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Insurance Loss $30,500,000. Baltimore, July 18.-The general loss committee, composed of expert in? surance men, which was organized after the great fire of Febraary 7, made its final formai report today through Chairman Paul Turner, T he report states that 3,778 separates ?claims were handled by the committee, and that the rmount of insurance paid on *these claims was $29,074,358.15. There are still claims unsettled, and in addition there were probably about 1.000 or 1,200 smaller claims which were settled direct by the companies. The amount invnlved in these small claims will not exceed ?1,500,000, so that the total insurance paid to those who lost in the fire will he about $30, - 503^000.-Philadelphia Record. In commenting cn the country's loss by fire, which has at times reach? ed $100,000,000 a year, the New York Tribune declares these figures are a general average, and adds: t;In tables for a given year, showing their origin, incendiarism leads with 1,927 cases; defective ines were responsible for 1,309. Sparks, matches, explosion of lamps, lightning, forest fires and spon? taneous combustion are enumerated as principal canses, but no one of them reaches a third of the number which the firebugs score." The firecracker comes in at the tail of the list with 15 : about half the number li: by pipes and cigar stubs. Taken year by year the several causes show pretty steady averages, as if there was an element of destiny in it beyond precautionary measures to vary or modify. Fewer gallons; wears longer; Devoe. Working Night and Day. The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever was made is Dr.-King's New Lofe Pills. These pills change weakness into strength, listlessness Jnto energy, brain? fag into mental power. They're wonder? ful in building up the health. Only 25c per box. Sold by J. J. W. DeLonne. Monsieur Aesop ? We hate to do iL It has sounded so nice and it was indicative of the man's . character. But the fact is that the name of Esopus, Judge Parker's post office, was.not derived from that of the French philosopher, Aesop, but is nothing more than an Indian word, belonging, we presume, to the voc? abulary of the Oneida Indians who in? habited that part of New York State. -Columba Stete. Biliousness is Dangerous. When tne bile is not flowing freely into the bowels, it is taken up by the blood and is deposited in all part? of the body. Ev . ery important organ, in fact, every tissue of the body, even to the skin layer?, are affected by the - poison ladened bile, lt saps the energy, dulls the brain, weakens the lungs and kidneys and invites disease germs.. It affects the heart, stomach and bowels, causing marked functional dis? turbances that may result' in disease. A bilious or jaundiced condition- of the sys? tem i3 very dangerous and should be cor? rected at once. Rydale's Liver Tablets speedily cure biliousness. They act spe? cifically on the 1 ver. bile bladder, bile duct and the bowels. They never fad to -cure liver and bowel troubles. Price per box. containing 50 tablets, 25c. All dealers. : South Carolina does not need mere judges, but she evidently needs more who are able physically as well as men? tally to discharge the duties of the office.-Newberry Observer. Danville, Va.," July 20.- A special to the Register from Greensboro, N. C., says that the result of the local opion held in that city today was a ma? jority of 423 for the "drys." WEEK EN0 RATES. Excursion Tickets ts Popular Resorts Now on Sale cy Atlantic Coast Line, The Atlantic Coast Line will sell week end tickets, beginning May 28th and continuing until August 27th to the following named points. Tickets sold each Saturday are limited for re? turn on Tuesday following date of sale. - Rates on : Charleston, 83.85; Cross Hill, $3.65; Georgetown, 83.00; Glenn Springs, 84.10; Greenville, $4.65; Isle of . Palms, $3.85; Spartanburg, $4.10; Sullivan's Island, $3.85; Waterloo, . 83^5; Whitestone, S. C., $3.90; Wil? mington, N. C., $3.85. J. T. China Special Rates Via Atlantic Coast Line. Account Biennial Conclave. Knights of Pythias. Louisville, Ky, August 16-20-04 we will stll special round trip tickets Sumter to Louisville and return, going and returning same route at rate of $18.55. Going direct route and returning Via St. Louis with priv? ilege of stopping at St. Louis Ten (10) Davs ?26.75 for round trip. Tickets will bc on sale Aug 32th to 15th Inclusive and limited to August3lst but an extension to Sept 15tb can be had by depositing with Agent at Louis? ville, Any other information will be furn? ished upon application. UV. .7. Craig, J. T. China. T. A. G. P. A. Sumter. S. S. Wilmington, X. C. All Sorts of Reduced Rates via the Atlantic Coast Line. Cincinnati. Ohio.