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THE BAMBERG HERALD.
ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY AUGUST 3, 1899. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
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CUBAN MASS MEETING
They Resent the Rule of th<
American People.
THE CUBANS WANT TO BE FREE
k " __
insist on the Independence of Cuba and
the Withdrawal of United
* r States Control.
Havana, July 30.?A mass meeting
was held to-rlay under the auspices
of the Sociedad Deraocratico, a
branch of the Cuban National Society
of Independence. A procession
paraded the streets for two hours,
headed by a band and bearing banc
ners with the inscriptions, "Cuba is,
* and by right ought to be, free!" and
. "Peacework!"
* Two girls dressed to represent
Cuba and America rode in the procession.
Cuba libre was represented
by"a girl witb broken chains on her
wrists. Few American flags were to
be seen on the streets, but hundreds
of Cuban emblems were displayed.
A number of speeches; were made
at the meeting, all in favor of absolute
independence and union, and
urging the furtherance of work to
secure this result. Senor Barrian
said some had spoken of the Assembly
as one party, and of Gen. Max- I
imo Gomez as another. "The cry
now is, death to either if that be
necessary to secure the union of the
.people." The object now was for all
to unite, white and black. Their
^ party, he said, now represented the
people and it was time for the is'
lauds to throw out whoever did not
like wrbat the party did.
Senor Gonzales said the party had
three main ideas; Absolute independence
for the island, universal
suffrage and the absolute managemeat
of Cuban affairs by Cubans
* henceforth.
. Among the other speakers were
- Senors Gualberto Gomez, A. JC. Eoe
and Dela Torre. Two thousand peramiR
attended the meeting.
- During an% exhibition in Central
?. Park by the Havana firemen, following
a parade to-day, two men
- were killed and one injured, not
\ - fatally. Among the spectators were
Mayor Perfecto Lacoste and Gen.
Ruis Rivera, the civil Governor.
^ A rope had been made fast to the
... stonework on top of a high building
and three iren^attempted to descend
" ' by it at the same time. Just after
y they had started the stone work gave
*" away and the men fell..
At a meeting held this afternoon
/ by employees at the Spanish arsenal,
. and of the merchant marine of Cuba,
v it was decided to present the griev.
a nee s of the men to Governor Geueral
Brooke. 1
The manager of a sugar estate near
> * Sagua has advertised for three hundred
laborers offering them steady
work, .good treatment and fair
wages.
t\:"' At 3 o'clock this afternoon the temperature
in Qavana was 86 degrees
. Fahrenheit.
' C ' Death* of a Centenarian.
= ^Bristol, Penn., July 24.?Lacking
pPnt a few days of 106 years Mrs.
. v. Catharine Dillon, the oldest woman
~*4~ *^ bxs hno/) fihft war
" IT 1U DUC&B UUUUlijr, ID ueiN.
; born in Ireland, July 27, 1793, and
^ came to this country early in life.
There are living four of her children,
ten grandchildren and fifteen great
grand children. Grief over the recent
death of a daughter is supposed
- to have hastened her end.
The Inquest.
?- ' 'Not labor kills us, no nor joy;
I >' The incredulity and frown,
Thu interference and annoy,
: The small attritions wear us down.
fThe
little gnat-like buzzings shrill,
The hUrdy-gurdies of the street,
* The common curses of the will?
v|r _ These wrap the cerements round
^ our feet. p
* * -*? _
And more than all, the look askance
Of loving souls that cannot gauge
% The numbing touch of circumstance.
The heavy toil of heritage.
It is not death but life that slays;
.-4 The night less mountaiuously lies
Upon our lids than foolish day's
Importunate futilities!"
A Loving Mother-in-Law.
Weldon, N. C., July 24.?Sunday
morning at 4 o'clock, Rev. P. N.
Steinback, who officiates in most of
^ the Gretna affairs here, was called
upon to unite in the holy bonds J. E.
Blankenship and Miss Lottie Crowder,
both of Petersburg, Va.
The happy groom immediately
telegraphed his mother-in-law the
particulars, and asked forgiveness.
$r . A reply came promptly as follows:
% "You have got her at last, you dirty
dog, but you are not a bit welcome." j
Hot Weatker Diet.
"It is a mistake," said a physician
during the recent period of extreme
heat, "to eat too little in hot weather,
- " ?? ~ mtoialra tn Dflt trui miM?h
Just as U is a Ui^iaixv
[ % and the wrong things. Extreme hot
weather Is in itself very exhausting,
and plenty of nourishment is needed to
sustain tbe system. This nourishment
should be of a simple and easily digested
kind. For myself 1 find that milk
r and vichy taken at regular intervals of
two hours, sipped rather than gulped
down in a single draft, gets me
% through best on a very hot day, from
breakfast to a 6 o'clock dinner. Then
I take care to have a fairly hearty
meal."?New York Post..
Imprisonment For Debt.
A curious survival of barbarism is
^ the fact that men are stiil imprisoned
for debt in New York. By general consent
this custom has been generally
^ abandoned in other states along with
the flogging of criminals, but it conm
tinues in New York in spite of repeated
V and notorious instances of its cruelty
mc 0 and injustice. Governor Roosevelt
F 'might earn his highest laurels by ad
> dressing himself to the abolition ol
this relic of rode times.?Kansas City
f- Star.
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WHEAT GROWERS' CONYENTION'
| Called to Meet at Greenwood. S. C.. I
gust 15th.
