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THE BAMBERG HERALD. S ESTABLISHED^ 18917" BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY AUGUST 31, 1899. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR ^?i___ . _ ( ^ ~ - THE PHILIPPINE WAR. s In Manila They Say it May Continue for Years. HOW THE WAR BEGAN. Rainy Season Has Prevented Much X Fighting, But it Will Begin Again in the Fali-What the Fiiipl* nos Think. v Manila, July 22, via San Francisco, August 24.?In Manila talk of the ^ ending of the war deals no longer ' with weeks, but with months and ( even years. Among the mass of ^ people here, military men and for- ! . eign residents, there is but one opinion. The whole effort of the * insurgents was to hold off the Americans until their ally, the rains came. In this they have been as successful ' qo fKoir nmiM have honed. Unless ao ??IV I ? I affairs take some unforseen turn the Filipinos will resume the war this 'fall with fresh spirit and a replenished stock of arms ard ammunition. 8 One ship load of arms, it is learned ^ on good authority, has reached them within this week. Of money the 1 leaders of the insurrection have no lack. They control the resources of N a a large and exceedingly rich coun- f try, and even though no crops were harvested for several years, they could still obtain enough cash and ^ supplies by impressing to their use c the treasures of the Church, the t store houses, and farmers~and manu- j v facturers, and funds of private individuals?a system of levy which ^ * * ? they have longeniorceu Wf uuhoiuoi- ^ able success. All the ships coming and going into the ports recently tJ v\ opened to trade pay heavy tribute to the insurgents. Much of the profits of this informal sort of government are supposed to ^ go into the pockets of the leaders, ^ except Aguinaldo, who is generally w Jr acquitted of enriching himself by c< , the present war, but when the pub- P( lie treasury becomes empty the p politicians, who are exploiting 'E Aguinaldo, may, if they see a possi- 111 bility of success, consider the war a n good private investment. 01 Reports brought through the lines n< to Spaniards and Filipinos in this P( city are that the spirits of iusurrec- ^ > tionists are improving. 01 Americans, like the Spaniards, w must defer to nature and rest on their ^ arms most of the time while the 4,1 country is a mud wallow. The gen- cl erals are telling their followers that u* American inaction during the past st month is due to discouragement and ?' ' demoralization. The Filipino soldier8, according to these informants, w are tolerably contented. Although Vl the paymaster seldom appears, they a* living as comfortably as they have been accustomed to, being 111 clothed and receiving rations which P* an American soldier could not live v on, chiefly rice, with only occasion- ^ ally & little fish or mefet. They are ai fairly well housed, having taken at 1^.. possession of the dwellings, public ta and church buildings in the towns in I which they are quartered, amU they 111 add to thtir living by looting. f1 Through the American secret service come different stories, that the Filipino army Is becoming decimated by desertion to the number of twenty or thirty a day, and are fast losing is heart and are on the verge of disrup- tl tion. oi Past experience with the secret ol service justifies a suspicion that di many of its- employees, most of tl whom are natives or Spaniards, are tl deeply interested in holding their ir places "by seeming to earn their pay, b; while the refugees who come through g> the lines have been disposed to give ir reports which they think will please al T ' the authorities. Almost since the r* beginning of the war they have pic- ir tured the Filipino army as on its n last legs and its collapse put a ques- o tion of days. Gen. Otis caused the c< place to be placarded with an offer of o $30 for each insurgent rifle voluntar- e r. ily surrendered. If the Filipino sol- b diers were deserting by companies, b tired of the war and converted to T American rule, many of them might t< be expected to bring their guns into a . ? rr the American lines ana receive mei i reward. The entire harvest from I h this offer, however, has been less a . than one hundred. o There was a time when Aguinal- if do's biggest army hung in the bal- a ance, when its destruction appeared p Ineyitable. That was when Mac- e Arthur had captured San Fernando, t and Lawton was marching upon San Isidro with the Filipinos scattering before him. Lawton had made himself a terror to the insurgents, be- " cause no obstacles stopped him. c With Lawton at San Isidro the rebels feared he might sweep around c upon Tarlac, where they had install- j ed their nomadic capital, and catch t them between two armies. All the t archives, seals, gilt triangles and ^ treasure boxes were packed, ready for shipment on the railroad at the , first word of Lawton's advance, j Lawton asked to be allowed to do it with the men and rations he had. i But orders came to withdraw his troops from San Isidro and return to ' Matoios, leaving small garrisons at ' some of the towns he had captured. His retirement the Filipinos coin-. | strued into a retreat, and from that day the sinking hopes of the insurrection seemed to rise. Luna and Mascardo, who had retreated northward from San Fernando toward Tarlac, brought their armies hack, and proceeded to construct a horse.shoe line of entrenchments around