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p^~" * ' CENSUS FIGURES" k Concerning the Countift* in This \ State. INTERESTING FACTS That Will be of Great Interest - - " ' i to the People of the State Generally. j It was to be expected that the census figures would give some surprises?if a paradox is admissible. The figures which were published a few days agoshow that there have been increases in wfcora na ftnnsiderable 9CAWUU wuuuwv *w gains \ were expected while other sections have not made very muoh larger gains. In order to intelligently consider the matter we will at this point append the figures for 1900, 1890 and 1880, which are as follows: Counties. 1900 1890 1880 Abbexille , 33 400 46,854 40,815 Aiken. .. 39,032 31,822 2$ 112 Anderson 55,728 43,696 33,612 Bamberg - 17,296 Barnwell 35,504 44 613 .39,857 Beaufort. 35,495 34,119 30,176 ? on A ^.4 SJtJVft j&erseiey ? Charleston 8S,006 59,903 102,880 Cherokee ? 21 ,"359 Chester - 28,616 26,660 24,153 Chesterfield...- 20,401 18,468 16,345 Clarendon....... 28,184 23,233 19 190 Colleton 83,452 45,293 36,385 Darlington 32,388 29,131 34,483 Dorchester....? 16,2y4 Edgefield 26,478 49,259 45.844 Fairfield 29,425 28,599 27,765 Florence 28,374 25,027 Georgetown 22,846 20,857 19,6 to GreenTille . 53,490 44,310 37,496 Greenwood.. _. 28,343 Hampton 23,738 20,544 18, <41 Horry.. 23,364 19,256 15,574 TCernhaw 24.696 22,361 21,53b' Lancaster........ 24,311 20,761 16 903 Laurens 37,3S2 31610 29,444 Lexington....... 27,264 22,181 18,564 Marion.. 35,181 29,976 24,107 Marlboro 27,639 23,600 20,598 Newberry 30.182 26,434 26 497 Oconee 23,634 18,687 16,256 Orangeburg 59,663 49,393 41,395 Pickens 19,375 16,389 14,389 Siahland 45,589 36,821 2S.573 Saluda 18,966 Spartanburg 65,560 55,385 40,409 Sumter 51,237 43,605 37,037 Union. ... 25,501 25,363 24,080 Williamsburg - 31,685 27,777 24,110 York 41,684 38,831 30,713 Total. 1,340,316 1,151,149 995,577 J ? ti* * 1 il *_ As already puDiisnea, ine iocai gain for the State dunrig the last decade is 189,167 or 16.4 per cent, while the in-j ereaae from 1880 to 1S90 was 155,572 or 15.6 per oent. Since there have been ho movements of immigrants into this State it was not to be expected that the population would increase very largely. There have been, of course, numbers of people who have come to South Carolina witlrin the last 10 years, but the great forward strides of our State have not as yet been such as to attract outsiders, The development has .been largely domestie. The more noticeable hanges in population have evidently, toeen due to the advancement of certain towns owing to the increase, in manufacturing industries. From this cause it will be 3hown, when tbe figures are made public, that the drift of population has been from the country to the towns. As yet the census department has not made public statistics bearing npon this point, but there can be little doubt that the case is as stated. Comparing the tables above we are enabled 'to arrive at the following results, showing the actuals increase by counties and the relative gain in population. Per Counties. Increase. Cent. Abbeville (decrease) Aiken. 7210 23 6 Anderson 12,032 27.5 Barnwell :... (decrease) Beaufort l,3<b 4. Berkeley (decrease) Charleston 28 103 47 95 Chester 1 956 7 3 Chesterfield 1 933 10 47 Clarendon .... *. ... 4,951 21 3 Colleton (decrease) Darlington 3,254 11 17 Edgefield (decrease) Fairield. 826 2 88 Jlorence 3,447 13 8 Georgetown 1.989 ? 9 6 Greenville 9 180 20 73 Hampton 3194 15 5 Horry 4 108 21.3 Kerahaw 2.335 10 4 a* ^ 17 r*7 . vjvw Laurens 5 772 18 26 Lexington 5.083 22 9 Marion 5,205 17 36 Marlboro 4,139 17 63 Newberry 3 748 14 18 Oconee 4 947 21.11 Orangeburg 10,270 20 78 Piekens 2,986 18.24 Richland 8,768 23 85 Spartanburg 10,175 1819 Sumter^ 7,632 17.5 Union 138 .054 Williamsburg 3 908 14 York 2,853 7 3 From this last table it is seen that on the face of the returns the largest gain is made by the county of Charleston. That this county should gain 28,103 while the city of Charleston has gained only 852 in the same time would be rather remarkable, but it must be be remembered that since the last census there was a rearrangement of the boundaries between Charleston and Berkeley counties by which a section orieinally belonziDz to Charleston, but befoze 1893 annexed to Berkeley, was ^transferred to Charleston. This section embraces the town of Mt. Pleasant with a strip along the cosst including St. Andrews township and also the sea islands. Just how many people were added to Charleston county by this change it is not possible to determine, but it was probably in the neighbcrkood of 15,000 or 20,000. Still this accounts for but little more than half of the increase, 29,000, acd it is therefore proper to infer that there has been a very large aotual increase among the negT?> population, which constitutes the bulk of the citizenship of this coast and island section. It will be seen that the county of Berkeley has lost in round numbers 25,000 siace the last tensus. Part of this loss is already accounted for in the gain of Charleston, but it is also to be remembered that the new county of Dorchester took a slice from Berkeley as it did from Colleton. Colleton county is another which shows a decrease ic population? dae to the formation of Dorchester. Tn the, a?mo tot? Rtrnwpl! I and Edgefield have now fewer people than 10 years ago. From Abbeville the county of Greenwood was largely made up, Bamberg was subtracted from Barnwell while Edgefield was sliced ofi for both Saluda and Greenwood. These counties are the only ones which show an actual loss, but among tbose which have in reality lost inhabitants by reason of the formation of new counties ?