* To the Farmers and Wheat Gro
ers of South Carolina:
The undersigned committee a
pointed at a meeting of the cit.ize
of Greenwood to fix a date and mal
( the necessary arrangements for
Convention of Wheat Growers, (
earnestly invite the farmers and ?
persons interested in the prosperi
of the State to meet at the con
house of their respective counth
and select a delegation to meet i
Greenwood on the loth of Augu
next for the purpose of forming
permanent Wheat Growers' Associi
lion, and taking such action as wil
in their judgment, better secure tl
independence and prosperity of tt
agriculturalist, and therewith ever
other interest of the State:
We hope to have with us on tin
occasion prominent farmers of th
and other States to address the cor
vention. Let each county send
good delegation.
D. C. DuPre,
N. A. Craig,
J. K. Durst,
J. T. Simxons,
S. H. McGhee,
/ Committee.
^"^he Galveston News thus snmma
rizes one of the greatest scandal
that has attached to any federal ad
ministration: "Captain Carter, whi
had charge of the government work
at Savannah, managed to 'knocl
down' on the government to the esti
mated amount of $1,600,000. He wa:
convicted a year ago and sentence!
to dismissal from the army and to ai
imprisonment of five years in tin
penitentiary. The record'of the tria
has, since that time, been with tin
president. The captain is on waiting
order, drawing his pay, and doing
nothing in the way of hurrying the
president into a consideration of his
case. Even in this warmest of weath
er he is taking matters with all the
coolness of a man who has a pull.'
So far Carter has had a better time
since his conviction than he had before.
He has drawn his full pay and
done what he pleased. How mucli
longer does the president propose to
try public patience and insult public
opinion in this matter?
Cap*. H. T. Thompson Resigns.
Florence, July 28.?Congressman
James Norton was here a while tonight
on his way to Darlington. Mr.
Norton stated that a letter received
from Col. Henry T. Thompson informs
him of the latter's resignation
of the appointment of senior captain
of the Twenty-Niuth Infantry.
Mr. Thompson's resignation is due
to his appointment as commandant
of the principal military academy in
Ohio. He has accepted the appointment.
Mr. Norton intends to aid a
Darlington man in getting the office
vacated by Col. Thompson.
Society In Kansas.
At a card party given this afternoon
for Miss Daysey May me Appleton,
whose marriage to L. Chauncey
O. Bryanne occurs this month,
the decorations were green and pink,
in recognition of Mr. Bryaline's
membership in the Order of Hibernian
Loons, these being the colors of
that Order. A unique feature of the
entertainment was a number of
young boys concealed behind a bank
of palms on the porch, who every
ten minutes gave the Hibernian
Loons "yell," which was aiso a delicate
compliment to the bridegroom.
M?9s Appleton won the prize, the
seventh salve box she has won in a
week. At the Bryanne-Appleton
wedding there will he so many
bridesmaids, matrons of honor,
uower girts, etc., mat me pursue
will take fifteen minutes to pass a
given point. There is talk now of
giving the parade on Commercial
street. Getyour window.?Atchison
Globe.
Multum in Parvo.
One little drop of dew
From the night's crystal brew
May add perfection to the rose's hue.
One soft strain of song,
Loved, but forgotten long.
May balm the heart that aches with
loss and wrong.
One gracious word of praise,
Like the morn's orient rays,
May rift the gloom of bleak and barren
days.
?Clinton Scollard, iu Sunday School
'Pimes.
Womankind.
A girl is visiting iu town who has
a dress trimmed with four miles o
lace, and her hostess is thinking o
giving a reception for it.
A woman who knows how easily
the men can befooled tells ever^om
who kisses her that it is the first turn
she was ever kissed by a man.
It occurs to a man with some won
der that his wife never got up a
much enthusiasm over him whei
she was a bride as she gets up ove
the new little red baby.
When a woman dDesn't know o
anything else nice to say about an
other woman she says she has suel
"cute little ways."
Every unhappy woman take
pleasure in thinking of the tim
when he will come back, and it wil
be too late.
A good many girls have the notio
that some day they may be compel
ed to sell their lrair to pay off th
mortgage on the family home steal
as the story books relate. An A
chisou girl who had very beautifi
hair became very poor and agreed i
sell it for $3. After the hair had bee
cut off. the purchaser refused to tafc
it, saying she could get a switch f?
$2 in Kansas City that would answe
?Atchison Globe.
Keep the Stomach and Bowels i
I good condition, the waste avenui
open and free by an occasional doi
of Dr. M. A. Simmons"* Liver Med
cine. For sale by Hughson-Ligon C
When a man's wife goes away f
' the summer he has to fall back i
the newspapers for local news.
TWO VIEWS OF A DOLLAR.
^u- What it will Buy and What it will Sell 1
for In 1890. 'J
w- A dollar never saw the day when j
it would buy more food, clothing, t)
p- transportation and other necessaries
ns of life than now. On the other
ke hand, a dollar never saw the day 1
a when it could earn less than now.
Jo These are points for the considera- ^
ill tion of those who discuss the relaty
tions of capital and labor. The
rt change in the rate of interest on w
es money has come gradually, but is a
at one i?f flip mr?ef iPiiiMrtahlp pvpnls
st in financial history. It is easily
a enough explained, now it is here,
a- but nobody could have predicted it.
