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Ito 8b w? How a Utan Can Ovoi cora? Evil. 1 ID this diaoourso Dr. Talraage do plots the struggle o! aman who doBircs Uber*'!"!! fvtytn tho enthrallmoni of ?vii and shows how ho may bo sot froo; text. Proverbs xxiii, 35: "Whon shall I awako? I will seek it yot again." With an insight into human nature such as no othor mau over had Salomon in thoao words is akotohlug tho montai procesaos of a man who has stopped asido from tho path of rootitudo and would liko ?b roturn. Wishing for sorno ting botter, ho says: "Whon shall I awako? Whon Bholl 1 got ovor this hor rible nightmaro of iniquity ?'But, so?// od upon by unoradioated appotito and pushed donn hill hy his passions, ho crios out: *'Iwillsook it yot again. I will try iConoo morel" About a milo from Prinooton, N. J., th ero is a skating pond. Ono winter day, whon tho ioo was very thin, a far mor living near by wornod tho young men ol tho dan gor of skating at that timo. They all took tho warning oxoopt ono youDg man. Ho, in tho spirit of bravado, said, uBoye,ono round moro." Ho stiuok out on his skates, tho ioo broke, and his lifeless body waa brought up. And in all mnttors of temptation and allurement it in not a prolongation that is propoood, but only just ono moro in du) gen co, just ono moro sin. Thou oomos tho fatality. Alas, for tho ono round morol "1 will s:ok it yot again." Our librarlos aro nd or nod with olo gant litoraturo addroestd to young men pointing out to them ?li tho dangora and porils of life-oomploto maps of tho voyago of lifo-tho shoals, tho rooks, tho quicksands. Bat t.uppoec a young mau is already nhipwrookcd, oap poso no is already off tho track, oupposo ho has already gono astray, how o?n ho got baok? Thau is a question that ro mains unauswored, and amid all thc boukj oi' tho hbru'io.i Iliad not ono word on that subj 2Ot. To that elate o? porr?ono I this day address mytolf. You oompRro what you aro now with what you wtro tbroo or four yoars ?go, and you aro groatly disheartened. Yuri aro ready with ovcry pasuiou of your soul to liston to a disousiion Uko th's. Bo of good chem. 1 Your boot day u oro yot to oomo. I offer you tho Lend of woloomo aud rcsouo. I put tiio silver trumpet of tho gospol to my lip) and blow ono long, loud blast saying, "Whoaover will, lot him oomo, and lot him oomo n >w." Tho oburoh of God ia roany to aproad a b?nqum upon your ro turn, and all tho hu rarebs ol heaven fall into lino of bauaorod prooitwiou over your rodemption. Yoars ago, and w hilo yot Albort Barnes was living, I proaohod in hi^t pulpit ono night to thc youog mon of Philadelphia. In tho opening of my diooourso I ?hid, ' 0 Lord, give mo ono soul tonightl ' At tho c.OJO of tho sorvioo Mr. Barnon iuttod?ood a young man, saying, "Th s is tho youog mau you prayod for." But I t>oe now it w?s a too limitod prayer. 1 offer no mich prayor tidiy. lt mutt tako io a wider sweep. "Loid, give ue ail the.-.o souls today for happiness and heave ul1' t?o far as God may help mc 1 propose to Ghow what, i re tho obstuolea io your roturn and ?hen bo iv vou aro to i ?rmo?ni thoso obstados. The iirut difficulty iu tho way of your return is tho U.roo of moral gravitation. Juit au thoo is ft natural law whioh brines do*vn to O?rth anything you throw in o ttio air, so ?hero ia a corresponding merni gravitation. I nover shall forgot a prayer I hoard a young man make in tho Young Men's Christian Association of Nnw Yoik With trembling volco and btronmiug eyes ho said: ' O God, thou knowcat how.easy it is for mo to do wrong and how hard it is for mo to do rigb.il God help mc!' That man knows not hid own heart who has never folt tho power of moral gravitation. In your boyhood you had good nssooi atos and bad assooiatis. Whioh moat improBsod you? Daring tho last low yoars you havo hoard puro anoodotos and impuro aueodotos. Whioh tho oasiesb Btuok to your memory? You havo had good habits &nd bad halms. To whioh did your poul moro easily yiold? But that moni gravitation muy bo resisted, Just as you may pick up anything iroiu tho oarth and hold it in your hand toward heaven, just so, by tho power of God's gruoo, a fallon .soul may bo lifted towaru peaoo, toward par don, toward salvation. Tho torco ot! moral giavitation i? i:i every ono of us, but also power in God's gi*oo to ovor oomo thad foroo. Tho next thing in tho way of your roturn ?B tho pawer of evil habit. 1 know thoro aro thoso who s*y it is very easy for thom to Rive up ovil habitu. I cannot beliovo thora. Hero is a man given to intoxioatiou, who k.mwa ii xe disgracing hiii family, destroying Uie property and ruining him-body, mind and ?oui. If that man, being an intelli gent man and loving his fttinily, could easily givo up that habit, would ho not do BO? Tho faofc that he dooa not givo it up proves that it is hard to givo it np., it ia a very ea?y thing to fail down stream, tho tide Oirryiug you with great foroo; bub t? up pose you turn tho boat up tKit-riui, ht ii so easy thou to row it? As long a, Wo > it Iii to tho evil inolinatious in our heart and io our bad habits wo aro tiauiLg do vn stream, but tho monibnt wu try to tu ri wo put our boat in thu rapids jus: ?,buVo Niagara and try to row up cucum. A phykioian tulla IUB patient that lia must quit mo usu of tobacco, aa it itt destroying his health. Tho man re plies, "1 cnn mop that habit cnoy enough." Ho qu ta tho Use of t ito ween. Ho gnu around nor. knowing what to uo with lim: oil'. Ho cant ot ad? up a ouluum oi figures; ne oannot sleop bigots, lt tfuint > us if thc world had turucd upside ito?vn He leela hi? bu*int bb ie going io rum. Wnoro iio was hutu ann obliging ho is scolding and ticfut. Hu ?cmpo?urio tlijtt on?r.iO'*,r.?;d him ha* Rivoli way to a lrctlii) ieailei>0ue'bH, nu-, ho i a? beoomo a oomp.ciO fiogot //t ai puwtr ia it tba', has relied a Wave vf woo cv?r thc eanh and um,k..n pcrtuni io tim n say ens? Ho lin? quic tobacco. Atter awhile ho tit-.y s: "i am geing to do as .1. ph mu. T?io dootor docs not under' s i m.. a my o?;0. 1 am going b.ck to my oin habito " And ho lOtUvos. Jfivt-rythiig assumes us usu J eu tn po?