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TO THINS OWN SELF BE TRUK AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU OANS'T NOT THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN. BY JAYNE?, SHELOK, SMITH & STECK, WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NOV. 28, lOOO, NEW SERIES, NO. 139.-VOLUME LI.-NO, 48. Kctr.tl!;/. ?old rSxelvi cj. w . ii A. x: Walhalla Ader thc Jobs. Editor E. II. Ault, in tus lotter to the Newberry Herald and News, from Co lumbia, makes some interesting com- j monts on positions to bo tilled by the . next I.eg'slatnie, Ile says: 't Tho Legislature will soon be in session, j Thc candidates for tho various positions , aro waging an active campaign. So far . as I have heard of only three candidates for Speaker of the House-Hon. W, E. j Stevenson, of Chesterfield; Hon. E. IL ? Weston, of Richland, and Hon. (?cn. I-',, j Prince, of Anderson. The chances seem | to he decidedly in favor of the election of ( Mr. Stevenson; in fact, I think his olee- v tion is almost certain. Gon. lt. ll. Hemp- . hill will be re-elected clerk of tho Sen- c ate, and Mr. W. H. Stewart reading ,, clerk. In ?he House, tho dork of the ( last House, (.'td. T. C. Hamer, is to be ,, Opposed l?y Cen. .J. W. (?ray, of (?reen- j ville, and Mr. E. W. Higgins, of New- ( berry. There is also a candidate for sor gcant-at-arins of the Senate from New- ^ berry in tho person of Mr. .1. Fred. ( Schuinpert. He was for four years ono ,v of tho dom-keepers (d' the Senate, and . has the advantage of a personal acquaint- | ance with many of tin; Senators. a There will also he several candidates for .Judge I). A. Townsend's place as c .Judge of the Seventh Circuit; Mr. C. I'. ? Sanders and Mr. t). E. Hydrick, both of x Spartanburg, and Col, .1. W. Ferguson, v of Laurens, are avowed candidates. Mr. , Hydrick has just been elected Senator | from Spartanburg, and Mr, Sanders isa , member of the IlOUso from tho samo , county. Col. Fei gn-o.j is a prominont attorney of Laurens ami has roprcsoiltod his county in thc; Senate, lt has also , been suggested that Senator Mower, of li Newberry, might enter the race. If he does, he will make it rather warm for tho follow who heats him. Senator Mower's ability as a lawyer is recognized hy all tho members of lin; Legislature, J, and they all agree tba* lu: is better ll led for a position Oil the hench. Ol' course .Judge Townsend will be a candidato to succeed himself. The present Legisla ture will have several Judges to elect, and all of the incumbents, I believe, whoso terms expire in the next two' years will have opposition. The man , who is in, however, in ordinary cohdh | tl OU S generally has the advantage From all that 1 can learn tin rc will he more ; candidates for tho position ?d' Slate librarian than any other oflico within thc gift of the State Legislature-ami they aro all woroon. I have heard of no opposition lo Col. D. J. Griffith as Superintendent of the State Penitentiary, and it. would he use less to undertake to oppose him. Ile makes a good ofllccr and is a gentleman who is deservedly popular with every ono. Holli makers and Circulators of conn forfeits commit fraud. Honest men will not deceive you into buying worthless Counterfeit? of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. The original is infallible for cur ing piles, injuries, eczema and skin dis eases. J. W. bell. Tillman's Danylilcr Very Popular. Tho Washington Gossip'of Krank bes lie's Weekly recently contained the fol- ? lowing: "A serious looking, dark-eyed girl, not yet twenty, is Miss Anna Till man, daughter of the (lory orator of South Carolina, Senator benjamin lt. Tillman. The Tillmans have not hoon conspicuous entertainers, hut they have a little coterie of friends, among whom Miss Anna is very popular. She is a girl of domestic tastes, and is her father's right hand. Sh? ..ssisls him in his cor respondence, and is one of the lew girls ?I) Official life Who has a well developed laste for politics. She klloWS all her ither's supporters and opponents, ami ca write as vigorous a lot toi*, when oc casion requires, as her brilliant rather himself. Miss Tillman, it may easily bo imagined, is not ofter encountered in the drawing rooms of the capitol, .she is usually to he seen in tho modest library of her father's house, or pondering over knotty probloms in the dark a roll ives of the library of Congress." If you want the best (lour in this conn try buy Itoxano, highest patent and baker's Choice fancy patent and you will keeji peace in your family. J. A- J. S ('arter, Westminster, s. c. # An Appeal lo tho Ncipoes. Columbia, S. C., November ld, Fx Cnngrossman Itobort smalls has issued a circular to his race in which he at tempts to stir up his people on the dis franohlsomont matter, small wishes to got a Strong sh?wing made to