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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-12-06

Notice to Debtors ofW Ganson
All persons who are indebted to
me by note, account or otherwise.
are notified that unless settlement
is made by Goth Decem Der, these
matters will be placed in hands of
an officer for collection
w. GANSON.
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Holiday Opening

Everybody is invited to attend
our big Holiday Opening which
commences on Mond-y night, the
18th instant.
B. &. HOUGH & co.
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In the United States court at
Pensacola, Fla, Zach b Bailey,
colored, former postmaster sat
Millview, Fla, was sentenced to
gve years imprisonment nin the
psniteutiary at oolambus, 0hio,
for embazzlement.
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The 3~year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jas Langley of the Antioch
section, died last Sunday night of
Group. 1t was buried Tuesday
morning at Gils creek cemetery.
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4 Laughable Entertainment.

One of the most novel and
amusing entertainments of the
season will he given at the Opera
House, Thursday night, Decem Der
7th, by home talent. The Spinsters
Fortnightly Club represents n
convention of "out of Gate ladies"
twenty-five in number. The
variety of costume, the up to date
mode of conducting woman S
convention, and many other things
will certainly cause you TO spend
the evening pleasantly and enjoya-
bly,. From beginning to end will
be funny and laughabIe to old
folks, young folks and children.
Admission % cents; children IS
cents; reserved seats 35 cents.
Everybody should attend.
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| "caL M Mattsrs,

I "g0t W 0laRb s.
Cotton brought e cents yester-
day on this market.
Mrs Jane Edwards of Fort
Lawn, is visiting relatives at this
place.
cucumber Pickles at 5 cents
per dozen at Funderburk & co.'s.
Mr. j L Funderburk of Dudley,
visited his daughter, Mrs b G.
Hough, this week.
A 5-room cottage to rent. Ap-
ply to r K Wylie.
The friends of w A Moore, of
jersey City, were glad to see him
Monday. He made Lancaster a
flying visit.
10 lbs of Long Cotton Tobncco
is worth Is of any other kind mt
the price. Sold by PORTER
BROS.
Read trespass notice of Var
borough, Stewart and others IN
Buford township, and govern
yourselves accordingly.
Nuts, Raisins, candies, etc, for
christmas at Funderburk q co.'s.
Married, on Sunday last, at
Heath Springs, Mr., VIM Bailey
and Miss Wren carter, daughter
of Mr. A H carer of Dry creek.
Fresh fish and oysters Mt my
market Wednesdays, FRIDAYS and
Saturdays. 5 T Bluckmon.
Hon { ID Jones, our efficient
AMI highly esteemed Probate
Judge, returned Monday from
business trip to New York city.
Chew Long Cotton Tobacco and
be happy. Sold by PORTER
BROS.
Mr. w b Plyler of the Trades
vile section. is the proud father
of fine boy which arrived Mt his
home Saturday morning.
Miss Lily Russell of RichUurg,
who has been engaged to teach
the Carmel Hill school, came over
Monday and will open the school
at once.
WANTED, for cash, Hickory,
Dogwood, Persimmon, Walnut
Logs. Southern Hardwood Co, u.
y. Box 529, Charleston, 5. &.
Mr. and Mrs w b Dunlap of
Rock Hill, are the guests of Mr.
w j Cunningham. Their many
friends in old Lancaster are de
lignted to see them.
Try a box of Long Cotton To-
hacco, best on the market for the
money. Sold by PORTER
BROS.
Geo w Allison, Esq, Of Elber-
ton, Ga, private secretary of Con
gresham Howard Of Georgia,
stopped over several days with
his parents at this place, en- route
to Washington.
b G Hough & Co., are getting
out invitations to their big Holi
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MONEY no Loan.


