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CENSUS FIGURES Concerning the CountiAs in This State. INTERESTING FACTS That Will be of Great interest to the People of the State Generally. It was to be expected that the census igures would give some surprises-if a paradox is admissible. The figures which were published a few days ago show that there have been increases in certain counties where no considerable gains ;were expected while other see tions have not made very much larger gains. In order to intelligently cn aider the matter we will at this point append the figures for 1900, 1S90 and 1880, which are as follows: Counties. 1910 1890 1880. Abbeville ....... 33 400 46 8.54 49.81.5 Aiken.........39:2 31.822 28 112 Anderson ....... 55,728 43,696 33,612 Bamberg......... 17,296 Barnwell...... . 35,504 44 G13 39 857 Beaufort......... 35,495 34.19 30,176 Berkeley......... 30.454 5.5.425 Charleston... 88,006 59,903 102,880 cherokee....... 21,359 .hester.......... 28,616 26.660 24.153 3hesterne d..... 20,401 1,.468 16 345 ;arendon ...... 28,184 23 233 1:+ 19' .olleton ......... 33,452 4.5,293 36 s) )arlington...... 32,388 29,131 34,483 )orchester.... -. 16.2 +4 dgefield....... 25,478 49.259 45.841 Fairfeld.......... 29,425 28,599 27,765 Plorence......... 28,374 25.027 loorgetown..... 22.846 20,857 19 613 reenville ...... 53,490 41.310 87,496 -reenwood.. .. 28,343 ':nmpton....... 23.738 20,544 18,741 'sorry............ 23,361 19,256 15.574 iershaw........ 24.696 22.31 21.538 ancaster....... 24.311 20.761 16 103 Laurens......... 37,382 31 610 29,41I Lexington....... 27,26I 22.181 18.564 Marion.......... 3.5.11 29.976 24 1('7 Marlboro........ 27.639 23 500 20,595 Newberry....... 30 182 26,431 26 497 Oconee ........ 23,634 18,687 16.256 Orangeburg.... 59,663 49,393 4l,39.5 Pickens.......... 19.37.3 16.359 14,389 Bishland......... 45,589 36,821 25.573 Balada......... 18 966 Spartanburg..... 65,.560 5.5 :385 40.409 Bumter ........ 51,237 43.605 37.037 Union................ 25,501 25,36 3 24 0S0 Williamsburg. 31,685 27,777 24.110 York............. 41,684 -8,881 30,713 Total.......... 1,840,316 1,151,149 995,577 As already published, the total gain for the State during the last decade is 189,167 or 16 4 per cent., while the in esse from 1880 to 1S90 was 155 572 or 15.6 per cent. Since there have been ao movements of immigrants into this State it was not to be expected that the population would increase very largely. There have been, of course, number3 of people who have come to South Car olina within the last 10 years, but the great forward strides of our State have not as yet been such as to attract out siders. The development has been largely domestie. The more noticeable changes in population have evi-dently been due to the advancement of cer:.ain towns owing to the increase in m-.nu facturing industries. From this cause it will be shown, when the figures are made public, that the drift of popula tion has been from the country to the towns. As yet the census der..rtment has not made public statistic3 bearing upon this point, but there can bs little doubt that the case is as stated. Comparing the tables above we are anabled ,to arri-ve at the following re sults, showing the actual irncrease by oounties and the relative gain in popu Per Counties. Increase. Cent. Abbeville.........(decrease) Aiken..-.......... 7210 23 6 Anderson-.-.-....-~..12032 27.5 Barnwell......-:..(decase) Beaufort........... 1376 4 Berkeley..........(dcrea'e) Charleston-....--.--..28 103 47 95 Ch~ester............ 1956 7 3 Chesterfield .. ...... 1 933 10 47 Clarendon-....-.-... 951 21.3 Colleton .. .......(decrease) Darlington.......,..3254 1117 Edgefield..........(decrese) J'airfield...........826 28SS Jlorence............3,447 138S Georgetown .. .. ....1 989 9 6 Greenville.. ... .... 9 180 20 73 Hampton......... 3 3194 15 5 Horry... ........4108 21.3 Kershaw..........2 335 10 4 Lancaster.. ... .... 3.550 17 57 Laurens .... . ..... 5 772 18 26 Lexington. ... ..... 5 uS3 22 9 Marion. .. .. .. .. .. 5 205 17 36 Marlboro..--.--.--.--. 4,139 17 6.3 Newberry.... 3748 1418 Oconee........... 4,947 2111 Orangeburg........10.270 20) 79 Pickens..... ..... 2986 18 24 Bichland.........8768 2385 Spartanburg....... 10,175 18 19 Sumter-........-. 7,632 175a Union............ 138 .051 Wi111amsburg...... 3 908 14 York............2,853 73 From this last table it is seen that on the face of the returns the largest gain is made by the county of Charles ton. That this conty should gain 28, 103 while the oity of Charlesto~n has gaied only 852 in the same time would brather remarkable, but it must be be remembered that since the last een sus there was a rearrangement of the boundaries between Charleston and Berkeley counties by which a section originally belonging to Charleston, but befoie 1893 annexed to Berkeley, was retransferred to Charleston. This sec tion embraces the town of Mt. Pleasant with a strip along the coast ineinding St. Andrews township and also the sea islands. Just how many people were added to Charleston county by this ehange it is not possible to determine, but it was probably in the neighbor kood of 15,000 or 20,000. Still this aecounts for but little more than half of the increase, 29,000, and it is there fore proper to infer that there has been a very large actual increase among the negro population, which constitutes the bulk of the cItizenship of this coast and island section. It will be seen that the county of Berkeley has lost in round numbers 25,000 since the last eensus. Part of this loss is already accounted for in t;he gain of Charles ton, but it is also to be remembered that the new county of Dorchester took a slice from Berkeley as it did from Colleton. Colleton county is another which shows a decrease in population due to the formation of Dorchester. In the same way Abbeville, Barn well and Edgefield have now fewer people than 10 years ago. From Abbeville the county of Greenwood was larg'ly made up, Bsmberg was subtracted frm Barnwell wbile Eag fleid was sliced utt for both Salada ano Gr:eenwood. T~ese counties are the only ones which show an actual loss, but atmong those which have in reality lost inhabitantb by rea son of the formation