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COLLAPSE OF A BARN.

Anderson, Nov. 11.-Mr. John
G. Pruitt of Savannah township
suffered heavy loss through a
peculiar accident last night. Mr..
Pruitt is fattening cattle for ship
ment to other points, and had a
number of cows stabbed in his
barn. Recently he stored -quan-
tity of forage in the upper story
of>the building, and last night the
structure collapsed, burying a
number of COWS in the ruins.
Four were killed outright and
several others were injured so
badly they will have to be killed.
The weight of the forage caused
the barn to fall.
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EDGEFIELD INCENDIARY oyERTAK

EDGEFIELD INCENDIARY ovERTAK-
EN- BY SHOT.
Johnston, Nov. 11.-A tele-
phone message from Edgefeld is
TO the effect that another attempt
at incendiary was made there to- :
night and one of the firebugs was
severely shot and then captured.
Two others escaped, but one Is
thought to be wounded and a par
ty of several armed citizens have
started in pursuit of the scoun-
drels.
The report indicates that tie
lncendiaries attempted to fire an
unoccupied building but were
caught in the act before accom-
plishing this fiendish purpose.
They were negroes. If caught
their trials will probably be out
side the court house.
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TO PREVENT LYNCHING.

Richard Bostick, one of the ne.
groes who attempted to fire q
house in Edge6eld on Tuesday
night and who was captured by a
sheriff's posse, was brought to
the penitentiary last night in or
der to avoid a lynching. Bostick
was badly wounded in the thigh
by a pistol ball and is in a serious
condition. The State, 18th inst.
FIREBUGs AT WORK IN CAMDEN.
Camden, Nov. 1O.-At 7.45
this evening the fire bell again
sounded and an excited Gro yd
followed the reel art as it dashed
up Broad street and stopped III
front of the Office of the "Cam-
den Chronicle" No fire was Wis
lble from the street and it was as,
certained that the blaze had been
extinguished. There is no doubt
that the fire was lncendiary. 1t
was set against the east corner of
The Chronicle building, in the
yard back of that structure and
there is very perceptlble odor of
kerosene on the weather boarding
where the fire was discovered.
The yard is surrounded by a high
fence, and The Chronicle build
ing is long wooden structure!
which would have been an easy
prey of the flames.
Mr.. Joel Hough who lives about
fifty yards further up the street
was walking down the street with
his little daughter, when the child
caught sight of the fire, which
could only have been started a few
minutes before that. Mr.. Hough
ran back to his house and got a
bucket of water, at the same time
giving the alarm. Had it not
been for the timely discovery OF
the blaze $7,OoO>or $s, 900 of pro
perty would probably have been
destroyed.
Practically without fire protec.
ton as Camden now is, these re.
cent acts of incendiarism are all
the graver, and the fiend who per.
petrates these is as yet undiscov.
cred.
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Jury is SAID to have stood ten for
acQuittal and two for conviction.
CRIMINAL WAS TOO CUNNING.

CRIMINAL WAS TOO CUNNING.
Spartanburg, NoY. 12.-Chief
of Police A. L.. billiard of West
minister was in the city today.
His mission was q fruitless one,
however, because he was Just one
day late to catch criminal. He
went to Whitney mills yesterday
to secure j. w. Ramay, white
man who escaped from the Geor-
gia penitentiary. A reward of
$50 was offered for Ramay's re-
capture. Ramay was sent to the
penltentiary for murder from Ra-
bun county, Ga.
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roads for Oconee for nine months.
They are part of the gang that
has made the Harbins section of
Oconee dlsreputable for years.
Alf Cohen was given Is years
in the penltontiary for wreckiug
train No 35 last summer at Her-
BINS.
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To cure II c. III in One Dnv.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund
money if 1t fails to cure. K. w.
Grove signature is on each box
Csc.
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STARTLING, BUT TRUE

"lt every one knew what a
grand medicine DR.. Kings New
Life Pills is writes d. II. Tur-
ner, Demseytown, Pa, "you'd
sell all you have in day. Two
weeks use has made a new man
of me. Il" lnfallible for constipa-
tion, stomach and liver troubles.
25c at j. +. Mackey & Co. &
Crawford Bros. drug store.
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MIsTRIAL IN KIRKLAND CASE.

