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The Boy Who Wins. Tho boy who's always wishing That this or that might be, Lbit never trids his mettle, Is tho boy that's hound to seo? His plans all come to failure, His hopes end in defeat, For that's what comes when wishing And working fail to meet. The boy who wishes this thing Or that thing with a will That spurs him on to action, And keeps him trying still When effort meets with failure, Will some day surely win ; For he works oat what he wishes, And that's where "luck" conies in ! The "luck" that I believe in Is that which comes with work, And no one ever finds it Who's content to wish and shirk. The men the world calls "lucky" Will tell you, every one, That success comes, not hy wishing But by hard work, hravely done. ?Kin a 1',. Hi rford. A POST OFFICE HANK. Postmaster General Clary Greatly Interested in a Helioiuo for Its KHtahliHlinteiit. Washington Ktar. Postmaster General Gary is greatly Interested in tho scheme for estab lishing u postal savings bank system and is getting facts about the work ings of such systems in foreign coun tries. Ho has just received from tho postmaster general of Canada a full explanation of tho system adopted . there, and is most favorably impressed with tho system in vogue there. Ho has received letters in regard to the system from prominent men all over the country ami farmers, especially as I banking facilities for the latter are oxtremoly limited. Savings banks in | connection with tho post ollioes, there fore, it is tbough^ would be of great bonelit to thorn especially. The New Zealand Host and Tele graph Guide, published at Welling ton, New Zealand, containing the rules and regulations of the postal savings bank system as applied there, has just boon received by tho postmaster geu crai. In that country deposits of one Shilling or any multiple of ono, may bo mado at any postottiee savings bank. Interest is allowed to each deposi;.?/r at the rate of '.\\ per cent per annum, when the balance at tho credit of his account does not exec (d ?2U0, and at tho rate of IS per cent wnen it exceeds that amount, but no interest is allowed on more than ?500. The calculation Is mado from the first day of tho calendar month next following tho day on which a complete pound has been deposited up to tie: last day of tho calender rnontn proceeding the day on which tho money is withdrawn. Tho interest duo to each depositor is calculated to tho Jtlst of December in each year, and is then added to and becomes part of tho principal due the depositor. Upon opening an account the deposi tor Is required to furnish his or her Christian name or forename, and sur name, and occupation, and residence, and must also sign a declaration to the effect that he or sho is not directly or indirectly entitled to any sums stand ing in his or her name or uames of any other poison or persons in the books of tho post otliee savings bunk, unless it bo as trustee of another person, or as a member of a friendly or other so ciety, and consent must also be given by the depositor for the amounts to bo managed according to tho regula tions of the post oOloe bank. It is re quired that such a declaration must be witnessed by tho postmaster or by some person known to him, or by a justice of the peace. The postmaster general v. ill decide upon tho best Individual feature*, of each system in vogue throughout the world and will embody them in his coming annua1 report, and will request that favorable action bo taken as soon as possible. It is thought most of tho details will be copied from the Cana dian system, tbough there are a num ber of others which are considered ex cellent. , BILL AKl* ON MATRIMONY. He Tli i n k.s Muy und December Should Not Wed?Whon They Do I he Old Mun Ought to Die Soon. "Whenever there is trouble and I can't give any relief or remedy, it distresses mo. especially when the trouble is of a domestic character. Now here is a let ter from a man who says, "I know a man?a neighbor?who is of a warm, atl'ectionate, passionate nature, and loves his wife to distraction, but sho is calm and cold and conservative by na ture and, therefore, Indifferent to his earessos, and whenever ho venturos to kiss her and put his arms about her she repels him with such expressions as, "Oh, Tom, get a away, don't bother me." Sue is a pure, good woman and loves her husband in her way, but she never meets him at tho door when he comes homo tired or disappointed with his day's work. The poor f< How is really pining away and languishing for lack of love?for reciprocity, as it were, and can't get it. Now, what is tho remedy? Can't you bring your univer sal philosophy to bear upon this case and solve the problem?'' No, I cannot. I am helpless. Noth ing but time will equalize and har monize, that couple. 1 am afraid their union was a mislit, but ho took her for bettor or worse and must be reconciled. In fact, ho ought to bo thankful in these degenorato days that ho has found a pure, good woman, oven if she is not as tumultuous in her lovo as he would like her to be. Hut tlmo is a good doc tor. Time will assuage him down some and will tone her up some, for a man and his wlfo gut moro and more alike as the years roll on. There woro some good friends at my houso last night and I seriously read to them this letter and asked for advico about answering it. Thoy all agreed that the man was not writing about his noighbor, but was relating his own pitiful condition. >\ marrlod man said: "Write him to got away and quit bothering her whe'j she says so." A bacholor friend said, "Wiito him to tlirt a little with anotho: man's wife and she will come to her senses mighty quick and return his caresses." "That Is all you know about It," said another damo. "Tho llirtations of a husband destroy lovo and happiness, too. Thoy are moro apt to bring con "tempt and oven scorn. A truo woman will Buffer and onduru any fault or fall ing except that." A young married woman said timidly, "She must bo a very strange kind of a woman not to like caressing, but I do think sho ought to meet him at tho door and givo him a smile or two when he comes homo." "He must bo a right good man and I am sorry for him," said a lassie