VOL. XXHV-THIRD SERIES. SALISBURY, N C, THURSDAY FE3EUAIIY si 1M3. ' I. What Castoria is lr. Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infants and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitnto for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing: Syrups, and Castor Oil. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by Millions of Mothers. Castoria is the Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend. Castoria. "Caatoria is bo well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior any prescription known to me." H. A- Ajicher, M. D., Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, K. T. " The u-e cf 'Castoria ia so universal and Its merit so well known tbat it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the lr.telliseattainiliea wlio do not keep Castoria within easy reach." - Ckhuoa ILahttk, D. D.,.: - . New York City. .mil STATESYILLE MARBLE WORKS ! Is the Place to Get Monuments, Tombstones, &c A largo stdck of VERMONT MARBLE to arrive in a few days We guarantee tiifastioala every respect landjpositivelylwillnotlbeundersold. GranxteKMon ments 0f all kipd a specialty', ' - " . ! , . cm WEBB & CO, Esa fms o CURES AEL;SKIH AMD BLDDD DISEASES - r - a . mm m wist svmiiiui anvn. id piwrfbt tt with rrei Mtttfartkm fur t can. all t, s a. ... '- . OUadnlu 8wlIIn, RKram.tm. Maiarta. old ."' tir h ln nihM all twatnwat, Catesvh, . " la; Lil E"""'' "me, ana as T!lfM avMMif, Fi.?k7r? 5fi.3 -rjr-4 jrz-i 1 UiM baM ryiiMBi ara polMaad sMwfeaaa kleed is fat , " i -"' - C CURES MALARIA fIT!7&I!!Sa titkMiif iirorttM f 1. F. P., rrkkUy Aj Mm Em tt! PoUsaftirii. . LIFF2SAK BL03 Protrlatari. Crasxlsta, lirpnun'i Bkxk, B A Vila IS, QU , m. Prtce. Luttsvllle. Mo., writes? iwna f. pfllcted with sciatica, and ban 1' st the use ot my rm aha one leg for nine yeais. I wtstt to ti. fcrlnsr? and alo t ried different doctoi-s, lut lound no cure until I tried Botanic Blood Balm. It made rae sound and veil. I am wall known here' i SAvAKnAH, Ga., April 26, 1889. Having used three bottles of P. P. P. for impure Wood and trenfeval weakness. and having derived great benefits from the same, having gained 11 pounds in weight ia four weeks, 1 take great pleas Ure in recommending it to vr0fortunate& lue Yours trulv, JOUIf MORRIS. Office of J.N. McElroy .Druggist. 1 Orlandn, Fla., April 20, 1891. J 1 lessirs. Linpman Bros.. Savannah, Ga. Dear Kirs I sold three bottles of P. P. P., large size yesterday, and one bottle email size to-day.- . " The P. P. P. cured my wife of rheuma ,tisto wiuter before last. It came back on her the past winter, and a half bottle, - JL'M) size, relieved her again ,and she has fc iad a svmptom since. i sold a bottle otP. P. P, ton friend of , mine, one of bin turkeys, a small one . took sick.iindHiis wife save Ha teaepocn hi, that was in the evening, and the lit tle fellow turned over like he was dead, .jmt next morning was up hollering and ell. Jxours resperttullv. j. n. Mcelroy Savannah, Ga., 17, 1891 "esrs. Lipnmau lirus.. iravannah,Ua.: - Pear Sirs I have suffered from rheu tti tisni for a long time, and did not find a eure until 1 fyand P. P, P.,which com J'Wieiy curejl rae. Yours trulv KT TZ A F. JONES. " lC Qrango St., Savannah, G Efl 'rrflm.ihin . nrnr av mrr sai ii t tt r l R rlft t' 6URE ra MS fa l-i era lSSCI i s D Castoria. Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, EruclAtion, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes df gestion, Without injurious medication. "For several years I have recommended your ' Castoria, and shall always continue tt do so as It has invariably produced beneflcia resulU." . Eowiw F. Pardee, M. D., ASAh Street and 7th Ave., New York City Thx Cxxtacb Conrun, 77 Mcnutix Strmt, Nmw Tosk Cttt mim ihjwi.i wi i mm rmftmt Proprietor. IT IS A DUTY yo owe yottnelf and fain fly to ret the best Talue for your maney. KcobobIko In your footwear by purchavalna W. I Voafflaa Khaes, which represent tho feext valoo for oricea asked, aa Utoaaa&tis "BrvhsX KO BTJBBTITUTB. mMX W. L. DOUGLAS a wa a wnai Vbll I btmbiii THE BEST SHOE III THE WORLD FOR THE MONET. A aenulae sewed shoe, that uU not rip, fin calf, seamless, smooth Insldo, flexible,, mora com fortable, stylish and durable than any other shoe ever sold at the price. quais custom made shoes costing; from4to5. Ci A a4 5 ITaud-sewed, flnecslf shoes. Tbo iJM" most stylish, easy and durable shoes srer sold at the price. 