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g*$B$??8$03ig itt fl? g i m . 3s <i> gf ?a ftrt THE LOTTE ? __ _ - ?g y P $> & ^tOK. AMISS LANNING was n jJ y mechanic, a young, honest O I o until, whose highest anthill / Jt tion was to gain p com lonauie Jiomc lor uiinselt and wife, and to be thought well of by bis neighbors. He had built himself a house, and there still remained upon it a mortgage of $500; but this sum ho hoped to pay in a few years, if lie only had his health, lie had calculated exactly how long it would take him to cienr olT this incumbrance, and he went to work with his eyes open. One evening James en me home to bis supper more thoughtful tlum usual. His young wife noticed liis manner, und she inquired its cause. "What is it, James'/" ulie kindly asked. "Why, 1 never saw you look so sober before." "Well, I'll tell you, Hannah," "returned the young man, with a slight hesitation in his manner. "I have just been thinking that 1 would buy a lottery ticket." Hannah Lanning did *:ot answer immediately. She looked down and smoothed the silken hnir of her babe, which was chirping like a little robin in her arms, and the shades of her handsome features showed that she was taking time to think. "How much will it cost?" she asked, nt length, looking half timidly up. in to Lor husband's face. "Twenty dollars," returned .?.tines, | Trying to assume :i confidence which lie did not foci. "Ami have you made up your mind to buy It?" "Well. I think I shall. Wbat do you think about It?" "If you should ask my advice, I should say do not buy it." "But why so?" "For many reasons," returned, his .wife, in n trcmhiimr tono. She would not offend her husband, and she shrank from giving him advice which ho might not follow. "In the first place/' she said, "I think the whole science of lotteries is a had one; and then you have no money to risk." "But just look at the prizes," said James, drawing a "scheme" from his pocket. 'Tlere is one prize of $20,000, (mother of ?10,000, Another J?r>000, and ho on. Something tells nio that If I liny a ticket I shall draw a large prize. 'And then just think, Hannah, how wis aiy i coma pay nil up for my house, ami perhaps have a good linnilsouie flum left." The young man spoke \vu!t raueli earnestness .im! ; ?airanc?\ hut he saw Hint there was a cloud ui on liis wile's brow. "It seems to nic that tli<? ehrmre of ?1rawin,','a prize i>- \v:y <io htt i!," said Hannah, - she U tin* v ii "Ilrre are many thousand 11< I; : :o he noli! " The babe 1i'l >d hard to sn"! h the, paper, and Ilann !i !.s;<! a de. "I think I : iiJl! run tin- re- j maucd Jam- - .in iiv; oiko more ov. : ; file paper, atul r :: . with n i. 'r ou: . ' jvwii* ir^ 11 j;> i 11: i. ^u - \v - 1 uonicd the higher i?s'Utp.s. "Th ! Bnrnpy; iir drew iibbith f,'S'JO a year 0f,'O." "Yes, I know it," r.ai'T Ham all, "Willi tnoiv warmth than he had before ma id fes t cd, \\ 1)r>I has lnvr.nv < I *ho money? Vovi know lift has squandered it :i 11 nway. All, Jame.s, money i : of no use unless we com" Sionestly liy it. "1I:>i:estiyreppated the young mnn. "Surely, there is nothing dishonest in dl'nwing a prize iti a lottery." "I II.ink there is," kimliy, but cmphfltleally, replied tho wife. "AH panics of hfl/.ard, whore money is at ?take, are dishonest. Were yon to draw n prize of $20,000, you would rob a thousand men of .S'JO each; or ?t least, j'on would take from then; money for which you returned tiiein no (equivalent. Is it not gambling in every Bcnse of the word?" "Oh, no! Von look up the matter in mi; Nironp a ii^nt. "Perhaps ) <!