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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-05-24
Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin.

Columbia, S. c., May 90
The weather crop bulletin for
South Carolina for the week shows:
Cotton is doing well with good
stands en sandy lands, while on
dry red lands the stands are not
so good and some not up. Little
remains to plant where the ground
is too dry.
Cut worms nave appeared in
a few places. Chopping has made
fair progress and is nearly Gnish-
ed over the eastern counties. Cul-
tivatlon has kept pace with the
growth of the plants and only Il
few reports Indicate grassy fields.
Lice have made their appearance.
The latter half of the week was too
cool for cotton.
Sea Island cotton is in good
condition.
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NEED

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and assimilating TODD. For them
DIR. Kings New Life Pills work
wonders. They toneand regulate
the digestive organs, gently ex
pei all poisonS from the system
enrich The blood, improve appe
tite, make healthy flesh. Only
25c ut Crawford Bros. and j. i.
Mackey & Co.
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FINAL DISCHARGE.

Notice is hereh, given Iiat viii
make my final return H. ,h, cur, u,
pro ate for i,dnCaS oI Uun,t F., Na
nuni5lratOr of the E>tHc of ic .atc
W. 4. Edwards on the 1 II day OF
February 1902. and then a,d there
apply to Hon. &. ID. Jones pgohatc
Judge, for q final dlscHaygc a. su.h
administrators.
Jane f. Edwards,
Administrative
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-05-24

Stops the Cough ami WOyks Off the
Cola
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets cure cold in one day. No
Cure, No Pay. Price, Csc.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-09-12