San Fernando, where, according to reports, they led their followers to believe they had MacArthur besieged. The assassination of Luna was ex pected to bring the whole Filiplm organization toppling down in civi war, but while the usual stories o dissensions are heard, its only result so far as outward appearances go was to leave Aguinaldo the undisputed leadership. The Filipinos are encouraged l\v the handicap the rains impose upon the Americans and the departure of the volunteers. They read the American newspapers and think the home sentiment against the war is growing. Their policy after the rains will be as it was before, a campaign for gaining time and wearing out their opponents. They profess to imagine that ConrrPK? willVtpelare against annexation. [f Congress fails them they will try ;o prolong the struggle until the Presidential campaign, with the expectation that one of the political parties will declare against imperialism and hope thatrsuch a party nay win. To whip them while they ire pursuing such tactics an army vill be needed that can move rapidly tnd strike day after day, following ip victory without having to wait or rations and thus giving the eneny time to reorganize. To capture hem most of the generals here think avalry will be necessary. Time fter time the Americans have careully planned movements which eemed sure to result in the rounding ip of 2,000 or 3,000 rebels in a trap, ut every time the difficulties of the ountry, the slowness of the wagon rains and the superior agility of the ight-movitig natives have conspired gainst them and when these several ivisions of the armv came together [iey have found a handful of ob equious brown men who announced lemselves 'amigoes." - ' amount of travel there is on it. The cow beli as an advertising medium is not much of a success. Prolonged absence sometime* makes the heart grow fonder of the absence. When a man is wrapped up ir himself he uses the only envelope nature provided. It's poor policy for a business mat to wait for the sheriff to attend t< his advertising. how the war began. Duluth, Minn., August 24.?'The Ion. George Gray, of Delaware, >rmer Unitetl Stated Senator, and ho was a member of th? peace mimission to arrange the terms of eace between this country and pain, speaking to-day of the Phil>pine question, said: "It was laintained on all hands that we mst drive Spain out and keep her at. to do this it was absolutely ecessary that we should maintain Dssession of the islands provisionalr at least. Before we could gather irselves to see what should be done e were attacked. The fight in the hilippines, begun by Aguinaldo Liring the armistice, which was deared August 12, 1898, and continid till the treaty was ratified, is ill in progress. The Americans ^served the truco with Spain with jemy, ana Aguinaiuo, wiidsb iurce? ere armed largely with guns proid ed by Dewey, opened hostilities gainst the American troops while la latter stood on their arms pendig the ratification of the treaty of jace. When we have maintained le dignity and prestige of the merican name in the Philippines, id have successfully repelled this ;tack, it will be time enough to ilk about the future government of lose islands. I trust that a settleent will be made that will be enrely consistent with the highest leals of American freedom." Kentucky Democrats. The political situation in Kentucky attracting attention in all parts of le country, and the campaign now i in that State will be the liveliest i the year. The Democrats are iviaea apparently inucn worse man iey were at the last election, and len they lost the State. The split i the Democratic ranks was caused y the nomination of Mr. Goebel for overnor. The opposition to Goebel i his own party is based on person[ objections to him, on his political icord and on charges that unfair lethods were used in obtaining his omination. Another element of pposition comes from the railroad cimpanies in the State, and still anther ground of opposition is the leetion law of which he is said to e the author. He will be opposed y many because he killed Col. Jno. >. Sandford in the streets ofCoving>n a few years ago. Goebel was cquitted on the plea of self defense, 'he preachers oppose him because e is not a prohibitionist. Goebel is man of ability and a very shrewd rganizer. Ex-Senator Blackburn * his chief lieutenant in this fight, ,nd he like the other Goebel leaders * ? ?vl A/M> A/Iaiwia 1 t\ t l?n roiesses CUIU^ICIO t'niliuniur; m ,?e lection of the regular Democratic icket. ANaturai Result. Farmer Hayrick?A wild nephew ?' mine that was goin' to the High >chool smoked ten packages o' agarettes on a bet. The Book Agent?I presume that mred him of smoking? Farmer Hayrick?Wa'al, I don't enow for certain, but I'm kinder of he opinion that he's smoking on a hree-tined fork now.?New York Tournal. The first requisite of a bride is a arge capacity to be foolish, and not I > care if she is. When you set a very bad example it is very apt to hatch mischief. The life work of the reformer seems to be everywhere except at home. The man who succeeds in forging his way to the front is in a position to be trampled upon by the mob if he fails. It's no wonder the way of the trsniscriessor is hard, considering the ) What's the Matter With Her? 1 Foreston's annual August sensa f tion came off on schedule time las , Thursday night. It will be remem , bered, that our courts have had thi - matter of investigating