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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1886-03-03
A w 9 VI A N.
From the dtLaata Constitution. !

From the Atiaata Constitutions
My name is Mary Chapman, and
live at the corner OF Williams and
COX streets, Atlanta. ! haze been "A
dreadful sufferer from scrorula and
running eating scrofulous ulcers for
six years. Have been waited upnn
durh,g the time by seven Atlanta
phEAesiaas, but they failed to- cure me.
| al>S used vari0aS advertised remedies
without the least benefit. While being
thus treated, grew worse all the time
Scroiulous sweilings on both sides of
my ncck-which became Iunning,
e''inr sores, affecting my throat mouth
and nose. The eating sores Oh my
neck were mass of corruption almost
down to- The bones. Ny throat became
so much affected that could scarcely
swallow my food io&giCg in "A portion
ni my throat. lost my appetite on
tlrcIy, lost my flesh and was reduced
TO ~ pounds weight-bcing n mere
skeleton. My whole system became
terribly poisoned and in fearful con
dItlon. In this couGtliou commenced
the Use of y. y. B., and found great
relief in the first bottle.
When had used five bottles my
health had so much improved that the
ulcers We're all heated, the swelling
subsidized, my appetite returned. my
SKIN became active, NY strength
returned, and | gained "a pounds of
flesh. | ann now healthy, fat and
hearty, and am able TO do rs much
work ~ any woman, and feel rs happy
as Il lark y
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Christian Genrlsnsax.

A heather who stood in a crowd in
Calcutta, listening to a missionaIy
disputing with Brahmin, said le
k"o" which was right, thongh he did
not understand the language. lie
knew he wss in the wrong who lost
his temper first. For the most rart this
ls very accarate way Of Judging.
Try ts avoid debating with people.
state your opinion, and let them state
Ehe'rs. Ii you see that stick is
Er"o%ed, and you want people to see
how cro' ke'i 1t is, lay sraignt rod
heslde il: that will lie qui:e enor oh
Bat # "u are drawn into con,rove,sy.
use very hard arguments and very
SOFT words. Frequently uu canno;
cohVince man by tngging at bi.
leasi!' but you can persuade him by
winning his affections.
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y emo Valuable Information
About Lamps.

The insurance agencis have just
issued some information about lamps
that will prove useful to every house
mold III VIII; ch kerosene Is use. The
Insurance men, ,ssy that the majority
Of lamp explosions "cavr from the
use Of low grades of oil, which contain
a c"I der"hle quantity of naptha or
gasoline, ard under the heat gen
Grated 10y the fame in tie wick tube,
highly explosive sass is evolved
which, filing the spSce not occupied
by the oil in tho font, is liable to find
its way 20 .the flame, and upon ignition,
cause all explosion. IN case no means
ofeAit presents itsslf, this gas, being
SUBJECTED to continuous heating, may
expand sufficiently to rupture the font
itself, and on coming in contact with
fame iguite with explosive rapidity.
This tendency :" generate gas is
greatly facilitated through The usual
practice Of turning low the Game of n
lamp, resulting in an unusual heating
of the metal dome over the wick, as
well az its metallic connections, thus
creating an excess .qf haat and more
rapid VOLATILE 'ton OF the. oil which
enge"ders q tendency TO explosion,
even with the age nf high grade oils.
1t shonlI be borne in mind that while
the oil Is 10y in lamp, the process Of
capillary attraction through the wick
is retarded, a2d as a result, the heated
wick tube acts moro rapidly in develop.
ing the gas-hence Il is always unsafe
to use lamp when the oil is low in
IL.
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Pearls of Thought.

Walk as if you were conscious that
your body has soul in It.
If a life will bear examination in
Every hour of it, il is pure indeed.
IF any one says i'll OF you, let your
life be so that none wil. La!;evc him.
He who strives after long aud
pleasant form of life must seek to
attain continued equauim;ty.
1--WE never see tear in the eye, ,"
says a celebrated writer, "but we are
reminded Of 9 warm heart.
Whatever else wo neglect, let US
keep up the habit of communion with
God, Prayer Is the key of the position.
If man empties bis purse into his
head, no man can take i away from
him. An investment in knowledge
always pay the best interest.
Let every man take care how he
speaks and writes of honest people, and
not SCI down at a venture the first
thing TINT comes uppermost.
The man who is suspicious lives in a
constant state of unhappinoSs. 1t
would be better for his peace of mmd
to he too trustful than to he too guar
deG.
filthy friends DO of better quality
than thyself thou mayost he sure of
two things the first that they will he
more care!a! to keep thy counsel,
because they havo much more to lose
than thou hast, the second, they will
esteem thee tor thyself, and not for
that thou dost possess.
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a Story CT Travers.