in her teens. "Or m-iybo ho Is eo horrid, coarse and ugly that nosolf-respoctlng woman would want him bothering hor for kisses and caresses every tlmo ho camo about," said a lussio out of hor toons. "Maybe ho smoked and his breath was dlsagncable," said a bonedlct who never used tobacco. So I got hut little comfort from this goodly company and my wife continued the discourso by remarking in her quiet way, "Well, I think your frierd had better have kept his misery to himself. Let him stick to his promises that ho mado at tho altar." "Or apply for a writ of mandamus and make her kiss him according to law," said a lea"ned judge who was present. "I would make hor reoipro oate if tho case was in my court. Tho writ of mandamus is a far-reaohiug and effectual process." Well of course, the conversation drifted to tho topic of May and Docom bor marriages, with grooms of more than three score anu ton and brides of tender years. Wo all agreed that if such a groom bad anything to leave such a bride besides his name and would depart this life In a reasonable time, she was justilled in marrying him. Hut in the lirst place, tho prop erty should bo in sight tho "quid pro quo'* ?nd it should bo lixed, sottled, dowered, dovetailed, clinched upon her, and there should bo an implied contruct that bo should dlo in strict accordance with tho death rate, the expectation laid down in the lifo insu rance tables. Indeed, if the late fre quency of old men marrying young women is to bo multiplied to an alarm- | ing extent, there should be established a death insurance olliee so that tho young girl could go to it and get a pol- | ley insuring the old man's death in a limited time, and if he didn't die with iu the time, the company should pay her so much as she insured for?say 1 $.">,000 or $10.001) or $20,000 as the case I may hu. With the money of course sbo could live decently and even secure u divorce on tho ground of fraud? fraud in not dying uccording to hope and expectation and an implied prom ise. Why, 1 know a lady who married im old man twenty-eight years ago. Ho was sixty and she but twenty and as sweet and pretty as a pink. He was rich and sickly and agreed to settle ou her $."{0,000, to bo paid at his death. Ho looked like no would die in a year, but, bless your souls, my sweet young sisters, he is living yet and she looks nearly as old us he does. Her bloom of youth is gone. When she married she was an orphan and soon became worse than an orphan, and she is childless. What a mistake she made. What a fraud wns perpetrated upon her. What u wreck of earthly happiness. Young girls, beware 1 These unions are not according to nature and they shock tho judgment and the sentiment jf mankind. There are widows enough to take these venerable widowers, but let the maidens remain single if they cannot get a young man of their choice. MODE OF Tit IVEL IN CHINA. An Interesting; Account of tho Several Ways in Which Travel is Managed in the CclctUial Empire. Correspondence of the Mountaineer. BOOCHOW, China, Aug. 10, 18U7. The principal modes of travel lu Sooohow .nay be described as follows : First in importance is by "house boat." Tho house boat is usually, from fifteen to thirty feet long, varying iu width?generally according to leugth?from four to eight feet. Tho front part consists of a platform, whero tho boatman stands to manage the boat when passing through narrow places. The central part, or body, of tho boat is usually divided into two apartments in smaller ones, and ou larger boats sometimes you may lind six, eight or even ten, berths, or places to sleep. Tho back of the boat is where the boat men work, eat and sleep. This part is usually protected by a mat cover from the raiu and sun, und in winter the same kind of mat protection all around. They do not propel their o^^ts with oars as we do, on the side, but use .one, two, or throe long bent ores fastened generally on tho back, and tho boat is propelled hy a sculling motion, two or sometimes four men at work on it at once. Under this part of tno boat, down in the bottom of tho boat, they do their cooking and iu the winter sleep down there. The wholo country is cut up by canals, just as our coun try is cut by roads. You can gjt one of these boats and go to any part of the Province you please. All of tho coun try ncghborhoods havo small canals going into these. If a man wishes to take a trip he calls a boat of a certain size for a certain price for each day, including a certain number of woi le mon, clearly stated, if you wish to travel night and alay. Also, it is bost to have it clearly stated how much "wine cash" tho workmen; are to have, and when and whero it is to bo paid, for after all is clearly written it will take all your spare time on the trip to keep them at work and from worrying you out of your lifo trying to got you to do more for them and oftenor than tho agreement calls for. Eaoh traveler provides himself with a "i'u Kao," or bedding such as he proposes to sloop on and under?wrapped in matting and tied with u ropo. At night you spread it down and sioep; in the morning roll it up again that you may have room on the boat to get about during the day. The boatmen are fairly reliable about taking earo of what you have on the boat, while under contract. Tho "tug of wai" comes when you havo como to the end of the trip and time comes to settlo, as it generally takes at least ono hour to settle and get rid of them They are never of tho opinion that you have paid them all you wi;l if thoy can jus?, manage to worry you enough. In tho last few years small "tug boats" have been introduced in China, anil now between all tho largor cities in tho southern provinces you may most any week got passage on them. These "tug boats'will p dl from one t? eight, and somotimes ton of tho "house ,boats" from ono place to an other. This has greatly facilitated travel in our part of Cbinu. There now are "tug boats" going and coming from Soocbow to Shanghai, a distance of eighty American miles. Country travoling is confined almost entirely to boats. Tho government couriers travel on horseback along the canal banks, or tow-paths. 