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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1893. _ - r-? ----- 4> VOL. LVIII. NO. 39. TRUE-BLUE DEMOCB?I HISTORY OF THE ORG^ ZATIOX OF DE3IOCRAT CLUBS ONE HUNBRED YEARS . An Essay Read by Capt. L. Ch ton Before the Edgefiel Democratic Club Satur day, May 26, 189*4. At a meeting of the Edge) Democratic Club on Saturday e^ ing, May 26th, Capt. L. Charl having been appointed to write essay on the recent letters Chauncey F. Black, ex-Gover of Pennsylvania and presiden the association of nati mal de] eratic clubs for the United Sta to ex-Governor Hampton the vi president for South Carolina, ? also on Governor Hampton's pr tarnation thereunder, addressed club as follows : Fellow Democrats: In order understand and appreciate 1 necessity of democratic organi tions in clubB, State and nation ^a^brief resume of the early histc of parties might be instruct] and interesting to my audience. The revolutionary war for t sovereignty and independence the Thirteen Colonies had be fought and won under the lead? ship of Gen. Washington, coi mander in chief of the army the colonies, A constitutional co veution had been called, and tl present constitution framed ar adopted for the government of tl country. George Washington was electe first President of the republic by large vote, almost unanimous, ac was inaugurated in New Yor] April, 1789. Hf? called as h counsellors and constitutional a? visors in his cabinet the able? " men developed in an era of revc lution, being as fine a judge c men as skilled in war. These grea men were to mould the policy c his administration at homo suv with foreigu countries. Thos selected ^ere Thomas Jefferson Secretary of State, and Alexande Hamilton, Secretary of the Treas ury. The Secretary of State wa the representative of liberal dem ocracy, the sovereignty of the peo pie, the sovereignty of States ii all matters not delegated to thi federal government and expresser, in the constitution of the Uniter. States, and held the doctrine o: strict construction on all questions The Secretary of the Treasury was the representative of federal power, over many policies and prerogatives which the States had not delegated to the federal union in the constitution, holding to thc dogma of latitudinarian construc tion of the articles of the consti tution, and favoring a strong federal government and the cen tralization of power at Washing ton. The federal policy and construc tion of the constitution prevailed in the first two administrations under the lead and arguments of Hamilton and others, which em braced twelve years of rule. The conflict in public opinion was great, calling into print articles from the ablest writers and speak ers of that age, a hundred or more years ago, forming a book, known as "The Federalist," which is to day a text book for statesmen as at that time. In that period origi nated the difference of political opinion which formed the basis of every political platform since in this country. To combat federal policies and federal principles, Mr. Jefferson organized demociatic clubs and associations in si ates, and national democratic clubs for tho inculca tion a,nd dissemination of denrj,o oratic principles, which aroused great activity among those of the democratic faith. In the year 1800 he was triumphantly elected Presi dent, when an administration un der democratic auspices was inau gurated, and continued fpr eight years under his administration and others, bis successors, for noarly sixty years with one or two departures-J. Q. Adams, and the whigs under Gen. Taylor-eight years in all. In 1860 the great democratic party divided into factions, whi resulted in the success of a fedf alist and the civil war was the i suit, a contest between State sc eignty and federal centralizatic The results are well known to a The national organization democratic clubs was very effecti and did much good before the w in propagating sound d? mocrat doctrine. In 1S6S Mr. Tilden coi menced the propagation of dem eratic ideas, and the resuscitatk and reorganization of democrat national clubs. He was electe President in 1876, but was swii died out of his rights and tl rights of his party by the federa iste in power, the same party whic had caused the civil war. In 1888 a national orgpnizatio of democratic clubs was accon plished and ex-Gocernor Black, c Pennsylvania, is now presiden We endorse every maxim c democratic faith as announced b President Black as constitutin articles in the national club COE stitution. They are as follows: To foster the formation of pei mauent democratic clubs and so cieties throughout the Uniter States, and insure their active co operation in disseminating Jeffei son ian principles of government To preserve the Constitution o the United States, the autonom; of the States, local self-goveiD meut, and freedom of elections. To resist revolutionary change and the centralization cf power. To oppose the imposition o taxes beyond the necessities o government economically admin istertd. To promote economy in al branches