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? Brief Story of the Expo sition, It*s Grounds and Buildings. Tho South ?aroHu? Intor Stalo and Wost Indian Exposition will opon in tho Oity of Oharloston, B. 0., Dooombor 1, 1901, and oloso Juno 1, 1902 Tho Exposi tion Company has boon oharterod by tho t?*ato of Boutb Carolina with a capital stook of $250,000. Aotivo work upon tho Exposition project has only beon in pro gross sino<) about tho drat of August last, and what has boon aooompli6hod in tho gold od that lia? olapsod sinon thou is without parrollol in tho history of oxpositioo uilding. Tho Bito Of tho Exposition will bo on tho eastern bank of tho Aahloy Rivor within a milo and a half of tho bu-dnoss oontro of tho City of Oharloston. Tho grounds aro beautifully silualod, and will lond thomsolvo* to tho rao't. artistio treatment. Ono half of tho grounds will bo dovoted to tho Main Exposition Buildings, the Midway Uonoossirons and tho Administration offioos of tho great show. Tho remaining part of tho grounds will prosorvo thoir prosont groat natural Tho Exposition //rounds aro dividod into two main scotions, ono o>nsit>tirg of I tho old Washington Kaoo Oourso property and tho other of tho Wagonor farm, formorly tho Lowndos plaoo. Tho Arohitoot-in-Ohiof has adoptod tho goneral plan . m.? wm.m 2&fc v.* v. . w$%-'W^UrV'^/r4-' ..... s. THE COTTON PALACE, of developing tho* Raoo Course propor on puroly oonBtruotivo linos and of porB<?rviog aa far aa possiblo tho natural beauty of tho Wagner plaoo. Tho Raoo Oourso proporty has boon omployed for yoars for puroly agrioultural purposes, no rao OH of utiy imp??tan?? having boon given there since tho War between tho S!atos= T hia part of tho grounds ls ontiroly lovol. No bottor sito, in tho opinion of expert artists and buildors, oould bo found. About 22 aoros havo boon rosorvod ou this part of tho grounds for tho Midway Cbnoossions. Tho main Exposition buildings surround a grand oourt at tho wostorn oxtromity of tho old Raoo Oourso. This will bo in shapo somothiog liko an elongated horsoshoo, with tho Cotton Palaoe. or main Exposition building, oooupying tho too of tho shoo, with tho Commoroo Palaoo and tho Agrioultural Palaoo oooupying rospcotivoly tho two sides of tho shoo. Theso buildings, with thoir oonnooting oolonnados, will extend for a distano) of about ono milo. Within tho horse shoo thoro will bo a Sunkon Gardon oovoring several aoros, with a lako io tho oontor. A wido osplanado of Alamoda about 60 foot in width will surround this garden. THE PALAOE OF AQltlCULTUllE. At tho northern ond of tho garden thoro wiU bo a grand Plaza from which a Bploiidid view will bo obtained of tho main Exposition buildings. Tho viet as bponing out.from this point through groves of palmotto trocs whioh will lino tho - outor edgos of tho walks around tho Gardon will oxtond for a diolanoo of 2,000 foot. Just north of tho grand Plaza will stand tho Auditorium building, direotly opposito tho Cotton Palaoo, from whioh a viow may bo obtained of tho ontiro Oourt of Palaoos, with tho Sunken Gardon, and its trees and flowers and tho sloping banks whioh urround it. ' Each of tho Exposition buildings will bo 400 foot in lon g th, with an avorago width of 100 foot, and, as already stated, will bo oonnootod by oolonnados, tho oonstrubtion hoing suoh that tho oolonnados can bo bo used for exhibits. ; THE PALAOE OP COMMERCE THEY WERE PLEA8ED V With Our Charitable and Correctional Institution? Hov. and Mrs. A. S. Orno, who aro travoling through tho country, inspoot ing ohnritablo and corrections 1 institu tions, in tho