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THE RICHEST MAN IN AMERICA! TH1KTV YKAKS AOO uk WAS NOT WOKTH A HOLLAH, I be tttoiy of John l>. Hoi-k* eltolh'r? l urly HtruKtflu "' Htuiulard ItiiiK?Ho Ih Now Worlll Two Hun dred Million ? Thirty years ugo John IX Rocko fellor was hardly worth a dollar, and now he Ih tho richest man in tho United HtatoH. Whon ho was a poor, plod ding bookkeeper hin best friends would not accord hhn any credit for industry ' or sugaolty. What .lohn 1). Kockc * feller does not know about biu own wealth would at present make rich men of those very friends. Ho prob . ably cannot guoss within $10,000,000 of how much money he is worth, without extonslvo figuring, says tho Now York Herald. John U. Rockefeller Is of Scotch parentage. His parents carao to this country shortly boforo the birth of the future great magnate. Tho family settled in the western part of the New York State on a small farm near Moravliu iloro tho Rockefellers rapidly iucrcusud until tho family con sisted of father, mother, two sons and two daughters. From Moravia tho Rockefeller family moved to a farm near Oswego. At thlB time John D., tho eldost son, was a tall, slondor lad nlno yoars old. Tho farmhouse occupied by tho Rocke fellers at this time Is still standing. It was then and is still ownod by Mr. C. M. Lamonto, a woll to do furmor. It was in his service that young Rocke feller earned his first 25 conts, hoeing potatoes. According to a statomont made afterwards by Mr. Lamonto, tho boy did tho work slowly, but well. Among tho neighbors young John Rockefeller had the reputation of being a rather lazy boy, but even ut this early ago ho showed signs of tho strong will, calm judgment and per severance that have since made him famous. Who shall say that oven while he was hoolng potatoes or plow ing corn his mind was not so active that his muscles performed their al lotted task lazily and mechanically ? ' Endowed with mental activity and capacities that wero perhups still un dreamed of by himself, young Rocke feller began to long for a wider field of action. It was only a dream as yet. His idoas wero crude, his character unformed, his habits unetublo und un settled. " John is too much of a dreamer," said tho neighbors. " Ho will never make a good farmer. While sowing his wheat ho will be counting upon the profits of tho coming harvest. Ho will have it all in the market before a blade is In sight." Tho mon who spoke In this wiso are still planting their corn und sowiug their wheat about O3wego. Some havo prospered; othors havo failed and fallen into poverty. But tho boy who droumed of unharvosted wheat and unhatcbod eggs could buy all their farms rolled into oho for a double price, and thou allow tho land to lie idle until tho ond of time without inconvouienc ing himself in the least. The father of John D. Rockofellor Is said to he still living in Cleveland, although ho has never occupied the same house with any of this children. Ho lived and labored in Clevelund while his family were yet in Oswego. One day many years ago ho suddenly mude up his mind that Cleveland was the best place for his family. At this time John D. and William Rockofollor was attending school at the Owego academy. The neighbors in Owego regretted the departure of tho Rockefellers for Cleveland. Mrs. Rockefeller was a strong character, woll liked by all, and a strict disciplinarian of tho old school. Sh? hrought tho two boys up religiously and well, and when, after a six yoars residence In Owego they started for Cleveland, both John D. and William wero well behaved young sters of 14 or 15. Instead of being ruined by the bustle, turmoil and temptations of a large city, the young Rockofellors thrived under tho new conditions. As for John, tho older, It was tho very thing for which his soul had been yoarning. It was a realization of tho dream that bad stricken his muscles with lassltudo in tho old farming days. Throe years later wo lind Master John ?. Rockefeller grown Into u strapping young man of 17. Bis ambi tions had outgrown the narrow limits of a public school, and ho made up his mind to do and daro for himself. Bo told his mother about It, and then went his way, looking for a job. It was not an easy thing to tind a position that fitted him. , SO It was that young Rockofellor wandered away to St. Louis. Was it blind cbanco that led him to accept tho position of bookkeeper for a small produce commission firm In Water street V Nothing hotter could havo been dovised for a thorough training in business methods. 5 Neither did it take Rookefollor any length of time to master everything thore was to bo known about tho commission business. He worked early and late on his books and lo tho study of tho methods of his employers. He saved his money, too, and heroin lies tho dilTerenco botween John D. Rockofellor and many of his contemporaries, who are still keeping books in Cleveland. Young Rockofellor worked with the Water street commission firm until he had accumulated something like $500. ? He was then 1? years old. Time was flying and Its flight made him restless. Ho asked himsolf why be should not go Into business for himsolf His only inheritance in this world had boon brains and a good constitution. With theso ho had acquired tho small ? oapital with which ho proposed to du wondrous things in tho future It was in 18f>7 whon John 1). Rocke feller, then a young man of Hi, mot M. B. Clark, who is now a moinbor of tbo , elevator linn of Gardner, Clark 6c York. The two young men touted a store and went Into the commission business on their own account. They succoeded Jg a moderate way. Rookefellor con |^Vnued to save his share of tho profits Kh ho had saved his salary, and In th f eight years durlug which tho partner ship continuod he had put asido some thing like ?5,000. Tnen tho young man was again stricken with a fooling of tho restless ness. He wua not maU> > money fast enough. Thocommiss !on business hud apparently reached it.