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BLACK KU-KLUX IN YORK. E-UROES itANDED1) TO(;ETRER- VOl ROBBERY AND MURDER. Ih Irutal ett ing to, Decath of Little .Johnnie (.ori4 Least, to the 1'~earthiug ot x secret ciet y. \v1hos. Object wa, to t to kill Aiy -ee l)-tecting Then. :=dto Clear .\ceu..ed! 31emerto by- Fak-e Teitimony. Fam the Newu nd Courier., YoEKv\lE, December 1.-About two weeks zigo, or on the night of November 30, John Le Good, a little son of Mr. W.E. Good, who lives in the western part of this county was brutally mur dered. The News and Courier has puh lished several very meagre accounts of the horrible atlhir, from which it has ap peared that about forty negroes in this county have banded together to rolb and plunder and iurder all persons who night detect them in their law lessness. itomimy AND nEI. The coroner's investigation of the murder of little John Lee Good has re vealed a most alarming state affairs in that section, showing most conclusively that a stupendous conspiracy had been formed among the negroes, the object being robbery and uinrder. An iune cent child was the first victim of the fiendish miscreants, l-ot developments have proved that ot.,r murders were freely discussed and planned, and that only recently members of the gang lay m wait one night for a prominent citizen, kiowing he would pass a certain point on the evening named. The confession of one of the participanis in this affair is corroborated by the gentleman him self so far as to place, action of his horse. &c., and a day or two after the occur rence he meiltioned it to a friend, but without the least suspicion that by a for tuitous circumstance, either lack of cour age of the man on watch, or because he had fallen asleep, he was saved from six murderous bullets. 'Trial Justice J. P. Blair, acting as coroner, stumuoned a jury of very dis creet men of the neighborhood, and in conducting the inquest they have dis played considerable tact, and, under the dilicult circumstances surrounding them, have by practical investigation brought to light the astounding facts which have placed the Broad river section in a state of terror and spread alarm throughout the county. Circumstances pointed almost conclu sively to Mose Lipscomb, Dan Roberts and Bailey Dowdle as the perpetrators of the deed, with perhaps another accom plice; and after the close of the first day's session they were committed to jail. On the second meeting of the jury, on the 3d inst., after taking testimony, cir cumstances and statements of some of the witnesses pointed to Prindly Thomp son as another concerned in the murder, and he was also committed. THE CONSTIATORS IN JAIL. In the examination of so many wit nesses vague utterances by first one and another of "the club," "the elan." "the society," the witnesses' membership and similar expressions gave a clue which was successfully worked up, and the re sult is that now 26 negroes, ranging in age from 1G to 50, are inmates of the jail, their offence being murder or aiding therein. These prisoners are Mose Lips comb, Dan Roberts, Bailey Dowdle and Prind Thompson, prilncipals, and the following, any of whom will no doubt find it diflicult to prove innocence as ac eessories, by reason of the combinetion or conspiracy they formed, and which by evidence so far adduced has been suf ticiently sustained: Giles Good, John Good, Les Wood, Dick Thompson, Win. Craig, George Jemtieson, Scott Thom~ip son, Wadis Bankhead, David Wilkes, Mases Roberts, Will McCluney, Wallace Reid, Sam Thompson, Owens Moore, Alien Good, Bob Smar-r, Smiuire Thomp son, Brown Robins, Jack McCluney, Sam Good, Win. Washington. Of this dark cloud of prisoners Gtile Good and Wallace Reid figured prominently in the murder for which Columbus Crawford was hanged 18 months ago. Wallace turned State's evidence, and Giles, who has always been regarded as the instiga tor of the deed, though Columbus ad