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WHO WILL RUN. NAMES OP PROBABLE CAXDI vDATES FOR COUNT? OFFICES. Only Three Have Announced Them selves So Far, But' Others VVIU Do go Later On. 1 The political pot in this county is simmering now at a lively rate and soon it will begin to boil in dead ear nest. The only announcements through th^ neswpapers so far are those of Messrs. E. H. Houser, L. W. Livingston and D. H. Marchaut, Jr.. each of whom would like to be the next superintendent of education for the grand old county of Orangeburg. The names of Mr. Edgar L. Culler and Prof. C. J. Rast are also men tioned in connection with this office. Doth of these gentlemen are good school teachers and have many friends. The race for this office will prob ably be the most interesting with the exception of Supervisor, for Which position, it is said there will be a number of candidates. The names mentioned so far are Messrs. M. C. Edwins, A. F. Fairey, F. J. D. Felder, D. N. Westberry, T. D. A. Liviugston, T. M. Hall, L. J. Smith, D. A. Porter and R. N. Owen. It is possible that there may be more announcements later, but at present this is the num ber it is understood, who will offer for this office. We have heard of no opposition to Sheriff Dukes or Clerk of Court Sal ley, and it is likely that both of these gentlemen will succeed them selves without any trouble. Each of them is finishing up his fourth term, which is the best of evidence that they have conducted their respective offices to the entire satisfaction of the people. Other candidates may de velop later for these positions, but to this time vfe have heard of none and the general impression is that there will be none. It is conceded that Treasurer A. D. Fair and Auditor T. M. McMichael make the best possible working team of the kind, and it would uever do, as their respective friends say, to seperate them, so a walkover for each is predicted in the approaching primary. The only avowed candidate for the State Senators'aip is the Hon. Robert Lide, who may have a walk over. Senator Raysor could succeed him self without opposition, but he wdll not be in the race. Major W. L. Glaze has been urged by many friends to enter the race, but he has declined to do so for good and suf ficient reasons. Col. A. H. Moss has also been urged to make the race, but he has not yet ^decided what he will do. No candidates for the house have been mentioned, except Hon. A. J. Hydrick, who, it is said, wishes to go back. One' of the old member?, Mr. L. A. Carson, has been appointed on the county dispensary board, so he at least will not be in the race. Hereafter Orangeburg will have.four Representatives instead of five; on account of the formation of Calhoun County. Messrs. Thomas F. Brantley, A. J. Hydrick, Jr., and E. L. Culler are the other members at present, Mr. J. A. Banks being eliminated on account of his residence in . Calhoun County. Dr. F. N. Rickenbaker, who has served several terms as coroner, "\#ants the office again, and it will take a good man to put him out. Judge of Probate Copes is not in the race this year, as he has two more years to serve. He-is very popular and would have no trouble to suc ceed himself if he was In the race this year. He has made a most ac commodating and efficient official. Solicitor P. T. Hildebrand is the only candidate we have' heard men tioned for his office. He has made such an efficient Solicitor that it would hardly be worth while for any one to oppose him. He is a terror tip evil doers, as very few of them es cape after he gets them face to face | vfith a jury. Fine County Raised Beefs. Mr. James M. Moss, of Cameron, recently sold in this city three short horn steers, which made the finest beef we have eaten in a long time. The steers were fifteen months old and weighted about nine hundred pounds each. Mr. Moss realized about $40 each for these steers, which he says paid him very well. Such beefs as these are worth more than the common run of beef that is sold in this market and people would buy it if some of the butchers would keep it regurlarly. Will Take a ?