They tell very good story Of VIM.
IL. Iravers, the well known broker.
who tells funny yarns with a s,u,ter
that is inimltable. James Gordon Ben
nett once upon ,iCc was in front of
the Uuion club, when a particularly
annoying boothlack came I'd and
asked him if he didn't want q shine.
Bennett turned away and made no
anhwer. The boy strol!ed off, but came
back again presently with his former
question, The owner of tho Herald
paid no attention whatever TO lis
tormentor, and the boy, after repeating
his request couple Of times, said
Say, mister, will you tell us what
tims it i>?" -
Mr. Bennett took out his watch and
replied that it was FIVE minutes to Eve
o'clock.
HAil right" said the boy, preparing
Tor retreat. 9Wheu she strikes five
% clock you 60 soak yoIr head"
be ran If -saw.n the .si.resI,, .st,.,l
Bennett, forgetting himself for the me-
ment, started after him with the in en-.
ton of cuff 6 his ears. Thoy had
gone about thirty PAGES when Ben.
nett ran INTO the arms of Travers.
"W-w whats tho matter" Siam.
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Ra Was Acquainted With yier

Mr.. Jenkins went to hear lecture
recently on Napoleon Ronaparte and
when it was over he stopped AZ IL cigar
store to hear it discussed.
Il tel YOU" said Blderstonc, "Na.
Po!eon was the greatest general that
ever controlled an army, and only the
mighticst genius, the most heroic valor,
could have induced him to cross the
Alps"
Fudge" replied jenkins, "the Alps
amt nothin'. Just let him como up
to my house aud try to cross my wife
once, when her dander is up, and if
Nap. don't think he is only a grain of
sand on limitless shore, then | don't
know the Bonaparte family, that's all ;"
-Merchant. Traveller.
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She Haa HesL at Eome.

Flossy Come, Jonnie, let's play
we's married.
Jobnnie-Vrry well, Flp.sy.
F.-Comc, don, cands into dinner.
How do you like the dinner to,tav,
my dear?
Ut is n good dinner. a very
good dinner, indeed.
F.-0h, yan rnust not say dat. Y,u
must cay it ain't vnf d-r. III
couldn't cox better dan dat | would
hire myself out for shape in dry
gnr dS store - Boston Coii.icr.
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Exow We Spoil Our hugs.

House air is almost always filled
with more or less dust. During the
winter, wicn the ventilation is i'm
perfect, this is especially the case. The
stove is most common cau4c, "a it's
heat dries up every bit of dirt in the
room, aud it is waited about by cur
rents of pr, an1 stirred ~ Ivy the
skirt@ of women. Women probably do
not know how much dust their skirts
spEd into the air whenever they sweep
over the carpeE. 1t il invisible to lie
eN.a, except when tEc light Of the sun
shin on it. All this is brcathed, and
helps to spoil our lumgs. Is there any
help for it? AT least one, and that is
ventilation. Frequent aud thorough
ventilation, especially when the rooms
are SWEPT mud busted, while it does
not remedy the evil. makes il less
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swcetenlng tho waters.

The hands Of faith never knocked at
Heaven in vain. No sooner hath Moses
| shown his grievance than God shows
him the remedy; yet an unlikely one,
that it might be miraculous. He that
maOc the waters could have given
them any SAVIOR. How easy it is for
Him That made the matter 20 alter the
quality! 1T is not more hard TO take
| away than to give, Who doubts but
the same hand that created them
might have Immediately changed
them" Yet that almighty power viii
do it 10y means. a piece of wood must
sweeton the waters. What relation
hath wood to watal? or that which
hath no savOr to the redress Of bit
teruess2
All things are subject TO the com.
mand OF their Maker. lie that made
all or nothing can make everything OF
anything. There is so much power
in every creature as He will please to
give. IT is the praise Of 0mnipotency
to work by improbabillties; Elisha
with salt, Moses with wood shall
sweetGn the bitter waters. Let no
man dcspise the meaus when he knows
the Author,
God taught His people by actions as
well IA 10y words This entrance thus
showed them their .whule journey,
wherein they should taste of mitch
bitterness hut at l09t. through the
mercy OF God, sweetencd with comfort.
Or did it not represent themselves
rather in the journey. in the fountain
! OF whose hearts were the bitter waters
0t manifold co:rup;tnns vet their un-
EaHorY souls are swectemrd hy the
g.AcPa Of His spirit.
o blessed Saviour, the wood Of thy
cross-that is, the appk"atioN Of thy
suticrings-is enough to sweetcn
! whole sea Of bitterness I care not hoy
unpleasant II portion | find in this
| wilderness, IL the power and benefit of
! thy precious death may season it to
my soul. Bishop HoW
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KIDNEY COMPLAINT.