* UlC. H;S L U.ii l k6 blt Un? IO brighlUb The v.oii? bc eon. en an attractive plnoe to live in. HJS OLJIO? K, bceibg tho diffocenoe, hail too return of their faUiot's gouial disposition. What wave ef ooior ha? da?hed niuo into thc sky, and fcicenoflb into tho mouutaiu foliage, and the glow of bapphuo into tho buuset? What enobant meet ha* lifted a woild of beauty and joy on hio l'ou?? He ha*) resumod tobaooo. Tho fact io, wo ail know in our own experionoo that habib is a taskmaster. As long QB we obey it it dooB not chas tise us; but lotus roji.it, and wo find that wo aro laslkd with soorpion whips nnd bound with un ip oablo and thrown into tho track of bono broaaiug Jugger nauts, Suppose a matt of ?vo ot toa or twon> ty yoaro of evildoing reaolvoa to do right, why aro all thofo~o)aof dark ness alliod against him? Ho gota down on bia knoos in tho midnight and orion, ' G >d holp mot ' Ho bitoa his lin. lt J griuds his tooth, Ho olinohos his fiat in a determination to keop to bia pur pose Ho claro not look at tho bottles in the window of a wino atoro. It ia ono iong, bi im, oxuauaiivo, baud io hand fight with infUmod, tantalizing, morcilces habit. Whoa ho thinks ho ia entirely free,-tho old inolioation pounces upon him Uko a paok bf hounds all their muszlos tearing away at the flaoka of ono poor roindoor. In Paris thoro ia a soulptured ropro sontstion of Baoohus, tho god of rovolry Ho ia riding on a pauthor at full loap. Uh, how euggOBtivol Int every ooo who ia apcediug on bad ways undoi stand ho ia not riding a d milo and woll broken stood, but that ho ia riding a monotor wild and bloodthirsty aud go ing at a doath leap I have a's > to say if a man wants to return from ovil preoUcoe seoioty ro pulses him Tho prodigal, wishing to roturn, trioa to tako aocuo profosior of religion hy tho hand. The professor of religion looks at- him, looks at tho faded apparel and tho m irks of dieaipatlon, aud instoatl of givicg him a firm grip of tho hand offors him tho tip ond of tho longer; flagora of the loft hand, which is equal to striking a wan iu tho faoo. Ob, howfow Christian pooplo undor btaud how muoh gorpol thoro is in a good, honest h&ndeh&kiugl Snuoihms when you hav ) folt tho noed of ou oourcgomont and aomo Ohri#tiau man baa tokon you ho?rtily by tho hand, ho7o you not folt thrilling through ovory fiber of your body, mind and soul au onoouragcinont that waa j ist what you noedod? Tho prodigal, wishing to got into good scotty, ontors a priyoe mooting. Borne good man without muoh sonso gro?is biro by saying: ' Why, aro you her?? You aro about tho l*Bt porson thai I expootod to soo in a prayor moot ing. Woll, tho dying thiof WAH savod, and thoro in hope tor you." You do not kno'.v anything about thia unless you havo learned that whon a man trios to roturn from ovil oouraos of oonduoi bo runs against ropu ?'ono jmmmor.v Wo s?iy of nomo mau, "Ho livos a block or two from tho oliurob, or half a ratio from tho oburoh." Ii all our groat oitii s thoro aro mon who arc 5,000 milos fro IQ ?duiroh-vast do.iert) of iudiffor onoo boiwoon them and tho houso of GM. The f *ot U wo unut koop our re spectability though thousands porish. Obnut ea- vyitb. publioann aud oinner?, but ii tboro como to tho homo of God a mau with mark* of dir nipation upon his people aro almost Ruro to put up th ir banda in horror-, as muoh as to say, "I* it not shocking?" iiotf tl o*o dainty, fastidious Ohrb liam in ?di our eburo on aro goiog to got into hoHvan I d > not know, unlosj ilioy bayo au oapooial train of otra outfhi?nod ann upholstered, eaohoao a oar to himself. They cannot go with tho treat herd of publioans sod sinners. O J, yu who ourl your Hp of toora on tho fallon I I tell you plainly that if j ou had bo,on surrounded by t.io saran ii flutnoe instead of oittine today amoug tho c.ilurcfl, and tho ft fin id, sr.d thc (Jhrimnn you might bav<5 boen a orouoh iog wretch in tub'.o or ditoh oovered with filth and abomination. lt io not, bvtAtno \;o aro na'.utally any battar, but bc cause tho in? roy of God hs? pro tected us Those that aro brought up in Ohrhiian ouolc* and watched by Ohi'iotian parootngo should not bo BO hard o:> tho fallen. I think, also, that mm aro ofton hin dared fi om returning by tho fnot that churches aro noxious.about their mom b?r?hip, too auxibus about thoir do nomination, and they iu.?h out when they soo a man ubout to fcivo up oin and return to God and ask him ho tv In ia going to bo baptizid-wbethor by p.pviokling or immorjion-and what Lt is a poor ti um to talk about Presby terian onteohHrn and JOpisoopal litur gics nud Mothodiot lova foaata aud liaptint immorsiona whon a man io about to como out of tho darknoss of sin into tho glorious light of tho gos pel. Somo of you, like myaolf, woro born in tho country. And what glorious nowa might theso youuK mon send homo to thoir paronts that this after noon thoy had tmrrondorod thomsalvoo to God and started a now lifel I know how it is in tho oountry. Tho night oomc3 on. Tho oattlo stand undor tho rack, through whioh burat tho trusBos bf hay. Tho horsoo havo just frisked Up from tho meadow brook at tho night-fall and stand knee deep in tho bright straw that invites thom to lio down and roat. Tue perch of tho hovel ia full of fowl, thoir feet warm undor thoir foathors. Who? tho nights got oold, tho fiarnos 0:?p their hands ab OVO tho groat back log and shako tho shadow of tho group up and down tho wall. Fathor and mother sib thoro for half an hr.ut say ing nothing. I wonder what thoy aro thinking o?? Af tor awhilo tho father b.t?i??.i ibo B?IOUOO aud Bays, "Wollt I wonder whore oar boy is in towa to night?" And thc mother anaworfc: "In uv bad place, I warrant you. We ni wive o .ntUt trust him when ho was at ii'/Uii), und tinco.he h .vi boon away thc.?? have biou so macy prayers of fered for him wo oan ti tnt him still." Thoa Ut 8 ur 9 o olo?k, jus; before thoy retire, for they go early lo bod, they kbebl nowa ad com mond you to tha^ God who 'w&touca in oountry and in town, o t tho laud ?nd oil ibo Boa. CK?OIO ono tia?d to a Gruoian gonora', "What wa? tho proudota moment of your lift ? ' He thought a mocuout and ca.J, " L'no proudest niomjnb wau whoo I of nt word'heme to my parents that I hft j ; a in u i ho viq.ory," And tho i.i'\d I est M'd mo.it brilliant mmuout in your it! J WIJ! ho the momont when you oari aond >ord to your parents .hai you h*vo eon quered thc ovil habitu by tho grace ol G vd aud bi como otorual v.o tor. Oh, dc pifo not pirontal enx'tct-, 1 The tim.; wiil como whun y m will tuyo neither fatbotnor mother, and you w;Jl go Hiouud tno plaoo whero thoy u<i.d to watch y JU and find thom geno from thc house ami geno hom the field and f one from tho neighborhood. Ory as loud Jor lorgivorioHs as you may ovor the mound in thu ohuroliy*rd. ih-y e?h?ot answer Da ad I Doadl And ih n you wi<i take cut tho white look ot h air that was out from mother's brow ju>t before they burjod hor, aud you will if>k..