II, It amounts to cutting the rate in
16 two within a quarter of a century.
ie For example, a good many people
y will remember that in 1873 the rail- 'e
road stations between here and New gj
it York were placarded with the ad- to
is vertisements of the Harlem River
i- and Port Chester Railroad 7 per
a cent bonds, guaranteed by the main W
road. These had to be very extensively
advertised to secure their ^
sale at par. To-day, if the same
road wanted to sell S}2 per cents, it fe
could get a slight premium for them. It
That indicates a shrinkage of one- ?f
half. It means that if in 1873 a man
re
had had $20,000 in cash to invest he ov
" could have bought these bonds and tu
s got an income of $1,400 a year. Now be
" the man who had $20,u00 to invest
^ could get but $700 from the same
8 security. There are funds in hands
^ of trustees that have not been g^
" changed in twenty years, and are'
6 worth now double what they were
* worth at the beginning:, and that do *
1 not yield any more income. That is
3 another way of showing that in pro'
ductiveness it takes two dollars now 1
i to equal one twenty-five years ago.. I't
r WD
> The dollar cannot earn what it a
> used to. Time was when 10 per cent ho
! was not considered high interest,' a r
5 when our savings banks paid deposi- ^
' tors 7 per cent, and when the aver- ^
* age discount rate at the banks was
7 per cent. To-day the savings pii
! banks are squeezing out 4 per cent i4^
to depositors and discussing the ad- tot
' visability of making the rate 3%. n
1 But while the dollar cannot earn sli|
' what it once could, it can buy vastly
1 more of what is needed. At the j,
time alluded to for the interest com si j
parison coal was at $9 a ton, now 1
$6.50; flour was at $9.75 to $12.60 a an<
S6C
barrel, now $5.25; sugar was at 15 eq,
cents apound, now 4>2 cents; hay 1
was at $28 a ton, now $18. pa?
A day's work put into getting
bread, clothes, and similar neeessi- ^
ties will produce more than twenty- 884
five years ago, but a day's work 1
saved up and turned into capital
, will not earn more than half the tae
money it used to. hui
? Th
Not a Welcome Addition.
A couple of tourists who were t'ie
journeying on norseback in the rural ?ur
districts of the South had ridden
many miles when they came to a
small log cabin, out of which childrcn
nf nil ci'/PK a iw) u era < c w u cm
ing out like bees from a hive. T
The tourists were tired and raven- ed
ously hungry. Hailing an old ne- cur
gro at the cabin gate they told him alo
that they had come to take dinner cin
with hirn. ? six
' Yo' is welcum, gemmen!" he oft
said. "I ain't got much to eat, but Cai
I'll do the ve'y bes' I kin fo' you, ma
gemmen." me
Then taising his voice to a shrill pre
yell, he said: vie
"Hi, yo\ Judas Iscariot, yo' run pri:
catch a chicken fas' es yo' laigs can to i
carry yo." list
"What do you call that boy?" ask- of t
ed one of the tourists. par
"Judas Iscariot, salr." inv
"What did you ever give him such anc
a name as that for?" ant
4 Dat's a Bible name, sah, an' it Da
has a meanin'. All de Bible names foli
has a meanin' sah. I'se got fo'teen Da
en dey's all got Bible names, case de Da
Bible names has a meaning', sah." thr
"What is the meaning of Judas Is- ath
cariot?" rie<
The old man was very reticent Go
about giving further information, An
and it required a good deal of persua- sbr
sion before he finally said: Ion
"Well, I'll tell yo' sah. Hit's like ma
dis: Yo'see I'd had fo'teen chilun sal
i befo' Judas Iscarot was bawn, an'
fo'teen chillun is a' mighty big
fam'ly fo' a po' man ter raise en 1
keer fo', thout habin' no mo' so wo
when Judas Iscariot came erlong I
" gib 'im dat name caze you know de W'1
rstoie say irq De Detter 10 juaas is- iujj
1 cariot if he'd r.ebl^er been b'adfvn."-- tat
Detroit Free Press. . mi
The Orangeburg County ;S|^o5
cratic Executive Committee has an'
f ordered a primary for Tuesday, mc
^ August 8th, for the purpose of nam- 8W
ing a candidate for the Legislature 'n^
* to fill Dr. Sturkie's unexpired term. to'
5 Messrs. T. F. Brantley, Win. W. tUi
? Wannamakerjand Jno. B. Stromal) lie
have announced themselves aS can- Th
didates.?The State. no
Calculated to Warm Him.
' He was suffering from a bad at- 111
r tack of fever and ague. The doctor 8*v
was at his bedside watching his fei
f shivering fit, and, to calm his nerve CU
a little, remarked:
"I will write you a prescription, ^
" which you must have made up at <
once, and after you have taken the vf
s first doss you will be warm in no
e time-" * c!
"You don't mean to sav, doctdr,
'* that it will be as fatal as that?"" *
cried the frightened patient. ^
n - i n
I Basket Funerals in Kentucky. riJ
e The funeral of Sarah Jane Caskey, gr
nee Yvcum, will be preached at the
' Grassy school house, on Blackwater, I ;
the second Sunday of Sep-ember, by fe
il the Rev. Harlen Murphy an J Frank fe
o P. Wilson. Dinner on the ground
and everybody invited.
II Henry Walter's funeral will be
preached at the Grassy school house r*H'
>r on Blackwater, on the second Sun- m
r> day of September, by the Revs. t*
Leaudar Lacey and D. A. Whitaker.