-t limit. He looked about him for on investment in something moro profitable. Dissatis faction Is sometimes moro ambition after all. "Some tlmo before this Rockofcller had become acquainted with Samuel Androws, a porter In a commission store further down the slreot. In tho urso of a conversation one evening exprossod his belief that great future in tho potro Rookofeller had always Jiad never beforo oi conversatlon Tbo Hrin waa t?orefore dissolved, Clark buying out Rockefeller's in terest. Andrews, who had been super intending tho refinery on a salary, bad saved u few hundred dollars, and Rockefeller, knowing him to be' a pruetieal num. took him In as partner. Thus tho Standard Oil company . itnn luto being as a commercial enter I?rlso, one of its originators a book cooper hardly moro than a boy, the other a porter in a commission house The bookkeeper is now president of tho company, while the porter lives In a *:$00,000 residence At tho time Clark withdrew from the little refinery the entire property could not have boon worth muoh more thuu $5,000. It wus not much of a uost egg, yet from this humble beginning has grown tho great Standard Oil company, with its huudredsof olfsboots aud its $70,000,000 of capital. So tho little refinery kept pegging away, with an over increasing businoss and an over ambitious management. In tho meantime, young William Rocko fellor, who had boon working at a salaried position In Clevoland, came to St. Xiouis and took a position In tho llttlo oil refinery of Rockofellor & An drews. Tho Investment continued to I pay a handsome profit, and a year or I tv/o after beginning business the llrm had a snug sum in tho bank. A year or two after Rockofellor and I Andrews bad joined fortunos they, In conjunction with William Rockefeller, established a second refinery, and the money making business .was greatly Increased. Tho two establishments wore finally consolidated, und the younger brothor, William, was mado a full fledged mombor of the lirm. A warehouse for tho sale of refined petro leum was opened In Now York, aud William Rockofellor was pluced In charge of It. John D. was tho business iicad of the consolidated concern, while Andrews lookod after tho niaehld ery and men. There woro no disagreements or fric tion. Tho members of tho iirm woro very llttlo moro than boys, but they were enthusiastic aud ambitious -to a degree In their lexicon, as they then regarded it, there was no such word us fall. They woro confronted with failure, however, shortly after tho con solidation. They had built and pur chased and planned without regard to their financial abilities, until finally they found themsolves In very deep water. They had spent a great deal of their llttlo hoard in extending their business, and were threatened with ruin boforo they could got returns from their investments. Creditors harra3sed them, tholr funds wero exhausted and their busi ness was apparently ruined. '' It's no use," said Andrews. "I guess wo are in for it. I do not see how we oau tide things over." William Rockofellor was gloomily despondent. One morning Jonn D. ap peared at the ollico of tho refinery, carrying a valise. " Where uro you going ?" asked An drews. " I am going to got help," was tho reply. Where, ho could not tell. Ho bad no de fin I to plan. Rut help must bo had, aud, just as ho hud long boforo set out to win a fortuno, young John 1). Rockefeller took his grip and wont forth to obtain assistance in retaining tho little ho had already accumulated. By luck, instinct, good judgment, 07 what you will, he met Mr. S. V. Hurk ness, a rich whisky distiller, whoso son-in-law, Henry M.Plagler, was then doing badly In the salt and lumber business near Saginaw. Harkncss In vestigated Rockefeller and the ro liuory business and made up his mind that he would take an interest in It for his son-in-law. About a month after ho had started out on his still hunt for money Rocko fellor returned with Harkuoss' Michi gan son-in-law and $(10,000 wilh which to continue the business name of Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler. This was the pivotal point iu tho fortunos of John 1). Rockofollor, as well us of Henry M. Flagler. The money of 11 nr knees and the methods of Flagler were just what tho petro leum refinery needed. Previous to the advent of Flagler tho company had boon conducted In a somi-seuti mcntal way. John D. Rockefeller's heart had not yet hardened Into granite iu his business dealings, al though ho was tho principal schemer in the firm. It was different with Flagler. Al though he hud been far from success ful as a maker of salt aud a sawyer of logs, he developed remarkable, talents when it came 'to petroleum. In deal ing with opposing refiners ho wont au far as the law would permit. Ho argued that there was uoithcr friendship nor fooling in traffic Consequently, when ho got his businoss onomy in a hole be squeezed him. Under these tactics, tho firm of Rockefeller, Andrews ?Sc Flagler thriv ed apace Their businoss was extend ed amazingly, and in a sort of geome trical progress*on. In 1870 the firm had become so imposiug and their busi noss so immense that it wus thought boot to Incorporate under the &tylo of " The Standard Oil Company," with a capital of $1,000,000. Moro consolida tions followed. They resembled tho consolidation of tho bird und tho worm, but they v/eio within tho limits of busi ness ethics. During the days when he was a com mission merchant Johu D. R>ckcfcllcr had married a Cleveland school teach er, Miss Lucy Speliman. Tho union proved a very happy one, and at tho time of tho incorporation of tiie Stan dard Oil company he had two little daughters, Bessie and Alta, who havo sinco bocomo lovely young women. Altogether tho Stundard Oll magnate has had four children. Tho oldest daughter, Bossie, is the wife of Pro fessor Charles Strong, who occupies tho chair of proSSSSOr oi* psyebo'ogy 1 n the Chicago university. The. youngest of the four is John I)., Jr., who is now 21 years of flgo. A year or two ago Ekllth bedamo tho wife of ouo of too McCormlek boys, of Chicugo. Mrs. Rockefol/ei is a slight llttlo woman, with grayish hair that was once jot black. Her lifo has been do voted almost exclusively to her hus band, her oblldrcn, und her household. She has never figured in the society columns of the nawspapots or in prent social events. She has beon giving money away in charity continually since her marriage. The idea of one great concern that should control all tho petroleum Id this country originat ed with John i). Rockefeller. Tho Standard Oil company wad alrondy an Immensely wealthy corporation whon this Idea w nri evolved. Shortly after the company had begun to swallow tho smaller concerns Mr. Ardrews, the original partner In tho business, bo cam^dl-satislied. He still reinainod at tho refineries in the Capacity of superintendent, while Rocket ?. Flagler u>d tho rent of tho Ii im '>ad ovolutfctl, o to sprak, into carpeted oilioes and < asy chairs. So Andrews, after thlrking the matter over, offered to eol) his interest., ffc claimed to be a common, practical man, while John I). Itookefellcr con slilore I ! im-elf, vor? properly, an un M)mmon n an. It is probable that this ^fcis the i) ginning of the trouble. |fe.uny rate, there w84 a complaint Hkndrews' part, aud, quick tu a ?y ?