> tho oana with v/.hioh your father used to walk, aud you will think und think and vn.m that you lind dono j tat aa they wanted you and would givo mo world ?f.you hbd novor thrust a pang through thoir doarold hoar ta, God pity tho young man who has brought disgraoo on bia father'a namoi God pity tho young roan who baa ? broken, hit; mothor'a heartl Battor that ho had nover boen born. Bolter if in tho first hour of bia lifo, instead of be ing laid against tho warm booom of ma ternal tondorues?, ho had boen coffined atd Hopulohtrod..There lane balm pow* ort ul enough to hoal tho heart of ono who h a fi brought paronts to a norrowful bio. Rrjvo and who tftfndore" nboii? through tho dismal oooiotcry rondiug tho ?ir aud wringing tho hindu and 0'yiugi "Mother, niothorI ' 0\ that todo?, by all tho nioniorloa of tho prat and by all tho hopos of-tho futuro, you would yield your hoart to G v. I MUy your father's God md your mother's God bs yourGod forovor! This hour tho door of-'moroy swingy wido opon, l????lnto not .a uiuuiunc. In m-my a o vjo hesitation is tho loss of all. At tho oorijor of a stroot I saw a tragody. A young man ovidontly doiuV.od as to whioh ?irootion ho had bottor taki. Tho young man hoBitatod at. a timi whon hosiUtion wa3 ruin, a td tin ba 1 angol smoto tho gool angol uitil it de parted, spreading wing* through tho starlight, upward and a*ay, until a door swung opon ia tho hky, aud for over tho wings vanishod. That was tho turning point in th it young man's history, lor, tho good Angol flown, ho hesitated no longor, but ?tar od on n pathway whioh is beautiful at tho opaning, but blastod et tho last. Tho bad angel lod tho way through gato af ter gato, and at oaoO gato the road bo oamo roughor and tho sky moro lurid, and, what was poouliar, as tho gato (dammed ibu1, il oatno to with a j Ar that indioatod it wou'd nevor opon. Past oaoh portal there wero a grinding of looks and a ohoviDg of tho bolts, and tho roonory on each sido tho road ohanged from gardens to jUtorts, a id tin Juno air bcoaum a euttiug Drouin* ber blast, and tho blight ?iugo of the bad angol turned to saokoloth, and tho fountains that at tho ntart lu.d tossod with \'.ino poured forth bubbling toar? of foacniug blood, ru;d on tho right sido of tho road I boro wat a serpent, and tho man said to tho bad angol, "What iu that s jrpent?" Aud tho ooswor was, 'That is tho ? or pi-ut of flinging ro uiorao." On tho left sido o? tho road thoro was a lion, and tho man oiled tito bad angol, "What is that lion?' Tho answer wno, "That U tho liou of alldevQuring despair," A vulture tl a * through tho i ky, and tho man ?skod t'to bad aogol, "Whatis that vulturoV 1 Tho auewor was, "That ia tho vulture waiting for tho oaroasses of tho s'ain." And thon tho man said to tho bad angol: "What doos all this moan? I trustod in what you said at tho stroot oornor: I trusted it all. Why havo you thus deceived mo?" Than the I net d ooption fell off tho oharmor. nad ho BAid: "I w*3 60ut from tho' pit to do ovroy your r>oul. I watohod my o'innoo for many a long year. When you (Hesi tated that night au the stroot orner, 1 frdnod my triumph. Now j ou aro here, ia, hal Y u aro here I Oomo, now, lot. us fl .1 too ohelioe r.ud drink to dark noon and woo and death, tl .il, haili'' Oh, young min, will tho gool angol pout forth by Ohriet;'or tho bad ?ngel pout forgh by Hin get tho viotory ovor your soul? Their wings RIM infcorlookod thin momont above you, contending for your soul, o-i ab^vo tho Aponniooa oaglo and condoi fl* ht in midsky. Thin hour decided otornal destinion. Letter from Capt. Kidd. A loitor 2U0yuars old, irom Captain Ktdd, tho notor.ouu pi ruto ohtof to Joho B Ailey, 10 q , of Now Y jrk, whiou. from ov.do.,00 oontaitiod in it i> boiiovod tc bo genuine hy thoso to whom it ha? bo com? aa heirloom, ha* boen dcpoolteil lor bf-fo keeping, with other piporrf, ir tho ?.lli .o o? th: reo.rd ooinini ?aionen ci Prpvidenoj, li 1. The jotter is tho property of Edward Fluid, ouvk ot ho munio pal court ol MrOvideneo, and historian, a dosooutUni of the "Warner family, which w.?a ?.mou* ^ho tirol to ftotllo in what is now th? town of Warwick, lt wad Joindainoui family papers. Apparently tho corotnunioation wai written after tho oapture . of O&plair Kidd, lt, it dated Bjotjn, 1700-1, anc it saya, in part: "I t\?ar wo aro in a bad situation Wo are taken for pirates and you mu*' oojno to Boston as Boon as you got this thore is no ono 1 San depend upon. * 1 I do not ooo you, 1 will toll you whtr my moooy ?3 It is * * * . ? is buried on * *" * * island in Bostoi harbor on tho * * * * * island ii two ohests, oontaining from 15,DUO ti 20,000 pound.! otorlirg in monoy, jow els and diamonds, xhoy aro bucioc abou*. four foot doop, with a fl it otom on thom and a pile ol' stono noarby Thoro is no ono who knows whoro it i but mo now li vu g "It is about * * *. * up tho hill oido. Don't fail to oomo to mo ns soot as you rooaivo this, li I an gono ti lOogland bo tbr.ro as sion as poasiblo Secure tho monoy and diamonds bef jr vou oomo as monoy will do a groat den for us." Tho lotter oontains uiuoh moro mal tor and rofers to many inoidonts wino luv o boon f jund lo bo historically ooi root, Tho nords whioh wouid toll oa solly whom tho treasure was buriod ar Omitted and their plaoos aro tnkon b oroaoos. lt is oonsidorod likely tba along with tho lotter went anotbe writing in which wa i givon tho koy t tho omitted words. Rescued, Half Frozen. Tho eouooiur D^U^IASH H i, noa o Bath, Mo., Capt. Biaisdeil, from Poi .Joh noon for I?AI?OWOU, MO., with c*rgo of ooal ii sunk botwoen Shovolft and Polko\ Hip Shoals, with hor thrc musts pn jooiiugoutol tho wator. Oap Blaisdtll and orow of f our mon vo. resound by tho soboener Luther T. G? rettsou landed here t'uotdiy aftemoor after having sutforol terribly from ox pohuro. Capt. Biai^doll states thi whoa on Nantuoko^ Shoals on tho mort lng of tho Ulm bo enoouutorcd a vio out ft&lo and anoborod. Tho vobSt redo out tho galo ali right Ultll late i tiho aftornoon whon the i>oa oauA^d h< to leak Dr.dly. Soon tho ducks woi .