino corps for guard .Have vessel inuediately pre pared; ready to receive the criminal at any hour, day or night. Ho will be heavily ironed and so guarded as to prevent escape or injury to hint self." Two days later the department notified the commandant that "the Var Department wishes special at tention called this afternoon to order of Saturday, 15th instant. Keep a boat in constant readiness and have a guard at tho gate, that the prisoier can be safely got on boai d." The first prisoners were received at the navy yard that night, a-ud the following day Commodore Mont gomnery reported that Mike O'Flaher ty and Lowis Payne had been deliver ed during the night, and werO con fined on board the monitor Saugus, in double irons and under a strong guard. Samuel Arnold was added to the prisoners at 2.30 o'clock the morn ing of April 10. The same day the commandant received orders to per mit no person to see or hold comu munication with tho prisoners without a pass signed jointly by the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy. At 11.10 p. in., April 20, two more prisoners were received at the navy yard. They were James Andrew Atz rott aud Ernest Hartman Rituhlie, his brother-in-law. April 23 the As sistant Secretary of the Navy sent this order to Conunodore Mont gonery: "The Secretary of War wishes Atze rott separated from his brother-in lawv, Rlitchie, b)y putting the former in another vessel, unknown to the other prisoners; also, that a ball and chain t,o bc put on each ankle of Payne." On the following day the command antt received directions wvhich showed that Secretary of War Stanton pro p)osed to neglect no precaution to ward preventing any sort of conm munication between the prisoners. These directions were as follows: "The Secretary of War requests that the prisoners on board iron-clads belonging to is department for bet tcr security against conversation shall have a canvas bag put over the head of each and tiedl around the neck. with a hole for proper breathing and eating, but not seeing, and that Payne be secured to prevent self-de struction." To0 this order, which is now brought to light for the first time, Conmnand ant Montgomery rep)lied on the samte (lay: "The hoods werle made, and have b)eeni applied as directed. The pris oners are in all respects entirely se Ned SpAg8ler was taken from itthe old Capitol prison that (lay and con fined on one of the monitors. Three days later, April 27, the comnmndant rep)orted to the Navy D)epartnment as follows: "David C. Harrold, prisonter, andl the remains of Wilkes Booth were dlelivered here at 1.45 this morning. The b)ody of Booth is changing rap)id ly. *What disposition shall be made of it? It is now on board the iron -clad Miontauk." Later in the day the commandant was handeo~ an order, signed by3 Secretaries idelles and Stanton, di recting him to permit Surgeon Gene ral Barn~es, Judge Advocate General Holt, and certain other officers andl civilians, incluidutg a photographer, to go on b)oard the \Iontauk and see Booth's body. The order also direct e'l that, after the Surgeon General Lad made an autopsy, the bod y should be placed in a strong b)ox, Lrefully sealed, and delivered to the chia-ge of Col. L. C. Baker. A letter sent to the Secretary om the Navy the following day by Com mandlant Montgomewry shows thI at lie had nto chlance to carmry[u)it a part of tis joint order. 'the writer comt p)lains that thme body of Booth was sudldenly and tuexpctedly remtovedl b)y Col. Baker to a tug and takent away before thme matirine oflicer had any oppotunity to report thei pro ceedings to the conlnnand(anlt. The box prepared for it was left on thle Montauk, andl Con naindan t Monmt, gomery reported that it was ready for delivery wheun called for. Other correspocnee shows that the navy officers at the yard felt that theyvhad not b)een Properly treated by~ the higher au thorities, and( were dlisposed bo criticise the military authorities for thle "'iniformal and unmnilitary" way in which Booth's body was ta keni from their custodly, without any ywritten authority for so disposing of it ltavinig been shown to any officer m2 the vessel. The orders leave no