< but yet so it look? <o me. Wlin mny draw some 0110 else must . , :i11 I -rhaps It may l?o somo 0110 who fford the loss no Iwttor than yt... < I wouldn't buy the ticket, .fan:' i.et tis live on the products nf our i .n-'st .Minx, and we ehall bo happier." .fames Limning was uneasy. Tic had no answer for his wife's arguments; ?t least, no niiMvcr that could spring from his moral convictions, and lie lot the matter drop. Hut the young man could not drop the nron from his heart. All the next day his head was full of "prizes," and while lie was at Ills work he kept muttering to himself, "Twenty thousand dollars," "Ten thou n.ni'j iiwnain, v IV lUOll -IUlU dOliarS," and so on. When ho wont homo the noxf night fie w.'is almost iinhnppy with tho nor,TOU3 anxiety Into which ho l"id thrown Ohlmself. Tho tempter had grasped ttiini firmly, and whenever ho thought, of tho lottery, ho unw nothing hut piles of gold and Hi Ivor. In short, .fames l.iiiming had made up his inind that ho ."would buy tho ticket. He wont to tho little lox whore ho had alrondy Sl'JO laid up toward paying off tho mortgage from his house. The lock ollckod with * startling sound, and when he tfeiew ha el- the cover he hesitated, lie I ' ? 1 l_ K. ? A Hr&K, 1. j tt? fit 1 I Q <Vt &8K8SKS88&S looked nt bis wife, and lie saw tlitt she was sad. "Ob, I'm .sure I sliall draw a prize I" lie said ,with a faint, fading smile. llo took four liiilf-caglos from tho box, and put tlieni in Ills poekot. Ills wife said nothing. Mio played with her baby to iiido iior sadness, for siie did not wish to say more on Hie subject. She had* scon that liltie pile of gold gradually accumulating, and both she and lier husband had boon happy in anticipating the day when tlio pretty cottage would 1)?? all tlierr own. lint when she saw those four pieces of gold taken away from tlie store, she felt a foreshadowing of evil. She might have spoken again against the movement, but she saw that her husband v/as sorely tender upon the subject, and she let the affair go to the hands of fate. A week elapsed from the time that James bought his ticket to the drawing of tiie lottery, and during that, time the young man had not a moment of n-iii i-iijuj iiu-iii. ne wns p iiomaiing between hope and fear, and therefore liis mind was constantly 011 the stretch, , At length the day arrived. James went to the otilee, and found that tli0 drawing had takeu place, and that the list of prizes had been made out. lie seized the list and turned away, so *L.?t those who stood around should not see his face, lie read the list through, but he searched for his number in vain! It was not there. lie had drawn a blank! lie left the olllee an imllfinnt/ !?>nn n'l?ne.? .?^?? ,,.l .j ........ j. iiuni; in viii; niiliill'3 which lio had lost hail been tho savings of two months of hard labor, and ho felt their loss most keenly. When he returned homo that night ho told his wife that he had lost. She found no fault with him. She only kissed him and told him that the lesson was a good one, even though it had been dearly bought. lint James Launing was not satisfied, lie brooded over his loss with a bitter spirit, and at length the thought eame to him that lie might yet draw a prize, lie wished that he had not bought the lira* licL-ol ii ml l<* l." - '? tn.u u uv u)uiu uuiy hack his $20 he would buy 110 inoiv; hut ho would not rest umlor his loss. Ho was determined to make one more t^al, and I10 did so. This time he purchased tlie ticket without Ills wife's knowledge. The result was the same as I).'fore. lie drew : blank! "Forty dollars!" was :i sentence that j dwelt fearfully upon the mechanic lips. i "Oh, 1 must draw a prise!" ho s:ii;l to , hii.i^i'l"i HI !