the chargt of heinous crimes upon the person o ' a Mrs. George Richbourg, who livef i a short distance from the peaceable p town of Foreston; the result of these i investigations were, that a negre i was convicted and sent to the peni. tentiary for a term of years, not upon the evidence adduced, but because the fellow was a trifHing chap, and on general principles he went up. In that trial the testimony showed that whoever molested Mrs. Richbourg, is she was molested, did not succeed in their horrible purpose, and the most that could be made of 'i - o?, oOumnl to commit tllO Case, nas an uv??M.r. ... the crime. This is the case which created considerable excitement, and the one in which lynching was threatened, and would have been carried out, had it not been for the doubt which existed among the good people of the community where the crime was alleged to have been committed. One year later, the same woman, was again in the court, as the victim of an alleged outrage, but this time, the evidence showed the crime had been committed, and although ciroumstantial, it was woven around one Ed. Meyers, who recently died in the State prison; he wasconvited, I with a recommendation to mercy, I and the judge sent him to the peni-1 tentiary for life. Notwithstand the conviction was had, there must have been a doubt, even in the jury room, or no negro proven to have committed such r distardly crim upon a white woman, would have gotten uff with a recommendation to mercy. Now the month of August has * * * 1 ^" h ic ^?me again and wun ic, uumea u?s same Mrs. Richbourg with het troubles; she creates a sensation among the neighbors, with her annual report of another attempt upon her by a negro. This timtf her supposed assailant, does not get any nearersthan four steps of her and by having a pistol handy she succeeds in defending herself. The story as given us is as follows: On last Thursday night Mrs. George Richbourg was standing'in her door, and she saw a negro approaching, she went back into the house, got a pistol came out, and as tqe negro came towards her she attempted to fire, but the pistol snapped. Again she fired on him when he was about four steps away; this time she got her gun off, and the fellow whirled hollered, and fell; on seeing her wouldbe assailant whe.e she oould handle him, she went to the wopdpile to get an ax to knock him in the head, but when she returned, the fellow had crawled off through some pea-vines, leaving a trial of blood behind him him,and by this cloodytrail he was traced over a fence into a pasture, where.he escaped. The vtlarm was n.iH notion nrcnt over the 4)1 V eil auu iivo ??*-?.?. -- -? r ground, but the dogs bad licked up the blood on the ground, and the hogs in the pasture feasted on the blood there. As it was with Mrs. Richbourg's alleged former misfortunes, so it is with th:s case, a feeling of doubt exists as to whether any attempt to harm this woman was made, because here are three years in succession, and in the month of August that she claims to be the victim of a negro's lust. It may be possible that she is not laboring under some mental delusion, but the frequency of her troubles, create a suspicion of doubt. ?Manning Times. Explaining The Game. "Would you like to attend the base ball game this afternoon?" asked the city girl of her country cousin who was visiting her. "Iudeed I would," was the reply. "I never saw a game in my life. How is it played?" "I'll explain'it to you," said the fair hostess. "You see it is a game in which grace and skill predominate. The thrower?or pitcher ?a dear little fellow, stands in the middle of the block and throws a ball at another, who stands on one come with a huge cane in his hand. The thrower tries to hit the cane and the other young man tries to swing his cane so that it will be impossible for the thrower to hit it with the bali. Some of the knockers can't get their canes out of the way quick enough, and when they get hit they have to drop the cane and play tag around the block; but most of the darlings can stand there and never get thier canes hit once. The handsome fellow who wears a silver-plated toilet mask and stands just behind the knocker is called the catcher. He is just too delightfully brave for anything. We girls just dote on the catcher; he's so awfully cute and heroic.?Chicago News. The Ologies. The world is full of "Ologies" * Of almost every kind; So mauy that the knowledges Of all the men in colleges The end could scarcely find. Vnn bnAvi' thprp in hinlnu-v. l uu nnvif i A science called symology; Then there's teleology, And better known theology. We've heard of anthropology; Have studied in mythology, And tried to learn philology, And, just a bit, pathology, ("Disease" is its analogy); There's also physiology, > And nature's mineralogy; But 'twould be criminology 1 To write much more in "ology," * So. where we are, By far too far, j We'll close with rfKm apology. ?Philadelphia Bulletin Jthe case of cabtef t Was Convicted Over a Year At> i And is Still Free. > MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE. 5 The Administration at the Bottom of it * if) raws His Pay Though He is a Thief. i t ? Washington, | August 25.?Eacl ! day interest in the Oberlin M. Car ' ter case becomes more piouounced and the denunciation of the Ad ministration's persistent efforts t< riolnv if nnt.itn nnllifv. the (lecisiot ' "vwrw ? of the Court-marrial rendered mon than fifteen months