{est. The Baptist Courier says: "Dr. John A. Brunson, of Elloree. called to see us a few "days ago. Ho came by Green\ille to visit his daughter, who is a pupil in the Greenville Fe male College. Dr. Brunson was en route to Battle Creek, Mich., for a season of rest. The authorities of the Sanitarium gave him the trip and six weeks rest there, which is greatly appreciated by Dr. Brunson. WThile there he will preach for the Sanitarium colony." Got Here at Last. We had hoped that the wrestling craze would give Orangeburg the go! by, but it did not. Two great cham-1 pions met at the Opera House last night, and was greeted with a large! and more or less enthusiastic au dience, who had cheerfully chipped j in to see two men wrestle. Whom: the fun comes in in s'^ch rn exhibi tion we f-.il to see, but the people seem to like it. Gone to Florida. Judge Jas. F. Izlar accompanied by Mrs. Izlar left Tuesday for Oca'-: . Fla., where they go on a visit to the iormer's brother, for about a month. #Ve wteh them a pleasant visit. NARROW ESCAPE. Mrs. John II. Dukes Near Being Sei iously Hurt. ' Tuesday afternoon while Mrs. John H. Dukes was on her way homo in a buggy she came near being seri ously hurt by a train on the Atlantic Coast Line Railway. When she reached the railroad the afternoon train was crossing Broughton Street :;t the depot. As soon as the pas senger train passed, she attempted to crcfs the track and came very near being run Into by a freight train that was following closely behind the passenger train. Fortunately she got out of the way just before the train struck the buggy. The shock was very great and Mrs. Dukes suf Tered from it very severely. The freight train gave no notice of its approach, which is a' glaring piece of carelessness on the part of the engineer. We are glad that the mat ter is no more serious than it is. but It should act as a warning to tho\ railroad authorities to see that life is safeguarded at this most danger ous'crossing. TO BE OR NOT TO BE? Shall Orangeburg De in the State League This Year? One more effort will* be made to raise the money to put Orangeburg in the State League this year. As wrj stated last week the old board of di rectors lost considerable money last year, but they are willing to try it over if the people are willing to help them bear the burden. A committee of ladies have concerned to call on the business men and solicit sub scriptions, and it is hoped that at least one thousand dollars will be subscribed. Some of the subscrip tions made last year were not paid, and it is hoped that no one will put their name on the paper unless they expect to pay what they subscribe. It is a matter for the business men to decide. If they want base ball they can have it by subscribing lib erally, and if they do not want it they can say so. The matter must be settled now. Hit the Wrong Man. Green Jackson, who arrived in the city Monday night about nine o'clock over the Atlantic Coast Line, was struck a severe blow on the side of the head while walking up-town from the depot. He was badly cut and called on Dr. T. C. Doyle to dress his wound. Jackson, who is a highly respectable colored man, thinks that the party who dealt the blow mistook him for some one else. He said a white man and a colored man had a quarrel on the train, and that the white man evidently took him for the man he had tne fuss with on the train and struck him in the dark by mistake. Township Commissioners. Under our new county government law each township will be entitled to one Commissioner. These Com missioners take the place of the two County Commissioners, and with the Supervisor manages the business of the County. These Township Com missioners are nominated in the primary, and it is essential that good I men should be selected by each township. These commissioners does not get much pay, and in order that those who may be candidates for these positions can let the people I know that fact we will publish their announcement cards for two dollars each. Cotton Association Meeting. The Orangeburg Cotton Associa tion will meet tomorrow at the court house at the. usual hour. It is hoped that the meeting will he a full one as many interesting matters will be discussed. The members of the as sociation still include all members of Orangeburg and Calhoun counties, and the division of the association will probably not be made until some future meeting, after the election in Calhoun. So let both . coutnies be well represented in the meeting. Rev. Vernon I'Anson. The Baptist Courier says "the Re ligious Herald has established a "Norfolk Bureau," with Rev. Vernon I'Anson In charge. Bro. I'-Anson is well known in our State and he is a vigorous writer, and an energetic worker, and The Herald is to be con gratulated upon securing his services as a member of its editorial staff." Club Meetings Soon. All the Democratic Clubs in the county will be reorganized on Sat urday, 25th instant, in accordance with the rules of the party. On the same day delegates will lie elected to the County Convention which meets in this city on .Monday, May 4. Official notices will be sent out in a week or two. The Parlor Ride. There is much complaint about I the shootiuft of parlor rilles in the jcity. A gentleman told us the other day that a stray bullet came very near hitting his little boy. The par lor rille nuisance should be suppress ed before come of our citizens meet the sad fate of Judge Buchanan. Crops Doing Well. The fanners have been