of the public si-rvice. To oppose unnecessary comraer ?ial restrictions for the benefit o: the few af the expense of the many To oppose class legislation which despoils labor and builds ur. monopoly. To maintain inviolate the fun damental principles of democracy -"Equality before the law.'1 To co-opera'e with thc r?gulai organization of the democratic party in support of democratic men and democratic measures. We endorse the Chicago- demo cratic platform under which we are requested to organize by Gov srnor Hampton. The Edgefield Democratic Club stands on the ancient dogmas of Jeffersonian democracy, and on the last plat form of the party on which Mr. Cleveland, after accepting and en dorsing, was elected triumphantly, the first grand triumph in the past thirty years, controlling all de partments of the government. After thirty years of political contest, resulting in a great vic tory, democrats had a right to ex pect democratic results. What have we realized from our victory? If ex-Governor Black and ex-Gov 3rnor Hampton expect us to en dorse the financial policy of Mr. Cleveland, we dissent. In the or ganization of his cabinet he would appoint no democrat who was op posed to the free coinage of silver. He appoiuted a republican, Gres ham, a new convert if a democrat at all, Secretary of State, when there are thousands of true demo crats who would fill the office with dignity and honor to the country. He exercised his great powers and that of his cabinet to defeat free coinage of silver an ancient and constitutional right of the people and a well established doctrine of the democratic party. He vetoed the Seigniorage silver coinage bill denying to the people the smallest fraction of their right under the constitution and the platform of our party. Ile has established the gold standard, he has issued na tional bonds under protest, he has absolutely demonetised silver. For these and other reasms, we do not endorse his financial policy. In two years he will go out of power with the love and admiration of but few of his party, and but little power and influence in democratic councils. The great democratic party must fight her battle over again Mr. President, the battle for democratic principles must be fought again. A victory in the last campaign, has been made a defeat by administration policy. The re pudiation of free coinage of silver; the repeal of the tax on State banks; the national banking monopoly renting on national bonds, bearing interest in gold in the interest of bond holders ; the financial polioy wholly in the in terest of a class; all these things must and will be changed, and a new system adopted resting upon justice, equity, and equality to all the interests and all the peo? pie of tb,e TJnion, The power of capital must be decentralized au a fiscal agency established in ead State to facilitate commerce am encourage a revival of industries There are factions and conflict of opinion in the national democ racy, there is a lack of harmon; and united action in Congres? There is division in the democracy of South Carolina. Conservatives reformers, third partyitee or popu lists, all are democrats and stunc together in a national contest. An] club formed in this State is eligi ble to memberchip in the nationa association of democratic clubs o; which ex-Governor Black is presi dent, because they are all demo crats differing only on some ques tions. Parties are necessary in aU governments, monarchical, aristo cratic or republican. One party it a check on another, thus giving tire people th<* best government. The reformers supporting the farmers movement in South Caro lina are the bone and sinew of the country. The supporters of Tillman constitute the bulwark and defence of the State. The only enemy to good government in the State is the republican or fed eralist party, the party that has brought calamity upon the people whenever in power. This is the party which is not eligible to mem bership in the great democratic family, and is not worthy to be as sociated in the great uatioual as sociation of democratic clubs or ganized to promoie good govern ment. Nynm-Nyum, Bow-Wo-?v. Longman'! Magcxine. Everybody knows the story of the Englishman who, dining with a Manderin, desired to know what moat he was eating. He pointed to the dish and said, interrogatively, "Quack-quack?" His host shook his head and auswered, with the politest of smiles. "Bow-wow." And there yo? have the language in its simplest elements. As yet, however, it possesses no syntax, no order, no formative principles. Now push the thing one stage further. Let us make a verb, to eat. The simplest way of doing this is to imitate the sound of the teeth in grinding-especially in grindind hard grain, like corn or coarse roots and foodstuffs, ny'm, ny'm, or nyum, nyura, nyum, is as about as near as we can get to it in ordinary letters. (The Italian gu'm gn'm, or the Spanish n'm, n'm, would repre sent it more accurately.) Hence nyum-nyum is a common symbol for "to eat" with savagas. Now ask with an interrogative inflection of voice., "Nyum-nyum quack-quack?"