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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-01-27

One OF the latest and most popular
developments of New York society is
the lady lecturer, who talks TO an
audience exclusively feminine upon the
topics of the day. These talks" as
they are called, are held only in private
drawing-rooms, and are listened to
with the most intelligent interest by q
score or more Of women who have
dubbed together to engage some we'll
Informed woman to post them, viva
ivoce, upon all subjects with which they
should be conversant. This isa charm
ing way to acquire knowledge, and one
which will undoubtedly grow more
and more popular among those who
either have not the time or the inclina.
t,on to study for themselves.
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ESTABLISHED 1S42.

not divinely enjoined to plead the
calre of the poor and needy? Should
not every cause of separation he
brought before the courts for adjust
memt, that provisions may be effected
for sufficient and faithful maintain
ance OF all minor children
Certainly the prevailing and appar-
emily increasing flow of illegitimats
children into tha ranks OF our pOpuln-
ti"n should he checked. Too MANY
are the cases where s1lIv and weak
minded and ill-tutored girls have been
brought to disgrace 10y undue differ
"ncCs and overconfidenco in vile nud
llackhcarted men. Should not the
man in every such case he compelled
t" pny tn" maximum fine fixed by tho
law for such offences?
There are two other obnoxious md
p"rni"iOU" practice, that demand no
l"ss attention Illicit CO -habitatioU
and rOlygamous marriages. Are not
| tn" homes wherein these exist hot.
bed, sending influences pernicious To-
personal. home aud socialpurity Are
not these places the only favorable re
'''7 WI 'he utpldNet anu Nllest pl
wrctches- devils incarnate?
II is clear fact that the existonc?
i those evils thr"stons the pence. hap
r1n"ss ani prosperity of the people
1t 's clear fact TINT the prevalence
VI these o!f"r scs are such, because
| parties knowing of their existe nee
tolerate them Ivy Remaining inactive
and silent on these natter.
II 10 also clear that these practices
| could I've reduced TO n minimrtm by
the united ctinrt Of the people and of
trcrs of the law.
Thereby greatly lessening the num-
TIER of crimes, murder, rape and sui
ridcs, etc. Yours for the cause Of hu
| manity. s. @. WALKER.
| Elkin. \. c.. Jan. 18th, 1894.
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"A DOG S Course Dinner.

tFrom the Philadelphia Record.)
% The appetite enjoyed by dog
owned by. John Knox, a we'll known
farmer of West Manayunk, is a matter
of pride 70 the natives of that suburb.
1t is q Newfoundland dog gilmore than
average intelligence and rare diges-
tive powers. Yesterday be started
his lunch on a box of axle grease.
Then ne entered the bfacksmIth shop
ef Samuel Sturgis and ate with evident
relish two pounds Of putty. A visit to
Wetherill's grocery store yielded him
three pounds Of tsllow candles, which
he devoured with great gusto. Need.
ing exercise after this, he ran over to
Ryap's quarry, where his attention
was attracted to stick Of dynamite
that was being thawed out near the
stove. The explosive seemed 10 suit
his taste, and he. promptly began to
crunch il. A stampede of the men fol.
lowed They we're afraid to kick the
dog away from his meal for fear of an
explosion, so he leisurly consumed the
stick and then joined the frightened
wotkrnen, who for the rest of the day
treated him with marked considers.
Gon
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-01-27
Ar. N. ssd-hnirsS Proof against soostros.s

tFrom the 81. Louis Globe Democrat. J
Nobody ever heard OF red-headed
man being sunstruck. Why a red head
should afford any protection from the
rays OF the sun or give it's owner immu-
nifty from one OF the most singular af-
fections that humanity is heir to is one
OF those mysteries that even the doc
tors cannot fathom. but the fact re-
mains that men with red hair can
stand almost any amount of exertion
IN or out OF doors during the hottest
weather and never feel any serious re.
suits from =.
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The Atlanta EIeosjtion.

