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ssssssmsm asasaffi News-Herald Constitution, I 12 I^Eontlx*—sl.2s. | [aoife'a^O&lJags'S^ii ; i3lnl|[nßCia[irnJgui?KairruunQCASlflMfcS THE OWISNKTT HERALD. ) the Consolidate!an. 1,1598. Established In 1893. > Crouching f ery cough there ¥ like a crouching |. he probabilities I consumption. T le throat and ¥ lungs become rough and in- i flamed from ’ coughing and the germs of .1 consumption j find an easy ’| entrance. Take J no fj gerous foe. | For 60 years 1 las been a per- f re. What a rec- 1 ord! Sixty years of cures. Ihcrrx Pectoral soothe.: and heals the wounded throat and lungs. You escape an at tack of consumption with, all its terrible suffering’ and uncertain results. There is nothing so bad for the throat and lungs j as coughing. A 25c. bottle will cure; an ordinary cough; hard-l er coughs will need a 50c j size; the dollar bottle is cheapest in the long run. 44 On® of my son® was splttinf blood with a high fever and w ▼ery ill. We could hardly see ai i? signs of life in him. The doctors did him no good. But one bottle of your Cherry Pectoral cured him and saved his lir®.” C.G. Anderson, Nov. 10,1898. Pukwana, S.lAr.k. Write the Doctor. If you have an j complaint whatever ana desire th® b®st medical advice, write the Dec tor freely. Address Dr. J. C. AvBR, Lowell, Mass. M. A. Bom Jos. Woodward. BORN & WOODWARD. Physicians and Surgeons, Lawrenceville, Ga. Office in Cain building. Calls answcrel any or night. DR. J. H. CONWAyT PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Will attend all calls. Office: Lawrenceville Hotel. J. A. PERRY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Lawrenceville, : : Ga. Office over G. W. & A. P. Cain’s Stor». All business entrusted to my core will re ceive prompt attention. OSCAR BROWN, JNO. R. COOPER. Lawrenceville, Ga. Macon. Ga. BROWN & COOPER, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Criminal Law A Specialty. Office up stairs in the old Winn drugstore. DR. A. M. WINN, LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. Attends oalls day or night. , O. A. NIX, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office in Cain Building. Lawrenceville, Ga. Will practice in all the courts, Careful at tention ta all legal business. Sep 98-1 v F, F. JUHAN L.F MCDONALD. juhan & McDonald, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Lawrenceville, - - - Ga. Will practice in all the courts, State and Fed eral. Long and successful experience in every department of the law. Bankrupt Practice a Specialty. If you can t pay what you owe come aud let us give that relief the law provides for you, aud begin life anew. Age and long experience, youth, proficiency and energy combined, Try us, and yon will not regret it. JOHN M. JACOBS, DENTIST, Lawrenceville, - - Ga. Office over G. W. & A. P, Cain’a store. V. G. HOPKINS, DENTAL SURGEON, Office over Winn’s old drug store. Office hours—9a. m. to 4 p. m. LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. DR. N. N. GOBER, 86 Grant Building, Atlanta. Ga. Cure* ECZEMA, ASTHMA, RHEUMATISM. S. L. HINTON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Dacula, - - - - Ga. Office near the depot. Chronic diseases a spe cialty; 20 years experience. The patronage of the public solicited. W. T. HINTON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Dacula, - - - - Ga. Located at the late Dr. S. H. Freeman old stand, and any of his former customers will find ine ready to serve them. Chronic Diseases a Specialty. All calls promptly attended to. day or night DIG oTb. TUCKER, Physician and (Surgeon, Suwanee, : : Ga. All calls promptly attended to. CLARK BANKS, THE OLD RELIABLE BARBER, Can be found at his old stand, on Pike street First-class work. Satisfaction guarranteed. W. R. DEXTER. V- '■ . Fwmiritf • .•’ly-.- * ir " *"' —- FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER, I.nwrenceville. Ga. WANTED— Hone»t mail or woman to travel for large house--salary SOS monthly anil -tiDi ao'.* with Increase. Position permanent. Inclose Self-adilresaed stamped envelope. MAN'AOKIt,33O Caitou bldg., Chicago. THE NEWS-HERALD. LOG iW MAY BE UNCONSTITUTION -1 AL OK TWO SCORES. TH dog law passed at the lasi sessin of the legislature with a view of substantially increasing thepommon school fund of the etai will in all probability nover go into effect in Georgia in its prVeut shape. Acting on the un offlial opinion of Attorney Gon er! Terrell, the ordinaries of a umber of counties have heid that tlj law' will not be effective until JLua-y 1, 1901, and by that time th legislature will have couveued j Jain and had an opportunity to j 1 rrect the errors in the measure ! jid attempt to make itconstitu-j