> ( > > '< ? '1 1 ' - ' lost. J,rt mo oiko do lliui, and I'll buy no moro 11 !:s." Another S??0 w;;s i ?Ut>n from 1' y 1??llo ' nk, nno!her ticket was 1 rlit, an i Miit blank was drawn. At tho ond ol' tluvo months the ittlo bank wik j empty, and .lanrns 1 : : ,:r.j had ;h? !. t ! lii i.c! iii his poi-Uct. All, how ^aviitfstly lie praye I tb-.t that ! t tie!; : mi-kt \ draw a priv. ! lie had hoc; n > pa!'' and rern, nr. hi . wife 1 !l ii. r k >111! 'i i ! ii <<:i y r .< \ baenuso li" had !>> * J l(). When she* would try and < I n, 1 v. , M l:it It, and try to msii tho i. . li^ht. K.'.ill h'"- V :i" - to nr. > day It w.'.h lie ?' v 1 . f t!?: ? :? u<%i? tho lottery \\ > :o 1?" drawn In which Iio l):ul tin- ;\IIi ticl ; "Mr. Uowso has ln . :? Jioro to-day alior ih 'Miii iiiimml in i-n t. 1 tulii I:i 111 that you would sec him to-morrow." "Yes, t will,'' siiid Jiimoi', in n faint volco. "Yes, to-morrow i sh.ill him." Young T.mining thought '?f tho lot(^ r> and of the* pi'zo. This was Ids - :;(!? trial, and lie fo'.t sure that ho should draw. Tho morrow oaino, and when .Tamos r.aiming returned to his homo nt 115111 ^ ho was penniless! A11 his goldon vis- | mm 11:i11 union nway, ami lie was | loft In darknos.4 nn<l misery. "James, have you i>:iId .Mr. Ttowno his interest yet?" asked Ilamiril). The young man loaned his head upon J Ids hands and groaned aloud. "For heaven'?. pake, James, what lias happened V" erlod the htartl. d wife. J springing t > the aide of he-' Inu l ind, j and twining her arm about Ids nook. The young man looked uj> with n wild, haggard expression. Ills lips were bloodless, and bis feature.* wi re '.It ...ill. - .I-."- ? .... .it. i< in ii i. mi 11 u</ii lll-llin*. "What is i 1V Oil, what?" murmured the wife. "Co look In our bo:r our little bank!" groaned tlio poor man. Hannah luistoned away, and when she returned, she lioro au Cmni?<y h.>x in her hand. "Kobbed!" she gasped, and sho flnnk lrcnil)lint{ly down beside her hie I:-ndY. side. "Yes, Hannah," whispered tlio husband, "I liavo robbed you." The strleken v\ ifo ga-/<>d upon her husband with ? vacant look, for at first she did not comprehend: Inn she rr>. mombeml hi* behavior for woeks back; slie remembered bow bo Jiad murmured In bis .sloop of lotteries :tnd tickets, of blanks and prizes, and Kradually the truth broke In upon her. "I have done it ail, Hannah," hoarsely whispered the condemned man, when he saw that bis wife bad guessed Ibo truth. "All, all'has ?one for lottery tickets. The dowoQ tcmytor lured me: lie licld up glittering gold lu im liand, but be gave mo none of It. Oil, do not chide me! You. know not what 1 linvo suffered?wluit hours of agony I have passed?and you know how cold my heart is now. Oh, my wife, would to God I had listened to you!" "Ah!" calmly whispered the fnltlifu) wife, as she dilew her linnet ncrosti b*>r husband's lionteil brow. "Mount no4 for what Is lost. I will not ehtdo you. It is hard thus for you to lose yom scanty earnings, but thero might br many worse calamities than that. Courage, James; wo wilt soon forgot it." "Arul Mr. Kowso will foreclose tt;? mortgage. You will bo homines.;," murmured young La lining in broker accents. "No; I will sen that nil is safe in that quarter," added Hannah. At that mpinent the baby awoke, ?nfl the gentle mother was called to car#' for it. On the next day, at noon, Hannah I,aiming gave her liusbaud n v ceipt for $15 from Mr. ltowse. "llera," said she, "Interest paid Now let us forget all that lias passed ami eommeneo again." "But liow?what liiis paid this'.'" asked .Tames, gnxing lir.st npn-.i the reeeipt and then upon his wife. "Never mind." "All, Lull I must mind. '1' 1! inc. It u> i nah." "Well. I have .sold my c- :.1 vatrj:." j "Sold it!" "liut 1 c;in buy it hack i.