mitted on the gallows that he fired the fatal shot. Giles is a mulatto, probably 50 years old, crafty and cnnning, and has the power to lead the people of his race, over whom he has exerted strong intluence. No attempt to uverdraw the picture, or to add a word to increase the excite ment this afihir has pro duced, isi neces sary after a recital of the bare facts. After the coroner's juryv obtained the clue as to the supposed conspir-acy, they devoted the third day of the investiga tion. last Friday, to that branch of the case, and the following is a specimen of the sworn testitmony: TrHE 5TO1;Y OF ONE oft rHlE Tiit.. Win. Roberts: 1 am a member of this clan.- I was received by Jack McCluney in August, 1.5%'. I kn:ow who he said beionned to the elain--Allen Good, Wai lace fid, Pr-indly Thompson, Bailev Dowdle and 3Iose Lipscemb. -Jack saidl he had very good men as miembers, and he wanted me to join. If a man c-aughht a member stealing the club was to mnak him suffer. I did not attend their meet ings regularly, but I said to them once: "Boys,'we mnust swear togetiher. Though I hav-e never been wi 'ou, you have got my name, and I will stik to you. We will stick togethe" I did not t ike the oath. 31e and Alle aG(ood, Dave Wilkes, Wallace Reid and Jac L3IcClu nev met. I knew tat they were mem bers, and the move wa- raade. that if any one was caught stealing we would make the man that caught him suffer-. Our pur11pose was to g4. two or three togethe-r to a maan's house, and if he detected us -we would mob him right there. The meetings were to be all at Jack 3IcClu: ney's, and on Wednesday nights. They said one Sunday a month ago they wanted to make a raid l'retty soon. ' do no.t know of any other club. I would not have toli about that meeting if it had not been pulledt out of mec. If I had told th-ey would have miobi -ed me,. I was afraid. Th und'erstan'ding was that they would formu elub all over the coun -try. He said they ar- e good things, and he w'antedt to get ti~n up all over the country. They were good, be said, b ecause nc ' woud h ave plenty of :good things, whiskey, Ac. Wh~en articles were stolen everything was to go to the head man, Jack 31eCluney. Meat was to be hid in gullies and caves. When we mnet after the killing w~e talked only talked about it, and let other matters z' . John Cole testitied that he belongs to a club over the river tin Union conty. He said: "The nature of the order is called a strike, andl members have told me that we could take of steal all the provisions we might need." Adam Thompson, Henry Bailey and Amos Smnarr all gave lengthy testimony, acknowledging their membership, and giving names of members. Adam head man of his clb. He said: The 1 object of the club was to take whatever we wanted. If detected we were to kill the person who detected us. Whatever, Giles Good said to do was to be done. If not the man who failed to do it wasi to ke executed. The object was to kill I white men. They were going to. kill EliaLs Inman and 'Clinton Good. They have guns and pistols and ammurnition. and they were kept by the head man. Giles Good. in his cellar. On one occa sion, he said, he and others waylaid the road to kill Elias Inman. Henry Bailey said he was made a member of the club about two weeks ago. The object of the club was to make a living by misdemeanor-to take that which don't belong to you. If we were caught by any one we were to do away with hini. Giles Good was captain and carried his gun. All that was stolen was to go to the boss man. Giles Good. to be! ditributed among the members of the club. Amos Smarr testilied as to his ien bership and his knowledge of the society. 