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I WEATHER AND CROPS. ? ? ri?*i r\e TUICT OTATCQ'Q I tit UUNUI I iuin wr mil u i r< i.v ? FARMING INTERESTS. be Gentral Outlook?Weekly Bulletin of the Weather Bureau Issued La#t Week by Director Bauer. The following is the weekly crop ad wcvather bulletin issued by Obserer Bauer: mL 1-1 _ i?, OTTO,. Bfm IDB mtMU weeMy icuiuciaiuie OKI |Aged 30, which is one degree above ^Uie normal. The first of the week was ^Comparatively cool, followed by exces^Bive heat with maximum temperatures ^K>n the 24th, 25th and 20th ranging ^ rom 100 to 1G6 over the southeastern IRounties. The lowest for the week ^Bras 58 on the 22nd at Spartanburg. Bk? rainfall. I The weather was showery, but hard [y enough rain fell generally for the seeds' of crops, in many places none, ind in a few too much. Thirty-one weekly measurements amounted to e*8 than 1 inch; 13 from 1 to 2 inches ind 3 over 2 inches, with 2.70 as the argeit amount, at Trial. The averige of 49 reports was 0.78 and the approximate norma' for the week is In Clarendon. Spartanburg and Edgefield fields were washed by heavy rains. Severe local storms, of wind, rain and hail, doing more or less injury to oorn, cotton and tobacco, in a few instances ruining entire fields, occurred in Clarendon, Spartanburg, Anderson. Aiken, Edgefield, Darlington, Ricnland, Bamberg, Kershaw. Sumter. Berkeley, Orangeburg and Charleston. The extreme northeastern and northwestern counties were free from looal rms. Tbe sunshine varied greatly in different portions of the State, but the average of all reports indicate about a normal per centageof the possible duration. CRore. The week on the whole was favorable for the development of crops, which made satisfactory advance ex cept where injured by wind, hail and wet soil. Much mention by corres pondents is made of grass in fields, Dut qualified generally by the statement that the weather favored killing gran. Corn is being rapidly laid by in good condition except that stands are UTegiilar and that over considerable areas throughout the entire State rain is needed. It is more promising than at any time this season. Some fields were injured by high wind breaking down the larger stalks, and by excessive heat curling the leaves during the day. Cotton has begun to blossom freely over the eastern counties and squares are plentiful everywhere, although the plant isjmall for the season. In portions of iserfceiey, J^ersnaw, unester field and Chester the ground is too wet for cotton and the plant deteriorated. Many fields are becoming foul with gnus, but not enough so to materially in "jure cotton. The stand is very even ana growth during the week was good. Commenced laying by in sections. Sea Island variety above an average oondition for the season. Is blooming and fruiting well. Tobacco has improved generally. Is buttoning low and shows "frog's eje" In Tkluwa TTna riptprinrot^il anH mn dition poor in Kershaw. Is ripening prematurely and some cured during the week. Rice is doing well. Peas were extensively sown and coming up to good stands. Sweet potato slips growing well. 8ugar cane excellent. Vegetables abundant. Melons will be shipped from Barnwell this week;this crop improving slowly and is generally late. Special, full and final reports on wheat, oats and fruit were received and can be briefly summarized as follows: Wheat?The bulk of this crop is raised in the northwestern counties, nr th? tprritnrv hnunripri hv linps daawn due west and north from Columbia. Within this area less than the usual amount was sown. Its conditions promises an average crop, confirmed by the little threshing that has been done. Fiftv per cent of the reports indicate a full average yield. It was harvested and gathered in good eondition generally. In a few counties the yield was reduced by rust. Oats?Early sown oats were best, and in many sections very good; 70 per cent, of the reports indicate excellent, the remainder fair yields. Oats own during the winter and spring were generally poor and the latest sown complete failures. Very little spring oats were sown. Some oats were damaged slightly by rain while bung harvested. _i mi ai_ r - ireiicijtsi?me reports on mis iruii range from "full crop" to "none." Fifty per cent, of the reports indicate r that trees bore some peaches of an in[ ferior quality and many rotting as L they ripen; 20 per cent, report a full ? crop but not of very good quality.The P crop as a whole was a poor one. Seedlings, of no commercial importance, are quite plentiful everywhere. Late varieties are better than the early varieties. Apples?The apple crop is in places the best for years. Fifty per cent, of the reports indicate a full crop; 25 I nearly so. and only eight a failure. | juuvu ui tuu> uuit m, uowovcr, ui iu' ' ferior quality, rather small and shows k signs of insects. Many trees blighted : and web worms numerous. Spraying is not generally practiced. Pears?An average crop but many trees blighted and fruit damaged by insects, maturing fruit of inferior quality is the rule rather than the exception. Few report recourse to spraying the tr?es to protect the fruit. Plums?About the same as pears. Figs very promising. Grapes?The vines are very heavily loaded generally, but where not svrav ecL the bunches are rotting badly. Where sprayed, grapes are very promising. Scupperuong vines heavily fruited. Perries?Strawberries were abundant and of excellent quality. Wild berries are plentiful everywhere, especially dewberries and blackberries. Where fruit was poor, or an entire failure, the reasons for it generally ascribed by correspondents were frost L late in March; in places dry weathe.