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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1894. VOLUME XXVIII.?NO. 28. LADIES' STORE! BEGINS A BRAND CLEARANCE SALE! FoB - NEXT SIXTY DAYS WE WILL SELL OUR ENTIRE STOCK AT AND BELOW COST ! In order to be ready for a large ''Spring Stack/' We are determined to have a clean Store to begin the Spring with, so we propose to give our Goods for C?ST. All who want BARGAINS can have them by calling early with the CASH. This is a Ibona fide offer. We invite all to come and see for themselves, and be convinc ed that we mean just what we say. With thanks for the liberal patronage you have bestowed this season, We are respectfully yours, MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS. 1845. THE 1893. OF NEWARK, N. J. AMZI DODD, President. ' ??? Assets : Market Values, $51,395,903.03. Paid to Policy Holders since Organization : $124,558,722.56. . Surplus : Massachusetts Standard, $3,661,250.01. Policies Absolutely N?n-Forfeitable after Se cond Tear. IN case of lapse the Policy if continued in force as lone as its velue will pay for; or, it preferred, a Pad-up Policy for its full value is issued in exchange. After the second year Policies are incontestable, and'all restrictions as to residence and occupation ure removed. Cash Loans are made to the extent of 50 per cent of the reserve value, where valid assignments of the Policies can be made as collateral security. Losses paid immediately upon completion and approval of proofs. WEBB & MATTISON, for South Carolina, Anderson, S. C. You Miss Half Your Life when you Fail to See WILL R. HUBBARD'S JEWELRY PALACE. J^fORE Goods than you can shake a stick attend at prices that will astonish the natives. You will certainly lose money if you don't see me BEFORE BUYING. My stock of Gold and Silver Watches cannot be surpassed in the State. Plain'Gold and 8et Rings. , Sterling Silver and Plated Knives, forks and Spoons. Japanese Goods, China Novelties. China Tea Sets, Chamber Sets, <fco, in ereat variety. JEWliLRY WORLD WITHOUT END. ?tf Promptness in every thing. ?&* Watch Work a Specialty. ^3L> Engraving free on all Goods bought of me. WILL R. HUBBARD, Next to Farmers and Merchants Bank. ? - - 1 > SEED BARLEY AND RYE, HAMS, LAED, And a Fancy Line of Canned Goods, For sale at Low Prices by D. S. MAXWELL & SON, NO. 5 CHIQUOLA PLACE. ?" 160-acre Farm to rent. GROCERIES. GROCERIES! GROCERIES! LARGEST STOCK EVER SEEN IN ANDERSON ! COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES 1 0 F course we can't put in print exact amounts of Goods, as one day we may have a full Stock of Flour, Meat, Sugar, Coffee, Hams, Lard, &c, And the next it will be very much reduced. Our sales some days would astonish any man. Now. there is certainly a reason for this, which we will try to explain. First, we carry as Urge Stock of Flour of all grades, Bacon, Lard, Hams, Sng?r and OofiVe, na anybody in Upper Carolina; and second, we give good weights and the lowest prioe* on first class Goods. We have exclusive sale of Chase ?fc Sanborn's Roasted Coffee, which are the best in the world. If you don't believe it, ask any friend who visited the World's Fair if he drank a.bad cup of Coffee oa the ground while there. They had the exclusiv#8?le of their world-reuowned 'Heal Brand" at the Rur. FRESH RAISINS. CURRANTS and CITRON arriving every day, and we are ready for Xuias. Call and see us. Yours truly, L1GON & LEDBETTER, Wholesale and Retail Grocers. DO YOU NEED SHOES ? IF SO, it will be to your interest to see us before buying. We have a big stock, and will give you a bargain for the next thirty days. Also, a complete line of? DRY GOODS, JEANS, HATS, Etc., To be sold at CUT PRICES. OUR STOCK OJT GROCERIES IS COMPLETE, And it will pay you to get our prices on Flour and other Groceries BEFORE BUYING. "Seeing is believing.'?- Come and tee. Yours trnly, DEAN, GEEB & MOORE. P. S ?All persons indebted to us will please call and settle AT ONCE. The Ac? counts are DUE, and we must have our money. D., G. <fc M. ONE MOMENT, PLEASE! "We may be able to Save you some Money, provided you need any kind of Groceries. IF you ever expect to buy FLOUR CHEAP, now is the time to bny, as a man don't usually stumble on Bargains like we are offering more than once in an ordinary life-time. FLOUR! FLOUR!! FLOUR!!! Just received a big lot of Bine Ribband Flour?the best Flour on top of dirt for $4.00. Don't forget the brand. Remember, too, that yon can onlv get this Flour from JOHN A. AUSTIN & OO. It is the nearest approach to the $5 00 article to be bad. We have had a nice trade, indeed, for which we return our sincere thanks to our friends: but we want a larger trade, and to get it we will make special inducements in all kinds of Groceries. AUSTIN & CO. is the place. Call on us and we will give yon a cordial welcome. PALACE GROCERY, J. At AUSTIN & CO. ? 