doubt of the great fear wvhich besot secretary Stanton that the pris.m era would escape or be rescued, and this fear seems to have exundedl even to the dead body of the asans sm. The laat nntry reamcUn the m.is oners shows that Comiandant Moni gomer1pl,"relieved from his troubh sono11 charge April 29. In a conaun cation to Secretary Welles, (late April 30, ho Hays: ' "In obdience to a telegramn recoive at 9 o'clok last Ilight the prisOner in 1my3' charge were delivered at 10.3 p. in. to G eneral Hancock, and und military guard they left the yard u 11 o'clock." Immediately after this the deparf ment ordered the removal of the e> traordiary restrictions t nit ha been established relative to the a( mission of visitors to the yard durin the tune the prisoners were in th commnlandant's custody, and this enI ed the connection of the naval o: tablislinent with these state prit Onlers. I UNITED STATES COURTS. Provilons of the Now 1nl )eftiuIng The Jturid iction-An Iu)ortant Moatur. The HLouse of lepresentatives ha passed the bill to define and regulat the juriS(iction of courts of ti Uni.ted States. The final vote wa; yeas 131, nays 13, the Speaker coun ing a quorum. The following is synopsis of the provisions of tLI nOw law: It Withdraws all original jurisdi tion nlow vested in the circuit court of the United States and vests th salue exclusively in the listrat courts of the United States and als provides that the circuit courts < the U Tnited States Mhall exercise suc jiuisctiction by writ of error an appeal as they have and exercis< un(ler existing laws. The circu court is made an Appellate Con exclusively, except that it has )ow to issue alt.ernating process. Th circuit courts shall consist of th present circuit judge and tw others to be lppoilteld inl each cii cuit by the President by and wit the advice andci consen t of the Senat It retuires thre'e ,jdges to constitt a (Loiulol , anud ill case (itler of th . tdges is absent. at aiy terl th senior circuit judge of tile circu: may(V require anly district judge of th circuit to sit ill his stead for the til being. But thliere must always b On1e circuit julge e)1('slnt 1nd 11O cil cltit or (listrict ,judge before whom case is tried in1 the (listrict :oturt ca sit ill the 5a111e .5ase in the circui court. The circuit courts shall b courts of record. The terms of tii circuit court., are to be ield at th following 1)laces: 1st Circuit, .3ostln. and " New York. :3rd 'hiLiadelphia. 4th 1ic1lnolld, Va. 5th " New Orleans. >th "' Cicuiati. 7th Cllicago, Ills. 8th " St. Louis. 9th - San Fralclsco. \rits of error in1 proper c15(5 al iln all otiler cases appeals mnay b) e ha from district, to circuit courts, bot at law aid iln e(llity, 11(1 cass admiral ity and uaritime jurisdictio within six uonths after the entry c final juldgmlenlt, or decree in'districts The circuait courts shlall have origint jurisdiction to is-sue certain remuedit writs andio to establish rules of prat tice not inconsistent with thosec the Supreme Court. Writ of erra from the circuit court of anl appei to the circuit court may be4 had i all commherciall cases wherein the cii cuit court may b)e hlad in all conuniei cial cases whlerein the cireuuit couir maly no0w exercise juishdcetion b writ of error andoi pendinig app)ieaIls writs ot error and jiudgmnent of th district courlt ill all crimuinal cases ar st.ryed until the ease is finlally dete1 miiined by the apipellate. Civil caseC no0w removable fromi State courts i circulit courts of the Uniited State mayi~ become inivolvedl in the distric courts of the United States in th ternitoriail julrisdiction of whlich the were commenced. ThJ e circuit court sre given apIpellate j urisdiction b) writ of error or appecal to review th j udgmients aind decrees of thelt sup)remi courts of the several territories ani for thle review of the juidgmenCts an< dlecrees of dlistrict courts. Tile ci1 cuit court shall1 hlave finial and1( col cluLsive j urisd ict ion oin appeal or wri: of error in ll ca (ses inl- whichi juari diction is acqu1iredl by the distric courts by3 reaLson of tile citizensii of parties 01nly and inl whichl no0 queiC tion arises uander the