Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?5f'"V v .- ? ->?>THE w- my u, AITEBTISfflO BATES. iuTuniTMM?pRM * | y a |~-* ? r" 3"%/1 M/wTT/^M f ilC n A TY~* 1-4 ^rxrrirrL*.:: ?""".i - 1 nfc LfcAllNU IU1M UioPA 1 tn.~:; RATES REASONABLE. I mgto^ve^ for .hr?, *ix and th..r. q Notices in the local column 5 oenta per subscription si per annum & Representative Newspaper. Covers Lexington and the Borders ot the Surrounding Bounties Lihe a Blanket. "owESMS* for .? *. ?* on. feUUDOttlirxium 51 xM!aK Ajxa UH1 . cent a word, when they exceed 100 words. ?? ? Marriage notices inserted tree A JDB PRINTING A SPECIALTY xxxi. lexixgtox, s. c., wedxesday, m\\ s, 1901. xo. 2g \ G. M. BARMAN, Editor and Publisher. ? .mi, | amn ~T l~ M7 - | ! i - | > y | j- I $1.50 Come with your own idea of the sort of Oxford Ties you want, We'll have 110 difficulty | in suiting you. We've a swarm of styles to show you from o0c. up. I LEVER, THE SHOE MAN, j 1603 Main Street, COLUMBIA, - S. C. ! % 1 i j | Feb. 6?lv. 10AOTMIBAI OF SOUTH CAROLINA State, City & County Depository COLUMBIA. S. 0. Capital Paid in Full $150,000.00 Snrplus 60,000.01 T.JoMHiiAa nf Stockholders.... 150,000.00 $360,000.00 v. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Interest at the rate of 4 per centum per annum paid on deposits in this departm ent TRUST DEPAR1 MENT. This Benk under special provision of its charter exercises the office of Executor, Administrator, Trustee or Guardian of Es' SAFETY DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. ' Fire and Burglar proof safety deposit for rent from $4 00 to $12 00 per rear. . EDWIN W. ROBERTSON, j President, A. C. HASKELL, Vice President. ' J. CALDWELL ROBERTSON, 2d Vice President G. M. BERRY,Cashier. February 12?lyWhen writing mention the Dispatch. i m CONFIDENCE, . Don't rive me away, And I'll tell yon the remedy of < the day, Listen! it is L. L. and E. It makes the system clean and 1 pure, | TXTin fcofllfh strength to von. ! secure. Strictly a vegetable preparation, Mild and pleasant in its operation No need for nostrums just made to sell, ? Its Life- for the Liver that makes you well. i EILTON'S LIFE FOB THE LIVES AND SIDNEYS. Wholesale by the MURRAY DRCG CO., Columbia. S. C. For Sale at THE BAZAAR. \ Slav 15?lv. When vrritinjr. mention the Dispatch. SiliiTil' . FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. i PREPARES FOR TEACHING COLLEGE OR BUSINESS. ? ~ - - ? ? * j .tilga iscaooi, JUjiermeuiate auu n;umi.* i Courses. English, German. French, Greek and Latin Taught. Very Healthiest Location. Board very cheap. $4 to 57 per month. Tuition exeedingly low, $1 to $2.50 per month. Expenses per year $50 to 575. Had 125 students last session. ( Next session begins Monday, September 18.1900. For full particulars, Address 0. D. SE.VY, Principal, Lexington, S. C. 1 September 14 - tf. PARLOR RESTAURANT, 1338 MAIN STREET. Ii COLUMBIA, - S. C., The only up-to-date eating House ol its kind in the City of Co- 1 lumbia. It is well kept?clean linen, prompt and polite service and get it quickly. Quiet and order always prevail. You get what yon order and pay only for what } ou , get. Within easy reach of desirable sleeping apartments. OPEN ALL NIGHT. B. DAVID, Proprietor. February 20. GEORGE BRUITS | MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C., JEWELER "d REPAIRER , Has a splendid stock of J ewelry, Watches, 1 Clocks and Silverware. A fine line of j Spectacles and Eyeglasses to fit every one, all for sale at lowest prices. Bepairs on Watches first class < quickly done and guaranteed, at moderate prices. nfl?tf. When writing mention the Dispatch. ^ DR. E. J, ETiBEDGE, ~ | SUKGEON DENTIST, " LEESYILLE, S. C. Office next door below post office. Always onhaiid. February 1?. ENGINES BOILERS. Tanks, Stacks, Stand Pipes and Sheet-Iron ] Work; Shafting:, Pulleys, Gearing, Boxes, j hangers, etc. Mill Castlnsrs. W'Cast every day; work 200 hands. LOMBARD IRON WORKS & SUPPLY CO AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. J Jan cur y 27 * ? At t?HP WW? 5"Bi*SW&g*ft8iI, F?ra&s*mesi. The liability to disease is greatly lessened when the blood is in good condition, and the circulation healthy and vigorous. For then all refuse matter is promptly carried out of the system ; otherwise it would rapidly accumulate ?fermentation