Congress at this session so that the representation may bo Cut down in conformity with the provisions of Mu; seventeenth amend ment. Kev. W. W. HookOthas tiled notice of Contest in the lust district in which Col. William K-?liolt has been declared re elected lo Congress, lt is understood that s. H. odom, a white Republican, Will contest the seat ol' J. W. Tolbert, r iv iv i o II rr , McKinley Opposes Reduction in SouthsT Rep resentation. Washington, November 17. Tho ophi on is growing among public mon, who ire in thc conlidcncc of tho President, hat. he will oppose any movement look ng to a reduction of Congressional rcp csentation of tho Southern States, on iCOOUlit of charges of tho disfranchiso ncnt of colored voto rs. Tho President s said to be opposed to reviving ill feei ng, which ho thinks would result in a ? ill thus touching the South's suffrage le has been told from many sources re lent ly that an important element of Southern business men, manufacturers md others, is at heart with tho Kopubli ans, and that the nucleus of a future evolution against existing political mo hods in tho South has been securely istablishcd and should not be dissipated ry legislation that would bo regarded by ho South as sectional. On account of tho President's attitude lune is a growing opinion that legisla lon looking to tho reduction of the Southon) representation will not -bo tressed by party leaders in Congress, ii this connection it is suggested1 that, my notion with refluence to the sutfrage if thO South in advance of tho adoption d' a definite policy in thc Philippines, night throw soino embarrassment in the vay of tho proper disposition of the citi zenship rights of thc Filipinos, and norcover it is felt that the government 1:1s as much as it can do deal with now vithout getting into a contention over lomostic a (Tai rs. Von can't afford to risk your life by illowing a cough or tv cold to develop lit? pneumonia or consumption. One dimite Cough Cure will cure throat and ung troubles ?pucker than any other .reparation known. Many doctors use t as a specific for grippe. It. is an in lllllblo remedy for croup, Children like t and mothers endorse it. J, \Y. Hell, Blind Tigers. Covcrnor Mcsweeney is writing to the nayors of thc towns in the State to know I' there is any need of sending constable? o stir ont the blind tigers. Tho replie: cceived so far are to thc effect that the II tin ici pal authorities aro doing very .veli in the mal ter and tue keeping the ongles hot with shelling. We havo no loutit but that nundi more could be done han is lieing done, but we like the Gov .nun's idea of making the cities take .are of the law, and the people are show ng their appreciation of the samo, lt tooms to us that, public sentiment is Hissing local authorities in this matter is it never ?lid and never would press he otitsido interference. There is one hing, however, that wo would like to enow, and that Is whether any of the leople who blame the Govornoi' and the .?ty ant hoi il n>s for not eradicating the be blind tiger nuisance root ?md branch iatroni/.0 the tigers. If they do they night lo condemn themselves more than hey do the authorities, for they arc vii limit excuse and arc not only violat ng i he law themselves, but. arooiioourng* ng lawlessness ami all manner of evil, f Ihey would do their duly the authori los could the moro easily do their's, '"loroneo Daily Times. Dewitt's Linie Karly Risers are the tesl liver pills ever made. Kasy lo take iud never gripe. .1. \V. Dell. Royalists Carry Hawaii. Honolul?. November IO. - Robert Wil ox, the independent royalist candidate, ms been oleolcd Hawaiian delegate to longness hy a small majority over Sam 'arker, Republican. Much depression ms I or ll lied among all whiles, as Wilcox vas strongly opposed hy Republicans and Democrats ulikO. Mis campaign was an inti while canvass, with premisos Oil the ?arl of some of his campaign workers hat if he wns elected (/noon Liliuokalani ihoilld he restored to the tluone. The csult of the vote shows the i dive blt* omens ovor annexation to hes ll alive. Che independent native party cnn led he House of Representatives hy a large majority. In the Senate, there will be (evell Republicans, eight Independents md oin- Democrat. With the Independ ents in control, a lively session is ox* looted, ns they are against tho ruling Oginio, ll is likely, as a result of the ileetion, that Congress will he asked to -stablish some limitations upon the v?l lig privilege. Many of I he w hiles want i property qualification for voters. If is uglied (hat in voling upon a simple .olor line many of the natives have ihowtl themselves unlit for universal oi N i age. When you WM)I prompt ai ling little . ills thai never gripe use DeWitt'.s Little Karly IllsorS. J. \V. Hell. The best pun that has appeared rc .c ii I ly ase ri hes the suicide of tho d i a bol i . ;al Governor of Shan-si, by swallowing (Old leaf, to "a consciousness of inward {Ut."