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The Katydid Orchestra. An article in a recent number of Science on the katydid orchestra is extremely in'teresting. The writer states that this is one instance in na ture of concerted and continued efforts of harmony. The katydidskeep time, and are the only members of the in sect kingdom that do this on any ex tended scale. He says: "So soon as the sun has set and twilight is ad vancing, the isitydids in the trees be gin to 'tune up.' The first notes are scattered, awtw3ard and without rhythm ; but. it no wind is blowing, thousands soon join in, and from that' time until daylight breaks there is no intermission. It is inarvelous that the organs can withstand this con tinual ' rubbiua for eight hours. By choosing out an insect close by and listening to it alone, I have convinced myself that the .t:ae insect keeps at it at least for iri at a time. The_ I raspings are seldom three at a time, as the popular na-ne would imply, bu, hro the result of usually four or five, someti:nes six, distinct but closely joined :_ov:nze:ts." When a Iar::3 number of k6ydids are engaged in this musical e:xreise, there are tho-e with louder iones who seem to occay the position as leaders, or first vioin ists. They hold the time measure often iu spite of the wind, which usually stops the performuce of the moro timid, and soon draw out the lost notes of the others once more in regular measure or beat. An out-hi-work 'm: ' for ol. an I une:. - ploye' n,-me--:rs ,t, be established by Wait aiz ;-ica Nc. 1, of New York City. Ssow.re of :inments for Catarrh That Centain Mercury, imer-:try will suroly destroy the sense o *.nei :t corupetelyvderange the wholoss:cn.e :c :i:rgi i1r. tirough the maucoussurfac:et. tcia a:e-Les "oultI never be used ex-:em c" vescrtt ' , ;'r'nJr ep1uSat> e,ph-:':cian1S, a ti e binge l:1 y. i:1 tl : t e. n t . to the g'od " - . *-. big pti-r.ve fr rm. tem. H;atl':tarl :ri, : a1uetr L'y F. J. (h?-ney & C.. wied O., roe'ins ro me1rcury and is t::ike: .::er: . na::g in-.y t:ni t;e blOot! ani :nacous s"-fce M 2system. In lri. 'al' sCa'trrliCur *' 'sre to t the a . It is taken I:t "r ,ti , at 'l isi:atir i 'I 'ic. ,t:, bn i. j. Cny.C, Co. Testimonials m. n d b Drug;:sts, i'rica , e. per oUtt:t. In Olden Times en;!-e 'yverl'ed the imtance of perma neatly be:xetidal eITet- a::-! were sati.-:ked :ith itra:nien adion, but ::0r: that it is ger:er ally kno a that Syr-of Fis n i:I rerma.ent ;y cro hal: ;le cons:i:tna. weli-inf!rned retae w.ti not h::y other axatives,. which act fkr a tia:e. i>t i:i int ire i:: sst er Impnied Tich'tl is Not E:'iIr iRerninei, yet. P - C. .r o :ic ha' at tained is it man a.<. r.. FCr eveerc weaknessand dirrsa Streng ht to S;.rt. Tih- .naj.>r'ty of p :mo tv ' i .1 d"i"( " not poses t:: ;1!"":':11 l "hei:: (1:'Ir ordn-. bo Th y' are al'\ :a ennemption :gr n1. r .ia. ,v.r-r i :m-i Aa+dne :1' - i.h . t i ai: : ':. :th l nk - l Se : : . m:wh . . -: b o:;.-- fri :1n. w el:-d i e v~rU i-W'' H-r uln: Then "-' it:' v -* a t'N I,tApn re.i-t'i''xm-dti-Sx. ..: r_'h .c.e .ab n.* .m :e .:: r , <:-:-- :. . - r - rs.Win.kw' .4ch-: ar p for at r 'ehn: '-ath : .. .: ince i t m - : ln, ally' i n. enre wi::d cork att . 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The Old Man Concerned About the Safety of His Son, Tx-: *Is the young man Absalom safe?" -II Samuel xvii l., 29. The heart of David. the father, was wrapped up in his b-y Absalom. He was a splendid boy, judged by the rules of worldly eriticism. From the crown of his head to the sole "i his foot there was not a single hlemish. The Bible says that he had nuch a luxuriant shock of hair that when once a year it was shorn. what was cut off weighed over three pounds. But notwithstanding all his brillianev of aopearane he wa: a bad bov, and broke his father's heart. He was potting to get the throne of Israel. He had marshaled an arm v t?o overthrow his father's ,.,vern:rent. The dy of battle had come. Tihe Cnfict was be":un. David. the father, sat het;ween the gates vi the palace waiting fo- the tidiuge of ti' conflict. Oh, how ranid:v his heart heat with emotion. Th? two great questions were to be decid el-:he safety of his boy and the continu tnce :f :h. thron; of Israel. After awhilea -ervan'. standing on the ton of the house. looks off and seas some one running. He is (o:ning tvith great speed. and the man on .he top of the house announces the comin of t e m'-senrzer. and the father watches an] waits. mnt as soon as the messenger from tb.: field of battle comes within hailin "iistaw ! the father cries out. Is it a (t,s tion in r d;:a-rl to the estaliishlent of his thrcl-? Does he say: "Have the armies of Israel ben victorious? Am I to continue in my imperial authority? Havo I overthrown m. ene:nies?" Oh. n': There is one ques tion that -prings frou his heart to the lit. ani sprilgs from the lip into the ear of th" h?sweated and bedusted messenger flying from the" batttiefiold-the question, "Isths y,un-' mit Abalon safe'?" When it wa' tll to 1)avi'l. the king, that. though his a 'i"s had beeni victorious. his son had ban sa;i. ih: father iurne. his back upon thb t"on'ratulatieas of the nation and went up t'" stairs if ht.