getting in good work since the warm weather started several days ago. They are well up with their work and in many cascse corn is up and growing off cases, corn is up and growing off good at I we hope they will so contin ue to the end. Orangeburg needs a good all round crop this year. A Xoblc Patriotic Work. Mrs. William V*. I: ' :r is meeting with much success in raising funds to place a monument nenr Petersburg, I'a., tbe scene of the clmrge of Ha good's Brigade on the twenty-first of August, 1S(14. Everybody should considtr It ? ;jrlviledge to contribute to this noble and patriotic work. GOV. HEY .v ARD HERE. Seems to be Just as Popular as He Ever Was. Ex-Gov. D. C. Hey ward spent Tuesday and Wednesday In this city meeting, his old friends and making uev/ ones. He has aiways been ex ceedingly popular in thi? city and county and his warm reception here on this trip shows that be is just as popular as ever. As Is well-known, Ex-Gov. Hey ward is naw a candidate for the United States Senate, and .rom reports all over the State he seems to be a favorite in the race. This is not surprising as he is a very magnetic man, and makes friends with everyone he meets. He ex pressed himself as being pleased with the outlook and believes that he will win. If he Is as popular all over the State as he is in Orangeburg County he has a good right to be sanguine of being the successor to the late Senator Latinier. LIST OF LETTERS. Those Remaining Unclaimed in the Orangeburg Postofiiee. List of letters remaining unclaim ed in the Orangeburg Post Office for the week ending March 3 0, 1908. Persons calling for these letters will please say they are advertisea. A. D. Webster. P. M. Tom Barnes, William Baird, John M. Berry. M. W. Buzard. William Collier. Miss Hattie Dansby, Francis Dantz ler, Miss Lila Darby, Miss Flossie Davis, Mrs. Jacob Davis, Miss Re hecca Dicien, Mrs. Louisa Dukes. Miss Lucy Felder, Henry Felder. Miss Ruth Gadshy, Mander Giver, Hampton Gladden, Miss Lula Green. Miss Mary Hanes, Mrs. Maggie Huggins, C. B. Hutto. G. W. Inab. Mrs. Minnie Johnson. Mrs. Kittie Kennerly. Miss Cynthia Lavonla. Mr. Marshall, Miss Marie Martin, F. N. Matthews (2). Miss Hattie McCcdler, Miss Nelia McDaniel, John Mitchell (Due Id), Dave Murphy, Miss Pansy Murphy. Miss Lillie B. Nowell. Mrs. Sarah Parier, F. C. Posey, Jimmie Pooser. Dr. Smith, Rev. E. D. Smith, Leaver Stroman. N. C. Washington, Dan Watkins,. Mrs. Rebecca Whaard, Rev. B. F. Witherspoon. Alice M. Zeigler. CATARRH IS CURABLE. Successful Experiments in Abating and Curing This Disease. Catarrh is an entirely unnecessary disease and should not be tolerated for a single day now that Hyomei is so generally known and has made so many cures in Oarngeburg and other towns. Modern science has disproved the old theory that catarrh was a blood disease. It is a germ trouble, and the remedy is Hyomei, which medi cates the air you breathe, killing all catarrhal germs. As there is life and health in the air of the pine forests, filled with fragrant and healing balsams, so there is life and health in breathing Hyomei. So sure is this prescription to cure eveu the worst cases of catarrh, that J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co. sell it under an absolute guarantee to re fund the money if it does not do all that is claimed for it. Excursions By Southern. Spartanburg. S. C.?On account of Festival. April 29 to May 1. Tic kets sold April 28, 29, 30, with limit returning to midnight May 2, at rate of $10.70 for the round trip. Baltimore, Md?On account of the General Conference of the M. E. Church. Tickets sold May 3. 4, 5, limited to leave Baltimore May '0, at rate of $25.75. Norfolk, Va?On account of the General Conference of the A. M. E. Church. Tickets sold May 2, 3, re turn limit May 31, 1 908, at rate of $17.10. Memphis. Tenn?On account of Conference for Education in the South. Tickets sold April 20. 21, limited to midnight of April 30, at rate of $29.10 for the round trip, of the meeting of the Laymen's Mis sionary Movement of tue M. E. Church, South. Tickets sold April 19, 20. limited returning to mid night of April 24, at the rate of $18.45 for the round trip. Washington, D. C.?On account of the meeting of th-- National Society, Daughters of the .