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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-30

Betting odds on Mckinley in Wall dropped hard last
Saturday Three bets recorded amounting 81 600 AGAINST
5000 or odds OF to when they had to two weeks
before Much OF the change attributed the growing
lei that the coal strike in Pennsylvania upseng the full
dn ner-pail" argument
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-30
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HANNAH

HE HERALD will name few things Hanna was invited
to show himself in Iowa because his eutenants said that
the people thought he had horns Hanna has horns and
coven hoofs and the whole daboc paaphernalbut those
wans would not have observed them corporal form
lie is fair to outward seeming to the purposes that
animate that clay it only by their We shall know
them ~
Hanna would betray trust no pun intended,
nor break promise He would to be caught with
dark lantern breaking into bank vaut-though this at least
involves display OF personal courage. But will walk I'M
blushingy into the United senate to beav the eon1
break his oath of office and loot treasury of the United
States for the benefit corporation in which he .
caIy or politically interested.
lie would fight the right miner to mint his silver
| ne gives to the national bankers the public credit basis
Tor their fiat money
lie would fercely oppose income tax by which all men
would honestly and fairly support their government b he
Dro"beas congress to ship subsidy that will give f
wealthy.
He believes that nation can be onv great brorob t
Pbudng of its martial power but aror plate made
y private concerns OF one OF which the annual
S2ooooo saying that business of this government
how much the manufacturers make their contracts"
Hanna is the embodiment that peculiar state of society,
which eXecrateS small theft made with jimmy" and honors
large made with a statute
He is the incarnate spirit of the desnotic creed t+ h+
makes right with souless brutality gorfes the one and
scouts the other
lie calls Mayor Jones of Toledo nho made campaign
upon the golden rule for PLATFORM "a moral crankone of
the most dangerous because be believes what he CIV,
aa evidently finds both morality sincerity objectionable
lie defends trusts then denounces his opponents for max
ing them issue and week denies that there are
any trusts while at that very money is ngling
in his pockets wherewith to debauch the electorate
In the one item of dgnng corruption by success such
has done damage to fbe morals of +l . bo,
can be repaired in generation
And this the high priest the new religion of com
merca greed who with the samelessness of an abandoned
woman dared to confront American citizens with charge of
hypocrisy against who has asked his counrven
to do augt but justice between and man. according to
the moral precePts of the Son of God!
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-30

epatehc Perry Heath has reached Chicago after turn
ing III ms Silver hng checks Utah is as safe bet
Tor Republican either Ohio Indiana Perhaps Perry
dd not see the Second South sign 5000 to ZOO that
an carries Utah. However, he does which
the bet Republican should take
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-30

HLMOST every day some girl
80 writes me or tells me by word
81 of mouth her desire to became
n actress
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
LEXINGTON S. c. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2e, 1900,

rying in all directions looking fer Wa
ter and soon found it, and the king and
his caravan were saved, and the king
wrote on some tablets the words, which
he had read some time before. AS the
hart panteth after the water brooks SO
panteth my soul after thee. O Cod
Some have compared the love Of God
to the ocean, but the comparison fails,
for the ocean has shore, and Gods
love is boundless. But if you insist on
comparing tie love Of God to the ocean
put on that ocean four swift sailing
craft and let one sail to the north and
one to the south and one to the cast
and one to tie west. and let them sail
on a thousand years and after that let
them all return and some one hail the
feet and ask them if they have found
the shore of Gods love. and their four
voices would respond: NO shore! No
shore to the ocean Of Gods mercy"
copyright, 1900, Louis Klopsch, y. "
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
Hard Times for Drunkards.