4 Lii Persons indebted To the estate
~ of p. NJ J., ter, dcceasru viii
come forwarh at once and make -rtjIe
meut with the uudersigurd. Persons
having claims against said estate viii
present them, duly verified, to The
undersigned.
w. b PLNLER,
Geo. w PLNLER.
EXecnlOra
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MIR. j A McAteer of Sincerity,
slaughtered a 7.months old rig
yesterday which netted 216 pounds.
That is bard to beat for it's age.
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yesterday which netted PIG pounds.
That is bard to beat for it's age.
List of letters advertised for
the week ending Dec 5, 1899:
Miss Ella Mellow, $ O Bunday
(2) Mr. cal BIackmon, Denes
JacksCu, j b Shehou.
j f Gregory, p NJ.
Mr.. JAS r Knight OF Primus
banked his crop of rutabaga
turnips Monday. lie put up three
two horse loads from - rows
about 40 yards long. lie brought
13 turnips, which measured II
bushels, to town yesterday to
distribute among some of his
friends. They weighed from 6
to 8 pounds apiece. The one
brought to this Office for the edi>
tor weighs y pounds
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NOTICE
10 th" T0r P0yers 0f L0HeGsteY ?"
COHHtB:

The TreanureI's oflice will be oyen
for TIA" collection of taxes for the fiscal
year 1899 from the lGjh dav Of October
I" the 2l-t day December 1899.
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Miss Lily Russell of RichOurg,
who has been engaged to teach
the Carmel Hill school, came over
Monday and will open the school
at once.
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Mr. w b Plyler of the Trades
vile section. is the proud father
of fine boy which arrived Mt his
home Saturday morning.
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WANTED, for cash, Hickory,
Dogwood, Persimmon, Walnut
Logs. Southern Hardwood Co, u.
y. Box 529, Charleston, S. &.
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Chew Long Cotton Tobacco and
be happy. Sold by PORTER
BROS.
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Elliott & Crawford are making
a speciality of good mules at low
prices right ut the present, though
they also advertise stylish ve-
hicles and fresh supply of bar.
ness. See their ad., and buy your
stock now before they go higher.
Mules willssell lots higher next
Spring. ~
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10 lbs of Long Cotton Tobncco
is worth Is of any other kind mt
the price. Sold by PORTER
BROS.
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Hon { ID Jones, our efficient
AMI highly esteemed Probate
Judge, returned Monday from n
business trip to New York city.
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thoughtful, but bright, and a face that
has that decided tint of red and white
that you see expressed in the delicate
tints of the seashell, and voice as liquid
as a birds song, musical as a flute. and
clear and strong as in her early girlhood
days; no suggestion of age in any phys
ical manifestation. in her step, in her car
riage, in her movements, which were
graceful easy and gentle. In fact, in
every physical manifestation there was a
girl of 20 standir~ before us, except the
white hair and that wonderful mentality.
"In regard to intellect, do you want me
to tell you what think? Well, l will say
this: 1 think that of all the things that
are valuable and important to know, for
the happiness of mankind, Mrs. Eddy
knows more than all the men and all the
women that live now or have ever lived.
This is the only way I can illustrate to
you my impression as to what she does
know. and as to her wisdom, feel wholly
incompetent to e-1ress my high apprecia-
tion of it. I felt that l was in the pres
ence of a parsonage extremely grand in
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ated, so that it would in the ordinary way
take hours TO separate them.
Now the fantastic man with his tray be-
gins. He turns around slowly. gradually
quickening his pace Ghe drummer also
keeping time, faster and faster, in the
giddy vortex, the tray at times almost
out of his hands. yet so cleverly handled
that not q grain falls out. 1t is very try
ing to watch, but in couple of minutes
both stop simultaneously and the man
shows 10 the wondering spectators two
little heaps, one of rice and the other
grain at different ends of the tray, which
in his sickening gyrations he has been
able TO separate by some extraordinary
manipulation.
Later it was my good fortune to be able
to witness one of those remarkable cases
Of voluntarily suspended animation of
which I had so frequently heard, with a
somewhat dubious smile. am afraid. But
I am convinced now.
1t was called a "Joghee" performance
and took place before Il e Maharajah of
Dhurbanga, whose guest had the honor
to be.
The "Joghee was put by his disciples
into a trance. He became perfectly un-
conscious and dead to all appearances
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intellectual attachments. and of a greater
spiritual strength and power than any
one / have ever known or read about.
When I have said this l feel dIssatisned
with the weakness of the expressions that
/ have used to convey to you my idea OF
the attainments that she has made in the
intellectual and er'ritual world. Mrs.
Eddy is quick as a fash, clear as sun
beam. and, with all this. sweetly refined
in her expression, and highly, very highly
ladylike in every act and movement, in
all that she does and says. 1 could give
you many instances of the readiness with
which she answered great questions and
the clearness with which she could fash
gems of brightness and good-natured
wit
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Judge Ewing on
Christian Science

