By a majority of about set en hun
dred in a total vote of onehundrcd and
forty thousand, the voters of New Jer
sey, at a special election, ratified an
amendment to the constitution which
forbids the legalizing of lotteries, pool
selling, "book-making," or gambling of
any kind. There are several race-tracks
in the State which have been notorious
resorts for gamblers, and a few years
ago the gambling elements were strong
enough to elect a race-track "starter"
Speaker of the Assembly. The moral
sentiment of the State was aroused to
put an end to the scandal, and this
amendment is the result.
Her Opinion of Him.
' Nan Really now, Laura, Mr. Soppy
seems greatly attached to you.
Laura Even so, that's nothing to me.
North American.
.Beetles Ate the Lea4.
That certain beetles are by no means
frightened by lead foil has long been
recognized, but It Is rather discourag
ing to add one more to the number
jof these culprits. Ed Stich of Nauheim
Reports that a box somewhat worm eat
en was lined with lead. After a while
iholes one-eighth of an Inch in diame
ter, and distinctly spiral, were noticed
land traced to the beetle Terroplum luri
'dum, Linn., which was not yet on the
iist of lead eaters, or rather lead de
stroyers. A cousin of this insect has been
known to be destructive to lead cham
bers. There are, unfortunately, many
Insects and animals devoid of that
sense for the sacred rights of property
which we expect of everybody but our
trires. Sclentiic American.
Where a man has eight a woman has in
tight. , That Kverlasting Irritating Itch.
Tt.t HfffirfhAa TpftAr T'TYifl. nnd Othr akin
!. 50 cents will euro thorn - stop the Itch
at oneo. 50 cents pays for n, box of Tetterlne at
drug atorps or postpaid for 50 cents In stamps
from J. T. Shuptrlno, Savannah, Ga.
The chronic bore makes a big hole in a
man's busy day.
' SIOO Reward. 8100.
The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has heeu able to cure in all its
stages, and that is atarrh. Hall's Catarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. atarrh beinsr a constitu
tional disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. H all's t. atarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly on tlie blood and mucots sur
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doinj? its work. The
proprietors have so much fa th in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials. Address
F. J. CHENEY & t o., Toledo, O.
Sold byDntsrs-ista, 73
1 Hall's Family Pills are the bet.
It i3 only when tho elements are angry that
waterspout.
Reduced Kates by Itall.
On arciunt of tho layinar c -rner stone
cotton mill Coleman Manufacturing Com
pany, Concord, N. C, February fr't'i, tho Sea
board A r Line v.ill sell tickets from "Wil
mington to Concord, .". C, at the rate of 9.5
for tho rund trip. Tickets will be on sale
February 6th-8th, limited to February lith,
for the return. ,
On account of Mardi Oras at New Orleans
La., February 22d tho Seaboard Air Lino will
pell tickets rom al. coupon cliices on its line
t,r New Orleans at tho rate of one fare for
the round trip, 'licket will be on sale Feb
ruary t$th to -1st, inclusive, with March as
the final limit for return.
Most women prefer unruled letter-paper
and well-ruled husbands.
Oh, What Splendid Coffee.
Mr. Goodman, Williams Co., 111., writes:
"From one package Salzer's German Coffee
Berry, costing 15c . I grew 5C0 lbs. ot better
coffee than I can buy in stores at 30 cents a
lb." a. c. 8
A package of this coffee and big seed and
plant catalogue is sent you by John A.
Balzer Seed Co.. La Cross, Vila., upon re
ceipt of 15 cents stamps and this notice.
A man full of himself is as disagreeable as
a fall of whl3key.
The honest grocer buys and sells by the
same scales. There are no two weights about
blm.
To Cure a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 15c.
If a man is able to swim he should never
become a pauper. Swimmers are self-sus-talning.
Fits permanently Cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
NerVe Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free
Dr. R. 11. Kline, Ltd.. 931 Arch St., Phlla., Pa.