of new counties each of wliich gave territory to C ot ok account of the ereaion of the rew eluntics it is in miry cases im posible to make an accurate s'atement of tile Fairs of certain old counties, but liiaiinating this consideration it will be ins-ru~tive to note j it what chseges have taken place. I-rom the table cf percentages it will be seen that. disregardiog Charleston, the largest actual and relative gain is made by the county of Anderson, the pip ulation of which has increased 12.032 or 27 5 per cent. Al ways a progressive and substantial eeunty, Anderson s growth at this time is easily traceable to tie dvlopmenct of the cotton miil industry. Within the towniseif there are three cotton mii~s all built, we be lieve, in the past ten years, while the county contains the larch mill town of Pelzer with perhaps 7,000 people, and tbere is also a new mill at B:lton Next to Anderson in relative gain com:s R- ;n and with an increase of S 768 or 23 85 per cent. Practically. we might say actually, the total gain of Richland is in the city of Colu-bia and its suburbq: In 1S90 Columbia township had 18,437 inhabitants, and allowing seventh eighths of Richland's increase to this city and suburbs the present population will n-t be much less than 28,000 The population of the city itself will probably be 23 000. The causes of Columbia's growth are too familiar to need repetition at this time. We believe that when the sta tistics are seen it will be proved that Columbia has made a larger gain act ually and relatively than any other town in the Stste. Following Richland is her neighbor, Lex'ogton, which has gained 5,053, or 22 9 per cent. The population of L-x ington in 1890 was 22.131. Lexington is a very large county, with its re scurces as yet practieally undeveloped, and while there has been an unusual an.ount of railryad building within its borders in the past 1S months, it is somewha: surprising to learn that this cauuty has made such large gains, though it is none the less gratiiying. Aiken is ne:-t in order with an in crease of 7,210, or 22 6 per cent. This is also surprising although there have been not a few signs of advancement in Aiken. Horry and Clarendon tie with a gain of 21 3 per cant-another surprise. These two counties have made come encouraging agricultural advances but it was not thought they wouli show Each large gains, which are presumably due rather to natural increase in population. O.onee is close to these two counties with a gain of 2L11 per cent. Oconee- has not been making large boasts, but there have been several cotton mills erected in that county which have perhaps drawn from North Carolina a consider ble number of people. Orangeburg shows, next to Anderson, the largest actual increase, ex Sept Charleston. The percentage of O.angeburg's in crease is 20 78. This is one of the best agricultural counties in the State, in which the negro population is not inconsiderable. Greenville's increase ranks next to O:angeburg in percentage and follows Spartanburg in actual gain. This county has been among the lead ers in the cotton mill development, to which this increase of population is no doubt largely due. Spartanburg has an actual increase of 10,173, or 18 per cent., making it next to Charleston themost populous county in the State. Here again it is a case of cotton mills. In actual increase, therefore, the first nyve counties ranks: Anderson, 0: ang-hurg, Spartanburg, Greenville and Richiand. In relative increase they rank: Anderson, Richland, Lexing ton, Aiken, Horry and Clarenden.. Altogeth.er, the percentages of in crease sp ow that the gain in the up country hasi not been as large as was expected in comparison with the low e untry. In the lower section of the S ate, where there is a larg~e negro pojulation, the increases are such as to justify the expectation that the fgures wil show that the negro race is iureasing more rapidly than the white race, white in the up country the in crease in population is due in a large measure to the development of manufac turing industries. But until the corn plete statistics are obtainable there can be only suppositions in respect to this q'esiln. It will be teen that no county except those which have given up territory to the new counties has suffered a loss in population. The smallest gain is made by Union, from which territory was taken in the formation of Cherokee. Fairfield makes actually' the smallest increase, amounting to not qaite 3 per cents ; but the average of all is just about the percentage of gain shown by the figures for the whole State, that is, 16 per cent. Through the kindness of Mr. Fred H. Dominick of Ne wherry we have the table below, wich will show the changes brought about in the appor tionmient of representatives in the lower house of the legislatury. According to the consititution, the house of represen tatives consists of 124 members, appor tioned among the different counties ac cording to population, and "if there be still a d filiency in the number of rep resentatives required by section third of this article such deficiency shall be supplied by assigning representatives to those counties having the largest surplus fractions." Under the present apportionment in a total population of 1,151 149 there is one representative for every 9,299 citizens. According to this year's census in a total population of 1 340.316 there will be one member for every 10,809 citizens. Taking the population of each county as the divi dend and 10,809 as the divisor, the quotient will r.epresent the number of members to which the county is entitl ed, the remaisders indicating to which couties the extra ret-resentatives are allotted. It will be seen that Aiken, Greenwood, Lexington and Spartan burg will each gain one member, and Beafort, Berkeley, Charles ton and E igefield will lose one. Greenwood is the only new county to increase its representation. Charleston loses, since under the present apportionment she has had more representatives than ac tually entitled to even under the census of 1890. In viewing the figures it.will be inter esting to note that thA five new counties now contain a population of 102,238. From comparisons easy to make it will be seen