tonal where it is now regarded as incoustitutirnal- I Estimates as to the amount of lnoney the application of the dog flaw would bring to the common I school fund of the state vary from $75,000 to $200,000, the latter es timate being based upon the prac tical results of a similar statute in the state of Tennessee. That the common schools of Georgia should be deprived of this addi tional income by reason of mis takes in the bill which passed the legislature, inadvertent though the errors are said to have been, is discouraging to a great many friends of the common school system, who have worked for the passage of the dog law for a num ber of years. The importance of the dog law is much greater than is suggested by its name, but in spite of this fact the ordinaries in the different counties who have consulted with the solicitor general of their cir cuit and obtained other legal ad vice have decided to take no chances, and probably without, exception will give the legislature another chance to improve the bill. A great many people who have studied the question have express ed the opinion that it is unconsti tutional at least on two scores, and that it would never be upheld by a court of law. In section 5388 of the code, which is a part of the constitution, the legislature is given special authority to tax such domestic animals as are from nature and habit destructive of other property. Dtgs come under the head of domestic ani mals, hut all dogs are not consid ered either by nature or habit de structive of other property. In fact, it is said that the more do mesticated dogs become, the less destructive they are of anything. On this point Attorney General Terrell expressed the opinion that the legislature would in all prob ability consider an amendment to the law that will exempt those dogs that are exempted by the constitution. The common schools of the state have no more enthu siastic- friend than the attorney general, and he has rendered no opinion on the dog law except where pressed to do so in an un official way by different ordinaries in the Btate. The question whether or not a dog is regarded in the eyes of the law as property is by far the most important one in considering the constitutionality of the dog law. It is understood that more than one superior court in the stato has ruled that the dog does not come under the head of property, and it is also understood that the su preme court has never passed di rectly on the question. Should the court find that such animals constitute property, the dog law is plainly at issue with the con stitution of the state. In section 5388 of the code it is provided that all taxation on every class of property shall be uniform and ad valorem, and if one dog is worth more than another—and it is gen erally conceded that there are dogs and dogs—then the legisla ture will find no justification in the constitution for taxing all male dogs at $1 and all female dogs at $1.50 a head. In a recent case appealed from one of the lower circuits in the state the supreme court held when a person had taken a dog belonging to one of his neighbors that he had by that act been guilty of larceny. This is not taken to be a ruling, however, that a dog is property, although it is urged by some on the other hand that the taking of that which is not prop erty does not constitute larceny. Among other objections raised to the immediate operation of the dog law by officials of the Btate is the conflict which occurs in sec tions 7 and 8, in the first of which it is provided that the constables in each militia district shall im- I pound such dogs as have no collar LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA,THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15,1900. during the month of March. In section 8 the time for impounding is extended thirty days and in cludes both March and April. The conflicting sections which the legislature will be called upon to remedy are as follows: “Sec 7. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the constables in each militia district during the month of March of each year to catch and impouud at his residence every dog in his district, which has no collar, as above provided, and immediately notify the owner, it known, aud shall keep said dog for forly-eight hours, during which time the owner or keeper thereof may reg ister said dog on condition that he Will make affidavit before the urdinarvthat he was providentially prevented • from registering said dog prior to March Ist of that year, and shall then register and pav the tax on said dog as re quired by law, or shall simply register him or her, and pay for check and fees, if the dog was un der four months old on January Ist immediately preceding. The party shall also pay the ordinary 25 cents for said affidavit, and to the officer impounding 50 cents for his fee; but in the event the tax aud fees are not paid as above, the impounding officer, after the dog has been impounded forty eight hours, shall kill him or her. “Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of each of the aforesaid constables, during the months of March and April of each year, to kill without im pounding, every dog in his district, which has not been registered as above required, for which service he shall receive 25 cents for each dog killed.’’ The following advice to sheep raisers in the state to abstain from extensive sheep raising until the criticisms he indulges in are no longer applicable to the dog law has been received from a middle Georgia farmer: “Editor Constitution —ls you are a philanthropist you will ad vise the Rev. Zed Gardner, of Spalding county, and other Geor gians who are preparing to engage in sheep raising as a principal business, under the protection of the present dog law, to go slow, For all of the grand juries and constables in the state can’t make the dog law a lawful law unless the courts are as ignorant of law as the legislature that attempted to make it law. “The legislature assumed that dogs were property, private prop erty, of value to the owners, when it imposed a tax upon ‘dogs,’ and the assumption was that they were of great value to their own ers by the tax rate put upon them. “The most iusignificant flee under the law is valued at nearly SIOO, and the owner and tax as sessor have nothing to do with the valuation. “Anri the bailiffs are made the sole judges, juries and execution ers and paid a fee for every decis ion they make against the tax payer or owner of a dog, aud the destruction of about SIOO worth of his-private property (so valued by the legislature) as a penalty for delinquency in paying $1 tax, a crime for which he has never been convicted except by a con stable, aud without a trial. A constable who gets a fee if he con victs and destroys the property upon which the tax was assessed, and nothing if he don’t. “Aud the man whose property is destroyed gets no compensa tion. “And this, in a country whose RHEUMATISM CURED. After eminent physicians and all other known remedies fail. Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B ) will quickly cure. Thousands of testimonials attest this fact. No case of Rheumatism can stand before its magic healing power. Send for book of particulars, free. It contains evidence that will convince you that B. B. B. is the best cure for all Blood and Skin diseases ever discovered. Beware of substitutes said to be “just as good. ” SI.OO per large bottle. A NOTED JOURNALIST CURED AND TESTIFIES. I was afflicted for three years with rheumatism of the ankle and joints to such an extent that lo comotion was difficult, and I suf fered great pain. I was induced to try a bottle of B. B. 8., and be fore I had completed the second bottle I experienced relief, and four bottles effected an entire cure. Six months have passed since the swelling and pain disap peared, and I will state that B. B. B. has effected a permanent cure, for w hich I am very grate ful. W. G. Whidby, Atlanta, Ga. Kor sale by druggists. Address, for book, Blood Balm "Co , Atlan ta, Ga, fundamental and supreme laws expressly and explicitly declare that no person shall be punished for any acts or delinquences till he is accused and convicted in the courts of the country, after a fair trial, by an impartial jury, none of which uor the judges have any pecuniary interest in the case, and the same supreme laws sa.v that no private property shall be taken for public use without just compensation to the owner, paid before his property is taken. And no private property shall be de stroyed without the conseut of the owner for the pleasure or ben efit of any private person or the public until it is legally and for mally condemned as a nuisance, aftei proof of public detriment. “Then, if dogs are not property, they cannot 1 e taxed. “If they are property, they can not be taxed to death, or confisca ted. “They cannot be takeu from the owner for the public good without just compensation if they are property, and the just compensa tion could not be leas than the value of the dogs, and their value could not be less than the value fixed by the legislature for taxa tion, aud the dogs could not be destroyed as a nuisance till they are first tried and condemned as such, which would require a jury trial for each dog for what he has done that is detrimental to the public, not for what other dogs have done, nor for what the dog on trial may do till he has proven his character by