\inerican Revolu tion. Tickets sold April 16, 17, limited to return to leave Washing ton April 30, at rate of $25.50 for the round trip. Small Blaze. A small fire occurred Thursday morning at the home of Mrs. S. A. Reeves in Russell street. It originat ed on the roof near the kitchen flue and was extinguished before much damag was done, damage was done. Special Sales. Begining on Monday, April 6th, J. C. Kansdale will put on. for the bene fit of his customers who are interest ed in his voting contest and others, Special Sales of all his stock. Some thing special is offered for each day. See his add on page five. Business Men's League. The regular monthly meeting of the Business Men's League will he| held this evening at 8 o'clock at the City* Hall. This is an important meeting and it is hoped that, every mom I or will be present. Carry Rig Stock. Look up fitly and Frith'S adver tisement in this issue and call and see the new style of pleasure vehi cles. They are carrying an immense ?.fock of the leading makes. POLICY OF INACTION NOT A SINGLE PUBLIC MEASURE PASSED BY CONGRESS. WUh Big Majorities in Both Houses Republicans Neglect Legislation? Hostile to President. By WILLIS J. ABBOT. The dontli of Senator William James Bryun of Florida marks what is per haps'the most extraordinary series of deaths in one United States senate kuown to recent years. Senators Mor gan and Pettus of Alabama died, with in two months of each other. Senator Proctor of Vermont and Senator Hal lory of Florida died very shortly there after. Senator William Pinkney Whyte of Mary laud died only a few days ago. Now comes news of the death of Sen ator Bryan, who came as the appointed successor to Senator Mal lory and who had barely taken his seat in the scuate before tin- attack of typhoid fever which brought him to his cud was in curred. His'death is peculiarly pitiful because of his youth. lit? .was the youngist senator of the United States, not yet thirty-two yearn of age. In his home state lie had Impressed himself upou the people as a man of torce and ability. At the cap! to I he had not had any opportunity to make his mark, it was only on the Dil) of January that he took his seat, and it was three weeks ago that lie was sent to the hospital where lie died. That Florida should be thus in oue session of congress twice deprived of its representation in the senate seems a cruel stroke of fate. It is hardly likely that the governor will make an appointment to till the seat in season to make the successor useful to the Democratic minority in the sen ate. However, as tin; Republican side of the senate possesses now a two thirds majority, it is just as well that it should be permitted to accept com plete responsibility for all legislation to be enacted this year. , The Date of Adjournment. The indications are now Mint con gress will adjourn about the 'J?th of May. The statesmen, and particularly those in the house of representatives, have matters of political and personal interest to attend to in their own dis tricts. But so far the matters of pub lic and national Interest which they are supposed to attend to at the capital have not been done. One-half of the first session of the Sixtieth congress Is over, and not oue single measure of a public nature has been passed by the two houses and sent to the president for his approval. This is not because of any factious opposition on the part of the minority party. There has been no filibustering nor even any attempt at it. The senate has its two-tbir.. Republican majority, the house a ma jority proportionately as great, but absolutely nothing so far has been done. It's true that this congress is hostile to the president. The distin guished Republicans there gathered are inclined to believe that he has too much of an Inclination to dictate what the legislative branch of the govern ment should do. Perhaps to that ex tent they are fight, but it tuny at least be said that a president has the rigid to ask that congress shall do some thing. This congress has done nothing so far. Not even the committees have to the preseut time reported the really nece.-sary measures. In the house of representatives there are 390 men. each of whom draws in salary and allow J ances practically $10.000 a year. The salary and the .allowances go on I twelve months out of the year, but the average work does not amount to four mouths annually. A foolish system pr esc rilwd by law, which can he changed only by law, divides congress j into short and long sessions. The short i session Is too short for any legislation; ' the long session always precedes either a congressional ou a presidential elec tion, and the politicians therefore avoid doing anything which might affect the result. That has been particularly true in the last eighteen months, when the last sessiou of the Fifty-ninth congress went out In impotence, and the first session of th? Sixtieth congress Is half ended without any legislation for pub lic purposes having been enacted. Tho Anonymous Political Bureau. One of the interesting features of politics in Washington during a presi dential campaign is the anonymous news bureau. Both the Republican and the Democratic parties suffer from these concerns. I had an Illustration of one the other day, when In a sealed envelope, bearing no return address, I received two