The exposition fever has got from
the Pacific round Ia the South, and
Atlanta is engineering big boom for
a Cotton States and international Ex.
position, to be held there next year.
Reports from all sections, from Mason
and Dixon's line to the Gulf. and even
down through Mexico, are 10 the ef
feet that the business men think high
ly Of the proposition. Gov Stone Of
Mississippi commend. the scheme, and
Jackson business men propose TO
pledge half million dollars for the
representation Of that State. One great
object Of the exposition would be the
development OF commercial relation.
between the Southern States and Cuba,
Mexico, and Central and South Ameri.
CO. Already freak features are sug.
gested, and one Atlanta plumber has
drawn plans for a pipe tower l,I5O
feet high.
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DO Y0U HlHT lNY BOEDSS
Secretary Carlisle Tells How to Subscribe
For Bonds

WAsHINGroS, ID. C.-Secretary Car.
isles $50, 900, 900 bond circular was is
sued at the Treasury Department.
Attached to il is a blank form to he
filed out by the subscriber. The
Secretary gives full directions TO all
contemplating subscribing for the
bonds.
The subscriber is asked to state nt
what sub-treasury he desires to- deposit
the amount of his subscription.
The bonds will he issued in the fol
lowing denominations, viz: Coupon
bonds, $50, 500 and 81 900; registered
bvuds, $50, 800. ol, 900 and $4,000,
Subscribers should, il practical,
state in their proposals the denomina,
ticDs of the bonds desired, and
whether they should he coupon or reg
iRtered. .-.
Gold certificates will he received
the same ms gold coin in payment
OF subscriptions.
A table, showing the prices at which
the new per cent. bonds should be
sold in order to realize to the investor
certain rates Of interest from 3 pc,
cent down to2l per cent, with one
days fcterest on 800, 900, II publish
ed. for the reformation of persons de
string to subscribe.
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THU RLoW CARTER, Editor and Manager
SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION
ANXIETY IN THe TABERNACLE.
fof EHoygb income. end Tc!mGge Won't
Peach TO People at 10 Cents a Head

BROOKLYN, N Y.-The trustees of
the big Brooklyn Tabernacle are again
worrying themselves over the 5000,
700 mortgage on the property The
receipts are not sufficient TO pay in
terest and cover the running expenses
Of the church. ,
For the purpose of solving the
financial problem, the trustees, at the
suggestion of Leonard Moody, re-
solved to charge non-pew holders who
come to the Sunday services ten cents
for their seats.
1t wes estimated that in this way
$50, 900 year could be raised. The
Rev. DR. Talmage sat down sever ely
on the scheme. He said:
MY trustees are mistaken Dothey
think ] could conduct the services un
der such circumstances? Such an ar
rangement would offend the whole
earth. They do such things in Eng
land, but il would neversdo in America
II never can take place under my
ministry"
The trustees were surprised at DR..
Ialmage's attitude, and they called
smother urgent meeting for last night,
bit Il didn't take place, quorum not
responding.
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! Mrs. Peary, IN her Arctic journal
Gays that Eskimo children are very
backward, according to our standard.
At two years of age they are about as fa,
advanced as American children of ter
months. But, explains the st. Loui,
Republic, the Eskimo infants, when
they survive at all, are very hardy,
and roll about in no clothing to speak
of when the temperature is twenty two
degrees above zero.
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Two More Hotels.

Two more hotels are projected in
Southern cities which if built, will
greatly improve the places where they
are intended to I've constructed A
company is being formed in Charles
ton, :. c, TO carry out the plans Of
j. A. Wood, the New York architect
who designed the famous Tampa Bay
Hotel. II is proposed to utilize the
block on Meeting streets where the
Charleston Hotel now stands and build
structure of brick and artificial store,
with steel girders, which will he fire.
proof. The hotel is to contain 300
rooms, with large veranda around
the outside and an ornamental rotunda
in the centre. Two towers each $50
feet high are to he located on the front
corners, and the interior is to be fin-
ished IN cypress and pine. The cost
is estimated as between S4OO, 900 and
$500, 600. Hon. d. II. Chamberlain,
+. w. Wageuer and w. NJ Bird, all
OF Charleston, are among the capitalists
interested.
Chicago people have made pro.
position to the citizens Of Fort Worth,
Texas, TO build hotel to cost 5000,
900. provided n site is donated in the
centre of the city They have sub
mitted plans for fre-proof building,
l25 by lGO feet, to be built Of brick
aud artificial stone, with steel pillars
and girders. Robert McCart and b..
Is. Paddock are assisting to secure a
site for the hotel and committee is
securing dcnstions.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-01-27

Justice Pratt. OF the Supreme Court
OF Brooklyn, hopes that ovstermen
will have no end of trouble with each
other, facetiously observes tho New
Orleans Picayune. A case was before
him the other day, where one oyster.
man accused another oftrespassing on
his oyster beds. Each of the parties
had specimens of their oysters on ex-
hibition. The Judge has weakness
for the juicy bivalves on the half shell,
and when tho oysters were opened
and passed to him for inspection he
swallowed them, wiped his lips, and
entered decision that both parties
had most excellent oysters. The case
was continued until survey of the
beds, and perhaps more specimen oys.
ters, should be submitted to the court,
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Tire. Eaiiuces in One nan

