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BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM ?IN? Western South Carolina, RATES REASONABLE. SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER ANNUM job pbint1sg?a_specialty. PM?? Maaila Situation. Renewal of Riots Pxevented by Wholesale Arrests. Insurgents are Quite Aggressive Gen. Otis Makes Report of Con ditions, Which are Favorable. Manila, February 24 ?Owing to the wholesale arrests of all suspected Filipinosyesterday, the streets were THE LEX INGTON DIS PATCH. A Representative newspaper. Covers Lexington and the Borders of the Surrounding Counties Like a Blanket. VOL. XXIX. LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH I. 1801). NO. 10MuS" GLOBE m GOODS COMPANY, Jts# -w. s. 3^onsrc2ZT03sr, JE., : * kAypjj j ^0i l?SO MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, tS. C., ' Solicits a Share of Your Valued Patronage. Polite and Prompt Attention. M IfV i 1 J October 13?tf cleared at 7 o'clock last night. The threeteDed renewal cf the scenes of the previous night did not occur, with the exception of a few shots in the neighborhood of the penitentiary The city is quiet as possible. Outside of Manila the rebels are very active. Near Caloocan Brigade Commander General Harrison had several lively skirmishes. The enemy were driven back at daylight with severe loss. Feeling in the city is much improved today. Business generally is resumed. The police are generally able and are preserving excellent order. The Scandia arrived last night with the Twentieth infantry. Washington, February 2-4?General Otis cabled today: On the nights of the 21st, 22d and yesterday insurgents troops gained access to the outskirts of the city behind our lines. About a thousand ^entrenched themselvep, but were completely routed yesterday. The loss in killed and wounded is about five hundred killed and two hundred prisoners. Oar loss was very slight. The city is quiet and confidence is restored. Manila, February 24 ?4:33 afternoon.?Despite the excitement of the past two days business is proceeding as usual. There is general confidence in the ability of the authorities to maintain order. American women were sent on board a transport to safeguard them against danger. Sharpshooting has practically ceased) but there is continued skirmishing on McArtburs front. Ooe American was killed and four wounded this morniDg. With a battery this morning the Americans bombarded the Church at San Francisco Dei Monte used by the insurgents as a fortress; from which they attacked the South Dakotans yesterday. Washington, February 24.?Secretary LoDg took to the cabinet meeting this morning two cipher cablegrams from Dewey, dated this morning. One says: "For political reasons the Oregon should be sent at once;'' the other: 'YorktowD arrived. mL /-(! I?A j D?i?1 -Llie V/Uari^SlUU HUU xcuci aic uuioing around the Philippines. Affairs are more quiet." Washington, February 24.?Dewey's cable asking that the Oregon be hurried caused officials to believe that affairs in the Philippines are very serioxis. The dispatch causes the greatest apprehension. It is inferred that trouble with the Germans is expected. How's This! We offer One Hundred Dollars Keward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. We the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and fin, ancially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. WaldiDg, Kinnan & Mar vin, Wolesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sjstem. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by druggists. Testimonials free. Halls Family Pills are the best. A Boy's Essay on Hornets. ____ The Boy's Friend. A hornet is the smartest bug that j flies anywhere. He comes when he | pleases, and goes when he gets ready. | One way a hornet shows his smart- I npRH ifi hv attending to his own busi- i ~ w ? ? J o nesp, and making everybody who interferes with him wish they had done the same thing. When a hornet stings a fellow he knows it and never stops talking about it as long as his friends will listen to him. One day a hornet stung my pa (my pa is a preacher; on the nose, and he did not do any pastoral visiting for a month without taking that hornet. Another way a hornet shows his j smartness is by not procrastinating. ' If he has any business with you he j will attend to it at once, and then ! leaves you to think it over to yourself. I He don't like the mosquito, who comes fooling around for half an hour singing, ''Cousin, cousin," and then, when he has bled you all he can, dashes off yelling, "No