ago, is becoming more vehement. It is looked upor by self-respecting army officers, pub lie men and private citizens alike as the most flagiant miscarriage of jus tice ever recorded in ?the history ol the country. On April 20, 1808 Oberlin M. Carter, captain of engineers, lT. S. A., was convicted by a Court-martial of stealing $1,700,00C from the Federal Government, while in charge of the improvement ol Savannah harbor; gross neglect of duty, and of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. The sentence imposed was dismissal from the army and to payja fine of $10,000. On May 1, 1899, the records in the case reached the Secretary of War, who immediately transmitted them, according to the usual custom, to the judge advocate general for review. The ease was carefully examined by Judge Advocate General Lieber, the findings of the Courtmartial approved and the case resubmitted to the Secretary of War on July 3, 1898. Gen. Alger, then Secretary of War, forwarded the findings to the President on July 10, 1899, and from that date to the present time it has been suspended in the air either at the White House or the department of justice. Five thousand dollars of the people's money was paid former United States Senator Edmunds to review the case and renaer a legai opinion, which wu& d? ne, with the result that Mr. Edmunds was unable t> find a Haw in the decision of the Court-martial. The case was then sent to the Attorney General for an opinion on technicalities raised by Mr. Wayne McVengh, employed by the defendant, and it has since remained at the Atttoriiey General's office pending consideration of some technicalities raised by able and astute attorneys employed by the defence, and the absence in Europe of Mr. McVeagh, who desired to submit further briefs for the defence, wholly for the purpose of delay so that the statute of the limitations may bar criminal prosecution of his client and others implicated. Mr. McVeagh will not return from Europe until the middle of September or the 1st of October, and in the meantime the case is held in abeyance, justice thwarted, and one of the most notorious criminals is allowed to roam at large, drawing the pay of a captain, disgracing the uniform he wears and becoming a stench to the nostrils of self-respecting men. The Carter case is without a parallel in the history of the country, considering the enormity of the crime committed and the amount of money embezzled. A comparison, however, with other cases which have arisen in the past twenty years, where officers have embezzled money from the Government and the punishment meted out to them by Court-martial, the findings of which were promptly approved by former Presidents of the Uni.hd States, is interesting in view of the unprecedented delays in the final disposition of this now famous case. On May 24, 1883. Major James R. Wasson, paymaster at San Antonio, Texas, was charged with the embezzlement of $20,000 while stationed at Galveston, Texas. A Court-martial was ordered, which found Maj:>r Wasson guilty and he was sentenced to dismissal from the service and to be confined at hard labor in such penitentiary as the proper authorities might designate for a period of eighteen months, and that the crime, punishment, name and place of abode of the accused be published in the newspapers of the State from which he came and in the newspapers of the place where he was stationed. The findings of the Court-martial were promptly approved by the Judge Advocate General, the Secretary of War and lastly by President Arthur, on June 28, 1883, just one month and four days after the decision was first rendered. The State penitentiary at Lansing. Mich., was designated as the place of confinement. On October 4, 1880, Major Jatnee H. Nelson, paymaster, stationed al i . . ... New lork city, was convicted by b Court-martial of the embezzlemeni of $10,319.11, and was sentenced to bt dismissed from the anny, to pay i fine of $2,500 and to be imprisoned a hard labor in'a Federal penitentiary for two years, and until such fin* was paid, providing the entire im prisonment did not exceed five years A determined effort was made to se cure Executive clemency by Majo Nelson's friends in New York which resulted in a delay of nearly three months, but after a thnrougl examination of the case Presiden Hayes approved the full sentence 01 January 21, 188!. Another case of embezzlement oc curred on October 17, 1890, at For Clark, Texas, where First Lieul George L. Turner, of the 18th infan try, was convicted by Court-martia \ of disobedience of orders and of em bezzlement of the regimental baiv . funds, amounting to $643.13. Hewa } sentenced to be dismissed from the |t service and to be confined until he restored the band funds, for not more q than three years. Friends of the lieutenant vigorously protested against the sentence of the Courtmartial and tried to induce President Harrison to disapprove the findings. After a careful examination of the .. case President Harrison refused to interfere, whereupon friends of the officer paid the amount embezzled and he was dishonorably dismissed i from the service. Another similar case was that of , Capt. George T. Olmsted, U. S. A., - who embezzled while an officer in ) charge of certain military telegraph . in tho Oonftt-rment of Arizona, 3 nearly $2,000. He was tried by r Court-martial at Fort Leavenworth, j Kansas, July 9, 1884, and sentenced . to dismissal from the