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Our Jolt riotto t " WE STUDY TO PLEASE.' LET US PLEASE YOU. NOTE. LETTER ANO BILL HEADINGS. LET US MAKE A CUT OF YOUR BUILDINO. PKIOES REASONABLE Olvo Us Your Work and Be Pleased. Satisfaction Guaranteed CALL. ON UH. TO THINK OWN SKLF BK TUUK AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS TIIK NIGUT TIIK DAY, TnOU OANS'T NOT TH KN BK FALSK TO ANY MAN. NEW SERIES, NO. O*.-VOLUME Ii-NO. 25. AN EDUCATIONAL ADDRESS. A TIMELY AND APPROPRIATE ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT HARTZOG. ?' THK SCHOLAR IN PRACTICAL LIPS." "Proclaim tho Glad Tidings nf tho ' Gospel j of Good Roads.' " I Tho following it; n full synopsis of tho annual address before tho liter ary societies of Purumu Univ? uty, which waa delivered hy President Henry S. I tart zog, of Clemson Col loge, on thc evening of .Juno 13th, in Greenville, and ia worthy of hoing read hy every citizen of the State : Ladies and Gentlemen : I admit that there is mindi truth in the popu lar estimate of thc self-made man, but I must protest against tho nar row limitations of the definitions usually given. Ordinarily wo think of the self-made man ns one who has not had the advantages of a college education. There uro illustrious ex amples of that type, like Franklin anti Lincoln. Bu it remembered, however, that there are self-made men in tho college as well as out of the college. Ifivery college graduate of worth to the world ia ix .self-made man. The college is hut a moana to an end ; it ?H not a hopper to turn out pure meal from all sorts of grain. The college does not keep in atock an assortment of hearts and brains for students who are deficient in character and capac ity. An eagle .setting on a goose egg cannot hatch out an eagle. Put a fool in the college incubator, warm him with tho sympathetic glow of cultured professors, and you will hatch out a fool. A college is a place of systematized opportunity. The self-made man out of college makes marvelous use of limited opportunities. The self made man in college makes use ol' unlimited op, irtunitioa. Holli cross the river- the one swims, and the othor rides in a boat. If it be true that self-made men are found in the shades of thc col lege campus as well as in the olliccs of busy trade, the frown of the world munt rest upon tho literary pedant, and very justly. The pedant is the literary miser. Ile stagnates because he receives and does not give out. His superannuated ideas are covered with the cobwebs of antiquity. His energy is expended in a vain endea vor to prevent tho introduction of new fangled inventions. The pedant is repudiated by the public. Tho world wants knowledge that can walk. It hasn't time to dally with tlie scholar in tho trundle bed. It wants knowledge that will bless as well as adorn humanity. The scholar should be built and shaped for practical lifo. I do not mean that he must sacrifice profes sional aims for industrial interests. I mean that whatever vocation, avoca tion, or vacation bo should have, los knowledge should bo applied ina practical way for tin betterment of mankind. Ilia thee l ies should Ix: projected into practice. Curt?a has well said that the s'diolar is first of all :i public conscience. I echo that sentiment. Princip?is aro few but thc manifestations are infinito. It. requires very often ix wide horizon of thought to sec tim underlying princi ples of a course of action. This is thc recognized function of the scho lar. Thc scholar is a monitor for the public, conscience. Sometime.! party zeal may cause the public to put policy before honesty, butin the long run the right will prevail if the the acholar is true to his duties and to his right. Under every shoulder of every scholar rests a sacred responsibility. A, fragrant inllucncc is diffused from bia diploma. That diploma is an escutcheon on which ia emblazoned thc fact that the scholar belongs to thc aristocracy of brain und charac ter-the only aristocracy worth be longing to. It is n sincero ,.nd sel fish accommodation because each professor when singing it had his own reputation at stake. A young man should be content with nothing loss than a full diploma. A man who begins tho voyage of lifo with a di ploma stands out like a warship with machinery overhauled, bunkers