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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-10-28
Millionaire Hopffe Goes to Pris>
on for Nine Years and Four
Months.

Dresden, Saxony, Oct Of
Herr Hoptfe, former treasurer of
the Albert Nerein, u charitable
organization under the patronage
of TIE King of Saxony, was SEN
fenced in the high court to i'm
prisonment for four years and
nine months for misappropriating
25O, 600 marks of the society's
funds. Hopffe held high official
position and is millionaire.
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1876 Bushels Corn to the Acre.

Alfred Taylor, of Tay!ors sta
ton, seems to be the champion
corn raiser Of the county. Dur
ing this season OF notoriously
short crops he has raised beau
tiful crop of corn on the Enoree
"bottoms," half a mile from
IaylOrs station. On IA square
yards he has just harvested
yield rating 1876 bushels to the
acre, and his entire crop, con-
slsting of many acres, will aver
age II! bushels to the acre. Mr.
TayIor's crop was viewed and ad.
mired last summer by many in
terested Greenvilians, who will
not be surprised now to hear of
his splendid yield. ld.-Grecnvillo
News.
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THATTHROBBINa INaHEAD
ACHE

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Easy TO take. Try them. Only
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LANCASTER AND CHESTER
RAILWAY.

BETWEEN CHESTER AND LANCASTER.
Schedule in effect Daily except Sunday
on aud after Sept IL, 1898.
WESTBOUND EASTBOUND.
Nos. ii and l6. Nos. II and Is.
A M. Z M. A A. PM
S55 8 55 Ar Chester LY IL 90 100
907 507 Richburg ii 38 745
8 55 ass Bascombville SO 765
33 433 Fort Lawn 1912 SIS
500 400 Ly Lancaster Arl269 s65
Connects at Chester with Southern
Roilway, Seaooard Air Line aud Car
siina and North Western Railway.
Connects at lancaster with the Ohio
River d Charleston.
Leroy Syringe. Pres, Lancaster. 8. G.
J M Heath. q. p. A, -
w Fl Hardin. v p and Aud, Chester
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kA Old Tdsa.

Every day strengthens the bslief OF enai-
nent physicians that impure blood n ths
cause Of the majority Of our diseases.
TWENTY-FIVE years ago This theory was used
g. basis for the formula Of Browns Iron
Bittes. The many able eures $685.
by this famous old household remedy sre
sufhcient 10 prove that the theory u corresA.
Browns Iron Bitters 10 sold hs al dssiesu.
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II Il r w Il Il NJ

Blacksburg, y. G., ana Marion, ". G..
Daily, Except Sunday
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Rev, Leltch Shclling the Woods
In Greenville.

ne wakes bolder as he grows
older and says something's that
arc "tarnation rough. A few
nights ago heprcached on "Faith, "
and in his discourse he paid his
respects to the sisters who are
promoters of ice cream and oyster
suppers. Said he:
"Somc church members can sell
ice cream, have hot suppers and
raffies for God, but they cant
talk Jesus and pray for him.
They feel disgraced to be seen
among the poor"
Referring to the entertainment
for the reading room in Furman
university, MIR. Lcitch said:
There are 10000 Baptists in
South Carolina, yet there is SO
little religion among them that
they have to sell ice cream to get
$40 for university. My, my,
what religion. No wonder there
are some pastors who can't come
out and endorse this meeting. If
they condemned hot supper re-
hglon they'd soon have to resign
and leave.
'Faith is taking God at His
word when there Is nothing else
in sight. Como let us kneel IN
prayer"
Ard three fourths of those
present went forward aud knclt.
AT night he used stronger LAM
guage. His subjects were the
military balls in GreenvilIe last
winter and the recreant church
mem bers. He also referred to
the new splitting ordinance. He
said:
''The trouble with men and
women in South Carolina has been
that the great mass OF people were
not allowed to do their own think
ing. Not SO in large measure
now. We can talk and vote and
moye as we please. In society
you must do as old Mrs. Bosh
says any if you try to do what
you seriously know to be right
you suffer. | believe if men will
think it won't be long before God
will help them to act right.
Methodists, Presbyterians and
Baptists think as such ana not as
individuals. I've no fight, no
war against the church. She has
been II mother to me. But | am
against these red-nosed hypocriteS
and she devils in the church.
against pokey, pokey preacher
! afraid of his members. The
preachers who won't come out
here and endorse this meeting are
Pharisaical and are afraid of their
nice namby pamby cream mem>
bers. They've got salaries to
take care of, you see. mover
WAS that way before or after | be-
came Christian. Anybody can
always know where stand.
81 jumped on u lot of soaks
here the other night, Il church
member among them. He got
mad, like the old swill tub that
he 10 and SO he 'hain't coming
back no more" That's right,
brother, gets too hot; run.
''God give us men and women,
young and old, who will do their
own thinking and who will think
right. The man that will swear
in the presence of his wife and
children have a supreme con-
tempt for. He Is a dirty, low
down coward, who hasn't got tho
grit to curse in the presence of a
man.
"You people in GreenviIle are
trying to have an ordinance about
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GAFFNEY DIVISION.