FOR over six years have been n
terrible sufferer from: troublesome
Kidney complaint for the relief OF
WHic!l have spent over $3.50 without
benefit. and most noted so.ca;Icd
remedies proving failures. The use
OF one single bottle OF B. =. b. hns
been marNGlnus, giving more relief
ttar nil other treatment combined.
u - /" QdicH care, white others. il they
cure ut All, are in the distant future.
G. II. ROBERTS,,
Rt!antG. W4ter Works.
F"r sale ~
GSS" STRAIT e WFORD. J.F.
MACkEf X co. Lancaster, =. g..
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Ole swallow dDesn't make II sum-
mer; but if it's of tho right siur it will
make fail.
"WhNt is your idea Of love, Mr.
Sinnick = Three meals day and
well co"Ssd."
The II y leading lady tbat secieiy
recognizes Is ~ -10rlH". 0lHc" ."kt5G .".kt5G ,c1naIuct; a
pug with n string.
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II eat Chinese citv

There is an air Of decay alb bout Pekin
which extends even 10 its temples
The numbcr"f iis population is not
accurately known. but, according to Il
Chinese estimate, which is probably in
excess, it is ] 800, 900 of whom 900,
600 reside i" the Tartar, and 100000
II the Chinese city. There is no dir, CT
foreign trade with Pekin, and III.
small Foreign population is made ur
"i the members Of the various legations
the maritime customers, the professor.
At tho college aud the missionary body
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The Mo dorm saDaI atin's Story.

Ihe. historian doesn't know where
this story had its actual origin, but
w3s "tola for true" on a recent ocean
voyage to enliven The company. A
gentleman who had INDUCED quite too
freely, and hadn't had tie discovery
c!ade TOR hiSn ia season to get>a car.
B. !ciagGi WAS he.lnel hegUe W . ,good
Samaritan. He was very grateful in
an oxhi,arats;! way. ami asked his
benefactor's name.
"My name = said the gerilcm. n
from Samaria. ooh, I'm St Paul"
The inebri"te steadied himself by n
final effort, and Looked dreAmiIy at
'tfls departing friend.
81 shay" says he, "SL. Paul! Did
you ever get any ansher to that blamed
long letter ryou wrote tn the Ephcsians?'
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TEe Cr0CG Is OF S0utE Ame.i q i. =
woman. Donna, Isndora Cousino. OF
Santiago, CHI, and there nrs few
men or women in the world richer
than Il There is no end to her
money and 10 limit to her extrava-
gance, and people cali her tie Counte. 3
Of Monte Cristo.
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"Ch, m0'heh Mrs. OctoJcr i, p,juy
to givea party"
"WeIln' ....----
"And we are to MI wear different
Kinds OF r"ses aud things ".
And am to wear COW sli, s."
"Well,"
And you are to tell our ,fvirym,r
TO bring some to morrow
The Chicago Leader says: "!t is
<ali that Hawthorne never usrI mn
lIaIiciZcd word. Perhaps he never
t"ied To put up stove"
Tho JacksouvilI. Times Union nuts
the damage by the late frcezr i'm
Florida ut fully two millions dollar,
An e"ge was lately captured ncor
'!'lii;gton in liarnet county, North
ar"iina. That measured ten feet from,
tip To tip.
Inc directorv for the city Of At
iania for 1876, just issued after +,
careiui Canvass. places the cIty,s
population Mt 10000. '' .
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Tho Funny M an Of the Future.

at one OF the schools the s,aster, IN
~ general exercise, wrote the word
'dezen" on the blackboard, and asked
the pnplis &, each write sentence
Containing the word. He was some
what taken aback to fiud on one OF
lhs papers the following unique SEN
- dozen know my lesson" II
90 s,ssE1vys To grow up he will b,
ea'ff, ~ funny man, on some Of
2 ttreoatenPoraries -Patiqdelphia CaiI
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"oh, mo'heH Mrs, OctoJcr j., go!ns
to give party"
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| And you are to tell our dvirvmau
TO bring some to morrow
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HOUSE.