full of coal, with good chart and pilot and with a magazine full of cartridges. Launched into practical life thc grad?alo has adapted himself to new conditions. Tho logic, of cir cumstances compels him to divide l is lime botwecn clients and books. Sometimes in tho skirmish for bis cuits ho forgets books and degene rates into a scramble for dirt and dollars. It is between tho Scylla cf biscuits ami Charybdis of books that I tho practical man must sail. Ho comos in oloso touch with tho practi cal side of lifo. Ho becomes to that extent a. public man. Let ns pauso for a definition of public men and publio lifo. I do not moan tho mero politician. Publio aafoty <! ios not Romand that overy ! college graduate shall itriko a t?ail for tho marble ball of Washington. Nor do 1 moan by publio lifo that tho graduates should tako up ono of tho squalled professions -law, medi cine, teaching, proachinj;. Many of our cotonou schools would be better off if thc t^vder grad antes, wno me teaching ns a stopping atone to aomcthing higher or who aro teaching to bridge tho chasm be tween commencement day and mat rimony, wore chloroformed off to a bettor world. By publio mon I mean mon who take a lively and intelligent interest in mattera thnt concern tho public good. Happy is that .community that baa ono wide-awake, energetic man who ia willang to take thc initia tive in every enterprise that tends to elevate tho people and improve tho Commonwealth. Learning ia an arsenal stocked with dangerous weapons. The stu dent storms that arsenal to secure a sword of offence and an armor of defence. If tho assault ia successful vhat uso will tho student make of thc weapons ? That depends upon tho spirit ani mating his efforts. He may usc that sword to wound and exterminate error, or he may uso it to slab bia own guardian angel. Educated character, therefore, is tho ultimate object of education. Thc systemati cal man carries a dictionary under one arin and a Bible under tho other. Ile unites in himself thc body ot Sampson, the brains of Socrates and tho heart of thc Saviour. Education is at fault whoo it ed? calos man beyond having a sympa thetic interest in thc common expe riences of daily life. One question of primary import ance that will confront UP for man} years to conic is thc necessity foi pure food legislation. Man is tin only animal that poisons bia owt food and drink. Of thc 88G article! of diet in daily uso 255 aro ad tilter ated. The frying pan claims mon victims every year than were killoe in tho battle of Gettysburg. Ad ul teration, misbranding, substitutioi and imitation exist to an alarming extent to tho detriment of health business and morals. Suppose that tho housewife coub demonstrate thc falsehood and docoi represented in her pantry. She wouli lind wheat Hour containing pen? ground rice and soapstone. Macea roui is pun- Hour whitened willi pip clay. Powdered augur is glucose Hour, clay and sand. Black poppe may bc mustard husks, sand, brui and rod clay. Cream of tartar i strongly tinctured with phosphori acid. Maple aprup is made of brow sugar and maple bark. Now a man has a legal right to en dirt and all sorts of old trash if ll wants to, but ho baa an equal rigli to know \\? t ho is eating, and pa for what he gets. This wrong falls heavily upon ot poor people whoso necessities comp? them to buy cheap food and wh haven't thc knowledge to prot?t themselves. Our export trade suffering from discredit thrown upc American products. What public, question surpassi this in importance? Why teat chemistry in colleges if a student practical lif j does not make uso the knowledge for thc benefit of li fellow-countryman ? Education should make a ni! humane, gentle. What is tho men lng of tho tenn "gentleman ?" If means, as some have said, ono wi does not work, tho difference betwei a gentleman and a loafer is so e quisitoly graduated that you ci scarcely tell when! tho ono bogi and the other ends. A gentleman its derivative sense ia ono who gentle. A gentleman scholar practical lifo will oxcrt evory eff< and bond every nervo toward bail ing up a sentiment that will ma tho world treat animals gently. Wo cannot disregard tho qucsti of improving our roads and high wa; Ko1- years public attention has bc focused upon tho building of ri roads to tho neglect