intorosts of indigont and ill-troatod children, have proscoutod thoir "mission of moroy" fathfullydur lng thoir stay in Columbia. Upon hoing asked by a Roportor of Tho Stato how tho institutions in Columbia oom formed with others visited, ho expressed him self omphntioally: "They all rankvory high, and I havo fowor suggestions to mako than in most oitios and counties. Of oourso," oontinuod Mr. Gmo, wax ing warm ovor tho subjcot so doar to his heart, "your most promising institu tions aro tho Epworth orphanage and Industrial Homo school. "Yes, I doboliovo prevention is moro Christian and muoh ohoapor than poor houses or prisons. I havo boen a stu dent of sociology for 25 yoars, and I ?nd that horodity and onvironmonts breed criminals-poor housos and pr?s ons confirm them. Tho offspring of ono abandonod girl, traced through six gonorations, numborod 600, and all wore oithor orooks or oriminals, insano or idiotic. "A young roan married a paupor wife in 1840. In 1880 thirty of thoir offspring had boon continual oounty ohargos, and whon out of poor houso or prison livod by bogging and stealing. "A fa thor, mol her and fi vo ohildron spent tho wintor of 1886 in tho poor houso. All aro now sorving sentences in ponai institutions. " "Prom 95 to 99 por ?ont. of our crimi nals (and thoy havo increased 75 por ?oht, during tho past ton yoars, our population inoroasingonly 21 per coot.) como from this class of ohildron. "Ono hundred thousand obi'dren havo fathers in prison: 2,000 persons killed by mobs; 20 having bcon burnod during tho last ton years Fourtcon thousand murdorod in 1899, against 1,000 in 1887, and 6 000 suioidos. A majority of both elassos oamo from no glee ted ohildron Lincoln and Garfield's assassins, and nino tenths of 1,000,000 tramps are of this olass also. "Not 5 per oont. of tho 1,600 poor housos and 1,800 jails havo regular re ligious sorvtoos, moro than half nono at all. In placos oursod with drink and contagious diseases wo havo found 500,000 homoloss ohildron <30;000 ab andoned last yoar ) Born by no volition of thoir own will, no oontrol whatovor ovor tho first ten years of thoir exist ence in this wiokod world, no ohoico whother they shall bo trained as Chris tians or taught as criminals, boa'on and bangod about in au atmosphoro of drunkenness and dishonosty, oren tures of oiroumstanooi.- -how can thoir oourso bo othor than oriminal? "His beoauso of thoBO things that God has sent ut out to spoak in tima dor tones to tho pooplo that tho por potutity of our civil and Christian in stitutions plead for provontion. "Ohildron who oro born and brought up in tho slums aro solf-raisod, and hoing solf-raisod, tnoy toridto ovil. Wo want sottlomonts in tho by ways, and by that 1 moan wo want to go down into tho slums and toaoh those of tho tonomont houso oloanlinces and gouli noss. Wo want to toaoh tho ohildron to uso'thoir hands as wells ns thoir hoads. Wo want to plaoo thom ina position to bo ablo to holp themselves. Wo want to givo thom an opportunity to bond thoir. inclinations to their wishes, and make of thom usoful oiti zons and industrious artisans. Thoroin Hos all hopo for tho reformation of tho stroot Arab and alloy waif." THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. Tho main Exposition building will bo tho Cotton Palaoo, tho Oommor'oo Palaoo, tho Agriou'tural Palaoo, tho Mining and Forestry Building, tho Auditorium;, tho Administration Building, tho Maohioory aud Transportation Building, and otb or BtruoturoB dovotod to railroi * oxhibits, to rostau'aut purposos and ?o publlo^oom fort. BoBides all these tboro will stand