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NO BEER DISPENSARIES. ^
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All Ordered to Close 011 Nov.
1st. ]
NEW RULE TO BE MADE. '
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Meeting Next Month Will Decide How 1
Malt Beverages are to be Dis- *
pensed in the State. j 1
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Columbia, S. C., Sept. 9.?The 1
beerards and Dreyfussards are de- 0
moralized to-day. The beer dispell- s
saries have been abolished. a
After discussion of the whole mat- 1
A ~ mliintarl tlltt f? 11 ] i) W i HP*
fcfcjr lilt) ucai u au<i^icu kt>v e .
resolution, which was introduced by i1
Mr. Williams: "Resolved that all !
beer dispensaries are hereby ordered I1
closed and the terms of office of such e
dispensers are declared to be vacant,
this order to become effective on a
November 1st, 1899." a
"Resolved, further, that sterilized, ?
or family, beer be supplied to con- c
sumers through the regular county ^
dispensaries and that breweries e
usually seeking business with the 8
dispensary are requested to submit a
-bids to the State board of control at
the October meeting, proposing to
supply such beer bottled and in P
crates and in such quantities as may
be necessary to be shipped to the ^
various county dispensaries direct t!
and at such times as it may be or- t]
/I/vh.v/1 nnf Kt? K/iQtvJ
DaiUV vr. ^
' It is a curious fact," continued j
^ ' my insurance> riend, who spends a ^
?r;. goodde.nl of his time in England, tt
f"that $2,000,000 or $3,000,000 of insur- a
ance, perhaps more than that, has
been placed on the life of the Prince n
of Wales as a speculation by persons ^
who do not know him and have ft
v ^ xcever had any relations with him S)
wfiattrer. This would not be possi- g
> ble under the insurance laws of the w
Pf United States, but it is allowed by b
some of the English companies.
& Over there any man can secure a a
; policy tfn the life of a neighbor, pro- w
- vided he can persuade the neighbor !}
S\9 to a medical examination
f/jp^ or fhid a company which has recentJ77
ly had him examined. Thus when tj
the Prince of Wales undergoes an
examination for insurance lots of
speculators apply*to the same com- w
pairy for poficies, on his life, or get
certified copies of the report of the
medical examiner and use them with ^
other companies. It is pure speeu'lation.
They pay a high premium, a ^
margin, so to speak, or, to put it in
another way, they book a wager ^
with the insurance companies that
Prinoo will t\\t> before the tohil
bUC A a ?MVV I* v ? _ _
: * of their premiums exceeds the
amount of the policy. Therefore
many persons would be financially t(
benefitted if Albert Edward should v
should drop off suddenly one of these
fine days. Tho Prince is perfectly j
aware of this fact. He knows very
-* well what advantages have been ^
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taken of his situation, but I do not
suppose it makes any difference with a
his habits. \
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It is reported from China that ten
men carry the Emperor's umbrella.
3^ This is not so very remarkable. Ten 1
men, more or less, carry the urn |
brella of the average American t
before it is entirelv worn out.
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Fooled by a Gas Machine. C
A Brooklyn woman, whose gas bills
were almost beyond computation and
certainly beyond her purse, had one of
C #the quarter in the slot machines put in
ber flat and anticipated great pleasure I
in keeping tab on her gas expenditure. I
. These machines, by the way, are fed a j
quarter, and when the quarter's worth j j
oi gas is burned they shut off automat-1 ,
ically. .
Toward evening of the day in which f
the machine was installed she wended
her way to the slot and deposited her '
money, hut when an attempt was made ! 1
to light the gas the machine would not <
[ register, and the evening light was shed ;
out of lamps and candles. A wrathy j
note^bronght the company inspector to !
the scene the next morning, and he |
thoroughly vindicated the reputation of
the contrivance when he unlocked it
^ and drew from the inside three nickels
and a dime.?New York Mail and Exf*
press.
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UCl CVI ww V u? me uouix ,
"And it is further resolved, that P
the board at a secret meeting desig- s
nate such dispensaries as it is deem- 1
ed prudent to require to handle such ^
beer business by November 1st." s<
Mr. Williams, speaking on his ^
resolution and the action, of the 11
board, said that the board felt that P
in the interest of the dispensar}'
some change must be made. The
board has at various times attempted sto
make rules and regulations which
would properly govern dispensaries P
but all efforts had failed in accomplishing
the desired object. Refer- *
ring to the new plan, he said the
board was considering details for the
idea, but the details had not been **
decided on. a
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INSURED FOR $10,000,000. b
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That Is Said to be the Aggregate of
Policies on the Prince of Wales's Life. ^
st
A big insurance man told me re- i2)
cently.in New York that the Prince w
of Wales was the heaviest risk of SJ
any patron of the insurance business, ^
and that his death would cost En- ni
glish, German,French and American r
companies not less than $10,000,000. ti
"No other person carries 20 per
cent of that insurance," he said, 0j
"but comparatively little of it is for p,
the benefit of his family; perhaps j
not more than $1,000,000. Some e(
years ago large policies were taken V(
out by his creditors as security for cf
money loaned. If he should ever
pay his debts they would of course g(
" revert to him, and might be carried (j
for the benefit of his family, but his
premiums, like the premium on all ji:
of the royal families of Europe, are
very high?much higher tkan those e,
paid by private individuals for the n
oama omnnnfftf inSUVailCC.