pages of typewritten matter attacking the claims of Secre tary Taft's manager. Mr. Frank Hitch cock. The writer of this matter did not sign his name. No newspaper man with any sense of responsibility would care to accept statements coming thus anonymously. For vhoui the writer may be arguing or working does not appear, but it is perfectly apparent that he is employed by somebody antago nistic to Taft. He asserts that the plan of the nnti-Taft forces is to fight for delegations from now on, having allowed Taft to hold his conventions in states which were likely to be for him In any event. He also predicts that Delaware. Massachusetts, Teu nessee and Nevada will within thirty days elect anll-Taft delegations and that in the end the auti-Taft forces will be within 1-10 votes of controlling the convention on the first ballot, with "many soft spots" In the Taft legions that may be successfully attacked. It would appear that the Republican party is likely to suffer In the seme way that.some undemocratic Demo crats wish to make the Democratic party Buffer. It is perfectly apparent to any observer of politics that a ma jority of the Republicans of the na tion desire Secretary Taft's nomina tion?thai Is. a majority desires it if President Rooseveli himself shall re main out of the running. A combina tion of fnvorih sons, made only in <>r d. i" In defeat the secretary's nomina tion, is likely to have the effort of de feating whosoever they may finally unit'.' on In the event that he himself shall not be nominated. That Taft would be a strong candidate before rue people noboilr In Washington ex cept the administration circle believes. The hostility of organized labor and the bitterness of the negroes in the north against hiiu will do more than Is needed-to overcome the strength that may be lent him by the Roosevelt and administration support. Appeal of the Federation of Labor. Heads of the affiliated union?! In the Federation of Labor'issued from Wash ington recently an appeal to th? work Ingmen of the country for united po-. lltlcal action. They ask that candidates for the presidency, for congress or for other offices l>e requested to specifically declare their positions . such matters as the abuse of the power of injunc tion, the eight hour law, the employ ers' liability law and other legislation directly affecting working people. The appeal has been handled by many newspapers a^ though if indicated a purpose on the part of the Federation of Labor to organize a distinctly labor party. As a matter of fact it only ex presses a purpose to take such action as is eminently proper for any such groat organization to adopt. That a candidate for office, seeking the votes of workirigmeu: should hesitate for a moment In answering questions vns to policies that vitally affect the fights of laboring classes would unfit him for oTico. Here in the United Slalcs we have not developed as we really should have the methods of free debate In po litical campaigns that they have in England. There are only a few men in our public life who invite questions from their auditors in a public meeting. The man who has most successfully adopt ed this "method Is Mayor Tom L. John son of Cleveland. A speech by Tom Johnson is an inspiration to any one who believes in a really frank discus sion of public questions. Nothing de lights him more than to abandon the platform for the middle aisle and ask any oue who may be dissatisfied with his argument to question him frankly and to receive a frank response. I have watched him time and again in action and sincerely believe thnt his readiness to enter upon discussions of this sort is one of his greatest sources of strength in his campaigns. Of course it may not always be nec essary, particularly on the part of can didates for national office, to repeated ly answer the same questions. Rut I am unable to see why the Federation of Lahor should not at the beginning of a campaign ask the aspirants for otfi'-e for an explicit statement of their views on pertiueut matters and then act accordingly. The Two-thirds Rul?. In all probability an effort will be made at the next Democratij national convention to modify or to abrogate the two-thirds rule. This will not be attempted before the nomination, for no wise man would care to become a candidate before the Democratic voters with the record of having secured his nomination by overturning established Democratic practice, however unwise that practice may be. That It Is un wise is coming now to be generally ad mitted. Democracy means the rule of the majority, and one more than half constitutes a majority. One more than half of the members of the committee on resolutions can send to the full con vention the platform by which the party is to be guided, aud a bare ma jority of the