><?!?.?>.f l lor asked him how much xWrnp wanted for bis share. An \??? already a rich man. lie Mfcvhat excited, and, grabbing B Hfcpor, wrote ujon It, "<> ,,< Hki*. ' 'Old banded it to H'fho latter accepted the ? for ?1,250,000, thus clearing a moderate fortano on the transaction. After tho retirement of Andrews from tho Standard Oil company, the " consolidations " and extensions con tinued without cessation, until practi cally all the petroleum output of this 1 country was under its control. Then it began to reach abroad for tho con trol of the Russian output. Although | as yet it has not secured full control, if I has succeeded in underselling the Rus sians, even in their own country. It soeins to bo only a question of time, however, boforo the Standard will havo tho Oil markets of the 'Mitire. world In its hands. In all eduoational history, the dona tions of Mr. Rockefeller to tho Univer sity of Chicago are without a parallol. Altogother they amount to tbo gigantic sum of $7,475,000, and it is among tbo probabilities that he will givo addi tional millions before ho dies. It is a Raptist institution, and, as the millio naire is an ardent member of that de nomination, It is his desiro to soo it among tho ruout riohly endowed In stitutions In the world. Alroudy dona tions recelvod br tbo trustees havo aggregated $10,000,000. ORIGIN OF THE CUSTOM. How the Decoration of Soldier-.' Graves wus Instituted. It is a matter of history that Mrs. Charles J. Williams, of Columbus, Ua., instituted tho beautiful custom of do corating graves with llowors?a custom which hua boon,adopted throughout tho United States. Mrs. Williams wus thu daughter of Major John Howard, of Columbus, Ca., and was a superior woman. Sho combined the loveliest womuuly traits of oharacter with that 8olf-rollanco and determination gen erally'attributed to tho storner sex. Sho was liborally educutcd In tho best schools of Charleston, S. C, and Phila delphia, and was accomplished in music, painting und languages. She married Major C. J. Williamson his return from the Mexican war. Ho was a lawyor of high standing and Speakor of tho House of Representa tives about tbo time tho war broke, out. Whllo colonel of tho First Georgia Regulars in tho army of Virginia he contracted disease from whloh ho died In 1802 and was buried in Columbus, Ga. Mrs. Williams and her little daughter visited his grave every day, and of ton comforted themselves by wreathing It with llowers. Whllo tho mothor sat thinking of tho loved and lost ones, the llttlo girl would pluck tho weeds from the unmarked soldiers' graves near bor father's and cover thorn with llowers, calling them "her soldiers' traves," and say thoy had no ono elso to caro for them. After a short while tho dear little girl wus summond by the angols to join her father. Tho soroly-boroaved mother then took chargo of these unknown graves for the child's sake, and as she cared for thorn thought of tho patriots' graves throughout tho South, far from homo und kindred, and in this way tho plan was suggested to her of setting apart one day in each year that love might pay tribute to valor through out tho Southern Statos. In March, 1866, she addressed a com munication to the daily paper of Columbus suggesting our "Memorial Day " custom. Sho then wrote to tho Soldiers' Aid Societies, aud thoy responded and reorganized. She lived long enough to see her plan adopted as a religious custom of the South, aud observed from tho l'otomuc to tho Rio Grande. Mrs. Williams died April 15, 1874, and was buried with military honors. Tho following is tho original eom inuuieiation written by Mis. Williams to tho Columbus (Ga.) Times, suggest ing tho memorial day custom : COLUMBUS, Ga., March 12, 18(51).? The ladies aro now and havo been for several days engaged in tho sad but pleasant duty of ornamenting and im proving that portion of tho city ceme tery sacred to tho memory of our gal lant Confederate dead, but wo foci It an unlinishcd work unless u day bo set apart aunually for its special attention. Wo cannot raise monumental shafts and incribo thereon t'ooir many deeds of heroism, but we can keep allvo the memory of tho debt wo owo thorn by dedicating at least ono day iu each year to embellish thoir humble graves with llowers. Tbereforo, we beg tho assistance of the press and tho ladies throughout the South to aid us iu the effort to set apart a certain day to be observed, from tho Potomac to tho Rio Grande, and bo banded down through time as a religious custom of tho b' it' to wreathe tho graves of our mart;. ;< ? dead with (lowers: and wo propose th 2(ith day of April as tho day. Let every city, town and villugo join in tho pleas ant duty. Let all aiiko bo remember ed, from tho heroes of Manassas to those who expired amid the death throes of our hallowed cause. Wo'll crown aliko the honored resting places of the immortal Jackson in Virginia, Johnson at Shiloh, Cleburno in Ten nessee and tho hosts of gallant privates that adorned our ranks. All did thoir duty, and to all we owo our gratitude L-;t the soldiers' graves, for that day at least, bo tho Southorn Mecca to whoso shrine her sorrowing women, like pilgrims, may annually bring their grateful hearts and iloral offerings. And when wo remember the thousands who aro hurled " with thoir martial cloaks around them," withoutChristian coremony or interment, we would in voke the aid of tho most thrilling eloquence throughout tho land to in augurate tho custom by delivering or. tho appointed day this year a oulogy on the unhuriod dead of our glorious Southern army. They died for their country. Whether or not their country hud or had not tho right to demand tho hacrilloo is no longer a question