TILLMAN ON THE NEGRO.
Says the Problem Baffles Him. But Offers
General and Sensible Suggestions.
Some days ago, when Senator B.
ti. Tillman strongly denounced the
vhite-capping of Negroes in Greenvood,
the Rev. J. L. Dart, of this
itv, wrote him a letter of thanks on
>ehalf of himself and his race for his
trong words of condemnation and
lenunciation of outrages and law
essness. Besides thanking ?enaor
B. R. Tillman the writer took
>ccasion in his letter to touch upon
everal topics of public interest,
,mong them being the relations of
he races in the South and the future
f the Negro in this country. On
his subject the Rev. J. L. Dart said :
"Whether we be democrats or reublicans,
southerners or northernrs,
white men or black men, there
5 a common ground upon which we
11 can stand, and that is our united
nd firm determination that all forms
f lawlessness in our midst, whether
arried on by whites or blacks, shall
e put down and completely banishd
from our borders; that the law
hall have its course in every case
nd instance, and every citizen shall
ave the guaranteed protection of
ife, liberty and the pursuit of hapiness.
"But for myself I have come to
elieve in the ultimate separation of
lie races in the South?the emigraion
of the race, not so much to
Lfrica as the colonization of ourpeole
in the newly acquired possesions
in Cuba and Porto Rico and
iroughout the North and west,
his, of course, cannot be done for
sveral years to come, but while the
regro race in the South is gaining'
1 education, wealth and experience, I
reparatory for their departure,
ley should have the protection of
le law and the generous aid and
empathy of their white neighbors."
To this letter Senator Tillman relied
as follows:
Trenton, S. C., August 26, 1899.
he Kev. J. L. Dart, Charleston, S.
C.:
Dear Sir?Your letter of August
1th has been received. I confess I
m both surprised and gratified at
;ceiving it. I am only sorry that a
adly garbled, and in some respects
distorted, report of my speech was
ubiished in our State papers and
?nt abroad. I used much stronger
inguage and my appeal for justice
as much broader than what you
iw. The correspondent for The
ews and Courier, Mr. Kohn, wrote
le that his report by mail did not
sach the office in time for publicaon.
I am considered as the arch enemy
' the Negroes, or colored people,
?cause, while governor, and before,
exerted all the influence I possess1
for calling a constitutional conation
for the purpose of disfranlising
them. If you will contrast
le condition of the Negroes in
outh Carolina with that in North
arolina ana ueorgia you win s?e
iat there is much more good feelig
and less friction here than where
r>litical activity and the franchise
cists on the basis of manhood suffige.
The Phoenix riot is directly
ttributable to the political virus inicted
into the Negroes of that neighorhood
by designing white men?
le Tolberts?and the recent outrages
re the aftermath.
What the ultimate solution of the
ice problem will be I do not know,
ut I do know that race and caste
jeling are insuperable barriers to
:>cial and political equality in the
outh, and that the Negro as the
eaker and inferior race will always
e the victim of every conflict by
diich he seeks, either of his own
ccord or when led by designing
-hite men, to break down those
arriers.
There is no room in the northwest,
r opening, for any Negro communi^.
es, as you will find if yon go there
) investigate. The northern whites
o longer sympathize with the ideas
hich brought on the civil war, as is
roven by Governor Tanner's attiide
and official action. There may
e an opening for a limited number
f negroes in Cuba and Porto Rico,
ut 1 think the field in the Philipines
is already occupied by a race
liat would be more intolerant and
ruel than the whites.
What the end will be I can not
ay, but this I do know, the Negro
lust remain subordinate or be exr'rminated
; and I, for one, will always
set my face like flint against
ny injustice or unfairness toward
lim as long as he remains in his
roper sphere and leaves politics
lone. ^
'l'he whites are in me ascenuaney
,iul will remain 90 whatever conies,
hul as the superior and more civilzed
race they owe it to theniRelves
o protect the Negro in his right to
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,"
even though that deelaraion
was written by a slave holder
vho did not take the J"segro into
:onsideration when he wrote it.
Yours truly,
H. R. Tillman.
-News and Courier.
Appoints Dr. Rowland.