* ) during April; and the presence of nu merous insects, causing excessive dropDinsr. Severe local storms also materially reduced the crop of peaches and apples, but on the whole, high winds w^re the least harmful of the causes that made 1897 a poor fruit year. v?'. ... ''BARKIS IS WILLING." Kx.Senator Irby K?a<ly to Run for Uui State SeuHtor. The Columbia Register says t! Senator Irby recently delivered hi self thus in that city: "The Refo movement, of which I was a mem! in 1890, was simon pure, genui Democratic organization, pledging self in writing to submit all of its mands to the decision of that par and further pledgingits honor to ab its result. Upon this express conditi the Democrats of the State turned 1 machinery of the party over to 1 leaders of the Reform movement. 1 members of the Reform organizati believed in 1S90 that their cause v right and just, and they see no ress to change their minds now. Wli the people were at work and uns peeling, they have been betrayed, i attempt is being made to deliver tb< into the hands of their enemy w fought them from the beginning ur now. To consummate this treachei they have precipitated a canvass the State in the hottest and busi months in the year, when the res of the primary, which has been call* at most, is merely a suggestion to 1 Legislature which meets in Januar 1898. There is no election followi this primary. It could have been h< if the convenience of the people h been consulted as late as Decemb when ail could have heard the disc ? - ? J in nxi m o 3IUU ilUU {JaillUipaicu in luu (/11LU? without the least inconvenience, short, the enemies of the Refo: movement expected a drag race, that they are going to be mistakt It looks as if the colors of the Refo; movement are trailing in the du and no one is willing to take them and bear the brunt of battle. The p pie are as firm in their convictions in 1890, and those who expect an i ject surrender of the Reform fore will certainly be disappointed." ' 'But, Senator," interposed the rep ter, "are you going to make the racf To this Col. Irby replied very sign cantly: 'It does not suit me to re enter pc tics for many reasons. I will glac yield to any true blue Reformer, I if he does not appear, I will do s let conseqences be what they may." In connection with this, it may stated that the report that Sena Irby and Gov. Evans bad buried t hatchet is true. They met yesterd at the Grand Central and had a lo and pleasant chat, aDd many Df t visitors who called were quite surpris to see the erstwhile political enem getting along so swimmingly. The South Carolina College. The commencement exercises of t South Carolina College took place 1 week, and were of a most interesti character,- President Woodward, pi sented diplomas to the following: Bachelors of Arts?Wilfred Laad Brooker, Lexington; John Gord Hughes, Edgefield; George 'Oswt Jager, Charleston; Charles Howa McLaurin, Marlboro; John Jacks McSwain, Laurens; Simon Frank P, rott, Darlington; Georee Coffin Ta lor, Richland; John Nelson Truir Richland; James Spencer Verm Richland. Bachelor of Science?Joseph I Conte Davis, Richland. Bachelors of Laws?John Bufo ? ? * T"fc m rti A. mKinson, a., jd. rurman, iwesu Theodore Gaillard Croft, Aiken; V tor Eugene DePass, Kershaw; Geor Prentiss Logan, Williamsburg; Ash DavisMcFadden, Clarendon; Walt Fore Stackhouee, A. B., Wotfoi Marion; George Myers Stuckey grf uate S. C. M. A. Sumter. President Woodward said after p senting the diplomas that he wish the graduates success There wou have to be a last word to them, b that word should be spoken by th< president, Dr. Woodrow. When I Woodrow came forward tumultuo applause greeted him. Again for soi seconds he had to wait for it to si side. Then in a brief speech he I the class farewell. This closed t exercises for the day and the men *97 passed into the history of the c lege. A Kighteons Verdict. Wm? C. Campbell, who killed L. Pettigrew in Spartanburg last Js uary, was recently convicted of ma slaughter. Campbell was a poli< man at the time, and Pettigrew, stranger tramp from Tennessee, ma his escape from the guard house, wh Campbell shot him in the back as was running away. The case excit considerable comment at the tin and Mr. Calvert, the mayor, w severely criticised, and not mePfely t restoring Campbell to his position policeman pending so grave a char against him, for employing lawyt