In the House leave was granted Mr. Ham,
mond of Georgia to file the views of the mi
nority of the committee on judiciary on the
bankruptcy bill
After number of bills Of private char
acter had been reported from the committees
the House went into a committee of the
whole on the private calendar.
The only bill which gave rise to anyidlscus-
sion was the one to change the rank of officers
on the retired list of the army. The bill
authorizes the President to select from the
coloneis on the retired list one officer who
served rs chief of artillery during the war
and place him on the retired list, with the
rank of major general. The bill is intended
to apply to Col. Henry J. Hunt. 1t was met
With good deal os opposition, principally
from the republican side, Price of Wisconsin.
ana teters of Kansas. objecting to it as class
legislation, and Reed of Maine placing the
opposition on constitutional grounds, as being
an infringement by Congress of executive
functions
Mr.. Land Of Nebraska made strong
speech in its support, and declared that Con-
gress was just as competent to exercise legis-
latlve and executive functions asthe gentlemen
at the other end of the avenue. He referred
10 the tact, too, that neither Price of Wiscon-
SIN, nor Reed had been in the war, saving
that some people would not be so stout and
round and sleek and mighty, physically, if
they had undergone some of the vicissitudes
OF war in which Gen. Hunt had participated.
Pending action the committee rose and a
half dozen private bills were passed
The House ut 4.50 took a recess until 80
this evening, the session to be devoted to
the consideration of the private pension bill.
At the evening session the House passed
thirty pension bills. The last bill to be con-
sidered was that granting pension of $1,000
year to theEwidow of Gen. w. S. Hancock
On the question of passing the bill the vote
stood % to price, Zach. Taylor, Johnson
of Indiana, and Winans.)
Mr.. Price then raised the question of no
quorum.
The previous question was, however,
ordered on the bill, and it goes over until
Monday.
The House then at 1925 adjourned until
tomorrow.
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ASDROSCoGGIN.

dNDROSCoGGIN.
The Mrs. Emma Simms who according TO
q disp, tch in our columns some days ago,
was shot by her lover in Portland, Oregon.
was q native of East Auburn. Her maiden
name was Berry.
number of out of town capitalists have
purchased majority of the stock of the
Lewiston Gaslight Company and propose to
introduce water gas as a substitute for the
coal gas and at considerably smaller price.
ARoosTooK
Mr.. j. M. Davis, formerly Of Presque Isle,
but now of Arizona. has lately arrived on a
visit to his old home, says the Aroostook
Times. Mr.. Davis is one of the guards Of
an express stage which runs in New Mexico
and Arizona. He carries bullet in his body
which was received in recent affray with
outlaws who attempted to rob the stage.
At their two mills across the line, at In
diantown and Carleton, Messrs. Hayford
& Stetson have manufactured in 26S working
days total amount of 81, 500, lag feet Of long
lumber, 80 904 900 shingles. &c. .03l 900 laths,
l,906, ,260 slaves, 2l0, 900 boxes. S4.l44 pairs
heading 1855, ,450 cIapboards. A large part Of
this lumber is from logs cut in Aroostook
county, and manufactured and shipped to the
States free of duty under the special act of
1866, allowing lumber cut in the State of
MAINE 10 De manu1actured IN New bruns-
WICK ana come INTO the states 1ree OF duty.
meesrs. hayioru q ote'soh were the nrst 10
commence the moving OF cedar logs TO 81.
John' 'there 10 oe manufactured INTO sningie''
ihey are iaree operators III hroossook' cut
ting iargey Oh naho belonging 10 nrfh' lhey
own ln ArooS'ook county son'e'hihg over
100000 acres of timber land.
CUMBERLAND.
mi n
The Portland Press tells the following:
Sunday morning lady, who is stopping in
this city, said to Mr.. Halves, OF the we'll
known oyster hrm; u see vessel. IL
looks like schooner, and IT seems to me you
are interested in 1t. see the vessel pick up
three men in boat and the one nearest me
appears to be very wet. Ihe next mornings
paper brought the news that one of Mr..
Hawes vessels, the Ella f. Long, on its way
to Portland, had picked up boat Sunday
morning, containing three of the crew of the
Oregon and taken them into New Lsndon.
"A scheme is being talked up OF establishing
iihe Vi steam eo~i 'esseis W run W oi'
anu mus uIeIu. Suppiy '"o e"S,ein m1r.,, uaue
E'iner n, "a,e'no"'e, VI l o''."u' =,
Ie1n aPP1l",." % onii neau .I i" .ne v.ho'
.: oeho.us, heHo vi 'he r"ii"Ay h~i scr
'ice ioi '''' o'-'e'
HANCOCK
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were agreed on. but be did know that not one
word was said at that time or any other time
until long afterwards about the stock being
gift or donation.
The witness was then proce eding TO refer
to the letters received by him from DR.. Rog.
ers, and to comment on them with the state
ment that there was not letter in his DOS
session which reflected in any way on DR.,
Rogers or anybody else, when he was inter.
rupted by Ranney, who said that the letter,
ought to be read.
The witness replied that he didn't know
whether he had all of the letters or not. He
had telegraphed some time ago to his law
partner to send him his letter books and letters
but had not examined them since their arriva Il.
With DR.. Rogers consent he would furnish
them, but without his consent he wouldn't.
He had perfect right to testify in his own
way and if he had not the letters he had a
right to tell their contents.
Ranney suggested that as one side of the
correspondence was in, the other should be
put H. Witness said that no injustice would
De done to Rogers, and that gentleman would
be glad if he told the whole thing.
Rsnney remarked that the question was
not what DIR. Rogers preferred, but what the
committee desired
" AthcsS-l Will SURRENDER no private letter
In my possession without consulting the
writer.
DR.. Rogers, (interjecting) Publish all of
my letters If they haven't got poetry in them.
Laughter
The committee then adjourned until to-
moro" to give the witness an opportunity to
arrange and produce the letters.
Gen. Howard to Succeed Gen. Pope.
Brig. Gen. Howard was today nominated
as major general in the army in place of Gen.
Pope who has retired.
No Place for Hurd.
The House committee on elections today
decided the contested election case of Hurd
and Romeis of Ohio, in favor of Mr.. Romeis,
the sitting member.
POstmasters Appointed.
The following Maine postmasters were ap-
pointed Friday Katahdin Iron Works,
Owen H. Williams; East New Portland,
Joseph M. Dennis; East Otisfeld, Sumner
II. Wardwell; West Winterport. Bedfeld
Plummer.
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THE BROADWAY STEAL.
Oaly Two Honest Men Among the
Aldermen of 1884.