General Payne before leaving this
city recently: This department is
seriously embarrassed for want of Of
fee room. We have rented buildings.
but cannot go on renting year after
year. The only businesslike thing to
co is to provide further regular ac-
commodations for the post Office de-
partment. 1t seems to me that the
government ought to condemn the en-
tire square south of the department
building and erect thereon a substan-
sial annex"
With the purpose of making ample
aud permanent provision for the post
office department.. the congress caused
20 oe erected on Pennsylvania avenue
q nine-story granite building covering
on entire block of ground, and the de-
partment was moved into that build
ing in September, 1899, less than three
sears ago. Just think of it! In that
brief space of time the department
has grown so that now five divisions
of the department are in rented quar-
ters at an annual rental of more than
SOS 600. There is a constant growth
.of the work of the department and a
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When the idea of building dana
was first suggested archaeologists
and lovers of art entered an em-
phatic protest. They feared that the
storage of water would destroy the
celebrated temples of antiquity.
These old ruins are situated upon q
small island which, it was sup
posed, would be submerged when
ever the sluices were closed. Had
the original plans been carried out,
such would have been the case, no
doubt; but a number of influential
men of all countries caused a change
to be made, and while the island it
self will be under water-for the
first time in it's history of 5000 years
the ruins will not be high and dry.
The Egyptian government did not
display much historical interest in
the controversy, and its indifference
reminds one of Mehemet Ali, who
instructed the engineer in charge OF
some building operations in Cairo:
You can use the superfluous piles
of stone which the people call pyra-
mids.' To the thoughtfulness OK
that engineer the world is indebted
for the preservation of these an
cient monuments.
The history of the contract which
inaugurated the building of the dam
is quite interesting. When the prop
osition was first preached few in
terested Englishmen consulted Sir
BENJAMIN Baker and Sir John Arid,
who pronounced in its favor. Then
the question of raising the necessary
funds came up. This was settled
by Mr.. Ernest Cassell, who agreed to
advance the money. The three gen.
tlemen named at once started Tor
Cairo, drawing up. while en- route,
a rough outline of the contract to
be submitted to the Egyptian gov
eminent. They arrived at Cairo on
Wednesday and on the following
Saturday the government accepted
their conditions and signed the con-
tract. On Monday morning Mr..
Cassel and Sir Benjamin Baker
started on the return trip to Lon
don.
Thus, in four days Egypt had re-
ceived and accepted a proposition
whose consequences are bound to
have a vast effect upon its future.
Agriculture, which hitherto has been
conducted in a strictly patriarchal
manner, viii be revolutionized and
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The dam which has just been COM
plesed will retain 1OO,OOO,000 tons of
water. In other words, back of the
dam gigantic lake will be formed
wherein the rich manurial sediment
which the Nile brings from the upper
Soudan is gathered. With the aid OF
auxiliary side dams the stored water
will be directed into different canals
which are to irrigate the soil. At the
present time only narrow strips OF
land along the two shores of the Nile
are cultivated; in fact, only the ter
ritory covered by the overflow OF the
river. By means of the dam the
tillable area will be increased 2,5GD
square miles, representing, at low
estimate, cash value of $400, 100000.
The dam, which was built under
the supervision of Arid & Sons, a
London firm of contractors, consists
If a colossal granite wall, a mile and
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ancient implements supplemented by
modern machinery.
The money with which the army
of $4,000 laborers was paid was car.
ried to the works every week in
bags by camels. The animals re-
ceived their valuable freight at the
doors of the Bank of Assouan and
were accompanied across the desert
by well-armed company of guards
and guides. The stones used in the
construction of the dam came from
the same quarries in which were
raised the materials for the ancient
temples and the famous needle OF
Cleopatra, which now adorns the
Thames embankment at London.
The newly reclaimed agricultural.
empire will be devoted to the rails.
ing of wheat and cotton-a fact
which makes the completion of the
dam of particular interest to Amer.
lean farmers. Labor in Egypt is so
cheap that crops can be marketed
at an extremely low price and still
leave a margin of profit. England.
which has long been our best GUS
toner for grain will probably give
the preference to the Egyptian
products, because Egypt, to all in
tents and purposes, is a British
colony. Germany, it may be as
sumed, will also consume much
Egyptian wheat. and, so may France
and Italy. But the horny-handed
tillers of American soil need not be
discouraged. Europe still must have
our meat; and, unless all agricul.
tural wiseacres are liars, grain fed
to cattle brings higher prices than
grain sold as such.
WILLIAM WALTER WELLS.
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\ quarter in length and extending
from one shore of the Nile to the
other. When the river is low the
wall shows 90 feet of solid masonry.
The top has a width of so feet Upon
this unique bridge, or viaduct, camel
caravans can cross the river in the
near future.
There are $50 sluices for releasing
the water, each six and one-hah feet
vide. The depth varies, some of the
sluices being only LIZ feet deep, 10Th
ers 25 feet, according to the depth of
he river bed. Some of the sluices
must sustain pressure of ten tons
If water, which is something enor-
NOUS They are so arranged, how
ever, hat one man can regulate the
low with perfect ease. The traffic
of the river is provided for by chain
Of locks al the western extremity.
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corresponding increase in the number
of clerks. The rural free delivery oc-
cupies two floors of large Office
building opposite the department
proper; the division of post Office
supplies is half a mile from headquar-
tiers; the railway mail service is more
than quarter of a mile away; and
the mailbag repair. shop. is also sep
arated from the department proper.
All of these divisions are connected
by the departmental telephone, but of
course business cannot always be
transacted satisfactorily in that
manner.
There are now upwards of 10000
post offices, 4,470 of them being presi-
Dental, the remainder being fourth
class; all of them, however, are doing
a gradually increased business, which
must be supervised in this capital.
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EGYPTS NILE DAM.
,ne of the Greatest Engineering
Works Of the Age.
twenty-five Hundred Square Miles
of Desert Reclaimed Ameri-
can Farmers Directly
Interested.
Especial London letter.

