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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1899-08-03
. Mosquitoes Swarm In chlcaso.

CHICAGO, July N.-Chicago's
plague of mosquitoes is being fought
along the western edges of the city
with fire and smoke. The swarnas
came about a week a 20, after the Coz
pious rains. The pests have increas-
ed in number by millions since they.
first came, and their suppression has
become a problem, especially In
those parts Of Chicago where screens
of wire or cotton are not plentIfuL
Along the western edge,o of the city.
last night myriad bonAres were
burning. Clouds Of smoke aroseSand
then. settled back to the ground.
causing an exodus Of the visitors.
and half-suffocating the people. The
fires were kindIed in the streets and
in yards. In some Instances they
were dangerous near frame buildings,
but the residents were willing Ia nl,.
dergo the risk of serious fire and to.
breathe smoke as they slept SO long
as it would drive away the poisonous
little insects.
AS one went ont over the open
prairies beyond the lines Of houses
the mosquitoes were more numerous.
Passengers on trolI1g cars complain
ed that the insects 9eat unpleasantiy
into their faces, and mo.ornaen said
their sight was interfered with By
the swarms Of mosquitoes through
which their cars rushed.-Now York
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Late Literary News.

The range of human interest cover
ed by the August Cosmopolitan is
curiously wide. The reader is swept
along-and his journey made fas-
cinating by one hundred and forty
six pictures-froln an article telling
of the trolley road now building from
Cairo to the Pyramids. with some re-
markable pictures Of those monu-
ments of antiquity, through u COM
prehensive and richly illustrated re-
view of New York Society; to the
prize article on Your True Relation
to Society," and thence to Ireland to
listen to a "chiid of the turf" telling
Of the life of Erin's people and tie
part peat plays in it. Back to Omar's
invasion of Egypt the reader goes.
and then to take a peep at the art
and methods of the late Augustin
DAILY and to see magnificent port
folio Of pictures of Daily productions,
DAILY actors and DAILY himself. From
Daily, the reader goes to Cuba and
thrills with interest at the well-tOld
adventures of young man who car
ried mail and military documents to
Gomez by the "Underground? route.
And to aid to all this there are four
short stories, all excellent, and tine
longest is by that prince of tale
makers, Frank r. Stockton. For
sale by Knight Bros. Price 10 cents.
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WHEAT GROWERS CONVENTION
Called to Meet at Greenwood. S. c.. Au'
gust 18th.

| Called to Meet at Greenwood. S. c.. Au'
gust 18th.
To the Farmers and Wheat Grow
ers of South Carolina:
The undersigned committee ap-
pointed at a meeting Of the citizens
of Greenwood to fix a date and make
the necessary arrangements for a
Convention of Wheat Growers, do
earnestly invite the farmers and all
persons interested in the prosperity
of the State to meet at the court
house of their respective counties
and select a delegation to meet at
Greenwood on the 18th of August
next for the purpose of forming a
permanent Wheat Growers Associa
zion, and taking such action as will,
in their judgment, better secure the
independence and prosperity of the
agriculturalist, and Herewith every
other interest of the State:
We hope to have with US on that
occasion prominent farmers Of this
and other States to address the con-
Let each county send
good delegation.
ID. G. DUPRE,
n. A. CRAIG,
]. K. DURsT,
J. II. SIMMONS,
S. H. MCGHEE,
= Committee.
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Society In Kansas.

At card party given this after
noon for Miss Daysey Mayme APP
.pleton, whose marriage to l.. Chaun-
cey 0. Bryanne occurs this month,
the decorations were green and pink.
in recognition of Mr.. Bryanne's
membership in the Order of Hiber-
nian Looms, these being the colors of
that Order. A unique feature of the
entertainment was number of
young boys concealed behind bank
Of palms on the porch, who every
ten minutes gave the Hibernian
Looms yell" which was also deli
cate compliment to the bridegroom.
Miss Appleton won the prize, the
seventh salve box she has won in
week. At the Bryanne-Appleton
wedding there will be SD many
bridesmaids, matrons Of honor,
flower girls, etc., that the parade
will take fifteen minutes to pass a
given point. There is talk now of
giving the parade on Commercial
street. Getyour window.-Atchison
Globe.
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Strange Effect Of EeeS.

