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stub Of o tail and must have given II
some painful ~wrenches, as the rollers
tossed me TO and fro.
just as the fury of the storm was
abating we got into shallow water and
nee In a while j could feel my feet
touch bottom. j held on, however,
until the shore doomed up in sight
through the rain, and then cast off
from the bear with an audible "Thank
you, old fellow" and let him make his
way TO land first. [ saw him merge,
dripping, from the water, climb the
bank and disappear in the woods.
For several minutes, however, L stood
waiting, waist deep in water, until
the coast could be safely clear. Finally
/ yentured ashore and lay down TO get
my breath and recover from my ex-
haustion.
AS soon as / felt able to walk, /
started for camp around the lower end
OF the lake, and reached its shelter
just as the other fellows, drenched with
their long walk through the woods,
came in from trouting. 1 told them
my story, but they thought / was guy
ing them and refused to believe me
until next morning. l went out and
snapped both of my bear traps and
buried them in the woods. They knew
[ was speaking in earnest when 1 had
said that l had made up my mind never
to kill a bear, until he first tried to
kill me.-Chicago Tribune.
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DREAM.

[ dreamed the other night that / died
and went on high,
the heavenly mansions far above
the blue ethereal sky.
Old Peter, standing at the gate, in
quired what / had been;
:" An editor" was my reply |; said he,
Come right straight In"
And then, 1t seemed, / started-having
nothing else to do
A bright and spicy paper called 1.-THE
Heavenly What is New"
L ran across reporters by the dozen,
ever more;
AS for printers, they applied for work
by the everlasting score.
The Personals" were plenty ; got 'em
early, got ZEN late
Just kept a shorthand angel interview.
ing at the gate.
F" Society notes" were easy, too, the
simplest sort of things,
Where costumes just consisted of the
newest fads in wings"
Subscriptions came like sixty; "ads'
we're abundant, too.
But just before we went to press
heard a great ado;
In came the foreman, frothing, ant
said he, "Your head amt level
Howdy'e expect to run this sheet wheI
we haven't any devil?"
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WEATHER CROP BULLETIN.
The Condition of Crops In all Sections
ofthe State.

The Condition of Crops In all Sections
ofthe State.
The following is the weather crop
bulletin for the week ending Monday,
Aug. 81:
PIEDMONT REGION.
The condition Of the crops in this
section for the past week has been gen.
orally favorable. The weather has
been a little too cool for the rapid ma
turity of the cotton plant fruit. In
some localities both cotton and corn
have been to some extent injured by
overilows on low lands. The cotton
plant is heavily fruited, but the fear is
now entertained that the recent rains
will cause 1t to grow too rapidly, and
not only to shed its young fruit, but pre-
vent 1t from taking on more.
Cotton has just commenced to Open.
1t Is about ten days late. The corn
crop has improved very much, parti-
cularly that portion on stubble lands.
The pea crop is reported as eXtraordi-
narily fine, and other crops in u very
promising condition. Rains have been
we'll distributed.
MIDDLE BELT.
The condition of the cotton crop in
this belt is generally very favorable.
Cotton on light sandy soil is badly rust
ed and 1T Is on the increase, and has
caused immature fruit to open. In
some favored localities the crop has
not sustained so serious an injury.
Caterpillars reported nsome localities,
but no ravages to the crop SO far. The
crop is now being harvested, and a few
bales have been marketed. The early
corn crop was hoplessly injured but the
ate corn bids fair to yield "a full crop.
All other crops have improved and the
prospects are that remunerative crops
will be harvested. Upland rice good.
Rains very general.
LOWER BELT.
The crop prospect for this section is
truly discouraging /; as to cotton, the
plant has been badly injured from ex-
cessive rains. The complaint is al
most universal that the plant is she'd
ding its young fruit, and is materially
injured from rust which is on the in
crease.
First planting of corn. was almost
ruined, but the late planting has great
ly improved.
The rice crop without any disaster
will be a large yield. Harvesting will
begin at an early day. Other crops,
peas, potatoes and sugar cane are in
fine condition. Cotton is being picked
as it opens. Rains have fallen
throughout thisiscction.
j. H. HARMON, Director.
Central Office, Columbia, S. G.
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Herr is an original snake story
which comes from Rome, Gu. Mr..
Hughes bought q small sized rat trap
with an opening but no exit. 1t was
tightly closed, and could hold only a
few of the rodents. The first night he
caught a good many the next night
he woke up, hearing a great commo-
ton in the trap. He supposed he had
one or maybe two large sized murines,
and without striking a light made his
way to the trap and picked it up. He
could feel what he thought was a rat.
and tenderly let his hand lie against
it. When he made a light he still felt
the moving body, and glanced toward
It,. AS he did so he dropped the trap.
Whether he yelled or jumped out the
window will ever remain a secret buri-
ed deep in his bosom.
TO put 1T gently, he was surprised.
What he had so tenderly allowed to
rub him was a ground rattlesnake.
With great courage and the reptile in
a cage he succeeded in ending its ex-
istence. His snakeship had evidently
followed the rats inside aud had swat
lowed three. st was over three feet
long.
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Highest of all in Leavening power-Latest y. Govt Report
Re! B Bsxds,:
ABSOLUTELY PURE