In tho meantime, while the world
is discussing his case, the lot of the
druokard, the all-the-time drunkard,
grows worse. He is no greater nuis-
ance than be was a hundred years
ago, but be is not as tenderly and
tolerantly regarded as he was then.
Courts and the general public do not
care as formerly for the plea that he
is a good rnan when be is sober. The
unfeeling answer is returned that his
spells Of sobsiety should come nearer
together aud bis interval of drunk
enIess further apart. His cffense is
lot condored by society as it was in
tee days when drunkenness, once a
religious, become a social rite.
Habituai drunkenness is a bar to
employment now. The drunkard is
blacklisted and boycolted without
any formaIi'ies.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
NO. Z
The Negro Problem.

at will not do remarks the Atlanta
Constitution. ito ignore or snc2r at the
work for negroes being carried on. We
have it to meet. and the quicker we
meet it the better. The progress OF
these cclorcd institutions should spur
us up to something more than we have
been doing. The figures show that
since 1928 2.4li negroes have been
graduated from college, most Of them
since 1870 and fer the last six years al
average number Of about 130 year.
Listen to this: Ninety per cent OF those
graduated in southern colleges remain
and work in the south. while fully 30
per cent Of those graduated in the north
90 south and labor where the masses Of
their people live Not only do we re-
tain 90 per cent of these educated black
people. but 80 per cent Of those edu-
Gated north come back, compliment
to the south rs the place best adapted
to them, but q menace also unless we
arouse and keep our white boys in
front Of the procession!'
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
I.ctast Ruckct ShaD Game.

The typewriter decoy' is the latest
thing in Wall street confidence games.
If you get letter signed Your own
Carrie" addressed 20 you apparently
by mistake and telling ycu how to turn
500 into $1.G0G. believe it not. Such
letters are being sent all over the
country By & bucket shop man to per-
sons who are likely to swallow the
bait He is Carrie. The prospective
victim gets the letter in the business
envelope of the bucket shop man. 1t
is seemingly written by the firms type
writer to her best young man and tells
him how many people are getting rich
bv sending their money to her employ
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
Story of a Slave.

To be bound hand and foot for
years By the chains of disease is the
worst form Of slavery. George u.
Williams, Of Manchester, Mich tells
how such a slave was made free. He
says: My wife has been so help
less for Eve years tha she could not
turn over ir bed alone. After using
two bottles of Electric Bltters, she
is wonderfully improved and able to
do her own work" This supreme
remedy fer ft male diseases quickly
cures nervousness, sleeplessress, mel
ancbely, headache, backacbe, faint.
ing and dizzy spells. This miracle
won king medicine is God send to
weak. sickly, run down people.
Every bottle guaranteed. Only 80
cents. Sold by J. Z. Kaufman,
Druggist.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
LexSon In Dimensions

A farmer driving dump cart back
ed down on the wharf at Cape Por-
poisc. Me-, the other day and asked
the men on the big dredges to drop a
bucleetful in bis wagon. They laughed
at him and said his cart couldn't carry
enough. He didn't believe them and
said he was willing to risk it. Final
" the men said if he would unhitch
his horse they would accommodate
him. This he did. and up came a big
scoopful. The arm swung In over the
wharf, and the load was dumped. II
the farmer never before had a realiz-
ing sense Of how much - cubic yards
were, he certainly has now. for it bur-
led his cart completely from view, and
it took him two hours to dig it out.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
JAPANESE SERVANTS.
Well 10 Inquire whether They Are
Princes or Divinity Students

Princes or Divinity Stuccnt&
A lady, talking to me about servants
the other day, said that she liked the
japanese better than any others for
many reasons. but that even they la!
their drawbacks. one being that they
did net like to stay in the country aft
cr the 1st Of October. ;I:S so many CT
them were college undergraduates. Il
have Il Columbia junior il r2y dining
rcom," said she. ''and Il Harvard dly!n-
ity student in my kitchen at the pres
cnt time, but that is not al. \ short
time ago had Il chamber man and q
waiter who was highly recommended
to me by Il fellow Japanese who had
lived with me before. he was nice
looking little follow, but not very
good servant, for his mind seemed 20
be on other things re:cr than hi:;
work. And then he would ask me SUCH
profound questions. | really could not
answer them. and lie always had Il
book in his hand. even VIXEN he was
making the beds. Finally had 10 tell
him that. much as | liked him in many
ways. | should be obliged to let him go.
All right he said. and, z my surprise
he went that very Cay while was out
without waiting for his money. AS
money is usually tho thing that they
worl; for, | wondered and waited.
Hearing nothing from him, wrote to
the Japanese through whom I had en-
gagged him. making particular point
Of the unpaid wages.
."rhc man wrctc lack not TO very
about that: that ny cX-chambcrmald
and waiter was net in Feed Of money:
that he was 4 prince who had come to
America TO travel and observe; th2t he
was going to write a book cn our man
rcrc and customs and thought that the
best way to learn them was TO live IN
an American household. Since then |
have been particular to ask my Japa-
ncsn servants whether thcy are princes
in disguise or only divinity students. -
Critic.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
A Love Story on Stone.

