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Nine. Pa..i.s Substitute.

To some persons poor SINGER hiaV
be better l,ian 40 singer 1T al. bat the
least musical person cannot fail to pe:.-
ceive the irony of the situation de-
scribed below:
Once When travelling ia e north Of
Ireland. an EngliSEman Of letters
Glanced upon Il snail town which. to
his surprise. he found extensively filled
with announcements OF a concert at
which Nine. Patti was to appear.
The price Of admission to the back OF
the hall being the extremely moderate
one of threcpence, he FASTENED to Sc
cure Il seat. .lfter q long interval of
waiting. the manager stepped forward.
re1harling:
Ladies and gentlemen. l regret to
say that Nine. Patti is unable to ap'
pear tonight. In order. however. 70
save you from disappointment. have
arranged that Miss tAraheila Jones OF
cur town OF Ballyslackguthery shall
favor YOU with ng."'-Youths S Com
DonGn
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The Times cr Cuba asserts that no
visitor can obtain access to the Ha-
vana Jail. even upon Il written order
from the authorities. unless he first
grease the palm of the jailer with a
quarter. 1T costs money to get in"
says the journal referred to. 'and it
costs more to get out
Compressed air has within a short
time been introduced into workshops
as means Of doing many things Ia
boriously performed Of old by hand.
Weights are lifted and carried from
floor to bench, or lathe. Chisel work is
done, also riveting. And there are in
genious devices for employing this
power os compressed air in many
waya
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Water For Communion Ser.
vices.

Rev Edward Everett Hale. the ven
er.ble pastor OF the South CoOgrega-
,ional church, has brought about q
radical departure 10 the oommunloo
service at ris church by substituting
water for wine. Dr. Hale has been
desirous for mary years to bring ABOUT
this change aad wheo the communi-
osnts tasted ordinary water 10 place OF
,sbe grape juice at toe service last suo
aay there was considerable comment
Dr. Hale explained the matter to tie
congregation by saying that 10 accord
aoce with bis earnest desire OF some
wears The officers OF the church had
decided to use gate. in the CON nunion
This IS nese matter Of de:ais,
he said. 'sTao use OF zine is 10 1a5
essential 20 ZOE cimuuaioa a. the
eras: sasiona! conferences of toe Onl
ta.iaa saurca I adm;aisse.ed counu
c;aa with water. Car;st 10 HIS lie on
earih ,ook ;ha cup and 3rans lae vine
;hs countr. 10 every laod it IS
castona7y 20 use ID the COG ruoion
s.ryics the beverage OF the ccan:yy.
a { taaak Goa. water has DOW cone TO
De be beverage Of Aner;ca. .
D. Hale coociuded h:s remarks With
word 10 refereoce to the many per
sops who 6od wice either temptation
n an ofaose aud are, therefore,
virtually barred from she coumuoioo
.able.-Bostoo Transci2t.
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FLOUR TRUST BUSTS.

Milwaukee, Feb 26.-The United
States Milling company, generally
known as the -four trust, collapsed
Saturday afternoon, but the fact did
not become known until today, when
Judge jenkins in proceedings ancll-
larry to the United States court of
New Jersey appointed three receiv-
ers for the company. two of whom
are now in charge of the property.
TIE collapse is credited to the coin
p4ny's inability to float its securities
on ;he open market The receivers
are Daniel Thomas of New York,
Charles E Kimball of Summit, n j
and Albert G. Loring of Minneapolis
TIE same receivers were appointed
in Minnesota and New Jersey 1t
was formed last April and capitalized
a, S25. 100000. Proceedings similar
to loday's will have to be instituted
in every circuit whore the company
OWES property The greatest li,igs
ton will probably be in Wisconsin.
as the majority of the company's 6
property is in this State The Gem
pany, Mr. Balious bill sets forth, will
be unable to meet any of its obliga-
tons as they mature It's cash in
the bank is about 81 ,0G0 and it has
no bills or accounts receivable. the
proceeds of which would be sufficient
to meet the ma,uled and mar,urlng
ohlieat:ona.
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Twenty years ago. says the C5ica
90 Tribune, Charles NJ Schwab went
TO work 10 the Carnegie iron works
a, Pit,sburg as a stake driver at a
salary of 81 day Now he is presl
dent of the Carnegie Steel Company,
limited, AID draws salary larger
than tha, of the president of the
United States And he IS only
thirty seven years old As the exc
cusive head of the great Carnegie
interest, Mr Schwab is just Cow
prominent in the public eye He
was born in Pennsylvania, and had
only common school education
At fifteen years of age ne went to
work, and he does not believe III
college education for business man.
For year or two he drove nail
wagon and cierked in grocery
store. III bis seventeenth year te
got lob with the Carnegie COM
pauy His first work was TO dnve
stakes for the foundation OF rev
building His rise was so rapid as
to be phenomenal lie became ch'e1
engineer IN 1887, general manager
little later, and in 1895 partner III
the company Years ago he was
offered salary of more than sou, ,ooC
a year to go to England and take
charge of some Eoglish ron and
steel works This offer he declined
of once
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HIS Remedy.