would take place, the ! blood become polluted and the constitution so weakened that a simple , malady might result seriously. A healthy, active circulation means | 3 good digestion and strong, healthy nerves. As a blood purifier and tonic S. S. S. has no equal. It is the safest and best remedy for old people and children ] ' because it contains no minerals, but is ( made exclusively of roots and herbs. No other remedy so thoroughly and effectually cleanses the blood of im- t ssgfo purities. At the |jn^| same time it builds ' bilitated, and renovates the entire system. It cures permanently all manner 1 of blood and skin troubles. i Mr. E. E. Kelly, of Urbana, O., writes: ] "I had Eczema on my hands and face for J five years, it would break out in little white pustules, crusts would form and E drop off, leaving the skin red and inflamed. The doctors did me no good. I used I all the medicated soaps and salves without j benefit. S. S. S. cured me, and my skin 1 is as clear and smooth as any one's." Mrs. Henry Siegfried, of Cape May, H. J., says that twenty-one bottles of S. S. S. cured her of Cancer of the breast. Doo- ; 1 tors and friends thought her case hope- j less. f Eichard T. Gardner, Florence, S. C., t suffered for years with Boils. Two bottles of S. S. S. put his blood in good con- ; dition and the Bods disappeared. Send for our free book, and write j f our physicians about your case, j c Medical advice free. THE SW5FT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, CA. ^ _ Dots and Dashes. Crazy men and focls are pcor in structors. Some men are fortunate; others are ! only lucky. , j Egotism is an alphabet of only one o letter. Pyny-Balsam Relieves Right Away q and makes a speedy end of coughs and colds. A fool at home will not be the wiser rchen abroad. . Time well arranged indicates a 1 cvell ordered mind. 1 . . . t An optimist says that pessimism is . he faith of cowards. The finest line of easy flowing ink * n all colors, mucilage, pens, pencils, ? pads, and writing materials of all < d rinds, at the Bazaar. X The world is like a piece of music q ?full of sharps and flats. s Some men are measured by feet tnd some by their heads. E A lawyer is a cat employed by i ^ nice to settle their quarrels. ; ; Balsams from the Northern Wood arc in Pyny-Bais&m, the certain cure for coughs. i 3 The royal road to wealth is paved vith industry and frugality. . . i 1! With the exception of gray hairs I j somen like to make discoveries. The man who gives advice freely ; X ccurs unnecessary responsibilities. ; r No need for you to have the grippe, I And other ills will let you slip, I If you will use L. L. and K. r Which cures and keeps 'disease away. v Bottles 25c", 50c and ?1 00. ? Dan Casteilo, the famous eld cir- 8 'us clown, has just died in New * Fork. A feather in your piiiow is worth 8 two Reese in your neighbor's back ? yard. s A man is known by what he ? doesn't do rather than by what he say a. 1 Try the new remedy for costive- * cess. Chamberlain's Stomach and J Liver Tablets. Eveiy box guaranteed. Price, 25 cents. For sale by J. E. Kaufmann. ! f r Said a pretty girl to a young man who had just kissed her, "I like your impudence/' j 1 Rev. Sam Jones says he will make 14-7 speeches in Georgia during the ncyf Mmnnion c You are much more liable to dis( ease when ycur liver and bowels do j cot act properly. DaWitt's Little < Early Risers remove the cause of disease. J. E. Kaufmann. Many people complain of their want of memorv, but none cf their . " I want of judgment. / A gentleman is a human beiDg combining a man's courage and a ( woman's tenderness. , The least in quantity ami most in ' quality describes DeWitt's Little \ Early Risers, the famous pills for coDStipatiOD, ana iiver cuimpiujulo. J. E. Kaufmann. Chicago, with 70,000 arrests in a ( year and 4,000 miles os streets to be , patroled, has 3,300 policemen. , 189 foreign missionaries, including j ; children, were killed during the rc- i rent Boxer uprising in China. ? 1 I dj sft TXT. v V i ( ?