- lpa'ace. his heart breaking a:. e w:'nt. ti rgi : his hands sometimes ani iht t":ain a ressing them against his temoles h" 1i-rh he wo.ld press them in. crying: -t . alnm' my son! my son! Would to Co. I *)a" die- fcr thee. ( Absalom! my to.? mov on . iv f'nd.. the m i- n which David. th k;n' ."h'" i. re"ird to his son is the In -ha neods to-d'ay in the hearts n hundr.t-s of parenis. Yea, there are a :reati ntlitude of voung men who know that th ,:re'i'n of thn text is approp;ait' when ,'ke. in re,r.- to th-m. They know t:": t:nmati'ns "itby which they are surrounded. .irb-y iee -o many w,) started ife with at o-i r":o:ution.s as they hav: wh' 'av -ni:n in the tat!, and th?' are rr--'t 'i l>a,r me :ask the question of nl t"x;. 'is the vm' ,:--"a::n 'hsalom saf'?'" The fact. i th't ehi. 14:i is full of peril. He whi underla-s 't wa:'et the gracs of God aud a pr".. '1 i'ertadiug of the confict into wh-n 1e i -: nmust certainly be d""eateJ. .I: t 'oor '.. 111 society to-day. Look at th"' shi wc re:,: of men for whom fair thins were" to i,:;d timi who started life with every - \antage. Look at thee vbo i-av-: ,iroppr:1 trom hikh social positiou and from r,at.,or am ', disgraced for time, di.;,race. for ete: nitv. .All who sscriflie their integrity co'?r to overthrow. Take a dishonest dollar a' hure it in the center of the eartb. and kee, all tht t: :=ks of the mountain on ton of it: then cover hese rooks with all the diamon o Go:,'onda. and all the silver of Nevada, mini all t::' "o:d of California and Australia. atnd mAl"t o u ii+" tOp of thee all banking and1 reny il;:: itin.. and they eannt keep. "l",:Ca;, i,. ilish,inest dollar. That one: is h:..a d-l;:r in tht center of the earth wil! :, ro heae r androek and upturn its:lf IM u: itra.m". dlo rhu urrection of damanation. -A th-e .arsridge sitteth on egg an-] h-ar-h'th the not. so he that retteth riche.s -n:'l "o byv right shall leave them in the mn hi l ava. a-:1 at his end shall be a N.-. what a re the .sahesguards -f v'onn:. 'mhiy -Te firet safeguar l of which I want to ttA oa-ai a Iota of home. There are those wh'' have nao idea oV the pleasures that coc -entrate around that word "borne.'' Per ham.s your ea;r:v abode as shadowed with viAC' r' swertyl\. Harsh words and petulanm mu ,'o:winu mamy have destroyed all tb" ':n:At"ity' of that scot. Love. kindness atai self sa"rifl':'. whichi have built their mhars in so many' atbodesa were strangers in yout fakers Wm:,a. God pit y you. young man: r.u r.ever had a home. But a multitude Ira this nAuiencne can look hack to a spot that :IP-' t-anma' v'--r forge. It may have be-en a lowX roof. hit you cannot think of it non wth'out ma dash ~of emotion. You have smsi nothing on earth that so stirred your nou. A Atriag"r raseing along that place might sem maothing remarkable about lt; butt, oh! how umu"im it mean; to you. Fresco on palae:a wall does not mean so much to you as those rough heawn tatters. Parks and bowers andi tre's on fashionable watering place or coun rv s"at do not mecan so much to you as that bro: k that ran in front of the plain fa r:m nu"! and singing uder the weping wit 1enws. The barred gateway swrung openi Iby porter' in full dress riots not mean as mui to von ais that swir.g gate. your sister on "a" il'e of it and y.m on the other, she gone "'f we:u yeam', ago into glory: that scene comrn bae:, to you todyS syusetbraa ant for'war-londaye ate.snn thasow ofor "hildhood. But there arc those her.: whoiae' their second dwelling place. I j your adopted home. That is als-o sEers I for-t'er. 'There voue establishel the ir. family altar. There your children were borm' In that room flapped the wing Ls the death an.tel. Under that roof. when you' work is 'lone, von expect to lie down and di'e. There is 'tJy one word in all the Itan gua:.ge that can convey your idea of that place. and that word is "home." Now, let mec say that I never knew a man who was faithful to his early and adopte.l home: whc' w as given over at the same tim e to any gross form of wickedness. If you fin-I more enjoyment in the club room. inI the literary societv, in the art saloir. than you do in these unpretending home pleas ares. you are on the road to ruin. Thcough i-o-u may he cut off from your early as' Pites, and though yout may be ::e;para!e-i-A from alli your aindred. young man. is the.w not ai room somewhere that you can call. yo i wn-: Though it be the fourth story. mfa hird-class boarding house, into that room gather books. pictures and a harp. HImun: your mother's portrait over the matel. Bid unholy :nirth stand back fronm that threshold. Consecrate some spot in that room with tho knee of prayer. By the memory of other days. a father's counsel, a mnh:r's love and a sister's confidence. call it 11ome. Another safeguard for these young. men is in.iustrous habits. Thore are a grat .any people trying to make their way through the world witb their wits in=tead of bv honest toil.' There is at young man who,I comes; from the country to the city. He' fails t wice before he is as old as his father wans wrhen he first saw the spires of the great oWLi. He is -eateud in his roonm at a rent of; $20.) a vear'. waiting for the banks to de lar-r th-ir dividends and the stocks to run uP. .