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Ancient History. Col. J. J. Dar ga n's Speech to the Negroes at the Base Ball Park, Charleston. ?s previously announced io The News and Courier aud by band bills freely distributed about the city Col. J. J. Dargan, of Sumter spoke at the Base Ball Park yesterday afternoon. The speaker was placed on a stage erected about twenty feet away from and lacing the grand stand. Oa this platform were seated Col. Dargan, the Rsv. Messrs Geo. C. Rowe, J. L. Dart, J. B. Middleton, F. P. Crum and other colored parsons. The grand stand contained probably a thoasabd colored mes and boys ; the press gal? lery was occupied by about fifty colored women and a hundred men ; the bleach? ers held a handful of men, and on the j ground about Che stage were probably j three hundred colored men. Counting ! policemen and reporters there were j just about a dozen white uieu to be ! seen. Only three of this number were Dot obviously there on business. The crowd on the grand stand was quite an intelligent looking one aud seemed to generally understand the speaker, but in the crowd around the platform were many who applauded and laughed quite often at the wrong place* The programme (?pened with a selec? tion from a band statiuued on the stand and as its not harmonious sounds died j away the chairman of the meeting, ene Kev. George C. Rowe, came forward and introduced the Rev. W. VV. Becket and asked him to open the meeting with prayer. The Rrv. Mr. Becket made quite a lengthy appeal to the Almighty to "help his people and not to let them falter, but to go farward contending against wrong, uplitiog right until right shall prevail7' The band then played ''Nearer tn j God to Thee" in a most doleful style and the Rev. Geo. C. Rowe again ap? peared, this time to introduoe the speaker,' who would give them warn? ing and advice and disease the issues that are stirring the minds of the peo? ple." Col. Dargan, he said, would go down in history as one of the greatest meo, not of the State, but the country and the age. Col. Dargan, who had been nervous? ly toying with a paper in bis hands and impatiently tapping the platform with his foot, advanced briskly to the front when the Rev. Rowe sat down, and said : Fellow Citizens: I am here at the in? vitation of the Ministers' Union, a body of colored men, to speak to you. I am - noe ashamed of it. I am ready to look any Carolinian in the face and say i j came with pride and pleasure. [Voices: "That's good ! Anieu ?"] fie said he would be proud if he could call himself the originator of this idea of advisiug and discussing momentous questions with the colored people, but it was not his. Hampton had instructed him in 1876 j to attend ail meetings of colored people ? and give them advice and lead them whenever they desired if. When the slaves became freemen j they at's ed for advice and counsel, j Their formers masters would not give it! i and as a result they went with the ; "carpet-baggers," with what result? I would not refuse you advice, not if I had to walk here to give it to you i have nothing to conceal. I wanted light that I might see right I wrote to your committee and asked them to invite Joseph W. Barnwell to meet me here and correct me if I said anything wrong. What more could I do ? He is not here, but that's no fault of mine, and shall I then bide my light under a bushel? [Cries of "No! no!" "Amen!"] White men, let us look back ou our errors. There are plenty of them. Let us renounce them and do right, j How came these negroes here ? Taken, . , j were they ? Did they come of their j own accord ? [A young buck to the ? right : "No, they stole us and brought us here."] If ? were a mis- j sionary to Africa trying to teach the j Africans wLat a great man the people j would make of me. [Laughter*] [ Now, because I talk with you. I meet frowns aod unkinds words. But I am not mad. I've done a little of it my self. [Womeo io the gallery : "Come on ! come on !"] Listen, white men ! The South was not peculiar in holding slaves-ex-1 cept that ehe held on longer than the other places. When slavery was first instituted it was a humane meas? ure. [A murmur of surprise in the crowd.] Yes, it was the alternative of death by the sword to captives. The South however, held OD to ] slavery when all the world was cry? ing out to her, "Turn loose those men " Oh, why didn't somebody in Charleston echo that cry and say, "Turn loose those men !" If I had been here I would have done it. I might have beeu hanged for it, but I would not have faltered. If ever there is another such emergency I will speak, no matter what comes. What did the South get by holding ou ? The army burnt up more than the value of all the slaves and a million men went to bloody graves. Did slavery gc on? [Cries of "No ! no !" and boisterous laughter.] White men, 1 come to plead with you. [The