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! Destructive Winds Out West. .Joplin, Mo., April 24.-Joplin was [visited today, by the mest destructive [storm- in its history, daring which rthree persons were killed outright, six fatally injured, a score or more seriously hurt and 8300,000 worth of property was destroved.. Topeka, Kansas, April 25.-A fierce north wind, carrying clouds of dust and low temperature, has been blow? ing in Kansas since noon today. There is no indication of rain and the wheat fields are drifting badly. The effect on all growing crops is unfavor? able, but as tho wind has been cool no particular damage has been done. A dispatch from Lyons says that no rain -has fallen there for several months. Sioux City, Iowa, April 25.-Sioux City was in darkness after noon to day. Dense greenish clouds shut out th? sun. All stores used artificial light and business districts had the appearance of evening. For a time the wind blew seventy-two miles an hour and considerable damage was done. A heavy rain fell. BRITISH WEALTH. "When you read in newspapers that Great Britain has been so straitened by the South African war that the government has had to levy a war tax, you would do well to remember that the articles taxed in an emergency by that country are such as are taxed in this country all' the years around. Tte tariff laws of the United States are felt most by the people in the humblest circle of life, while the free trade principles of Great Britain are of benefit to the very same class that ! make up the bone and sinew of the i country^ The income tax is what j L feathers the financial nest of the ? ^Mother Country, and those who pay it ? seem satisfied. In England there is a nearer approach of the actual value of property to its assessed value than is the case in almost any other govern? ment in the world. When Britain goes to war her people, with that born stubbornness inherent in the race, come forward in every emergency, and foot the bill of expenses. When an amount of millions is desired to tide over ex .jsenses, her own bankers and capital isis go down in their long stockings and, in an hour or two, many times the amount required is proffered. She borrows of? the people of her own race, and from none other. She lends to outsiders, but never borrows from them. Hence her wonderful success along ali lines. How to Form the Reading Habit. . In order to organize odd minutes ^into fruitful hours one must have a consistent scheme and keep the means of carrying it out within reach. Too many people read the books which come in their way instead of putting themselves in the way of getting the right books. They buy and boriow without thought or plan because they do not understand that reading ought to be a resource as well 'as a recrea? tion.' Decide in advance what books you will read, and do not take up with those which drift in your diree * tion. Do not burden yourself with a scheme so extensive that it discourages you: do.not, at the start, plan courses of reading so vast tnat you are weighed down with they: magnitude. Begin in a quiet and easy way by planning to read consecutively a few books in some field which interests _ you.-Hamilton W. Mabie, in the May Ladies' Home Journal. Missionaries in India encounter no littlefdiflSculty in explaining the teach? ings of Christianity so that the natives will understand them, as some of the most beautiful passages of the Bible are rendered almost ludicrous by trans? lation, A returned missionary tells The Buffalo Commercial of the efforts of a young Hindu Bible student to render ' ' Rock of ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee," into the na? tive dialect. The result of his labors, translated back into English, was about like this : Very old stone, split for my benefit. Let me absent myself under one of your fragments. Says The Atlanta Constitution: "Jenkins has got a sword all right but Jim Tillman has got one also." But Jenkins has his by his side and Tillman has his on his hands. ~A neighbor ran in with a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diar? rhoea Remedy when my son was suffer? ing with severe cramps and was given up as beyond hope by mj regular physician, who stand- high in his profession. After administering three doses of ii my son regained consciousness and recovered en? tirely within 24 hours.'" says Mrs Mary Kaller, of Mt Crawford. Va. This reme? dy is for sale by Dr A J China. - - ml I II II U..M - RIGHT IN IT. " I have been making a tour of the south," remarked J. B. Joseph. "I was greatly amused on alighting from the train on the Georgia Central Rail? way" in Savannah. The station is sur? rounded in all directions gwith a lot of saloons