In winter baseball players Swap lies about
what they don't do In summer.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, eoftens the gurne, reducing innama
tion.allays pain.cures wind colic, !Xc. a bottle.
Some women, like eom horses, can
never be broken to trot lu double harness.
Chew Star Tobacco Ths Beifc.
Smoke Sledgo Cigarettes.
A great many men reason in a circle; that's
why there is no end to their arguments.
Pieo's Cure cured me of a Throat and Lung
trouble of three years' standing. E. Cady,
Huntington, Ind., Nov. 12, 1894.
Gen. Saussier. Commander-in-chief of the
French army, is so stout that he can scarcely
mount a borse.
Sciatic
Rheumatism
" I have been troubled with sciatic rheu
matism and have been taking Hood's Sar
nparilla, I improved everyday and now
am as woil as I ever was in my life. I feel
five yeara younger than I did before taking
Hood's Sarsaparilla." War. 6'Buikn, 2515
4th Avenue, West Troy, New York.
vyy 2 parilla
la the bejt in fact the On c True Blood Purifier.
Hood's Pills cure all liver ilia. 25 cents.
JlPiUM,MORPHIHE(WHISKEY,CO-
ran-, i onacco nnl pnun-:ipping Maim r
IREAilE T. Mr !.. c.iitatnl' r full Infor
mation, mailed free. lilt. J. V, IIOFFMAX
Room 4 tin be l!a DullJiug. Chicago, 111.
Ff&SAIfeBfS I'or Poultry, hail cost of
m 11 I I F-l 8 Neitinjr. Also farm, yard.
laislloDT cemetery fences. Freight
Em I 9 will Wi vaid. Catalogue free.
K. L. SliELLAliLkCiEK, a 7 P. St., Atlanta, da.
Atigimtn.- Ja. Actual bu.fnes. Notext 0
booki. Hlicrt tiiua. Ctiaap board. Hand for oktnlon.
TOO rer cent .profit and cliance to win hundreds c'
ColUrs In Geld iind a Fin Gold Watch. Tor parti
culars address. W,T. Cheatham, Jr., Henderioa, NX'.
u2m$t Thompson's Eye Wafer
S N. U. No. 5.-83.
t CouKh
fn time.
Sold bTdmijclsts.
a wMfftrALrrisTTAiLs: ri
Cjtud. Tastes Good. Vao SwJ
fSt
1 NEGRO OF IHE SOUTH.
Receives More Recognition Than the
Negro of the North.
SOME RICH PULLMAN PORTERS.
Manlcy's Reformatory and Bible
School The Blacks In the Majority.
Items of Race Interest.
There is little or no room for doubt
that the Negro in the South is the move
intelligent, the wealthier and the better
equir ped morally aud physically than
the Negro element in the North. The
statements often published in Northern
journals, both white and colored, would
lead one not acquainted with our condi
tion to believe that the Negro in the
South is in a bad fix: that down here
the Negro is still a slave; that we re
ceive no recognition politically and that
we do not receive as much attention as
do the dumb brutes. These statements
are false are blasphemous libels on
Southern chivalry and manhood.
Viewed from any part, any section, the
Negro in the South can meet and defeat
his brother of the North. Politically,
we Negroes receive more recog
nition in the South than do their
brothers in the North. Of the
twenty - two colored men who
have been elected to the Senate and
House of Fiepresentatives, how many
can the Northern Negroes point to
with pride that pnde that one can re
ceive from their home folks and friends
of childhood days'? Not one. The
South has furnished all the brain and
manhood of the Negro race. Did it not
produce Laugston, Bruce, Lynch, Cu
ney, Cheatham, Eevells, White, Tur
ner, Douglass, Bishops Gaines and Tur
ner, Ida Wells, C. H. J. Taylor, Pinch
back and a host of mighty intellectual
giants? Is not Tom Fortune, the pet
of New York, a product of the South,
and in fact did not all the brains of the
North come from the Southern huts
and lowly plantations? Of the Negro
Representatives and Senators that have
occupied seats in our National Legis
lation, South Carolina reputed to be
the meanest doggone home on earth,
leads the list with eight, North Caro
lina furnishes five, Mississippi four,
Virginia, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida
and Alabama each producing one.
