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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-11-04
CLERK SALE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINE
COUNTY OF LANCASTER
In the Common Pleas.


In the Common Pleas.
William J Cunningham-Prai raintifl.
0Y 'inSt Eharl tie Il FosIer: The
scot 't:sh American M'rtpage COM
panv, Limite ed; William Med Brown
"a Executor of j.. Amanda Brown.
dece"seT; and Heath. Springs IL GO,
Defendants.
PT virtue of an order made in ths
- above case hy Judge Ernest Gnrv
dared march l3. 1889. | will sell ut
pubic auction at Lancaster court
house, within the legal hours Of sale.
on me
First MOnddU in November Nert.
all that lot Of land, containing one and
one half acres. more or less, together
with he dwelling and all other out
buildings thereon situated i'm the town
Of ancaster. bounded on the North
by ELM street, Fast by lct owned by
Miss FlOrella MeynaId at date of
mortgage to plaintiff, South by The
Char eslon, Cincinnati d Chicago
Railroad. now the 0 r & G. r Il or
S G & Ga. r r and on the West by
the Presbyterian parsonage or street
or passway TO the said road-the SAID
lot being that on which the defendant,
T. X Foster. now resides
Terms of sale: Oue~half cash, bal
ance upon a credit Of twelve months,
with interest from day of sale at the
rate OF 8 per centum per amman TO he
secured by the note Of The purchaser
and mortgage of the premises sold,
and also by the Insurance, for reason
able amount. ofthe dwelling house ups
on the said premises and the assign-
meDt OF the policv to the Clerk OF
Court as collateral security for the
payment Of the said credit portion Of
the purchase money. The purchaser
shall have the option of paying all
cash Purchaser to pay for papers.
w. 5. l.. PORTER,
G.. G.. G.. p. l.. G..
Ernest Moore.
Plaintiffs ATTY. ......
Oct 4. 1S99-td.
Eduesss Yo.r Novels with Cssssrsss.
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NOTICE

NOTICE!
We have moved our books to
the Office of Heath, Springs & Co,
and all parties indebted to as will
please come forward and settle at
once. We guarantee as much for
cotton as any other market.
FARMERS BANKING AND
MERCANTILE COMPANY.
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in a Cotton Ginnerv.
Special to The State.

Special to The State.
Greenwood, Nov 2.-Tom Har-
rls, negro, was killed ut the
Greenwood oil mill ginncry this
afternoon. He was engaged in
removing bale of cotton from
the press, which is operated bv
steam power, when his head was
caught under the "follow block
and crushed beyond recognition.
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To Cure Ceastipatiou Eorsvss.
Take CAsosrsts Csady Catharsie. ios 90 N.
n c. O. q fAn - surs. 1rsgsisss Fsfssa nsssy.
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The above figures show the to-
tai taxable property for 1898 to
be 2,S16, 264, as against S176,
347, S2S this year-an increase of
So, ,531, ,564.
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NOTABLE INCREASED TAX.
ABLE PROPERTY.
Years Assessments Three and q
Half Million More.
The State.

The State.
Although all the supplementary
abstracts of the returns of person.
al property have not vet been re
ceived at the comptroller general s
office, only few as to particular
class of property remaining out.
standing, it is evident that there
will he an increase in the total
taxable property of the State
real, personal and railroad of
something over three and a half
million dollars as compared with
last year. From the returns of
personal property received to
date, handsome increase is
shown. This will be considerably
increased when the missing ab.
stracts are received.
The figures for real and rail
road property are complete. 1t
is noteworthy that, while there
has been an increase over last wear
in real property, the figures show
a decrease as compared with those
of 1897.
The following shows the valua-
tion for the last four years on
each of the three classes of tax
able property:
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-19