and cheap restaurants. In great illuminated letters, over one of these saloons was the sign : '* 'Open ail night.' " Xext to it was a restaurant bearing with equal prominence the legend: * We never close. ' "Third in order was a Chinese laundry in a little tumbledown hovel and upon the front of this building was the sign in great, scrawling let? ters : "Me wakee. too, too.' " ? Valuable Medicine For Coughs apel Colds in Children. "I have not the slightest hesitancy in recommending Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy to all who are suffering from conghs or cold-." says Chas M Cramer. Esq, a well known watchmaker cf Colombo, Ceylon. "It has been some two years since the City Dispensary lirst called my attention to this valuable medicine and I have repeat? edly u^ed it and it has always been bene? ficial. It has cured me quickly of all ches* colds. It is especially effective for children and seldom take? more than one bottle lo cure them of hoarseness. I have persuaded many to try this valuable med icine. and they are all as well pleased as myself over the results." For sale by Dr A J. China. ADVERTISING APHORISM. An advertisement continues to get its work in until the last copy 'of tue paper containing it is destroyed. The energy and enterprise of a busi? ness man may be measured by his ad? vertising. If he be timid, puerile or slow going he will not utilize the po w? er of the^press: but- on the contrary, if he be a man of nerved purpose, energy and push he avails himself of every legitimate means to advertise his busi? ness. Name the successful and opulent business men of the country and yon repeat the names of those who have advertised freelv.-Montclair (N. J. i Herald. This is a Good Gne. A dispatch ircm St. Jospeh Mo., says in the stomach of a steer slaugh? tered in a packing house there was found a diamond brooch worth $500 that was lost by Miss Margaret Car? roll, of Baltimore, Md., two years ago. The steer was grown on the plains near Dodge City, Kan., Miss Carroll happened to be detained for a few hours: at Kinsley, Kan., thirty miles from Dodge City while traveling with a party of friends in a private car. Miss Caroll had taken a fancy to a baby on the train, and she had it with her "in the observation end of* the car. She bought the child a toy balloon to which the baby playfully attached the woman's r di,imond brooch. A gust of wind caused the balloon to wrench the pin from its fastening and it was carried off, disappearing in the westren sky. A reward was offered for the recovery of the ornament, but there was no trace cf it until it was taken from the stomach of the steer. Colonel C. L. Coiqueen, of Louisi? ana, was halted o a the street one day by a gentleman w rio evidently did not ?now him. Can you tell me, " asked the un? known, "who is ;he best lawyer in town?" "I am, sir," replied the colonel without hesitation. Thelman looked surprised. "Excuse me, he said: "I should like to have you prove it. " ".Don't have to prove it, sir,'; thun? dered the colonel : "I admit it."-New i'ork Times. DOUBLED THE COLLECTION A Scotchmen's Scheme For Increas? ing: the Church Contribution. In a small town in England there is a rich congregation which is not charac? terized by lavish liberality. Time after time the minister had vainly appealed to his people lo contribute more gener? ously to the fund?; of the church. The members would indeed give something, but it was nearly always the smallest silver coin of the realm that was plac? ed on the plate. A shrewd Scotchman who had recently come to the place and joined the church was not long in no? ticing this state ol' affairs, and a reme? dy soon suggested itself to his practical mind. 'Til teil you whit." he said to ene of the officials, "if you mak* me treasurer I'll engage to double the collection in three months." His offer was promptly accepted, and. sure enough, the collections began to increase until by the time he had stat? ed they were nearly twice as much as formerly. "How have you managed it. Mr. Sandyman?" said the pastor to him one day. "It's a great secret," returned the canny Scot, "but I'll tell you in confi? dence. The folk, I saw, mostly gave threepenny bits. Weel, when I got the money every Sabbath morning I care? fully picked oot the sina' coins and put them by. Noo, as there's a limited number of threepenny pieces in a little place like this ard as I have maist o' them at present u ader lock and key, the folk maun give saxpences at least in? stead. Sae that's the way the collec? tions are doubled."