hie acts. “So there is not one vestige of legality in the whole dog law, and if nine-tenths of the people, in cluding the judges and jurors, favored the law, and the other tenth were to resist it, the resist ance would be successful, for every judge is sworn to uphold the con stitution, and every juror is sworn to give a verdict according to the law given to him by the court. “And, for one, I shall not plant sheep under the reign of the pres ent dog law. “Tilghman Willis, “Spalding County, Georgia.” BRAVE MEN FALL Victims to stomach, liver and kidney troubles as well as women, and all feel the results in loss of appetite, poisons in the blood, backache, nervousness, headache and tired, listlesß, run-down feel ing. But there’s no need to feel like that. Listen to J. W. Gard ner, Idaville, Itffi. He saye: “Electric Bitters are just the thing for a man when he is all run down aud don’t care whether he lives or dies It did more to give me new strength and good appetite than anything I could take. I can now eat anything and have a new lease on life.” Only 50 cents, at A. M. Winn & Son’s Drug Ltore. Every bottle guaranteed. A householder in London recently noticed that his cook had stuck up in her kitchen a map of South Africa, with the British posses sions colored red, the Transvaal brown, the Orange Free State yel low and Portuguese territory green “Do you take an interest in the war, Mary?” he asked. “No, sir,” replied the cook, “but I mean to ’ave a skirt like that brown bit, and blouses like them other colors; and I’m just keepin’ the map to match the patterns with when I get a heveuin’ hoff, sir!” DOES IT~PAY TO BUY CHEAP? A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is all right, but you want something that will relieve and cure the more severe and danger ous results ot throat and lung troubles. What shall you do? Go to a warmer and more regular cli mate? Yes, if possible. If not possible for you, then in either case take the only remedy that has beeu introduced in all civilized countries with success in severe throat and luug troubles, “Bos chee’s German Syrup.” It not only heals and stimulates the tis sues to destroy the germ disease, but allays inflamation, causes easy expectoration, gives a good night’* rest, aud cures the patient Try one bottle. Recommended many years by all druggists in the world. Sample bottles at Bagwell’s Drug Store, Lawrenceville; Smith and Harris, Suwanee: R. O. Medlock, Norcross. Next year we may expect to read something like the following iu the daily papers: “About 10 o’clock this morning a horseless milk wagon loaded with cowless milk collided with a brainless rider on a chainless wheel. The luckless wheelman was badly in jured, and being homeless, he was taken in a horseless cab to the home of the friendless ” —Sum merville News. “Difficulties give way to dili gence,” and disease germs and blood humors disappear when Hood’s Sarsaparilla is faithfully taken. It Pay*. I It pays to wear a smiling sane Ami laugh our troubles down, For all our little trials await Our laughter or our frown. Beneath the magic of a smile Our doubts will fade away, As melts the frosts in early spring Beneath the sunny ray. It pays to make a worthy cause, By helping it, our own : To give the current of our lives A true and noble toue. It pays to comfort heavy hearts Oppressed with dull despair, And leave in sorrow-darkened lives A gleam of brightness there. It pays to give a helping hand To eager, earnest youth, To note, with all their waywardness, Their courage and their truth; To strive with sympathy and love Their confidence to win; It pays to open wide the heart And “let the sunshine in.” —Exchange, OP INTEREST TO VETERANS. Headquarters Georgia Divis ion, U. C. V. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 80, 1900. j General Orders Series of 1900. • 1. The Annual Convention of j the United Confederate Veterans ( will be held at Louisville, Ky., May. 80 —June 1,2, 8, 1900. This tenth Reunion of Confederates ( will draw together a great body of our Comrades from Maryland to Texas, and will be tn some respects the most extraordinary occasion of the kind that has yet occurred. The splendid and liberal city of Louisville is now preparing'ample accommodations for a vast multi tude aud we are assured of a most hospitable welcome. The Georgia Division having been divided into four Brigades of nearly equal strength, it is expected that Brig ade Commanders will make early arrangements for their Brigades, and that all Camp Officers will have their Camps fully informed. 2. The general observance in Georgia of the birthday of Robert E. Lee, this year, exhibits the in creasing admiration of all people of the character of our great Lead er, and as the Memorial day whore on we pay annual tribute to our Confederate dead is approaching, all Camps are urged to co-operate with other Confederate organiza tions in its observance. Each Commander will call a meeting of his Camp for that day. and at this time ii may be suitable to elect delegates and make preparations for the Louisville Reunion Com manders and Adjutants are urged to make their reports of number ot members, names of officers and delegates one month before the Reunion, so that the Division may be fully represensed. 8. Comrades; you are enjoined to keep a faithful watcli over the sacred memories, the just piinci ples and noble fame of the Con federate struggle. False histories must not go unchallenged. No cause was ever more just than yours, and uc defenders of Right were more honorable than you. Clement A. Evans, Maj. Genl. Commanding. Jno A. Miller, Adjt. Genl. MILLIONS GIVEN AWAY. It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of one concern in the land who are not afraid to be generous to the needy aud suffer ing. The proprietors of Dr. King’s New Ciscovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have given away over ten million trial bottles of this great medicine; aud have the satisfaction of knowing it has absolutely cured thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma, Bron chitis, Hoarseness and all diseases of Throat, Chest and LuDgs ar« surely cured by it. Call on A. M Winn <fc Son’s Druggist, and get a free trial bottle. Regular size 50c. and sl. Every bottle guaranteed or price refunded. An old bachelor says a woman’s heart is like a hotel bed; you may never discover the previous occu pant, but you may be sure there has been one. RED HOT FROM THE GUN Was tho ball that hit, G B. Steadman of Newark, Mich., in the Civil War. It caused horrible Ul cers that no treatment helped for 20 years. Then Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured him. Cures Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Boils, Felons, Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. 26cts. a box Cure guaranteed. Sold by A. M. Winn & Son, Druggist. Puritv of thought or action is a virtue every man, young or old, should possess. WORKING NIGHT AND DAY The busiest aud mightiest little thing that ever was made is Dr King’s New Life Pills, Every pill is a sugar-coated globule of health that changes weakness into strength, listlessness iuto energy, brain-tag into mento mental pow er. They’re wonderful in building up health. Only 250 per box Sold by A. M. Winn & Son, Druggists. Latter From 3outh Georgia. Meigs, Ga., Feb. 18, 1900. Editor News-Herald: —Will you please permit me space in your valuable paper to say a few words | about a flourishing little town iu| the “sunny south,” and the coun try here about ? Hoping you will, I will sturt off by saying that this is a small town about twenty miles north of Thomasville on the S. F. A W.R. R. Though small in ap pearance, it is one of the first in enterprise and growth. It iB near ten years old, and has a popula tion of about 800. We have store* here that will equal most anything in Atlanta, which add attraction to the place. Almost in hearing distance of here is located two saw mills, which plough their way through the loug body of the reg ular southern pine. And then to see the lumber being pulled awav on four-horse wagons coupled from 20 to 80 feet adds a greater charm to the lumber business. And theu just opposite the stores is a great turpentine distillery, which turns out about 250 gallons of spirits per day, and in a short time there will be another one in operation. The country is comparatively level and the soil white or gray, and very productive. Fertilizers ure used about the same as in Gwin nett. People will begin planting their early vegetables about the middle of this month. An 80-acre field of watermelons is a common thing. This is a very healthy part of the state. I have not heard of a single case of sickness Bince I have been here. Everybody looks as healthy and vigorous as it seems nature will allow. People here are bl ssed with a very good school and a magnificent building. There are two churches here, and the people are alive in their church affairs. I have beeu here now six weeks and the only old friend I have met or seen is the dear old News-Herald, which I get just as the sun is setting on Friday. Hoping to see thiß short letter in print, I am Gwinnett from the heart, M. D. Jacobs. SUWANEE We are now connected by tele phone with Lawrenceville and all points north, south, east and west. Our school continues to increase in number and interest under the efficient management of Miss Clark, the Principal, who now has about 50 