The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, October 31, 1901, Image 4

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* SWEET *• REVENGE »r CmptBlo P* K ^ OcWrt^t. A«tW* o* , by Harper * BroUier*. a a • a ■ CHAPTER XV., WOMJklf’a PLUCK. A FTER tbl> second defeat ws could see the guerrlHss fath ered In a knot, evidently dis cussing the situation. They talked so loud that we could often eatcb a word, and their gesticulations were plain to us alL At last the cap tain took a white handkerchief' from bis pocket fixed It to a stick and. hold- teg It over his bead, advanced toward “A flag of tracer we all exclaimed fiagetber. * — . , -He’s going to offer us something to aatr cried Jack. “1 knew be wouldn’t tet aa starvef’ 1 stepped over the breastworks to go and meet tbs bearer of the flag. Buck called out: * •Tell him I'll take some fried chick en M miner I met the captain at the spot where we bad built our lire. His arm was In a sling, and be was very pals. Some thing told me that be did not relish the work In which be was engaged. T*ve come to tell yo’." be said, “that If yoH surrender tbs rest of yo’ people can go” “What assurance have 1 that yon will keep tbs termer *Tbe word of a"— He stopped. 1 saw that habit had led him to use an common among gentlemen ath. but the word had stuck te bis throat -Captain.” I said, “you are s better man than the company yon keep. Sat isfy me that the women, the boy and the negro shall go free, and yoo are rbt men are divided about the wo- nffcvoice. Which party bolds the balance of Tfe bard to tell " Thee we have no aseoreoce that If we eorrvoder yon cto keep 7oar prom- tee to let them go unharmed 1" There's no telling Befo* ye’r eo nape sad the killing yo’ nil have been doing I ran Id have fixed It. bat the men are exasperated at the damage yo’ve -Cant yoe be blind and let os oat to tegbir “Jte: I've tost more control of my men within the last few days than nil the time I've commended them. If they saw the elkgbteet move on my part to let yer slip, they’d shoot me. and yo’ weald never get out olive either. 1 can't eland here talking any longer They’D eonpect aomethlog What's yoT rr 1 wed the matter quickly over la V transmit will go down to yoor camp. wM follow. If they we will wave to this event yoe wtl know that thin heave bey. this falthfm with ef oa turned without , and la a tew mluutes the i with hie men aad t ha half starved army. 1 salved with eager, qoeettoalng looks. "He has made a proposition,” l aaM T win five It to you with the Inform a. doe that goes with IL If we wUl bo prom lose that all shall go M am—e ta wetet an bitterly disappoint T ted bound to state further that Informed me'that he guarantee your safety, would If he could. He telle ■a that the men are divided, end be fleas not know himself which party la the stronger. 'You are not sure of aatety, bat you have a chance, whereas ■ we are taken by force the chances ate aO against you. Before giving my her bonnet to tbs gmrrtUat. ▼lows I wish to get an expresalon of from each -of you separately. Sts nf orth, shall we accept the proposition or not? Say yes or aa” eorlid .be&JUyp. “I don’t —re to 1 such a proposition." Rutland ?*’ "Nor cried little Jack, with a snap i bar eye. "Reck— I’d rather stay wbar I am awbUe longer, though, by golly. I’m mighty hungry worda ruefully. ain’t — traitor man. mara’, ef I repress a tremor in my voice, though God knows 1 tried, “1 cannot accept your sacrifice. The fguerrlllaa, having secured me, will doubtless quarrel about you, and the captain and thbse who are with him may find an oppor tunity to let you get away under cover of the night.” , “No. no!” cried all "We’ll stand to gether.” “How were you to reply?” asked Helen. Tf the terms were accepted, we were to go down; If rejected, wa were to wave." Helen took off her check bonnet and, tying It to a carbine, atood up on the rocks and waved It to the guerrillas, who were standing below watching for our signal, while our little command gave as lusty a cheer as their exhaust ed condition would admit But the real heroism was yet to come. I bad teen evidence that the woman wing of my army was not to be appall ed at aqy proposition, but it waa Im possible that 1 could be prepared for wbat was to follow. 