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ThP, Aik f m Recorder, 1 VOL. 26 NO. 46 Democratic Jfewspaper rrBLiBrtEi* semi-weekt.y. MONDAY ASIJ THURSDAY, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One year in advance $1.50 Six months in advance 75c ADVE-TISINQ BATES. One square, first insertion $1.00 Each subsequent insertion, 50c Special rates by contract, for three lionths or more. Changes of advertisements must be sent in at.least three days before change is made. Changes made only where contracts are -nade to that effect. Entered at the Post Office at A : k( C. as second class matter. AIKEN, S. C. ; THURSDAY. JAN. 31 1907. jection being raised to its immediate ;onsideration. The house also acted on another highly important measure—McMaster’s bill requiring eity and town authori ties u der heavy penalties against the municipal authorities to give their wa ter supplies a monthly biological and quarterly chemical analysis, and au thorizing the siate board of health to <tep in ..nd conduet such examination _ * rrx r- Tr Ti r\ whenever it sees fit. ]3lJ Jilt l il U 1c 1 , rORD. Mr. Rueker^s bill to increase the pen sion appropriation from $200,000 to $250,000 passed like it was greased with with politics. Mr. McGowan’s joint resolutin au- | thorizing and directing the attorney ; general to institute and prosecute ac- ! tious against the several State treas- ! urers, and their sureties, for recovery ! of loss to the State by reason of loss of! securities from the office of State treas- I urer was withdrawn f om the calendar. The following bills passed their third reading, and went to the Senate: Mr. Toole—A bill to amend the char ter of the Augusta and t'olumbia Rail way company, so as to enlarge its pow ers, and for other purposes. Air Blease—A bill to prohibit the sale of cigarettes and cigarette papers. The legislative hall was crowded [Tuesday with people who listened to the s eeches being made on the dis- I pensary issue, many of the fairer sex I filling the gallery. I From all that can be gleaned it looks 1 like the local option people have scored 1 a point, The interest in the discussion :—:t — _ t- , is intense, and one of the strongest I legislative fights ever on in South Oaro- The General Assemoly should I ]jn a i 8 this one on liquor selling, not only abolish the state dis-1 Nothingdefinitewillbedoneforsev- peesarv but it should abolish it | era) days, as many are scheduled to r -e „ .n : - make speeches on the issue. Ihe tight immediately, if anything of the ( j a a p 02u |j ar OIie so f ar as p ro |)i_ State S credit is to be saved. It| bitionist party is concerned, they being has already injured the moral 1 i-laced in a rather unique position- credit of South Carolina so deep-j with the dispensary faction to ! deteat local option, or losing their tight ASSESSMENT NOTICE. and he Posted Real Estate and Bring Your Tax THE AIKEN INSTITUTE. I ly that it will take years to re pair the hurt. If it is let alone it will impair the financial credit of the State as well. The Gen eral Assembly cannot too quick ly' make an end of it power to do evil. .South Carolina, although a State with one of the smallest appropriations devoted to this purpose, will have at the James town exposition, which opens in May, one of the best State ex hibits there. Only' $20,00 has been appropriated by the Legis lature for the South Carolina exhibit, but because of the uni queness of some of the exhibits f om this State, the space secur ed will attract all who visit the great show. The legislator opposed to the dispensary and in favor of county option plan, as between prohibi tion and county dispensaries, will find in the Carey-Cothran bill a strong, honest measure, drawn with every safeguard that seems possible. If the counties, under that bill, declare for prohibition, effort is made to make that pro hibition effective. If, the verdict is for county dispensaries, the county and State are given all the protection that is possible. County optionists who oppose that bill must be prepared to offer a better solution. They can not silently bar its way - The State. which years, Vanderbilt Gels the Negro Cabin. As the result of negotiations have extended over twelve George \V. Vanderbilt Saturday pur chased from Charles C. Collins (color ed) six acres of land and a log cabi i, which some years ago achieved fame as • the cabin the Vanderbilt couldn’t, buy." The purchase price was $2,000. The story of the cabin, and the ef fort!' of the master of Biltmore to pur chase it and the few- acres of land sur rounding is an interesting one. The cabin is situated in oose i roximity to