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HE _EOPLE'SJOURNAL kOL :o.---NO. 2. PICKENS S. C., THURSDAY, FliBRUARY 8, ioo. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. ASSASSINATION OF GOVERNOR-ULECT GOIEIBF1, POLITICAL CONSPILACY AND TIRAGEDY. The Democratic Leader of Kentucky Shot Through the Lungs While on la Way to the State House. William Goebel, the Democratic contestant for Governor of Keutiucky, was shot down and dangerously wound ed while walking the capitol grounds at Frankfort, Ky., on Tuesday, Jan. 30th. Senator Goebel was wounded by a rifle ball of small calibre, not over 38, which struck him in tno right lung, across the body in a diagonal line, passing out below the left shoulder blade. The vital organs were not in jureC, with the exception of the right lung. Mr. Goebel was on bis ways to the Senate chamber in cowpany with Col. .Jack Chihn and Warden 1,'p Lillard, of the Frankfort penitentiary. Mr. Lillard was a few feet, in advance of Goebel and Chinn, who were walking side by side, Goebel bcing on the right and China on the left. From the outcr edge of the capitol grounds to the stop of tre capitol building the distance is about three hundred feet. Two-thirds of this had beeni passed and the men were walking slowly, when suddenly a shot rang out from a large three story building, which stands fifty feet east of thu capitol building. This building C Is used for ollices by nearly all the leading officials ( f thc State, Governor 1 Taylor and the Socretary of State bav c ing rooms on the first floor. As the shot was heard Goebel gave a quick involuntary exclamation of pain t and made an effort to draw his re volver. His strength was unequal to the task, however, and he sanic upon the pavement. With great rapidity i several more shots were lired, the bullets all striking the brick sidewalk 1 close to where Goebet lay. None of t them toucbed him, however. f Lillard hastily turned around to aid U Goebel, who was supportud by Chinn, who had his arms about him a most ab soon as he touched the pavement. r " Get help," said Chinn to Lillard, and L turning to Goebel, hu asked : " Are you hurt, Goebel ? Did they get you ?" " They have got me this time," said Goebel. "I guess they have killed me." In less than a minute a crowd of men was around Goebel. He was losing j much blood and was b.coming very weak. He was hastily carried to the , office of Dr. E E. Hume, in the base ment of theeCapltol Hotel, about on-, thousand feet from the spot where the t shooting occurred. Here he was laid I on a sofa, while Dr. Hume made a t hasty examination, pronouncing the V wound to be of a nature that must cause s death in a short time. Goebel, who u showed great fortitude and courage t throughout, smiled weakly as he heard the verdict and feebly rolled his head from side to side in token of dissent from th.t opinion. He was then n carried to his room, on the second il or < of the Capitol Hotel, and, in addition a to Dr. Hume, Drs. McCormick and E y t were summoned to attend him. After I a careful examination of the wound d the doctors announced that, while e- i ceed ingly dangerous, it was necessarily 1 fatal, unless complications or blood ( poisoning should set In. The patient , himself Kept up his courage, insisting again and again that he was not going to die. It was decided by his friends to call t in also the services of Dr. McMurty, a I prominent surgeon of Louisville, and urgent message were at once sent for him. After the wound had been dressed Seantor Goebel showed great exhaustion and it was announced by the physicians that he would in all probability die in a short time. He rallied, however, and under the In fluence of an opiate sank into a gentle slumber, which lasted several hours. The bullet which struck Mr. Goebel was liced from a window in the centre 1 of the third story of the office huilding just east of the capitol. That window was raised about eight inches from the sill to permit an unobstructed passage for the bullet when Mr. Goebel should come within range. Bojth Chinn and Lillard assert that, while the first shot came in the direction of the windov in the third story, there were other shots fired from different portions of the same building. Some of those who heard the shots say that at leae', one shot was fired from the oflice of the Secretary of State. This, however, is not true. There were several men in the ofllce of the Secretary of State, who rushed to the window as soon as the shots were heard, and all of them declare that there was no shot fired at all from that part of the building. The window in the third story was left open, no effort being made to close it by the wouid-be assassin, while not anothor window In the building was opened, nor were there any places where bullets had been fired through them. As soon as it was known that the bullet which struck Mr. Goebel had come from the building to the east a group of men gathered in front of the door on