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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21
NEWS BUDGET FROM BEAUMONT
NEW TRACKS TO RELIANCE MILLS
WERE LAID ny KAysEE ROAD.
The Census VIII show tho CITY 20
Have More Than Ten Thousand
Population.

Beaumont. Texas, March 2o.--lt has been
learned today that 1t was the Gulf, Beau
mont and Kansas City railroad and not the
Reliance Lumber company which on yes
to-day rebuilt the switches leading 10 the
Reliance mill and planer. The work was
done by consent OF the Reliance the South
ern Pacific rails being replaced with Kay
see steel. To Tho Post correspondent to-
day Assistant Manager Wilson of the
Kaysec explained that the work above
mentioned was done yesterday for the
purpose OF avoiding interference on the
part OF the Southern Pacific. -
The understanding is that the new tracks
can be used by any railroad that can get
their locomotives and cars 70 them.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-21

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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
en- Cannon Was SiIenced,

Congressman Cannon is a hard hitter
and merciless. never saw him dlscon-
certed but once, and then he was him
self hit hard and silenced for the day.
1t was this way: Boutelle, as chairman
Of naval affairs. brought in a bill to
pension the widows and orphans of the
victims of the Maine disaster in Havana
harbor. Cannon jumped on it and as
severated that any Jackleg pension at
torney could drive a coach and four
through the bill and loot the treasury
without limit, and then he cited SIM
liar legislation in the case of the Samoa
disaster in 1889.
BoutelIe is a fierce man, a capital
talker, the handsomest man III the
house and inlprlsive. Springing to
his feet, his face ashen with anger,
every nerve quivering with passion, bis
voice vibrant with rage, he pointed his
finger at Cannon AID exclaimed, "Mr.
Speaker, there are men in this world
who would break up a funeral process
sion if they were not appointed to drive
the hearse." The house screamed with
laughter and delight, for there were
few there into whose legislative dump
ling Cannon had not at some time put
a spider. it was the only time old Joe
was not able to return a Roland for an
Oliver Washington Letter in Louis
Vile Courier-Journal.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04

Fond Mother-WelI, Harold, how
are you succeeding at college? Har-
oid-The teacher says I'm getting
up in figures. Indeed. Yes; l used
to be seventh in my class and now l
stand sixteenth. I am pushing on.
Rev. G. H. Morrison, Of Hartwell,
Ga is noslo.b or sluggard, butwhatso-
ever his hand findeth to do he doesis
with all his might. Besides preach
ing every Sunday and sometimes on
Saturday, he made this year, with
his family, twenty-one bales of cotton
and enough corn to do him, and pays
his subscription promptly, all OF
which goes to prove that be is OF the
earth.
Colonel Jim Smith, of Oslethrope,
Co., will not make more than $4,000
bales of cotton this year, where he
usually gets $4,000. He says the
man who farmed successfully this
year will do to farm again.
Coal men say there is about to be
q coal famine. TIE price has gone
I'D about 60 to IS cents 6 ton.
A hosiery knitting mill. may be
built st Merry Hill, N. c., by }. b.
White.
When we say a person has good
sense about most things, we mean, OF
course that about most things he has
good sense to agree with us.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
Regardless Of Age.

The kidneys are responsible for more
sickness. suffering, and deaths than any
otner organs of the body.
A majority of the ills affecting people
tc. LAY Is traceable to kidney trouble. 1t
pervades all classes of society, in all CHI
mates, regardless of age. sex or condition.
The symptoms of kidney troable are
unnistakabie, such as rheumatl m. neural
gia sleeplessness. plin or dali ache n the
back, a desire to urinate often day or night,
profuse or scanty supply.
Uric acid, or brick-dust deposit III urine
are signs of clogged kidneys, causing
poisoned and germ-fl Ell blood. Some
times the heart acts badly, and tube casts
(wasting Of the kidneys) are found IN tae
urine, which if neglected will result IN
Bright's Disease, the most dangerous form
of kidney trouble.
All these symptoms and conditions are
promptly removed under the influence OF
DR.. Kllmer's Swamp-Root. l. has a
world wide reputation for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
No one need be long without 1t as 1t IS
so easy to get at any drag store at city
cents or one dollar. You can have a sam
ple bottle Of this wonderful discovery,
Swamp.Root, and a book telling all about
it, boln sent to yoa absoiut:l y tree by
mail. Send your address to DR.. kilmer i
Co., Binghamton, n. Y, and kindly meE-
ton that yon read this liberal offer IN the
Lexington Dispatch.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
A Coptic Prayer.