-and that means, "Am I eating duck?" The answer comes, with a 6hake of the head. "Nyum-nyum bow-wow"-and that means, "Oh, dear, no; it is dog vou are eating." True, the grammatical elements of first and second person are here suppressed but so they are in many primitive languages, and so they are even in the negro dialets of French and English. Tenses and pei sons are frequently lost. ''Him gwine town' means "He is going to town," iu ne gro English. "Him eat means he is eating ''ete," eo on generally. "I have eaten" becomes in Cr?ale French, "Mol finn, mange" that is to Ray, "J'ai fini n.anger."' "Rich nigger, him mulatto; poor mulatto him nigger," gives the simple, grammar of negro English ; in CroeleFrencb, where "ll" means lui." it comes out in the paecisely analogous from, "Neguo riche, il mulatte; mulatto pauvre, li negu?." That is grammar reduced to its simplest elements. Now. t^ carry tho process one step further. You see the romains of a due?, lying on the ground in the neighborhood of your com pound, and you wish to know what has happened to it. You ask a savage bystander, "Bow-wow nyum-nyum quack-quack?" That is to say, "Has a dog eaten my duck" The ?avago shakes his head, pats his own round stomach, and answers, with gusto, "Nyum nyum quack-quack." That means, "I have eaten it," President Cleveland's Caucer. lt has been rumored that he has \t. If he would take a course of Batanio Blood Balm, the best blood purifier and building up remedy in the world, he would soon be well. It will not disap point. Price $1.00 per large bottle For sale by druggists. Use it/for blood and skin diseases, rheuma tism, catarrah etc. Subscribe to the Edgefield Ab VERTISER. THE BOLD IR. NEWBOLD WANTED TO KILL MAYOfi SLOAN WITH A PISTOL. THE MAN A STATE DETECTITE Thc Weapon Belongod to thc State and Was Confis cated from Another Person. The Colombia Stute, May .pst. Just ia front of the city hall yesterday afternoon W. H. New bold, a white man, who claims to haf: from Texas, made an attempt to shoot Mayor Sloan, although he was under arrest at the time. New bold has been seen' about (ho State capitol a good deal of late, and since his arrest it has developed that he is in the employ of the State as a deteotive. He is badly wanted by the Attorney General to-day, it seems, as a witness in cases in Florence, which cases are supposed to be the cases of dispen sary smashing arising out of the recent Darlington trouble. The story leading up to the final confinement of Newbold yesterday afternoon, is an interesting one in all particulars. It seems that Newbold has been here several days, together with another young man, who has just been convicted in Florence of au assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, and who was yesterday bound over lo the higher court in til is county fora similar offense. On Tuesday night, the young man referred to raised quite a racket in this eily and pulled out a pistol. It was a weapon belong ing to the State of South Carolina. Yesterday morning when he was< brought before the mayor and fined, the concealed weapon was confiscated and herein began the Newbald wen Ho- Mayor- SicJpBg residence during the afternoOiegraft stating that he was a detective and Dwned the wpapon and demanded its return. The mayor told him if he could produce proof that he was a regularly appointed officer he would turn the weapon over to him. Newbold presented a note from Attorney General Buchanan, who asked the mayor to deliver the pis tol to Newbold, as he was au offiocr Df tho State. He told the mayor that he would have to give up the weapon, and he began to threaten, so Mayor Sloan says. The mayor told him he had struck the wrong man to bulldoze. Mayor Sloan says that Newbold then stepped back outside the gate, threw back bis coat, displaying a pistol and told him that he was tired of talk ing and that if he (the mayor) would step out there they would settle the whole thing. Mayor Sloan was unarmed, and stepping back in the house he sent a mes senger to tell the chief of police to meet him at Mr. Buchanan's residence. The mayor put on his coat and came up to see Mr. Buch anan. He told the Attorney Gen eral what hau transpired. Mr. Buchanan did not uphold Newbold and nsked the mayor what he in tended to do. Mayor Sloan said lie intended to lock Newbold up. Mr. Buchanan wished to give bond for his apj earance, stating that he was obliged to have tho mari for a witness iii Florence to-day. The mayor refused. Mayor Sloan then came up street and made out a warrant for the arrest of the man. Officers were sent to watch outgoing trains. About G o'clock a message waa re ceived from the Attorney General that Newbold was at his office ready lo submit to arrest. Sergeant Hamilton was sent down for him. Newbold came up street with him quietly enough and the officer made no attempt to disarm him. The sergeant, meeting Officer Kraft, stopped in front of the city hall. The Governor's private secretary. Mr. Tompkins*, went to see the mayor, but, Mayor Sloan refused to allow anyone to stand the fel