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V ? v VOL XVIL. THE EARTH YAWNED And Swallowed Up Two Hotels and Several Houses. THEY PLUNGED INTO AN ABYSS. Gront Terror In tlio Town of <>lipliuiit, I'u., Wliich is lluill Over nn Atmn<loiio<l Mi no. Abandoned workings of the ICddy 'Creek colliery of the Delaware and Hudson company, beneath the very heart of the town of Olypliant, caved in Friday evening and engulfed four frame buildings covering an aggregate ground space of six thousand square feet. The settling was gradual and people in the affected territory escaped without being immediately endangered. A gang, of men and boys who were at work in the mine beyond the fall encountered a Hooded "dip" or depression in a vein in making their way out by a circuitous route and had to swim from one rise to the other. No one either above or below ground, however, sustained any injury. At :i o'clock the settling began. At :i.:iO it was no longer perceptible. In the intervening half hour, O'lirien's three story hotel. Miss Ann K vans' double dwelling, Mrs. .lane Ackcrlv's double store building and a one-story barber shop were a mound of debris in tlie yawning pit with the uppermost part of the mound 40 feet lielow the surface. O'Hricn's hotel, which plunged lirst into the opening, has en? t 4 -- .1* * * tuciy uisiippuureu. j\ icw nouses are projecting over the edge of the pit. The vein that caved in is 1 la feet helow the surface. The settling started in the street .'just in front of the hotel property. The brick street pavement was seen to l>e working and the telegraph poles :and trees along the curb were noticed to be wobbling. The cause was at once apparent and the alarm given to ;all the neighborhood. Two sick guests were removed from the hotel and taken two blocks away to a private house. Some attempt was made at saving the contents of the buildings, but the rapidly increasing size of the opening in the street put a Stop to this and everyone lied from the neighborhood. Twenty minutes after the disturbanot was Ji 1st noticed the opening had wi^HvJ ,uj.it il it reached all the way across live street and half way beneath the O'Brien hotel. Then with a terrilic crash, the hotel , pitched forward, turned completely about and land on its roof in the bottom of the abyss. A moment later the adjoining double dwelling of Mrs. Evans fell over the edge and demolished itself on the ruins of the hotel. The Aekerly double store building and the Evans barbershop property slid into the Chasm about the same time, and piled themselves, broken and twisted on the oilier debris. It is confidently believed there will he no further settling but 110 one went to bed Friday night in any building within fifty yards of the disturbed erea. The property damage is estimated at $.'10,000. District Superintendent Bennett, of the Delaware and Hudson company went into the mine and with a party of other otllcials, made an examination about 5 o clock. They camo out and reported" that the settling had ceased. The workings which had settled were in the uppermost of the worked veins. The timbers, it is explained by the company otllolals, supported a thin roof of rock, which in turn supported stratus of quicksand and gravel extending to the surface. The timbers rotted, the roof gave way and all above then sunk into the pit. Up to midnight no ffirther disturbance had JL ecn reported. Why the Hky In IUiic. ic blue color of the sky has been 'long attributed to refraction of light . , Py dust, or minute particles, -?tt?rea ln the air. A different Cfiebfy ha s ,,ccn worked out by M. ;Sprlug'cif L) Cgc, who has made many experimowU with light rays under almost all pomih.'e conditions, inject'ng them into aghxf i solutions and into ;glass tubes JWcc1 w,th such limpid solutions as aWflf'de of aluminum. ?While lie could get ) crl, yellow, violet, fctc., no blue appeaiwi until by elcc trioitv lie obtained a perfectly pure ? ^atmosphere. Ills conclusion is that, f ' the sky', azure is pureJy electrical in origin, an "mv essential quality of the ?air. A yiKHill ('lIHC, A t Memphis, Term The suit of the Wido w of Joel (>. Webb, In the federal <Oourt, known as the "Tick bite" case upukwi two insurance companies f(?r $h,oo#> , each, was compromised today by the >nopanics agreeing Jointly to pay the?, '>m of $0,000. Webb held aceideutjjK dices for $5,000 each in two \ jcideuUiLS uranee companies. A little, more, t,a m a year.ago