of our count roads. As a result we have America splendid railway systci over which thc iron horse spei with tho wings of the morning ; 1 our country highways have Ichnli written upon overy milestone trip through the country in the sn mor is a journey of obstruction, < struction and misconstruction. (Continned on Pago 4.) mara rc. JEFFRIES. A. B. WILL3AM8, OF THE GREENVILLE NEWS, SEES THE FIGHT. JEFFRIES HOT DRANK OR USKD TOBACCO. Tho Procoodings Givon in Detail- Hoad and You Will bo Satisffod. Well, I aaw it ; tho big tight I moan, and them waa no fake about it as far aa tho fighting waa con cerned. KitzaimiuoiiH and Jeffries both fought for keeps-no question about that. When tho end came it waa so quick it, waa like a dream. Thero waa a mix ?ip and a slap of a glove and Pit zsi minons wns standing, banda dropped, knees bent, a gro tesque, pitiful look of helplessness on his face, lt was only for an in stant. Before thc mind could com prehend the Budden change from a strong, intent lighting man to ? weak defenceless one, Jeffrie's right fist waa on his jaw ami he waa down, doubled up on his right side, an inert, limp body. It was a line, exact illustration of those famous linea of Brete I lari's : "Ho smiled a kind of sickly Smile and curled up on the Moor And the subsequent proceedings interested him no more." Any light you sec in a horse lot on a sales-day may seem faster than this one, in a way ; that is, more blows seem to bo tried. These big lighters walk around and bluf) and feint at each other and jump in an out a long time. They plan a blow and work and s?beme for it a minnie ahead and then sometimes they miss. But when they do go together it is lightning work with lists, feet and head, dodging, side-stepping, getting in and getting away. After you have seen it tho best horse, lot hilting aeeina so slow as to bo ridiculous be cause you see each blow or swing our horse lot fellow makes, whereas it is impossible for tho eye to follow these mon's hands. You see a mixup and hear a "slap, slap, slap, slap," faster than you can count and then it'a a break away or a clinch. .Some body ia hurt and you may see blood or a red place on the body, but you do not see more than one or two of the blows land. That ia why there is so much faking and contradiction in reports of n lii^ht by rounds. It is impossible for any man to follow it with his eye. I sat at the side of tho ring last night, right up at Jef frie's corner and heard the export light reporters dictating the story round by round, minute by minuto to men at their elbows with type writers. I had nothing to do with that part of it. I\l'y work was lo write ti general descriptive story. The experta all had different accounts of what was going on right before their oyes and I didn't agree with any of them. My belief is that not moro than a dozen solid blows landed in the whole eleven rounds-but they were corkers. A smash from either of the two must be terrific harder, I honestly think than a kick from a horse. l'ut a four ounce glove over a horse's hoof and I don't beliovo he could hurt n bit more than .Jeffries, whose arm is about as big aa a horse's thigh and has fully as much muscio in it. Ho is au enormous man-'.?10 pounds and not an ounce of it fat. The biggest men wo have around our part of the country would look puny, and the most active would look awkward alongside him. Hf never did hit Kilzsiminons with full force. Some of his swinging blows he aimed,' bringing bis list around from behind his back, and which tho other man dodged under, would, I believe, have killed if they had landed. The finishing crack was a quick one swung from the right hip. I am having variety enough-in terviewed Minnie Sollgmnn one wonk, attended a (pinker meeting another, Spent several days with Governor Roosevelt and wound up at the biggest prize fight of the cen tury. I am glad I saw that fight, ll will give mo standing among sport ing men and make them respect nie, even when I am old and gabble, if I live so long. But I felt sorry for tho poor type-writers. They earned their money hardly. Think of hav ing to keep your (?yes on the key board with ?i fight like that going within ten feet of you and everybody around shouting and enjoying him self. Jeffrie- made about *|n,()0(> by bia forty Mir