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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-03-22
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In Maryland, last Sunday night,
Mary Clark aged SO, was beaten
to death and her sister Annie aged
As, was fatally hurt by John Ber-
ry, a 15-year old negro boy, who
was arrested, confessed, and is no W
in Jail at Bowie.
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A negro has been arrested at
Woodward for raising check on
the Winnboro bank.
Will Beny, near Saluda, be-
cause his step-father did not pay
hiD, led one of his mules out into
a thicket, tied it to a tree and cut
its throat. Beny is in Jail and his
step>father is minus a mule.
The executive committee of the
State Sunday School association is
busy preparing the program for
the annual meeting of the associa
tion which comes off at Spartan
burg April 2O-22.
An average of $500 soldiers
encamped at Greenville drank
225,C00 bottles of "privllege'
dispensary beer IN 60 days; an
average of $3.50 bottles per day,
including Sundays. These temper>
ance figures show why we had a
beer lobby working successfully
on the legislature. The State.
Contributions, says the State,
have continued to come in to the
Victor Blue fund the past week.
The committee desires to procure
the testimonial by the end of this
month and the ladies in charge of
the matter in the various towns of
the State are requested to send in
their collections at once.
Three prisoners made their
escape from the Jail at Sumter
about 1 o'clock last Sunday by
removing brick from under tho
sill of a back window. They
hung a blanket out from the
window SO that no one could see
they were removing the brick.
They crept out and made good
their escape. The jailor returned
from preaching just as the last
one was fleeing through the lot.
They were pursued but not over
taken.
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L that the Registration Books will
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registration OF parties entitled to reg
ister under the Constitution. on the
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days preceding tie next general elec-
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Dec 8 1888.
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An Old Idaa

Every day strengthens the belief Of emf.
nent physicians that impure blood Il the
cause Of the majority Of oar diseases.
iwenty.nve yscrs ago this theory vas used
p;.s oass m sor the formula Of Browns Iron
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by this famous old household remedy are
snmcient to prove that the theory u CORES.
browns' Iron Bftters n sold By all dealer.
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Diseases. OF the Blood and Nerves.

No one need suffer with neuralgia. This
disease is quickly and permanently cured
hy Browns iron Bitters. Every disease Of
the blooI, nerves ami stomach, chronic
or otherwise, succumbs to Browns Iron
Bitters. Known and used for nearly a
quarter of Il century, it stands to-day fore
most among our most valued remedies.
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Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13
IN VINO vERITAs.
Or the Naughty Boys and the Man
with q "J0g."


He was very drunk. and he seemed
to be trying to find something on the
road. To him the solid earth rolled
and pitched like the sea In a storm.
So he grasped picket in fence with
his left hand, and carefully, very care
fully, he felt the ground about him
with his right. Several boys gathered.
They asked him what he was looking
for.
Lost somethin'." he replied; may
be FIVE cent, maybe five dol-hic-lar gold
piece-I don't know which,
The boys aided in the search. The
grouLd was steadier to them, and they
soon became satisfied that the man
had lost nothing in that spot. They
held whispered conference. Then
two ran away. The others yelled sud-
denly to the man: Say, boss, those
fellows found your money and they're
running away"
The man Strengthened up with a
Jerk. He became almost dignified.
you're all lars" he yelled back;
''they didn't find nothin, cause l ain't
lost nothin'" He staggered down the
street chuckling.-NewY York CONNER
cial Advertiser.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13

That remark would have been super
fiuous to two loving brothers in Chap
lain Trumbull's regiment. He tells
the story of his "War Memories Of a
Chaplain"
The brothers were moving forward
in a charge near Kinston, N. c.; one
of them fell dead. shot through the
heart. His brother, with cry, threw
himself on the body. Then as his
comrades advanced he rose, took his
place in the ranks and went on in
the charge Patriotism triumphed
over natural affection.
On the James River, a Union SOL
dier. while in the firing line was shot
through the body. An officer, seeing
that the man had but little time TO
live, called to two soldiers to carry
him to a shady place.
"No, no, colonel!s said the dying
man THAT would take two men from
tho front. and every man is needed
now. can just as we'll die here" And
die there he did.
What surprising love for their
country and ours" comments Chap
lain Trumbull. was that OF these ten
der-hearted. brave-souled soldiers!'
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13
A Youthful Pessimist

A New England school teacher pre-
serves among her treasures the COM
position Of former pupil, boy of II.
1t has its pathetic side as the meager-
ness Of the boys life may be con-
jectured from his words.
The subject given was, "Anticipa-
tion. Do you enjoy 1t as much as reali-
zation?"
Dictionaries were diligently consult
ed, and the general vote placed an
ticipation on a high plane of delight.
Not so, wrote the solemn-faced boy
of IL.
Anticipation is when you think
about things beforehand. II it's hav-
ing your teeth out, that isn't much
fun; and II it's Sunday school picnics
you can't help worrying about the
weather.
Realization is when the things
you've thought about beforehand hap
pen. Having your teeth out is a lit
tie worse than thinking about 1t.
Sunday school picnics would be nice II
it didn't rain, but when It rains they
put them OF: and then the Cay they
have them, generally you can't co.
James Brown"
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13
lie Told All He knew.