for discussion. Wu loavo that for na tions to decide bereufter, but that theso men laid their lives upon their country's altar, and aro ontitled to their country's gratitude, nono will deny. The proud banner under which they rallied in defense of the holiest and noblest cause for which tho horocs fought, or trusting women prayed, has been furled forever. The country, for which they Buffered and died has now no name or placo among the nations of tho earth. Legislative enactments may not be' made to do honor to thoir memories, but the veriest radical that ever traced his genealogy back to the deck of tho May Flower could not re fuse us tbo simple privilege of paying honor to tl oso whodled defending the life, honor and happiness of tho South ern women. ?Tho Now York Rocordcr says: "It would seem that William Wal druf Astor'ssoUtalro diamond, which ho presented to Princess Maud, of Wales, as a wedding gift, is moro wel come to thO royal family of England thaq his presence Ho wasn't at tho weddiug?a fact that in itself is sufH olont ovldenco that ho wasn't invited. And yet ho sont the solitaire diamond, and It was acoeptod." ---To read tho lOBOfptlon on a sllvor coin which by much wear Iiub bocome wholly obliterated, put a poker in tho fire. Whon red hot placo tho ooln no on it, and tho inscription will plainly appear of greenish hue, but will cis appoar as tho coin cools. This method was formly practloed at tho mint to discover the genuine col.i whon silver was called In. ?The Japanese mlnUter of w?r has issued a proclamation calling upon tho people to send contributions for a Fpeojial monument to .newspaper cor i es pond on Is who eacfi'lflced thoir lives during tho lato war, and for gift* to honor to those who survived. *??.'? v Kit-President linn-Lou has promi-, ed to opon the campaign for tho R > publicans In Now York by a speech to ?>.. delivered on the ovonlng of August PURITY IN POUTICS ANO POLITICIANS. MKN WHO ABE NOT WANTED IN HIGH PLACES. irthe Country Would Prosper It Muse ; Wipe Out Prevailing Practice* mid i Heek a Higher Plane. Rev. W. G. Neville, of Yorkville, ?preached the following sormon recent ly In the Presbyterian obureh of that town : " Righteousness oxalteth a nation ; but sin is a roproaeh to any people."? l'rov. xlv, 34. Wo are taught by revelation, history und common sense that good govern ment is ono of the greatest and most valuable blessings which we eau pos se.-s. it is something for wblob every person should pray and labor. With out it, nothing iu this world can bo securo. iLlfe, liberty, property aud the pursuit of happiness aro all dependent on it. Without it thero oun bo no real prosperity. Even the progress and welfare of the Klugdom of Godin this world are, In a sense, dopendent on It. Without It, thore can be no pormunont basis upon which to build the-social, commercial and moral In terests of mankind. Without it, theVo oan be nothing but disorder, confusion, uncertainty and anarchy. Thoroforo, wo cannot shirk tho re sponsibilities of citizenship. "Govern ment is ono of tho means of God's righteous administrations among men, and loyalty to God demands that tho obligations of citizenship bo discharg ed." " For thero is no power but of God ; tho powers that bo aro ordained of God." Such is tho teaching of Di vlno rovolatlon. You aro required by tho Bible to pray for those in authority. But you must back up your prayors by your works. It Is your duty, thoroforo, to put men In office who will rollout right eousness both In their characters and In their lives. What guarantee havc-you that your prayers for wicked, worth less rulers will bo answered whon you dollboratoly put this kind of mou lu olllco ? Two things are essontial to good govormcnt. 1. Good laws. You must havo thoso as a basis upou which to build <?ood government. It matters not what you have, without good laws, you oauuot have good government; without good and righteous laws, your government will nocossarilly bo built upon a foun dation of sand. 2. Compotont men to administer and enforce loose laws. I uso this word competent, in its broadest sense. A good law which remains on tho statute books as a doad letter, to all practical purposes, is no better than a bad law. lu order to havo good govornmont, we must not only havo good laws ; but we must also havo men in olllco who will see to it that these laws aro vindicated and enforcod. When wo look around us and seo tho corruption that prevails In politics and tho low piano upon which our politi cal campaigns aro projected and con ducted ; when wo seo tho scramble for oJli^o and tho unscrupulous methods whieh aro used to securo olllco; when wo seo how many Incompetent mon aro put in ollico, the moral obliquity which pervades their sentiments and tho corruption which is practiced In thoir oiliciul acts, it must bo evident to evory right minded and thinkiug man that thero is an urgent demand for a change all along the Hue; It is high time for tho people to riso up in their sovereign power and bring to right these things which are wrong. Tho troublo is not in our laws. As a rulo, they are good, wise and whole some. Tho troublo is in their admin istration. Wo ought to bu moro care ful us to tho kind of men wo put in otlico. The people aro responsible for tho character aud conduct of their rulers in such a government as we havo. It becomes us, thoroforo, to make a practical application of our religious principles in tho selection of mon to till the ollicesin our govorment. "We ought not to take politics, in the technical sen.