Dinner on the ground. All are in- wt
vited.?Hazel Green (Ky.) Herald.
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The Summer Girl. :
He was a young man Vho had
leard of the summer girl. In his
nincl she was an airy, fairy creature
ull of mischief and lovelier than the
lawn. They came to know each
ther in this way:
He met her where
The sand was bare j
'hat gleamed against the sea ;
They looked and sighed
Beside the tide, (
Ltid flirted, he and she.
Do not hastily conclude that only
ie sand was bare out there. There
as many a dimpled arm and here
nd there a brawny leg in the same
audition. But they didn't ihind.
c
They watched the sails.
They braved the gales,
hey loitered hand in hand; 1
He taught her games I
Ana wroie meir names j
ogether in the sand.
u
It may be supposed that the reek- j
ss waves quickly obliterated the
lines he linked together on the P
lore, thus naturally leading one up 1
this thought: * ii
And when 'twas o'er r
And they, once more, b
rere living back in town a
Did she forget
They'd ever met,
nd did she throw him down? 0
Here is really where the startling P
ature of the case presents itself,
is a common practice of the type d
girl herein depicted to make a
llow think he is the whole summer
sort, and then, when the season is
er, treat him as if he had just re- C(
rned from Klondike, after having
en met by a committee with a NV
iinket, at the outskirts of the town, .
t h
Di
He feels like one
Who stands alone, .
r all the world deserted; tl
The jurors say
He'll have t?) pay rf
*r for the time she flirted.
?Buffalo News.
That Original Sin. |e
Probably our great ancestor, Adam bl
tie thought of the trouble he pi
>uld cause posterity by eating an
pie. But now the question as to Cf
w many apples lie really did eat is la
lew difficulty. ce
3ow many apples did Adam and C(
e eat? Wa's it one or was it mil
ns? When the subject was first
>oted the editor very naturally re- si;
ed, "Why, one of course." m
kNo," said the assistant editor, w
!ve ate one, and Adam ate one ,
>; that's two." |e
['hen the sub-editor passed along a
p of paper on which was written,
Ive 81 and Adam 81, making 162."
Jut the poet, who is a man of .
agination, capped this wit-li, "Eve Dr
and Adam 812?893." ai
['hen the publisher tried his hand, h<
J his contribution was, "Eve 8,142
i how it tasted, and \dam 812,
aals 8,954." ea
'he poet who dislikes being sur- ca
ssed as much as he hates barbers, re
ne up to the scratch again with
ve 8.142 see how it tasted, and
am 81,242 keep her company?89,- ai
sli
'hen the humot ist, who had been cr
ening quietly, handed in his conjution,
"Eve 8,142 see how it "
ted, and Adain 8,124,210-der a c0
sband was he to see her eat alone, er
is equals 8,132,352.
But he had another object," said
poet. "Eve 8,142 satisfy her
iosity, and Adam 8,242,240 fy Eve th
her position. That makes 8,132,- in
."?Philadelphia Record. a (
Late Literary News.
'he range of human interest cover- S(>
by the August Cosmopolitan is wi
iously wide. The reader is swept pn
ng?and his journey made fas- ev
atingbyone hundred and forty- .
pictures?from an article telling P'
he trolley road now building from to
iro to the Pyramids, with some re- cr
rkable pictures of those monu- ^
nts of antiquity, through a comhensive
and richly illustrated rew
of New York Society; to the in
ze article on "Your True Relation fr(
Society;'1 and thence to Ireland to
en to a "child of the turf" telling
he life of Erin's people and the IS
t peat plays in it. Hack to Omar's an
asion of Egypt the reader goes, to
1 then to take a peep at the art ,
j methods of the late Augustin *
ly and to see a magnificent port- ve
io of pictures of Daly productions, in
ly actors and Daly himself. From
ly, the reader goes to Cuba and .
ills with interest at the well-told
ventures of a young man who car- al]
J mail and military documents to fri
mez by the "Underground" route. a
d to aid to all this there are four
>rt stories, all excellent, and the
gest is by that prince of tale- m
kers. Frank R. Stockton. For w<
e by Knight Bros. Price 10 cents. fa
Strange Effect of Eggs. er
^he case is reported of a young
man, otherwise perfectly healthy,
0 has symptoms of acute poison;on
any occasion on which she y>l
;es eggs in any form and in the
nutest quantity, the severity of
1 attack being in proportion to the as
lount which has been taken. Al>st
immediately after it has been St
allowed she has rigors and vomit- be
r, and in a very short time the l'
lgue becomes parched and dry, St
3 throat sore and there is severe 1?
adache, with pain in tlie back, w
ie very smallest quantity of egg, tli
matter how disguised in any form si
food, will produce the symptoms pi
a more or less severe form. The ai
mptoms may continue for from a T
w hours to two days. A tiny parti- b<
? of the white placed on the skin ti
odlices nettle rash. fa
" is
Scene Railway carriage on the ^
idland railway. Enter a colonel
th game bag and case of guns.