<) Spartanburg, Union, and Tork, * each of which gave territory to Cherokee. On account of the creation of the new counties it is in many cases impossible to make an. accurate statement of the gains of certain old ccunties, but eliminating this consideration it will be instructive to note just what chaDees have taken place. From the table of percentages it will be seen j that, disregarding Charleston, the largest actual and relative gain is made j by the county of Anderson, the pop ulation of which has increased 12,032 or 27 5 per cent. Always a progressive and substantial county, Anderson's growth at this time is easily traceable to t*ie development of the cotton mill i industry. Within the town itself there ' are three cotton mills all built, we believe, in the past ten years, while the I county contains the large mill town of Pelzw with perhaps 7,000 people, and there is also a new mill at Belton. Vpt* to Anderson in relative gain comes Richland with an increase of 8 768 or 23 85 per cent. Practically, we might Bay actually, the total gain of Richland is in the city of Columbia and its suburbs: la 1890 Columbia township had 18,437 inhabitants, and allowing seventh eighths of Richland's increase- to this city and suburbs the present population will not be much less than 28,080. The population of the city itself will probably be 23,000. The causes of Columbia's growth are too familiar to need repetition at this time. We believe that when the sta tistics are seen it will b9 proved that Columbia has made a larger gain actually and relatively than any other town in the Stste. Folio wring Richland is her neighbor, Lexington, which has gained 5,083, or 22 9 per cent. The population of Lexington in 1890 was 22.181. Lexington is a very large county, with its resources as yet practieally undeveloped, and while there has been an unusual amount of railroad building within its borders in the past 18 months, it is somewhat surprising to learn that this 1 - J . V 1 county nas maae suou ijugo koiuj, though it is none the less gratifying. Aiken is next in order with an increase of 7,210, or 22 6 per cent. This is also surprising, although there have been not a few signs of advancement in Aiken. Horry and Clarendon tie . with a gain-of 21-3 per cent?another ' surprise. These two counties have made some encouraging agricultural advances but it was not thought they would show such large gains, which are presumably due rather to natnral increase in population. Oconee is olose to these two counties with a gain of 21.11 per cent. Oconee has not been making large boasts, but there I 1 ~mills orpnfed nave uscu Devciai vw?vu uu>u ? ?..?in that county which have perhaps drawn from North Carolina a considerble number of people. Orangeburg shows, next to Anderson, the largest actuai inorease, except Charleston. The percentage of Orangeburg's inorease is 20 78. This is one of the best agricultural counties in the State, in which the negro population is not inconsiderable. Greenville's increase ranks next to Orangeburg in percentage and follows Spartanburg in actual gain. This county has been among the leaders in the cotton mill development, to which this increase of population is no doubt largely due. Spartanburg has an -actual increase of 10,175, or 18 per cent., making it next to Charleston the most populous county in the St3te. ... m . -11 Here again it is a case or couon mius. In actual increase, therefore, the first five counties ranks: Anderson, Orangeburg, Spartanburg, Greenville and .Richland. In relative incre:*e the., rank: Anderson, Richland, Lexington, Aiken, Horry and Clarendon. Altogether, the percentages of increase show that the gain in the upcountry has not been as large as was expected in comparison with the lowrtr?Tir>f-T7 Tr? Inwpir section of the S:ate, where there is a large negro population, the increases are suoh as to justify the expectation that the figures will show that the negro race is increasing more rapidly than the white raos, while in the up oountry the increase in population is due in a large measure to the development of manufacturing industries. But until the complete statistics are obtainable there can j be only suppositions in respect to this ! question. i It will be Feen that no county except those which have given up territory to the new counties has suffered a loss in population. ?The smallest gain is made by Union, from which territory was taken in the formation of Cherokee. Fairfield makes actually the smallest o increase, amounting to ao& quite * pci cents.; but the average of all is just about the percentage of gain shown by the figures for the whole State, that is, 16 percent. Through the kindness of Mr. Fred H. Dominick of Newberry we have the table below, wich will show the changes brought about in the apportionment of representatives in the lower house of the legislature. Aocording to the consititution, the house of representatives consists of 124 members, appor* - - -"3 in A /5 1 If /?