Especial London letter.
THE announcement has just
been made that the last cop
ing stone. of the great Nile
liver dam at Assouan has been laid
md that the great reservoir will be
completed at the end of the present
ear.
This dam is one of the most gigan-
ic engineering enterprises ever TN
| lertaken, and, although constructed
With cheap Italian and native labor,
las already cost SIS, 10000 The
work was undertaken by the Egyp-
ian government, at the suggestion
# the British representative at Cairo,
md will be paid for by special taxa
| ion, payable in installments running
o years. Work was begun two and
half years ago, and $4,000 men have
'een employed.
The progress of the work has been
watched with intense interest by the
:ntire civilized world, because every
me familiar with the history of
Egypt knows that its successful COM
>letion means the salvation of the
asst tracts of burning sand into fer
lie soil which will produce enough
wheat to supply not only the native
temand, but vast quantities for ex-
port 20 countries now dependent on
he United States for their grain sup
ply. 1.-THE Nile is Egypt and Egypt
the Nile" runs an old saying, the
recognition of whose truth led to the
building of the dam of Assouan.
Without the Nile Egypt could not ex-
Ist, and with the Nile, as it was for
centuries, it was poor country, re-
'eatedlv visited by famine. The wa
,er which could have transformed
he sandy waste into grain field
bearing three crops each year was
allowed to flow into the Mediterran-
can sea without benefiting anybody.
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slightly Perplexed.

Lately" said the wife, John haa
taken to kissing me without fail
every morning before he goes to
work, booh-hoo!"
.eWhat's the matter?" asked the
mother; ST think he is very con-
siderate man."
"I know" she. says, still sobbing.
ssbut. tbooh-hoo-make up my
mind whether he is kissing because
he loves me more, or because he is
leading a double life, and is trying
to cover up his tracks, booh-hoo!'-
Baltimore Herald.
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While She Performs.

"I'm always at disadvantage out
in company" she sighed.
'Why?" somebody asked with sur.
prise.
You see, play and sing"
II should think that would give you
distinct advantage"
"No; I never get chance to hear
any of the gossip."-Chicago Record
Herald.
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By Medical Advice.

Brooks came to the Office the other
morning with cigar ten inches long
ind thick in proportion in his mouth.
'sFor the love of heaven, old boy"
said Rivers, "what are you smoking
such thing as that for?"
I'm doing it." responded Brooks,
by the advice of my DOCTOR. He or
1ered me to smoke just one cigar a
lay, and I never disobey the doctor.
have a hundred of this size made to
order and I use one every day-but it
1eeps me pretty busy" Chicago
Tribune.
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Mysterious Mixture.

One day gentleman entered a res
taurant and ordered plate of soup
When the waiter brought it the gen
tleman doubtingly looked at the
the waiter what it was.
cts bean soup, sir" replied the
waiter.
81 know it has been SOUP" said the
gentleman, "but what is it now?"-
Ht-Bits.
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Protection of bird Lie.

An international agreement for the
protection of birds useful to agri-
culture was concluded in Paris this
spring. The parties to the agreement
are Belgium, France, Greece, Austria,
Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and
Spain, and few smaller states. All
birds useful to agriculture are to en-.
joy unconditional protection, and the
destruction of these birds or of their
nests and eggs is prohibited. Ger.
tain other birds are named as mis-.
chievous. Sporting rights are pro.
tected. Italy, country in which the
capture of northward-bound birds il
a regular trade, does not appear as
one of the treaty signers.
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Libel on Mac

Clara-Oh! I'm really learning a
great deal about baseball. 1 found
out what base hit means without
asking George.
Mabel-Did you, really?
Eyes, the paper said McGraw hit
the umpire with bat and in the
score he is credited with base hit,
SO that must be the one."-Chelsea
Gazette
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Not That Kind of a Man,

Say, ma
What is it, my dear?"
els pa a self-made man?"
mo, darling. If anyone asks you
about it you must say that your
father is the architect OF his own
fortune:"
1t should be explained that she had
just returned from a three-week's
visit in Boston.-Chicago Record-Her.
aid.
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Rustic Advice

"Yes," said the summer boarder. =.
he corked the bottle again, 81 had to
have it every morning; you must have
Q cocktali Tor an eye-opener, you
know"
You'd do better, young man, !. said
the wise old farmer, IF you'd let coclx-
crow be your eye-opener.-PhiladeI.
phia Press.
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ForethOught,

Right here" said the surveyor,
"will be good place for your saw
mill. The county line will run direct
ly through the middle of it,
mot much" said the pioneer. Wen
have it all on one side or the other.
When a man gets sawed in two 1 don't
want no two coroners' inquests on
him."-Chicago Tribune.
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All He Wanted to know.