convention can adopt that platform. The insistence that two thirds of the convention must uulte In order to nominate a candidate is made illogical and ridiculous when the ability of a mere majority to fix its: principles is borne in mind. Moreover, under the unit rule the vote of one man might determine how the seventy-eight votes of New York or the sixty-eig'it of Pennsylvania might be determined. Just now the two-thirds rule is being strenuously appealed to by a group of utterly undemocratic politicians who hope to utilize it, not for the nomina tion of any particular candidate, for they have uone, but for the defeat of the one candidate whom the great ma jority of Democratic voters desire to sec nominated. It Is a practical denial of the principle of majority rule, which Is a fundamental of Democracy. Washington, D. C. Beyond Control. The courtroom has Its fun as well as its tragedy. .Sometimes the humor is not as appreciable to the principal ac tors as to an outsider, as in the case cited by the Philadelphia Ledger. The scene took place In a New Jersey court, where a case for slander was being tried. The principal witness was au impetuous old German woman. She talked no fast that the judge was un able to follow her testimony, especially as it was delivered in broken English. In vain he attempted to stop her. "Stop, stop!" he cried, rapping sharp ly on his desk. Rut the torrent of words went on. "Old woman, hush up!" he shouted in exasperation.- But It was, useless. At last he threw down his pen exhausted and cried out to thp lawyer: "There. Mr. Hunter! You set her going; now stop her!" MR. BOOMER OF BOOMTON. The town is on a boom at last, And everything I:; Kulrr^ As lovely as molasses. fa?t As rapid rivers (lowing. K^w stores have started. Blnks ? Co. Have built a handsome building: Now lines of business make a show With signs In fancy gliding. Yes. rtcomion now Is In the running Siruo Mr. Boomer went a-gunning. The place has taken on nn air Exceedingly superior. And not r citizen would dare To call the town 1::(t'. r A dozen persons, more or loss. Have each j>ut up a dwelling. How far the village will progress There Isn't nny tolling? Since with his weapon .Mr. Roomer Went forth one day In wrathful humor. Thoro used to be some men. you see, "Who tool: delight In knicklng. Their ntimher was hut two or threo, Hut what they did was shocking. When any person would propose A lltilo town Improvement Those follows swatted In the nose. That new. progressive movement. Then Mr. Boomer up and loaded Ills li:tie Rim. to anger goaded. Result: A quite Immediate frrowth Of Boomton's cemetery. And no pood citizens v.- to loath To make the funerals merry. Then Uoomton just beran to grow, 'Twas like a place enchanted, For all the hoomers I ad a s low With all the knockers ;ilanied. Which Ehows that real tuwn improve ment Requires at times a trlgcer novem nt T. SAPP, Jit. BACK YARD IMPROVEMENT. Timely Suggestions Frcm an Old Gar dener?Vines to Hide Fences. Well kept grounds in the front of houses help wonderfully in making a town attractive. But the back yards should by no means be neglected, and an old gardener gives some good ad vice about improving them which Is timely nt this season of the year: "Have you a back yard? Grow something ia iL See something grow which you have planted with your own hands. No back yard is so small that it may not be ma<" to gro\. something for the table, and if it happens to be a vacant lot you will be surprised at the quantities it may be made to yield un der a little daily attention and some nightly planning. If your back yard consists of only a few square yards, that fact need not deter you from en tering upon the joys of the gardener. If the area at your disposal Is limited, the time and attention required will be correspondingly small, though the pleasure it may afford will continue throughout the season. "Anybody can gro>. radishes mand lettuce, aud almost anybody can eat them, too. so plant these first. They are prompt in their payment of divi dends of pleasure, for their first green paired leaves will appear in three or four days, aud your heartiness of wel come for them will do you vastly more good thau the possession of two nick els spent for their seed. "If you have only a few square yards at your disposal, sp:n' ? ii i:p al any time in early spring. If file be \ large enough to admit of a team ha ? It plowed once a year In the spring or fall, riant everything in rows the long way of the plot. Even put your lettuce and radishes In rows. This will admit the greatest ease in cultiva tion; but. more important still, this method will permit of the most ready substitution by subsequently planting other crops when the first have been consumed. "For example, if your lettuce is oue long row instead of