BarnwelI, Nov. 1O.-In the
case OF State vs.. Kirkland, for
murder, the jury was unable to
agree, having been in the room
for 80 hours, so Judge Gage or.
dered a mistrial last night.
Yesterday morning the Jury
was permitted to attend church in
a body under sworn bailiff. The
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Pay your Subscription to the
LEDGER and be happy.
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proverbs

When the butter won't
come put a penny in the
churn," is an old time dairy
proverb. 1t often seems to
work though no one has ever
told why.
When mothers are worried
because the children do not
gain strength and flesh we
say give them SCOTS Emul-
sion.
1t is like the penny in the
milk because it works and
because there is something
astonishing about it.
SCOTS Emulsion is simply
a milk of pure cod liver oil
with some hypophosphites
especially prepared for delicate
stomachs.
Children take to it naturally
because they like the taste
and the remedy takes just as
naturally to the children be-
cause it is so perfectly adapted
to their wants.
For all weak and pale and
thin children SCOTS Emulsion
is the most satisfactory treat
ment.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-17
MERCHANTS FAIR.


the fairs there will be concerts by the
bana. Berger aad his men will be as
signed a position on the stage at the
mauka end of the Drill Shed, in which
is to be held the Agricultural Fair.
The band will play a specially selected
program Of concert selections and there
win be sufficient life TO make the two
payilions attractive all the time.
With a couple of exceptions perhaps
there will be represented every line OF
trade in the city. The pavilion is now
practically filed, there being only a
few spaces which are open. Owing to
the features which viii be announced
there will be little chance for the peo-
pie to visit the stores of the city dur
ing the fair days, and this fact has had
much weight with the exhibitors
The final arrangements win be de-
layed until it is possible to give to the
people a full and complete program Of
the attractions and the expectation is
that the visitors will find every oppor-
tunity to have their days and nights
full OF interesting experiences.
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II there isn't any issue more likely to
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MO LIQUOR FOR LEPERS.

s1a me- Of iiouor at the Leper Settie-
,.eat ought to- be prohibited ana III 'iia'
.,,c. q prohibitory rule can De eiAoi0
"a The settlement Is PRISON anu
.a,trahana articles can reach IL ohiS
fy steamer and by steep traits over 'i'e
,..If What comes in by steamer con
no looked after: land formerly what
r,a over the pail was looked after oy
.,a svards When the guards were re-
mnyed. swtpes flowed down the noun
tim maths. The remedy Is not 10 eS-
..h,isb A saloon at Molokaf but TO re-
sto~e the guards and, pat the Dnitea
states revenue officers on the tran u
the makers OF the swipes- theoe
thsngs are done there viii be no occa-
sjar far preventing the use OF one Kiho
~ aIcoholic drink at the Settlement Dy
making 1t easy to get another KIND
9Y,a use of alcohol in certain diseases
~ +ba blood is fatal. In leprosy lC 10
n.rnoful LIQUOR drank as beverage
sacraases the power OF resisting phys
ical ailments; and beer, drank oouh'
FUZZY in the tropics, induces hver coiii-
DIairt. Now 1t seems TO US that iepei
has maiady enough and that ne neeus
evar,z ounce of physical strength and
stamina he has to hold the raVages oL
the disease in reasonable check he
yaust not be permitted to invite other
diseases or he will die before his time
nv careful observance of the laws or
health many lepers keep in such gooo
form, that they die of old age; but once
LET the stricken community start in TO
drink as freely as it wants to, and its
members will get an exceedingly snort
shrift.
Some may say that leper Is better
off dead than alive. But that is not
the principle on which the Territory
treats its unfortunate wards; and
moreover. it excludes the probability
of a cure. The Advertiser is not Will
ing. as yet, to believe that ieprosy Is
;ncurable. When medical specialists
give half the study to it they have TO
other diseases, leprosy may yield as
did smallpox: but if a patients system
is reduced by beer and malt beverages
and his blood kept in a ferment, he VIII
stand no chance Just now when three
IN. four medicines and systems of treat
meut are to be applied at Molokai, In
the hope of finding specific, alcohol,
either IegaIlzed or Illicit. should be Ia
boosd Give the lepers chance.
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DEwEY's TESTIMONY.