These mon were elected by the votes of
the people, and in any of the above
named States the white population is
three to one in the majority. This, in
itseij, is as convincing proof, is as elab
orate a statement as is needed to dis
prove the assertions made by the
Northern press that in the South the
Negro dare not show his hand. In the
South the Negroes own their own
their own homes, in tho North they
rent. Almo City Advance,
Some Rich Pullman Porters.
Jlr. Washington now an employee of
the Pullman Palace Car company, with
headquarters at St. Louis, Mo., tells of
some rich porters in the employ of the
Pullman Palace Car Co., who are worth
thousands, yet work for 325 per month.
S. A. Lee has been railroading foi 30
years, is worth $100,000. He owns a
house at the corner of 36th and State
streets, worth $35,000 and one at the
corner of 4Tih and Armour avenue, in
Chicago; one at 2338 Jefferson avenue,
worth 310,000 and one at 5102 Walnut
street, Si. Louis, valued at 312, 000. He
also has a farm and ranch, near St.
Louis, worth 10,000, besides an extra
large bank account. Gillis fc'cott, a
brother of Dr. I. B. Scott, who is also
a porter, and a l.ative Texan, is valued
at 320,000, owning a very fine house in
Los Angeles, Cal. , and one in Chicago.
Goodrich, of St. Louis, is worth at tho
smallest calculation, 312,000. The
Freeman.
"The Color Line."
I recently saw a paragraph in a Negro
newspaper which said that "The men
who had the most to say about the color
line among Negroes had mullatto
wives." This is no argument and it
cannot effect the settlement of this ques
tion of caste among Negroes. It exists
and ii; ought to be knocked in the head,
for the Negro with a preponderance of
white blood in hi.i anatomy has no more
rights in law pnd no better opportunities
for rising in the world as a Negro than
the blackest Negro that lives. Bruce
Grit in Star of Zion.
A Tribute of Virtue.
The blacks are in the majority in this
country and their steady growth since
the war closed is a splendid tribute to
the virtue of the black woman of the
South, who, while not as perfect as
she should be, is as perfect as it is
possible for her to be considering her
environments and the character of her
late instructors in morals. Bruce Grit
in Star of Zion.
A Grand Work.
Have you dropped in to see Manley's
Musical, Reformatory and Bible School?
It is a pleasure to anyone who is a lover
of his race to see what a good work is
going on at the parsonage of Big Zion
Church. Forty little tot3 daily attend
school there, and are taught the rudi
ments of English literature and the
word of God. They sing beautifully.
Pensacola Florida Sentinel.
A Mark of Progress.
The Western Electric Supplj Com
pany, of New York city, has leased the
block bounded by West Bethune Bank
and Washington streets and erected
one of tho largest plants in the city,
where they will emyloy over 40 colored
men a3 engineers, messengers and me
chanics. The Freeman.
Race Gleanings.
Do not confound the good white
people with the bad ones? That is
their fault in dealing with us. The
Planet.
Miss Stella Hart, of Indianapolis
is one of the stenographers for the
Chicago Daily Record at tho Chicago
office. The Freeman.
Mrs. Alice Strange Davis has been
declared the successful contestant for
the post of director of music in tho
public rchools at Washington, D. C
NewYcrkAgo.
Teach your boys useful trades. There
would bo less bums on our streets if
the lessons of industry had been drilled
early in our youths. The Elevator.
The Central railway's putting on col
ored brakemon is a good omen and we
thank the powers that be for it. - At
lanta Southern Age.
Juggonaut never crushed his fondest
vrorshipper into a more shapeless mass
than will the wheels of progress those
vrho sit by the wayside and Micawber
like supinely wait for something to
turn up. -Thi EUvatox,
McKINLEY AT THE BANQUET.
The President Addresses the National
Association of Manufacturers.