WISsBoRo. s. CA. williford, A.
Williford a CO., @. ID. Williford &
Co and w. III. Williford made assign
ments Friday morning too. w: Rags
dale. The failure OF the two latter
"ioreA was due TO their having endors-
ed notes OF A. Williford to large
amount. and being unable TO meet the
s"n'e on account OF hard times. The
iaII"Ie includes two dry goods stores
IN ;h's place. enc dry goods store iu
Hds swnv, ore grocery store and a
livery stable. The assets are estimat-
ed at $40, 900: liabilities s45, 200. The
'ailnre was. unexpected eotireiy and
siu be great blow To the town.
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0'FERRiLL ON FIGHTS.
Ne Says Ne win Stop Them. and Send ht
Witnesses 10 ire Penitenfiury


RICHMOND, NA.-.Governor O'Fer
rail- was interviewed on the subject o
the recent pugilistic event at Norfolk
n which the. Indian, Wango, an,
Char les Johnson met, and said that h
rroposed TO have the matter invest
yatsd. and TO bring the participants t.
n'stice if possible. The Governo
then warmed up and said: The tern
,love- contest is mere subterfuge
These contests are prize fights in ia,
md in the meaning of tho law, and
shall use all the powers at my con
manl TO break them mp and to punis,
those who may engage in them an
"ho promote them ...
There is n notorious place
the river from Washington known ne
Jackson City, which Ia not surpassed
in villainy by any town on the Mex.
ican border, and if they will only give
me the law to reach it will break uI
the. lawless resort II have to call out
the entire militery force toedo it,
The Governor then read the law or
the subject of prize-fights and said he
was inclined to think that all persons
who witness such fight in the eyes ot
law laid and promote" the fight, and
may upon convict tion be punished by
imprisonment for term Of three year,
in the pepitentiary.
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Bismarck and the Emperor Make friends.

BERLIN, GERMANY. Emperor Will
liam sent to Prince Bismarck by his
aid-de-camp, Col. Won Moltke, a bot
tic Of very old wine aud a letter con-
graduating Bismarck upon his recovery
from the influenza. The Cologne Ga.
zette in chronicling the event says
Bismarck told Won Moltke, that he
would call upon the Emperor in .Ber-
lin peN-Meek. The incident has set
all tongues to wagging and many. see
in it I'm 'bmen of disaster to Ghancel-
lor Won Caprivi.
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TRUSTEES IN SESSION.
Teachers win Be Wanted for the South Caro-
lima Girls School


Rock HILL, s. C.-The board OF
trustees of the Winthrop Industrial and
Normal School of South Carolina met
here, viz: Gov. b. r. Tillman, Messrs
w. M. Elder, H. b. Buist, J. T..
Breazeale, ID. w. McLaurin, f. s
Joynes, A. II. Patterson, T, A. Craw-
ford. w. J. Roddy. 1t is expected
that the buildings will he finished this
summer and the school will be nponsG
IN the fall. Quite a number OF teach:
ers will be required and applications
for positions may be made at any time
TO the president OF the board OF trus-
tees, viz: Hon b. r. Tillmau, Co
lumbia, s. G. The teachers required
must be experts in some of the lines OF
work the school will undertake, such
as qualifying girls to teach, sew, cook,
operate typewriter, take shorthand
notes, besides giving them a general
English education.
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Chicago il becoming such an asylum
for tramps, notes the New York Post,
who are attracted by reports of the
Wholesale dispensing of charity to the
unemployed, that it has been decided
not TO feed aliens who come to the city
solely to subsist on it's bounty. Police
officers are TO be detailed to watch
freight trains crossing the city limits
for the purpose of stopping "dead.
heads" who cannot give good nc.
count of themselves. The chief of po.
lice also thinks il time to relieve the
pressure on the resources of the relief
committees by sending out Of town
those OF the assisted poor who have
homes elsewhere and might obtain
support among their neighbors. The
humber of dependents increases unac.
countsbly. One night recently 500
men applied TO the City He'll for beds.
In spite OF the fact that free lodging
houses were being opened on every
side, and the following night the mum.
Der OF City Hall dodgers had risen TO
676. The authorities have really need
Of men TO work on the ssreete, lat the
appropriated money is very low. The
superintendent of the Street Depart
ment says he can use 5000 men until
spring. He would put them to work
cleaning bitches in the outlying wards
In order that the surface drainage
might not be stopped. The superin.
tendent Of the Bureau of Street and
Alley Cleaning says he can work 5000
men on the streets until spring IL
Ia ,ney at the rate of 81 per day io'
81, ~" is given to him.
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Aluminium ieqqjsqs.