The testimony of Admiral Dewey be-
fore the Senate Philippine Committee
is not merely interesting but it rewrites
history. Hitherto it had been supposed
that the surrender of Manila to General
Merritt's troops was forced There was
certainly an assault, a defence, and
quite a list of dead and wounded; but
according to Admiral Dewey all this
was prearranged as in a theater. Cen
eral Jaudenes. the Spanish commander,
wanted to give in but not In way TO
huuiliate himself or his country. So
he agreed to surrender as soon as Ad-
miraI Dewey had thrown few SHOTS
into the city and General Merritt had
gone through the forms of an assault
The program was carried out to the
letter except that General Merritt 5
men In the excitement of what they
supposed to be a real battle killed more
Spaniards than so perfunctory an af-
fair really called for. and lost con-
siderable number on their own side. AS
Dewey puts it "he had to kill few
peonIe In order to oblige General Jau-
denes."
The Admiraps further remarks about
Agulnaldo were not of a kind to COM
fort his fellow Democrats who take the
anti-inperialistic side in the current
controversy. Dewey had not learned
to regard the Tagal chieftain as a sec
ond George Washington" On the con-
trary he thought him a thief. He was
there for gain, for loot. for money; he
was common robber and plunderer.
Landing with empty pockets he SCOT
began to live like a prince; and his
plumber OF the people brought ever
their herds to his door, he selling off the
cattle to the ships in port. The Agui-
naldo of 1898 was the same one who, q
year or two earlier, had sold his reyo-
luton for cash and gone to Hongkone
to elbow it tn
This kind of testimony does mo-
please the Democrats and anti-inperi'
alists and. OF course, makes Dewey in
eligible as a dark horse In 1904. But i
is probably the truth Of history. which
is one of the hardest of all things t.
get at; and as such will have a perma
nent value when the records of tbs
American occupation of the Philippine
are made up.
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Thursday. July II. 1902. s P. M.
MEETING NOTICE.

Honolulu, July II, 1902
THE REGULAR Q u A r T e r l.
meeting of the Pacific Hardware Com
pany, Limited, will be held at the office
of the B. F. Dillingham; Company, Linn
tied, on Friday, July 25th. at 10 o'clock
q. m.
JAS. GORDON SPENCER.
e22S Secretary.
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The feeling in Cuba, since the failure
of the reciprocity treaty, is becoming
anti-American. According to Charles
NJ. Pepper. the distinguished CORE
spondent, the Cubans think reciprocity
failed because the "faithless, greedy
Americans want to drive them into
annexation. They are beginning to CO.
quette with Germany and England, the
representatives of whose trade interests
are making hay while the sun shines
Worst of all Cubans are turning
against Palma whom they call tbs
Yankee President"
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bow Ted unaerstood tne Text.

school was, "And the child grew and
waxed strong in spirit" Guke li:4o)
Little "Ted's" hand went UP like flash
when the superintendent asked: "Can
any of these bright, smiling little boys
or girls repeat the golden text for to-
day? All, how glad it makes my heart
to see so many little hands go upI Ted
dy. my boy. you may repeat it, and
speak good and loud, that all may
hear" And they all heard this: And
the child grew and waxed strong in
spirit ike 2:4O."
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THE0sOPHiCAL SOCIETY.
Official Notice.