the famous Biltmore house and was the only p cce of land for a radius of several miles, surrounding the mag nificent chateau over whioli Mr. Van derbilt could not claim ownership. Why the negro always stubbornly re fused to sell is a mystery, but it is probabls that he was ill-advised, or else dreamed that he w r ould eventually secure a fabulous sum for his holding. It is known that at one t me Mr Van derbilt offered $8,5000 cash for the place but Collins demanded $10,000, which the millionaire refused to pay. The land which Mr Vanderbilt b ught, was purchased by Colins many years ago for the sum of $200. On it he built the now famous cabin. When Mr. Vanderbilt decided to build Biit- more house he made extensive pur chases of land, but n sone way the negro’s insignificant little tract of six acres was overlooked. When engi neers landeners laid out the beautiful approa lithe mansion from Bilimore vi lage, adistanee forsome three miles, the road was surveyed through Collins’ land. Collins was then offered $tf.500 cash for his six acres but declined to sell for less than $10000 This was considered ex rbitaut, and the. niad was changt d so as to run clear of the negro’s hind. Since then it is under- sto< d that several efforts have been made to bring about a sale, but with out success Some little time ago Col lins removed to Pittsburg. Pa., where he still resides, and decided to sell his Biltmore property. He offered the land to Mr. Vanderbilt for $8,000, but tin* iriiti-millinnaire had apparently lost some of his former enthusiasm to become the owner of the place, and de clined to buy at that figure, but offer ed the very handsome, price of $5,000 This Collins refused. Later i.egota- tions were reopened by Collins, and Saturday Mr. Vanderbilt became the owner of the coveted land for the sum of $2,000. by striking out alone. They, of course, want straignt prohibition, but to defeat the local option—that now seems to be gaining much ground—they must side wi h the dispensary advocates in an ef fort to split the vo*e. Probably less than twenty-five per cent, of the legis lative membership is for straight p ohi- bition So far no caucuses of the pro- pie have been held. A measure has been proposed on the line of prohibition to the effect that druggists may sell whiskey under re strictions as follows: No whiskey sold unless purchaser pres nts a physician’s certificate stat ing d sease that requires the stimulani. Also, such prescription, or order, must be kept on file and where the public may see it. That no less than one-half pint be sold. That no drinking be done on the premises where the whiskey is sold. That no sales be made except in day light hours. The house committee came near kill ing the new c unty The bill has now been retained on the legislative calen dar, and will be debated on later. It concerns the creation f new counties in S 'Uth Carolina, mainly among the pro) used Heyward county. Among Read Every Word Re-Assessment of I’ersonal Property Receipt. Owing to the fact that all the town ships are divided into school districts several school districts sulnlivided into districts, and all districts numbered becomes necessary for each taxpayer to give the number and name *'f his district as well as the township in which his properly is located, when he makes his return. DON’T FORGET THIS The law requires you to value your property at its true value and swear to it. It is less work for me to take you return than to add the 50 per cent, penalty. Taxes are high enough with out paying penalty, so make you re turn. Imake every effort to get your re urns, *nd if you incur the 50 per cent, penalty by non-return it will pe your fault and you must abide the nseq uences. hA11 returns must be sworn to that I the valuation is the true value if not I tqey will be subject to 50 per cent : penalty. This is the law as lately con strued by the Attorney General and is I according to instrm lions received at j this office from the Comptroller Gen- i eral. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Aiken County Auditor’s Office Aiken, S. C , Dec 1, 1906 Notice is hereby given that pursu ant to an Act of the General Assem bly, approved Dec. 24th, 1894,“An Aci t • Change the Time for Listing Property for Taxation," the books will be open for the purpose of receiving tax returns for the fis al year com mencing January 1st 1906. from Jan uary 1st. 1906, to February 20th, 1906. The law requires all persons owning real estate or personal property or in any wise having control of such proper ty, either as agent, husband, guardian, father, trustee, execi tor. administra tor, etc., to return the same to the Auditor of the County in which such property is situated under oath ; and within the time vrescribed by law Sec 279 requires the Auditor to add 50 per cent, to the property valuations of all persons who do not make returns within the time i rescribed by law. Returns of railroads, expresses tel egraphs, insurance, manufactures and other corporations, banks and bankers, <-tc. See Article 6, 7, 8 and 9, R. S. (Make your returns and and save 50 percent penalty) Don’t send self. All returns sent through mail must be sworn to before some officer quali fied to administer su -h affidavit, made on a proper blank and sent at taxpay er’s risk. If not sworn to 50 per cent will be added. Railroads insurance eompanies, ex press companies, telephone companies, Pullman car companies, are required A Well Organized Graded School for Boys and Girls. G. L. TOOLE, Attorney at Law, ^jlROFT’S Block. Room No. 6 Mr. James U. Jackson, of North Augus ta, who protested that the bill was un constitutional There now seems a good chance that the bill will be killed This prooosed measure also effects the proposed county of Dillon. Wh 'ii Mr. Rucker’s bill fixing the appropriation lor oensions at $250,CJ0 at the least • ame up in the house yes terday Mr. Sellers moved that the vote sending it to third reading be recon sidered. Mr Rucker in defense of his bill said the State should give much more, but at present could not afford it. It is at least due the veterans that the State of South Carolina not quib ble over an increase of $50,000. Mr. Gyles also defended the increase. Mr. Sharpe said he wanted to sound a note of warning. The "appropria tion spirit" was running wild. The future legislatures could decide whether or not $250,000 was a minimun and he agreed with Mr Sellers. Mr. Sellers said he wanted to reduce taxes this year. The people in his sec tion of the State were not very prospe rous this year. There was a prosposi- tion now being discussed for a fund for annual appropriation for reunions. This should come out of the $250 000. He was willing to be as generous as anyone to the old soldiers, but he thought we should make haste slowly. Mr. Cosgrovo favored the apt ropria- tion. He spoke for the old soldiers and said the minimum amount of $250,000 was small enougii. An aye and nay vote was demanded and on the motion to recommit the bill the vote was: Ayes 45, nays 63. So the bill passed third reading and was ordered sent to the senate. The compulsory education bill has bright prospects for becoming a law at this session of the general assembly. Two bills were introduced in the house, one by Mr. Kershaw' of Florence, the other by Mr. Aull of Newberry. The house committee has made a favorable report by substitute, offering a new' bill embracing parts of the other two. SURE TO CURE INDIGESTION. The next session begins Monday, September 17th, and continues nine months Faculty—Wilfred L Brooker, princi pal ; Fitzhugh Salley, assistant princi pal. Lady assistants—Miss Junnie L. Brown. Miss EmmaL. Hard, Miss Eliz abeth Teague, Miss Eva Walker, and Miss Lucie Lorenz, Miss Hattie A. Roland, Miss lula Jones : Miss Maria W. Edgerton, principal of Music and French. The school is free to all from Aiken School District (city) taking free school studies, and those from this dis trict taking High School studies, pay tuition as tollows: Eighth Grade $1 00 per month. Ninth “ 1.50 “ Tenth “ 2.00 “ First and Second Grades $1.00 per month. Third and Fourth Grades $1.50 per month. Fifth. Sixth and Seventh Grades $1.75 per month. Eighth and Ninth Grades $2.00 per month. Tentli Grade $3.00 per month. Greek, French and German, each $1 per month extra. Instrumental music $3 per month. A discount of 10 percent, when three pupils from the same family attend, and an additional discount of 5 per cent for every one above that number. In addition to the above, each pupil within the School District (city) is re quired to pay a contingent fee of 25 cents per month (not subject to dis count ) to defray the expenses of repairs to the buildings an t for fuel and jani tor hire. For further information address the principal or D. S. HENDERSON, Chairman Board of Trustees. J. A. M. Gardner. Sec’y. Henry Busch. Treas. Aiken S. C. Notary Public S. C., (with seal). Loans negotiated on aceej table security. HAVE YOUK EYES Properly Fitted With Glasses WESSELS BROS. FREE EYE TEST G. A. Milner, DENTIST. Specially Fine Cabbage Plants I have some plants left over from my own setting —the same kind that I set for my own trucking. I buy the best seeds obtainable on the market. I have two early varieties, Early Jersey Wakefield