on tho Waconor plaoo tho Woman's Build ing, tho stvural Stato and City Buildings and tho Nogro Dopartmont. ..; Tho Cotton Palaoo wUI bo tho m "ist iuipos'ng of tho Exposition buildings, lt will oovcr upwards of 150,000 feet of. floor spaoo, will bo 650 foot io -sjb?gth and at loaat 100 foot * . -vidth. Ono of tho foaturos of this building will to a maguiii ont portia. In thooontro of tho building will riso an irapo?ing domo of n hoight of moro than 150 fcot. In this building will bo displayed tnpttpro THE MINERALS AND FORE3TY BUILDING, duots of tho Ootton Mills of tho oountry, and, as South Carolina is tho loading Woot ton manufaoturing Stato of tho 8outh and tho seo ind ootton manufaoturing Sta^o of tho Union, it is txpootod that tho display in this building will bo tho moat o>m plcto and attraotivo that baa ovor boon marlo. s' Tho palaoos of Agriculture and Oommoroo will oaoh contain about 40,000 square feet of flow aroa, in addition to thoir oonneoting aroados wbioh will oontain ir^, all about 20,000 rquaro foot. Eaoh of theso buildings will hato a oentaal domo ?nd smaller turrontB at tin oornors, omphasieg tho oatraooos to thoso as welt as. tho oin - tor podimonts. Tho interior of thoso building has boon particularly do-dgn'od for both oiFo?tivo arlist'o troatmontand practical utility. Tho windows ia all of tjhoao will bo oarriod at loast oight fcotabovo tho floor, tho roof trussos being constructed upon tho oantilovor principio, thus avoiding tho usual massing of unsightly woodoo framo work nod emphasizing tho graooful linos of arohoi and oirolos, starting from tho prinoipal don:os and otrricd through tho wings and approaohos. THE M ACHE MER Y BUILDING. Tho Administration Building is of most attraotivo doslgnand will bo oooupiod by tho oflioors and staff of tho Exposition. Tho Arohitoot has dopartod widoly from tho UBual stylo in designing thisstruoturo. Tho prinoipal Exposition entra??os and oxists havo boon oombinod with it. Tho oontral domo of this building will bo about sovonty fivo feet in hoight and oaoh wing will be flanked by othor towt ri of lessor hoight but.equally aftistio design. In harmony with tho 8panish Ronaissanoo typo whioh will pro vail throughout tho Exposition arohitooturo tho building will bo oovcrod with a wido overhanging roof of oorrugatod Spanish tilos. I At tho oontro a wido baloony or poroh will projoot boldly into tho grounds. Insido tho central domo, whioh will bo throo stories in hoight, a richly doooratod oolonnado will sup port tho overhanging gallory. Tho Minorai and Foroatry Building will contain botwoon twenty and thirty thousand foot of floor spooo. This building will stand dircotly opposite tho ad ministration Building. It will bo oiroular in form, with flanking towora. Tho intorior will bo opon from tho ground to tho rafters and tho exterior offoots of strength and solidity will bo gainod by hugo masaos of walls, tho onriobmont of this struoturo hoing eoourcd by opooial ornamentation of its prinoipal and sido ontranoos, Tho windows of this building will bo high abovo tho floor lino and tho whole offoofc ol light and shado will bo gainod by overhanging wido comi?os; tho Spanish Ronaissanoo and the Spat ish Mission typo of arohitooturo, as oxompiifiod in Southern California and in Texas, hoing oombined in a most offeotivo way, All of tho main Exposition Building will bo oonnootod in tho largo oirolo sur rounding Court of Palaoos. . Mr. Orno and his wifo travel, and havo travolod all ovor tho oountry, for 25 yonra, working as thoy aro working in this oity. While ho docs a groat omount of work in all