GUM ARABIC.--The most familiar
objects about us are often least under
stood, and probably few can answer the
question, What is gum arabic. and
whence does it come ?" In Morocco
about the middle of November THAT is,
after the rainy season. q gummy juice
exudes spontaneously from the trunk
and branches of the acacia. 1t gradual
~ thickens in the fnrrows down which
it runs, and assume the form of oval
and rounds drops, about the size of a
pigeons egg, OF different colors, as it
comes from the red or white gum tree.
About the middle of December the
Moors encamPon the borders of the
forest, and the harvests last u full
month. The gum is packed in large
leather sacks, and is transported on
the backs of camels and bullocks to
seaport for shipment to different coun-
tries. The harvest occasion is made
n of great rejoicing; and for the
time being the people almost live on
the gum, whichis nutritious and f. t.
tening. Such is the commercial story
OF this simple but useful article.
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a W0EfAN,S

Il WOMAN'S BURDENS
are lightened when she turns to the
right medicine. If her existence is
made gloomy by tho chronic weak
nesses, delicate arrangements, and
painful disorders that aflict her sex,
shc will find relief and emancipation
from her troubles in DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. If she's over
worked, nervous, or "run-down,"
she has new life and strength after
using this remarkable remedy. It's
a powerful, invigorating tonic and
nsrvine which was discovered and
used by an eminent physician for
many years. in all cases of "female
complaints" and weaknesses. For
young girls just entering woman
hood; for women at the critical
"change of life"; in bearing-down
sensations, periodical pains, ulcera-
ton, inflammation, and every kim
dred ailment, if it ever fails to
benefit or cure, you have your
money back.
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0nr family Story.
A QUEER ADVENTURE.

One sultry day / had tramped six or
eight miles through the woods to look
at my traps, and on my return to camp
felt 80 warm and uncomfortable that /
decided to take one OF the boats, row
out into deep water, and have o royal
bath and swim. The other fellows
were all up the brook trout-fshing,
and / had the whole lake to myself.
] rowed out fully q mile from the
shore, so as to get that grand sensation,
which every adyenturesome swimmer
in a hundred feet depth of water.
Those who daily near shore know moth
ing about this sensation. It is like
the sensation which an eagle or hawk
must have, posing and wheeling, with
o mile OF transparent air between
itself and the earth. Great depth of
water buOys a swimmer up-makes
him feel as If he had water wings, and
could circle, float and almost sleep on
the water, as q broadwinged bird does
In the air.
When I got into the deepest part OF
the lake, / threw over the sharp-cor-
nered stone we used for an anchor,
attached to it's hundred feet of stout
cord, and proceeded to undress and
make my first thrilling plunge. Down,
down L went into the clear water, till
its elastic resistance, like a cushion.
stopped my body and drove it toward
the surface again. AS I emerged,
blowing the water from nostrils and
mouth, L saw that q black storm cloud
was coming up over the mountain
behind the camp but as yet the sun
shone fercely from the western sky,
and | had no thought of giving up my
delicious bath for q threatened thunder
shower.
l dove repeatedly, noated, swan on
the surface and beneath the surface,
trod water and enjoyed myself in the
most luxurious fashion. Finally I
started and swan q hundred yards or
so away from the boat, with the inten-
ton OF seeing how many times ] should
have to come to the surface in retrac-
ing my course under water. AS [
came up after my first dive | noticed
that hat fresh breeze which precedes
q storm was beginning to wrinkle the
lake with little waves, and deemed it
best to get back to tho boat as soon as
possible. But | was surprised to see
o much farther away the boatlooked
than when [ first started to return TO
It,. 1t really seemed a quarter of q
mile Off now, but supposing this to be
merely an optical illusion, | swan on
with l%eisurely strokes, thinking to
reach 1T in Il few minutes. But after
l had been swimming for five minutes,
and the boat seemed, if anything
farther away than when L started, I
began to suspect something was wrong,
and forged ahead at the top of my
speed. =
Alt this while the breeze was freshcn-
ing, the wrinkly waves were increas-
Ing to small rollers, and I could hear
the thunder muttering and rolling
over the hills behind mo. Suddenly
the truth flashed across my mind that
the stone anchor which held my boat
must have slipped from its loop and
the boat was drifting away from me
18th increasing speed! 1t was a
v>ttstartling and disagreeable
SAY Cneinest~ Out in tho
the lake with ono or
rms coming on,
-" 40 or every
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WHO wmh nE CoLIEcroR2
An Early Decision Likely-Perry
Seems to BE In the Lead