Webb was bitten by ar'SMck'* while at his plantation in A,riff rk sas. Blood poison de- | veloped from th o bite and Webb died. The companies refused to pay the policies, alleging that the death had ' been a natural,one, * i Fell From Train. W.4 A. Byrd, of Enalqy, Ala., fell from a moving train near Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday night and was killed. ' The man was about 35 years old and was supposed to have been deaf and umb. He was on ids way to Tampa. , f} / .... } ' RURAL FREE DELIVERY. Circular ol General Interest Issued l>y ili(< i*oMtolUcc Department. The following circular recently is; sued from the ollico of the Itrst assistant postmaster general i>y A. \V. Macheu. general superintendent of the rural free delivery service, is of cspee mi interest to uie patrons 01 me various rural free delivery routes: 1. Tlie department looks to the pat rons of t he rural free delivery service, who are receiving the benelits of the service, to use their utmost personal endeavors, and also to exert their inlluenee with the road supervisors, or with those ollleials who-uro responsible for tiie condition of the highways, to | the end that the roa<ls'''traveled by the rural carriers may be always kept open and in such passable shape that the service can be * regularly and punctually perforated. 2. Should the regularity of the service he needlessly destroyed as ttic result. of inattention and lack of eare bestowed on the highways, the permanent withdrawal of the delivery will very likely result. 3. Rural letter carriers are required to serve their routes at all seasons of the year and in all kinds of weather when it can he done without seriously imperiling their lives or endangering their conveyances or the United States mail which is in their custody. I. Patrons should clear away the snow drifts, so that carriers can drive up to and reach boxes from their vehicles without dismounting. :>. It is not a part of the carrier's duty to break out the roads after a severe, snow storm. t?. Rural carriers arc expected to energetically try to serve their routes even though the conditions may l>e extremely adverse, and any undue lack of zeal on their part should be promptly brought to the attention of this olllec for such action as the merits of the ease require. wouliTnot testify. And in Consequence Spent Seven Ysni's in tlie Penitentiary. The Columbia llecord says there is a white woman in the penitentiary who lias been there seven years, and all the facts go to show that she is , innocent, and that from her religious scruples about taking an oath she was convicted. Her name is Plume Hall, and with ;i man ilamed Ferrcll she was convicted in Marlboro county of , killing Watson Hall, tier husband. There is no doubt about the guilt of the man, for he has confessed and exonerated the woman from all participation in the murder of even any knowledge of it. When the trial was had a letter was produced from the woman to the man in which she warned him ''not to do what he intended." This ( was taken by the prosecution as evl- , dence of her knowledge of the crime. Her attorney, Mr. Clayton, of Florence, got all of her correspondence with For re 11 and he clams that it , would absolutely have proven her , innocence, but to his surprise, and , everybody else'!, she absolutely refused to take the stand, saying she was a member of a sect known as "Holiness and Sanctified" people and that t hey j had told her that she should answer ( her accusers neither aye nor nay, for , the Lord would take care of her and bring her out of her trouble. It didn't turn out that way, for a plain, ordinary, practical jury convicted her and ( she was sentenced. All of these facts nave neon Drought out in a petition fnrTTer pardon presented to the governor. lie has not yet acted on the case, having it under consideration. This is not the first time a petiton has been presented in her helynlf. but the facts stated have just been made known. ( Good Funning. The legislative committee, appointed to look after the state's interest at the state farm on the De Saussure place, discharged thatduty last week. Last year 200 acres were placed in ( Cotton, from which 223 bales were gathered. This produced 0,000 bushels of cotton seed. The other | crops wore also good and were as follows: 12,000 bushels of corn, 2,500 , bushels of peas, <5,000 bushels of oats, 2,050 gallons syrup, 2,300, bushels . potatoes, 1,300 bushels wheat, 175 , bushels rice, <>(? bushels rye, 1,000 bushels turnips, 350 tonspcavinc hay, ( 60 tons shucks, 50 tons fodder, 200 . tons shredded stover and pumpkins galore. If will be noted that the 200 j acres of land planted in cotton pro- , duced nearly a bale and a quarter to , the acre. This is good fanning and ! shows what can be done with labor ' that can be cont rolled. kdilorn li^ht. A dispatch from Santiago, Cuba, ' says Congressman Corona, editor of the Cubano Libre, shot and instantly ' killed Senor Insula, editor of the lie- 1 publlca, at 1 i o'clock Thursday mornI,,., !)