"My DEAR" he said, softly.
"Well?" she returned with some
.sperity.
There is just one thing desire
10 know in order to be contented
With my lot"
What is it?" she asked.
"Win you hold me up as model
20 your third husband as you now
hold your first husband up to me"'-
chicago Post.
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Apology Needed.

That" said Scribble, as he fin
ished reading his manuscript, sis the
story as far as I've got. 1 was think.
ing of winding it up with the hero,
ines letter accepting the hero"
Good ideal" exclaimed the critic;
"that1l give you a chance to con-
clude the whole thing with please
excuse bad writing "-Philadelphia
Press.
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Look Out.

Young Fish-There's a hook with
2 nice worm ON it.
Old Fish-Keep away from that.
Young Fish-I've stolen lots of
worms off of hooks.
Old Fish-Yes, but there isn't any
fashion-plate reflected in the water
this time. That hook belongs to a
freckle-faced boy with a ragged
straw hat.-N. Y. Weekly.
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From war to Peace.

British soldiers in South Africa are
now engaged in rolling up the barbed
wire with which they kept out the
Beers to use it for agricultural pur-
poses. This is the modern version Of
the old saying about beating swords
into plowshares.
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Simply impossible,

Physician-Madam, your husband
IS suffering from overwork.
Mrs. Wand will he have to give
up his place under the government?
Physician-What's that? Is he a
government official?
:, Mrs. W.-Yes, sir.
Physician-H'm! I'll diagnose his
case again. He probably needs exer-
Else of some kind.-N. Y. journal.
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Ar<ui.r Tor DeIax.

kiss the Book" said the Judge,
as the lady got into the witness
chair.
IF you don't mind, your honor, /
would prefer not to kiss the Book
until after the question of my age
has been put to me."-Yonkers
Statesman
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-09-12

'Did you get any tips on the races
this year?"
Yes, got one from the boss this
morning."
what was il? '
'He said he'd fire me if he ever
heard that played them."-Chicago
American.
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Meant the Same Thing.

Lawyer-And what did the husband
say when you asked him about the
wife's mental condition7
Assistant-He said she was all
right but cratic.
Lawyer-Well, isn't that of weight
In substantiating our insanity claim
all right but her attic?-Los An
yeles Herald.
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"Look here this house is clear out
of sight of the water, and you told
cottage that could put a rod out OF
the window and catch fish in the
lake."
"Well, I didn't say how long your
pole would have to be."-Chicago
Tribune.
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Perma nenf.

This strange, eternal, cruel fact
Will stick when all of us are still
There's always one fly left in the room,
No matter how many you kill.
Judge
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what the Copper said.

A young man by the name of st. John
Cried aloud when his corns were stepped
on,
And the prospects were bright
For a terrible fight
Till a copper came UP and said: "G'wan.r
Buffalo Express.
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A Favored Exception.

The little busy bee goes forth
In exultation just
He gathers sweets for all he's worth
And fears no sugar tust.
WASHINGTON Star,
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Un.to.DRfe.

81 Declare" said the girl of doubt
full years, modern art fosters the
most outrageously insulting prac-
tees"
"Indeed?"
Eyes, indeed! Why, when I went
to the gallery the man at the cam
era hal the effrontery to ask me if
wanted a likeness or photograph"
Baltimore News.
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Advertiser-From your references
I see you've had four places in the
last month
Appfcant-Yes'm; that shows how
muchin demand am.-Chieago Daily
News.
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No Scandal.