Gems TO BE In the Lead
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug %. Special
There is q fair chance that South
Carolina will have a Democratic Col
lector within the next two weeks.
The papers for nearly all the other
for Presidential inspection and Mr..
Carlisle thinks that the papers in the
South Carolina case will be the next to
be called for.
The indications are that Ben Perry
will be the lucky man.. A strong fight
has been made against him, but he has
fought hard back. While the other
candidates have left their cases in the
hands OF their friends, Perry has re-
manned in Washington looking after
his own interests. Next to Perry, Mr..
Daniel Thompkins has possibly the
strongest showing. He Is backed by
Senator Irby, and the President has
repeatedly said that this Office belongs
to the Senators and they will have the
appointment Of the man. Lucas and
Bratton have scattering endorsements,
but neither of them are sufficiently
strong to turn the Senators down.
Representative McLaurin scored q
hit with the enemies of Cleveland in
his speech on Monday night. He
dealt with the President with the
! gloves OIL. He arraigned him for
breaking his pledges and challenged
his Democracy. 1t was the most ultra
anti-Cleveland speech made since the
extra session opened. The speech was
unfortunate In one respect as Mr..
McLaurin spoke as if representing the
whole State on the subject. 1t would
lead N to think that the entire State
was opposed to the President. AS a
free coinage grafton, however, it was
forcible and had its effect on the
wavering. He aimed his blows we'll
and struck squarely from the shoulder.
Captain Shells accident clearly
evinced one thing, that he is not only
respected in the House but deeply
loved. There is scarcely q Representa-
tive who has not called to inquire
after his condition, and the morning
after the accident the tenderest ex.
pressions of sympathy we're heard on
every side of the House. Captain
Shell, with the exception of Major
Brawley, stands closer to the Presi.
dent than any other member of the
delegation in the House, and will get
about as much in the way of patronage
as the Senators themselves, while his
opinions are always taken by Speaker
Crisp, in all matters pertaining tx
South CarOlina.-Columbia Journal.
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THE DOLLAR OF OUR DADD1Es
Some Facts as to the History ofSilver
Money.