1 ? -3 H. B. FANT. w. H. SIMPSON. PREPARE FOR CHRISTMAS! -BY GOING TO FANT & SIMPSON'S, WHERE YOU WILL FIND THE Choicest Fruits, viz: Oranges, Apples, Bananas, Cocoanuts, Raisins, Grapes, Nuts, &c. ALSO, a beautiful assortment of Vases, Gift Cnps and 8aucers, Fire Crackers, Can? dies auci articles too numerous to menMon. Come, everybody, and get the nicest Goods at the lowest prices. Yours, ready to please, FANT & SIMPSON. F. S.?If you want the best FLOUR in Town for the money you can get it here. FREE CITY DELIVERY. P. & S. COUNTY GOVERNMENT. The New BUI Passed by the Recent Leg? islature. A Bill to provide a system of County Government for the several Coun? ties ot the State. Be it enacted by thr Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sit? ting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same : Section 1. That from and after the 1st of January, 1895, all Acts, parts of Acts or sections of the General Statute relating to the election, du? ties powers and rights of county com? missioners be, and the same are hereby repealed, except such special Acts, parts of Acts or sections of the General Statutes as have heretofore conferred special powers and privi? leges upon the county commissioners of any county, which said duties are developed upon the coanty supervisor and county board of road commission? ers as hereinafter provided. Section 2. There shall be an elec? tion held at next general election for State officers in the several counties of the State for one county supervisor, and at every general election there? after, whose term of office shall be two years, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. Section 3. The county supervisor so elected shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, execute a bond for the use of the county, with three or more sufficient sureties for the faithful performance of his duties, Fin the penal sum of five thousand dol? lars, said bond to be approved in man? ner the same as now provided for bonds of county auditors and treas? urers. Section 4. The county supervisor shall have general jurisdiction over all public highways, roads, bridges and ferries, and over the paupers, and in all matters relating to taxes and disbursement of public funds for county purposes in their respective counties, and in any other case that may be necessary for the internal im? provement and local concerns of their respective counties; said' supervisor shall have power and authority to ad? minister oaths to any person in ref? erence to matters appertaining to his office. Section 5. That the Governor shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the Senator and members of the House of Representatives from the respective counties, three disoreet free-holders in each township in the several counties of the State, who shall be known as the township road commissioners, whose term of office shall be cotermi nal with that bf the Governor by whom such commissioner shall have been appointed, and until their suc? cessors arc appointed and qualified. In case of a vacancy or in case of the refusal of any person so appointed to serve fcs such commissioner, the Gov? ernor shall fill the same as hereinbe? fore provided : Provided, that no per? son shall be required to serve more than once in every four years, and said commissioner shall, during the term of his office, be exempt from all road and jury duty. Section 6. That all the duties, pow? ers and privileges now devolved upon the township board of assessors be, and the same are hereby, devolved upon the township board of commis? sioners, and township board of assess? ors are hereby abolished. Section 7. That all the duties, pow? ers and privileges now devolved upon county boards of equalization be, and the same are hereby, devolved upon the county board of commissioners, and said county board of equalization is hereby abolished. And the mem? bers of said .board, while performing the duties now devolved upon the county board of equalization, shall receive the same compensation as such boards now receive. Section 8. That the county super? visor, together with the chairmen of the township boards of commissioners in the several townships appointed by the Governor, shall constitute the county board of commissioners, of which said board the county super? visor shall be chairman. Section 9. That immediately after the appointment of the several boards of township commissioners, and the election and qualification of the coun? ty supervisors, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, the said super? visor shall call a meeting of the coun? ty board of commissioners for tbe pur? pose of organization. And the said board shall meet thereafter on the first Monday in January, April, July and October of each year at the county Court House, for the transaction of business, and a majority of said board shall constitute a quorum : Provided, that the chairman of said board may call an extra meeting at any time, and shall be required to do so upon the written request of three members of the board. That at the first meeting of said board they shall elect one of their number who shall be a member of the State board of equalization and who shall perform all the functions of said office as now provided by law. Section 10. That it shall be the du? ty of the county supervisor, together with the chairmen of the boards of township commissioners, tjwnship road commissioner, to lay oft' into con? venient sections the roads, bridges and ferries in the several townships in their respective counties, which said