reporters, police and the three others were all attention.] Lis? ten to the voice of the past. See the Confederate soldier defying the world and crying "Liberty or death," and al! the while stand with his foot on the neck of a fellow being. England and France recognized the Confede? racy, but ?aid : '-Get off the man un? derneath !" Then a voice from Naza? reth came, saying, "Do unto others as you would have them do to you." Still the Confederate soldier, with his foot on the neck of the slave, cried "Liberty or death !" and of his choice he was given death ! I was a Confed? erate soldier, but I speak what is true. We heard not the voices and lost all. [Laughter and applause ] Robert E. Lee said liberate and arm the slaves that they may help us fight for local self-government. If we had only hearkened to him where would we be now ? [A voice : "On the mountain top."] "The eves of the world are on South Carolina. There must be no distinc? tion on account of race, color or pre? vious condition. If there is then close your Bibles and stop ringing your church bells. Don't say that religion and politics wont mix. The good things in politics are those con? nected with religion. Candidly, if I had no other excuse for living that except, I am a "white" man that I would blush until I was a "red man r Col Dargan then went into ancient history, and told how the Normans j made the Saxons wear collars and called them dogs. This was evident? ly to show what a poor breed he came from, and while half the crowd did not know the difference between a Norman and a kangaroo they laughed heartily. Touching social equality Co! Dar j gan said that his house was for people of such a color as he preferred, and in that every man had a right to be judge. It was low and contemptible, however, he said, for white men to talk of being superior to negroes. True nobility of soul seeks to elevate and not to pull down He then quoted a passage of Tennyson, trans? posing the lines afterward to read, "Kind hearts are better than white skins." Standing io the cradle of secession I will say, in all history there was not a mau I admired more than Wil? liam Loyd Garrison. He did so much for me. If it were not for him I'd be standing on the nigger now hold? ing him down. [Laughter.] It is time to get off and let him up. The Nevos and Courier ia for holding him down. I say help him up-for while you hold bim neither he nor you can accomplish anything. I expect to be frowned on for going to the colored people, but I. like to see Charleston frowning. I'm not mad. I used to be a fool myself Charleston can look and look. I in? tend to be a man and will face the flesh, the devil and the News and Cou? rier and everything else. You may j bear that I have been killed, but voa'H never hear that I ran. If mv life is surrendered in this cause I know I shall spend eternity in Heaven. Col. Dargan was about to sit down when the committee urgently re quested him to say something about j the constitutional convention (the an-! nounced sub-jeer, which he had not j even alluded to.) The constitutional convention, lie then said, in my opinion will not be j held. But if it is, and I am a mern- j ber, I shall always advocate uuiversai suffrage. The ballot is an educator. It is a moral wrong to take it from any man. See the condition of South Carolina to-day. The poor .whites who were bulldozed out of their suf? frage for years got hold of the ballot agaiu and gave us Ben Tillman. The people had been out of it so long they didn't know what to do. Ben wor- : ried us sure. [Laughter.] Further back the vote in the hands of the I emancipated slaves, who had never I known its use, gave us Moses and Whipper. Now I think Chamberlain was ten times better than Tillman Chamberlain was really a very good Governor. The race question is one of the most glorious in the world. Two races as opposite as the poles can and must live amicably and prosperously in the South. The Bible says pros? perity will follow when man recog? nizes the "brotherhood of man." I dream of it and believe in it. The Colonel here sat down. On motioti of J. W. Grant a r?solu- j lion of thanks was unanimously ex- i tended to the speaker. The Rev. Geo. Rowe made a few ? remarks urging the faithful to contri bute liberally towards the fund to I carry on the war against the consti- j tutional convention.-News and Cou- j rier April 25. - mm .??? ~mmw~ A Corner in Wheat. Great Jump in St. Louis-The Shorts Get Panicky. ST. LOUIS, April 2'?.-Not in several years has the floor of the Merchants Exchange been filled with such a howl? ing mob of traders as yelled and strug? gled around the wheat pit to-day. Indications point to a big corner in .May wheat. There is tremendous "Xcitcmt'Dt among the short?, who are badly frightened for fear of hcing squeezed. May wheat in St. Louis lias been three cents below May wheat in Chicago. The normal difference be? tween the price of wheat in St. Louis and Chicago is about-three cents. To? day May wheat in St. Louis ran up to 2 1-2 cents above May wheat in Tlii cago, an advance of 5 1-*J cents in twenty-four hours. There was wild j excitement before 10 o'clock when the ! mark"t went 1 1-2 cents above Cbica??