\fter awhile lie gets iamnatient. He' i w to improave his penImiaship) by making '..py' piaSes of )tiher merchants' signatures. N:ver mind--all is right in business. After awhile he has his estate. Now is the tie for him to retire to the cou ntrv, amid the 11-.' s and t he herds. to culture the domestic virt Au". Ne th on e who were his school -n:es n ovbodwill come, adwith their x t'-amns draw him logs, and with their hard a m wall help to: heave up the castle. That .:, '.- f'an"v sketch: it is every-day life. I shi u-i nmot wonder if there were a rotten .-am in tha't malace. I should not wonder fs isou rite him with dire sickne---' m"d '"'r "nto his cup a bitter draft that wiit 1ra -"im Wih unbearable agony. I should L.t -ne if that man's children grew up - '' 'c' haim a oisgrace and to make his life .lgn. I-cnilinot wonder if tha' r . -1 "a ri-normaNeteth ndwere ri'l -I atad'"hnn->rabla g-av-- a' the-" '. 'Ano y nat prish. O y vg 2,n. yv." ust have inactry' -3 : "r -:md ' fmx. or pedib. D-a 'e itad . -hng -le The man z proose to eak 'is aivina by hI' ;:"' p:oo'ably ha& Lot any. I dhould 'rher. an ox. plain and ploading an'd useful. ia t e a'n "::"i. high fai'in "ne;nd noth"'in S-ut to ick cut the eyes'o e-arcasss EFi ille 'A.ttr 211i of E ien it wa- not s or A -m to i-e idl, so God mad" hi:0 - mh'r-n--:Imri,. an-I if the married pnair LIt ering after Iruit that ruined tani and thei posterity! Proof positive of the fact the when people do not attend to their busines they getbito mischief. "Go to the ant, tho sluggard; consider her ways and be wisE which. having no overseer or guide. provid eth her food in the summer and gathereti her meat in the harvest." Satan is a roarin: lion. and you can never destroy him by gui or pistol or sword. The weapons with.whici you are to beat him back are pan and typi and hammer and adz and saw and picka: and vardstick andthe weapon of honest toil. Work. work, or die. Another safezuard that I want to presen! to young men is a nigh ideal of life. Some, timcs soldiers going into battle shoot int< the grount' insteal of into the hearts of :hei enomie-. The:- are apt to take aim too low and it is ver-. often that the cantain, goin% Into conflict with hic mee. will cry our "Now. men. aim high!" The fact is that ii life a great many men take no aim at all The artist plans out his entir? thought befor. be puts it unon canvas, before he takes ui the crayon or the ehisel An arehitectthinl out tha entire b,uilding before the workaaer begin. Although evert l inhr mav seem to b unorganized. that architect has in his min every Corinthian column, every Gothie arch every Byzantine capital. A poet thinks on the entire plot of his poem before he begin to ehime the cantos of tinkling rhythma And y't there are a great many me:n wh-. .tart the im;>ortant structure of life withou knowin, whether it i- goin to b a rtu(, Tartar's hut or a St. Mark's ca the'-al. and begin t. writo. out the it tri"atA poe:n of their life without know w'i ithr it ie to b- a H':ern's '"O-i5eev' -r a rhymre.ter'- botcil. Oit of 1900. 00: 'are no life pot. Boote:l and st,urc.t i and -anar;stond. ihey hasten alnn'. au I I rilm ,1t1 and sav. "Rl3 , mt.in Whithe away' Nowhere:" thse say. Oh. yon1t mau na;"' every dayv's duty a fillinm up oi thi :re"at life plot. Ala, that there shoutd b: "' this s"a of life s> many ships that seert b>und for no port! They are swdpt every whither by wind and wave. u:. by th nouutains and down by the valley.. Thei -ait with no chart. They ;;ar.e On no star They long for no harbor. Oh, yoaiz mau 'a ve at high ideal and pres" to it. and it wil e a mighty saferuardi. There naver wert :lir opportunities opsnin before' yount 'nn than are openinz now. Young men o he strout are and of the stoul heart and o. tle-e bounding sten. I niar'shil von to-Jay f, a :r?rat achievement. Another safeguar is : redpe2t for tht S tbhatih Tell m' how a young man spend isti :-'ybat.' and I will tell v.)u wli't'. are hi: ;I":sp-?t- in bl-inas, and I will tti! y: : hat ari:'e pro.,fmets for th: e n'- ie rl-1. )(;fd ha.s thr^st imt' our hu lii" n . i: rhen we ar' to 1o^i arter our -'ou!