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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-06-13
$40.

No such sale has ever before been
known in this State, and never before
has such values been given. These
are spot cash prices, and none OF
these goods will be sent out on ap-
probation.
My line Of Furnishings and Hats
is complete, and I am showing a
beautiful stock Of thin garments IN
Drap D'Etes, Sicilians, Mohairs, &c.
A new lot of Buttermilk Toilet Soap
just received, the regular price OF
which is 15c My price Sc.
L carry the largest stock OF Trunks,
Valises and Travelling Bags to be
found in the city, and have just re-
ceived shipment Of
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No one who cannot master himself
is worthy to rule.
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MASONIC.

q THE REGULAR COMMUNICA-
Artion of Lexington Lodge,
"No. 152, A. F. NJ, will be held
on Saturday, June %, 1894, at 2 p.
m. livery member will take due
notice and attend promptly, as bust
ness Of Importance will be up for
consideration. BY order,
J. FPANK KyzER, W. NJ.
G. NJ. HARMAN, Secretary.
June 9, 1894, 2w31.
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SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.

SLEEPING CAR SERfICE.
On trains Nos 81 and Sc, Great L. S. Fast
Mail, Pullman Sleeping Cars between New York
Columbia and Jacksonville.
On Nos. 35. and 36, 8 and 10. Pullman Sleepers
between Charlotte and Augusta.
On Trains Nos. 81 and 3S. Washington and
Southwestern Festibuei Limited. Pullman
Sleeping Cars between Washington and Angus
"a. New York and Jacksonville and Tampa.
For detailed Information local and through
time tables, rates and Pullman Sleeping car
reservation, confer with local agents or address
W, a. TURK. S. H. HARDWICk,
Gen'l Pass Ag't Asst Gen'l Pass Ag't
WASHINGTON. D. c. ATLANTA. GA.
y. f. MCBEE, Gen'l Supt.. COLUMBIA 5. &.
W. II. GREEN. SOL HAAS.
Gcn-l Mgr Traffic Mng'r.
WASHINGTON d. c. WASHINGTON D. c..
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Index to New Advertisements.

P. H. Borley--Barbecue.
J. W. Laaphart-Final Discharge.
Otto Lorenz-Mortgagee's sale.
J. F, Kaiser-Masonic Notice.
W. n. Martin-Notice, Trespassers
State Normal College.
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The fools do not say all the silly
things.
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The Hotel GUESTS Fright

had an experience in Troy the other
night, said a commercial traveller. ''that
was rather exciting. / had made some
Dig collections up the river during the
DAY, ana 1t was after midnight when
pulled into Troy for the night. / strnclx
dlngy old hotei, but l was tired and so
concluded to chance it without going far
from the depot, as L was to take an early
tram the next morning. AS soon as I
reached my room / locked the door and
concluded to run over my cash before
going to bed. l found l had over s.. 600
L was IN the act OF rolling the greenbacks
up when L CHANGED to glance at the tran
som.
My heart stood STILL Someone was
watching me count the money. The hail
was dark and the hotel was silent "a
death. For a moment l was undecided
what to do. My heart was thumpinp
against my ribs like sledge- hammer.
busted myself with the bills until could
decide on course OF action, Without
raising my head, L turned my eyes to-
ward the transom. This time no tace
was visible. | quietly drew nv reyol yer
from my hip pocket and slipped the bills
into its place, and then once more raised
my head and squarely faced the transofn.
which was turned at an angle of forty
five degrees.
he lace was again there-peerinp di-
rectly at me. There could be no mistake
it-someone had. followed me, watched
me count the money and was about TO
rob. perhaps murder, me in my sleep. |
was just ia the act Of raising my revolver
and discharging it. when l discovered
that 1t was my own face reflected in the
transom, which was turned just at the
right pitch to catch a ray from an are
light outside my window, and thus. with
black background, formed very good
mirror. "-Washington Post.
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How TO ventiIate a Church.