l have written With my hand, and
the writing bears witness TO me, be-
cause one day l shall leave it and de.
part.
With what strength my hand has
written. when my hand shall perish
my strength is still there
And there is no scribe that will no.
pass away, but what his hands have
written will remain forever
Write nothing with thy hand but
that which thou wilt he we'll pleased to
see ct the resurrection.
| wrote, and | thought there was no
harm, because my hand will perish one
day, ard its writing will remain.
And | knew that God Will bring it
forth tomorrow. What then-oh. that
l had considered what defense will it
make!
The Lord Jesus Christ. may be cause
this holy copy to avail for the saving OF
tho soul of the wretched man who
wrote it'll
And tighten the eyes Of his mind to
know the mystery of his Interpretation
and the understanding of his spiritual
secret and make him worthy to strive
in knowing for himself and him who
shall read in it!-From Coptic Version
Of New Testament.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04

bars Of people die OF consumption
needlessly. 1t is certain that every
phase of catarrh, including many cases
of consumption, are cared by the right
treatment. Pe-ru-na, DR.. IIartman's
great prescription, attacks catarrhal
diseases scientifically and cures them.
DR.. Hartman explains it fully in his
books which are mailed on application.
Here is a letter from Mrs. l!armening,
Mazo Manic, Wis, who is ~ OF many
cared Of consumption By Pc-ru-na.
She says:
Pt-ru-Ea .lIcd1clne Co., ColNUybas, O.
DEAR SIRs:-''I cannot praise your
remedy too highly. Last winter had
la grippe and helnorrhagc of the lungs
followed. All the doctors around here
told me | had 10 die Of consumption.
Then ! thought | would ask DR.. Hart
man for advice. which did. lie pre-
scribcd Pe-ru-na for me. and I took it
according 20 his directions and was
cured. | advise everybody that Is
troubled with lang disease TO take Or.
Uartman's treatment. | am sure they
will not regret it if they do. an now
enjoying good health, and can thank
Pc-ru-ua for it,
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
For Wedding Cakes.

Just received a full and fresh line
of fruit ingredients and decorations
consisting of citron, ~raisins, currants'
spices, essences, ready for immediate
use without trouble, cake icing in
white and colored sugars, leaves in
gold and silver, white and green,
roses in white and red, a varied a =
.:ortment of fancy candies for trim
ming on Christmas and wedding
cakes, Bakers and Huylers choco-
late, a complete assortment OF these
goods can be found OILY at the
Bazaar.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
VOLCANIC BATHS.
The Bnther Revels In n Crater of ice
Cold Mud.

AS
Cold Mud.
Volcano baths are the proper thing
nowadays in certain parts of California
and Mexico. Down in Mendocino coun-
ty, CAL, such baths have become most
frequent.
The volcano bath is not a water bath,
nor is it a fire bath or a lava bath, as
might be supposed. 1t is a mud bath,
and no ordinary mud bath at that. Ice
cold mud of a blush tint and of the
consistency Of freshly mixed mortar is
the element into which the bathers
plunge, splashing and spluttering. The
way they manage it is unique. Asapllng
is felled in the forests near the volcano
c~raters, stripped Of its limbs, carried to
the crater and placed across it, so that
each end of the pole rests on firm ground.
Fancy yourself sliding out on one OF
these saplings stretched across a crater's
mouth, then slipping gently off into the
middle of a gurgling, %bubbling, ice
cold mass Of mud and swinging yourself
there, suspended by your hands until
fatigued. Then, with just life enough
left to crawl back along the log, you
reach unyielding ground again.
Once plunged into n of the craters
Of mud, with all ties to the sapling
above severed, a person would be lost
forever, being swallowed UP IN the
murky depths in an instant, for vastly
quicker in action and surer OF its VIC
tim than quicksapd is the mud Of Men.
docino's mysterious volcanoes.
Cleanliness has nothing to do with
it. 1t is not that for which people face
the dangers of the volcano bath. The
mud which is belched forth from the
earth's interior is supposed to contain
important medicinal properties.
There are about 20 of these singular
mud belching volcanoes in Mendocino
county, and they are among CALIFORNIA;
many wonders. They are situated high
on a mountain side, seven miles from
Cahto. At this time of the year they
are unusually active. Their gurgling
roar my be heard for d distance of sew
eral miles when they are most VloIeut.
The mud frequently shoots over the rim
of the crater, flows down the mountain
like a lava stream and enters one of the
Eel rivers tributaries called Mud creek.
1t fills the craters, which are about FIVE
feet above the earth s surface and bound
ed With a circular base or miniature
crater from four to seven feet in diam
eter at the base and two to three feet at
the top. Prospecting parties have hewn
down saplings so feet in length and
pushed them into the mouth of a crater.
Some of these have disappeared alto
gether. Others remain near the surface,
playthings Of the muddy clement, which
losses them about like ishermen's bob
bins in a rough sea. A significant COIN
ciderce is the fact that when the ocean,
20 miles away, is unusually heavy and
rough the volcanoes become intensely
active, belching forth not only their
burden of ice cold mud. but volumes OF
warm vapor. In some mysterious way
the ocean seems to control their action.
San Francisco Bulletin.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
The Lien Law QUESTION.
T. the Editor OF the Dispatch:

T. the Editor Of the Dispatch:
In a recent issue of your valuable
paper 1 read a justification of the
lien law. Taken from your stand
point its continuance is seemingly
JUSTIFIED. 1 will try to express the
views and observations of one who
has intimate connection with the
effects aud workings Of this arch de-
stroyer Of independent manhood 81 d
moral integrity. The purpose of a
laws should be the elevation of the
people in intellect and morals thereby
checking the incentive to crime, du.
pl:ciiy and evasion. While this law
stands on the statute books one man
is as good as another, or better in
the proportion of bis ability to pro-
cure, q certain amount Of cotton, or
other saleable products. This fact
alone is q direct incentive to those
inclined t ocrime. Again, after such
persons have procured advances they
are tempted to dispose of anything
they can by other channels than the
roper ones as they know that the
crop raised is the end of the obliga-
ton to pay, thus putting a premium
on dishonesty. The honest man is
no better than a thief. or not as good
under the law because he surrenders
everything and has to buy at the
price established by the experience
of the merchant, which price is fixed
by the number who pay out of a GER
t lin number furnished. We will IL
l~ustrate: A merchant undertakes to
supply TO psrties at 500 each and
has found by experience eighty will
pay. He charges a per cent. sufi-
Gent for the eighty to pay the bills
of the 100, thus getting himself into
The moral wrong of taking twice if
al pay. Thus the honest and indus
trous pay the bills Of the rcgues and
idlers.
You say again that the poor man
could not get credit which is a mis-.
take of the same kind as the asser-
lion that a man could not borrow
money if the usuary law was enacted.
Money is more plentiful at 8 per
cent. than it ever was at II TO Is
per cent. and even higher rates: and
I submit there is a certain amount of
capital in the mercantile business
aud that goods will be sold juss the
same whatever law is repealed CT
mated. The lien law sustains any
profit demanded and the buyer is
bound to his furnisher without re-
course. It reminds one OF a trap
taited for rats-they can get in easy
enough but if they get out it is
tn ough the mercy Of the man wfo
OWLS The institutions. We never can
have true manhood on top till We
knock out all props on which rasca!s
can stand. American manhood is
the pride of the world, and the only
way to keep it upsto the standard IS
to annul all laws that in their ten
dency protect or justify actions net
morally right. Yours for fairness.
J. F. Lyles.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
$500 Saved.

have been using Ramon's Liver Pills
& Tonic Pellets tor the past two years AID
consider that they have saved ne III
doctors bills. to say nothing of the srft1r.
ing aud loss OF time. L c n reconlmtni
RI EN- as one of tie best liver pills ever
made. l sell twelve boxes OF Ramor's to
ft ur OF any other kind. Dealers reel have
Il fear of getting overstockea on Ramon
remedies for they are re8dy sal and
always give satisfatt orr L. Mcdaniel.
Kelly, La. For sale by G " Hlrmi IN II
J. L Kaufman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
Old John Bryant.

John Bryant, a brother Of William
Cullen Bryant, is living in Princeton,
Ills, in good health. A relative living
in Belleyiew, Fla, writes of him:
John Bryant was 81 years old last
July, l think. He writes me quite often,
though it is some time nov since have
heard, not since he went north in the
spring. | suppose if be is we'll he will
be in st. Nicholas, near Jacksonville,
this winter. That is where he usually
gees. His mind is bright as ever, and
for his age he is quito active; cannot
see to read evenings, SO some of rs used
to plan to Lave a few games Of whist
every evening to while away the long
hours fer him"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
H$0HALfk s $*;:s
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
ROYALS BAKING POWDER q, NEW YORK;.
An Unwelcome Visitor.