'Tnm- MisIso s-rAIu LODE.' With this testimony the coroner's inL quest was adjourned until to-day, but on Saturday a jury of investigation heard testimony of members of a known secret solity it the neighborhood. This is e:ik Iising Star Lodge. No. 24, of the Grand United Order of the National Laborer's Aid Protective Society of North America. The printed laws of the Order and the charter of this lodge were produced. The charter emanated from Charlotte. N. C., bears date December. I"'4. and is signed by S. M. Pharr, supreie scribe. These documents re veal only benevolent and fraternal fea ties of the Order, and several witnesses were examined, their testimony bearing out this state of facts. though the jury. in their verdict, regard the lodge as a nisance to their neighborhood. The proceedings of the day were closed with the testimony of Adam Thompson, a colored vouth 16 or 17 years old. of medium intelligence, who revealed the following startling episode in this event ful chapter. he having on a previous ex amination confessed to being a member of the clan: ADAM T~iOMPsoN s sTIRY. ELxamined by Trial Justice Blair: PR'ind Thomp.on made arrangements to wavlav 'Mr. Elias Inman. which was to tae ])1ace after dark-about 8 o'clock on a Friday night. I think it was Fri d:y night, because there was but one day between the timnd Sunday. Those who wavlaid him were Prind Thompson. mvself. Giles Good. John Good, Wallace Reid and Bailev )owdkl. The reason for waylaying hini was be cause they did not like him and because they th ught he had money. I do not know when Prind first spoke to me about waylaying Mr. Inman. The last tine he spoke to me about it he said if I did not go with him they would kill me. Giles had a club or organization formed of men whom he controlled. and who were to go when he gave the word. (Witness again repeated the names of the meniers as given above. i They did not say what they would do with Mr. iman after killing hil. I was posted nearest the road, and the others were secreted in the woods at different places about thirty steps from the road. I was not long from the time we were po sted until Mr. Inman came along. I was lying down on the'side of the road and saw him ride by. The moon was shii. ing, but I did not see him until lie had passed by. I was placed near the road to watch for him and was to whistle as a signial of his approach. When M1r. Inman rode near to where I wa hib liorse sud denly gave a jump and started off in a t~ot. Hie soon camne to a bend in the road and was out of sight. They were a great miud to kill me for not giving the sig'ual when 3Mr. TInman camne up. They timeto go along that they did not want to see me any more. .I belong to the organization. Prind ntiemeto go that night. I was then liig ntJl MIoore's. I do not know the month, i:-ut it was about three months ago. The object of waylaying M1r. Tnman was to get money. The place was between MIr. Inman's house and M1cNeill's store on the high road leading from MIcNeill's to Inman's house. The horse trotted off fro.m where we were. Nothing was said about what we were going to do with him. TRlE coNFESSION oF ONE 0OF THEF SLAiYERS. On MIonday Prindly Thompson, con fined itt jail, made the following confes sion to John C. Ashe, member of the jury of inquest, and MIr. Good, father of the murdered boy, in the presence of the sheriff: On being interrogated he at first denied any knowledge of the affair, and said he did not belong to any club, nor know anything about a club. Finally he said that the other members of the club had told him in the jal that if he sad nyhigabout thsmre they wer glingtokill him. H hncd tinued: I went with them (to i. Good's tesd) after the cotton. and left them therec. Bailey had the little boy by hisi waist. I had him bv the legs. MIose choked him. Dan 'carried the stones with which he was beaten. We thien all away by the pasture field. Bailey first st'ruck the boy with a rock as soon! as we. got hold o; him. Dan was the first to see the bov, and he said: --Boys, y~onider is, Lee." Thailey hit him rir-st, and D~an next. Mfose jumped on his bowels The boys in jail told as that in ma"king a confession 1 had broken n?y