sections shall be numbered for the purpose of letting out the same to be worked and maintained under con? tract. Section 11. That if the county board of commissioners conclude to adopt the contract system for working, maiataining, constructing and onerat ing the several sections of highways, roads, bridges and ferries in the sev? eral townships of their respective counties, the county supervisor, as soon as practical thereafter, shall ad? vertise in a newspaper published in the county once a week for three weeks and by notices posted in two or more conspicuous places in the sev? eral townships, for bids from respon? sible persons for doing the work as above set forth. Any and all bids made shall be in writing, sealed and adddressed to the county supervisor, and by him opened and submitted to the county board of commissioners, and it shall be the duty of said board to accept the lowest bid made by a re? sponsible person or party: Provided, that said board may in its discretion reject any or all bids. Section 12. When any bid shall have been accepted by the county board of commissioners they shall re? quire the person or party whose bid, with good and sufficient sureties, shall have been accepted to enter into bond double the amount of said bid, payable to said board and their suc? cessors in office, for the use of the county, which bond shall rpecify the nature of the work required, condi? tioned for the faithful performance of the same. Section 13. In case of the failure of any contractor to perform the condi? tions of his bond the county board of commissioners shall declare the same forfeited, and the circuit solicitor shall enter suit in the name of said board upon said bond for the penalty thereof, and any sum of money recov? ered in such action shall be paid into the county treasury and become a part of the county road fund. Section 14. The county board of commissioners shall have power to re? move any and all defaulting con? tractors and to relct the section or sections of highways, roads, bridges or ferries so let to him to some other responsible person or party.' Section 15. The county treasurers of the several counties are hereby au? thorized and empowered to receive from any and all persons liable to road duty in the several counties the sum I of two dollars as a commutation tax in lieu of all road duty required by law, and all money so paid shall be set apart and known as the county road fund: Provided, that said commuta? tion tax be paid between the first day. of November and the first day of March in each year for that fiscal year, or when State and county taxes are paid, and that the county treasurer shall furnish a receipt to the person so paying the same. Section 16. The county treasurer shall furnish the county supervisor a list containing the names of all per? sons who have paid their commutation tax, and the chairman of the township board of commissioners shall also pre? pare and furnish to the supervisor a. list of all persons liable to road duty in their respective townships, and the said supervisor shall check off the names of all-such, persons reported on the list of the county treasurer as having paid their commutation tax, and all persons whose names shall re? main on the list so checked shall be required to perform road duty, not ex? ceeding in the aggregate six days; said persons shall not be required to work more than three days in any one week, and shall be assigned to such duty by the county supervisor under one of the contractors in the town? ship having under control the section or sections nearest the residence of such person or peraons: Provided, that in those counties where the con? tract system is not adopted said per? sons shall perform the work under road overseers, to be appointed by the board of township commissioners for each township, under the provisions of existing laws. Section 17. It shall be the duty of the contractor of any section to re? ceive such person or persons assigned to him under Section 16 by the coun? ty supervisor, and he shall allow to the county board of commissioners a sum not less than fifty cents per diem for the labor of any such person or persons, and said sum shall be cred? ited upon the amount due or to be? come due said contractor by the said board. Section 18. In case of the refusal of any person or persons to pay his or their commutation tax as herein pro? vided, within the time prescribed by this Act, and upon refusal to perform the road duty required by Section 16 of this Act. he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic? tion thereof shall be fined ten dollars and costs, or imprisoned in the county jail for the period of twenty days : Provided, that if any person liable to road duty neglects to pay his commu? tation tax within the tim' prescribed by this Act, the county .reasurcr is hereby authorized to receive the same, with a penalty of 50 per cent of said amount added : Provided, the same be tendered within fifteen days after the expiration of said time. Section 19. All accounts, claims and demands of whatever nature ex? isting against the county for opening, constructing, maintaining and operat? ing any public highway, road, bridge or ferry, shall be