T link Christian Scienceis the great
est truth that was ever made known
1 to the race since the crucifixion of
I Christ. 1t is greater than all the other
truths combined" In speaking oe the
great work of the mother, Mary Baker G..
Eddy, he said We'll, my wife and l
went to see her at her home. l had sup
posed that she was a large woman well
advanced in years. / saw some one COM
ing down the stairway with hair very
white. small of stature, but with step as
elastic and springy as a girl of 20. This I
thought r'ust be Mrs. Eddy's amanue- sis:
we will see the lady herself pretty soon;
but on she came, and was soon in our
presence We found this the veritable and
real Mrs Eddy, the discoverer and found
er of Christian Science Here stood before
me a woman of graceful form and fea-
ture, with an eye sweetly mild and
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The Nightmare
Of Microbes

4 WOMAN who had purchased a pair
II of gloves was given three one dollar
r. bills in change. do il up in paper.
= =. please" she said TO the salesgirl.
The request was complied with, and the
wrapped up bills were put in a pocket
book.
Some persons are microbe mad" said
a physician in explaining the incident.
MANY have 1t so bad that they will not
even pick UP pin. because it has been
said that all sorts of disease germs can
be collected under their heads. Dread of
microbes il common form of hypochon-
dria. ] can sympathize with person
who does not like to see a woman with
a bundle Of dirty clothes for washing get
into a public conveyance, but there is no
use in going TO extremes.
Ever since the researches of Koch and
Pasteur have attracted attention the
number of microbe maniacs has steadily
increased"
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MarVelS Of
Indian Fakers

7 NDIA IS pre-eminently the land Of
mystery, and our most advanced
magicians have never been able to
reproduce all their marvellous per-
formances. One day in the market
place of an inland village 1 saw
curious performance It was conducted
bv two 1nen-one old and emaciated, car
rving a native drum; the other young and
well fed, fantastically gowned with an
oversldrt of colored handkerchiefs and a
multitude Of bells. which tangled noisily
al his slightest movement; long, ragged
hair-altogether hideous figure.
The drummer began weird tom-tom-
ing. and the other man an incarnation.
Then he extended a supra bamboo
tray used by all natives-on which any
one who pleases places a large handful OF
rice and the same quantity of grain The
two ingredients are thoroughly amalgam-
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n MONG those whom a thirst for
~ gain led toward the Yukon gold
fields was G. W. Lang Of San
Antonio, Texas. He was a cat
tie dealer and had made several
successful drives of livestock
from localities where they could be
purchased for little to where they com
manded a fair figure. At the first re-
ports Of rich discoveries on the Yukon
he conceived the idea Of a drive from
Edmonton. Alberta. the starting point
Of one of the proposed routes. overland
10 the Dawson City market During the
fall Of 1897. with his partner Mr. Mans
field he bought fifty head of steers and
thirty head OF horses near Edmonton
and Outfftted with several tons of pro
visions. which We're to be hauled on
sleighs by the oxen.
With two or three helpers these men
started on their long journey of over
1000 eventful miles about the middle of
February. 1898. They took the trail
leading to Athabasca Landing. thence
up the Athabasca and Little Slave
rivers to Lesser Slave Lake. a distance
from Edmonton of 300 miles.
Tt was while resting our horses at
this post that we first saw them, with
their long string of yoked oxen, slowly,
patiently hauling their loads. They did
not appear to strain, but by reason Of
their pOnderOus weight alone the sleigh
followed their slow, deliberate steps
The men were weary when they
reached this point. For a month they
had been up at 4 a. m. to feed their
stock and were in a state Of constant
activity until long after dark. During
the day they travelled continuously,
never stopping at noon for lunch, but
eating their hardtack as they walked
Already one of the men had played
out and was forced to return, thus in
creasing the hardships for those re-
naming.
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ened "Laurier Pass" The trail was re-
ported as not open, but this was now
an old story, besides they were pre-
pared to cut trail if necessary. We
saw them as they stumbled their way
down the hill and waded the creek
stopping midstream to drink The
backs of the oxen were covered with
sores caused by poorly fitting saddles
and these were being treated with the
simple remedies that the trail afforded
In due time our horses arrived and
we started after. In every muskeg we
read the evidence of their trouble. Hav-
ing cloven pointed hoofs they sank
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BISHOP DOME, EpiscopaIian,