>lonel (to passengers, enthusiasti- bi
lly)?"Beautiful sport; sixty birds
two hours, and only missed two
otsj" A quiet gentleman sitting 0
the corner put down his paper, R
shed across the compartment, and ci
asped him warmly by the hand: w
\.llow me to congratulate you, sir!
am a professional myself." "Pro- a
ssional sportsman?" "No: prossional
liar.'1?Tit-Bits. b
? v r;
$lOORKWAKl>. $ioo.
rhe reaUerw of thin jinper will In- plfamnl to c
!?? f * Iw.n.i u* Luut nnu d i<uu i lui I 11 i u. ? t
(I ll 111(11 nine 10 uv ?c?n?. out ? ri
we that science has been able to cure in all
i stages and that is Catarrh. Hall's Cn- C
rrh Cure is the only positive cure now
iowii to tne medical fraternity. Catarrh g
ing a constitutional disease, requires a con- ~
itutional treatment. Hail's Caterrh Cur J ?
taken internally, acting directly upon ehe t
ood ?and mucous surfaces of the system,
ereby destroying the foundation of the dis- p
se, and giving the patient strength braiding
up the constitution and assisting
iture in doing its work. The proprietors
ive so much faith in its curative powers, t
mt they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
ise that it fails to cure. Send for list of ten- g
monials. Address, I
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. c
Sold by Druggists, 75c. ?
Hall's Family Pills are the best. ?
THE BEff COTTON CHOP.
Its Condition in tire Several
Southern States.
MUCH SHEDDING IS REPORTED.
I
Opening in Places-Picking Not Yet <
Bcgun-Crop Will be Short
in. Many Places. I
. i
The weather conditions last week j
vere generally more favorabie to <
lotton than during the previous (
veek except over the western por- J
ion of both North and South Caro- (
ina, hut general rains have falleu c
n that region, breaking the drought J
>nd preventing further deterioration. (
n Texas, also, less favorable reports i
redo initiate, claiming, damage to ]
he crop lrom sheading aim vanuub i
nsects. More or less shedding is I
eported from all but two States, (
ut this is not an unusual condition (
t this season of the year, and is the J
fleet of various causes. Cotton is ^
peuing in places but nowhere has f
icking become general. ^
In North Carolina in the droughty g
istricts cotton is blooming to the f
)p before it has formed sufficient b
reed. Lowland crops, however, \
ontinue good. o
In the remainder of the State the ?
eek was favorable; crop conditions j
ave improved and the outlook is y
rotnising. Where showers occur- n
id cotton is forming bolls nicely p
lough plants are small. p
In South Carolina cotton failed b
ipidly, and drought has stopped its tl
rowth, it is turning yellow as a
lough maturing, and is shedding p
aves and fruit. The plants are V
looming to the top. These are the L
evading conditions, but in spots y
itton continues to do well. Sea is- a
nd cotton, while generally in ex- |1;
illent condition, is blighting to a J,
msiderable extent. F
In Georgia cotton is generally ir
nail, blooming to the top, and in tv
any sections being injured by boll p
onus and shedding its fruit and gj
ayes. In a few counties it is open- ti
g prematurely. n<
Iii California rains were general si
iring the latter half of the week, w
taking the drought in northern ?*'
id central counties; the rainfall
iavy in nearly all parts of the n<
ate, and excessive in central and ^
,Ht central portions, doing some lo- tj
,1 damage, but, as a whoje. greatly U)
viving all vegetation. Cotton con- a)
nues generally clean anil healthy, jjj
id is now fruiting well, though y
edding of forms seems to be Ineasing,
while there ar# fewer re- cj
irts of rust; some early planted aj
tton is open in a few of the south- p
n counties, where picking will ge
gin soon. h:
In Mississippi the crop reports r
is week show no material change a,
current conditions except there Is
demand for more moisture in the al
iddle and northern counties, while ^
me localities lmve been drenched tj(
itli precipitation. Cotton is re>rted
as growing nicely in about gj
ery part of the State; although the re
ants are small, they are blooming t0
the top and are well fruited; this
op has been very generally laid
ai
In Louisiana more or less rain fell
portions of nearly every parish w
>m which reports have been re
ived. Generally, the cotton crop m
doing but fairly well; dry weather
d hot sunshine has had a tendency
retard or stop growth and the at
ants are fruiting all over while yet fiC
ry small. No serious trouble from b
sects is reported. el
In Tennessee the drought which a
id become general was broken by w
mndant rains. Cotton seems to be a{
liting well and tnay be considered ja
fairly good crop at this stage. n(
uit is generally scarce and the
elon crop is turning out well.. The a
jek closed with a much more S(J
vorable outlook for crops in gen- 'p,
al. fa
In Texas the general showers over
e northern portion of the State 81
ive retarded some classes of farm w
ork, but have favored the growth y(
some crops. 8
Cotton is not in as good condition hi
i at last report. The crop Is doing la
ell over the northern portion of the bi
ate except that the caterpillar and sc
ill worms are damaging the crop, tl
i the southwestern portion of the hi
;ate the crop is shedding In several aj
calities as a result of the dry (I
eatlier following the heavy rains at fe
le clot.e of last month. Besides E
led ding there are always com- T
aints of damage by the boll weevil al
id the boll worm in southwest w
exas. The damage from pests has it
sen very little up to the present ti
me, but much uneasiness is felt by tl
triners in some localities. Cotton b
> maturing and some picking is ic
eing done here and there, but it will Fi
e several days yet before picking is
* *i
econies general. n
In Arkansas the general and eopi- P
us rains which occurred during the t(
itter part of the week were beneflial
to growing crops. Cotton looks g
ell generally, is growing rapidly n
nd fruiting nicely. g
In Oklahoma the past week has h
een cloudy and sultry with heavy c
dins over nearly every county ex- t
ept in Indian Territory and some of 'I
lie extreme southeastern counties of r
Oklahoma. Cotton continues in Ij
ood condition and is making good t
rowth. A few correspondents note "
lie appearance of worms and ex- I
ress fear of damage from. them. . . t
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MARK TWAIN'S SPEECH.
