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PERILS OF BRI Chances Taken by the New York M No trade Of the present -days calla for greater daring and self posseesion than that ?of the men who build bridges and1 rear the great iron skele tons of the skyscrapers. There have been several; bsd falls lately from the Kast river bridge structure. Two things go to show the' perilous nature of the work. The first is the (1 i nary number of fatalities-propor tionately much greater than in any other calling. The second is the re luctance of the insurance companies -amounting, in some esses, to posi tive refusal-to take the risks on the lives of the workers. It msy be add ed that, though the work does not re quire any particular skill ? or experi ence, the pay is comparatively high; and, further, that thore. are no old mea in the business. This latter fact is particularly , significant. Iv was said to-day; the man who remarked it could recall but one old man, and that ouc had his foot out off one day, when the gang was dragging buekle plates up an incline. Be was not quick euough to get out of the way. "I don't mean to say: that the workmen are killed off," continued the ie porter's informant. "The work requires both strength, and nerve. If one or the other is lost, it unfits the workman uttorJy. It is common knowledge that a sudden, peruke, un accountable, loss of nervo ir, to oe feared. It is tho great danger of the men when they are sloft; and when a man is once shaken, even if he saves himself fron: falling, his name, in the lauguage of the/bridge builder, 'ia Dennis.' He has to quit. It is often sudden; and it maybe altogether the fault of the man's liver. Seriously, a Meady, sound liver is an exceedingly important matter to a man who works on a 12 inch girder 50 feet above the ground. I recall one man who was an exception to the rule I have just laid down. Ho had beep up late-possibly drinking-and he lost his nerve, of a sudden, when he was more than 100 feet up. The foreman saw him lie down flat and hug the girder with arms and legs. .The foreman paid no attention for some little time; he knew just what the matter was. Then he walked up to the man and said, in a matter of faet way, 'Say, Bill, go and tell Bob to hurry them rivets up.' Bill got right u > and did as he waa told. Well, he continued on the work.'' Most of the workmen esme from the Southern States. They have splendid health and strength; they are' active, sure, and courageous, tb thc point of recklessness. The contractors say that they are above th? average in intelligence; that -they are, in every quality, above the unskilled laborer. Not many of them are married; for their calling takes them' here, there, ?nd everywhere-it may be to the ends of the earth-and, in any ease,' it would be ? bad lookout for ihe wife tod children. Their work calls'for a clear head and steady eye; but they carouse just as other laborers do-no inore, no less-and take their chances in the morning. When they are disa bled, they go to the hospital for a time, and then get along ss best they cm. The contractor usually has a 'blanket insurance" ; and, at any "rte, it is not hard for him to prove negligence on the part of the injured nan. It requires no experience to get a job; there is no apprenticeship; the experienced men, of course, are the more valuable, and, therefore, the more in demand. The demand, by the *ay, has increased enormously in the past few years-not so much for work ?o bridges as on the framework of "^scrapers. As in all perilous callings, accidenta ?an usually be put down to overconfi dence. A men risks his life virtually .or light hours *very working day" Consequently, i tis not long before he Quires a certain contempt for the danger. He thinks himself superior j^'t; so he runs over, the girders, 100 'eet in the air, as though it were 10 feet. The inexperienced man can *alk a four inch plank on thc ground .ilk no difficulty at all; six feet from ?e ground he trembles and* has hard JJO'k to balance himself ; 60 feet up, ?.would sink down in terror, grip "*? slender beam desperately, and ?ever budge .an inflh, until he lost ^rtge altogether and fell. But those .orkers run on narrow girders, from fc'ot to point, as high aa bridges are "tared, apparently sever ihisking of j*16 ?pace beneath. When they were 0l,<iing the One Hundred and Twen ' 5'th street viaduot, a1 man ascend * <0 foot column to receive a girder Jd Pat in the faetening bolt to stay plate on the top of the col was 18 inches eqnaro. He had* .*?it for the.girder, and it was? day. Ho climbed up on tho DGE BUILDING. Men in the Business. 'vening Post. "What did you do tbst for?" the foreman asked. "My feet were cold," was the ro ply. Some of the men are givoo to sky larking ap in the air. "When we were building the viaduct." ?aid Mar tin Gay, of the bridge commissioner's office to-day, "I ssw as foolhardy a trick as ever came within my experi ence. It was noon time and the men were resting. One follow went up on the bluff to get a pail of beer for the others. He might have ; come down by the somewhat shorter way. We wero just building out from the abut ment. Some girders stuck out into the air. They led to nowhere, and their ends were perhaps 80 feet from the ground. The man ran out on a 12-inch girder, carrying the pail of beer in his hand. Near the end there was a tackle hanging from a derrick boom. Evidently, he intended to slide down the stationary rope, and the men below all looked up to see" him do it. "When the man got to the end of the girder he oould not reach the taokle. We saw him stretch for it and fail to grasp it. He tried again, and failed again. Then he balanoed himself and slowly stretohed his arm out, balancing all the while-80 feet in the airt It was an extremely deli cate feat. Out his arm went, and at last he touched "tho rope; but he couldn't hook his finger around it, try as he would, to draw it to him. He took a rest; then reaohed again and touched the rope-pushed it a little pushed it again, balancing himself cloverly. The blooL at the end of the taokle began to swing bsok and forth. With every touch of the man's hand, its swing was greater. Soon ho caught the rope and drew it in. Then he pioked out the standing fall-which doesn't move-twined it around his leg, and came dowu like a flash, hold ing the beer-out-poising the can, in fact, on the tips o? his thumb and fingers. And he didn't spill a drop." For accepting this continuous risk of death-whioh is no lesB imminent on the high buildings-the bridge builders are paid from 30 to 35 cents an hour. For all the strength and nerve and training they possess they reoeive, for a day's work of eight honra, not more, than $2.80. That is at the rate of 016.80 a week and (if they work the year round, whioh is doubtful) $873.60 fora year's labor. They have a union, but it is a strug gling organisation at present, it IB sstd. How to Cure troup. Mr. R. Gray, who lives near Ame nla. Duchess County, N. Y., says: 4'Chamberlain's Gough Remedy is the best medicine I-have ever used. It is ai fine children's remedy for oroup and never fails to cure. When given as soon as child bapomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough Has developed, ic will pro vent tho attack. This should be borne in mind and a bottle of the Gough Remedy kept at hand ready for instant use as soon as these symp toms appear. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Go. -- Flogging is still practiced in the English schools. The boys feel no sense of wounded personal honor in a sound thrashing and prefer it to other forms of punishment. In the esrly part of Ure century a master at Eton enjoyed the distinction of having flog ged half the ministers, secretaries and even the bishops in tho kingdom. No one eau reasonably hope for good health unless his bowels move once each day. When this is not attended tb, disorders of the stomach arise, bil iousness,headsohe, dyspepsia and pilen soon follow. If you wish to avoid these ailments keep your bowels regu lar by taking Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets when required. They are so easy to take and mild and gent?o in effeot. For ssle by Hill-Orr Drug Go. - Replying to an inquiry from tho adjutant general, General Chaffeo re ported the American artillery was su perior to any taking part in tho at tack on Pekin. If you would have ao appetite like a bear and relish for your meals take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They correct disorders of the stomach and regulate the liver and bowels. Price, 25 cts. Samples free, at Hill-Orr Drug Go's. - Sir Alfred Milner proclaimed that all the east coast ports of South Af rica, between the tenth and fourteenth parallels, were infested with the bu bonic plsgue. s Mr. Peter Sherman, of North Strat ford, N, H., says, "Per year? I suffer ed torturo from chronic indigestion, but Kodol Dyspepsia Cure made a wan man of me." It digests what you eat and is a certain cure for all stomach troubles. Evans' Pharmacy. The kidneys aohe when tbay ?*e overworked and the trouble gets seri ou 'unless promptly removed. . Priokly Ash Bitters is a reliable kidney tonie and bowel regulator.-Evana Pharmacy. - Tho total arms-bearing popula VOTING IN 'SEVENT?-EIGHT.' now t?ie Nef roes Were Footed at the ridgefield Box. > QUEENWOOD, Dee. 16.-Those who are familiar with the history of this Sta?**. s?nce the civil war reoall that ibero waa an election in 1876, ai whioh considerable voting was done. A goodly number of the ballots that were polled on this occasion were east at Edgefiold Court House; indeed, it is conceded that Edgefield saved the day for the Democracy and the White Man's government. The eleotion two years later, in 1878, was also an important and ezoiting affair, and was as fiercely contested by the contending politics! parties as the eleotion of '76; indeed, this was the crucial test, as the negroes made a last desperate effort to get back into power, and it was only after another sup?rh?mau struggle on thc part of the whites that they wero prevented from doing so. In this eleotion, as in '76, Edgefield did her whole duty. Many stories have been told of scenes and incidents during this con test, but this correspondent recently heard a new one, or, at least, one that has ftover appeared in print. Mr. Jasper Bush, who now lives in Green wood, was the hero of the story. Mr. Rush is now about 65 years old. griz zled and gray, and in all respects comes up to all that oan be meant by the term, "a ease." He was living at Edgefield in 1876, and was, probably, somewhat more of "a cas?" than he is now. On the morning of the eleotion, so the story goes, the negroes congre gated early and massed themselves around the ballot box. There were seversl hundred of them, and they were paoked so closely around the polls that the whites were completely shut out-in fact, that was the scheme of the negroes, to hold the polls so long ss possible and thereby prevent the whites from voting. The whites soon saw that something had to be done or they would lose the eleotion, and some of the leaders were disoussing the advisability of an armed attack, when Mr. Hush stated that he believed he could run every negro away from the polls without firing a shot. He was laughed at at first, but after he explained his plan it was agreed to let him try. Mr. Bush selected a few discreet men and told them his plan in detail and instructed them as to what he wanted them to do.- He then went to a drag store and purchased a stick of shaving soap, being particular to specify ar kind that would "lather freely." Cutting the piece of soap in two, he put half of it in his mouth and commenced chewing vigorously. He soon had a oopious fro?h, or kther, around his lips, to whioh he added-a pinoh of dye stuff to give it the oolor of blood, and was then ready for business. In the meantime those who had been posted had been circu iting among .the whites and telling them what was coming, so they were in a measure prepared for what fol lowed. Ina few mia ?ates Mr. Rush oame running wildly down the street, froth ing at the mouth and apparently hav ing a convulsion at every jump. Some of those who were on to the Boheme began shouting, "Madman 1 Madman I* Hydrophobial Get out of his way!" while others closed in with him and a seemingly terrific strnggle followed, bul Mr. Hush threw them off and con tinued his wild career, still foaming at the mouth and snapping at every one he passed. He headed straight for the negroes. The lamented Dr. Bill Jennings, in his day one o* tho leading citizens of Edgefield, was one of the arch con spirators, and was dancing about in the crowd brandishing a colossal horse pistol and shouting at the top of his voies, "That jnan hos been bitten by a maddog and has hydrophobia. Get out of tho way and let me shoot him before he bites somebody. It's the best thing to do; get out of the way and let me shoot him >efore he bites somebody." The remainder of the story is best t?ldvin Mr. Bush's own words: "The negroes didn't seem to realize what was up till I got right on them, and I put my bauds on one's shoulders and gave a jump and landed on top of the pilo. ' They were psoked so closely that I couldn't get to the ground, so 1 just orawled around on the heads and shoulders of the negroes and ohewed my soap and spit red suds and lsther all over the whole shooting match, all tho time howling and screeching to beat the band. After I (jot started I thought I would play the game to the limit, so I picked out the cleanest looklog oar I could find and reached down and tonV KnM, with my tc; and stayed there. I figured that the soap in my mouth would keep me from suffering.any harm, and I didn't much caro what became of the negro. It wasn't long before the negroen stampeded and began ito scatter, and pretty soon the only one l&t on tho hill was the one who had his ear clamped in my tooth. I pulled bim around ? little, same aa you've seen ?. dog pull a sow by tho ear, and then Be went off like a shot, and theo the white people came ap aod we started to voting, a ad-and-well, wo voted enough to carry the election, and I reckon we would have been voting till yet if Mart Gary hadn't stopped us. v "The negro that atsok his esr in my mouth went home and went to bed sod ?w?rc he had boen bitten by a mad dog, and it took all the doctors in Edgetteld to save his lifo. I got com I fortably drunk that night, and didn't suffer any bad effects and I'm hero yet," and Mr. Lash laughed aa he I walked off. This is a true story in every detail. The incident occurred at Edgefield vjourt House in 1878, just as here Darrsted. Gen.. M- C. Butler, ex GCT. SV;pyard, and a host of others now Hviug, will vouoh for its accuracy, j One reason why it haB never been ' published is that not until reoentlv j havo the white people cared to talk about their methods of carrying elec tions in the 70's. And thus did it come to pass that a piece of shaving soap in the hands, or, rather, the mouth of a man who knew how to use it, was au importaut factor in tho redemption of South Carolina from negro misrule and the restora tion of the white man's government. A. Mi Carpenter in Columbia 'State. - We never get moro happiness tban wo try to secure for cluer peo ple. - A woman will beg her husbaud all the year to go to ohuroh with her, but if he offered to do it for a Ohristmas present she would apply for a divorce. FOR KIDNEY TROUBLES ra BITTES IS MARVELOUSLY EFFECTIVE. !t cor,?cy? ? ncaiing, strengthen* lng influence to the afflicted organs which ls Instantly apparent. Quiets pal.:; ?topi wasting o? the kidney tissue, removes that tired, despond ent feeling that all victims of kidney ailments nave A short course with this splendid remedy briags back strength, good digestion* energy and cheerful spirits. Piles, $!.GQ-ai Drag Stores. Evans Pharmacy, Special Agents. Bargain Seekers, Are you ready now to take advantage of oorne Genuine Clothing Surprises ! IF SO, come in and glance over the tempting Ottering? we offer in Men's and Boys' Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Etc., *nd be convinced that at tho rates we otter Goods here it is more than prob able we will be glad to buy them back of you at a profit. Special Bargains in Boys' Tan and Black Shoes, At prices that touch bottom ! B. HILLMAN, 18 Benson Street, Mies Lizzie William?' Old Si Are the lightest draft, Best braced, and Most durable Flow on the market, And costs less for repairs. Have all the good features of any other Flow, And a large number that are not found on any other. Clark's Tarrant Cutaway Harrow, The perfection of Cutaway Harrows, will turn and thoroughly pulverizo the soil from three to six inclus deep ; have never heard of one that did not give perfect satisfaction. If you will try one you will buy no other. The Empire Grain and Fertilizer Drill, The only Drill with the absoluto force feed-will sow Oats where others fail, and will sow any grain belter than any Drill made. They are strong built, light draft. Every one guaranteed to do perfect work. BROCK BROS, a 7 Anderson, S. C. OATS, OATS, AND RICE FLOUR. WE ARE HEADQUARTERS for all KINDS of GRAIN. Three Thousand Bushels of TEXAS RED RUST PROOF OATS. One Car of that famous HENRY OAT (or Winter Grazing Oat.) The only Oat that will positively stand any kind of weather. Have just received Two Care of fine FEED O VTS at lowest prices. Have just received Three Care of RICE FLOUR for fattening your hogs, and it cornea much cheaper than any other feed and ia much batter* Yours respectfully, O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. Fruit Jars, To put up your Fruit in. m Preserving Powder. To keep Fruit from spoiling. Fruit Jai Rubbers, To put on your old Jars. Tartaric .A^eid, To make Cherry and Blackberry Acid. 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SINCE last July when we organized the ANDERSON FERTILIZER COMPANY We have put forward our be^c effort, and rushed the buildings with all posei ble speed, in 6ider to get our goods on the market for the Spring trade 1901. We now wish to inform you that we will start our Acid Chambers early in December, and our Mixing Department in January. We will manufacture Sulphuric Acid, Acid Phosphate and High Grade Arnmoniated Fertilizers, all from the crude material. We are aleo importers of German Kainit, Muriate of Potash and Nitrate of Soda. You can always get fresh, pure gooda at our Factory, and we hope to supply your wants in this line. This is a home industry, of which we feel proud, built with home capital and we solicit the patronage of the home people. ANDERSON FERTILIZER COMPANY. FRED. G. BROWN, President. Glenn Springs Mineral Water - FOR SALE AT EVANS7 PHARMACY. THE GLENN SPRINGS WATER bas been known for over a hundred years, and recognized by tho beat Physicians in the land aa a anre euro for diseases of the Livor, Kidneys, Bladder, Bowens and Blood. Rome of ita remarkable eurea were brought before the notice of the public In tho Charleston Medical Journal in 1855. ??KS3BS. EVAKS PHARMACY-GENTS : I hate bean a Bufferer from Indigestion for neveral years, and have found the nae nf your (Glenn Springs Water of great boneOt