Constitutior lawvs or treaties of the Uniitedl State: But (uestius aurisig ini this class cases of a novel, dliflicuilt Or imlpo' tanlt character miay i)e carriedl to tii suIpremie court for determinulation i the discretion of aniy two of thi circuait judges trying the o1ase. Millions in Mortgages. Mr\[. ILuthier J1. Kaiifnian, Laancau ter, delivered anI initerestinig aLddres~ Saturday last at the farmers' insti tulte, held( unider the ausic)ies of th iBerks5Ci county Agr'icuiltural Society, a Rlead in g. Mr. Kaufmanu dIwel t u poi the great depression ill agriculturl in Pennsylvania, andl produced a] golnenits, statistical and othkerwis( thlat the farms in the EaIst, exclusiv, (11 impl1rovem1ents,wvere wortlh no morp 11ow ill the mnarket thani those in N braska~ and( Kanisas. 1-e stted fha the.. mortgages Onl tile farms inl Berk; co1auy were $,00)0,000, anid inLa ('aster evu.uity $25,000,000. In cIlosing his address )Mr. Kaafuman saidl ftha the cost of issdaug and distriiuftin;, cuarreclcy by the gcYo-rermuentf wasL one <iuarter of one pe senit., and1( h< wanlted to kniow whly, fl.. be )ing th case, th e farmer shol not1( he0 abl11) to secure a 10oan on1 his farii i. [h< oneC 1p(1 cenit. Hie saLid thlat thle g e aLcconlIulatViveow'er of m uonov at j)r vailng interest rates ui oi of th11 chief caiuses of fte pr*ent distresa and(1urged tihe farmercs of Berks t< secure fromi Congress Ihe u estalhish menit of a naltional banking biureau whicWh should issueC arnd loan mone1 to aull citizensl upon01 god secuirity one per cent. He left a numlfbe'r (. Petitions to that effect, whlichl wer signled by mnany of thIose presenit. -The Ne w York Worl is p)rintimn serial story purporting to give til mystery of Judge Hlilton's wond(em ful imfluence over A. T. Stewart an the history of his absorption of thb Stewart millons. It says thlere is; woman and a story of dishonor in thi ('luth. DESERT ROMANCES. l A Naked WandereroM the Mojave Surprlse L1 Two Italirond Men. Extending from the San llernardi i mueridia On the west, to tle (Co)lo ) ratdo river on the ('ast andul fron tlic r south line of Inyo county on the t north to the north line of Sau Diego county on the south is that vast ex panse of "melancholy waste" known as the Majove Desert. Many are the d tales of privation and suffering en 1- dured on this verdureless expanse. g One of the strangest aniid yet true o e cUrrenjes has been (:xweIeIlcc( near 1.- this place, which is in the middle of 3- the desert. Last Tuesday evening t- as engine 51, Engineer Spencer, was returning from Lavie, he encountered the following experience, which is best told in his own words: "I had just rounded the curve near r mile.post 673 and had taken imy watch from 11my pocket. Noting the time,6:25 o'clock. I returned i t to its pl1Ce and nat.urally glanced ahead of my engine. What was my surprise Sto see Iot over thirty yards ahead of , ie and approaching the track front t- the south, a man apparently six feet a tall, about thirty-live years of age, 0 with long, black hair hanging down his shoulders and heavy 1 n 'k beard. He was entirely naked, anud hi' skin ;s was tainled. Putting on the driver e brake, I brought the elgine to ia stop t just as the m1an cr1osMsd(01 the track. o After crossing lie stopped and hooked )f at us. h1 "I intiiwdiately crossed over to the d fireinti's side, ald as I started to , climb down to the ground lie started it oil. I called to hin as .1 ieauhed the t ground, but, with a frighteniie'd look, r lie dashed away. 1 thtoug: t. 1 was a e good ruiter, but the way his bare (e feet got over the cinders and gravel o led me to believe oth.rwise. Once r or twic(' lie looked Iack, but did iot h1 slack.n his pacc. I intchiiig the hills, which arel about htalf a tmile froium the .e track, lie soon dlisapl)clred. The c tir1t'eiall, who )adl r''Inained with the e clginle, no0w ceiii Up, aid we went it airounld the hill, but lie lied disap e peared from1 view. I contfess I did n not dare to follow lit arollnd there c alonle. As it wits late, ital oulr en1 girie Wa1S stitndinig ont tlie malin traek a alone, we abandoncd further search U and treturned to the engine." e SENTENCED AND HUNC HIMSELF. e A L'nrmeor Accusxed of Crln (onunams ii C dde ei 'by Ilnuging. 