service and j the payment of a fine of $2,000, the - amount embezzed. The fine imposed f was promptly paid and President , Arthur approved the sentence of dis missal October 6, 1884. , In marked contrast, however, with I the Carter ease was that of First ! Lieut. John M. Neall, 4th United f States cavalry, who was tried by ' Court-martiul March 24, 1899, iu California, for failure to render an account of post exchange funds of Troop B, 4th cavalry. Before the trial occurred, however, his friends paid the amount of his embezzlement, and after a hearing of the case he was found guilty by the Courtmartial and sentenced to dismissal from the service. An effort was made to secure the reversal of the decision of the Courtmartial, but on July 5, 1899, President McKinley approved his sentence. Another case of particular interest at this time is that of Capt. Leonard ' A. Levering, who was tried,by Courtmartial at Fort Sheridan, III., November 4, 1897, charged with conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline in cruel treatment of Private Charles Hammond, Com- 1 pany G, 21st infantry. He was 1 found guilty and sentenced to be reprimanded by the reviewing J authorities, the punishment being made thus light on account of the ' previous had character and repeated acts of insubordination of Private Hammond. The sentence was ap- 1 proved by President McKinley December 6, 1897, who expressed regret that "an offence so grave should 1 have been visited with a penalty so light." On August 18 and 24, 1897, Second | Lieut. Wm. H. Morford, 3d United i States infantry, was charged with ' conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, in Violation of the 6lst < article of war, for obtaining money I under false pretences. He was found ( guilty by Court-martial and sentenc- : ed to be dismissed from the service , of the United States, October 8, 1897. i The sentence was promptly approved by President McKinley. In every case where embezzlements have occurred in the past ( twenty years and the officer has been f found guilty, he has dismissed from I the service, and either sentenced to a term in the penitentiary, or com- ( pelled to make good the amount of i the embezzlement, and in some I cases a sentence of both flue and ? imprisonment has been imposed. | Only in cases of insubordination, j where the officer was absent without ' ii'ivo nr w?fl drunk, or failed to ! promptly carry out the orders of his \ superiors, have Presidents commuted ' the sentences imposed. So strict is > military discipline that an officer ' who drinks or borrows money with ( enlisted men, lays himself liable to i Court-martial. On June 9, 1893, Capt. L. Bailey, of the 4th United States cavalry, < was tried by Court-martial at Boise barracks, Iowa, charged with bor- ' rowing money from a non-conomis- j sioned officer and failing to pay the same, and also with borrowing money from the servant girl of another officer and failing to pay her. He was found guilty and sentenced to be dismissed from the service, which was promptly approved by President Cleveland. Chaplain H. V. Plummer, 9th cavalry, was charged with conduct unbecomingan officer and gentleman at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, August 17, 1894, in drinking with enlisted men of the 9th cavalry. He was found guilty by a Court-martial and sentenced to be dismissed from the service, which sentence was promptly approved by President Cleveland. Another case illustrative of the discipline of the army is that of Capt. Charles G. Ayres, of the 10th | United States cavalry, who was tried by Court-martial at Fort Keogh, Montana, for conduct unbecoming | an officer in making charges against Capt. William Davis, Jr., of the 10th cavalry, and with disrespect to his J commanding officer in continuing to ^ forward letters to the adjutant gen1 eral after he had been informed by t his commanding officer that the case J was closed. He was duly tried by 1 Court-martial and upon his own adt mission that he had forwarded 7 letters to the adjutant general wlth' out first consulting his superior offieer, he was found guilty and sen* tenced to dismissal from the service. President Cleveland, however, inter1 vened and set aside the findings of ' the Court-martial on October 28,189G, ^ stating as his reason that they "were 1 too severe." 1 It thus appears from an exhaustive ' examination of the records of the war department that the Admiuis tration's action in the Carter case t stands unique and alone in the history of the country. Never before " has a case of such gigantic proporiions occurred and never before has a President of the United States end deavored by every means to thwart ,3 the findings of a Court-martial and to save a convicted thief, as to whose guilt there never has been any doubt, from the penitentiary.?New Orleans Times-Democrat. PUFFS OF TOBACCO SMOKE. , What Is said by Scientific Sharps on an Interesting Subject. Science has calculated that an < average puff of cigar smoke sets free , over 2,000,000,0000 tiny particles, a ( whiff from a pipe liberates oyer , 1,800,000,1X10 of these particles and < one from a cigarette starts 2,900,000,- , 000 of them flying through the surrounding atmosphere. t A very curious fact concerning to- r bacco smoke is the remarkable ^ change in color which it undergoes t after entering the mouth. From the c burning end of a cigar the smoke q issues in deep blue threads, while Q thot wliinh