the east side. Others ran around to the door on the west side to prevent the escape of anybody from there. Several men attempted to ented the doors from the outside, but were prevented by groups of moun taineers who stoo.1 in the door ways. Some of these men held Winchesters in their hands, and presented an aspect so g enerally uninviting that no attempt was made to seach the building, and nobody gained entrance to it for several minutes after the shooting had been done, and the assassin had ample op portunity to escape. That tibe shooting of Mr. Goebel was the result of a carefully laid plan is without question. The man who did the work had evidently taken his stand at the windlow, which had previously. been raised in order to allow the free passage of the bullet, and waited until his victim was in full sight before firing. Ever since the influx of mountaineers last week a large number of them have a en leeping in the upper part of the State House. It, Is not known, how ever, that any of t'iese men did the work or that they had any knowledge of the premeditated crime. There has sl!g'test evidence pointing to any mat ay .A it is not likely now that any wi ever be found. The man who fired the shots too the precaution to conceal his ;ocatio by using smokeless powder cartridge A scoro of people had a full view c the side of the building from, wie the firing was done and all of tfiem d( lare that not a sign of powder smok was visible. Hoth Chinn and Lillard are men ( axporience In affairs in which powde smoke is a more or lo s prominan reature, and they both deel.re tha while they could tell the general direc ion from which the bullets came, the: ,ould not guess at the spot from whici hcy were fired. "I tried hard to get a sight of th, rcllow," said Ullard. "ic kept pour ng the lead down at us and I swear here was not a sign of anything to in lcate from where he was shooting N8 many t-hots as he ir((d would makt ontiderable smoke if ordinary cart idges were used, but never a sign o moke could I ace." " I looked around a mighty brie pell," said Col. Chinn, " but there was iothing for meito look at, so I paid at, ention to Goebel. The fellow used mokel ss powder all right enough nd I guess he was pretty wise to do it, iomebody might have got him if tbeo tad known where he was. By th< Ime wo knew where to look for hin a had gone, but it was time to look omcwhere else." |OV. TAYLOR A DJOURNS LEGISLATURE On Wednesday morning Gov. Taylor t1publican, isstued a proclamation de laring that a state of insurrection ex Atd in Kentucky and particularly I[ he city of Frankfort, and because o his he adjourned the Ligislature t< 3ect at London, Laurel C(Junty or 'ebruary 6. The D-mocratic membersof the Lcg slature declined to accept the ad journ .ent and decided to meet elsewhere 'ho Legislature as a body ran througl he streets to the opera house only to nd a company of soldiers drawn up efore it. Then the L'gislature de Ided to deliberate in the courthouet ,nd ran through the streets in that di ection. A second company of soldiers oeat the law makers to. the goal and hey then took to the streets, looking or a place in which to hold a session and leclare William E. Goebel governor oi Centucky. Not a member 'of the Legislaturt :new whether the body would be per aitted to meet in the capitol building ki they knew was that soldiers wert uarding every gate and that nobody Lould be allowed to enter without , tass. They decided, however, to mee t the Capitol hotel and march In i ody to the State House. Clerk Edwart ice, of the House, with Representa Ive Kilday and Lewis, formed the ad 'ance guard, and at 9.40 they pie ented themselves at the south gatC I the capitol grounds. A young lieu onant was on guard, In command of a mall squad. As adon as the members of the Leg slature were identified they were ad aitted and allowed to pass into the apitol building. Not a soldier was ir ight on the outside of the building ut once the door was opened, It looke< Ike war. Long lines of Infantry werc rawn up on each side of the hall, witt xed bayonets. At the footof the etair, sading to the legislative halls, stood ,olonel Williams, and behind him i tachment of soldiers, completely )lockading thestair. Colonel William arried in his hand a large. bundle o tapers, which he handed to e ch mem oer of the Hou-,e as they passed him t was a copy of the proclamation giver hbove. Colonel Williams permitter 31erk Lee, assistant Clerk Henry Stoni .nd a few representatives to pass ui he stairs. Tnen the main body of tht .egislature came tramping througl he doorway, and they were stopped t>; he soldiers in an instant. Loud cries and exclamations fillet he air, and Colonel Williams, mount ng half way up the stairs, shouted Gentlemen, I hold in my hands I >rociamation Issued by the Governo tf KCntucky, which I will read. H hen read the proclamation in a louw one, ared directed an orderly to pas: opics of the proclamation out into tht arowd. The