- Account Grand Lodge Meeting B. P. O. Elks, July 18th to 23d. Louisville. Ky.-Account Biennial Conclave Knights of Pythias. August 16th to 20th. Richmond. Va,-Account National Associa? tion of Engineers August 1st to 6th. St Louis, Ma-Account the Worlds Fair. Season, Sixty day. fifteen day and Coach Excursion tickets. Summer Tourist and Week-End rates to Seashore resorts in Virginia and the Caro? linas. For full information as to rates, dates or sale, limit of tickets, schedules, etc.. call on any Ticket Agent of the A. C. L., or write H. M. EMERSON. W. J. CRAIG, Traffic Manager. Gen" Pass. Agent. Wilmington, N. C. Housekeepers' Labels. Housekeepers who are now putting up the year's supply of preserves, pick? les, jellies, etc., should obtain a book of Dennison's Ready Gummed Perfor? ated Labels-printed and ready for use. For sale at Osteen's Book Store. July 19-5t The hammock season has arrived. A largo stock to select from at Osteen's Ro< k Store. A CIVIL WAR TOAST. Til? Way a Very Eniharraxulnj; Sltn ution Waa i?, el ie ved. It rri?.y soeui raiin-r trite to go bacs to civil w.-ir tin:t*s ior a story, birt ail j the tales ol' thai uu-;*i (rabit* time have not been told. My uncle. Major Thomas liidsly, was a surgeon, attached to General Grant's sta??. It was after the surren? der of Vicksburg. The Union forces had entered the city, and much merry? making and entertaining were going om One night a dinner was in prog? ress at which many northern officers and a large number of southern ladies were present. Many toasts had been proposed and drunk, all of them practi? cally in honor of the successes of the Union army and the men responsible for them. Finally one of the. southern ladies, a great beauty and noted for her intense partisan feeling for the south, arose and said, "Gentlemen, may I propose a toast?" With natural gallantry and a little trepidation the ranking officer said, "Certainly." "Well, then, gentlemen, I give you, "The Southern Confederacy.* * It was an embarrassing situation, but with hardly a moment's hesitation one of tiie northern officers relieved the tension. "Down with it, gentlemen," he cried. And the glasses were drained without embarrassment and without disloyalty. -Lippincott's. THE TERM "BLACKLEG." It Probably Came From Sporting Men Who Wore Black Top Boots. The term blackleg, which has come to mean one who systematically tries to win money by cheating in connection with races or with cards, billiards or other games of skill or chance and is used as synonymous with a swindler, a welsher, is of uncertain origin. Some authorities connect lt with the black legs of a game cock, so much used by the sporting fraternity for betting pur? poses. According to another and more prob? able view, the expression had no dis? graceful sense attached to it at first but was applied to turf and sporting meu because they were often in the habit of wearing black top boots. When blackleg had thus become a current phrase for professional sporting men, it probably passed into use as applied more particularly to'those who took an unfair advantage of their opportunities to cheat the unwary. The derivation of this term was once solemnly argued before the full court of queen's bench upon a motion for a new trial for libel, but that learned tribunal was unable to decide its or? igin. \ QUICKSANDS. > It Li the Presence of Water That Haken Them So Yielding. Quicksand-i. e., moving or living sand-is ordinary sand so saturated wltn water that it will not bear any considerable weight. Sand that is dry or not very wet becomes on being pressed closely compacted and less yielding, but where there is sufficient water mixed with it to keep the grains apart it does not cohere and yields to any weight. Quicksands, then, are sands from which the water is not drained away, either because a constant current passes through them or because there is a dense substratum of clay or rock. They are commonly found near the mojths of large rivers or where there are springs or on flat beaches. Probably those who fall into quick? sands would not be engulfed if they kept quite quiet. As soon as the sand reached their chin they would be sup? ported rather more than if they were in ordinary water, owing to the greater density of the mixture of sand and wa? ter which constitutes a quicksand. . The Koto and Samisen. Japanese girls of the upper and mid? dle classes learn to play the "koto." while those of the lower orders usually learn the "samisen." The "koto" is a narrow horizontal Instrument about five feet long with a sounding board upon which are stretched springs sup? ported by ivory bridges. It is played by means of' ivory finger tips. The player, sits before the instrument on the floor in the ordinary posture, and when she touches the strings she often sings a soft accompaniment. The "sa? misen" is a kind of banjo and Is often played during theatrical performances and recitations. It gives forth dull and monotonous tones. The Tailor Bird. The brilliantly plumed birds of the tropical forests are exposed to many dangers, and if they were not gifted with peculiar yet useful instincts tiny would fall ready victims to their ene? mies. Chattering monkeys and big snakes steal and eat their eggs, while their offspring are preyed upon by foes on every side. But it takes a sly monkey or snake to get ahead of the tailor bird, a small East Indian sing? ing bird. She hides her nest so skill fully that her enemies cannot find it. no matter how hard they try. This she does by using her long, slender bill as a needle. With the tough tiber of a parasite plant abundant in the tropics as a thread she sows a dead leaf taken from the ground to a liv? ing one near the end of a alender and banging branch, and between these leaves she builds !;<-r nest, where ne! thor monkey nor su.?ke can approach, because the branch will not jear their weight. Tlie Dictionary. "Neither ls a* dictionary a bad bc. to read." says Emerson in his essay .M. books. -There is no cant in lt. no ex cess of explanation, and it is full m suggestion, ibo raw material of* possi I hie poems and histories. Nothing i wanting but a little ?hnffling. sorting i ligature and cartilage." I MArv'S LOVE OF THE DOG. ! Ot Al] Animals, Only the Dog: HM Made Alliance Wita Us. j Man loves the dog, but bow rauch I more ought he to love it if he consid? ered ia the inflexible harmony of the laws cf nature the sole exception, which is thai: love of a being that succeeds in piercing in order to draw closer to us the partitions everywhere else imper? meable that separate the species! We are alone, absolutely alone, on this chane? planet, and amid all the forms of life that surround us not one, ex? cepting the dog, has made an alliance with us. A few creatures fear us, most are unaware of us, and not one loves us. In the world of plants we have dumb and motionless slaves, but they serve us in spite of themselves. They simply endure our laws and our yoke. They are impotent prisoners, victims incapable of escaping, but silently re? bellious, and so soon as we lose sight of them they hasten to betray us and retur:i to their former wild and mis chiev DUS liberty. The rose and the corn, had "hey wings, would fly at our ap? proach like the birds. Among the animals, we number a few servants who have submitted only through indifference, cowardice or stu? pidity-the uncertain and craven^orse. who responds only to pain and is at? tached to nothing; the passive and de? jected ass, wno stays with us only be? cause he knows not what to do nor where to go, but who nevertheless un? der the cudgel and the pack saddle re? tains the idea that lurks behind his ears; the cow and the ox, happy so long as they are eating and docile because for centuries they have not had a thought of their own; the affrighted sheep, who knows no other master than terror; the htm, who is faithful to the ?pouhry yard* because she finds more mai2e and wheat there than in the neighboring forest. I do not speak of the cat, to whom we "are nothing more than a too large and uneatable prey, the ferocious cat. whose sidelong con? tempt tolerates us only as incumbering parasites in our own homes. She, at least, curses us in her mysterious heart, but all the others live beside us as tliey might live beside a rock or a tree. They do not love us. do not know us, scarcely notice us. They are un? aware of our life, our death, our depar? ture, our return, our sadness, our joy, our smile. TL<-y do not even hear the sound of our voice as soon as it no lon? ger threatens them, and when they look at us it is with the distrustful be? wilderment of the liorse, in whose eye still hovers the infatuation of the elk or gizel that sees us for the first time, or with the dull stupor of the rumi? nants, who look upon us as a momen? tary and useless accident of the pas? ture-Maurice Maeterlinck in Century. AN ODD PROCESSION. Tiny Worms That Travel In a Lons Serpentlike Mass. : Tte sciara, of