The other day little stenosrapher
in a down town office begged some
workmen who were putting up Il new
telephone not to place it SO high on the
wall as they We're doing.
You see" she said. Il have to use it
as much as any one. and am so short
that can hardly reach it.
ooh. well. miss" said the humorist in
charge of the work. You can raise
your voice. can't you?'-Boston Tran
script
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The Board of Regents.

Tie terms of two members of the
BOARD oe regents Of the hospital tor the
insane have expired The two are
Nessrs An,hooy White, of Sumter,
sd I.edell ones, of Rock Hal Gov
MeS~eeDey expects to fiji the vacancies
sy appointment tomorrow, aud 1t is
practically certain that both gen,lemeo
" Il be rsappointed, for they have doue
exceiler. service 90 the board Toe
terms are six years each The State,
January 26
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Analysis Of Fertilizers.

Mr. Ashley failed to get the senate
to pass his bill reducing the privilege
tax on fertilizers to 10 cents a ton.
But he was more successful with his
bill to provide that purchaser of
chemical fertilizers may have the
same anaiyzed free of cost at Glenn
son college
The act, which was approved by
the governor on the 10Th, reads:
Section l. Be it enacted by the
general assembly OF the State Of South
Carolina
That from aud after the passage Of
this act, any citizen of this State who
shall purchase any commercial fertil
izers or maaures. shall have the
right to have the came analyzed by
Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical
college, by taxing sample OF same
from al least 10 per cent Of such
fertilizers in the presence of at least
two disinterested witnesses. one to
be chosen by the purchaser and one
bv the seller, who shall certify that
such sample was taken from such
fertilizers or manures. which certif
cate, with the sample, ehall be sealed
by third dieinterested party in the
presence of said witnesses, and d.
rected to Clemson Agricultural and
Mechanical college.
Sec 2 The said college shall have
the said sample analyzed free of cost,
and within three months after receiv
ing the sample supply shall furnish
the purchasers of such fertilizers or
mannres with certificate giving the
per cent of the different fertiIiziug
ingredients of same, signed by the
chemist of Clemson Agricultural and
Mechanical college, which certificate
shall be admissible as evidence in ali
suits relative to such fertilizers or
manures, whether the same be instl
.uted by the vendor or purchaser ct
same
Sec 3 That any vendor of COM
merciai fertilizers or manures whose
goods or wares fall short to the ex
tent of 10 per cent in any fertliiziug
iogredien, guaranteed by the analy
sis on the sack or vessel holding
same, when delivered to the pur
chaser, shall forfeit one.ha!f the sale
price thereof, to be recovered by
suit or set up as counterclalm to an
action for the purchase price of such
fertilizers or manures
Sec 4. Be it further enacted: That
if any seller or vendor of fertilizers
o. commercial mauures shall refuse.
decline or neglect to choose wit
ness, as provided ia section l, after
having been notified or requested by
the purchaser so to do, tben be or
they ebal have forfeited their right
so to do, and the purchaser shall
select two witnesses, who shall se!ec.
the third witness, who shall proceed
to take samples as hereInbefore Pro
vided All samples Of fertilizers
drawn under the provisions Of This
act shall be subject to such other
rules as may be prescribed by the
the board of trustees OF Clemson col
lege, bot Inconsistent with this ac,.
Sec 5 All ac,s ard parts o: acts
inconsistent with this act be, sud ii:e
same are hereby, repealed
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Probably.