*s ^ ftrt. IJ.UUCU WC UiUClCMt WUUblbj caw cording to population, and "if there be still 3 deficiency in the number of representatives required by section third of this article such deficiency shall be supplied by assigning representatives to those counties having the largest surplus fractions." Under the present apportionment in a total population of 1,151,149 there is one representative for every 9,299 citizens. According to this year's census in a total population of 1,340,316 there will be one member for every 10,809 citizens. Taking the population of each county as the dividend and 10,809 as the divisor, the quotient will represent tne numoer or members to "which the county is entitled, the remainders indicating to which counties the extra representatives are allotted. It will be seen that Aiken, (5-reenwood, Lexington and Spartanburg will each gain one member, and Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston and Edgefield will lose one. Greenwood is the only new county to increase its representation. Charleston loses, since under the present apportionment she has had more representatives than actually entitled to even under the census of 1890. In viewing the figures it will be inter estiDg to note that the five new counties now contain a population of 102,253. From comparisons easy to make it will be seen that the five counties which gave up considerable territory to farm new counties have sustained an aggre gate loss of 78,159. The other counties taken altogether show a gain of 165,068, making the total gain of the State 189, lb<?as tne census omce announced borne time ago. Fatal Explosion. .Four were killed and fifteen or twenty injured by an explosion of nitroglycerine on the rirer bank at Wollaburg, TV. Va, .Wednsaday. A party of boys gathered to look at the high river builtabonSre of drift wood on the bank, r\ t 4.' Vi . i' c V/liC Ui tUUIU Caugilc ^ tiLI UUdciU^ oa tho water and thoughtlessly threw it on the fre. Ii contained nitro glycerine. A baby in a near-by house was also killed. J A STRANGE TALE. Lost for Thirty Years But Found at Last. HAPPY FAMILY REUNION A Georgia Stcry That Reads Like Fiction, I3ut Which Is Said To Be the Truth. A special dispatch from Gainsvill?, Ga., to the Atlanta Journal relates the following remarkable story. The dispatch is as follows: Mr. Jim Nunn tells a rather strange story this week?one seemingly impossible in this enlightened age of railroads, telegraph, splendid mail facili ties and newspapers, but one true never theless It runs this way: In the year 1869 Mr Nuno's father, the late Seaborn J. Nuun, moved to Atlanta from Clarke county. His health was poor, and after remaining there for'a few months he decided to try Gainsville in the hope of getting well. Accordingly he came here and after a few weeks wrote back to his son, Mr.- Jim Nunn, to bring the family here, as he had been benefited and had decided to make this plaoe his home. The old Air Line railroad, now tne Southern, was only completed to Baford and the household efLats were shipped to that point and hauled by wagon teams to Gainesville Mr. Nann, senior, was the father of several children, boys and girls." His daughter, Sallie, married a Frenchman of the name of Thomas Per Dee, who was located at that time at Penfield, this state. Some tim9 before her father's removal to Gainesville she visited the family in Atlanta and spent some time ministering to his wants, he being very feeble at that time, and returned to her middle Georgia home. He did not then entertain the idea of moving to Gainesville and when the decision was made to come here she was not notified. About the time Mr. Nunn decided to come here Mr. Per Dee made up his mind to make a change also, but he went to the then thinly populated section of south Georgia to engage in the sawmill business. No letters were written by either family in some time and neither knew where the other was, but each presumed that the other was living at the same place. Weeks passed and Mr. Nunn failed to hear from his daughter's family and vice versa. Weeks grew into months and still no message passed. Finally months grew into years and there was still nn news. Manv ietters had bees written by Mr. Nunn's family to Mrs. Per Dee at her former postoffice, but each was returned marsed "uncalled for." Mrs. Per Dee had also written to her father's family at Atlanta, and likewise her letters were returned with the same explanation. Mr. Nann wrote to a gentleman who lived near where the Per Dee's formerly resided asking fox information as to where they were, but the answer came back that he didn't i "I - "1 > ? T\ ? J * J i. 1 Know; mat xur. .rer jL/ee uiu nut &uu? where lie was goiDg to locate when he left there. Both sides gave up and thirty years passed. A few weeks ago Mrs. Per Dee, whose home is at Grlennwood, Montgomery county, where her husband moved to from Penfisld, decided that she would make one last effort to find her relatives. She went to Atlanta, secured a city directory and looked it over for the name of Nanns, but their initials did not correspond with those of any of her brothers or sisters. She finally came 1 t 1 * 1 J A - I .1 aoross one tn&c sne aeciaea to iooic