-\ .. fi h anda.lhaiid i olimbod uno ti xgging Thirty mimi wi af tor thc haut>oour<d iljcnmolvo? in tho riggic tho vo-sul wo nu to tho bottom. Tl mon wtro bighted by the suhoom Lu.hcr T. Oinuimn lr un Boston, fi Bninnwio?, G*. Tho gale had at th limo moderated somewhat and tho Gt rct?oii H boat rcs^uod tho fregon HOI m.tx --~ I, Lynched In Indiana. JOROBO D. K . h HU. I. myo-l Miohig n t;rty, ind., at 12 IO h'.idi muming for tm murd r ol Mbo No I K. zer. She Win n urd, red near KtitJi homo &i>d tho tiody wm piaood in wei), frpt? wiiio i it v/?in i?kon by Ko! v.hoo he b. OAUIO alai md at ihovid uomoii, and S>*AH throw h into a eroi m?n> nuiud fiuiu tito well. Tho oi oumul ano J? of tho murder havo bot vividly recalled by tho muid ir of t; woiuou, aldo at Evansvillo wubin tl pant low ll'OH. Nod Dayl** and a wom.tu living wi him on n ahanty boat at Tiptonvill Tonu., havo mysteriously diaappos?r< and it ?H bJiovod thoy havo boon mu derod. Tho boat was found a short di tanoo bolow town on tho Mi6?is?ip riv^r. ? Blood clots wiro found all ov tho floor and on tho bow of the bo whoio ths bodies aro supposod to lu beon thrown into tho river. Davis ry a mhorly fisherman and roputod havo savod a'oomidorablo sum of mon which ho kopt ?corotod on tho boat. '? * .- : ?Vj ,;. '' V,, . . < }.,?.''.. 4 ? \ ,< GOOD ROADS THAIN, ' -? Practical Instruction In th? Art of R al Bu id ng. ORE IT NEED OP THE IOU PH QroenvHIo livltt? tho PaopU cf tha State to tho Oood R >adt O invention In Dtfcambor. O a bo half Of ibo oiti/in? of Gl reon yillo au invitation is oxtondodto tho peoplo of Sou li Carolina to visit our oily during tho wo ok boglnning Mon day, Doo. 16 ih, wliou tho "Good Roads Spooial" of tho Southern Railway will bo horo for tho purposo of building sam plo roads and holding mootingo with tho vio w of te (lobing the pooplo in praotioal road building. Thia io tho only point in tho Piedmont nootiou whore tho train will stop to do any wOrk, and ovoryono who oin do so ought to tako tho opportunity of loaming for hinnolf what can bo dono in tho mak ing of r'oado with noooisary maohinory handlod by mon who aro oxports in tho budnosp. So muoh hf} been said and written in rogaid to this subj ?ot of good'roadn that tho pooplo of tho South aro prao Moally in thorough aooord with tho idea that good roads aro an aoquinition and bono?t to any oorumuuity. Kv??y ouo ia oonviuood that tho laok of good roads is ono of the greatest drawbaoks to tho growth and prosperity of tho Siutk, and to cupply thia hok ?? ono of tho most Morion J probloms before in to-day. A not work of maia roads built und*r ??/tontillo direotion with durablo and permutent matorial will alono moot tho urgent demand of our rural distrioto and markot towns. Tho linos of oom potition aro boing drawn moro olosoly cv ?ry yoar and tho margin of profila aro growing more slender in oonsoquenoo, so Um!, it is imperativo to employ ovory o'oraont looking to low-priced produc tion and oheap distribution of tho ornpB that arc grown on tho farms, and whioh aro to ho eonsumod by tho non produo ors. Tho ontiro population of any soo tion is interested in whatovor may con tribute to this rosult, and it io olonrly demonstrated that good roads aro a primo faotor in tho dovelopmont of tho oountry, whilo providing tho greatoa* ooonomy in bringing tho prod no .5 and oouRumor togothor, so that both olassjs will profit bv oa-sy aud oheap transpor tation over our publio road*. How oan wo soouro battor roads in tho South? This ia the question to bo dmoussod by practical mon in tha Ghod Riada o mvontion whioh will bo held ia this eily whilo tho road-making is being dotuors'ratod on tho roads and otrcots. Organixol and praotioal lines Diu8t bo lai i down to soouro tho results aimed at, and it is necessary Mut ovary o u/. 'ii shall givo big moral and 0oau> obi impport to measures whioh ara in tended for tho beni fl. of all. Good roads rnoan a direot bent fl to ever; tit? mor, a-J inoro is no piau that Vf iii do moro to onhauoe tho value of lands and corolop rural oouiumntios than perma nent and well-Q.invruitod high wave.. Nothing oan bo found to oont.ibuto moro to the oouteu\umnt and happiness of n filming popula iou, aud whatever o mduoos to this fct?to of nfl airs on tho farra ooniiIM InDting benefits' upon towns and oitios, for tho prosperity and advancement of tho farmors aro q lieV ly n fl otad in tho growth frtfd woaltlu prnduoing oharaoter of their noighbaio. Whilo thoro is groat unanimity upon tho advantages of good roadi, 'Micro is in roevny very little praoMoal knowledge i as to tho moans and np pli ar. eon for scouring this desirable roeult, aud heneo tho proposed oonventioa butht to nt traoi man from eveiy walk or lifo, enpo oially those who aro ongagod in making and exeoutiog tho law? of tho stato. Tho borlen of oonstraoting and main taining good roads mu?t not fall upon any partioukr O'RSU, and whilo tho woik of road building it a pr ?otioal no oocuity, thoro is also aa imperativo ro qilromont in providing tho ways and means for constructing roads upon an. equitable and just basis, This oan bo aboorloiaed by disouasing and demon stration, and boneo lb) proprio ty of organiz'og Good Hoads associations while giving instruction in praotioai road building. Both of thoso obj tots ?ill bo attained in the ooming ot tin "Good Road Spcoial" next month to Groouvlllo, and suoh