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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-05-30
LOWNDESVILLE ITEMS.
Dew Drops From the Everlasting
Hills.

Dew Drops FROM the EScriaStihS
Hills.
Lowndesville, 8. c.. May %, 1894.
Mr.. F. D. Cooley went to Abbeville Thurs
day on business.
Sir, c. M. Horton came up last Tuesday to
take charge Of the depot for M short der time: 80
visit his parents aud friends at GroVeto"h'
Mrs. A. E. Morehead, Messrs ]. T. Latimer
and J. C. Thomas attended the Sabbath school
convention at Mt. Carmel.
Rev. H. G. Fennel and Miss Ellen EDWARDS
attended the closing exercises OF Messrs. j. Z.
Harper and E, j. McDavld's school Friday
Messrs. H. B. Allen and E. F. Latimer, also
Miss Katie Key, went TO Anderson by the dirt
road Friday evening.
Mr.. P. L. Smith, OF Augusta came up SAD
bath to spend a few days with his family.
Mrs. A. z. Bowman spent last week In AD'
beville with relatives.
MIR. c. T. Baker left Saturday for Augusta to
spend several days.
The Erin Printing Company sold their
printing outfit to Mr.. Brown OF Anderson.
Mr.. ]. F. Barnes was on our streets FRIDAY
Capt. John E. Browblee and his daughter,
Miss Maud, spent Saturday In our town.
Mrs. z. r. Horton after pleasant visit Win
relatives and friends at WILLIAMSON returned
M. B. Berry Allen and wife went to Ander-
son Saturday.
Miss Leona Clinkscales is spending some
time in Mt. Carmel with Mrs. r. w. Colyer.
Mr. s. B. Knox, OF Antreville, was on our
streets Saturday.
MI. r. W. Speer, Of Anderson, was down
Sabbath visiting relatives and friends.
From the frequent visits OF Mr.. }. u. b. over
the river there must be some serious attrac'
tion. Is he fishing? Jim.
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CORONER'S INQUEST.
Over the Dead Body Of IsaRc Jackson.

|
Coroner ]. Foster Hammond organized {
inry OF inquest on May %, 1891. TO inquire int
| the cause Of the death OF Isaac Jackson, col
ored The jury was as follows;
Hayne Mepil foreIap' fdis = l.; rds RongIaWSs IS
Bullock, l.. II. Russell, Jr., w: T.. Rowland, ;
| +. Eakin, ". ID. Wilson, j. +. Jones, W. F
| Perrin.
This certities that l have examined the
body of Isaac Jackson and find that his death
was caused by hemorrhage resulting from
gunshut wound. Said wound produced by
body at the back, on left of spine little
ab1VethelOuttock passed forward. through the
haunch bone rnpluring the lilac Artery and
piercing the small intestine in Two places, anu
WAS found In the abdominal cavity.
+. F.. Harrison, M. ID.
Wade Sloan, sworn, says:
| saw Mr.. Mcmillan shoot Isaac Jackson.
MIR. Mcmillan told him 10 stop. He did moi
stop it was about Il hundred yards. Mr.. Nc
lillian told him To stop before he shot.
W. d. Riley. sworn, says:
Negro came running and told as that Il IKE e
Jackson had Knocked Lewis Mof1att OH
bridge about ten feet high.
He told me to hurry up and eaten him. he
had gone out To the shops. We supposed ne
mad killed him. Another negro came run, s
knocked his father of bridge. and nearly
killed him. | am policeman. so Is Nc
MILAN, and he was on duty,
SCaI6IlleuL oI 1. w MSVhiiohs to"h
shal:
/ don't know the darkey that came and re.
ported the fighting. He came up 10 MT. III
ley and myself, and said go over 10 the SHOPS
right quick, aud we could catch Isaac Jack.
son. He said he had beat Lewis Motfatt hall
TO death. aud threw him in q gulley and
broke his ley. After reaching the shops l
saw Two men sitting on the trestle. AS soon
as they saw that was coming they moved
off, When l got 10 the top OF the NIL me
man that wanted was about l75 yards on:
walked up rapidly 10 where the others had
stopped, and asked II they knew why tnat
man was moving of. No, STR; he had oiood
all over his clothes. / then moved on aiter
him. He saw that was following him, and
he run. ran after him fifty yards ana saw
was not gaining Oh him. and followed To him
He got faster and l shot. l shot TO hit him
in the legs. He fell. went up TO him, and
saw that he Was seriously hurt. went for
a doctor When I hear that he was dead
surrendered 10 the Sheriff. The negro was q
distance of little over one hundi ed yards. H.
was done with Smith 4 Wesson pistol.
thought cou i'd hit him. / did not aim TO
kill him. saw could not catch him, and
aimed 10 cripple him.
VERDICT OF THE JURY.
We find that the said Ike jackson came to
his death from pistol shot, said pistol being
In the hands Of T. w. McMi Millsn. while In the
OF his official duty. The said Ike
Jackson was fleeing from arrest, charged with
a serious crime, and that said killing was JUS
tlf1able.
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LOWNDESVILLE DOINGS.
All Sorts OF Odds and Ends from the
Seven Killed City.