Er. T., a Business man of Cleveland,
says The Plain Dealer, rents desk room
in his office to Mr.. B., whence the fol-
lowing story. lis Sir. B. ip?" asked a
caller. NO" replied Mr.. T., thinking
be recognized an unwelcome caller.
well, I'll wait for him., replied the
caller, sitting down.
At 5 o'clock he was still waiting.
At $50, still waiting.
A few minutes before 6 Mr.. T. closed
his desk for the day and prepared to 90
home. The caller ventured to ask il Mr..
B. was likely to return to his Office that
day. MI. IT. answered.:
"No. He is in Buffalo and will be
back next Tuesday morning"
The caller showed no anger. On the
contrary, he smiled.
Don't apologize" he said. my
business was not important, and your
Office has proved a pleasant lounging
place. Fact is" be blandly added, II
suppose I'm canning down with the
smallpox, and the doctor told me l must
stay indoors and keep warm"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
The Vile VALLEY.

do not myself believe that our gen.
GRAFTON will get much value out OF the
Nile valley For in what does the Su-
dan consist: 1t is, as it were, a single
thread CT blue silk drawn across a great
brown nugget, and even the blue thread
itself is bro wn for many months II the
year Where the waters Of the Nile
soak into the banks there grow thorn
bushes md poisonous weeds. Where
the inhabitants splash the water over
their sc1appy felds-perhaps SO yards
suuare-there are hard wen crops. This
belt of vegetation is rarely more than a
few hundred yards broad. And the rest
is desert-miserable, aching, desolate
desert There is plenty Of room to lie
down and die in. But it is nc place for
a man to live in.-'The Fashoda Incl
dent by Lieutenant Winston Spencer
Churchill, in North American Review.
Charity covers q multitude Of sins.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
Eow to Prevent.

You are perhaps aware that pneu-
monia always results from a cold CT
from an attack of la grippe. During
the epidemic Of la grippe afew years
ago when so many cases resulted in
pneumonia, it was observed that the
attack YES never followed by that
disease when Chamberlain Cous b
Remedy was used. It counteracts
any tendency Of a cold or la grippe
to result in that dangerous dlseste.
1t is The best remedy in the word
for bad colds aud la grippe. Every
b1ttle warranted. For sale by j. 4.
kaufmann..
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
A Little Late.

Book Agent Ito Georgia backwoods-
manu- have with me, sir, the lives Of
all the Federal generals. Would you
like to take them?
Georgia Backwoodsman - Nav, I
don't want ter take 'em now, but if yer
had come ter me SO years ago I'd er
tuck ther whole ot.-Atlanta Constitu.
tion.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
He Spoke Too Soon.

The young man had asked her the
momentous question.
And she had softly whispered
yes" -,
Then she asked: Henry did
you-- -,
No, darling, he ~interrupted,' with
= beaming smile. Never
She drew herself away.
Il was not going to ask you II you
ever cared for anybody else. she
said. Il was about to ask you II YOU
fell in love with me for myself alone.
After half an hours had work he
succeeded in pbcatiDg her.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
Matilcdist Appointments.

The following plan for Lexington
Circuit, during the year 1899, will be
observed: ~
1st Sunday, Hebron, II a. M;
Koreb, $50 p. m.
End Sunday, Shiloh, IL a. m and
tie Saturday before at II a. ID.
Sd Sunday, Hebron, ii a. m, and
$3.50 p. Ia.
eth Sunday, Lexington, IL a. NJ,
and 7:30 p. ~.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
4 New Peach Pest.

Michigan has developed a new peach
pest which arrests the growth of the
fruit when it is about the size of a hs-
zelnut, thus producing a crop locally
known as little peaches. 1t was first
noticed about two years ago, and this
year its rayaSes were al~armingly extern
Hive. So far no remedy has been found
:or it, though expert investigation and
experiment are not wanting. In Sauga-
suck township during the present sea-
con more than 1000 trees were affected.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
Carried Of O Roof by a Turke!