1 hey equal One importod shoes coating from $3 to X SO v AO rollce Bhoe.wora byfarrasrs and an Jui others who want a a-ood heary calf, three soled, extension sdro shoe, easy to walk ia, and will keep the feet dry and warm. CSO OO Fine Calf, 82.4 S and fja.OOWorlt aafii Incsaen'aKhoeawulg-lTe more wear for tho ftnoney than any other make. They are made for ser vice. The increasing sales show that worxinxmea feara found this out. C3niR !.00 and Tontlia' ST.7S School DU JO Ahoea are worn by the boys rery wheraT Tao awes serrleeable shoos sold at the prices. ILCiaieS i.0O and il.ya bWs for tisseaaremadeof the best Donola or fine Calf, as desired. They are very stylish, comfortable and dura ble. The t-'-iJOshoo equsJi custom made shoes coating frora 84.00 to $6XO. Ladles who wish toooonomlta la their tootwear are finding this out. Caatloa. W.L.OouKlas'name and tbs price ts Stamped on tho bottom of each shoe i look for It when you buy. Beware ot dealers attempting to sub stitate other makes for them. Such substitutions aro fraudulent and subject to prosecution by law for ob taining money under false pretences. V.lUOUGL4Urecktan,MaM. Bold by IV1. S.BSOWiM . ilk 3 mmmm Curei all Femalo Complaints and Monthly Irregularity, Leuocrfhcea or Whites, Pain in Back or Sides, strengthent th feeble, builda up the whole eystcm. It has cured thousands - and will cure you. Druggists hare it. Send stamp for book. DR. J. F. DEOEGOOLr; A COM Lonisrille, Kr hc.ate The Bowels 3Ld and begota diaoaaoa, sueb as Sick Headache. P-spepsia, Pcvers, Kidney Disoassf, Silious Colic, Kalaria, etc. Tttfc Pilla protac rasntlar taablt f ansl rood diroailon, withont CtxtfBB. b ene can cajay goad liealttw eCild Everarwliere. iV. . GCNKllAL NEWS. A rious negro riot occurretl t SUfiord , Tex. week before last. The negroes threatened to burn the town. One thousands eight hundred gir!s were graduated from the Boston cook ing schooIssdaring the past year. On the head of the average man there are about 120,000 hairs, provi ded, of course, that he is not bala. The Raleigh Visitor says Mr. J. C. L. HUarris is now connected with the night editorial staff of the Stole Chronicle, A bridge half a mile long will be built across the Mississippi, near New O leans, with $5,000,000 of Chicago capital. Gen Green Clay Smith in a letter from Washington says the soldiers of the civil wr are dying at the rate of 22,000 per year. Gor. Carr has offered one hundred dollars reward lor the capture of Ad dison Anierson, (the murderer of Frank Howard in Wils(on county kst Decem ber. German boys are said to be the strongest in the world; Irish hoys the wittiest; French boys are the cleverest; and American boys the brightest. There is danger of a rabbitt plague in Kansas similar to that of Australia. Is this another evidence of the mistakes of the Populist? A Maryland woman entertained three guests some time ago, strangers to her and one another, naaed Mrs. Spiinkle, Mrs. Shower and Mrs Storm. The manufacture of Southern pro ducts in the South is on the increase A single factory in North Carolina is how turning out 4,000,000 daily. - A-Texas legislature wants to amend he State constitution so as to hold a session of the legislature onlv once in four years, and to elect State seuators only once in eight years. Is there! a town in Noith Carolina that can show up. as vtell, as to politics, as Sparta? Not a single white Re- puohcan lives in our town. Allegha ny Star. The Carolinian savs that the fThird party men in the House voted with the Republicans in favor of abolishing the present trstem of county government in Stokes county. Capt. Black, of Maxton, who was recently ordained to the gospel ministry in the Presbyterian Church, has been appointed to the position aseyangf'list lor Union and Ausou counties. Mun- rat Enquirer. The Cherokee tribe of Indians have perhaps the most odd form of marriage. The happy couple join hands over a running stream ana tney necotne at once man and wife. - It must be rather compromising for a Qherokee youth to assist a lady across a ditch. About 5HU,UUU,UUU is paid every year in Germany for the creation and preservation of forests; 