neek. I said: -'Boys. I am going to tellI the trh. They replied: "You and D an have docne told everything." They said to me and Bailey' - Don't tell any thing. If any one belonged2 to the club and was to reveal anything. lie wais to b~e murdered or run out of the coun try. When we got caught in a stealing serape thce alance were to swear him eout. We were to take~ the cotton to be stolen from Mr. Good's field to Levi Wood, who was to bale and , ell it. and then were to divide the money. Sice ini jail they have put me through a pre liminary triaL. and told me that I would never come out except to be hung. I am nineteen years old. He then gave namies of members of the club a., fol lows Guiles Good, head man; John Good, Sam Good, Bud lDarby. Owens Mo')'re. George Jamnieson. O'her- prisoners w( re giv-en an opper tuity to -peak, 'but they would make no confesion. Amr:MJ'T>L LYNem N'. Tihe conifessioni in jail, of P'rind TJ.homp so!:, ont Moniday, which was given to the cr'ione:'s jury v'esterday rekindled the slimberig indignation of the people, and at about 7 o'clock ihis morning a body vof neatrly a hundred motteitd men iiptroache:d the jail. About a dozen en tored by thi' front door and from the corridor ~proceeded to the tird stoi-y and cmmenlfced battering the wooden shut-I ter open to the grated door. The noise ar(,used Sherilff Glenn, and lie hastily poceeded to the third I!oor- and asked the: meaning of the demonstration. The rivy was: "We want the four miui'der er." The sheriff assur-ed the men that hey wer-e not in the jail and opened the doors to give them an oppor'tunity to. ..xaine. Being ahifi ihnt the men .l y-anted Avvre nut in zhe jail tie NvouliUbe .ynchers ail rode sway. They were all wThite and u skCA.' Theiy 'conducted ,heinl.ves qut'ltlaid s.r~oily , .tt vvee -vhk-14.IAII ]~~j4)t4l ot "dtilet! 'Iamn ii to the14.risvier'4 hall psctir"l an Lrts, B-nh-v Ls4,4.diC I indu lhonipson. Uflv's Good alli .01111 G.oot! t(, EIl itiw j~tl andth' vior-st:-lrte.i 'ulir vie "iastoiia, N. 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Address of the 'Woman*, Chraln '4n1- I perance Union. to the Lalmnr Orimiz tiol,. Beseechiig Thm- to Kto A w:3y 1 From the Saoons. :1ud Uievote h*iri Earnings to Their Familie,. followimr addre-w ha ben issued by the National Won Christian Teiperancce l'auicn, in :c - cordance with a resolution adopau a the recent MinineapoliQ connteion. 1: is addressed to ail Kights of Labor trades, unions and other lb r - izations: 11E.)QUAlfrR;ns OF T N.\TitN\ W O~.tN's CIIRISTI.\N TF c.' 1\ . UNioN. 101 LSA .%1: STIZu.r, ('1 i. November G, 1m.-To all W'Arii. Men and Women: Brother- a' i ters of a common ho)e. We coiLe to you naturally as out- friends and aiec. With such of your methods a.-inv co-operation, arbitration and the hailm box, we are in hearty sVypath. .easures which involve the compl sion Of labor, destu 0ctio' of prowt I, or harm to life or limb, we profoundiy deplore, and we believe the thoughtfl and responsible among your ranks must equally deplore thLm!, i not only base in themselves, but a gre:'t hindrance to your own welIre and success. We rejoice in your broad platform of mutual hellp, which rcecog nizes neither sex, race nor erced. E pecially do we apprecia!e the tendeni of your grcat movemnciCt to elevatu women industrially to their rightmi place, by claiming that they have equal pay for equal work, reco:,z ing them as officera and membev. ozf your societies, and advocating ithe bl-I lot in their hands as their right iul weapon of self-help in our representa tive governiment. As temperatnce womeni, we have been especialy gh:d to note your hostile attitude towar d the saloon, the worst foe of woiman, and of the workingman and of homie We read with joy of the vow imade by the Knights of Labor at tle conven tion ill ichmond, when, with iandsm raised to heaven, they pledged them selves to be total abstainers thurough out