minutes'work. With out undue vanity 1 think I am con siderably his superior intellectually. I doubt if ho could write live lines of good English to Hiivo his soul. But I do not grudge him anything or perceive any injustice or impro priety in it. I know I couldn't stay in a ring with Kit/.simmons two min ules to Bavo my soul, and if I wns as good nt my trade ns Jeffries is at his [ might earn $40,000 ill forty-four minutos, or nt least in years and mouths of hard work and training my mind as ho has trat nod his body. Every man in his Une, and I respect the man who is thc boss in whatcvor ho undertakes to do. I know ho can't be boss without work and pa tience and self-den in) and courage. As this is about a prize light, some boys may read it, and they may make a note of tho fact that Jeffries has never tnstod liquor or tobacco in bis lifo. Tho fact is, tho man who intends to bo thc best man in tho world physically must bc moral and olean and abstinent, and ho must work hard and suffer and deny him self much, just like the man who in tends to excel in any other business. The boy who intends lo got olear of and above and beyond thc common run and general average in any trade or profession must cut himself loose from thc vices, big and small, of tho common run and general average and will have to work harder and deny himself more than thc common run and general average. John Sullivan wrecked himself on liquor, Jim Corbett, who is keeping a big saloon in Broadway, and who was happier over Pitzsimmon's fall than anybody else, is a back number for reasons which cannot bc printed, and Fitzsimmons thought be could bold his place and dissipate between training times and found he couldn't. By thc way, it is a carious com plication of domestic ethics that Martin Julian, Kitzsinnnon's backer and most devoted friend, married Pit /.simmons's divorced wife, while Pitzsimmons married Julian's sister. Tho prize lighting people aro almost as bad in point of morality as New York's 400. Julian is a fat little fellow and ho was nearly frantic last night-com mitted a palpable foul in the tenth round, which I see nono of thc news papers mention, by running around outside thc ropes and showering water on Pitzaimmons as he lay in tho ring, knocked down but not yet knocked out. "ML TIRED OUF If t his ls ymir ?x por lonco, tlicn your blood is |mbr ?uni thin and lilli il wit li i i > 111111 i t ii-M. 'l'licro ls lint ono euro. Von must cot rlil of ?ill thoms poisons in tin. blood. '1'I ic ro is nut ono romody Vast Prolils In Standard Oil. Denver I'ost : According to thc Standard Oil Company's sworn state ment in tho hands of tho Attorney 'louerai of Ohio, a barrel of refined :>il oosls that concern just twenty cents, or two-liftbs of a cent a gal lon. In that cost is included raw material, treatment and the expense r>f refining the oil. Prom thia it would appear thal some one is mak ing an outrageous profit by charging the consumer twenty cents a gallon for an arl ide which costs but two lift hs of a cont to manufacture. With each gallon thc consumer pays for tho manufacturing of a burrel. Tho oil could be produced and de livered at two cents a gallon in any part of tho United States, and if nob! at live cents a gallon would bring au immense profit. \V. T. Davis, Ruby, S. C., writes: Dr. M. A. Si in mons' Liver Medicino cures pains in back, and that "out of sorts" tiled feeling. I think it four limes ns strong as /edin's and Ulack Draught. Kor s;de by Dr. J. W. hell. . (lovelnor MeSwonoy has adopted the plan of referring I ? ? tho county delega tions all requests for the ottering of re wards in casca of arnon and minor of fenses. Ko found upon entering upon his duties that his offlCi was flooded with petitions of this kind and wisely decided to refer tho requests to tho mon on tho ground who know host. OA-OTOIIIA.. flours tho /) llT Ki'"' ^u Havo Always Boup.hl Tho highest point to which man can ascend without his health being very seriously affected is 10,500 feet. THE COST OF CONSTRUCTING THE STONE ROADS OF NEW JERSEY IS DIVIDED. THK STATK Ali) SYSTEM OF MAKING ROADS. Thu Farmer Should Bear a Just Proportion of theil Cost, but Not Moro. With all tho advance, of thought in tho direction of bettor highways, there aro still many who bcliovo that their coat must necessarily