-e into our religion : but it is very certain that wo ought to , tako practical souse, into our politics." Why is it that our campaigns uro conducted upon suCh a low moral plane ?where profanity, slander and drunk enness seem to bo at a piomium? Why is It? Is It becauso the candidates \ iv not tho ability to discuss ques ; ich bear directly upon tho interests of tho nation';' Is truu statesmanship a lost art? Aro all of our statesmen doad ? Or, is it because they lind such foul atmosphere more congenial to their natures? Or, is it becauso they are telling tho truth on each other? It matters not what the reason may be, it Is high time tho peoplo wero taking somo aggressive steps towards lifting politics out of this dirty hole and putting them upon a piano of moral decency and true statesmanship. It is time for this blatant blasphemy and debasing de bauchery and scurrilous slander to bo eliminated from our politicul cam paigns. Tho Christian public ought to spoak In no uncertain bounds on these vi?,al matters. " Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a roproaeh to any people." Ono of tho representatives from the commonwealth of Kansas iu tho United States Sonato, it Is said, gave uttor anco to these sentiments : "Tho puri fication of politics is an Irredesoent dream. Government is foroo. Politics is a battle for supremacy. Parties arc tho armies. [Now listen.] The deca logue and the golden rule havo no placo In a political campaign." If this sentiment is true, then political cam paigns aro sinful, or tho Bible is false in its teachings. When l hear suoh sentiments, 1 fool like saying what ao old gcntloman said in open meeting ono day. Uo was accustomed to speak out his approval or disapproval : cn ho was deeply Impressed. Ono Uaj a strange preacher came along and in his sermon gave utterance to a sonti mont whieh this.old brother th night very herotical and dangerous, He arose boforo tho congregation and said with earnestness: "Thank tho Lord that Is a Ho." So whon a man says: "Tho Ten Commandments and tho ser mon on the mount havo no placo in a political campaign," l fool like say ing, "Thank the Lord that is a lio." Unscrupulous politicians would have, tho peoplo to divorce religion from everything that is commuted with tho management of tho govornmont. Tho Blblo says : " Whatsoovor ye do, do all to tho Glory of God." But too many pooplo aro following In tho foot steps of tho politician . Thoy aro leaving roltglon out of thoir everyday llvos. It is rolated that a llttlo girl who was about to leave Now Jersey for a summer vacation in Now Bigland, said In her prayer tho night boforo her journoy: "Good-bvo, Gol, IVn going to Maine." "That is wh\l many men and women practically say when thoy p"opcso to do anything not definitely religious. Thoy believe that God and business, God and politics, and God and pleasure aro and must bo dlvorcod. This Is why tho buflness operations of Christian mon aie so often in violation of tho dccaloguo ; why polities appear to'many to bo so godless; why plouwre Is so worldly and antl-splrltual." Ah ! I toll you, there is a crying demand for some revolutionary ohangos in tho senti ments, principles and nraotlcos of many who profess to be governed by the- truths of the Bible ! Why is it that politics have boeomo so corrupt? ,Tt Is because tho peoplo havo left morality out of thorn and havo turned their management over to unscrupulous politicians and dema gogues. And this vory thing Is one aL tho porlls that oonfront us a natltSI today. The people ought to have tluRS candidates for office to understand that uuIobs thoy do what thoy can to con duct the campaign on a plane of moral deoency, taat they need not expect to receive tt elr suffrages. The people ought to ..-undomu in the strongest terms tho use of intoxicating liquors In oluctlons. Wo ought to resolve that wo will support no man and party that will use whiskoy In political campaigns. It is said thero Is a certain county in North Carolina where tbo two great political partlos were aoout of equal strength. No ono could toll bow the nlootlon was going until it had gone. Each party used a groat deal of whis key to oarry the election. Tho thing became a public disgrace. Thero was a roltglous body In the county who became so thoroughly disgusted that they determined to right matters, if possible. They took upon themselves a solemn vow that thoy would support no party whieh used intoxicating 11 qqors to carry the election. Thoy wero strong enough to hold the balance of power. What was the ro*ult? They woro tho cause of ruling this infernal agency out of tho campaigns. No man, no party, darod, after this, to use it. Sometimes, f think it would ho well if wo could form in this State a uuiou of some kind which would sot its face to wards tho defeat of auy man, or party that resorts to dishonest methods to carry tho oleotion. Wo nood never expoct to havo tho vory best government until thero aro somo radical chunges along tho lines which I havo just iudicuted. What kind of mon should ho elected olllco V 1. Men of good, upright, moral char acter ; mon of integrity ; men of high, noble purposes, who will not stoop to do mean, questionable things. One trouble with us as a nation 1ms boon right bore. Wo havo boen putting mon Into ofllco regardless of their moral oharactor ; and tho consequence has been In some instuncos our highest ullloos havo been Oiled with men who havo boon rot ton and thoroughly cor rupt In their lives. Wo have put them in tho highest ofliees who have beou just as guilty, and of tho sumo sin us ?rcckonrldgo of Kentucky, though they may not havo been as bold and bra/. >n. Yot, it is an open secret that mon who havo occupied high places In our State havo boon habitual adulter ers. What an example to tot to the rising generation ! Wo soud a man to ropresont us at Washington, o. g., and wo know his moral oharactor is rotten and his life full lowdncss ; and then wo ask God to bless him in his work. We put a man in oflico who is to all prac tical purposes an atheist and an inli del; and then wo ask God to bless him in his work. I tell you, this is one of tho borderland of sacrilogo. Wo ueod men in olllco who are right and who will daro to do right, who will not only do right in their oilicial acts : whoso privato lives aro puro and ubove suspicion. And instead of a?kii;g our question, etc., you had hotter ask the in how thoy stand on the Ten Command* monts and the Sormon on the Mount. I submit the following as au appropri ate catechism for our candidates : 1. Aro you an honest man ? 2! Do you pay your debts? 3. Are you a profuno swearer? 4. Are yon a slanderer? 5. Are you a liar ? l>. Are you an adulterer ? 7. Do you got drunk ? 