The proper ventilation of churches is a
subject that ought to receive more care
ful attention, especially during the season
when fires and closed windows are in or
der. We know of church auditoriums
that are to all practical purposes. hermet-
lcally sealed Immediately after the Sun
day service and never opened again until
the following Sunday, meanwhile all the
bad air incident to the massing together
OF any number of people is lett to stag
nate and work its baneful influence upon
the next congregation.
This Is all wrong. Churches sbould he
thoroughly aired after every service
Open the windows and let Gods pure air.
and sunshine have free circulation dur
ing the week, and see to it that there ia an
abundant supply for Sunday. We be-
lleye there is more true worship i'm a
weil-ventilated church than in a surpliced
choir, and in a great many instances the
sexton is more to blame for drowsv, m
attentive congregation than the Darsnn
himself. Initiated air is neither condu-
Give to the health of the body nor to the
soul. how can a man be Spiritually
minded" when he is fast asleep? The
devil must chuckle when he sits down
with the congregation in a poorly yepti-
lated OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Star.
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BRIEF NOTES.

II. J. Goethe of this city has been APP
pointed \ otary Public by the Governor
Workmen are now engaged in prepar-
ing the new and big liberty pole for its
erection in the Plaza.
A colored workman named Thomas
Jackson was badly burned on Saturday
by falling into boiling lime at Sixth and
j streets.
A boy named John Maley has been or
dered expelled from the Seventh and g.
streets school for striking his teacher,
Miss Woods.
A. L. Fountain and one Jim Brown are
said TO have had an alteration on Front
street last night, in which Fountain was
knocked senseless.
L. K. Stokes of San Francisco, who
succeeds r. A. Brown as Superintendent
of the Sunset Telephone Company, has
arrived and taken charge of the business
here.
AS Chinese laundryman was driving
along the street at Tenth and X yester-
day his horse slipped and fell, aud the
driver took header to the pavement, but
was not much hurt.
d. e. Kerr, Secretary Of the Sacra-
mento Caledouian Association, writes to
the RECORD UNION that that body was
not interested in the performance given
at the Metropolitan Theater on Friday
evening.
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WHEN WOMEN VOTE
The Book Agent Ran Up Against a
Advanced Female.

The Book Agent Ran Up Against an
Advanced Female.
Madam" he said, removing his hat
and bowling deferentially as he opened
the door, II have-n
Il don't want it," she interrupted
sharply.
Permit me TO explain" he persisted,
pohteiy. tits compendium OF informa-
ton that is of especial interest to woman.
All the topics in which she is most inter
ested are treated of by men and women
thoroughly conversant with them and
who knew her wants."
Really" she asked, becoming inter-
ested.
Judge for yourself" he returned,
handing her copy of the book. Take
any subject of peculiar interest to the
modern woman and YOU will find price
less information in regard to it between
these covers.''
She opened the book. hastily ran her
eyes over the index, and then asked:
Where's the election law ?'
"Ihe-the what !" he exclaimed.
The election law that entities us to
vote. And how about the legal qualitica-
tons of voters. Show me the chapler
that gives that information"
Madam, L fear''-
ana the instructions in regard TO
registration" she went on. "Where are
they? And how about the list OF polling
places and the rules for marking ballots?
" mere are the lives of the candidates and
the pictures OF Dir. Smith and Mrs.
Flower"
Madam, regret to say''-
thought you said this contained in
formation on those subjects of most i'm
portance to women?" she interrupted.
ne signed and took back the book.
was mistaken, madam" he said 81
see you DO not want my book, but are
ioooking Tor an unabridged edition Of the
Election Commissioners report. I may
as well go out Of business until after tho
election. Good day."-Chicago Post.
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Answered for the Attorney General.