An interesting memorial Of Abraham
Lincoln has recently been dug up near
an old cellar on the hill above old Sa-
lem mill, near Salem, Ills, where
Greene & Lincoln" kept a store. On
the stone is cut the inscription, "a.
Lincoln and Ann Rutlcdge were be-
trothed here July 4. 1888" 1t is said
that Ann Rutledge's untimely death
prevented the marriage and that the
loss Of his sweetheart saddened the re-
mainder Of Lincoln's life. The stone Is
oval and weighs eight pounds. 1t is
the property Of Mrs. Mamie Green Of
Yalulu, Ills.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
ONE ON THE GOVERNOR.
An Old Darky VINO CIevcrly Turned
the Tables on Vance.

The story is tod CT Senator Vance
OF North Carolina, the champion story
teller of the senate, who has n broad
stripe of Calvinisn down his back.
though he is not cOmmunlcant OF the
church, that, riding along in Buncombe
county one day. he overlook a vcncr-
ably darky, with whom he thought he
would have "a little fun
"Urclc," said the governor, ''arc you
going to church!'
NO, sab, not exactly; I'm swiac
back from church"
you're a Baptist, l reckon, amt
you:"
NO, sab, amt no Baptist. De most
of de bredren an sistern about here has
been under de water
"AIethodiSt, them
"No, sab. amt no Mefodis' nuddcr."
"Campbellite!'
"No, sab, can't arrOgate to myself
de Cam'ellite way Of thinkin.'
"Well, what in the name Of goodness
are you, them" rcjOined the governor,
remembering the narrow range Of
choice in religions among North Caro-
lima negroes.
"Wcll. de fac is, sab. my cid mars
ter was q heruld Of de cross in de
Presbyterian church, an | was fetch
up in dat faith
What! You don't mean it? Why.
that is my church."
The negro making no comment on
this announcement. Governor Vance
went ct him again.
"lhnd do YOU believe in all of the
Presbyterian doctriEe:'
Eyes, sab; dat docs"
"Do you believe in the doctrine Of
predestina tion:'
81 dunna dat l recognize de name,
sah."
why, Go you believe that if man
is elected to he saved he will be saved
and if he is elected to be lost he vii!
be lost:'
"Oh. yes. boss, believe Cat. It's scs-
pei talk. dat is
well, now. take ny case. Do yoI
believe that am elected to be saved"
The old man struggled for 4 moment
with his desire to be respectful and po-
lite and then shook his head obviously.
"Comc. now. answer my question:.
pressed the governor. What 10 you
say"
"Well I'll tell You what t is. Mars
Zeb. rZe been libiD in dis hyar word
nigh on 90 years. an nebber yet hyard
Of any man bcin 'lectrd 'thcut he was
a candidate. Religious Telescope.
o. every SIX Mlxlcsns, live are IT,
ahle to read and write.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
lie Didn't.

SOusa was once rehearsins band in
YOnkers for a charity concert. This
was before lie had arrived at his pres
ent standing in the musical world. The
Youkcrs musicians were a peculiar lot.
and when rehearsing he had to stop
several times on account Of the cello
player, who, by his cards. was evident
ly 4 volunteer 'yirtuoso." The virtuoso
cellist would persist in playing the
wrong notes.
At last Sousa turned to him and said:
10 you know; sir, what ke7 the
piece is in?"
''Oh, yes replied the virtuoso assur-
ingly; cts in four fats. Up on Broad
way, Yonkers. where c>me from, we
sometimes put them in, and sometimes
we don't. I don't "-Exchange.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
intoxicated by Ten.