kin." A hornet never bleeds you; but if he sticks ycu he will go off on a swell. I don't know anything more about hornets, only that Josh Billings says: J "A hornet is an inflamible (Josh was a poor speller) buzzer, sudden in his impreBhuns, and hasty in his conclusions or end." i Death of Mr. Elbert Hall. To the Editor of the Dispatch: | ( Death has again visited this section i and claimed one of our old and re- ; spected citizens. For sometime Mr. 1 Elbert Hall has been suffering with a Btroke of paralysis and about a i week or so ago was stricken the ( second time, from which he died on , the night of the 16th, and today the f 18;h, the funeral wa9 preached by ] R9V. N. G. Cooner of Bitesburg, at ] Samaria church, assisted by Rav. j Evans Hall. Rev. Cooner took for his text the 15th chapter, G.h verse { of Genesis, "And he believed in the ^ Lord; and he counted it to him for j righteousness." His discourse was < very appropriate and was listened to 1 by a large congregation of sympa- < thising relatives and friends who i had met to pay the last sad tribute i of respect to our old friend and j neighbor. 1 Mr. Hall was once a very popular 1 citizen in this section of the county, ; 1 both in church and politics. He had j \ been a leading member and deacon ; t of Samaria church for many years, j c The sympathy of the community is j 1 extended to the family in their sad ; s bereavement. | r Messrs. J. E. Rankin, P. Copland, S. F. Davis, W. E. Qaattlebaum, e Tuller Able, W. Westmoreland, offi- s ciated as pall bearers. { W. W. g ^ c He Has Hade Friends. - j Carolina Spartan. Senator Tillman is a good subject * for the philosopher to watch. He * suddenly floated in on top of a great revolutionary wave and while he had the confidence of the people he found no difficulty in remaining on top. He 8 ? could laugh at and defy his enemies c who were floundering about in the depths below. But now the wave has subsided. The people have lost their admiration for him, and the senator, far seeing and planning in a very wise manner, will not array himself against towns any more. c The campaign of 1900 will be very * different from his others. His main v support will come from those he 6 formerly called his enemies. The i .i i _ i a t_; 8 people mai cnce aouseu mm art; going to support him. Unless the political wind changes, the man has not been named that can beat him in 1900. Blight on Pear Trees. Edgefield Advertis r It is a proven fact that calomel will prevent blight in pear trees, and now, right now, is the proper time to dose them, and the way to do it is this: With your knife split the bark two or three inches on the body of the tree, lift it up and insert from three to five grainB of calomel, then tie up the cleft with cloth. During the past month we saw an orchard of LeConte pear trees, eight years old, that had never blighted, and the | owner assured us that calomel prevented the blight and gave him fruit every year, except when the fruit buds were killed by the frost. Calomel is only 10c or 15c an ounce. Try it. He Was TTsed te It. j "So Bangs has gone to jail for forger) If Who would have thought it!"' "It is very sad. Four years solil n * t? l.;II v,; " Litly CUIJUUtLUtLlt. At nut am ahuj. "Oh, no! he won't mind that part 1 of it all. He. is quite used to solitary confinement." ( "Indeed. Has he ever been io jail J before?" * "NC; but he has been clerking for ' Bix years in an establishment that 1 never advertised."' I 1 The Curative Properties, Strength | and Effect of Dr. M. A. SimmoDS ! Liver Medicine are always the same. 1 j It cannot be equalled. Heal Invites an Investigation. I Denies All Cbarges of Shortage Id a General Way. The Committee Has Begun Work? Expert Accountant Commences Examination of the Books. Will I Meet Again Next Month. Colombia State, Feb 23. Col. W. A. Neal, superintendent of the state penitentiary, returned to | Columbia late Tuesday night, after j 3pending some time in Anderson on j personal and State business com- J bined. On account of the snow storm, j Col. Neal was kept indoors for five ; days at his sister's home and this ; delayed his return to this city. W:hen seen in regard to matters in which bis official rectitude has been recently questioned, Col. Neal talked freely n a general way. He began by saying the reports lhat be was short in his accounts were ail rot and totally untrue. He said that when the cffice is turned >ver to bis successor everything will be found to be correct and in perfect condition so far as the accounts and nanagement are concerned. He incited a full investigation and was >lad that a legislative committee has been appointed for that purpose and ie would aid them in any way possible. He stated he had nothing vhatever to fear from an investigate. The committee, he said, has >nly one man on it who voted for lim, but tho members are all fair, ! quare men and would do what waB , ight. Col. Neal said he had had a pleasint talk yesterday morning with his uccessor, Capt. Griffith, and it bad >een arranged that Col. Neal should jive up the office right after the next lirectors' meeting, which takes place larch 8. 