Lowndesville, s, c.. May 2S. 1891.
Mr.. H. A. Tennent and family went to Alb.
MIR. C. M. Horton OF Mccormick is Visit
ing his mother Mrs. l.. H. Horton.
DR.. John Lindsey OF Antreville was In our
town on business last week.
Mr.. w. H. Shanklin Is spending several
days with his parents at Grovetown, Geor-
gia.
week on business.
Miss Ida Bowman and Miss Mamie Cox
were In town Wednesday shopping.
Miss Emma Clinkscales was visiting her
friend Miss Kate Kay last Saturday.
MIR. E. ]. Huckabee also Robert Moseley
anent last Wednesday evening at Mr.. c. l..
Clinkscales.
Mr.. r. r. Price was seen on our streets Tues
day.
One OF our young gentlemen OF this town
has a horse that doesn't like much OF travel
ing as fast as a train when taking young
ladies 10 picnics, but when returning he re.
m nds us OF snail.
Mr.. R w. Speers of Anderson came down
Sabbath to visit relatives and friends.
Mr.. /. D. Cooley went to Aboeville Thurs
day on business.
Mr.. J. o. Chambers arrived In our town
Saturday from Atlanta.
MIR. j. E. Brownlee, also his charming
daughter Miss Maude were In our town Sat.
urday.
MIR. aud Mrs. B. Berry Allen went to An.
derson Saturday. w. T. ID.
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WEST END.
happenings aud Incidents OF Week
Around the City.

Happenings and Incidents OF week
Around the City.
Mr.. L.. w. Perrin went to Columbia last
Saturday on business; he returned home
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Parker came down
from Greanville last Saturday to spend Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Parker.
Miss Jennie Harrison was in Town several
days this week, the guest OF her brother DR.
Mrs.Johnson and daughter are guests at Mrs
Liihgoe's
Mrs. Aurila Rucker, after weeks stay In
town with friends, left yesterday for her home
In Athens, Ga.
Miss Marie Cover of Greenville Is the
guest Of MISS Mamie Lee. Miss Cover Is one
Of Greenville'S most charming young ladies
She has many friends here who are always
glad 10 welcome her to our city.
ments made 10 his home on Main Street.
Mr.. Sam Trowbridge OF Anderson spent
Sunday with relatives In town.
Mr.. w. Z. MCGOWAN was In Columbia sew
eral days this " eek on business.
Mr.. Herlford Parks was at home last Sun
Prof. B. F. Bailey spent Sunday with his
father in Columbia.
Miss Susie BrunsOn OF Edgeheld Is the
guest of Mrs. pr. s. &. Thomson.
Mrs. Wyatt Aiken Of Cokesbury is staying
aome time with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. B
Miss Sophia Haske left yesterday TO spend
several weeks in the country with her broth
or Mr.. Cheves Haskell.
MISS Sallie Calhoun of Monterey who has
been with Miss Ellen Parker Is spending the
week with the Misses Marshals on Maya
zine Hill.
The commencement exercises OF the
Graded Scnool began on Tuesday night and
will end tonight. The program promises u
be interesting and entertaining.
Mr.. George Smith from Calhoun Falls wa'
| In town last week.
Mrs. Thomson from Atlanta who has beer
staying with relatives at this place returned
home Saturday.
Mrs. Clark Is visiting her mother, Mrs
Shaw at Mira. KIugh's.
Mr.. J. S. Norwood reports the cotton croI
az being badly damaged by the last colo
spell.
Miss Lucia Parker who Ia now at school II
Baltimore will spend week in New York
before returning home in June.
The Novel Entertainment given by tn
Kings Daughters last Friday night was Quit
n success and was enjoyed by all who al
tended.
Mr.. M. p. DeBruhl and Mr.. S. c. Casoi
attended court In Columbia last week.
| Mrs. w. G. Benet and family with her eis
ter Miss Lncia MCGOWAN, after having had
pleasant stay of month In the city by tn
sea returned on Saturday to breathe tn
country air.
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JONES JOTTINGS.
Peas Upon q Trencher and Pump.
kins In q POt-personals.