The third annual banquet of the Na
tional Association of Manufacturers of
the United States, whioh was served at
the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York,
-was one of the largest and most elab
orate affairs of the kind ever given in
that city. One thousand guests were
seated at the tables.
The fact that President MoKinley
would be present, caused a rush for
tickets.
At 9 o'clock Warner Miller rapped
for order. Among those who occupied
seats of honor on the raised dias were:
President McKinley, M. E. Ingalla,
Drrwin II. James, Rev. E. S. Mc
Arthur; Thos. W. Cridler, Eandolph
Guggenheimer; Elihu Pioot, John Ad
dison Porter, Attorney General John
W. Griggs, Lieutenant Governor Tim
othy Li. Woodruff, Senator Wm. P.
Frye, Chas. Emery Smith, Warner Mil
ler, President Theo C. Search, Henry
E. Howland. ex-Mayor Wm. L. Strong.
Clement A. Griscoem, St. Clair Mo
Kelway and Abcer MoKinley.
The wildest enthusiasm prevailed
when Preident McKinley was intro
duced. Men stood on their seats; wo
men in the boxes waved their hand
kerchiefs and the uproar drowned the
speaker's voice. The cheering and clap
ping of hands -were redoubled when a
toast was drunk to the President.
The convention voted to hold its next
meeting in Cincinnati. A motion to
change the date of tho annual meeting
to the middle of February was referred
to the executive committee, as was all
unfinished business.
Earthquake In Arkansas.
Helena, Ark., experienced a severe
earthquake shock. Houses were shaken
to their foundations and noises were
heard that sounded like immense ex
plosions. The people who had as
sembled in the Presbyterian Church for
prayer meeting rushed out of the
church, expecting the walls to tumble
down upon them. There were three
distinct shocks within quick succession,
the first being the most severe, occupy
ing less than half a dozen seconds.
They were succeeded by a trembling or
shaking motion, and not by tho usual
swaying and waving motion. Telephone
messages from country points indicate
that the shock was felt at many places.
Food and Medicine.
The steamer Orizaba, of the Ward
Line, which left New York for nabana
carried 000,000 pounds of provisions
and 200,000 grains of quinine, collected
by the Cuban relief committee to be
distributed among the sullering people
of the island under the decision of Gen.
Leo, consul general at Habana. A con
sisnment to Gen. Lee of IS tons of pro
visions contributed by the Philadelphia
Grocers' and Importers' Exchange and
six cases of quinine from the Philadel
phia druggists was also carried.
Miss Rives Unnerved.
Hallie Erminie Pares, the young
Southern author and cousin of Trincess
Troubetzkoi, formerly Mrs. Amelie
Bives Chanler, is a patient in the sani
tarium at Brooklyn. Unnerved by the
hostile criticism of her recent work,
"Smoking Flax," and overtaxed by the
effort to get oui another volume deal
ing with Southern problems, she was
removed to the sanitarium for treat
ment and rest.
Cart. Matt. O'Brien Dead.
Captain Matt O'Brien, supervising
inspector of steam vessels at New Or
leans, is dead. He was one of the few
remaining figures of the Confederate
Navy, having served on the Sumter,
the Shenandoah and the Alabama. He
participated in the right off Cherbourg,
when the Alabama was deserted and
was one of the last to leave the ship,
being rescued from the water by the
English yacht Deerhound.
Yellow Fever Near Edwards, Miss.
A Washington special says Surgeon
General Wyman has received a tele
gram dated the 20th instant from Dr.
Stewart, at Memphis, stating that the
secretary of the Mississippi State board
of health reports one and possible three
cases of yellow fever near Edwards,
Miss. Surgeon Carter, of the Marine
Hospital, was ordered to Edwards to
investigate
Great Blizzard In the Northwest.
The Northwest has had during the
past week rough experiences with wind,
ice and snow. At Milwaukee, Wis.,
pnow fell to a depth of 18 inches, great
drifts being formed in all parts of the
city making travel almost an impossi
bility. Sheboggan, Wis., experienced
a tidal wave, the third of the 6eason,
doing great damage to shipping.