an oppo:tusity is rarely given any pooplo at so moderato a oont. Tho oilizona of Greenville aro mak ing full preparation for the aooominoda tiou of hundrods? and thousands who aro cxpooted from ovory quaitsr of tho SUto, and in addition to the hotels and boarding houioa, tho private families aro asked to tako boarders for tho week in order to provide for any oxtra de mand on this oooasion. Jamos A. Hoyt, Ohm'n, J. F, Riohardson, A J. S. Thomas, J. R Horton, Jas. T. William?, Jr. Pr o i-, H Ooinmittoo. Groonvilio, 8. O , Nov. 15, 1901. A Potty Caso. An Bgod lo&Ktont of Utuolioa county, Md , was hauled in court the othor day to f<hu d trial for thu allo^od larceny of nino oggi. Extra jurors had to hu summonod, an i it oout tho county $250 to tty tho oaso. (Jounsol for tho do fond Atrt (who was 73 years old) said that ho had known his oiitntas au hon oed and upright man for forty yoara, anu that ic was inorodiblo that ho ifould stoat ogg?. Ho arguos further more that 'tho S'.ato had not ihown that tho eggs wore o ni nd, and niuo roteen eggs would have uo value at all Tho jury roturnod a vordiot of "not guilty." _ A New Engine. Oolonol Joan ?Jaoou io ot has patent ?d A minno turbin o ongtno to drivn Vcbpols at h'g i ?pOid, whioh ia highly prrtjflod hy tho (xports. rho An or tu roi no ditter-! ? rom othor focmsin that it l as no eta'donary parin o her than tho j U'oals au1 ofouudatim framos ?hua oavry it Thooatiog of tho tuc, m.M rVvblv?? aa w.-ll ni the shutt, Um in au op.jofdto uircoiioo. Whilo (ho shaft propobi ono propoilor, t?ic O?SA, whirlirtg in tho opposite direction, move? a seooud eorow, both soryws driv* ug tho yo? sol- _ Death Ends Hunt for Gold. Attorney Goiural John M. Shoots of Ohio, heard from Taoom?, Wash., that Mn n JUmuia Soott who was Mri. Shcot'o sister, has prohaly diod from starvation and oold in tho interior of Ala*ka. Sh? wont to Capo Nome last year to.try for tune in tho gold fi.ililo and lator Joined a party going to a now region in tho interior. Tho mo mb om dropped out until only Mirv Boott and George Duo* oan wore loft. Sho gave Dinoun all the money sho had to roturo to Nomo ior supplie? and ho did not return. AG Ul; AX' ??HEMI5. It H ?1 itcs to Applo Troon and ")flo ri to Lad lei .'Wo got four loiters a day, oV aa aviogi, aldraased t> that pur ty," said Mr. G ad ton ?oioman, tho atfab'e reg istry ol erk at the p OB to flue. The ad dross on tho onvolope roferrod to roa '.Reubon Amos Applo Troo Company, Troublotown, N. C.," or words to tba olioot, "li?oh ouo of tlic?o lotter s con tains $12, and at an -.. jmgo of four letters a day that follow tu ?ht togok 1300 a month out of tho regiatorod lot ti r froth Columbia-not to montion tho ohooks and n one y orders that ho goto." All this is in roturo for an o il or of employment-for ladies to do writing at homo. They sond $12, buy 60 applo troos at 20 conti oaoh, and booomo Kgonts. Thoy aro thon expoo?ed to V?rito a four lottere oaoh day to friends, tolling of tho applo troo butrinos?, eto. For this Mt. Amos agvoos to pay $20 a:/ month. A groat many pooplo who navo triod it report that thoy aro getting their iiionoy regularly. The aohemo sound? like' a fake, but thoro-aro no re ports of anybody being hurt yot. Ono gentloman in spoakiog of tho novol ar rangomont said ho could not eoe how thora oould bo monoy onough in tho world to pay all these ngonts, but whoro in tho dlokooB are all tho applo trees coming from? ' If thoro aro four lottora a day from Columbia sent for apple lr es then thoro would bo due to arrivo hero 1,680 applo traos por weok, 6.720 p?r mooth, 80 640 a year-provided ?usi nons doona t grow slaok, Ifi'ghft* thou a ad apple-troos for Columbia! Wha must it bo for Chm lol to, for other eiti o for tho States of North and South Carolina where the Mr. Amos has bia agento. Tho numbor of troos ho sells must aggregato hundrodo of thousand? a year. Thia uohomo waa startod in this o tun try by a newopapor man in Florida. Ho his fljodod tho stato with thousands of papers which aro read by nobody, and ho needs no oiroulatien liar to mako bin subsoription list ono of tho Jargostin tho south. Yot thoro aro not many pooplo who oould oft' hand giv? the nemo of tho paper. A man up iu 'North Carolina now off .ra to employ agents in this way to soil doyloy rings. Anchor wants to soil Indian roiios. And thoro I may bo o thora AB yot u aboard of. Some who may bo disposed to con demn this as a lottery porhapB ?vorlook tho faot that nomo of tho most reputa ble and moat eubiuauoinl firms in tho south have worked tho samo plan, tho only difforonoo b.dng that the p&por and app.'e tree men havo had nerve to run it ! on a big nonie. Many pooplo remember that a yoar or two ago they wero urg^d to buy a coupon whioh would entitle them to a book containing sevaral ooupons. By the time this book was . exhausted, tho holdor wis entitled to a suit ot olo'hts, fiat, pair of shoos, or some tun g of that kind. Bat thor O'B oxoito" m mt in it, and tha? is what tho HOT\ wanta. Found in tho Woods. List Friday wotk ngo a negro, Joe Johnson, who lives about th icc and a half miles tait of ?jwujaa, ropurtod ibero that he had f .anni op. the . pro .ooding Monday, uoar his father's home, ft horse and buggy in tho wood??, tho buggy was iu good condition and oom \ parauvcly now. Iii is a top baggy i paiptod oUok with oak panelled body nud rod runuicg gear, which is very '(jlghfc.No.p*ri? OX tho hilgay ia ir fand it doos not soem to have-expori enood a runaway. It waa sold by (Oscar ll. Lowman of Orangoburg. Tho find did notooour until nf tor tho horao's [heath, whioh was oauiod by starvation, aa ia scon from the oondition of tho troos and shrub .Jcry within ita roach. Borne good sized troos aro nearly out down, being eaton soma distance into tho Wood, Joo Johnson olaimo that tho harneas was all on tho horao, but the bridle, hames, and collar wore looso, tho linos being folded up and stools through tho saddle ring. He was out hunting, ko aaid, and carno aoross thom. Farthor ho says that ho missod a dog from his plaoo, and, sooinx the buzenrds, went to try to fi id out if it was tho dog, when he ran up on tho vehiolo about 400 or 500 yard* from his homo. N jib ing has hoon hoard ho o about a lot t horse and buggy, and the on ir, nu aro trying lo invest?galo tho my story. J. Rocord of Judges. Tho following figur?n in regard to tho record of the judges of the mr oui t court of South Carolina furnished Tho Greenville Naws by Adam C. Wellborn from tho.last two bound volumos, N>. 