fall upon tho agriculturist. Just aa tho farmer was i .he pioneer settler in most of tho States, so bc baa been thc pioneer road builder. At Ilia town meetings bc has determined where new ronda shout 1 bc laid out, which of thuin Bbould bc "worked" and improved, and bow much of a tnx should be expended upon each improvement. As it waa left lo bim to plan this important' work, so its expenso bas rested almost entirely upon bia shoul ders. Now that tho cry for macad amized highways ia to bc hoard in tho city and country alike, farmers believe, aa a ride, that they arc to bc called upon to build them. This is wrong. Farmers have enough in thc way of taxes to pay without undertaking thc building of elaborate gravel and atone roads. It is unfair that such n burden should bc added to their already heavy load. Whatever may bc undertaken in thc way of constructing permanent high ways should bc done at thc expense of those who arc to reap thc benefits. True it is that thc savings in tho cost of hauling crops would bc considera ble, and that this saving would result almost entirely to thc farmer. But that ia no reason for asking bim to pay tho cost of building such roads. lie is not the only one to use them. They servo to bring city people and city products into thc country as much as they servo to bring country people and country products into thc city. Tho merchant who baa busi ness with thc fanner is t'.s much bene fited through a good road to travel over as is thc fanner who cornea to town on business of any kind. Neither is thu usc of roads limited to those living tn thc vicinity, and travelers from a distance share thc benefits resulting from their inij rovemont. It, would bc thc height of injustice, therefore, to ask thc fanner alone to stand thc cost of good ronda. The proper division of tho coat of good roads has been accomplished through State aid. Thia is thc sys tem by which the stone roads of Now lersey have, been built. Thc fanners in that State are so enthusiastically favorable to thc extension of the State aid system that it deserves lo lie described. In the lirai pince, under (he working of the State aid system, no improvement ia under taken except upon tin? petition of ?.bose residing upon the road to bc unproved. When such a petition tins been duly signed it is presented Lo the county board, who proceed to lave tho necessary drawings and ipecificntions made. These aro then presented to thc State Highway Com missioner for approval.* lipon their return by the Stale. Commissioner to tho county officers they proceed to idvcrtise. tho proposals to build thc road. When thc contracta are let a 3opy of each contract must bo filed with thc State Commissioner, who thereupon appoints a supervisor of construction, upon thc necommendn tion of thc property-holders who liavc petitioned for thc improvement. This supervisor must give his whole time, to the work and see that thc conditions of tho specifications ami contract arc carried out. linder this State aid system thc [jost of improvements ia divided between thc State, thc county and tho adjoining property, thc State paying ono-third, the owners of tho property adjoining the improvement paying one-tenth and tho county pay ing the. remainder, The, bill introduced in tho New York L?gislature by Senator Iligbio provides for a similar Slate aid sya letn of road building, except that the proportion of thc exponaos borne by thc Stato ia raised to one-half thc total cost. This bill ia tho result of numerous conferences between Mr. Isaac l>. Potter, of thc League of American \Y hcclmcn, ?md represen tatives of the various tannera' organi zations in New York State, and will have the generous support of both fanners and wheelmen. This system of building improved roads is highly popular because no work is undertaken except upon thc petition of those to bc benefited. At thc aanie time the cost of thc improve ment is not required to bc borne by tho farmers, and those of them whoso land borders upon tho road whot'O tho wotk LR dono aro roquirod to pay only n numil aharo of its cost. Tho rest of tho expense ia shared hy Oliy and country property-holders, beonuso county taxes aro assessed in tho cities ns well ns in the country, and becnuso Stato taxes aro shared by everyone in tho State, according