\ I6SO MAIN STI jby Solicits a SI 1i When a man and woman becomes himhand and wife tbev are ioined to gether for a strenuous life. DeWitt'd Little Early Risers seai ch . the remotest parts of the bowels and remove the impurities speedily with no discomfort. They are famous for their efficacy. Easy to take, never gripe. J. E. Kaufmann. The supreme court of the United States decides that oqc State has the right to quarantine against another. Pyny-Balsam Stop* the Tickling, and quickly allays inflammation in the throat. Fashionable friendship, like an umbrella, is apt to turn wrong side ; Dut when exposed to a violent storm, j The picture cf a broken pitcher ; it a fountain isn't half as realistic as ! :bat of a broken whiskey bottle in an j illey Skin affections will readily dieap- , pear by using DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Look out for counterfeits, j [f you get DeWitt'ti you will get jood results. It is the quick and i positive cure for piles. J. E. Ivauf; ' nann. i A CDnstitutional amendment per- j nitting women to vote has failed on eniorsement in the Wisconsin Legislaure. ] When a man offers you something or nothing it will pay you to walk , iround it by the farthest possible I oute. j Lfj in time.' Sold by druggists. 1 ' "If he v/as not your ideal, why did j ' rcu marry him!-' "Because so many j * if the girls seemed to want him." If a man really deserves praise ho . lon'fc want it?aDd if he really wants ! t t he doesn't deserve it. i i It has been truly said that danc- j j og is the poetry of motion. At aDy , ate much depends upon the feet in j ?otb poetry and danciDg. j { Mr. W. J. Baxter, of North Brook, j ] f. C, says he suffered with piles for j f ifteen years. He tried many reme- j ] lies with no results until he used j j )eWitt'8 Witch Hazel Salve and that j j [uickly cured him. J. E. Kauf- ] { aann. | , Human hair, wigs, albums, chro- j I Qos and photograph's are some of , i he articles which the United States i ! mports extensively from Germany, j < A woman's idea of being nice to j ' nother woman is to kiss her and ' 1 ay, "Oh, how lovely that new bat j < >!" when she knows she has had it a ' * 'ear. ] | Miss Florence Newman, who has I 1 >een a great sufferer from muscular i 1 heumatism, says Chamberlain's Pain : 1 3alm is the only remedy that affords j 1 ler relief. Miss Newman is a much j 1 espected resident of the village of ( 2.?n-r? "V V on^ innL*e? this ' i XT x , . nent for the benefit cf others simil- : uy elliicted. This liniment is for sale j i >y J. E. Kaufmann. j Probably women invented skirts j io they could make their feet look j 'mailer by having the heels of their 'hoes put awav up under their in- < 1 itep. ! < The DeoDle of Arizona are return- : ' * * i eg thanks for the heavies'; rainfall ; ' here for twenty years. Rains are j 1 lot an every day occurrence in thai j ' Territory. j i As vaccination prevents smallpox, [ 1 md quinine chills and fever, so ] 1 Teethina prevents and counteracts he effects of the summers heat, j 1 nuch dreaded by mothers with smoli 1 children. Teethina relieves the ; ( nany troubles incident to teething j md the hot summers, and no mother 3 J I 8 excusable for not giving it, for it j josts only 25 cents at druggists: or j nail 25 cents to C. J. Meftett, M. D, j 3fc. Louis, Mo. There was probably a lot of scan- ! 3al before the tlood becsuss the wonen could trace Noah's family back :o Eve and nobody knew wbo Eve's ; father was. J There are three habits that no amount of treatment will ever cure a ! svoman when she once gets them: rhe garret habit, the twin habit, nod ' the bare neck photograph habit. ' uur iittie giri was uua'uswuuo , from strangulation during a sudden j and terrible attack of croup. I i quickly secured a bottle of One Min- : ute Cough Cure, giving her three ! doses. The croup was mastered and i and cur little darling speedily recovered." So writes A. L. Spaftord, Chester, Mich. J. K. Knuftnann. i GLOBE DRY I IK. MOUCSK tEET, iare of Your Valued VEST S TRIBUTE TO THE DOG. The One Unselfish Friend That Man Can Have in this World. Years ago .Senator Vest was attending court in a Missou'i town and became interested in a dog case. Voluminous evidence was intorduced to show that the defendant had shot tho dog in malice, while other evedence went to show that the dog had attacked defendant. Vest took no part in the trial and was not disposed to speak. The attorneys, however, urged him to make a speech, else their client would not think he bad earned his fee. Being thus urged he arose, scanned the face of each juryman for a moment, and said. 