presented to the county board of commissioners duly attested, and if approved by said board the county supervisor shall draw his warrant upon the county treasurer, under the seal of the county board of commissioners, for the amount of any such claim or claims, which warrant shall be countersigned by the secre? tary of the board, and the same shall be paid by said treasurer of the coun? ty road fund. Section 20. Any willful neglect of duty on the part of any member of the county board of commissioners shall be deemed a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment not exceeding one year. Section 21. The county board of commissioners shall, at the last term of the Court of General Sessions in each year, make a report to the pre? siding Judge, to be by him submitted to the grand jury, of all their actings and doings, containing an itemized statement of all amounts ordered to be paid by them, the condition of the public highways, bridges and ferries in their respective counties for the fiscal year, and all matters appertain? ing to the same. Section 22. The members of the county board of commissioners shall have power to administer oaths to all persons appearing before them, and to punish by fine not exceeding ten dol? lars, or imp.isonment in the county jail not exceeding twenty-four hours, any and all persons guilty of disor? derly conduct amounting to an open or direct contempt orwilfull interrup? tion of their proceedings. Section 23. That from and after the passage of this Act all the Courts of this State and municipal authorities, which under existing laws have power to sentence convicts to confinement in prison with hard labor, shall sentence able-bodied male convicts to hard la? bor upon the public works of the county in which said person shall have been convicted, and in the alternative to imprisonment in the county jail or State Penitentiary at hard labor: Provided, That municipal authorities may sentence convicts to work upon the streets and public work of the municipality in which they have been convicted, and such convicts when so sentenced shall work under the direc? tion and control of the municipal au? thority imposing sentence. Provided, That no convict whose sentence shall be for a period longer than two years shall be so sentenced. Section 24. That all convicts so sentenced shall be under the super? vision and control of the county su? pervisor and by him formed into a county chain-gang and required to per? form hard labor upon the public high? ways, roads, bridges and ferries or public buildings in the county; he shall direct the time, place and man? ner of labor to be performed by said chain-gang: Provided, that said chain-gang shall not be worked in connection with or near any road con? tractor or overseer. Section 25. That the county board of commissioners shall diet and pro? vide suitable and efficient guards and appliances for the safe keeping of said convicts. They shall likewise pro? vide, all necessary tools, implements and road machines for performing the work required of said convicts, all costs and expenses of which shall be j paid out of the county road fund in the same manner as other charges against said fund are paid. Section 26. That in case any con? vict or convicts so employed by the county supervisor shall become un? governable or unfit for the labor re? quired of such convict or convicts, the said supervisor may commit such convict or convicts to the State Peni? tentiary or county jail. And it shall be the duty of the superintendent of the Penitentiary, or the sheriff of the county, as the case may be, to receive any such convict or convicts so com? mitted. "When such chain-gang is not employed, or when convenient and practicable, they shall be confined in the county jail for safe keeping under direction of said supervisor. Section 27. That the county board of commissioners shall be authorized and required to employ a physician or physicians whenever necessary to j render medical aid to sick convicts j and to preserve the health of the chain-gang. The fees and expenses of the same, as well as for medicines prescribed, to be pdid out of the road I fund as other claims are paid against j said funds. Section 28. The county board of I commissioners have general super I vision over the paupers and the poor I house and farm of the county, and the said board shall provide all necessary buildings for the accommodation of the poor of the county, with sufficient tillable land to give employment to all paupers able to work, and said build? ings and lands shall be designated as the poor house and farm of the county. Section 29. That said board shall be empowered to make all necessary rules and regulations for the govern? ment of the county poor house and farm, to appoint a superintendent, with puch assistants as may be need? ed, to provide means for the employ? ment as may be best suited to' the in? mates of the poor house, to see that every pauper able to work is employed, and to appoint one or more physicians to the pooor house, who shall furnish medical aid to the indigent sick. Section 31. The county board of commissioners shall have power to demand, sue for and receive all such gifts, legacies, fines, forfeitures