1 think it would be for the highest interest of the country if tho people would subordinate for awhile the money question and emphasize and exalt the moral question. Thero is a more urgent demand for reform in our morals than in our money. We need mon of character in our public offioes. Tho moral oharac tor of a government can't riso above the character of its rulers. A country morally degenerate will not long re main prosperous. When vice increases, then tho country deoliues. lntidel rulers cannot Increase tho wealth of tho peoplo in any respect. National safety must consist in national ac knowledgment of the Divine suprem acy." 2. Men who aro intellectually quali fied. Mon who aro competent to lill tho ollicc8. I use tho word competent hero In its limitcel sonso. It is not onough for a man to have a good, sound, moral character : ho must have other qualifications. " A pious fool may be as injurious to tho State as a wicked philosopher." What is the use in sending a man to the Legislature, it matters not how good ho may be, if ho is not competent to do the work which you send him there to do ? What is tho uso In sending u man to Congress, or to the United States Senate, if ho is not qualified to do tho work you want done thero? It would ho far better to tako tho money which you pay these men and spend It for somo charitable purpose. Many mistakes havo boon mado rigt along this lino. Wo havo put moo into olllco who havo been al together incompetent to perform the duties of the olllcos to which.thoy have boon oleoteel. You need never expect to havo good government until you put men in olllco who are competent, not only from a moral point of view, but also from an intellectual point of view. :i. Mon of courage. Sometimes you put a man in olllco who in a certain senso is competent both morally and intellectually; but ho is lacking in moral courage Ho is one of theso goody-goody, namby-pamby kind of men. What ho needs is moro back bone, moral courage?courage to stand up to his convictions; courage to elo tho right regardless of the consequence s ?courage le> enforce tho law, it mat tors no', who is punished. Hut how many aro lacking just here! How frequently is it tho case that officers of the law aro parties to the violation of the law ! Thoy aro law breakers themselves. They have sworn to uphold and enforce the law : but they aro a partieeps cri minus to its violation. Not only aro they law? breakers, but they are perjurer*! We dOu't have to go far to seo this. There is a crying demand for a change just hero. Wo need in ofllco men of moral Courage, not, only men of sound moral character and competent iu mental training aud attainment., but men who havo Mio fortitude to stand up at all hazard-, for the majesty of the law and see) that it is faithfully administered anel enforced. Such ollicers would be a standing ro buko to lawbreakers and they would bo a terror to evil elocyrs. God grant that tho peoplo may make a faithful effort to get such mon into olllco?mon e>f sound, moral character ; men possessed of all the intellectual qualifications that aro essential, men of high moral courage. Character, education, courage?theso aro tho es sential qualifications for public olllco. God grunt that tho people may roach tho point whoro thoy will put princi ple above tho party, morals abovo mon and patriotism ubove partisans!p. Then wo will have a country upon which will rest tho rlchost blessings of our God. It will notcuro every thing. It is not claimed that it will cure but ono com plaint, that Is, dyspepsia. Wo cannot say that It will euro ovory case of dys pepsia, but it will cure a large major ity of them. Such cases as aro adapt ed to its use will derive immodlato benefit. Ono small bottle will bo sufficient to test it. Tho Shaker Digestive Cordial is es pecially adaptod for nmaoiatodor older peoplo whoso food does them but llttlo or no good because It Is not dlgeptod. Tho Cordial contains an artificially-di gested food and is a digested of food happily combinod. Head ono of the little hooks whloh your druggist is now giving away and learn of this wonderful romody. ?"Dah's only ono ting wuss'nide ayjeather," said Unolo f.bon, 'fan ??jUfrdat won't t ilk 'bout nuf ----=. Highest of all in Leavening Power.?Latest U. S. Gov't Report PrftHl Baking Powder kv ans bays IT is a lie. Ho Denies the Story Circulated About His Making a Political Deal in Charleston. Bpecia! to Columbia Register. PlCKENS, S. 0., Aug. 13.?It is a political axiom that a man novor knows what a desperate and disreputable character be Is until ho offers him6clf for publlo office. Evory candidate has to devote more or less of his time deny ing stories circulated about him, which originate no man knows whore, but which spread from person to person, from place to place, growing in pro portion as thoy swiftly oirculate. Every candidate In this canvass has experi enced this, especially those v/ho stand for tho more prominent offices. Gov. Evans especially baa been the target for many of those slabs in the back. Tho latest one, Originating no body knows where and which nobody fathers, is to tho elTect that ou tho Saturday after tho Marion mooting Gov. Evans wont to Columbia and at tho Mansion met a delegation of Oer I man-Americans from Cuurleston and was In conference with them until 2 o'clock in tho morning. Tho numos of tho delegation aro given as Wehman, Kroog, Ltoesslor aud Stolliug. Tho story goes that Gov. Evans promised them that if thoy would form a club of 600 Germans in Charleston who would vote for him for United States Senator ho would see that tho Germans iu Charleston wero given tho benefit of " private dispensaries," whatever that may mean. It is said that the club is being organized or bus boon already. Gov. Evans was told of tho story and ho had tho following to say about it: " Tho whole thing is an infernal lio. I have not seen those men since the campuign began. They were In Colum bia boioro that and called on tno at my office, but not at tho Mansion. They asked mo what 1 was going to do about Charleston and I told them, as 1 had said before, that if metropolitan polico proved a failure In enforcing the Dis pensary law in Charleston, I would re commend somo special legislation for that city. It would be foolish to con tinue to try and enforce a law where it was impossible to do so. That is all that thoro is in it. If I had wanted to make a deal in Charleston 1 would have not gouo to theso men, but to the loaders of tho ring there, who came to mo at the Charleston Hotel and olfcrod to deliver over Charleston's vote to mo, lock, stock and barrel, provided i would give them tho managers of olec lion audit ho control of the local patron TnE Cotton Tie Fight.?The ques