Address at the Vagabond Dinner In Lon- j
don?Introduction of the Humorist by
Mr. Grossmith.
London, July y.?The New Vagabonds'
dinner in honor of "Mark
Twain"?S. L. Clemens?and Mrs.
Clemens, was one of the best attended
dinners the club has ever held.
Four or five hundred members and
their guest9 of both sexes assembled
In the King's Hall of the Holborn
estauruut. The chair was taken by
Jeorge Grossmith, and the vice
;hairs by Dr. C?nan Doyle, G. B.
Burgin and Douglas Siaden. Most
)f the leading younger literary men
>f the day are members of the club. 1
[t includes Rider Haggard, Hall
Jaine, S. R. Crockett, Stanley Wey- 1
nan, W. Pett Ridge, Conan Doyle, 1
rt mi . ?.i T r )
.. /jUUgwm, Alimony xiupc, V/UUIBUII
iemahan, W. W. Jacobs, Louis
iecke, J. Bloundelle-Burton, J. M.
Cobban, Jerome K. Jerome, Kenneth
Irahame, Robert Hicheus, Silas and
oseph Hocking, C. F. Kearv, A. E.
V. Mason, Arthur Morrison, Gilbert
'arker, Max Pemberton, Betram
litford, "Gabriel Setoun," William
lharp, Hailliwell Sutcliffe, Cutliffe
lyne, Allen Upward, W. E. Tireuck,
H. F. Wells, Percey White,
Valter Raymond and a good many
f the older authors, such as Messrs.
Irant Allen, George Manville Fenn,
os. Hatton, F. W. Robinson, and
loneure D. Conway. Among the
on-authors present were Bernard *
artridge, Hayden Coffin, Hal Hurst r
tobert Sauber, Col. James L. Tay- H
>r and Morgan Richards. Among 8
le guests Lady Jeune, F. C. Selou9, I
.rchibald Ross Colquhoun, A. Hen- ^
7 Savage Lander, the explorer; Sir 6
William and Lady Trelawny, of Tre- J
iwny: Irving Montague, Sir Thomas 0
bardie, Miss Beatrice Harraden, Sir t
lexander MacKenzie, Sir M. Rhowagree,
M. P.; Miss Ray Rockman, y
, H. Lorimer, A. R. S. A., and Miss 11
?? >? A fior Mr Ornce- 8
aKiiijr xjtwugti* iM?i v??
lith had risen to propose the first 1
vo toasts of "The Queen" and "The
resident of the United States," he a
ive tlie first note of humor in a par- a
cuiarly entertainingevening by an- '
junciug that the ladies had permis- a
on to smoke. Immediately after- P
ard he rose to propose the toast of
The Guests of the Evening." a
"Ladies and Gentlemen: It is c
aw my pleasant duty to ask you to t
rink to the health and prosperity of
te great American humorist, lectrer
and man of letters, Mark Twain, "
id I couple with his name that of
is wife, Mrs. Clemens. (Cheers.) j
ou may not believe it, but this is
te first time I have ever taken a
lair at a banquet in my life. I have .
ways avoided doing so, but Mr.
ouglas Siaden and Mr. Burgin ^
lemed to labor under some delusion ^
tat an English humorist was the
ght person to propose the toast of
1 American humorist. However, I J
tlly appreciate the honor, and
n proud to be on this occasion in
ie position of chairman. It is a lit- ^
e over a quarter of a century ago f
>at I attended the first lecture ever
ven by Mark Twain in London. I '
member the evening perfectly. I ^
ok copious notes that evening,
jaughter.) The notes that I took ^
tve been more valuable co me than j
ly I had ever taken in my life, j
jaughter.) I remembei Mark Twain ti
alked upon the platform looking ?
jry sad?very solemn, (laughter,) t(
--k ? ~ than lia rlitoa nnw
UU1I liJi/iC bu mail ?V uuv? ^
luch laughter.) But when I heard j
ie audience subsequently roaring c
his subtle and splendid humor I
>uld not help reflecting how much
itteritwas for a man to look solnn
and be truly humorous, than for
man to look funny with a carroty g.
ig and a scarlet nose, and talk q
)out whiskey and his mother-inw.
At this lecture a lady who sat
jar me, criticised Mark Twain in
ie following manner: 'It does seem IT
shame to laugh at him?he looks a
i unhappy.' The effect of Mark t|
wain's lecture on the audience was
ither remarkable. At the concluon
of the first joke there was not a
nile; at the eud of the second there
as a roar of laughter. But mind ^
hi, they were not laughing at the
icond joke, but at the first, which *
id just dawned upon them. (Loud
ughter.) After the third joke they
jgan laughing at the second, and
> on to the end. As the people left
ie hall and entered their carriages?
ired and otherwise?they roared
fain. That was the last joke,
daughter.) There is a distinct dif- '
trence between the methods of the
r
nglish and American story-teller. ^
he Englishman generally talks 1
tiout half an hour telling a story,
ith or without a point?as the case
lay be?and the listeners cease to
ikn interest half way through, for
* r w Q
ley suddenly remember a much
etter story of their own. The Amer>an
never gives you that chance. .