to defend him, and pay them out the public funds. Campbell, howev< was proven to have brutally clubbec man while he had on handcuffs a was in the custody of himself and a other policeman since the killing Pettigrew, which so aroused the i dignation of the citizens that he -w lorcea to resign, ana nence was no policeman at the time of his trial. Too Much Pain Killer. Five Indians, including Chief "W Sug, are dead at Matines Point, Mille Lacs Lake, and several oth< are expected to die, as the result drinning pain killer, hair oil, ai other preparations containing alcohi The Indian payment has been goi on there and the red skins gorg themselves with this stuti' which vt brought from trading posts. Indi riders are scouring every part of t reservation to bring the band togeib at the point, and serious trouble m result, as the red skins think Age Maione is to blame for the deaths a if whiskey can be gotten there is telling what will happen. No Hill Against Scraggs, The Columbia Register says t grand jury returned a ,lno bi against Seth W. Scruggs, indicted I otlicial misconduct and housebreaki and larceny. When this finding h become generally known around t city considerable surprise was expre ed. While the grand jury is not p mitted to talk, yet it has come to the accepted opinion that the membi from the country were responsible I the "no bill." Let Them Alone. ' The work of the storm in teari down electric v/ir?s" savs the Tnnp Capital, "and the accident to Jes SuUon calls to mnd the extreme cj tion which should be exercised such an occasion. Any wire whicb found dangling should be avoid< for it may be crossed with a live wi The only safe way is to let all wi however innocent looking, sever alone. NO TAX ON IMMIGRANTS. tc ti SENATOR TILLMAN'S SCHEVE RE JECTED BY THESENATE. bat In His Speech In Support of the Kill Sena t>er tor Tillman 8ald It was Time to D< "?? Something to Protect American La it de- bor* ' After tedious consideration of th< IQ0 on tariff bill throughout Tuesday the Sen the ate vround up with a ;;alf hour o the lively and amusing colloquy betweer he Senators Tillman of South Carolini and ChandJer of New Hampshire v clS ion The* former had proposed an amend life ment to the tariff bill providing $10( us' head tax on immigrants and a restric em t'on aCa'nst those not com ho United States to become cit ... i/ens. Mr. Tillman of South Carolini ' was recognized for a speech in suppor of the amendment to the bill: t "That there shall be collected ? head tax of $100 on ali immigrant: . coming to the United States by lane . ' or water. ' "That it shall be a misdemeanor punishable by line or imprisonment ^ for any alien who does not intend tc *j become an Amencpr: or wnc ' retains his citizeushiu in a foreigr ' country, to enter the United States foi ~ the purpose of engaging in any me chauical trade br manual labor withir the borders thereof; provided that thit ? section and the one immediately pre ceding shall only remain of force un " til silver shall be admitted to oui mints for coinage at the ratio of 16 to 1, ' on the same condition with gold." Mr. Tillman spoke of the rapid s spread of pauperism, as 9hown by the , statistics of the jails and prisons. It was time, he said, to keep platform ' promises, to do something for labor, to beep back the half million immi " grants arriving annually and to place " fi a value on American citizenship. "To sell it at $100 a head," suggest II ed Mr. Chandler, ironically. J, "Oh, if the Senator wants a collo mt ^ at me k? can ^ave before I 8e( through." answered Mr. Tillman. l0' Mr. Tillman spoke of the miserable i condition of the coal miners of Penn , sylvania, and read from official re he P?rts' saying many of the miners w*rt j"? compelled to live like beasts. "And this," exclaimed Mr. Tillman, ,hf derisively, "when Senators were fram led t*ie*r *aws ^or Protection ol '.? American labor and American indus ies try." Mr. Q aay remarked that the report from which Mr. Tillman read was he made by a Republican committee ap ast pointed by a Republican legislature. Dg "And I am asking a Republican re. Congress to protect these people against competition," declared Mr. an Tillman. "Will you do it? Dare on you doit? or will you be satisfied with ild giving labor lip service?" ird He gave the extent of the slum ele on ment in New York, Baltimore, Chioa ar. go and other cities, and said that ty. showed where the big Republican ma ,pt jorities came from last year. The Senator dealt more in statisticc 4-"U rt M nmml o 1 Vi i rv Vi fVlfi biiau uouax, aimvu^u uv muvivm ^e- characteristic vehemence of voice and gesture to his remarks. He closed ird with a gloomy prediction that if the 5r; tide of immigration was not turned ic! back the country would be torn bj ge revolution and bloodshed and a repe by tition of the Paris commune. er Mr. Chandler briefly responded tc -(i) the South Carolina Senator, and asked id- why it was that the immigration bill passed by Republican majorities in re- the last Congress had been defeated; ed "Because your Republican Presi Jd dent, Grover Cleveland, vetoed it,' ,ut shouted Mr. Tillman, amid laughter. 