occupying n rec tangular bed, as it is customarily grown by the town farmer, when it is no longer tender, crisp and sweet you can clean up the whole row and plan! beans iu Us' place or anything else suitable to the narrow space of one row. "A high board fence Is au eyesore, yet many people are unwilling to cover It with vines, because sooner or later I these will cause the wood to decay. The thing to do is to put up chicken wire in front of the fence aud grow the vines on the wire. "Foliage vines, except English Ivy, are good for this purpose. Virginia creeper and ampelopsis are two of the best of these. Vines with abundant foliage make a good background for cosmos, hollyhocks, single dahlias and other flowers that require support These can be tied to the wire as they grow, or else flowering annual vines can be planted each year?cypress vine, morning glory, climbing nastur tiums or sweet peas for beauty. For use and as a curiosity plant some mix ed gourd seeds. Ten cents' worth will provide as many dollars' worth of sur prise and entertainment "Of course your little garden will be a delight, but It will never be so allur ing as to tempt you^to spend more than the necessary labor or cash upon It." Home Trade Philosophy. If you cast your breaa upon the wa ters it may return to you after many days, but if you cast your dollar into the mall order maelstrom it uever gets back to your vicinity. Seeing Is believing, and when you see an article before you buy It you are entitled to believe that it is worth buy ing or to let It stay uubought If other wise. Farmers who send their money luto the big cities to buy goods which they might just as well buy at home will find their sons following the dollars of their daddies into the great trade cen ters as soon as the boys grow up and will have to compromise on hired men If you don't like the community you live In well enough to do your trading in that community, why don't you move into some community that yon like better? In that case maybe some body would lake your place who would help to make it a better community to live iu by helping to build It up. Thousands of men throughout this country are howling down the idea of cenlraliza'.ion of goverumeut while at the sa:r.e time they are pro moting the centralization of trade by spending money with the catalogue houses, which are rapidly growing more and more powerful. There is no doubt if It is properly handled that the pepper tree is nearest to the ideal lor street planting. The chief and, in fact, tbe-only objection urged against it Is tjiat it rah js the sidewalk and pushes out the curb cither by roofs or buttresses of the trunk. Thesa difficulties are easily avoided if proper preparation is made, says the Los Angeles Times. The pep per roofs and buttresses are made above ground only because of resist ance below. If the soil Is loose and permeable for a considerable distance below the surface the roots will delve deeply and no trouble will be experi enced. On the other hand. If the ground Is so hard that top resistance is less than tlyit below .no other result must be expected than that the roots will come up and the trunk buttresses widely because It cannot go down, therefore It must grow sidewlse. This argument will hold good In greater or lesser measure with all trees. Deafness Cannot he Cured, by local application, as they cannot reach the diseased j>ortIons of the **ar. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitution al remedies, neatness is caused b> an inhamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustai hian Tube. What this tube is inflamed you have a rum bling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it Is entirely closed. Deaf ness Is the result, and unless the in flammation car; be :'ken out and this tube restored to it normal con ditiou, hearing will l des royed fo~ I ever; nine cases out of ten ure caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but au surfaces. We will give $100 for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that ca mot be cured by Hall'^ Catarrh C :re. Seid for circulars fre-.\ Sold by Dru -gists. 