Answered for the Attorney-General.
In spite of the fact that there are gen.
orally some hundreds of applicants for
ministration, occasionally some office
holder becomes a willing victim to the
illusion that his abilities are of such
a transcendent nature as to make him
absolutely Indispensable to the workings
of his particular department, and that if
anything should happen whereby all the
chiefs, swept away by some be-
som of destruction, should become I'M
able TO attend TO their duties, he could
carry on the affairs of the nation.
Such a character was an old Waterman
who used TO keep guard in the Depart
ment Of Justice during the Harrison Adj
ministration. From long association
with the legal lights in the building he
believed he had imbibed a fair share of
learning i'll the law, and SO when one
night telegram addressed to the Attor-
ney-General came after hours he had no
hesitancy in opening it and reading its
message. 1t asked the question:
us man to be held responsible for a
crime committed while under the in
fiuence of liquor?"
The Waterman pondered over this mes
sage for some time, and the more he pom
dered the more convinced he became that
the case was urgent and that if immediate
action were not taken the life of some fell
low-creature would be placed in ieou-
ardy. He was abundantly able to syinpa-
thize with the unfortunate, as he knew
what the influence of liquor was, and he
had no doubt the law OF the land would
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the law of gravity, that imitation and de-
preston succeed each other.
But as the present is the natural birth
OF the former time, so better condition
Will be the natural offspring of the pres
ent time. But as in cases of certain dis
eases obeying the course well established
by observation,s and being subject to a
law OF physical periodicity, so industrial
and commercial periods of imitation and
depression must succeed each other by
gradual transformation. The belief is
common among men that conditions cam
not be worse than at present. If this be
true, then they must of necessity become
better each day; but it is not within the
power of either Democratic or Republican
Administrations to set any natural law at
defiance by writing before well-formu-
lated desideratum, "Be it enacted by the
people of the United States"
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THE TRUTH ABOUT CALIFORNIA.

In this mornings issue there appears
letter from Joseph Nimmo, Jr., admit
tedly the most profound of all our ma
tional statisticians. For many years Mr..
Nimmo was in the Government service
as an expert anaIyzer of statistical facts,
and in all that time his deductions were
uniformly accepted by the people as
sound
The quality that commends Mr.. MINI
mos work most strongly is its perfect
fairness and absolute freedom from par
tisanship or any kind of bias. He is
essentially a searcher after the truth, ut
terry regardless of the results of his dis
judicial mind, and as an analyst and rea-
soner he is logician in statistics with no
superior. His wide extended experience
in the search of commercial and indus
trial truth and in the exploiting OF
economic problems makes his judgment
respected whenever pronounced.
Mr.. Nimmo has been giving his atten-
ton to California statistics and the re-
suits Of his examination appear in an
other column, to which we invite the at
tention of calamity howlers and pessi-
mists generally.
He finds that the commercial and in
dustrial conditions of California have
been misrepresented and that the woful
stories of our decline and depression are
the grossest misrepresentation. OF
course his article must be read in full.
but we may appropriately indicate some
of the conclusions Mr.. Nimmo reaches
regarding California.
From 1880 to 1890 the average increase
of population in the United States was
only % per cent. as against an increase of
40 per cent. in California. The average
rate of increase of wealth represented by
real and personal property was in the
United States in the same period 40 per
cent. as against So per cent. in California.
In manufactures California's increase
was just 3 per cent. in excess of the
average for the whole United States.
In the value of the products of manu-
tacture our increase was SO per cent,
while in the United States as a whole. the
average was but 70 per cent. While the
increase in the value of the products of
manufacture was IS per cent. the in
creased amount paid in wages was in
this State no less than 145 per cent. This
in the face of an immeasurable amount
of demagogic misrepresentation in order
to cheat the wage Garner into sacrifice of
his vote for party interest.
Mr.. Nimmo shows that in the increase
in the products of agriculture we ex-
ceeded the average for the whole country
by 30 per cent; that in the increase in the
value of farming lands, including build
ings and fences, we registered 166 per
cent. as against 30 for the United States
and here we pause and refer the reader to
the letter of the distinguished statistician
for further and still more interesting
truths, proving that California has been
greatly misrepresented, and notably so
in the matter of transportation rates by
rail and the alleged exorbitant charges
made by our carriers for our chief pro-
ducts
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say he was not responsible. Consequently

say he was not responsible Consequently
he sent the laconic answer:
NO, indeed. (Signed) John Jones, in
charge of Department of JUSTICE"
Of course there was an immediate at
tack on the Attorney General for such
decision, and the matter came TO the ears
of the department. An investigation was
made and the Waterman suspended for
three months. That did not worry HIM,
however. With effrontery that simply
dumb bounded the clerks and look of in
Jured innocence, he came TO the building
ever payday during that time of suspen-
sion and drew his salary.-Kate Fields
Washington Letter
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Special Agencies