-viSn. I'he I man will not part willi ' t, if 1 v.-aid it. l>ut 1 don't want it, .lanx , (ill we are able. Perhaps 1 sii.tI< n- vcr wait !t. YOU -Uli < !>!.Ir. I. .. ?. ! '! i I derive one th;> n!c;j.<uiv from | itn posv>s?don that I no'.v feel in ! 1 s; I result of !{.; disposal." .1 nines Liunion Happed li!s wife to hio ! bosom, niul lie murmured a prayer, and in that prater there was a pledge. ?*? #?* Two years passed away, and during lliat time James Lanning lost not a single day from liis work, lie was a? punelual as the sun, and the result 1 was as sure. It was laie on Saturday evening j when ho eame homo. After supper, ho \ drew a paper from his pocket, and laid j it litmn !!'<> toliln "There, llannah," said ho, while ft noble pride beamed in every feature, "Ibere is my morfifnge. I've paid it-every cent. This house is ours; it is our o" r> bouse. I've bought it with : dollars, every one of which has been honestly earned by the sweat of my brow. I mil happy now." j Hannah Lamiing saw that her husband had opened his arms, and she sat down upon his knee and laid her head upon his shoulder. "Oh, blessed moment!" she murmured. "Yes. it is n blessed moment," re- ; sponded her hudiand. "Do you re mem- j her, Hannah, the hour of bitterness j ttint wo s^w two years ni;oV" Tlio wife Kii'tiJilorcd, but i>i:nl no j reply. "All," oo'itinnod lli<? yr.'i ^ u):i*n. "1 hrivo novor frr.'io! it n !!: ;t bitto. It son; :iih1 oven i 'i\v 1 tl'iviil , 1 think | how fntiiliy 1 v, :s ?I< ( !\ <*i 1 I y 111?* , (Piuplor liia" h.is hired so m::ny 111 isnn^s to dolnn-tlou." | "i'.ul ii.i l,Is !>!'t ir. tl s happy moment," Frii<{ ll.munh, lo>kns no with :i :!iil "Its t . >v r I': <1 v I r; :t 1 . ' ' .i. mi in,i jc- ]> .n : i ; i vt r lie ; forgotten. .Mi. !! .? ' ; ; y tie!; t 1 li;is* u ? :. .! few wo until tluy : -I i1." "Ard '.III.' ;:!! ii > Kliios fioftlST I risked (!" Wife. !; i!> " rt y Iti-iuli! I ; itlri"1 i i - t t: rn of !lie f:: i'jn " iv. .. .-it c.,.j oi.Jy ! ; le<ir? I!:" S y\var<l t Va vol ; jiiilo dniigor j :i!'?l ?li< ?." "Von !i;. <! r v ,,V?. Y u 1 \vr?vo i-1 ''11 i ' > ' iwi i i :ir dr. !': ';,nl *i??"i itj^ro ' . 1 , ; -!y to ' . ' . . -i! -xi !s wonIrl of: - >r < ? t r <ll?" i ( .< <>' !?::? Iff. i ; v . I! v Mil<l I"1 frtr i-.' ; ii.i>. i". i i (!. v < llif now. ? V . v? ;! V . Arc AincilrntH I'm llli r in I As a lllttitr:' of : n't, i-> Klljrilsll poll- ( I li'Iitn cm UtinUs 111 ioi'.llijf till' I niltvl Slsiti in 1 i> . :?; < 'i willlOUt ; Homo ' tin!'. :i!'-:i . :y ; ... ?*tIvo, :mi! tli<? Ii.*iti><i . wl.i i 1 Ms s l to I.,- tin- most sloli.J puliiie in lSurope, J ami l)(>eoni<; i:.:l, thanks to cheap ; reading, oim of ill" most hysterical and 1 scntiiiKMil.'i), always flu'ers heartily i any allusion (<? "our cousins beyond tlio sea," and :i*^r? rapturously with 111o speaker thai "Mood is thicker than water." An American who trios to porsimde hints. If tluit his. country has a political foe in England had better may In America if l:c wants to keep j his faith whole. It. would hardly sur* vive a fortnight in England itself, j KnKllidnucn hear no unulyeH. They | are as proi.d of Wa: liin^lon .*:s Amer- i (/ . no 4 1......