COunsel-I insist on an answer to my
question. You have not told me all the
conversation. | want to know every
thing that passed between you and Mr.
Jones on the occasion to which you re-
fer
Reluctant Witness-I'ye told you ev-
erything of any consequence.
"You have told NE that you said to
him. Jones. this case will get into
court some day. Now, | want TO know
what he said in reply"
well, he said. Brown, there isn't
anything in this business that I'm
ashamed of, and If any snoopin' little,
yee- hawkin', four-by-six, gimblet-eyed
lawyer, with half pound OF brains
ard sixteen pounds Of jaw, ever wants
to know what I've been talking about,
you can tell him the whole story.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13
In south America.

$50 you have your labor troubles
here, also?" said the North American.
who was temporarily a visitor In one
Of the South American republics.
Labor troubles: repned the native,
drawing himself up proudly and speak
Ing with every evidence of excitement.
1--WE have no labor troubles. Where
lid you get that idea? Who told you
that we had any troubles about la-
bor:''
'Oh, no one," replied the visitor. Il
drew my own conclusions. | saw some
rioting and supposed
"Rioting" exclaimed the native.
"Rioting" Sir. would have you un-
ierstand that this is a reyolution.
"Oh" said the man from the North.
It was really all that he could say
without giving offense. There is such
a difference in localities. es.-Chicago
Evening Post
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13

which I've heard whispered, should be
over the mead Of that doomed wretch,
Count Emile. he called himself. Par
bleau! but Wen soon let out of his
delicate veins the afstocratic blood of
which he boastedw and with a loud
laugh the man turned his leering eyes
around the crowd, demanding ap-
plause for his Jest.
Men, boys and creatures In the like
ness OF womanhood, but changed to de-
mons by the maddening taste OF blood
greeted the speech With loud laughter
and hundred voices rose shrilly, de-
manding II the aTistocrats had yet beer
tracked to their hiding place.
| "Ah. Hugo" said another, * won
dered where you were. Your uncle
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13
Getting Even.


1t is not always easy to punish a
boor without losing ones temper, but
a London paper tells how boat-load
Of sailors, on shore-leave from a man
of-war, did it good-naturedly and
without violence.
AS they iourneyed up the roadway
into the Cornish village, a gentleman's
waggonette passed. One of the tars
thoughtlessly jumped on the step be-
hind.
"Git orr therer shouted the coach
man, and being a churlish sort of fell
low, he lashed the sailor viciously
across the face with his whip. That
was enough.
In an instant the other eleven blues
had closed round and stopped the
trap, the boatswain's mate in COM
mand "'Tentionr cried he, and ten
ton there was. "Dismount the gum
he shouted, and it seemed as If every
bluejacket carried a whole carpenters
outfit.
In three minutes they had taken the
waggonette into one hundred and sew
enty-two pieces, and that without so
much as scratching one bit of paint or
losing solitary screw. They laid
them all out neatly on the stony road,
and the boatswain's mate after in
specting the job, cried, Good. Dis
miss
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13
(To BE coNrrSUrp.)
Five Thousand Books written by WON.

Five Thousand Books Written by Women.
Miss Louise Baxter, daughter Of the
late Judge Nathaniel Baxter OF the su-
preme berch Of Tennessee, according
10 the st. Louis Republic, Is response
BILE for most unique collection Of
books at the Tennessee Centennial.
Having travelled abroad, and being
familiar with the literature Of many
countries, Miss Baxter was inspired
with the idea of making collection
Of the writings Of women from all corr
ners Of the earth for the centennial OF
her native state. To do this Miss Bax-
ter wrote seven hundred letters to for
eign governments, many OF them In
the language OF the countries to which
they were sent.
There are four books written by a
Chinese woman, A. d. rs. They were
sent by the empress OF China. The
Chinese woman wrote about the man
ners and customs OF women and rec
ommended obedience to husbands, The
emperor OF Japan sent 126 books writ
ten by the women OF MS realm. There
are twelve modern Greek books sent
by Queen Olga.
There are books from Armenia, Per
sia, Hungary, Roumania, Russia, Ger
many, France, Italy, Austria, Portu-
gal, Spain, England. Ireland. Scotland
Norway and Sweden. All OF the South
American countries are represented.
Many OF these books were the only
ones by women ever published In the
country from which they were sent.
This was the case with the volumes
| from Honduras and Guatemala
Many OF them have been presented te
Miss Baxter by the different govern.
ments which responded to her requests
She will have one Of the most yalua.
BILE and unique htrs-.as in the United
States.
..a. :. - - =
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13
Appearances Are DeceitfuI.