'Gentlemen of the jury: The beet friecd a man has in the world may turn againet him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove UDgrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest tou?, those whom we trust with our happiness and cur good camp, may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered aciion. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads. The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one never deserts him, the me that rever proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. A man's log stands by him in prosperity and n poverty, in health and in sickness. He will ever sleep on the cold 1 ground, where the wintry winds blow 1 tnd the snow drives fiercely, if only 1 ce may be near his master's side. He 1 ;vill kiss the hand that has no food to )ffer; be will lick the wounds and j j sores that come in encounter with the 'oughness of the world. He guards he sleep of his pauper master as if 1 ne were a prince. Yvhen all other 'riends desert he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls :o pieces he is as constant in his love is the sud in its journeys through :he Heavsns. It fortune drives the i I naster forth an outcast in the world, , j I "riendless and homeless, the faithful 3og asks no higher privilege than ;hat of accompanying him, to guard tgainst daDger, to fight sgainst bis memies. Aod when the last scene of .11 An am/1 rlaofli f a toe f Vio rn ao. All LUUiUS, auu u v? ui iu l .1 a v u uuw I ' :er in its embrace, and bis body is .aid away in the cold ground, no matter if all the other friends pursue ;heir way, there by the graveside jvill the noble dog be found, his head oetween his paws, his eyes sad, but i ?pen in alert watchfulness, faithful md true even in death." The jury gave a virdict for S500, llthough the plaintiff had asked for 5250 only. 510U Reward $100. The readers of this paper will bo please to learn that there is at least Dae dreaded disease that sciense has been able to care in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hali's Catarrh Care is tbo odIj positive cure known to ; the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitational treatment. Hall's Catarrh Care is taken internally, acting directly upon the O'ocd and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength : by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work The proprietors have so much faith j in its curative uowers, that they offVr One Hundred Dollars for any case that it tails to cure. Send for list of 1 testimonials. Sold by all druggists. Price 7j cents. Halls Family Pills are the best. Filipino Leaders Laying Down Arms. Washington, April 30.?Three important cablegrams were received today at the war department from General MacArthur at Manila. In ' the opinion of the officials the news contained in them marks the almost j * COliapaG 01 OrgaiiiZCU leucuiuu m lj-ic Philippines. The cablegrams are as follow*: "General Tinio surrendered with i his command today at Sin ait. H(f: will deliver all men and guns in his command as soon as they can be gathered together. This completely pacifies the first department, north- 1 ROODS COMPi D2T, TiES., Patronage. Polite and ern Luzod, for many months the worst in Luzon." "Colonels Ciprano Callao and Greg oiio Katibac, Malvare, beet officers, 1 surrendered to Colonel Jacob Kline at Lipa on April 28, with 23 officers, I 108 men and 80 ritles." "Juan and 131as Villawor, leaders j Abra, surrendered Bangued April j 27tb: now engaged in assembling ! scattered commands, delivering arms. Agilpay, ex-priest, leader Ilocos Norte province, Luzon, surrendered at Laoag, Apiil 28.'' Tinio is said here to have been with Alejandrino, one of the highest officers in the insurrectionary force, j He was in command in noithern Lu- | zon during tbe famous chase after Commander Gilmore. Malvars, whose Colonels surren1 i dered to Kline also, was of the best known Filipino leaders. He was Lawton's most formidable foe, and commanded the insurrectos at the fight at Zapote river, the most serious battle fought in the Philippines. He ; was confined in Southern Luzon, j which never has been completely sub- j jugated, and Lipa, where the surren- j der occurred, has been one of the j principle insurgent