-. I t~x",rbitant, t-ter giv:ing sis das t ta sin:and ci.Yhin, of the p:h u>ii'. that G ).i should d'r'n-tn ou ' "at or the feein, and clothing of tho i-nmi}-al -,olt ? Our botdies art seven day eloc:s. anl the need to be wound le. and if they ar.' n wound up tihey run dlo\rn into th- ::rav. N nu can continunusly breat thA SnL'a' nd kee' hi= phtsical nel mamail hnalth .Ask those aged men. and they will tell yo ihr n'eve' knew men who cunltinIu )L er.e th" Sthhath who di-.1 not fail in Ii:'l )"iv or mort l riueiol". A mr.:anit?a,atcir" rave this a his ex':>riencet'. H.' said: t)wned a facit rv on the Lehigh. Fv''rythin oro-pered. I knpt the Sa''baih. :in-i 1e31ry w.ing went cn w-ll. But ouneSab'ath morn i:: I bethoui,irt myself of .. ne+t shn'tl'. nn' [ thought I would invent i'1'r shuttle iefor -:e:m t', an:d Y r'futsed all ?" .l a'1I lr]jk un Tit I had cotnrlet;' I that : B:uttle. i.y sun .ownI harl eomriltte'l it T:' n'x- day tfow:dlay'. I s1hove.t to 7t,y w.)re;mIn an r:ends this ne'w. shuttlr. TheY Ji1 e:n-:ra-.u Iated me on -my gr'at snc>ss. I eii tila shuttle into play. I enlarged my hnsiness it, sir. that Sunday's work cos n0 $30.0010. Froni that day every thnj rent wron_. I failed it business, an'l I Jost my mill.". Oh, mt frIends, keep the Lord's ay. You ma" :hnit eld ogy a-ivic". but I give it to yo1 ow: "Remeniher 1 he Sabbath day and keof t hcel.. Sie edvs shalt thou labor and edoal hiv w'ork. bitt :lw seventh is tho Sabbath o :ti' T.ard thy G->d; ill it thou shalt not do an: ork." A man saul that ho would provy hat all this was a fallacy. and so he sail 'I shall raise ai Sunday crop." And ft ylowed the field 'on the Sabbath. and thme, he yta in the seed ont the Sabbato, an:1 i ultured the ground on the Sabbath. Whet he harvest wats ripe. ihe reap':i it on thm' Sabbath. and he cairried it into the mow or he Sabbath. and th~en he stood out deflma o his Christin neighbors, and said: "There hat is my Sund~ay ':rop'. an I it is all gar ered." After awhile a st om came up and'I reat dnrkness. andI the lightnings of heave: crck the barn, and away went his Suneda' rop. There is another safeguard that I w cnt t' eresent. I have saved it uuetil the last b1 ase I want it to be the more e nphatio. Tihe great safeguard for ever'y young man i iC' Christian religion. Nothing can takt he place of it. Youi may have grnatfulnes: 'nough to put to blushe Lord ChesterfIel:1 ..eu may have foreign languages dropepin: from your tongue, yen may discuss laws and literature. you may have an pen of une. ualed polish and poeir, y'ou may have sc ruch b)usiness tae't that y-ou can get the ir rgest salary in a banking house. you ma: be- as sharp as Herod an l as strong a Samson. and with as long lock- as thos which hung Abzonoto, au-i ye? you have n saety against temptation. Som2 cof "Oi bok forward to life with great despondency. [ k uow it. I see it in your faces from timt to time. You say. "All the ocupations ane erfessions are full, and there's no chance for me." Oh. young man, ebhoer up I wdll tell yeu how you c:ai make you ortune. Seek first the kingdom o :Tnd aud His righteouncas. an I all othe: higs will be added. I know you do 1ot want to be mean in this matter'. You Wi] nt drink the brimming cuit a" life aw,! ther pour thee dregs on God's altar. To a gener as Saviour you will not act like that: yoe have not the heari- to act like tha-. That i nt manly. That is not ho oerahle. That i nt brave. Your great want is a new heart ad in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ1 cil you so to-daty. aind the blesse-i Spiri presses through the soleainities of this hout ' luat thce cup of life to your thirsty lips. O. thrust it not back. Mercy presente it leeding mercy, long sulTering mercy. De SeiCe all other friendships. provo recreanit tP all other bargains, buct de=pise (l'o''s lov. for your dying soul- to not do that. Theri 'omes a crisis in amnan's life, atndc be t roubke is he does not know it is the crisis. I got et letter in which a man sa's to me: "I start out now to preach the g.:spel r:hteousness and temperance to the p'cople. Do you remember me? T am the mau wh< :Lc.-aredt at the close of the service wheen yet wer.e worshipingh in the ehapel after yo: ame from Philadelphiat. Doe y'ou r'eemb) at the clos" of the service ai man comi'flng u;: te you all a-tremble with "e-onvicticO,i an ryng oat for mercy. and telline you be har avleha-1 Ptusiu'.ss. andI he thoug.t hl woulel change it? That was th turninm oint in my historv. I gav'e epm' ii bu ltl uesa. I gave my heamrt to God, au I the 'Ie sir' to .serve Him has ;;rown upon' mc al] hese years. until now wvoe is ulnte me if erea'h not the gospel." Tea'. Sunday nilgiit wac th-' tu:min2 p in Sth:tt voung man's history. 'Th is v-Ar' San' heathn hour will b)e the turning poinit in tb history of 100 yoneur' mec int this. heou.s G:d help us: 1 o'ne' steood 'n na.neve snry platfor:n wcth 'a 'lergym:na wh" e" this marvelous 11ry i aid: 'Thirty v'ears a:ro twe y'oung" 'n:-e .tan.O et to ,tte~nmd Parici Thea'r"e- Ne Yo t< see a plcy which na-n" re'li"io m riliclou andl hypoeritic. They lha I be"nc broni: u te in Christian fa-ni l"'. P'ey ctae'.' ' I e: e theatre to se-' tn-u vie play. an I theit They feit i twas ncot ri;:ht to go, but stit h"y went. They eam': t' ti deotr of th tear. One of the you:ng mre': stopfpe-l an stercw: for' n'ome. but return-?d and ea'.'