mannor of prison reforms, ho and his good wife dovoto most of thoir timo to offorts to inaugu 'ato movements looking to tho institu tion of "juvonilo oourts," and tho on' iro eoparation of juvonilo prisoners rom tho moro m ?turo offondor. Tho uvonilo courts aro oonrts whoro tothing but children aro tried, anrMn itoad of boing oonfiincd in prisons with ho older offendors aro confined in sop .rato establishments, triod soparat?ly' md punished soparatoly, novor coming n cont not with tho oidor offondors, and hus onhanoing tho possibility of io brming thom and havoing thom brought ip in tho light path. Suicido in jail. William L. Mott, who was awaiting rial for tho murder two womou last )otobor at Columbia, PA., committed uioldo Wodnosday evoning in bia coll n thooounty jail. Tho mur?oror un astonod an iron bar from his oot and nsortod it in an oponing in tho wal). I'o thia ho fastonod a ropo and strang!* >d himself to doath. Mott waa 20 yoara Id, and lila homo waa in Norfolk, Va., /boro his wifo and four ohildron res'd ). loverai lottery, written on stray bits f papor, woro found in Mott's pookota. )n ono sorap, dated Fob. 23, ho had 'ritton: "Died of strangulation, Wm. I. Mott," In a lotter writou on Feb. 7 ho rcquostod that his romains bo mt to Raloigh, N. C. Ho directed How ito body should bo dfoseod,.?<.\>J$Q Dinmittod tho murder, be wroto, when is roa'son was doatroyed by drink, and o was drivon to it, bo olaimod, by tho ?torforonoo of a Columbia woman, bombo named,-in bin domestic'af* dr?. Ono lot tor oontained a pathetic ,)p0Rl for thc wolf aro of bin little ohil ron, I3ays to lie a Judge. Julgo Gatos of Kansas Oitv tolls thia story: "My family being abaont from tho oity, I was taking my moals at a restaurant whoro Nogro boya aro em ployed aa waitera. In ono oornor of tho room ia a dumb waitor, whero orders aro oalled out to tho o wk in tho kitoh on abovo. Tho finit morning my ordor inoludod, among other things two oggs, friod medium. Tho waitor, following his custom, wont to tho opon shaft and thou called out my ordor, onding 'for Mr. Gates.' Ho tbon turned to attond . to como other duty, but had not taken ' moro than throo stops whon a poouliar look aproad ovor bis faoo. Tho next moment bo had fairly jumpod to tho oponing and oried out: "Say, thar, William! Look boah I That order ain't foah Miatah Gatoat It aro foah Jedgo Gatos I An', say, thar I Mateo thom aiga fresh algol' After whioh ho drow a breath of satisfaction sooond only to my own. So, you soo, it really pays sometimos to bo a judge," How's Thia? Wo offer Oco Hundred Dollars Ho ward for any oaso of Catarrh that can not bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Ouro. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0. Wo, tho undoraignod. havo known F. J. Ohonoy for tho last 15'yoars, and boliovo him porfootly honorable tn ail busin con transactions; and financially able to oarry out any obligation made by thoir fl>m. WKST, & TRUAX, Wholeaalo Drug gist, Toledo, 0. WALDINO. KINNAN & ' MARVIN, Wholosalo Druggists, Tolodo. O. , I. Hairs Catarrh Cur?la *akon intornaL ly, acting dircotly upon tho blood and rouodils surfaoos of tho syatom. Prico, 7?3. nor bottlo. Sold by all druggiatd. Testimoni?is f roo. Hall's Family Pills aro tho boat. ?hic? Importent Measures That Were Passed At tho Recent Session. The followiu? aots paaeod at the late Boseion ld bf gem ral iritorestt Soo. 1. Bo it (i?aoted by tho gonoral assembly of the Stato of South Caro lina: That on and aftor tho approval Of this aot, it shall bo unlawful for any porcon tc aeuume thc duties of any publio oft'ioo