that the five counties which gave up considerable territory to farm new counties have sustained an aggre gate loss of TS 139 The other counties tken altogether show a gain of 165, 068, making the total gain of the State 189, 167-as the census office announced some time ago. Fatal Explosion. Four were killed and fifteen or twen ty inted by an explosion of nitro gycrine on the .river bank at Wells burg. W. Va. Wednesday. A party of bys gih.red to look at the high river huita bonfire of drift wood on the bank, O.a of th'em~ caught a tin can floating on the~ water and thoughtlessly threw 'it on the~ fire. It contained nitro gly cerine. A baby in a near-by house I wa as killed. A STRXNGE TALE. Lost for Thirty Yers Bat Found at Last. HAPPY FAMILY REUN:ON A georgia Stcry That Reads Like Fiction, But Which Is Said To Be the Truth. A special dispatch from Gainsville, Ga., to the Atlanta Journal relates the tollowing remarkable story. The dis patch is as follows: Mr. Jim Nunn tells a rather strange story this week-one seemingly impos sible in this enlightened age of rail roads, telegraph, eplendid mail facili ties and newspapers, but one truenever theless. It rues this way: In the year 1869 Mr Nunn's father, the late Seaborn J. Nunn, moved to Atlanta from Clarke county. His health was poor, and after remaining there for a few months he decided to try Gainsville in the hope of getting well. Aecording ly he came here and after a few weeks wrote back to his son, Mr. Jim Nunn, to bring the family here, as he had been benefited and had decided to make this place his home. The old Air Line railroad, now trie Southern, was only completed to Buford and the household effects were shipped to that point and hauled by wagon teams to Gainesville Mr. Nunn, senior, was the father of several children, boys and girls. His daughter, Sallie. married a Frenchman of the name of Thomas Per Dee, who was located at that time at Penfield, this state. Some time bef.re her father's removal to Gainesvillo she visited the family in Atlanta and spent some time ministering to his wants, he being very feeble at that time, and re turned to her middle Georgia home. He did not then entertain the idea of moving to Gainesville and when the decision was made to coma here she was not notified. About the time Mr. Nunn decided to come here Mr. Per D.e made up his mind to make a change also, but he went to the then thinly populated section of south Georgia to engage in the sawmill business. No letters were written by either family in some time and neither knew where the other was, but each presumed that the other was living at the same place. Weeks passed and Mr. Nunn failed to hear from his daughter's family and vice varsa. Weeks grew into months and still no message passed. Finally months grew into years and there was still no news. Many letters had been written by Mr. Nunn's family to Mrs Per Dee at her former postoffice, but each was returned maried "nacalled for." Mrs. Per Dae had also written to her father's family at Atlanta, and likewise her letters were returned with the same explanation. Mr. Nann wrote to a gentleman who lived near where the Per Dee's formerly resided asking for information as to where they were, but the answer cime back that he didn-t know; that M~r. Per D..e did not know where he was going to locate when he left there. Both sides gave up and thirty years passed. A few weeks ago Mrs. P..r Dee, whose home is at Glenuwood, Montgom ery cousty, where her husband moved to from Peifi Ad, decided that she would make one last (effort to find her rela tives. She went to Atlanta, se cured a city directory and looked it over for the name of N-anna, but their initials did not correspond with those of any of her brothers or sisters. Sue fiaally cama across one that she decided to look up Sne went to his bearding house, but he was out. Iaquairy put her on the track of another Nunn, and af ter considera ble delay she found him. It was her bro.her, Dilmus Nunn. Ex lanations were soon made and brother and sister wre happy together. They at once notfied otther brothers and sisters, ex cept one, Mr. J. M. Nann, whom they decided to surprise and they all joined in a happy reunion. Monaay Mrs. Per Dee arrived in the city and at once was diven to Mr. Nann's home. Ho had not been notified of her comit-g, and it is safe to say it was the most joyous surprise of his life. Mrs. Per Dee will remuin here somne time and will visit all her rela.,ves beforereturning hom3. Hester's Statement. Secretary H ,ster's New Oileans Cot ton Exchange statement today s ,ows an increase for the month in round fig ures of 109,000) hales. The total for No vember was 1,767,83l. against 1,.658,425 last year. The amount of the crop brought into sight for the three months from Se ptember to November incluive is299000 over last year. The movemeut from the first of Sep tember to N4ovember 3t, inclusive, shows receipts at a'l United States de livery ports of 3, 363.6 35 against 3 019. 813 last year; overiand across the Mlis sissippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers 471, 034 against 581,032 last year. Southern miiu takings, exzlu~ive of qiantity c~n sumed at Somthern outports 418. 2o2 against 430,350 last year; interior s.oea in excess ox thoss held at the com men cement of the season 565.280 against 488, 465 last s ear. Tnese make the total amount of the cotton crop brought into sight during the three months ending Nov. 30, 4.819 151 against 4, 519, 660) last year. Northern spinness took during the month of November 394160 bates against 479,048 last year, increasing their total for the three months to 718,455 against S37,504 last year. Foreign exports for the first three months of the season have been 2. 