and all other moneys or things which may be given as coming to the use of the poor. Section 32. Iir case any poor child or children shall be, or become, chargeable to the county the county board of commissioners may bind out any such child or children as an ap? prentice to some person of good moral character until such child, if he be a male, shall arrive at the age of 16 years, and if it be a female until she arrive at the age of 14, or shall marry. Tbe said board shall have power to bind out to service, under some per? son of good nu.ral character, any ille? gitimate child or children likely to become chargeable to the county or s liable to be demoralized by the im? moral conduct or evil exa.mple of their mother or other persons having them in charge, in the manner and for the time prescribed for pauper children, and they shall have power to issue all necessary writs to enforce the provis? ions of this section. Section 33. Any money becoming due on any recognizances given for the maintenance of any illegitimate child or children, if such child or children shall be bound out to service, shall be paid to and received by the supervisor, to be invested and ex? pended by him under the order of the Probate Court for the benefit of such illegitimate child. ? l_I "~3 CD Section 34. The county board of commissioners shall have power to make all contracts in reference to supplying the poor house and inmates thereof, repairing buildings and other necessary expenses incident to the care and maintenance of said poor house and farm. Where-any contract shall exceed the sum of twenty dollars they shall advertise and receive bids for same, and shall accept the lowest bid from a responsible person. Section 35. All accounts, claims and demands of whatever ' nature against the county in reference to the poor house or farm for the mainte? nance and support of paupers shall be presented, duly attested, to the board of county commissioners and be by them audited, allowed or rejected, and for the amount of any claim so audited and allowed the county supervisor shall draw his warrant, under the seal of the board, upon the county treas? urer, countersigned by the secretary of the board who shall pay the same out of the pauper fund of the county. Section 36. The county board of commissioners shall, at the last term of the Court of General Sessions in each year, make a report to the pre? siding Judge, to be by him submitted to the grand jury, of all their actings and doings for the fiscal year, contain? ing an itemized statements of all amounts-ordered to be paid by them, with a list of inmates and the condi? tion of the poor house, farm and in? mates. Section 37. The cauuty supervisor shall procure and adopt a seal, and when so adopted shall cause a descrip? tion thereof, with an impression there? from, to*be filed in the office of the clerk of court and of the sheriff, treasurer and Secretary of State, and the same shall thereupon be the seal of the supervi? sor, and all orders or other papers signed by said commissioner shall be authenticated by the official seal. Section 38. Each county shall pay : 1. The feeB of the grand and petit ju? rors while in. attendance upon the Cir? cuit Court. 2. Witnesses' fees in the State cases for actual attendance upon the Circuit Courts as provided by law. 3. Fees of physicians and surgeons testifying as experts before the Cir? cuit Court. 4. Fees of sheriffs and clerk of Court as provided by law. 5. Fees of county coroners as allowed by law. 6. Fees or salaries of trial justices and constables. 7. The sala? ries of auditor, treasurer and county supervisor as provided by law. Section 39. That the fees allowed jurors, constables und witnesses shall be paid by the treasurers of the coun? ties, on the presentation to them of certificates signed by the presiding Judge and countersigned by the clerk of the court, or be received by him in the payment of all county taxes, when duly approved by the county supervi? sor. Section 40. That the accounts of the coroner and sheriff and supervisor and physicians' or surgeons' fees for post mortem, shall be approved by county board of commissioners, and the supervisor, on their approval, shall draw an order upon the county treasurer for the payment of the same, countersigned by the secretary of the board. Section 41. Sheriffs, deputy sher? iffs, coroners and constables shall ex? ecute all legal orders to them directed by the boards herein provided for, or the chairman thereof, and shall re? ceive therefor the same fees and costs allowed in other cases. Section 42. That the reports of the county treasurer and other officers now required by law to be made to the board of county commissioners shall, after the passage of this Act, be made to the county supervisor, and all set? tlements by any of the county officers now required to be made with the board of county commissioners or its chairman shall be made with the coun? ty supervisor. Section 43. The county board of commissioners shall prepare an esti? mate of the amount of money neces? sary to pay the expenses incurred by said boards and for ordinary county expenses and report the same to the Comptroller General of the State, on or before