ia oYnpllpri frnm the u mouth is of a decidedly brownish ^ tint. f The difference is to be accounted f for by the fact that the minutest par- t| tides have an intense affinity for t| moisture. When tobacco smoke is t( drawn into the mouth its smallest n particles are immediately detached t( from the rest of the presence of moist j, surfaces, to which they fly and f, lodge. Besides particles, smoke contains p several gases and vapors. Though u Sir Walter Raleigh won his famous wager with Queen, Elizabeth, he tj took no account of these when he b attempted to show her the weight of a his smoke by subtracting the weight b of the final ashes from that of the g nnburnt cigar, and his demonstra- b tion would not hold good with*any w scientist to-day. fr It has often been, quoted that a s, grain of nicotine, administered all at |j once, would kill the strongest dog, ej and from this have been argued its tt terrific effects on the body of a hu- tc man being. While this statement is undoubtedly true, it is somewhat p, misleading. In order to commit sui- f, cide by smoking the dog would have ai to consume 400 strong cigars, one w right after the other. He could put c| himself out of the world much more p| easily by eating the boxes. d Whatever the ill effects of tobacco qi when used to excess, in moderation bi it acts on an adult as a milc^ seda- jr tive, It is claimed that after the jr thirtieth year its use prolongs life se ind preserves the mind by lessening p, the bodily functions of waste and re- s? pair. _ Experts say that for smoking tobacco is one of the least injurious substances known. Compared with other well-known vegetable substances used for the same pnrpose p< iobacco is very mild. Opium, with- ??] out doubt, is most fearful in its ef- , fects, for the drunkenness it proluces ultimately, unbalances the tl inind. Next to opium in power are tr certain kinds of. grasses, notable ^ among which is hemp, wh&h causes Intoxicatiou and a<inesthesk,. e( O Industry of Brain Workers. ai "People who work* with their n< bands, especially farmers, are apt to k think that professional men have an tr oasy time of of it,11 said a lawyer of this city. "It's an amusing mistake. The farmer stop* at sundown and u the laborer works ten hours at the outside. The average professional |Q man works from twelve to fourteen hours day iu and day out, all the t pear around. Often, at a pinch, he ef will work from sixteen to twenty w hours for several days in succession, h, ?nd He will work} when he is sick or suffering severe physical pain? " something the manual toiler won't 'b dream of. Of course he takes short tj intervals of rest, like everybody else. f The human engine isn't capable of absolutely sustained endeavor for *c over an hour at a stretch. Watch a si clay laborer, who seems to be plodding along like a machine, and you'll find that he really rests more than half the lime.. He looks at some te well-dressed doctor, lawyer, broker al or man of affairs and says to himself: e, /%L eaoAol If T7AI1 Atl. "LMI, you uu^uueu i octal, 11 J VI. ly had to work like me!" The truth ?> is that the chap he envies is putting an amount of concentration and con- ;j tinued energy into his daily toil that ^ would kill the man who works with his hands alone iu less than a week. jg I don't mean this as a reflection on the laborer, who is also, no doubt, ul doing his level best. I simply mean that the demands on brain production are a third again as severe as the demands on muscle production. For sheer staying qualities there is 8j nothing in the world that equals the nervous, high-strung, frail looking modern professional man." tt ? it Sanitation In The Schoolroom. ct The agitation of problems touching sanitation in the school room is rather happily hit off by the following dialogue, which we clip from an exchange: y* Teacher (to applicant for admission): "Susie, have vou got a certifl- cj cate of vaccination for smallpox?" "Yes, sir." "Have you been inoculated for ^ croup?" u "Yes, sir." b "Been treated with diphtheria se- p rum?" P "Yes, sir." [j "Had your arm scratched with e cholera bacilli?" tl "Yes, sir." t( "Have you a written guarantee ^ that you are proof against whooping cough, measles, mumps, scarlet fev- S er and old age?" "Yes, sir." . v ' Have you your private drinking s cup?" ii "Yes, sir." 1 o "Do you promise not to exchange t sponges with the boy next to you, t and never to use any but your own n pencil?" 1 i "Yes, sir." P j "Will you agree to have your p hooks fumiguted with sulphur and ' sprinkle your clothes wiin chloride ? of lime once a week?" r "Yes, sir." "Susie, you have met the first requirement of the modern, sanitarians s and may now climb over yonder c rail, occupy an isolated aluminum J seat, and begin making P's and Q's * as your first lesson." ] WHITE SUPREMACY. A Northerner Admits It Must be Maintained. Washington, Aug. 20.?Col. Newcombe Clark, former speaker of the Michigan legislature, is in the city. He is a resident of Mississippi, having lived for some years at Ocean Springs, on the Gulf coast of that state. His doctor told him he would iie if he did not migiate to a warmer climate, and he liked the south well enough to abide permanently. "I lake but little interest," said he ;o a reporter, "in local politics, but ny long stay in Mississippi has convinced me that white supremacy is a hing to be maintained in order that ivilization itself shall be preserved. The