361, 62 bales, showing an increase over last season of 375 380. Stocks at the 'seaboard and the 29 leading southern interior markets on Nov. 30 were 1,434 719 against 1,755, 585 the same date last year. Hacked to Pieces. Details of the death of the Rev. D:. F. Huberty James, one of the profes sors of Pekin University, have been re ceived by the American Bible Society in a report from its agent, the lRev. Dr. John R. Hiskes, dated Shanghai, Oato ber 25. Early in the siege the Rev. Huberty James was untiring in his ef forts to get the native christians into a pace of safety. With the assistance of Dr. Morrison, the London Times correpndent, lie got together about 3,0t0 of them and then appealed to Pncee Sn, who was a personal friend, in quarter them in his palace, opposite the British legation. He had succeeded to his efforts and was returnmng from the ialace en June26 when he was fired upon by a squad of soldiers. A Brnt ish sentry sas him throw up his hands as if to assure his assailants that he was unarmed. The soldiers allowed him to ap~amach, then stized him and carried him away. Later it was learned that he had been strippied by his captors t,.t,,.ad finrally haked to pieces. A GYPSY WEDDING CONTRACT. A grcement of the Bride and Groom Filed at the R corder's Office. As ihe clock in theracorder('f dreu'n ctflize struck 12. a band of Gip sies entered the room L4.ading the procession were agouth and a maiden, fair to lot-k upon. She was dresad in gaudy attire with hanglcs and ti y bells jingling from her wrists. A Fo~An scarf of bright c.!or3 was thrown across one shoulder. The remiinder of the swarthy company was made up cf at least twenty men and women, all Grp sies It was evidently the girl's parry, for she took the reins. Ia the purest Eoglish she said: "We wish a marriage license-Char lie and I." Deputy Richard Co9tello drew th; marriage license blanks toward him. Sne g ive her name as Marie Arbar, aged 17. and the youth his as Charles S aney, aged 19 years. When the time came for the diing of the signature, the girl called a halt. "I have an agreement here," she said, "that must be signed before we take out the license." She drew a piece of paper from her pocket and handed it to the deputy. "Read it out loud," she commanded, so all can hear." Mr. Costello real what follows: "The girl has three horses, one wag on, a tent and a little money that they need to start on, bat the boy has noth ing but what he has on, and she agrees to marry him on these conditions: Be has a father, mother and two bro :hers, and in our rule we have to buy women, and then the boy and girl has to work for the boy's mother and father until they pay the amount back, whatver it may be. Now this girl has an aged mother and her mother doesn't want any mon ey for her, but she wants some one to marry her daughter and care for her until death. And as now she has found this boy and his parents have no money to pay for thiz girl, for our women run up to $500, $600 and $700, this boy's parents and brothers agr;e to let this boy marry this girl and tiey say they will not have anything to do with this b y afterwards. For the girl says she will not marry him under any consideration and be with his par ents. She desires to be with hcr moth er. He and his parents and brothers agree to this and if not there will b3 no marriage, and if they marry and after this the parents and he vAry from the agreement he shall b3 imprisioned wherever lie may be in the United States, for she doesn't want any fool ishness in her marrying. She means to marry for a lifa time j~ urcey." "Now, can I get it copied?' she ask ed, smiling sweetly at the deputy. "Indeed, you can," answered Mr. Costello. It was copied on legal paper. This done, the girl turned to every one pres ent and said, as she and Charles sign ed the document: "Everybody must sign as witnesses. Bat first, she remarked to Mr. Costel lo, "read it over again to Charlie. I want him to have some sense." After the second reading for the ben efi- of the groom to be all signed, in cluding several deputies, as witnesses. When the fee of $ had been paid and trie gypsies ready to depart, it was sug gested that Marie tell M.artin Gossett's fortune. "He's the boss," suggested C,.stello, and you should do it for nothing. "Is he?" a-ked the girl. "Well, I'm the boss here, ain't I?" pointibg to the bridal party; "it cost us $2 for our license so I think he must pay 50 cents like any one else.' They left the room chattering j.)yous ly, the girl leading the way.-Kinsas otar. _________ JUDGE AE DANU3 BURKE Some Sayings of a South Carolina Jarist of Long Ago. Mr. Eliward Hook:r, a native of Connecticut, and an educator of note, was a professor in the South Carolina olege at Columbia from18S05 to 1808 He kept a voluminous aairy during tiat period, whion, through the enter prse of Prof. Jameson of the American Historiaal Association, has been pub lshed. Prof. Hooker relates many in teresting experiences with eminent members of south Caroliha bar of that day, a few of which we recount here, A.2danus Burke, a flative of Ireland. and a Carolinian by adoption, was a membt r of Congreis fron 1789 to 1791. He was a common law jadge from 1778 to 179~9. He once prono'unced sentence of death on a culp:it and added at the close of it, "but don't mind, my good fellow, it is only what we have all got to come to." "1 hope." said one of the lawyers, "your honor don't mean that we've all got to be hanged." "No," replied the jidge, "but we've all got to die, and it don't make much d~ffrence ho w. O0a one occassion Gen. C. C. Pinck ney, who had been minister to France, and the Federalist candidate for the Vice Presidency of the United States in 1880, was arguing a dry legal point before Judge Burke, when the latter lost patience, tusked up his silk robe, took his hat and left the bench. The lawyer ceased his argument. Go on, Gen. Pickney; go on," said the Judge, "you love to hear yourself talk. Meanwhile, .1 go out and take a peep at the camel," then on exhibi ~on back of the court houise. Hence '-peeping at the camel" is to this day a byword among the Carolina lawyers for going out of the court room on any occasion. One day, while going on horseback to hold court in a neighboring cunty he lost his way. He met a m.