[is story as a rule is so short that it '
5 practically over before it begins; ^
liatia to say, he begius with the
oint and ends there." (Much laugh- ^
?r-? r
Mr. Grossmith then proceeded to v
ive imitations *of the two methods r
luch to the amusement of the t
uests, especially of Mr. Clemens
imself. Continuing his speech the c
hairman said: "One of the first ,
hings I ever recited was ' Mark r
'wain's 'Jumping Frog.' You will r
ecollect that that frogdid not jump, ,
ut its author did; he jumped from ..
hat frog lo the beautiful story of ,
The Prince and the Pauper." (Pro- ^
onged applause.) Not only, that, i
tut he is still jumping." (Cheers.) ^
Mter a special compliment to Mrs. u
Siemens the chairman concluded by i
aying: "May Mr. Clemens long be ,
ipared to enchant us with his iufl- j
lite humor and exquisite pathos." ]
tfr. Grossmith sat down amid loud i
cheers. No report can do justice to
his speech any more than it can to a
speech of "Mark Twain's." for both
these humorists have a very original
way of delivering their speeches?
Mr. Grossmith's being overflowing
with merriment, and Mark Twain's
as dry as nuts. As soon as Mr.
Grossmith sat down Mark Twain
rose to reply for himself and his
v^fe, whose health had been drunk
with prolonged cheering and musical
honors. He said:
"It has always been difficult?
leave that word difficult?not exceedingly
difficult, but just difficult,
nothing more than that, not the j
slightest shade to add to that?just
difficult?to respond properly, in the I
right phraseology, when compli- I
ments are paid to me; but it is more .
than difficult wheu the compliments :
are paid to a better than I?my wife.
A.nd while I am not here to testify
against myself?I can't be expected
to do so, a prisoner in your own
country is not admitted to do so?as
:o which member of the family wrote
ny books, I could say in general
;hat really I wrote the books myself.
Vly wife puts the facts in, and they
nake it respectable. My modesty
von't suffer while compliments are
aeing paid to my literature, and
hrough literature to my family. I
:an't get enough of them. Iamcuiously
situated to-night, it so rarely
rnppens that I am introduced by a
lumorist; I am general^ introduced
>y a person of grave walk and cariage.
That makes the proper back- g
ground of gravity for brightness; I I
un going to alter to suit, and haply
may say some humorous things, d
Vhen yeu start with a blaze of sunhine
and upburst of humor, when e
ou begin with that, thtf proper office fa
if humor is to reflect, to j at you into t
hat pensive mood of deep thought, I
o make you think ot your sins. 11 e
ou wish half an hour to Ay. Hu- a
nor makes me reflect now to-night, it o
ets the thinking machinery in mo- b
ion. Always, when I am thinking, u
here come suggestionsof what I am, ii
.nil what we all are, and what we F
,re coming to. A sermon comes o
rom my lips always when I listen to
, humorous speech. I seize the op- h
ortuuitv to throw away frivolities, h
o say something to plant the seed, v
nd make all better than when I t
aine. In Mr. Grossmith's remarks A
here was a subtle something sug- d
esting my favorite theory of the y
lifference between theoretical mor- a
Is and practical morals. I try to g
nstill practical morals in the place
f theatrical?I mean theoretical,
lut as an addendum?an annex,
omething added to theoretical p
orals. When your chairman said a
t was the first time he had ever y
aken the chair he did not mean that c
ie had not taken lots of other things; p
ie attended my first lecture and took e
iotes. This indicated the man's dis- fl
iosition. There was nothing else b
lying round, so he took notes; he tl
rould have taken anything he could 0
et. I can bring a moral to bear
iere which shows the difference be- u
ween theoretical morals and prac- b
i?ol omralc Thfinrotipal morula *
re the sort you get on your mother's Cj
nee, in good books and from the a
ulpit. You gather them in your fl
ead and not in your heart; they are j|
heory without piactice.' Without w
hie assistance of practice to perfect b
hem it is difficult to teach a child,
be honest, don't steal." I will 5,
jach you how it should be done, ^
?ad you into temptatiou, teach you jj
ow to steal, so that you may reagnize
when you have stolen and pj
jel the proper paugs. It is no good t|
oing round and bragging you h&Ve p
ever taken the chair. As by the e(
res of experience, so by commis- lt
ion of crime, you learn real morals. ^
ommit all the crimes, familiarize tl
ourself with all sins, take them iu w
station, there are only two or three ^
lousand of them, stick to it, comlit
two or three every day, and by
nd by you will be proof against
lem. di
When through you will be proof w
gainst all sins and morally perfect,
ou will be vaccinated against every &
oesible commission of them. This
i the only way. I will read you a b<
ritten statement upon the subject a:
iat I wrote three years ago to read 11
) the Sabbath schools (here the lec
? ?- ? i ? /-J U In M A ?vii 4 Vkiti
iter tuiiicu his ^utivcia uut, uui
ithout success.) No, I have left it al
t home. Still, it was a mere state- ti
lent of fact, illustrating the value t*
f practical morals produced by the
ommission of crime. It was in my ^
oyhood?just a statement of fact, tl
eading is only more formal, merely K1
nets, merely pathetic facts, which I a
an state so as to be understood. It s\
elates to the first time I ever stole t?
watermelon; that is, I think it was
he first time; any way, it was right
long there somewhere. I stole it
ut of a farmer's wagon while he was ?
waiting on another customer. Stole t|
s a harsh term. I withdrew?I re- C
ired that watermelon. I carried it fi
o a secluded corner of a lumber
ard. I broke it open. It was
reen?the greenest watermelon
aised in the valley that year. The t|
ninute l saw IC was green i was sory
and began to reflect?reflection is
he beginning of reform. If yon
lon't reflect when you commit a b
:rime then that crime is of no use; it
night just as well have been comnitted
by some one else. You must
eflect or the value is lost; you are h
lot vaccinated against committing it
igain. I hegan to reflect. I said to
uyself: "What ought a boy to do n
vho has stolen a green watermelon?