..< I. ? t- - I iik. ihu.ii mi-11 wnure prominent, politicians and leaders of rival parties. !: Senor Corona was drinking in a cafe, ' wlien Honor Insula and a party of i1 friends entered the place and began a ,! political discussion. Personality and ' insults followed and quickly started a ( light with canes, during which Senor 1 Corona suddenly drew a revolver and 1 shot Senor Insula three times. Senor ' Corona then walked away. The 1 shooting has caused great excitement, * there. ______________________ Dynamite Kxplodod. 1 | A quantity of dynamite exploded in f one of the gangways of the Oakhillj l colliery one mile north of Minervllle, i Pa., Friday, instantly killing three j miners and injuring a dozen others. 1 CONWAY, S. STOCK RAISING. Dr. Nesom, the Clemson Veterintrian Writes of It. ITS GREAT POSSIBILITIES. Summary ol* What lias liecently Been Accomplished in This Diirctioii. A LIhI *> 1" Pioneers. The business of raising cattle in South Carolina is not now what it used to bo. The editorials in The State during the last few months have shown that atone time cattle became so numerous in the State that it became necessary to kill them on the range with no other object in view than to lesson the increasing number. "Palmy days" those must have been, when the price of a whole beef was a shot, from a title. Things have changed much since then and now t lie breeding of cat tle is practically limited to family milk cows with the production of beef as a minor and secondary consideration. The farmer who keeps a few cows for milk may incidentally produce enough beef to supply the needs of his family or plantation. This condition of affairs might prove entirely satisfactory if the entire population of the State was rural, but South Carolina is no longer a commonwealth of farms and rural i <>ni 111 ii1111 n i iii1111>ii<miiiu'rcc aiMI luanufact ores have placed in the State a large element of population who are not producers of food stall's and must buy in the markets what they consume. The demand for meats is so great that tlie local supply becomes insignificant, and this consuming class is forced to rely on markets outside of the State for the bulk of beef as well as pork, bacon, lard, hams and canned meals. This year bee I has cost more on an average than it ever has before within the memory of men, and it has been really a luxury in many parts of the South where western beef is sold after the freight for a long haul has been added to the original cost. We may think that the heel trust is responsible for this, but if you look at the last census you will at least find food for thought. No one doubts that the days of the ranch arc dr swing to a close and that beef breeding must come back to its legitimate home, the farm. According to the last census the entire west, from Kansas to the I'acitlc coast, contained only about 20,000,000 oend of cattle outside of Texas, which holds the banner for a ranching State with 0,000,000 head. All the rest of the South from Texas to Maryland and up to the Ohio Uivcr contained only about 7,000,000 head, lust think of that! and then think of the thousands of little, thin cattle that enter into t he count to make even in such a large territory. The South cannot be looked upon as a producer of beef, but must be regarded as a consumer. Some say that beef cattle cannot he raised here, and try to support the argument with the assertion that the climate is too warm, the soil too poor, or something else as wide of the mark. The only real harrier in the way of the Industry Is t he question of Texas fever and the fact that Southern cattle carrying ticks are quarantined out Df the Northern markets for ten months of the year. If the people of these States will take hold of this problem and rid their cattle of ticks, buy better brewing stock, make real pastures out of " what are now the worn hillsides, gWiies, briar patches and plum thickets? there is no reason why cattle raising "can not bo made a success in South Carolina or any other part of the Sout h. 