- Philadelphia Ledger. Short Notos. Androw Carnegie is arranging tu givo $3,000,000 to Pennsylvania institutions. Columbia bas boou litorally crowded with Mystio Shrinors for tho past wook. Work has boon commoncod on tho buildings for a Catholic convont in Flor onco. Southorn mill mon havo petitioned for tho maintenance of tho opening door ill Cliina. Yale will educate llvo Filipinos freo of cliargo noxtyoar if they prosont them selves. Col. J. W. Robertson, tho now adjutant and inspoctor general of Georgia, is a graduate of tho Citadel. The Daughters of tho Confederacy will hold their annual convention in Rock Hill on tho (?th and 7th of December. Charleston has finally decided to havo a fall carnival. Tho amount raised for it was $2,200. lt will bo in December. A tobacco building is to bo furnished at tho Charleston exposition and tho to bacco growing district of tho .Stato will nu it. Judge Simonton's decision in tho St. Matthews bank caso has boen uphold by tho United Statos circuit court of appeals at Richmond. Tho State Supremo Court will conveno for tho November term on tho 27th of tins month, and will bu in session until tho last of January. In tho cases of Webster Davis it was a donblo finish. Web finished tho cam paigh, and tho campaign finished Web. - Kansas City Journal. Wm. R. Evans, thirty years old, a tolo graph operator, committed suicido at Marion, N. C., Saturday afternoon hy shooting himself in the head. Two freight trains, through error in orders, collided near Hargrove, Ala., last Saturday. Two people wero killed outright and sevoral were injured, sumo fatally. Tho exocutors of the lato Governor Kllerbo have sent tho attornoy general a ehock for $212.13, tho amount tho Gov ernor was found to bo duo tho Stato peni tentiary. Thc winter season opens up at Aiken with tho greatest prospects in its history. John Jacob Astor and James Roosovolt, of Now York will bo among tho now tourists. Tho nowspapei'8 of tho country aro making startling revelations as to tho extent of liquor drinking among tho woroon of tho nation, particularly in tho North and West, Charleston will not have a fall carnival. Kack of funds caused thc project to bo abandoned. Tho coming exposition and tho Humorous shows in other towns aro said to havo 1 -d au offoct. Tho American Rico Growers and Distributing Company has entered tho Hold to co itrol tho rico market of this State. Tho rice mills are to ho loasod and tho entire crop controlled to command higher prices. The county seat of Dorchester has soveral names, lt is generally known as "St. George's," tho railroad pooplo call it "George's," tho postofllco pcoplo as "St. George's," and some insist it ought to bo "Dorchester." The Government has made tho biggest contract for armor plato in its history. Tho bill covers armor for seventeen war ships now in process of construction. Carnegie and Kothlchom got thc con tract at $420 to $455,22 a ton. Tho Republican party now controls every branch of tho government and must hear the whole hlatno if work on tho Nicaragua canal is not authorized by the next Congress. Construction of that canal will bo a powerful factor for de velopment of tho South. Sunday laws aro strictly enforced in Honolulu. Not only aro all saloons and bars kept tightly closed and stores for bidden to Bell, but any ono who attempts to play ball or indulge in any other sport on Sunday is carried before a magistrate to pay a (ino or go to jail. Colonel E. K. Fleming, the clock mas ter of tho treasury department in Wash ington, has over ROO clocks in his caro. His friends call him "Father Timo." Ho starts winding his little army of eight day clocks on Monday and gets around to Gie last ono on Saturday night, In "ho Northern Presbyterian church out of 1 11 Presbyteries ll havo voted against any chango in the presort creed, ti give a plurality against chango, and 23 have voted specifically against question No. 1, making 7:1, which is a majority against revision of tho Presbyteries re ported. The Knited States Supremo Court has again upheld tho constitutionality of tho South Carolina registration law in tho case of Daniel Gray Wiley, plaintiff In error, vs. Sinklcr and others. The Court hold that Wiley's right to voto for mem ber of Congross was undoubted, but that tho plaintiff, having failed to register, that defect was fat al. The Uliitod States government is pre paring to build barracks on Sullivan's Island and as soon as tin; legal formali ties aro completed the trade with the. island owners will bo completed. Tho price paid is to be $135,000. It will be necessary to closo some of the island streets and thc Legislature will bo peti tioned to that et?ect. Kivo years ago lui) Kansas farmers started a mutual insurance company to pro toot themselves against tho extortion of the insurance barons. To-day there are 4,500 members, insuring t wo and a half millions of property for themselves. Kast year tho losses paid WM? $5,15(1 or a little Ovor $1 a year per m om bor lo insure his house, barn and cattle from lire and lightning. This is the season when big hogs are slaughtered, and Mr. J. I). Kay, who lives near Kanderinan, reports that he has killed a three-year old lied Jersey Which weighed 515 pounds net and yielded fifteen gallons of lard. Ho has two moro that will he slaughtered be tween now and Christmas, which wilt Weigh 500 pounds bot WOCII them.