1ENI)EToN, S. C.. Aptril 17.-The body of E 1). CJason. ia white man living on Williamii Watkin's farm, six nuiles fromt PCidlet(ii. was fotzlunI Simdilay lloring lmliging;_ t' a lice near \Watkin's hlilksiithl shop about two ltundre'd yards frot Mr. Casoi's homle. Cireunstances shlowedcl that his sui cide was thoroughly 1ilinned an1(d the act was a p)reI1edit1ated one. lie pro It curled two len1(e driviitg reins and a smin:ll cotton rope, Placed t hem around lits neck Sertrely, having tied knots so its to avoid all possil)ilities of an acideCnt,elmed utp an oak I ree..la ed theO hiies secueiily around( ia 'limb) and ihtljumped off. Hlis feet were- only a few inebes from thte ground. S Notintg was founid on is petrott as atn explanation fotr thtis ternible aet, 1 butt it is b)elieved thtat recent charges made against himself and others of br)1utality, beating a woman int Geo ga, gaOve thno cause. Mr. Cason was out ott bond1, having b)ecen ar'rested a few~ d-ty~s since antd takent before a tiatl jus tice, whtere the charges wvere sustained antd the case was seit up to the higher court. I anm told that his .' wife saiud she thought there were oter aOI snif heo appea"ed before the couirts Li~(c Georgittad that witht thtis recenti 'ttrul w the wase. 'ihtt t t' , WIatk in's p lanta:tionu and in that see tioni b)or1 a very good ('harne-ter and wits thought well of by his landlord, who p)rotmptly went on his b)ond(. He was at naitive of G)eor'gia where hie marti r'iedl and1 sutbsCeetly got ai divorce. He0 cameo to South Carolina, began work 01n Mr. WVatkini's fiarm anid shtortl y maieod HLarvey' oord's It atpp(ears fronm what I could1( gath (r.that Mr. CJason was broughtt itnto tis last troublle by his brthertc who mdulttcd him to go to G4eorgia ando Ihelp beiat the womantt w~ho had1 gained a law~suit over him. Ihiri uonIF, Md., April 17.-A cur ii out, labor fightt is int progr'ess herie. " While thetre .is no strke fot' eight e hioutrs, thte ttrades unionis arc ttryinig to enforce their card systemi, by which they ('xpect t.o be paid for all extr'a wor'k. Int thtis contest they do not recognize the Knights of' LaLbor, 1)but place them on thte same level as ~ s'abs," and1( refuse to work with them. There is a great demand f'or t and work on1 imptlortat buildings is 1 delayed beLcautse of tli(' ugh t. Oni a many of themt the tuniotinmen have (1init w'or'k beCcautse the emplo)hyers re 'fused to dismiss the Knights of1 La bor. - ---7I(chle s laigiicenit ooinest.rigii t statue of General lRobert E. Lee s will be unveiled at 1ihmnond on May - '29,antd will be m'nade the occaisioni of a gre i t demnstriat.ioni. The 11. E. I, Lee Camp of Confeodert': VXeterians -is in charge of 1th e cei emaon) ies, and1( is I aking measures1 1( to0 sciure the largest l ossile attetilituice' of thoe old sol dio'is oh' th e C aofdoerney. Ari'ianigo' Iiionts will ho' miade' with the raiilr-oato for' a tate of1 onei cent1 a imil(',ia'conuno t1( dats will ho' fu-rniish,ed to visitors2 lRichoiinid iat e'x'e'd inigly low ost, o especially to iiitar'y and vetertan , organirations, and ever('yting donio >) to mtake the 'ota3 of visitors enjoy -ble.. y' -T-Jhte gorgeous raii fA ay trlain wvhich t the Queen andto Kiiig of Italy hadt f built for thiei r journey to Beorlint this e month was burned in the Fhloence raiilwayt~ stationt abou11t three0'( wveeks ago. TIho ('ost of thle trini was more10 thantt 70,000 lii. It was furnished 1 wvith ai weialh of gold end silver ornau tiients antd was filled with the most costly uphtoistery. Most of the pres5 1 ents intuded for the' .Berling~'ourtt hiad e already been placed on it. Only a few a of the most valuable pieces of table 0 ware and about a thir<l o fth e presents wvere saved. COAL OIL JOHNNY. New I..ctq Ahvut the Spendthrift' Who plo+nt 8100.000 n Year. The Visitor to the oil regions asked first abullt Coal-Oil Joluly and nex(, about .14)1111 1). Rockefeller. '1'he stltecIt is of ten publiSed tl1t Coal-Oil Johnny has died or that he has regained his squandered fortune. There is as much truth in 011e as in the other. He