and Char leston Wakefield. In season we follow these closely with Succession, and Late Drumhead. Prices in Thousand lots $1.50; 5 000 and over $1.25 ; 10.000 and over $100. We have onl«' a limited quantity of my selected stock. We crate them and deliver to the Southern Express Co., at very low express rates. Send orders early before our stock is gone. W, F. CARR, Box S3, MRGGETTS, S. C. RICHLAND AYE. AIKEN, Phone No. 163. Office hours a,, m. to 5:30 p. m. from any one, but come you those present at the session today w'a>r to make their returns to the Cot ap- troller General. Banks, bankers and other corpora tions are required to make their re turns to the County Auditor. Persons owning no property must ret tii thair poll tax to me. You w’ill meet mo at place appointed for your township. If you have sold any of your Real property since last return, notify me. The Auditor or his deputy will be at the following places at the tune specified to receive tax returns ; The books will be opened at 9 30 a. m. and close at 3 30 p. m. at each pre cinct except those marked “X." x Hamburg, (Judge Getzen’s office) Monday, Jan. 28. closed at 12 o’clock. x J. C. Hutto’s store, Tuesday, Jan. 29, close at 12 o’clock. x Eureka. (Seiner’s store)Wednes day. Jan, 30, close at 1 o’clock. x Clear water Bleachery, (Mill) Thursday. Jim. 31, close at 12 o’clock. x Vauclause, (Parker’s store) Fri day, Feb. 1. close at 12 o’clock. Make out you list at home and bring it with you. Attend the place nearest to you home, this saves you and me time. Con’t put it off to come to tiie court house, the office will be crowded every day the books are open. Jf changes in time and place be come necessary, notice will be given through The Aiken Recorder. Remember to make your return saves you 50 per cents penalty. Books •ose at Aiken, on the 20th of Feb ruary. DAVE H. WISE. County Auditor. $656,359 Worth of Liquor on Hand. The following letter from Shipping Clerk Baker is one of the inteiest-ing features of the recent investigation: January 8, 1907. •Mr. W. O. Tatum, Commission,r, Co lumbia. Dear Sir: In accordance with your Unless Pepslkola Cures Your Dyspepsia W. j. j instructions I have prepared for you a Plait 4. Co . Will Pay b lC k Your Money t statement showing number of cases and gallons of liquors ordered and not It is not often that Platt & Co., back n ., ... j • * i 4.1 • ii lieu Oil account ot goods not being in on a new remedy with their own i er- , . ” B sonal guarantee but they know that stoc ^ at tune orf l ers w, ‘ rt * received, Pensikola is sure to help all who have j covering period from November 1 to who chronic dyspepsia and indigestion the very first day they begin to take it. Moreover, they are t o busy and rheir reputation is worth too much to take chan< es in recommending a new remedy to their customers that will not do just as represented. Pepsikola is a remarkable prepara-[ lion and has performed some cures ini Aiken that border upon the miraou-j Ions. It is also a grand nerve tonic. | It improves the appetite, gives new strength and new energy, tones up the j stomach and digestive organs, and | makes you feel better right off. When you buy a package of Pepsi- | kola you are protected in every way. j If it cures you the cost is 25 cents—if it does not Platt Co., will pay back your money without the least argu ment. December 31, 1001. Respectfully submitted, L. L. Baker. Shipping C erk, Amo nt of stock on hand De cember 1. 1806 (inventory ) $497,823,51 Amount • f go..ds received from December 1 to Decem ber 31, 1906 $270,823.32 Amount of goods received from January 1 to January 15. 1907 $127,857,23 Amount of beer invoices re ceived l>om Jan. 1 to 15.. . 8,074,40 Proceedings of the Legislature On Monday the house by a majority passed Ke| re-entati passenger fart s : sweeping ve Gyles’ ct nts bill making passenger fart s 2 1-2 instead of 3 c nts. The committee a enduient, except small independent lines of forty miles and less, was also passed, though it met with some oppo sition. There was not even a division called for, altho gh a si nilar hill was defi-ated last session by a comfortable majority’. The .Smith resolution which the s n- ate passed Friday calling for the abol- ishi. ent of the state dispensary and di- rec ing tne joint judiciary committees to report a local o tion bill, came to the house toward the close of the ses sion but went over to take its place regurlarly on the calendar, upon ob- Soafttn on Wordsvrorra. Ot Wordsv »rih. Southey writes Is 1808. says II .rold S. Scott In The At lantic: ‘Tie has written a masterly poem called ‘The White D«»e of Rilstos Hall; or. The Fate of the Nortons.’ The poem is incomparably fine. It w->u!d amuse you to hear how he talks of hi* own production. His entire and intense selfishness exceeds anything you could have conceived. I n;u more amused at It than offended: not being sufficiently attached to him to feel pain at perceiv ing bis faults, and yet respecting Uiir far too much on the average of hi* qualities to be disgusted. It is so pu»* and unmixod a passion in him that Be* Jonson would have bad him in a play had he been his contemporary.” Total amount received $904,162.42 Amount of invoices in h»n<i of receiving clerk awaiting goods to arrive $ 80,197 88 W. J. Oliver, the great Contractor Mr. William J. Oliver, the man who has been awarded the contract to build the Panama canal, is well known in Aiken and thoughout the entire State and country. In fact Mr. Oliver •-laims to have adopted South Carolina as his own Stat**. He was borr in In dian.*., but in early youth came to the South, where has ever since been his home. Being brought up in a railroad camp, he learned the minor as well as the more important details in railroad building, which training has well served him in his career to reach the top. “Mr. Oliver is w'ell equal to the task of constructing the canal, both in ability and equipment,” said one who knows him personally and has come in contact with him a great deal in construction work, to a representative of ihe State yesterday. “He owns the most improved machinery and devices necessary for the carrj ing on of such a work and has the men under him who know how to handle his equip ment and carry out his orders. His steam shovels are built on the latest, type and some of them have a capacity of removing two and a half cubic yards of dirt with with ease. He owms any number of locomotives and other ma chinery used in such work and uses the most improved appliances throughout. He owns one of the finest machine shops in the .'$mith. “He is a man w’ho knows no such thing as fail, as I have - oiten heard him s y, and ’result-’is his watchword. He is a man of wonderful energy and discretion and goes mu h into details in all his supervision of work. He is a matchless judge of human nature, and can control more negro labor than any man I have ever known, and with his superb mechanical equipment, his well trained crews and the eudow- ment which he himself possesses in energy and ability, he is the most competent man in the county to con struct the Panama canal.” Probably no man in his profession or in any other line of business has eve*- accomplished what this great builde?* of railway and dams has. From a statu with not over $25,000 ten years ago, now commands an unlimited cretUa, his wealth being estimated at not Y»*s than $3,000,000, and every cent of it was earned by honest methods, for as said yesterday by one who knows him well, “he is a man true and faithful Yo his friends and would’t rob a ma&i of a cent." His bid has been accepted contingent upon his associating himself with one or more responsible contractors entire ly satisfactory to the government,. He says the syndicate he is fowning “will cettainly meet the approval of Presi dent Roosevelt and Secretary Tuft"’ Mr Oliver authorizes the Associat ed Press to say thatht hats already en tered into a partnership with Fred erick O. Stevens, president of the Commercial, National Bank of Wash ington who was recently appointed superintendent of public works of the state of New Y'ork. Messrs Oliver and Stevens have established permanent headquarters in the commercial na-j [ tional bank building in Washington ( I and on signature of the contract with 1 r. j the government Mr. Oliver will assume charge of the work on the isthmus, while Mr. Stevens will direct the work from this end. That the fight on Mr. Olixer has not ended is made clear from telegrams received trom friends in Now Y'ork and Knoxville. He is informed that peti tions are being circulated in New York protesting against the government awarding the contract for digging the canal, while in Knoxville he says an effort is being made to connect him with peonage cases. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE W. qUITMAN DAVIS ROBT. L. GUNTER HERBERT K. GYLES. DAVIS. CUNTERt & GYLES, Attorneys at Law, AI1CEIN, S. C. WAY. The following arrivals and departures of trains, Union Station, Augusta, Ga., as well as connections with other « om- panies, are simply given as informa tion, and are not guaranteed. Effec tive January 6th, 1907. BEST BUILDING MATERIAL. Write for Prices on Blue Bell Wood Fibre Wall Plaster, •‘Flint Coat” Finishing Plaster, Composition Rooting Tile. Write today. GUINGNARD BRICK WORKS, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. DEPARTURES. 