Something like twelve months ago an
important postoffice in London was
closed. 1t had been opened for stamps.
money orders and postof,ice orders and
kilograms till midnight. and It was In tho
center of a thickiy populated district.
One day. without any previous notice,
the doors were closed and "A card affixed
stating that II was closed for repairs.
The postmaster general received COM
plants by the score But the weeks be-
came months and still the doors re-
manned closed. And the people around
wondered why. The murder Is at last
out, and some OF the families residing
near know II to their cost. The postofYice
In question had To be closed because Il
had become the happy hunting ground Of
vast hordes OF rats who consumed letters
by the bagfui and many postal orders.
money order forms and other oificiai pa
pers. The rats forced the postoffice to
be closed, and after numerous attempts
to rid the place OF the rodents It was
found possible 10 do 30 only by putting
down entirely new cement foundations
and entirely retimbering the place. AZ
nearly as possible the postofiiee had. but
for it's mere shell. to be rebuilt. That
done. the troubles OF the immediate
neighborhood became accumulated. Driv-
en- from the posfuffice. the rats have jour
neyed to the surrounding houses. which
are now infested with them. The corre-
spondent from whom this Information
comes has had several cats In his place,
and they have done something to keep
things down. but. to use his words. ITO
go horne ts 10 end the wife and the maids
wifi flying petticoats rushing up the
stairs; servants WON'T stay In the house
excspt for n very short time; mats and
pictures. some OF the latter several feet
UP the walls have been consumed My
wife lis terror~stricken. and when | reach
home at night I often find her locked.
half starved. In an upper room AFRAID
TO move about and too nervous even TO
go near where the food IA kept until
come. In The informant states that his
experience II similar 10 that Of many
residing near hir1.-~LoBdon News.
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Same Lille Known farts.

only is per cent Of all the families In
America employ domestic help. leaving ~
Der cent, without even ore servant.
If all the dressmarkers known to exist
In America worked 1wenty-four hours Of
each day for a whole year. without step
Ring for pjeep or meals, they would siiH
be able 10 make only ore dress apiece for
!sss than seysn-eigaths 81 The women OF
America.
Not q per eent. Of all the women In
America ss,end much money as So per
year on taeir clothes
out OF iaDsSa American families the
income ~ syasss OF these fsfniiiss IL isss
than $50 sach per year. and the incomes
Of nearly W pst cont Of the entire number
are issx shau 81 $50 each per year,
There are scores 81 places TIA this cosn-
try where only one mali eomes every four
teen days.
Ask the average person where the central
,safrt % area Is sn fhe United states aud
n. will tx 4. ssrfaessE here Iu Illinois. Tell
him u If nssreg Han fTaneise9 a0a Re viii
be snrresiaioGs until re remembers TINT
ALASKA Is Within the boundaries ~ Uncle
aarr.-faaies Home Jo1snai-
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According 70 figures OF export. compiled
at Tacoma. Amorican-Tnade cigarettes are
rapidly growing In favor In the Far East
From the beginning Of the year 10 the
middle OF June 100 carloads have been re-
cesved on the Coast. which have been
transferred IN steamships and taken 10 the
Orient principally % China and Japan, al
though the people Of the Philippine islands
consume "A considerable quantity. The av-
erage weight ~ the contents IN cigarettes
% car was - 40 pounds excluding the
weight az the cases and packages, total
81 1851 eta pounds al cigarettes On the
eesis a 80 cigarettes 20 the pound. which
is near the weight "a can be estimated
this gives a total Of more than 90 tsssSsl
cigarettes These figures ara somewhat
below the average. as the stocks that were
rushed into japan tust before ,he higher
tariff laws went into effect January have
ROT been consumed II - considered that
the average consumption Ia Oriental c0un-
tries OF American cigarettes amounts 10
approximately see carloads a year-New
York Press
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~orC. .U,r ovCu rr1rcuaw