is still alive at the age of about fifty years, and his address is Ash hnd, Saunders County, Nob., where he has lived for the past twelve years. lie is at pros eut employed as a station agent at Ashlanid. He has not recovered his for tune or any part of it, but makes a comfortable living and has appar eoltly forgotten the princely days of his youth. Coal-Oil Johnny was about three years running through with his for tune. It was at Iousevill( whore Johnny began to throw away his Imloney, l)ut that, town, although one of the 'ed hot oil towns, was soon too smal. for him. Erie, Buffalo anid Pittsl)ur knew him next, but it was at Philadelphia that he distinguished 1uiself most. How much money he squandered in three years is a matter of conjecture, oven in the oil country. h'1ere is, however, a wide Iuisappre hen1sion as to the amount. His for tuio did not reach into the millions, as has so often lcen stated. The bost judgment here places it at not above $300,000. He was the adopted son of widow McClintock, and at her death her oil farm and its accumulat od earnigs passod to hui. Perhaps $100,000 was turned Over to JohnIy on the settling of her estate, and his share of the product of the farm after that tilc is Sul)1)osed to have been about 200,00o. Ie therefore squan dered about. I00,000 a year for the three years the money last d. At the end of this tine the old ).o_antza farm had ceased to yield and his money was spent. his career as a i;pendtlthriit caine to 3u end on Thursday, February 14, 1868, when he filed a voluntary peti tion in bankruptcy in the United State.s District Coin-t at Pittsburg. his indebtedness at the timle was thus scheduled: 1H. W. Kanga, (irard House, Philadelphia. 6-19,824 William E. (albruith, ittoiney. at-law, Erie, Pa. 10,000 J. E. Caldwell & Co., Phuiladel phia, jewelry. 5,805 John I). Jones. harness 1,280 \W. S. Horn. cigars. 56 E. H. Conklin. Plhiladellphia, liquors. 2,024 PIclan & Colletder, billiard ta lbles. 1,500 Uniknown creditor, oil ainting 2,000 1For hats. 300 Total, $42,789 This seedtle ills its own story of a royal s))rec extenuding over a period of three yeais. The indebi,.bitess at the Gi;rard I louse was for boalrd, liquors, cigars, et.c. While at this hotel he occupied a suite of roomis on the parlor floor, and usually had fronm one to t hree kindred sports wvith him, whose boardl and( expenises he paid for the sake of their company. The aruount of his unpaid bill at the Girard House, nearly $20,000, is an idication that he and his compan ions lived tolerably high. Hew much money he paid to the (Girard House isnot known, but it is thought to have been as much as lie left unpanid. It is a curious fact that the old1 played-out Steel farm has been revived and is making another man rich. The mant is John W. Waits, of Oil City, who bought the old place a fewv years ago~ for $7,000. He has sinice been offered $80,000 for it. Waits was a street gami i about Rouseville when ,Johnny Stetel was cutting his wide swath there, and frequently held the young oil p)rinc('s tcant while the lat ter wyent into a saloon t.o get a drink. The GuilI'e.ess [PedI<l Ir. Ped(dle'r (r(spectfully:) "M~Iad-in, I have ntot called for the p)urpose of trying to sell yon anything, b)ut to in quire if t here is a mian ntamted Joiies living in this vicintity."' Lady of the house: "Mr'. Jones lives next door." "'Thanks. lie has a boy about 12, has lhe niot?" ''He has."' "'I th iink lie is .te mi an I anm looking for. I was dirtectedl a few momilentts ago by a friend of his to call upon him. I am miakiing imy last trip as a travellinig veinder of mnerchantdise, and haive closed out all my .juvenile ware except this brass-tipped dronm with ebony sticks, which I shall oft'er to Mr. Jontes at such ai fIgure that-but pardlon meW, I h ad no initentH ,n of de tainiing you. Thanks G- your kind ness, nimidami. Good day."' "Hold ont! What is that drum worth ?" "'It iS reailly woth It5, b ut I hiad d(cideOd to olTer it to( Mr. Jones- for his boy at. the ntoinal iutre of 75 cets."' I 'nveilIing ol' IThe I 'e Mfoanmet. Rt. E. Lee Camitp, No. 1, Coinfeder aite Vteteranis, it the riet(st of fthe Lee Monumeniti( t Associatioii, has as stume tch( 0arge of the exercises for' the untveiliing of a imontumeni't to General Rob0Iert E. Lee, atl liechmtond, Vai., May 29, 1890. Tlheo r'ailroadi lines to litiltnOni will prob ab ly agree t.o gianti a rate of' abIoui.t(n cent foir Eacit imile I -av (,led , I ti ll vitig orgaiza iitionils at,d inidivid uails. AXs soon1 as5 arran'tgedl de'finit(e iniforntiat ion .