1 Col. Neal said he would take great Measure in giving Capt. Griffith all >ossible information about the instiution and its workings and intended o go with Capt. Griffith to the State arms and explain everything. He aid that the only thing which was iot in perfect order was one or two lams on the DeSaussure and Reed arms, which had been injured by he recent high water in the Wateree. The outstanding contracts, he said, vere all excellent, and Capt Griffith's j idministration ought to be very sue- j tessfal. Col. Neal remarked that he J lad held the office for six years, I ehich was about as long as any man j :ver held it, and be was not at all lisgruntled at his defeat nor has he my feelings of resentment towards hose who opposed him. He expects o go back to his farm near Easley, etire from politics and endeavor to egain his health. His family will eave for their home near Easley on Saturday. Col. Neal will go with hem and return in a few days. The j ;int legislative investigating j committee met yesterday morning at j he penitentiary. The members are j senators Livingstone and Hay and j Representatives Stevenson, Patton j md McDow. Mr. Stevenson is chairnan by the vote of the committee, rhe committee heard a statement ! rom Mr. T. J. Cunningham, chair- j nan of the board of directors, and j ilected Mr. John Taylor, formerly of i he state treasurer's office, as their J ixpert to examine the books of the j 1 3eDitentiary. Mr. Taj lor was authorized to be- ; jin at once and will investigate every- j biDg from the beginning to the end j >f Col. Neal's administration as su- i . Derintendent. The committee will meet next on j Vlarcb 8 to 12 o'clock, when the ex- j )ert is expected to make at least a . oartial report upon the condition of tffairs. The meetings will be open md the representatives of the press j < ind all others are at liberty to be ^ ! I oresent during the sessions. It is I i Dossible that the work of takiDg tes- I imony will begin at this time. Mr. Stevenson, the chairman, stat- ! ?d that the committee had merely j started the work yesterday and no i , rct'on was taken nor was anything orought before them except the ! statement of Mr. Cunningham, which j it is not deemed prudent to mate ; public at this time. CoDfctipatiou of the Bowels may \ be easily cured by a few doses of Dr. J M. A Simmons Liver Medicine. Republican Program. Southern Representation in Federal Affairs to Be .Reduced. That Will be Practical Acquiescence in the Disfranchisement of the Negroes of the South. Boston, Mass., Feb. 24.?A special ; to the Transcript from Washington : says: "The great question of domestic policy of the next congress has, for ! good reasons thus far, been kept out j of the newspapers. The secret need ; no longer be guarded, however, now : - ? ' r ? f? t i tnat it is ttie intention 01 tne ivepuD- | lican leaders to scale down therepre- j sentation of the Southern states in j congress and in the electorial college, j to correspond to the percentage of ' the male population of these states, j which is disfranchised. i , "This is in accordance with a pro vision of the fourteenth amendment i of the constitution which has hereto- i I fore been allowed to become a dead | letter. The time is believed to be j absolutely ripe for taking this step. It is through the Federal census i that such a corrected apportionment , can be made, and now that the ! j twelfth decennial enumeration is ! about to be taken, the Republicans J . find themselves in control of the j House, Senate and Presidency. Re- ' j publican leaders have been keeping \ ( very quiet as to their purpose in this j regard. They did not dare to say 1 anything about it before the elections ; . in November because had their elec- j tions turned out unfavorably the f riomrkorofe wrmlrl hnvA hftd t.hpm. i . "Now they are in a position to j j weigh the losses and gains and act j j accordingly. Nothing could be more i history-making in its importance I than Republican acquiescence in the j disfranchisement of the negro. It j would revolutionize the rotations of j the two parties in congress and in | the electorial college." ; | / DEFENDING J | ]lj THE NATION* j K Catarrh is our court- j t /?'