arsenels. It is stated at the war department ; by officers recently back from the Phil- : ippines, that there remains in the field j in Luzon only one chief whom they I are particularly desirous of catching, namely, Caiiles, the bead buut<r. This man has violated every rule cf warfare and it is not expected that he will be taken alive. ? ^ Beware of a Cough. A cough is not a disease but a symptom. Consumption and bronchitis, which are the most dangerous and fatal diseases, have for their first indication a persistent cough, and if j properly treated as soon a3 this cough j appears are easily cured. Chamberlain's Couch Remedy has proven ; " ' ~ ?/ a. wonderfully successful, and gained its wide reputation and extensive sale by its success in curiDg the diseases which cause coughiDg. If it is not beneficial it will not cost you a j cent. For sale by J. E. Kaufmann. J A terrific explosion of natural gas , occurred in the Commercial Hotel at < St. Mary's W. Ya, and instantly the whole building was a-flame. Five persons were lulled and others injured. There has been invented a machine which, in ten hours, will paste paper lables on one hundred thousand tin cans. The cans roll down a chute, and gach in its journey picks up a lablo. 'T have beeu suffering from dys-1 pepsia for the past twenty years and ! have been unable after trying all pre- ! narations and physicians to get any ' relief. After taking one bottle of Kodcl Dyspepsia Cure I found relief and am now in better health than I have been for twenty years. I can j not praise Kodol Dyspepsia Core too j hi^h y." Thus writes Mis. C. 0. I Itoberts, North Creek, Ark. J. E. ! Ivaufinann. I D. Kanweiler, a drummer fiom j Savannah, was publicly horsewLip- j ped in Seville, Fla., by Miss Juniata j Pravatt, the pretty postmistress, ! who claimed that Kanweiler had j made a disrespectful remark about j ber. I Enow One Sure Kerned; lor an obstinate cold. Its name i.? Pyny-Balsam. The Ohio farmer who committed suicide rather than face the ordeal cf appearing in court to testify must have had peculiar views on the sub ject 01 tne witness uox us au iuch u j rnent of torture. Biliousuess is a condition cbarac- j terized by a disturbance of the diges- j tive organs. The stomach is debilitated, the liver torpid, the bowels j constipated. There is a loathing of ' food, pains in the bowels, dizziness, coated tongue and vomiting, first of j the undigested or partly digested j fcod and then of bile. Chamber- t Iain's Stomach and Liver Tablets { allay the disturbances of the stom- j ach and create a healthy appetite, j They also tone rp the liver to a j healthy action and regulate the ; i bowels. Tiv them and you are cer- ; tain to be much pleased with the t result. For sale by J. E. Kaufmann. David Rankin, the Missouri cattle king, will plant 10,000 acres of corn j this year, employing about 2o0 men i m, CSr^Gi-EIIEB, COLUMBIA, 8. "D A 4- 4- rvrt 4-1 nn 1 lUliipi illLCLLUUU, Oct State News. Rice planters on the Santee lost heavily by the recent freshets. A number of naval vessels will be stationed nt Charleston during the exposition. Illinois has passed a bill appro- : priating ?25,000 for representation at the Charleston Exposition. The Seneca cotton mills is nearing completion. It will start with 15,000 spindles and Draper looms. The total decrease of pensioners j in the State this yea*, under the new \ law, is 1,2GS. The new law is Faid | to be working well. The assistant postmaster, of Green- | ville, will have to tell where ?1,200 J that cannot be found od Lib books j has gone. He cannot do it. The health department estimates that Dearly 30,000 persons have beeD vaccinated in Charleston within the past four or five weeks. Byron V. Mitchell, a young white man, was recently carried by the Sheriff to Bell county, Texas, from Marion. He had robbed jewelry stores in Texas. In the recent regular army ap- j pointments, eight South Carolinians were given lieutenancies. All of them are now serving in the pro- 1 visional army. Senator B. It. Tillman will deliver the literary address and the Rev. D. N. McLaughlin, of Chester, will preach the sermon at the commencement exercises at Clemson college in June. Governor McSweeney has commuted to life imprisonment in the penitentiary the death sentence of Miles I Cureton, a