AbQBY, " Y.
Christian believer would be content to say with St Paul believe in
i Christ brought life
through the gospel Lord Tennyson said too strongly The
death"
well said Death is not the end but only of life The
mmor
of the of the
gortfed immortal soul goifed immortal
M he o
s of
alike analoges
phil
desires unreald aspirations unrewarded
of which
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slow progress began to wonder if the
old fable of the hare and tortoise would
be exemplified.
AS progress by boat was now imprac-
ticable. we were forced to send back
to have our horses brought overland.
In the meantime the oxen pulled for
ward. Their party had been recruited
on the way by parties who had run
short of provisions, and went along
with the oxen for a "grubstake." Their
objective point was now Sylvesters
Landing on the Dease River, a distance
as it has since proved. Of 500 miles, the
path lying through the newly christ
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progress one of the party Ri
responded cheerfulIy: "a
"Oh, we get along very "a
well. Some days we make "a
IS high as ten or twelve
miles" "a
The usual daily average "a
for prospectors with horses "A
was from twenty to twenty "a
five miles. "
The drivers did not stop at Y
the post stations. Rest was not Vi
considered in their schedule. "a
Through a binding blizzard they U
started over the eighty-siX miles of "
deep snow trail to Peace River
Landing. We soon came up with
them and worried along behind them
for a halliday before getting an Op-
portunity to pass AS every man had
several loads to lock after delays were
frequent and protracted, during which
times the shouting of the drovers was
mingled with the imprecatiOns Of the
impatient trailers behind. At night
they beat a side path in the deep snow
and pulled out of the main trail TO al
low us to pass.
Then began the long journey Of 20C
miles up Peace River on the ice to Fort
st. John at the dangerous time just
before the spring breakup. To reach
this point parties travelled during the
night, when the ice was not softened
by the sun. One by one the parties
pulled off the river at the trading post
to recuperate for the pack trail or wait
for the clearing of the river to proceed
farther by boat. Each party as they
came in told of the progress of the
bulls They were coming slowly. The
oxen were continually breaking
through the hCneycombed ice, but in
most cases We're pulled out of the cur
rent after infinite difficulty. They la
bored on, and after all others had left
the river finally crossed on the narrow
neck of ice still remaining, and pulled
to land.
This was fated to Mr. Lang's last
drive. Arriving at St. John, he was
taken ILL., For time he was nursed in
the traders house, but continued to
grow worse. AS soon as the river was
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An English doctor present felt his pulse
and found it had ceased and a looking
glass showed not the slightest moisture
of any breath in the body. The 'Joghee"
as put into a coffin. the lid screwed on
and seals were impressed on 1t with tle
Maharaiah signet ring.
The box was buried five feet deep,
earth thrown in and well STAMPED. Grain
was then sown and trusted sentrles
guarded the place.
The grain nad sprouted and borne corn
when we were invited again, after sixty
days, to witness the resurrection of the
body. The grave was opened and the
coffin found to be intact. The seals were
broken. the lid unscrewed and the jog
hee was taken out stiff and stark His
disciples. now began to manipulate the
body and to go through certain rites,ver
similar to mesmerism, and by degrees the
dead man opened his eyes, culver ran
through his body and he sat up erect
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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REV. E. Z. HALE, Unitarian,
Boston. Mass,