leg~siators were comnini a too rapidly, however, and the push zig and shouting made it impossibi or any explanation to be given to th ate comere. Ad jutant G aneral Collier then mount ad the stairway and readl the oroclamu ion a secor d time, alter whi sh a C.) oquy ensued and it was proposed t neet in the opera house, but, the sol liers reached there before the legisle ors and prevented their entrance. The selection of London as the mcel ng place of the Legislature is signi] sant in the fact that it is right in th meart, of the country from which al ,he mountaineers who have from tim o time come down to F'rankfort. Tb iounty is one of the strongest Rtpubil an counties in the State, and Its ir babitants are for the most part radict Ltepubicans. The Damnocrats say tha their lives will not, safe a day if the, go up into th at country. None of ther will go. Thme Republican members t< gan drawing their per diem at onc< and all of them left, for London on th evening trains. LIOREEL HAS HIEEN MAl)E' (OVERtNOI William E. Goebel has been declare Governor of Kontucky'by ai majority bollh branches of the Legilaturo, an the oath of ol110c was administered i him by Chief Justice Hierigg, of Lii court of appeals, at 9 o'QIock Wed no day night. The justice went, to the-room of Sv ator Goebel, at the Caspitol hotel, w het the Damoeratic leader lay between li~ and death, and af ter Goebel had be< propped tip in bcd and his hand raise the judge ironounaced the words of th oat-i and Goebel subscribed to thor thus becoming the chief executive Kentucky. Then he sank back on h pillow near to death. The scene was one unparalleled the history of the world. A man bar ly alive was assisted to a raised pce tion fromn what was thought to be h death bed, held in the arms of h nurses while he took the oath of Li Governor of a Btate. Immediately upon leaving the roo where he had sworn in Mfr.G Goebe Judge H~az'erigg went to an ad joinir room, where he swore in Mr. Beekha as Lieutenant Govnenor r..his. oe i, returned to lils home. Judge llaz'erig i declincd to make any statement cot corning the manner in which th k ollices had been conferred upon th n Democratic contestants. . "Tho majority of both houscs of tb if Leeislature declared for them," h i said, "and when I was asked t i swear thi m in there was uothing 101 e for me to do but administer the oath c clice. The proceeding was, of courec I entirely legal and proper. I would no r have done as I did had it been other t wiso." I President McKinley has received long iessage from Governor W. Taylor, of Kentucky, aeserting that th condi ion of affairs at the pretsent tim is most critical, that a riot, may occu at any Ltimo which will cause bloodshed and appealing to the President to cn( the matter and secure peace in th, State by recogning him as Governo of Kentucky. TAKING TIlE NEW CENSUS. Interesting Statement for Those Win Want Positions-The Compensatiom '1hey Will Receive. The superintendents of the censo work in this State are receiving num erous applications for work, and man, of the appilcants are anxious to fin; out just what they will have to do an h)w much they will get for it. Th< following gives a good idea of the wori and the compenoation : The act of March 3, 1899. under th provisions of which the twelfth consu of the United States is to be taken provides for the appointment of super visors of census, one or more to cacl State and Territory, the District o Columbia, Alaska and the Hawailar islands, to have general supervisioi within their iespective districts of th4 enumeration to be made in JuLc, 190 Oae of the duties imposed by thi census act upon these s ipervisors L the designation of suitable persons t< be employed, with the consent of tb director of the consus, as enumeratort within their respective districts. It ii further provided that such person: shall ba residents of the enumeratiot districts for which they may be ai pointed, and that they shall be selecte. solely with reference to fitness, an without reference to their politica party alliliatione. The appointment of enumerator will be made with reference to physi cal activity and to aptness, neatnes and accuracy in writing anl in the us of figurce. The census requires active energetic persons of good address an readiness with the pen. Oaly sucl can do the work with satisfaction t, tie government or profit to them selves. E Ach person secking appointment a census enumerator must mamrj a writtei application to the supervisor for th< district of which a resident, giving thi Christian name and surname in full whether a citizen of the United State or not ; present, legal residence; se and color ; age, place of birth th principal facts of education and of prc fessional or business experience, in eluding a statement of all national State, county or municipal oflices hob at any time; nature of present occupa tion, if any ; previous expuuience ii census work physical condition, an< knowledge of EI.lglieh and other ]an guages. This application must bi made in the handwriting of the appil cant throughout and must be certille< to as such. The enumeration required by tho census act vill begin on the first da, of June, 1900, and must be completei within two weeks in all cities fo which 8.000 inhabitants or more wer reported in 1890, and in all other diE triuts on or b.