- ui r- te door, bmut ii' hali no: thet corurag~"t c" in. H" -"ain star:ed for home aulJ 'en hsme. -"' other yonne m'mn went in. H wet froem on--i degree of te:nptationt another. C'ugiht in the whirl oef frivolit: n4- sin. he "-u to-.vtr and I1"m'er. He los 'is o"-iue"-ss positi'er. He' lsst his .noral: Ha lo=t eis -oul. H.' died a dreadful -Jeati not'e on-, star of ra.er't shining on it. st: "'for 'iu t.-iar" sai'd that minist"cr. " hnk (hd that~ or twenty y'e.mr. 1 nat' e-"n oermitte i to rreazh the gospeh! I as 0-. y'o' ;-'- that wa= the turnn pecat' eoe w.'n: be. imh'eother w.eni ". . Tb gret raamgwoerl'i of bus:ness life will too break in uren' you1. you'nig mein. -M1t th wilt ware da=h "ut the impresscions of Ti day as ani 'ecen )ileow dashes lettec' '*e the sand ace the i.'&a:ey You nceeri somethine better thani thi.-wc.rld '-an giv,. e you. I hee oni v'our hm-art :m I J:'.,')und- ho!&.: I' wanc lt som. thingc cr'at ant gracndt arfli 'iori uc to fIll ir. :au-l hce.-is thce religri'n thre: "" do it. Gcd sv- n T9.?BfFF6 liF6Ol Revenues Reflect the Country's Gen era! Returning Prosperity, CAUSE OF THE YEARLY DEFICIT. Postmaster-Seneal Wi,n A..-ri e; ti Gross Abuse of Se^ md-Ci:ts- 1 it; as the Chief lteann for th" Sior.age He Approves t'liinz L.tte:- Cairer: Under Civil Servive tsdce. 1'ostmaster-General WVi- . h.inl t. naei:'t report of the oiprati')ns of tie Pktnoffi2 D partment; says that ti" Jinanial :li I:Ai1s trial depresilon whie- inc ?ioul aff : 1 the revenues of the po:al sri, for th( past two years an-! i1di2>fiUt imates of his pre:t:ess.rs -"i'c I fc enough into the I:SU-:l yC e:r ' t- ma k an unusually wide gai. bst.ti:: ree scs an: expenditurer. It is ;:r:tifyirl. h'wvver. I report that a large fart of thi.b del::incya curred in thi: first ;.i:rtr of th year. : 1 I I rosI?u.s7Zs r ... L., VI"L . that sinec then the revenns ut the depart meat have refle^ced the gen-rai returnin, o prosperity ti) the cocuntry. He a.ribes th gross abe of second- !sc raes of pota as the chif ecaus" of the yery leieit it postal revenues. H-" ropts al eudor.' the reconmendations of his predecesor IBissell and anam-ntker, i. r an a-r^n.mni of the law in ra:ard to the tr:mp:rtation of I second--chs- matter, and 'avc "it is the esticale of th" dpartme.: tha+ two-third.- in weight of all th: matterearrieJ In the mails is. under exi,tiu: laws ain. Iclassifications, carr:ei as seeondchtLs. matter at th-" rate of one cent a 1-"a^i, Swhre it i.s not aeiutsl'y carr>d ;^ta - Tree. Th> aggre;ate w ig.ltt of se-ond class matter in the year 1+1t was 213000.00. F po1nds. Durt:s the las: xear it i:crs'ae - to over 12.0 .0.000. a growth of over 13.000. t 003 poands. Deducting the weight of that which is known : 'county free.' being th matter which is circulated among subscrib e ra free of posta-,; in the res.peectiv0 411un1t it' of publicntion. einatedl t) h:) "It,82.14 pounds, there renained 265.314.331 pouadl which returned. at the ra:e of o' -:nt it pouni. a revene of 2.r53.143.92. Th average cost to thor diepartment of trascp -t In;:g and hand iig this matter I:s es:im-csed t eight cents per pound." rSpeaking of the extension of civil1 seri rules to letter carriers. he s:wys: 'KAn indispensable bsasis of g:0s-I s'rvi: wans laid bsy placing the carrier force iundt' the civil .ccrvics s.ystem. andI ~noT should i.e spared by the ilpqartment t;. isn r a high morale in this fors' aa-! to :samiliairiz the idea samon-g indlividuai carri.'rs tia as they enter tihe .wr'vic by "t meri Ssys'tem alone. so lik'cwi-s' Ib-.' Y reain it by nos tenure but that, of t faith't iaudl '-elf-respect sal. h->nr.-!e ravn' I is inev italAe that a '-ow i.iisi::al - sir" saa "the rhuld interpret tis c:s.sili:y of em pomnasa personal pi-. :e. ncu a \ngslvely1'vieli. a .in-t.''.aiatsin sroerior officers. rather :.har: a rfr based on earsilerations-c s- ci bmt have occurred .ms-1 l d *.o. - continues to occur. sXven a i: thiful' . ing of the civil s"rvic'2 iy--t-:n i . ner - Is and neceptssd. But it s .:rtifyito u.rr that as a v-hiose, and b Isuchi" svsrw"3L'i"1m1in predoninanecs as toImk! the ex--prig nc-r prominent. ihe arrmy sf t "tsr carrs alert, faithful. offticit ad h- norablts. "The Postmaster'-eseraI ls'eira -'-Iil s-'r vic mehd t' be .:arri''d -ill further sit higher in the Postufie'' fl'c'rrcc'"ut. Ib reomnsthat at ls'as 'ic':' ssf 5 he As sistant Postmn-ien:-Genarli soi)c s eur their office by ai a .:ivil s-crv.st 5- me--:ir fec ura, and not by a Ipolitised teonure. it 'r frains from offe.ring cc lk" opinci' ' as r-' th Fourth Assistant Pstmai'trr-Gs'n"r". h ca'use the fourth-ts Pt-oIest"steer-. 0 s' rasppoitents't are prima~rly a"lo It": to'i n re yt oa sclido that te'nar.-. ' ' queion5) If exten Uin: eii I07 methiods to the -es on c osf Io- h:'l-'iai- P) macsr, he 'sayc '.c "as cciral rad m-y attenction.,;?i.- I hVt' b''i':n th' hcs'i f'ths~is depjrment '" Ii? I -.e il h dI' ive in Congress.> a !ar"" s'nuntry. distrric durn thre' i'ban"es oa V-lmi.-t'ra'tiot brought homn to mic m'osre elcarl rstomeir or to the rep'r'--'tative' of a sit, constituency. I have studi ' va.' b.I inrodusced in both b'raus.cs of cu'res I recent years. andi weomessigge5stiof.