to tho amount of property ho owns, including tho wealthy manufacturers, railway and Snsuranoo companies. As moat of thc wealth of tho Stato is to bo found in tho cities, tho Now Jersey ayatcm successfully brings about tho construction of improved gravel or alono roads without laying their entire cost upon tho farmers, and without requiring them tn con tribute moro than an equitable share of expense, according to thc wnnlth of each individual tax-payer. The State aid system successfully answers tho objection still made by many, that wc cannot have good roads with out overloading the farmer with taxes, of which he ia already paying more than his share. OTTO DOUX KU. Hew's Tlds 1 Wo offer Ono Hundrod Dollars Howard for any caso of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. V. J. Cheney ?fc Co., Props., Toledo, O. Wo, tho undersigned, havo known V. J. Cheney for tho last 15 years, and bo liovo him perfectly honorablo in ali busi ness transactions and financially ablo to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholcsalo Druggists, Toledo, (). Wabling, Kilman & Marvin, Whole sale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Curo is taken inter nally, acting directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces of tho systom. Price, 75c. lier bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials froQ. Hall's Family Pills aro tho host. Sheep and Dog Raising. The Secretary of tho Kansas State Agricultural Society has issued a re port on tho sheep and dog raising industries of that Commonwealth With some slight modifications, this report might bc said to represent conditions in South Carolina about as well as in Kansas. Probably South Carolina would stand a little higher on dogs and a little lower on sheep. On the f>0,000,000 acres of land in thc State, says thc Kansas man, there is but one sheep to each '250 acres, while the number of dogs is 170,000. Two years ago thc sheep outnumbered the dogs by 30 per cent, while last year thia percentage was reduced to 17. In one county there were HOD dogs to each sheep, and in twelve selected counties there were'200 dogs to each sheep. Ile thinks both sheep and dogs have their places, but deplores the present condition. Ile notes that tho crop ia exempt from the vicissitudes of other industries, and that neither tho tariff nor free trade seems to affect it. mm Hurt CmiKli Syrup. Tontea Mood. Ooo Pf* fyi lu limo. Sold by UriiKKlHts. Kl To Defunct Alliancos of Ocoacc County. Pim Stato Alliance Exchange has on hand about, eighteen ($18,000) thousand dollars belonging to tho sub-Alliances of tho stale. Oconcohas a little ovor seven hundrod dollars. This sum is controlled by tho different county trustees assem bled. According to tho constitution of tho Alliance the Exchange cannot bo dissolved or tho money drawn out and refunded to tho propor owners unless it bo ?hmo by a majority of tho county trustees. Now I ask you to reorganizo (as many as live members will do) and elect sub triistoos. They will moot with tho County Allianco and elect a county trustoo who will attend a mooting to ho held in Columbia tho latter part of .Inly. Tho money is in bank and may bo lost if not looked after immediately. So wako tip, defunct Alliances, and look to your interest before it is too lato. Von certainly can get as many as live ment hol's together. I have as county trusteo (acting) cort ideates of stock for all Alli ances that paid in as much as ono or more shares in this county. J. C. Al.KXANDKti, Acting County Trusteo. -- -*. - During summer wo aro liablo to sto mach and bowel troubles, such as diar rhoea, colic, cramps, otc., for which Dr. M. A. Simmons' Livor Medicino is highly rooommonded. Por salo by Dr. J, W. Hell, Walhalla. -. Sixteen members of tho present United States Senate havo served terms ns Gov ernors of thoir respective Slates. They aro: Hato, of Tonncsseo; Dorry, of Ar kansas; Culborson, of Texas ; Cullom, of Illinois; Davis, of Minnesota; Porakor, of Ohio; (lear, of iowa; Hawley, of Con necticut; McEnery, of Louisiana; Nel son, of Minnesota; Perkins, of Califor nia; Proctor, of Vormont; Shoup, of Idaho; Tillman, of South Carolina; Warion, of Wyoming, and Wotmoro, of lthodo Island. . ?