CharlesB Corey OF Boston, is tramp.
ing and hunting about the swamps in
the Banana River country, Florida,
with a novel addition to a hunters
ontfit. Venomous snakes, spiders, and
other such "vsrmints" are quite pleu.
tiful in that region, and give hunters
much trouble. 80 Mr.. Corey had made
Tor nse on the trip pair OF aluminium
ieggings. They are light, convenient
10 wear, and very comfortable safe.
guard Nt Corey got four bears on
trip last week.
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soyS, oy Bold Dash. Escape from a Re-
forn1GtOry

RICHMOND. Va Early Monday
morning some twelve boys confined in
tn" reformatory nj Laurel, few miles
from this city, made their escape The
institution referred 10 il conducted bv
the Prison Reform Association of Nir.
ginia, and to it, in the discretion of
courts, boys may be committed in lieu
of being sent to the peuitentiarv. The
dash for liberty was bold one, the
guards being taken by surprise, aud
the whole affair was evidently precon.
ccrted.
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The higEes: meteorological station
In the world is said TO be that of Char
chani, near Arequipa, which is Is, $50
feet above sea level, and is situated
just below the permanent snow line.
The Harvard College Observatory at
Arequipa is $3.50 feet above the sea,
and ths new meteorological station is
5000 feet above, the ascent being
made, by the aid of a mule, in about
eight hours.
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AwoY Dorn ~ rexas.

A New Years dance at Cedar, Tex .,
was interrupted b. the killing OF three
OF the dancers, the fatal woundinR Of
fourth, the serious wounding Of two
others. and the disabling OF half doz
en- more by pistol and rifle bullets.
One girl was shot dead, another re.
ceived bullet in the face. another
was wounded in the middle Of the fore.
head, and another through the right
arm, II was all over in a few minutes,
bat II broke up the dance.
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Shinghs Money from the Corner State.
from the Morning Organian.

From the Morning Organian.)
Shingle certificates operate as cir
culatiDg medium in Blaine, Wash. A
certificate for sl6 recently circulated
until IT had paid nearly $500 in local
debts before finally reaching the place
whence il started The basis of the
certificate was shingles, and it would
purchase flour, meat, coffee, blankets,
fuel, clothing for the wife and babies,
and perform all the functions Of gold
basis certificate.
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FIFTY THIRD CONGRESS-.
The Senate.

PORN DAy.--After acting upon unimp srtant
bills ON the csiendarthe Senate, on motion
OF Mr.. Hill, at eighteen minutes Seforc one
o'clock went into executive ssssiorl TO con-
slider the Hornblower nomination and re-
manned there until adjournthent. Thcn nomi-
nation was rejected by q vote. OF thirty 20
tw 'nty-four. s-aa'-
21sT DAY.-Mr. Hoar spoke on the Presi-
Dent s-lat'st Hawaiian message. - The de-
hate on the bin for the repeat OF tbs Federal
Eie e'tion laws was begun.
22D Discussion over the exteaslon OF
the Civil S,rvicn law and the repeal OF the
Federal Election laws occupied most Of the
open session. =; sssh
23D DAY.t-The Clerk read letter from
senator Walthall, OF Mississippi, resignins
his seat in the Senate, TO fake effect on
January -, Tue reason for the resignation
is that Senator walthalrs health has
not been good for several years and
he thinks the climate OF Washing.
The bill appropriating ESQ., 900 for a monu-
ment TO General John Stark was passe by u
vote OF 80 yeas 10 IS nays, ,---Messrs. PETER
and Allen introduced resolutions denouncing
Secretary Uar!5ie's proposed bond issue -
Mr.Yest spoke for repeal OF the Federal Elec-
ton laws.
The House.
25TH DAYs-The President' q, message was
received and referred to the COMMITTEES OF
EOttiEu s. mo utDA6 OH tne VIII
son hill was continued. Speeches were male
10y Messrs. Cochran, GrosSenor. DrdPer ani
.BrysBs .De..
2dIn DAY.-rMr. Boutelle tried again to force
hts Hawaiian resohItionsbefsre.sbe House
and was ruled out o! order by the Speaker.
Debate on the Tariff' bit hnderfhe Ave
' minute rule was begun.
25Jg DAy.-fhe day was devoted to Ave-
mfhNfte debate of tho Wilson bill. 90
2SrH DAY.-Debate on the Wilson Tariff
bill wa continued n was voted that the
wool schedules should go into effect with
the teat OF the act.
29rH DkY-Dehate on. the Tariff bill was
continued Mr.. Burrows's amendment sub
SthutinR the wool schedule OF the Mckinley
hill for that of tho Wilson bill was defeated.
30TH DAy.--Debate on the Wilson Tariff
bill continued there was sharp personal
controversy between Messrs. Dalzell and
johnson. Mr., Johnsons proposal TO put
steel rails on the free list was defeated. -
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Taimages Resignation Final