Some novel litigation is promised In
Maine unless the Western Union Tele-
graph Company planks down $4,000 for the
failure to deliver a telegram. Last Fehru-
airy the newspapers OF the country were
hristling with headlines telling OF The cold
blooded murder Of one Mamie Small. who
lived in the usually quiet village OF Oar
diner Ne. The murderer was Bradford
knight. who had been paying attention
10 Miss Small, contrary to her wish and
that OF her parents. According 20 the Ken
nebec Journal. OF Augusta, Mamie Smalfs
sister. Lizzie, was on train bound for
Gardiner on the afternoon OF the murder.
when she noticed that knight was pas
senger on the same train. Knowing him tn
be a desperate character. she sent a sele-
gram from station on the tine Of the road
telling her sister that knight was to he In
Gardiner and directing her to leave town
AT once She sent this message by the
Western Union Telegraph Company. bat tho
dispatch. owing to alleged negligence, was
never delivered II II claimed that II
was received at the Gardiner office short
~ after p m. knight met Mamie Small
at o'clock that evening and shot her.
A claim for $50 90 In the name OF the dead
gtrrs mother and one Of Econ In that OF
her sister have been flied with tho teis-
graph company and damages 10 that
amount have been asked for. II no settle
rnenr il made suit will be brought. Brad
ford knight Is now confined In the insane
asylum In Augusia.~Boston Transcript.
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public affairs, and that in regard TO the
controversies OF the hour she has been
able TO show the weil~baianced mind.
When she sincerely and conscientiously
disapnroved or a measure or a policy that
was triumphant for the moment she new
err let X be seen or known that she thought
the country was being injured by this or
that fundamental change Again. at times
when n policy has been popular with which
she has been I'm special and personal sym
PATTY, she has never yielded 10 the temp
tation to let her name be connected with
II, or "a assume any credit for It's Initia-
ton Yet again and again 1t has happened
that happy suggestions from the queen
have had extremely important results in
policy and legislation. In theory her min
listers advise the queen. hu. In practice
she often advises them.
In word the queen has been able,
thanks 10 the inss,imable Gift az eauanlrn-
isy. 10 show neither irritahiiity nor anx-
iety when things have not gone the way
she would have liked them 10 go nor the
slightest touch Of triumph or self compla-
csaecy when her personal view has BEEN
in the ascendant. She has been perturhed
neither 10y regret nor by pride. hat has kept
her mental balance absolutely alike In
storm or calm. Spectator.
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To most authors. unless they are at
the top of the tree. advertisement is as
necessary "a II is to the senaer az pat
est soaps or sausages. Hut the heads Of
the prefession 81 letters are steadily set
ting their faces against this practice.
Notably among the authors who object
Ia being interviewed are Mr.. II. u. Black
more Mr. Rndyard kipiinE and AR ].
NJ Barry. Indeed. n story is told Of Mr..
Blackmorc on one occasion that n lady
interviewer turned into the grounds 81
neighhortng clergy man by mistake and
nceost@a him as MIR Biackmere, The
clergyman. having found out her business
gravely Tersona'ed Mr. Hlacknore IN or
der to save his nesghbor from such an in
fiction. an. gave her three columns Of
very readable copy on hts views I'm gem
erai Ii was not until after the interview
had appeared that she found out her mis-
take.-~T4cnaon Daily Mail
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THE EFFECT or EXAMPLE.
II Was This That Caused Two Wen
tn Change Their Names

Example IS a great teacher, even in
the Wild anu wooiiy West" remarked a
Montana man TO a Star reporter. ''aud
recall an UcsAen; Of the effect Of an East
ern custom which was brought into Mon
iaaa some years ago. but is rot yet popu-
lar. ] am glad to say I refer 80 the
ring 80 human name I'm the middle
We have Il few specimens. bat as far az
knGw meme IL indigenous But 10 the
fafca - example When Montana gas a
territory J. 8 Crosby. ~ New York. was
appointed governor. and Mr. Crosby wrote
hia name J. Schuyler Crosby. In tho
course % slime Gov Crosby made Henry
n, Wilktna his private secretary. and IL
wasnt a CREST while bffgre M. wilkins
became II Brady wilkins This condition
81 affairs existed for some fir7e longer
snl a co5sr@8 man around town by the
name q Jim Collins Sos q job a. tan.toy
81 gae g5vsrnogex afgiee, Collins initials
.c-s J. HI. ard IN shnt II IL was thirty
days after rs cleaned the office 0gs tha
frs; morning before he was signing his
name J. Hanson Collins. '"-Wassington
STAT
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the law Of gravitation to satisfy himself
by feeling that he had his hat with him.