at must have taken lots of nerve fo'
him to laugh and joke with the doctors
while they were taking his leg off at
the knee. Didn't he seem eNcited:'
We'll thought he talked in rather
n disjointed manncr.'-Chicaso Trib-
J1pp
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*Dal!y tDaily except Sunday.
No 80 runs through to Charleston, S. Z.
"a Ceotrai R. r., arriving Mann.og5 5 Al P
D, Lanes e.l u, Charleston 90 "a.
Trsins 90 Conway Branch leave Chadbousn
IS n, arrive Conway 40 I'd, return
nc iesye Conway 90 N, arrive Chad.
oocrn IL so am, leave Cbadoourn ii SO N.
arrive Hub IL rs p 10, returning leave Has
800 p n, arrive Chadbourn IS m. Daily
s1cep; Sunday.
r. KENl.Y, Gen'l Manager
IN. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
a.N EMERSON Geu'l Pass Agent
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He co,,cd Himself 81 Meteor.

The Rocky Gulch cowboy who broke
ND q show in that TOWN by shooting II
the actors called himself Il meteor h'-
cause he said he UaS shooting :>'ais
Buffalo News
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Knew What He Wanted.

Knew What He Wnnted.
Tie Amiable Plutocrat-But riches
do not bring happiness.
The Unamiable Pauper-But | amt
lookin fer happiness. All want is
comfort.-Indianapo Journal
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Unconstitutionai.

"Nhat 4 wretchcd daub.." exclaimed
the unSopAisticated visitor at tie art
exhibition turning to speak to 4
stranger.
"Ha. ha." laughed the stranger 1T
is a pity to violate all the time honored
preccdcnts. but really am not the
painter Of that picture.
This is Il cold. iconoclastic age. and
the mortifyinS. yet instructive. con-
trctcmps of the oldcn time is not good
form in literature now.-Chicaso Trib-
une.
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Boyle's Stables are now ct Biz new stand,
corner of Liberty aud aarvin Streets-tbe
old Moran building. FEB z6-3t
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SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.

Deposits of 81 aod upwards received. In
crest allowed at the rate OF per cent. per
apnum, on amounts above S. aud not exceed
ing $500, payable quarterly, on 6rst days CT
January, April, July and Octooer.
R N. WALLACE,
L. s. CARSON, President.
Cashier.
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MOTIF: In addition 70 the above Ss.EVl.'s
trains Nos. Is and l5 rlln daily between Charies
ton and Columbia carrying elegant Pullman
sieerins cars. No. Is leave Charleston II w p
m arrive Colyua;a 500 g. m. No. Is leave Co
lunl.5;:l 80 g. H.: arrive Charleston 100 a. "a
Sleeping cars ready for occupancy at coop m
both at Charleston and Columbia: These trans
make close connections at Coluinpla WY =
through trains between Florida points ana
Washington and the east. Connection with
1l,ai@s Nos. 81 and 50 New York and Florida
Limited between Blaclvi!le. -aisen and Au'
els:a 40. 81 leaves BiackviIle at Sic a. IN:
Leaves Aucyis;a CPS p. m. Aiken 7.VS p. m.,
B.:ckv;rc 50 p. II. Pullman Drawing, Room
S.ccpcrs betwcea Augusta. Aiken 2nd New
ok
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
SUMTER,

STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE-
PoslToRY, SUMTER, S. C.
Paid 40 Capital 5 75,oac co
Surplus and Profits $4,000 90
Additional Liability Of Stock
holders 10 excess of their
stock stock $4,000 90
Total protection 70 depositors, Sl75 900 90
Transacts Ge5era! Banking Business.
Special a,teation given to collections.
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Good Lesson Early Learned.

."rwcnty-tlvc cents WAS the founda-
ton of my fortune.
"Who gave it to you:'
Nobody. tried to borrow 1t and
ouldn't."-Chicaso Record.
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Atlantic Coast z4llns.
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AID AS
GUSTA RAILROAD.
Condensed Schedule.
Dated January IA, 1900
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
SR 8R

Condensed Schedule in Effect Jan. II, 1900
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No. 81 runs through from Charleston via
Central R. R, lesviog Charleston 8. NJ
.anes 8 81 m, Haonlng 09 N
TRAINS GOING NoRTE
Arizona republican., 1900-10-12
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SOUTH SIDE.
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TEMPE.