until ho has takon tho oath Erovidod by tho constitution, and had cen regularly oominissionod by tho govornor. Tho lorin ''pubjio office".in this act shall bo count rued to wean.all offiooro of tho 8tato that havo horeto foro been comwisBioned, and trustees of tho various colleges of the Stato, members of tho various Stato boards, dispensary oorstables, aod other per eons whoso dutios arodtfioed by law. Soe. 2. That DO fees shall bo charged or collected by tbo secretary of stato for qualifying and commissioning such o?lioors, exoopt for tho < lb ceo of notary publio and commissioner of doods,' who shall pay a fco of tinco dollars and twenty-fivo cents, which shall bo trans witted by tho eoorctary of Stato to tho Stato treasury, as other foos ooll.coled by him. Seo 3. Tbo eoorctary of Stato is boro by directed and required to retort to tho general astouibly at eaoh regular sossion tbo names of all offioora oom missioned by him during tho fiscal y jar, with tho dates of their appointment or election and tho dates of their com missions, and of such other effijors as ho shall doom proper. Tho aot rolatiog tobonds of publio rffiocrs was apj.ro vod by tbo go veiner February 8th. lt roads: Sob. 1. Bo it onaoted by tho goneral assembly of South Carolina: That bonds ot' ceunty offioofs, shall bo ro corded in tho o Ai co of tho olerk of court of rogistor of monro oonvojanoo of tho county of whioh tho aforesaid offiiors aro r>.bidcutp, an 1 shall imme diately thereupon bo tiaosuoted to thofcoorotary of Stato, who i-hall file them in tho eflioo of tbo Stato trias urer. S.o 2. Tho bonds of Sta?o, dis .riot oroirouit officers shall bo filed uhh tho socio tory of Sta'.o, andshall bo roo mb d by him, without oharge, in suitablo booka kept by bira for tho purpose; ai d when soreoordod (hall bo tiled as afore said with tho Stato treasurer: Pro vided, Tl at tho bonds of tho Sta* o.treas urer shall be fited with tho governor. Soo. 3. Tho bonds of county diapon SOTS shall'bo recorded as other country cflioors bonds, and whon to reoordod shall bo filed with tho Stato board of dirootora of tho dispensary l y tho boo rotary of Stato. Seo. 4. A oopy of a bond, duly oorti fiod by any offioor with whom bonds aro required to bo filed or rooorded herein, shall bo good and sutfioiont ovi donoo in all suits instituted on nub bonds in any of the oou'ts of this Stato Boo. 5. That it tball bo unlaw/ul for any person to assumo or attotupt to as sumo tho dulios of any o iii co of which a bond is required without having givon tho bond required, aad nay person as suming or attempting to atsuruo tho duties of any effiooas aforesaid, shall bo Kuilty of mibdomoanor, and shall bo subject to a fino of five<bundred dollars or imprisonment tor i ot loss than threo months, in tho discretion of tho oeurt Tho old law requited that a bond of an amount equal to that of tho sheriff bo givon by tho dopuiy sheriff--, or con stables, appointed as police elli mrs in unincorporated mill villages. Tim bond W?^^'i*M^^^^^^Li f0r consta DIOS ol' UOpUOOB W ' gu i 'i/oYi'Cr?TTWBMJf Marshalls bill allows thom to bo bond cd as tho constables appointed by magistrates. Tho now aot, whlo^i waa approved Fob.Sth, roads: See,; ?; Bo it onaotod by thc goneral assombly of South IVoliua: That. on and aftor tho approval of this aot, an aot entitled "Au aot to authorize tho appointment of officers of tho prac having jurisdiction within industrial communities containing ono hundred inhabitants or moro," approvod 21st Fobruary, 1898, bo amondod by adding thoroto two additional sections, as fol lows: Seo, 4 That tho