^ ' ' I - * 1 ..I iii.hiii , hit . hi mem itre not : even awmv '.luii. (li"ro was such a I tiling sis tlio War ?:f IM'J; while tlioy quite cheerfully admit ;kat nil through tho Civil War nrid 'he Alabama busi- j uoss they v.rro 111 tho wrong, mid wore 1 rightly Jiiado to pay for it. In tir? visHo rs' ro'ii.i at tho I Inform Club on I'll 11 .Mai! you will I'ml over tho mantlepiece a :ni!( of tl.e Declaration of Indepeinlenc.', ;i:t?i above it medallions I of Washington, Lincoln ami linmt. There is something rather fine in a people that can thus candidly publish a id acknowledge two of the gieau.t blunders In their history, lint tiie Tritl^'i have grown into a big habit of always exempting Americans from the ordinary divisions of nationality. Cecil Rhodes was far from being the only Englishman whose patriotism went bei yond the empire, and included tho I raee. Tho least Imaginative Londoner | feels himself and his country in ft very i special degree united to America. It Is the nation of nil others he would I most like his own to be on friendly nnd | even intimate terms with.?Sydnej i Iirookti, in Harper's Weekly. J t%jrsirsi fNjf 2 SOUTH CAROLINA i ) STATE NEWS ITEHS.: Negro Held in New York. A New York dispatch says: At tho request of the authorities of Florence, S. C., a negro who gave his name as Jim J'rown, and who is charged with incendiarism and felonious assault,was arrested on the schooner Salisbury, *?t Port Royal, S. which arrived Monday. ? * Constables Make a Raid. K i.f -Ucw. j'ui iy wi ui->iK.un?i(y *;unni?ui**?5 in the Spartanburg district rceentlv destroyed over 15 000 gallons of boor , in twenty largo fermentera, nnct also broke up a still. Tliis is one of the largest, seizures ever made in tbe dist r:<-t. 'I'lie still was abandoned be fore the constables readied it, and accordingly no arrests wore made. * ? ? Painter Slays Carpenter. A homicide occurred liirqj' miles iVoni Columbia a day or two ago. Percy Crews, a carpenter, engaged !n buil'liug a cottage on the Kpvorlh Orphanage property, was shot in the j back of tlio bead and killed i> va nnint- ' or named Hurley McDonald. There had been .some dispute nwr j a ma Iter of ?r?. There wen; 15 or 20 j men working on the premises and I they did not try to stop McDonald, who went to Columbia, notified His wife and made his escape. Crews is little more than a hoy. * * A Banks and Mills Hav? Security. The statement sent out from Boston concerning voluntary petition iu bankruptcy by \V. 15. Smith-Whaley has caused South Carolina bankers and mill men to explain that all of ?>lr. Whalny'rt obligations held in this section are fully securel. Manv >f the liabilities listed are notes endorsed by Mr. vVhaley and others and are perfectly good without his name. The bankruptcy proceedings wcro not. unexpected, as they are the logical outcome of embarrassment of mills lu this state, which was fully aired last winter in the courts and in the press. Bride in Roic of College Girl. When Miss Annie I.it inter Law, of AihiumLi. <~5n.. entered Converse Col k \ ;it Spart vuburg, the past week, if was little dreamed that sho was 1.. i .!.? 1. .11 1- -- ii. >.< . i .?iii.u'di i i i :i ny un? riji]iv<; authorities, however, that such was Mi ' case. Mis:; l.uw'f. marriaRu leaked out hv mean; of a t kv*ram from her hus* hand, Mr. lie j. >. of AusiiftLii. President i'tfll refused to aiiow the younk lady to comply with her husband's teles: raphic rc<fuest t<? eoino home and lcejit Mism T.:;w lit the rolloRO until !k r* u Mian arrived. In I he company of iIm' 1 utior Kite It'll i mined! ilely for Au?ii- trr. j Entire Family Wiped Out. \ trle^r t'.n v. r< ; ivt :I :>t 0i?<. - j 11 . " I'lcin i -to ;>.