low's bond ; he said that $40 in cash would have tobe put up be fore Newsbold could be released. The mayor finally came down and passed near by. One of tue officers says that he remarked: "There goes]the d-n scoundrel new. I intend to kill him." At any rate veryv_shortly afterwards, the mayor being some distance away. New bold suddenly whipped out a pis tol, j Before he could make use of j it, ii was wrenched out of his hanoi; the "nippers" were placed on b|m and the officers started to the station house with bim amid considerable excitement. It is 6aid that:.Newbold has threatened to kill Hboth the mayor and the chief of police before he stops. .It'was said at a lattor hour last night that an effort Would be made to h?ve him released on habeas corpus by the Supreme Court be fore.'the early train leaves for) Florence this morning. Such is the story as obtained, told plainly and ?without color. A?iittle More About Cowpeas. Bj Director. R. J. Redding. Inf-Press Bulletin No 7. publish ed iii April, a typographical error mad? me say. "It is decidedly the most profitable disposition of the crop to gather the ripe peas." It should have been '*It is de cidedly the most profitable to con vertithe pea vines into hay ; and tha&the next most profitable dis posion of the crop is to gather the iipe peas." The context, how ever^'agrees with this correction, andjl would hardly notice it but jil for the fact that it was intended to r?efer to the subject ?n this bullftiu in order to still further impfess the results to the experi ments in Bulletin No 24. The con clusions reached aa the resulr of? thatfexperiment arc here repeated : lXThat the best disposition of a crorCof field peas is tb convert the vine?, into hay. g J 2. rThe next best is to permit the.ieas to ripen and gather them (orpasture them). 3-^Mowing the vines and per mit??jg them to lie on the surface and then. ^rWlhWt??ng bunder the vines in August. 2. Turning the vines under green gave the poorest economic results. (On request copies of Bulletin No. 24. which contains the full details of the experiment, will be sent free, to any farmer.) As the season is at hand for sowing cow peas, especially after small grain, I wish to press the subject still farther. The following extracts are from Farmer's Bulletin No. 16. United States Department of Agri culture : .'It will thus be seen that by green manuring with leguminous crops it is possible to manure the Boil with nitrogen from the air, a free and ? ne xii au stable sourco,aud thus avoid buying fertilizers con taining much nitrogen. This great ly lessens the expense for com mercial fertilizers for nitrogeu is j the most expensive element the farmer has to buy. As stated.above it costs from 15 to 20 cents al poundjWhile potash and phosphoric acid cost only 5 to 7 cents or evon less. Although grains, grasses, corn, cotton, root crops, tobacco, etc, can not use the nitrogen of the air, green manuring enables them to benefit by it indirectly. * * * * Experiments have shown that cowpea8 respond readily to ap plications of potash aud phosphates and are able to derive [their nitro gen very largely from thc air. In as much as cowpeas are large gatherers of nitrogon, and also Becure considerable amounts of potash and phosphoric acid through their extensive root system which reaches down to the subsoil, they have a high fertilizing value. How to get the greatest benefit from the fertilizing constituents of cowpeas is one of the problems on which the experiment stations are working. If the cowpeas are plow ed under in the fall and the ground left bar? until spring a large share of the nitrogen will be leached away. By sowing wheat or rye af ter the cowpeas aro plowed under part of this loss may bc avoided. If the vines are cut and allowed to lie on the ground during tho win ter the nitrogen is rapidly lost. In an experiment at the station in Alabama it was found that vines gathered in October had from 1.45 to 2.02 per cen1, of nitrogen, while if left on the ground until January they had only about 007 per cent, i. e., thoy lost two thirds of their most valuable fertilizing in gredient. Experiments at the Louisana station show that one acre of cow peas, yielding 2,979,38 of organic matter, turned under gave to the soil 64.95 pounds of nitrogen, 20.39 jxmnds of phosphoric acid, and 110.56 pounds of potash, ol which at least 8.34 pounds of nitrogen, 4.43 pouuds'of phosphoric acid, and 18.1 pounds of potash were furnished by the roots. Analysis made at the South Caro lina station show that cowpea hay contains 1.42 per cent, of potash, 0.39 per cent of phoshoric acid, and 2.71 per cent of nitrogen. Cow pea roots contained 1.19 per cent cent, o? potash, 0.28 per cent of potash 0.28 pe r cent of phosphoric acid and 0.94 per cent, after, the crop was harvested contained 083 per cent, of potash, 0.26 per cent of phosphoric acid, and 1.35 per cent pf nitrogen. Experiments elsewhere showed that the vines from a given area weighed six times as much as the roots, aud were 8^ times as valuable for manuire. Cowpeas and melilotus have