-will be( given. Shelter will b)e futrinished for all visit mng organizations. Meals have beent arr'anged for wit responsible res t,auranits, to lbe funishedi at twenty hve'( cents each. C!amps or organiz'n tions~ owning tents and( camitp e<tii page, desiring to form an eneampij mniit, will give notice, that the neces sairy spae may b)e provided andu ar rangeiiieiits ritiade. It is neceessary that niotice s'hiall be given to the SecrIetarty of the C'om Inuttee, as earlhy as possible, of y our miention to lbe preen it -certaunly ntot later than the 1 5th of May. '-State Treaisurerm, Archer, of Mary land, was adulit ted to badiliMonday in $95,000. JUST BORE IN AND STEAL. Uncle $a,n'*- Millions invite a Visit Frutm Thieveni-Tho Treasury Vaniti Not Saft. WAsHINGTON, April 17.-The treas itrer of the' Urited States has asked the HotuLS colunuittee on approp)ria tioni to put through the House iml iuediatcly a special appropriation to rnable him to btrengthen the old I.reasury vault, in which are deposits iggregating $600,000,000. He had experunents made recently, his sus pmcions having been aroused as to the ' security of the vaults which are of a style tWenty-five years old. His ezpert bored a hole through the vault wall in seventeen seconds, and be made the hole large enough to erawl througi in seventeen minutes. Practically the contents of the vaults Were at his disposal, including $250, U010 mi greenbacks in a coriner six feet sqluare. The coiuniitte@, on receiv img this startling in for nation, told Treasurer Huston to go ahead and 1preparr estimates. prom iSing to put through the House immediately any ILpprpriation deemed necessary. The treasurer is nlow preparing estimates which will probably be ready so that the bill can be presented at once. Meanwhile the treasury guards have been doubled. The total amount of the funds for which Treasurer Huston is responsi ble is about i770,000,000. Of this ailount about $170,000,000, chiefly in silver, are ill the new steel silver vault, the remainder being in the old treasury vault, which it is now pro posed to repair and strengthen. Treasurer Huston does not think much of the steel silver vault, but as it, is rather diflicult to carry ofF the cart wheel dollars, it does not make ;o ituch difference about this vault. ' But ill the 01(1 treasury vault are m1iscellanr1eous moneys, gold, silver, Lreenbacks, etc., which could be ear red of1, and Treasurer Huston is unwilling to carry this risk longer without, trying to strengthen the vault walls. The treasury watchmen have always been noted for their integrity -ind fidelity, but if, by political influence, their positions not .eing protected by the civil service - law, tWo or three expert cracksieni could lie got on the force or if the cracksmnei could get into the treas- c ury at iig1 on an elmploye's pass or I im any other way, less than half an . hour's work on the old treasury vault would give them the biggest fortune in the world if they got away with nothing but the greenbccks. Teli treasurer's exaliInatloI of the vault and his recomlinendattioi to the olllmiiti.ee uli ailq)ropriations have been kept profoundly secret from all but five uelbers of the committee who woul1 have especial charge of the matter under the comuittee's division of labor. Treasurer Hustoi alnlost jumlpod out of his chair when 11e was asked about it this evening. Directing his messeilger, who was blotting his mail as the treasurer signed it, to leave the room and( close the door, lie proceeded to interview the iinterviewer as to how he got the news whlich lie thought he had kept p)rofound(ly secret. Of course ho did not learn anything, b)ut seeing that the interviewer had1( the facts, admit ted that it Was all true, but said that it should not be