Jones = o., May 26, 1894.
I notice in your last issue, Mr.. Editor, that
a very important part Of our program was
omitted, az follows:
From Punkin Ridge--A, play IN five acts
]. H. Oula, Arthur Bolt, Basil Morrison, Wes-
ley Morrison, Miss Minnie Jones, Miss Essie
Oulla, Miss Maud Mabry, Mr.. Eugene Long,
Mr. Sam Brissey.
Rev. Mr.. Pooser, Of Princeton, preached in
the school building here last Sunday.
Most OF our farmers are about through hoe
ing and thinning cotton. The cold weather
has considerably checked the growth OF the
plant and in places we notice IT is dying.
Mr.. j. T. Crane has very sick daughter at
this writing.
We. with our family, had the pleasure OF
attending the school exhibition at Exon last
Wednesday evening.
II ia always pleasure to visit ones native
community and think back upon the scenes
and sports Of ooyhood. to ningle with those
With whom he associated In youth and renew
the former friendship which memory so
pleasantly calls up.
Miss Maud Mabry was right sick this week.
Mrs. Nickels and Mrs. Gaines, who were
sick last week, are we'll again.
Mr.. Barmore Dunn, of Clemson, is spending
awhile at home. Pompey.
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If In the morning you find your nerves very
much unsettled try glass of fAmmoma Vichy
For sale by P. b. Speed.
w. Joel Smith & Sons are head quarters
for base balls and bats.
Go 10 the Racket Store when you want good
goods cheap.
The watch word in trade circles Is the Rack
ell Store on the corner.
Haddon's line OF handk erchiefs will make
you wonder how they can be sold at the price
Haddon's Csc linen towel beats the record.
A new lot of Gholstin spring beds and mat.
treGses just In at Kerrs.
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THE GRADED SCHOOL.
The Closing Exercises and Annive'
sary Celebration.

The Closing Exercises and Anniver'
sary Celebration.
The closing exercises were commenced last
night, by an interesting program, Whlcn was
most creditably performed 70 the delight Of
teachers and parents. The exercises were
held In the chapel or auditorium OF the scnool
will take place, and the anniversary address
will be delivered by Prof. Smith.
The program for last night was as follows:
Sone-"Where Do Fairies Dwell ?"-SiXth
Seventh and Eighth Grades
Calsthenic Drill-First Drill.
Plano Solo-"Chsnson Des Alps"-Mlss Bes'
sic Jones. ,,, ,..,,
song-"Come Little Fldo''-second and
CaiisIhenic Song-Second Grade.
Declamation-"TheY Yarn of the Nancy
Bei"-Master Ernest Visanska
Gossip Drill-First Grade.
Song-"IIl Tell Nobody'-Miss JAMIE
Plano solo-"Ripples of the Alabama
Miss Eva Kirby.
Mark Twain's Observation-Disclosures Thomas
Milford aud Mark Bradley.
Piano Solo-"Evangeline"-Mi jamie
Echo Chorus-Fourth and Fifth Grades.
Duel-"Mutual Dsappointmenr'-Mas
Coke Ariall and Miss Florence Kirby.
Plaro Solo-"Delta Kappa Epsilon"-Mlss Isl
Plevna Seal
Plano Solo-"When You and Were Young
Maggie"-Mlss Mary Taggart.
Duel-'Hope Beyond"-Messrs. W. W. ano
Mex Mexican DFIIIi-Young Ladies of the Upper
Grades.
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We have q beautiful line OF gents white and
light colored summer vests. Prices are right,
come and see them. W. Joel Smith u
Sons.
Go to w. Joel Smith & Son for ice-cream
churns. They have the gem the latest and
best style.
Always remember the "Racket Store when
you want TO buy anything.
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Wednesday. May 80, 1894
A. r. p. Church Directory.