'Those who expect to enter the business and buy feed for their cat tle would do well to consider the prices of feed stuffs in this country and then decide to stay out or go into it on a farm where foods can be produced. It is a fact long since recognized that homo raised grain and crass are absolutely essential to this industry, and financial success in any case depends on the ability to produce them. < lood soil, plenty of moisture, find an abundance of sunshine will make grain and grass in abundance. Then what else, is needed? True the iverage Southern soil is not as good as Hie. rich Western prairies, but land is 3heap and millions of acres producing ibsolutely nothing. How can they tic Improved faster than with cattle on the farm? As to moisture it is a matter of record that the South has an iveragc of nearlf sixty inches of rain innuaiiy against almut thirty-two in the best cattle raising sect ion of the United States as matters now st and. Then when it comes to sunshine well Lliis is "The Land of Sunshine." ICvery school boy knows that vegetation is most abundant and luxuriant In warm climates, and that the chief work of the Southern farmer is to keep grass from growing in the Holds, ilong fences and roads. Alter battling with it, till crops are "laid by" it will i,nun miiHi; ;i .spieilOKI growth III the late summer, anil when "fodder pulling time" comes lie wades through jrab grass waist high to gather one or lwo hundred pounds of fodder a day .vhen with a scythe the same man jould cut as much hay before breakfast. Corn fodder is hay pure and dmplc and is but little better pound Tor pound than crab grass hay. Then why do we continue to waste these things which nature forces on us in >uch abundance? No argument In favor of any particular breed or class of cattle is necessary. The laws of animals life are such hliut the modern domestic animals , ; . i'i) I'jSl Hi I .. fJ (J HI (I n ! i t . i ' i i i r ; (1 THURSDAY, of the same species but of different breeds may In* made to thrive equally well in a trivet) locality if any breed of t his species can be trrown there. The cow is largely a creature of circumstances within the control of the breeder and will uive returns in the form of milk, butter and beef in proportion to food consumed. The dairy btceds have proven successful in the south and reflect ureal credit on the I IIIVII ,.n\, IIIIK > IIIIIII) I 111 I I cause, The dairy form is almost dia! nut rlcally opposed to the beef type ! and i he economic production of beef | with the dairy breeds is next to impossible. both hnve their sphere and neil her should be bred to the exclusion of i he ot her. It is a sad fact that when any one I in South Carolina wants a good eow ; ( I LIic beef t>reeds lie lias to go north or sonic where outsidcof the State to j get it. Tiien comes the dnlienlty of I aeelimat lug the animal, and as many people have learned by sad experience northern cattle often die the livsi year after being brought soulh. but t his is a day of progress and veterinary medicine has been making very rapid strides during the past tenor t welve years. Among other things j the true nature of Texas fever lias been worked out and a means of vaccinating cattle against it have been perfected, liven three years ago this important application of science to the cattle industry of the south was regarded as in the experimental stage, but today it is as positively demonstrated that cat tie can be vaccinated against this deadly disease as any other form of inoculation now pract iced. No herd can lie established without foundat ion stock, and when established good blood must lie constantly int reduced or it will degenerate in a few years. The problem with the j average southern cattle man was and is to get a start , and if the history I of the efforts made to introduce beef! I cattle into this State Is ever written j it will show that many men have lira veil the dangers, bought line cattle, and afterwards seen them die 1 without evi r returning a cent of their cost to I lie owner. Talk all you wish! and write more about an industry, tint I when a man has demonstrated to his I own satisfaction t hat he rannot accomplish a tiling lie will not attempt it. One of two things must he done. The cattle tick