BT CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S.O., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 13, 1892. VOLUME XXVn..NO. 2.

VINEGARSXfe have in Vinegars the very Best Qualities obtainable and at

Reasonable Prices.

Apple Cider Vinegar.four years old.White Wine YInegar.extra quality.Claret Vinegar.for table use.

West India Spiced Vinegar.our specialty.Oar Spiced Vinegar is made from Pore Grape Wine Vinegar, boiled down with

West India Spices. The combination of imported Spices for the production of thisFine Vinegar has been skillfully made, after many years of experiment. The result isan absolutely perfect Spice Vinegar, retaining the delicious flavor and delightful fra-

£rano3 of West India Spie». Ii is the only Vinegar you can heat, warm or boil thatwill throw off the same fragrance and flavor as when cold. Especially desirable forMeats and Vegetables. When used to make Spiced Beef or Spiced Onions it will satis¬

fy the most fastidious taste.TAYLOR & CRAYTON,

42 Granite Row.

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. TO CLOSE

SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,In order to clear out all Muds of Goods to

niafce room for anew Fall Stock.

WE have decided to make the people of Anderson an

offer to secure good, first-class G-oods _

AT AND BELOW COST.WE MEAN JUST WHAT WE SAT-all Summer Goods

to go regardless of what they are worth.

Embroideries, Laces, Lawns,Muslins, Bedford Cords, Challies,

And, in fact, a nice clean Stock of Spring Goods.

A big lot of REMNANTS, all kinds 01 Goods, to close.

Now is your time to get the ChildrensJ Winter Clothescheap.

Gome and, see me.

W. A. CHAPMAN, Agent,Next to Masonic Temple.

LITERALLY WASHED WITH BLOOD.

Police do their Duty without respect to Persons.

The Wall Still Covered with Bloody Gore.

I.HE fight was on South Main Street at the Bazaar and Ten Cent Stores of C. S.Minor & Co. It was an attack of the combined forces of seven other merchantson the famous C. 8. Minor. They fought in defence of their prices, which theyclaimed had been crashed out of all respectability by the said C. S. Minor, and

they fought with desperation to res toro the former prices, bat down they go in thedead of the fight, and their blood on onr Store-front only is left to tell a pitifultale of woe.

Stranger tlian Strange.One man claimed that we had reduced the price of Fants to 25c. and 50c. per

pair.lesa than cost to make. We don't care. Another claimed that we sell thebeat quality Mason Fruit Jar at less than he can buy the second quality. We don't

care for that, either.Another said our 10c. Hosiery was the same that he had to Bell at 15c, or two

pair for 25c, and that we sold his 15c Suspenders at 10c, and his 25c Suspenders at15c. Well, what of that?

Another man believes that we are Belling his 40c Cups and Saucers for 30c, andhis 85c Plates at 25c. Why Bhould we care ?

A certain millinery man thinks we have knocked him oat of more than a

hundred sales. We don't have to pay a milliner, ancl he don't believe we pay foroar goods. What concern is that of his ?

Another man claims that we sell Tobacco at a starvation price. Has he anyright to object ?

; These are some of the complaints made against as. We ask you whose busi¬ness is it, if not that of onr customers and ourselves ? Can't we make such figuresas we see fit without being hounded down and forced to fight for our lives ? We'llfight to the death.we'll put their blood on our walls and their scalps on onr doors,and their customers in possession of undoubted bargains. Say, would you washthat blood off the wall, or would you let it stay as a warning ?

Yours for Spot Cash,C S. MINOR, THE BAZAAR and the 10c. STORE.

CAM ILLS, EVAPORATORS A! COTTON US!WE are agents for the Celebrated Kentucky Cane Mills and Hall Seli-

Feeding Cotton Gins. It will pay any person to call and see onr Ma¬chinery and get our prices before baying, ab we feel assured we can save you money,an 1 can sell you on easy terms. We can bottom and repair old Evaporators, makingthtan a3 good as new at a small cost.

We also manufacture Smoke Stacks, Spark Arresters and Suction Pipes, whiche vory Ginner should have, as it saves time, tabor and expense.

Our Stock of Stoves, Tinware, Crockery and House FurnishingGoods is complete.

We have a large supply MASON FRUIT JARS and TIN CANS which are goingch(»p. It will pay you to buy as soon as possible, as Fruit Jars are poing to be scarce

and lrgher latter part of season.Call and see our Cherry Seeders, Apple and Peach Pealers.something that every

ho jsehold should have. It saves much time and labor, and are so very cheap.When you come to Town be sure to call and see us. We will make it to your in¬

ternet to buy your Goods from ns.

We still buy RAGS, HIDES and BEESWAX.All kinds ROOFING and GUTTERING done on short notice, and in a thorough

workmanlike manner. Yours very truly,

PEOPLES & BURRISS.

SEASON OF 1892.

Womens,' Misses' and Childrens' Fine

OXFORD TIES!Duchess, Langtry, Brighton, Elite, Souvenir,

Theo, Adonis, Everett and Southern Ties.Juliet, Strap, House and Opera Slippers.