( It nl' Mr. I. ? Hill . !. Jtiliicf. r'"> mi., wlio wns Idllf I I : - !>???>. ) I:- ;i ; :w(1 niiM. Ttl? < < ip v. a . c\;iv !( i u( <*"i ! ' i :oi>(i:iy ii !ii, but in. ' -(I 1 leU U'Rin w; r<" ' 'v .! Htating tivit * , nrn.irnpanic l I y Mr j-Icd' ' ! lliil. hi: frithfcr; I,i;o Hill'.* wlfo a fid t i : ''iii: hi .1 and A : ii:i* 1 i' Mor, * < on tii Ill-fated XfiuMv-rn train, win v. : . r< "U<-r in T : n;v- . o and ll.it all l!ii> parties were! kilif.l. Tin" cnrpHOS of all Hov.?n of II'*' family won1 W:< :* s.-nl w> fluff iipv. * ' t S?'tfe Crackers Make Nc.it Hall. IJxpert s:if?i craekr r entered tbe postoffice at Kiu^strco, one nijrbt tlie pant, week, and, alier a short aiif>Ii? a (ion <?f blacksmith tools, rtolen from ji nenrby shop. extruc(ed a package of $1,000 addressed to tin- Hank of Kin^'ftree, $350 in iiostoffleo funds, abou( ?tr>0 worth of stamps and jewelry t)"longing to Postmaster Jacobi valued Jit $."?00. The bit/glnr* (hen departed. le*ivinrc no elite. The money lor v!:e bank bad been sent from Charleston on wired ordern, and it was- puppoxe.l no one !;in w oi the Or<'."r except bann officer fivl Hi'- to], graph opt rato'-. Tiir? losa w: disfov;ivd Iho ney.t inornli;/. As Hie money had Iccn inr.urod tin hank will not lose anything. * Lynchcrf for the Usual Crime. A young negro hoy named Hatm nrown war, lynched hy tin* citizens of Laurens county for ftUeinpte.l criminal assault on the 14-year-old daugh/?< i. i wi mi.: 11iikim.'h, u mmier at waterloo tow null I p. Tho girl and her sister wore alone in tho yard and the negro assaulted the younger one. The older girl canio to the aid of her sister and the negro released the younger, telling both he would kill them if they ever told, lie then went hack !o his work picking cotton in a nearby field. Tho girls told their father when he came home. The news spread to th* neighborhood. The negro wan taken from tho field. Some wanted hirn car riod to tho Laurens Jail, but others Insisted ton lynching lilra. The lynching sentiment prevailed, and, at night, tho negro was carriod across the Saluda river Into Greenwood county and hanged. * * ? nepcruing at leisure. A ease of love at Urst signt, a hasty marriago and a husband now in Jail, charged wLth bigamy and obtaining goods under falso pretenses, is tho pitiful (ale that cornea from Anderson, regarding Mrs. Susan Owens, who recently left tho Excelsior Knitting Mills, at Union, to take a position in Hrogon Mills, Anderson. Mrs. Owens is an attractive young woman about 2<? years old, with four little children. On the 20th of last June her husband, George Owens, died, and a short while ago she decided to go with friends to Anderson. At JonesVlllQ she wne Inlnoil !?, ' * 1 .. uj uiiniiv; ivuir nedy, a man about 3."> years of age from Hickory, N. C., whom she had met Just a few days before. While en route ho wooed and won. and on arriving at Anderson they were made man and wife by a magis irate; but evidently the marriage did not carry with it all the bliss that was expected, for Kennedy was arrested, charged with higamv, his first wife, now living in Greenville, and also wish having sold all the earthly possessions of Virs. Kennedy No. 2, lor merly Mi's. Owens. She, as "a result, vras stranded in Anderson with ner four little one*. * O * Bennett Extradited. Governor Terrell, of Georgia, granted the extradition warrant in favor of Governor Hey wood for J. 1?. Honnett, now confined in Jail in Savannah, ljnt wanted at Hampton, both on the charge of hrinir an escaped eon viet and for lb'1 murder of his wife. Attorney General Gunter