 The following officers Were elected for the ensuing year at a meeting of ;he members of the free reading room Wednesday afternoon: President, Mrs George N. Gage: vice-president. Mrs Thomas Dickenson: second vice-presi- dent. Mrs. Neils Peterson: secretary. Mir w. c. DeVore: treasurer. Mrs " J. Kingsbury; executive committee Mrs Charles H. Jones. Mrs. r M. Tish. Mrs Harry ZUck; librarian. Mrs. George W. Gage; assistant, Mrs. A. E. TomlinsOn.
 Hazen Rich of Phoenix is splnding few days with relatives south of Tempe.
 A special train of cattle was s=nt out yesterday.
 The following pupils of the first grade. American children. Miss Mary Winger teacher. Were neither tardy nor absent: Ivy Penn, Hugh Cummings. Ernest Whitaker, Charley Thew, Elmer McGrew. Louis L1nzarotti Beu- lah Sturgeon. Claude Laird. Hallie Holmes!ey. Sidney Mouer. Ethel Pritt Victor C1rbell, Mamie Mess5r. Cloyi Ozlure. Guss.e Harris. Earl Richards, Nellie Cummings. Jane Cummings and Lydia Miller. In the first grade, Span ish hildran, Miss Nellie McNeil, teacher, those neither tardy nor ab- sent We're Felipe Estrada, Pahla Elias, Luis Caste,d. Carmelitl Radio
 There was a nice shower of rain in Tempe yesterday afternoon. with quite a fall in the country south, of town.
 AIr. Sylvester came in from his ranch southeast of Mesa yesterday on busi- n=.s.
 Dr. M. W Grayl5 was appointed regis terins officer on Wednesday for Mesa precinct, and is rounding up the de- linquents. He has only five more days % work in.
 w. E. Davis, representing the Rocky Mountain News, paid Mesa a visit yes
Arizona republican., 1900-10-12

twenty minutes less than twelve hours. From this We can see that the sun has gone away from us at a lively pace since that merry month of June was here. Neptune is morning star.
 Mars is a morning star, and he re- mains such until after the advent of the new year. Venus. queen of the morning. shines radiantly in the east ern sky some three hours before the sun is up. and although her size is per ceptibly growing less, she is still far and away the most conspicuous of all the morning stars. She is now moving :a once again toward the sun. but so slowly that she will rise two hours ahead of the lattr when the present century yields to its successor.
 Jupiter has still some two months to reign as a dominant member of the evening sky. He already feels himself drawn toward the realms of Venus by the all-powerful rays of the sun, which in November will so completely engulf him tlcS. we shall see him no more u-tI he energes. greatly improved and burnisled by the fiery ordeal through which he will have passed. On the 26th he is occulted by the moon. but before that on the 18th, he will have been ia So close conjunction with Uranus that We can form a fairly clear idea as to the location of the latter. Possibly from these surroundings We may be able to identify Uranus without the help of his big brother. This meeting vii take pace in the constellation Of the Scorpion.
 Mercury and the two-day-old m-on are in conjunction on the 25th, the pla- net being ? degrees south of the moon. About this time. for a shorc while after sunset. the bright-eyed can possibly make out the planet some Il degrees to the left of the sunset point. Although small. his steady light makes him easy to distinguish from the twinklers that form his setting.-New York Times.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-12
PLEA FOR ARBITRATION.

In common with all well-wishers of employers and employed alike. I deep ly regret the occurrence Of this strike There seem to be some grounds of com pIaint on the part of the strikers. but there is also fault on their side be- cause. in some cases at least. their con- plaints were not made known and no opportunity was given the contractors to remove or even discuss the causes of dissatisfaction.
 Strikes ought to be the very last re- sort. They are at best a harsh and brutal method of procedure. They TO suit in untold suffering to the innocent as well as the guilty. Their hurtful in fiuence is as wide as the continent.
 The time must speedily come when contractors and workingmen will listen to the voice of reason and settle their difficulties by arbitration.
 It is very evident that many have gone into this strike with no heart.
 They are satisfied with their work and their wage. They strike simply less they should be called ''scabs." I could cite similar cases in this city. Some of the so-called sympatheGc strikes have been the greatest frauds upon honest workmen.
 It will be difficult to convince the public that this ore mt strike is not influenced by labor leaders and politi- cal demagogues. Men who claim to be the friend of the workingman and wno unwisely precipbat great strikes are the foes of all classes and conditions of Citizens.-Denver Times.
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A HOME. inc Brick House, orchard, shade, parpetu al water right, near Tempe, cheap. w. A. BOLTON. Tempe, Ar'z 