2nd. Chair travel. Tho Sedan chair la made of bamboo and wood. Tho chair framo, seat, top, foot-rost and all are mndo of bamboo, covored genorally around with cloth. At the back and sides is a small glass window. The top is covored with oil cloth of a native manufacture. On each side are shafts about twelve foot long. Tho chair Is placed about midway, and tbuso shufts have a cross pleco at tho ends, which holds thom together and by which It Is carrlod, rostlng on tho shoulders of tho bcarors. An ordinary person Is not allowod to havo more th?n two b.jarers. A mandarin ';an have four, in many re spects % ?'nlght-maro" ispioforablo to h?.*. ing to settle with those men aftor using them. Thoy try so hard to choat foreigners. They havo no conseioneo, shame or decency, but are only inspired with ono mot ,1 vc, and that to gouge every ono who happens to bo so unfor tunute us to have to uso thom. With vory fow exceptions they aro misera ble opium smokers. 3rd. Horseback riding is vory popu lar in uud near tho cities. A horso which costs in tho Kastern States $80 to $100 in gold, can bo bought for $30 to $10 now, somotimes raoro, Bometimes loss. A morning or afternoon horso back ride and horso boy included (for tho Chinese aro bo mean that should you hitch your horso and go In a houao without a boy to watch him, you may not find him on your roturn) costs 3(50 cosh, which amounts to about twenty live, cents In gold. Ono member of our mission keeps a horse at a stable, and his feed and grooming coBts $3.(50, Mexican*, a month, which is a very cheap way of travoling. A horso boy costs him 5 cents Moxican, or '3 cents in gold, for an afternoon's service. 4th. Hlcyolos. Wbon I arrlvod here last January two years ago, as far as I know, bieyolos wore not known on tho streets, and tho missionaries did not think it possiblo, but as I Intro duced thom in Greenvlllo omong pro fessional mon (although I wa9 told I would ride out of my praetlee) I proved by actual experiment that it was a .(real, help tO health and patients for a doctor to havo a quick method of travol; so I have proven that this most wonderful and useful Invention of tho nineteenth century can be made a f:reat ihelp to tho missionary In his aborlous work In the cities. Now wo have three active workers on whoels, and others aro speaking of getting thom. J. K. WILKINSON. CHEWING GUM FACTORY. Description of un liultiHtry Which Hm Made Its Owner Rich and Mae | KueouraKctl a Silly Hnblt. Only a few years ago tho" owner of tho largest chewing gum factory in the world was a poor man, says tho Cleveland Leader, making his gum in tho husement of an old buildlug, olTor lng in vain his whole business for a few hundred dollb.u, ami with his wife his ?olo assistant. Now, his IlOO em- . ployes make profits for a millionaire. Tho gum-making begius in Mexico,, its foundation being ehielo gum, tho chocolate-colored exudonco of tho uaso berry tree. The natives gather, pack It in barrels and seud it north. At tho factory it is picked over, crushed, then placed in largo kettles together with sugur and Havering extracts. While cooking tho revolving eylinder within the kettle keeps the mass con stantly stirred. When cooled It is carried to a table whore a group of girls knead tho ginger bread-looking stuff, mixing in sugar until it uttalus tho needed dryness. Transferred to another table it is rolled out to thick square cakes, worked as a cook would pastry, but with sugar taking the place of Hour. These cakes are then passed back and forth uuder a steam roller until each is in thin strips about eighteen Inches wide and a yard long. A grooved roller cuts it into squares which aro laid on a tray and left for twenty-four hours. After tho day's drying, another grooved roller marks it into the shape in which it is sold, when it is broken and sent in boxes to the packing room. Hero h is wrapped In paper, packed in dainty boxes, tbon sent to tho inspecting room, whert each box is opened, examined and missed. Tho factory is comploto in itself and has many departments. Tho top tloor is given up to tho manufacture of pasteboard boxes for the gum. Tho basement is a light, airy printing of fice, where many hands aro busy with tho labels and advertising matter. A railway switch loads and unloads everything at tho door. Six brande of gum aro made in tho building. Of one b'-und alone tho bookkeeper told mo 50,1100 milos had been sold in ten years, that in each day of tho lust ten years thirteen and one-half miles had been the average sales. the limbless COTTON. Tho Government Instruct** an Olliclal to Investigate and Report upon tho New Variety. Atlanta Journal. Tho famous Jackson limbless cotton has assumed a national importance. Yesterday the Unitoi slates secretary of agriculture telegraphed to Weattior and Crop Official Mar bury at this place, to go out to tho JaOKSOU farm anl make a thorough and exhaustive examination of tho plant, and then re port to tho government otlieial at Washington. Mr. Mar bury at onco went out to the farm near tho barracks, where the wondorful cotton is growing, and through tho kindness of Mr. Jackson was euabled to go through tho six acres of magnificent cotton, lie spent quite a while at the place and looked all over the Hold. After making his ex amination ho was allowed to bring some of tho cotton to town with him to include with his report. Mr. Marbury was enthusiastic over the limbless cotton. He said it was the finest crop of cotton ho had ever seen. He said that some of tho cotton was so tall that it could hardly bo reached with an umbrella. The plant is thickly studded all tho way up with large bolls, and tho lowest estimate is that tho six acres will yield four bales to tho acre. The weather ollieial will make a very full report on the condition and pros pects of the cotton, and will entor into its propable commerical value. lie will givo as full and complete a report on tho subject as could be desired and when tho report is filed the govern ment will then be in a position to act as it may consider proper. That tho government ollielals are evincing considerable interest in the remarkable cotton is not a surprise. It is an entirely new variety of cotton and is tho best species that has been grown in this country. The govern ment will probably buy