the law Of gravitation to satisfy himself
by feeling that he had his hat with him.
DIR. Johnson never could pass certain
posts and stones In his daily walks with
out touching them; and II by any chance
he failed to do so he invariably returned
to repair the omission.
Zola. too. numbers this habit among
his many eecentricities. Whenever he
enters strange room he cannot settle
down comfortably until he has touched
the chief articles Of furniture In IL and
satisfied himself that they are real. II
by any chance, in leaving his house. he
places his left foot first he ia not happy
until he has returned and walked into the
street with his right foot first And when
he Is in bed he VIII open his eyes seven
times in rapid succession always seven
times exactlyt to assure himself that he
ts really alive.
The late Prof Huxley admitted that
when working tate at night he used Ia
see burglars reeping at him through his
study windows or from behind door or
screen.
Pope used 70 see strange visicaz. men
acsng hands and repulsive faces. Mon
tanus who posed rs n prophet and a seer
OF visions was so assured in his later
wears that he had been turne. into
grain az wheat that the sight az bird
threw him into m agony 81 apprehen-
sion The great Lord Derby. thrice prime
minister, once returned from one 81 his
country seats 10 his town house to make
sure that he had locked his study door.
The great Napoleon rarely could pass
along a street. even ~ the head az an
army. without counting the windows
Oliver CROMWELL vowed that his fame was
fore;eid bv a woman who one night drew
aside the curtains 80 his bed and told
him iha, ne would live 10 rule England.
Raas.iaire wrapped himself IN furs in
xtsv,rner and wars the lightest If raiment
n, winter while ne dyed his hair a vivid
green Pierre Lott French novelist.
dresses himself In all the sp'endors q
an Eastern king Beethoven rot 10 he
oatssrirped by posterfsy IN secentricsty,
used frequently 20 take his walks abroad
without either hat or ccst.-Sew York
Press
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FLASHING LIKE
MOLTEN SILVER
rHOSPHOREsCENCE IN HERlNG SEA
SURPRISES EVEN THAT OF THE
SOUTHERN OCEANS.
Crests Of the Waves at NiEht Dlase
Like u million Electric Lights
Vivid Description of an
Impressive sight.

I'll HAVE often heard OF the wonderful
phosphorescence Of southern seas"
remarked a traveller from the north
to Star reporter. 'and have seen
some pretty fair samples Of II In the At
lsntic between New York ana English ports.
but did not know II prevailed 10 any ex-
tent in northern waters until during the
past summer. In August last | was ON
board the revenue cutter McCulloch. in tho
Boring sea, about sixty-three degrees north
latitude, bound north, when ono night about
10 o'clock l happened to so on deck. and
l was almost frightened by the sight Of
the sea. The wind was blowing sharp
enough 10 raise the white caps, and the
whole sea looked "a IL IL were lighted from
lis depths by million arc lights throw
ms their whitest rays upward and under
the dying foam. The hoilows Of the waves
were dark. but every crest that broke.
showered and sparkiei as IL IL were filed
with light From the sides OF the ship great
rolls Of broken white light fell away, and
she left broad pathway Of silvery foam
as far hack as the eye could reach.
But about the bow Was the most sirtk-
ing display. Here II was as II the ship
were blowing through sea OF white light.
and as the water was thrown back from
her PROV 1t fell in glittering piles OF light
upon the dark surface beyond. and was
driven far down below, lighting the depths
as II all the electricity Of the ocean were
shooting Its sparkles through the waves
and turning itself into innumerable incan-
descents that flashed a second and then
shut out forever. / stood on the forecastle
deck looking down into the brilliant white
turmoil of the waters until l began to feel
as II We were afioat upon some silver sea,
and really uncanny feeling took possess
sion OF me. The white ship was lighted by
the phosphorescence Of the waters. 10 that
as high up as the deck there was a pale.
weird white. that made one feel as II the
Flying Dutchmen' were abroad upon the
seas and had passed by us. The masts
lowered in ashy gray above the decks. and
every rope and line stood out distinctly in
the light, but cast no shadows. II was all
as ghostly as IL we had gone up against
the real thing. and 1t was a positive relief
to get back Into the ward room. where
there was something more human. don't
know how long 1t lasted but when I went
20 bed at L! o'clock could still see tho
silver shining through the air port In my
state room. Warrington star.
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ish government. as Is the magnificent
furniture with which the embassy is pro-
vided. The home OF her Britannia males
tvs ambassador in the United States Is
30 much more elegant and appropriate
that II is really dishearteniug to contern-
plate the poverty and narrow confines OF
the White House Our prociivities. which
We are pleased 10 term democratic. but
which might with more reason be called
niggardiy, are never so much in evidence
when the British ambassador spreads
his sumptuous board and invites the elect
TO a reception and a dinner. There is
sense of fitness and appropriations about
the one which the eking taste of the vari-
Gus presidents vainly attempts when pre-
siding at similar functions Chicago Post
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poLITENEss THERE PERILous.
Hamburg street Car Rules Practi.
caIly Put Premium ON Rudeness.