the settlement Of his daughters lia- lilities or toward the liberation of her good name from the stigma of what would be crime had she been respons- ihle for her actions.
 The princess is still under treatment at the Lindenhof sanitariu-l, near Dresden. and. while she h-s lost every vestige Of memory, and apparently has entirely forgotten the existence of her son. of her daughter, and of her pr3fii- gate and drunken husband, she is. nevertheless, well enough to be able 10 spend her clme in playing on the piano, in pai- ins and sketching, and in driv ing abOlt the country. She has, how eyer. to Ee carefully watched, since sle Is apt to ake advantage of -Gs lack Of obserN3t:, on tHc Y-rI of her at end ant lo seize ,h i:st pair of sciss DTS which she can get hold of and there upon to cut every vestige of the clothes which she is wearing into strips.
 The doctors say. that while she may survive in her pges-nt condition for years to come. 1t is unlikely that she will ever recover her sanity. Indeed, she is doomed to remain under restraint for the remainder of her days, precisely in the same manner as her fathers un- happy sister, eX-Empress Charlotte of Mexico. who is in captivity near Brus- sels. Whereas, however. the latter IS visited at least every week, and some times more often, by her sisters-ir-law - the Countess of Flanders and queen Henriette-or else by her niece, Prin- cess Clementine, no single member of
 
 the slightest notice of the unhappy Princess Louise since her incarceration as a lunatis Indeed, she is entirely dead to her family.
 
 While Prince Michael of Braganza, son of the legitim.st pretender to the throne of Portugal, has just been de- prived of his commission in the Saxon army for having contributed to the death of Prince Albert of SaXony by upsetting the carriage of the latter into a ditch, Prince MichaeFs younger brother, a lieutenant in the Austrian army, has been disciplined by Emperor Francis Joseph for ,hlViEg sent il challenge to an old colonel who had called him to account for an infIactiCn of the military regulations. The princz in question has been transferred from the crack regiment of hussars at Vien- na to a regiment of dragoons doins mere police duty along the most remote and desolate portion of the Russian frontier of Austria, remote from any town. the regiment being distributed among a number of roverty-stIicken llages.-Marquise de Fontenoy in Washington Post.
Arizona republican., 1900-10-12
DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF.
 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

United States. Land Office, Tucson, Arizona, September 6, 1900.
 Notice is hereby given that Orson A. Roberts of Arlington, Maricopa County, Arizona, has filed notice of intention to make proof on his desert-land claim No. 29l7, for the s. F. N. E. A and N. E, s. E. f, Sec. ', T. &, R. w, G. & s. R. B. X NJ, before the clerk of the Dis trict Court at Phoenix, Arizona, on Monday, the 18th day of October. 1900. He names the following witnesses to prove the complete irrigation and rec lamation of said land: William H. Taylor, Irvine Church and Moses E. Clanton of Arlington, Arizona, and John B. Montgomery Of Phoenix, Ari Zona. MILTON R. MOORE,
 Register. First publication September g. 1900.
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THE OCTOBER HEAVENS.
A Full Moon on the Eighth-Venus and
 Mars Morning Stars.

The crisp. clear October evenings will be full Of enjoyment for those who love to watch the movements of the celestial brotherhood. whose destiny is linked with that Of the earth and whose light comes from the same source. The Pleiades. the most beautiful of all the diamond clusters. rise nearly in the east. AIdebaran. the rel. shines below the Pleiades. and la te in the night the glorious Orion graces the scene. Every observer can readily fiEd Capena spark ling in the northeast with a brilliancy that makes him the most striking O. ject in that direction.
 The constellation northeast of Capeua is Perseus. This group may be recog- nized by a cirClet of three bright stars. and d few degrees east of these stars shines one of the most wonderful var fables in the heavens. It is Algol. and is also sometimes called the Demon star and the Wink.ng Eye, for it's chan ges have been roticed from the earliest times
 The full moon next following the har- vest moon is called the hunters moon. On the Sth, the day of the full moon our satellite is still at a point in the elliptic near enough to the sign Aries for her to make d small angle with the eastern horizon when rising, though larger than at the time of the harvest moon.
 As the harvest moon was supposed, in the days of old. to be a special inter position of Providence to help the hus- bandmen in gathering in the fruits of the earth. so the hunters moon was considered as a special boon to the huntsmen in the pursuit of their favor ite sport The October moon rises for three consecutive evenings after the full with an average difference of thif- ty-seven minutes.
 The sun rises now about 5:45 o'clock, and sets somewhere near 5:3O o'clock, making the length of the day fifteen tc