-fore the first day of Jul next thereafter. 1t will be necessary for each enun erator, before entering upon his dutie: to receive a commission, under th haud of tl e supler visor of the dlietri( to which he be:ongs, and to take an subscribe an oath or allirmation thi he will faithfully discharge all th duties reqjuired of him under the law~ Under tne provisions of section 7 the census act the enumeration I June, 1900, is restricted to inquirie relating to the population, to mor tality, and to the products of agricul L ure andl of manufacturing and mece anical establishmenlts, andl, by the sam section, tihe sabzedues~ of mortality an< of manufacturinig and mechanics . vstablishmeints may be withbeld fror .the enumerators, in the discretion c .the director of the~ can.-us. l.a no cast a therefore will the scelules of inquiric .to be made by the census enumerator - exceed four in nunmber, and in this ri spect the work of the enumerators a the twelfth census will be mnucn mor .simpie ,hian that rt quired of onumnera tors at pre~ceding censuses. 'roe compecnsabtion to be paid to cr umerators is fixed hy section 16 of th Sact of March 3, 1899, and a minimur rats of two cents for each living Ir .habitant, two cents for each deatl I fifteen cents for each farm, and twent t, cents for each eatablishment, of pr< ductive industry is providled for a a subdivisions where such allowanc .shall be deemed1 sullcient. In othe ,subdivisions where higher per capit a reates are to be paid, accordi]ng to tih dillicuilty of enumeration, the max mum rate will not, exceed three cenl for each living inhabitant, three ce1 ti for each deathb, twenty cents for ce ifr m and thirty cents for each estal ii lishmnent, of productive industry, wil o in subdivisio~ns where per diem rate e are estaibi;~iucc. having referenc.. 1 -the nature of the region to be can vasse and the density or sparsenees of setti - munt, or other consitderations portiner o thereto, the compensation allowed e enumerators will b> not less thu n threo nor more than six dollars p< I, day eI ten hou rs' actual If(i wor o each. 10xcept in extreme cases,r , claim for mileage or travellIng e. >f ponsos will hi allowed to any enur is erator, andi then only when authorli has booen previously grantesl by at n director of the census. -Any enumorator who, without just 1- liable scause, neglects or refuses Is perform the dutaes of his positio Is after aecpting ain ap~poinltment ar Se qualifyIng for the work, or whto com maunicatos to any persmon not autihorizti II t l receivo bho aq~me any informa$i I, gairned by him in she porformanico g his duties, will he subject to a fine In five hundred dullard, as provided Ln aention 21 of the cnsusn act. MRS. MARTHA J. PATTERSON. C ONCt MiSTRESS OF WHITE IIOUSE E Anidrew Jolintison's Eldest Daugluter e Lying at. the Point of Deati at tle 0 Old IIoiestead in Greenveille 'Ienn, 1, f Mrs. Martha Patterson, the oldest child of President Aadrow Johnson, is lying at the point of death at the family homestead in Groenveille a (juiel, old town in 1 aot Vonnessee. She is now in her seventy-second year. Her health has been fall'ng for some time, and her (death has been expected momentariiy a for two or three week?. r Mrs. Patcirson was the mistrees of the White House during her father't ' administration and was therefore "tlhe first lady of the land" at that time r The following is a biographical bketch of this interesting old lady, which has been vpproved by a member of the family : Mrs. Martha J. iatterson, wife of Senator David T. Patterson, and eldest child of President Andrew Johnson, was born O.itober 25, 1828, in a build ing on Main street near Snupp's opera house, known as the Russell property, about 100 yards from the i ow famous tailor shop where President Johnson pursued the humble calling of making clothes. There she 'Yas nurtured and taught by her gifted- father and devoted mother, and in the schools of the town she received the rudiments of an education which she finished at a college in Georgetown, ). C. In her childhood she was thoughtful and studious, helpful to her parents and seemed to care little for the sport and comp of school children. Thus dis posed to voluntarily assume responsi bilities, she was developing an intellt et and character which would be capable of meeting with the heavy demands that were to made upon her in after life. She attended school in George town during the administration of President Polk, and being an intimate acquaintance of the President's family, she was privileged to visit the execu tive household frequently. She often spoke of how, on the occasion of those visits, she would be oppressed by the dignity of the surroundings ; but being of observant habits and possessed of a retentive memory, she was building better than she knew, by watching closely the customs and manner of en 3 tertainment, down to the smallest de tall. After returning to her hon.e from school she was married. December 13, 1856, to 1-Ion. David T. 