299,000 fami lies are sunnorleu troni them, while something like 3,000,000 find employ ment in the various wood industries of the empire. Total revenue from the forf-sts amounts to $14,500,000 and the current expenses are8,500,000. The editor of tlve St. Louis Repub lican seriously asks, "Are we a Chris aa w, ta. ' 1 tian iNalionr it wouldn t be so strange if a Chicago editor had made . -ww a t . that inquiry. We couldn t say pos itively, but as the country is becoming Democratic we have hopes that if we are not a Christian Nation we wil eventually be. Wilminqton Star. A moan from the New York Trib une: "The election of Judge Allen as Senator from Nebraska by acorabina tion of Democrats and Populists re moves the last possibility of the Re publican control over the upper branch of Congress. As the result of this and similar agreements the Democratic par ty will become responsible on March 4 for the government of the country. If you see a needed improvement for the town, demand it and talk it vigor ously until the whole community is impregnated with the idea;, .until a storm of public sentiment compels the work, and bye and bye you will see the result of your courage and talk in un versal improvement, increased facilities and business, and a broad liberal, gen erous v public spirit that pervades and w .-si vi vines and mates beautirul every place where it enters. New Bern Journal. Many things in this busy world of ours have been wrongly named, bor instance, milk of lime has no milk; oil of vitriol is not an oil; quicksilver is pure mercury: soda water contains no soda; sulphuric acid contains no sul phur; wormseed i3- unexp.inded flower buds; copperas is an iron salt and con tains no copper; German silver con tains no silver and blacklead contains no le id; sugar of lead has nothing to do with sugar, nor has cream of tartar anything to do with cream; oxygen means the Macid generator," but hydro gen is really the essential element, and many acids contain no oxygen; salts of lemon has nothing to do with a lemon, but is a plt of the extremely polsouous I oxalic acitL Wilson fcai just got la a 113,000 tUctrle light plant and Is toj bat a lyttem f waterworks In operation next August. MrqJ. C. Buxton hat m!&ned the presidency of the First National Bank o Winston and Col. J. W. Alspaugh has been elected his successor. The proprietors of the Char lotte Observer have purchased the old Bank of Blecklenburg building and will fit it up and move the office into it at an early day. A bill has been introduced in th Tennessee legislature to make carrying of pistols taxable as other pririlepes, at the rate of five dollars a year. The revenue received is to be applied to the coramon schools. says the store and postoffice at Grassy Pond, Cleveland countyg was robbed Sunday night a week ago, One dollar in pennies waa taken from the postoffice and ten in cash and ten dol- ars worth of Jewelry from the store. The Charlotte News says Mr. A. W. Clark, a good farmer ot Berryhill town ship, Mecklenburg county, fell off the op of a freight train, on which he was riding Tuesday night, and crushed his kull, dying instantly. The accident occurred near Belmont Caston'county. John Hairston, colored, was arrested in Winston last week charged with stealing $400 from Charles Bowman, a wealthy farmer of Stokes county. Hairs ton, who was raised by Mr. Bowman, got the money out of the old man's trunk while the latter was at breakfast. Col. Geo. Williamson, a prominent cit izen of Caswell county, died last week. He was a soldier in the Mexican war and also in the late war. He had served sev- e ral terms in the State Senate and was a successful farmer on a largo scale. Four thousand people in Concordia and Cataroula parishes, in the northern Portion of Louisiana are on the vercre of starvinc Information said in ho 0- , from that section shows that the peo ple are in a pitiable condition, and un- ess relief is given them at once many deaths from starvation will result. A man is dog mean who can and won't pay hi3 debts and a Jitte help should be provided for him. What this country needs more than anything else, except prohibition, is a strict cash system. We trust the time is not far distant when the credit system will play out. As a rule, it is the poor man's eaemy. Wilhe3boro Nezvs. Men have various way? of cirryini; their money, says an exchange. Butch ers. erocers and bankers carry it in a crumpled wad. Bankers in nice clean bills laid at full length in a merocro pocket book. Brokers always fold their bills twice. 