given good results as green manure on the canebrake lands of Ala bama. ''Before the land was sowed in melilotus and cowpeas it was not considered worth cultiva ting. This season (1890) it pro duced as fine a crop as the best lands of the station highly ferti lized." I wish to urge upon every farmer to sow cowpeas in every cornfield, and on all land that may be available between this dale and July 1, and which is to be planted in corn, cotton or small grain. In the North and in Englanlthe prac tice is to sow wheat aijd other small grain on a "clover sod," as many express it ; that is, after a crop of clover. In the south we , may just as well sow small grain after a crop of cow peas. In this , case it is advisable to sow peas in i corn at the last plowing, pasture , them off when ripe (or gather the peas) turn under the stubble in September and sow-the small grain. 1 the pea1Ta^e:s?wi^ stubble, and it i's not' desired - toi * sow in wheat or oats again, but rather to plant in cotton next sea- : son, a good piactice is to convert tho pea vines into hay,immediately turn under the stubble and harrow '. in two or four pecks of Georgia rye per acre. The rye will at once commence to feed on the decaying pea vines and other plant food left in the soil, and will hold it until January or February when the rye may be turned under in prepara tion for corn or cotton. DELEON, TEXAS, July 23,1891. Messrs. Lippman Bros., Savannah, Ga. GENTS-I've used nearly four bottles of P. P. P. I was afflicted from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet. Your P. P. P. has cured difficulty of breathing and smothering, palpitation of the heart, and relieved me of all pain; one nostrils was closed for ten years, now I can breathe through it readily. I have not slept on either side for two years, in fact,dreaded to see night come, now I sleep soundly in any position all night. I am 59 years old, but expect soon to be able to take hold of the plow handles :CI feel proud I was lucky enough to get P. P. P., and I heartily recommend it to my friends and the public generally. Yours respectfully, A.M. RAMSEY. Tm-: STATE OF TEXAS, ) County of Comanche. ] Before tho undersigned authority on this day, personally appeared A. M. Ramsey, who after being duly sworth, says on oath that the foregoing statement made by him relative to thu virtue "of P. P. medicine is true. A. M. RAESEY. Sworn to and subscribed before me this, August 4tb, 1891. J. M. LAMBERT, N. P., Comanche Co., Texas. AClyclone. COLUMBIA, S. C., May 30.-A State epocial from Benuettsville, Marlborough county, says that a section four miles north of that town was visited by a cyclone at 5:30 o'clock this af'.ernoon. A number of tenant houses were de stroyed. P.L. Breedon's gin house was blown down and his barn was moved but thero was no less of lifo._ The popular belief that May is an unlucky month for marriages dates from Roman times. HUSH BULLS. In the seaport town of S a retired ship captain, more re nowned for nautical than literary attainments, being called upon to make a speech, prefaced his re marks thus : "Ladies and gentlemen, I have been, as many of you are aware, all over the world, and in many other parts." An Irish gentlemen crossed the road and thus accosted a friend : "How are you-I thought it was youself, but I see it is your brother." An Irish chiropodist announces on his cards that he has had the honor of removing corns from several of the crowned heads of Europe ! On a Palm Sunday, in a church not many miles from Dublin, the clergyman made the following announcement: <*'0n Thursday next, being Good Friday, the Holy Sacrament will be administered." Irish Professor in Chemistry The substance you see in this vial is the most deadly of all poisons. A single drop placed on the tongue of a cat is enough to kill the stiongofct man. A lady, invited to a very re cherche musical party, had met with an accident to her front teeth which there was no time to repair. She said : "I will come, and as I shall not dare to open my mouth, you must tell your friends I am deaf and dumb, but appreciate music." A young lieutenant going out to India with his regiment, writing home about the country, says : "The climate is magnificent, but a lot of young fellows come out here and drink and eat and eat and drink, and die, and then write home and say it was the climate that did it." A car driver in County Clara, isked .by his fare "the name of b '*' ' b ii ' d' - * are pink," objscted the passenger. "Oh, yes, your honor," returned Pat, "but blackberries are always pink when they are green." Mr. O'Bull-What is Mr. Murphy's address, Mike, my boy? Mike-Sure and I don't know, your Honor. Mr O'Bull-Then write and ask bim for it. Patrick O'Donoghue, com plainant in a Dublin police court, in respect of a violent assault having been committed on him, when asked if he had done or said anything to the defendant to ac count for it, exclaimed : uNo, yer Honor ; I never lifted my hand to him nor said a word until he knocked me spachless!" Amone The Clouds. MURPHY, N. C., May 21.