"Give me a room with bath, and
send up box of soap"
1t was in a small city In Ohio, aud
the stranger. who had come in on the
last train, as he spoke, threw down the
cen where he had been inscribing his
name on the hotel register.
The clerk gaZed at his black face and
his begrimed clothes, and smiled a
naughty smile.
"We do not serve coal miners in tsAS
house." he said, sternly.
young man." replied the total
stranger, ii am not coal miner, a
minstrel, a chimneysweep or a char
coal burner. l am a millionaire in dis
tress, and ! have just passed through
2 snowstorm in Chicago. Life.
After crosses and losses men grow
humber and wiser.-Franklin.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13

In all the world Of Food-and-Drink
There lives no Prince like Bobolink,
None half SO good and fair.
He reigns in -table-land,
Which spreads away on either hand
Beyond the willow chair.
Upon the right, near Orangeville,
There rises famous Muffin Hill;
And just bit beyond
The glistening Sugar Rocks are piled,
A place beloved by every child;
And close by New Milk Pond.
The Sweet-Cream Falls slip smoothly
down
And join the Coffee Springs, all brown
And hot as hot can be.
And there's the town of Johnny Cake,
Old Doughnut Mountain, Syrup Lake,
And pleasant Pancake Lea.
Each morning to his willow throne
The prince ascends, and in tone
That makes his subjects quake
He says: Good morning, every one,
III you don't mind I'll start upon
The town Of Johnny Cake"
He eats the hills; he drinks the creeks;
He stuffs whole mountains in his
cheeks.
He likes the trees and sand:
And when at last the Prince gets
down
There's scarcely left stream or town
In Breakfast-table-land
Willard Keyes.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13
Little Hunky Dory.

There was once little boy,
And his name was Hunky Dory,
And he used to ask his mother
Every night to tell a story!
Then she'd pretend to shiver,
And to shake, with awful fear,
And she's say: "Oh, dear, | never
Told story, Hunky, dear"
Then Hunky used to ponder
On his little mothers knee;
And then he'd say: "A truly one,
Dear mother, tell to me"'
John Ernest McCann.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13
A Triumph OF Duty.

men," said Sir Colin Campbell, as
that thin red iine,' now historic, pre-
pared to receive the Russian cavalry.
"men. where you fall you must lie un-
til the band corps picks you up. II
any man leaves the ranks to help a
wounded comrade, I'll post his name
on the parish church" The men were
Highianders, and posting on the
church door meant disgrace through
out the parish. Every laddie and las
sic would turn from a 1posted" soldier.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13
The Natural Question.

Teacher-once upon a time there
were two rich men. one of whom made
his fortune by honest industry, while
the other made his by fraud. Now.
which of these two men would you
prefer to be? Tommy (after a mo-
ment's hesitation)-WhIch made the
most?
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13

HIS ieeh ol thc FEScSSS' -
GAS understand it, said the heath
en-.
Exactly So"
"You mean to get M out of habits
Of idleness and teach me to work.
''That is the idea"
"And then lead me to simplify my
methods and invent things to make my
work lighterF"
"Yes."
"And next / will become ambitious
to get rich. so that | won't have te
work at all?'
Naturally"
"Well. whats the use OF taking such
4 roundabout way Of getting just where
/ started? | do t have to work now
Washington Star.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13
STATE OF oaie, CITY OF TOLEDO, :.

LUOA5 NOINTY, % :
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that be A, A.
senior partner Of the firm Of +. ]. Chens, ~ y
doing business In the City Of Toledo cs,,.s. cSws
and State aforesaid, and that said Arm v Gyu.y ~.
the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOI,LiRS
each and every case OF Catarrh that eaurs =
FRANK j. CHENEY
Sworn TO before me and Subscribed i, =.
presence, this 9th day OF December, A n ! M
(SEAL) A W. GLEASON,
Notary Publk
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken intefnalr aps
acts directly on the blood and mucous surtsss
OF the system. Send for testimonials freA
f. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo0
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the bes.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13
America and Ceru

so soon as America showed ha, a.
ness the German cruiser left Maaa u's
Bay, and we now protect ths,. lam ~
ests. In a like manner. all stom.aa ll's \
fly before the wonderful now. asa ~ "
letters Stomach Bitters. 1t strlla. ns y
root of all diseases. and cures rss nv y
tion, constipation, biliousness pran ss
kidney troubles. avg sa
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13
A Fighting Snake