- froc other q'uarters. but I do not find mya,nf ab-sI to make as vet any spec:i fi" r"'ecmmecdactisn. on this important subsject in 'is In' lua t bg ation which has bes"n psr >prsed "Tbe order recently 'approv" Ils by is President prov'isdini that wasueni th Po a+ ter-Grail sha ')l onoats: with ac frese ds: livery sfles'any' other istsifes schf' cc solisation shatlI carry into the elassilisl s''r viec at thce frc" deliv enr ffi:ee th" Post*:'ciel De.prtmenit roster o.f emaplsyes o.f th' 'sffici sons'olidate. 1ineiicn" the P-mt master. mai beaccepstsd as the b)eginintg stud foiimdaitis' not only of a be'tter po' a! service of the pubc lie and a better an'. more sbusiness-!ik" aic conting to thiuslepartmear. but also a wis' extensio'n of ths' scivil rvice svsten Ito .Postm'asters. It i cmy purpose to piro eed under th. cauthoritv rsf this order c: siscreetly as I can. cauc in the lon:: runa a: .far as experience will justify. s as to seun these commensdahlse resul's." The other points sdiscussed in tile 1-ost mater-General's repor:. hay.; heen sucbs'an tialy covered by rsepoirts of the AecistaDl Postmasters-Greneral and busrcass chict heretofore made public. Tramps Scalded to Death. At Washington. lnd., a plug blew osit C the mcud valve at the electric plant Snndai night, frightfully scalded six tramps wb were sleeping just above the boilers. 'Tw died in terrible :cgony a few hours after thi accident eccuirred, and a third will likel die.The therthree are badly but not fatan THF.r Couricr--IonuD (Cli- "Eif Ui c'sec of a [emale' tobascc' snad neI cE 'u -c[v. She is a Mkis DIr'kI, : 5e 10i a he has acquired sue5 'in un'':erna pptie~ tor tobacco that itbidl 'ar tro; her unless -5ne ''uson obi, rcc '-be be'gan using the weed in is! u iies abyout a vyear 'ao. and '' fasts i ti -habit gro x upon her :hat in tlireer mint! she was consunmin' t wO poccnds of Ihca I acco a week. Her parc-s grr-w:dcarme: and forcedi her In dli-rctinuec 3ts usc, eo great was her cuteri:: thcat :-he Wi' attempted -ticde. For the l'% S nonths sac h:'s u'sd f-s c:r ni t week. having' a bu::e cew in hc-cIis 1u1.: al cim ce- Vi hcen .-hce is -' s i. eti Iiih is e -'--i 5 !5reG m-" ing loVe flrt-'r! i-Ac ' : wj"r't s5. j :I \ Y-itfsis'Ct'iiC'. sl' DR. S.UIPSO rurP GOnC to the Republican Party for the Next Cau 1paigil. Dr. Sampson Pope. who was defeated in the last election in the race for Gov - ernor. is out in an interview, in which he announces that he has gone to the Republic:n party. Speaking of the situation, he says: 'I believe that I am safe in saying that there is much holitical unrest. The convention now a>out closing its labors has framed a constitution for the people which-, if} submitted to them, would be rejected by a large majority. There are toe iuany objectionable features in it to re fer to all of them. but the suffrage eclause is the most objectionable. It places the power in the hands of the respective boards of registration to re fuse any mau not of their political views, and 1 predict that thousands of white men will be disfranchised by them and more thr.n 100.000 negroes --in fact, as in M1ssissippi, I do nut expect 10.000 negroes to be registered "Wil! the action of the convention lead to any political changes in this .State?"~ "Yes: there are a large wiu:.er. of . white voters in the State who now feel free to make new party alignients. Ibe llepublicau party of this State will, in the next campaign, cou ist of 15,U0 white Repuiieans, who ha7e not voted since 3PS. or ?i1o have come of age since andl have not voted. and of 25,000 Conservatives and .Re foruers, who will seek a new party alignment, and of that part of t-e uegroes to be registered, who will iut follow Tillman. "The ILepublican party is the party of protection, not only of nanufactur ers and laborers, but also of the rights of the citizens under the constitution Of the United States. Hence our people are looking to that p)arty. "You may look for alively campaign iu this State next year. 1. would not be surprised to see South Carolina in Ihe Republican column. allongside of old Virginia. We,t Virginia, North Carolina. Tennessee arid Texas. Neu tnckv anl Maryland are in tui coliliin to stay." THE MEXICA:i' EXPOSITION. Stouth (aroliua Will He Represeited There. (overuor Evans at tbcear:et soli"i tation of tle representatives of the 31exican Government, has appointed { the following well known and exper ienccd business incu of the State of South Caroliun. to act as a State comn mittee for the Mexicc: International S\Expositiou. which is to open in the City of Mexico on or about the 15th of September. 