~ I)r. Illlm* Norvo Plantara for Itlnimimtttiin. Tho Supreme Court of Indiana has given trusts in that State a bhtok oyo, deciding that when a corporation combines with other corporation:; to destroy competi tion it forfeits Hr, charter. Mokes the food more deli PICTURESQUE ACCOUNTS OF WOES ON WHICH APPLICATIONS ARE BASED. h?YUlvkalu lin M vin H I vu itu ni liman, Ono's Sonso of Humor May bo Fod for Hours at tito National Poasion Office "Wo probably filo moro queer let tors in our department," said a pen sion oflico clerk, the other day, "than aro received in any other branch of tho govornmont service, hardly excepting tho post oflico. Some of them aro intensely amusing, too. I have concluded that imagination is not bound down by illiteracy, either, because some of thc most ignorantly written letters display inventive genius and cover the whole range of faot, fiction and an Ananias-like pro pensity for lying. Mon write to have their pensions increased. Neighbors write to help along the cause of a man seeking a pension. Wives write to tell the commissioner why they ought to get pensions. Family trou bles aro aired for tho benefit of the ofiice. Sometimes tho letters arc so odd that I have waived red tape long enough to make copies of some of them. For instance, thia ia one from a man asking fora pension after all these years : " 'Thc way I got my war ingery was a-kctchii:' of a hog. Tho hog wor a sow hog and our captain wanted her for forago. We waa chasin' the HOW and abo crawled threw a lioal in a ralo fonce-it war a big hoal, and I thot 1 war about the ais of tho hog and tried to crawl threw, but I stuck, and try in to wiglo out I throde the rales off and one hit mo on my lied and nocked mc senslcsa. I do not think the sow pig bad nothing to do with my line for duty, fer I did not ketch the hog. Wich she never war caught.' "A neighbor tried to do a pension seeker a good turn in the following effusion : " 'I varily believe that Orville Jameson is fatiged from oarnin his leavin becos be ia too fatt wayi, 200 pounds and hav a family to feud tho nnbors think he hav dropsy, but I no he hav no dropsy becos he would bust if he had moar insides him than ho now hav, besides wich bc are with out vitious habits or references. 1 no he hav solid fatt and vittels in him an no dropsy.' "A New England fanner, who seems perfectly certain in his own mind that a pension will bo forth coming just because bc asks for it, writes to thc commissioner in a spirit of vindictiveness against bia wife, which acorns a little excusable after you read his letter : " 'I got blood pison by being hit with a hens eg which waa not good when you send my pensen I want the Deed mado sos my wifo cant get none off it-she throde thc eg.' "A Pennsylvania pensioner waives bis demand for an in?rense of pen sion on consideration of being other wise provided for, lind writes direct to tho Secretary of tho Interior to this effect : " 'Now, i want you or tho comese nir of pensens to give mc a plais in your ofhts- -then i won't ask for no moar raze in pensen jus' now. i can clink' o. k. but i can't labor, or i cud boss thc other chirks and maik them ?tan roun an raze dowlio entitel pen sons keapo them from loafingo whoa perin in offes oura in fuck akt as janctor or supporviser seoingo all nil thing goan rite' "A widow, feeling herself entitled to si large pension, writes fi detailed statement of her huaband'a suffer ings and death. Among other things abo anya : " 'My husband waa torribel bloat ed. It didn't look like hissid. Ho couldn't stoop over and straiten np without helping hissel. To ham, bonna, pork, mashed potatoes, eggs, veal, onbhngo. biu stum mach waa repulsive. Ilia rumatism was the kind called lumbago-at furst. His dropsy was terribcl. " 'l\ S.-When my husband come back from tho war I supported him on my needle tell ho died.' "A man from Delaware did not I bink that thc doctor'? certificate he sent would havo sufficient influence, so ho supplemcn cd it by stating that : 'T ftwt got to ho a total wreok H ! POWDER URE tc?ous and wholesome ER CO., NEW YORK. from liver and kidneys thon I was totully wrecked hy consumtidn wich came on me. ?s'ow I nm totully wrecked by anny trubbles, sprains and hard marching.' "SomrVunca, like Silas W egg, they drop into poetry, or at least they threaten to do HO. A Massachusetts ?midicp.?l i?ifo?'