1 bare sometimes wondered If It was not rather an ema nation of genius than heroism, but have Invariably concluded that It was tbe genius of heroism. The first flush of excitement at tbe rejection of the terms being over. Jack began to show signs of Irritation, a condition 1 attributed to the gnawing pangs of hunger. She shook her fist at tbe guerrillas, vowing that If abe could ever get her papa again be should scour tbe country till be bad captured •very one of them, and when captured she would herself take lneipreefdbl« pleasure In making targets of them for pistol practice. Then she would call- 1 to them for something to eat. They were top far to hear her. and of course st would out have been giant M if ti ' V tis<1 ■ '•aftaln. gOtM 'Sp-tln. dear captain.” she cried, “do let us out of this! That's a dear boy!” Then she turned to Mias Stan forth “Helen, wbrft lo*tbe world did we com* on’sacb an errand aa this fw'? Why didn’t we •end Hie soldiers?”^ "Jack.” said Helen. “I'm sorry yon regret It. I don't I never regret” “Yore abowln the white feather." ■aid Buck. Jack s eyre glistened with anger. “The white feather! Wbat do yo* mean, yo’ little pest? White fesiher! I'm not afraid of all the guerrUlav Jo Cbriab-wtlMM They won't hart me. I'm going down there to oak 'em fo’ aometldng to eat I'll get yo’ all off White feet her I I'll show yoT She sprang upon the rampart bat I caught her and dragged her back “Let we go"' abe serven»ed “PidV I tole yo* Missy Jack hah da biggest temper In de eonff’ cried Gin ger proudly. "Let her go.” said Helen, “and I’ll go with her. If those guerrillas who are disposed to protect us con do so, they will succeed as flell wit hoot yoo as with yon. Indeed, yoor prem-oco will only tend to Irritate them. Coma Jock, we'll try It” I stotsl aghast at such a plan I for bade M Tbe girts were determined. < begged ordered, stormed at them, de claring that for every step they took toward that den of bellboonde 1 woold take two. At last Helen laid evidently speaking, for tbe men gather ed arpund. and all seemed to be Intent on him and tbe girls. Then 1 saw Helen atep a little to tbe front nod aU facet were turned to her. Occasionally abe made a gesture, now turning to our little fortreea. now pointing the finger of acorn at the guerrillas, aa though to sluune them or to Influence whatever of manliness there might be la them. Bbe was making them a long speech. At least It aeemed so to me, who could aee. but not bear. At last there waa a cheer. Tbe conference was ended. Then the little actress. Jaqoeliue, waa evidently using her art She would whisk up to one of the meu. stand be fore him In a favorite position of hers, bent Slightly forward, and shake her finger In tila face. All, the men atood watching her. Occasionally there came a burst of laughter, a yell of applause, a clapping of bauds, and 1 knew that Jack was carrying her audience. Then I could see the figurea below beginning to busy themselves about preparations for supper. Helen and Jack took hold as they bad done once before, the men permitting them to do the Work. Buck, beside me, chuckled. “What la It. Buck?” “That consarued Jack’s goto roun’ thar with the aklllet to on^ ban’ an chawlu somep’n she’s got to the other. Wish I was thar.” When supper waa served, each man vied with the otbera to provide for their guests. Jack waa seated on tbe ground, her back restiug against a tree, a plate to her lap, a tin cup at her side, evi- THE AGRICULTURAL RJMOUR- FROM A CEri OF CUBA. . - I — ■'-> .» j A man’a took is like his friatxls; it is hand when h« needs it. oeae may not kill one’s love victim, but It exterminates his Mr. Albert G. Robinson, in the never ath American Monthly Rente*) of Revitwt, gives the following information M to | ^.^ cl ’ * Cube’s industrial possibilities : The Island of Cuba is n gigniRic farm of 28.000,000 acres of marvelous ly fertile soil. Thirteen million acree remain as virgin forest. Her preaent population is a little above one and a half millions. Wire Cuba as densely populated aa Massachusetts, her census would ah W 11,000,000 inhabitants. An equal den* sity with that oi Eugiand would give her upward of 22,000,000. Her ability to support a population per square mile equivalent to (hat of England, so large a percentage of which is dependent Nobody or nothing in the world ie so stupidly blind as the lover who thinke other people cannot seo. Women build a tottering