BY ORDER OF ALEXANDER Full
LERTON, General Secretary, AAmeri-
can Section, T. s., notice is hereby CIV
en- that a new charter has been issued
to Aloha Branch, T. s., of which Mrs.
Mary d. Hendricks is President, and
Mrs. Albene Rowe, Secretary, replacing
the old charter retained by the ex-
President of said Aloha Branch-Mr.
A. Marques-and that said old charter
was on the 23rd day of June, 1902, an
nulled.
Notice Is also given that the above
mentioned A. Marques is in no way con-
nected with Aloha Branch, L. s., OF
Honolulu, T. H., and has not been
member of that Branch since the sew
enth day of January. 1902.
MARY. D. HENDRICKS,
President, Aloha Branch, T. 5.
ALBENE ROWE,
Secretary, Aloha Branch, T.. 5.
Honolulu, T. H, July 14th, 1902.
1928
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cause enthusiasm in the next campaign
than one to treble taxes for the sake or
giving more offices to politicians. the
Republican party had better do its
lighting on general principles and go
without issues.
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Prof Lyons Fourth OF July upheavai
occurred in Turkey. He knew 1t was
coming and did his best to corral it for
Hawaii, but old Enceladus evidently
thought that Turkey needed a shake
up more than we.
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The fact that the lads on board the
Mohican have $4,000 to spend ashore
puts specially fine edge on the popu-
lar welcome to The ship and crew.
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Mr.. Wilcox shows all the serenity
OF the remains just after the under
taker has fixed them up for the process
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ORLAN CLYDE CULLEN

COUNSELLOR-AT-
L. 8. Supreme Court. Registered Attor-
ney u. S. Patent Office. United States
and Foreign Patents, Caveats, Trade
Marks and Copyrights.
No. 700 eth Street, n. w.
Opp. u. s. Patent-Off1ce.
WASHINGTON, D. c.
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CHILD WEAKNESS.

You can worry for months
about your weak child and not
succeed in doing it even a
small fraction of the good that
comes from little daily doses
of SCOTS Emulsion.
This unfortunate weakness
in some children invites all
manner of disease. The cure
is not a matter of a day-but
the cure is almost vital to the
child's success in life.
The full benefit Of all the
power in pure cod-liver oil is
given to weak children by
SCOTS Emulsion. Children
like it and thrive on it. Per
fectly harmless yet powerful
for good.
Send for Free Sample.
scorr & BOVINE. Chemists. 400 Pearl ST.. N. Y
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NEGRO MINSTRELSY.
It Has Passed Away Simply Because
 the Public is Tired of It.

It Has Passed Away Simply Because
 the Public is Tired of It,
 "One of the points in the discussion of the decline of negro minstrelsy that is never touched on said a manager who at one time was much interested in this branch of amusement, lis the matter of style in theatrical perform ances. Negro minstrelsy, after long period of popularity went out of style just as other kinds of theatrical per formances have in the past and will continue to in the future.
 "I will give you some instances of this capriciousness of the public. Four or five years ago this town was daft over expensive imported vaudeville. Two theaters devoted to that kind of show made a great deal of money for while, or at all events took in very large receipts Suddenly the public taste for this kind of entertainment was gratified. and the people refused to be dragged into these theaters. Now adays there isn't house of that kind in the city and there are fewer devoted to any kind of vaudeville than there were four years ago. Vaudeville went out of fashion and that settled it.
 "The Harrigan & Hart plays had at one time a great vogue, and it did not seem as if they could ever lose their popularity. But they began to pail on the public after while and their day was at an end. The German farces at Daly's were the same sort of a case. For nearly 10 years they were played with great success there, They were about as good at the end of that time as they had been at the beginning, and although some of the actors had left the company new ones were there to take their places. But these plays had gone out of style and there was ab- solutely no way of bringing the public in to see them. They can never, of course, be made popular again, what ever happens. This was also the fate of the French farces imported from Paris.
 "Of course, negro minstrelsy, after a certain time also lost it's novel V The end of the thing had come. There was nothing more for the comedians to do and no new ones to do it. A few years ago the negro humor came back to the stage in a new form, in the cake walkers and real negro actors, who suddenly became popular. But that was as near revival of negro min strelsy as there Is likely to be.
 'There may be something new that a manager will .all negro mnstrelsy, but it will not be in the least like the original thing. That has gone for good And it went for the excellent reason that the public had had enough of it."-F'rom the New York Sun
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STURDYl OLD MEN