'at~terson, then a promising young attorney and cir c cuit judge, and afterwards Unit.nd States Senator from Tennessee. Mr. - Patterson was elected judge in the sa-.ne election in Nhich Mr. Johnson was elected D1)mocratic Governor of the State 3 The nomination of Mr. Johnson on 3 the ticket with Mr. Lncoln and his substquent election, Is familiar to all. Upon Mr. Lincoln's death Mr. Johnson by constitutional provision aacumed L% the responsibilities of the chief execu Live of the United States. Upon his elevation to the presidency, Mrs. John son being an invalid, the responsibill I ties of the executive household natu - rally fell upon Mrs. Patterson, whose husband was then United States Sena tor. - Whon she entered the White House 3 she remarked " that they were but - plain people from the mountains of I Tennessee," and she hoped tiat not too much would b) c::pected of them. 3 Thus she showed that the sudden elevation had not disturbed her modest i ideas and imbued her with arrogance. r No lady of the Whita House ever en tered upon her duties with the domestic alTairs of the executive mansion in a Y more dilapidated condition than did Mrs. P'atterron. And this conditi 'r -was no reflection upon her immediate 4 predeceser, but due entirely to the c exigencies of the disastrous wai a through which the country had jus1 d passed. Congress im mnediateiy appro .t priated $30,000 for repairing and re (3 furnishing the White House, and Mrs -Patterson, knowing the depleted con fdition of the public treasury, and how n tbe government was continually plun 5 dered by agents, assumed the care and direction of this work herself, thus making this money do almost double -what w~tuld have been accomplished] D by an unscrupulous agent. This work Iwas so successfully done that Mrs. H loiloway, in " Ladies of the White a ilousec," speak s of It thus :'"Through fout the White Hiouse there existed flnot a single evidence of tawdry gaudi a ness or coarseness in color or quaility, s andi from cellar to garret It was over Shauled and adorned by the unadfactedl *t host c ,s who cal led heroei I a 'plain pe~r 0 son from East Tennessee.' " While M rs. Patterson displayed such elliciency in the management of the. I- economic aflfairs of the household, she 0 was cqually at home in the recept~Ion nl and dining rooms. The newspapers of that period were emphatic in the'ir p lraises of her receptions and dinners, y The public receptions were aiwayu -attended by unpre::edented crowds and 1the state dinners were conducted with (e that qluiet elegance which al way's char r acterwzes the entertainments of the ar a tistic and resourceful. "Simple but e elegant, in her apparel, never descend ing to a disregard of place, yet nol '5 carried away by the foilies of fashion, 5 Mrs. Patterson pleased the eye and h gratified the pride of all who feit, a' Sinterest, in her succes. G..ien 0o31n e ions of her tacte were won by the riet a simplicity of her toilet on every public11 0 occasi' n, and " the beauty of her d ren d consisted always in the artle:,s umnas ' sumin. mnanncmr of the wearer," says a Mrs. holloway in "L~adies of the WaIit 0 H~ounc,." nI Mrs P'attar'son always modlest,!y butl r respectfully declined to discuss the im. k Ipeachmnent trial of her father, stating 0 that her private opinion was not worth C much, and all she could( do was t( & wait. Trhroulgh the long weeks of th( y trial she listened to every rt quest, sawi to every caller and servedl overy peti tiomor, hiding from all the wnxiow i- weight of care oppressing her. Eor ~o ffai~r in-bor' fatter never wav.arod, bei 2, great wem h'yr roliof andl j >g witon ten d Gosmmios of hurt Ntwo failed I'. imp'ene 1hien and he stood onnertred befera ud the world. m- The White [losse during Mr. .John [)f sosdB administrtion wtm noted for its of heepitality, for ke doors were openD ta in visitors from 9 o'clock in the morning until tho evening, and all met with, pleasant smile and were shown all the courtesies that limited time would portmit. So hospitable had boon the mansion during that four years that when Mr. Johnson held his farewell recoption it was the largest attended in tho history of Washington. A newspaper published at the time speaks of It Us follows : " Last night President Johnson hold his farewell reception at the White House, and certainly quito in a blazo of glory, so far as social attention is concerned. 