their term of oflice. In addressing you at this time we wish to offer our sincere congratula tions upon your achievements - prac tical workers in that great temperance reform which ecnages ever steadfast work and prayers, and which, as we believe, involves, over all othe-r move ments of this age, your happiness and elevation. Permit us to ask your care ful consideration of tis stateent o our belief. The centra! question of labor reform is not so much how toI get higher wages as how to turn the present wages to better account. ror waste harms most those who can least afford it. It is not over-production so much as under-consumption Chat riids the faces of the workingmen. Fourteen hundred millions annually drawn, chiefly from the pockets o1 workingmen, by saloon kcepers and cigar dealers, means less Ilour ill the barrel, less coal in the cellar and les clothing for the laborer's family. We grieve to see themt give their mOIL for that which is not bread and their labor for that which satisfieth now. Life insurance statistics prove th while the average life of the moderate drinker is but ;,5 yea s and a half, that of the total abstainer is G yeas. Sutccessful expclorers ancd soldierc famuous athletes, pedestrians ro.e and shots, at-e men who do not cob w.eb their br-ains or palsy their terve ivith alcoholic drink. We believe iht the work of our societich, recutin t laws by which neatly' one.-haft children of te United State are b' ing taught itn the pcuieii schi,i evil effects of intoxicating~ liquors u to the tissues of the body and the tetier of the mind, merits y-our earne-t ea operation and will prove one of yourt strongest reinforcenments in thte etlci t to elevate your fandlies to nobier- levels of opportunity. 'We believe that the sttdy of hygiene, including a knowl edge of the most healthful toods, antd the discovery that these are of a cheap er and non-stimulantitng class, with a careful cotnsider'ationi of scientCillie methods by which, in the pr-epatrationt of food, a little can be made to go a long way itt htome economies, arte well wothy 01' vour- attention. We a-k yout to a' ci us itt our encdeavors to have taught intpil departnenc- of our~ public schools, those beneticent laws of health which r-elate to wholesome livintg itn respect to diet, dr~ess, zlpeep, e>:ereise and ventilntiott, so that these teachtings shll be giveni to every child as one- oi te suirest mneants to its highest hatppi ness. We ash y-our attetiotn to our- White Coss pledge of equal chastity for- tman and woman: of pure ltanguacge :putl pure life. We ask your- help in ott efforts to secure adequiatc prtctionlt by law for the daughtetrs 01 the ptoi' andl rich alike, fronm the ct-uelty of bas2 and brutal men. We ask your help in our- endeavor's to pteserve the Amer icant Sabbath y.-ith its rest and <iutet, redeeminig it froin being, as tnow, the havest time of the saloont keeper', when he gathetrs in the hard~ ear-nings of the wotrkingmtan, atnd we promuise you ottt co-operatiotn in yocr effor-ts to secg.re a SaturdIay half-htoliday, whicht we believe will do so tmuch tol change the Sabbath from a dacy of~ receationi to one of rest at hotme, and(1 for the worship of Gotd. We call i-our attentiott to otur de p atmentt of evantgelistic kteitnerance wok: wor-k for raniltroad emnploy a,t lumbetmen, minters, soldiers ad tol ers also to our eflforts to orgatntze free kitchens atnd kindertens an~ dt bands of hope; to stcpply free ltibrre c and treading rooms, tetmpetante lodtg ig houses and restau rants, amnd to( -each out a helping hand to iale women as well as falletn menC.. We have a publishing hcouse' at i:1 T.a$:alle Street, Chicago, which sent out ;,; 0. 