6= 30 a. m-. No. 7, for Anderson, Seneca, Walhalla, etc 0:50 a. m., No. 1, for Greenwood, Lau rens, Greenville, Spartan burg, Hendersonville, Ash- ville. 2:15 p. m., No. 42. for Allendale. Fair fax, Charleston, Savannah, Beaufo. t, Port Royal. 5:05 p. m.. No. 3, for Greenwood. No 5 leaves Greenwood 7 :00 a for Spartanburg. 10:20 p. m., Nq. 38, for Savannah, Jack sonville and Florida points. ARRIVALS. Trains Arrive: No. 4, from Green wood, 9u30 a. m No. 41, from Charles ton, Savannah, Beaufort, Port Royal, et-., 12:20 p. in No. 2, from Ashe ville. Spartanburg. Greenville, Lau rens, Greenwood, etc., 5:30 p. m. No. 8, from Anders.on, McCormick, etc., 8:30 p.m. No. 37. fewm Jacksonville. Savannah. Y'etnassee, 7 HO a m. All trains dailu. Trains Nos. 41 and 42 run solid through between A ugusf* and Charles ton. Trains Nos. 37 and 38 will not run until night Jan. 7th. 1$M7, and ef fective January 11 these laralns will carry through Pullman for Jackson ville. EARNEST WILLIAMS, General Paa^enger Agent, No. - 807 Broadway, Augusta, Ga. In connection with ATLANTIC COAST LINE. Effective January 10, 1907. For NEW TEAR Presents, Sterling Silverware in La test Styles. Beautiful Cut Glass of finest workman ship, Souvenir Spoons, Cards, and Golf Prizes AT’ ••• WM. SCHWEIGERT £ CO’S Cor. Bioadand Ytli, Augusta,Ga. SOUTHBOUND. Daily. . (ET). .. 10 20 p m ,. 12 18 a m ,. 12 33 a m .. 1 57 a m .. 2 45 a m ,. 6 15 a m .. 9 10 a m Lv Augusta.... Ia t Allendale .. X.v Fairfax “ Lv Y’emasssee “ . Ar Savannah (CT). Ar Waycross “ Ar Jacksonville.... “ NORTHBOUND. Daily. Lv Jacksonville... .(C T) 8 05 n m Lr Waycross “ .... 10 15 p m Ly Savannah “ .... 1 35 a m Ly Yetnassee (ET).... 4 20am Ar Fairfax “ 5 26 a in Ar Allendale “ 5 40 a m Ar Augusta “ 7 40 a m Pullman Drawing-Room Cars be tween Augusta and Jacksonville. Direct connections made at Jackson ville for all points South. Arrivals For Closing of Mails. the west, 8.30 a Augusta and m. and *4 p. m. From Charleston and the east, 8.30 a. m. and 12 30 p. m. From Augusta only, 12.20 p. m. and *7.00 p. m. From the south, 8. 30a. m.; 12.30 and *4 p m. Prom the north, 7. 30 a. iu. ; 10.30 a. in. and 5 p. m. 7.00 30 a and MAILS CLOSE. From Charleston and the east, m. and *3 p. m. For Augusta and the west, II, rn. and *7.30 p. m. Fur Augusta only, *9.30 a. m. *2.00 p. m. For the south. 7.30 a. m .:11.3a. m ■*3 p. m. and *7.30 p. m. F<>r the north, 10.30 a. no. anid *7.30 p, m. ♦Sunday excepted. Grand total . $984,360 34 The above includes whiskey, beer and wines, but does not include two in-j voices for goods received by receiving clerk for winch we have no invoices— ; duplicates sent for. (L- and O. E.) January 16 100 Amount of sales from Dee. 1 to 31, 1900 ... .. $291,736.32 ' Amount of sales from Janu- i ary 1 to 15. 1907 Total sales ( K. and O. E.) Jan. 26, 1907 $118,428 32 I .$410,164.64 ! Tradc Marks Designs Copyrigwts Ac. Anrone fendlni} fi skoD-h nnd deserrption may quickly ascertain onr opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Coinniunica- tionsstrictlyconHdentiul. HANDBOOK on Hateuta sent free, oldest agency for secuni^ patents. Patents taken tbrougb Minm & Co. receive special notice, without charge, iu the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekrr. Largest cir culation of any seientidc jouraiU. Terms. *3 a year: four months, fL Soid b.jall newsdealers. MIJNN & Co. 36,Broad ***‘ New York Branch Office. tK5 K St.. Washington. D. C. For Lung Troubles $984,360.34 410,104.64 $574,195.70 Mr. Christensen calls attention to the fact that the $410,104 is at prices to dispensers and does not properly show what was left in the dispensary. In stead of $5(4.195 it should more proper ly be $656,359. How to Cure CliilblaKs. ( “To enjoy freedom from chilblains.” writes John Kemp. East Otisfield. Me. “I apply Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. Ilaic also used it for salt rl.eum with exe»-E- | leni results.” Ga* run teed to eiairtr fever sores, indolent ulcers, ptl'es. burrns, wounds, frost bites andi sltitt diseases ; 25c at \\\ J. Piatt ^ Co.II. K. Hall drug store®. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral cer tainly cures coughs, colds, bronchitis, consumption. And it certainly strengthens weak throats and weak lungs. There can be no mistake about this. You know it is true. And your own doctor will say so. The best kind of a testimonial — “ Sold for over sixty years.” »by 3. C. Ayer Co., Lowell. ■Aleo meuufeoturers of J SARSAPARILLA. PILLS. 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