?try'senemy. La grippe, i ( lung troubles and j other diseases of j JBHF7 the mucous mem- I c x, brane take hold j M$< of our PeoPle i and fatal result^ I can 11 ot exist where the membranes are clean and j t healthy. < { Mrs. Lou Davis, Fayetteville, Tenn . tells in her letter how Dr. Hartman s great catarrh remedy. Pe-ru-na, cured , her of la grippe and serious lung com- ; plication. She says: ! " I was afflicted with a disease com- j monlv known as la grippe two years j ago; the doctors said I had consump- j tion. 1 got one bottle of Pe-ru-na and j < the second night my cough stopped. I took several bottles, and I will say j that I believe I would be a dead woman | ^ now if it had not been for IV-ru-na.* j g Mary M. Prnitt, Pal pa. Mo., says: I Pe-ru-na Medicine Co., Columbus, O. " I had la grippe for three successive years: it seemed to get a tighter hold ' on me each year. It seemed I was in i 1 the jaws of death. W hat had helped J me before would not do me any good. , I saw an advertisement of Pe-ru-na. I procured two bottles and it cured me. I have not felt any symptom since. Von may use this in any way you 1 please." I. i ? Acts Ratified. l i ! 1 Among seme of the bills of general j J interest which became laws are the j following: To request and direct the governor i ^ and state treasurer to furnish in i f f formation to our senators and repre- i sentatives in congress as to the j claims of the stats against the United ? States growing out of the common i defense. ^ To fix a maximum schedule of * ... . i charges for selling leaf tobacco by all the warehouses in this stite. To empower and authorize the ; * utilization of the county chain gang ^ in the promotion of the health of a ' 1 county or community. Providing for at least one beuefi- * ciary cadet from each county. To authorize the construction, ] mai'j'cnance and operation of teh- 1 graph and telephone liues in the 1 state of Sjuth Carolina and to provide ( for the assessment for such right. | i To require the state board of ' i ^ Absolutely t Makes the food more del BQYAt BAKING POWI Pot and Savory Herbs. i Money in tbe Garden for Women ; h alth to co-operate with the federal j government in establishing quaran i tine lines and in enforcing quarantine ! regulations for the protection of the ' live stock industry of this state. To forbid the levy and collection of any taxes on bonds issued in aid of a railroad not completed through j the township issuing such bonds. To prohibit the state board of control from using any label or bottle I with the Palmetto tree on it. To provide for a poll tax and penalty for non-payment. To provide for the inspection of fertilizers and to prevent the prac tice of fraud and imposition in the manufacture and sale of fertilizers and fertilizing materials, and to further regulate the manufacture, sale, transportation and use of fertilizer and fertilizing materials thereof. To prevent drunkenness and shooting upon the highway. To fix the terms of the free public schools, to provide for the support of i the same and to regulate the dis-1 bursement of net income arising j from the sale of liquors. To regulate the employment of j women in mercantile establishments, j and to provide seats for them and to ! make it an offence to fail to do so. ; To promote prompt settlement of wages with discharged laborers. To require the penitentiary author- j [ties to furnish a certain number of ! 3onvicts to the regents of the state I bosDital for the insane. * i To prevent fire insurance compa- j Hies, associations or partnerships do- j .Dg business in this state, or the i i rgents of said companies or associations from entering into combina- j :ion to make or control rates for fire j n6urance on property in this state, ind providing for a punishment for I violation of this act. To authorize county treasurers, ipon an order of the court of common pleas, to issue duplicate or alias tax executions. To declare and regulate the fees of ilerks of the ccurt of common pleas ind general sessions and to provide i salary in lieu and instead of costs ind fees in criminal cases. To amend the act to provide for he county government of the various . eounties of this state. a To forbid the acceptance of extra :ompensation in addition to the com- . lensation provided by law by any jerson holding an office or position >f trust or profit