No Scandal.
He kissed her. He could not Withstand
The chance that offered. maybe.
He was politician and
She was q voters baby.
Washington Star.
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The Era of High Prices.
Mary had little lamb;
The waiter claimed 1t was just
AS much as they could give and live:-
So Mary blamed the trust.
-Puck
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-03-28
UNIVERSITY NOTES.

a. J W Williams OF Oklahoma city,
architect for the university. has been
here this week taking Measurements
OF the old building lie is making
plans for remodeling
The local oratorical contest viii be
held April 25. There are six con
testants and the evnet promises to
be Of unusual interest
Athletics begin to improve as the
spring days grow warmer. There is
a long list Of fellows VINO are training
and the two best in each event viii
represent it's university at Guthrie
May 2S
Prof c. n. Gould has returned from
a trip to Blackwell where he went to
investigate the gas flow. Prof. Gould
is making a special study of the gas
wells Of Oklahoma ana Indian terri
tory. He reports a flow OF gas at
Blackwell.
President Boyo Is spending part OF
each week in the High schools Of the
territory His object is 20 get the High
schools and the university in closer
connection as to their courses Of study.
The High school graduates who are
in the university were given especial
mention in recent issue OF the news
letter OF class Of 80 in English L,
of those who made B two were pre-
pared in the university preparatory
school. two in The Guthrie High school
one in the Oklahoma City High school,
and one from the Edmond Normal
school
The hrst spring game Of base BAN
was played on the campus Saturday,
resulting ia score or College II,
Props II.
The Rev Craighead or Blackwell,
has accepted the invitation to preach
the baccalaureate sermon June g.
Work on the new building is being
pushed. Temporary sheds have been
built and the campus looks like
lumber yard number Of its board
of regents has returned from Chicago
where they went to get rates on ma
terIals. He reports saving OF quite
sum which will BE- given o more
direct advantage F.w. c.
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THE KATY BONUS.
Diiiaent Efforts Put Forth to Raise the
Amount This Week.

The subscriptions to the Katy bonus
yesterday we're S2.585, making a TO
tai last night of s54653.
Last evening another meeting Of the
citizens was held az the club rooms
and number Of subscribers made a
substantial increase in their original
subscriptions A committee was ap-
pointed to solicit notes from the col
ored population and today commit
tee of fifty Of the most phominent
hustlers for Guthrie are working the
town In body
With the goal fairly In sight every
body should give encouragement 10
the work to the end that the final an
nouncement OF victory may be made
at the end of this week
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-03-28
eoopLER CONVICTED.
St. Louis Alderman Found Guilty Of
Accepting a 5ribe.

ST. Louis, MO-, March 2s-Emil A.
Meysenburg, member of the house OF
delegates, was convicted Of bribery in
connection with suburban street rail
way franchise legislation in Fudge
Douglass court last evening attire a
trial lasting four days and his punish
ment fixed at three years in the peni
tenuary The jurors consumed only
three quarters OF an hour in reaching
decision and they We're. II is said
unanimous as TO the question guilt.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-03-28
The Scenic Route
for Tourists.

The Frisco System now offers the
travelling public excellent service and
fast time
Between ST. Louis and Kansas
City and points in Missouri, Kansas,
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Indian Terri
tory, Texas and the Southwest.
Between Kansas City and points
in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi,
Georgia, Florida and the Southeast.
Between Birmingham and Mem
phis and points in Kansas, Arkansas,
Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Texas
and the West and Southwest.
Full information as TO route and
rates cheerfully furnished upon appli-
cation to any representative Of the
Company, or TO
Passenger Traffic Department,
Commercial Building.
Saint Louis.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-03-28
Having a Run on chamberIaIn'a Cough
Remedy.

Having Run on chamberIain'a Cough
Remedy.
Between the hours of eleven o'clock
a. m. and closing time at night on Jan.
25th, 1901. A. F. Clark, druggist, Glade
Springs. Va, SOLD twelve bottles Of
Chamberlain Cough Remedy. He
says. Il never handled a medicine that
sold better or gave better satisfaction
to my customers" This Remedy mas
been in general use in Virginia for
many years. and the people there are
we'll acquainted with its excellent
qualities. Many of them have testif-
ed 10 the remarkable cures which it
has effected. When YOU need a good,
reliable medicine for cough or cold,
or attack Of the grip, use Chamber
lains Cough Remedy and you aTe GER
tain to be more than pieased with the
quick cure which it affords.
For sale by c. r. Renfro, druggist.