What would George Washington do, i
:he father of his country, the only t
\merican who could not tell a lie?
What would he do? There is only ^
jne right, high, noble thing for any c
uoy to do who has stolen a watermelon
of that class?he must make
restitutiou; he must restore that 1
stolen property to its rightful owner."
I said I would do it when I made
that good resolution. I felt it to be
a noble, uplifting obligation. I rote
up spiritually stronger and refreshed.
I carried that watermelon back?
what was left of it?and restored it
to the farmer, and made him give
me a ripe one in its place. Now you
see that this constant impact of
crime upon crime piotects you
against further commission of crimr.
It builds you up. A man can't become
morally perfect by stealing one
or a thousand green watermelons; ;
but every little helps. I was at a
great school yesterday, St. Paul's,
where for four hundred years they
have been busy with brains, and
building up England by producing
Pepys, Miltons and Mariboroughs.v
Six hundred boys left to nothing in .
the world but theoretical morality.
[ wanted to become the professor of
practical morality, but the high
liaster was away, so I suppose I
ihall have to go on making my Uyng
the same old way by adding
>racticai to theoretical morality.
A7 hat are the glory that was Greece,
he grandeur that was Rome, cornered
to the glory and grandeur and
najesty of a perfected morality,
uch as you see before you? The
?ew Vagabonds are old vagabonds
undergoing the old sort of reform.)
t'ou drank my health; I hope I have
lot been unuseful. Take this sysem
of morality to your hearts. Take
t home to your neighbors and your
;raves, and I hope that it will be a
ong time before you arrive there."
Mr. Clemens sat down amid thonlers
of applause.
The musical entertainment of the
vening, under A. H. Lindo, then
egan. It consisted of two songs by
he charming American singer, Miss
mciUe Saunders, who was, as he
xpressed it, raised in the same town
s Mark Twain, and a very humorusiy
delivered song and recitation
y George Grossmith, Jr., winding *
p with some admirable violin playr?g
by Miss Leonora Jackson. W.
'ett Ridge then proposed the health
f the chairman
Mr. Ridge, in proposing "the
ealth offthe chairman," wondered
iow ladies could listen so long to the
oices of men without exercising
heir exceptional powers of repartee,
fr. Grossmith, whose health was
runk with acclamation, replied
rith another witty speech, and the
udieuee then adjourned to the
oiree in the council chamber.
* Mosquitos Swarm In Chicago.
Chicago, July 27.?Chicago's
lague of mosquitos is being fought
long the western edges of the city
nth fire and smoke. The swarma
ame about a week a *o, after the coious
rains. The pests haveincreasd
in number by millions since they*
rst came, and their suppression has
ecome a problem, especially in
hose parts of Chicago where screens f
wire or cotton are not plentiful*
Along the western edge of the city
ist night myriad bonfires, were
urning. Clouds of smoke arose^and
len settled back to the ground,
musing an exodus of the visitors,
nd half-suffocating the people. The
res were kindled in the streets and
i yards. In some instances they
ere dangerous near frame buildings,
ut the residents were willing to uuergo
the risk of serious fire, and to
reathe Rmoke as they slept so long
3 it would drive away the poisonous
ttle insects.
As one went out over the open
rairies beyond the lines of houses
ie mnsquitos were more numerous,
assetigers on trollaf cars complaini
that the insects Pat unpleasantly
ito their faces, and motormeo srfid
leir sight was interfered with by
ie swarms of mnsquitos through
hieh their cars rushed.?Now Yofk
imes.
The Modern Child.
Dorothy: "Mamma, if I should '.'4
ie would I go to Heaven?"
"Why, yes, darling, of course you
ould."
"And if you should die would you
> to Heaven, too?"
"I hope so, dear." '? v
"I hope so, too, because it'Would
3 very awkward for me to be known
4 the little girl whose mother was
i hell."
Very Annoying.
She looked indignant and hurt
fter they had emerged from the.
innel and the sunshine streamed '-0
irough the car window.
"What is it dear? Don't make
jch a display of temper. Did he
are to kiss you while we were in
le dark?" and the fond mother
ently patted her dfeighter's head
s they whispered.
"No he didn't, the coward!" and
he flounced into another seat.?De- ^
oit Free Press.
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,iver Medicine to all Painters as
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Freddie Needn't Worry. ' mm
Fond Mother: "What do you hink
<>f little Freddie? He's the
ery image of his father, isn't he?"
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ijiid that as long as he has good
i ialih."
Worship.
vThese biseuits are rather ha^vy,"
ie observed.
His wife burst into tears.
"Then you do not worship me any
iiore," she sobbed.
"Higher criticism is not incompatble
witli worship," protested til# ?%&&&
nan not unreproachfully.
We live in a liberal age, and
'ain it is to stand out against t0| Bh
lencies.
To Core Coustipatloa For*T?f^ B
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. UmHHM
it C C. C. tail to cure, druggists