the 15th day of November of each year, to be by him submitted to the General Assembly in order to provide the necessary taxation for county purposes. Section 44. In case of the failure of the county supervisor to faithfully perform the duties of his office or the conditions of his bond, it shall be the duty of the solicitor of the circuit in which such supervisor shall reside to bring an action upon the bond of said supervisor in the name of the county, and any amount realized from said suit shall be deposited in the treasury to the credit of the road fund, and shall receive therefor such fees as the Court shall designate. Section 45. That the salaries of the supervisors in the several counties shall be paid quarterly by the county treasurers out of the county funds, in the same manner as other claims against said county are paid. Section 46. That it shall be the du? ty of the county supervisor to cause a record to be kept of all the proceed? ings of the board of which he is herein made chairman, as well as a record of all contracts entered into with 'said boards, as provided in this Act, which said records shall be open to public inspection, and all necessary books and material for keeping samo shall be paid for out of the funds herein pro? vided for the respective boards in the same manner as other charges are paid. Section 47. That so much of this Act as applies to the working of the public highways by the contract sys? tem and by convicts in chain-gangs shall not be obligatory on such county boards of commissioners as conclude that the present system of working the highways in their respective coun? ties is more conducive to the welfare thereof ; and in such cases overseers, as now provided by law, shall be ap? pointed in each township by the township board of commissioners for such townships, who shall execute the laws now of force in reference to the working of public highways. Section 48. That said county board of commissioners at their first meeting shall elect one of its members as sec? retary thereof. Section 49. That the salary of the supervisor in the respective counties shall be-as follows: In the county of Abbeville, $900; in the county of Ai ken, $800; in the county of. Ander? son, $600; in the county of Barnwell, $800; in the county of Beaufort, $800; in the county of Berkley, $500; in the county of Charleston, $1,000; in the county of Chester, $800; in the county of Chesterfield, $400; in the county of Clarendon, $800 ; in the county of Colleton, $800; in the county of Darlington, $600; in the county of Edgefield, $800; in the county of Fairfield, $650; in the county of Florence, $500; in the county of Georgetown, $750; in the county of Greenville, $600 ; in the county of Hampton, $600; in the county of Horry, $500 ; in the county of Kershaw, $600 ; in the county of Lancaster, $300; in-the county of Laurens, $600 ; in the county of Lex? ington, $600; in the county of Ma? rion, $800; in the county of Marl? boro, $700; in the county of New berry, $750 ; in the county of Oconee, $500; in the county of Orangeburg, $800; in the county of Pickens, $400; in the county of Richland, $900 ; in the county of Spartanburg, $1,000; in the county of Sumter, $1,000; in the county of Union, $600; in the county of Williamsburg, $600; in the County of York, $500. Section 50. That all Acts an&parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and the same is hereby, repealed. Marriage In Florida, The deputy clerk in the marriage bureau at Jacksonville was very, very busy, says the Florida Hustler. With? out looking up from his work he knew there was a colored couple looking around timidly near the door and oc? casionally peering over at the desk he sat writing. This lasted for about half an hour, when, becoming anrrbyed, he suddenly leaped up and demanded : "Well, well, want to get married ; why don't you say so?" They grinned at each other; then grinned at the clerk. Then the man faltered: "Ya-as sir." "Got a license?" "Ya-as sir." "Got any money?" "Ya-as sir." "How much?" "Two dollars." "Hand it here." He slowly, almost painfully, count? ed out the two dollars in chicken mon? ey. The clerk grabbed it. "Join right hands," he said. Then faster than a thunder shower can pattei on a tin roof he rattled off the following ? ' \By vi'.onof thoritof State of Flordin me v otidnow declare you manwife. Gitowder here!" and they went still grinning. Next day while the bridegroom was laying track for the new electric car line he was heard to say : "Mr. Char? lie Vereist is the smartest white man in Jacksonville?marry you in a min nit! Golly ! I specks to git him to marry me every time." How's This I We offer One Hundred Dollars Re? ward for any case of Catarrh that can? not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Proprietors, Toledo, O. We the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West & Trtjah, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Waldino, KlNNAN & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Tole? do, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter? nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials free. JBS^Sold by Druggists, 75c. ? Late photographs of the moon developed by the astronomer