>untaineer, whomhe requested to pilot him through the woods to the court house. Upon his refusal to do so, the juadge dismount ed and vigorously attaeted him until he cried out that he was willing to car ry his honor anywhere if he would stop beating him. The judge told the law yers that he had been among desperate peo1le that day, and that nothing Dut their fear of his strong arm had enabl ed him to fill his judicial appointment. Prof. Houker devotes much space in his diary to the legislative debates at Columbia, and pays high complimcent to the gifted and amiable Col. R >bert Barwell, Gen. Wade Hampton of rev alutionary fame Chas. Pick ney, Paul Hamilton, William Lowndes, John Godloe Harper and others. The years that Mr. Hooker spenaat Columbia-are a part of a period of transition, during which the State was developing from tho Federalist S uth Carolina of 1788 into the better known South Carolina of 1832 All South Carolinians will thuk Prof. Jameson for having made public this most interesting diary. Gainesville, Ga., Dec. 8, 1899 Pitts' Antiseptic invigorator has been used in my family and I am per feetly satisfied that it is all, and will do all, you elaim for it. Yours truly, A. B. C. Dorsey. P. 5.-I am using it now myself. It's doing me good.-Sold by The Mur ray Drug Co., Columbia, S. C., and all We Support the Most Doctor. A writer in the Nedical Record is authority for the statement that there is in the United States on, physician for every 6U0 people. 'his is twice as mnanv proportionately as there are in Great Britain. tour times as many Ps In France, five limes as many as in Germany end six times as many as is Italy. Because we have live times es many doctors as they have in Ger many does not prove that we have need of five times as much medical treat ment as the Germans, but it is fair enough to assume that there is en couragement for the profession in this country or i:s ranks would not be so well filled,. So the questions arise: Are we a sickly people? Are we, gen erally speaking. less strong and well, in the proportion of one to two, and four, and five, and six than the people of Great Britain. and France, and Ger many, and Italy? Or is it, perhaps, that we are more watchful of our con dition, either through nervousness that apprehends something wrong, or through wisdom that appreciates the delicacy of the human -mechanism? Or, again, Is it, as has been suggested, our poor cooking that keeps us in a disturbed condition requiring constant dosing?-New Bedford Standard. Old-Time Food Laws in London. Medieval London had summary methods of dealing with dishonest purveyors of food and drink. The pillory was the usual fate of the baker who sold a loaf that was not of full weight, and sometimes we read that he was drawn on a hurdle through the streets on his way to the pillory, with a fraudulent loaf sus pended round his neck. A taverner who adulterated his wine was con demned to drink his own liquor until he could drink no more. and the re mainder was then poured upon the un happy man's head.-London Express. Steam and Modern Navies. A whole fleet in the days of Nelson could be built and fitted out at little more than the cost of a single ironclad; the coal expended on a single cruise would pay for the refitting of his whole battle line, while the immense shells re quired to make any impression on the modern armor plate cost more than his whole armament. But the modern line of-battle ship could neither be built, armed nor fought without the use of steam, and its evolution may be said to have commenced with the first ap plication of the steam engine to naviga tion.-Chicago Chronicle. Cyclones in West Indies. About 88 per cent. of the West In dies cyclones occur In August, Sep tember and October. Fortunately most of them are not of a very de structive character. The records In the island of St. Thomas, for example. show that in the century and a half preceding 1S97 that Island suffered from devastating cyclones only seven times, though it is the northern and eastern Islands, such as St. Thomas, Porto Rico, Cuba and the Bahamas. that are most frequently in the path way of the severest cyclones.-N. Y. Sun. A Queer Lottery Prize. In St. Wolfgang, a charming little place in the Austrian Alps, a charity lottery was recently held where the great prIze was a season ticket for that unique little railroad which climbs up the summit of the highesi mountain in the vicinity, the Schaf berg, twice a day. Curiously enough, the prize was won 'by the last man on earth with a desire for it. The conductor on the little railroad was the lucky man.-N. Y. Herald. Silhouette. It is said that the word "silhouette" originated from the niggardliness of a French minister of finance named M. Silhouette, tUnder his rule the meanest tricks to economy were prac ticed, and the courtiers had their por traits painted entirely in black with profile view, claiming that M. Si1 houette had left them so poor that they could not afford anything more costly.-Chicago Inter Ocean. A Great Recovery. Bobbs-Isn't the recovery of old Bonditt a wonderful thing? Dobbs-Didn't know he had been Ill. "Why, he lost his memory entirely just before the tax assessor began work, and regained that faculty as soon as the assessor quit."-Baltimore American. The Closet's Secret. Mrs. Dui Byous-I just know that there Is a skeleton in the closet of the Cooleys. Mr. Du Blyous--No, there isn't, but Cooley keeps in there a demijohn with the most ghostly case of coffin nails that I ever tasted.-Denver News. Germany Protecting Birds. The feeling in Germany against the wholesale slaughter of birds in Italy is getting very bitter. This year very few swallows have come from the south, and it is feared that in a few years they will be practically exter minated.-N. Y. Sun. Auctions in Japan. Auctions in Japan are quietly con ducted. The bidding is secret and si lent, each person writing his bid on a silp of paper and dropping It into a box. When it appears that all the bids are in the box is opened and the highest bidder Is named. HlnM Way of Puttingt It. Carruthers-lHeo, Jack; what on earth Is that bundle? Jack-This is my dress suit, old fel low. I have got to go to three balls this evening.-Harlem Life. Could Tnke a Joke. Barber (absently)--Shampoo, sir. Customer (with shining bald pate) --No; - shine!-Puck. Dry Subjects. Egyptiati mummies are dry sub $ects.