Don't wake up a moccasin," seenis
to be the moral of an experience lder-
gone by a southern correspondent OF
the Forest and Stream while iishlng
one day in bayou of the Pearl river.
He says:
MY end of the boat had turned to-
ward the nearest bank, which was dis
tant about thirty feet, and lying asleep
on log at the waters edge l noticed
moccasin of very fair proportions.
Signaling to my companion, point
ed to the snake, that he might hold the
boat steady while | tried a shot at it
with small pocket pistol--a twenty
two caliber-that we always carried on
our trips, and in the use of which con-
slant practice had made me very ex-
pert The snakes head was not visi-
ble so concluded to try shot at the
thickest part of the body, which show
ed clear on the highest part of the log,
presenting fair mark that could hit
nine times in ten.
AS fred the boat must have moved
slightly, for my shot struck one-half
inch lower than intended. Instead CT
going. through the snakes body it weht
between it and the log, and must have
felt very much like a hot iron, to Judge
by his actions.
After quick shiver and full-length
squirm, he began to bow his back and
spit like an angry cat
This was SO unusual that it amused
us very much, and we sat laughing
heartily for moment or two, expect
ing every instant that the snake would
take to the water and disappear.
Suddenly the snake swung round,
with its head stretched in our direc-
tion and plunged into the water, but
did not disappear. Threshing through
the water like mad, he made straight
for me with an air of business that
cured my attack of laughter promptly
and effectually.
Straight on he came until he was bu.
few feet from me as l sat in the boat,
and then l recovered my powers of lc.
comotion, and most ingloriously fed.
There was no choice of routes. so
straight down the long, slender boat I
dashed toward the end my companion
occupied, clearing the middle seat with
a jump that nearly drove the bottom
out.
My companion had started up with
startled cry to Look outn and had
grasped heavy paddle lying in the
bottom Of the boat; but seeing me
bearing down on him In a wild fight,
that was certain to carry US both over
the end Of the boat into twenty feet Of
water, he dropped the paddle, stooped
low and caught me with an approved
football tackle-hold just above the
knees, and together we fell with a
crash against the end seat my head
striking with such force that I was
rendered almost unconscious.
Springing to his feet. my friend
snatched up the paddle and ran 70
the end OF the boat from which l had
fed. and found the snake still in pur-
suit, although the boat had moved
some distance from the impetus given
by the sudden arresting OF my fight.
Not until he had received blow thai
almost disabled him did that puyna.
cious serpent retire from the attack.
He then swan back to the bank and
crawled out on the very log on which
we had first seen him.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGs, manufactured By tM
CALIFORNIA FIs SYRUP Co., illuslTss
the value of obtaining the liquid Ian
tive principles of plants known . J
incidentally laxative and presentls
them in the form most refreshing tons
taste and acceptable to the system
is the one perfect etrengthening aw
tive, cleansing the system effectuay,
dispelling colds, headaches and ie'en
gently yet promptly and enabling as
to overcome habitual constipation pG
manently. Its perfect freedom IRON
every Objectionable quality ane y.
stance, and it's acting on the kldnelA
liver and bowels, without weakesls
or irritating them, make 1t the iasA
laxative.
In the process Of manufacturing E X.
are used, as they are .pleassan. y I'm \,
taste, but the medicinal qualitles@ ~ -
remedy are obtained from senns ~ -
other aromatic plants, by 2 mss SxsSs
known to the CALIFORNIA fls osssil s.;sl
Co. only. In order to get It's oensIs sis.s.
effects and to avoid imitatio1s pprsns ps
remember the full name OF the ooIp .lsss
printed on the front OF every pasAss
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Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13
Kn,y.s Picture.

Ktty's Picture.
l TOOK my kitty yesterday put-'
To have her picture made;
They wanted me to hold her still
Because she was afraid.
Il never have my picture took.
Because always cry
When 1t begins to stare at me,
That awful Cameras eye.)
My kitty wiggled all about =.
And stood upon her head, ~
And I forgot the Camera
Until-"All done!" they said.
But when the picture came It was
The queerest thing-you see,
The kitty didn't show at all :,
The picture was of me!
-Abbie Farwell Brown.
Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-13
The Exact Difference.

The pupils in school were asked
to give In writing the difference be-
tween a biped and a quadruped. One
boy gave the following; "A biped has
two legs and a quadrupsd has four
legs; therefore the difference between
q biped and quadruped Is two iess.