negro problem is a very serious ne in the states that have a heavy ilack population, and I confess that I lo not see how serious trouble in the uture is to be averted. Exclusion rom the ballot does not seem to settle he matter, for in our ^ate very few of he colored men goto the polls. In my own there are at least ninety black len who could vote ii they wanted o, but the majority of them appear ^different 'to the exercise of the "anchise. , r "Under our new constitution the aytnent of taxes is essential to the seofthe ballot, and there is also isfranchisement of illiteracy. Both lese conditions bear down upon the lack race heavily, and it is true that good many poor whites are apt to e denied suffrage on the same , rounds. Still, a great many more lacks than whites are barred, which as, of course, the intent of the . amers of the constitution. The reilt has been that the negroes take ttle or no interest in politics, and ight out of ten of them will not pay ( id"poll tax, which is a pre-requisite , > voting. M "My honest belief is that the white ( eople of the North would not be as ] ?rbearing with the colored element 3 are the white men of the South, ho better understand the negro . laracter. At t he same time I de- ( lore and condemn the lawless conuct of the inobs which, by their freruonrt tn lvni?h lftW. hftV6 UUIIfc I COVI V ??# 9 J (IV. ?? Y _ rought disgrace upon the South. ' ven as a deterring agency, lynchig is a signal failure, and it only irves to make the outside world < at the entii'e citizenship of the outh irf the category of barbarians. I Columbia Record. i An Editor's Appeal. A Mississipi editor makes this ap- < ?al to delinquent subscribers: ] Fish down into your pocket, and i ig up dust; the editor is hungry and < le pap?r 'bout to bust. We've 1 usted you for several months, and < id it with a smile, so just return the I >mpliment and trust us for a while. < ur wife she needs some stockings, i nd baby needs a dress; Jimmy i E?ed8 some breeches, and so does [ate and Bess. Bud is on ffte pig [ ain and Peggy sick with grief, and i ?od gosh almighty, can't you give a I lan relief? Shell out those nickels ] id turn loose the dimes; turn 'em I >ose and whistle and we'l have bet- I ir times; there will be fewer patch- i i on the bosom of our pants, and i e'd make the paper better if we I ad,a half a chance. Don't give us ( tat old story, long gone to seed, i out takinsr more family papers than ' le family want to read; but help to i ed the printer, and he'll help the i >wn to grow, and thus escape the s ilpher iu the regions down below." \ Pat and the Speaking Tube. I A soleman looking Irishman en>red a business house the other day ud walking up to one of the men' 1 nployed on the lower floor, asked: i "Is dhere any chanst fer a mon , get a job of wur-rk here?" j "I don't know," answered the . ian addressed; "you'll have to see Ir. Hobart. "An' 'pfwere is he?" asked the Irhtnan. * "Up on the second floor," was the 1 nswer. "Shall Oi walk up 'an talk t' him?" < neried the seeker for employment. { "No need of that," replied the man, ( Just whistle in that tube and he'll 1 )eak to vou," pointing at the same , me to a speaking tube. The old Irishman walked over to 16 tube and blew a mighty blast in j . Mr. Hobart heard the whistle, i ime to the tube, and inquired: "What's wantecLdown there?" "Tie Oi, Paddy Flynn!" answered le Irishman. "Ar' you the boss?* "I am", replied Mr. Hobart. , "Well thin," yelled Flynn, "sthlck < er head out av tl?' second story win- , ow whoil Oi sthep out on th' soid- ' alk;Oiwant to talk t' ye!"?C'in- | innati Inquirer. ? i Tillman's Candor. j Whatever may be said against j enatorTillman, we cannot help ad liring his political courage and his i lunt frankness in dealing with olitical issues. Tillman calls { itchfork and spares not. He is quo id as having said in a recent speech i bat the dispensary was not intendd to be moral, but simply to give be people plenty of good liquor and i give the profits of the liquor busiess to the State instead of the bar eepers. This is the literal truth. The late of South Carolina is engaged it the liquor business for the pioflt hat there is in it, Or perhaps we rould be nearer to the truth if we hould say that the Tillman parry naugurated the dispensary system or the good that they could get out f it. Now that Tillman has told he truth, let us hear no more about he dispensary system as a movement in the interest of temperance, t is a movement in the interest of >oiitics, and while it has been of >rofit to politicians and possibly of irofit to the State government, it ias heen a disgrace to the people of South Carolina and a source of uo nd of strife and scandal.?Richnond (Va.) Times. A CUKE FUR XEURALO'A, I wan for some time a sufferer from Neuralgia. 