photc graphor of the Pesth Academy exhibit some unaccountabie peculiarities. The plate shows hundreds of walls or em? bankments seemingly about 200 feet high and from 125 to 200 yards in width on top. They run parallel to each other and appear to be from 1,000 to 1,300 yards ap.irt. Origin of the Jury System. _* ? Certain customs of the ancien^Eng? lish town meeting are believed to have a connection with the origin of the jury, says the Detroit Free Press. An injured person would stand up before the meeting and state in a formal man? ner a charge against his supposed in jurcr. The accused person would deny in a formal way the truth of the charge. Each party would seek to es? tablish the truth of his statement by calling upon his supporters to join hands and swear to the truth of his word. The one who could get twelve men to swear with him would usually carry the voice of the meeting and win the case. The twelve men who swore together the same thing were not jurors, yet the custom is supposed to have some connection with the origin of juries. When "William the Conqueror with his army entered England, in 1066, and finally settled down to rule the land, he, in order to secure information as to the condition of the kingdom, demanded a general survey and census of the realm. One method employed was to require twelve men of the neighborhood to give facts under, oath. Finally from this usage of gaining information there grew up in courts the practice of deciding disputes by the the same agency. Rural claimants to an estate were decided by the oath of twelve meu and men were presented to the court for trial by the oath of twelve men. Trial by ordeal and trial by battle were also /nethods of deciding cases by twelve sworn witnesses. It was when other ways failed that the ordeal was ordered. The English method of trial by witnesses or jurors, called compur gation, was extended to the surround? ing country. As the trial by battle and the ordeal was discontinued the custom became universal of forming a jury of twelve men to decide the guilt or the innocence of the one presented for trial. This body was called a petit jury, in distinction from the larger body which made the accusation 01 in? dictment. In the time of Edward III 1327, witnesses were added to the jury. One hundred years later the witnesses were no longer added to the jury, but were examined and cross-ex? amined in open court. Jurymen used their own knowledge of the facts in making up their minds until 300 years later, when they were required to de? cide wholly upon evidence given in open court. The jury system tfas transplanted to America from Eng? land. Some of the States have abol? ished the grand jury ; in some a grand jury may be composed of only five persons. In some of the States juries of a less number than twelve are authorized in some of the lower courts. Company manners. If people would only realize, says the New York Ledger, how easy it is to teach children good manners when they were little, it seems to mo they would never neglect to attend to it. The youngster is allowed to go his own way, to violate every rule of courtesy, sometimes of decency, until his habits are to an extent formed. Then there is a great breaking up of established notions and the child is punished and nagged and worried for doing that which it has heretofore been permitted to do without criticism. It becomes angered, sullen, unsettled and irrita? ble, and has a strong sense of justice ?which, by the way, is more common in children tban people, as a rule, give them credit for?it feels outraged and abused, and becomes unmanagea? ble and rebellious. The best school of manners for a child is the parent's example and home training. Company manners are, by all odds, the worst element that ever entered into a family. Just why people should indulge themselves in all sorts of careless, indifferent and ill-bred hab? its when they are alone at tame, and put on a veneer of courtesy, amiabili? ty and polish when somebody comes, is one of the many mysteries of this very mysterious thing that we call life. How much easier it would be to maintain the steady uniform de? portment, to follow out the same the? ories and hold to the same principles Sunday and week days, storm and shine, alone or in society. Veneers arc a makeshift. They may have their uses, but are far less desirable than the solid material all through. One lasts for a while, the other weath? ers the storms of time, hard usuages and the wear and tear of everyday life, One is temporary and wears out after a little contact with the world; the other grows better with every passing year. The earliest training of a child should be in strict conformation with the most approved society into which it was born*. That j which is known as Sunday manners or good behavior should be the inflex? ible rule of the household. BucUens Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for Cuts Bruises, Sore3, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup tions and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refund? ed. Prise 25 cents perbox. For sale by Hill Bros. ? An ant's brain is larger in pro? portion to the animal's size, than that of any other creature known. ? Dimples examing hernew Christ? mas doll: Buddy, how do you s'pose Santy Claus got pieces just like mamma's wrapper to make dollie's dress ? Buddy: I don't know, 'less maybe Mrs. Santa Claus buys rcin nauts. All Sorts of Paragraphs, ? Palm* -leaves on'the Amazon are from 30 to 50 feet long. ? A Frenchman has produced leath-s" ? er which looks and feels like velvet. ? It is estimated that the land in the United States is worth $12,500, 000,000. ? The Chinese language is spoken by the greatest number of people, over 400,000,000. ? One of the oldest markets in the United States is at Alexandria, Va. It was built in 1750. ? The population of Italy is very dense, there being 270 people to every square smile of territory. ? Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is the best in the markot. A single bottle will convince you of its excellence. ~ Try it. ? A loaf made from two pounds of flour will weigh 2 pounds 8 1-2 ounces when taken from t\e oven. ? By the invention of a woman, threads are now cut on 'watch Bcrews . that are finer than human hair. ? In the year 760 A. D. there was only one clock in the world and Pope Paul I. sent it to the French King as a present. ? The 1st o'i Apri 1 and the 1st of July in any year, and in leap year the 1st of January, fall on the. same day of the week. ? The first printers used only one ( side of a page, then pasted together the two blank pages to give the im? pression of one leaf. ? It is said that the number of people who die inside the oity limits of London every year would fill a cemetery of 23 acres. ? It is too bad to spend half of a short life distressed with neuralgia, when a 2? cen bottle of Salvation Oil will cure it quiekly. ? Envelopes were first mado in 1839, and sold for 10 cents and 25 cents apiece. They are now sold at from two to five for a cent. ? "Is the man Grace is going to marry rich?'! Jennie: lam sure he, must be from the way he acts. "Gives her expensive presents, eh ?" "No; horribly stingy." ? A baker estimates that every American will consume two pies a week, and if the statement is correct the American stomach is weekly tor? tured with 130,000,000 pies. ? Executions ceased to be public in England in 1865. Before that time^ they were in the squares in front of the jails and attracted thousands oj people from the country round. ? "Well, what did your wife give, you for Christmas?" "Why, it was a' ?er?let me see, a . very, fine?ah dear me ! I can't remember just what it is, but I know it is very becoming to her." ? Jess?"Did you know there was an antenuptial agreement between Mr^ and Mrs. Slivers?" Bess?"Nc> I'm not surprised. ' If they evel agreed about anything it must have?A been before they were married;:' ? "Well, Uncle Silas, your bey is home from college ?" "Yes, wusV luck." "Worseluck? Why?" "He's lamed so much he can't plow up noth in' but my feelin's, nor harrer nothin' but my soul." ? The Sultan of Turkey is a mono? maniac on the subject of carriagesr He has been steadily engaged in mak? ing a collection of such vehicles for the past twenty years, and now has nearly 500 of all makes and kinds. He is genuinely carried away with his fad. ? The cancellation of stamps by electricity is being adopted by the Post Office Department of the United States, recently patented stamping machines being used for that purpose and also for the postmarking of let? ters. ? Aunt Jane: Rob, dear, won't"/ you try to be a real good boy to-day ? 1a Rob: I will, aunty, for a quarterj| Aunt Jane : Why, Rob I you malrfgj^Q for being good ? Rob: Well^ aunty, dear, you wouldn't have me good for nothing, would you ? ? Andrew J. Davis, a lately deceas? ed Montana man of great wealth, was not noted for his liberality, as a rule, but to a friend who was in financial straits he once sent a check for $100, 000 with the message: Pay mr. if you can ; if you cannot never me,, iion it. ? "Mamma, dear," said Janet, "at what time in the day was I born ?" "At2 o'clock in the morning." "And what time was I born ?" asked Jack. "Not until 8 o'clock." "Ah," cried | Janet, "my birthday's longer thaa yours !" "Well," said Jack, "what's the use of being born before it's time to get up ?" ? Jeremiah Wit says: Not long ago I was asked if a man free-born and of lawful age didn't have the right to take a dram when he felt a j little "off." The best answer that I could think of at the time was as fol? lows : If you wish^^o increase your appetite for whiske^, drink every chance }*ou have, and the oftener you >^ drink the oftener you-will feel bad and want to drink. If you will expose both your folly and your secret, keep^* on drinking; they will run out as the liquor runs in. If you will be a pest in society, keep on drinking, and u society will avoid you as an infection, i If you are resolved to kill yourself, keep on drinking and you will hit on a sure mode of self destruction. If^ you wish all of your prospects in life tobe clouded keep on drinking, and/ the way will soon be dark. If yoi wish to lose your soul, miss heavej and spend eternity in hell, keep o] drinking. Yes, in view of answers given, a man free-born and oS lawful age has the right todrink, if ho, thinks he will be satisfied v.ifch the re3ults.