The case is reported of young
woman, otherwise perfectly healthy,
who has symptoms Of acute poison
ing on any occasion on which she
takes eggs in any form and in the
minutest quantity, the severity Of
the attack being in proportion to the
amount which has been taken. AL
most Immediately after it has been
swallowed she has rigors and vomit-
Ing, and in a very short time the
tongue becomes parched and dry,
the throat sore and there is severe
headache, with pain in the back,
The very smallest quantity of egg
no matter how disguised in any form
of food, will produce the symptoms
in more or less severe form. The
symptoms may continue for from .
few hours to two days. A tiny parti'
Gle of the white placed on the skin
produces nettle rash.
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TWO VIEWS OF A DOLLAR.
What it will Buy and What 1t will Sell
for in 1890.

what tt VIII Buy and "ndt ie VIII sci
for in 1890.
A dollar never saw the day when
it would buy more food, clothing
transportation and other necessaries
of life than now. On the other
hand, dollar never saw the day
when it could earn less than now.
These are points for the considera-
tion of those who discuss the rela-
tions of capital and labor. The
change i'm the rate Of interest on
money has come gradually, but is
one of the most remarkable events
in financial history. 1t is easily
enough explained, now it is here,
but nobody could have predicted it.
1t amounts to cutting the rate in
two within a quarter Of century.
For example, good many people
will remember that in 1873 the rail
road stations between here and New
York were placarded with the ad-
vertisements of the Harlem River
and Port Chester Railroad Z per
cent b"nds, guaranteed by the main
road. These had to be very eXten-
sively advertised to secure their
sale at par. To-day, if the same
road wanted to sell 80 per cents, it
could get slight premium for them.
That indicates a shrinkage of one
half. 1t means that if in 1873 man
had had $4,000 in cash to invest he
could have bought these bonds and
got an income Of 81 400 a year. Now
the man who had $4,000 to invest
could get but 500 from the same
security. There are funds in hands
of trustees that have not been
changed in twenty years, and are
worth now double what they were
worth at the beginning, and that do
not yield any more income. That is |
another way of showing that in pro-
it takes two dollars now
to equal one twenty-five years ago.
The dollar cannot earn what it
used to. Time was when 10 per cent
was not considered high interest,
when our savings banks paid deposit
tors Z per cent, and when the aver
age discount rate at the banks was
I per cent. To-day the savings
banks are squeezing out per cent
to depositors and discussing the ad-
visibility of making the rate 312.
But while the dollar cannot earn
what it once could, it can buy vastly
more of what is needed. At the
time alluded to for the interest com
parisOn coal was at 50 4 ton, now
$3.50; -four was at 1915 to $3.50 a
now $5.25; sugar was at l5
cents pound, now AZ cents; hay
was at $2S a ton, now $l8.
A days work put into getting
bread, clothes, and similar necessi-
les will produce more than twenty
i've years ago, but days work
saved up and turned into capital
will not earn more than half the
money it used to.
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The Inquest