jtiatform of ti— and then dan— on it ae eare> leaely — if it were ae solid es the rock of Gibraltar. When a man fails to notice anew gown bis wife has on he comes nearer to inciting divorce than desperate flirtations with fifty women would bring him. Most women pitchfork reputations with the same kindness au Indian upon manufacturing interests, is • une-^ would scalp a baby, what doubtful, from the fact that Cuba | It would be just as sensible if dogs presents little or no possibility of ever got scared et the way people act who becoming a manufacturing cepter. In think they are going to bite them, a measure, the comparison with Mas-j There is nobody who wiU condemn sachusetts is also faulty, for the same 1 gossip more than the woman who will reason. Yet, in the latter case, the spend a whole evening telling about momftlvr rTV»natar fertUitXT nuKorv msall T t _ v a ° ° . i burrUti her ttp tbe etetp dope. - flently making a b—rty supper, keep ing tbe men ronolog back tod forth from tbe Are. filling her piste or her rap at every trip. After supper we could see that tbe c—fereoce was resumed between Hel- tbe guerrillas. She was evi dently arguing with them to effect n purpose Tbe captain bed s good deni jeily of Cobe is endlessly tapeu w vastly greater fertility of Cuban soil would offset the manufacturing fea tures, and there is little doubt that Cuba, along the line of her paiticnlar agricultural advantages, can provide a comfortable and reasonably profitable living for a population of 10,000,000 of moderately industrious citizens. it is wnolly probable mat one of Cuba’s greatest industries, if not her greatest, will be the production ot trails and vegetables for the American market. Thirty or fortf years ago, the Havana orange was the choice orange of tbe market. American cuilivstion of the iruii,—d tbe energy with which the American output has been pushed, have tent the Cuban orange into tbe background. But there it no question that the proper cultivation, in Cuba, of the Cubao stock will result to the production of so orange which for juiciness, flavor, size, and sweetness will be without u superior in the world. The free-skinned maodarian oranges can be uroduced to advantage, as can the kindred fruits, the shaddock, the grape fruit, the lime, and the lemon. Cuba can raise all the bananas that the United States can eat, and it is probable that at no distant day those concerns which, now control the trade in bananas and cocoannia and pine itoba-f— fruits, leaving Ja- Domtogo find new markets. Figs, dal—, guavas, nectarines, apricots, nod pomegranates are oil among the re.tdy poeeibiiilies fur either canning or shipment. The afuacwie is n fruit which careful ship ment might well lay down to Northern markets to the great advantage of Nonbero palates. To those who have eaten mangoee in the Fbiitppioes end other points in tbe far East, the Caban sngo is a duunet failure. Tbe guava to apples will all look u ■ * the .ut pfy' uf thtse f ms lea aaa Bell— aad her baud on my aleeve and looked me ealaaly te the eye. “Major RrandrrKtane. 1 want you to let iue hare m> way In ibis matter. Yqp owe. It to me. \Yheu yon a ere woaDd«<d, I took you lu Jud surrored ou. I s luce y t birr i—» K - p*-— i*f> ardlfc Jt ally, a stroke ot goalu*- Jack'la a genius She has hit on oaf only chance, She fascinated tbe guenOlas once, nnd •lie'll do It again. She will split them, to halves and set one half against the other. But she will need me. 4Rve me that revolver.” All this was lost ou me. I swore they should not go. 1 planted myself between Ihem and the rampart. Helen stepped to one side aC«me. Jack dart ed to the otker. Ginger put bla hand oa my arm. “Don’t stop Missy Jack, mars’. Mle»y Jack can do eberyt lag wld men folk*." He turned my face to tbe cliff. “L*ok dat a-way, au yo’ won’t tee hit” When I broke from the old man, Hel en and Jack were beyond the rampart. I have seen lifeboat men pull otrt ln a tempestuous sea. breasting a bowling wind and madly tossing billows; I have seen men march out to battle with almost a certainty of death or mutila tion, but I have never looked Upon any sight with the mingled tertor apti ad miration that thrilled me aa I beheld these two girls, witbont Other weapon than woman’s loveliness, descend the rocky slope toward the guerrilla camp. They moved band to hand, as 1 