???i thc commissioner as follows : M 'I nm a grandson of tho rovc?is ion a son of tho far 1812 I will rito you a piece of poetry I made on my self and ansester : My mcmrays carry mc back to the days when I was stout-always able to roll myself about, but when I undertake it I feel thc keen patio over Take me, it made me think of thirty-three years ago when it was the Kimma thirsty bul lets that pearst me threw tho leg it has made mo wish that I was dead. I have always been to proud to beg, it has made mo dread when I had to walk upon my Leg. it has gave mc such a pane, it has made mc BO Lame that I have wished that 1 was dead then scrtcn mon would says, beare slecpes a hcrow ho suffered thirty-three years foro his country know wonder we can weep not only that ho was a granson of the rovelis ion thal hope make, tho constotu shun not only that he was a son of the war of 1812 that never did reboil thc cans of it I never could tell.' "An old fellow from tho West who had been put off the roll because of palpable fraud in securing his pen sion couldn't stand being outside tho breastworks, and so sent this Bhort communication to thc commissioner : " 'I poot in application too bec ro in Stated bo ing blind in 1 i dog Qon it.' "Oh, yes," said the clerk, as he put away his copies, "if you go into tho pension office with a sense of humor you're apt to find plenty of matter upon which to feed it while you are filing away the letters." Pino blood is full of lifo and vitality, and carries vigor to tho organs of tho body. Dr. M. A. Simmons' Livor Medi cino creates rich, pura blood. For salo by.Dr. J. W. Dell. McLaurin lo Mcsweeney. Among tho humorous letters of con gratulation, etc., received by G o vor nor McSweonoy, on his accession to the otllco of Chief Executive, tho following from Senator McLaurin, dated isonnctts villo, .lune ?th, is one of the most, strik ing: Governor M. ll. McSweonoy My Dear Sir: While your accession to tho Gubernatorial O nico has been tho re sult of tho sad and untimely death of our mutual friend, Governor Kllorbe, yet I hasten to extend to you my congratu lations. Ono who is placed in this high position without bitterness of feeling and tho struggle incident to tho attain ment of it, and who is not embarrassed by any political promises or obligations, is free to discharge tho responsible duties of tho ofllco with an oyo singlo to tho public good and without tho exhibition of a partido o? party fooling. I feel that your good judgment will tako advantago of your opportunity and mako your administration a blessing to tho people of South Carolina. Governor F.llorbo did much to harmonizo differ ences among political factions in tho State, and 1 feel that, tho completion of tho work has boen entrusted to salo hands. Thoro is need now for .states manship at the helm, and it is fortunato for tho Slate, that if Governor Kllorbo must oio that ono so worthy is to bo his sueco sor. I have no doubt that, you will bring to tho discharge of the high obligations of tho ellice that ability and earnestness of purpose necessary, and that you will rcceivo and disorvo tho plaudit, "Well done, good and faithful servant." Allow mo to congratulate you and to offor any aid I can at any time. Yours very sincerely, JOHN L. MCLAIUMN. Dr. M. A. Simmons' Liver Medicino has a national reputation, extending over about sixty years, as a most successful liver regulator. For salo by Dr. J. W. Boll, Walhalla. It is said of tito millionaire, Andrew Carnegie, that ho pinpOBOfl to devote tho remainder of his lifo toa thoughtful judi cious disposal of his wealth. Ile has been making money heretofore- here after ho will devote his attention to giv ing it away. If he earlies out this plan in tho right spirit ho will lind his last yearn tho happiest, and will have tho satisfaction of knowning that his wealth ls going to tho desired objects. Tho his tory of lawsuits over wills is such that wboro it is possible it is wiso for a man to bo executor of his own will.. -.-4*^> .?. 'J'he Farmers' Alliance is trying to got on its logs again by hereafter bailing from membership all politicians and oflleo Bookers. It is a pity it had not taken such a step long ago. Thoro la need for tho Alliance if it could ho pur cd of tho men who prostrated Us noblo mission, to ignoblo purposes.