58 and No. 59, of the South Carolina reports will bo road with intoroit by tho friends of tbe diff iront Jariats: Aili-med. Unversed. Watts 88 6-13 ll 7-13 Townsend 78 4-7 21 3-7 G ?ry 78 4-7 21 3-7 Aldrioh 72 2-9 27 2-9 K'ugh 66 2-3 33 1-3 Gage 62 l-l 37 1-2 Bonot 58 1-3 41 2-3 Buehanan . 58 1-3 41 2-3 li liddon tho above the following wore modified: Baohanan 1; Gary 1; Gago 2; townsend 1. A Big Dara. Tho govorntnonti of Lidia has just oomploted a oouoroto dam on tho Perl yar Uiver to oonaorvj its waiora for too iirigatiou of 100,000 acres of land. Ic is 176 foot in height, 133 1-2 toot in thiokness ab the base, ?? foot thiek on top and 1,200 foot in length, lt lu iheretoro six foot highor ana 500 foot ion? ir thftu tho Spriug Valley dam in S tu Muco County, California, lb is ftlao 46 foot higher than tho Assouan cam across tho Niio. lt lus oust the lucian Govurunmnb $2,009,600. The Porgar dam u, uexb LO tko now Croton dam in iNo* ioric, tho largest in tho world. Cue latter is to bo 219 fe t high, 2>J0 loot itauk at tho bauo, 18 lout at ino top ana 2 240 feet long. Merrick's Hoad Comes Off. It st oms to be written that tho "old lino" liepu'oltotns muH go and ono bj ono t ho?r hoad? aro diopped by the power?? that, bo. Tho lat?at is that Mr. A C. Morr'ok has boen rouiovid fra deputy collector io tho internal revenue di.-p it munt of this Stato and Mr. Har por, of ricura Path, is named ad hin ?uooostfor. H*rp?r ia a "Comtnoroial l),imour.it" and hie appointment is ra ooivod A9 snob, tho Republican authori ties disolaiming any orodifc for hin sue* ooss and assorting that Colleotor Hoos ier made tho appointment without Bo publican solicitation. It ls said that not only will tho Coast Lino through traln3bo flited with steam heating apparatus. ' but the improve? mont will hold gooa over tho ontiro sys tem on all maia lino trains. Tho stoves will not bo removed, but will bo kopt or omorgenoios. t A NEQU?TED .hN* AW .1 Wooclcavvin? Is ? Handlc^f t Suitable for Woi'uo :i and Cl Irls, i Ono of tho subjects of great lttornt to tho public how ls *tkao of escupa tlonS for women, and tho question,' .'What shall pur glrlsioarn to do thal, Trill make ilium sw?-suppor?ng nud comfortably independent'/".; ts nske<|, on all sides, Among the callings "eug* . gostcd that have boen tried, o?-follow? ed by women; little attention: so fae., has boon paid to the Industry ofAvood- ; carving, which-munt* bo clonsed under, tho head of art. In considering this genoral topic otto tho advantage offered by tho various classes or artistic'Ijfi'OTt'c?mm?riiy pur-' sued ,by our studebts, a?rprlso has ofton boen expressed that thore has not boon established in this, country years ago and property equipped school o? roaster teaching woodcarving or wood sculpture os a Une art. "In Kurope," said one" of tho workers in this art, "this dellcuto handiwork has for centuries been ono o? tho* favored forms of artistic pastime among tho women of tho nobility, and to-day If counts us Its dovotecs ninny, of tho mop? exclusivo and most highly cultured women on that continent, Lessons ore UH generally tu ko1!*'there' In tills fascinating art by the young women of Ibo iippor classes as ave/ music "and painting by tho daughters of families of Uko soolul lilnk* ru 11UV< country. "It Is Indeed strange that this cruft,-*1, adaptable in its application to HO wide a range of. use nud ornament, luis never hevetoforo been properly pre sented to tho cultured''classes-here., Tho work IR far moro cleanly .than; painting, either in waler colors or lu oil, and tho implements' require loss attention and euro. Tho Himplo and most exact principles upon which true art is based uro J'rpm their very na ture susceptible OP.inoro ready com prehension and mastery than those ufl derlylng many other brunches com monly tuken-dip. . ;. "The skilful handling of tho few tools required is quickly attained, ami in a few lessons ibo uve ru gc scholar ls ablo to oxeduto etfqV.slto work ut oneo a surprise and a delight. "In addition to thc rare pleasure re sulting from known ability lo ciento beautiful tilings, there aro greater .benefits accruing to tho sculptor, not to mention others. There ls the fact that bo has learned tho bettor to ap preciate and valuo proportion, form and delicacy of out Hw,. JUHI tb!? knowledge, aside from the personal satisfaction it brings, enables him td judge with true accuracy tho artistic merits of all things, natural or manu factured, having lorin ns their basis. This essential f?ense can bo secured In,J no other way KO readily; Im?wil, tho*} artistic fdoilUy/tho 'aesthetic taste it Belf, cnn be perfected only by a fair knowledge ol' tho truths which u. course In wopd.scdlpluv?'fcifpiJneS^* "This fact ls bel?g recognized lu tbis., country now, ns it bas long been recognized nud obsorved .?v-?hi.vwmtres of nigh art in Europe,,and oven iu Ibo . .Far Fast. Wise i^ihs^I'a.of'lird.^cnlseT ' now bring their dainty craft to tho art ? lovers of our Nation, and Ihojvojcl Ujat bus been felt In ttt?Vati '\bilucaAlon" *of this young eounti'y?lwlri not. long con tinuo. Art la overy- foimi is- but (bo expression- o?Xs?\ relined.sense; Indeed,!., nothing inoro' surely "marke, the sjdrlt.-J pf Anjo refinement thai/ tho 'degree Iii .which an intelligent.love of'thc beau tiful ls uinnll'ert. llenco lt . 1? that cultured persons ure not only Constant''.