hare seen graceful ships sail side by side. Helen was the taller and the more commanding, but both walked erect, Helen buoyed by a native courage, Jaquellne confident In the possession of a gift, a genius for bending men to her will. They had scarcely left aa when tho guerrillas caught tight of them and stood looking up to stupid wonder. Ginger, Buck and 1 were staring down upon them. Ginger’s eyes starting out of iUi—baxd..J^pok- leaning eaclteffij over tbe rampart I clntchlng^my car- >toe. On went the girls, between the i Unking rocks out upon a gentle swell, throdgb a slight depression, over stones, weeds brambles, till at last they came within 60 yards of the guer rilla camp. Then came a cheer from He spoke tho last tile bandits—I knew not whether of tri umph or welcome—and the girls en tered tbe camp. ' What they said, wbat waa said to them. 1 could not hear. to say. bat all were taking part In tbe debate. Then tbe girls started for our tort. One of tbe meo approached tbe captain and shook a fist In bis face. Tbe captain knocked him down. An other started after tbe retreating party, but was Intercepted. A general fight aosoed. some of tbe men placing them selves betwseo the otbera nod tbe girts who were now coming up tbe quickening their pace at every Oorking my carbine. I ran down to Join tbe girls meeting them midway between tbe fort and tbe guerrilla camp. First Jark rntne dashing |iasl me. wiki with terror, tier cheeks blanch ed. her eyes staring. Helen emmr oa more slowly, turning occasionally with hot cheeks and ^Hashing eye. Below, among the guerrillas, was a ho I-el - •wearing, huwllug and shooting — the protecting party being tbe stronger and kn-ptng the otbera at bay. I put my arm behind Helen and hurried her up the steep slope. When we gut to the fort. Jack was already there, crouch ing behind tbe rampart, her bend ap pearing above It. her eyes as big as saucers “Goody gracious, wbat a fool I was to go down there! Wouldn't do It again M anything.:. » _ , Hrlcn gavtmie a b the^Uii. On eQTrring captain 'End complimented them "upon their bravery, both In tbe fights that had occurred and In. coming out an-' armed, assuring them, looking ominous ly at some of the more cultllEP*t of bis ■en. that If any man offered them the slightest Indignity be would shoot him on the spot Helen bad replied thtj, whatever they were, she believed tl»ey were brave and above Injuring a wo man. Then she held up to them tbe magnitude of their crimes and bade them go and enlist In the Confederate army. She succeeded In getting au of fer of a free conduct to all save me. This they persistently refused. After much urging the captain agreed that we should be let alone till-the next morning, a promise ou which I placed no reliance. Helen begged to be per mitted to carry ms provisions. Tills was also refused. “I did all I could,” she said ruefully, "but I couldn’t move even the captain. They wouldn’t give me a morsel for you.’’ /. “Oh, Helen,” said Jack, "I’m tired of hearing Vo’ whine!’’. And, taking off her sunbonnet, out rolled a liberal sup ply of corn pone and salt pork. “You little thief!" cried Helen and threw her arms around her cousin. A second time my life hqd been saved, at least temporarily, by Jaquellne. UCli I ' . ' K -I * — fooimiraxD.) sr v’*-* "I the product of India and tbs far East, and a larger market should be for it. It is quite probable that there are several moderate fortunes waiting f«<r those who will go lo Cube and grow strawberries in a business ws?. Tbe same may be said of melons. By prop •r ealtivatioo, strawbei rise may he pro duced every month In the year under natural conditions. Hpecially selected sues and artificial irrigation might be necessary, but the sitis and the woier are there for ihoee who make ecteotilh. study of a promising industry. Bmatl watermelons of deltciou* sweet ness and flavor, and muskmelooe of exceih n< quality, make their appearance in the market early in the tear. Pineapples are receiving considerable aUentioo, and there ore both pronttaes and open mg for wide extension of their cnlnva tiou. Cuba is a land of frails and vegetables, and tbe great markets of America are open lo her prodneu Many vr gel shies will prod ace two crops per year, and some ere perennial. New York may well eat Cuban pens and to matoes sod straw berries, all fresh