person so appointed polioe offioor, under tho provisions of this aot, shall exouto tho bond requ'r od by oonstablos by sootion 901 of tho Rovissd Statutes of 1893, volumo 1, and shall be subject to tho provisions of Bcotion 912 of tho said Revised Scat Utes, Seo. 5. That tho sheri ft' of the county shall not bo responsible for tho malfca satoo or misfcasanoo of tho polioo of fier or, deputy so appointod by him under tho requirements of this act. IDAHO WILL SEND Her Fine Exhibit After lt Has Beon Used at Buffalo Tho Columbia Stato says it is going to rcquiro rauoh hard work from this time on to mako tho Charleston exposi tion tho suooebB that it should be, but those at tho hoad of tho ontorprisc aro in no wiso disoouragod by the aotion of congress in refusing at tho yory last moment to give tho much desired ap propriation. Indood, tho loss of tho appropriation has mado tho manage ment all tho moro dotorminod to mako tho exposition, tho best thing of tho kind over hold; in tho south. For Eomo timo tho directors has had special commissioner* visiting tho va rious StatOH endoavoiiog to got eaoh to mako a suitable exhibit at and take an intorost in tho exposition. They have met with much encouragement, and re port tho outlook good. Ono of tho tatos that will take a lively interest in tho exposition is Alabama. Encourag ing nows was roooivod from afar Wed nesday whon tho govornor reooived tho following dispatch: Roi so, Idaho, dov. M. B. MeSwccnoy, Columbia, 8. D, . . Appropriation mado by Idaho for Pun-American exposition authorized transfer of exhibits to Charleston. F. W. Hunt. Govornor. Tho following aoknowlodgcmont was nt onoo wirod: 3ov. F. W. Hunt, Boino, Idaho. On bohalf of tho pooplo of South karolina I fiinooroly thank you and the onoral adorably of .your Stato for your oaiaion in agroolpg to trans/or tho PAU-Amorioan exposition exhibit to louth Carolina during the exposition at lharlcston. M, B. MoSwconoy, Govornor. Gov. MoSweonoy says ho proposos to lo all in his power to enlist tho intor ist of tho othor States of tho uni )h in his undertaking. Ho bas alroady vritton to. overy govornor and urgod >aoh to havo tho matter prepcntod to tho ogislature of his State. That this io tearing fruit is soon from tho above. AW along tho lino tho raanagomont nil got to weik from this time on, abd t is safe to say that the exposition will Son noxb Oooombor, and bo one that o South will not bo ashamed for visi er? from afar to inspoot. cn :|tl THE- B Grove's 1 Thc formula i know just what yo do not advertise th< their medicine if ye Iron arid Quinine pd form. The Iron' malaria out of thc ! Grove's IS thc OH Chill Tonics arc im that Grove's is su arc not experiment and excellence ha only Chill Cure so the United States. A HOT TIME In the British House of Commons! Last Week Thoy had a warm timo in tho Brti ieh Ilouso of Commons ono night last wo?k. Aftor midu'ght Mr. Bilfour apj|| plied tho olosuro ^n tho education ou timatcB. Tho Nationalists shouted ''Gag. gag," aud refused to leavo tho house when tho division was taken. Tho ohairmao thou rep r od tho matter to tho si oak tv. The spcakor finally asked if tho mombors still ref used to oboy tho ordor. ard thoro woro orios cf "yon, yes." Tho speaker thoo named 16 reca'oitran s and Mr. Balfour moved thoir euspoDBton. This was ag ood to without division Tho spf aker ordered thom to will, uias", but thoy ref uaod amid grcab up roar. Tho speaker called upon tho se-r DnAri'-fit-Rrmn to rowovn there. Tboy ! shouted dofianoo. O?Wrd and polioo* men then cn tort d to onforoo removal. Mr Ku.nm Ci OMI, member for) Southeast