( natrons ot' art. butjscelc themselves to become proficient iii soi?io one or moro of its branches. . ; . ff j f l "Music," sculpture, painting, ceramics and various other familiar forpis of, like- endeavor Juive furnished, expre? sion to JnrbivV Increased tfud 'Incrcuklng culture, and given broad opportunity for the' development of individual faculties and fusees. .Great as have been tho benulits to mankind from tho achievement/} of masters in the several line's men tioned, ii may bo well lussert .6d. tUat tbo chiefest good bas como from the attention glyen thereto by cultivated men and- womeu, wJbd sought only further s?lfMmprove'nieiit, and not the more making:ol' l'ortuue or a namo. "This chaste love for the refined has become markedly dominant In recent times with thc bolter Classes, ns-is evidenced by n largo, numbor of such perseus' who, in every department 'of aesthetics, sock such scholarships' tin der "the great masters who uaw un selfishly relinquished, the broadening advantages'of public'service'for tho, restriction .of atudio .or^f iustrucUbn-' room. Under tho guidance, and In the; companionship of such tiitprs ,our fa vored youth have grown-ii*rt.e.ebrilc&.i knowledge and proficiency'/thing ge-J looted lines, Until now lt,$i by* no menus rare t? ?nd aidong our .women, and men those-.who work Svlth brush, pondi or pen, or , whoso ability ,&a*f vocal or Instrumental 'iipislclunji ..vj?a with the best professionals in tho re spective directions. And yet In evevy such ease, the only end sought- was, aa before slated, tho high culture of self and the Increased means thus fi<v cttred of contributing to the pleasure of others'. The perpetuity nW the per-" footing of oui tl Y filiation* l'est*, mid safely so, upon such a cltJ?*?USMp." New York Tribune. . 4 Hut Pint. . J . Now-thal hatpins are selling for $1,4; OOO downward, tho minds of Inventive geniuses nie turning toward'a-plu that will stay in the bat, past all danger of falling out. Recently there was a patented spilt that v/ns proVfdc'd'wlth n littlo spring which worked by preu suro. A very nico hntpiu, with a head of, ambor, bad an amber.fastening'accom panying lt and fastened - by ? gold chnln. The fastener.was. stuck in tho hat so that to loso tb.e'l)atpln you rnqst lose tho bat also; :?:> . I'M . A very ultra little piece of Jewelry is a baud of pearls connected wltk th* hatpin by a gold chain. Tho pcVi.P? band is used as a broach or as a.pin upon the breast. Tho gold ; chain dongles from tho hjitpln-and ma1cfcs\a' pretty plocei of finery for tho Vomiftj who likes "fixings." Tho band may match the hatpin, and be of any Jewels or plain gold. Any device Is good so long ns it holds tho pin; and when you reflect that every yenr there nra hundreds of dollars lost in hatpins', tho economy. Qf a little fastener is easily computed J.'hlludolphia Times. When a man has married A charming wotean, if ho doesn't continue to mako (ove to her some other man wUU< "A discussion has booti start od in tho West,'' says the New York Tribune, "hy ji sermoivof administer of Spokfiiio, in which ho made tho unquestionablytruo assertion that, atheists, infidels, and agnostics have built no in stitutions for tho relief of suffer ing and need. Thoro aron?^??iix loy' hospitals, 'Rob'crt Gi :tngor soll' orphan asyhn?s, 'Stuar Mill' maternity 'and lying iii homos.or 'Kaockol' -rofugosfor tho aged, and indigent, It is tho spirit af religion alono \vhicl\,is able to establish and maintain, suoh |!^8*Jw$^P22r> J j A dispatch from New Uavon. Conn., says Uarl ?to?ckel, ?t Norfolk:, Conn.,. has gi von ab? solutely to a hoard of,,-'trustees tho birthplace bf John Brown, in Torrington, Oonn.^including a hen se, <and farm?'" . OkliJiolm Brown ?was tho.priginalanarolVv l?t iri^ this country, yet thoso fanatloal NewTCngland poeplo honor his memory. TM World's Greate ? .For nil forms ol iivvjor t&kp JOHNSON timos bnttor than oiiTnlnohmf docs lu i <lo iii 10 days..' lt's Bi>londld ourou aro ii: ' ludo byiiulnluo. .' j ? i iO Jiu i o? ?v?^Qii>ta-?: OOH j !;'..,;,= . ' *A'?tlgVtdob.i OurbilHa loalitathn. '' ..Ooutiidorod'by prooilucut ?-uoUoM lin Eluoatea aloDg all duos.. D<;v#Topslu.tel,yQt ftad oh Victor. \ . Uiv H person il, ludlvldu'd attention to Hirn* hvi^i studtmtbody r^prosvutiug a, Virginia *nd douta Carolina. Hau it loi-g Hit ufplonsod pAtrnna. KKpe?B.ch-T^?oftrd $7?. Tdliiori Mus lllaudsomp Buildings--good robina. jbiveralty of Crops- 1 This i? a toitf)-Qrh which tho formers' 1>ayovh??rtt many a sor moni but they dont seem to do much good, but, aa tho Augusta- .Horal? says, "thoro luis novorboforo existed a groat or necessity tor our farmers to, ?realize tho importance of plant ing grain as we ll as cotton. Tho high prices cotf?h' has boon bringing hayo aroused hopes thathaye . all. too slender a foundation,' and. so tho planters aro less prepared than eyer to meet. t?jnUlic??l 'demands that cannot bo ihet on sevori cont cot ton. Now wo can db without a groat many things, but wo can not do*witnout? .food, and wfaon tho plan tor Jhar-ojy co>v ors ; w i th tho proceeds, ;p.'f his cotton crop the running' expenses of his farm ho is in rather a- bad fixftif ho cannot;supp;ly from his own acres ?he.fo.bd ?oeessitios for tho family; hands and live stock. Our t?outliern farmers havo, with a very f ow ex:c?ptions hover realised'tho importance of rais! iug what they needed for home consumptions, and havo stoadi ly^pent alltheir-i#Toiits.:. fpom cotton lind gone in Uubt for what, flight just as well, baye cost fTibm^ nothing * but labor and spaoo. With the.increased de mand for grain-in all-fchoforeign markets and with tho slibrt corn cr&p^jn^h? "West, our fanners will lind .that.their -cbrh will cost thom ?rio* less -than a .dollar a p?sl??li Itdoesnot require a very accomplished inathematican to realizo that at this ,?ato the cot ton willku'otjpay for the corn. Wo do. not virge our planters to g?ve up cotton,, nor do wo adviso tliJeni to attempt., planting grain for' tho;::marktttsj but svo do plead'' for a crop sufficiently div?rsilied for it to. Jbe^unno? easar^ for the Southern farmer to send to tho Wa.st af lof tho moneJy^hexearn8.,., ?-Wilb-they do iif0 . . ' ' ' . : T,ui? ;Chicag^ ?Hromclo says: "The Uhicagqtvahd Kaiflaas City I)latforms aro5 still responsible for' disorganization -and defec tion." But how does it account' for Oluo'r' Tho Uh roi iio lo was hilariously happy when uhio convention refused to, in dorse the"Kansas City platform ami hapnior still when it gave J prdrhinoncp to Democrats boar, jr)g the . 