3ir Mr. Chandler protested against hav)r. irg Mr.Cleveland designated a Repub us Ucan when the Senator from South li-i 1:? /Tt:n \ j!0 ^aruima ^iiiiuiau; uau juiucu muui ib- Democrats in electing that President )id as a Democrat. he "Yes," observed Mr. Tillman, while of the the galleries roared, "I ask for ol- giveness for that, and I promise, sc help me God, I'll never do it again" Mr. Chandler went on to say thai the failure of the only recent amendL. ment to the immigration laws was de in- feated by a Democratic President, m- "And the Senator should have "0- turned the tines of his pitchfork on a Grover Cleveland and left the Repub de lican party for another day," contin en ued the Senator in droll tones, he Here Mr. Tillman insisted on setting ed himself straieht on Grover Cleveland, and in spite of protests he proceeded as rapidly 1o assert that in 1892 he went or to the national convention at the head as of the South Carolina delegation, after the State convention had declared irs Mr. Cleveland to be a "prostitute of of Democracy." Mr. Chandler here interposed a proI a test, and with mock seriousness conad vu'sed the Senate-by refusing to yield m- longer. "I cannot permit," lie said, of "such language against the President n- of the Senator's Party." He would ras yield only in case this Senator adopted t a "his usual courteous and resnectful style toward the late President." "Mr. Tillman started to review the circumstances of his support of Mr. Cleveland. The Senator said the South Carolina delegation had voted of aKaiQSt Mr. Cleyeland ud to the time j of the national convention, being four , years in advance of their brethren of ' the South in learning his character. But after he was nominated, South Carolina accepted the result, having participated in the convention, and gave Mr. Cleveland one of the biggest majorities in the history of the State So that if there was prostitution of his high office, exclaimed 11 r. Tillman, the blame rested ou the President in n" dividual.'y and not on those bound by party Hps, who had supported hiin. "And i?ow," concluded Mr. Tillman, as he took his seat, "I hope the Senahe tor will not twit me again for having 11" made a loolof myself once." rQr Mr. Cnandler, continuing his mock nj* serious manner, insisted that no v? that ad the president was gone, tli3 members he the Democratic party were responds sible for all his acts, good and bad. er. Tne Senator was speedily involved be in another colloquy with Mr. Tillman, Brs during which the South Carolina Sen[or ator referredtc Mr.Chaijdler as"you." "I must object to this unparliamentary action," interposed Mr. Chan uiur, a."3 u?o uccaiur a uncut uao ui ng 'you' frightens me more than he is ika aware of." sie "I have no pitchfork," called back iu- Mr. Tillman, who added that he re on cognized Mr. Chandler'.s purpose tc i is ridicule him. eu, The vote was then taken on Mr. re. Tillman's amendments, and they were re, rejected, 3 to 48. The three votes ic ely the affirmative were Butler, Quay anc Tillman. When Mr. Qaav voted for tl amendments there was a hearty laug in which the Senators joined. The Ultarlel Acalemy. A spccial dispatch to tho State fro Anderson says the commencement e oT>f?icps nf fliLadel Aeademv we held in that city on Wednesday. T 0 Rev. 0 L. Martin opened the exereis - with prayer, after which Col. Asbui Coward, the superintendent in a fe well chosen sentences explained tl e presence of the South Carolina Mi . tary academy cadets in Anderson ai ? in a very appropriate manner intr ductd the Hon. Joshua H. Hudson, 1 whom he referred as soldier, schola i jurist?his name is enshrined in tl hearts of the people. This distil guished gentlecaan delivered an a dress practical in its import, full i J good sense and .advice to young me leaving college walls and enterii upon the duties of life. The addre . was well received, and the fact th i Judge Hudson delivered it, is a suf t cient guarantee that what was sa was worth preservinj\C. S. Bartlett i the graduating class, catlet lieutenan s then delivered an oration, his subje I being "The Progress of Invention: the last 50 Years." He was followi , by R D. Epps, cadet captain, who d livered the valedictory to the clas > "The Fight is Before Us. Shall "V\ ? Win?" Colonel Cowerd thed pr i sented the claaj to General Hagoo who by direction of the board of vis - tors, conferred the diplomas. Thefc i lowiDg is a list of the graduates i 3 alphabetical order: Bartless. Cowan - Deal, Dick, DuBose, Epps, Fisburn Elolmts, Horton, H. L/tngley, Mazac McElery, McLeod, Stokes, Terrell, ] , Tillman. Colonel Coward, on beha of the officers of the academy, tt I board of visitors and the cadets, e: i pressed his appresciation of the cordi t welcome given them and the courtesi i shown them. The exercises we , closed with the benedicton. July TVeathnr. The following data concerning Jul weatber, covering a