<>, j but at noon, ir jumped another bail ' cent, and shortly afterwards a full cent, sending it 2 1 2 above Chicago. There was consternation among the short* and a panicky feeling was noticeable among them. The market closed firm. There are half a dozen rumors current, as tn the cause of the present flurry. One is that Kansas City parties are behind i'. Another is that a capitalist in Paducah, Ky , has run a corner. A third and more generally credited rumor is that the United Elevator Company is behind it. I-ll -^mMmm - Homicide in Edgefieid. John C. Swearingen Killed by B. L. Jones. Special to The State. EDGEFIELD, April 24.-There has existed for some time a feud between 13. L. Jooe3 and John C. Swearingen, brotbers-iu-law. Jones married Swear ingen's sister, Swearingen being a brother-in-law of Senator Tillman. They lived about one mile apart and j eight miles from Edgefield It seems that several mouths a^n Jones indict ed Swearingeu for r-bstrucring a public road that led through the former's j place, and Swearingeu was tried and convicted, at the last term of court, of the offense. Shortly after the obstrue ! tion of the rond, the rails so u><ed were i burned, and Swearingen clnimed that j Jones' sun did the burning, while Jones j alleged that Swearingeu was the guiity ? one. This, among other causes, brought ! on the bad blood between the parties A few days ago Swearingen caused the ar rent of a negro and lodged him j in jail, claiming that be cuuld euostan- \ tiale the charge against young Jones j by the negro's testimony. Jones gave j the required bail for the negro and ; got him out of jail. This morning both j men came to Edgefield and met io the store of Hammond & Co. As the tes? timony of the coroner's investigation discloses, Swearingen, on entering the i store, was asked by youDg JoDes if he (Swearingen) had said he burned the rails, and if he did it was false. Other words passed between young Jones and Swearingen, during which i time 6. L. Jones came in and told Sweariogen if he desired to talk to anyone to talk to him. Sweariogen threw his bands to his hip pockets, at which time both parties drew pistols and commenced firing. The witnesses could not say who shot first. Immedi? ately after the firing, Swearingen fell to the floor and died in twenty minutes. The bullet that killed Mr. Sweariogen entered near the right ear and pene? trated to the brain. Jones was not ; hit. The verdict of the jury was io ac- j cordance with these facts. Mr. Jones surrendered and is now iu jail. Swearingen leaves a wife and several children. EDGEFIELD. April 25.-Upon fur- j ther examination it was ascertained j that Mr. Swearingen received three i wounds in the body besides the one in j the head, and the jury of inquest was reconvened this morning to " investigate the matter further, it being the effort of the State, represented by Mr. J. W. j Thurmond, to connect young Jones 1 with the killing. This the State failed to do, the jury confirming its former i verdict that only B. L. Jones was re ponsible for the killing, and exouerat- j ing his son from any complicity in the i affair. Jones has employed Sheppard ; Brothers aod S. McG. Simkins to re- j present him. Swcaringeo's body was carried to his home by relatives yester? day afternoon and was buried to-day. j Jones will apply for bail soon. Ruining the Roads. Nothing illustrates the inconsis? tency of human nature more than the i well-nigh universal call for an im- j proveraent in our public highways,? especially when it is considered that this demand ?comes from the very class of men who do them the most injury, and what is worse, an injury that is simply inexcusable and for the perpetration of which they should be j heavily fined. ? The injury to which we allude, and which nearly all farmers, who live on j the public roads, are responsible, is the practice of using a part of the ! road in making their crops. The evil ! has grown to such an extent that on many of our most important roads it j is impossible to travel in a vehicle without running into freshly plowed dirt. When it comes to two vehicles j passing this is only accomplished ; by both of them running over corn or ! cotton rows. This condition of affairs j is in the highest degree discreditable j to those who are responsible for it, \ and if the law is powerless to stop it public opinion ought to condemn it in such an unmistakable way as to make these trespassers ashamed of their inexcusable greed and careless? ness. If the people who live in towns were allowed to encroach