tion of the utility of the wire cotton tie against the Hat steel tie now scorns to bo pretty thoroughly settled. A tost of binding a halo or two has also been made in Georgia, and it proved oven more satisfactory than that made In this Stute. These bales aro to be put through tho cotton compress In Augusta and will probably be more favorably commented upon than those pressed in Charleston, as tho wire useu is larger and more lloxlblo. The resolutions of tho Charleston Cotton exchange, published yesterday, while, they are not exactly what the advocates of tho wire tie would have liked to have, indicato what may be oxpeotod when tho cotton gees to the ports tied with wire. The crop is go ing to bo short, however, and the farm ers know that tho buyers are not goin<; to refuse to purchase the cotton. At the same time they aro not after send ing tho cotton to market in any im proper shape. The one thing that thoy are a unit on is that thoy do not.intend to give the steel tie trust one dollar ; they havo determined to li>jht the trust to the. bitter end, let the light cost what it may. Col. D. P. Duncan, tho manager of tho State Alliance exchange, in ordoi to get a full supply of the ties on the market in tho shortest time possible, will leave tomorrow for tho east, lie goes on to visit oue of tho largest con cerns in this country, which has offered special inducements on tho kind ol wirejthat tests havo proven to bo nee essary. This company has offered te put tho wire up In noat bundles, ami will do anything that is deemed best In tho making of a proper catch oi buckle. Col. Duncan will consult with those wire people and act at once. He hopes to havo the tics in hand ready salo in very short ordor.?Tho State. TUB LAURENS BAR. h. y. simpson. . c.\ 1). barksdali SIMPSON & BARK8DALI5, Attorneys at Law, LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA Special attention given to the investi gation of titles and collection of claims n. W. DA Tili. I.. VV. sim kins. W. W. BALL BALL, SIM KINS A BALL, Attorneys at Law, Laurens, South Carolina. Will prin t ice in nil State and United States Court. Special attention given collections. W. II. MARTIN, Attorney at Law, Laurens, - South Carolina, Will practice in nil Courts of this Stale Attention given to collections. i. t. johnson. \v. It. kicky .JOHNSON ?V: ItlCHKY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Ohkiok -Fleming'Uoriiir, N >rt i <st side of Public Square " Milk and Honey."?Thoro i6 tnore significance in tho Biblical ix pression uf "a land that il ws wit! milk and honey " thau is generally understood. It is a physical or diges tive so to speak, significance For there is a connection between uii;k and htuoy that makes tho latter of muel more value as a food when the relation botween tho two is understood. It exists in the fact that honey in largt quantities can bo eaten by anyone woo will drink sweet milk freely at the same time. Just what tho naturul affinity bo tween tho two is, in a gastronomioal sonBe, wo do not know, but we do know that sweet milk is a good antidote for what otherwise would bo an ovordosc of honey. Whether tho ancients knew of this huppy connection between flu two articles of food they have associat ed In immortal vorse of course is un known. But from tho fact that milk and honey unite in tho human systom without painful or injurious effect, it is quito probablo that they did. A S25 COOKING STOVE a COiavi.irrK ocTriT rom I Only $12.00.1 Dotlvored to ?r>ur railroad drpot, all freight chareva ?n-ti. Rend tola desorlp tloii curelufly. Thin splondid Cooking Stove Is No. s; hu,. |i>nr8 loch i >' holes; 16.1 IS luoh "v< n ; ]? i k'li lini box. 21 Inches litteli; Vlx .i in. 'i t.-1?; nico smooth casting. I have bad t!i - movi made for my trade, after my own Idea <? inlilidiiK all the good i oh.is of i?H n.< :i? -11k i l ic d h<i\cs, and li> vlngotit ihu ? i,ti-oti iintbli features. ml id I tin in.' host No >? < *<?>klng R(.ivi-louili*. i ? Iii ?'. Kitltd with 2 I .,!...>,,.y i-, 2 ^icijints,2 rrhldlea,! baking pan*. > J'i isof |di?rt, I eu'ow, I col? lai. I It 'i-r, I ? , ? . I < i!?a polish, 1 Iron tea i.o-i f, i sh.n , .. iv n.t i. ntako cus tomers an'l f ? i > In avturypi. t of tho Rout Ii, for the I .',.??!< .if hit reducing our imsii.rfi- to in a i e.i| |p,and to renew out aoniialittatioH wliti .hi n ends. \Vi< will ship tlii- * it-ndid Cooking Stove *:i?l I ho abov. ttesi'i I.I warn to ? ? ? ?. dopot, mlii-iMulin lr i . ??> jirtld for only j I '.i.00 whi-n ilu< pa.-li ?? in . \ en Die ?i'I i. This stoxe I? a good ivt-ll made, kiiiI ;? t\v<> ?'irii^ y eaialoui .1 h .it. our ii unrated i uui., I. F. PA DGETT, 840 Broad 9t. e< t. A utni ? ? ? . Q ATI,A N TIOCO A S T h IN E PASSENG ER DKPA KTM KJNT. Wilmington, N. C, May IG/A, 18'ji fast line: ?BETWEEN? Charleston and Columbia and Uy.p< South Carolina, North Cure Una, und Athens and Atlanta. CONDENSED SOU EDO I.K Going West. H?ing Kusi No. 52. No. 03, 7 Oiiam* Ly_Charleston.\r 860pn 8 31 ,.Lanea. 7 12 943 .Sumlor. 568 1055 Ar.Columbia._l.v 440 1158 .Prosperity. 3 03 12 10pm .Newborry. 2 fin 12 60 .(Minion. 2 10 115 .... Laurena .... l 45 2 33 .... Greenwood_ . 3 00 .Abbeville. 5 10 .. ..Athens, Ga. t 45 .Atlanta. 0 05pm 8 20 . .Winnaboro, s. C. ..Charlotte, N. C. 11 11,tn !) 35 2 20pm Ar,... Anderson, K, C. 4 35 .... Greoenville ... 240 . ...8par tan burg... 5 3(5 Hendersonvillc N.C 0 45 .. Ashevllle.N.C.. 1.7 12 Joan 10 30 11 28 !? 23 h 20 ? Daily, Nos, 52 and 63 Solid trains betWOCi Charleston and Columbia, S. C, and can through coach bet ween Charleston an Atlanta. H. M, KMKR8GN, Aaa't Gen'l Passenger Agt. l U, KBNLY, T. M.KMKUSON, 'lan'l Manager. 'I'railio Manager. South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Co " THE CHARLESTON LIKE Bohodulc in offool Maroh !?). ist? COLOMBIA DIVISION.?Enal Hound. Lv Columbln. ? 60 Ar llrniiohvillo. DOS a [it Ihranulivllio.W an Ar Charleston.It..?? nn Lv Columbia. . I sei i<n Ar Charleston. .8 40 pa. West Hound. Lv Cbarloston. 7 30 nn Ar Columbln.11 ui an Lv Charleston. r< 'M pn Ar llranchvillo. H 00 pn Lv ilranohviiie.? ? ? ?? fl'&pro Ar Columbia. pj si i>w CONNECTION. I At Columbia with Sonthorn Hallway tonpr ( from nil iioiniH in upper Boulh mid Noril Carolina. Through trains botweon Chiirloii t .