opVCIdI AfytuC16S.
1hlspaper is for sale at the following places:
L. P. Fishers, room 21, Merchants Exchange,
California street; the principal News Stands
and Hotels, and at the Market-street Ferry,
San Francisco.
Los ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Book Store, corner
Second and Main streets.
SAN DIEGo.-Emmal & Co., $50 Fifth street.
CoRoNADo.-Hopkins &, Cox, Coronado
Hotel.
SANTA Observation-Disclosures News Depot
FREsNo.-C. 7. Cearley, I'LL ] street.
SANTA CRUz.-Coope Bros. News Depot.
Ss- Also, for sale on all Trains leaving and
coming into Sacramento.
Eastern Business Offices.
4S Tribune Building, New York,
6e9 "The Rookery," Chicago.
D. G. Beckwith. sole agent foreign ad vertising.
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MRS WINSLOw'S SOOTHING sYRrp
mas peen used over fifty years by millions of
mothers for their children while teethjn0 SO ~
perfect success. 1t soothes the child. softens
the gums, aliays pain, cures wind collie. ree,I-
lites the bowels, and is the best remed V Tor
dlarrhea, whether arising from teethinp or
other causes. For sale by druggists IN eServ
part OF the world. Be sure and ask for Mrs.
Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup. Twenty-fiv We cents
bottle. NSA'S
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AUCTIONS.
W. H. SHERBURN, Auctioneer.
Creditors Auction Sale

OF THE ENTIRE BANKRUPT STOCK OF
~ the hardware and crockery store of +. \.
Gains Il Co. OF the town OF BIggs. Removed
10 sacramento. and now being placed in store
NO. 42O street, Fourth and Fifth, and by
order of the assignee.
Bell y Co, auctioneers, viii sell to the high
est ana best bidder in lots to suit purchasers.
sale TO commence at 8 o'clock A. NJ. TUES
DAY. November IS, 1894. The stock con-
siSts in part as follows:
Stoves and ranges. 1 lot iron, lot gas and
We'll pipe, tlnware, agatewdre, glass and
crockery, paints and oils, axes, shovels hay
lofks, plow extras, fine cutlery and plated
ware, 20 kegs OF nails, bolts and screws a
large lot OF light shelf hardware a large as
sortment of locks, horse and mule shoes,
counter scales, etc. Goods will be on exhibi-
ton Monday, November ] 9th. Sale on TUES
DAY, November 18th, 9 A. NJ. Sale positive
terms cash. Dealers please attend
BELL ~ CO., Auctioneers.
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The RECoRD-UNIoN and WEEKLY
UNION are the only papers on the Coast,
outside of San Francisco, that re-
ceiUe the full Associated Press Dis
patches from all parts of the acorld. Out
side Of San Francisco, they haze no COM
petators, either an influence or home and
general circulation throughout the State,
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Record- Union-Telephone No. 40.
For Editorial Rooms, ring one bell.
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GREGORY. Photographers New Gallery.
scenery and pictures that beat the world.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

Vehicles BAKER & HAMILTON-Hardu
Carts, Buggies, Carriages, Phaetons, Balm Farm
and Heater Wagons Wholesale Hardware
Send for Catalogue
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Entered at. the Postoffice at Sacramento an
eecond-class matter.
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RS- These publications are sent either by
Mail or Express to agents or single sub
scr1bers with charges prepaid. All Postmast-
ers are agents.
The best advertising mediums on the Pacific
Coast.
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DR.. WELDON, Dentist, has opened an Office
at SOC street. N
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NEW TO-DAY.
DRAMATIC RECITAL

A ND MUSICAL, BENEFIT OF ST. PAUI,S
"A Church. Metropolitan Thea'er, TUES
DAY, November 18th. Stella Chase Aims
worth, the noted actress. Firstappearance in
s lcramento OF Mrs. j. b. Yount Artistic
Whistler. The Popular Vocalist Mrs Fran
ces Moeller, Miss Susie Lawton, Messrs Cohn.
Crocker and I<iGder.
Adm sion. soc. No reserved seats n OF
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FREE ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
TO-MORRoW NIGHT, AT EMMANUEL,
| Baptist Church, by REV. A. c. HER
RICK. Prelude: The Late Gar and His
Palace" Lecture: "Nenice." 1t
MISS AJLD'S CONCERT
TIME CONCERT TO BE GIVEN BY MISS
1 Gertrude Carley-Auld will take place at
the Congregational Church MONDAY EVEN
ING, November 18th. Miss Aud will be as
sisted by Mr.. Sigismund Beel and others of
San Francisco, in addition to local talent 1t
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DRESS GOODS.