scholars enrolled. The municipal election held re cently resulted as follows: Dr. E.D. Little, Mayor. J.T.Brown, Recorder. J. B. Brogdon, J. W. Beaty, M. T. Verner, R. E. Johns ton aud J. W. Harris, Councilman. There being no opposition, all the candidates had a complete walk over. Little & Johnston is the style of a new firm recently opeued up in town, and will carry a line of gen eral merchandise. While this is a new firm, both members are well and extensively known to the peo ple, and we predict will do a thriv ing business. Dr. Little, the senior member of the firm, is a practical business man, and has made a success at everything he has undertaken. He relinquished the practice of medicine several years ago on acoount of his health, and turned his attention to farm ing, and is now one of the largest and most successful farmers in Forsyth county. R. E. Johnston, who has been employed as clerk the past fourteen years bv John B. Brogdon, is a young man of good business tact, having been trained by one of the best up-to-date mer chants in the country, is universal ly popular, strictly honest and ac commodating, and will be glad to meet his old friends at his uew place of business HUSH. The farmers of this community aro preparing for another crop. The infant of R. A. Smith ar.d wife is improving after a severe llluess. Miss Lou Thomas visited rela tives and friends at this place re cently. The school at this plaoe is pro gressing nicely under the manage ment of Miss Jessie Brown. W. Youngblood has moved from this place. Hiram Young, a well-known cit izen of this place, died recently. He leaves a wife and a great many friends to mouru his death, R. Williams, of Atlanta, visited home folks recently. Royal & w Absolutely Pure Makes the food more delicious and wholesome IN MKMOMIIM. Our Almighty Father has seen tit. to take from earth to Heaven our beloved Agues Williams. Dear relatives, cease your woeping. She is not dead, but sweetly sleeping. Oh, dear Agnes, bow wo miw» you No on© but friend* can toll. You wore to ua *o kind and true. Though we feel you’re rostlng well. In a world of perfect lM»auty Where Qod’achildren dwell above, Now we feel It our duty To extend our filial love. As a mate and friend *o dear How much we all adorn thee, Wo can but ahed a mournful tear And truHt in God to nave thee. .So farwell, Agnea, lovely mate. Wo hope again to meet you. May It be our future store To meet in Heaven, where all is true. Viola Lanhlky, Mora Elliott, Pkakl Elliott. Swootwater, Ua., Feb. 14,1900. Honor Soil. Noroross, Ga., Feb. 6. Editor News-Hkrai*d: —I en olose a list of names which I would be glad for you to publish in your paper. These pupils have been present every day last month, con sequently have gotten on the hon or rolf. lam teaching at Glover Academy. Sohool is progressing nicely. Very respectfully, Cloe MuDLOOk. Claud Brooks, Bertha Brooks, Dee Brand, Claud Cofer, Winfred Cofer, Howell Cofer, Lawson Cofer, Mamie Dickens, John Greaves, Hattiw Gresham, Zelma Gresham, Lonnie Gresham, Ida Medlock, Thomas Mann, Walter Manu, Katie Partridge, j Annie Partridge, j George Partridge, Walter Tanner, Carl Webb, 0 Virgil Webb, 6 Annie Webb, a Wesley Whitlock, H Hiram Whitlock. MERITORIUS PREPARATION. BY AMOS OKAY, M, D. After exposing anil condemning many of thedoubtrul and even injuri ous preparations for the hair and scalp which are produced aud put on the market by different manufacturers, it is indeed a great relief to be able to make a special report upon so worthy a preparation as “Anti-kink.” It is a preparation that will straighten and take the kink out of curly hair, and is manufactured and sold to the trade by Darragh & Rich, of New York City. In oommon justice to these gentlemen, we as heartily commend it as we have in the past condemned many so-called hair growers and restorers, and other preparations for the treatment of the hair and scalp. For somejdays “Anti-kink” has been the subject of a painstaking investiga tion on the part of the compilers of these Reports, and a spirit of fairness impels the statement that the most searching examination brought to light much in connection with “Anti kink” that is worthy of the highest consideration, in faot, it in every re spect merits our highest praise, and affords the most gratifying resnltsand absolute safety in its use. There is no head of hair that is so kinky or curly, no matter what the nationality or color may be, that a thirty (30) day treatment of “Anti kink” will not straigeten out in a most gratifying manner. If properly and vigorously applied as directed, it will impart such a lustre and brilliancy to the hair as will make the use of all other preparations as Brilllantine entirely