brooklyn, N. Y.--Dr. T. De Witt Tai.
mage announces that his resignation as
pastor Of the Brooklyn Tabernacle is
final. He says; Fighting two great
fires has taken all my surplus forces.
| must keep my health for preaching
the Gospel" He said he does not be.
lieve there is word of truth in the
statement that Mr.. Wood, former
treasurer of the Tabernacle, is short
in his account s2l, 900. His resigna.
tion will take place this coming spring,
on his 25th anniversary as pastor.
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a .DIAR0RD foUHD.
Near Stream IT Kings Mountain nffa.
ny's Expert 10 Come Down.


Charlotte, n. c., ObserverO
This section has long been known
as rich gold region, but the keynote
of its still greater fame I'm the mineral
line has perhaps been struck in the
finding at Kings Mountain, several
days ago, Of n diamond, such as are
picked up on the diamond fields in
South America and elsewhere. The
story of the find is as follows:
negro man, who lives near Kings
Mountain, started to the spring for
some water. In walking along by the
branch he saw something glistening
near the waters edge He picked il
mp, and thinking it was n rather pret-
ty stone, gave il to Mr.. Carpenter
who lives near him. The latter
thought II was diamond, but to he
sure, he sent il on to Tiffany, New
York City. He was surprised TO re.
ceive Thursday sl4 for the stone, and
a letter stating that Tiffany's expert,
George F. Konz, would he sent TO
Kings Mountain at once to examine
the stones in the locality where the
diamond was found Mr.. Kunz is one
OF the leading experts of the counSry.
His visit and opinions are anxiously
waited for. Another stone was
found day or two after the first
one, hut it was smaller.
The nation may yet be startled bv
the discovery of diamond fields in
North Carolina.
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English scientists are very much
Worried over the results Of all investi.
CATION which has shown beyond per.
adventure of doubt that the seas
around the British coast are being
rapidly exhausted of fish The sub
lect is receiving grave consideration.
and 1t is probable that elaborate meth:
ods of restocking the waters will be
undertaken within few years.
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At vMdseBead City N. c., Walter
Willis caught 81 tons Of fish with one
seine at one haul. They netted him
S2S12 ...r
A jewe'ry thief from Shreveport,
La. was arrested at Greepville, S. c. e,
Monday.
Harry NJ Seill, Of New Orleans.
La, insists in his estimate of a cotton
crop of 7, 700. 900 bales.
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Cleveland Attends a Funeral

WAsHISaroS, ID. President
Cleveland has returned to Washing.
ton after attending the funeral Of his
nephew, Henry =. Hastings, at Hart
ford Conn. Mr.. Hastings was the son
of Mr.. Cleveland's sister. He was
83 years old and leaves widow and
several children. His death was
caused by typhoid fever,
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; H0wASos cARoLiSa, CAREER.
He Was Lawyer For Time and EIop,o
Win Married Woman

BARswELL CoURr HOUSE,, s. CT
is. perhaps, remembered that Howard,
the Jackson divine who was recently
tried and convicted, ran a portion
OF his career in Barnwell
county at Hattieville on the Port
Royal and Augusta railroad. Az
ter posing there awhile as a petti.f fog
ging lawyer in the trial jus.ics
court, he ran into Georgia with the
wife of the section master, with whom
he boarded. Some ten years after
ward he returned to Hattieville to
gather testimony in his favor in this
infamous libel suit which he instituted
about 1887 against DR.. J. r. Graves,
Of Iron Wheel" fame, and other Bap.
tist divines
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'If sheep had entered more largely
into our agriculture during the last
quarter of a century" maintains the
New York World, "there would not
now be SO many rundown farms.''
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o YER 81, 500, 900, 900 of the people,
money in italy is invested in the royal
navy, arsenals. docks and harhora

More incandescent lights are sup,
Piled by one illuminating company in
New York City than are used in the
whole city of London.