period of 26 year have been compiled from the Weat er Bureau records at Charleston: ^ Temperature?Mean or normal ter perature, 82 degrees; the warme month was that of 1875. with an eve age of 85 degrees; the coldest mont was that of 1875, with an average i , 79 degrees; the highest temperatu; was 104 degrees on July 12, 1889; tl lowest temperature was 64 degrees o I July 10, 1894; average date on whu p first "killing" frost occurred in a tumn, November 27th; average da on which last "killing" frost occurr< . in spring, March 2nd. ' Precipitation?Average for tl month, 7.70 inches; average numbi of days with .01 of an inch or mor 12; the greatest monthly precipitatic , was 13.74 inches, in 1874; the lea monthly precipitation was 1.05 inche j in 1875; the greatest amount of preci L itation recorded in any 24 consecutii hours was 5.14 inches, on July 1 1878. Clouds and weather?Average nut] , ber of clear days, 8; partly cloud days, 16; cloudy days, 7. Wind?The prevailing winds ha^ . been from the Southwest, 34 per cen , the highest velocity of the wind wi I 38 miles, from the northeast, on Jul 1 27. 1893. I > Coming South. The Chicago News says the late colonization enterprise was organize ' in Madison county, Ind., and son fifty families from there will go i * Southern Alabama this fall. T1 members of th? company are well t L do and fairly prosperous, as farme J in this section invariably are. Thei ! is little doubt but that the e stensic ; of transportation facilities in th country has considerably nodifi( NYirthflrn Aorifiulturfll mir9uit3. No the people of Northern cities are su plied with vegetables and fruils of a 1 kinds from Southern points, andt the time the Northern farmer has a - opportunity to put his own produc on the market the demand lor the 1 has passed and the earlier gro^n pn ducts from the South meet the d mands, so that the Southern produci is always a little ahead of th<3 Nortl erner at his own door. This has pra tically destroyed all lighter branch of agricultural industry at tie Norl and increased the heavier, more bu: densome and less remunerative sort. Disbanded. The Columbia State says at the meeting in their armory or night last week the Richland Volui teers disbanded on account < the finding of the court of inquir ana tno oraer or ine povornor o dering the dismissal of Private Fisl burne and the reprimanding of Pri1 ate Dunning. When the oompan ' had assembled Privaie Dunning r turned his pun, accoutrements an uniform to his captain. He no long* desired to remain a member of tb company. This was the signal of a outburst of feeling. Almost to a ma the company declared in favor of dii banding. Took Morphlue. A dispatch from Union, S. C., 1 , the Columbia State says R. W. Ha ris, a prominent citizen of that plac< attempted suicide there Monday b taking 30 grainsi of morphine. M Harris is postmaster at Union, an lias held that ofli^e for the past foi years. It seems that he retired to h room about 8 o'clock and immediatel swallowed the morphine, and vu found by his wife about half an hoi later. Doctors were immediately sun moned and used every means in the power to save his life, but the chanc seems hopeless. He is sinking fas and will no doubt be dead in a ver short time. Dr. Chats. Manly IIsaigas. Announcement of the resignatio of Dr. Charles Manly from the otlic of president of Furman university which he has filled with ability an success since 1881, h*is occasioned muc snrnrise. The resignation of Dr. Mat ly is due to a friendly difference b< tween him and the trustees. Fc years he has supplemented bis salar by serving the churches at Seneca an Belton. The trustees at a recei meeting passed a resolution requestin that he give all his time to the un versity. Thereupon, he promptl tendered his resignation. Needed in 8t. Louis. i The News and Courier says the a< vance agent of prosperity ought I : visit St. Louis when he goe3 Wei this week. His presence appears to I ) needed there. A woman 63 years ol was discovered in a half starved coi dition in the city a few days ago. Sh i had been trying to earn a living b t making jeans trousers at 15 cents I dozen. By the hardest labor she coul , earn only 8 cents a day. he Five Postal Clerks Drowned. i ? e j?,1 oi D, aeven comm. were lorwarueu mi 01. Louis Saturday from Missouri City. They contained the remains of victims of Saturday night's wreck on the Wam bash road. A correct list of the dead x" is as follows: J. W. Mills, postal J*e clerk, St. Loui3. 0 M. Smith, postal h? clerk, St. Louis. Gustave A. Smith, es postal clerk, St. Louis. Charles WinT ters, postal chirk, St. Louis. F. W. 'w Brink, postal clerk, St. Louis. Edward Grinerod. baggageman, St. < Louis. Charles P. Greaselev, brake- 1 1(* man, St. Louis. The conductor of ' n. r ( on^ r\f Qf T.onia buu btaiUf U. wpviuuu VSL k;u. to who appeared last night among the ^ dead, is still alive. He wa9 removed ie this morning to the railroad hospital at Moberly. with a fractured 9kulland several broken ribs. He lingers be* ?