000 pages otmission tetmpjerance liter-I ature in the last year-, atnd which i coducted by womtet; its ti. pe set by women compllositor's. We ask you to do all itn yourt powe:- for- the cauts- of vor cause, atcd with the dram shlop imd its hiieidish tempt -osovr thtownt, wvhat mcight you not inc that self-mastery which~ i- the t coditiont of sutccess atnd hapine? in' those homes which art-helv hear's truei resting places. Your ballot' hldte balance of niower' itn thi- hIid of the wolId's hope. We ask those of xou whoi are xa to cast themn oncly fot ,u ch mea ir and such mceni as'are solem ly conlit-I ted to the 1)rohibcition0 of evry how Dcy, distillery -antd 0ron hop-to th itat iotcn. Acd tht 1 o menut ma ~eny, also as ani atct of justice tOvrdc those who huave te muo-t sacred c atm ni yourt pr'otction, we hope tha t yott may see your wsay clea to ~ cast \ our Lallots only for such men; a~ are pledg . urmur not. to get relief; F.r impatience makes thy care Ieiavier much for thee to bear: llappy he who. childlike, will Let G'od lead him up the hill. A 1t any, wontln can appreciate lIma lce. ihe test cobblers do not talk. "Least ai.soonest mended." On Ch 2ristmla. day, though the turkey's tetnier. the enters stuff. The )aker is the only loafer entitled to respect. Tie uiversal Christnas carol is adapted t- the Fesi toon. Th fate of the p:'etty girl under the mis I:ce-K i-s nc. '-i e barber's apprentice who often .-rs I-:ave t hnguiagce of their own, A fo-- ignal reminds the sailor of the Whetn. a man fall- down his temper gen ei Cts up before he does. ntion for decorat-ors-How can a tI r nlorn a 'warm interior*" )f a1 m n uddenlv struck dumb., it may -e -:id that his melancholy daze has come. C tmttship. like champagne, soon looses zest if kept too long after the pop. I hli money is what the young husband parts with for paregoric, soothing syrups, et c. Chritnas is apt to be followed by blue mass in families where the old allo-,athic pra-:iee prevails. Chrismas dinner at home, no matter how mieng-re. is preferable to Christmas lunch anywhere else. Claus is a dead issue-the rising -encration is very smart, and know a thing or wo when he sees it. I m inn who racks his brain to get up an original Christmas menu is called the Great Chritmas Menu-vir. The i man who never noes any harm might crawl into a cave and stay there ten yea,- without being missed. Ther say -one swallow does not make a spring." Just try boiling coffee, and see if it won't. Christ mas lesson for the young: "('hil drel. th eC>.t part of the turkey is the drumn-stiek. W hen amn- is about to sneeze he had I rather do that than anything elhe in the --Plints" in the stock market are proba h; -s (:dld becaue speculators generally I stuck n. them. Englnd doen't obijcet to taking a drop wh-n She fccls like it. Last year she (Irank :N1 .:31:1. fjiworth of liquor. A -ilon writer says all the fishions are f4 ,!-nder wvomen. They are certainly nat designed for slender purses. Lo is blind." True. true. The youg a~lover never sees the dog till it is too lat- to e-cape in a dignified manner. The Puritan is the name of a new color in ladieb goods. Of course it is warranted to be f:st. The only ercunstances under which a man (-an pull more than a horse is when he is pulling at a bottle. re y man killed in war ten have been sent over the gulf by the aid of the corkscrew. says a temperance paper. A policeian in St. Louis attacked by ch olera iorbus lost so much rest that he was forced to go on duty to recuperate. Washington prides itself upon the pos -eun of an egg 1,000 years old. We've S- ome that seemed to be older than A - i':C. easy exercise for Christmas day i ta f counting the change you have f. I ca i: done genertilly with one \t' Ie F'id tth recently sia~ that womenC IeI: ith their eyes. This particularly applie to the woman who watches her ne ibor through thle keyhole. smie one says there is a great deal of hgat erli eyebrows. We do not know abtti.