Trains Nos. 32 and 33 connect at
Biacksburg with trains on the Gaff.
ney Division.
Train No 32 connects at Camden
with the Charleston Division of tha
southern Railway for all points south.
Train No. 33 leaving Camden at 10
40 p' M. going West, makes connec,
ton at Lancaster. 8. c., with the 7,
d q X X, at Cstawba Junction with
the A l., going North; at Rock Hill
with the Southern Railway going
North. es
Train No III connects at Blacksburo
with the Southern Railway from the
South. At Marion, N q, with the
Southern Railway going West.
Samuel Hunt, A. Trim.
,esiuene. Supt.
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ing had no, suggested itself to tho
youngest OF the family.
poor old Baileyl" l said HE sat
for an hour and half talking TO Bel
la"-that Is the eldest girls name
"the day he went to say good-by, hop
ing that you would come In; he was
determined to propose to you before he
sailed"
Baby Jones opened her big eyes
wide. did he really2 But he ought
TO have known that mamma said he
was to marry Bella, was sent out to
do some shopping, and the Others stald
In their rooms and said they were out,
/ wonder why he didn't propose to
BellaY" ~
Because he was In love with you"
/ said, Don't you like him, BabyT
"oh, yes" she said slowly; hes
nicely sunburned, and" with a little
Sign 81 do like his boots. But It's
Bella's turn flrst,"
She took Bailey Juniors letter and
opened II,
II must ask mamma" she said, "for
the poor fellow seems quite anxious,
and he's In such a hurry, He wants
me to wire back yes or no, He needn't
BIO so impatient when it's only mo he
wants"
Baby" said, coaxIngly, don't ask
your mother until you have sent the
wire Mothers don't always under
stand these things"
Then I turned and left her reading
the letter slowly to herself.
bella will be awfully cross" heard
her murmur; perhaps he has an elder
brother who wouldn't mind marrying
Bella"
BY the same post next evening re-
ceived two letters, The one was from
Bailey Junior, asking me to plead his
cause with Baby Jones. II was an ar
dent, romantic letter, showing a vas
imagination and q limited understand
Ing OF the character OF his future wife
and the other was from Baby Jones
II was not so romantic, but, Jack says
II Is full Of common sense, and charac
teristlc of the Jones family II rar
thus; wired back yes. But II cos
me 30 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bud
get.
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FASHIONS IN FURNITURE.
Newest Schemes In House Decoration
JaoobeAn Models.