published lest it create anl unnlecessary sensation. T1ho mnterviewer had to tell him that lie could not keep an open1 secret, anid so the story goes. oniest D)octorM .All hlonest, conscientious physi cians5 who give B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) a trial, frankly admnit its superiority over all other blood mled icin es. Dr. W. J. Adair, Rlockmnont, Ga., w~rites: "I regardl B. B. B. as 011e of tile best lood mledicines." Dr. A. Hf. Roscoc, Nashville, Ten,il wvrites: "All reports of B. B. B. are favorable, and its speedly actioni is Dr. .J. W. Rhlodes, Crawfordville, Ga., writes: "I confess B. B. B. is thle b)est and1 quickest mlethecie for rhleu maiitismi I have ever' triied." D)r. S. J. IFarmer, Crawvfordville, Ga., writes: "I chleerfully reconmnend B. B. B. as a line tonic alterative. Its use cured ani exerescenice of the nieck after other remledies effected 110 perceptible goodl." .Dr. C. H. Montgomery, Jackson ville, Ala., writes: "Mi~y mothier in sisted1 On my getting B. B. IB. for her rhoumatism, as her caso stubbornly resisted tile ulsual renmedies. Sile experienced immilediate relief and heir impiirovemnt hasi 1been tri'sl wonider Dr. GI. W. Earle, Piekens, S. C., writes: "I rocomumned B. B. B. to ri. mall who had1( suiffered for years with a malignant ulcer on his leg, that seemled to resist all othler treat mnent. After using four or live bot tIes the ulcer began to hloal and1( his Oeg is nO0w souild( and1( well.' ---Phielani, thei Griflin, Ga.., b)ucket sho01 man11 whio skip)ped out under the pork p)ressulre, has b)een carried1 back to that townl with sevenlty warrantfs for chieating anld swvindlinig issued igainIst hun. Mc.Donald, who rant a sh1op at Amuericus, was arrestedl at CIolumbus While 01n hlis way North, n tlle same (chargc. P'ianos ant! Organs. N. W. Tntur, 1M- Main Street, Co. [umibia, S. C'., seJls Pianios and( Orgaris icfrmfactory. No atgenhts' con iii ing Pino Mathutsek Piano, cele brated for ifs chclernes's of tonie, light - 1(ss oif touch and lastinug qtualities. Mason & Hainii Uprl.ight Pianio. St erlinig Uprighlt Pianio, from1 822 Mason & HamLilin O)rgans, surpipose b)y none1.h Sterling Orgeanls, $350 up. Every InIstrmnenOlt guiaran teed for I 4ix years. Fifteen (lays' trial, ex [lOnsOs hothi ways, if not satisfactoro. S01Old on'enstailhnenmts. ( A plolicy in' the Valley Muitual Life Aissociation, onl tile tenk year' re lewable plan, at ago 40, cosits onlhy I 41 25-per ainmim per1 $1 ,000. Seer --1heo carpenters' strike( ill Chiicago monimues and thlousanids of workmen n other building tradles arC 1now out 'f 'work b)eause thley cannimot go on without the caOrpenfters. EMEMBERENG. Companies, renember that NSURANc1 - 0OMPANY, O . r liL , since it holds the fone st place 4 of the world, and offers uuperior >usiness, together with unequallel Q Company in this Country. npany in the World on in the World-its assets aIloun Twenty-six Millions of Dollars. 0 IsUr(. hich to insure, its large dividend surance below that of any oth(r s earned for and paid out to its Vfnty-one years, the enormous sum ren million dollars more than the iext TW'O leading conpanies. VAltD L. OERNAND, GENERAL AoENr, Coluubit, S. C. VALLEY IIUTu LIFE A SOCIA TIO -- OF VIRGINIA. M. ERSKI.NE MILLEt. Presiden t. ASHER AYERs, Secretary. J. FRED EFFJNGtER, Treasurer. Began Busincss Septemnber 3, 1878. o--. Eteserve Fund.............. $108,000. (Invested in Bonds and Mort gages on Real Estate.) 0 Ensurance in Force, over $10,000,000. nnual Premiumi Income, over......... .$20.000. Jeath-losses paiid, over... $1,700,000. Of which over $200,000 has beon )aid in South Carolina. o II YIN TEAR U3I3W363 P?LIgy, AS WRITTEN HY 'rrE raLuY REUUAJ LIng ASs XIAIOA 9 VIRIIA, Possesses the following .' A'TRUACTVE FEATUImm. 1st. Its Premiums are fixed and nade a part of the policy contract. 2nd. It offers the lowest possible ates consistent with security. 3rd. Its policies are incontestab)le after three years. 4th. It gives a paidl-up pl)icy after ive years. th. At the end( of anly ten year' >eriod the insuxed has the option of iither taking, 1st, the surplus to his tred1it in cash, and continuing the >olicy at his then rate; or 2nd, allow ng the surplus to beC applied as a. ~redit on future p)remniums (luring he following Tcn Year period. 