went to Georgia to represent the state ?n J;io> supposition that Uennott proposed to flsht his extradition. Rut Governor Terrell received a letter from It. L. Cohling. of Savannah, who has been representing Hennett, stating that ho would niaho no further rontention. It sccMs that Ilonnett, who had boon serving a term in the state penitentiary for murder, was pardoned on condition that he would never return to the state. He did return , and, it is said, while liere, killed his wife. The extradition papers were made out on j mt; ii, i riitirpp, n ik'uik claimed Hint | lio \vi. 11 escaped convict, because no hail returned to tlio state in violation of.his pledge. it wps aflorwards learned tli.ii if : h?. extradition papers wore not. honored mi t.liut ground, ano'lier warrant would ft<> s-'ut charging Hen nett witli murder. It was then thai (' >! onel loiinir deride 1 to uive up the flight an ! ro wrote (1ov? rnov Torre1!. WOKlilVS I'Mi: ST. I<OUIS. tjoniwvillo ai.it Nashville [tuilroatt. If you are going to tlio World's I'oSr you J want tlio hi'st rout*. Tlio Ii. ?fc N. is tho | shortest, 'iui<?kciit und host lino. Throo trains daily. Through Pullman Mb ophift Ciir<iui<! 1)iriIn ; C.urs. Low Halo TI<-l?ot? sold daily. <>' t rulf from )c:ir |o<:;l !tr.<l ftjik f< r ti<*i: via I,. \ N. SroiovRn ai.r.owfi) at MAMMOTH CWV.. All klri?!:- >-i' information furi I-'. >1 ori apl li ati< n to .).(!. HOI.iiKNJil CK, J)ist. l a. s. A^'nt, Atlnniii, Acid DySpepsin a Very Common Disease. It Is indicated by sour stomach, , In ii!.'.".ini, tongue coated and flnVoy, [stomach tender and bowels Home Union ,loo i , sometimes constipated. Persons ?uiTerin;r from Acid Dy.vuensia aro n< lually thin and bloodless. Sometimes the siuffeivr in fleshy, hut the flesh is |f!iibhy and unhealthy. A Radical cure |of thht disease can ho effected in a short time hy taking one or two Hyjdale Stomach Tablets aftc r each mo.al jand whom v? r the stomach Is out of order. Thev are harmless and can ho taken at any time and as often as i* necessary to relieve the stomach. iTrial size 2'ic. Family sire, flUc. If lo Receivr P?vOiirinrt Wort tf<w<rc. An order was issued at the navy department Thursday providing 'hut all employees of navy yards and stations in tIn; United States shall be paid during working hours. The labor unions have long objected to ?!.? !r members reeoivlng pay after working hours. Home lor Priinkitrds' Wives, Twenty thousand dollars to establish a homo for drunkard's ttives in Iowa is one of tho bequests of the late .James Callahan, (ho eccentric philanthropist mil'ionalre of Des Moines. Tho beque.it Was made known Thursday Suicide Prevented. Th<- startling announcement that a preventive of suicide had been dlscovered will interest many. A run idown system, 01 despondency invariably precede suicide and something lias been found that will prevent that condition wjiic!. makes suicide likely. At the first thought of self destruction, tako Electric Hitters. It being a great tonic and nervine, will strengthen the nerves and build un the Rvsttm ! '? aiso a great Stomach, Liver and Kidney regulator. Only 60c. Sat infliction guaranteed by Plckenw Drug Co. I tf Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney tr< jblc preys upon the mind, discourages an< lessens ambition; beauty, vlgorO icttt- i *. anc* cheerfulness sooW( MMI disappear v/hen tho kld neys arc out of order -mMj ir ^or diseased. _7 Kidney trouble has ' IT bccomc so prevalent " 1) that it Is not uncommon l\ H for a child to be born /V\a^"c,c^ with weak hid'J |i neyc. If the child urinatcs too