Those who think it is impossible to
get drunk on tea have never seen Il
blond young man who frequents On
clear nights the plaza Of the postofice.
He is a victim Of the tea habit, visits
Chinatown regularly and drinks tn"
special tea which is brewed there at
25 cents bowl. He will put away in
an evening Is or 20 bowls. becoming
finally as boisterous and silly as though
he had put away as many cocktails,
though he will net stagger. He says
he remembers nothing after the ninth
or tenth bowl Of tea and that Cn the
day after one Of his sprecs he has 4
Nretched headache and sore. parched
mouth. He does not drink alcoholic
beverages because he dislikes their
taste, and he is member in good
standing of a total abstinence society.
An effort has been made to throw him
out Of this organization; but, since lie
violates none Of its rules, that cannot
be done.-Ph;ladelphi Record.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
An Eating House I'd.

The Philadelphia Record says that
the cheap restaurants of that city en-
ploy many unusual devices to attract
attention, one CT the most startling be-
ing megaphore attached to a phono-
graph, which announces from the door
way the principal bargain in meals,
with the prices. There is restaurateur
in South Ninth street who has hit upon
an equally novel scheme. In front Of
his door is displayed pair Of scales,
on which is the following placard:
weigh Yourself Before and After.
Try One Of Cur Il Cent Meals and See
How Much You Cain"
1t isn't a slot machine either. 1t is
an old. secondhand pair Of scales, and
the man who weighs himself manipu-
lates the weights.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
Automobiles For Naples.

The hackney coach proprietors and
cab drivers Of Naples are more enter
prising than the London ones. They
have formed themselves into an cleo
tromobile company for the purpose e.
Transforming the hackney coaches and
carroZella into automobiles within
three years, their desire being thus to
fcrestall any foreign society that might
introduce the new mode of locomotion.
u JondOn News
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
Are Churches iDathctic:

The Rev. DR.. +. ". Tomkins. rector
Of the Episcopal Church OF tie Holy
Trinity. Philadelphia. in an address be-
fore the Pennsylvania State Evangcl-
ical Alliance in WilkpSJarre declared
that the churches were apathetic.
"Why is it," lie asked. That the church
has always been associated with gloom
and with dim light and with funerals? :?
Why do we Of the clergy always wear
this black Of sorrow and are afraid to
break the tradition CT wearing it: Why
is it that when ring a dOorbcil. garb.
ed in my mOnotOnOus suit Of black. the
people next door wonder who is dead
in that EouSe? The church should
raise the shout Of JOY and make reli-
gion joyful, optimistic, helpful and a
wholesome cheer and comfort. so that
others will he impressed with the fact
that she bears only glad tidings."
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
Veteran Car Driver nnd Moto-mn,

Among the few eight stripe men"
working for the Boston Elevated Rail-
way company and longest term motor
man on the Cambridge division of the
road is Alexander Cox Of the Harvard
Square and South Boston line, who has
piloted the company's cars continuous
ly since 1859. Although the old man,
now nearly 60, has acted as driver and
motorman for more than 20 years,
many n man Of 40 is far less active and
energetic than he. He has bit twice
during all his service missed car
which he was intended to run. On
each occasion the accident happened on
a day following his absence from work
and was owing to a change If time ia
bic Of which he had not been nctitied.-
Boston Globe
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
Times Mutation.

Really, your face is very familiar,
sir, bu: you seem TO have the adran-
tece Of me in names"
i f4ncied,' he said. "tbat you
would know me. My pame is Bangs
AID 'onr years ago had the honor to
be your c"achman.
Sill she fairly snarled.
Bot malkahly lucky series ct
stock investments" he went on,
hive GRABBED me TO become your
next i, or leighbor.
80 pleased to renew our acquaint-
ance, Mr.. Bangs" she smiling said.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
How To Cure Group.