up. She west to his boarding house, but he was-out. Ioquiry put her oa the track of another JSunn, and after considerable delay she found him. It' was her brother, JDilmus Nunn. Explanations were soon made and brother and sister were happy together. They at once notified other brothers aod sisters, ex cept one, Mr. J. M. Nann, whom they decided to surprise and they all joined in a happy reunion. Monday Mrs. Per Uee arriyea in tne city ana at once was diiven to Mr. Nann's home. He had not been notified of her comirg, and it id safe to say it was the most joyous hurprise of his life. Mrs. PerDt-e will remain here some time and will visit all he* relatives before returning home. Hester's StatementSecretary Hester'.: New Orleans Cotton Exchange statement today siows an increase for the month in round figures of 109,000 bales. The total for November was 1,767,831 against 1,658,425 last year. The amount of the crop brought into sight for the three months from September to November inclusive is299,0u0 over last year. The movement from the first of September to November 30, inclusive, shows receipts at ail United States delivery ports of 3,363,63? against 3,019.813 last year; overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers 471,ftQ;l otriinof 03"? laqh TPar Snnr.hftrn J miil takings, exclusive of qaantisy consumed at Southern outports 418,202 against 430,350 last year; interiors took in ezcei59 or those held at the commencement of the season 565,280 against 488,465 last year. These make the total amount of the ootton crop brought into sight during the three months ending Nov. 30, 4,819 151 against 4,519, 660 last year. Northern spinners took during the month of November 394,150 bales against 479,048 last year, increasing their total for the three months co 718,455 against 837,504 last year. Foreign exports for the first three months of the season have been 2,361,6)2 bales, showing an increase over last season of 375,380. Stocks at tUe seaboard and the 29 leading southern interior markets on V/1T7 50 dopo 1 J.3.1 71Q atrainat. 1 TiSfS. 535 the same dace last year. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease and giving the af-wavt rrt V> kt? Imi iMinrr ti n f k a paucuw \jj uuuu^ug \jly vvm. stitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer Oae Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO. Props., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75o. Hall's Family Pills are the best. A GYP3Y WEDDING CONTRACT. Agreement of the Bride and Grocm Filed at the Recorder's Office. As the clock in the recorder of deed's eiwrtlr 19 ft Kor?<4 nf fi-nii iilUC CUUva * **) ?? wuuv v* \ji j j7 sies entered the room. Leading the procession were * youth and a maiden, fair to look upon. She was dressed in gaudy attire with bangles acid tiny bells jingling from her wrists. A Roman scarf of bright colors was thrown across one shoulder. The remainder of the swarthy company was made up of at least twenty men and women, all Gypsies. It was evidently the girl's party, for she took the reios. In the purest English she said: '"We wish a marriage license?Char lie and I." Deputy Richard Costello drew the 1# *1 _1__ A. J I! marriage license Dianas lowara oim. She g*ve her name as Marie Arbar, aged 17, and the youth his as Charles Staney, aged 19 years. When the time came for the affixing of the signature, the girl called a halt. "I have an agreement here," she said, "that must be signed before we * - i- *? cii _ 3 taKe one tne license.- one arew a piece of paper from her pocket and handed it to the deputy. "Read it out loud," she commanded, so all can hear." Mr. Costello read wha.f. fol^ws: "The girl has three horses, oue wagon, a tent and a little money that they need to start on, but the boy has nothing but what he has on, and she agrees to marry him on these conditions: He has a father, mother and two bro;hers, and in our role we have to buy women,- and then the boy and girl has to work for the boy's mother and father until th?y pay the amount back, whatever it may I- ? Uao AM AAA/] m AfVlA* ue. iWW iiUlO 5111 AIOD Cku ogcvi luuuugi and her mother doesn't want any money for her, but she wants some one to marry her daughter and care for her until death. And as now she has found this boy and his parents have no money to pay for this girl, for oui women run up to $500, $600 and $700, this boy's parents and brothers agr^e to let this boy marry this girl and tiey say they will not have anything to do with this boy afterwards. For the girl says she will not marry him under any consideration and be with his parents Rhft desirea to be with her moth er. He and hia parents and brothers agree to this and if not there will bs no marriage, and if they marry and after this the parents and he vary from the agreement he shall be imprisioced wherever he may be in the United States, for she doesn't want any fool ishneBsin her marrying. She means to marry for a lif? time journey." "Now, can I get it copied?"' she asked, smiling sweetly at the deputy. "Indeed, you oan," answered Mr. Costello. It was copied on iegai paper, xni's done, the girl turned to every one present and said, as she and Charles signed the document: "Everybody mast sign as witnesses. But first, she remarked to Mr. Costello, "read it over again to