unnecessary. We have devoted much time and la bor to a thorough investigation of this truly wonderful hair preparation, in order that we might intelligently ad vise our readers all over this broad land, whose inquiries reach us by every mail as to its virtues and worth, and it is with a high degree of satis faction that we find the results of our investigatiou warrant us in giving “Auti-kink” the strongest editorial and official endorsement of the United States Health Rei'okts: Those who follow the suggestions herein contain ed may rest assured that in every es sential feature “Anti-kink” will be found to be a most excellent article, aud sure to achieve success where di rections are faithfully followed. Sales men wanted. “A friend in need is a friend in deed, Whan he grabs you by the collar And says, ‘Old boy, it gives me joy To let you have this dollar.” L»t all continue to grab as rapidly as possible. News-Herald 1 |an« Journal, weekly, j Only | VOL. VII. NO 17 Capital Punishment. The number of men who dis qualify themselves for jury service in trials for capital crimes by de claring thomselves opposed to the death penalty is increasing. We hear such statements made under oath in our courts much oftener than we formerly did, and the seme thing is true in other states. A large number of men were ex cused from serving on the Molin eux jury because of coucientious opposition to capital punishment. A socioty has been organized in New York to advocate the aboli tion of the death penalty, aud among its members are some of the most prominent citizens of the state. The attorney-general of Massa chusetts has recommended that no death sentence hereafter be impos ed by that commonwealth upon women or upon young men under eighteen. He says that he was led to these proposals by the fact that public sentiment in his gtate has permitted no hanging of a woman for decades past, and that it ap proved the recent commutation of sentence of a seven teen-year-old murder, in whose case there were no mitigating circumstances. Several states have abolished the death penalty. Michigan did so as far back us 1847; Rhode Is land in 1862; Wisconsin in 1868; lowa in 1878; Maine in 1870, and Colorado last year. AH the states, however, that abolished the death penalty have not stuck to their dicision. Both lowa and Maine re-enacted the death penalty within a few years after abolishing it, but Maine changed her opinion again and in 1887 repealed the death penalty act. No attempt has been made in either Wisconsin or Rhode Is land to restore the death penalty, but there is a strong movement in Michigan in favor of going back to it. The Michigan advocates of the death penalty claim that its ab sence there means the inciting to murder, while those committing the crime aro pardoned a few years after entering upon what was to have been a life-long incarcera tion. The increased prison pop ulation, and the heavy cost of its maintenance, are other arguments which have carried weight, not only in Michigan, but elsewhere as well. On the other hand, the opponents of the penalty make much of the fact that while 947 lyuchings occurred between 1890 and 1894, only four took place in states in which legal executions had been done away with. They also point to the fact that, while 85 per cent of the prisoners charged with murder during the first 87 years of the federal government’s existence were convicted, in 1891 only 28 per cent of the arraigned < murderers were found guilty, and of these only one per cent were ex ecuted. The federal government gives evidence of a growing sentiment against capital punishment. There has not been an execution in the navy since 1849, aud it is a strik ing fact that, of the numerous sol diers senteucod to death for mili tary offenses during the war with Spain, not one was executed. Even in the cases of the four soldiers re cently found guilty in Manila of criminal assaults upon Filipino women, the president could not make up his mind to approve the death sentence of the oourtmar tial. Instead of beiDg shot or hung, these offenders are to be confined for life in the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan./ The tendency toward the aboli tion or the death penalty is un doubtedly growing in this coun try . —Atlanta Journal. •‘CARRY SUNSHINE WITH YOU.” A bright, fresh, sunny face is always inspiring, and it always denotes good health as well as a happy heart. Many faces that were once overcast with gloom have been made bright aud sunny by Hood’s Sarsaparilla which cures all dyspeptic symptoms, strengthens the nerves aud tones up and invigorates the whole sys tem. Constipation is cured by Hood’s Pills, the nou-irritatiug cathartic, Sold by all druggists.