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/ / You Can Become an Army or Navy Officer If you are a persevering, moral young man, between the ages of 17 and 35 years, possessing a good com mon school education and passing the neccessary physical examination. Further particulars for four cents in stamps, by addressing W. H. PHILLIPS, Louisville, Ky. A BRAVE QUAKER LAD. Stomach Troubles Cured Having compounded a poultice of wonderful absorbent and curative properties for the positive and permanent relief of almost every character of stomach troubles, the undersigned svill gladly send, express prepaid, a com plete course of free treatment to a limited number of sufferers; the only compensation asked is the privilege of referring to the applicant ( when cured ) in corresponding with the future prospective patients in yonr locality. No Testimonials Solicited. No Names Published. All that is required is your name, address, full particulars regarding your case, accompanied by this offer. ASSOCIATED DRUG STORES I The Ledger, Gaffney, S. C. LOUiSVil!©) Ky« £ ■ i Don’t Dorset ■ I am selling Flour so cheap you ^ woud think I am about to give it v * away. J. K. F" I IN C PC E: N, | Second Door From Postoffice. He Wouldn*< FlKht, but He Proved He Wan .\ot Afraid. When the question of courage is once settled It hardly makes a difference what kind It i«, whether it is on the battlefield or in the tent. In 1801, says Lippineott'a Magazine, the great-grand son of a Quaker who had settled on an island in Lake Champlain was drafted. “It will be no use.’’ said the young man. “I shall never fight. My mother taught me it is a slu. It is her religion, and my father’s, and their fathers’. I shall never raise my baud to kill any one.” The recruiting officer took no notice. “We’ll see about that later,” said he. The regiment went to Washington, and the Quaker boy drilled placidly and shot straight. “But I shall never fight,” said he. Word went out that there was a traitor in the ranks. The lieutenant conferred with the captain, and all the forms of punishment devised for re fractory soldiers were visited on this lad. He went through them without flinching, and then he was taken be fore the colonel. "What does this mean'.'” demanded the officer. “Don’t you know you will be shot?” The Quaker smiled a little. He had steady eyes and a square chin. “That Is nothing,” be said. “Thee didn’t think I was afraid, did thee?” The prisoner went back to the guard house, and the colonel sought out 1’res ident Lincoln. “Why, that’s plain enough,” said the president. “There’s only one thing to do. Trump up some excuse and send him home. You can’t kill a hoy like that, you know. The country needs all her brave men, wherever they are. Send him home.” So the Quaker went back to the is land, to life and duty as he saw them, and his children tell the story. “GO SOAK YOUR HEAD.’ Wicked Polly Has Two Days of Fun With Bayonne Folks. (New York World.) The residents in the vicinity of fashionable Avenue A and Fourteenth street, Bayonne, N. J., will today take active steps to capture a “cussing” poll parrott that for several days has inhabited a tall tree near the house of Charles E. Annett. Whence the bird came or to whom it belongs is a mystery, but its early days must have been passed with a ship’s crew, for it swears like a sailor in irons. Polly’s presence was not discovered for two days. It first fooled every body by crying after men who left their homes for New York trains: “Better hurry up. dad, or you will be late! Time’s nearly up.” When the men turned to see what member of their family was talking the parrot laughed “Ha, ha,” and said “Rubber.” When school girls passed the tree Polly would cry “Hello, dear; going far?” the girls thought the boys were growing saucy. Richard Annett was greeted yester day with “Hello, uncle! Hello, uncle!” Thinking one of his nephews was up the tree he cried back, “Better come down before you fall,” and the parrot answered "Go soak your head!” This aeu : ed Mr. Annett and he de cided t' eV.ise the hoy from the tree. When ) id he had been fooled by a parrot ; said things. During the day Policeman Keating and a score of boys tried to capture the bird but she flew to the topmost branches. There she was still “cussing” last night. The Secret of Good Coftee Even the beat housekeepers cannot make a good cup of coffee without good material. Dirty, adulterated and quoerly blended coffee such as unscrupulous dealers shovel over their counters won’t do. But take the pure, clean, natural flavored LION COFFEE, the leader of all package coffees— the coffee that for over a quarter of a century has been daily welcomed in millions of homes—and you will make a drink fit for a king in this way: HOW TO MAKE GOOD COFFEE. LION COFFHE, becanie to get best results you must use the beat coffee. Grind your LION COFFEE rather flue. Use “a tablespoonful to each cup, and one extra for the pot.” First mix It with a little cold water, enough to make a thick p<.ste and add white of an egg (if egg is to be used aa a setUer), then follow one of the following rule*: 1st. WITH BOILING WATEH. THREE MINUTES ONLY, minutes to settle. Serve Add boiling wster, and let It boll Add a little cold water and set aside live erve promptly. 