Charlie. I want him to have some sense." After the second reading for the ben efitofthe groom-to be all signed, including several deputies, as witnesses. When the fee of $2 had been paid and the gypsies ready to depart, it was suggested. that Marie teli Martin G-oesett's fortune. "He's the boss," suggested Costello, and you should do it for nothing. uIs he?" a=ked the girl. "Well, I'm the boss here, ain't 1?" pointihg to the bridal party; "it cost us $2 fei our license so I think he must pay 50 cents like any one else." They left the room chattering joyously, the girl leading the way.?Kansas a tar. JUDGE AEDA1TU3 BURKE. Some Sayings of a South Carolina Jurist of Long A goMr. Edward Hookor, a native ol Connecticut, and an educator of note, was a professor in the 8outh Carolina College at Columbia from 1805 to 1808 He kept a voluminous dairy during that period, which, through the enterprise of Prof. Jameson of the Amerioan Historical Association, has been pub lished. Prof. Hooker relates many in teresting experiences with eminent members of South Carolina bar of thai day, a few of which we recount here, Aedanus Barke, a native of Ireland, and a Caroiiniaa by adoption, was a member or uongressirom noy to hvl. He was a common law jadge from 1772 to 1799. He once pronounced sentence of death on a culprit and added at the close of it, "but don't mind, my good fellow, it is only what we have all got to come to." "I hop8." said one of the lawyers, "your honor don't mean that we've all got to be hanged." "No," replied the judge, "but we've all got to die, and it don't make much difference hoff. On one occaasion Gen. C. C. Pinckney, wlio tad been minister to France, and the Federalist candidate for the Vioe Presidency of the United States in 1880, was arguing a dry legal point before Judge Barke, when the lattei lost patience, tucked up his silk robe, took his hat and left the bench. The lawyer ceased his argument. ' Go on, Gen. Pickney; go on," said the Judge, '"you love to hear yourself talk. Meanvhiie, 1'il go out and take a peep at the camel," then on exhibition back of the court house. Hence "peeping at the camel1'is to this Jay a byword among the Carolina lawyers for going out of the court room on any occasion. One day, while going on horseback to hold court in a neighboring county he lost his way. He met a mountaineer, whom he requested to pilot him through the woods to the court house. Upon his refusal to do so, the judge dismounted and vigorously attacked him until he cried out that he was willing to carry his honor anywhere if he would stop beating him. The judge told the lawyers that he had been among desperate people that day, and that nothing but their fear of his strong arm had enabled him to fill bis judicial appointment. Prof. Hooker devotes much space in his diary to the legislative debates at Columbia, and pays high compliment to the gifted and amiable Col. Robert Barnwell, Gren. Wade Hampton of revolutionary fame Chas. Pickney, Paul Hamilton, William Lowndes, Jonn Geodloe Harper and others. The years that Mr. Hooker spenaat Columbia-are a part of a period of transition, during which the State was developing from tho Federalist S^rnth Carolina of 1788 into the better known South Carolina of 1832. All South Carolinians will thank Prof. Jameson for having made public this most interesting diary. i Gainesville, Ga., Dee. 8, 1899 Pitts' Aitiseptio Invigorator ks* been used in my family and I am per fectly satisfied that it is all, and will do all, you elaim for ifc. Yours truly, A. ft. fL Doraev. P. 8.?I am using it now myself. It'a doing me good.?Sold by Tie Murray Drug Co., Columbia, S. C., and all druggists, tf ? We Support the Moat Doctors. A writer in the Medical Record is authority for the statement that there is in the United States on*, physician for every 600 people. This is twice as I ???"ni?ftnnT?t!nr!5^alp n o. tK ar* a ta. * t-i jjuauj JJiWWW wuuu C&1.WJA4 Gre'at Britain, four times as many as in France, live times as many as in Germany and six times as many as in Italy. Because we have five times as many doctors as they have in Germany does not prove that we have need of five "times as much medical treatment as the Germans, but it is. fair enough to assume that there is encouragement for the profession in this country or its ranks -would not be so well filled-. So the questions arise: Are we a sickly people? Are we, generally speaking, less strong and weil. in the proportion of one to two, and four, and five, and six than tie people of Great Britain, and France, and Germany, and Italy? Or is it, perhaps, that we are more watchful of our condition, either through nervousness that apprehends something wrong, or through wisdom that appreciates the delicacy of the human mechanism? Or, again, is it, as has been suggested, our poor cooking that keeps us i* a A ? P + A i f i r\r? /?