weak-minded Greenville I negro who was recently respited. A unique communication has been ; received by the Governor. It is from the Oconee county chain gang and complains of wretched treatment, alleging neglect and wilful mistreat- j ment. Charleston's new battery hotel is ; now assured. Major Andrew Si- j monds telegraphs from New York that j a reliable contractor has been engag- j ed and the hotel will be ready for the : exposition. The stock at the State farm in j Sumter county has been increased : lately by the addition of 1G brcod marcs and a fine jack. Hereafter the . _ _.L.A i penitentiary win try to raise wnae . mules tbey need cn tbe faims. Unless there is a change of venue f Major Barney Evans cannot be tried . fcr tbe murder of Capt. J. J. Griffin before next spring, as Lis kinsmen Judges Gary and "Watts, will preside over the next two terms of court in , Iticbland county. John W. Buyne, who was found j guilty of appropriating government funds while postmaster a Cross Hill, j Laurens county, wbtn tried in the United Stales Court at Greenville re- | * * J l-_ ! centlj, waB sentenced uy juuge Brawley to pay the fi ue of *G00 and seivc two years in jail. P. J. Rucker Begs Pardon. j To the Editor of the Dispatch: Please allow me space iu your ; paper to beg Mrs. Guliah'e pardon, j If. I had known that a wo man had written those liues ogaiDst ine I j never would have replied to it, for I \ long ago learned that when woman | speaks fo hold my peace, and if I j was to teply to one I would ask my friends, for the beuelit of my sex j who might grow up after me, to put j this on my tomb: Living man As you pass by Stop and read For here lies a man that Replied to a woman; Woe to bim. Columbia, S. C., April 30, 1901. I The Home Newspaper. The local newspaper should be j found in every bcme. No children j should grow up in ignorance who can J be taught to appreciate the home j press,says the Kensington (Pa.) Die- j patch. It is said to be the stepping i stone of intelligence in ail those mat- | ttrs not to be learned in books. Give your children a foreign paper, which contains not one word about any per- ! son, place or tbiDg which they never saw, or perhaps they never heard of, j - ' -i Al L- ! and bow couici you expeci uiem 10 j be interested? But let thorn have i . c., fat ober I3tf tbc home paper and read of people whom they meet and of places with which they are familar, and soon an interest is awaken which increases with every weekly arrival of the local paper. Thus a habit of reading ie formed, and those children will read the papers all Ibtir lives; become intelligent men and woman, a credit to their ancestors, strong in the knowledge of the world as it is today. ? Night Was Her Terror. ' I would cough nearly all night long,'' writes Mrs. Chas. Applegate, of Alexandria, Ind., "and could hardly get any sleep. I bad consumption so bad that if I walked a block I would cough fiightfully and spit blood, but, when all other medicines failed, three $100 bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery wholly cured me and I gained 58 pounds." It's absolutely guaranteed to cure Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe, Bronchitis and all Throat aod Lung Troubles. Price 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottles free at J. E. Kaufmann's New Drug Store. Texas Cotton. The State of Texas raised last year more cotton than was produced by the whole world not very many jears ago. Year before last the Texas crop amounted to 3,655,000 bales, but even these enormous figures were excelled in 1900. Since the lirst of last September 3,400,000 bales of cotton have been marketed in Texas and a conservative estimato puts, the amount of the lssfc crop not yet marketed at 250,000 bales. There is a very striking difference in the amount of money paid for the crop of 18981809 and that which the last crop is worth. The former brought about $89,000,000. The average price paid for it was 5 cenis a pound. ^ - - i * iL . Uwing io toe great advance ui me price the last Texas crop will briDg about $160,000,000, or nealy twice as much as the preceding crop, though it was only about 100,000 bales larger. The greater part of the last crop was sold at 9 cents a pound. It is gratifying to know that the increased cottou acreage