1896: David H. Trax ler, Timnimnousvillc: R. J. Wade, Mont norcuci; V. W. Ball, Charleston; R. Y. lellans, Greenville: IR. N. .Tolly, (Grassv Ponti. Thl duty inposed upon these gen tlem.n will be making propagaida for the Exposition among tch manufactur ers us it will be the means of opening up) an extensive market which 'nas been overlooked by the export trade of the United States. - After noticing the forward mQove mnt of the Mexican nation it can be readi .undcrstood that the needs of the peole are increasinig proportion atelv and that a market of cuormous~ value is being opened up to the wvorid. T he object of the E.xposition is to bring~ about a closer relation bcetween the sister republics by making this ouc of the most extensive exp ositious ever hl n iot excepting the World's Fair of S93 at Chicao. T he foreigu<(le partmlent is represent edi at the. New York ices. 45 Broad - way, where all information regarding spce concessionis, trausportation, cutoms dtuties and all matters of im - portauce will be0 attended to. A Fire in Pickens. Tom. Hudgemnss printing offie, 3Ma rin Grrins dwelling aud both of Hagood' stores were destroyed b.y lire at Easley on Mouday. Mo.rt of the oods were saved in a badly damagel .condition. Iusurancec .i,000) on stores, - 600 on printing olice. Thme tire start edi in the printing ollice. REnARKABLE AND) A'STONISHYN0 CU7RE OF AN EXTREMIE CAR1 -OF ST. VITUN' DANCE. How a Yonng Lady Ee;ained the t-e ot Her Arms, Limibs adud Speei Iin Three WeeXs. Too much barfstudy at school brought on St. Vitus' dance~. Such was the common a perience of Miss Glendora Rivers. daughter of Mrs. Amelia Rivers. of 6.9 Ry erson street. Brooklyn. The a isease egre'W wvorse every month. until the :youmn'g lady's etire right side became paralyr.e-: but, now hat a m-arvelous and permanent cure has been wrought. it 'will be interestin:t to rea-l her own version of the efficacy of Dr. WilU. amsPink Pills. Por more than a yrear.7 said Miss Rivers, "doctors attended rme without effectiur thi - slihtest cha'nge in my condition. Tian thing. Ig~rc'w worse under their treatment. until February of t his year. when my condi -toeaecritical. "I had lost thie complete use of my arms andr limbs~ and speech. I coul l only swallow liquids. and these only as they fod nme with a spoon, when they could get amy mouth open. I wanted to sleep all the time. Thme stupor I laid in was somethini like a trance. and no doubf I would have did. if they hadh not waked me up at interva's. iThe first w..ek in March may mother, who f a ic nrse. was a ivid by a neighbor lo Ytry Dr. Williams' Pink rPiu: in my* case. She o got some of the pils--a b'ox fr'm D.iiaon' o drug store. a hie .*rr' ^4 Mra avi' n-" ea-l Hall strec . B3efor.- I had tiakende half the conteccts .~i th box am r."ntakamce chnge was notiw.l in m andt ''Crraually I reg.iinel thm us'"'' .ay Iarmsand linbs andisiceech. anel by t'i' a me thc' pilis were gene I was up and a1 ';t ihe b one almost weit. But may mothero thMuZiht it wisp to get another box of the pilis. and this she did. and here you see me stand be fore you with more strength and more am b :ition than I ever haft. ' "ome 'f r.ur near uni:zhbors autrib,utO iy reained body.nd hea!lh to gema mira: - ios or snorr.Uuural nency. 'ut :cey r -w and most' intimatR friendls ]anor'ta b P tlls. "TureP weeks from rhe (any i a th frst ~ dr the r.Iils I wan as- . .' *eei me t-day . Dr. Wuiia-ns' Pink Pills for P.- 0. are a sneiie for troubt: in4:.M : maes sucrh as suppressionc .- -T ' s 'and all forms "4wko-'"'~""'~N rhe blood and rS or" t he "'"oe 0 p e and sal!ow e'aAkS. Ini o"'i ny4o a rvlial cencr In ail cases 'r1 . '-a ucai worry. cve: w:rk *,r ec.'- ''. - . Y. aud. are said by r.t tiru: - r. ' . J . m a W-ro al. jcres for it2.50. Highest of all in Leavening P ABbOLUI New Cure for Alcoholism. The Bufalo (N. Y.) Courier an nounces a new ' cure for alcoholisn which is simply "a bowl of ice-watez and a raw potato peeled. By tipping the potato into the ice-water and suck ing it whenever the desire for diins becomes uncontrollable, a perfect cnr< is said to be effected." '-he tetimony of a brominent citizen who was en tirely cured of the craving for drini by this treatment is given to encour age others to try it. Dision of 1ih Snxes. One of the most remar:abIe chnrchei is to be fbund at Freu:ienthai, in the Black Forest. It is built on such a plan that the men are unable to Se: the women, and vice versa, for it i: composed of two wings. vhich meet at an angle where the palpit stands. The right wing is allotted to men and the left one to the women of the con 'regation. -Schwabischer Merkur. The Greatest fledical Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY'S MedicaI Discovery. DONALD KENjEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS.. Has diseovre:1 in on' r onr rom^on pasture wcc'i_ a r"rm;ediy th;t etrs every kind of Humor, from the worst ierofula down to a c n p: :im-lIe. He has trie-i it in over eleven hundred cases. and nevrr failed except in two cases (both thunder humor). He ha- now in his pr.ssession over two ihn:dre4 certi!i cates -f its value, all within twenty miles of Bo ;ton. Send postal card for hook. A b:nelIt is always expericnced! fromu the first 1a1tie. nd a perfet c. re is warranted when the right .uantity is taken. When the iuugs are afTeetedl it en:+es shooting pains. like needles passin thro:gh the:n the !amA with the I-iv.,r or Bowei. This is cau e i Lv the duets bing stoppne+. amvI ala'.:s (;lst:;.ar; in a week :iter ta:i:::; it. Iiead the label I the ste:zc: h is fvu! or t.ilious it will cause =,ti ".:'iith feclin;.s at irst. No change o diet ever necessary. .rat the best yoU -'an -et. and enough of it. Dose, one ta 'sponhi:! in water at bed time. Sold by all Druggists. r . T'ER NE ' t )-e :- f. r th e a:y eo c.t. e I .n th.