the genus tipulx. a tiny wormlike creature which is found in the forests of Norway and Hungary during the month of July or early in August, gather in huge numbers pre? pare tory to migrating in search of food or tor a change of conditions. When setting out on this journey, they stick themselves together by means of some glutinous matter and form a huge ser pem:like mass, often reaching a length of between forty and fifty feet ami sev? eral inches in thickness. As the sciara is only on an average of about three thirty-seconds of an inch in length, with no appreciable breadth whatever, the number required to form a continu? ous line of the size above mentioned is inci ?eulabie. Taeir pace is of course very slow, and upon meeting an obstacle, such as a stick or stone, they either writhe over or around it, sometimes breaking into two bodies for the purpose. A. cele? brated Freuch naturalist says that if the rear portion of this snakelike pro? cession be brought into contact with the front part the insects will keep moving round in that circle for hours, never seeming to realize that they are getring no farther on their journey. I? the portions be broken in two, the pro? cession will unite in a short time. When the peasant meets one of these proces? sions, he will lay some obstacle in front of :t. If it passes over it, it is a good omni. A Great Old Man. One Henry Jenkins died in England Dec. G, 1G70, at the alleged age of 1GS years, ile is said to have been a iisher mau fer 140 years. Though he could neither read nor write, his reach of memory was such that he would calm? ly give evidence in court in matters on wi ich his memory went back 120 and 140 years As a boy he is said to lia ve taken a horse load of arrows to North? allerton to be forwarded north in time for the battle of Flodden. At the age of 100 years he used to swim a wide stream in Yorkshire with ease. He lived/until four years after the great fir? of London, was poor all his life, but subsisted cheerfully by thatching and salmon tubing. IKE'S TONIC ( k -cAL CURS FOR AI J?kr ?j 23. X JL. m 'lt has recently been discovered thal th2 germs ?-ic? produce Malana, breed and niultip." in the intestines and from thsre spre>~* throuehout the svstem by means i he blood. This fact ex? plains why Malaria is hard to cure hy? the old melhod of treatment. Qum>ne Iron, etc., stimulate the nerCes and biild up the blood, but do not destroy the^ germs that cause the disease. Rydale's Ionic lias a specific erice! ?f on the intestinos and bowels, freting hem from ^11 disease breeding mi .r>bes. It *.so kii!s thc germs that in "est the veins and i -terit s it drive; Torn the blood a.l poisonous matte ir.d mabs \ rich ant' heailhv. li VD ALE'"- TONIC is a bim. ?tihler, a nerve r- storer, and a Malan, ?estroyer. Try it, ii wit) not 'lisar X'int voa. A FACT ABOUT THE "BLUES" What is known as the "Blues' is seldom occasioned by actual exist ?ng external conditions, but in the great majority of cases by a disorder? ed LIVER._ - THIS IS A FACT which may be demonstra? ted by trying a course of They control and regulate the LIVER. They bring hope and bouyancy to the I mind. They bring health and elastic ! ity to the body. ! TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. (Kenn Springs Railroad Schedule. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 1904. i LvGlennSpgs. 9 00am LvSpartanb'g 410pm , Ar Roebuck 9 35 am Ar Roebuck 4 25 pm Lv Roebuck 9 45 am Lv Roebuck 3 35 pm Ar Spartanb'g 10 00 am Ar Glenn Spgs. 5 25 pm H. S. SIMPSON. President. GLENN SPRINGS WATER ! For the liver. GLENN SPRINGS WATER The i Kidney <Cure. MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. o'Sce and Warerooma, King, opposr.e Csr non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C, j?8F Purchase oar make, wbicb we gu?rante superior to any sold South, and tberebr nave money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October 16-o $100,000.00 Capital. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Sumter, S. C. THE Comptroller of the Currency hav? ing approved the increase of the Capital of this Bank to $100,000.00, depositors nov. liave as security for their deposits : Capital, - - $100,000 00 Stockholders' Individual Lia? bility, - - - \00,000.0G Surplus and Undivided Prof? its, - - - 25,000 00 Total Security for Depositors, $225,000 00 ONLY NATI0NLA BANK Ih CITY OF SUMTER. Largest Capital of any Bank in this section of South Carolina. Strongest Bank in Eastern part of this State. Interest allowed on deposits to a limited amount. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ' A. J. CHINA, President. NEILL O'DONNELL, Vice President. H. D. BARNETT, R. D. LEE, G. A. LEMMON, JOHN REID, E. P. RICKER. R. L. EEMUNDS, Cashier. R. D. LEE, Solicitor. BOOKKEEPERS J. L. McCpJlum, D. J. Winn, Jr. Oliver L. Yates. NOTICE. PURSUANT to the Statute, Notice is hereby given that '*cne dark bay horse, black mane and tail, pbout fifteen hands huh, right hind foot white, and. about twelve years old," was taken up as an estray on June 6th, 1?KH, in the town of Mayesville, S. C. Said estray c:?n be fonnd at the residence of James F. Bland in said town. Dated June 17th, 1904. GEO. T. DESCHAMPS, Magistrate. June 22-lam 4m N. G. Osteen, Jr., SURGEON DENTIST, OFFICE : No. 18 W. Liberty St., (Over Osteen's Book Store.) SUMTER, S. C. Office hours, 9 to 1.30 ; 2.30 to 6 C. P. Osteen, M. D. No. 18 W. Liberty St., (Over Osteen's Book Store), SUMTER, S. C. lie Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his par ?j^i?r?^??0 sonal supervision since its infancy? ^^?w^* Allow no onp to deceive you in this* All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment? What is CASTOR IA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare? goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant* Ifc contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wini Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep? The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend? GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THC CIWTAUR COMPANY, T7 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY?. . Southeastern Lime & Cement COMPANY. CHARLESTON, S. C. Balding Material of al! kinds. High Grads Roofing "RUBEROID." ?85? Feb o WHISKEY J MORPHINE j CIGARETTE I ALL DRUC AND TOBACCO HABIT. I HABIT. J HABIT. | HABITS. Cured by Keeley Institute of S. C. . 1329 Lady St., (or P.O. Box 75) Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspondence solicited SOUTHERN RAILWAY SCHEDULE Effective Apr. 17, 1904. Read down Read up No 142 No 140 No 141 No 143 2 15 pm 7 00 am Lv Sumter Ar 9 15 am 5 45 pm f ll 40 am Ar Charleston Lv 3 20 am 7 10 am > ll 40 am Ar Columbia uv 7 20 am 310 pm 12 30 pm Ar Augusta Lv 6 55 arc 6 10 am 10 55 pm Ar Atlanta 1055 Lv 10 55 ll 45 pa. ll 45 am 5 30 am Ar Birmingham Lv 5 20 4 10 prr 8 30 pm ll 10 am Ar New Orleans Lv 9 20 am 12*35 am 3 30 pm Ar Spartanburg Lv 3 30 10 35 am 1 SP am 4 55 pm Ar Greenville Lv 4 55 9 40 an 7 15 pm Ar Asheville Lv 7 05 aiv 8 15 pm Ar Louisville Lv 7 40 am 7 30 pm Ar Cincinnati Lv 8 30 air, 6 00 pm Ar Camden Lv 2 00 pm 8 35 pm Ar Rock Hill Lv 9 25 aa: 9 40 am ' Ar Charlotte Lv 8 10 a?? 9 45 am # Ar Washington Lv 9 50 pm 4 lo pm Ar New York Lv 3 25 pia Trains 142^nd 143 make close connection at Samter Junction with 117 going Noxca via Camden and Rock Hill, and No. 118 for Charleston and Atlanta via Augusta or Cb lumbia. Traine 140 and 141 make close connection at Ringville for Charleston and Cotant? bia, and at Colainbiawiiu solid Pullman trains composed of elegant Dining Cars, PRB maD^Compartment, Club Library, Observation and Drawing-room Sleeping Cara to and from Northern and Western points. For full information or reservations apply to any agent or address S. H. Hardwick, C. H. Ackart, General Passenger Agett, J. R. Clack, General Manager, Washington, D. C. Agent, Washington, D. a W. H. Tayloe, Sumter, S. C. R. W. Hunt, Assistant Gen. Pass. Agent, Division Passenger Agent Atlanta, Ga. Charleston^. C. titian tic Coast JLime. Effective June 5, 1904. Passenger Trains arriving and leaving Sumter. Train 35 Florence to Augusta Arrives 5 15 " 54 Columbia to Wilmington " 8 IO " *57 Gibson to Sumter " 9 20 " 52 Charleston to Columbia and Greenville Leaves 9 21 " 46 Orangeburg to Charleston (Tuesd'y, Thured'y, Saturd'y) " 9 25 " 53 Greenville and Columbia to Charleston " 6 20 pm " 32 \ugusta to Florence " 6 30 pm " *56 Sumter to Gibson * 6 50 pm " 47 Charleston to Orangeburg (Tuesd'y, Thursd'y, Saturd'y) " 8 15 pm " 55 Wilmington to Columbia rt 9 25 pm Freight Trains carrying Passengers. Train *24 Sumter to Hartsville Leaves 10 00 aa ? u *19 Florence to Robbins Leaves 1 00 par 11 *20 Bobbins to Florence Leaves 4 30 pu " *25 Hartsville to Sumter Arrives 7 40 pm Northwestern Railway. Train *70 Camdan to Sumter Arrives 9 00 au " *71 Sumter to Camden Leaves 9 36 am 11 *68 Camden to Sumter ( " 5 45 pm ?? *72 Wilson Mill to Sumter Arrives 12 30 pm ? *73 Sumter to Wilson Mill Leaves 3 00 pw " *69 Sumter to Camden " 6 25 pa Trains marked * daily except Sunday ; all other trains daily. For further information, apply to J. T. CHINA, Ticket Agent A. C. L