An American who has returned from
summer trip In Europe says he found il
more difficult 10 be as polite as he wished
in the city OF Hamburg than In any other
place I'm Europe There the most chiv-
airous man has 10 think twice before Civ
Ing up his seat IN a car 10 a lady. as
he may be turned of the car for his
poli;eness II seems that the Hamburg
trolley cars VIII seat. according 10 size
twenty or twenty-eight persons. ten to
fourteen on each side In addition four
persons are allowed on the front and five
persons on the back platform. When the
car is full the conductor hangs out sign
"Besetz..' which means occupied" and
is absolutely forbidden to take on another
passenger until some one gets OF the car
Sometimes. while the conductor Ia In
front collecting fares. lady will step on
the car. which Is already occupied. As
there is no conductor on hand TO prevent
her. the lady steps inside. and the gentle
man who may offer her q seat comes
out and takes his stand on the platform.
When the conductor, after going his
rounds. returns 10 his post, he promptly
requests the gentleman 10 step or the
car. as he has forfeited his seat, and the
car is fully occupied Should he refuse
10 leave the car he r. put OF The police
men on the streets are instructed 10 watch
the ears sharply. and IL they find a car
carries even one more passenger than its
proper complement. the conductor Is fined
~ cents. which Ia paid 10 charity fund
OF the street railway company. --BuYaio
Commercial
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EQUANIMITY OF
QUEEN VICTORIA.
RULER OF GREAT BRITAIN HAS
SHOWN sELr-CONTRoL TO A
WONDERFUL DEGREE.
Sixty-twO Years ON the Throne. and
Yet Never Any Exhibition of
Fussiness, lrrttabiIity or
Overanxiety.

THROUGHOUT her long and arduous
life she has never failed TO keep her
head. TO see things In their true pro-
portions. and 10 maintain wise,
sane and eQpabie outlook on public Affairs.
The queen, that is. in spite OF the thou-
sand temptations which must have arisen
during sixty-two years Of sovereignty.
has never shown fussiness. irritability.
oyeranxiety or any other form OF dis,rae-
ton and want of mental balance. There
must have been plenty of steps taken in
home and foreign affairs, plenty Of bills
passed and policies adopted. Of which the
queen has most heartily and strongly dis
approved Again, there must have been
plenty OF cases in which statesmen have
been raised TO power by popular favor. or
dismissed from power by the nckleness Of
public opinion. In which the queen has en-
tirely differed with the majority Of her
people. Whether the queen or her people
have been in the right does not matter.
No doubt there have been some instances
in which she has been wrong and the
public right, and others in which her per-
sonal view has proved the true one.
The Importance. the essential thing is
that she has always kept her head in
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ODDITIES SHOWN
BY FAMOUS MEN.
MANY INSTANCES PROVE THAT &c.
CESTRIe1TY II A PRIVILEGE
OF GENIUS.
str Joshua Reyn0lds Saw Landscapes
Everywhere-sir Isaac Newton
Absent-Miaded-P Had
Strange Visions.

ECcENTRIcITY is one of the priv
iieges of genius. In the great, many
- odd and sometimes repulsive habits
are pardoned which in the lesser
would cause isolation from the society OF
the well hammered. Men Of commanding
brain. too. often have good natured little
tricks which are more amusing than an
moving.
Sir Joshua Reynolds used to see land
scapes In crowded streets. and protested
that the lamps we're towering trees and
men and women bushes Like many deaf
men, he was full OF suspicion. even OF
his most intimate friends. and when they
were talking together he frequently VOW
ed that they were abusing him or con-
spring against him: while. singularly
enough for deaf man. he used TO hear
voices when no one was near.
Sis Isaac Newton was one OF the most
absent-minded of men, and whenever he
went in search of anything invariably
came back TO try to discover what he
was looking for. On one occasion, when
he had left his ONCE at the mint for half
an hour, he returned for his hat, which
had been on his head all the time. It
had never occurred TO the discoverer Of