on the pub? lic domain in this reckless fashion there would soon be no streets, for they would soon dwindle to mere lanes and very narrow ones at that. The remark was attributed to the late Horace Greeley, the famous editor, that the way to reform was t-> reform, and so we say to these tres? passers that the way Jo reform in this direction is to let the good work first begin with themselves and then they may reasonably lock for an improve? ment in the roads. Let each launer not only stop plowing in the road, but see that his neighbor does the same thing, and when this is do"e he will have done some very noces sary work, and in which he can take pride. As things are at present it would be simply a waste of buth time and labor to attempt anything like im? provement in our public roads, for the reason that the very mun that would be most benefited would be the very ones to destroy the work Instead of injuring the roads the far? mers should take pride in keeping them in good order and at the pos iime make their, look as well as same sible.-Carolina Planter. $60,000 Short in Charlotte The Merchants and Farmers Bank the Victim. CHARLOTTE, N. C., April 23.-Cash? ier J. R. Holland of the Merchants aod Farmers National Bank of Char? lotte, is a defaul'er to the amount of $60,000 or more. Bank Examiner Miller has been here for several, days and says be will re? main for at least two week9 longer. Ir waa he who discovered thc defalcation Mr. Holland's speculations have been carried on for eight ye-irs and he has managed till the 1 ar?t fe* days to bide them fro??) discover? The pxnet amuunt of them as not yet folly known. No man io Charlotte has in the past been held in higher regard or beeo more fully trusted than Mr. Holland, and the I whole city was greafly surprised aod ' shocked to hear of bis embezzlement, rle has not yet been placed under ar? rest, at the request nf the directors of the baok, he agreeing to waive all ex? amination ?D case proceedings are be? gun against him. He has never made the slightest effort to escape. Week before last Bank Examiner ; Miller stopped at. Gastonia on his way to Charlotte. He examined the Na ttooal Bank there 'borougbly and knew every bank with which j: had an ac? count or money loaned. He found that bank io good condition and came on to ; Charlotte. The first day he spent at ; the Merchants and Farmers Bank be j discovered, oo looking over Cashier Eolian d's books, where be had a loan of ?5,000 marked to the Gastonia Bank. He called Mr. Holland up aod asked if j that was correot. He said yes. Mr ! Miller made a mental note of the fact. | He next proceeded to look over the cash. He found it short just ?1 That was easily accouoted for and paid io. That night Mr. Miller left. No one asked where he was goina, it beiug supposed that he wa? through his ex? aminations aod had gone somewhere else on the same errand. He bad gone ; but only to return. He 'ook the 10:40 train for Gastonia, rung up Mr. Jeukins i the presldeot of the bank, and told him he wanted to look over to- books again ; Mr. Jenkins wondered what was up, but said little. No loan of ?5,000* to ; the Merchaots and Farmers Bank was ; found. Mr. Miller said: "You have loaned the Merchants' and Farmers* Bank of : Charlotte $5,000, of which there is no j record " ' No,M said Mr. Jenkins, "I have j not." That was the begiuning of the end. | Mr. Miller said nothing more, but came back to Charlotte the next day He appeared at the Merchants' and Farmers' Bank aod said to Mr. Hol? land that be might have made a mis- [ I take in countiog the cash the day be- | fore and believed he would count it ! again. Instead of finding it O?ly ?1 I short, he found it $16,000 short. Mr. j Holland, as was his custom, had bor- j rowed ?16,000 to put to his cash while j the examiner was there, but thinking be had finished and departed, and that he was safe at least for another year, j he withdrew the ?16,000 and returned : it to the party from whom borrowed. ! Seeing that all was lost, he confessed to j President McAden that he was a de faulter, and the sad story of his fall 1 became known. The Merchants' and Farmers' Bank j is perfectly safe, having a sufficient re serve fuud to cover all losses. Holland Disappears. Charlotte's Embezzling Cashier Leaves Town-A Reward Offered. CHARLOTTE, N. C., April 24.-J. R. Holland, the defaulting cashier of the Merchants' and Farmers' National Bank of this city, left last nightand his where? abouts are unknown. He had not yet been taken under arrest. To-day United States Marshall Allison swore out a warrant for him and a description of him was wired in all directions. To? day also the bank offered a reward of ?1,000 for him --^^mwm^- -?-- - Spain Will Apologize. WASHINGTON, April 24.