 Few men at the age of 62 would care to emulate the feat of John Alcock ir walking backward from Macclesfeld tc BuNtOn, distance of 12 miles, under 1 31a hours. But the feat, remarkable as It lS does, not approach that of old Macleod, Chelsea pensioner who al the age of 1O2, undertook on October S. lf9O, to walk from Hyde Park corner to the fifth milestone on the Turnham l Green road and back in 21b hours Heavy bets depended on the results and when the old man leaped over several heaps Of mud on his return Journey, to show his sprightliness, objection was raised on the ground that Jumping was not walking, This point being insisted upon, the old man turned back, walked where he had Jumped, and completed his task in two hours and twenty three minutes. Another remarkable performance on the road was that of John Cooke whose death was announced in the Gentle mans Magazine for July 1849 He was more generally known as Jack the Greyhound" on account of his fIeetness in running, and in the old catching days ran for long distances by the side of the coaches, throwing somersautsN every few strides. On one occasion he re- solved to attempt the journey from London to Birmingham, accompanying the mail coach for the whole distance. He actually performed this exploit, keeping pace with the coach by taking an alternate number of steps and som- ersaults. But this combined speed and agility did not save him from the work house, in which institution he died-- London Chronicle
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FROM THE THEArER GALLERY

MT w. Pett Ridge tells in the Eng fish Illustrated that the best repartee he ever encountered was in the gallery of a theater. An extremely stout good herself into space that would have ac- commodated a person or ordinary size, to the unconcealed annoyance of a smartly dressed youth next to her, She began to peel an orange, and the youth, with gesture of complaint, removed his silk hat fussily to a safer position
 T suppose" said the good-tempered woman, that you'd rather have had a gentleman sitting by the side of you,
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And you've lost a lot of time in re- pairing the old one?"
 Yes, sir"
 Now, then, said the lawyer. rising and shaking long, lean, terrifying finger at him, T want you to tell this Jury how you could lose something you never had!"
 Without leaving the box the jury brought in verdict for the defendant. Chicago Tribune.
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MAJESTY AND DIGNITY OF LAW | Now, sir said the attorney for the defendant. pointing his finger at him. | we'll see if we can't get at the real facts in this case. You are the plain- tiff, ! believe?' Yes. sir" You are suing to recover damages | because this man here, the defendant, | tore down portion of the line fence between your respective back yards Is that correct?' Yes, sir
 That is, you alege that he tore 1t down." II saw him tear 1t down"
 Very we'll We'll come to that later. Now sir. is 1t not fact that a new fence has been needed there for long tme?"
 Yes, sir. A new one would look bet ter, I guess"
 Why haven't you gone to work and built your half of it?'
 I'm going to do it as soon as I can"
 Don't dodge the question Tell this jury why you haven't done it.''
 Because haven't had time"
 Let us have clear understanding about this Do you want this jury to believe that you save not built your share of that fence because you have not had time to do it?'
 Yes"
 Exactly. You, have not done it for the reason you have not had time.
  work on the old fence?'
 Yes; I've repaired it often.'
 "Ah! Now we are getting at it. You have repaired it often, have you? Speak so the jury can hear you"
 Yes: whenever I saw board loose I have been in the habit of mailing it on again, or if there was new board needed and I had any lumber in my barn I would put new board on I've always done my share"
 Remember you are on oath l will ask you again. You have tried to keep the old fence in repair, have you?"
 Yes sir"
 You have worked at it occasionally at odd spells, when you hadn't any, thing else to do, have you?''
  of time working on that old fence"
 You are sure of that?'
 Yes. sir"
 You can't be mistaken when you testify in this case, on oath, that you have lost whole lot of time in work ing on that old fence.'
 ''No} sir
 That's as true as anything else you have sworn to in this case?''
 Yes.
 Didn't you testify a little while ago that you had not built your share of a new fence because you hadn't time?" Yes, sir; but
 Hold on Stop right there! Didn't you testify a moment ago that you had lost lots of time putting repairs on the old fence?"
 "Yes. sir. but"
 Stop right there! Did you or did you not?"
 "Yes, sir"
 You didn't built new fence because you never had timer "Yes, sir"
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This afternoon at the Yale field the final game in the interclass champion ship will be played between the team of the Law school and the second fresh man team. Each team has won a game and the final one will be interesting. The game will be called at 1:3O.
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Baker Bros. Concert company, an or ganization of coored people, gave an entertainment in St Andrews church last night The proceeds are for the benefit of the church.
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sir, wouldn't you?" The youth replied snappishly in the affirmative. "Ah!' said the woman thoughtfully. "so would T."