Not labor kills us, no nor JOY;
=. The incredulity and froWn,
Thu and annoy,
The small attritiohs wear us down.
The little gnat-like buzzings shriit,
The hurdy- -gurdies Of the street,
The common curses of the will
These wrap the cerements round
our feet.
And more than all, the look askance
OF loving souls that cannot gauge
The numbing touch Of circumstance,
The heavy toll of heritage.
It is not death but life that slays;
The night less mountainously lies
Upon our lids than foolish days
importunate futilities!"
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stolen property to it's rightful owner" !"
l said / would do it when I made
that good resolution. / felt it to be
a noble, uplifting obligation. l rose
up spiritually stronger and refreshed.
carried that watermelon back
what was left OF it-and restored 1t
to the farmer, and made him give
me ripe one in it's place. Now you
see that this constant impact OF
crime upon crime protects you
against further commission of crime.
1t builds you up. A man can't be-
come morally perfect by stealing one
or a thousand green watermelOns;
but every little helps. l was at q
great school yesterday, st. Paul's,
where for four hundred years they
have been busy with brains, and
building up England by producing
Pepys, Millions and Mariboroughs.
Six hundred boys left to nothing in
the world but theoretical morality.
l wanted to become the professor of
practical morality, but the high
master was away, so I suppose L
shall have to 60 on making my liy-sa::
ing the same old way by adding
practical to theoretical morality. :
What are the glory that was Greece,
the grandeur that was Rome, COM
pared to the glory and grandeur and
majesty of perfected morality, :.
such as you see before you? The
New Vagabonds are old vagabonds
Undergoing the old sort Of reform.)
You drank my health; / hope I have
not been unuseful. Take this sys-s
tenn of morality to your hearts. Take
it home to your neighbors and your
graves, and l hope that it will be
long time before you arrive there"
Mr.. Clemens sat down amid thnn-
ders of applause.
The musical entertainment OF the
evening, under A. HI. Lindo, then
began. 1t consisted of two songs by
the charming American singer, Miss
Lucille Saunders, who was, as he
expressed it, raised in the same town
as Mark Twain, and a very humor-
ously delivered song and recitation
by George Grossmith, Jr., winding
up with some admirable violin play
ing by Miss Leonora Jackson. w.
Pett Ridge then proposed the health
of the chairman
Mr.. Ridge, in proposing ''the
health oflthe chairman" wondered
how ladies could listen so long to the
voices, of men without exercising
their exceptional powers of repartee.
Mr.. Grossmith, whose health was
drunk with acclamation, replied
with another witty speech. and the
audience then adjourned to the
soiree in the council chamber.
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Aloxfns Morher-ln.Law.

WELDON, N. c., July A.-Sunday
morning at O'Clock, Rev. P. N.
Steinback, who oficiates in most OF
the Gretna affairs here, was called
unon to unite in the holy bonds J. E.
Blankenship and Miss Lottie Crow
der. both of Petersburg, Va.
The happy groom Immediately
telegraphed his mother-in-law the
narticulars, and asked forgiveness.
A reply came promptly as follows
lyon have got her at last, you dirty
dog, but you are not bit welcome
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Hot Weather Diet.

.~It is a mistake" said physician
during the recent period Of extreme
heat. ito eat too little In hot weather,
tust as It Is a mistake to eat too much
and the wrong things. Extreme hot
weather Is in itself very exhausting'
and plenty Of nourishment Is needed to
sustain the system. This nourishmen'
should be Of simple and easily digest
ed kind. For myself find that milk
and vichy taken at regular intervals OF
two hours, slipped rather than guipeo
down In a single draft, gets me
through best on q very hot day, from
breakfast to a 6 O'Clock dinner. Thel
take care to have a fairly hearty
meal."-New York Post.
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Basket Funerals In Kentucky.

The funeral of Sarah Jane Caskey,
nee Ypcum, will be preached at the
Grassy school house. on Blackwater,
the second Sunday Of Sep ember, by
the Rev. Harlem Murphy AMI Frank
P. Wilson. Dinner on the ground
and everybody invited.
Henry Walters funeral will be
preached at the Grassy school house
on Blackwater, on the second Sun
day of September. by the Revs
Leaudar Lacey and D. A. Whitaker
Dinner on the ground. All are in.
yited.-Hazel Green (Ky.) Herald.
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The Summer Girl.

He was young man who haC
heard of the summer girl. In hi:
mind she was an airy, fairy creature
full Of mischief and lOvelier than the
dawn. They came to know each
other in this way:
He met her where
The sand was bare
That cleaned against the sea;
They looked and sighed
Beside the tide,
And firted, he and she.
Do not hastily conclude that only
the sand was bare out there. There
was many dimpled arm and here
and there brawny leg in the same
condition. But they didn't mind.
They watched the sails.
They braved the gales,
They loitered hand in hand;
He taught her games
And wrote their names
Together in the sand.
1t may be supposed that the reck-
less waves quickly obliterated the
names he linked together on the
shore, thus naturally leading one up
to this thought:
And when twas DER
And they, once more,
Were living back in town
Did she forget
They'd ever met,
And did she throw him down?
Here is really where the startling
feature of the case presents itself.
1t is common practice of the type
of girl herein depicted to make a
fellow think he is the whole summer
resort, and then, when the season is
over, treat him as if he had just re-
turned from Klondike, after having
been met by committee with a
blanket, at the outskirts of the town,
but
He feels like one
Who stands alone,
BY all the world deserted;
The jurors say
He'll have to pay
Her for the time she fiirted.
Buffalo News.
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CUBAN MASS MEETING.
They Resent the Rule OF the
American People.
THE CUBANS WANT TO BE FREE.
Insist on the independence Of Cuba and
the Withdrawal OF United
States Control.