up large quan tities of the seed and distribute tiiem among tho agricultural cIusscb so aB to insure a wide distribution aud a spread of tho now variety. Tho seed retails at $200 per bushel, and tho present owners of the six acres at Jackson's farm have been offered $25,000 for tho product of tho held. Tho cotton does not have a limb on tho stalk, and has many advantages not poasossod by othor variotios. Mr. Marbury will tilo his report in a few days, and tho government will probably tako early action in order to si euro tho sood Miat is now boing grown. Mr. T. A. Jackson, whoso address is P. O. box 215, Atlanta, Ga., is receiv ing thousands of letters about his fa mous cotton. What is Yellow Fever??In view of tho excitement occasioned by tho outbreak of yollow fever, on our gulf coast, it is pertinent to make uomo in quiry into tho nature of this foul mal ady. Dr. C. U. Tobault, of Now Or leans, who has boon Idontified with the treatment of yellow fovor for more than thirty years, contributes to Tho l'icayuno, of that city, a thorough diagnosis of tho disease. This able authority says : "Yollow foveris'.,u infection.*, acute and eruptive 'over. Tho eruption is so faint in f.ome casos that it is over looked beforo tho physician sees the ea.-.e, but if seen early and a eloso in spection is made an oruptlon will bo und on tho skin and on tho mucous membranes of tho mouth and fancos. Tho eruption indicatos that there is somothing of an irritant character in' tho blood, and is do-ubtloss tho cause I of the changes found in tho internal viscera, especially tho stomach and kidnoys, producing in tho stomach that softened condition found in its mrn-ous coat, which superinduces black vomit through ulcuration Into somo blood vessel of tho stomach. This Ir ritant substanco circulating In the blood damages tho kidney and is the CitUBO Of tho albumen found la the II line, associated With this disease. Yollow fever has three, stages, tho first, fobrilo, is ushereo in suddenly with a chilly sensation, and often a distinct rigor. Kovor rises rapidly ; thoro 1b more or loss hoadacho and othor pains, and more or loss Irritability of tho stomach with nausea. Tho first, stage, lasts from twonty-four hours to throo days. ThiB is followed by a remission, or second stage, whoro tho fovor sub sides, pains disappear, and tho pationt rapidly convalesces or omorgos into tho third stage, known as tho stage of collapse. In this st ige the. fever lie. centos vjry much higher ; tho gastric irrltab.iity inoreasos into groat nausea and ft poau (I vomitings. Albumen is fount In tho urine, and frequontly bloo , oo/.os from all tho mucous sur faces ami 1b passed by tho bowolB. Hlack vomit Is associated with this stage, the pationt dies from exhaus tion or gradually recovers by slow ?taget," ?Under the auspices of tho Mary Ann Loo Memorial Association, a ba zaar is to bo hold in Alexandria, Va., this autun.n, for tho purpose of secur ing funds for the orootlon of a monu ment to tho memory of Mary Ann Lee, the mothor of the Sou&horn chieftain. Tho monument will adorn tho Inter section of two of tbo prinolp&l streets in Alexandria, and will probably be in the vicinity of the historic old Christ ohuroh where both Oen. Lee and his mother worshipped. A MUIIOKHKK'S CONFESSION. Grady IteyunldH Doolaros that lie Murtlere.dl M. U. Muni?Brooks Con less* -, timt II? I'I:inn< 11 tho Crime. ?' i senvtlle Mountaineer. Tho brutal murder of M. 0. Hunt, which took pluoo last winter in .lack son County, (Ja., will bo recalled by our readers. Crady Reynolds and Hud i Brooks, two white men, were tried and convicted of tho murder at Jefferson, I (Ja., and were sentenced to bo bunged on Friday 24th of September. Tho I Atlanta Journal says that Grady R >y | nolds made a full OOnfesalOO on Wed' ? nesday night, and now ad ml.'s that ho I alone and unaided murdered Morohaot Hunt. Brooks confesses that he planned tho murder, but fays that R ynolds did tho bloody work ulone. After in ducing Merchant Hunt to go with him to Widow Butler's farm bird bunting, Reynolds says that Hunt boca no sus picion* that something was wrong, and soon uftor leaving the house turne*! around aud said to him : '"Look horo, Grady, this is a suspic ious looking place to carry a man bird hunting and 1 don't like it." Reynolds says ho then picked up a largo rock and struck Hunt on the head and stunned him. Before Hunt recov ored Reynolds sei/.ed his gun, jerked it out of his hand, and struck him throo heavy blows on the head with the butt of tho gun. This knocked . i unt down, and Roy nolds then robbed him of all money ho could lind, which he hid under a ruck close hy Reynolds then wont down on . river, where Brooks was cutting cross tics, and told Brooks lie had about ' killed Hunt ami asked Brooks to go back and help finish tho job. Brooks I refused to do so, but went back with Reyuolds to tho place where Hunt's body was lying, weltering in bis lifo's blood. By the time thoy got back Hunt had drawn his last breath. They then picked up the body and carried it to the river, where Reynolds undressed, waded out and cut Hunt's body Open and sank it in tho river. He then loaded it down with heavy stoucs. This is Orady Reynolds' lust confes sion, and ho says he makes it with bis doom staring him in the face and that every word In it is true. This free and full confession of Reynolds has greatly rejoiced Brooks, as it piaoos the exe cution of this terrible crime, entirely on Reynolds. Brooks admits that he planned Uio crime, assisted in conceal ing the body and shared the money and is equaliy as guilty as Reynolds, except that he did not strike tho blows. Both prisoners declare they have made peace with (Jod and are prepared to die. A doublo gallows has been built and tho murderers will dio to gether. The sheriff has purchased a strong hemp ropo which has beeu fully tested ana feu ml to work smoothly and satisfactorily. A now suit of clothes has been purchased for both prisoners, two black cups made ami lilted ami every precaution for the execution is complete. The death watch has been sot over Brooks and Reynolds and never a moment from now till the gal lowo docs its deadly work will they bo free from ttie eyes