--Green ville Mountaineer, November 17th. The Hanl ist Congress is lo moot in Richmond this year, the dates hoing November 20 to23. President Moni.tguo, of Kurman University, will presido, and among the topics are "Trusts," "Roman ist Survivals in Protestant ism," and "Child Nurture in tho baptist Polity." The speakers include some of the ablest of Baptist divines, both in tho denomi nations North and South. Mr. Paul Simpson, of Spartanburg county, is tho champion hog raiser. He has two hogs that will weigh 500 pounds each ami the hogs are about eighteen or twenty months old. One of them became the mother of seventeen well developed pigs last week. Counting hoi' weight at llvo couts por pound and the pigs at $1 each, would make the price of a halo of cotton. Mr. Simpson raised ono last year t hat netted over 100 pounds. C. Clydo Whittle, Who died at Saluda last, week, was a son of tho Sherill of Saluda county. His was a romantic career. Though only 22 yeal.s old he was twico tried for his lifo, ami on tho second case waa sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. While out. on ap peal he took tuberculosis of the knee, Iiis leg was amputated and ho became an invalid. Six weeks hofoi'0 ho died lie married a young lady to whom he had become engaged before his troubles. COTTON GROWERS' CONVENTION. Hon. Moko Smith's Address on Prlco, Supply and Domand. Macon, Ga., Novembor 20.-Tho Southern Inter-Stato Cotton Grow ers' Association, which was formed in Macon last May, hold its first con vention boro to day. President Jor dan stated that tho primo object of tho Convention was to form an Inter-Stato bureau for tho collection and distribution of statistical infor mation relating to tho cotton busi ness of tho South and to offset the over-estimating of parties whom ho bel io ved to ho irresponsible. Tho lion. Iloko Smith, of Atlanta, was the principal speaker of the day. His address partook largely of the historical and statistical, and was well received. Mr. Smith said in part : "While cotton to-day brings 10 cents a pound, it lias only been three years since tho crop was selling at 6 cents per pound. What n-o the elements which havo caused this variation in price? Recognizing tho laws of demand and supply, we must see that the depreciation in the price of cotton has been due to a produc tion of the Btaple in excess of the demand for manufactured goods. A knowledgo of the supply of cotton and of the demand for cotton goods for consumption will enable the producer to tell at the time of the year when cotton is picked the price at which lint cotton should sell. Another cause which has facilitated the depreciation of prico at the time thc cotton lett the hands of the planters lias been the unbusiness-liko pinn of selling it. "More than 70 percent of the cot ton which is manufactured in the great cotton mills of tho world is raised in our section. Tho mills run during twelve months. They need the cotton as much in July ns they do in December. The plan of sell ing has disregarded the time of con sumption. Instead of handling the crop so that it would be sold from month to month during tho yoar, as the mills required it for usc, it has been the practice of the planters in tlie South to rush their cotton on the market during a period limited al most to three months, forcing its purchase by speculators, rather than holding the crop until the consumer or mill owner carno after it. "I nm thankful to say that east of the Mississippi Uiver, during the present year, tho plantera have been informed as to the extent of the crop and as to the world's demand for their cotton. Realizing that it was worth ten cents a pound or more, they have declined to sell it for less. They have received 10 cents for what they have told. "Ry the co-operation of the mer chants and the bankers they have been enabled so soon as the buyers succeeded in depressing the price to take their cotton off the market, and as a result they seo the price of cot ton going back to-day to the ligures at which it sold during the month of September, and I have no doubt the balance of the cotton crop thus cared for by our farmers will bring them over ten cents a