which is responsible for the death of northern cattle brought south must he absolutely exterminated in ail of that paitof the1 count ry where such cat tie are shipped, or t he cattle must be inculated to j render them immune to aceilimation or Texas fever. The extermination of the tick is a question which will only be solved after years of popular 1 [ education which will produce proper j legislation hacked hy the necessary ' linaneial aid to accomplish the work. It must and will lie done in time, as no intelligent people will always tolerate on their heads a lilthy little parasite that is a badge of poverty to the cattle industry and a reflection on the business ability of stockmen. Until then the other horn (if the dilemma must he taken, in fact,has been take n during the past two years hy a number of enterprising breeders of t he State, lnnoeulation must be done hy a competent veterinarian or some one specially trained for the work, and at present is done gratuitously at the experiment station. Not only this hut the station has (luring the past two years ' bought, inoculated and sold a ! number of registered cattle and bought many others on orders from citizens of the State who found it very expensive to make single shipments such long distances. The last carload was bought by the writer at Indianapolis about the middle of October of the present year and arrived at the experiment station on Oct. j 22. < )u November 7th t hey all received a hypodermic injection of 15 drops of blood taken from an immune native steer. They all took light cases of fever and required careful treat j incut and feeding while sick. They have all recovered and are now being shipped to the owners. Our New UallroadH. According to returns collected by the Hallway Gazette, l?>I,"?J7 railroad ears have been built In the United States during the past twelve months. This does not include electric railway cars, which exceeded the output of last year by 25,542 and that of 1000 by about 15,000. The number of locomotives constructed was 1,070, as compared with OKI built last year. I'lacing the average cost of a locomotivcat $12,000, the output of 1002 represents an expenditure of nearly $48,000,000. And the demand is still very heavy for both cars and locomotives. Found in Dock. The Charleston Post says the body of .John Washington, colored, was found Moating in the dock at. Carolina wharf Wednesday night. The body j had evidently been in the water for several davs. as t tie ilnsh hart imnr. eaten by crabs and tisli. The ease was reported to Coroner O'Donnell, who had the body sent to the city hospital. A burial certificate was issued. Washington was one of the crew of the | schooner Olando Wooteu and It is supposed that he fell overboard. Washington was last seen alive on ; December 15. If you feel ill and need a pill Why not purchase the best? DcWItt's Early Risers Are 111 tie surprise, rs, Take one -they do t no rest. W. II. Howell, Houston, Tex., writes j 1 have used Little Early Riser Pills . In my family for constipation, sick headache, etc. To their use I am Indebted lor the health of my fainllt. l>r' E. Norton. > i , 11 j < o ^ ^ ^ ' lNuauy H, HHM. THE VERY GREATEST. Tho Columbia State Pays this Hi^h Compliment to THE LATE J. MARION SIMS, M. 1) , Who llcciinic a World Kciiowitcd Sni'Komi. t>r. Sims Was a Nalivo of liaiu asioi' ?'tiiinly, H. i '. "The visit of- Prof. Loren/. to this country anil the appreciative welcome tendered liim by the medical profession and the laity of t lie I'nlted Stales in every city lie has visited recall," says the New York Sun, "to those who moved upon the seenea generation ago tlie tour made by tin; late l>r. J. Marion Sims throughout Ureal Britain and t lie continent." This comparison Is apt, and it Is Interesting to recount in connection with Dr. Lorcn/.'s great work that of the greater physician and surgeon, I ?r. Sims, 1 it South Carolinian. The Sun pays him a high but deserved tribute when It says: The special object of Dr. Sim's visit was the demonstration of a method of curing by operation a condition which rendered the victim far more helpless and hopeless than that which exists In the unfortunate patients with congenital dislocation at the hip. I'.eforc the advent of tins great man, whose genius carried the fame of American surgery throughout the civilized world, noeurutivc measures had succeeded, and the host of womon sufI'eiing from the painful and loathsome