of the guards. Throughout this whole trying ordeal tho citizens of Jackson County, like law-abiding people, have patiently waited for the law to take it-* course and for justice to be administered legally. Tho confession of Reynolds dilt'ois considerably from tho testimony brought out at the trial. The follow ing is a brief history of the remark able case as bro fht out at the trial. The points of difference can bejseen i During the latter part of last Feb ruary, M. C. Hunt, a merchant at Hel ton, was inveigled by Reynolds to Jackson County, under the pretense of bird hunting and to procuring money to pay Hunt for his stock of goods. While hunting, Runt's atton 00 was called to a bird. As lie turned to look, ho wus dealt a mortal blow on the bead. To rob him was short work, and the bleed thirsty murderers out the body open with an ax and buried it in tho river. Reynolds and Brooks then divided Hunt's money, two thousand dollars, between then*, Brooks going toward Madison County and Reynolds to B?l ten. There, with unparalleled cold ness, ho commenced selling Hunt's stock of goods, so low as to attract at tcntion. Suspicion aroused, 1".'ynolds was arrested. When charged with tho murder of Hunt, ho confosed and implicated Brooks. He, too, was soon caught and both lodged in Jackson County jail. At tho August term of court they were botli convicted after u trial, Roy nold's confession alone being sufficient. ?An amusing story is told of the meeting of the lOpworth League at Cha-tanooga. Ono of tho visiting members was entertained by a hospita ble family and at dinner was asked to carve the chicken. For Iiis own con venience ho transferred the bird from tho platter to his own plate, whereup on the young hopeful of the family, who had heard of tho Methodist fond ness for chicken and had been anxi ously watching tho proceedings, cried out to his mother, with tears lo his voice, "Ho's going to tako it all!" Fxplanations wore made, and tranquil ity reigned again. ?"By tho death of a eat, the Tem ple quarter in Paris," says The Boston Transcript, "receives a legacy of 10. 000 francs for its elementary school.-,. Tho cat's mistress who died in lv.>2, left tho money for tho maintenance of her pet eat, with tho reversion at its death to tho district municipality if it would look after tho cat. it spoaks well for the honesty of the trustees that the cat, now dead at tho ago of 10 years, should have survived its mis tress five years." The average clergy man is not ft healthy man. There are many reasons that contrib ute to make him dcli ,cate. He leads a ledeutary life. He doesn't take sufficient exer cise. Just the same lie is a hard working man. lie takes too much trouble about other people's troub les to trouble much about Ids own. lie thinks too much about ottier sick peo ple to look after his own health. The re sult is that the hard working clergyman becomes a send - in valid early in life. There is no ?ccessity for this. A clergy man adds nothing to his usefulness, but greatly detracts from it, by neglecting his health. If a inan.be he clergyman or layman, will resort to the right remedy just as soon as tie feels out of sorts, and knows that he is a little bilious, or that his liver is torpid, or Ids digestion in oie of order, tie will re main healthy and robust and add much to his usefulness and many years to Ids life. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery restores the appetite, makes digestion and assimitatlon perfect, invigorates the liver, Junifies the blood and tones the nerves. It b the greatest of all known blood-makers und flesh-builders. It cures q8 per cent, of all cases of consumption and diseases of the air passages. Thousands who were given up by the doctors aud had lost all hope have testified to their complete re covery under this marvelous medicine. It is the discovery of an eminent and skillful specialist, Dr. R. V. Pierce, for thirty years chief consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Ituffalo, N. Y. All medicine dealers sell It. " Might years ago I was taken with what my doctor caned liver cotmlalut," writes N. l(. Kendrick, BSQ., of CamptOfl, (.ration Co., New Hampshire. " I began doctoring for It, taking ?arsanarillas and other medtrines. 1 . - -1 Pebm ?ry I had a bilious .ui.i. ?-. and t could not sit up long enough to eat. I >>egan taking Dr. Tierce's medicines. .1 have taken one bottle of'Oolden Medical Discovery ' and one vial of ' I'leasant Pellets.'*! find no other medicine equal to yours In helping inc." Without an ermal for constipation and biliousness ? Dr.Pierce's I'leasant Pellets. ltcmlnlkcouct-s of Dickens. ?corgo Dolby, manager of Clurles Dickens on one of Iiis reading tours in this country, is still living, aud the London corroRpoudent of the Ohiongo Record reports at length some of Dolby's remini8coucc8 Among other things the qnoudnm managet nays: "Ho was the kindest henrt? d man I ever havo known. Many and many a time while on tour wo OauiO across old associates of his who were down on their luck. Dickens WOnld say to mo after tho reading, 'Joey, lot me have ?20 in crisp, new bank notes, and I want, to be alone to morrow from 12 to 2.' I knew what this meant. Ho had invited his old friends to call upon him at this hour, and such friends didn't go away poorer. * * * "Dickens was fond of reading Iiis own books. Once at Liverpool, where we had an off night, I was obliged to leavo him to himself for an evening. He asked me to call at a bookseller's and send him something to read. I asked bim w hat bo would like, nml bo replied, 'Anything of Sir Walter Scott's or my own.' I purchased'Old Curiosity Shop' aud look it to him myself, where at ho was delighted, saying ho had not read tho book for years. I was curious to see tho offoot of Ms own work on him, and upon my return was amused to find him laughing immoderately at certain Incidents in tho book. Ho ex plained, however, that he was not .laugh ing at his own creations as much as at tho recollections of the circumstances under which certain passages and inci dents had Im en w ritten. " A Blender Thread of Mercury. While almost any one knows about the prinoiplca on which an ordinury thermometer operates, th"ro