MIR. R Gray, who lives near
Armenia. Duchess county. n. Y says:
"Chamber!ain's Cough Remedy is
the best medicine I have ever used.
It is a fine children's remedy fer
group and never fails TO cure" When
given as soon as the Child becomes
boarse, or even AFTER the croupy
cough has developed, it will prevent
the attack. This should be borne in
mind and bottle of the Cough
Remedy kept at hand ready for in
stant use as soon as these symptoms
appear. For sale By ]. d. Kauf-
mann.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
The Best Plaster.

4 piece cf flannel 1ampened with
Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound
to the affected parts is superior to
any plaster. When troubled with
lame back or pains in the side or
chest, give it tiial ard you are Ger
t.iu to be more than pleased with
tie prompt relief which it affords.
Pain Balm also Gu: es rheumatism.
One application gives relief. For
sale by J. E. Kaufman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
Sankey's Hymns In the Transvaal.

But III" mCSt Of the strategy Of the
war WIS originated on the Boer side by
Dom paul and on the English side by
General Roberts. 1t is said by those
who should Know that whenever the
Beers followed the advice Of Dom Paul
they succeeded: whenever they follow
cd any other advice they failed.
Nor are the Beers 50 bad as they are
painted. did not find the dirt and the
hypocrisy had expected. 1t seems to
me that these vcidt folk are terribly in
earnest in religion, as in rther things.
AS clergyman | could not have been
treated better than was by De Wet,
Dclarey. Botha and the others. The
psalm singing. too, was wonderfully
impressive. Tx Heb cen Yuder in hct
BCloovde LanGt CT Have 4 Father In
the Promised I.andD was q favorite.
Moody and Sankey's hymns were in
every house.-Nati0nal Magazine.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26

crs and bow many thousands Of dol
lars In profits she mails back to them
cach month. Under promise of secrecy
she arranses to send him her savings,
which he is to mail for investment un-
der his own name, and at the end Of
the month they are TO be married and
spend the profits on their honeymoon.
The best thing about the typewriter
decoy' from the bucket shop mans
standpoint is that the postal authori-
ties cannot accuse him Of using the
mails to drfraU,l.-Ncw York World.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
How is This?

we O1er OQ6 IluuuIeu DOllaA
Reward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props,
Toledo, O.
We the undersigned have known
F. J. Cheney for the last l5 years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions and I'm
ancially able to carry out any obliga
ton made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O. Walding, Kinnan & Mar
vim, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter.
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by drug
eists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
ADVERTISING RATES,

Advertisements will be inserted ct the
rate OF Is cents per square OF one ch
s,ace for first insertion, and 80 cents per
irch for each subsequent insertion.
Liberal contracts made with those wish
ing to advertise for three, six and thelve
months.
Notices in the local column cents per
line each insertion
Obituaries charged for at the rats OF ole
cent woSd, wien they exceed 100 words.
Marriage notices inserted trse
Address
6. u. HARMAN, Editor and Publisher.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26

were the longest 33 years ever kn9wl!
in heaven. Among many high intclli-
gences what impatience to get him
back! The infinite Father looked down
and saw his Son slapped and spit on
and supperless and homeless. and then,
amid horrors that made the monday
heavens turn black in the face, his
body and soul parted. And all for
what? Why allow the Crown Prince
to come on such an errand and endure
such sorrow and die such death? 1t
was to invite the human race to put
down its antipathics and resistance. 1t
was because "God is love-"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26

make up, terrorizing rather than at
tracing. They must not hide the smil-
ing face and the warm heart Of our
Father. God. Let nothing imply that
there is a sheriff at every door ready
to make arrest. but over US all and
around us all q mercy that wants to
SnHn and SnNn NOW
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26
Divine Pity.

But for this divine feeling l think
our world would long ago have been
demolished. Just think Of the organ
lied wickcdness Of the nations. See
the denominations continental! Behold
tho falcn rnlininnc thGt hoist N0ha M
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-12-26

OF every SIX Mlxlcsns, live are IT,
able to read and write.