In fancy weave figures; have a rich, silky
appearance; widths 33 to AZ inches; s
styles. Worth 81 per yard. Special at 69c.
The record-union., 1894-09-15
CHAUNCEY DEPEW.

He Says He Cannot Accept the Nom
ination for Governor OF New York.
NEW YORK, Sept. 14.-Chauncey M.
Depew returned home to-day on tie
American liner New York Mr.. Depew
was asked regarding his political posi-
ton. He laughed and said
Il am not IN a position to talk politics.
have been so long away 1 know little
or nothing of the political situation
here"
'Yo on are frequently spoken of as the
probable Republican candidate"
Then | must say once for all that L
would not be a candidate. l could not
accept the nomination."
Asked if he had any preference for any
one candidate, he replied: 81 am for the
Republican candidate, whoever he may
be. In England the tariff was the one
absorbing topic before the Wilson bill be-
came law. L met one of the Oldest
members of the House of Commons and
he said: All L care about your country is
whether you are going to let my wool
into your country or not Ths condition
of Europe since the enactment of the
measure demonstrates how dependent the
industries of the old world are on the
new one. Our commercial depression
has found its counterpart on the other
side. Since the tariff has been settled
there has been a wonderful revival of
business in England and the continent
The situation is not materially different
from what it was under the much abused
Mckinley BILL"
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DOUBLE MURDER In KANSAS.
An Old Citizen and His Daughter
Put to Death.
ROBBERY SUPPOSED TO BE THE MO-
TIVE FOR THE CRIME.
Remarkable Time Made by a Steam
town-Only Little Over Five Days
Required to Cross the Ocean
Quick Trip of an Ocean Liner Conn
Ing This Way.
Special to the REcoRp-uxrox.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
ATCHIsoN (Kas.), Sept. 14.-Meager de-
tails of a double murder have just been
received here from remote part of jack
son County, Kas. Joseph Strong, an old
resident, who ha6 the reputation of being
miser, lived with his foGrteen-year- old
daughter in a tumble-down cabin on a
handsome farm miles from any other
house. Strong, though supposed to be
quite well-to-do, was known to have no
bank account, and the supposition was
that his gold was hidden about his house,
and led those who knew him to urge that
he provide himself with better protection
than was his custom. He paid no atten-
ton to their appeals, however. For sew
eral days past neither he nor his daughter
had been seen and an inquiry into his
condition resulted. His cabin was found
in ashes. \ further search revealed the
charred remains of the couple. Nothing
was found to lend a clew to the authors
OF the crime, for such it undoubtedly
was. 1t is believed the robbers took all
the money they could find and then fired
the dwelling to cover their crime.
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THEWHOLE COUNTRY APLAME
Perilous Trip of a Steamer in
Northern Minnesota.
HALF OF THE VOYAGE MADE BE-
TWEEN WALLS OF FIRE.
The First Snow of the Season Falls In
Nebraska, Followed by a Heavy
Rainstorm-The Report That Ad-
miral Da CANA Was Shot Pro-
nounced False.
Special to he REcoRD-UNrox.

Special to he RECoRD-UNIoN.
MINNEAPoLIs, Sept. 4.-Kirby Bar
mum, who owns farm near the western
border of Great Red Lake, Indian
Reservation, in the northern part of the
State, has just returned from perlIous
trip down Thief River, which skirts that
reservation on the west. The trip was
made in a small passenger steamer that
plies between the Indian Agency and the
Thief River Falls, distance of l20 miles.
Fully half the trip was made between
walls of fire. Barnun says the flames
jumped Thief River and cut swath
through the dense forest fully sixty miles
wide. The whole country is at1ame.
The steamer was forced TO go three and
four miles at time and then everybody
would get off and stand in water until the
fire and heat abated somewhat. Several
times the boat was atire. The water in
the river had been raised to such tenn
perature by the fire that its surface was
covered with millions OF dead fish.
Bear, deer and other large game were
fleeing from the flames in great con-
fusion. Many small canoe parties of
Indians were encountered making their
could. There has probably been loss of
life among them. Barnum says the fire
originated in a blaze set by man who
tried to get control of some hay land
from the Government, but failed, and
hired two men to fire it. The flames
soon spread to the forest, and have been
burning ever since.