Pastor-Rev. F. Y. Pressly.
Service every Sabbath at ll.W a. m. ana '.'a
D. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday night;
sabbath School 1870 a. m. superintendent
&. ID. Haddon.
All persons are cordially Invited to attend
DR., w. G. BROWSE is at the McCants ho'
til and prepares 10 treat All cases ol ueieclNe
" eek or more If necessary. so that all may be
benefited by his skill in procuring proper
glasses. Consu lLation and examination Tree.
Mr.. Willie MClLwAINE Is real sick.
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James Chalmers, Registrar.
May %. 1894. 2t

A new lot CT sideboards just in at Kerr's.
The cheapest lot OF lounges in Abbeville are
to be found al Kerr's.
We are looking for another lot Of Morpheus
j. D. Kerr.
Baby ribon in black morie at Mrs. Tag.
gart's.
Mrs. Taggart has q nice line Of millinery
and will give you bargain. Call and see
her.
Smith & Sons cary big stock OF nails and
other builders materials and tools.
The prettiest line OF shades and wall paper
TO be found in Abbeville is at Kerrs.
Curtain rods In all colors, lengths and prices
can be found at Kerr's.
have just added several new drinks to my
large collection. The lates are Peach soda
water, Peach cream, Grab apple soda and
Vichy Lemonade. p. B. Speed.
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KEYS Lost,

Mr.. Preston Findley lost bunch Of small
KEYS while at Abbeville some two or three
weeks ago. If you have found them, please
leave them at the Press and Banner office, OIL
notify him at Sandover. II.
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Dresses cut to lit or cut and made to order
by Mrs. Taggart
A new and fresh lot Of laces and embroid.
cries billed for this week at Coleman's Racket
Store.
CRADLE Abbeville Supply Co.
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Greenwood, 8. C., May q. 1891


recently passed over the community where
he Is, demolishing hearse In which was a
corps enroute with portige to the cemetery.
The corps being exposed to the fury or the
tated and lived. This sounds like pewspa-
per fake, but Is given as true story.
Miss Hettie Belle Lake, OF Newberry, is Wis
lting Miss Ida kellar.
POPULAR RESORT.
Blakes mineral spring with It's restful sur.
roundings is now popular resort for our peo-
pie.
candidates, pay your money and take your
choice. Alliancemen and Conservatives as
we'll.
Mr.. and Mrs E. X. Snead and Miss Lizzie
Wells lett Monday fer trip through Virginia
VISITING GRANDMA.
Mrs. w. S. Montgomry with little Gibbs Is
on visit to her mother, Mrs. j. G.. Gibbs
AS Miss Bessie Gibbs, she was deservedly, po-
pular throughout the State and general ia.
vorlte with all of our people, old as well rs
young. She is no less so az the wife OF one OF
lSpartapburg's most prosperous and progress
sive young merchants
the excursionists we noticed Hon. {. L.
Blease, Col. w. H. Hunt, H. H. Evans, ESQ.,
Editor Aull, Clerk of Court j. NJ. Kinard and
Thos. eesS Y. wicker, L. W. Jones', John 8. Peo.
pies, NJ. A. Carlile. B. +. Griffin, A. L. Kingh
ton and DR.. o. B. Meyer. They all had man.
nice things To say of our town.
BICYCLE INCIDENT.
"a bicycle built for two has reached town
and they, two lovely maidens, take turn
about trying 10 ride one. They each have u
! riding habit or more properly speaking hab
| IL of riding every evening after school hours
The gentleman with whom they board, ha,
enlarged his yard and rolled away some sur
plus houses, may be 10 give them room ant
avoid collisions.
i Prof. e. Z. Reid, Of Cokesbury, was In towr
Saturday.
Our B1cklevel friends enjoyed picnic a
the Rock Spring Saturday In their own homt
like STYLE plenty TO eat and lots oil fun.
| Dr.S. l.. Swygert, Of Kirksey's, was In towr
Saturday.
What with a storm on the coast, the Oar
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vISITORS-BALL-CYCLING.