The South's Currency Condition.
At Boston, Mass., Hon. John W.
Fries, of North Carolina, and Hon. .Tos.
Bryan, of Virginia, addressed the Mas
sachusetts Reform Club on the "Cur
rency Condition of the South." The
addresses compared the currency con
rency conditions existing in the South
with those of New England, and were
received by the members of the club.
A Senator Called Upon to Resslgn.
A special from Frankfort, Ky., says:
After a debate this morning the Lower
House of the Kentucky Legislature
adopted a substitute resolution offered
by Representative Nelson, of Hardin,
calling upon United States Senator
Wm. Lindsay to resign if he cannot
support the Chicago platform.
Gold Standard for India.
London, (By Cable) Lord Geo.
Hamilton, Secretary of State for India,
speaking at Chiswick, said he thought
that during the course of the next
twelye months the government might
take steps to establish the gold stand
ard for India.
No More New States Just Now.
Statehood legislation at this session
of Congress was killed by a the House
committee on Territories rejecting the
Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma
bills by a vote of 8 to 3.
BInce 1S12, the year Queen Victoria
first entered a railway carriage, she
has traveled something like two mil
lion miles. This beats the Prince of
Wales by about five hundred thousand
miles and the Duke of Cambridge by
nearly one million mllesu
r. A Bridgeport, Conn., bride haa Just
undergone a severe surgical operation
to relieve a malady caused by the lo'dg
ing of a grain of rice In one of her ears.
Ilice-throwlng at weddings is growing
deservedly unpopular. Stick to old
shoes they are safe if not poetic.
rlfiU
E
TROUBLES
Negroes of an Entire County Order
ed to Move Out
AND NEVER COME BACK.
Prominent Colored Man, in an Open
Letter to Ills Race, Advises to Pro
cure Arms and Killed the Lawless.
A' special from Little Rook, Ark.,
says: Trouble between blacks and
whites in Lonoke county is appre
hended in the town of Lonokesville.
Negroes have been killed by whites
and others have been driven away.
Notices have been tacked on the doors
Df nearly every negro cabin in town,
fend on many cabins in the surrounding
country, ordering every negro in Lo
noke county to leave Lonoke in thirty
days and never come back, threatening
lo kill those who remain. The notices
tire not signed but are adorned with a
skull and cross bones. Notices have
also been placed on the doors of the
schools, -warning the teachers to close
the schools and leave. Many negroes
have taken their families and moved,
but a large number have avowed their
purposs of remaining.
One prominent colored man, in an
open letter to his race, advised the col
ored men of Lonoke to supply them
celves with arms and be prepared to
protect themselves. "When the ne
groes of Lonoke county kill about
twenty-five of these lawless white
men," said he, "the outrages against
the negro race will stop and not until
then." A -white man of Lonoke re
cently shot and killed a negro and was
promptly acquitted by a justice of the
peace.
The latest from Little Rock says the
situation as regards the race war in
Lonoke county continues critical. Ac
cording to trustworthy reports receiv
ed, negroes are leaving there in droves
and business is almost at a standstill.
TO FORM A COTTON TRUST.
Cotton Growers to be Organized to
Reduce the Acreage.
Price, MoCormick & Co., of New
York, one of the largest firms of bro
kers in the country, are urging a plan
to reduce the acreage and increase the
price of cotton in the United States. If
this is accomplished it will mean prac
tically the formation of a cotton trust.
The plan is to organize the "Ameri
can Cotton Growers' Mutual Protective
Association," whose object will be to
regulate the production so as to pre
vent loss. No capital is required for
the undertaking.
Moral Buasion will be brought to bear
upon all the leading planters of the
South looking toward the desired end.
Congressmen from the South have
been asked to beeome members of the
association.
MEN ARE DESPERATE.
Town of Six Thousand People Out ol
Employment.
Almost half the people of New Castle,
Del., are on the brink of starvation.