'erha ps the wholo history ef the presidentia mansion ives no0 record of such a crowded reception. It li estimated that so'no 5>,000 peoplo sought adimittance in vain, while fully as many must have gained an cit raneo, each individual member of tho t.uccess ful crowd submitting the host to the inevitable handshake." Speaking of Mrs. l'atterson, it con tinues : " A few steps from the Presidont and near tho stand of flowers, Mirs. Patterson, a handsome, though not tall lady, of very pleasing manner and alppearance, received tho lady guests. She wore an elegant white laceo shawl, which (julite enveloped her person, antI a long curl fell down her back. The simple, unalfecting graca of this lady and her entire freedom from protun sion, either in garb or manner, at tracted favorable comment. Mrs. Pat terson Is quite a young lady, and when some of the bare armed, bare necked wouid be juvenile dowagers were presented to her, the contrast was entirely in favor of the President's daughter." The whole family by their simpli city and geniality endeared themselves to all who know them ; and especially so did they to the servants of the man slon. The servants wept at parting with them and each begged a photo graph of the family, which was cheer fully given. Though Mrs. Patterson so success fully filled the exalted position to which she had been called, it was not of her seeking, and had she yielded to her own tastes and inclinations she would have chosen the pewace and quietude of hot' home in Eist Ton nessee, to which she gladly returned as soon as she was honorably released from the cares and burdens of the "first lady of the land." Since re',urning to Greeneville the family have occutled the old home sead on West Main street, and led a very peaceful, (1uiet life, visiting little, but much enjoying the broken threads of acquaintance that have been picked up after their many years' absence. Mr. Johnson died July 25, 1875, at. the rebideicu of his daughter, Mrs. Stover, In Carter County. His romains were brought to Greeneville and in terred on thu urest of the hill which he had designated as his la't resting place, and where now the marble shaft stands, as a silent, but enduring monu tuent to his departed greatnes. Wena tor Patterson died November 3, 1891, and was buritid in the family burying ground surrounding the tomb of the dead ex-President. Only two children biessod bhe union of Senator and Mrs Pastrson-Androw Jackson Patterson and Belle Patter son. [on. A. J. Patterson married Miss Mattle Birkley In 1890, in 181)8 was appointed by President Cleveland consul to Demorara, British Guiana, where he efliciently discharged the duties of that office for the term of four years, afterwards returning to his native State, and Is not residing at the old homestead. Miss Belle Patterson vyas married to -John L'andstreet,, of Baltimore, In 1886, and lived in Baltimore and Nashville, but for a number of years just prior to her death in Greenville. She died in California in July, 1802, and her ro mains were brought to Greenville and interred with the dead of her family. Mrs. Pattersonl is a member of the Methodist, Episcopal church, South. Let go or dlie. Thaict's the altertnative of the shipwrecked man with the money bags. If there was only sorne one to threw hiint a life preserver, he mtight save both life ani mtoney. Without help it is let go or (lie. A great many peopule have a like alternative before thetn. lhsine'ss men(1 comie to a point where the doctor- tells themi that they must ''let go or die" Probiably lie atdi vised a sea voyage or mnotmtain air. TJhtere's an obstinate ('(ugh that won't he shtakent off. l'The lungs are weak and per Iaps b~leeding. Thtere is etmciationi anid ether symptitomts of disease, whi if un skillfully or imiproplerly treated terinminte mi conisumpi;tiont. Thomulsand s of mient anmd womein in a Iik e hv', thei use oif I )r. P iertee's (Guldeni MIed i cal I isco(v(ery. It plirites thme lood. It carries off fromu the syvstemi aill refuse anid potisonouts mattter. It gives thec in fected organts thte strmengttoIi throw off diise'ase. "I was' taike icku4 and' felt so stupid I coutld hardtly go abtirl." wr, itenMis', Mia y tRskew. of (dien. Jaick son iCo., w. va. " I hadt stnthtering spellt'. I wenit to ouri best phyi~sicins andu they docto'iid ie all onei siunner. I kept groiwintg wol ,i' n l so weak Ii'iiial hi~atiy go abiout. Th ti' doctrs ti tent saidi I had luttg trotile. I had' i a n u coniighi. anid oneday' ny niut told me of ini i'iii e aitbit ei ca Discovery. I sent anit gti a btint le of both kindsi- the ' Goldten Medt i 'a iscver y ' andt ' P-avoirite P'rescription.' whentiu-i ha t akeniItuj thait it helped~u tme so tiauch I sent andi got mo. re. I have ta ken oif ht uot mei ii nes alIto gutther ti'in t tles. New mys tungs do not hmi t iie, andiu I do', ti hae at' y coligh.t I ami stiiit nowif andi as wellt ' a s'er I i i my he." G'ivent away. The People's Conitnion Semnse Medical Adviser is sent free otn rm ceipt1 of stamtps to pay expenlse of mail - intg on/y. lThe book cotitattus roo8S pages antd 700 illutstrationis. Senid 21 one-ceent stamtps for the papeir 1boundtv editiontt, or 31 staimpls for thte ('1oth boundm. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, lhtffalo, N. V. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the dSignaturo of ABOUT COSTLY FUNERALS THE. EXIitAVAGANC OF PEOPLE Bill Arp Talks About the Thousanils Spout to Bury a Distinguished Main -Cheaper luinerals Would Savo Money for the Neody Survivors. Solomon says: "A living dog is be ter than a dead lion." That may be so in a worldly sonse, but the dead lion costs the most money. I % as juit read Ing an itomiz.-d statemont of how much it cost to bury Sonaor Morrill. Of course he was buried at the govern mont expense, but it seemi to me he could have boon p.1t away for less money. The sum total loots up $:-112 The casket cost $100, cedar shipping caso $10, ombalming $60, carriages $108, special train from Washington to Springlield $782, Springfield to Mont peller $117, fares foi attendants from Troy to Washington $317, l'ullman cars $300. commissaries $78. These are the largest Items. There is a pago full of smaller ones. Then there is decoration of the Senate cham b.,r $100 and crapo and gloves and re galia and flowers $280, adverLislng pro grainme $11:3, music $10, etc. But the largest item is $5,000, a year's salary after he died. This went to his sun. That is the rule. Ii a member dies while in oico his slary goes on for a year. But Vormont, was not so very far away. If a member from Califor nia or Oregon dies the cost of transpor tation for the retalis and tho escort runs up into the thousands. Alh, my country ' Where tho carcass is the eagles wIll be gathered together. That is the reason I reckon why the eagle is our national emblem for the treasury is the carcass. I was ruminating about this grand parado over the burial of public men the exponeo of it-the glitter and ga lore and show of it, for at the last it Is a junkot, a frolic that members of Con gross like and they scheme to get on the grand excursion. Bookor Wash ington says that the negro Is never happier than when going to a funeral. Whito folks set them the examtple, us pecially in the towns and cities. The truth is that a common man who barely supports his family and is struggling along to educate his children can't af ford to die, for the funeral expenses take all he has left and loaves the fai ily penniless. Poor Tom lirumby had no wife or children, but for years had been supportini a poor old mother and educating an orphan niece. U had when lie died $700 In bank and It took that-the last dollar-to bury him. I Iniagine that if he could have spoken In his laat moments he would have said : " Give i0 to mother. Oh !give it to my mother. A 41!0 casket will do me no good." The very last letter that he wrote her from Manila said : " if I do not live to got back there are $700 in bank for you." Wi1, maybe Congress will grant, the old la ly a pension. Maybe so, but I reckon she will die before she eets it, and as for that prize money I see that the government is fighting It, and that, means its non-payment. Dowey's vic tory is an old song now. 1 wonder if they would bury him at pubile ex pense. It seems to me that the cost of fu neorals should be proportioned to the condition of the family. As for me, I feel like a metal casket that would keel) out the water and the worms and a plain marble tombstone would be enough. No monument and but a line of epitaph. Some grass and llowere that my unchained spirit would like to see when it hovers over the place where its priuon-house was hurled. Neglected graves are a sign of inhu manity. Costly ones a sign of vanity. Rut monuments to heroes or to great and noble men are always proper. N'ot that thbey are of any coinseqluence to the dead, but they point a moral to the living. Let us build that monument tc the modest and gallant Brumnby and palace it on the capitol groundk where it can be seen and where it will speak in silence to the people as they pass Let the tribute be one of love, honom and admiration from the old and thcn young. Our little gr'and chIld who was his niece and loved him, will open hem little Iron bank when it, gets fuli anm send the $5 to the committee. Every little school girl and boy should have a dime or a nickel In that monument, for besides hIs courage and patriotIsm he was loving and kInd to his aged mother. Ieo deserves a monument, for that. Several times of late I have. read the talks of Carnegie and ltockefeller to the young mn In a lItble class and their ideas about giving and helping do not please me. 01 course, every body honors thean for theIr large boun ties to colleges and lIbraries, but they say that, charities t~o t~he 1)oor do no last Ing good and that 1K0 per cent,. of It, is wasted, but, that rich men should help~ poor young men who are struggling to climb up in the world. My observation is that those struggling young men will get up anyhow just like Carnegie arid liockefeller. I had rather see a hun dred poor people