-Pearson's. Diamond Cotters. Speaking of wsmen in the jewelry business, a diamond merchant said: "In other branches of the jewelry trade than d'anond cutting women have made some unqualified successes. Not one of Eve's daughters, from roy? alty down. 1 should say, that isn't an artist in the wearing of diamonds. Many are well versed in the tricks of buying and selling them, while others give excellent satisfaction in polishing, setting them and preparing them for the market. *T?ut when it comes to the real cut? ting cf the stones they lack the pa? tience, judgment and steadiness of nerve which constitute the expert's stock in trade. It would seem that dia? monds have the same effect upon the woman who wishes to shape them that they do on the girl who sees one of them sparkling in her new engagement ring-puts her in a tremor of excite? ment: hence diamond cutters are in? variably men." The !Cterr;:i! Feminine. Bride of a Day (aboard train)-Dc stop talking a little while, dear. The Other Half (tenderly)-Why. darling, are you tired of me so soon? Bride of a Day - No. dearest, but 1 am curious to hear what those two wo? men behind us are saying.-Chicane News. Sot it Strm 'cr. Uncle Henry-So yon got swindled first thing? Didn't 1 tell you to beware of strangers in th?? city: .Tedian- Din this chap wasn't a strati ger. Ducie !I< ury. lie knew me righi off-actually called tue by name.-Dos ton Transcript. !!1M Lol \ot a Happy One. p'irst Roundsman-Casey, thoi new polaoeinati is a twits erround whin than1 is anny throuble. Second Rounds man-Pauli, be's on lucky I-Ohio Stat:' .Journal. S?r< n Disadvantage In it. "Von ought to bea good boy." "Yes. but if ? was a good boy people wofridift say now bright I am."-Indi? ana pv.'tis News. WEBSTER AS A DRINKER. T!:o ?^ren? Orator*.?? Deep Potations De fore Two t"r.;:>oc:s Speeches. Daniel Webster was invited to Rich? mond in the fifties. He accepted the in? vitation, came to Richmond and went to the Exchange hotel. He was invited by the state legislature to address them and the people of Richmond, and a committee consisting cf James Lyons cf Richmond and Robert E. Scott of Fauquier, two of the most eminent lawyers in the state, were sent down to the hotel to escort him to the capitol building. They found Mr. Webster in a state of intoxication in such degree that Mr. Lyons raid to Mr. Scott: "This man can't make a speech. You must take his place.'* Mr. Scott replied, "No man can take the place of Daniel Web? ster." After delay, during which Mr. Web? ster improved a little, he was asked if he would go to the capitol. He replied, .'Yes." With great difficulty Messrs. Scott and Lyons supported and helped him to the capitol. When they reached the rotunda near the Washington stat? ue, Mr. Lyons said, "Mr. Webster, do you think you can speak?" "If you will give me a drink of brandy, yes." A messenger was sent to a neighbor? ing hotel and a bottle of brandy brought Mr. Webster poured out suc? cessively two goblets full and drank them oft, straightened himself up, shook himself as a lion might have done, walked steadily and directly to the position from which he spoke, on the south porch of the capitol, and in the presence of an audience of 5,000 people, which consisted of the intellec? tuality and beauty of Richmond, male and female, made his celebrated Octo? ber speech, one of the greatest even of his life. Edward Everett related that on the j day Webster replied to Hayne of South Carolina he walked with him to the capitol; that he seemed so badly pre? pared that he doubted him and feared i that he was net eq.ual to the occasion; that just before he rose to speak he drank a goblet of brandy and then made his great speech in reply to Hayne, which is an English classic. Such was the effect of the beverage on Webster.-Beverages. THE GREAT POETS. Do Xot Stndy Them For Knovr?ed?e; Rend Tliem For Culture. Young men and young women actual? ly go to college to take a course in Shakespeare or Chaucer or Dante or the Arthurian legends. The course be? comes a mere knowledge course. My own acquaintance with Milton was through an exercise in grammar. We parsed "Paradise Lost" Much of the current college study of Shakespeare is little better than parsing him. The class falls upon the text like hens upon a bone in winter. Xo meaning of phrase escapes them; every line is literally picked to pieces. But of the'poet himself, of that which makes him what he is, how much do they get? Very little, I fear. They have had intellectual exercise and not an emotional experience. They have add? ed to their knowledge, but have not taken a step in culture. To dig into the roots and origins of the great poets is like digging into the roots of an oak or maple the better to increase your appreciation of the beau? ty of the tree. There stands the tree in all its summer glory. Will you real? ly know it any better after you have laid bare every root and rootlet? There stand Homer, Dante, Chaucer and Shakespeare. Read them, give your? self to them, and master them if you are man enough. The poets are not to be analyzed; they are to be enjoyed; they are not to be studied, but to be loved: they are not for knowledge, but for culture to enhance our appreciation of life and our mastery over its elements. All the mere facts about a poet's work are as chaff as compared with the apprecia? tion of one fine line or fine sentence. Why study a great poet at all after the manner of the dissecting room? Why not rather seek to make the acquaint? ance of his living soul and to feel its power?