Nearly three-fourths of the 6,000 in
habitants of the town depended on the
Delaware iron mills for a living. Twc
weeks before Christmas the works shut
down and they have since been without
an income. The situation is becoming
alarming and the idle men are desper
ate.
Two Killed; Many Wounded,
The St John train. No. 29. tnnwn
also as the Provisional Express, was
wrecked in the cut at Orono Basin Mills,
Me., and six cars, including the smoker,
was turned topsy turvy into the ditch.
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uue oi ine passenger cars, in wnicn
were a large number of people, was al
most entirely demolished. Two persone
were killed and more than a urn in
jured, several probably fatally.
First Indictment, for Fllrtlnjr.
A Knoxville Tenn., dispatch, says:
The Knox county grand jury has in
dicted the first victim of the "Johnny
law," enacted by the Tennessee Legis
lature last year, making it a misde
meanor to flirt with school girls. The
case, if tried, will probably go to th
Supreme Court to test the constitution
ality of the law, which infringes an in
herent right to flirt with a girl.
No Smallpox In Charlotte.
There is sot now a single case ol
smallpox in Charlotte, N. C. Of ihe
two cases supposed to be smallpox, one
is dead and the other is far outside the
city limits in the house of detention.
No person need have the slightest fear
cf going to Charlotte, as there is no
danger of contagion.
Sued for $40,000.
A Raleigh special to the CharlotU
(N. C.) Observer says Governor Rus-
sel has brought suit in the Superici
Court against Vice-President Anderson,
of the Southern Railway, for $40,00C
Decause ne woum not answer incrimi
nating questions of the State Railroad
Commission.
Resist the Examination Act.
Attornevs renresentin? twenty
the strongest banking institutions in
ueorgia nave mea suim attacking the
constitutionalitv of tha act wWli m.
quires the State Treasurer to examine
private cants, asking the courts to re
strain the Treasurer from making tho
examination.
McKinley Touched tho Button.
Last Saturday, in the presence of the
entire California congressional delega
tion, Justice McKenna of the Supreme
Court, Mrs. Leland Stanford and other
lad ies, President McKinley touched a
telegraph key at the White House and
opened the California golden jubilee at
San Francisco.
Birthday Celebration.
President McKinley celebrated hit
55th birthday on the 20th of Jan. Postmaster-General
Gary gave a Cabinet
dinner in his honor.
Mother and Daughter Murdered.
Near Burlington, la., Mrs. Mary
F.athburn, a widow lady, and her 12-year-old
daughter, Mary, were found
murdered at their home. Several ar
ro3tshave been made, and the police
are actively engaged in running down
clues. The widow woman was of good
reputation, but poor, and no motive but
the ou trace of thn d ATlcrtitAr fan k anv.
rmised. ,
Suicided by Shooting Himself.
At Richmond, Va., Upsnr B.Quinby,
of Onancock, committed suicide by
Bhooting himself. He had been suffer
ing fron melancholia.
' TRUMPET CALLS.
Btm'i Horn Sounds a Warning Koto
to the Unredeemed.
pi HE sharper gets
most oui ol me
man who is get
ting least out of
what he pos
sesses. People who
axe all tongue,
hare noears.
No good comes
of blaming oth
ers for the mls
fortunes we
bring on our
selves.
, God hides Himself; there lies Ills un
exhausted charm.
A good guide will not be rejected be
cause he is bowlegged.
Every man has his price. Mine is the
precious blood of Jesus.
We should have a society for doing
pood among the neglected rich.
Never to make a mistake Is the big
gest mistake any man can make.
The world that the bird files over is
not the same that the snail crawls on.
Every boy thinks his mother Is the
best woman on earth and they are all
of them right, too.
Many a man who finds his cottage
targe enough would find a palace too
small, If suddenly made rich.
What evidence of the patience of
God can be more conclusive than the
bald head of the infidel lecturer?
The man who Jumps at conclusions
may be recognized by his having his
overcoat half on before the end of the
benediction.
Many a man thinks he has found a
mistake In the Bible Just because he
has run across something be doesn't
want to believe.