In
of
the
live
! shall also"
Of
Of the victory Christ
haveli
full it
accident Of death
little comparison believe in Immortality The
the of
and will be learned
the living children
Cod
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Calico print works use 40,OOo0O0 dozen
eggs per year, wine CHARTERS use 10000 900
dozen, the photographers and other indus
tries use many Millions. and these de-
mands increase more rapidly than table
demands
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unknOWn, and even the existence of a
trail at all was indefinite.
From Fort ST John our party pro-
ceeded by boat and after weeks of toll
up stream reached Fort Graham as the
first overland pack trains arrived
These brought the astonishing VS.
THE bulls are coming"
Presently they arrived. Each animal
was packed with from 200 to 800 pounds
and caused excited exclamations from
the Indians who had seen no such ami
NAL since the day of the buffalo. They
had now covered about 900 miles, and
those who at the start laughed at their
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"a deeply in the quaking
Isl bog, and being heavily
~ packed it was frequently
~ impossible for them to
M eXtricate themselves. In
~ such cases they were
M pulled out with ropes In
E soft places we would find
AZ the sod trampled into a bog
G role, and just beyond on the
- high ground a crow would
~ rise from the skeleton of an
~ OK. Rendered incapable of
- ~ travel, perhaps by a broken leg
~ he had been killed and the
~ choicest of the flesh cut from the
~ bones. On trail where horsehesh
~ was becoming a deiicacy it was not
. likely that beefsteak would be wasted
All along the trail in muskegs. river
crossings and on hilisides, the tracks
of the oxen were in evidence. and fol
low the bulls" had long ago been the
advice given those who asked for in
formation regarding the right trail.
On reaching the summit of the pass
between the two points we met two re-
turning Indian guides. They had met
the bulls four days ago and had been
running from sunrise till sunset each
day.
Again we came up with them as they
were going into winter quarters, half
way between the Dease and Black
rivers, fifty-fve miles from Sylvesters
Landing and nearly 14OO miles on their
way to the Yukon. At Deadwood
Lake we found their men wading in
the ice cold marsh above their knees
cutting the bitten grass, with
which they hoped to keep their stock
alive until spring. They were anxious
to gather 100 tons, but were doubtful
if they would get more than forty tons.
OF the fifty oxen with which they
started only twenty eight were left,
and some of their horses had died dur
ing the long march.
At this point, which is the summit of
the divide between the two rivers the
snow falls deeply and the winter is long
and severe The men had then secured
several moose. so they will not lack
for food, but the stock is entirely de-
pendent on the grass which was put
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Talk about your pulls" said the sleigh.
well, I'm kind of in the p myself +"
remarked the snow shovel.
Then the thermometer slipped and fell
about forty degrees.-Boston Journal.
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REV. L TJN.AN ABBOTT,
Christian EUOlUtiOnis1

REV. LYMAN .ABBOTT
Christian EUOIttiOnist Brooklyn, N. 7.
Nv 1AT regard the modern scientific argument for
MWX of Evoutonst All
wv that do inquiry to state briefly here
the how be
consistent voutn and think that death ends all When one De-
thinking willing he bleve
God should have all the
a cude-ac
grow S
of spirit
the evolutionary of the centuries have been preparing him
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Britons are so accustomed to think Of
their army as being small that it comes
as a surprise to learn that on January 1
of this year 1t amounted to more than a
million men. This number, of course, in
cludes volunteers, militia and yeomanry
in the United Kingdom and various colo
NAL and militia bodies.
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up Even then, the middle of Septem-
Der, the snow covered the ground, but
the men still toiled to increase the
number of their hay stacks. There we
left them and there they are at this
moment.
With such stock as survives the win
ter they will this year continue to
Dease River and down to the Lizard;
thence up the Lizard and Frances riv-
ers to Frances Lake; thence over the
divide to Pelly Banks, and follow the
course of the Pelly River to the Yukon.
The expedition sent out by the Cana
dian Government under Police In
spector Moody went over this terri
tory but went by canoe down the Pei
ly. They will therefore be obliged to
cut their own trail for a considerable
distance If they are reasonably sue
cessful they will reach their destina-
ton next fall
Knowing the perseverance of the
men, it is safe to presume they will get
there. even though they drive but
single emaciated OK to the slaughter
house at Dawson City.
BRUCE HARRIS WARK.
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BRUCE HARRIS wARK.

Lewis Carroll being dead, the Jabber-
wock is being translated. Who knows
not that thrilling stanza:
Twas brillig and the slthy toves
Did eyre and gimble in the wabe,
All mimsy were the borogroves
And the nome raths ourgrabe.
It is somewhat disconcerting to find
that there is any meaning whatsoever in
this, but Mr.. Stuart Collingwood has dis
covered a memorandum among the pa
pers of the author of alice in Wonder
land" which shows that this really
meant nothing more than: "It was even
ing, and the smooth, active badgers were
side, while the parrots were unhappy,
and the serious-minded green turtles
suueaked. Boston Home Journal.
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REV. MARY BAKER EDDY,
Christian Science,

(J2TTSfJNn NCJeUC4. I5OStOT1
text am Life"
means The Am se-e
way through Is Science
immortal The
likeness
of body called
unite only for
verprnt
OrtaIiv TO
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MONG those whom a thirst for
gain led toward the Yukon gold
fields was G. W. Lang Of San
Antonio, Texas. He was a cat
tie dealer and had made several