-ChcagoDaily News, Xilled TWO. Policeman Henry ?eley and Chandler Brooks, colored, were shot dead at the corner of Davis and Forsyth streets Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday afternoon by John Baxter, a young negro. The negroes were in a fight when the officer arrested one of them, the other escap ing. While waiting for the patrol wagon Baxter and a number of others negroes demanded the officer to release the prisoner. Words ensued, and before taley could draw his pistol Baxter shot him dead. Brooks, an inoffeinsive negro, rushed to Raley's assistance and was shot down by Baxter. Ex- policeman Tucker also received a se-vere wound from the murderer. Baxter escaped but was captured at 10 o'clock tonight. THE good roads movement in volves one of the most compre hansive and far-reaching re forms now contemplated. It di rectly affects the interests of thousands of men, women and children in every State, and di retly it is of importance to the ntire nation. Reptiles in Captivity. The miost striking jingle eaiurc of the reptile house interior, iin the New York "Zoo." is he .liga: pool, which is anortnt nIew a parture in the keeping of ihe iu,.ans. The pool is 33 by 9 feet. and contains four feet of water. heated to 91) degrees F. On the farther side of the pool are spa cious gravel banks, beyond which rises a dense maze of palms. Spanish bayonets and other tropical plants, representifng a living jungle. Leaning over the pool is a tree resembling a live-oak overgrown with tillandsias, or chids and Spanish moss from Florida. A flood of light streams down upon the pool and its banks. the water is warmed by concealed pipes,. and the six alligators are so contented that they have long since ceased to be vicious. Being properly warmed, they feed free ly, grow rapidly. and are always ready for a meal. The largest specimen, called Jumbo, now 12 feet 6 inches in length, has added six inches to him self since he was placed in the pool last November.-Dr. W. T. Hornaday. in Century. A Life for a Tree. It is well that the United States gov ernment should look into the matter of forest preservation in due time be fore it comes to the point reached by Russia, when in 1836, on December 23, the record of Russian legislation was enriched by the addition of a law which provided that anyone caught cutting down a tree without proper authority should be sent to Siberia for life. This was forestry preservation with a venge ance, but it was too radical even for the Russians, and a few years later the law was repealed. The same year that this law was enacted the government lost about $2,000,000 American money on account of forest fires, the forest revenues at that time amounting to only $300,000 annually. These forest fires did such damage that in one prov ince in an area of about 200,000 acres there was not a tree left it for the pro duction of building timber.-Philadel phia Record. America's First Bees. There were no hive bees in America when first settled by the whites. The common brown bee was brought from Europe in the seventeenth century, and within the last few years superior va rieties, such as the Cyprians and Carni olans, have been introduced here. There are small stingless bees of an other genus in Central and South America which make delicious honey, with a peculiar armomatic flavor. It has been proposed to bring them to the United States, but they would not stand the climate. Though they have no stings, they can bite quite painfully. -Indianapolis News. Equine Inequality. The work horse and the carriage horse stood side by side on the street. "I see you take your meals a la cart," sniffed the latter, looking dis dainfully at the other's canvas feed bag. "Yes," replied the equine toiler. "Don't you?" "Neigh, neigh, Pauline," and the proud aristocratic mare rattled the silver chains upon her harness. "I prefer tnine stable d'oat."-Philadel phia Bulletin. Sounded 32nch Better. Snarley-Say, that boston town is a wonder. Yow-What's the matter now? "Why. I was there last week. Some friends took me out to Back Bay to hear an echo. I howvled "holy smoke" at it. and what do you suppose it an swered ?' "Give it up." "It hollered back 'Incense!' "-Syra. euse Herald. An Objectionable Custom. The people of the United States use rnore meat than the people of any other nation. England ranks second, and the other countries come far below. A per son may eat meat perhaps to advantage once a day. It is not necessary, how ever, that meat should be on the table three times a day; in fact, it is quite an object ionable custom. - Ladies' Home Journal Modest Man. / Braggs-What? Miss Romanz? No, she's not for me. She told me the oth em day that the man she marries must be handsome rather than wealthy. Briggs-Well, you're certairnly not wealthy, but "Of course. That's just it. I hate to have a girl throw hertelf at my head that way."-Philadelphia ,Press. His Polite IRetnaal. Widow (benevolently)-Here is a pair of boots that belotiged to my dead husband. Maybe they'll fit you. Beggar (gazing at the wrecks with eonicern)-Ah, madam, better keep them yourself. Maybe you will marry again.-Fli egende Blaetter. -She Told the Truth. Miss Singleton-I was surprised to hear of your marriage. You often said vou wvouldnt marry the best man on earth. Mrs. WVederly-Well, I kept my word. I married about the worst.-Chicago Daily News. A Danger to Shun. "Did that girl give any reason for refusing you?" -l es; she said I lookeri 10oo much like a man who was bent on having his own way about eurything."