are a num ber of things about this apparently sim ple little instrument which are not gen erally known, and w hich aro of a good deal of interest. One of the most pecul iar of these is the question of tho length of tube which tho moronry in the bulb of an ordinary thermometer would fill if it WOro all stretched oiu in a sin gle column tho size of that in the tube. Most peoplo, when asked bow long this would be, would probably say from 5 to 15 foot, while as a matter of fact this column of mercury would in an ex tremely delieato instrument be miles in height. The reason of tins is that tho column of mercury, while it appears quite largo, is really of almost iuflu ltosimnl size. If tho tube of a ther mometer is broken one is at first at a loss to SCO w here the mercury goes in, but a close examination will disclose a fine line, much thinner than a hair, running across the end of the tube, and this is one cud of a little slit in w hich tho moroury rises. As it has its flat side toward tho eye it appears to be quite large, and the convexity of tho outside; of the tube, through which it is seen, magnifies it and gives it that rounded appearance which is so deceptive. The reason w hy tin; slit is made so small is to give tho greatest ratio of result for the ONpnnsiou of the mercury in tho bulb. ?Hosten Transcript. An o?ld Profession. A London firm which rents wedding gowns to brides also furnishes a "father" to give the bride away when tho marriage takes place too far aw ay from home to admit of parent i and rela tives being present. This professional father, as he might bo appropriately called, is an ex-major in tho army and a member of a line old family. Hut ho is poor and willingly gives away a bride for a small money consideration. Ho is said to look like a model lather, with snowy hair and a kind and lovable ex pression. Sometimes ho is called upon to manage a wedding breakfast, and he is said to bo a charming spoakor, Sure ly this is one of tho oddest professions of advanced days. Wellington and Napoleon. There are some interesting stories in the recently published reminiscences of Mr. Corbould, the drawing master to Qneen Victoria's children. Hero is one of them: "On reaching tho palace one morning the Prince of Wales showed me a drawing he had jllfil finished. Na poleon was dopiotcd on horseback level ing a pistol at the Duke of Wellington, who was advancing to cut down his great enemy. While I was looking at the draw ing, who should come in but tho duke himself. 'Why, the very man who can best criticise my drawing!' orled the prince. 'Now, can you tell mo who that is on the left?' ho went on, presenting Iho skotoh to tho duke. ' Well,' replied tho latter deliberately, 'Judging from the waistcoat ami the cocked hat, I should say it was meant for Napoleon.' 'Right,' said the prince. 'And who is tho other figure?' 'By the cnt of tho jib,' returned the duke calm ly, 'I should say it was myself.' 'Hight again. Well, now, is tho drawing ac curate? That's what I want to know.1 The duko rose, put down tho sketch and thus impressively addressed the Prince of Wales: 'My boy, I'm going to toll you something that the English people don't seem to realize. I was sent out to keep Napoleon in check, but never in my life have I sot ( yes on him. Once, in tho midst of n battle, some ono cried: "Look I There's Napoleon I" Hut before I could get the glass to my eyo the smoke from a field gun had enveloped him.' " Tho Lubrlciitlon Tost. Very few of tho millions of people who curry watches rcalizo to what a wonderful extent lubrication is dovel Oped and what an extraordinary num hor of turns tho balance wheel makes with ono oiling A Chestnut streit watchmaker, whoso knowledge oftluse wonderful pieces of mechanism is not exceeded by any man in this city, has made up an interesting table of com parison to show tho perfection of lubri cation in a watch. A watch will run on one oiling from n year to a year and a half Every minute tho balance wheel turns on its nxis -ITm turns and 27,000 times in an hour. / cet ptilig a year as the time the ordin?r;' watch will run with one oil ing, he finds that if the driver of a lo comotive WU3 us well oiled as a balance wheel of a watch it ought to run (iO miles an hour day and night for (1-iH days, or well on to two years, with one oiling In that time it would traverse a distnnco equal to nearly 10 times tho oirenrnforoneo of tho earth In view of the fact that .jn reality few locomotives will run ono day with out reoiling, h<i maintains that tho wntohinaker has developed his art to a far greater degree than tho loeomotivo builder has yet been ablo to roach. Philadelphia Itccord. No Horse, No linvlcw. Soon after the queen's accession n big review was contemplated in Hydo park. Her majesty intended appearing on horseback and overy precaution wns taken to insuro her safety by properly training the royal charger on which sho W..H to bo mounted. Lord Melbourne, tho prime miniKtor, took exeoption to tho arrangement and urged that it would not bo propor for hor majosty to appear oxcopt in one of tho royal car riages. "Very well," said the queen, "no horse, no review." And thoro was nono that summer. mm POWDER Absolutely Pure. C< debrated for its groat leavening Strength und health fulness. Assures tho food against alum and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap brands. Royal Baking Powder Co., New York. Tin. Bad Pate of a Greedy Shark. Special agents of the United States treasury travel in many states and Bee ! many strange things. Thoy hoar strange ] stories too. In the big custom house I building every day from 0 o'clock until 4 there sits a man who is a very treas ure mine of nueodotcs. He is so mode .r, though) thai be won't allow his name to bo used in connection with this par ticular story. "It was off Cedar Keys," said lie. "I had been shark fishing ami was talking of sharks to an old time sponge fisher When lie told me that he had found, some 20 miles off the keys, the largest Shark it had ever been his foituno to see, floating belly upward, starved to death. 