from tbe vines, at reasonable prices in mid winter. With capital, cheap sugar, *ud the way somebody she knows treats her servants. i’ll back any good old-fashioned grand-mother against all thq incuba tors, modified milk and other new- fanged contraptions for raising babies. Any woman who has read a fair number of novels imagines that when she enters a room where there is danc ing everybody is struck with her queen ly air. It takes a vivid imagination to write articles on bow to prepare delicious meals, but it takes only common sense to make'eoffee, brown waffes and broil lamb chops. Most mothers-in-law think they are encouraging their daughters when they tell them thatif they have the most wonderful liicY and are excep tionally blessed by Providence they may poeaibly escape some of the horri ble things that comes to married wo men W ith some women it is find a baby and lose a husband When a couple are in love the only thing that is sillier than their conver •ation is their letters. When a man has won the approval cf her father and mother he has made a good start toward net winning the approval of the girl. Wfcen-v girt 1UI|IH _ speaks Of something that happened a years ego-he shrsyv adds hastily that, even as tbs tiniest little thing •be bad a marvelous memory. A man’s business ambition is the parachute that saves him when he falls out <>f love. ' When a woman is in love she has ab»ut as much regard tehother peo pie as she has for herself uhen ske is aeeskk. Tbe reaeou why Christian Science succeeds so well Is prabsbl) because !• trochee women that there is really no such thing ns wrinkles. When n girl laughs at a t an‘t Joke, she generally keep U np till seme one •aye something else, so so ocher wo can ask her to explain it. Knocked Down hy ▲ Partridge. While hunting a few nights ago neyr Salisbury, N. C.,Deputy Sheriff Krider had the novel experience of being knocked down by a partridge and a narrow escape from serious Injury. He and Chief of Police Miller were in the woods and their doge were trailing a ’poasum, when they flushed a covey of partridges. Tbe birds scattered blindly in the darkness and as they did •o Mr. Miller, who was in advance, heard a fall and a groan behind him. He retraced his steps at once and found Mr. Krider lying on his back in a dazed condition, with his hand over hie right eye. Both believed that Mr. Krider must have been struck by •tone thrown by some miscreant, for tbe strange solution of the matter naturally did not occnr to them at first. All was plain, however, when Mr. Miller, in looking for the supposed stone, found a dead partridge lying near where his companion had fallen, with its neck broken. The bird’s bill had struck Mr. Krider just above the eye, uarrowly missing the eyeball, and the shock of the impact' bad been suf- icient to knock down a man much heavier than Mr. Krider. Here is a bird killed out of season, >ut under such exceptional circum stances and so altogether involuntarily that there is no danger of Mr. Krider being indicted for violating the game awa. fin train— VvIWUl—piiv— An English naturalist says that the speed of birds is often exaggerated. Tbe swift, for example, has been credited with a speed of 150 miles an hour, aud the popular imagination compares the fight of a sparrow hawk with that of a cannon ball. Without aid from the wiml, he says, the pigeon will fty about forty miles so hour ; but the homing pigeon may be relied on, vnder fair conditions, to make sixty miles an hour. On a short course the sparrow hawk can oXitlly this, but it frequently fails to catch smaller birds that form its prey. u When a progressive farmer, by the use of improved implements and good teams can grow 100 acies of corn or cot too, bow can a fanner compete who does his work with a single mule and an old-time plow cultivating twenty-five acres?” asks Farm and Ranch. Farmers, bring or send the fruits of ’Jn<ffWff1 I ■bon to the State Fair at Colnm- bin, <fel.’20th to Nov. let, sud you la • disease of UiHiistinii. Wh** ^LSw-a M*a»f« to the wMte ■- Jehad no nmnste We voeoyiary ter this dreaded meiety- riiiaMHtr S&.’S&SSh feel Discovery weak lungs, bmor-i rhagee, bronchitte deep-seated and Stubborn cough, awl other diseases which If neglected or un- skilltelly treated find a fatal termination in consumption. There is no alcohol in the "Discovery," and