YACHTING and LAWN TENNIS SHOES.JAS. P. GOSSETT & CO.»

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Boots and Shoes,Anderson, S. C, under Hotel Chiquola.

TeJäöhejh^'Golumn.-fex All communications intended fo

this Column should be addressed to CWABDLAW, School Commissioner, An¬derson, 8. C.

MEMOEY OEMS.

"It is not all of life to live."

There is a life beyond.The Summer schools are openiug.We have the names of several good

teachers. Any vicinity wanting a teachershould apply at once.

We would bo glad if every teacherwould notify us when he or she will openand close the Summer school, bo we can

arrange our plan for visiting the schools.

We have a letter from Miss Hubbard,who is assisting in Institute work in thelower part of the State. She is doinggood work we know, for she always does.She is enjoying her work.

We publish this week the graduatingspeech of Mr. II. E. Richbourg, of Pan-ola, S. C, at the Commencement of theP. M. I. Bead it and you* wilt be wellpaid for the time.

THE T0W71LLE HIGH SCHOOL.

By Liaaif; Grant.

You know I told you a few weeka ago,That of our school I would tell something

more; >

We haven't very much to tell you to-day,But hope it will interest you what we do

have to say,As its about our school, thai, we prize so

high,And that closes on fifteenth day of July.Nearly all the other schools are already

vacated,But ours continues, as I have already

stated,Nor any of us are sorry, for we all like to

Tot&boye like it much better than to havecotton to hoe;

To go to school this season is the girl'sgreat delight,

For after studying all day, they can rest bowell at night.

But soon the day will come when ouri school must vacate,Then we'll lay away our books and our

slates,But with not as much pleasure as you all

may suppose,For it makes us feel sad for our e ehool to

close.Of course, we are glad to get to rest for

awhile,And enjoy the 6weet breezes of our cli¬

mate so mild.We have news to tell you, that wo know

will make you glad.We are going to have the best time we

ever have had,For our teacher told us that on the very

last dayWe might have a plo nie before we all

scatter away.We want all our school mates to be sure

and be there,And if we don't have a nice time, we shall

certainly think queer.There you'll meet all of yonr old school

mates po dear.Who are being trniuod witb the tenderest

care.We want ail tho |»nr< nts to be present, too,For it will nwik»- us IVhI merrier than if

there were on y * faw,So Comb wilb ..(inr b.trkelrt fiihd up to the

topBut gu«sa you will have to thru out ihe

.'chicken crop."We bopo our teacher v. ill enjoy tho day,

too,For he has "learned ua as much as any

teacher could do.He used so much patience wheu we were

stumbling along,Trying to distinguish tbe right from the

wrong.We thank him so much for his close at¬

tention,And many other things too numerous to

mention.We ell wish him a pleasant vacation,And hope he is pleased with bis new situ¬

ation,Enough kg any way to teach for ns again,Fox of his work this year, we've beard

no one complain.iSo now if you'll give us space in your pa-J. per this time,"Twill be some time again before weworry

you with another rhyme,

THE WILL

Mental philosophers have divided thepowers of the mind into three grand de¬partments, tbe intellect, the sensibilitiesand the will, but it is not my* purpose totreat of the "will" in regard to its phi¬losophical or metaphysical relations tothe ceveral other facilities, but iu its in¬fluence and bearing in regard to practi¬cal life and individual conduct.

Its importance becomes manifest whenwe know that it is tho basis and founda¬tion of all character and of all success.We find that wherever this power isworthily exercised it generally leads tosuccess, and the end in view will beaccomplished.Take a profession if you choose, it

matters not what, and this power will bethe underlying principle, the mainspring of action which leads to the high¬est success and the upbuilding of thosenoble principles which characterize thehero in either action or endurance, andmake the masterful man.

Here stands a man of whom the worldmight be proud; a born genius whosename ought to shine in the literature ofhis age. His pen might be wielded withthe power of a Shakespeare ; hie oratorymight even surpass a Demosthenes, butalas I What a sad, sad pity that suchgenius should be wasted, thrown away as

It were, and the bright, young life whichgave it birth a failure, and all for thewant of proper energy, of "will".themain focus.the pivot about which allthe other powers revolve.Here on the other hand stands a man

who is not a genius, but who has deter¬mination and "will" about him. He ispersevering, firm and iuflexible as a rock.He has steadily advanced, notwithstand¬ing the many vicissitudes and adversefortunes which he encountere, and whichrequires such indomitable courage and"will" to overcome. Just as Bure as thesun will rise in all his resplendentbeauty and glorious majesty to shedlight and radiance over this sleepingworld of ours, so sure will such a one

continuo to advance. It is impossiblethat his life should be an utter failure.He may stumble and fall, he may beoverthrown time and again, but does thatconstitute failure? Not by any means.