in this state and naking it a misdemeanor to do so. *+? When a woman admits she is j vrong her husband gets scared and a ;hinks she is going to die. j, There are 1960 graves of Confed- e irata soldiers on the R ;ck Idand, I [llinoie, arsenal grounds. v The length of the world's railway s more than 17 times the circomferjnce of the earth at the equator. The whole family feels injured r vhen a woman comes home from her t tewing society and says she didn't { lear any news. j Flushed Cheeks, Throbbing T. m- c pies, Nausea, Lassitude, Lost Appe- t ;ite, Sallow Complexion, Pimples, e Blotches, are warnings. Take Dr. 5 V[ A. Simmons Liver Medicine. Have a purpose in life, and having * t, throw into your work such ^ itrength of mind and muscle as God las given you. A young lady in Philadelphia j, broke an engagement because her c poung man refused to shave off his j. nustache. She knew what hurt her. j Conscience is like the sun dial. If fc fou let the truth shine upon it, it a will point you light; but you may c jover it over so tbat do truth can fall j a jpon it, and tben it will lead ycu j t istray. j e To restore the Clear Skin, the j t Bright Eye, the Alert Gait and j e sound Health, use Dr. M. A. Sim- i t none Liver Medicine. : i Iu the reign of Queen Mary square- j ;oed shoes were tbe fashion. Men ! ? ;ook to wearing them so broad that | 8 1 i proclamation was issued restricting!j ;heir breadth to six inches square at j ;ke toes. ! 8 J It. Hill, Pdcksville, S. C.T wiitee: j C [ have used Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver j Medicine for Dyspepsia with better j ^ results than I had from a long trial j ? )f Z-nliDs Regulator, which I found | ?. lot so good. Never had any gotd > * -esults from Black Draught used. * <' and Girls. j neks Magazine fur February. There is one way for women fond 1 )f gardening to earn a supply of ! spending money in an easy way. It a by raising herbs for druggists and naiket men; the latter will take uost of them while green, a regular supply being delivered every second 3ay. It is light woik after the planting has been accomplished, and some of the roots being perennial, :hey do without replacing for several j pears. Lavender, sage, thyme, mint j ind hoarhound are among the peren- j rials. Sage and parsley are most j jommonly planted, but thyme, mint, ! loarhound, maijoram, summer sav- j j i j :i? ?: jry aim uiveiiurr htu us cubu* laiocu i ind pay fully as well. When raising ' hem for market men, make your ar angements with them early in the ieason, agreeing to furnish so much j per week of the green herbs, in julk or tied in bunches, as hie busiiess requires. The balance not used n this way be dried and the dried product can be readily sold to druggists. During the summer, parsley, marjoram, mint, sage and thyme are reely used in large markets, parsley, luramer savory, and thyme being tent out with soup pieces, mint with amb, and the sage is used for teasouing chopped meats. Leaves or decorating can, also, often >e sold to these men, Swiss Chard tnd the variegated beet being especally valuable for 6uch work. When drying the herbs, pick the mung tender shoots before the plants ihow signs of blossoming, a dry day >eing best for the woik- They hould be well shaken to remove the lirt, and then spread on papers to Iry, the color being better if dried n a room where there is no sunlight ,nd no currents of air. The mass hould be turned every day, will be ! Iry in a few days; the herbs can hen be put up in paper bags and lung in a dry place. It is well not o sell too e~ily, as if it is offered be ore the bulk of the new crop is in be market it wiil be called last 1 'ear*8. Most of these common herbs ! .re very hardy, lavender being the j east hardy of any of those mention : d. It can be protected in the fall, j lowever, so that many of the plants j vill live over winter. It is a good idea with any of the [ jerennials to sow a few new seeds j 'ach spring, to take the place of the ! )lants that winter-kill, and to keep a j lew stock always coming on. They : ransplant easily and it is always letter to root out an old, slow growng plant and replace it with a new me. The herbs can be cut several j imes during the season, and if prop >rly cut, the last crop will be as i ;ood as the first. My plan is this:?as soon as the j ilants have grown new shoots in the j pring to the height of three inches, . cut off all the large leaves and new hoots, then allow them to grow : .gain, cutting as before. This is j ;ept up during the whole season, j are being exercised not to cut any