- but we (do know that there is a getdaofIndia ink in them sometimes. \. little 'irn under live, looking at an ugiyfac ina book, said: "I think the - e'ures aire good, if lie was not making up Speking of tile widening of woman's T-phere. why do not sonme of the sex take to c-arpe'ntering? Women are generally inter ested in joiner work. A Tennessee man can so perfectly imi t:.tt- thi sounds made by two (logs engaged in tightinig that he call: a Memphis congr~e :It lonl out of church in three minutes. A shoe- can be made in some of the Lynn. 'itass.. shops in -40 minutes. A pair of feet wo-uhi be likely to go through such shoes Iwith ailmiot as much dispatch. "I on' thnkthere is any royai blood in mly veins." remarked a sad-faced young man as lie made a bee-line for the dentist's: "bu' my-jaw is ev-ery inch aching." I Il -eascus and shiort crops are the latest -, itionts of what ails the farmer. Ought no' sheo't crops to bring good pricesY If no. whyi nlot \ mamn biecomting argy becaulse his gun ki-ked badty. his comilanion said, "Guns are but heuman,1 after all. They are almost sure to kick when the load is too heavy." Whe youi v ~ isit a fair this season politely in',ei for the treasurer. When found, tan- him vour r.rs; with a pleasant smile. Itwil saive v'ou all further trouble. It i- harnd scratchiing either to devise or o afod all' the Christmas gifts that the season (all for'. But if you leave to scratch cieber that y'our patron saint is Santa RailwarV conuductorisae tliat IFriday i.: ihe lighhtet day of the week tor travel It is pr.lobabl because so many' people have a sut'orati'zus idea of the day as being un luckr. A' keni-tcky man claims to be able to - - - hs tmoith with water and blow it no;"n ie. ears." The remarkable part -fhi e.teent is that thte man is able to take Lhe watehr ito his mlouith. G.oing -curity foir a relative is a good -Ih a; like~ liekiing a red-hot poker with thf~ge hiere is nothing to lie gained, and onv jaou one man in a million can do A~ boy' wa s asked if he ever prayed in Ihureb, *nd answered, "O( yes: 1 always ayaprayer' like the rest do, just before the --"ri-n be-ins." "What do you say?" was thei tinury "Now I lay me down to IRum an-d hooer is said to he one of the be-- co'u-h medicines for a family. The w'ill tin'uc her .share o-f it -the hones' wile the hus-band, with his usual self-.sac tit-i ooton, ge-ts awsay with the rumi. -ieture - on cooking:" exclaimed Mrs. *'.: t in n not going to '-em. My hius * :.I etur'es on cooking. and when he meln-0In - ittmothier he looks around for -eethiy to applaud." <-n ptre acer standing in the pulpit hold in 'tpn 'he door o'f the kingdom of heaven darit aut t arily as much attention as . at ri-il hioldtuig open tile door of the Ih.) We A need reform. Fou r iv months ago old Ben Butler deelared that the Fiftieth Congress would b 1 Reui ' ca. tna matter' wha~it happened. - is no linting for Wiggins in order to * t- hands atnd sympathiz~e with him. C hr'ii. as shIcIlng is a delightful occu p-iin faor lte people with long pulses: and ye it 'is by no means sure that the people wih shor-t ones dot not get more pleasure p all I I&i , ( q C)3"': k 0 u 'I LU ho feIve.h-ce'ie Ulmt the m - z:1'. ' s tvl 0 '00, a1. the NowT tn n -- d::ily 10::J o 11 M hi-. wI f .- I - :33,.- a . I ' '. 1 h i*e F . ' b - 333 3. yt i . . .~~~~~~~ t iawnG.: :W ~ al', . n , :0,h e dly . 3 L V J'(333-: :3' : 13?' : :' r .&*-- ''I '.-::i''r - :' igh 1ng'.\'::: who L1'.Ce ep3 down'.3 * dt::..:isalsehasone PIilep it TI A- 1 :front UI V .o s.. i iii -n A il :i .suffuer o v: 1 !cc. I: 91 th.-4"o teokts CM lin P h i ; V]rt wLat gloio mI, woulb flte poor. . i.. :,, .-W and ead aed, .In,'di'.--'on,Dyspeypsia, --U2LA Cril URES HEUMATISI, A :2 aoUL ., 1'vER S'"anBiAsT13 r...:w~es m. :~n-y rc r. a., : joy 3 '3. ' ;:; i33 ..3.i..',. trengthen 4 4g 3:1 .t3'tS la t e I:.,. -.-OU?A G""90!C".00E SIGK-H EADAGHE, N--'nalai.Pai i::ti iin.P.' . N<:: .".bly to 3d: ! e e-.:3 3:34 To 33m 1' t1o +-VOLINA CTL CURES BYSPEPSIA, .jj,-C 3"" *rr ;SHE Jr~ i-.:len r. ':- "'.+ . xeiin byo r'O im 'V:. A C ] A c L C U- . E 4 R-: : '::. ED -VIU .,A C. rUS A . p w n~e: f . a ad '-..