It only moves him to renewed energy,and causes him to exert more freely thepower of his "will," and in the end hewill come forward in triumph, and thevictory will be won. How important itis for us to have this power 1Why just look arouud you over this

grand and beautiful American continent.the type of civilization and enlighten¬ment.yes, and over the whole world ifyou choose, and view the thousands andtens of thousands of poor, wrecked andruined human beings who are even now

vainly struggling in the meshes of thenet prepared by the Evil One. You askone of them what has bronght him intosuch a miserable condition ? and he re¬

plies the Arch Fiend Drink. Why doyou not stop it and maintain first yourself-respect, then the respect of yourfamily, your neighborhood and yourcountry? I can't do it, he replies. Ihave tried it over and over again, andjust about the time I think I have caredmyself of my weakness, or I should saycurse, here comes along one of my bo-

called friends, and nothing will do butthat I must take a drink with him ; justone for his sake and for the remembranceof "Auld Lang Syne," and not havingthe "will" to resist, I have fallen untilnow there is no hope.The cold winds of winter are rushing

in chilly blasts across the continent.The dark clouds have gathered andpoured out their contents upon the earth,and now the glistening icicles are hang¬ing from the trees, and from the eaves ofthe houses, while the ground is every¬where covered with snow. The twogreat armies have gone into winter quar¬ters. The American cause has beengiven np by almost everybody, but not so

with Washington, that grand man whosename is dear to the heart of every trneAmerican. See him as he comes fromhis encampment at. Valley Forge, andthough his soldiers are bare footed,clothed in tatters and rsgs, poorly armednnd suffering from the pangs of hunger,they havo confidence in their com¬

mander they know the power of his"will" and determination, and theycheerfully cross the frozen Delaware athis bidding, and soon the British foes are

swept from the Jerseys. Numerousother men could ba named who havewon renown by the exercise of thispower. Look at Jefferson Davis, alwaysa knightly hero, and never more so thanwhile basely confined a prisoner in For¬tress Monroe by hia vile and malignantenemies. Look at Hannibal, the greatOarthagenian General, crossing the rag*ged peaks of the towering Alps and hurl¬ing bis hardy legions down on ImperialBorne. Look at Napoleon Bonaparte,that mighty General of whom Havengays: "Obstacles, difficulties insur¬mountable to other men, establishedusages, armies and thrones were allswept away by the energy of that mighty"will," that determined purpose, as a

wave driven before the storm clears foritself a path among the rocks and shellsthat lie strewn along the shore."We can now form some estimate of the.

importance of the "will," and that it isimportant for us all to have this facultywell developed. Then why not have it?But you Bsk how may we obtain it ? I.reply it may be trained juat as the otherfacullk-". of the mind by due exercise.Then let us begin at once the exerciseand :h~ training, each one for himself,for h<? who conquers himself is more thana* C'Ji-qucror of others. Perhaps we

soioKe cigarettes, chew tobacco or neglectthe faithful performance of our daily du¬ties, or indulge ourselves in other badhabits which, by the due exercise of thispower we can overcome, and thus thefoundation will be laid, and we can enterinto larger and broader fields, wheremore and greater victories are to be won;new and far distant worlds are to be con¬

quered, and when all these have beenaccomplished we can enter victoriouslyinto the realm of light, plant our feetfirmly upon the rostrum of eternal glory,where all is brightness and sunshine, andwhere a halo of light is thrown aroundyou by the reflection from the goldencity, for even this bright and happy con¬

summation is offered free "without mon¬ey and without price" to every one of us,and the Saviour has distinctly saidof every one who fails to obtain it in itsfull fruition "Ye Will Not."

Inventor Cooly's Airship.

Middletown, N. Y., May 5..JohnF. Cooley, an ingenious and enthusiasticinventor of Penn Yan, N. Y., thinks hehas solved the problem of successfullynavigating the air. A company of capi¬talists of his town, with H. B. Philips as

President, has furnished the money toput the invention to a practical test, andhas contracted for the building of one ofthe airships at an Elmira shop.The Bhip will ba cigar shaped or in the

form of a double-cone, and about 300 feetlong and thirty feet in diameter at thecentre. The principle material to be usedis aluminium. There will be no car or

apparatus hanging beneath, as the pas¬sengers and machinery will be carriedwithin the body of the ship.The buoyant power will be hydrogen

gas contained in twenty separate cham¬bers. The propelling power will be ob¬tained from a chemical compound, thenature of which is one of Mr. Cooley'ssecrets, and which will operate propellersweighing only ooe pound to the horsepower at the rate of 8,000 revolutions a

minuto.Mr. Cooley expects a machine of the

size indicated to carry ten passengers andall needful machinery and supplies, at therate of from 100 to 200 miles an hour. Hemaintains that his perfected airships willat once put an end to all forms of war,because no body of armed men and no

fortification could exist for any length oftime against a rain of dynamite sheilafrom an airship.. There is more Catarrh in this sec-*

tion of the country than all other diseasesput together, and until the last few yearswas supposed to be incurable. For a

great many years doctors pronounced ita local disease, and prescribed local rem¬edies, and by constantly failing to care

with local treatment, pronounced itincurable. Science has proven catarrhto be a constitutional disease, and there¬fore requires constitutional treatment.Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F.J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is theonly constitutional care on the market.It is taken internally in doses from 10drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directlyon the blood und mucous surfaces of thesystem. They offer one hundred dollarsfor any case it fails to cure. Send forcirculars and testimonials. Address

F. J. CHENEY & CO., PropB.,Toledo, O.

|^»Sold by all Druggists, 75,

BILL ARP'S TALK.