/>nofonf UXOkUi 4 v A* * VMM w dosing??New Bedford Standard. "Old-Time Food Laws In London. Medieval London had summary methods of dealing with dishonest purveyors of food and drink. The pillory was the usual fat? of the baker who sold a loaf that was not of full weight, and sometimes we read that he was drawn on a hurdle through the streets on his way to the pillory, with a fraudulent loaf suspended round his neck. A taverner who adulterated his wino was condemned to drink his own liquor until he could drink no more, and the remainder was then poured upon the unhappy man's head.?London Express. Steam and Modern Naxiex. A whole fleet in the days of Nelso* could bo built and fitted out at little more than the cost ol a single ironclad; the coal expended on a single oruis* t would pay for the refitting of his whole battle line, while the immense shells required to make anj impression on the modern armor plate cost more than his whole armament. But the modern llneof-battle ship could neither be built, armed nor fought without the use of steam, and its evolution may be said to have oommencod with the first ap plication, of tie steam engine to navigation.?Chicago Chronicle. OycJonei In "West ladies. I About 88 per' oent. of the West Imdies cyclones oocur in August, September and October. Fortunately most of them are not of a very destructive character. The record* in the island of St. Thomas, for example, l shovr that in the century and a half preceding: 1S97 that island suffered from devastating cyclones onlj sevea times, though it is the northern and eastern islands, such as St. Thomas, Porto Kico, Cuba and the Bahamas, that tre most frequently in the pathway of the severest cyclones.?Y. Sun. A Queer Lottery Prize. In St. Wolfgang, a eharmi'ng little place in the Austrian Alps, a charity .lottery was recently held where the great prize was a season ticket for that unique little railroad which" climbs up the summit of the highe?i mountain in the vicinity, the Schafberg, twice a day. Curiously enough, > the prize was won by the last maa on earth with a desire for it. Th? ' conductor on the little railroad waa the lucky man.?2s". Y. Herald. | Silhouette. It is said that the word "silhouette" originated from the niggardliness oi a French minister of finance named M Silhouette. Under hie rule the k meanest tricks to economy -were practiced, and the courtier* had th?ir por. traits painted entirely in black with ' profile view, claiming' that M. Sili houette had left them so poor that 1 thoy oould not afford anything i?ore costly.?Chicago Inter Ooeaa. A Great Recovery. Bobbs?Isn't the recovery of old Eonditt a wonderful thing? Dobbs?Didn't know h? had been ill. ; "Why, he lost hi* memory entirely Ke-frti-a t>io tor n ?MMr h^rran work, and regained that faculty as soon as the assessor quit."?Baltimore American. , The Closet's Secret. Mrs. Du Byous?I just know that ' there is a skeleton ia the closet at the Cooleys. Mr. Du Byous?Xo, there isn't, but ' Cooley keeps in there a demijohn with the most ghostly case of eoffln naiis that I ever tasted.?Denver If ewe. Germany Protecting Birds. The feeling in Germany against the wholesale slaughter of birds ia Italy is getting very bitter. This year very few swallows have come froxa the south, and it is feared that ia a few i years thay will ba praetiaally Jctari jainated.?-If. Y. torn. Auctions Sa Japan. Auction# in. Japam ara quietly conducted. Th? bidding1 is secret and silent, each persoa writing his bid on slip of paper and dropping it iato a box. When it appears that all the bids are in the box is opened ami the lighest bidder is named. His Way ot Patting; It. 1 Carruthers?Hello, Ja?k; what oh ' aartli is that bundle? 1 Jack?This is my dress suit, old fellow. I hay? got to go to tkree "balls this erening\?Harlem Life. Could Take a Joke. Barber (absently)?Shampoo, sir. Customer (-with shining hald pat#) ?No; ? shine!?Puelc. Dry Subjects. Egyptian mummies ar? drjr rab* 1 fects.?Chicago UaIfc; Jtrrrs* ^ i Killed Two. Policeman Henry Haley and Chandler Brooks, colored, -were shot dead at the corner of Davis and Forsyth streets ; Jacksonville, F1&., Thursday afternoon by John Baiter, a young negro. The , negroes were in a fight when the officer arrested one of them, the other escaping. While waiting for the patrol wagon Baxter and a number of others negroes demanded the officer to release the prisoner. Words ensued, and before ; Haley could draw Mb pistol uaxner snot him dead. Brooks, an inoffensive negro, rushed to Haley's assistance aod was shot down by Baxter. Ex-policeman Tucker also received a severe wound from the murderer. Baxter escaped but was captured at 10 o'olock tonight. Death of a Senator. - i . n?j? tv?-e iw:_ Uoitea states oenaior jl/svib, ui iumnesota, died at his home in St Paul on last Wednesday after an illness of two months. He had suffered greatly during his sickness and gradually sank away, being unconscious for several hours before death, and so far as known suffering no pain, t I j! 4 THE ? Grove's The formula know just what yc do not advertise th j ? :i .. uicir mcuiciuc n y Iron 2nd Quinine pi form." The Iron malaria out of the Grove's is the On Chill. Tonics are in that Grove's is . $' are not experimen and excellence h; only Chili Cure s< the U nited States. Took All the CashFour masked msn wrecked the Farmera back of Emben HI., early Wednesday. It is stated they secured all the funds of the bank, between $3,000 and $4_000. " When the robbers discharged firof. nf dvnftTnifA in an flffnrfc to open the vault the explosion aroused a citizen, John Alberts, four blocks away. Alberis hurried to the bank. One of the robbers was on guard in the street. He seized Alberts, who was bound hand and foot and dragged into the bank, where he witnessed the gang drilling into the vault door, making ready a second blast. When the fuiie W38 lighted the robbers stepped outside, and Alberts k in the corner when it went off. He was not seriously injured, however. The second blaafc unhinged the vault doors and the robbers made off with all the cash. Secur ing a hand oar they pulled in the diieci.