condlt Ion which lie had learned to cure could tip to that moment look forward to no relief from a life of suffering and isloation but that which death alone would bring. The scene witnessed on Tuesdav in the surgical ampithentre of the New York Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital when the gifted Vienna sur- | goon deinonstrated to the physicians in attendance at Mils institut ion, rep- ! resell tint; practically every State in the United States, his original operation for t he correction of lameness | caused l>y a fault in development, re- j calls the never-to-be-forgotten occasion at La Charite in Paris when, In in the presence of Velpeau and Nidation and a large audience com-1 posed of rcprc sent at i ve physicians from all parts of Prance, "the country doctor from Alabama" successfully demonstrated his method In the cast! of j a young woman upon wliom more than a dozen operations had been essayed In vain. l-'rom this hrllliant triumph Marlon Sims went forth to the professional . conquest of Kuropo. The journals of the day heralded Ills advent, and the j gates or the capitals of kingdoms were i thrown open to his coining. Fro.n place to place he Journeyed, healing the atllicted and teaching others how to lical. Kings of the realm of Science vied with each other to doliini honor, and kings and rulers of nations were proud to confer upon him the highest decorations in their power. Upon the base of the pedestal which his statue In llryant Park overlooks, the physicians of our time and of all times may read with encouragement the epitome of his life. Truthfully and loyally spoke our distinguished citizen and surgeon. l>r. T. Uaillard Thomas, when, in his ad- ! dress before the graduating class of Cornell within a year, liesaid to those who stood upon the threshold of a medical career: "if I were asked to name the men who In all time have done most for the welfare of their fellow men I would say, William Jenner, < ieorgc Washington and Marlon Sims." Tivc genius which Invents and establishes a system, a method or an operation, and thus saves life, lessens suffering or restores to usefulness the strlek. * =*--lu ,I.. mankl^j* preela^IJ Slum w Clause*^* modes ?^4 New VI %!? C V) Yellow Slim C3 8^jWp# no i, Q C Spirits i* hi ** x 03 Rosin, i ""v x: ' CJ cast? 2 "an Kyi rt) Spirits K're< Machiu i?OK' countr* of ^ Hosin mos Tar firi N(* Af> Cd Crudl U.i (JJ 13. ,Ie (D ,n C Ordina 4 rtj GoodJC ea; bJ Low M ton I ^ Mlddlii CV Good M . *3 H?n" tU ^ Jo far tCr tl' MH ing I A ' ** OliT of the Ma- bull* is .?elr crowded con- had iai a were afforded every tired ( . ilourish. All rats sent unc< ,1( jYtiiHilolpal laboratory were ml- had ' ^leally examined and as each thej dj'was tagged it was possible to der (| hack the Infected ones to tlie It v w where they were caught. All rldy ^.houses were treated as if the one WL'' O tf 1 . > ni .f{ < I 'IniwMfiU is yet greatly Inferior to that of our South Carolina Sims. I?r. Lorenz's fame rests upon his great success in one type <?f operation; Dr. Sims gave the profession Improved methods in several kinds of operations. While he was still practicing in Alabama' Dr. Sims published a treatise upon the cause and proper mode of treat mcnt of trismus naseentium, or infantile tetanus, and whi^ his views were not then generally accepted by the profession a series of demonstrations .'to years later established their value. He fore this Dr. Sims had been t he pioneer among soul hern physlei ins in t he t realment of what is technically called st rahismus, an all'ect ion of the eye commonly known as ptlnl Later, in I8I*>. lie conceived a method of treating vesicovaginal fistula and after several years of experiments i achieved a success, which had boeti i souirlit io vaio liv l h<? iw.wl'. i.... i I ^ _ j ????!