A crowd of between four and five hundred
excursionists came up from Newberry Friday
and picnced on the Orphanage lawn. They
Witnessed scrub game OF ball in the evening
between Greenwood and Newberry and wheel
contest between local cyclists. MIR. ID. A. p.
Jordan, President of club offered seven hand
some silver prizes and were won as follows:
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-08-23
DEATH IN A COLLISION.
Fatal Wreck the San n Fc-TwO Killed
and Eight In iured.

Fatal Wreck o, the San Fc-Two Killed
and Eight Injured.
\ disastrous head-cnd collision oc-
CURED on the Atchison. Topeka and
santa Fc Ma load between Hurdland
and Gibbs. Mo. Express, train No. .,
west-bouud and ex. re>s No. !. east
bound. collided.. and two trainmen
were XII led and several passengers in
cured. The engines and combination
express and baggage cars we're COM
,,letely demolished According to or
ders. the trains were to have met at
Gibbs and it is alleged No vio-
lated o de:s. The trains met on q slight
curve and came together with terrific
force. Both engineers applied air
brakes and reversed their engines. AS
soon rs the passengers and th ose of the
train crew who were unhurt recovered
from the shock they rescued the un-
fortunate victims. Engineer Hum
phreys of No. was found ut his post
with one o; his legs cut off and his
head almost split in two. He died in q
few minutes. Express Messenger Cap
linger was instant Y killed. +. f. Der.
rick. the express messenger and bag
gagenan OF No. ). hal a very narrow
esca,e and his injuries may yet prove
fatal. None Of the passengers of No.
1 were in ured.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-08-23


There is much in a name. when it !;
history anu derivation are traced
to their source. Long ago. in
m try England territorial tamil es
who lived at a thorpe often ore its
name, As is always the ca in early
times with landed houses. Thus. Adam
de Th ,rre. Simon e Thorpe, ,r Ralph
de Trop. Familiar mo fern names de-
rived from similar sources a. AL
thorpe Ca throp Westr~pp. C1ny-
throp, HartrOp. and Gawthorpe. Tn rpe
Itself fig Tres often in tn uncOmpoun l.
ed form as a SURNAME. viii Thru p is
on slight dialectal CORFU tion OF the
same original syllable. Nam Of this
type are particularly common in parts
o. New England, where they pas al
most as paten- Of O3ility. "ro have
come over in tn, Mayfio~er" i. of
ecu e. the only recogni ed way of hav-
ing cyme over at al. Now. the May
flower refugees. "a all the worli knows
were for the most part Lincolnshire
men or East Anglians: they called the
capital Boston alter he Lire ,lnshire
rOrt which was once tOtultson and
they mostly bore such surn .mes them
SEW as Winthrop. Hay hrOp 10th
rop. and Iathrop. Hence thess DAMS 4
patrOnymics ar. very ari>tocratic 20
cay in Salem or Concord. "Ny people
came over in the Muyflower said an
unknown New Yorker to a Plymouth
Winthrop. Indeed" was tn" crushing
answer. Il didn't know the Maytlower
took storage Ia .Sengers."
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Sparks from the Wires.