pound. This price, however, could hardly have been realized had thc farmers raised 1,000,000 bales more of cotton. "There aie three questions of vital importance which affect thc price of next year's cotton crop. They are : How much will tho mills of the world consume in 1002? How much lint cotton will thc balance of the world produce for other than domestic consumption in 1001 ? How much will we produco in the South in 1001?" Continuing, Mr. Smith said : "Fifty years have shown an in creased demand for cotton goods, causing an increased demand for lint cotton of about 700 per cent. While the next decade may not show a pro portionate increase in tho demand, I have no doubt that by thc end of 2fi years the manufacturers of the world will consume over 80,000,000 bales of cotton annually. "While thu Southern planter should aim at receiving for his lint cotton its full market value, care must be taken that the South shall maintain lier supremacy as tho cot ton producing section of tho world, langland, Russia and Germany have devoted and are devoting great at tention as nations to cotton culture. Tho United States, through the ag ricultural department at Washing? ton, should give cotton culturo a full proportion of attention and should furnish reliable information of tho progress which is being made abroad in this great American staple. A ('curate information should also 1)0 prepared by tho agricultural de partments of tho Slates which are en gaged in producing lint cotton to llie end that the. planlers may obtain Indore planting their crops the pro bable world's demand, and tho pro bable world's supply, and later on in the season, when the limo for be ginning to sell cotton arrives, the planters should bc reliably acquainted from these and other sources with the probable product of our own cotton raising section." In closing Mr. Smith urged the diversification of crops. The Hon. S. L Pattison, of North Carolina) addressed the Convention on the organization of the farmers in his State, and said that Georgia and the Carolinas will soon have to buy colton from other States to sup ply their rapidly increasing cotton mills. At the afternoon session (.'apt. John A. Davis spoke on the relations of the banks to the cotton growers and the business eommitteo made the following report, which was adopted : "First. That an Inter-State Cot ton Planters' Association ho organ ized. ' "Second. That oach Stato asso ciation bo allowed throo representa tives upon tho Intor-Stato committee "Third. That tho Inter-Stato ox ocutivo committee he authorized to adopt a constitution and elect offi cers. "Fourth. That tho chairman and secretary of this mooting bo author ized to aot for tho Inter-Stato ex ecutive eommitteo until tho Bamo can meot and act." On motion tho first meeting of tho Inter-Stato oxecutivo eommitteo was direetod to bc held in Atlanta, Ga. Wo aro now rccoiving ono of tho largest and host selected stock of dry goods, dress goods, shoes, hats, clothing, hard ware, crockery, glasswaro and groceries. Como and get bargains. .J. ? J. S. Car tor, Westminster, S. C. An Enigma. Two Mississippi girls hnvo challenged Ihoso Alabama girls to answer tho fol lowing bible enigma. It is a good one and kept mo pondering for a day Ol' two. I can't neglect tho children, and this enigma will perplex tho preachers, too. 1 have lost or mislaid tho verses sent to mo. but tho following is in substance tho samo : Cod mado Adam out nf dust, lint in His wisdom mado me first; Ho mado my body all completo, Hut gavo mo neither bands nor feet. No Irving S>MII in mo did dwell, Nor was I doomed to beaven or bell; Hut later on old Adam came And gave mo what is still my name; And later still God chose to give A living soul in me to live. In courso of time be did reclaim That soul and left me just the samo As when Hist made - without a soul, And now 1 roam from pole to pole, A boon lo man, though out of sight, For in my death I leavo bim light. Hu.i, Aim, People on thc Move Around Return. Return, November '20.-Sowing wheat, oats anil rye is tho order of iltur, oity MI linn SCC.ltOll. It seems that 1001 will be a year of general moving. Tho most of the people in our community ?ire chang ing homos. Air. and Mrs. A. \V. Tannery, two of our oldest citizens, have disposed of their old homestead. Mr. Rogers, of Anderson, occupies their home place. Mr. li. F. Tannery moves to Oak way ; Mr. M. N. Kennedy and family lo Newry ; Mrs. .Lisper (!rooks and family to Newry; Mr. J. L. Miller moves on his Snow Creek farm, which he recently purchased ; Mr. NV. T. Williams takes charge of Mrs. Crooks' farm ; I). .1. Morgan takes charge of M. N. Kennedy's farm ; Air. II. A. Lol Joy moves to Newry; Mr. W. 1). Crooks ta!.es charge of Mr. LeKoy's farm ; Mr. Harrison Williams moves to Ked tiru ; Mr. II. IL King moves to Tekoona. We are sorry to note that Mr. W. N. Cox lias been on the sick list. Married, Sunday morning, No vember 18, at tho home of the brides' parents, near Westminster, Miss Pearl King and Mr. Lu thor Sanders. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ii. King and was raised in this community, and we (daim lier as one of Return's most charming and accomplished young ?ladies. Mr. A. .1. Williams, of Return, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Kennedy, at Kingston, Ca. u. .i. M. Coughs f^Kill j Wc know of noth ll ng better than 'coughing to tear the lining of your throat and lungs. It is bet r than wet feet to .-j bronchitis and > r pneumonia. Only keep lt I up and you will succeed In re ducing your weight, losing your appetite, bringing on a slow fever, and making everything exactly right for the gcrm9 of consumption. ?MITO Pectoral kills coughs of every kind. A 25c. 1 bottle is just right for an ordinary cough; for the harder coughs of bronchitis you will need a 50c. bottle; and for thc coughs of con sumption the one dollar size is most economical. " My coiiffli reduced mo to a moro fikolo ton. 1 triuil many remedios, hut they nil fallon. AUo?using the Cherry Pootora] I Immoiltttolv bogan to Improve, nutt throo henton restored mo to health. I oo llovo 1 iiwu my life to lt." BAIIAII 1''. MOUOAN, Oct. 7,1R08. Ilrowntown, Va. T. I.. Kstes, of Hniontown, Ala., killed K. IL ("handler in thal eily last Wednesday, Chandler had been boarding willi Kstes and had been ordered to leave. Kstes had been with a doctor to see his daughter, who had broken her arm. While returning Chandler passeil him in a buggy and threatened to "lix bini." When Kstes went homo Chandler attacked him willi an ax handle. Kstes grappled with his as sailant, and while Chandler had hold of ono nrm, Kstes got out his pucket knife, opened it willi his teeth ?uni cul Chandler a number of timi's in the face and throat. Chandler died in a few minutes. Tho Consus and tho House. Representative lIopkinB, of Illi nois, chairman of tho House com mittoo on consus, which committee will havo chargo of tho legislation affecting tho apport'onmont of tho House, expresses tho opinion that there will bo no decided effort dur ing tho next session of Congress to decrease tho Congressional represen tation of tho Southern States because of the disfranchisement of negroes. He says that in all probability tho subject will bo discussed, but ho thought that upon tho whole tho committee would favor the plan of basing representation upon tho num ber of inhabitants. Discussing thc general subject of a reapportionment, Mr. Hopkins said : "The committee on census will meet during the first week of tho ses sion ami will go to work at once training thc bill providing for reap portionment. I think that a propo sition will be adopted which will in crease thc present membership of the House, it has boon suggested that we au thor ?7.0 one member for every li)8,()00 inhabitants. That seems to be tho ratio that is in gene ral favor among members of the com mittee. This will cause a decrease in membership in some States, whilo the representation from other States will be increased. On the whole thc proposition would entail an increased membership of from fifteen to twenty members. "According to thc calculations I have made the reapportionment would add members to the House from New York and Illinois, and perhaps other States. States like Nebraska and Maine might lose members by the proposed law. That, however, would depend entirely upon the exact number of inhabi tants designated for each member ship. Some of the Southern States, aside from the general proposition to decrease their vote in thc House on account of thc disfranchisement ol certain classes of citizens, might also suffer from the proportion agreed upon, although to wdiat extent can not now bo ascertained. "The general idea of the commit tee, however, is to cause as little de crease in thc membership of thc House as possible, while adding as many more members as seems just and equitablo, so as to ultimately itv crease tho total membership. Thc increase, of course, will go to th< States which have shown a growtl of population, whilo those Statei which have not kept the pace in en larging their population will bc ob liged to stand the consequences." How's This ? Wo offer One 11 und rod Dollars bowan for any caso of catarrh that cannot b cured hy Hall's Catarrh Cure. I?\ J, Oheney & Co., Props., Toledo, 0 Wo, the undersigned, have known E .1. Cheney for tho last I? years, and bc Hove him porfcotly honorable, in all bnsi ness transactions and financially abbi t (.ai ry out any obligations made by tho! linn. West ? Truax, Wholesale Druggist? Toledo, (). Wald i Hg, Kinnan & Marvin, Whoh sale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inlei nally, acting directly upon the blood Oil mucous surfaces of the system. Price lite, por hid tie. Sold hy all druggist! Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills aro. the best. Ile Lifted thc Bill. There was a fagot party in Georgi town one evening not long ago. 0 course, you know what a fagot part is-a party where every guest i oxpoctod to contribute to tho eve ning's entertainment a song or recitation or an anecdote or Som< thing equally diverting. There wr voting at tho end ol' the evening ii to whose story had been best, an the prize tell to a girl who lives o Maryland avenue. This is the story she told, and sh said the man in it was an undo ( hers in Utica, N. Y. Ile luis a wil ol' the ultra good housekeeper soi' and Otic evening she sent him dow to the cellar with a p? loll Ol' to eira some cider. The cellar steps wei dark and steep. Iii: foot slipped c the second, and down he went lil an avalanche. The housewife hoai the noise and ran to the top \of tl stairs to poor-clown at the bruise and battered man at the bottom. "Did you break the pilche George?" she asked anxiously. "No ; drat the blamed thing !" 1 howled. "I didn't break it ; but, I jinks, I will." And forthwith he stnashad tl treasured pitcher to smithereens < the cement Hoof.-?Washington Poi Thos. (!. Scott, who has hoon forcm: and mau of all work at tho Thornw Orphanage, Clinton, for the past, twon years, has resigned his position. A THXAs'woNDEi Hall's (?real Discovery for Kidney a Bladder Trouble. Ono small hollie of Hall's Croat. T) covery cures all kidney and bladder tn hies, removes gravel, cures disbot nominal emissions, weak and lamo bael rheumatism and all irregularities of t kidneys and bladder in both men a women. Regulates bladder troubles children, if not Sold by your dniggl will bo sent, by mail on receipt of fd. One small bottle is two months' fro nlOIlt, and will euro any casi! above nu tionod, Dr. K. W. Hall, solo tnannf lurer, |\ I), box 020, St. bonis. Mo. Send for testimonials. Sold hy druggists. St. I Ollis, Mo., .lune 28, 1800.-Thil to certify that my wife has been trouhl with pain in her back and left hip years and that in less than ten days af taking Dr. K. W. Hall's Kidney Me cine all pain had left, and she feels I a new woman. I). W. O?ltl.lS/.K, (Merk M., K. A T. it. |{., 103 N. Broad wa j A FEARFUL CYCLONE. Many Killed In Tonnossoo and Mississippi. About Sixty Doad. Memphis, Tenn., November 21. Sixty persons aro dead, a largo num ber injured and several towns and villages partially wrecked and an immonso amount of property de stroyed is tlio result of a teri fio cyclone which swept through a sec tion of Mississippi and Tennessee yesterday. Thc storm raged over a strip extending from a point throe miles north of Lulu, Miss., to La Grange, LaKayctte county, in this State, forty miles from this oity. Tho town of LaGrangc suffered severely in damages. The villages Htruok in Mississippi were Loves, Batesville, Guy* and Townsville. All the LaGrange churches, ex cept the Episcopal, wore blown down. Tho Southern railway depot and a do/.on business houses and residences were wrecked. Tho tornado struck the residence portion of the town andj tho loss of properly and lifo was great. Thc total property loss nt LaGrange is about $100,000. The roof of the Methodist church at Batesville was blown off and seve ral residences were injured. Six per sons were injured nt Batesville. There wero a number of persons in jured and many buildings blown down at Guys, Townsville and Loves. Reports show that heavy rains, causing Hoods, have fallen in East ern Texas in the lust 24 hours. In Southwestern Arkansas and some portions of Texas the storms have been attended with tornadoes, caus ing serious damage. A Nashville dispatch says : The storm last night was tho most de structivo in many years. Two lives are reported lost and much damage dono at Lavcrgno, 10 miles from Nashville. At West Harpoth and Thompson's station a number of houses were blown down, and a child was killed at Thompson's sta tion. Two persons were killed and several fatally injured at Nolansville. A number ol' people are reported to have been killed in Maury county. In the vicinity of Nashville twelve were killed and many injured. Much property was destroyed. West river, which is the North ern boundary of Memphis, overllowcd last night, says a dispatch of the '21st, owing to tho excessive rain and Hooded the inner mills and yard J along its front. Tho damage will roach ?((50,000 and may be more. Dispatches from various points in the track of thu big storm, which passed through Northern Mississippi and Central and Western Tennes see, show a total of GI killed and f>l injured. The greatest loss of lifo was at Columbia, Tenn., where forty were killed and twenty-five injured -most of them negroes. 