Tho Georgia Philosopher at YlolcshurgandNatchez.

Atlanta Constitution.

Vicksburg, Miss., Jane 26..Thirtyyears ago the gunboats of Fafagut andPorter opened fire on this historic city.Just thirty years ago. For a month theypoured shot and shell by day and bynight over and into the bluffs, but it wasat long range and the batteries here gavethem better than they sent and finallyforced them to abandon the attack andto retire from the field. Later on in thewar they renewed the assault and afterterrible sacrifice carried and capturedthe city with its noble army of defend¬ers. I rode out to the beautiful ceme¬

tery that is but a mile away and it is cer¬

tainly the most lovely spot I ever visi¬ted. It is the peaceful, tranquil homeof 16,000 of tho federal dead who felland died in the long assault. Afterlife's fitful fever they sleep well. Beau¬tiful lawns and evergreens and flowasand gravelled roads adorn tho groundand the stranger is impressed with aweand fear of the r-^wer of governmentmoney. A feeling of exclusion comesover ub as we walk and wonder.exclu¬sion.and the uooonscious thought arisesthat this great government is for thenorth not for up. Our dead are notworth caring for. How long the northwill continue to make this great mistakewe know not, but if peace and good willis worth anything, how easy they mighthave made it.how easy they might makeit yet by giving our dead soldiers thesame care as their own. A soldier'scemetery is an American institution andis unlike any other in the world. It is amodern institution, for our forefathersdid not have them. There is none forthe revolutionary war of 76; none forthe Mexican war of 1846; none forJackson's war of 1812. A few monu¬

ments can be found.monuments to theofficers.but nothing to the privates whofell in tbe fight. A soldiers graveyard ispeculiar because there are no graves forwomen oi children. None even for oldmen or boys, but here in these guardedgraves at Vicksburg are sleeping 16,000men.strong men who were in the vigorof manhood. As they stood up in com¬

panies and regiments when in life bo

they lie down and Bleep with their mar¬ble headstones as Btraightly lined as whentheir officers said, "Look to the right anddress."Vickaburg is a beautiful city.beauti¬

ful for its heights and its views and itshigh commanding overlook of the greatriver that is always calm and placid as a

lake. We read of the great flood andimagine that tbe swollen river was fullof ragiDg torrents, but the eye can hardlysee the water move. It just rises.that'sall.except where it breaks a leveesomewhere aud ruuhes through the open¬ing. Tbe people talk about a ereva>seabout like we talk about a front that killstbe cotton. They ..ay now that the le¬vees were a great mistake and that whenthe river gets very low again all the le¬vees ought to be cut and let tbe water

overflow all along the line in a thousandplaces and it would not materially dam¬age anybody and would recede quicklyafter the rain and would enrich tbe landsit bad overflown.From Vicksburg I dropped down to

Natchez, a hundred miles below. Theyclaim as many people as Vicksburg andperhapB it is growing as fast or faster.There is more style here and more old-time people who live and talk and looklike like old patricians. Tbe old southis here with its culture and refinementand enough of its wealth to keep up ap¬pearances. All around the suburbs are

the same beautiful homes with tropicaltrees and grassy lawns and a mansionthat was built before the war.a mansionwith broad halls and winding stairs andspacious verandas and fluted columnswith corinthian caps. Not since the war

have I Been anywhere so many of theseante bellum homes. Not since the warhave I found a community that has pre¬served so much of the old refinement andculture of the southern patriacians.Natchez is an old city.very, very old.older by two years than Savannah, Ga.While tbe English was colonizing theAtlantic coast the French came aroundand took possession of tho Mississippicountry and Natchez was the first placethey settled. In 1717 Count Pontchar-train settled here and named this place"Rosalie in honor of his beautiful andlovely wife. It kept that name as longas it kept its morals and its manners,but in the course of time they got tofighting with tho Indians and massacredthem, leaving but a scattered remnant,that fled toother tribes. The desperateand bloody battle seems to have shockedthe womanly pity of Rosalie and tbename was changed to Natchez, the name

of the Modock tribe, and that is all thatis left of it.

1 rode out to the "old Prentiss man

sion.the home of the greatest orator ofthe Bouth. Daniel Webster said he was

the greatest in the world. I look uponhis grave and ruminated. He came fromMaine tfhen a youth and cast his for¬tunes with the south and never desertedher. Bishop Soule came from there, too,and did the same thing. He seceededfrom the Northern Methodist EpiscopalChurch because the church suspendedBishop Andrew from preaching until heshould free bis slaves. That bigotry so

shocked Soule that he left his home andhis church and came south. Mr. Pren*tiss and Jefferson Davis were born thesame year and lived near together.Vicksburg and JNatcbez were then thefavorite political battle grounds betweenthe whigs and the democrats. Prentissled the one and Mr. Davis the other.Their first great batttle was here atNatchez, where Mr. Prentiss lived andwhere Mr. Davis married his secondwife. It was just before bis second mar¬