-John Burroughs in Century. William Shakespeare. What point of morals, of manners, of economy, of philosophy, of religion, of taste, of the conduct of life, bas he not settled? What mystery has he not sig? nified his knowledge of? What office or function or district of man's work has he not remembered? What king has he not taught state, as Talma taught Napoleon? What maiden has not found him finer than her delicacy? What lover has he not outloved? What sage has he not ouiseen? What gen? tleman has be not instructed in the rudeness of his behavior?-Ralph Wal? do Emerson. Tlie Wrong of Intolerance. The intolerant state ol* mind is in? jurious both to the state and to the in? dividual, it goes with conceit and deadly pride. The strange thing is that men are apt to plume themselves upon their intolerance. It is evident that a man's conduct and a nation's conduct should bc Hie result ut* thought and judgment, but intolerance stops i thought and destroys judgment.-Cen? tury. With n Pnrpone. "Wasn't there an ungrammatical sentence in one ot* your speeches?" ..'l here was." answered Representa- ! tive Husker. "I [?ut ii there on pur? pose. Vcu s.-e. we're plain folks up io Punkin Corners, and 1 don't want ruy constituents to (hink I'm getting proud ! just because I've come to congress."- ! Washington Star. After one woman has convinced a man that she would die for him ne be? gins ?o look vaguely around io see if there are any more.-AI ch ison Clobe. He only confers favors generous;;/ i who appears, when they are once cote ferr ed, to remember them no 'nore.- j Johnson. WHAT MOVED THE DOG? ; A Rer.:.?rka!>!e Sti?ry of Cnnine In? telligence r.nd Affection. Among the tales told of the intelli? gence and affection of our canine friends hy Mrs. Sarah K. Bolton in her book. ,,Our Devoted Friend, the Dog." is the story of Dan, a deerhound owned by Mr. L. C. M cacha mp of Homer. La. Mr. M ca cha inp was one day going on a squirrel hunt and, not wishing Dan to accompany him. tied the dog to a post hy a rope. Dan whined and bog j ged, but iinding his master obdurate he at last lay down quietly before his kennel. It was growing dusk and time for ! the hunter to return, when Mrs. Mea champ was suddenly disturbed by the whining and harking of the dog, who had been quiet all day up to that time. She spoke to the dog, but instead of being pacified at this attention he re? doubled his exertions and broke the rope which held him. Then he bounded away, over the fence- and into the woods. He was gone perhaps half an hour when he came running back, panting and almost breathless, with his mas? ter's hat in his mouth. Mrs. Meachamp became at once alarmed, and. calling her son, they set off to find the missing man, Dan all the time bounding ahead and leading the way. At length they came upon Mr. Meachamp lying helpless in the woods, where he had fallen into a little ditch and broken his leg. The accident happened, as nearly as could be reckoned, at the moment when the dog began to show his un? easiness. That be should have had knowledge of the accident seems in? credible, but his master firmly be? lieves that he did know it and that it was because he knew it that he was so anxious to get away. Swallowing Abilities of Snakes. The jaws of the chicken snake, says a Texan, are hung on hinges that can be taken apart or displaced for the time being, as the case may be, and an entire Texas cottontail rabbit can be persuaded to enter, head and all, with little effort, and the body, being made of india rubberlike material and very stretchable, the kicking little animal soon finds a lodgment in the stomach. His snakeship then carefully resets his jaws so that his mouth assumes its normal size and blissfully reposes for the succeeding sis hours. The powerful gastric juice does the bal? ance, and no Texan can testify that he ever heard a chicken snake suffering from indigestion or chronic dyspepsia. The capture and digestion of chickens, song birds, turkey eggs and rats con? stitute simple pastime to the chicken snake and do not call