1 m?nense damage was done to farmers. Hun dreds of live stock were killed. It is impossible to estimate thc property loss at present. At Columbia, Tenn., a number of freight ears on the Louisville & Nashville road were lifted up and blown away. Later dispatches say nineteen were killed at LaGrange ; one killed at Loves and three at Lula, in tho State of Mississippi. Ton are miss ing at Natchez, Miss. Does lt Pay to Buy Cheap ? A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is all right, hut, you want something that will relievo and euro t he moro severe and dangerous results of throat and lung troubles. What shall you do*.' flo to a warmer and moro regular climate? Yes, if possible ; if not possible for you, then in either case take tho ONLY remedy that has been introduced ill all civilized countries with success ill severo throat and lung troubles, "liosohoo's Qorman Syrup." lt not only heals and stimu lates the tissues to destroy thc germ disease, hut allays inflammation, causes easy expectoration, gives a good night's rest, and cures tho patient. Try ONE bottlo. Hoconimondod many years by all (li nguists in the world. Vor salo by .). If. Darby, Walhalla. A dispatch from Chattanooga says that six families, numbering in all c vcr twenty-live people, in ono neighborhood of that city, are suffer ing with arsenical poisoning. Seve ral persons will die. It appears that tho wholesale at tom pt to kill the families is due to a neighborhood quarrel which broke out aboiit a week ago. All tho parties aro white ami in good oirotwnstanecs. Physi cians report that they found tho well used by the families strongly impregnated with arsenic. Several arrests are expected. There is no pleasure in life if you dread going to the tabbi to eat and can't rest at night on account of indigestion. Hoary Williams, of Hoonville, Ind., says ho Buffered that way for years, till lie commenced the use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, and adds: "Now I can eat any thing I like and all I want and sleep soundly every night." Kodol Dyspep sia Cliro will (ligOSt what you eat. J, W. Holl. Vermont proposes lo go Into the good roads movement in earnest. The Legislature of tho State, it is reported, has before it a bill which pr?vidos for tho negotiation of a loan of *l0,000,000, all ol' which is to be expended oil tho roads of tho State within tho next two years. The people of the State, it is added, "generally favor the contemplated expenditure." Adjutant General Corbin author* I/.08 tlie statement that it is the in tention of the war department to bring back from tho Philippines to the United States all volunteers who care to come and to discharge thom on or before .Inly 1st next. Some statist ici an discovers that tho average woman carries It) to tiO miles of hair on her head. Rather Suspicious. A certain physioian in looking over an application of a man about to join tho W. O. W., discovered 8omothing lacking in tho history of tho father of tho applicant, and therefore sont tho application bank to tho local physician to bo proporly lilied out, arid stato tho cause of tho applicant's, father's death. "Mr. -'s father may probably have lost his lifo Uko old Bob's father," a very brief answer, but road on about Bob. Old Bob conceived tho idea of having his lifo insured. "How much do you woigh ?" nskod thc examining physician. "I weighs 'bout fifteen moro den my wife does." "Well, hut how much does she woigh ?" "Rsc dun forgot ; but she's a whopper; lemme tell you." "How tall are you ?" ?Who-me ?" "Yon, you." "Lemme seo. Doc? yor know Abo Sovior whut worked for ole ? man Plum ?" "No." "Wall, I'sc sorry, fur I ain't quito oz tall 07. ho ?8." The doctor, after weighing old Bob and measuring his height, asked : "How old are you ?" ?Who-mo ?" "Yes, of course, you. You aro being examined." "Hat's a fack. Well, lemme see. My birfday comes in Ti??y, an' now whut I want to git at how many Julys I ken re co ll eek. Ain't dat do p'int ?" "Yes." "Well, lemme sec. Blame of I knows. Suppose we make it August 'stead of .Inly ?" "What difference would that make ?" v "Doan' know, hut it's jes oz easy." "I'll put you down at fifty ?" "Put who down at fifty ?" "You, of course. How old is your father ?" "'Bout er hundred an' ten." "You don't tell mc so ?" "Yes, I docs." "Ia ho in good health ?" "Oh, no, sab ! dat ain't where ho is. 1 le's in dc grabo." "Thought you said ho is cr hundred and ten ?" "Ile is. You didn't ax mo how old ho wu/ when ho died." "Well, how old waa he when ho died ?" "'Bout forty." "Had he enjoyed good health ?" "Oh, yes, sab ; dc healthiest man you ober seed." "Did he have a lingering disease ?" "What sorte 'zeaze ?" "Was ho sick very long ?" "Oh, no, sab. Ho dropped off mighty sudden." "Heart disease ?" "No, sah." "Did tho doctors attend him ?" "No, sah." 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