Cork, struggled desperately against romoval and thoro was quito a j freo fight on tho floor, lasting for fivo minutes, other Irishmon assisting him. Eventually ho w a i earrie d out bodily by six polijoroon amid yollsand oheors. Tho polioo thon returned and oarriod out oaoh of tho lomtiioiog reoaloltrants in tho samo manner. Six: lolioemen buffiocd for caoh member, with tho ex ooption of Mr Flavio, who is a big man and ri quired, eight Many, as thoy wero being oarriod out I waved (hoir hands aud shoutod: "God avo Iroland " Tboe? who vi co romovol included John Cullinan. Putriok Whito, Patriok Mollugh, William Lui.don, William Abraham,' Patrick * I)u*an An hooy Donelao, James Gilhooly, Thomas Mo* Qovorn and Jeremiah Jordan Neither Mr. D.lion,'Mr. Bod mond nor Mr. T. P. O'Connor was prosent. One or two oonp?ablc8 wero badly haudhd in tho lO??ll j. . Tho suspensions will |JjiP.t.;f?y. ono weel?. Novor boforo had bwoK a soon'o c'?cuir?d in ibo houB?' os aeoompanied tho reproval of Mr. Cro?n, tie Bliugglod fiorocly with tho at ord* ants, who summoned tho polioo, a doz 00 coi: Ht abb H on toting tho houBO. Tho Nationalists leered at thom. Tho Iri*h shouted: ' Don't kill him,' and .Don't k ll tho mau.'.' y Tho Nationales fought and strug gled frantioailr, but at length a supe rior fo.oo of polioo tu moded in drag ging Mr. Croan out by tho legs and arms and carrying him down tho flocr of tho houso, tho Irishmon standing acd wildly "shouting ''shame," "mur dororV aid "South Afrio&nbrutality." Tho speaker thon callod upon Mr. Mollugh to rotiro, but he defiantly ro fusod. A strong body of 20 polioemon again stormed tho Irish benohos. An gry shouts root tho air. Tho tonohoi below tho gaogway on tho oppo.-iti n sido woro a mats of mad and . strug gling humanity. Sovoral poliooinou woro struok with fists. Froo fights bo twoen tho pdioo and tho mombrrs wero fairly gonoral. Amid ronowed howls of exooration tho polioo grappled with tho olhors and catriod thom cub ly arms and logs over tho botches acd out of tho house. Whilo Lr. Ddnolau win hoing romoved tho Nationalists roso and sang "God savo Iroland.'' Mr. Flavin shou'ol against tho Unionist?, who sat silent in their seats during tho soono, ''You will bo oarriod out of South Afrioa in tho sarao way." Tho Nationalists joored Mr, Balfour ! and tho othor minister.) ai thoy left tho building. Tho Uroublo aroso through Mr. Bal four dosing tho whole oduoation cati mates without giving an opportunity to disouss tho Irith votes. Ab 1 o'clook tho ?pruko; said: 4'Tho houso will now resumo proceeding in oommittco, and I trust that honorable members will now loavo tho houso " QTho Irish members shouted that thoy would not leavo. Tho chairman agtin put tho voto on aooount, adding, lt.ere hoing no tollers or noos, that tho ayes had it. Amid laughter aad ohoora .tho house adjourned. Tho Cotton Crop. A Bulletin issued by tho census bureau on oott?n ginning shows that tho orop of 1899 waa 9,645,974, cm moroial halos., (bales as marketed) whioh is equivalent to 9,315.391 bales avorago woight of 500 pounds, . Tho aggregate.of qommorojal bales is divided into upland and Boa inland orops as follows; Squaro bales, 9,043. 231, of an avorago woight of 498 pounds, with an avo* ago dost per halo for ginr-iog and baling of 12 03, round halos. 