There are two classes of men who
never profit by their mistakes those
who blame It on their wives and those
who lay It ail to Providence.
The Loneliness of Age.
Be kind to the aged. How few think
of this and treat with due considera
tion those who have outlived their gen
eration, and whose early companions
and friends have been taken from
them. Unable to engage In the activi
ties of life, they are no longer brought
Into contact and sympathy with those
around them, and no tie of common in
terest and mutual dependence binds
them together. Their views and tastes
have naturally grown apart. They
share but little la common with others.
The future of this life has nothing to
Inspire their ambition or excite their
hopes. What calls forth the energies
of others has no inspiration for them.
They necessarily, to a great extent, live
in a world of thedr own, with which
those around are not familiar. The
communion of their hearts Is with the
scenes of the past, and the companions
of other years who have long ago pass
ed away. Lover and friend have been
taken from them, and their acquaint
ance laid in darkness. The forms they
admired and loved are gone, and eyes
that looked Into theirs with the tender
est affections are sightless, and the
voices that cheered and stirred their
souls have long been silent. Their
early world of hope and joy has be
come a desolation, and they in silence
contemplate the ruin that has been
wrought. They have but little to inter
est them in the world. They are pil
grims and strangers here,
"Only waiting till the shadows
Are a little longer grown,"
to finish their cpuree and rest from
their labors. Who would not do what
he can to cheer the loneliness of age,
to smooth their pathway, and comfort
them In their declining years?
t Puritanical.
Thinking of the old paths and how
the fathers and mothers walked In
them, we could not help wishing that
the Christian families of to-day walked
even as they walked. They had fam
ily altars. They catechised their chil
dren. They encouraged and required
them to memorize the Scriptures. They
believed In the Bible, the whole Bible,
as the word of God. A "thus salth the
Lord" was to them the end of all con
troversy. They went reverently and
gladly to the house of God, even when
It rained and snowed and the winter
winds were cold and cutting. We of
this generation owe much of such piety
as we have to the early training which
we sometimes thought was too strict,
and Which this liberal age call "Puri
tanical." But It was good for us, and
It would be good for our children.
Word and Way.
A Benefactreta' Kind Act.
From ihe Evening yews, Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. John Tansey, of 130 Baker Street,
Detroit, Michigan, is one ot thoso women
who always know just what to do la all
trouble and sickness. One that Is a mother
to those in distress. To a reporter she said:
"I am the mother of ten children and
have raised eight of them. Several years
ago we had a serious time with my daugh
ter, which began when she was about six
teen years old. She did not have any seri
ous illness bnt seemed to gradually waste
away. Having never had any consumption
la our family, an we come of good old Irish
and Scotch stock, we did not think it was
that. Our doctor called the disease by an
Odd name, which, as I Afterward learned,
meant laok of blood.
"It is Impossible to describe the feeling
John and I had as we noticed our dan f liter
slowly passing away from us. We finally
found, however, a medicine that seemed to
io$t ofOs Tim She Wat Confintd to Bed.
help her, and from the first we notioed a
decided change for the better, and alter
three months' treatment her health was so
greatly improved you would not have re
cognized her. She gained la flesh rapidly
and soon was in perfect health. The medi
cine used was Dr. Williams' Piak Pills for
Pale People. I have always kept these pills
la the house since and have recommended
them to many people. I hare told many
mothers about them and they have effected
some wonderful cures.
"Every mother In this land should keep
these pills in the house, as they are good for
many aliments, particularly those arising1
from impoverished or diseased blood, and
weaksaed nerve force."
Tbe Art or CompU minting.