Red, running through the gamut OF
It's rich dyes, from Morris scarlet to
the deepest mulberry, Is by universal
choice the favorite scheme In house
decoration this season. The steadily
increasing popularity of mahogany In
simple colonial forms has brought this
Bangulne color into fashion, and after
long dalllance with French styles and
momentary fancy for delft blues, .
lavish use OF gliding and white paint
the whole inclination OF extremely
modern interior ornamentatlon 10 to-
ward tho older, darker and severer
English modes, Nothing is moro
acutely fashionable, for instance, than
library, a hall or even an entire first
floor wholly decorated and furnished
after the best Jacobean models left In
England, Ireland and Scotland, and
one OF the charms Of a King James
room Is that II can be done at as lavish
or moderate cost as you please, and II
Is like nothing We have had before In
our American homes In Mrs. Elliott
i. shepard's New York house, only re-
Gently completed, there is q small JAG
obean library that would be a fault
less model for anyone desiring a SINH
lar room to copy, The walls are hung
In murrey-colored leather and the
woodwork Is carved cedar; the floor Is
stained black, then waxed, highly poll
ished, and on II are laid red rugs. All
the furniture and this motif In decora-
ton come from an ancient manor
house on the border between England
and Scotland, Carved fumed oak, so
called from being blackened by age and
the smoke from slow peat fires, forms
the presses that hold the books, and
the wooden portion OF the quaint, un-
comfortable, long-legged, low-backed
conversation chairs, the window stools
and the settees. Murrey colored leather
upholsters these and In corners
against the walls there are carved
locked chests for holding valued man
uscrlpts and family papers, and one
long tapestry curtain hangs at each
deeply recessed window. The effect
OF the Jacobean room Is, In spite OF its
absence OF mirrors, gilt, and loose brio
a-brac, wonderfully rich, stately and
cozy, and In those houses where no
such liberal expenditure as In Mrs.
shepard's could be INDUCED the decor
ators have pursued tho King James
style with wonderful cheapness and
success, They copy the quaint furnl-
ture forms In carved black American
walnut, or use an oak that by artlilce
is given the worn, dusky tone of great
age. Burlaps Is laid on walls and
painted. st, Louis Globe-Democrat.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-11-16
LIoHTNINoWoRK ON TROUSERS
How the Cheap Grade OF "Pant," Arc
Made.

How tho Cheap Grade OF "Pant," Arc
Madc.
"Pantaloon-making has been re-
duced to a great science in the big
factories both here and in the north, "
said a New Orleans clothing dealer to
New Orleans Times-Democrat man.
| refer, Of course, to the cheap gar
ments that In this section are sold al.
most entirely to the negroes. A pair
Of pants Of that grade contains twelve
pieces, the outlines Of which are repre-
sented by Sits in the top Of heavy
table. Twenty-four sections of cloth
are laid on the table and a revolving
knife like buzz-saw travels through
the Sits. AS 1t does 80 1t cuts the
fabric into the exact patterns. The
whole thing Is done with Incredible
swiftness and the pile OF cloth Is
scarcely deposited when 1t is fully cut.
The pieces are then sent on an electric
carrier to the sewing machines, which
are also run by motor. Each oper-
alive has only one thing to do. The
first one will put In the leg seams, the
second sew up the body, the third VIII
put on the waistband, and fourth
will attach the straps. The buttonholes
are worked by machinery, and as a
rule, the buttons themselves are of the
automatic staple variety and are Sc
cured by single motion of a sort of
punch. 1t is very interesting to watch
the garment passing from hand to
hand, and 1t reaches the inspector all
complete with a celebrity that nearly
takes ones breath away. 1t Is then
ironed by being passed between
series of gas-heated rollers and is
ready to be ticketed and placed in
stock. Under the present system the
outputs or some of the large factories
have been quadrupled during the last
five years."
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cHAPTER XI-lContInuedl