'Why, the shark was as thin as a poker,' said I be sponge flslior, 'and I determined to lind out what ailed him. I pulled him aboard and cut him open. There, in his stomach, open end toward the head, wtifl half of a barrel which had contained mess pork. The half bar rel had evidently been thrown over hoard from staue vessel and the shark had gobbled it up as it hit the water, without looking to see what it was. It was too had that be swallowed it butt end fust, for whatever he ate after that vent into the barrel and did the shark UO good. Hobe just starved. ' "?New Orleans Times-1 h mocrat. 'i d.- Kutuilau Police. A tyrannical and universal secret surveillance blights all Russian na tional life. Tho clergy preach hut little, the great majority never attempting to deliver a sermon, chiefly becauso an unguarded or misunderstood word may be so r< ported as to lead to severe pen allies. All public meetings uro prohib ited, and so ridiculous is the extreme to which the suporfluo bureaucracy pushes its operations that nobody is at liberty to give oven a dinie r party without tho permit of the everl isling politvi. ThO policeOlllcC! is tho god of Russia. If permission is granted lor a party, a deteetivo must he aduiit ted. Public lectures are all but unknown, for the law sternly forbids thorn. Seeing that education is rapidly spreading, and that by the efforts of the authorities in this land of endless paradoxes, it is manifest that the elements ol sonic fearful social cataclysm aie Ix ing abundantly and oxpeditiously provided. The passport system is an uuapcukublo abomination, for which there is not the slightest jus tilication. It puis travelers to tho ut most inconvenience and occasions con stant annoyance.?Contemporary Re view. _ ? The Mount Sterling, Ky., Gazette says: "An Interesting oharacti r was Lewis Hathaway, an old colored man of Mount Stt rltng, who died recently, after a brief Illness. He was born a slave in the family of the llathaways, of this county, January 5, 1824, in which family lie remained until trans ferred to Judge B. I. Peters. It. was during Ins servitude with Judge Peters that ho purchased his freedom and the payment for which had not- been fully completed at the time of President Lincoln's emancipation proclamation, hut Uncle Lewis considered it a jnst debt, and paid the balance due. Needs No Explanation Madison. N. C? Aug. t, '07. Goose Create Liniment Co., Greens boro, N. 0. Dear Sirs. Pleaso ship US at on CO one grossGooso Grease Llnimont. We are entirely out. Don't fail to ship at once. Please give us jobbers' prices. It is the best thing WO have ever seen. Yours truly, W. C. .It>nt'.s & Co. CHARLESTON ?AN [)? "Ajgusta and Ashcville Short Line." .Schedule in effect Feb. 7, LS96. Lv Augusta. Ar Greenwood. A ndcrson. 1.aureus. Greenville. Glenn Springs.. Bpar tan burg.... Haluda_ HendersonvillO' Ashcville. . 940 am .12 17 pm . 1 15 pm . :? no pm . i d"> pm . o (ii pm . .r> 23 pm . f> 61 pm . 7 00 pm 1 40 pm (I 10 pm 7 00 am 10 15 am !?:;."> a iv. Lv ABhcville.... Spartan burg_ Glenn ?Springs. Greenville. I.aureus. A ndcrson . .. ^Greenwood . Ar Augusta. . x 20 am .1146 pin , 10 00 am .11 60 am . 1 80 pm 2 'jk pm 6 00 pm Lv Spartanburg Greenville... Ar Clinton. New 'berry_ Prosperity... Columbia ... Sumter. Charleston l.v Charleston Sumter. Columbia_ . Prosperity... Newtierrv... Clinton. A r Greeuvillo... -parlnnlnirg. l.v Anemia. Ar Allendale... Fairfax. Yemasscc.. Beanforl .. Port Royal. Savannah Charleston., . OHOam to 86am in 60am 4 00 pm 4 oo V ir. 7 00 pm . 7 00 am I t It. am II 46 am 11 60 am 2 le pm f>7 pm :i 18 pi.-. 1 80 pm 0 42 pm 0 30 pm 7 oq am 0 86 am 11 no nm 11 .r>s am 12 10 pm VI Mi pm 8 00 pm 8 00 pm 'I ,V> pm 6 on pm lf> pm 0 20 pm 7 '..'ii pm 7 :?> pm 8 no pm H ON pm Lv Charleston Savannah.. Port Koval. Beaufort .. Yemnssco Fairfax.... Allcmlnlc.. Ar Augusta... 0 55pm 7 10pm .'1 46pm 8 .r>o am 0 60 am 7 40 am 7 f>o am 0 in am 10 20 am K? 85 am 12 10 n'n CIoroconnections at Greenwood for all points on 8. A. L. and C. ifcG. Railway, and at Spartanburg with Southern Railway. For information relntive to tickets, ratoa schedules, etc., address W. J. CRAIO,Gen. PaM, Agent, Angus ta, Ga. K. M. NORTH) Sol. Agent, Augusta, Ga J. 8. Cureton, Agent, C. II. Speights Gen. Agent, Greenville,8. C Gold and Orvje. 8omo yours ago tho mint authorities of a < ertnin city noticed tiiat a small amount of j^ohl was missing every day after tho coining operations were over They watched and set traps of every description, but 110 thief was detected, and after the loss had continued with regularity for kohid mouths they set it down to an extra amount of unavoidable waste and thought no mere about it. Two or three years afterward two brothers, who were working there, left and set tip a public bouse together on money which they Enid had been left them by an uncle As they had both good characters, it was not until one of thom Odd a mint foreman, on the tin derstaudiug that no net ion should be taken, that anything was known of tho j following trick: Both the brothers used to gronso their hands before working at the rnuchiui s, and win never they noticed some gold dust sticking to the grease it was wiped off in their hair Care was used that OUOUgll was not tiiken to show, though when tin v washed their hair lit bouio eaoh night I he few grains meant several extra shillings, which ultimately on aided tllClU to retire and live comfort ably. ?Strand Mugaziuo Tho Nest of tho Osproy. The osprey's ucst is built of heavy sticks, turf and plaut stalks, fastened j by seaweed It is lined with a network of tlio weed, and in the JOUrso of a few 1 , years it acquires a further lining of down It 1- carefully repaired by tho ! OWUers enoll spring and fall bet?re and after the summer trip, and in this way \ it remains solid for many years. j ?The earth i$coming to a bad and speedy end. A Vienna professor as sorts that it is to collide wirb u comet On the 13th Of November. I son. K very thing living on the earth vlll be choked With poisonou- ga8C8. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. COU1I0118C1I Solieditta In Effect JUl v 4, is',17. TTiitTT No. Ii. STATIONS. Ohm lust on Cwiuinais " l'i'i? iiti'v " Newborry " Ninety Ar. 01 ecu wood " HtKlj A: Ablevtlie ?r. Boll Ar. Andcraou Ar. <Jr?