*? IM'.M \ physicians. For tho carrying out or j his ideas in this matter 1?r. Sims had | established at his own homo in Mont- s gnmory a hospital where patients , were treated without charge. During i ttie course of Ids investigations he in- s vented several instruments which v have proved to beof incalculable value > to the surgical profession. It was at t this time that lie began to devote his ( study to gynecology exclusively. ( )n , account of Ids health lie moved to >s New York in 1852 and while his methods were at first (lot adopted by the profession there it was not long before he became the recognized | authority in this branch ot the prac- t lice. When lie visited ICuropo, llrst i to study hospital arohltoctore and a later with his family, lie was invited \ to give, the clinics which The Sun has (| compared to the demonstrations by (| Dr. Lorenz. In Paris the leading t, surgeons of London, Paris, Dublin v and Edinburgh attended, and from (> Paris he went to Krussels to demon- s st rate his methods. o During the War between the States s Dr. Sims practiced in Paris hut later j returned to New York.' During the Franco-Prussian war, however, he organized in Paris the Anglo-American > ambulance corps, and its surgeon-in- | chief treated, it is said. 1,000 French ( and l.ooo (icrman soldiers after the ; battle of Sedan. Among his other j conspicuous services was t he f ninding | oi the Woman's hospital of New York, | 1.1 which lit1 (IovUmI much of Ills on- > orgy and knowledge, Among Ids per-, t sonal benefactions was the romem- | liranoe of Ids hirl hplaoe In the estab- | lishing the .1. Marlon Sims asylum > for the poor of Lancaster, which Is | si ill in existence, supplanting the y customary county alms house. I These, In brief, are some of I ho j achievements of one of the, greatest ( men Sout h ('arolina has ever produced | perhaps, If we measure greatness by ( the usefulness to one's fellow man, he ( Is the very greatest. For, as The | Sun so approprialely says. "The genuls \ which invents and establishes a systom, n method or an operation, and thus saves life, lessons suffering or re- , stores to osef, -ness the stricken mem- < bcrs of the human family, deserves ] the boundless gratitude of mankind." ; Columbia State. \ A Cold Wave. t The forecast of sudden changes in t he weal her serves notice that a hoarse i voice and a heavy cough may invade i the sanctity of health in your own home. Cautious people have a hot I le of One Minute Cough Cure always at hand. K. H. Wise, Madison, (la., writes: "1 am Indebted to One Minute I Cough Cure for my present good ' health, and probably my life." It ( cures Coughs, ('olds, LaOrinpe, I iron- t chitis, I'nuemonia and all Lung t roil- | bles. One Minute Cough Cure cuts the phlegm, draws out the inllainat ion heals and soothes the mucous mom- 1 hranes and strengthens the lungs. Dr. 10. Norton. ' I I'resident 'h I toccpt ion. President Uoosevelt's New Year's reception was one of the most brilliant i events in Washington's recent social i history. All callers were afforded the opportunity of greeting the president : and Mrs. Roosevelt and exclian^in^ i ?them the coinplhnerits of the ?-?iar. No distinctions were icept such as were rendered | for the preservation of or- > CilOBlthj. y,rectin^s extended to all 1 . Lnd low, rich and poor, were ' rgm.... kjaj ,|n(j sincore. dip ? ? < " Vxlol I>yH|te|)Hiii Cure. ( , ViiI classes of food, tones and turpent?i*s t he stomach and digestive com IB on. .\res Dyspepsia. Indigestion. Vuhles. and makes rit*11 re<I Jli and strenjft h. Kodol reWiLM ili'Mout tissues, purities, _ a._7> and sweetens t lie stomach. Turpcntinf AtkinsoI1 ()f w va., says: e barrels ; | a ntimhcr of l>ot ties of Ko> oat .e found it to he a very efI. indeed, a powerful rcmoil at . . .oacli ailments. I recommend e Turpenij?"('s00; Virtfirorton' CO! short on llnln. ry Director Haucr of the trdinary . nireau publishes a summary iddlintf. ?cr conditions during the itf .. .. December. This summary [id'n>^*i he mean temperature for the )i to have been 17 decrees, just ic^ree blow the normal, but the sooh kVor the entire year was 1.35 ailclplila''1 u>? normal. The lowest . wiAture recorded in December t'woundVdegrocs on the 27th. The nlaced a iran?e j" temperature was 32 i ' *?' on the 1Stli when t he maxl* ' na kl..l. ... -> I >nscious, Win " *"?? " washed tlX'iiiit'H in ? \aino? / found noun^ js |n 11 io name when it burnH and yitch Ha/el Salve. E. C. l>evas then dty., of Chicago, discovered, 'e used by ago, how to make a salve ill Hazel that is a specific for 'Hlind, bleeding, itching and g IMles, eczema, cuts, burns. ,..'.d all skin diseases. I >e Witt 's tas no equal. This has given \ numerous worthless counter.Ask for I >e Witt's -the genuine. .V. E. Norton. JiIj;n?T i! '?/!*> > .I,-. , fJU V I -Ml) I :li I ' i .