76c. F. J. Obonney & Co., Toledo, 0. Popular G'.rect Tree. ; MAY CAUSE A SMILE. j A COLUMN OP LIGHT READING ; THAT WILL BE ENJOYED Rj All Who Like to Read Fanny and Witty Sayings from the Mag azines and Papers. Would Give Him Another Chance. ? A young lady had thrust upon her the disagreeable duty' of refusing a poor young man, a hopeless young man, an eight dollar a week clerk In a dry goods store. "You spurn me," he cried bitterly, "but you will live to rue this day. I will go out into the great marts. I will strive: I will win. My name shall be known, my millions envied"? "Then c?me aud try me again." the youug lady calmly interposed. THE BRAVE AT HOME. The maid who binds her warrior's sash. "With sm!!e that well her pain dissembles. The while beneath her drooping lash One starry teardrop hangs and trembles. Though heaven alone records the tear And fame shall never Know her story. Her heart has shod n drop as dear As e'or bedewed the field of glory. The wife who plrd3 her husband's :;word Mid little ones who weep or wonder And bravely speaks the cheering word. What though her heart he rent asunder, ' >omod nightly In her '.reams to hear "he bolts of death around him rattle, 'i shed as sacred blood as e'er '"'as poured upon the field of battle. i The rpother who conceals her grl'*f 'While to her breast her son she presses. Then breathes a few brave words and brief. Kissing the patriot brow she blesses. Wit!) no one bat her secret Ood To know the pain that weighs upon her. S!-eds holy blood as e'er the sod Received on freedom's field of honor. ?Thomas Buchanan Read. The Sad Lawyer. "People seem very suspicious of me," said a lawyer to his wife on his re turn home at evening. "You know old Jones? Well, 1 did some work for him last month, and when he asked me for the bill this morning I told him ot'.t of friendship that I wouldn't charge him anything. lie thanked mo cordially, but said he'd like a receipt." A Lost Opportunity. Dr. Burton and Dr. Gage were min isters of two Congregational churches In Hartford and excellent friends. Dr. Gage hud traveled abroad and since his.return bad been delivering a course of lectures upou old world subjects. One of the lectures?ou Palestlue?had been thought not so interesting as the others, aud on its second delivery many of the auditors withdrew before it was finished. Not long afterward Dr. Gago's house was entered by a bur glar. Dr. Gage was giving Dr. Burton an account of the affair. "Why. doc tor, I had him down flat on his back. I held him there, ne couldn't move an Inch." "Good!" said Dr. Burton. "But what a splendid opportunity that was to have delivered to him your lecture on Palestine!" Emoticnal. "Oh. Lord." prayed the old colored deacon, "gib dis pore brudder do eya of de eagle, dat he spy out sin afar ofT! Giue his hands to de gospel plow. Tie his tongue to do line of truf. Nail his yero to de gospel pole. Bow his head way down between his knees, O Lord, an' fix his knees way down in some lonesome, dark and narrer valley, where prayer is much wanted to be made. 'Nolnt him wif de kerosene He of salvasbun, an' set him on fire!" Charmed With Venice. A young lady who had returned from a tour through Italy with her father remarked that her father had liked all the Italian cities, but especially did be tike Venice. "Ah, Venice, to be sure," said the friend to whom she was relating some of the adventures of their trip. Ttfan readily understand that your father would prefer Venice, with its gondolas and St. Marie's and Michael Augelos"? "Oh, no." said the young lady, "it wasn't that. But he could sit in th_? hotel, you know, and tlsh out of the window." "The Price of Peas." William J. Bryan was advertised to deliver a lecture before the Y. M. C. A. In Washington, and a Maryland farm er went to hear him. Afterward the farmer met him and said: "Mr. Bryan, I came in twenty miles to hear you ta lk. I heard you was goin' to speak ou 'The Price of Peas,' and you never said a word about the price of anything." The address delivered was "Tbo Prince of Peace." The Woman He Wanted. Senator .James A. Heinenway of In diana once delivered an address be fore an audience of farmers in a coun try school bouse and as an Illustration told a story of a poor farmer who had j died, leaving to his wile the farm, heavily mortgaged. He said Mat the widow set to work with a will and succeeded upon one year's wbeat crop in tiayiug off the entire mortgage. When the senator completed his j speech, a middle aged farmer ap proached and asked. "Senator, y*u tole a story 'bout the widow raising a mort gage en one year's crop?" "Yes. my friend, tint was a true sto ry. Ii happened only last year." I "Soiiator. could you tell me who that ' wid w is? She's jist the kind of worn ' a:i I've bon lookiu' for all the time."? Lippincott's. j Wanted to Tell All '.bout It. "At a :uncr: I in Nebraska." says William Bryan, " he preacher uho h: .1 been asked to deliver (he funeral oration .vas a stranger in town and" i"' ln't know the departed sister very w -II. \fter ho ha 1 - aid aH that ? cc ili! he suggested that any one \.\ o could add a fen word- about lue d departed would be hca-d gladly. I "Three or fo' art ? i n; i an1' paid tribute to- the memory of i j w nuan who had p. sused h rond 'i hen , there was a pause. Filially oue old brother arose and said: "'Well, if we're all through speaking about the departed sister I v ill n--w make t few brief remarks on the tari?. " i.