-? -r rni at ciuu ui JL/eiavau* xjucio vucjr ncio jjasjv by Night Patrolman Sanford, who attempted to arrest them. One of the robbers fired and Sanford fell, mortally wounded through the body. Oatside of town the men boarded a passenger train on the Chicago and Alton. _ All traces of t^emr were lost. The engineer of the .passenger train claims that he saw a man jump from the first oar near Minier, while the train was moying at a high rate; but a search of the locality failed to show any traces of the man. The bank building was almost a complete wreck and the vault was entirely ruined. The word "artistic" has been so misapplied that the majority of people sup' pose it mean* something rather disorderly and haphazard. How often literature* gives us the prim, precis? maidea aunt, with her narrow, intense lore of exact outline, and the art-loving niece, all on lire with rapture? over "color harmonies," and contempt for everything whioh is not picturesque! Let us give our sympathy, however, to the cenaea &u&u wa^c iui uui%u a w n ? degree of the sense of beauty than appreciation. of symmetrical arrangement. Sculpture is a flnar achievement of the intellect than painting. Savages and ignorant children can take pleasure in color display, but only a* educated mind is moved through effect* of form.?Florence Hull "Winter burn, in Woman's Home Companion. Smart Ma a. In a busy quarter of a bustling town s boot and shoe emporium was) doing a fairly good business, until a rival establishment waa started, bearing in its window a flaming placard with the legend: "Mens eonscia recti." j A J-UJ.JJ.VJ. wuowvu# w, * w^v4.?r?*v*<w* I Tie proprietor of 3Ne. 1, teeing that his neighbor was getting more than a fair share of patronage, concluded that the heathenish-looking device had something to do with it, so he determined to checkmate him. Accordingly one morning the public was informed by gorgeously colored letters that: "Men's and women's oonscia recti may be had here of the best quality at loweet possible prices." That man deserved success, but,! alas! it cam* not.?London Answer?. What She Wanted. "Misa Mary," said the sable maiden, "we 'speot to lave an en'tainment at enr ohu'oh n?x* week, an' I g^ot to speak j a piece. I tva? jeet join* t* ast you if you had a book with tome o' them pieces in?" "Why, yee, Dora, I hare a book of : recitations. What kind of a piece do you want?" "Well, I was thinMn.' ob somep'n ia I de nature of a oatelog-ue." . J "A what?" "A catalogue. Y* know; a pieee frith ?no person a-talkin' an' 'nother oa? answerin' 'em back. Has yon get a piece like dat? I'd like it fust rata.**? Indianapolis News. He Understood His Business. First Beggar?Why didn't you tackle that lady? She might hare given ys* something. Second Beggar?I let h?r go bscawt I understand my business better thaa yon. I never ask a woman for anything when she is alone; but when two women are together yon can get money from both, because each one is afraid the other will think her *tingy if she refuses. This profession has to be studied, just like any other, if you eiI Tkont tn make a success of it, s?e!?Har Ism Life. Failed to Tarn It Down. Tess?I never saw any man so alow as Mr. Timrus. Jess?Ha is alow isn't he? "Awfully. We -were sitting in the parlor last night, and he suddenly said: If yon conld only see how much I lore you I'm sure you'd let me kiss rou.' I told him 'I souldn't see it ia that light,' and he just sat tier* like * stiok."?Troy Times. Queerest Street In the World. Canton, China, possesses the queerest street in the world. It is roofed im with glazed paper fastened on bamboo, and contains more signboards to the square foot than any street in any ther country. It contains no other shops but those of apothecaries and *e?tists.~Chicasro Chronicle. ~ Jfot a Promiiing Pupil. Uncle (giTing his nephew a few hints ; ! on politeness)?Now, why, for instance, I do I make it a point to turn my back as little as possible to the ladies ? Johnny (promptly)?So they won't ie? your" bald spot.?Meg-g-endorfer j Elaetter. j \ aria, CMIIs ai 1 * pop tEST PRESCRIPT rasteless Ch is plainly printed on every. >u are taking when you take eir formula knowing that y ou knew what it contained, at up in correct proportions a acts as a tonic whil<^ the system. Any reliable druggis fginai and that all other nitations. An analysis of oth< uperior to all others in ei ting when you take Grov avin? lone been establish* .O VJ * old throughout' the entire No Cure, No Pay; Pric< Density of Ropuls.tioiL The density of the population of South Carolina, according to recent ceflBus, is 43 8 10 persons per square mile, against 37 6 10 in 1390 and 32 5 1A in 1QQft Oni? nnnnlatinn io mftTfl JkV |U XVWU? V Ui AM ?MV*V than five times as dense as it was in 1790, when there were 8 2 10 inhabitants to the square mile. In 1800 tbe density per square mile was 11 5-10; in 1810, 13 8 