'private ; brand of "the Ohrpniclo, ./ 1617 l?a??' . Street, "r5M\j;bATI? <Jiup O?UOUO?. STALKS. ' Columbia, ?O MUTUAL OARPKTA'CO. r . Writ?^ufl ipi Sajnplos .of .anything in our Uno. Goods snipped?ivny ?rhoro- ln M .. ' Ri tho-ritiU?* froo of frotgbt'. .Wo $ro ttl \?J> . Ol! - ' i - . .' ?i tfajB busy. No dull dayB Vrith us, Whon In Columbia,, opmo and aoo u.a. Any body cat? fchow-ytvu tho plao?. ^Yo Vant oau Lundrod taoro etiiUeuW at oiujo't? oowo and ooiupidte. QX?.: bui.uoa* or, ?hortUund oouraes ?nu aoo>pt good positions |iuin?.?l?tul> ?Her g?aduaii^g. l? order to glv? oltjiui'oppvviunity iv gi'Uap ?bil spoold ollVV utonop, yo Wldp'^ tull mil road iavo, and mko good u>?oa tjr* vft?\tTjV%ork' ns piut pH^montO? tuiftw?! ?tao enouro oUoat) coard. Wrho *t Oucjoj?r lad iuforinatiou.' . . ??jli^tt^^?^^ Co?le^?, ivVi;k tiuy, Vfoa^ont". ' Vf'' C?re: for m?r&/?*&\ Tftv all f?rrrt? Qf'-MidaHrd po'?on ?lng! UtH? g.plm?bn'4>Chl|?.*ml ?'ever lo?le. . Atn<?vtt>t jilfilarl?>> PAV^n ilrivf In your Wood ttvcaiisnilftory Mid fH?oro.-Bli^ni?dbMucac'an'tonffc MnlArlnl po)?tonlnti, The, anM?ot* for it lft-JOH??&ON!0 TONIC Eooio-5? Boato If-lt Buree* A PO INVESTMENT .. ' ?' I Vlint whi pay ' ? . \ ? v'~ $26 .t?o $100 ?IVXWi??Dj? MONTHLY ' ' ia ii tuoropBb, praOtloai nuahioss or ... ..Hh'orl^ijnd tra^pt?.?t^ ' .v'S?ojcM^0&WNJW8..p6Lii?ci?, ; i W Wrlto or call for Catnlogubima full particulars. . . * . . SOO' KINO ST., kCh'arlo?tbh,' 8, 0. .I).I,?II,4'III..HI,?I. II.^I .??i.nli?M,^.n^rt^ ; M >Xmhs .Gifts. ; i .Our ato^f 'lfi?|liOrtCijs.'" ?OSd?" for ojibh purpoao o??t'b1 ?Vi??lled lu U. 8. or C<vn. ada wa?n qua'.iiy ind Workmanship ia ooi.w ?oid?rod. '' ' " ' " , ,M*tl prdora will receive proust and^aro WM* .fl,UU0^0ll?y?.VAN ortos^ovolera, , 1?24 Mhln Of.,. ?] ' Colnint?l^.^.q., : Olmrieston .?ommo^lal1 School. : .KINO (jjtroct,. ,r .OUft^Qston,' S. ,Q(, ,, ' fl^Vi?ti<ir^o>ato(wionn<|-*oroiB. ... KUBIN ?8'S .Columbici, ?/0. J ?hw') rro$ld?KtV ' Y .... Medicine.; t?^M^/PB^ TONIC. lt la ,KX) S??lVr".0 0,ky v?hut?iow (lulalno ?Jannot Mt? lliiuij contrast, to tho ?ooblu euro?. 3 IV IT egk?to Institute, jua, ?. o. ? ' "; " ? ? b?lUi'Giuiallaa^l College lu tho 8mto. i ?t?doulB, l?tt du?tod of Georgi?, Florida, Nonh Caro lo $3. A. H. MILLER, President, Orrttg?tjburg, 8. O. it Will Cos? You Only Ona Cant t? Hud .out about tho "Rex > Mattress; tho quality, the guarantee, the prices, and tho sises. Drop us the pos tal "simply say '?Hex," and sign your name in full, giv ing address. MerJpi 4 Mattress Co. Pelzor, S. C I . i {'iii'ii. ' THE YQUNGBLQOD l Aju?usTA. on. Omon AND Wo'aKOi NORTH A wost A, ?y.jjj**^ DOORS, SASH, BLINDS AND UUILDER'S? HARDWARE. VhOORiNG, SIDING, CEILING ANI> IN BIDE FINISHING LUMUKU IN [7--GEORGIA PINE, AU 'iMrrosupudouoo given pr nnpt. atterri Hon. July 2-ly 1I?-W?GE Hardwaro ioMpauy. (Successors to ?. P. Popi>onholin.)j -Wholos?lo and Uota'l Dea'ora in Arms, 1 Ammunition, Agricul tural Implements and' irdware of Every J?i^d und Desotipuoa. ^"OonU.nostul'?qr Prlc?s, Kihg St., - . OnarKsion, 3 0 E-M iMEDIOATiQD? 0I?AH3 ' A.NDi?f*. v, ;./y v; "' ? Elfi-M SMOKING TOBACCO, ' For. usos of tobacco that, suttor with Ca tarrh, ?uthai? or BrdaohUw Wo guarantee au absoluto.aud .permanent euro ot" Catarrh' ?uid U io tho only known romody for for Hay Foy or'.' If your druggist or grooors doo? not koop il write fc.E-.Vl Uo , Atlactt?, Cl*., for tho ?am pio, lirado supplied by MURKAY Daua Co.,. Columbia, 8. C., and UKHR DRU O Co., Char? O?ton, ti, C. I For tho "LIFE OP Agents Wanted vd. Booker T. Washington." Written b? himsoi?* Evoryboay buy's*, agents? tiro uoW making over $100 por month; boat, oook to soil to colorad pooplo over publlshod.. Wnto for teran), or souci v.i oouu for outfit, tuid bogia at ouoo, Pieaso mo ?mon tau paper, Address J. L. NICHOLS, Atlanta, Ca. "IHEATTHYSELF. You cnn do so by-gottlng ono ot our Fani ly Medloiuo Cusos, ami " A'UO Homo ?Piiya emu." [ThCSO uro. "Aotlvo Principio" (noli , wliolo Drug) 'Medicino*, all Physicians uso tliom for uuit?k ttiul aaro r?sulfc. No. 1 Cuso *!>.0U, No. ?, Ouso *d.uo, Oooic froo witn'olthor cuso; oneil Cuso osvnor untitled to irOo con-, imitation l'ro/ii tutu wilco. Write for rroo. unuipios or our "At'cor joinnor Pill," lc euros ?at?iiiiiun ?ml Livor disonsos. Agents Wunt 0<l . TI Iii HOM 13 ll 12 MUD V CO 010-ttJOjAustoll UHU?., Atlanta, On. : What's Better Or more appropclato as i\ Birth lay or Xnas Oift to f?iu.or, brother; swooiaettit or noa than a box of "M ; LE PANV? CIGARS, $2 tb box-posUgo prop aid. Order direct nm get from g >OAH ut io ?TOMI prices.' FRED, h. dULOttoN ? Ct>., : Columbia, S. 0, . $?,600^00 IN G?LU^lVS'ilflY io .vue ajouta boaiaea tho regular oommis sloas, for polling our'bpiondld imo HOLIDAY" H?CKSifo? i WU. No oig pri?oj to a forr, imi nviuiY 4?BSI' gs-ta a bu<*ro. Fifw?n yea're' busiuous reeiira oaon ol miuolfor. limul JO e sampio OtisO outftt ouiy ?? ot?.im, dohvorod. tn' tor om iii au i ecouro o ?oioo ot territory atoauo. 4d'drt}ys D." E. LUl'llElt I'Uli. 00. t. - "; Atiauta, GA. n. mm Xi* jinn ?ran rn HI .?mx*Mxwt*ur*rmxtr*nmmi.J>* Am>m*+v,*a 'laimanw ' A YOUNG MAN flh'?itl? tu tomi A uouogo. with ?AU omaoH?hoJi rojpuu?tiou. A dipiuui't irjui Couvordo Uom morolil Sohodi misoa u o .wy to' ?joauro tao boat p Bhioiia . riuroug i vyork; boat oqulp me?i; positions g?ar?awsd. Addf?so ' r ) U. W. UETSINQER, .' \ . ' Spamaburg, S Cf - -' ' \.. '..-~T mw . ? ; Aro you suft'jtmg ?r-m U?natu'ral dls ohaigod. Wo will ?iu'o you in d days ol' ro fund yjur munoy.' ' IUKO br MuUl?y'p^l?-j Jooiioi.? ?prloj 60o ciioh. eont any whereon ro Celpiofpiioo. Cltd.^A ?? ti.\ F ri li U, 10U0 Orodd al, UaUltnoro, Md, S?WSCHOOI- SHORTHAND LCbeap BoordTi^. sivuAtiouo strcuutto. Do you ?ltfl'or from Itidigdstioni, Dys pap/d't,, Want of! AViibjfto, Loss of Strengt, ttifc of E?OVg/,. &o I Tftkea fow d?Bol of ; i ?;'Qenulno B?ood Tonio. ?. ; v yHK?dUan.Ay DltUJ CO. Cohimbh, 8.^0;,; ''M*mB^lS?Hy? ?tfWts ?ovftThli ?avila?.i.t?>p . BK 'MN Pi refownc**. M ?ww* M'??'ftU?. ll?|ltrt? Tfolfl? Tr.ittf.iOnl ???>(, PUR li. Atltlriftt ? w. M? UtooMtHV, M? V*i iHt^ntix, flff