for a sis hour layoff in feeding time. A Remarkable Sentence. The Latin sentence, "Sator arepo ten? et opera rotas," which is. it must be admitted, pretty bad Latin, is a curios? ity nevertheless. It can be freely trans? lated as "I eeafee from my work; the sower will wear\way his wheels." Its line oddities are these: It spells the same backward as for? ward. The first letter of each word spells the first word. The same may be said of the second, third, fourth and fifth letters. The last letters, read backward, spell the first word, the nest to the last the second word, and so on throughout There are just as many letters in each word as there are words in the sentence. Her Good Boniness Head. "You say she is a good business wo? man ?" "Oh. splendid, incomparable. She lets absolutely nothing drive business out of her head. Why. just before Harold started for Europe he proposed to her by letter and asked her to telegraph her answer." .?Well?" "Well, most people would have tele? graphed 'Yes' or 'So.' hut -she had enough of a business head to wire. Mt affords me great pleasure to say yes to you.' thus preventing the telegraph company from getting any advantage of her in charging for a ten word mes? sage."-Brooklyn Lagle. Regard l^or Sacred Trees. Throughout the length and breadth of India the Ficus religiosa, under which Buddha rested for seven years plunged in divine thought, is dedicated to religious worship and may on no ac? count he felled or destroyed. Wi. more universal hut not less sincere rev? erence do the peasants of Russia pros? trate themselves bel';;"!1 the trees which they are about to cut and deprecate tue vengeance of the deities whose rest? ing places they then proceed to de? stroy.- Gentleman's Magazine. Iiis Menta? Inc*::irricity. The Court-So .\ou ::sk divorce from this man on the ground of mental inca? pacity. What proof have you that he's insane? The Woman-Who said he was in? sane, your honor? The Court-Why. you say he is men? tally incapable. T'ne Woman-Yes: incapable of un? derstanding that I'm bo&s.-Ba I ti inore News Lai-Tc of Originality. Says a Philadelphia physician: "The utter hick ci originality in the human mind vexes me. Even trie insane are no; original in their delusions and ma? nias, out they can he divided into classes, and each class has its one little uniform and unvarying set cf aberra? tions. The Insane cannot he other than imitai ive and commonplace." fon t rn ry. "Charley, dear." said young Mrs. Tor kins. "1 wan; you to promise that you will not lose any mere money on horse races.'* "I won't bet a cent " "Now. that's just sheer contrariness. You know il you don't bet you can't win."-Washington Star. [ii. ^^-^^^ _Jii For Infants and Children. liPi?iiil?ha KM Yeo Hara _Si i ?swavs ioush J.\ '. ?r.bh Prepaca?ionferAs- ?? i S? dilating -:i;eFood aadSegula-1? I :; Linc ;h:S?oisaciisaa??Bowe?sof \i g fj? Precies Digest?on?heerfur ; ! aess 2nd RestContains neither I i MYA ra,Morp?iine nor "Mineral, ki ?SOTNARCOTIC. iii I ;.! Pttmpfcm Scee? ' ???^ckdU -Sa?C - sioix Seed * /hpeptttht - Bi.Car?,dirJ&Scdtl * Clatif?dSugar ???iien/H'e.i Flavor. Aperfecl Remedy forConslipa Uon, Sour S to mach, Diarrhoea Worms ^Convulsions Jeverish ness and Loss OF SLEEP. FacSimitc Signatare of XEW VO??K. ..'Afb m?'?^?s-blu'vV^f . EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. oe Kind foy Have kim ?OvOvOOvOfC* AND ?040400+O+Ov We took in a lot of o ? Gooil : Young : Stock : Which have since fattened up, and being acclimated are really more fit for present use than fresh ones? The time approaches when planters are pre? paring for the next year. Come and see them. They will be sold worth the money. HARBY & CO. Dec 18 OUTHERN RAILWAY THE GREAT HIGHWAY OF TRADE AMD TRAVEL. Uniting the Principal Commercial Centers and Health, and Pleasure Resorts of the South with the .?? JP NORTH, EAST and WEST. High-Class Vestibule Trains, Through Sleeping-Cats between New York and New Orleans, via Atlanta. Cincinnati and Florida Points via Atlanta and via Asheville. New York and Florida, either via Lynchburg, Danville and Savannah, or via Richmond, Danville and Savannah. .Superior Dining-Car Service on all Through Trains. Excellent Service and Low Rates to Charleston ac* count South Carolina Inter-St aie and West Indian Exposition. "Winter Tourist TicKets to all Resorts now on sale at reduced rates. For detailed informatior, literature, time tables, rates, etc., apply to nearest ticket'agent, or address S. Ii. HARDWICK, General Passenger Jfgent, Washington, D. C. R.. W. HUNT, Div. Passenger Jtgent, Charleston, S. C. FEBRUARY 10. ISC2. W. H. TAYLOE, Jisst. Gen. Pass. Jigent, Jstlanta, Ga. J. C. 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