riage that he had his first tilt with Mr.Prentiss. The democrats had tried in vainto find some one wbo would dare to meethim, for he was in the zenith of hisfame and his eloquence and magnetismcarried everything before it. As a lastresort they asked Jefferson Davia, whowas then only thirty seven years old.He never hesitated a moment. "Yes,"said he, "I will meet him. I fear no

man when I am armed.armed with the

truth and justice of our cause." Theymet. No one expected Mr. Davis tocope with Prent;ss, Many expected thathe would be utterly annihilated, demol¬ished, rained, bat he was not. Calm,conscious and dignified, he held hisown in that memorable conflict andwhen he retired from the field he hadhis colors unstained, and as they said,brought off his dead and wounded andwas ready for battle again on the morrowThe result of the encounter lifted Mr.Davis up as ar orator and debater, andhe was by common consent placed at thehead of the party and kept there. Hisbrilliant service in the Mexican war

that came on soon after added to his fameand nothing that he ever did lessenedthe regard and the affection of the peo¬ple for him. The two men, Davis andPrentiss, were Mississippi's idols. Whatthe latter would have been we know not,for death cat him down early. He diedwhen forty-one years of age, and Mr.Davis lived to eighty-two, just twice as

long.Natchez is fast growing in architectu¬

ral beauty. They have jast completeda manificent hotel and opera house thatwould do credit to a large city. Theyhave established a public library whosemoving spirit is the gifted authoress Mrs,Walworth, who has written many charm¬ing romances founded on Mississippilife._Bill Abp.

JHllllonuIre and Pauper.In one of the great London drapery

ware hoages an old man, dressed inshabby clothes that were fashionableyears ago, is wandering aimlessly about.The ware house has developed into one

of those gigantic concerns whose transac¬tions are world wide.The shabby old gentleman has a pencil

behind his ear and a small book in hishand, and as he walks about he moves

his lips as if he were casting up a sum.

Every now and then he stoops to pick upa pin or a piece of paper from the floor.The pin he sticks in his coat and the pa¬per he sticks in his pocket.Few people know that this shabby and

miserable old man is the founder of thismighty house; that he is a millionaire;that, though long past work, he cornea

down to the ware house when it opensand stays till it closes, and that he per¬forms the duties of door keeper and re¬

ceives a salary of $7.50 a week, which hecarefully boards up.

This mighty merchant, this millionaire,is haunted day and night by the thoughtthat he is a.pauper and that he will cometo the work house.To ease bi3 mind his sons employ him

and give him $7.50 a week, and this behoards up bo that be may have enoughto bury him decently.

Fifty years n.50 the world was beforehim ; he waB young, strong and clearheaded, and he deterraiaed to make a

fortune. Ho married and children were

boru to him in the days before bis grealprosperity came.

By the time be was a middle aged manhe had distanced most of his trade rivals,and the name of bis firm was widelyknown as ono of the most flourishinghouses in London.Even then he was not satisfied. His

sons were partners in the firm, and hemight well have retired and let tbemmanage it. But no, his establishmentonly filled one .side of the street; hewanted the other half.His turnover was four millions yearly;

why not make ii <-ight? His firm was

aecond in importu ice in the eyes of thetrade; why shouldn't it be the first? Hewould devote aoother five years to thetask and then retire.Five years passed away, and he con¬

fessed himself satisfied. He would re¬

tire. The deeds should be prepared, andin six months he would begin to take hiswell earnest rent, leaving his sun in abso¬lute control of the business.When five months of the six had yet

to run he had a fit in the counting house,and was carried home to his West Eodmansion. He rose from his illness an

imaginary pauper. His mind was gone,and he was possessed with an extraordi¬nary mania.He thought he was ruined, that he had

lost every penny, and that be was com¬

pelled to work for his living. As soon

as he could move he wandered down tothe warehouse and solicited employmentof his sons. With tears in his eyes hebegged to be taken on to do anything.he didn't care what. Acting on the doc¬tor's advice the sons employed him.He actually believed he would die in

the work house. At home he would notsit in the grand rooms, but slink awayinto the kitchen among the servants theproper place, be said, for a poor man.

.His family tried all ways to dispel theillusion. One day they kept him athome. He tore his hair and moaned thathe should be discharged, and would haveto go to the work house. They were ob¬liged to let him out.

. What is lacking is truth and confi¬dence. If there were absolute truth on

the one hand and absolute confidence on

the other, it wouldn't be necessary forthe makers of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Eeme-dy to back up a plain statement of facta

by a $500 guarantee. They say."if we

can't cure you (make it personal, please,)of catarrh in the head, in any form or

stage, we'll pay you $500 for your troublein making the trial." "An advertisingfake," you say. Funny, isn't it, howsome people prefer sickness to healthwhen the remedy is positive and theguarantee absolute. Wise men don't putmoney back of "fakes." And "faking"doesn't pay.