2d. WITH COLD WATER. Add yonr eold water to the paste and bring It to n boll. Then set aside, add a little cold water, and In live —ilnutes It's ready to serve. 3 (Don’t boll it too long. ) K on ’.i ** stand more than ten minutes before serving, (Don’t use water that’ * ‘ ' ' • DO NTS (Don’t use water that has been boiled before. TWO WAYS TO SETTLE COFFEE. lay 1 , COFFEE before 2d- With Cold Water luatead of eggs. A fter boiling add a dash of cold wster, and set aside for eight or ten minntes, then serve through a strainer. Eflfls. Pa* part of tbs white of au egg, mixing it with the ground LION re boiling. insist ou getting a package of genuine LION COFFEE, prepare It according to this recipe and you will only use LION COFFEE in future. (Sold only in 1 lb. sealed packages.) (Lion-head on every package.) (Save i ise Lion-heads for valuable premiums.) SOLD BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE WOOLSON SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. A Bunch (Louisville Henry Clews ble giving the the millionaires ■ •V.r; JTHK Union Central Life Ins. Co. Of Crinoniiiiiti, Ohio. The Great Policy-Holders’ Company Lowest Premiums, Biggest Dividends. CHAS. P. LIGON, District Manager. Gaffney, S. C. ELLIOTT ESTES, Gen. Agt. ELLIOTT ESTES, Jr., Cashier | Spartanburg, S, C. tl-20-Aug dO CAMPHOR BYPRODUCTS. How They Are Ohtaiiie<l Krom Every I’m-t of the Tree. Every part of a camphor tree, even to the leaves, contains camphor. The forests are not confined to Formosa alone, but are also found in Japan proper. Camphor is found in the form of crystals in the wood tissues and is separated from the crude oil by double distillation. From the first distillation is secured an oxidized product, cum- phogenotol, the principle of the cam phor oils of commerce. The crude camphor is a dark colored substance, fusing at 17<> degrees C. Among the byproducts may be men tioned crude camphor oil, which comes out simultaneously with the camphor; white oil, obtained by sublimating the crude oil and used in the manufacture of soap. Red oil also is obtained from the crude camphor oil ns well us black oil, which is extensively used in the preparation of varnishes. A turpentine is secured from the white oil that is in great demand for medical and indus trial purposes. From red oil is ob tained tin* product known ns saffrol, employed to a considerable extent in the manufacture of perfumery and also soup, and a disinfectant is also distilled from red oil after the addi tion of other substances claimed to kill the cholera bacillus. Another product is an insecticide, which when ni nglrd with 100 parts of water destroys in sects injurious to farm crops.—Scien tific American. of Millionaires. Courier Journal.) has prepared this ta- estimated wealth of of the United States: John D. Rockfeller, $.">00,000,000. Andrew Carnegie, $115,000,000 given away, leaving $250,000,000. William Waldorf Astor, chiefly in real estate, $200,000,000. John Jacob Astor, $175,000,000. Gould family, of which George J. Gould’s personal fortune represents $35.000.000—$150.000,000. Marshal Field. $100,000,000. Blair estate, $100,000,000, W. K. Vanderbilt. $80,000,000. Russell Sage. $80,000,000. D. O. Mills, $75,000,000. William Rockfeller. $75,000,000. J. Pierpont Morgan, $00,000,000. James J. Hill. $00,000,000. Henry H. Rogers, $50,000,000. Henrv Phipps, $15,000,000. John D. Archibald. $40,000,000. Henry M. Flagler. $40,000,000. James B. Haggin, $40,000,000. Tames Henrv Smith. $35,000,000. W. H. Tilford, $20,000,000. James Stillman, $20,000,000. George F. Baker, $15,000,000. It will he observed that Senator Clarke. P. A. B. Widener. E. H. Har- .Tames Hazen Hyde, John ‘.Trs. Hetty Green and certain are not mentioned. These a poor hunch of mendicants! We will forfeit this amount, if by analysi or chemi ' ™ ck ‘ ‘ cal test, Checkers is found to contain any Alcohol or the minutest particle of Morphine, Opium, Cocaine, or any other dangerous narcotic drug. Checkers is perfectly harmless and only contains sufficient concentrated California Orange Wine and imported Oi>orto Port to preserve the medicinal properties of the formular- and render the scientifically prepared Cod Liver Oil (which it ccatains.) palatable and agreeable to the weakest stomach. Checkers cures Stomach, Liver, Kidney, Nerve and Blood Diseases, Catarrh, Bronchitis, Coughs and Colds, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, La Grippe, Heart