-<-;ivi) Ar. A: laut? (Ii lu>tivlll6 1*1. .1 Wllltnni?! f.?. Andel 1 Ar. 1 loHinlds J.V. ?liVi v,i n " Oioenwood Ntn Nouborry " Prosperity Ar. 1 ?olnmbli> Ar. 'fhArlesioii N ... fji ; I I? I.y. *b:ihii u S?? ''" P07n 12 I5n " . Je et? 1 iiSp " ? 10 Ahl 2U2p " lOHUn 228p " in Ms 2Wp " . 11 26h :i 10p Ar 11 4.Vi bH?ti I.v Ar 8 ii>l>[ ?IV (.'ein Iii nw . .AUlou, ,-?iii 110 . Union.., . Jom?*vlll? ... I ?nolet.... Spill IHll'ill! |f BpnrtmihurK A*li< ?111? p. in. "A." h Ii) ohii v <? tveon (' 11I ;iiii. 2 15p 8 o<\ " j 1 26p 7 46p " ' 1 tftp 1 BOp ?? Iis Wp nivSp " l|2 Hg fl 47p l.v ! 1 t.'.ft' 0 Alp Ai II !Sn ( 1.. 8 >?? ?jVtp Iii. Train? t? niul lo carry ?? ? .mit hiilnmn Sil .'| lug MIM 1*1 W (HM Columbia Hiul As Im vi II?, 1 ?111 ..mo dull* Uuwimii Jacksonville und Olnclu 1 IlH? 'i iaius leave Spin tnnliurc, A ,v O, division, ] port h hound, ???:|J a.m., H i^ p.m., 6:18 p.m., (Vestibule biialtoil)! Botuhlioiuiil 12:20?. tu., 0:1.*, p. in., 11 :lfi n. in., ( Ve.UibulH l.imlled.) Trains IWIVO Ore6IIVll>. A. und l'? dlvUlOB, ! r<>i l)ibound,6:t? n "> .'-' ;?? 1? und ?"> M p. in., I fVo.-ututded I.IiiiUimI) ? Hoiittilioiunl 1:25?, m., 4;<Mp in . t?-!W p. Iii l Vositluilcd l.'inilttd) Pul1111.in i rn Ico. Pullinnn lmlaee - ? Splint ein 1 <'ti Ti alnsSSaud 6A, S7 and AS, on A mal C division, W. 11. (4 It ICK . Qen. Supei. .1. 1. lent Wifliiiigtou, D. U. V>*. A 1 IKK Gen. Pasa. V ii>liinjj .1, ?. <J. j m 01 i.:* T ei'. M'g'r. \Ynt?ii ngton, li. a f.. II. HARDWICK. As't Uou 1 1 . Ag'fc Adtiut?! O*. TIIH LAUKliN?BAR. \V. U. RIA KT IN. Attorney at LOW, Laukens, - South Carolina, Will practice In hII tVim*of tbl* Ntuu? Attention given to collections. i. T, JOHNSON. Vi lt. HlCHKV JOHNSON A IU01IEY, ATTOItN K i 8 AT I ' W. Okfiuk Plotnluir 'Com ?r, v ? t hont sklo of Public Square. Ii. s. simpson. 0. i). UAHKSDATjE SIMPSON A DA Ii KS DA LI!, Attorneys ut Law, LAUUfoNS, soi'TII CAROLINA special att< ntlon gi v. n to the tnvestl* ?. ut Ion ot tltlos and collection of claims U. W. ha I.!.. L. W. ni.mkins. W, W. BALti It a LL, S131K1NS a? HALL, Attorneys ut Law, Laukens, South Carolina. Will prtictiee in alt State ami United Stilton Court, Special attention given i oll'-ctions. s?;j i imiiN a;lway, rtt r >n> 4i (Mi um Cniid .n..o4 ; <??t. KortiilK... ml. v 1 l'ttll) IHiKat, Ii J-*' y,x. No. M i ?u j.| sun. I ' > <i r. An- ni? ?.? A '' . I ? a KT Nim ! Rlirurd. ... Oitlm'4Vtlt*v Li i?. vor - p -i - Km Lv t Im At Du. Ii)VI >i 10 W ii 111? III :: ?1 u' 11 *? n| n :.? k . inliis'or '12 1k. ni. . .. .Im 4S i? ml . 1 .( ) '? iitvin* . i si <' ? aitltlirg i !'? II 0 4 W p '?itta /iii? Ar. Richmond i i ? :li i) 4.i tl *5 h (xi Ar .Wwihlntttoi " H ei m'c i' in - Phil i.lelpl ia ? New York .. Bout lilxi'inrt. " Philodaliiliia H .V) " BtHlmine i s 21 " Wa?MniM?m. 1U l? Lt Richmond ...ll'i K> ;?! 2 ?? aj 100 a( Lv. Ii ii, ,-til? A i 0 irlotto . Lv. OhhIomI? ... " h nu * Mt . " 1< a W 'hui j[ " Spartanburg .112 IM Iflt.VI, V.-8 No :? 1 N'o. :)fj Hallt, ?all? i . 'w \ hi d M p 9 20 v ;o y ji 6 K 10 :>o 1) ?7 A t (i i'euviU?.. Otintral. Sri?? ?>? ...... Waatmlnafer ToociMi. Ml. Airy. Gornolla. f.ula. Ciililieavtlt?, Rurord. Nororosa Atlanta, il T 1 'Aj >. ? lV> .-, 2 W ? 8 * Ii "? 4 (W 4 US ?<V> a nin ? i ii r ISS 11)6 f J SM t H 10 p 4 <?VI p 6 4? P1 . C AS p 1? ? P . 7 .40 p 7 :M> )? pl tl OS p p 0 BS p .. ? ?7 p .. P 4fl p 4 SS p lo :w p 11 s; 12 3? 1 I? 2 U 3 13 H ill Ki. Ron. Ar. A i ,-.n1 s. i i. .*> 1 h 3 M j"^j) ^ 2, "A ' a. n>. "P" p. m "M" noon. "N" nttch?. ?67 ? 7 9) ? 7 V? * 191 t 0 80 ? Nih .17 nn.t W - Dativ ?jr*/e?i'n VoMlblt ? I.'in ?)?6|>ln> our? >.?-t w: icmi?. via Wmhltiitiiin. ??? v. und ni*<? v>#: a ooti via vynshlngton, Atlant j o'?^? thorouisbfaro (i ton mui Atlanta DI c. routa. Noa ha und av-1* iahns. rin S.?- ? Kol >i R and I. At n'. R, Vi'ii o?r an I 0 >aah04, Ihr . ? pfti??>njer* ?i r.'l .?. room iioaptAc oara ii Now Orlaaus. vi? i.aavtng Washington i tlaaplng on.i ?rill inn talon and Ina Pi? Noa II, s: an i l* 1 .'aihlngton an-l So 'tV O'i. Throngh PtiHtu-?* iow York a ml Nnvrl't? \ . lau a an.l al'tiit jcrOr and Ulrminghatn. rtiet H. hetwoaa WasMt.? ig oara ?orv* all rai*U i(ta!?< Taat Ma? ?ihittf'on and H?w Or .ca> A A W. P. K. R.. 5 ooin maad >it ba^jaa? 'ii \?/1 h.j.it ohaajf? fA? ?a*. Pi'.' man dra^Inl wiivu Now York rU .i>.'? and M'-nlg-jniory. >n "i -Miir'.Av. a tcn:rt?t h rough bet weaa W**Ja \X-lrhO'>* nUanij?. ilimau alaaptni ot^aj** |wai>:i RiohinnttJ Mild (7h tl o t?. rli T)0HX"tn?4 loutlihnnn I Vba. i) ? ; ?'. no-ihbo-ind H* 18 The Air v.i-.i. f.n ... :.. Noa 17 und U. ac tttfn Atlanta ?uJ Muuui Alf/, Gra., daU/ ar. aenl Knn?ar. SV H HUElBN, J. M. qt'l.P, Ban'l Supt., Trafllr M g'r?, Wiialilttgton, r>. O Wo^hir gt?.a. ?. C W a TURK, I H. HARDW1C?, Or- i i Pa a \y'> , A-??'' <?? ??' ? ^f*S Waalilnaton. D i' ' lanti Who is Will Whitener ? r. ... (/. rEATHEReO0* He is our Fashionable Hair Cutter and Shaver -IN BENDELL.A HOTEL. We_ Cut Prices On Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines. Wo drive our business these hard limes by selling at (ait Prices. We don't eil down and croak about the scarcity of money like the old fossils .who Id purchasers pass on when they won'i pa y them grcal long profits, If you want lo purchase a Piano or an Organ come and sot; ns and wo will soil yon. Wo have on hand the largest and best selected slock ol Pianos in the Slate, including some of the best makes on the market, and we are going to sell (hem. We guarantee our prices to be lower than any oilier reliable dealer will make Our terms for time purchasers are easy. Only a small cash payment required and we make the sailing smooth For Spot Cash Buyers we will say, yon can hay a Piano or Organ cheaper from us than Irom any concern in the business. We keep constantly on hand a full stock of small instruments, consisting ol' (Juiturs, Banjos, Mandolins, Anioharps, Violins, &c, Also the various parts, strings and supplies for same. We are selling Sewing Machines at ridiculously low prices. If you want one, just intimate il, and you will he surprised how low you can buy one. Our slock of sheet music, both vocal and instrumental, is kept lull, and you clan get any of the popular and up-to-date songs and music at any time;. Yours truly, ALEXANDER BROS & CO GUEENV1LL?, S. 0.