1 tried nearly everything I could hear >f, but nothing did me any good until I purhased a box of Ramon's River Rills &. Tonc Pellets aud began to use them. They reieved ine at once. That was over a 'year igo, and I have had no return of it since.? drs. Willie Reed, Gurley. Ala. For sale by 3r. A. J. China. ? ~v yii STRUCK A SNAG. Lake City Disappointed Again in Her Hopes. The Charleston Evening. Poet's Washington correspondent says: Washington, August 22.?There appears to be another hitch in regard to the settlement of the matter of the Lake City postofflce. A decision lias not yet beeni reached, and | the office may not be reopened as hoped by many persons interested in the subject. Postmaster General Smith has just returned from a visit to Lake Champlain and it is said that during his visit there the situation in regard to the Lake City postoffice was discussed with the President. No final decision, however, has been arrived at. Another factor in the case which may operate against the re-opening of the office as early as was expected is the fact that, as reported, an adverse report has been made by an inspector, who has been investigating the situation', against the re-establishment of the office. It was stated a week or so ago that a lady, said to be highly endorsed, might be appointed postmaster at Lake City. Her uame is Mrs. C. W. McLam, and papers relating to her are 011 file among other papers in the office of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, and* ; have been considered by the officials. , It was hoped by many that her selection might be a solution of the difficulty, and it is st)U thought that it may be, although it has not as yet been determined. At the postoffice department it was stated the other day that noth-. ing could be done until the return oI Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow. who is now away on hfs vacation and has been for the past / two weeks. The papers relating to the office are locked up in the aafe - ^ in his office and when he left the city he gave the information that noihing would be done in the matter until his return. It is not probable that anything further will be doBe in the matter for some time. ? ??. < f A FAMILY OF GOVERNORS. rhe Remarkable Career of the Richardson* of South Carolina. Columbia, August 28.?The record of Governors furnished by the Richardson family of South Carolina probably surpasses that of any family in any State. The facts are recalled by the recent death of John Peter Richardson, the last Governor af the uojd regime." He was a nephew of Elizabeth Peyre Manning, ? nee Richardson, the only woman who was the wife of a Governor, the sister of a Governor, the niece of a Governor, the mother of a Governor and the aunt and foster mother ofaOovernor. She was also the half ^rat cousin of her husband, Governbr Richmi I. Manning. Gen. James B. Richardson, the grandfather, was Governor from 1882 to 1804; John Peter Richardson, the father, from 1810 to 1812, and John Peter Richardson, the sou, from 1886 % to 1890. Gen. Richardson was also / tha irrAndfAthAr nf Rinhurd I. Mc?n ling, Governor, 1862-64. And if there is such a thing as being ancestor-inaw, there are two more Gover&ors : ^ :o be added to his family tree both illustrious?George McDuffie and Wade Hampton. McDuffie married i great granddaughter of Gen. Bfeh-' irdson, while Governor HamptotTs second wife, McDuffie's daughter, vas a great-great granddaughter. There is a coincidence in that the ate .Governor John Peter Richardson and his father bore the tame lame, were Governors of the same state and both succeeded Governors vho were not elected to that office, )ut were filling out unexpired terms. -New York Sun. HOWS THIS? * We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for inv cane of Ca&rrh that cannot cored by riall'a Catarrh Cure. & F. J. CH ENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We. the undersigned, have known F. J, ?heney for the laat T5 yeara, and believe him ierfec'tly honorable infill business traniHUJona and financially ??!e to carry oat say >hlixatlona made by their firm. IV est & Truax, Wholesale Druggiatx, Tnuafc do, 0. A'aldimo, Ki.nnan & Martin, Wholesale " Drujrjfiata, Toledo. O. Hall'a Catarrh Cure ia taken internally, ictfhfc directlv upon the blood and mucous uirfacea of the ayateni. Testimonials sent ree. Price 75o. Hall'a Family Pilla are the best. Two Chance Meetings. Five years ago two travellers met it the entrance into Jerusalem?a jignified Fngiishm&n and a genial young American missionary. They ' Vwere strangers to each other aiid informally entered Into conversation. ~WPPassing the wall which surrounds the hallowed spot, the American flung himself from his donkey, and, snatching some leaves frqggi a vine which clambered alopg the base of the wall, said a glowing face: "See! I have some sacred hys- v sop." * f, "Sorry to undeceive you," said the iniperturable Englishman, "but that is old-fashioned chick weed." In another hour they parted, goodnaturedly and, as they hud met, strangers. - ' Early in April, 1899, two men stood side by side gazing into the crypt where lies the body of Grant. Neither had noticed the other until the incidental remark of one, "undoubtedly a great man!" uttered iu tones of unmistakable sincerity, caused the other to raise his head. A look of mutual recognition was the result. "Well! well! Old hyssop-on-thswall,' said the speaker. "Say, friend," said the missionary, "I arrived in New York from Japan last night. There's a thousand doi- lars on deposit for me in the?fianV,. . but not a soul here knows me and I need the money. Will you identify me?" / . "Or course 1 win," saiu me lishmuu heartily, "and be glad to do it. What's your name?"?The New Voice. It Is folly for people to subject thewtriw* to attacks of chills nuil fever and ""I'lfttl troubles, when by the timely oae of Ramon'* % . Liver Pills & Tonic Pellets end BMM***Pepsin Chili Tonic tbey can so feUMtteir . systems as to eutirely prevent one knows these famous remedies- J M fuller information ask your Samphlete and sample dose. I v jajSS&g