-A state? ment is published to-day to the (ffect that Secretary (?reshman has received a dispatch from Mr. Taylor, United States minister at Madrid, .inuring him that Spain would accede to the de? mands of the United States in tin1 Allianca affair, and that the captain of the Condo Pe V'cnadito would be punished for his offense in firing at an American vessel outside the zone. The tune of the dispatch is such that thc State Department feels that its course will be absolutely vindicated by the re? sult. Telegraphic Briefs. AK- 24 The Lexow bipartisan New York ci*y police bill has passel the Assem? bly by a vote ot 96 to 21, and the bill now goes to the Governor. Cashier J. R Holland of the Mer? chants and Farmer's Bank of Char? lotte, X. C , is a defaulter to the amount of ?60,000, or more. The Times'" correspondent in Hong Kong says : "The soldiery are rioting in North Formosa. Twenty eight have been killed, including two officers, and fifty nave been wounded. A number of torpedo boats, built upon China's order at the Elbing 3Tards in Germany, were withheld during the war, but now have been delivered," A dispatch from Yokohama says that tiie Japanese have denied offi cially that the treaty of peace will place Chinese Customs under Japan? ese control. Pekin advices State that some modi fication in the Chino-Japanese treaty of peace have been agreed upon. Of five new commercial ports to be open? ed it has been decided to substitute Nankin for Pekin and Woo-Chow on the West, Canton River for Ru Chow.1" Wei-Hai-Wei is to be gar? risoned by Japanese troops at Chinese expense for a term of years. A wealthy woman stopping at the Arlington Hotel in Augusta. Ga., has been arrested and accused of the crime of shop lifting She had three trunks filled with the finest of laces and ?ilks which she bad stolen. On account of her family connections she will not be prosecuted. The name of Judge Izlar, of South Carolina made its appearance in Washington D. C yesterday, in the list of ex-Congressmen who aspire to succed the late Mr. Manson as as Comptroller of the Treasury depart? ment. Henny Bemrenter, the twelve-year old boy, who was bitten by a cat at Tallahas8e, Fla , six months ago, died yesterday after suffering two days from hydrophobia. A cotton fire occurred at Yorkville, S. C., yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock, among a lot of seventy-three bales of cotton, on the platform of the Chester and Lenoir R R. depot. The fire was promptly extinguished by Yorkville's efficient fire department. Loss ?350.00, covered by full insur? ance. The small boy and the ciga? rette are blamed. Af>ril 25. John M. Smith, colored, late post? master at Lyuohburg, S. C., bas been arrested in Columbia by Post Office Inspector Peer, for violations of the law while in o?5ce. "Lucky" Baldwin, the famous mil? lionaire owner of race horses, filed yes? terday a most extraordinary demurrer to the complaint in the seduction suit brought against him by Miss Ullian Ashley of Boston, Mass. In bis de? murrer, the rich horse owner states that his reputation is such that auy woman of the world should have known that he was deceiving her and she should not have been io his company. Baldwin has been the central figure in maDy suits of seduction and breach of prom? ise. Two men stole ?22,765 from the Plainfield, N. J., Bank on Monday One engaged the teller in conversation while the other sneaked the money out of the vault. Attorney General Olney has given an opinion that there is nothing illegal in this government permitting arms to be shipped to foreign countries for the use of revolutionists. The democrats of Kentucky have split on the financial issue. Senator Blackburn leads the free silver faciiou aod Representative McCreary the sin? gle gold standard faction. The packers and live stock men of Chicago say that there is no combine and that the increase in price of dress? ed beef is due entirely to the scarcity of cattle. The Iroquois Club, of Chicago, a fa? mous Democratic organization, is split 00 the silver question and will probably go to pieces. The Rate Committee of the South? ern Passenger Association met io At? lanta, yesterday, and it was given out out that the rate war would soon be de? clared off. April 26. The wasa$100,000*firein Charlotte, N. C., yesterday afternoon. An immigration company has been organized in Augusta to colocize Ger? mans and Scandinavians on small farms in middle Georgia. John Mitchell and George Kennedy, two boys 17 years old, are uoder arrest for attempting to wreck a train in Ala? bama. The governor of Massachusetts has recommended an appropriation for an exhibit at tho Atlauta Kxposition. ?lohn McCabe, formerly chief of thc New York Fire Department, blew out his brains with a pistol yesterday. Thc next annual session of the South Carolina Medical Association will he held io Spartauburg. One hundred and twenty-one ballots have boen taken ii; thc contest for the Delaware Senatorship, without an elcctiou. Sound Money in the South. A Systematic Campaign to be Opened at Memphis. WASHIXCTOK. April 24.