it is entirely free | from opium, cocaine, and all other nar cotics. Persons suffering from chronic dis ease are invited to consult Dr. Pierce, by letter, fret. All correspondence is conducted under the seal of sacred secrecy. Address VT v Dr R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N-Y- . In s little over thirty ousted by his medical staff « » score of physicians, has treated and cured thousands of men and had been given up as incurable by local physicians. • Yoar medidae i» th* takeay write. Mta I «£“T s&srt-ttFsj&S the coagh .topped 1 ^ ‘ it. retnraiaf ” Doctor Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cure constipation. THE YOUNGBLOOD LUMBER COMPANY augcita. oa. Orrtcs **0 Wo ass. Hosts heecer*. A C to do every year, can bent that.” There are 30,000 textile workers in Fall River operating 3,900,000 spindles Doors. 8Mb. Bits itld-v’V flooring, siding,ceiling and INSIDE FINISHING LUMBER IN GBOtyQlA PINK- £ =rsrr All Correspond given pi al ligation of Cuba’s possibilities in friifls and vegetables will open mao/avenues for profitable iniertment. The Cuban (< sisal grsas ” ia of better quality than the Mexican, and the tuduair) la hard ly touched. The yucca is a plant whose root yields a highly superior starch. Tfffludt elation in this oountifli^l haft bcMftn d *< L'-: hnlii’t gwtoe t* tats them, l could not hear. 1 could only y op t* save hJiMtt." <*P<*to Bingold raised his hat nd stoed with It to hte band H# was President McKinley owned a ollec- tion of gifts, souvenirs, etc., quite as large as that of Gen ral Grant, though not so valuable. Wherever the Presi dent traveled gift* were pressed upon him. Officers, and. privalaa .in—the %fllppmes, m Cuba and iu Porto Rico would send him Curious articles from those lands by the huod i eds. Tbs Me- Kioley collections from the insular pos sessions is thqs one of the most inter- tofllfll in the United Stales. If prop- My displayed it would fill a large r om Probably it will eventually be placed io the National Museum at Washing ton. Mis« Kate Livtogatoue, a sister of Dr Livingstone, the explorer, has just ted her 106th birthday at her tha Isle of MaU. The German Kali Work*, 89 Na-asu street, N Y.. have i.sut-d a m et et- | irectiva little haodb->ok of 90 page-,I entitled ** G*»U--n fuuure,” pfeetnita* t ID couvrnirnt form many details. f«cU and reports of •* imp oved methods of | crowing cott -n profitably ” for the lo- formation of cotton farmers who wish to leern bow to ” make the largeei crops at the lowest' ewei.*' Th • chap tars cover nil the subjects tel ting p> the plant, lu cultivation, fertilisation, diseases, insect enemies, etc., end modi oerfnl luform... ,ti .•tftvri,. r*|^-< !. \ about the character and proper employ- moot of fertilising mole rials, with dif ferent formulas for varying satis. The publication is of great value to soy cot ton grower, and can be had free of charge by application to this company at its New York addrees, already men tioned. The shipment of horses ana mates to South Africa bj I cKuugqtflrt pmid ilu'TS re thousand more exportation of Bad Coughs I ral. for ail could lad no relief Ayer's Cherry Pecio- of the bottle I Only M ,F L. Hews, Newington, Oat. Neglected colds always lead to something serious. They run into chronic bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, or consumption. Don’t wait, but take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral fust as soon as your cough begins. A few doses will cure you then. .M Mi 0.q.qM yoor Ootmt If Sa my. laS* N, tOaa Sa m Sa mya If ha lalb y«a m« i« taka n. thaa me** moa w. Ha >. i-i hu JTc W. ( r« ailnac AT an OO . Lawall. I Mm oa FALL STYLES From the Up-To-Dnto Carpet House. 1617 Main Street, Colombte, 8. C. MUTUAL CARPET TO. W me us for Samples of anything in onr line. Goode shipped anywhere In the Stale free of height. We are Al ways busy. No deli deya with us When in Colombia, come nnd see us. Anybody can show yoo the place. Coleman-Wagener * Hardware Company, A Young Man Should at tend a oollees with an evtablith •d repmailon A diploma t’n.-..