* tween life and death, but the surgeons m express a hope that he will recover. Conductor Copeland was supposed to s* be dead when taken from the wreck, and his body, with a handkerchief P over the face, was ranged io a row lc* with the seven dead. A few minutes ?* later some one observed a sign of life and he was quickly transferred to a p' stretcher and given every possible attention. Of the 19 others injured, not JCl Ann ie in o Awifinol nnn/lifinn Amnnff V/iiV AO 1U ? VilUVUI VVMUAV.VM. 0 them all there is not one broken limb, i^' though many of them were thrown '6 three-quarters of the. length of the CDach in which they were riding. U, jj. What to Teach Boys. >1- A philosopher has said that true edin ucation to boys is to teach them what d, they ought to know when they bee, come men. k, 1. To be true and to be genuine. No 3. education is worth anything that does ,lf not include this. ie 2. To be pure in thought, language, 5- and life?purei in mind and in body, al 3. To be un9elGsh. To care for the es feelings ahd comforts of others To be re generous, noble and manly. This will include a genuine reverence for the aged and for things sacred. 4. To be s&lf reliant and self-help'y ful, even from childhood. To be industrious always, and self supporting k" at the earliest proper age. Teach them that nn idle lifa of denendenee on oth c" ers is disgraceful. st When a boy has learned these four things, when he has made these ideas ^ a part of his being?however poor, or however rich?he has learned the most re important things he ought to know 16 when he becomes a man. in ?h H? Won the Prlzs. u- The late Bishop Selwyn delighted to < te tell the following incident in his varied ' ;d experience: While bishop of Lichfield, he was walking one day in the le black country, and observing a group 3r of colliers seated by the roadside in a e, semi-circle which a brass kettle in in front of them, he had the curiosity to st inquire what was going on. "Why, s, yer honor," replied, a grave looking p- member of the group, "it's a sort of ire wager. Yon kettle is a prize for the 4, fellow who can tell the biggest lie, and I am the umpire." Amazed and n- shocked, the good bishop said reprovly ingly: "Wby, my friends, I have never told a lie that I know of since I re was born." There was a dead silence, t; onlv broken by the voice of the umas pire, who said in a deliberate tone: ly "Give the bishop the kettle I" Duck With a Hcn'a Head. A freak of nature has appeared in st the oarnyari of Constable Georgie id Hock, of Metropolitan avenue, East le Williamsburg, N. Y., in the shape of' to a duck with a perfect hen's head cn le its body. The freak is about eight o- inches high, a foot long, and a month rs old. It waddles around in duck re fashion on web feet, and looks at you in out of hen's eyes set in a hen's head, is resting on a hen s neck. The bird's ;d body is white, and its neck mottled w gray, like that of any ordinary barnp yard hen. Hock has refused an offer 11 of $150 from a dime museum manager >y of New York City, and says if it is n worth $150 to them it is worth $200 to ts him, and that he will keep it as a curi m oaity. Theater Fires. ? Since 17f'7 there have been 1,100 ?r theatre fires; with 10,000 fatalities, ac J* cording to Mr. Sacb's "Fires and Pub t lie Entertainments," just published. . Of these 162 took place in the United States, 139 i;a Great Britain and 101 in r' Germany, France having nearly the same number. London has had thirty five fires and Paris twenty-eight. jr Out of 343 theatres destroyed by fire, ie onp. half were burned within ten years a after they were constructed, forty of them within the first year. T Paying In Kind. ! A farmer, having lost some ducks, j was asked by the counsel for the pris7' oner accused of stealing them to de- 1 ? scribe their peculiarity. After he had I ?" done so the counsel remarked, "They ^ " can't be such a rare breed as I have ir some like them in my yard." "That's ' 16 very likely," said the farmer. 'These 11 n are not the only ducks of the sameL n sort I've had stolen lately."?Mark|, s" Lemon's Jest Book. 1 i Make Home Happy. This is an injunction that will be : l0 heeded by fill who look to the promo- f tion of the pleasures of others. A ? 8> happy home is indeed the happiest of y places. One source of happiness in 1 ^ the home circle is good oiusic. A j d sure source of good music is a good , !r piano?such as may be had from M. IS A. Malone, Oolunibia, S. C. Read y what lie has to say in his new adverw tisement. ir j. Indigestion. ir From which springs, directly or in 10 directly, nearly every form of head- { t ache, and sick headache never sopera- ? y ted therefrom, is surely and speedily relieved and cured by the use of "Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kid- j """o " Hno 9%n hr?ttlo will r.nnvince n of its merit. Try it. Sold by dealers :e generally. - . j Women are not the only ones who ' ^ ue sensitive about their ages. A man l dosen't like to be told that he is getting . old. Health keeps a man younsr. It i ir doesn't make any difference if he has y lived eighty years. If they have been j healthy years, he will be hale and hearty and won't look within twenty ? yjars, as old as he is. Good digestion ? u ->rl rir.h rpd hlond make DfiODle look y I youthful. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medij ciil Discovery makes ricb, red blood. It makes health in the right way. It w orks according to the right theory, ' J- a ad in 30 years of practice, it has ,o proved that the theory is absolutely 5t correct. It begins at the beginning? >9 begins by putting the stomach, liver d aod bowels into perfect order, but it i- harms its cood work on the blood be^ le fore it finishes with the digestive sy3 y torn. It searches oat disease germs a wherever they may be and forces them d out of the body. All druggists keep , tae "Discovery," ,, Terrific Storm In Georgia. A special from Dakota, Ga., says: Monday afternoon a severe atorm of wind and rain struck this city. Lightning struck the convict stockade,com* pletelv tearing it up. Two convicts, Sam Preston of Clay county and Sol May of Webster county, were killed instantly. Thirteen more were hurt, some of them badly crippled. Two other convicts made their escape and have not yet been captured. A great deal of timber was blown down and the telephone wirei are all down, rhere was some hail but it did very little damage. The Strength of Nature. According to the ancient mythology, when Hercules wrestled with Antatus, every time he was thrown *r. he jumped up again stronger than J 3 ever, gaining fresh power from /1 every contact with the earth. Hercu- / / les conquered him at / J last only by holding yZfakjS j him in the air away X ?s. from the source of his strength, until he grew ||\ wea^er an<* weaker J \ came exhausted. Jm \ Antxus is a J&\ .]\ perfect symbol mRMil y ?fmankind. NaafflreLwl * ture is the real ' \/ source of health A and vigor. The / K. closerwe keep to ^BVy I Nature's laws the j / \stronger and \ P">) Mhealthier we Jgggm gacjL ( j grow. When we I BBT \ J get away from matk \ j them we are sure dnUMm I ff fA ntrf>r<*A?iP PM by weakness / / iT\V^O 311 ^ disease. / 1 \ When sick/ 1 nets get6 hold 1 ? \ of a man the only remedy to really cure him must be a natural remedy. It must work according to natural laws and bring him right in touch witk Natura. Any unnatural stimulus or mere temporary "appetiaer" does no permanent good to a person who Is debilitated and "run-down." In these conditions the most perfect, natural strength-builder is Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It acts directly upon the natural nutritive processes, and creates solid, permanent strength and vital force in the same way that Nature creates them. It capacitates the stomach and llvar to vitalize th? circul&tion and feed the nervecentres with pure, healthy blood. This is exactly Nature's way of curing nervous exhaustion, debility, Insomnia, and neuralgia. During the past 30 years, Dr. Pierce's medicines have become recognized standard remedies throughout the world. His "Pleasant Pellets"'are a perfect and permanent cure for constipation. Sister Eliza I,, de Falcon, of Corpus Christ!, Nneces (jo., Texas, wnies: " inis is lu icu juu that I have been ill for twenty-one years and was finally cured by your medicines ' Golden Medical Discovery' and 'Favorite Prescription.' I was completely cured after taking: the medicine." : : To the Public. i : : WE WILL OFFER FOR j j j Bale until August 1st, . . } : : : as we will have to know : : : : within the time above : : : : : stated in order to arrange our j : : i i : business for another year, : i j : : whether or not we will be able : : : : i : to dispose of this valuable real j : : : : estate. Having decided to go : : : : : : more extensively into the mer- j : : : : : cantile and rice mill business, : : : r : : and to reduce our farming in- : : : : i : tercst, we have decided to place : : ! : : : upon the market one of the fin- : : : : : i est plantations for general pur- i i : i : : poses in Orangeburg County. : i I : : i This property is situated in : : : I i : : Pine Grove Township, one mile : : : ! : : i from the town of Lone Star, asta- : : : : : i tion on the Manchester and Au- \\\ : : : gusta R. R., and containing * : j : : : twenty-five hundred (2500) : : j : j : acres, more or less, with a good : : : J j : : part of same under a high state : j j j : : of cultivation. On the place is a : j j : : i good saw mill, grist mill, gin and : : : : : : cotton press, a fine pasture, 8 or : : : j : : 10 good tenant houses, and ev- : | * i : : ery other convenience a good : : : : : : farmer would want. We otter : : : : i i also for Bale two lots and the i j j : : : best store house in Lone Star. : : : : : : Thia is undoubtedly a fine open- : t : i : : ing for anyone wishing to mer- : : ? : : : chandise and farm in connection : : : : : : with each other. All of which : : : : : we offer you very cheap and on j : j : : j easy terms. Of course we won't j j : : : : be able to turn over to the pur- j j j | : : chaser the farm before first of j ? : : : Jan., 1898. The store we can i : I : : : turn over for the fall business. j : : i For further particulars address | : j j TAYLOR & BULL, Lyons, B.C. j | j Ipril 21-3mos Advice to Mothers. W: iais pleasure In calling your atten Ion to a remedy so long needed in carry* ng children safely through the critical itage of teething, it is an incalculable lloMinor tn mnthflr and child. If von art llsturbod at night with a sick, fretful, aethlng child, me Pitts' Carminative, It frtll give Instant relief, and regnlate the xmelx, and make teething safe and easy. will cure Dysentery and Diarrhoea, Pitts Carminative is an instant "eiiof foi :olic of infants. It wili promoue digestion, ,1ve tone and ensrgy to the stomach and Mwels. The sick, pnny, suffering child >rlll soon become the fat and frolicking Joy if the* household, it Is very ple..sant tc be taite and oaly cost 23 oenU ;.er bottle fold by irngglsts and by tHfi MCTHSii* DUUG 'JO., Oc! :rnb!x 3. C. MK HERE. L3Y)J<LWJ* Uj T7J Lro your Xldua/3 la a tie iltly condition Lf m, Hilton's Life for the Mver sc<? Kidneys wilt keep thorn .v.-, it not, Hilton's Life for the Liver 8ic3 Kidneys will make *b?a so. A 25c bottle will convince yoa of tbu fict .'afcan retmlarly after mt.?*s .1 l* an Rid to digestion, curae habitual c?u3;>potion, and tbai retreated and botfi body and mind. SOLD WHOLKSALiS Bi r&ff Murray Drug Co. COOLUMBIA, S. C.z AND Dr. H. a *.jck, uaariewon, a. u. J 1 ARE YOU THINKING OF BUYING A PIANO ? ii bo, i am prepared to iurnisn superior pianos and for less money than you will likely get elsewhere. YOU CAN HAVE CHOICE of the following makes: Chickering & Sons, Sohmer (not Sommer), Mehlio, Fischer, Smith & Barnes and Mathushek & Sons. Any of the above are thoroughly reliable and will last a lifetime. ONLY ONE PROFIT. I represent the builders, hence sell at very reasonable prices. Correspondence solicited; catalogues furnished on application. Those who do not know of my responsibility will please refer to any bank in Columbia, especially the Loan & Exchange Bank. Address. M. A. MALONE, COLUMBIA, S. C., PIANOS AND ORG ANS THE THOMAS Is the most complete system of elevating handling, cleaning and packing cottonImproves staple, saves labor, makes yoa money. Write for catalogues, no other equals it. I handle the most Improved COTTON GUNS, PRESSES, ELEVATORS, ENGINES AND ROLLERS to De found on the market. My Sergeant Log Beam Saw Mill Is, In simplicity and efficiency, a wonder. CORN MILLS, PLANERS, GANG EDGBRS, and all wood working machinery. LIDDELL AND TALBOTT ENGINES are the best. > Write to me before buying. \ V. C. Badham, General Agent, COLUMBIA, S. C. HOT MISLEADING. No Dahobb, ib Cranio Onh Habit, or Fob* iso abothbb. OPIUM (Morphine, Laudanum) Etc., Cubbd IB tbom Fora to Six Wkhks. LIQUOR DISEASE Cured Usually in Foot Weeks. Also Tobacco Habit and Nervous Diseases .The Cure has been endorsed by the Legis laiure ui bl& ou?u?o emu uuu xumwi/j uj the National OoTernment in the Soldiera' Homea and in the regular army; by many local authorities in the cure of indigent drunkards (morphine and liquor); by Miss Wallard, the W. C. T. U.; Francis Murphy, Neal Dow and the It 0. 0. T.; by prominent men all oyer the land; by 300,000 cured patienta, more than 20,000 of these being phylioiani. The Leslie E. Eeeley Company and the Keeley Institute of S. C. are responsible corporations which could not afford to put forth any olaim that they are unable to prove. For printed matter and terms, aid resa, THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, or Drawer 27. Columbia, 8. C. Mention this paper. I iifSIT ? mYYTT/V TTT1TT"! i iMTnUSHM I The Piano for a Lifetime, | The Piano of the South, The Piano Sold Most Reasonably. | The old, original Mathushek, sold by ns I for over a quarter of a century and the delight of thousands of Southern homes. MoreMathusheks ased South than of * any other one make. 8 Lovely New Styles at Reduced Prices, cheaper than ever before known. Styles once $435, now $325. $100 saved every buyer i How, because we are now Interested In I the grent Mathushek factory, supply jj purchasers direct, and save them all ln1 termedlate proilis. Wkite us. LUDDEN <fe BATES, | Savannah, ga., and New York City. ()03c:oDOooyoc;ooo o oo q || The Keeley QURE. [J "osooeooosOocosoooco" " ALCOHOL, 0 0 0 OPIUM, " Produce cach a disease hav- 0 "TOBACCO 0 ing definite pathology. The 0 0 t'SIN'J. " disease yields easily to the 0 0 c 0 c o o (' double Chloride of Gold 0 ^ 0 Treatment as administered at the KEE- 0 0 LV Institute, Columbia, S. C. The treat- O 0 meut at the Institute is pleasant. Pa- <> 0 tients are not subject to unreasonable re- 0 i) at mint. It is like taking a vacation for 0 I) four weeks. They only know that they 0 ( are cured. Detailed information of this 0 U treatment, proofs of its success, and Kee- 0 0 ly Catechism mailed on application to 0 0 Drawer, 27, Columbia, S. C. 0 "C000030 000 0 5C0 030 00"