New YORK, March 10.
Henry w. Jachue, the New York alderman,
was arrested for bribery on his own confes-
sion. He was entrapped into this confession
by Inspector Byrnes. Jachne said that he
got $4,000 for his vote on granting the
Broadway franchise. His bail was fixed at
$4,000, and 1t was Immediately furnished.
Inspector Byrnes was seen at his office this
morning. A reporter asked him if he was
going to drag his net for more aldermen to-
day.
THAT is matter would rather not talk
about" he said. II am in hopes that the
evidence will be sufficient to warrant the ar
rest of some of the guilty ones. That is for
the district attorney to decide He is going
ahead cautiously to get evidence that will
stand in court. To me 1t looks as if he would
come pretty near getting it.
SIS it true that all the aldermen of 1884 are
lnvolved?"
"Nearly all. They are two of whom can
say here, now, that they are not tarred with
that stick. Alderman Grant and O'Connor,
one democrat and the other republican
Of them it can be positively and absolutely
stated at this stage of the inquiry, that they
were not bribed. As to the rest" The in
spector paused.
Gas to the rest?' suggested the reporter.
sWell, as to them, you will know shortly
who were bought and who were not or per-
haps might better say, of whom it can be
proved that they were bought. Let 1t rest
till then"
Speculation was rife at the police head
quarters as to the identity of lawyer VINO
was employed, according to Jachne's story,
by the aldermen to cover up their tracks oy
oyerhauling their private books and papers
q A. hnar 10
gaze of the Senate committee. inspector
Rvrnes would not tell who he was, but said
significantly that his turn would also come In
its season.
Said a long headed politician who haunts
the corridors At the police headquarters
..There i. another aspect to this thing that
Won haven't thought Of If it turns out tc
involve repeal of the Broadway franchlse
hv the legislature, an enormous array OF III,
anence. political and otherwise, OF power ano
wealth will be put behind Jaehne to protec,
him from harm, and the same will be exerteu
to intimidate Inspector Byrnes, on whose tes'
timonv all this now rests. What will be the
result? As to Byrnes, believe it will ac
complish nothing. His record is clear, anc
atrempts to in.imidate him, think, will DC
nroducive of little profit or credit to those
who rrv it. Beyond him-wsll we shall see
This is going to be big fight"
Alderman Jaehne, with his counsel, Rich
ard s. Newcomb, walked down Broadway TO-
dav at ii o'clock, and went into the post
Office building to attend session of the Sen
ate committee which is investigating the
methods by which the franchise of the Broad
way railway was obtained.
One of the special officers around CITY
Hall today noon, said when asked tor the
news: "Don't give it away until tell you
70. Another alderman will be pulled IN TO-
day. just heard of it from two speclai OK
ficers who have been watching 10, hihl. a.
derman Fullgraff is one, don't tell any o"e
who informed you"