II don't know tho details OF the rest
but she threw John over; she
couldn't bear the prospect OF poverty!
Monsieur Arnaud who had made a
colossal fortune in trade, who had
bought land In Brittany, had heard her
sing and proposed and been refused,
and now proposed again and was ac-
Cepted. She accepted the colossal
fortune, and hoped that the jam would
compensate for the presence OF the pill
in the shape Of monsieur. hope mon
sleur proved more bitter pill than
Rhe expected; hope devoutly that he
proved BRUTE but Of that history
does not speak"
The clock licked on again In the
silent room. Meg and l sat still, say
ing nothing for some minutes; then l
asked half absently--
who told you the story?"
"Nover mind who told me-" said Meg,
rising suddenly from the elbow OF my
chair and wandering away from me to
turn over the music on the plano. IL
heard 1t long ago, but had half forgot
ten II; and II was only the other day
that knew II was John to whom she
had been engaged"
"And John thinks her 80 good"
said wonderingly, speaking to myself
rather than TO Meg,
my dear" returned Meg drlly, John
"a a paragon--as believe we have said
before"
A soft tap at the drawlng-room door,
and the maid announced
Madame Arnaud."
rose quickly, Madame Arnaud
came across the room towards me. She
kissed me and shook hands with Meg;
and, in another minute, was Offering
her tea, and she was sitting talking to
us In that soft, low, musical voice Of
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hers that made her most commonplace
speeches charming, graceful and full
Of meaning,
81 want you and John to come to
the theater with me one day next
week." she said. Miss Corheld has
promised to come too. You must tell
me which day will be most conven-
lent"
THANK you; any day." l replied
,coldly. / could not accept the invita-
ton with the graclousness that was
BETTING.
was grateful to Meg for breaking
in and taking upon herself the onus Of
the conversation. She talked nonsense
eloquently for the next ten minutes,
and never left pause.
do you know what l meant to say
to you when came this evenings"
said Madame Arnaud at length, turn
ing away from Meg and smiling at me.
II meant to scold you. Why do you
never come to see us?"
II do come, Madame Arnaud-very
often"
mot very often" she returned re-
proachfully. "Never unless we send
formal invitation to you"
kitty has given up the world" in
terjected Meg. "She devotes herself
to planning unexpected mutton chops
for John, airing his newspapers, and
putting his slippers down to warm"
Madame Arnaud, looking earnestly
at me, paid no heed to Meg's explana-
lions.
I'VE want to know YOU" she contin'
ued you won't let us know you'll"
Madame Arnaud," broke in Meg, ir-
repressibly, Kitty Is very dull when
known. I've known her for seventeen
years, and can speak with authority.
l wish you'd want to know me instead!
l should be most grateful-I would
come to see you frequently, and never
wait for formal invitations. like
coming to see people who live in big
houses, with plenty Of servants, and
plenty of easy chairs, and hot-house
flowers, and grapes and peaches out OF
season, and brougham to drive in
the park in, and man In livery to
open shop doors and wait outsidel
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By Author Of "EIetty," Etc.

will come and see you every day II you
like. I'm nicer than Kitty-I am, In
deed" ft
M0g had succeeded. II was impossl-
Bile TO talk seriously II Meg meant the
conversation to be frivolous. The con-
versatlon remained frivolous until
Madame Arnaud rose to so.
John is not back YETI" she asked,
as she rose from her chair.
"His slippers are still In view" said
Meg--"on the dinlng-room fender-or
Is It in the breakfast-room, Kitty, that
they reside when warming"
mo, John is not In yet" replied
coldly,
Madame Arnaud opened the fur baG-
mum she carried and took out letter
81 feared should not see him. VIII
you give him this?" she said, and there
was lust a touch of embarrassment In
her manner as took the letter from
her. you won't forget it?' she be-
sought me, with note OF anxiety In
her clear, sweet voice.
II am not likely to forget" said,
A minute later Meg and were alone
again, and Meg, too, was rising to CO.
"Kltty, do you pride yourself on your
manners as a youthful hostess" she
asked,
"No, not at ALL"
"Thats a good thing" she said.
II dare say l was rude" admitted
unrepentantly.
ooh, don't feel doubtful about It,
dear-you needn't! You were an icicle
an lceberg-the polar regions! I'm
going, dear. Goodnight"
Goodnight" | said.
Meg was gone, The fire was now
burning low; the lamp, with its big
red shade, made a circle Of light in the
distant corner; all the rest Of the room
was dim. sat In my low chair beside
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-11-16
italian Babies.

Babies seem to be no trouble IN
Italy, and one cannot but be struck by
the number Of them. These bambinos
are often hung upon pegs in the front
of the house, where they look out OK
their little black, beady eyes like pap
pooses. unlocked one OF these
babies once, and held 1t awhile. Its
back and little feet were held tightly
against strip Of board SO that 1t was
quite stir from Its feet to Its shoulders.
1t did not seem to object or to be at
all uncomfortable, and as 1t only
howled while was holding 1t, | have
an idea that, except when invaded by
foreigners, the bambino's existence 10
quite happy-Lillan Bell In the No
vember Womans Home Companion.
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ABOUT PROPOSALS.