of Texas will not be as large as was expected a few weeks ago. The Texas papers generally predict that the crop of cotton in that State year will not beany larger than that of last year. The farmers of that State eeem to realize that overproduction means a decline in price and are refraining | t . . U Ti I from contributing to mai resuu. xi is tc be hoped that the cotton planters of other States will act with equal wisdom. A Fireman's Close Call. ' I stuck to my engine, although i every joiDt ached and every nerve was racked with paiD," writes C. W. Bellamy, a locomotive fireman, of Burlington, Iowa., "I was weak and I pale, without any appetite and all run down. As I was about to give up, I got a bottle of Electric Bitters and, after takiDg it, I felt as well as I ever did in my life." Weak, sickly ruu clown people always gain new ; life, strength aod vigor from their use. Try them. Satisfaction guaranteed by J. E. Kaufmann. Price 50 cents. Keep Them Separated. The Pbiladerphia Record tells a j story of a little girl whose evening prayers are very detailed. First she says the Lord's prayer, then the one beginning "Now I lsy me down to sleep," and then comes: "God bless graudpa and grandma, and papa and mamma, and Uncle George and Uncle Charlie, and Aunt Kate," and so on, ad infinitum, until all the members of the family are included. Then she says, "Amen," and quickly adds "And God bless Mary." After she had finished the other night her mother asked her why she always said, "Amen," first, and then always Ulrica IVfotv " us thnimh QUUCUf V^uu k/iUUU MAM* ?? ? it were a postecript. "Well, you know, mamma," replied, the tot, "I didn't want to get her mixed up with you ladiet!" It may he unnecessary to add that Mary is the nureemaid. Heavy sdow storms in the vicinity of Pittsburg, Pa, snd lloods result- | ing therefrom, have caused unmeas- j ured distress and enforced idleness i of fifty thousand men with accompanying losses of factories and railroads. The Tale of a Stamp. I'm a stamp | a postage stamp?a two center: don't want to brag, but I was never licked, except once?by a gentleman, too. He pat me on to a good tbinp; it was an envelope? perfumed, pink, square. I've been stuck on that envelope ever since. He dropped us (the envelope and me) through a slot in a dark box, but we were rescued by a mail clerk ?more's the pity. He hit me an awful pmnsli with a lintiininr- it. taff. my face black and blue. Then' I went on a long journey of two dayp, aud when wc arrived (tbe pink envelope and me) wc wore present to a perfect love of a girl, with tbe stuuuingest pair of bluo eyes that ever blinked. Say, sbe'a a dream! Well, mutilated Ibo pink envelope and tore one corner of me off with a hairpin: thou sbo read what was inside the piok envelope. I never saw a girl blush so beautifully! I would be stuck on her?if I could. Well, ate placed tbe writing back, then sfce kissed me. Ob, you little godlets Her lips were ripe as cherries, aDd warm as tbe summer sun. We (tbe pink envelope and me) are now nestling snugly in her bosom; we can hear her heart throb. When it goes fastest she takes us out and kisses me. Ob, say, this is great! I'm glad I'm a stamp?a two center. Says He Was Tortued. "I suffered such pains from corns I could hardly walk," writes H. 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Beware of the theologians who have no sense of mirth?thej are not altogether human. Keep your cbin up. Don't take your troubles to bed with you?bang tbem on a chair with your trousers, or drop them in a glass of water with your teeth. ? ? ? Fully Explained To John. "John,', she said, as she toyed with one of bis coat buttons, 'this is leap year, is it not,'' ? ' Yes, Mamie," be answered, as be looked fondly down ou her golden head that was pillowed on bis manly bosom. "This is tbe year when the proposing is done by the young ladies?" "Yes." "I hope you don't expect me to propose to you?" "Why, Mamie, dear, I never gave the matter a thought. I?er?to tell the truth, I've only known you for ?that is to gay?" "I'm glad you didn't expect me to propose. I'm not that kind. I hope. No, John, dearest, I couldn't be so immodest. I'm goiDg to let you do the proposing yourself, in the oldfashioned way. 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