->? rt [ NO. 24. THE NEGRO VOTE. In Pivotal States Often Oives Them to the Republicans. HOLDS THE HALANCE OF POWER. In lliti Slnli'H ol' New York, lmltnuu, \Vi\hI Vli'Kinin, Dnliiwnrc anil Maryland Ills Note n lirvfr, A number of Republican newspapers ire (li>puii(ig the assertion of some Democratic writers for the press that I lie netfro vote holds the balance of power In the country, and as It, Is always east for the Republican ticket, generally elects that ticket. While it s true that in IHUft and ITHM), hy rea on of Ine radical division in Deino ratic ranks, McKlnley would have icon elected without the ne^ro vote, .t ill the facts are that the nc^ro vote fives the Republicans the greatest ad antatfe over the Democrats, and in a lean, square way, ail else belnrr equal, specially in issue and unity, the vote ?f the ne^ro for the Republican ticket Avians the pendulum to the Repubilan side. In the following States are included II t he Republican States of the North laving any considerable ne^ro populaion, and also certain border States low held by the Republicans, or which re considered somet imes doubtful, In vhlch there Is a heavy nc^ro vote. Inlian Territory and Oaklahoma are set lown because there is some prohabiliy that they will be admitted ns States. The total ne^ro population of ach State, by the census of -litoo, Is tated, and all colored males twentylie years of a^e and over, or voters,as liown by the same census. None but icrsons of ne^ro descent are included: Ne^ro popu- N'c^ro vote States. latino 1?0(). lttOO. Massachusetts ... :tl.t)7l 10,15ft Diode Island .... 0,002 2,705 Jonnecticut 16,22(1 4,576 s'ow York 99,232 31,42n <Iew Jersey (1(1,844 21,474 'ennsylvania .... 15(1,845 61,(168 Jelaware 30,(197 8,374 laryland. 236,064 (10,40(1 >l?io 00,601 31,236 ndiana 57,505 18,186 llinois 85,078 20,762 lichigan 16,81(1 5,108 (iwu 12,603 4,441 Jissouri 161,231 46,418 Kansas..... . 52,003 14,695 Nebraska 6,200 2,208 )klahoma 18,831 4,827 tidlau Territory.. 30,853 0,140 Colorado 8,350 3,215 Jalifcrnia 1 1,045 3,711 tentucky 284,700 74,728 .Vest Virginia... 43,409 14,780 UKALLY DEMOCKATIC STATES. It will l?e seen by the above that In line elections out of ten the ltepubll ans could not carry the States of Sew York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Indiana or West Virginia vil bout the aid of the negro vote, and liese States, without the Southern md Democratic States, would electa ^resident and carry the house of rep(fseotati ves. W illing to Mnko Amends. An amusing street Incident happened recently. A young lady left lor husband's side to look in a winlow. On leaving it she took, as she [.bought, her husband's arm, and continued her conversation. "You see," she said, "you don't jven look at anything I want you to ice. You never care bow 1 am dress d; you no longer love me. Why, you have not even kissed mi* for .a iv.*??b ind " "Madame, I am sorry, but that Is my misfortune, not my fault," said the man, turning round. The lady looked at him and gasped. She had taken the arm of the wrong man. Loudon Sparc Moments. ('aiiHt; <>l* Colds. In these days of many colds tliat ire hard to cure It is unpleasant to be reminded that iutluen/.a and volcanic li^turbauccs liave some association, Lhough the relation may be only one of coincidence. The tendency of the CO in-volcanic eruptions was noted in the eighteenth century. In the fourth volume of The New Wonderful Magazine is a statement that the Immense volcanic eruptions in the northern V a" Island of Iceland in 1783 and the earth-quakes in Calabria were accompanied by the inilucn/.a?"a disorder hitherto unaccounted for," states the paper which spread throughout Europe. New York Tribune. married an Indian. L. II. Wall, a fullblooded Ute Indian, from Eufala, Indian Territory, and Miss Lucy Ramsey, of Almlne, Va., daughter of Mrs. Susan Ramsey, were married on Christmas day, and are now en route to the Indian Territory. The marriage was the result of an advertisement in a Chicago matrimonial paper. When the Indian arri VOfl > no UOnn.# -11 ? -1 ... v.*. u.?vy Julius WUIIUIII WiiS U1B (}UtH3U at tirst to back out of the bargain, but she finally decided to marry him, and llev. Mr. Wade performed the ceremony. The groom has a laundry at Kufala and seems to be la good circumstances. Clour* the Mystery. Mrs. Sadie Latimer, widow of Albert C. Latimer, whose shooting by an unknown midnight intruder caused such a sensation bust .July, has told the Brooklyn police the name of the man whom she suspects 6f being the murderer of her husband. The suspect is father of the friend woman the police regarded with suspicion and to whom Mrs. Kstmer since has been reported engaged.