Disease, Indigestion, Malaria, Chills and Fever, Nervousness and < ieneral Debility. It checks Consumption and is a good medicine for all Female Complaints. Get one of the large dollar bottles to-day, you may forget it to-morrow, and the disease will obtain more sway by <! lay. Sample free—if you write. Checkers Med! ■•'no Co.. Y’inston-Ralem, X. C. hu. sif-.m rtman, v i<l*i i*i, others must b* The Eye of the Shark, The eye of the shark is small, long and narrow, closely ^resembling that of a pig. All observers have agreed hi at tributing to it a sly and malicious ex pression, but this must to some extent be taken as a flight of fancy. The only real reason for attributing to the shark a savage disposition is that, like t!: ■ wolf, he has no pity whatever for a comrade in distress and that a wound ed shark will be instantly attacked and devoured by his companion. This is indeed an evil trait In the creature and can only be excused on the ground of his prolonged fasts and the over mastering demands of his appetite.— London Standard. Are You Administrator and have the settlement of an estate? If so, request of the Judge of Probate that youradvertisement be placed in :: :: : I" HLI-: It has the largest circulation of any paper In the Fifth South Carolina Congressional District. Wolf, Caiiu-1 and Rear. The only two animals besides the wolf for which domesticated animals never seem able to conquer their aver sion are the camel and the bear. The former is a case of pure natural aver sion. It has been noticed that when the camels In a traveling menagerie have been tethered at any particular spot horses will shy and refuse to go near it, even after the camels have gone on their way with the rest of the show to another town.—Country Life. This Must Have Been a Printer. (Clifton S. Wady.) I dreamt a dream the other night when all around was still; I dreamt I saw a wallet and a hun- dred-dollar bill; Of course I thought I thought I dreamt and drew my curtain wide; But on my sight instanter fell a mighty golden tide. From out the endless reaches of a silent upper sky The hand of Old Benevolence each second let ’em fly; The jingle of the silver as it struck my window sill Made me forget the wallet and the hundred-dollar bill; And I stared in speechless pleasure at the bags of gleaming gold. For the wealth that lay before me— like the truth—has not been told. Then of course there came reaction, and I danced in jerky glee. And I howled and shrieked in laughter in extremes of ecstacy. Till a strong hand clutched my top- knot where the hair Is poorly fed, And awoke me as it broke me from my fancies, hack to bed. There Is often Joy in sorrow; there Is pleasure, too, in pain; And I’d sleep a week, tomorrow could I dream that dream again! 1..NOW..I £ Is the time for you to select a | BUGGY and HARNESS I ^ We have a complete line of 3 | Bugsies, Harness, Saddles, Whips and Lap Robes, i We have a special proposition 2 FOR YOU. 1 £ £ £ £ IteinorMelena Profcrc**. In every great business the chief trouble is to find a powerful and pion okring staff. It is frequently achieved in these days, and especially in Ameri ca, by n series of remorseless experi ments. One person after another gets his chance, and nine-tenths of the num ber are flung upon the street.—British Weekly. When a man keeps his own counsel he hasn’t much use for a lawyer. Found a Cure for Dyspepsia. Mrs. S. Lindsay, of Fort William, Ontario, Canada, who has suffered quite a number of years from dys pepsia and groat pains in the stomach, was advised by her druggist to take Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets. She did so and says. “I find that they have done me a great deal of good. I have never had any suffer ing since T began using them.” If troubled with dyspepsia or indigestion why not. take these Tablets get well and stay well? For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. Or. 8. H. Griffith, PHYSICAN - SURGEON - OCULIST. Former pupil of the celebra ted Oculist, Dr. Julian J. Chisolm, ot Baltimore. Has also taken special post-grad uate course in the liye, Kar, Nose and Throat Hospital of Baltimore. Glasses Fitted Accurately and Scientifically. v>* 0* ISmith Hardware Co.| £ -GAFFNEY, S. C. 3 £ 3 Do You KnowZeke Sawtell? Builders and contractors used to carry around three bricks as a sample of their houses. : ; Hue are three bricks that I will show you as sam ples of the splendid policies issued by the : : Mutual Benefit Life’Insurance Company. First brick—Low premiums. Second brick—An nual dividends. Third brick—All values in event of lapse beginning with second year. ; ; : For sample policy see JONES J. DARBY, Agant. Office in Cherokee Co., fi’ldg. If you want all the news of Cherokee county Subscribe for The Ledger $1.00 Per Year. CO h < X £ < cc h C/5 STRAW HATS! AX COS X T STRAW HATS! XOR XEM AT CARROLL & BYERS’.