relieved F-om distress than a dor-en young men helped on the way to fortune and success. Trhe is too much pi'ajudicc agaInst the poor. Most of them are women and chIldren who are helpless andi can't get a start,. There is no work for them and so they have to beg or starve. The etber- day I dropped a quarter in the tin cup of a poor 01ld woman wh~o was crouched on the sidewalk of MarIetta street,, aind her look of thank fulness paId me. The winteor wind was blowing and the pav lng stones wore cold, hut, she sat t~terc and watchedl for charity. She was tld and pale and pitIful and the skin stuck close to her bony hands. I crossed the street and st~ood and watched for many minutes and never saw anybody ele put any money Irn her cup. She may 1)0 a fraud-an lmnpostei, hut I aln sure that she Is not Impovcrishing the mull lionaires or any bod y else. My -Idea is that ai good Samar-itan would stop and investigate that woman's condItion and lift, her up. from the cold sidewalk and see her to a warm, comfortable homne and buy her a pair of blankets and some coal and speak a few kind words and comfort the children If she ha-s ay. City people get hardened to such th Ings and pass by and say why does she not go to the poorhouse. Where Ie the poor house and who will taike hor there, and would not ahe be separated fron3 those she loves ? I know a man whose charesaren more to he corm. C10 -OICF Vegetables will always find a ready narket-but only that farmer can raise them who has studied the great secret how to ob tain both quality and quantity by the judicious use of well >alanced fertilizers. No fertil izer for Vegetables can produce a large yield unless it contains at least 8% Potash. Send for ouir books, which furnish full information. We send them fi-ee of charge. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 91 Nassi St., New York. Iended than all the iunificent giftsof the miilionalres. H1e is not rich nor old, nor young, nor childh s, but he makes more than a good living and is always elplng some poor young man or wo. man or orphan children. Hli. ingth II not only with money, but with hope and good cheer, lifting them up out of despair and planting thorn on a good foundation. He has befriended hun dreds in this quiet, unostentatious way and it is not blazoned to the world nor heralded in the press dispatches. What he has done is now his greatest comfort In his declining years, for he has without exception the love and gratitude and loyalty of them all. There ib no system to his charities for every case stands for itself. I know him on one occasion to send a check to a poor young girl with which to pur chabo her welding apparel, the dear (est thing on earth to a brido, for ai' her earnings had been expended in support of a widowed mother and some small children. Well, that was thougt ful and generous, but who else would have done it? I wish that I was rich s) that I could do as they say the good lrineu Ruoert (lid-go around in dis guIse and find out who wore needy and deserving and hel) them In secret. I would teko note of the poor eirls who helped their mothers and the young men who wroto kind,lJoving letters home and I would set themi up and make them happy. Yea, I would like that sort of fun. wouldont you ? It would beat libraries and colleges all to pieces. But I like Carnegie and ltocke feller, too, though they don't see through my spectacles. it Is hard for a millionaire to realizo that the money is not his-that he is only a trust with the privilege of using it for the good of his fe I -w creatures. It has been said by plilosophors that no man ever earned a million honestly-that if he found a gold mIneand it pald him a thousand dollars a day he was on titled only to a good living out of it, and the rest was God's and was put there for his follow men. Dr. Hedley told a good story about a Persian who bought a piece of land for a small sum and when plowing it found a rich vein of gold. He carefully saved all that came in sight and took it to the man from whom he bought the land, saying that he Lid not buy the gold-he boug ht only the land. The man refused to re ceive it and their dispute over it got so warm they went before the cadi to have it decided. The cadi know them very well and know that one of thorn had a son justgrown and tihe other had a pretty daughter a little younger, and they were good, Industrious children. So he had themi brought before him and married them and gave them the gold. Whether true or not, this Is a p)retty story for the children. Every girl I know will say, "1I wish it were exposfitin wlli 13a hu~s diensa, leiger bthan bhe 5eh-1-oe, which wds Ibu'd h i me Do- ors mine shorbly be An'e ttu Mir began. The atone has been iusured, says the Echo de Paris, for .C400,000.g The an wo ries o hi opprtuntie pr eiai stlo rind t qua ly.tniie Yiur fr stwsinar delings h ppru 1i 'ist oo Vr bov eiaopiesi Aor few houaedeing, e nc 106te Sa. ain Lumbe. GATES DESK 00., Greenville. S. 0.