--. .OEraiNOM. SrananfiuTa. S T. these Auimels ia Hot* the Tariff Works —Mr. Bryan to The Commoner ihis week gives the best illustration we have seen of our present tariff laws. He says: “ Once in a while our boasted ‘Yankee sbreWitness’ is made to play second fiddle. A British contractor recently perfumed a neat tnck ou no Amort cam steel manufacturing concern. The Engli-bman io question secured a coo- tract for building a section of an elevated railway In Boston. Knowing that because of the curious operations of the American protective tariff hq could buy American made steel cheap er in England than Americans could buy it ul their own ddors he proceeded to take advantage of the fact. - The Englishman wrote from England to several American structural iron works asking bids on a certain lot of iron. He selected the best bid'and closed the contract. When tbe contracl was pro- erly signed he cabled the American iron i pilot’s license, manufacturer not to ship to Liverpool, Want of Appetite. Loss o* of Energy, Ac.? Take few doses of ... Murray’s Iron Mixture. A Genuine Blood Tonic. THX MURRAY DRUG.CO .Colfmbia 8. C. Bush Cto® 1 largest the world has ever known and Fpp] RqH 1U? . ,0 . n as a military purchaae by one country , ^ V T * from another it ranks with the greatest wSSSt\mA of any kind. Texas has been praett- ‘ cally drained, and Kansas, Missouri, Wyoming aud other stock-raising States of the South and West have been so nearly depleted that the $40 animals of 1899 bring $90 to-day. Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace, a farm of 110 acres, near Hodgensville, Ky., is to be turned into an inebriate asylum. St. Luke’s Society, of Chica go, has bought tbe place, aud has an option on 350 acres adjacent. Dr. Struble, one of the. directors of the society, says it will be a memorial to Lincoln, and the greatest temperance project ever undertaken in this coun try. . The firat license for a female pilot issued by the Baltimore board of steam ship inspectors was giveh to Mira Carrie B. Hunter, of Snow Hill, Md. Miss Hunter’s father* owns a small AiSCHOO* "SHORTHAND Actual BusmessILoU^ ••f*-' Ca. [Chv»r Beerd Jr SITUMIONS ste^cn, — ■■ ui.r .. . MONEY TO LOAN On fanning lands. Easy payments No oonsmissions charged. Borrower pay* ac tual ooat of perfecting loan. Interest 7 pv? cent, up, according to oeourlty. JhO B PAIMRRAROV t.'olnmria. *. 0 steam yacht and her license entities NoticetO School Trustees her to nnvigate vessels of that ty pe on Pocomoke Sound, Biver and tributa riea. Miss Hunter is the second wo man on the Atlantic coast to receive a The appropriation of the public school fund has been made, and irusteee can calL at my office and get'their record book*. ~ JAH.B.DAVI8. County ttaperintendent. but to ship to Boston. The point of the Eoglishmao’s joka will not be seen by those who still cling to the idea that Americans can tax themselves rich. Neither will it be seen by those who still labor under the dejustou that the foreigner pays the tax.” uer nree An exchange truthfully remarks tbit j the home-grown, hand-spanked, bare footed, hard-fisted country bov makesl. a much lietter fighter m tbe batile of I a Mr*** < olumbi a buminkss qollboi life than the pampered, high-collared, " f crea*ed-trou*ered lads of More oalle than we can poeetbly All, G latee of poeitlona backed byIMno. Cou an*ioeUed. Enter any time Catalogue f re cur towns, and cities, whose clothes have always I ** 'SKAT’S been bruobed ^th ajrhtek^ iLUSSSS stead of a shingle. ___J '. , tv , . a . I Columbia. 8. C. Admiral Dewey dentes tbe recently printed story to the effect that he was ~ OrfftKOh clover should be seeded in as soon as cbfiTate summer rains be gin. It is not a spring and summer plant, but is like rye, aud it comes out eai'y in the spring aa soon as rye. It 1 . . will make fair headway before winter, ** v ^ m * n *S e d to poll »way in and fowls mav be turned out on 11 if *Jy**.. “•Y* - . tbe ground is not covered with snow, °* " Qr mca were hat it cannot be gr wn s«) a- to be cut **'^** r " ***” ,n *b* Chioeaq in the fall. It staru out iu the apnog. ^ of being pro- however, very early, and It U wall DOaoc *l, and each proouudation hag under way iu growth before the earliest * different meaning. ns j •J Bend For Catalogue. Address W. U. Mac feat (Official. Gnuet Stsnog rapbsr.) President i Successors to C. F. PoppeahetaL Wholesale and Retail Deaton ia Arms. Ammunition. Agricul tural Implements and Hardware Of every kind and description Send postal for Prices. King Street, Charleston, 8. C. 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