10; in 1820, 167 10;in.l830, 19 3-10; in 1840,19 7 10; in 1850, 22 1 0; in 1860, 23 3 10; in 1870, according to a detective enumeration, 25 8-10. We now have nearly twice as many inhabitants per square mile as in 1850 and 1860. The percentage of increase between 1790 and 180C was 38 7 10; between 1800 and 1810, 20 1-10; between 1810 and 1820 2110-0; 1820 betwen and 1830,15 6 19; between 1830 and 18i0, 2 2-lo; between 1840 and 1850, 12 4 10: between 1850 and I860, 5 7-10; between 1860 and 1870, 2-10ths cf 1 per cent.; between 1870 and 1880, 41; between 1880 and 1890, 15- 6-10 and between 1890 and 1909, 16 4 10. The recoga? f.Ka oAncni r\f 187ft JJ 141 OVA UlMVVUAdV/ V* Vi*v wmww V* w effects the percentage of increase indicated for that year as well as for 1880, making the first much smaller than it really was. The very small increases shown between 1830 and 1840 and 1850 and 1860 were unquestionably due to the nullification and seccession agitations and the emigration of many thousands ofi South Carolinians to the southwest.?The State. Hypnotized into MatrimonyThe most novel claim ever set up for i* i i _ j- t-_ vr n t*_i divorce nas Deen maae oy a. xaimer, a business mas of San Francisco, who claims in his complaint against his wife that she made him marry her against his will, and thafc at the time of the wedding he was in a ''hypnotic fog." Mrs. Pajmer was formerly Mrs. Fanny Stockton, who was expelled from the First Congregtaicnal church of San Francisco. Palmer declares that she hypnotized the Bev. C O.Brown, whose forced resignation from the pastorate of the church caused much comment a few years ago. Mrs. Palmer is now in Chicago. Hani to Beit our. Line . of HaCiiiflonr anil s Mill Supplies. LEADERS: Lane, Chase, Hege, Liddell and High Point sawmills The Murray Cleaning and Distributing System. * i Licideil Automatic and plain Engines. "Sioux ' UoriiM Engines. ' New South" Brick Machinery. Farquhar Threshers aud Grain Drills. Disston Saws and files. Peerless Packings, Sjeveni Sewer Pipe, and Supplies generally. Erie City Engines and Boilers Egan Woodworking Machinery. "Queen of the South" Grist Mills Kelley Duplex Feed Mills Bundy Traps and Steam Specialties Magnolia and Columbia Babbett Metals. W. H. fiibbes & Co., MACHINERY and MILL SUPPLIES Rfll Osawftfa Rtrpflt, COLUMBIA, S. C. Murray's Aromatic Mouth T f C4K7JLK. ^'Whitens the Teeth Cleanses the Month Sweetens the Breath The? Murray Drug Co., COLUMBIA^. C. PITTS5 I" MTISEFH6 IIMTIBI (tares La trippe, dyspepsia, indigestion sad all tt^aach. and bowel troubles, colic or oholcra morbus, teething troubles with children, kidney troubles, bad blood and all sorts of vores, risings or felons, cats and ksrns. It is as good antiseptic, when locally applied, as anything on the market. * fry it and yon will praise it to others if your drczjirt d?e?s'i keep it write to MURRY DRUG COMPANY, nOLUMBTA. S. C 188ET IS LOU On improved real estate. Interest eight per cent, payable semi-annually. J.UH.G O bV U JVtUO. No commissions charged E. K. Palmer, Gen feral National Bank Building, 905 Plain St-, Gelumb^ g, C \V - V * . 7<f ? I I %" | IONIS ill Tonic. I _ bottle?hence you Grove's. Imitators ou would not buy Grove's contains tnd is in a Tasteless Quinine drives the t will teU you that so-called Tasteless . zr chill-tonics shows /ery respect. You e's?its superiority id. Grove's is the malarial sections of Saw Mills, I Corn Mills, j Cane Mills, RinA TTnlWs. M Pea Hullers, Engines, Boilers, Planers and! Matchers, Swing Saws, Rip Saws, |j and all otlaer kinds of woofc wAi?lrinff rrsonh 1 naw \Pw TTVllMJkfeg mtfaVH ?Iiva J m,9mw geant Log Beam. Saw inffl fl jj tlit heaviest, strongest, most efficient mill for the ; money on the market, qniok, j | aconratw. State Agent foe a. ;; B. Smith Machine Company wood working machinery; |S For high grade engines, plain ~M slide valve?Automatic* and > gB Corliss, write me: Ait^- ~f Watertown, and Strathers ana wens. V. C. BAD H A M|- ' 1326 Main St., Columbia, 8. 0. TIE LEUER IIBEfl. = I The New Ball Beuris; Domestic 1 Sewing Machin^gj It Leads in Workmanship. Capacity, Strength, Light Knanhv^ Every Woman Wants One. ~ _*r -^3 Attachments, Needles and Parts for Sewing Machines of all makes. When ordering needles send ^ sample. Price 37c per dostfi, M postpaid. ? * ' Agents.Wtnted in Unoconpiti T?qi; J. L. SHULL, 1219 Taylor Street, COLUMBIA, 8. 0 ?I " OLD NORTH ST&TE OINT g MENT, the Great Antiseptic Healer, cures Piles, Eczema, Sore Eyes, Gianulated Eyelids, r-sg Carbuncles, Boils, Cute, Bruises, Old Sores, Burns, Corns, - ^ Bunions, Ingrowing Toenails, ? Inflammatory Rheumatism, Aches and Pains, Chapped Hands and Lips, Erysipelas. It is something everybody needs. Once used always used. f|| For sale by all druggists said dealers. At wholesale ?>y J THE MURRAY DRUG CO., Columbia, 8. 0. Ortman Pays | the EXpress ; Steam Dyeing of everyJttflfl description. Steam, Nap-^^jM tha, French Dry and M VUCllUbBl ucauauig. OQilU 3 for ?ui new jnrice list and circular. All work gu&z :||H anteed or no charge. Vgm Qrtoafl's Steam Dye Voir | 1810 Main Street Colombia, S. 0 - ||| A. L Ortman, Proprietor. QPHPig CQSMftE^WHiSK*^. *4 iI" of references. ?5 Tears a opecialtr. Sos^MinH Hom? Treatment *?nt FBEE. Addren Hn 1 a. m. wuuLLir, m* UMAuvnitUtira *.- "