-Special to the News and Courier.-There ap? pears to be a good deal more in the propped souod money cm veri rion, which is to be held in Memphis oo che 23d of next month, than is evident on the surface. It means, if the promo? ters can carry their plan into complete . exectyion, the begin rung of the disio ; tegration of the solid South, and the financial question i? to be the penetrs : ting wedge. In all the calculations i which are now beiog made the South is put solidly into the silver column. There is said to be good ground for be? lieving that this ckim is entirely too broad. At. any rate, the souod money convention is to be held for the purpose of calling the attention of the North : and East to the fact that there are anti silver men in the South who propose, irrespective of party, to stand by the effort to preserve intact the present cur? rency system. Already a great amount of interest : has been manifested in the convention and ita purposf-?, and there is every reason to believe that it will be a : thoroughly representative, business ' gathering, with delegates from every section of the South. Hoer far it will be able to affect the future political j status of the South is another question. Senator Butler, of South Carolina, io j discussing this phase yesterday, re ! marked that he believed that nine : tenths of the white people in the South would rote the Democratic ticket no matter what the platform might be upon which the Presidential candidate was nomioated In other quarters this claim is said to be exaggerated and that a very large percentage of the bankers, merchants and business men generally ! in the South regard their personal ij ! terests as paramount to their political allegiance, and they will not. it is said, ? sacrifice the former There is no doubt j that the sound money men in the South i regard that section as a good battle? ground. It is noticeable, too, that the silver men seem to appreciate the situa? tion and they are making vigorous efforts to commit their people to the silver idea This has a'tfready been done in the Tennessee Legislature through the influence of Senator Har ris. an ardent free coinage advocate. The Texas Legislature is also about to go on record for silver, although even in that State the dispatches indicate that the sentimeLt is not unanimous. Io Missouri the same atte-sipt. will be ! made, while everyone is itamiliar with j the fight that is now being waged in . Kentucky. ! In the latter State the crisis of the ; struggle will come at the Democratic I State Convention which is to held on ! the 25th of June, when the silver men i will endeavor to secure the adoption of I a free coinage plank in che State plat ; form. This attempt will be combated I by ihe sound money men under the : lead of Secretary Carlisle, Representa? tive McCreary and other friends of th: < Administration. The result of the j fight in Kentuckey wiil undoubtedly : have a marked influence npon the senti I ment in adjoining States, and the fact j that the contest is by no means local : in its character gives it au absorbing ' interest. A Remarkable Cure of Rheuma? tism. From the Groton Conn?cticut Review. David Lewis, who has been afflicted all I winter by rheumatism, is out again and j all due to one of the medicines advertised in ! our coluran?. After trying everything possi ! ble, he used Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which ! has relieved bim of all psin, from which he I was a constant sufferer and promises to make ; bim fit for duty soon. We koow David has ! been a great sufferer and are glad to See bim i around again. For sale by Dr. A. J. China. Medicine , Is a necessity because the tonic of winter I air is gone, and milder weather, increased ! moisture, accumulated impurities in the ' blood and debilitated condition of the ; body, open the way for that tired feeling, '? nervous troubles, and other ills. The ! skin, mucous membrane and the various 1 organs strive in vain to relieve the im? pure current of lite. T.hey all welcome ood's Sarsa? parilla *o assist Nature at this time when she most needs help, to purify the blood, tone and strengthen the laboring organs and build up tho nerves. ,4I have taken four bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla and I have found it the best blood purifier that I h*ve ever used. I had small boils all over my face and neck, but since I have taken Hood's my face and neck arc free from such eruptions. Hood's Sarsaparilla enables me to sleep soundly." A. M. GRAHAM, Sugar Valley, Georgia^ ^yrifies & ne ?31 cod .. v ir.:? T I suffered with a tired l*. k:i .'..?...:'.. Sarsaparilla and t',;'- >. > .> I . ja* reev?mmended." ... J. yii !.:: .LAX. Ti .ala, Florida. H-v>rP*; Wt . : ;:' r r:"^'i:V'^ Blank books ot all kinds -it :! G Ostet-n ?