Money.
The silver dollar, which is again q
disturbing element in the financial
prosperity Of the country, seems to
have had q lot Of trouble in its day and
generation, and it is now getting back
at the United States treasury with
alarming persistency. Some of the
facts concerning it are of immediate
interest and will bear summing up.
Here is the chronological history of
the silver dollar;
Authorized to be coined, Act of
April 2, 1882 weight, 416 grains fine
Weight changed, Act Of January 10,
1897, to 4123 grains.
Fineness changed. Act Of January
Is, 1887, to 900. :
Coinage discontinued, Act of Febru.
airy II, 1873.
Total amount coined to February II,
1873, So, OBJ, 238.
Coinage reauthorized. Act of Feb.
ruary %, 1878.
Amount coined from August l, 1875
to December 81, 1887, $3.50, 295, 1851, Tin
Guiding 81, 1877 recoined.)
Total amount coined to December 81,
1889, $35T, $50, 239.
The first silver dollar was put in
circulation in 1894.
"It was Il crude design" says a his.
torian. "On the diverse, or face O
the coin. was imprinted tho head of
young lady facing to the right: Hell
hair was flowing to such an extent
that she looked as if taken in q gale O.
wind"
nlI96 Congress stepped in to the
aid of the typical damsel and tied hel
hair up with u bit of ribbon.
The fifteen stars were after this re
duced to the original thirteen in re
cognition of the number of States.
In 1886 the design was AGAR
changed, and the silver dollar bore the
full figure of a neatly dressed woman
In q flowing garment. The designer
forgot, however, to put in the thirteen
stars and the coin vas soon called in
Any person now in possession of one
OF those dollars has IL valuable
souvenir.
The design had the lady sur.
rounded by the stars. 1t was an i'm,
provement on it's predecessor, but the
air OF the female figure was defiant
and stiff.
The dollar of 1888 was the first art
istic piece of silver coined by the Unit.
y 4 l,N11o,
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DAVIS.

The degree Of perfection and utility
10 which this machine has been
brought, the r~ndeavors of the inventor
to keep ahead of all competitors. are
something murvelous. The vertical
feed which is used only by this ma
chine, is in itself a feature nossessing
advantages that at once captivates tho
people. The autnmatic work done by
the Davis is acknowledged by the most
critical experts TO be u~urivalled. and
that it stands in the market without u
successful competitor, is unouestioned.
NO other machine can duplicate the
work which can be done with the Da-
Wis, neither is it claimed for them by
their respective representatives. In
vcstigation OF the merits of the Davis
is solicited. Such investigation will
repay you, whether or not you wish to
purchase.
Yours respectfully,
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THE ADMIRATION OF THE
WORLD.

No modern invention has come SO
near, and been SO closely allied With
the people of every grade, as the sew
ing machine. Ana What n revolution
there has been in this wonderful in
rention, since Elias Howe, in 1916,
secured a patent On the first complete
sewing machine. One after another,
improvements have been made until
to-day the sowing machine is the adj
mration OF the world, and is cherished
as the most useful and necessary article
in every household. The most wonder
iul OF all the machines now before the
public is the
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Mrs. Douschka Dugas, wife of DR..
George G: Dugas, of Augusta, and the
only child of Mrs. Ex-Governor Pick
ems, died at Engelwood, the home of
the latter, a mile and q half from
Edgeield, at II o'clock last Friday
night.
The Japanese Pile Cure is the only
proper application for internal piles
and is guaranteed lin cvery1case by
Carpenter Bros, Grcenville, S. G..
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The first Chinaman ~deported under
the Geary act was sem from San
francisco on Thursday August 10.
The Government paid $50 for his pas
sage.
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Sam Poole, colored, who lives in
Huntsville, thinks he has "broke the
record in raising watermelons this
year. He planted one-fourth of an
acre, using but very little manure, and
has gathered 367 large melons SO far.
and says there are still about fifty in the
field.
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A ATLANTIC COAST LINE PAS
N stIger Department. Wilmington,
\. G. July 2. 1898. Fast Line between
Charleston and Columbia anf Upper
south Carolina. ard Western N)rih CARO-
lima and Athens aud Atlanta. Condensed
Schedule.
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Infamed itching, burning, crusty
and scaly skin and scalp Of infants
and cured by Johnson's Orien-
tai Soap. Sold by Carpenter Bros,
Greenyille, S. c.
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Fits, dizziness, hysteria, wakeful-
ness, bad dreams and softening of the
brain quickly cured by Magnetic
Nervine. Sold by Carpenter Bros,
Greenyille, S. c..
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Recommend Johnson's Magnetic Oil
for rheumatism, neuralgia, sprains,
bruises, lame back, it quickly relieves
pain. Sold by Carpenter Bros, Green
vile, S. c..
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A through coach is run between Green
Vile and Charleston. leaving Charleston at
'7.20 a. III, arriving vt Greenville ut q 90 p.
m. Leave GreenVille n o 30 II. m, and ar
rive at Chsrleston 8 IS p. IN.
WI. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agent.
Augusta, Ga.
II. l.. TODD, Trav. Pass. Agent.
Room No. s04, Dyer Building.
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VAN BUREN's SPECIAL SESSION
How Congress Pulled the Country
Out ola Hole I'm 1887.