1 he young business man carries nis money in nis.ver- pncK- i . i et. and the sporting m ui carries his in his trousers pocket. Farmers and dro vers carry their money in their inside pockets. Editors carry theirs in other people's pockets. A valued ltaleigh contemporary mi iii 'i I. ... L U s:iys: ine kreat rrooiem wiui -which this legislature is struggling is how to mke the penitentiary self-supporting In New Jersey no such thing is at torn nted. and a bill has actually been 1 i introduced to require county commis sionprs to Day 75 cents a clay to the ------ j t family of a man imprisoned for intoxi cation, abuse, or nou-snpport of fami ly, or assault. After a while some sick sentimentalist will introduce bill requiring the authorities to give convicts ice cream twice a week. In Raleigh a meeting of special im portance has been held by the Legisla ture on Banks, the special subject un der consideration being the various bills to establish State banks and the plan of securing the best bank system. Some prominent bankers addressed the committee. It was plainly stated that it would not do to take county or mu nicipal bonds; and also that State bonds were difficult to procure. One banker said be had to pay 101 for North Carolina 4's. The bankers said the best plan was to sue one-third on the paid up capital and hold the stock holders liable for twice the amount of their stock. Other bankers will be here and have a hearing. Rockingham Rocket : We have never thought it right for a poor man with tea children, who is obliged to plow a tbull ox, and owns no wheel conveyance, to be compelled to work and keep in re pair the public roads, while his next neighoor who owns a dozen wagons and teams and is past 45 years of age goes scott free of road duty. We know the charge is made, and true, too, that this is the only duty or tax that many of our colored population pay the State, but Xet there be a law enacted that a voter show his tax receipt before he is entitled to vote, and the tax will be forthcoming. Let there be a wheel tax to keep up our public highways and the improve ments of the public road will bo stal ling. And let there be a law compelling everybody to pay their taxes before ihey exercise the Tigh tof suffrage and you will see an equally surprising lull treasury. The lungs contain one hnndml and seventy-five million cell?, fha is what makes man a practical joker. ot'tt washing tas u:vn:it. Cttfft4ae ef t Wttr&ctua. . Washington, Feb. 15, Prtii dent HarrUott ha officially recognized the Hawaii Commissioners ana inti mated to them that he favored annexa tion, and in h w days, probably tlm week, he will end a message tt con gress recommending the necessary leg islation, wun certain conditions to be detailed in his message. Wlnie many congressmen believe hatMinister Stevens acted entirely too hastily in establishing a protecto rate without instructions, the prepon derance of congressional opinion seems to be that outright annexation, or pro gressive annexation; mac is, a con tinuance of the protectorate for a given period to be followed by annexa tion now necessary in order to maintain the national honor, which is, of course, the first thought of every congressman, however much they may diner as to methods. The settlement depends much upon President elect Cleveland. If he in forms the leaders of his party that he intends calling an early extra session of congress this matter will probably be allowed to go over, but such will hardly be the result of mere rumors of an extra session, believed by many to have been started for no other pur pose than to influence voters on the silver question, which was settled for the session last week. It congress will not meet again before next De cember, there is little doubt that President Harrison s recommendation will be promptly acted upon. Oue gentleman who is on terms of intima cy with Mr. Cleveland told me. that his impression was that Mr. Cleveland would be pleased to see this Hawaiian business finally disposed of at this session, as he expects to have enough domestic problems to fully occupy his time for some time after his inaugura tion. There is good logic in this view of it too. Now that the report? bf both the Senate and House committees which nvestigated the Homestead strike and the employment of the rmkerton s men in labor troubles generally have been made the futility of expecting any pronounced congressional legislation on the subject is apparent. The llouse committee's reports (there are three of them) contain no recommpn- dation of value and the report of the Senate committee, which reads like it might have been written by a school boy who had just received two lickings, one from the teacher and the other .... .. . 1 t . . Ti from his father, is no better. It con sists of nine conclusions which the committee arrived at, and these con elusions wabble between the two sides of the question llnally winding up with the doubt whether congress has any right to legislate on the subject, and pleading for arbitration. It is a fact well known in Washington if not at tbair homes, that the average con- "lessman, be he senator or represen tative, while alwavs ready to make buncombe speech on the labor question is afraid to commit himself to decisive legislation on the subject. The house has adopted amendments to the legislative and executive ap nronriation bill, providing for eight hon rs work a dav by the clerks in th daivirr.mpnts. reducing thsir annual leave with pay from 30 to 15 days vear. and nrohibiUng the cio iug anv department on accounfc of the death of an ex-official. It is consider ed VPi'V doubtful whether any of these amendments, except possibly the last one. will get through the senate Th same bill has another amendment, a good one too, abolishing congres sional funerals at public expense. It is estimated that the proposed amendments to the pension laws, now being discussed by the house, would if they became laws save about $30, 000,000 a year. They provide tor transferring the pension office from the interior to the war department an ! placing it in charge of army officers; also, for suspending pensions paid to those haying an annual income of $600 or more; to widows who were not married within five years frq;u the close of the war, and, except in ca-e of total disability, tr alien non-residents. These amendments may possibly get through the 'house, but there is no probability of their being adopted by the senate as at present constituted. The mountain would n t come to Mahomet, so Mahomet will go to the monntain. The Panama investigating committee, the members of which sensibly changed their minds abcu: holding a star chamber investigation, had so much trouble about getting witnesses wanted to come here and testify that if left for New York t day, where it will endeavor to get a look at the cooks and to get. the testi mony of the bankers who handled th money. Liter the committee will probably go to Indiana to take ex Secretary Thompson's testimony. Notwithstanding the report that he would be selected, the unofficial an nouncement that Judge Graham haft b-sen really selected to be Mr. Cleve iuni'a SpcwtiirT of State created a sensation in Washin-toti. His pei sonal fitness is acknowledged by all but there is considerable quiet "kick ing" being done by democratic con gressmen. They do not tUitik the judge is a democrat, and, by the way, he isn't. Hawaii t t Atirtt, WsL.l2tat fsU. U.TU rrrutml atamaifltk mmu tl sf.rt ntmm mxMausrft iia; ti aaatti lh IlawaiuM lUt.U U tt rHaic. It l aC0rajui.J by the trt uf annotation onciudiaj Urtn tf.a secretary of state and lha JUtaJ'.aa rommisaioner and a m&a of corrriu- deuce reUtfajt to the queaiioa at italic. The treaty -4 hticf, providing tatrUy for the auurxatlo&a of the bland under the present provisional coveroracnt. leaving the details of the permanent form of government, etc., to the action of congress. The corrprMimlirA i yery voluminous, going back many years and Rives a complete historv of th island, so far as negotiations with the Uuited States is concerned. Contrary to the general expectation, the wmate in executive session declined to make the treaty public immediately, but decided to first have the message and docu ments printed for confidential informa tion of senators. The papers were ac cordingly sent down to the government priuting. office to be put in type for confidential use with the probability that the seal of secrecy will be released to-morrow. Tho Xext Cabinet. Lakewood, N. J., 14 Mr. Cleve land officially announced the name of four members of .his cabinet through the United Press this evening. They are W alter Q. Gresham, of Illinois, sec retary of state; Jao. G. Carlisle, of Iventuckv, secretary of the treasury; Daniel S. Lamont, of New York, sec retary of war; Wilson S. Bessell, of Buffalo, N. Y., postmaster general. On makingithis announcement Cleveland said: "There is no ueedof auy mystery in regard to the cabinet, and it is use less to speculate and indulge in guess work, i shall make no secret of the matter, but shail announce the names of the gentlemen selected to fill each position as fast as I receive their ac- eptances and their permission to make the matter public. Mr. Cleveland would say nothing in regard to the other positions or the men who have been mentioned in con nection with them. It is evident that Hoke Smith, Hillary Herbert and oth ers who have been 1 mentioned are un der consideration. A conference which will probably settle Hoke Smith's chan ces one way or tlfe other will be held at Mr. Cleveland's office in New York some day this wrek. Senator Gordon and other southerners will be present. Its Iaiportanee Made Manifest. A shin canal on the Nicaragua route would be of gresL service to this country in many ways, and an illustra tion of the value of'such a waterway is suggested by the movements of Ad miral Gherardi's squadron and the con dition of affairs on the Hawaiian Is lauds. Thi; squadron is now moving northward in the Atlantic, and will l at Barhadoes in a few days. In all probability'the commander will there find orders directing h m to go to Hon olulu. But the passage to that place will consume forty-two days, and the squadron will be compelled to stop twice on the way for coal. If there were a ca al across the Jsthmus the trip would be a direct and compara tively a short one, and in this case the lapse, of time may be a matter of very considerable importance A. 1. Times. And in ea?e of war with Great Brifian where would o lr squ2aron con!? There would not be a coaling afiifinn mi th route where an Amen- . j waa ax vsa- a.. ----- , mn iiln phi. Id act a piece of coai I'tilt n ii i -juii' Vw. d iband' of war If i j , pleted and dmu.na- for coal is a conlr. f.ho i;n:i was eomt ti-v then e would have coaling stations along the route, and they would be supplied with Southern co d. Hawaii will be owned by a foreign power within ten years, and the United States government had just as well underhand it now. Our country would bs in a serious condi tion at war with a naval power, and without the ability to get coal for its shins. To prevent war, is to he pre pired for it. S u-h was the advice Wash i n gton . Udeifjh Chrontele. of The Pabllc Printing. A Democratic caucus of the General Assembly was h-!d yesterday afternoon in the Hall of the Hou.e u consider the public printing question. After much discussion ot th subject the sense of the caucus was expressed in the following resolution, which was adopted : . . Unsolved 1. That it is the sens or this caucus that the public printing and binding should b let out io some responsible firm or person at tne low est actual C'r-ti . . 2. 'that the Committee on Printing be instructed to mak- a contract and report to the Caucus. New Y'vrk, Feb. 15 Tne will of the ' . . .hi . ; r r late Mr. Flora Pavna . uiumy. ou ex-Secretary of Nay Whitney, wan U- day filed for prorntie. It was executed January 31, and leave all her property, real and personal, to her hus band and makes him Hole executt.r. The property is valued at neai'.y oue milli on dollars, fits tmU At 4fMti 4,. l Hk mm g- t j II MUI, Ui aVl lm tar. ;w4f tu .:i U3 tufiht r.a fc.M -fUjipj. I tl.a fetUr ir, nl l.trd taper thrueh tU n4 fcofc i f(ak of wtruietim. Ihtrwk tijalMi liikdtht ti4 ,l"Jr fc ftW, aid tcattf ml the homing petMrr, amdag ihm dHUcer. A dozn perona were rr. Iod in th Umw d window, and uwra, w preaauig the firL and OS - f at M ilk. st1. .a iia iu.uwr on me-tide near tfce windows had been torn up by the ex plosion but they were obliged to run the length of the blazing room toes cape. Ten persons fell through to the cellar and were burned to death. Sev en more, wiiose clothes had canghton fire, .died shortly fter reaching the air inree were trampled into uncon sciousness m the panic and were bnrn ed as they lay on the floor. - Five men ancieveu wometihose clothes were halt ourned from their back nr i critical condition. Many othpr bar slight fractures or burns. Only 35 or 40 persons escaped uninjured. Position to b- Avoided. To all yonug men who contemplato a ourney to Washington for the purpose of securing employment the best advice is, don't. Tho humblest situation in a mercantile house, where the pecuniary reward is small, where the hours are long and whore the labor is hard, is bet ter in the end than a Government clerk ship. One way lie opportunities for ad vancement, for the utilization and final reward of every talent and all the energy that the youog man posesses. The oth er way-lie hopeles3nessf drudgery- stag nation Many a poor youig man seeks a Gov ern ment clerkship in order tnat he may earn his support while he is studying his profession. He is playing with flre. He is taking up.a staff that is likely to become,; necessary, to hiaias a crutch. He is in danger of discovering, when his profession is learned that he is not the moral cojFage to drop his Government stipend. It would have been infinitely better it might have been his making if he had toiled for scantier dollars in a manlier way. The Government clerk drags out a monotonous existence, dreary, unpromla ing of advancement, and if he is not turn ed out in his oldage to linger on through bis few remainingyears in poverty of his kind. There is no service thfit bo destroys the latent energies and kills the hope as u. r ... vuab ui government cleric. j"oung men 'aho think they have the i elements of suc cess In them should avoid it as would a plague. Harper's Weekly. they Looks that Way. A jealous minded minded sheet over in the southern part of tholerritory observta that "the euitor of TAe Kicker will now probably begin to pull wires for tho postmastership of the town." Thank you, sir, we befcan pulling wires for that position six weeks ago! It may look a little cheeky on our part to want to be editor, mayor, state senator and post master at once, but that's our earnest desire just the same. We feel that wo baye the length, depth and breadth to hold about eight political offices' at tb same time and still have time to spare to look-alter our great family uewsoaper. grocery feed store, butcher shop, shoe store and harness shop. We don't want the earth, but we think we can run a good big slice of the glorious west to everybody's satisfaction Ys th0 l;itu,astersJliP. au(l the first thing to K're,t the eye of ti.e new postmaster een. eral as ho lakes posession will be ouSp- pucjMion. vve ougut to have had the position under 51 r. Wannamaker, as we were buying goods from him right alon" and advising ali Philadelphia children to attend his Sunday school, but he gave us the grand flop and put in a critter whose only "reccommend" was a bad case of catarrh anil the ability to spell Chicago with a capital "S." We shall he postmaster. It will reward us for our zeal. It will be another tribute to our merit- Later on we may want to be governor of Arizona, but there is no special need to rush things. Arizona Kicker. A gentleman bv the name of Kizer in-i.stfd thut it should be pronounctd 'Kz ir.' A farmer dfave up to Lii back yard one day and the following conversation ensued between a freryant and the farmer: 'Dues Mr. K zer live'her the farmer. asktd "Mr. Keezir reply. ires here," was the ( "Vell, see here; -you tell Mr. Keezar tuat Mr. Kersmith has a lor.d of ker hay for him and wants tokuowwheie the kerbarn is," A inan brain w.-l thri and rne halt' pounds. A woman's is yomevrhafc lighter, but of Hner quality. That ia. wiiat enables her to uste 'lard it. her neighbor's p..ntry. The hem. i-i i .-. r beats 75 tiiU'S a n inutc, yo ing iiihii mvts p . p .ri v and steps t renin m-, A' u hcimT Lo.it ;',' -h-ar' i; .1-! i -:.., . r. ut, a P -its : to 1 1C5 in the shade. j- panic among me rest of the company. Half of the people in the hall were at the end frmu which then nr . !1 1

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