-a and Aahoville, N. Any other Information, foldi r?, inni)-;, etc will Co furni8hod on upplfeatlon te E, 8. how EN, Oonornl Manngor, Co.umbiii .s. 0. [,. A. BMEItSO.M 1 rnlMo M iniu;< r, Chiirlcn ton, t*. t". (I. II. I'AUKS. TravelInK AtronUColumnis ?' t; Who is Will Whitener ? He is our Fashionable Hair Cutter and Shaver, -1r4 BENDELLA HOTEL. ?Senator Mutt Quay, who Is now in Florida, lu s proposed u basis of bar inony f<>,% the warring Uopubllcnn fac tum of Florida which lias been accept* od by both side8, and cue of the two tieWt-'j. S'uv and electoral, will bo pulled down. ? Make yourself an honest man, and you m i> to sure that, there Is ono rascal los* In the world. I )CU'J ROY AL ii W KSTE1VN CAK JL ollno Railway. "A-.gUBta and AshoviUc Shori Line." J. H. Cleveland, tteoeivcr. l hedule in cfTo"-' July 7th Lv.AuguelA. U Hi am Ar Ureeuwoot.Vi '7 pm Anders. 7 K ' pm l.aurou ?? ?. l i "> pm urocnyllte. - v> pm Glonn Springs. 1 05 pm Sp&rtau-ourg.S-tjO pm baluda ? ? .5 9 ? pm (lendero< nvillo. .. >6I pm I Ashcvil'.sj.r; 4ft pm Lv Ashevilto.8 20 am Sparianbur^.II 40 am Ureonvllle.11 50 am Laurons.... .. 116 pm Auder ion.l? 26 am Greenwood. 228 pm Ar Augusta. ? 05 pm 7 00 pm 11 00 am V n?'ani ? 45 am Li 20 am 4 i hi pm ii o pm V 00 pm 8 00 am !? 55 am 1*0 ATU1CNS, ATLANTA W??T. AND POINTS Lv Atlanta. 010 pm Athena.ii 10 pm I'jlhertpn.12 ir> mn Abbeville.12 16 am Ar Groenville. !? 46 am i.v Greenville. ItOpm r >."am Ar Elhcrton. B&iftm 4 iiOpm Abbeville. I 42 am 4 65pm Adlons. 8 8' am 5 lOpm Atlanta. Q20 am 0 45pm Lv Greenwood.tl 65 n*n I on pm Ar Raleigh. 126 am 12 00 n'n kNorfolk. 7 00 am (> 20 pm Lpeteraburg. 0 00 am 643pm ^Richmond .u 40 am 0 46 pm Close ooiiuootiona at Greenwood fur al points on A. 1 and C. AC. Hallway, and at Bpartanburg with Bouthern Uailway. Fur information relative 10 llcketi . ratoa, schedules, etc., uddrcaa W.J. CHAIO, Gen. Pass. Agent. Augusta, G.1, ?f. 8. Guretoit. Vgent.C. H. Speights, Ifen. Agent. Greenville. K. 0. BOUTHERN RAILWAY. Ciadimiud Sukadnl. Id EflPaot ?iumi: 14, 1S0B. STATIONS. Lv. Ojlumbja. " 1'ionperlty... Ax. Nmvberry ... Ar. Ninety ?Slat... " Greenwood.. " H.-.i^ea .. ir. Abbeville,,~ Ai'T^efton. J.r. Aadersoa .,, S GroeuvlUeT, ^.r. Atlanta .... STATIONS. CvTlSreAiTvllle " Piedmont. " \V i Ij in) iiM on !>- A a a er sou Lv. Dalton Ar. fjonnaldj r-iT^tsuTTe Lv. Rod yea " Oreenwood " Ninety-Six Lv. >'ow1>orry " Pio?i'8rltr Aj^.Vrlun^biu A>'. Cfiai .;-st<:2> ally|15ally| ? Xo.llil pall? No. ft, T1? a rS u 65 N 11 p m IS 23 pm 1 25 u u 1 43 p in CM p m ~~2 55' p m lliiLRJ? 4~20 p 'ml i> 80 p in No. [3. io "50 a 5 STATION is. p n? 2 BT v m h a) p m I 11 00 p n> DaiiyiDaiTr No.14iNo.l0 No. 5]N ftli?jn 7 V c Lv..., Charleston. . ./.r| bOOp 11 ioa " I 2 Wp 8 6')? ::, mi* ?mt ,v!ll 4.'. 0 u;r? 11 RVn 10i'<a|l2V<p| " . 10 20a 1 &:?p *' . !0 BOa 1 &p " . 0 Cit\\ 2 0fp| " . 1 ftn t'4ui, Ar. ilu[ S10p.Lv. jOy1 Qtf'V'Ar. . AWtoii ... .8nnluo... ... Union.... .. Jone .vli'.o . .... paeo'.et . Bpartanburg tlpMin..'.!!!? . AahevUle.. lop . IjV Ar U i- a 'A Lv' a gOjl I U| a. m. n!<v?int Pnllmaa "P," p. Trnlns 9 and 10 carry Sleo!>in? cars botWOOB Columbia and Asliovtlle, enrouto daily botwi-?u Jin.-'- jville andClncta* aati. Trains leave btartanburcr. A. & C. division, Bpribbound, ?:l? a. m., 8:23 p. m., 0:13 p. ia., (VeHtlbula Limited); southbound 1:00 ft. in., 1:06 p. ru., 11:31 a. in., (Vestibule Lliliited.l Trains lsr.ve Greenville, A. and C. division, nortbliouud, 5:23 a. m., 2:10 p. m. and Srix) p> m., cvodubuisd Li ml ted) t eoatlibound. Xt?i ft. i:?up. m., IK:28 p. m. (Vestlbuled Limited). Pullman Servloo. Pullman palace u'.eeplng cars on Trains S3 and 86, t)( n'.id ou A. and C. division. W. H. OKBCN. J. M. CL'LP Qen. Suporiutendent, ri'i aft'.o M'is'r, washuifftou, IX O. Wn thb ;t'.>u, 1). O. 1 1M'\.T.' W. A. TURK, Oeu )'m?s. Ar't D. O 8. n. HARLWIOK, A.-, t ( .on 1 to*4. / .r't. A'.! :l ?, 'IjJ, 60UTHERN RAILWAY. HEnMOsr Ain Li arm Oonoleniod Sohadata of t'HtHeo^ar Tralast Nortbbound. Juno I t, 1800. Lv. Atlan'a, C. T. " Atlanta, B. T. " Nororosa. " Ruford. " (. : ., u' ? m Lula.. *? Cornelia. M Mt. Airy. " T.oat. " \v'i>stmi!int?r M ?oncoft . " Contral. " C4reonvlllo ... " c>parlHn>>urK. " aaWnevs,..;. " Blacksourg.. " Kinn'? Mt_ " Ous'oida. Ar. Charlotte " Lanvlbe . Ar. Riohruond ArAViiMblud'tC'n.. " Raltm'ol'RR, " Philadelphia, M Now York .. goathbonvid. Lv. N. Y..P. lt. H. Philadelphia. " pAitbuore, .. " \S At hiii((ton.. Lv. Uiotiinoud ... Lv. Danville_ " Chariot te .... " Orutonia. " Kimr.i Mt ... " BlaoVsburg.. M OatViioya. " ^i>ni tnnburg , M GroonTille?.. u Contral. *' Reneca. " AVeat mlntUsr. " Toc-coa. M Mt. Airy. M ( omuJia. " Lula. " ?uluosville... " Ituiord. " Norcrose. tr. Atlant*, K. T^ i?v. Atlanta, 0. v#, Ifst.Mll INo.11 No. 88 No- 80 No.iej 12x. Daily.) t'ally.j ??lly| Sun. i ?3p 6 Bfi p e *>p J (Wp e v. v b Kit t 87 f ( 42 a 0 40 p 6 o3 all m p 10 23 a< ? 00 a lj 63 jnj 0 2y a Vei. jK.t.^tll .lNO.ll No. 87 No. a.-> ;?**4 Kx. I)?lly.j Ottllv.l u?Hy[ :>uu, 4 !!0 p 12 IB 0 .V> p ' a 60 n OA) p' rt 22 a 10 40 p 11 15 a 2 OC a 12 66 p 0 60 al 6 06 p 0 D6 a!10 66 b 111 80 p 10'40' 11 37 12 ?8 1 IS 1 w a 18 p 8 13 8 bl i i i p a 66 11 12 00 12 24 1 00 1 50 8 116 2 68 8 60 4 21 4 !I0 4 57 0 20 800 a 0 40 a 12 2o p 1 10 p oo 1 2 20 p 8 05 p 4 40 p 6 40 p 000 p d to p 0 53 p 740 p 7 45 p 8 12 p 8M v 9 07 r 0 13 p a'10 ;fi p f. ?>> n 11 .' p! it ;?) i\ I" jjuon. "N" night. 0 25 a fi: . a 667 a 7 20 a 7 (I a 8 27 ? 9M a ern Veillbuto Limited, Blncoers betwoen New York and Now bl ioari.^ Via Wasblngloi), Atlnain todMontgc m. "P" p. m _KiM.t87and 88?Viislduvton and Ronthwsst? Through Pullman "V Orloan.i. r. :n< ry, an 1 atdo betweuu New Vo.-k and Memphis, vi.t v. nshtngton, Atlanta and Birmingham. This trsin also cariios Itlohmond August? rleenint oars botween Lnmdllo av{\ Chariot tr>. Fit si clu-s thoroughfare ooaoh botwoon Waalilngloa and Atlanta. Mining oars serve all meals sa route. Nos. 86 and 80? Urdtod States Past Mfttb PulV man ?leo],lng ca.-s between New Yet k. Atlanta and New Orleans. Nos. 11 and 12?Pullman sleeping ears between Hlohmoad and Danville. KThe Air Line Belle trftln. Nos. 17 and 18, will. >m June 1st to Ootobor f?t, lMOd, bo operated tweon Atlanta and Mt. Airy, Qa.t dally e? eept Sunday. * W. H. QRRK.N, I. M. GULP, Oen'l Kupt., J'rafflo M'g'fc, Washbiftott, D. a Washington, D. a W, A. TURK, ?. H. HARDW1CK, W \xV A"V - A**'*<**B'*-?*