Magical little granuels.those tiny,sugar coated Pellets of Dr. Pierce-scarcely larger than mustard seeds, yetpowerful to cure.active yet mild in op¬eration. The best Liver Pill ever in¬vented. Cure sick headache, dizziness,constipation. One a dose.

. There has been a curious disputeamong the biographers regarding the ageof Grover Cleveland. By some of thecampaign historians he is said to be fifty*seven years old, while others make himfully five yeara younger. Mr. Clevelandhimself, in answer to numerous inquiriesBent him some time ago, ia reported tohave given his age aa fifty-five.

SEE WHERE THE MONEx* GOES.One Hundred and Sixty Million Dollars for

Pensions!

New York IlerulO.

Washington, June 13..One hundredand sixty millions for pensions! This isthe estimate of conservative authoritiesfor the next fiscal year.Customs receipts for the present year

are about $175,000,000. Nearly the wholeamount will go for pensions.The entire burden of McKinleyism is

put upon the country.not to pay the ex¬

penses of the postal service, nor to paythe salaries of public officials, nor to im-prove the public waterways and light themin storm.but to pay bounties to a millionmen who are no longer doing anything inreturn for the burden tbey impose uponthe people.When is the drain to stop ? Nobody

knows. If anyone is fittrd to tell it isRepresentative Enloe, of Tennessee, whohas made a special study of the pensionproblem and has been Ranm's chief pros¬ecutor in the pension investigation. Hegives it up. He knowa that it won't stopsoon, but will go on increasing. I said tohim to-day: "The appropriation for thenext fiscal year is $134,825,000. Do youthink this will be sufficient to cover thedisbursements for that period ?"

"No, I do not. The commissioner ofpensions estimates that there will be a

deficiency of $13,000,000. That sum

would swell the amount to $147,000,000.My impression is that the Commissioner,at the rate he is adjudicating pensions,considering the number of claims pendingbefore tbe bureau, will run it up to $160,-000,000."

"If that be true the pension list, as theHerald has repeatedly stated, is steadilygrowing from year to year, inasmuch as

it will be necessary to appropriate for thenext fiscal year $160,000,000 at least, andthis will be largely in excess ofany appro¬priation in the past, will it not?""Yes, the list is repidly growing, and

there seems to be no disposition on thepart of Congress to enact any legislationwhich will check the increase. It will beremembered that Mr. Garfield, whenchairman of tbe appropriation committee,some fourteen or fifteen years ago made a

statement to the House that he thoughtthe pension list had then reached highwater mark ?""How much was it at that time ?""It was $25,000,000. Congress has en¬

acted legislation making the system moreliberal from time to time. The board ofpension appeals continue to interpret thelaw in a more liberal way, and thus ismaintained a steady growth of tbe pen¬sion list. The last Congress, by passingthe dependent pension bill, caused agreatincrease in tbe number of pensions, andin the amount carried by the pension ap¬propriation bill. There is still a demandfor broader legislation so as to provide forevery soldier without regard to the ques¬tion of dependency or disability."The 51st Congress appropriated $525,-

000,000 at the second session, of whichthe pension appropriation bill carried$135,214,785. That appropriation was

for the year 1892, and was in accordancewith the estimates submitted by the com¬

missioner of pensions. In the last few dayshe has submitted estimates to the commit¬tee on appropriations for an urgent defi¬ciency appropriation amounting to $7,-674,000 to complete the pension for tbeyear 1892. The appropriation has al¬ready passed the House. That carriestbe total for pensions for tbe year 1892 to$142,889,117.""Now, Mr. Enloe, how greatly in ex¬

cess of the appropriation for 1891 is this

appropriation of $142,889,117 for the fis¬cal year 1892?"

"It is an increase of $34,680,874 in one

year. Now let U3 go back another yearand see how much larger the appropria¬tion for tbe year 1891 was than the year1890. The records of the bureau show itto have been $22,092,695. This will giveyou some idea bow tbe list has swollensince Garfield's supposed "high watermark of $25,000,000 fourteen years ago to

nearly $150,000,000 at the present time.""How much of the money now appro

priated for pensions is wasted ? In otherwords,what sum, in yourjudgment, wouldbe necessary to give every soldier a pen¬sion who incurred disability in the ser¬

vice?""I think to come within the limits in¬

dicated by your question would reducethe amount at least one-third.that is tosay, $50,000,000. We are paying in theneighborhood of $30,000,000 per annum

to persons who are not strictly entitled to

pensions under tbe interpretation hereto¬fore given to the implied contract betweentbe Government and tbe soldier."The original intention of Congress in

providing for a pension system was to

compensate the soldiers for any decreasein their earning capacity on account ofdisabilities incurred in the service. Itwas never intended that pensions shouldbe given as a gratuity or as a reward forpatriotism, but in these latter days tbesystem has been constantly liberalizeduntil now there has grown up a demandfor pensions to soldiers who not onlynever incurred any disabilities in tbeservice, but who are not at present labor¬ing under any preceptible disability.There are plenty of ex-soldiera now on

the pension rolls who are financially inindependent circumstances, while thereare many other soldiers who need pen¬sions and are denied them because ofsome defect in the record of their serviceor in the proof necessary to establishtheir claim.""You speak, Mr. Enloe, of the contin¬

ued liberalizing of the pension laws. Inwhat way is this done, and what is thepurpose of it?"

"It has been done by legislation, andby the interpretation of the law. Theboard of pension appeals has brokendown the established rule which obtainedunder the general law. I speak of thegeneral law in contradistinction to theAct passed by the last Congress, whichprovided for dependent pensions, makingthe granting of a pension dependent on

tbe need of the soldier rather than upontne origin of his disability, Untilthe pension system was debauched bydragging it into politics in the la3t fifteenyears it was necessary for the soldier totrace his present disability back to his

service and show its origin in the ser¬

vice."If he was claiming for a disability on

acconn' of injury received in ihe service,it was necessary for him to show that itwas received in the line of duty. Theboard of pension appeals, which is a sortof hybrid law factory attachment to thepension office, has practically abolishedthe rule requiring the soldier to provethat the disability is the result of injuriesreceived in the service and in the lines ofduty. Their decisions go to the extent ofholding that a soldier was in the line ofduty if he was hurt in a drunken brawl,robbing a hen roost, or stealing whiskey.You ask what is the purpose of thischange of polücy. It seems manifest, as

I have before indicated, th t it has beendone for political reasons; done on theidea of using the public money for thepurpose of influencing the political ac¬

tions of those who are to be the benefici¬aries.""To return again to the question of an*

nual expenditures. If, as you estimate,$160,000,000 will be necessary to coverthe disbursements for the next fiscal year,where is this extravagance going to atop ?Will $160,000,000 be the maximumamount, or will it go to $170,000,000?And if it does go to $170,000,000, ian't itlikely to go to $200,000,000 ultimately?And if this be the case where shall we

get the revenues with which to meet thesepayments? The treasury is practicallybankrupt now,"

"It the pension office," replied Mr.Enloe, "is to be continued tobe used us a

political machine no man can tell whereit will stop. Bat from present indicationsI would say that it would not atop as longas a soldier can be found in the countrywho is willing to pat a price upon hispatriotism, I have had an occasion togive the matter some thought, and in a

discussion on the floor of tbe House Iexpressed the opinion that the presentrate of adjudicating pensions, in view ofthe number of applications now on hand,it would not stop short of $200,000,000per annum. It will be necessary to eith¬er limit Government appropriations tothe salary Hat in support of the army andnavy and the payment of pensions, to theexclusion of everything else, or to fk Jnew eources of revenue. The revenue

might be increased to some extent byabolishing prohibitory duties and bring¬ing tbe tariff down to a revenue basis, batI doubt if it would famish sufficient rev¬

enue to cover the expenditures. I thinkwe will be forced to adopt the income taxto pay pensions. I think the impositionof a graduated income tax od all incomesover $5,000 would be the easiest and mcstequitable way of raising the money topay pensions. I think it would be betterto place tbe burden of taxation of tho?ewho are able to bear it rather than im¬pose it on tbe labor of the country,which is already overburdened. The sys¬tem would not be so injurious as it is iftbe pensioners were equally distributedthroughout the country. As it is now

Borne localities have few if any pensioners.Such localities are consequently drainedof a part of their earnings, which is as

completely lost to them as ifdestroyed byfire or flood, becau36 it is taken from themand distributed elsewhere, never to re¬

turn.""When will the pension office investi¬

gation clone and what will be the resultof it?""Tbe investigation is drawing to a close

for this seusion and tbe report will prob¬ably be submitted to Congress within thenext ten daya or two weeks, I intend toask the Committee not'to adjourn finallyuntil next session, so that certatn matterswhich they have not time to investigatenow may foe inquired into when Congressmeets again. I think it would hardly beproper for me to express any opinion as

to what the report of the Committee willbe. I think, however, that the reportwill be 8al;iafactory and will be fully bub-

tained by the evidence taken. I shallarge tbe propriety and the necessity oftaking the pension bureau out of politics.I hope tho Committee will recommend itstransfer to the war department, where itproperly belongs. I believe if that bureauwaB placed in charge of a regular armyofficer it would cease to b' a politicalmachine. That would do much to correctabuses in the system. I also think that itwould be wise to confer upon the Secre¬tary of War tho power to thoroughlyoverhaul the present pension list, withauthority to eliminate from it all who are

not legally entitled to pensions, and allwhose circutnatances are auch that theydon't need to be pensioners on the boun¬ty of the Government. I think everytrue soldier and every right-thinking cit¬izen would be willing to trust the armyofficers with tbe exercise of auch power.The regular army officers have beentrained and educated to a high aeDse ofhonor and lofty patriotism. They wouldnaturally sympathize with a soldier whohad suffered misfortune or injury in theservice of his country, and would be pre¬pared to do fall justice, while they wouldentertain a righteous contempt for thefraud, the sneak, the deserter and thebounty jumper. Their sense of honorwould be a safeguard for the public treas¬ury aüd a guarantee of justice to the sol¬dier."