' compliments are the poetical touches
which redeem the nOnotony of prosaic
!exlstence. In the Intercourse of sym
'pathetic people they have a natural
place, and it is as pleasant to recpg
nlze by word or look the charms of our
friends as It is to profit by them. Profit
we do, undoubtedly, as all that makes
life fairer makes It better, and a whole
some discernment of good traits must
iadd to our faith in human nature and
'its capabilities. Rigid moralists do
'clare that compliments are so akin to
'flattery that it is wrong to use praise
In any way. This is "most intolerable,
and not to bo endured," for all need
both to give and receive encourage
ment in this practical and hurrying
world. And, reprehensible as bard na
tures find It, there Is a charm In open
ing our eyes to the attractions of others
and a warm, healthy glow accom
panies the utterance of words which
attest our admiration.
Surer. '
It Is to be regarded that the man who
counts on his fingers Is not as apt to bo
disappointed as the one who counts on
fcls friends. Yonkers Statesman.
BNJOY
Both tho method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses tho sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, ".cad
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho
only . remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to tho taste and ac
cc2table to tho stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from tho most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to ail and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug,
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it cn hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL
LOvisvjiiE. r. &EW xoiik, N.r.
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NEUTRALIZING
CordiaL
CURES DIARRHOEA.
NORMAN'S NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL
CURC5 DYSENTERY.
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CURES CHOLERA MORBUS.
WMl KEDTRALIZIKG CORDIAL
CURES CHOLERA INFANTUM.
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KORMAN'S NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL
Absolutely Cures
DYSPEPSIA.
NORMAN'S
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THC DEBT LIVER PILL MADE.
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Pmer. io and 28 ccnts
SOLD EVERYWHERE.
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the dread of the cotton grower,
can be prevented. Trials at
Experiment Stations and the
experience of leading growers
prove positively that
is the only remedy.
We will be glad to send, free of charge,
Interesting and useful pamphlets which treat
of the matter in detail.
r GERMAN KALI WORKS,
93 Kaiuu St., New York.
Rice's Goose Grease Liniment
la Mlurays sold tinder a Ruarantee to cnr all
clif and pains, rhenroatim, netiralk'ln,
apraina, brnines and burns. It Is nl no warrant
ed to car colds, cronp. cotjfths nnd la grlppa
quicker than any known remedy. No cure
no pay. Sold by all druggtft and general
ttr.p.,.-.Mad!onl T t'OOSK OP.EASE
LINIMENT CO.. GrekK6boo. N. &
COLD-BREAKERS
WILL
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In 8 to 12 hours. 26C. fl BOX at Druggists or
THE COLD-BREAKER CO.,
AIKEN, - - SOUTH CAROLINA.
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want a hustling asent in every county
to sll our latest im proved Plows. All kind
direct from the factory to tbe larmer. Work
r gbt around your bunie
Baby Ccltivator Compost,
Blrol&iaam, Ala,
EVERY MAN
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DOCTOR !
jJ. Hamilton Aycru, A. M..W.D.
This la a won Valuni.le jjiMk
for the Houwhol l, teaching It
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fcymplomof tilfTrrrtil lj,r
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fttmplent Knur lil'j, wMol u lit t.
lovlnte or cur.
W8 l-iucc, rrufusMy Illunlralrcl.
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from tbo Iprbulcnl term! whli-b
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everything rruunlt) j to Court
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rainillva.togoiti- with Vlu..i,io
K)ta autl Proscription,
tUvuttioiiKor Itoutilcnl I'ruotwa,
orreut nof trJinorr JUro,o
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latlcn cf the menstrual function.
It cures all " female troubles." It
Is equal'. effective for the plrl In
her tens, the young wife with do
nest'u and maternal cares, and
the woman or.proachinj the period
known aa tho " Chancre cf Life."
They all need It. They we all
benefitted ty It.
For advics In caws r T-irlnj oreclal
directions, aJJrcr:. clvinj rymritoms,
the "I-t-JIca' AJti-iry lpatlm?nt,'
The Chutanouc KcUU-inc Co., CUlU
nooc. Tc.ia.
THCS. J. C0&PZH, Tupelo, Mttt., 4cyci
" My sister s uttered l-om very Irregular
and calnlul menstruation and Doctors
could not u'licvo Imr. Wine of Cardul
cnlro!ycure1 lirr ctl alto rcbed mi
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