often, if the urine scalds he flesh or if, when tho child reaches an ic when it should be able to control the ir.sagc, it is yet afflicted with bcd-wettlng,iepend upon it. tnc cause of the difficulty^ kidney trouble, and the first step should fc towards the treatment of these Importit organs. This unpleasant trouble Is du4o a diseased condition cf the kidneys and ladder and not to a habit as mort DCODle Women arlvcll as man are made miserable 'with ilucy ar.d bladder trouble, and both ncl the ofmc great remedy. The mild ani the immediate effect of Swamp'RoJi3 aooi|-eali?cd. It is sold ires, also pamalet tell nomo of nr-iuim-Root. ng a'.l about 1, inciting many of the houjands of istimwil letters received rom sufferers &red. tt writing Dr. Kilmer k Co.. Binghatjon, 1 Y., be sure and mention this pajer. 1 Don't make Iny rrftke, but remember the n.ime, Siamp-?t, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, aid the Brcss. Binghamton, N. Y.. on evervVottlafc A MKILILT JU?1_ "VIEW.** Columbus Judqo CatnTpon to Derid? Question of Stofttockings. A Columbus, G?|k patch says: To bo strictly ace;!, Justice En gene Kay, of this clftinnot exclaim "l am from .Mlssouaiow mo," hocnuso of the fact tl|o is a Georgian, bat at Hid Humlo bo endeavors to live tip to tAotto that I? making the ir.ulo HtAmous. Monday u rather B ease eanio up in his court, a y<?t?hito woman ami her husband appelas prosecutors of Dlna Willtanslgro washor woman. who wan chat with stealing a number of artiilf clothing. Among other tilings #a alleged I that the woman stole V- of stock ingK. She denied her ??ery stren I i:OIIKIV M nH th?* nPr?a?>Mil - ' ... - ? -wvas equal / t.v insistent thill. she hal returnedi the hosiery. In this iaa Jud^jf/ Ituy, who was Eonnnvhii^]^^ aiy/ who was anxious to I at. tllfc^, truth of the matter, toi wo*^J| t i hold up Iter drena "low court the stockings she Ij. 'i'no woinau elevated 1?<t drc:L point jtifit above the knot"', atul j ao th<- prosecutrix cxclnlra'qpitedly l i>at >he negro had on *??cliin>r? Sh< remarked that '.he r,(, ;lCr. I self wore was. the sanH:.3 JUi ti:e pair stolen hy dofen<i Oo. corning ginnowhat excited bit nation, mid being Imbued i commendable de.'Hro to vcrll state menta. exhibited her owi Jnga. Judge Ray took a ?tr* j?UoinI view of the two pair of 8t 3 tjul<, exhibited and decided thi Woro of the r.ame Ktylo of h?isl< s sue i tainlng tho prosecutrix's ion. END OF BITTER j "Two physicians had nn<i I iThllOrn rtirllt with (in n? , - in* my I light. Iuuk," writes J. MVS< 0f tnil'onl, C.a., "and gavj j?tY. , ryhoily thought my ^U-me A:; :i last resort J trlcrl|^*A^ow Discovery for Conauml j)t)n cfit 1 received was st lectio wan on my foot in a few I l*vo or. 11 rely regained my 1 p^n quers all Coughs, ('o.glomr()Ilf and Lung troubles. ,ca| F t>y Wiekens Drug Co. i'ricj ^urj.00. Trial hottU-H free. Alii UO SWIMOHRSl |. Braco of Wildcat Compjl x?otj|olU lorth in Jflcksfl ] At Jacksonville, KB* j'ui ted Slates special nl-ulatd I) Anderson, represA thijtallle rtoftltv nnrniio"'! Jlihori"hc::1 the Consolidate . Up ly Company of Dos 'b0 ?' The arrest was n Ll h'lBl<vr from th? poatofflce ( wlu dCJ, claims that tho tw ,, ( re wild cat schemes, ai 1 hr.v" boon swindled r? l%. United States. fc mil Thorn nre a minify mat jn Jacksonville of thel . ,h colls from the sulr^1' aljr month with a proifl ^ end of two years IU|H CUV lean of Sl.OCO. [|he iq Violent Attack of Df*if Sji ?t Chamberlain's ColXftujd?ap?\ iJw-ifc Diarrhoea Remedy an^^H^m3\K Life Saved. I "A short timn asrn I lUivo I would 1iavo died \j 'SBjjLui no(