How Congress Pulled the Country
Out ola Hole In 1887.
On the 18th Of May, 1887, while
Grover Cleveland was lying in his
cradle an infant, lacking three days of
being two months old, Martin Van
Buren,, one of his New York predeces-
sors in the Presidential chair, pro-
claimed a special session of Congress
for the following 4th of September.
That session was called that provision
might be made to allay the financial
panic that had commenced Immediate
ly after Van Buren's inauguration,
and that such measures might be
adopted as would restore public con-
fidence.
The conditions that demanded that ex-
traordinary session were nearly similar
to the conditions that have demanded
the present extra session, though in
some respects they are not entirely
parallel.
Then as now the country had ex-
perienced u succession of "booms " in
speculative enterprises of all sorts, and
there had been q frenzy of investment
in Western lands, in ~"cotton lands"
in canals, in wildcat banks and in all
sorts of reckless gambling adventures.
There had been q surplus in the Gov
SIIulSHO GTCdSuFy VI SOLuoGI1nS ike
$4O,0 900 900, and while this stimulated
jobbery and extravaganza or the part
of Congress, it became also q matter
of distrust to patriotic statesmen, but
no better scheme could be suggested
apparently than that of depositing it
among the States according to their
representation in Congress.
A measure of this sort was passed in
1886, and by it the surplus in the
treasury was to be delivered on deposit
to the State Governments in four
instruments. The money was in the
State banks, and of course had been
more or less loaned out. Three install
ments were paid, but before the fourth
was due the banks all over the coun-
try suspended and the crash came.
The General Government instead of
having q surplus found itself with o
deficit, and Congress was called that
means might be provided to save it
from bankruptcy.
1t was q q group of historic statesmen
that assembled at that first session of
the 25th Congress. There were in
the Senate Webster, Clay, Calhoun,
Benton, Silas Wright, Buchanan,
Franklin Pierce, John J. Crittendeh
and w O.. Preston, u gallant
South m, al of whom are
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People who blow their own horns
seldom furnish good must for other
folks. Ks.
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RICHMOND ~ DANVILLE Il. r.
LII SAMUEL SPENCER, Il. w HUIDE-
p ana REUBEN FOSTER, Re-
c%eiveis. Atlanta ~ Cnariu,u" Air line
DIVISION. Condensed Schedule Of Passen-
ger Trains in effect Aug. 10. 1894 Irnins
run by Eastern time.
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Trains leave Seneca, A. & &. Divieion.
Northbound, 11.30 a. M, 2.i6 p. M; South
bound, ? 30 Il. M, 500 p. m.
Trains leave Sp%artabburg, A. ~ G.. Di.
vision, Northbound. 1.43 a M, b.Q5 p m,
S.lS P m (Veslibuled Limitedl; South
lVestibTled Limited); Westhoupd, w. N.
z. Division, $50 a m and 2.05 p m, for
Ilendersonville, Asbeville, Hot, Springs.
TraiDs leave Greenvine 3. g, A. d. G..
Division, Northbound. 80! a. M. 2.26 p.
Soutbbound, 8 Ola. III, 442 o. i.., 1928 ..
M. (Vestibuled Llmited).
W. a. TURK, s.. II. HARDwICK,
Gen. Pass. Agt.. hes. den. Paaa. Agt.
Warrington, ID. O.. Atlanta, Ga.
v. e. MCBEE, Sol. HAAS,
Gep'l Supt.. Traffic Mgr.
Columbia, S. q. Washington, DC.
w. IL. GREEN, General Manager, Wash
ington, ID. q.
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QICHMOND g. DANVILLE r. r.
~ co. SAMUEL SPENCER, f. w.
HUIDEKoPER AND REUBEN FOSTER,
Receivers. Columbia 81 Greenville hi.
Vision: Condensed Scedule in effect Aug.
Time.
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The following is the weather crop
bulletin for the week ending Monday,
Aug. 81: