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gmmoniujs department. Space In the Street Car. He got Into a down town car that was crowded. It was late In the afternoon during the rush hours. It was evident that he had hit the flowing bowl one too many. It was a difficult matter to tell whether his cravat was his hat band or his hat band was his cravat. And yet, considering the load of responsibility, there was a certain remnant of dignity about him which was hv a masterly effort. Seizing a strap in the sardine car, he oscilliated back and forth unsteadily, meanwhile gazing thoughtfully Into the upper portion of the car. The other sardines in the car were pressing him rather snugly; this braced him up some. Suddenly as he gazed his face brightened and he suddenly bawled out: "C'nductor! I shay, c'nductor?I wants you!" "What's the trouble?" demanded the conductor, with some asperity, elbowing his way toward the man. "Where'sh zhe Sears buil'ing?" "Sears building? It's not on this line." There was a cause, during which the man continued to gaze Into the upper portion of the car. "Do you want the Sears building?" went on the conductor. "No," replied the man. "Oh, you dunno what you want," snapped the conductor, as he turned away in disgust. "Yesh, I do," declared the man with conviction?"I want spacesh. I want spacesh?thash wot I want?spacesh!" All the car was listening by now. The sandwiched Jag pointed an unsteady finger toward the direction of his gaze. A great many eyes followed it. There in the corner of the car, flanked by an advertisement of six plates of soup for 10 cents and by another setting forth the merits of shoe polish, was this sign standing out in bold letters: * FOR SPACE IN THIS CAR ADDRESS ft CO., SEARS BLDG., BOSTON. * Her Blessing.?There Is always a possibility that the person whom we regard as a proper object for sympathy, may look upon himself in another light. This interesting and instructive surprise often awaits the well meaning bearer of condolence. When Mrs. Hastings learned that her old friend, Mrs. Warren, had become "stun deef," she wept with a long face to see her. "It must be an awful cross, Laviny," she wrote on the slate which Mrs. Warren presented to her as soon as she was seated. '"Taln't either!" snapped the afflicted one, who, though deaf, was by no means dumb. "Folks that have got anything to say can write it on that slate, and Henry Warren, that's had to put a curb on his tongue for upwara o' thirty years on account of the high temper he took from his mother's folks, is now able to say anything he likes and no feelings hurt. I count my deafness a real blessing. How's your rheumatism ?"?Exchange. Jfc?* It is related that while in New York, Prof. Lorenz, one evening at dinner, was seated next to a clergyman, who was describing to the great Austrian how deplorable were moral conditions on the East side. "Why, professor, I heard an 11-year-old girl over there one day step up to a boy of about her own age. and say, "I'll lick hell out of you.'" Dr. Lorenz looked puzzled, for he is not familiar with American slang. 'Lick," he said; "was 1st dos 'lick?'" "Why, 'lick,' " said the clergyman, a little puzzled In return, " 'lick' is to kick out of, to stamp out from, to eradicate." "Oh," said the professor, "and 'hell?' I don't know 'hell."' "Well, 'hell' stands for all wickedness, everything that is wicked." "Yes, I see," slowly responded Dr. Lorenz; 'the leetle girl said to the leetle boy she would stamp out, eradicate everything wicked from him. But why should that be so bad?' m - Too Scientific.?The principal trustee of school district No. 16 was entertaining a young man, fresh from college, who had driven out to his house to apply for the position of teacher of the school in that district. As they sat on the porch after dinner the trustee casually called attention to a familiar little orange-colored bug, with black spots on its back, that was crawling on the floor. "I s'pose you know what that Is?' he said. "Yes," replied the applicant, eager to show his technical knowledge. 'That is a Coccinella septempunctata." "Young man," was the rejolner, "a fellow that don't know a ladybug when oooa it Mn't e-et mv vote fur teacher In this district."?Youth's Companion. Mathematics of' Love.?"Margaret," he began, "I have $3,750 in the bank. I own half Interest in a patent churn company that clears $1,700 a year. My salary is $20 a week, with prospects of a raise to $22. I have an aunt who will leave me twenty-seven shares of a railway stock now quoted at 53. Tell me, Margaret, will you be mine?' "Wait," she replied, "till I get a pencil." For she never had been good at mental arithmetic.?Newark News. iir "What Is your name?" inquired the justice. "Pete Smith," responded the vagrant. "What occupation," continued the court. "Oh, nothing much at present; just circulatin' round." "Retired from circulation for thirty days," pronounced the court dryly.?The Green Bag. "Will your employer be in after dinner?" inquired the visitor of the office boy. "Nope," was the laconic reply. "What makes you think so?" was the next query. "Coz," replied the boy as he prepared to dodge, "that's what he went out after."?Judge. glijwUaneouiS Reading. FROM CONTEMPORARIES. __ News and Comment That Is of More or Less Local Interest. CHESTER. Lantern. March 31: Court convened yesterday morning, according to the law which provides that the spring term shall begin on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in March. Judge Dantzler is presiding, J. K. Henry solicitor and Harry I. McCaw stenographer. The court appointed the fol lowing constables: S. A. Murphy, Will Mobley, W. W. Carroll, J. A. Llpsey, Will Johnson, Geo. Brakefleld, Caleb Beam. Jim Baker was arraigned for larceny and pleaded guilty. Sentence, one year on public works and fine of $1. Major Carter, alias Major Mills, charged with burglary and larceny, pleaded guilty to the second count. Sentence, two years on public works. The case against Robert Barnwell for larceny from the field was nol prossed because he was a tenant and took his own cotton. Barney Douglas pleaded guilty to the charge of larceny of live stock. He was sentenced to one year on the public works and a fine of $1. Henry McMaster was tried for house breaking and larceny and found guilty on the second charge. Joe W. Watson was put on trial for assault and battery with intent to kill, and the hour for adjournment having arrived the further hearing was continued until this morning The Ladles' Missionary spciety of the Presbyterian church were most charmingly entertained by the officers of this society Wednesday afternoon, at the home of Mrs. A. W. Klutz. After several charming missionary Doems were read there was beautiful singing. Two solos deserved special mention, one being "To the regions beyond," by Mrs. Aiken, and the other "Come over to help us," by Miss Lucile Hood. Mite boxes were opened, the proceeds amounting to 548. While delicious refreshments were being enjoyed, little Lois Sample and Lottie Klutz, looking very quaint and pretty in their Japanese costumes and shoes, sang a Japanese song. The large fans they carried keeping perfect time with the song. Souvenir cards, bearing a missionary's picture and quotation were one of the pretty features of the evening Friday afternoon, while Mr. Washington Walker was out driving with Miss Ethel Cross, his horse became frightened and ran into the buggy of Mrs. J. C. Carpenter, who was driving with her sister, Miss Mollie Albright. All the occupants of the buggies were thrown out, the horses ran away and the buggies were considerably used up. Mr. Walker's shoulder was- dislocated and his head was seAM/1 Kmil AA/I TLf r?a rior. vereijf (Stusucu anu 1/iuiocu, iuiu. w penter and Miss Albright got off with a few scratches. Mr. Walker is on the streets this morning. CHEROKEE. Gaffney Ledger, March 31: The damages to bridges in this county, caused by high waters some ten days ago, have mostly been repaired, and we hear of none caused by the rains of Sunday and yesterday It is rumored that Mr. T. L. Black, the efficient agent of the Southern at Blacksburg, will soon succeed Mr. W. T. Irwin, as agent of the same company at Spartanburg. Mr. Irwin has tendered his resignation. The citizens of Gaffney arte now taking about 60,000 gallons of water every twenty-four hours. All of this is taken from one well, which is 555 feet deep. Notwithstanding this great quantity used the well shows no sign of weakening Mr. Rader, of Charlotte, N. C., who was so severely hurt in a runaway here some ten days ago, and Mrs. Rader, who came over, to be with him during his affliction, left for their home in Charlotte yesterday afternoon. While Mr. Rader Is far from well, we are glad to state he Is doing well, with prospects of a speedy recovery We doubt If any one in the state, dealers excepted, has a larger or prettier collection of white rabbits than our good friend Will Brown now has at his home near Limestone. Will has a large herd of them, and they are all fat and sleek, without mark or blemish to mar their beauty, and everyone of them is as tame and gentle as a house cat. A black and white spotted one?the only one of the kind in the lot?is a perfect beauty, and a prettier specimen of the hare tribe would be hard to find. Will loves to "fool with "em," he says, and their tameness is due to his fondness for them and the gentle care he gives them. Everything in the brute creation appreciates kind treatment, and at once becomes attached to the one who accords it. With all his cleverness and close attention to them, Will has not been able to eradicate from his pets that inherent fear of a dog which la namrrt/\n a all f V>aI?? o*\oa(ao on/1 of to vviiiiiivu tu an iiicii ? anu ut the least sound, which seems to indicate the approach of a member of the canine tribe, they will scatter like rats and make for their holes in the ground, each one striving to get in first. Will has lately added to his collection a pair of Belgian hares. These are about three times the size of our common rabbits and with ears as large as a donkey's. They are not all "struck" with beauty; but their oddities are Interesting and amusing. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, March 31: Rev. J. S. Moffatt, pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church at Chester, S. C.( has been Invited to preach the commencement sermon for the graded schools on Sunday, April the 26th, but has not yet signified his acceptance of the invitation. Dr. Henry Louis Smith, president of Davidson college, has accepted an invitation to deliver the literary address. The date for the literary address has not yet been fixed, but will be announced later. Special music will be furnished for both occasions by the children of the schools Invitations have been issued to the marriage of Miss Mamie Crouse, of King's Mountain, to Mr. Junius Aderholdt, of Cherryville. The wedding will take place at the Lutheran church at King's Mountain on Tuesday, April the 7th, at 7.30 o'clock in the evening. The bride is well known here, having visited Gastonia several times James, the 10year-old son of Mr. R. W. White, while playing with his younger brother in the yard at his hone Thursday afternoon, fell and broke his right thigh. Drs. Sloan and Wilson set and splinted It and at Ifist accounts the little fellow was geting along nicely William Irvine Fayssoux, the boy hypnotist and mind reader, gave a second exhibition in the opera house Saturday night to a good house. He will be on the road again this week, but his dates have not been given out. He Is meeting with success and has convinced the people of the genuineness of his powers of hypnotism and mind reading. LANCASTER. Ledger, April 1: Invitations have been issued to the marriage of Miss Emma B. Connor, daughter of Mrs. Hennle Bailey Connor, formerly of Lancaster, to Mr. Percy M. Padgett, of Holly Hill, S. C., on Wednesday, April 8th, 1903, at the home of the prospective bride's mother at Holly Hill, S. C A few flakes of snow fell here Sunday....'... A. C. Rowell, L. T. Baker and H. E. Coffey have been reappointed on the county board of education for Lancaster county by the state board Married, by Rev. R. J. Blackmon, March 19, 1903, Mr. Raleigh Hammond and Miss May Williams, all of the Rich Hill section Died, on Saturday, March 28, 1903, after a lingering Illness, Mr. I. Luther Wilson, of the Newcut section. He was about 45 years of age, a member of Unity church, and leaves a wife and five children surviving him. His remains were buried at Hopewell on Sunday. UP A STEEPLE ON HORSEBACK. Some Extraordinary Performances of Horses and Their Riders. Some of the feats of horsemanship on record are so marvellous as to be almost incredible were they not supported by the unimpeachable evidence of so many who actually witnessed them. It is not many years since a reckless Dane made a wager that he would ride his horse to the summit or tne spire or St. Saviour's church, in Copenhagen; and, impossible as the feat may appear he actually won his wager and descended to the earth in safety. The contemporary accounts of this mad performance are in the highest degree thrilling, with their picture of the blanched, breathless crowd looking up with straining eyes at the horseman, growing smaller and smaller as he wound his way round and round the dizzy, narrowing steeple, expecting every moment to see the horse and rider dashed to pieces at their feet; until at last he stood silhouetted against the sky on the topmost pinnacle and waved his hand triumphantly to the crowd so far beneath him. To understand this feat at all it is necessary to say that the spire was climbed by a steep and narrow staircase, which winds round it; but think of the daring, . the courage and the coolness necessary to accomplish such a climb, when the most trifling slip or loss of balance would have meant a swift and terrible death. A similar feat was performed by that adventurous monarch Ferdinand VII, when he rode his favorite horse to the top of the tower of Seville Cathedral In Spain. This, however, was a less hazardous performance than that of the Dane, for there Is a fairly wide Inclined pathway which climbs the tower; although to the spectators It seemed impossible that the king could ever emerge from the venture alive. There is an account of a feat of wonderful horsemanship which seems more marvelous than either of those described. It Is stated In the records that In London in the year 100 a man rode to the top of St. Paul's on his horse Morocco, to the amazement df thousands of onlookers. If this featv ever had any existence outside the imagina tlon of its chronicler it is probable that the ascent was made by a staircase which may have been a feature of Old St. Paul's. It is doubtful whether any horseman, however daring and expert, can excel the skill of some Cossacks. When riding at full gallop they will pick up a child from the ground and toss it high in the air and catch it repeatedly like a ball. They will, also at a gallop, leap off their horses, pick up any small object and, without checking the horse's speed, leap in a standing position on his back. They will ride their horses down precipitous cliffs, on which there scarcely seems footing for an agile mountaineer, or leap them thirty feet down into a river; while a common feat is for a cossack galloping at full speed to snatch a needle and thread from one of 3 <1 4Ua In ins iciiu?a uuu iiucau 111c nccuic m less time than would seem possible in an arm chair. Few of these performances, however, are more astonishing than that credited to Mr. John Leech Manning, who rode his horse into an up-stalrs dining room at the White Hart hotel, Aylesbury, England, and jumped him over the dining table. In describing the feat he says: "Nothing was removed from the table: in fact, the dinner was actually going on. I jumped the horse barebacked without bridle. The horse performed before more than forty gentlemen, who were dining after the steeplechases." Some of the records of long distance rides are well worthy of note, as when Mr. Osbaldeston, a famous squire and sportsman of seventy years ago, rode 200 miles at Newmarket, England, in 8 hours, 42 minutes, in November, 1831, using twenty-eight horses for the journey. In October, 1791, Wilde covered 127 miles on horseback at the Curragh, in Ireland, in 6 hours, 21 minutes, and twenty-six years ago, Leon, the Mexican rider, rode 100 miles at Alexandra park, London, in three minutes under five hours, an average speed of twenty miles an hour. In the following year Leon covered 505 miles in less than fifty hours, a wonderful feat of endurance. It would be difficult to rival the recent performance of five French lieutenants of the 12th Hussars. Leaving Gray at 3 o'clock in the morning, the officers rode seventy-two miles to Belport, arriving at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. They then dismounted, walked a further distance of twenty-four miles and dined, walked back to Belport, saddled their horses and rode back to Gray, which thev reached the following afternoon at 3 o'clock. Thus, within the thirty-six hours, these five men completed a journey of 192 miles, of which 144 were on horseback and 48 on foot. WORK OF KING ALCOHOL. tl pi An Analysis of Its Properties and Ef* fects on the Human Systtin. ti Rev. Madison C. Peters of Baltimore, w Md., writes as follows in regard to the al character of alcohol and its effect up- 8 on the human system: t\ Some years ago to show the young tc men who attended my ministry what m moral contagion was hidden behind the B ?* "* ' ? * J O 1 giazeu Haiuun winaows auu tui iivn^-u ?i doors, and to hold up King Alcohol In ct his horrid outlines, through my asso- k! ciate I secured some samples from fl: some sample-rooms, such as would be gi sold to any casual customer and care- gi ful examination showed the following al results: From a first-class saloon came a half di pint of Holland gin; it contained neu- si tral spirits rotten corn, jumiper ber- g< ries, turpentine and vltrol. I put a w match to a small quantity and the si blue flame that arose would have done ji a drinker good. No wonder the drunk- si ard sees the blue blazes! I took the h white of an egg; quite equivalent in hi substance to the fluids of the brain. I rr poured over it a little of this Holland di (?) gin; and the albuminous substance a: slowly congealed, thickened and clot- ir ted. It lost its clearness, became is stringy and compact and finally hard- I ened. It is the chemical effect of al- a; cohol on vital substance?exactly what I goes on in your brain to a greater or tl less extent, when you drink alcohol in any shape or form. si From another saloon came a half ai pint of whisky; it contained neutral si spirits, glycerine, sulphate of zinc, fl chronic acid, concentrated lye, unslak- rl ed lime and fusel oil. The man who a would venture to drink a pint of this tl mixture at once would probably be h killed in a mlr.ute. What a mess to li drink. The smtJl was bewildering. si From another saloon came a half cl pint of port wine: neutral spirits, glyc- u erlne. licorice, zinc, mercury, antimo- ti ny and several acids. These bottles o tell their own tale?poison, disease and q death. Do you want to pay ten cents Ir for a swallow of such stuff? And If 8] most of this stuff was not made In the e< saloon keeper's back room last week, h the wholesale house made it last tl month. Take any horn of the dilemma you choose. Business men who are P near to some wholesale liquor house 01 tell me that ten barrels come out to w one that goes in. Good liquor, pre- si pared in the most approved way, care- p fully distilled and kept a sufficient li length of time for the fusel oil to pass f< away, means a far too high price for e< the common market. To age liquor is locking up capital for years. The most important physiological effect of alcohol in the human system S is that of a contracting or puckering up of the softer animal tissues. I took a piece of fresh beef and the alcohol r< whitened and hardened it. Brandy in tl six days consumed fresh meat. A raw ei oyster, which is very digestible, it si shriveled and toughened as leather, l! Such in a degree is the effect produced a by the contact of alcohol with the q stomach. The white of an egg is near- ei ly pure albumen, and forms a consti- a tuent part of the essential fluids nec- si essary to digestion. Alcohol hardens e: the albumen, and hence interferes with cl the proper digestion of food, and thus jr we have the prevalency of disorders of the digestive organs among persons a who drink. This is in itself a refuta- a tion of the claim so often made that lr alcohol is a tonic. . t! That strong drink does not help men to endure continued cold we have the rr testimony of Dr. Hayes, the Arctic ex- o! plorer, who did n' c use alcohol, and n would not take any man with him who n< did. tl great heat, we have the testimony from F the middle of Africa. Dr. Livingstone said: "The most severe labors and ai privations may be undergone without s< alcoholic stimulants, because those of rr us who have endured the most had nothing else than water, and not al- h ways enough of that." p; Alcohol does not create a healthy p< condition of the body; the corpulency o] of beer and wine drinkers seldom con- h tinues to old age. First the legs, then the shoulders give way, and finally the s1 whole , body becomes loose and flabby. d< A general corpulence of the body is not a healthy state but the reverse, ni No animal In the state of maturity exhibits any considerable deposit of fat. Animals are fattened only for the si slaughter. Certain classes of men have n the appearance of great bodily vigor, notwithstanding the habitual use of liquor, and undergo great muscular ex- fr ertion, but the constitutions of such ir men break down before they are ad- S vanced in years; disease and injuries a of the most trifling character are often r< very serious; the slightest scratch or bruise often causing a fatal attack of e< erysiperlas, etc. Surgeons unwillingly cl perform operations on drinking men, ol because the chance of recovery is so small. fr The history of cholera and all epi- le demies show that alcohol lessens the power to resist diseases, and contri- hi butes to their fatality by impairing tne u ability to overcome them. ei m al WOMAN IS CHAMPION. w Very Largest Tiger Ever Killed In India, and She's an American Girl. ti A slender young American woman tl had the recent distinction of shooting vi the largest tiger ever killed In India. g< and is entitled to the bounty offered a: by the British government. The hero- h; ine of this exploit is Mrs. Donnett, n wife of an English army officer on ser- w vice in India, daughter of John H. Whitehouse, of Irvington-on-the-Hudson. Mrs. Donnett has been spending December and January with her hus- f< band and a party of friends hunting o1 big game in the Chanda jungle of d' Northern India, in the midst of 12,000 "! square miles of forest reserves ci abounding in ail kinds of savage beasts ft and other big game. She has killed ti two tigers, four panthers, four bears, tl eight boars and several other wild tj beasts, while the rest of the party kill- si ed nine other tigers and a correspond- re ing number of less dangerous animals, si Mrs. Donnett's second tiger measured ti 10 feet 8 inches in length and is the It largest ever killed In India. "Her first ni tiger measured 8 feet 4 inches. In a a letter dated January 12, last, this ex- Hi traordlnary young woman describes Je ?e event and her sensations in a simle but graphic manner. "I am the proud slayer of the largest ger ever shot In India," she exclaims 1th a girlish enthusiasm, "and he fell t my first shot. He measured 10 feet IncheB, has a perfect coat, and teeth vo inches long. It took sixteen men carry him to camp and I did It all tvself and It was such a difficult shot. ut I must settle down and tell you all | bout it I am sort of a big bug In imp now. The natives bow down and Iss the hem of my dress, for I am the rst lady who has ever shot in these reat Jungles. Ah, I am a lucky began So just listen while I tell you ail bout It. "We heard a tiger had killed a lot of ser in a piece of bamboo jimgie about x miles off, so Timmins, my husband, ot about forty beaters together and e took up our position near an open iace, while the beaters went Into the ingle with drums and horns, driving x buffalo In front of them, and made ldeous noises. After about half an our, when the beat was nearly up to ly tree, I saw what I first took for a eer gliding through the high grass nd bamboo, when suddenly an openig revealed a huge tiger to my astonhed gaze. He was going full bat, so saw it was a case of then or never, nd although it was a very blind shot, let blaze at the vanishing stripes as ley flashed through the bamboos. "A roar and rush told me the mon* ter was hit, but I could see nothing, s the Jungle was so dense. When the ilkar came up I tola mm wnere x naa red and got down, and with loaded ifles we approached the spot where bout ten yards from where I flred lay le very finest monster I ever saw, and Is great striped body did indeed look ke a slain king of the forest. The tiikar and I all but hugged In our exItement, and when the beaters came p our hurrahs and jubilant exclamaons brought Timmlns jtumbllng down ut of his tree, and his joy and pride uite touched me. The monster was ideed glorious with his 10 feet 8 inches pread out to their full, his gums rolli up showing his enormous teeth and is skin in its prime, and oh, so beaufully yellow and black. "I had already shot three bears, two anthers and a tiger, besides all sorts f deer and other smaller beasts, and rhen I saw that monster lying there lain by my own hands it was the roudest and happiest moment of my fp .nna T nhnll npver ept over the ;eling of exultation."?St. Paul Plon?r Press. A REMARKABLE ALIBI. hrewd Trick of a Murderer to Prove Himself Elsewhere. ' What is to this day one of the most jmarkable cases of identification in le history of the law courts, happen3 nearly 100 years ago in Europe, lys the New York Press. In the year 903 there arrived in Florence a traveler ccompanied by a servant. They took uarters in the best hotel. The strangr asked the proprietor how he could muse'himself during the several days' Lay in town. The proprietor regretted xceedingly that there was but little hoice in amusements, the season belg nearly over. But a trial for murer and arson, he said, was going on, nd if the honorable visitor would but ttend the court doubtless he would be iterested to the same extent as was le populace for miles around. The stranger took tne aavice ana lanaged to get a seat in the front row f the spectators' benches in ,the court >om. The defendant protested his inocence, and asserted that at the time le crime was committed he was not in lorence but in Rome. Circumstantial evidence piled high gainst him, however, and his case iemed hopeless. Suddenly his eyes iet those of the stranger. "Your honor," cried the prisoner, "I ave Just found the man who can rove me innocent." Then he asked ermission to address the stranger penly and to put several questions to im. The permission was granted, but the iranger said he had never seen the efendant before. "But," asked the accused, "were you ot in Rome in February a year ago?" "What of it?" was the return. "Do you remember a man in a blue ait who carried your trunk one stormy Ight to the Hotel Komav" "I do," the stranger replied. "Do you remember that on the way om the post wagon to the hotel the lan told you he had fought In the panlsh army, and he showed to you sabre cut on the forehead which he icelved while in that service?" "That, too, Is correct, and I dismiss1 you with a French coin, not having langed enough money to the currency f the country," said the traveler. The prisoner brushed his hair back om his forehead and showed over the ft temple a deep scar. The crime for which he was on trial ad been committeed in Florence on le very day the two men were togeth in Rome. The judge accepted the libi and acquitted the prisoner. Three weeks later three highwaymen ere captured following a robbery of le post wagon bound south from Flornce. The three prisoners were the aveler, his servant and the man with le scar. The "traveler" and his serant had gone to Florence merely to et thoir confederate out of his scrape, nd the trick would have succeeded ad not the three continued their opeitions and been caught. All three ere sentenced to death. A Live Wire Fence. The Scientific American gives the >llowing account of an accident which I'ertoolc a herd of cows during a thuner storm last fall in Painfield, 111. tt would seem that the unfortunate features had drifted toward a wire >nce, when the lightning fell upon a ee standing about thirty feet from le fence, causing the death of twenr-eight of them. As there were no gns whatever on the fence of the di>ct effect of lightning, it must be apposed that the cows killed fell vicms to the so-called return stroke. : is well-known that persons standing ear a conductor occasionally receive more or less severe shock when the erhtning strikes some neighboring ob>ct. This is readily explained if we remember that Just before the light- j nlng occurs such a conductor must have been at a high electric potential, which Is suddenly reduced enormously by the lightning discharge. A person j standing near such a conductor, and not adequately Insulated, participates ] in this sudden change, and the effect ] Is evidently the same as If he received ' a powerful discharge. Fatal cases of this kind have been noted fairly fre- i quently, but It is very doubtful If such i extensive loss of life has ever been recorded before as the result of the phe- ] nomenon, and we are not surprised to hear the oldest settlers of the district : assert that they never heard of so many cows being killed at a time. Fortunately no human life was lost, and happily for the ownefc, the cows were all insured and no difficulty arose about the payment. The men frho removed the hides from the dead cows remarked that dark streaks could be seen under the skins." ? ^ a MUSIC AND THE GIRLS. Character as Shown by One's Liking for Various Composers. An English reader of character says that a girl's nature, can be told from the music she plays and the composers she shows most partiality for. The girl who affects Beethoven is impractical, bound up in dreams and not apt to make a good helpmeet. The girl who is devoted to Strauss is frivolous and light-minded. And she who professes affinity for Verdi is sentimental, excitable and shrinklngly sensitive. The girl who loves Offenbach will be giddy and whimsical. Liszt implies daring and ambition, Mozart prudishness and overmuch conceit, Gottschalk the affected and superficial, Gounod the indolent and lack adaislcal. A liking for Flotow means that the girl is commonplace, apt to travel only well-beaten tracks and without sense of humor. A liking for Wagner denotes an exaggerated, irrational temperament, not easily controlled. Great partiality for ragtime music marks a girl as hare-brained and little to be depended upon. The girl who plays "The* Battle of Prague," "Anvil Chorus" and "Monastery Bells" will be a good practical wife, able to keep the larder and nursery in order. But for all-round capable qualities of both an inspiring and practical nature the girl who dotes on "Home, Sweet Home" can best be counted upon. She will be affectionate, non-extravagant and a good companion. NOTICE TO ROAD OVERSEERS. ALL Road-Overseers In the county, are hereby notified to summon ail joad hands belonging to their respective sections and place their respective sections in good traveling condition, between THIS DATE and the 20TH DAT OE APRIL, next. . Persons living on sections that have no Overseers will notify the Supervisor or one of the Commissioners at once, so that some suitable person may be appointed. All male persons able to work, between the ages of 18 and 50 years, arcliable to road duty, except bona fide preachers, bona flde students of schools and colleges, school trustees and Confederate soldiers. By order of the board. T. W. BOYD, County Supervisor. Attest: Mart J. Hunter, Clerk of Board. March 21 s 3t We Do Good Pr > Do You Need Noteheads, T affAf*V>aodo Ul-HVIUVBUU; Billheads, Statements, Envelopes, Convention Catalogues, Handbills, Dodgers, Cards, Shipping Ta Law Blanks Law Briefs Argi And other th We solicit your business you the Bi L. M. GRIST'S SONS, I THE SOUTH El Tht Great Highway of . THROUGH THE SO' Excellent Service Quick T Any Trio la a Pleaawf Travel via THE SOU! The Finest Dining-Car Tor detailed information as to TlcKc rations address the nearest Agent W. A. TURK. 8. H. HARD Traffle Maesgsa Osasral fMMSj WASMIKOTON. O. C- WA9H1JICTQ SOUTHERN RAILWAY. . Effective January 13th, 1003. Between Klnffville and Charleston. r Read down. Read up. No. 33?Daily. No. ?4?Daily. L.50p.m.... Lv. Charleston Ar.. .3.50p.m. 2.25p.m...Ar. Summerville Ar..3.11p.m. i.50p.m Ar. Klngville Ar....12.45p.m. These trains?Nos. 33 and 34?will stop only at Summerville, Branchville, Orangeburg and St. Matthews. Between Klnsrvllle and Bluckibarf. Read down. Read up. No. 33?daily. No. 34?daily. 5.00p.m..J.Lv. Kingvllle Ar.... 12.50p.m. 6.15p.m Ar. Camden Ar....11.30a.m. 8.00p.m...Ar. Catawba Jt Ar...9.40a.m. 8.2Gp.m....Ar. Rock Hill Ar....9.16a.m. 8.59p.m Ar. Tirg&h Ar 8.54a.m. ? 9.09.pm....Ar. Yorkville Ar....8.42a.m. 9.22p.m Ar. Sharon Ar. 8.27a.m. 9.35p.m Ar. Hickory Ar 8.15a.m. 9.50p.m Ar. Smyrna Ar... ..8.05a.m. 10.15p.m...Ar. Blacksburg Lv...7.45a.m. . Trolnn Nn? 33 flnH 31 ntnn at all Im. portant stations between KIngvllle and Blacksburg. Between Rock Hill and Marlon. Read down. Read up. No. 35?daily. - No. 36?daily. 6.00a.m....Lv. Rock Hill Ar... 10.30p.m. 6.19a. m Ar. Tirzah Ar 10.11p.m. 6.31a.m Ar. Yorkville Ar... 10.01p.m. 6.46a.m Ar. Sharon Ar....9.46p.m. 7a.m Ar. Hickory Ar.....9.35p.m. 7.10a.m Ar. Smyrna Ar 9.25p.m. 7.30a.m...Ar. Blacksburg Ar....8.40p.m. 10.45a.m Ar. Marion Lv 5.50p.m. No. 35 and 3G stop at principal stations between Rock Hill and Marlon. Through Pullman sleeping car service on trains 33 and 34 between New York and Charleston via. Charlotte. Rock Hill, Camden, and KIngvllle. Dinging cars on No. "33 and 34, Rock Hill 'to Washington. For further information address: S. H. HARDWICK, Gen. Pass. Agt., Washington, D. C. W. H. TAYLOE, Asst. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. R. W. HUNT, Dlv. Pass. Agt., Charleston, S. C. CAROLINA & NORTH-WESTERN PATT.WAV rOMPANV ivixxju if xx x vvmi xxxi x Schedule Effective Nov. 28.1602. Northboaad. Passenger. Mixed. Lv. Chester 6.10a.m. 9.00a.m. Lv. Lowryville.... 6.34a.m. 9.85a.m. Lv. McConnells .. 6.50a.m. 10.00a.m. Lv. Guthries 6,58a.m. 10.13a.m. Lv. YorkvJlle 7.18a.m. 10.50a.m. Lv. Filbert 7.31a.m. 11.20a.m. Lv. Clover 7.46a.m. 11.42a.m. Lv. Bowling Green 7.57a.m. 12.16a.m. Lv. Gastonla 9.20a.m. 6.00a.m. Lv. Lincolnton ...10.22a.m. 8.54a.m. Lv. Newton 11.10a.m. 11.00a.m. Lv. Hickory 11.38a.m. 1.40p.m. Ar. Lenoir 1.04p.m. 6.02p.m. Soathboiid. Passenger. Mixed. Lv. Lenoir 1.50p.m. 6.30a.m. Lv. Hickory 2.50p.m. 9.06a.m. Lv. Newton 3.18p.m. 11.35a.m. Lv. Llncolnton 4.05p.m. 12.55p.m. Lv. Gastonia .... 6.35p.m. 2.30p.m. C Lv. Bowling Gr'n. 5.59p.m. 3.10p.m. Lv. Clover 6.10p.m. 3.80p.m. Lv. Filbert 6.25p.m. 4.07p.m. Lv. Yorkville 6.40p.m. 4.30p.m. Lv. Guthries 7.03p.m. 5.06p.m. Lv. McConnells .. 7.10p.m. 5.22p.m. Lv. Lowryaville .. 7.26p.m. 6.40p.m. Ar. Cheater 7.60p.m. 6.25p.m. CCNHECTIONS. Newton and Hickory?Southern Ry. Gastonia?Southern Ry. Chester?Southern Ry? S. A. L., and L. & C. E. F. REID. G. P. Agent, Cheater, S. C. ) ! Minutes, gs, and iments, * tings. and will give est work at a fair price. Winters, Yorkville, S. C. R.N RAILWAY TRADE and TRAVEL UTHERN STATES. ime Convenient Schedules ? Trip to thos? who 'HERN RAILWAY. Service in the World, ?ti. Rat?i and Sleeping-Car reeer? of THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY. WICK. W. H. 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