HAVANA, July 3l-A mass meet
ing was held to-day under the aus
pices of the Sociedad Democratico, a
branch of the Cuban National So
ciety of Independence. Aprocesslon
paraded the streets for two hours
headed by band and bearing BAN
uers with the inscriptions, Cuba is'
and by right ought to be, free! and
"Peacework!"
Two girls dressed to represent
Cuha and America rode in the pro-
cession. Cuba libre was represented
by q girl with broken chains on her
wrists. Few American flags were to
be seen on the streets, but hundreds
of Cuban emblems were displayed.
Anumber of speeches. were MADE
at the meeting, all in favor of abso-
lutte independence and union, and
urging the furtherance OF work to
secure this result. Senior Barrian
said some had spoken of the Assem-
bly, as one party, and of Gen. Max
fmo Gomez as another. 1.-THE cry
now is, death to either if that be
necessary to secure the union OF the
people," The object now was for all
to unite, white and black. Their
party, he said, now represented the
peonle and it was time for the is
lands to throw out whoever did not
like what the party did.
Senior Gonzales said the party had
three main ideas; Absolute lnde-
pendence for the island, universal
suffrage and the absolute manage
meat of Cuban affairs by Cubans
henceforth.
Among the other speakers were
Senors Gualberto Gomez, A. sC. Zoe
and Dela Tore. Two thousand per-
sons attended the meeting.
During. am exhibition in Central
Park by the Havana fremen' fol-
lowing q parade to-day, two men
were killed and one injured, not
fatally. Among the spectators were
Mayor Perfecpo Lacoste and den.
Ruis Rivera, the civil Governor.
"A rope had been made fast to the
stone work on top of high building
and three men:sttempted to descend
by it at the same time. Just after
they had started the stone work gave
away and the men fell.
At meeting held this afternoon
by employees at the Spanish arsenal,
and of the merchant marine OF CUBA
it wss decided to present the griev-
,ances of the men to Governor Gener-
al Brooke.
The manager of sugar estate near
Sagua has advertised for three hum
dred, laborers> Offering them steady
work, good treatment and fair
wages. .
Ats O'Clock this afternoon the tenn
.perature in Havana was s6 degrees
Fahrenheit.
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Capt. II. T. Thompson Resigns.

FLORENCE, July 28.-Cengressman
James Norton was here a while to-
night on his way to Darlington. Mr..
Norton stated that letter received
from Col. Henry T. Thompson in
forms him of the latter's resignation
of the appointment of senior captain
of the Twenty Ninth Infantry.
Mr.. Thompson's resignation is due
to his appointment as commandant
of the principal military academy in
Ohio. He has accepted the appoint
ment. Mr.. Norton intends to aid q
Darlington man in getting the office
vacated by Col. Thompson.
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Multum In parvo.

One little drop of dew
From the nights crystal brew
One soft strain of song,
Loved, but forgotten long.
May balm the heart that aches with
loss and wrong.
One gracious word of praise,
Like the morn's orient rays,
May rift the gloom of bleak and bar
rem days.
Clinton Scollard, in Sunday School
Times.
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.Deash, of a Censenarian.

BRISTOL, PENN, July M.-Lacking
hut q few days of l06 years Mrs.
/. .Catharine Dillon, the oldest woman
in Bucks county, is dead. She was
born, in Ireland, July q, 1888, and
came to this country early in life.
There are living four Of her children,
ten grandchildren and fifteen great
grand children. Grief over the re-
cent death Of daughter is supposed
to have hastened her end.
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ymnrfsonment For Debt.