-Indi anapolis Journal. FREER BLOOD CURE. An Offer Providing Faith to Sufferers Eatir g Sores, Tumors, Ulcers, are all curable by B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm,) which is made especially to cur, all terrible Blood Diseases. Pcrsisten, Sores, Blood and Skin Blemishes, Srofula, that resist other treatments, arc quickly cured by B. B. B. (Botanit Blood Balm). Skih Eruptions, Pim pes, Red, Itching Eczema, Scales, Blisters, Boils. Carbancles, Blotches, Catarrh, Rheumatism, etc., are all due to bad blood, and hence easily cured by B. B. B. Blood Poison producing Eting Sores, Eruptions, Swvollen glands, Sore Throat etc., cured by B. B B. (Botanic Blood Balm), in one to five months. B. B. B. does not con tain vegetable or mineral poison. One bottle will test it in an case. For sale by druggists everywhere. Large bottles $1, six for five $5. Write for free sample bottle, which will be sent prepaid to Times readers, describe siptoms and personal free medical advice will be given. Address Blood Balm CJo., Atlanta, Ga. Death of a Senator. United States Serator Dafis, of Min esoia. died at his home in 8t. Pauil on lat Wednesday after an illness of two mnths. HeI had tuffered greatly dur ing his aickness and gradually sank away, being unconscious for several hours before death, and so far as known anffring no n.n There They Were. This story was told by a Philadelphia man who dislikes nothing so much as to be asked questions: "My little girl is very fond of seashells." he said, "and, having been called to Atlantic City on business the other day, I took advan tage of the opportunity to run down to the beach to see if I could pick up a few. I was strolling along the sand, gathering a few shells and pebbles, which I placed in my handkerchief. when along came one of those old idiots who ask questions with their mouths which their eyes could an swer. He smiled upon me and said: 'Fine day, isn't it. Are you gathering shells?' 'No,' I snapped back, saying the first thing that popped into my mind, 'I'm looking for a set of false teeth I lost while in bathing.' He expressed his sympathy, and then his face lit up as he caught sight of a pink and white object on the sand. 'Well, I declare! Here they are now!' he ex claimed, and, sure enough, he picked up a set of false teeth lying right at his feet. I was too surprised to do any thing but grab them and put them in my pocket. The funny part of it is that I never had a tooth pulled in my life. I wonder whom that false set be longs tc."-Philadelphia Record. For Politicians. The following conversation was over heard on a railway train: "Why, the time was," said the pas senger with a gorgeous watch-chain, "when we had our county so well in hand that we could elect a brindle pup to any office we chose to nominate him for." "And you can't do it now?" queried the other passenger, a man with a con sumptive cough. "I should say not. The other fellows have beat us three to one in the last three elections." "To what do you attribute the change?" "Well, I am inclined to think the rea son is that when we had the power we elected too many brindle pups." Youths' Companion. Identifying the Class. "I don't recall seeing you at college. I guess you must be before my time." "Possibly, possibly. Who was at the head of the faculty when you were there?" "Um-let me see-I don't just recall his name, but I was there the year Jenks played half back on the football team and kicked a goal twice from the feld in the last half of-" "Oh, sure; of course. That was the year our center rush carried most of the opposing team on his back for a gain of 30 yards. Yes, Indeed. I won der who was president then. I don't seem to be able to remember minor de tails of college life myself."-Chicago Post. A Strange Compact. An interesting and puzzling sight greets the visitor to Mount Moriah cemetery, Philadelphia. Some 20 years ago three eccentric men of wealth put up in the most secluded corner three tall shafts of rough hewn granite. They had been friends a long time and they agreed that as each died his shaft was to be broken and the fragments left where they fell. The second of this trio has just passed away and his column has been shat tered, as was that of his former friend years ago. No fence incloses the strange monuments, and no names are carved on the granite.-Chicago Chronicle. Terrapin for Slave, and Hogs. Judge Page, of Maryland, comment ing on a paragraph in the New York Press to the effect that in colonial times lessees of slaves were obliged by law to Ifeed the negroes on terrapin at least twice a week, states that this was no studied compliment to the black men, for in those days the finest diamond backs were regarded as food fit only for slaves and hogs. In feeding them to the latter the terrapins were chopped up with a spade and served raw.-Chicago Chronicle. The School for Him. Dotor (to patient)-What ails you? Patient-Indeed, I don t know. I only know that I suffer. "What kind of life do you lead?" "I work like an ox, I eat like a wolf, I am as tired as a dog, and I sleep like a horse." "In that case I should advise you to consult a veterinary surgeon."-Har m Life. Grewsome Securities. A .small parish in Zurich canton has recently been endeavoring to procure a loan of $7,500, but is unable to offer any security other than the village cemetery and a suicides' morgue. Both of these being in use, the negotiations have hung fire, the bank declining to take in pawn such grewsome pledges. N. Y. Sun. hamrocks for Soldiers' Grave. A thousand packets of shamrock seed, the gift of a resident of Cork to the duke of York were lately sent to South Africa. Their contents will be sown upon the graves of Irish soldiers. -N. Y. Sun. Cruelty to Animals. - Husband-Dcn't you think those young kittens should be drowned? Wife-I don't think it will be neces sary, dear. I have given them to the children to play with.-Harper's Bazar. Dead Ancestors in China. Dead ancestors are said to occupy too much of the arable iand in China. Famines would be less frequent if the ountry was not one vast cemetery. N. Y. Sun. His Umbrella. Never judge a man by the silk um brella he carries; he may have left a otton one somewhere in its place. Chicago Daily News. Concerning Color. She-Did you tell Mr. Luggs my hair was red? He-I did not. "He says you did-" "I did nothing of the kind. He asked me, and I told him it was the color of a popular novel."-Detroit Free Press. It Conciliates the Neighbors. An Atchison woman calls the spank ing she gives her children a massage. The neighbors complain less when tey hear the children scream, not knowing that the treatment is all given on one spot.