j lard, woody stems, but just the j arge leaves and tender stems. The j lerbs require a rich soil to do well, ! ,nd the hoe or lake must be used \ iften, to keep the ground stirred round the roots of the plants. If j he hose can be turned on every j light during the hot, dry summer, j he plants will quickly pay for the xtra attention, but mine have never j lad any water except the rain that ' alls on them. There is some differ- i nee in the seed to be procured when I ilanting these herbs, and one should lways get the best. The broad j eavel thsme is tbe best variety of j .bat plant, and the mammoth leavel j age will be found the best of its ! lass. . ... m Ramon's Pepsin Chill Tonic contains tniorphous Quinine to neutralize and detroy the parasite in the blood: Pure Iron j o enrich and tone up the blood, and Pure : ioluble Pepsin to digest every dose given. ! t recommends itsell to physicians. Tasteess and guaranteed. ">'V. For sale by r. M. Harraan and -T. E. Kaufmanu. Baking Powder hire licious and wholesome )f? co.. hiw vouk. AguinaMo's Blast. Insurgent Leader Issues a Hot Proclamation. He Denounces the Americans and Says Even Spanish Rule Was Belter?He Will Fight It Out. HoDg Kong, Feb. 22?Aguinaldo has issued a manifesto and accepted the situation caused by the "unexpected proclamation of the Americans." While lamenting the hostilities, which he says he tried to avoid by every means in his power, making humiliating concessions and tolerating insults and outrages by the army of occupation against the people of Manila, he adds that he is prepared to sacrifice everything to maintain the integrity of the national honor." He further alleges the country is unanimous in his support and that the people will perish rather than accept the odious American dominion, alleging that "even corrupt Spanish dominion is preferable." The Philippine commission is considered a farce. Otis, Denby, Dewey and Secretary Harden are classed as "pronounced annexationists." The Filipino newspapers are classed as being especially obnoxious to 1 the Filipino government. Finally, Aguinaldo expresses the wish to proclaim to the world and j officially dispel aQj false rumors tiiat j Germany or any other power has < rendered assistance, moral or ma- i terial, to the Filipinos, nor have the Filipinos solicited it. i ? Drinking may induce a general ' good feeling, but the good feeling isn't there next morniDg. i People of tact never initate a ] pessimist by telling him that he ^ looks happy. The man who wears a wig always ! puts a false construction upon his own thoughts. Women likes man to smoke, be- | cause then she gets a good conversa- i tional chance at him. i A horse eats nine times its weight iu one year; a cow nine timep, and an ox six times. A lot of stock were drowned be- , low Columbia during the recent , freshet in the Congaree. ( The coming year promises to be I one of great activity in the building ; aud enlargement of cotton mills in j this State. The textile papers are full of notices of such enterprises. South Carolina was represented in ( the battle with the Filipinos on the 5th instant in the person of Mr. Jack ! Fiord a a nr. of Itfr J K Fiovd. of 1 J ? - ' - -~J -7 Walhalld. He is in a Nebraska regi- J ment. Itsv. E. Edwards, pastor of the ' English Baptist Church at Miners- ' ville, Pa., when suffering with rheumatism, was advised to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He say:-: "A few applications of this liniment 1 proved of great service to me. It 1 subdued the inflammation and reliev- 1 ed the pain. Should any sufferer ! profit by giving Pain Balm a trial it 1 will please me." For sale by J. E. I Kaufmann. 1 Dr James Evans, secretary of the State Board of Health, reports that the smallpox epidemic at Mayesville 1 is under control, but that the diseaseis now epidemic at Summerton, Clarendon county, and is spreading in that section. : Col. J. C. Boyd, of Greenville, a * ^ - i * j J I well-Known uonieaeraie veieran sou a military man of long experience is ' about to organize a company of ' "Old Confeds" to attend the Cbar ' loston reunion next May in a body. ' Col. Boyd intends to have bis com- ' pany well equipped, fully armed and i uniformed in the old Confederate grayOccupation keeps us from thinking of what we would rather do. I There is a town in the far west ' named Aquarium; the postmaster's f name is Fish, the name of the mayor j is Scales, and Water street is the 1 principal thoroughfare. 