-e:1""s3b e.- er.3-. V -:I .i. : ri: - j to_ . . C . Co 'a d . Abut twenity ye ars oa I dIscovered a nounced it cancer. I have Cried a numbe3jr of :":.r beanEi. Anlonp t he in~~mber w3ere ('ne (3 . ~hada333n--kt..-r tr !!arzy~srd the0 3erd1'33t) t- : the' neigh3b:'r$ cu:d nellee' I i:e..ttn had~ been'' hat for iO wo r threeer u~iy hbat .'1evere painInm bn're'ait. .Vtt a lttl r-ot bou th s~e 'f a haif dIme, at ev"ery clne with 3'ancer t33.'IeS. S. S. a f::ir tri: .. 1N3,3CY .t -M'cCONAU" THE SWVII"T fiSHLEY fOLT Te Solubi/"uano33'i.:uhiy concent rate ASlILI:Y (:OTT f\N NDo CO MI'Coi' WI) "rops an:' ai.,u largely usedt by the iTruei lizer f' r (Cotton, Cornt and. .tma!!i Grain Crs jies, tc. ASH LEY Di"33'VEDj ''oNE: ASIILE2 ;ad:.-fs:' use alne rnd in Co~'::o heap. F. r Terms>, Di'veeUn:;, 'Te&tiolzal, and I uUlicationis of the (Ctmj~any, addk'ss THE ASHLEY PHOSP Nov'25tiy 'L-' p ' e: wonderful discovery. k other vet t.andyo v: IBcoveu noaI ; on:.L h s ne Of !abor rn- i es-en. ta in, but :r greatiy -1 r to ,:te of both - nd . . ie tves the 1:Ne !in k'!In.: oe Tmre favorable - e : r e iless liable to ai other -:oms. x- e:teacy in - l o be called A -:_ *;:i:Nr. aln t> rank ( .: n remred es of ; -: cer 7cate; conl , n D his r11 e.:: .y without LID : :h : e wrer . Yet Sei Ta our ro.~ "To *ur< mailed free ERADFIELD0 lIr:-r LAr) co., Atlaut., Ga. PIANOS ndRGANS From the World's Best Makers, AT FACTORY PRICES. Easiest Terms of Payment. Eight Grand Makers, and Over Three Hundred Styles to Select From. PIANOS: Chickering, Mason & Hamlin, Mathushek, Bent and Arion. ORGANS: Mason & Hamlin, Orchestral and Bay State. Pianos and Organs delivored, freight paid, to all points South. Fifteen days' trial, and Freight Paid Both Ways, if not satisfactory. Order, and test the Instruments iu your Own Homes. COLUMBIA MUSIC HOUSEL Branch of LUDDEN & BATES' SOUTHERN 31USIC HOUSE. PRICES AND TERMS THE SAME. N. W. TRUMP, Nanager. CHARLOTTE FM1IALE INSTINTE. V 0 INSTIT1'TE for YOUNG LADIES J ' in the Stoith ias advantages supe riorto those owfered heie in ever- depart mi t-CoIlliat, Art and M.Isie. Only x ri'need a ndacoplis!:" tneecra. Ti.' buling is 'ihtd with gas, warmed ;ii th ost w, rl-!i' i !nrnaceszhuL hot an coal wae luths,' andl iirst-clas apii:tinents a:, a lIardlii:g school in vr rse-n cho in the outh has sunerper in in; C Il i-.ite (cour-e. inicluding an.ient 1p iiidt'rn iguages, per (es, i of 2o weeks.............$100 oora rof t satre ilor LCatal'.:t:, wi in fu!! particulars, ad d r Iw 'E . <MA.;. A TKINSON, Chalott, C UNRIVALED ORCANS On the EASY PAYMtENT system, from $3.25 perrmonthup. 10 styvies, Seto$'o. Send for Cat aloguce wita full particuars, mailed free. UPRICHT PIANOS, constructed on the new method of stringing, on simiar terms. Seud for descriptive Catalogue. MIASON & HAMUN ORGAN AND PIANO CO., Boston, New York, Chicago. .0 Crim ible. Ste sor ~a my:u ch.ek, and tibe dueor. pro at my eaC.meeruwz-, her.ting up. M'y general hal a hacking~ cough ate spit bloou con~tin Saigsix boules of S. S. S. my cough left i't! years. My cancer ha:, healM. over all but .I1 it 47pd ly d isappearin:J. I would advt.e mIEY. Aslie Grove, Tiippecanu Co., Ind 1 seemS t cure cance((rs byd forcin;. out thec S1ECiF!.C CO., D'awver ', Athmta, Ga. iBLE UJUANO, I Ammioaiate-I Guano, a complete igh )ND -A complete t''rtiizer for these era near Chatricoton for vegetables, etc. p and exce!!ent Non-Ammoniaied Fer p, and also for Fruit Trees, Grape ACID PHOSPhATE, of very High or the v'arians attractive and instrnetive ATE CO., Charles on/S.~.C. like them in the world. Will positively curo ound each box is wrorthi ten times the cost of a ience. ens box will - do more to purify the lod and cur chtron .., wort ofa other a &j.remedy yet discov 1-- - ed.Ifpeople could a ihrm- b made to realize 100 mit.' to get ex iv th could not be had srM pi s fre otai. Send for it; Uich Blood!