-The latest is a romantic marriage amoDg the clouds,which occurred recently in the lower end of the county. G. W. McClvre was married to Miss Lizzie Evanson the summit of the Unaka mountain, the highest in the county, which divides Noith Carolina and the county, which divides North Carolina and Tenneseee. Just as the solemn words that made them one were being pronounced a fleecy cloud crept up the mountain side, enveloping the scene in phautasmagorical beauty. It was a scene long to be rerueir bered bo those present and is the first marriage on record as occur ing amoung the clouds. Early Usc of the Word "Strike." Xo'.cs and Queries. An earl/ use of the word 'strike" occurs in the London Chronicle for 1765. In the Sept. number of that year are numerous references to a great suspension of labor in the northern coalfield, and the colliers are stated to have "struck out" for a higher bounty before entering into their usual yearly "bonds." In confirmation of Mr. Leaton Blenkiusopp's statement at the last reference, it may be added that tho strike is twice called a "stick," (London Chronicle, Oct. 8,10.) One Harriet Martiueu's earlist pamphlets was a tract entitled "The Tendency of Strikes and Sticks to Produce Low Wages," published at Durham in 1834. The time-honored illustration of pro fitless labor, ''carrying coals to Newcastle," probably received its first slap in the face during the striks of 1765. A paragraph dated Newcastle, Sept. 28, in The London Chronicle, says : '"Tis very remark able that on Wednesday several pokes of coals were brought from Durham to this town by one of the common carriers, and sold on tho sandhill for 9d. a poke, by which he cleared 6d. a poke." Composition on Sawmills. Sawmills is very useful. If it was not for sawmills wc wouldn't have no sawdust for to stuff our dolls. If I was a doll I would rather die than be stuffed with straw. Straw is very ticklesome when you h?int got anything else on yours inside. I know a good deal more about sawmills, but my paper is all gone. The State Bank tax. Atlanta Journal, The Washington correspondent of the Louisville Courier-Journal, who is both well informed and. re liable, says that the movement for the repeal of the State bank tax has gained much strength in Con gress recently. A careful count shows that one hundred and forty votes can be relied on for uncon ditional repeal. It has been agreed that an amendment repealing the bank tax shall be offered to IheBrawley bill and that a vote on the bid in that -shape shall be demanded within the next few days. The friends of repeal are confident that they have strength enough to take np the bill this week and to pass it in short order. Putting Up Fruit-The Cold Process. Philadelphia Methodist. Get fresh fruit, wash it clean ; put in three or four gallon earthen jars, and press it down as closely as you can without injuring it; then take two ounces of compound extract salyx (you can get this from any. druggist) ; dissolve it in four gallons of boiling' water. . Twenty gallons of strawberries, twenty-three gallons of raspberries, forty gallons of peaches, seventeen gallons of grapes, have been put up, and not a single gallon lost. Every jar kept perfectly fresh. The fruit looked and tasted just as it did when picked. It is much finer than canned fruit. It is strange that every one does not put up fruit in that way, as it is certainly elegant, so cheap, and healthy. Nb ver bear more than one kind of trouble at a time. Some peopJe bear three kinds-all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have. The man who opened the first distillery in the State of Missouri got 700 acres of public land in recognition of his enterprise. He died a gutter drunkard. Josh Pillings ouce rem.irked: Fools are divided into three classes-common fools, particular fools and durned fools; but oc casionally you find them all in one, a common, particular durned fool." Josh had probably in mind some of those rampant politicians that are to be found in this great gloorius country. Relic hunters have at last taken into consideration the wreck of the World's Fair, and are now payiDg roundly for objects modeled in stuff taken from the principal buildings. The angels on the Wo man's Building are said to be in so much demand that they will fetch high prices when taken down. The salvage company that dis mantlss the building is reaping a a good harvest. Don't forget that Ramsey & Bland deal in hard ware and farm implements'. They defy competi tion. Their store is calculated to please all tastes. This is the season .of the year when the farmers' mind stubbornly contemplates the purchase of farming imptements, and othe" necessities in the hardware line. As usual Ramsey & B.'and have prepared to meet every demana along that line. Visit their storo before laying m your supply. It would delight you to view and review the beautiful lines of harness which Ramsey & Bland, received this week. Magnificent is the word. Big stock Saddles, all prices, just received at Ramsey <&. Bland's. Will almost make your pants laugh to ride on one of them.