6th. The policy is renewable at the ~nd of any Ten Year period without e-ex amination. 7th. The policy-holder p)artiipattesc n the profits of the Company by 'eason of the division of the su1rplus ~t the end of Ten Year p)eriod. 8th. Its form of policy is a mlodel b lrevity, being simp11ly a promise to ay. 9th. It has no rest.riction as tom ravel. 10th. Being free fromi all technii alities and the policy-holder being llowed to participate ini the profits if the Company, couledo with the 'cry low rate of cost, it p)roenlts an3 xceedingly attractivo formi of in uran(ce. A.ctive anmd reliable aigents cani iake liboeral termis by applying, with eference, to LEE HAGOOD, State Agent, Columbia, S. C. INE S r-Ask aor catalgne rERRY M'F'G CO.. NA8Hvitts. T, OUR SURPLUS MONEY IN T HB COMMERCIAL BANK, --OF CO1LUMBIA, S. C. Ono dlollar and upwardu received. iterelst at the rate of 4 per cent. per mlum, paidI quarterly, on the first ).ys of Fe~bruary, May, Augusst and oivemnber. Married Women andl inors can keep account in their own tme. Higher rates of interest al. wed by special arrangement. C. J. InEnr,.L, President. INO. S. IJAPHART, JAMBIS IJADEMLL, Vico President. Cashierz. sei. *g d iugkt l .te.M 1'CTS WORTH I When solictid to insure in other ["HIE - MU'I'UAL . L1I - 1 Is entitled to your first consideration, aunonlg the Life Insluranlce Institution advalntaies in all the features of 1 iiliancial security. 1. It is the Oldest active Life Illsurane 2. It is the Largest Life Insurance Coi 3. It is the Strongest liinlancivl Institut ing to ruore tlum One Hundred and 4. It is tlw Safest Conpany in which I 5. It is the Cheapest Company in w returns reducing the final cost of i Company. 6. This GREAT CORPORATION ha plolicy holders in Cash Surplus, in t' of $73,000,000, which is nearly ele Colnbine(d Returns attained by the HIND E RCOR 8s. 9IONSUMPTIVE to - ." - 'n - re Lrm i1.ut. Axi.uu.. Indfg,.iunt UI -I 'n e ec e nut.ju. Tko in .'- and $1.00. b6I & Iir'd, , II.r T.L. .',re. V.r buat et p.-'fb fi1, Agants wunnte,t to it I,t a perfect el1 'inlesa Clotlo,4 Win 1-r ilne. Sam .Ilnes; no nioto ple :i., sent by luthe l pint ueeted. . n.aIl tm o1)e., alo tI.hoIlds the ieave$t. Olt, line by nd fine't ritrls P l nmlil 81.25 pre 7 I t. h o u t iin. p1a-1. For circe lot.heL do t.., rrt"ze to lard,iri:e list, torn. t and cin not .low of1. adi.lre.- the PLN.1S eLOT'l S lINI CO., 17 llermton st.. Vorco,tor, Mast. H ~JtR ALSAM . e .. 1IIlo. lb. halr. 1i g , r wth. k.vur F ris It Rostora GrayI Hair to . Y.bhful Color. Cun..M.f.Ipci"..N Jc iisirftai11ng OMu t.t1 wDraling MADE WITH IOILINC WATER. I EP PS'SI GRATEFUL-COMRORTING, 1 OOOOA MADE 'WITH BOILI-N MIL-K. How Lost' -n Regained, TL. OF - KNOW T HYSiT THE S EN EOF LIFE A Scienlifie and1( Standlard P'opuinr M.;~eln TIrentime onl the E'rr or. of Youzth,l'remnature jaeline,, Nerv,ni. and Ph:ysical obi uri- of the l3i00,'. lleulting from Folly, Vice, Ignorance, Excesece or Overtaxation, linervating and iunfltting the victhm for Work, liosincies, the Married or MMI Relatin.1 Avoid unskilfui pretenders. Pos.. -s this gret work. It conta ins 300 pares, royal . Becantifu1 binding, embossed, full lit. Prico ' y $1.00 by miail, postpaid, concealed In plain i' - per. Ilias trative Prospectus Free, if -ou egp:y nowir. The distInguished a,ithor Win i. Parker M. D.r ceived the GOLD AND JEWBRLLb NfE fromn the Nationual Medicl A c atin o tii PRIZE EMISAY on N(R VOS..-d PIIYSICAJ LDBILIT Y.Dr.Parkera an atorps of Assistant Physieians may be consulted confl denially by mail or in person at the obRee of THlE PNABoDIY MEDICALa INSTIT (7'E NJa. 4 Bluj.fnch Mt., Boston, Maa,s., to whora ai o sfor boo ks or letters for advice should b d as aovoeI * ?A L,iT'11 AD1kI00 :af..e..,e "b AAK ' CI LESIk IMINI. Talbott & Sons, RICHMOND, VAe, WA~ill furnish lowest estimaato; s. mU ' indsi of MACIIINEltY. AW MlILLS AND) GIT MILA , OTTON GINS, PIUIE AND) ELE VATOlts, la NEltls AND) WOOl) - WOltKINGI -i' WVrite to me foir priesbfo uying. V. (C.~ I)IIA M, Ge.'l A.ti, (ho,nis, t9. Ct a