A curious survival Of barbarism Is
the fact that men are still imprisoned
for debt in New York. BY general con-
sent this custom has been generally
abandoned in other ctates along With
the flogging Of criminals, but 1t con
ttnues In New York in spite Of repeated
and notorious instances Of its cruelty
and injustice. Governor Roosevelt
might earn his highest laurels by ad-
dressing himself to the abolition OF
this relic Of rude times.-Kansas City
: Star
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500 REWARD. 800.

The readers OF this paper will be- pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
case that science has been able to cure in all
it's stages and that is Catarrh. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical paternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, eIuires u con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Caterrh Cura
is taken internally, acting directly upon che
blood and mucous surfaces OF the system.
thereby destroying the fOunda ton of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature in doing it's work. The proprietors
have 80 much faith in it's curative powers,
that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list OF tes-
timonials Address,
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Calculated to Warm Him.

He was suffering from bad at
tack of fever and ague. The doctor
was at his bedside watching his
shivering fit, and, to calm his nerve
a little, remarked:
Il will write you prescription
which you must have made up at
once, and after you have taken the
first dose you will be warm in no
time.' :"
You don't mean to say, doctor,
that it will be as fatal As that?''
cried the frightened patient.
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Scene Railway carriage on the
Midland railway. Enter colonel
with game bag and case of guns.
Colonel Uo passengers, enthusiastic
cally)-"Beautiful sport; sixty birds
in two hours, and only missed two
shuts!" A quiet gentleman sitting
in the corner put down his paper,
rushed across the compartment, and
grasped him warmly by the hand !:
ALLOW me to congratulate you, sir!
am a professional myself PRO
fessional spnrtsman?' No: pro-
fessional ar.'-Tit- Bits.
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The Modern Child.

Dorothy: Mamma, il shonld
die would go to Heaven?"
why, yes, darling, of course you
would"
And IT you should die would you
60 to Heaven, too?"
II hope so, dear"
II hope so, too, because it would
be very awkward for me to be known
as the little girl whose mother was
in hell"
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J. F. Griffin, Lancaster, s. c.,
says: For Is years l have used and
recommended DR.. M. A.. Simmons
Liver Medicine to all Painters as
their best medicine for painters
Collie and Torpid Liver. 1 find IL
far superior to Zeiiin's. For sale by
Hughson-LigOn Co.
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Very AnnoXtnd.

She looked indignant aud hurt
after they had emerged from the,
tunnel and the sunshine stseamed
through the car window.
what is it dear? Don't make;
such a display of temper. Did he
dare to kiss you while we were in
the dark? ?" and the fond mother
gently patted her daughters head
as they whispered.
No he didn't, the cowafdH' and
she flounced into another seat.-De-
trOit Free Press.
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Worship.

"These biscuits are rather heavy"
he observed.
His wife burst into tears.
Then you do not worship me any,
more" she sobbed.
Higher criticism is not incompat-.
ibie with Worship" protected the.
man not unreproachfully.
We live in a liberal age, and ho3E
vain it is to stand out against
denotes.
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Keep the Stomach and Bowels in
good condition, the waste avenues
open and free by an occasional dose
of DR.. NJ. A. Simmons Liver Medi-
cine. For sale by Hughson-Ligon co.
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In Diarrhea DR.. M. A. Simmons
Liver Medicine is invaluable. 1t
gives Tone to the Stomach, Aids
Diqestion and Assists Nature in
carrying off all Impurities. For sale
by Hughson-Ligon Co.
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Freddie Needn't Worry.

Fond Mother: What do you
think of little Freddie? He's the
very image of his father, isn't he?"
Visitor: well, Freddie needn't
mind that as long as he has good
b ,alth."
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When a mans wife goes away for
the summer he has to fall back Oh
the newspapers fer local news.
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The Orangeburg County ;Essao-
cratic Executive Committee has
ordered a primary for Tuesday,
August 9th, for the purpose of nam
ing a candidate for the Legislature
to fill DR.. Sturkie's unexpired term.
Messrs. II. +. Brantley, VIM. w.
Wannamaker::and Jno. B. Stroman
have announced themselves as can
didates.-The State.
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To Cure Constipation RoreseS
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic l0p54
II C. C. c. fail to cure, druggists refund