Sparks from the Wires.
JOSEPH BosHEk died at St. Louis of
sunstrOke.
WILLIAM CLIFTON, -. veteran of
the Mexican war. die at Decatur.
FREDERICK kettle committed sui
eide at Waukegan, ILL.,. by taking poi
son.
LIGHTWEIGHT Coxeyites sent to Jail
by the Maryland authorities were put
to work on the public roads.
TWENTY FIRE h cases Of cholera and
several deaths from the same disea 9
have been reported at Liege.
JOHN T. HANCOCK. a prominent mer.
chant of Dubuque, Iowa is dead. He
was 20 years old. and was born in Leb-
anon, Ill.
DISCHARGED for drunkenness. Jailer
Jerry Murphy liberated all the prison
ers in the Leavenworth Kan Jail.
Four voluntarily returned.
THREE boys. Frank Burns, William
Slattery and Matthew SIat,ery, aged
10 to IL years. we've drowned while
swimming in Bloody Rur. near Nor
wood. =.
TERESlTA CACSZI Garibaldi's daugh-
ter. is writing a Ii e of her father. The
work. il is said. will give the most in
innate details Of the career of the Ital-
ian patriot.
Coz. JAMES Fl. PLATTE. president Of
the Denver Pare. Mills Company. AMI
who has served folr terms in Ccpgress,
was drowned in 9 ,een Lake, Colo,
while fishing.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-08-23
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when,
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products -
thesneeds of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in The
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feveu
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs ia for sale by all drug.
pists in soc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup OF FigAs
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute If offered.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-08-23
CASH FOR UNCLE SAM.
Treasury Officials Count On Much from thu
Whisky Tax.

Whisky Tax.
There was great activity in the
United States Int. nal Revenue Offices
following the final passage of the tariff
bill. Distillers were anxious to get
their whisky out Of bonl at the reve-
nue. rate Of % cents, and the receipts
were phenomenally age. Commits
siOner Miller estimates receipts from
the whisky tax at about million and
q half dollars per day for twelve days.
This will add about SIS, OOO,uUU to the
ST. ~, $40 alre .uy collected from inter-
nal revenue du ing Au.us and Com
may run even higher and carry t 10
total or the month to $4,000, 600. The
customs receipts will reach abO 1t
sl2.UOJ, 900 per month at the pre- sent
rate aid viii make the total receipts
81 100000.
The tide has turned with the be-
ginning f the new tiscat We + in the
foreign trade of the Tn ted States and
import, exceeded exports mer> h n
disc L t e month OF July by Sl2.:,37, :
9l4. The aggregate imports were
larger than for any month since tie
outbreak of the panic in July, 1893,
ID reached a total of $i5, oo5i ,u5.. Of
which S. ,Y59,y13 were articles subject
duty. This increase of the dutian Q
i'm ,,ort were larger than in any month
since August, 1>".
The total exports for July were S52,-
7l3, l:':', against exports in July, 1893.
of S69. 1880 The seven months end
ing July 81, showed almost exactly the
same exports for both 1853 and 1894.
the figures in the first Gaze being
s4j1 l,:;l+ and in the second $4o..-
l42.4ll. The imports for the same
period were 1920. 3S3,5 14 in 1893. and
only $40 ,l?4, 354 in 1924. The falling
off in articles imported free of duty for
the seven months was about $50, OUJ.-
900, while in dutiable articles it was
nearly 4$O.uOO.O0O.
Expenditures thus far in August
have been SD, 80 900. of which s.. 49,,
900 has been fer pension payments.
The total expendit, res for the month
will pr Cbably reach about s.. 100 90,
leaving a surplus of *li.ON.Ooo and
carrying the cash balance in the treas
ury to 1854. 100000.
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Opinions Change.

The whole world may be wrong, but
a certain order of people a always
right. in their own opinion ID mt vol,
be .ieve the world is rowing bet err"
asked the enthusiastic young woman.
Well" replied the old gentleman.
the older people are less pig-headed
and prejrdiced than We're elderly peo-
pie when l was you h. But ! do not
think the young men Of the present
day have half the enterprise or iudg-
ment of those of my time"