~ fuc. eret d ol e G;rm:nd itcht. ch-:*-. Ch1i+. pirm ( in a.t rr.L... :cmsZ . Send tCc.i 'an.ps or c'oh cr. -J. T. S:UPttI:: .vrac h,l (a.. fr.?e, t be- 'z. if you drtecdt. er:t k'eep it. HA3M IALSAM . _;-_.ni_toBr r G I t;oIe r"u ~t cs::ta a :I.::- .$* jt cace you; rci not a r.in' cent un'ses it ds Wh~at d.>cs it enrec? kr:. Cbifla anrd Fmrr. 2nd. iiihoustc 3-icr. Sd. TYPHnID F;..:eP.. 6th Measies. nbh. Ne-aca. 8th. L.atr p. 3(ensy hackif onec bot:e fai 1. A sk cne d.a'krt at-oui t. .&. B. GIcnm>r. Savann~a, Ga. Propr.eer Timelyi ~r~The great success c >4the house of Walt - in 1780) has let many misleadir of their name, Baker & Co. are ~ ~facturers of pur' ~ ~*Chocolateson th Iused in their mar JH Consumers sh they get, the gent WALTER BAKE . D)ORCHES MMJNY IN 0II0KE8 -NW YOW t-twrowir i ct epo th %Ilf"r ;cd Di-' "2 ihF re Maladiesw hh @ th wha.i a mair.y - cat fr r !hv edA;:C. uclXasc e po enrdtromth Scolt... ~-lson m thing to a plIeasure. Yo Iach knows nothing abo there. You feel ic first i it shows in the color of t angles, the smoothing of It i cod-liver oil diges ito( t.he blood and( losi.nc thelnn.eIves In the Ocean. What t a satistactorv th ta-teb of cd-lver oft. er E-Tere isn- secret of. w 1 - to ce,t.s acnd $r.o SCOTT mer.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report rELY PU E An Aged Bicyclist. Williai Adiinson, aged eighty-one yeara, suprised the court-day crowd by riding a bicycle down and then up Main street Monday, while that thor oughfare was crowded with vehicles. He says that he felt like a bird on the wing, and was so pleased by the sen sation produced that he will at once order a wheel. If he does he can go into training and win that $100. dia mond that will be ofered next spring in the "Old Mans Race."-Harrods burg (Ky.) Democrat. In lu?.r cirely it i. .%ai4 th-' eight-hour v:ra daIV m. n't i u in-l ground. Iin vi sing..* ATUANTA you do not find i the Manufactures Builirn:g that lorge portion of the loXPOS1TION c_vo-ro TO ..PRE-E:7|NENT IN A?T!STIC TO./E QUALITY.. or a-yv. if you thlink of buyinga p1no. write to either THE JOHN CHURCH..CO. CFICAG0. NEW YORK. CINCINNATI. OR THE EVERETT PIANO CO. BOSTON. Ai.l you will vt :,btabic infornation, Tr c A ETMOTOP CO. does halt the world's winuilil buniness. beca 5o it has reduced ,he cost of wind power to t:6 what it v as. it has tmany branch ioases. and supp!les its goods and repairs at your dour. 1 ::n a::l does furuish a better arricie for ess money than . ot:t-:. It makes Pumping and . O arrl. Steel. Galvanized-atter Co:r.ple:ion Wlindmi;s, Tiling an-d Fixed Steel Towers. Steel Buzz Saw Frames. stect Jeed Cutters and Feed Grinder'. On appiication it will name one of ti-.e articles that it will furnlsa util .ar.nary Ist at 1/3 the ueual priC6. zI also makes Tants and Pnmi+s of all kinds. Send for caalc!e. F:ctory: I2th, Rockwell and Filmore Sureets, Cbiceg r 1 SuccesSful growers of fruits, berries, a;d all kinds of vegetables, kn! that the largest yields and be st qualiiy are produced by te ierluse of fertilizers - containing at least 10 Actual Potash Without the liberal use of Po ash on mand soils, it is impo sile to 'row fruits. berries ait 4..u S :. N.w York. S150 SAW .AILS SALEM IRON WORKS,SALEM.N. C.,U.S.A. f the chocolate preparations of er Baker & Co. (estabolished i to the p!acing on the market g and unscrupulous imitations labels, and wrappers. Walter the oldest and1 largest manu a and high-grade Cocoas and is continent. No chemicals are ufactures, oud ask for, and be sure that ie Walter Baker & Co.'s goods. R & CO., Limited, TER. MAsS. Chickens. -a man who devoted 25 rears of his life to C:ONDUCING A POU~LTRY YA RD AS A BUSlIESS. ntot ae a ps e ,tim. At' th' livin:r of hI e ~ .elf* an fwoiy depended I' <. it. hicev ave t enbject -h attensti"n ar- only a i:e oi.- b.ea'V will corn ma9nd. :md.' the r4utit was a ;.d ee. ftr he had spnm'h mon.ey and.Me ht dd - ' al:ble chick he ern ed in i teO years i' mfliedi this book. 2s5centsitnsn. -R 4eache: 1 how to .tct iei dl for Eg-l d otaso for - rrl iten whi~ech s 1Wto sae o P.eai l ue i~and '-verythine. iidee. . , e-houild kr.ow on the sub ect.. 'oK N'B3. IIOUSE. .t.l ImLenrd st., N. Y. City. - vroi tkno-08 es cod-!ie oftkn next. ihardlyv taste it. The stomn it it--it does not trouble vou ~ the strength that it brings: h cheek, the rounding of the the wrinkles. ted for. you, slipping as e.asily itself there as rain-dtrops lose [ng this is--to hide the odious adr the tax on the stomach, har ft is made of--the iish-fat is lost but the taste. K: ic .q:u! !h; best Ar ro: t b All Druggists & BOWNE .. Ne vm-I4