-Atchison Globe. Knew Himi. Boarder-You made me pay in ad vance at first because I was a stran ger. That was all right. But I am not a stranger now. Landlady-No; I know you now. Modern Society. Her Hoaband's Letters. When a woman is away from home~, she does not care particularly for long letters from her husband, but likes to receive them as an evidence af gooA faih-Atchison Glahe. Took All the Cash. Fvur masked men wrecked the Farm ers bank of Emben Ill., early Wednes lay. 1 is stated they secured all the funds of the bank, between $3,000 and $4.000. When the robbers discharged ti eir first blasts of dynamite in an effort to open the vault the explosion aroused a citizen, John Alberts, four blocks away. Alberts hurried to the bank. One of the robbers was on guard in the .treet. He seized Alberts, who was bound hand and foot and dragged into the bank, where he witnessed the gang drilling into the vault door, making ready a second blast. When the fuse was lighted the robbers stepped out side, and Alberts lay in the corner when it went off. He was not serious ly it jared, however. The second blast unhinged the vault doors and the rob bers made cff with all the cash. Secur ing a hand car they pulled in the dizee tion of Delavan. There they were met by Night Patrolman Sanford, who at tempted to arrest them. One of the robbers fired and Sanford fell, mortally wcunded through the body. Outside of town the men boarded a passenger train on the Chicago and Alton. All traces of them were lost. The engineer of the passenger train claims that he saw a man jnup from the first car near Mlinier, while the train was moving at a high rate, but a search of the locality failed to show any traces of the man. The bank building was almost a com plete wreck and the vault was entireig ruined. Densif y of Rcpulaticn. The density of the population of South Carolina, according to recent census, is 43 8 10 persons per square mile, against 37 6 10 in 1890 and 32 5 10 in 1880. Our population is more than five times as dense as it was in 1790, wlen there were 8 2 10 inhabit ants to the c gaare mile. In 1800 the density per square mile was 11 5-10; in 1810, 13 8 10; in 1820, 167 10; in- 1830, 19 3 10; in 1840. 19 7 10; in 1850, 22 1 0; in 1860, 23 3 10; in 1870, according to a detective enumeration, ; 25 8-10. We now have nearly twice as many in habitants per square mile as in 1850 and 1860 The percentage of increase between 1790 and 18UC was 387 10; be tween 1800 and 1810. 20 1-10; between 1810 and 1820 2110-0;1820 betwen and 1830. 15 6 19; between 1830 and 1840, 2 2-10; betwee n 1840 and 1850, 12 4 X0; between 1850 and 1860, 5 7 10; between 1860 and 1870, 2 10ths of 1.per cent.; between 1870 and 1880, 41; between 1880 and 1890, 15 6-10 and between 1890 and 1900, 16 4 10. The recog nized inaccuracy of the census of 1870 ifets the percentage of increase in iicated for that S ear as well as-for 18 80, making the first much smaller than it really was. The very small increases shown between 1830 and 1840 and 1850 and 1860 were unquestionably due to the nullification and seccession agita tions and the emigration of many thous ands of South Carolinians to the south west.-The State. The Highest Art. The word "artistic" has been so mis. applied that the majority of people sup pose it means something rather disor. dery and haphazard. How often liter ature gives us the prim, precise maideH aunt, with her narrow, intense love of exact outline, and the art-loving niece, all on fire with raptures over "colon harmonies," and contempt for every-' thing which is not picturesque! Let us give our sympathy, however, to the derided aunt. Craze for coloris alowen degree of the sense of beauty than ap preciation of symmetrical arrange ment. Sculpture is a finer achievement of the intellect than painting. Sav ages and Ignorant children can take pleasure in color display, but only an educated mind is moved through ef fects of form.-Florence Hull Winter. burn, in Woman's Home Companion. Smart Man. In a busy quarter of a bustling town a boot and shoe emporium was doing a fairly good business, until a rival establishment was started, bear ing In its window a faming placard with the legend: "Mens conscia recti." -"A mind conscious of rectitude." The proprietor of 1No. 1, seeing that his neighbor was getting more than a fair share of patronage, concluded that the heathenish-looking device had something to do with it, so he determined to checkmate him. Accordingly one morning the public was informed by gorgeously colored letters that: "Men's and women's conscia recti may be had here of the best quality at lowest possible prices." That man deserved success, but, alas! it came not.-London Answers. What She Wanted. "Miss Mary," said the sable maiden, "we 'spect to have an en'tainment at our chu'ch nex' week, an' I got to speak a piece. I was jest goin' to ast you if you had a book with some o' them pieces in?" "Why, yes, IDora, I have a book di recitations. What kind of a piece do you want?" "Well, I was thinkin' ob somep'n in' de nature of a catalogue." "A what?" "A catalogue. Y' know; a piece with one person a-talkin' an' 'nother ons aswerin 'em back. Has you got a piece like dat? I'd like It fust rate." Indianapolis News. He Understood His Business. First Beggar-Why didn't you tackle that lady? She might have given you something. Second Beggar-I let her go because I understand my business better than you. I never ask a woman for any thing when she is alone; but when two women are together you can get money from both, because each one is afraid the other will think her stingy if she refuses. This profession has to be studied, just like any other, if you er pect to make a success of it, see!-Har-. lem Life. Failed to Turn It Down. Tess-I never saw abny man 5o slow as Mr. Timrus. Jess-He is slow isn't he? "Awfully. We were sitting in the parlor last night, and he suddenly said: 'If you could only see how much I love you I'm sure you'd let me kiss ou.' I told him 'I couldn't see it in that light,' and he just sat there like a stick."-Troy Times. Queerest Street in the World. Canton, China, possesses the queer est street in the world. It is roofed in with glazed paper fastened on bamboo, and contains more signboards to the square foot than any street in any other country. It contains no other shops but Those of agothecaries and dentists.--Chicago Chronicle. Not a promising Pupil. Uncle (giving his nephew a few hint. on polite~nes)-N ow, why, for instance, do I make it a point to turn my back as lit tle as possible to the ladies? Johnny (promptly)-So they won't see your bald spot.-Meggendorfer