505,461, of an avorago woight of 259 poutds, with an avorago cost per bale for ginning ana haling of $115; soa island bales,-97,279, of an avorago woight of 988 pounds, with an avorago cost por bale for ginning and baling of $4 90, Tho roprort classifies the 29,620 gin ning and establishments reporting, as follows: Thoso operatod for tho publiq, 6.468; thoso oporato?1 for tho planta tion only, 2,863, thoflu oporatod for tho publio and plantation, 20,289. Tho quanityof ootton in oomradroial bal**1 ginnod of the orop of 1899, by BU?1' isas follows: Alabama, L103 690; Arkansas 719, 453; Florida, 56,821; Goowia, 1,296,* 844; Indian Territory, 160,324;Kanflai, 121; Kontuolty, 84; Louisiana, 708,508; Mississippi, 1,264.018; Missodri, 19> 377; North Carolina, 473,155; QkJa homa, 81,033; South Oarol?nr?, 876:545 Tonno?BOO, 215,175; Tonas, 2,67&?55; Virginia, 9,289. ' tasteless Ch: s plainly printed on every u arc taking when you take :*ir formula knowing that y?. >u knew what it contained, it up iii correct proportions'a acts as a tonic while thc system. Any reliable druggis ffinai and that all other litations. An analysis of othc iperiof to all others in ev ing when you take GroV ving long been establishe ld throughout the entire i No Cure. No Pay. Price Two Views of McKinley. William MoKinloy'a eoo?ud inaugu ration into tho highest tffioo pf tho! land was tho cooaBion for oortaiu moral .nts to point a lesion to joUtur mon. Tli cv r< oallod that af tor his tariff fight,1 McKinley was dofoalodfor reiko ion tooongroBB in 1890, nod tb*t tho namo i of his f-uooosjor- is unkr.own, whilo ho is now probident. They deoiar? th*t* dofoat only spurred him on to greater i ambitions and stroneor < if ?rt? : t hat ho r*n for governor if Ohio in 1891, ?ad o'ooted, Boivod ono term, and thin aspired to and obtained ibo prudential nomirjation and clootion. All of which is vory protty. Tho iconoolaBt, l.ov ever, lolls another stoTy. lt MIOB altor thia fashion: Whoo McKinley waa boat on for congress, he wa? a baakrupv with dobtB which he could rot bopo to pay unaided, Cortain rtoh men ohippod in m d put him on his feet financially. Thoy detorminod to make him prcsi dont and laid thoir plans well to that end. From governor to presidential no minen was ea*y whon there wore pur chasable doli'gatcB in tbo convention The history of tho 1896 oampaigu ia too familiar to need repetition, for wo all konwn tho peoular conditions that oon tribu'ed to Republican BUOCCBR that I year. In the prnsiecnt'a ohaic, MoKin loy proceed lo nervo the men who had plaocd.bim thoro, <h cf of wh,?m ia] M,ark Hanna. 'Tho roader o\n tftko tis oboioo of tho two btorioa, or ho oin reconoilo (h'm. if it ia p?a?iblo-aud wo think it- is.-Tho Sta o They Ride Astride, j Tho Savannah Nowa says tho sooioty womon of Now York and olaowhoro who are wintering at Aiken, S. U.-Mr?. Thomas Hitohooek, Mrj John Jao;b Autor, Mies. ?OUB?B and , othert?-luve adopted au innovation in horseback riding, it ia roportcd Tboy havo dia oarded tho sido saddle,a?d uo -V talo tho saddle in man ?nshl??,' Thoy weat long ooats and long bootsi onlitu ih gor-. tain olhor parta of co?tuoto as permit th* m pi?-'-4\?^"5?-4v--'"?:r.t^cr. j?i*??O/?!,'?ff-.-.-^l while oiv thoir hcraon. Tnf? abtrido at>lo of riding is alleged to havo b coomie almost a ftd among the -fashi?bhblo?. They find it comer, s?ftr and m>ro on j >yablo. Killed by Lightning, A spooial from Welsh, Qa., says: Throe persona wer o killi d hore Monday night by,a lightning fi ?sh, which sot on tire tho houfco whore tho victims ? wero 1 sleeping. Tho family of Posimaitcr I Morgan had retired when Mr. Morgan was aroused by tho fiamos. Ho bab toned to au ak on his w fe and children and dis covered that his wife, his uvolvo-yoar old son and six yoar Old daughior wero] dead. Thrco oilier children wero un- j hurt. 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