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. The Chicago Tribune sarcasticallyremarks: "A man in Barry, 111., whofired six shots at his wife with a re¬

volver, was fined six dollars by the in¬dignant justice of the peace before whomhis case was tried. It is lucky for himthat his gun was not a seven-shooter. Hisfine would have been seven dollars.". A pair of infants hrs been present¬

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All Sorts of Paragraphs.

. Few criminals of any kind live tobe old men.. Planta grow faster between 4 and'6

a. m. than at any other time during theday.. The young lady without an engage¬

ment ring has nothing on hand to speakof.. The beat farm in the promised land

is always the one which has the biggest',giants living on it.. If sunshine had to be paid for, there

are people who would declare that candlelight could beat it.. The blindest people are those who

never find out that they cannot be happyin their own way.. A "Poor Richard Almanac" of 1768

sold for $35 at an auction in Philadelphiaa few days ago. ,

. Massachusetts was the first of the*American colonies to adopt slavery,Georgia was the last.. It is never too late to mend. This is

why the cobbler never baa your booto:done at the time promised.. The negroes are not dying off rapid¬

ly. They have increased from 3,000,000]in the emancipation days to 7,000,000.. Grover Cleveland, tariff for revenue,

only, no force bill and honest money iswhat the Democrats of South Carolin*!want.. The first commercial transaction'!

that is recorded in secred history, is]Abraham's purchase of the cave of MacuTpelah.. The percentage of women who suc¬

cessfully pass the examination for goy»eminent positions is greater than that ofjmen.J. A New Jersey minister married fif-j

teen couples within sixty minutes the]other day. Fifteen knots an hour isn't]bad. .4. . One of the glorious privileges of ©viery American citizen is his right to be a]candidate for any office within the gift]of the people.. There is no difference in the mind off

God between the man who breaks thfflSabbath and the one who sells goods^a short yard stick.. Washington authorities report

new and dangerous counterfeit." As is jrepresents a $50 bill, it is not dangeronsjto newspaper men.. An Ohio man carried his jog to the]

wheat field and put it under a shady tree.!It got broke and a cow and one chicken jgot gloriously drunk.. Emma.Father, don't you think we

want some new gas burners? Father.No.That young man who comes to see youevery evening is gas burner enough forme.. Two lovers at Wilmington, 0., coinV

raitted suicide by taking strychnine Sun-jday morning, June 26. The young lady's!mother objected to the match and they]preferred death to separation.. There are more idle men in this!

country to day than there has been at any!previous time during its history. Tha|four years of Grover Cleveland'sistration were ones of unprecedenfprosperity.. Do not thiak of knocking out j

other person's brains because he dif^Jin opinion from you. It would berational to knock yourself on thubecause you differ from yourself ter!ago.. The money order department of the

Pittsburg (Penn.) Postoffice is exclasivf|ly in charge of Miss Mary Steele, and thireceipts, almost $2,500,000 last year, mariit a3 one of the largest business handledby any woman in America.. With the desire of giving her hus

band a trae picture of herself, a womar

in Atchison, Kansas, had her photograpitaken as she appeared at daily houseworlin her kitchen dress with a baby on one

arm and a broom and dustpan on thfother.. Hosband.Where is the hatchet'

Wife.In the attic. "If yon saw it in]the attic, why didn't you bring it down ?'fI didn't see it." "Then who did ?" "N<Ione that I know of." "Then how ircreation do you know it's in the attic ?']"I heard you up there yesterday driving^nail.". A paragraph is going the round

the press, explaining on scientific grotwhy a girl cannot throw a stone. Ifboiscientist would kindly point Outthe safest position the Bystander can

cupy.whether behind or before.ishe attempts it, he would be to sometent a public benefactor.. Professor Lors, the Greek:

is attracting much attention bjof shooting a glass ball fromThe trick is performed by shootinftrigger ofa rifle held in a frame, ml\muzzle sighted at a glass ball dangling 1a string directly over the markman^head.. Mies Wellalong (who hopes by l

iug light of her years to be thought quit]young).Really, I prefer to look on.

am getting too old to dance, you knotMr. Affable (who prides himself onlyways saying the right thing).Oh, comjnow, you are not old. I don't belietyou are within ten years of as old as yciglook.. This from the Southern C/iurchm

is too good to skip: A good answermade by an old Christian, who, whenwas asked what his business was, eaitj"To serve God; but I pound iron toexpenses;" and thero is in this ai£">^the key to tbe best results possible to ;c

one of us, whatever our condition or- it)roundings.. A Deer-Isle man has a curiosity

the shape of an egg, which had on <end a cap-like excrescence, which, beilifted, showed a full sixed cranberry boi Jbetween the cap of :ho shell and the irner lining membrane of the egg.wants to know bow it got there, andanyone ever saw or heard of the likefore. It is a novel way to raise beans,least.. In Rocklaud, Me., is a dog that is j

born thief. Its favorite plunder is cloting, and in daily excursions aboutneighborhood during the past winter?baa pilfered enough to stock a shop,other week it went into an opera hallw*picked up a costly muff and startedhome, hotly pursued by a man and.excited women. The owner got her mtand the dog got a beating,