1 ill I 1 TP?? ADVERTISING RATES. " Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of one cent per word for first insertion, and one-half oent for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made with those wishing to advertise for three, six and twelve months. Notices in the local column 5 cents per line each insertion. Obituaries charged for at the rate of one cent a word, wlen they exceed 100 words. Marriage notices inserted free. Address O. M. HARMAN, Editor and Publisher. Incsndiary Insurgents. They Shirt a Blaze, Which Does Their Friends Much Damage. Manila, Feb. 22 ?PZighty khouses were burned iu an attempt to destroy Paco. Native men disguised as women were the incendiaries. When they arrived at the marked buildings they toM the inmates what they intended to do, started a blaze and departed, laughing and jeering at the n f tv r> e% A B An OA^ nlA ttJfW/'l UUIUl tuuaic UUUCtUUiULi D. JLliG rvjuit) however, spoiled their plaDS, the tl linos bt ing fanned to a district occupied by rebel sympathizers. Groat satisfaction is felt by tbo Aiuciiean authorities at the news of tbo submission of the inhabitants of the Inland of Negroes to American rule RDd tbo voluntary raisiug of the stars and stripes there. This action is regarded as the entering wedge by which the occupation of the entire Viscayan group will be speedily accomplished. Senor Lacson, president of the Negro6 Native government, is now styled "Canton Federal Americans."' He has asked for American protection. The commission bad an interview with General Olis yesterday. Lacon says the inhabitants of the ... island of Celu are also ready to accept American rule. He declares there is little sympathy between the Visayans and the Tagalos. He offers to raise an army of a hundred thousand Visayans to assist the Americans to fight in Tagalos island. A Luzon prisoner, captured by the Nebraskans, confirms the report that insurgent leaders threatened to put to death natives who refuse to take up arms against Americans. Under this threat many pacificos have recentlv been impressed in the native y A army of the province of Manila. Increased the Premiums. Competition Between Counties to be Encouraged by the State Fair. Columbia State. The executive committee of the State Fair society has made several important changes in the premium list by offering larger premiums for certain exhibits, the total amount set aside for the premiums something like $5,000. The committee also decided to renew the prizes for the best county exhibits, and it is believed that this . will stimulate the farmers of each county to prepare fine exhibits by reason of county pride. The county having the best exhibit of agricultural products will get a prize of $350, the second best $250 and the third $100. The committee will from now until N'ovember Gth hope and pray for [jood weather at that time and if this is had, it is thought the fair will be a great success. The Story of a Letter. The National Advertiser tells a atory of an old bachelor who bought i pair of socks and found attached to Dne of them a slip of paper with these words: 4T am a young lady of 20 and would like to correspond with a bachelor with a view to matrimony.'* Name and address were given. The bachelor wrote, and in a few days got this lettei: ''Mamma was married 20 years ago. The merchant you bought those socks from evidently did not advertise or he would have sold them long ago. Mamma handed me your letter and said possibly I might suit you. I am 18 years old." Whisky and Snakebite. Another popular delusion is shattered. Professor Leonard Stejneger, a United States government expert, says that whisky, instead of beiDg an antidote for snakebites, according to the general belief, is really an aggravation of the trouble, as it accelerates the circulation of the blood and hurries the poison through the veins and arteries with greates rapidity than it would otherwise have. * ?? * ? - ii r rencn jjie-ur ig-nt. "Fancy X. is so fat that he has not seen his feet for the last ten years." Nothing extraordinary in that. I know a student that is so tall that he bas to climb on a ladder to take off bis hat." "That's nothing at all. I have a cousin whose legs are so long that when he catches cold on the 1st :>f January, he does not begin sneezng till the 24th or 25th of the same month." If the Baby is Cutting Teeth Be sure and use that old and well iried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothng Syrup for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, illays all pain, cures wind colic and Is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty-live cents a bottle. It is the best of &1L