VIK HHOVf Uy
Harry Dahill, at the Norwalk hotel,
climbed out on the roof to catch a 80
pound turkey that had escaped and was
roosting there. He took the bird by the
legs. 1t started to fly and pulled him
into the air and off the edge of the roof.
Then be let 60, and now be has a brok-
eli arm. Hartford Courant.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04

A most remarkable record has been made
by lannon's Pepsin Chill Tonic IN curing
Coiils and Fever and all Ma!arial
Only about one in every thousand VINO
used this famous remedy in '96 reported a
failure to cure. and to each OF these the
money was promptly refunded. Tasteless
and guaranteed. soc. For sale by T.. III.
Harman and J. E. Kaufman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
The Republicans ale getting ready

The Republicans ale getting ready
to wave The bloody shirt in Congress.
The politicians are determined to
N K. the mos. out OF the race tt,
bles in the CaroliDias, but they will
be as dumb as oysters in reference
to the troubles in the State CT lilo
ncis.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04

There are plenty Of. people in the
world who practically g'unbie be-
cause they cant find something to
grumble about.
A piano contains nearly a mile Of
wire.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
Wanted.

1000 pounds Of bees wax, in large
or small quantities. Highest market
price paid by, r. B. Hartman, at the
Bazaar.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertisements will be inserted Of the
rate Of one cent per word for first inser.
non, and one-half cent for each subse-
quent insertion.
Liberal contracts made With those wish.
ing to advertise for three, six and twelve
mopths.
Notices in the local column 5 cents Der
line each insertion.
Obituaries charged for at the rate Of one
cent a word, wi en- they exceed 100 words.
Marriage notices inserted free.
Address
4. n. HARTMAN, Editor and Publisher.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04

DISEASES
Mary diseases considered in

der 0ther names.
catarrh in
head is called
~incurable. Cen
sumption is ca
tarrh of the
!; lungs, and its
: victim is. no
:, doubt help
in'the 0 adj
vanced stages;
but great num-
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-04
THE DAWNING YEAR.
DR.. TAlMAGE GIVES OUT SOME APT
NEW YEAR THOUGHTS.

Life Is Not Measured by Years-Nor
should 1t Be Measured by Misfor-
tune-wealtk Makes q Very Poor
Yardstick.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-18
Daily Statement

Galveston-Steady; middlng, SIS; sales
6S7; receipts, 1,4SO; stock, 74,514.
Mobile-Quiet; middling, 9-16; sales, zoo
receipts, 40; stock, 1881.
Savannah-Dull and easy middling, 55s
sales, 325; receipts, 1,199; stock, Al, 120.
Charleston-Quiet; middiing, 5A; receipts
409 stock, 1850.
Wilmington-Firm; mddling, 6; receipts
10; stock, 1876
Norfolk-Quiet; middllng, 57s; sales, 1852
receipts, 2,072 stock, 496S7.
Baltimore-Nominal; middling, 61s; re-
ceipts. z45; stock, 1864.
Boston-Steady; middling, 61s; receipts
net, 246; stock, 369
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.; middling, 9-G;
stock, $3.50.
Memphis-Quet; middling. So; sales, q
2S5; receipts, 3.446; stock 1S0,5S1.
Augusta-Dull; middling, 3-16; receipts
126; stock, LOIS.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-18
HALF RATES

To Louisville, KY. on Account of the
Southern Baptist Convention
For the above the Alabama Great
Southern railroad Queen and Crescent
route) will sell tickets from all points to
Louisville, KY, at the rate of one fare for
tho round trip. Tickets on sale May Sth to
18th inclusive. limited to fifteen days from
date of sale. An extension of the final
limit may be obtained to leave Louisville
not later than June 10. provided tickets are
deposited with Joint agent at Louisville be-
fore May IS, and upon payment of fee of
30 cents.
Double daily service.
Quick schedules.
Through sleepers and coaches.
Service unsurpassed.
The scenic route.
Address r, Nj. Ellis. Travelling Passen-
ger association. Birmingham, Ala. for de-
tailed information.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-04-18
Paine. Murphy q Co.'S Grain letter

BY Private Wire to Paine, Murphy & Co.
Birmingham. April H.-Liverpool cables
were unchanged this morning and foreign
orders were very light. The wheat mar
ket on this side, however, opened steady
and about 15c higher. Northwest receipts
continued liberal. with millers good buy
eTs. Near the close there was better de-
mand for export wheat and prices inn
proved about 1ae further, closing about the
top price of the day. Corn and oats con-
tinue steady but without any feature. Pro-
visions were also dull and shade lower
on heavier hog receipts. The visible in
crease in wheat had but little effect on
the market.