TITS jolly hard lines" Bailey Junior
Iaid, flinglng himself down In Jacks
armchair.
Whats hard llnesT | asked, think
ing at the same time that although he
had been Jacks best man when we
were married he need not be quite 30
familiar with Jacks own particular
armchair never like TO see any one
at home In Jacks chair, because, II !
am left widow, ! mean to keep II
sacred to Jacks memory.
"A fellow isn't allowed to see Baby
Jones alone for Ave minutes" 3D..
why do you want to see her alone?"
! asked for the ffth Jones girl, to my
mind, was atill child, Perhaps this
was due to the fact that she is called
Baby" but Jack says It's because
she's not allowed to have her 18th
birthday until the two eldest girls arc
on" Mamma Jones may be right;
more than four girls out at one time is
a great responsibility.
Bailey Junior, who had retained the
sunix Junior" ever since he went to
school with his eldest brother, looked
at me In surprise. why do want to
see her alone?" he replied; "because |
want to PROPOSE OF Coursel fellow
can't propose with an audience"
you PROPOSED" l echoed. Propose
to Baby Jones"
And pray why shouldn't II" he
asked, Anything the matter with
me?" Ho pulled down his coat and
stuck out his brown riding boots on
my new hearth rug, Bailey junior
prlded himself on his bootmaker 81
can afford to keep a wife; Jacks mar
ried,"
"oh, but Jacks quite different"
said. ANY one can see In a moment
that Jacks different. Besides, yoa'l
never get the chance" continued
remembering Mamma Jones theory
why the deuce not?"
Because the four others have to &c
off first, and they must go in proper
order. Jack says So"
whats Jack got TO do with III"
"0h, nothing" / answered: "bul
Jacks so clever; he always sees
through things"
why have the Others got 10 go of
flrst?" Bailey Junior asked. "Baby's
marriage hasn't anything to do with
the Others"
"oh, yes 1t has; you don't under
stand"
mo, don't; and I'm hanged II any
one else does. Why cant they begin
marrying from the other end?"
Because II the county knows that
Baby's old enough to marry, that
would make the Others just too old
don't You see? It's point OF honor
with the Baby to remain under II till
the eldest girls Off"
"Phew" said Bailey Junior, now
see; that's why she's so closely guard
I'd and why the eldest girl is always
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-11-16
SAMOAN GIRL.
She Was Born Coquetto Usually with
Many sultora


Many sultora.
The Samoan girl is not only an ath-
lete, she is u born coQuette, says Wom-
ans Life. From the time she Is 10
years old she begins to make eyes from
behind q beautifully carved fan, She
is without sincerity, but romantic to
the extreme. Yet, In spite Of her ro-
mantle nature, the Samoan girl when
angered Is u match for Samoan war
rior in activity and strength, 1t has
been said that the Samoan women and
girls are even harder to deal with than
the men, They are absolutely without
feeling and are cruel to their captlyes.
If a Samoan Is fortunate she VIII wear
necklace of sharks teeth and ear
rings made OF some metal, That Is her
costume. The sharks teeth are usual
ly the present OF the favored sultor,
and II often Is the case that girl
hardly in her teens will have many
necklaces. The more sharks teeth a
girl possesses the more admirers she
has, and therefore, the more Is enyIed
by her less fortunate sisters, The Sa-
moan girl is not only skilled In the use
of the native arms, but she is taught to
carve, to embrolder and sew, The
halrplns worn by the Samoan girl are
beautiful in their workmanship. They
are made out Of the wood Of cocoa
nut tree and are carved with a dead CO.
coanut leaf, This Is most delicate
work,
The Samoans are a great people for
dancing, and during holiday season
dancing Is in order day and night The
girls take to dancing as naturally as
they do to swimming, and girl Is
taught to swim before she is taught to
walk. They are graceful and readily
learn any dance.
The Samoan girl has no choice OF
husbands. Her marriage Is always ar
ranged by her parents, and she accepts
the inevitable, However, marriage does
not prevent a woman from having ad-
mirers.
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1.-THE society Of ones contemporaries
is such relief, is II not2" l said; and
! meant the speech to be biting In Its
sarcasm. My voice spoilt the speech
little by falterlng, John was looking
at me with such a grave glance that
my eyes fell.
He did not answer me, He drew on
his thick gloves slowly, looking
thoughtfully away from me down into
the fire; then he sighed, kissed me
In grave way, and went,
l heard the street door shut then
] sat down In hopeless attitude upon
the rug, buried my face in my hands
and burst into tears.