Governor MeSweeney Friday appointed
I)r. M. O. Rowland a nieni>er
of the board of directors of the
Penitentiary, vice Cunningham, resigned.
Dr. Rowland was for some time a
member of the House from Spartanburg
County, and is one of the best
citizens of Spartanburg county.
He did not solicit the appointment,
and Governor MeSweeney appointed
him because of his being a successful
business man and well fitted
for the work on the board.
With most of us life seems to be
one continual round of economy.
Wheeler In the Saddle.
"Fighting Joe" Wheeler has reached
Manila and he is already assignI
e;l to the command of Gen. Funston's
{ brigade, which place it appears, has
been kept open for him. The gray
old warrior, whose youth and enthusiasm
seem to be inexhaustible,
impresses us as retaining all his oldtime
vigor. He wants to go to the
front immediately, and, in his feryor
and delight over the prospect of
active service, he has already surveyed
the situation and proclaimed
his views. The press reports describe
him as saying:
"I am much pleased with the
situation. I think that when General
Otis gets more troops he will make
rapid progress. The country is more
favorable for military operations
than I had supposed. The impression
that the country is unhealthy is
wrong."
Certainly General Wheeler is the
most lovable and delightful old gentleman
oceupjTing a prominent place
in our republic affairs to-day. He
has all the buoyant optimism of
fl, XTrkthimi- cun Haunt. hiti
> UWiH, Al VV?>I ...w
courage or mitigate his wonderful
philosophy. Give him a trench, half
tilled with water, and he regards it
as an ideal resting place. Offer him
hard tack and a lump of moldy
bacon and he regards them as the
legitimate constituents of a Lucullan
banquet. Chills and fevers merely
make him believe that he is the victim
of an hallucination. Sickness
among his men he views with toleration
as an innocent idio6yncracy.
He recognizes no difficulties, admits
the importance of no obstacles.
He insists upon going ahead under
all circumstances, and Boabdil and
the Cainpead or, both put together,
never furnished one fraction of his
irrepressible vim. At the battle?we j
should say the storming?of San
J uan last year, he was brought to
the front upon a litter in time to see
the consummation. But he never
dreamed that he was at death's door
from disease, and he thought cf
nothing save the victoryand his own
delight. He gave credit to everybody,
demanded the promotion and
distinction of all participants, and
then slept the sleep of physical
S weakness to dream of a glory which
he was glad to share with all the
world.
Of, course, the dear old general
knows nothing about the situation
in Luzon. He sees a chance of fighting,
and all is roseate and beautiful.
Any country is in his eyes favorable
for military operations, so long as he
is to take part in them and he is so
fond of every one and so trustful of
every one's devotion and ability that
he really believes in his prophecy
that Otis will do great things after a
while. "The impressiqp that the
country is unhealthy is wrong." the
general declares, after a few minutes'
contemplation of Otis and his staffbut
he will still believe in the salu
brity of Luzon, even after six
months' experience of cholera,
6inaIlpox and beri beri.
Gen. Wheeler's Utopian utterances
come U> us like a breath of innocence.
They uplift and soften the
hard, every-day heart of callous
man.?Washington Post.
The Negro and His Morals.
Negroes at Brunswick, Georgia,
took umbrage at the associations ot
one of their race with a Chinaman,
and the offender being a woman,
they called her out of her house Sunday
night and flogged her soundly.
However much one may condemn
such an act of violence there is one
aspect of the incident that is not altogether
without encouragement for
persons who hope to see the ultimate
elevation of the negro in the South.
The deplorable moral status of the
race is a matter of common repute.
Such social laws as it has made Tor
itself seldom or never take cognizance
of obliquities that would ostracize
their perpetrators were they
committed even in the lower grades
of Anglo-Saxon society. In very recent
years there has been a tendency,
in isolated instances, on the part
of educated and respectable colored
people to establish the barriers of
caste, which would separate the
higher from the lower elements of
their people. But such movements
have been too few and too
leniently enforced to have made an
appreciable impression upon the
race at large. It is true of ail peo1
lv?ll?i?A frliAo fnur ninu^i*Q Q rp
t)ies, W?3 UOIICVC, UlrtD pw L.. ?,
more potent to spur men on to better
things than the hope of social preferment.
The sacrifices which we daily
see made to attain it settle the value
in which it is universally held.
While equality between the races is
a quession that has been answered
once and for all in the South, if colored
men would establish and maintain
stricter social requirements
among themselves there is no doubt
but that they would place before the
lower elements of their race a goal,
the strife to attain which would lead
many negro men and women to follow
more moral and respectable
lives.?News and Courier.
And They Took Him Home In a Buggy.
Sing a song of swelled head, a fellow
full of gin, coming home at 4 a.
m., his wife won't let him in.
His feet are full of tangle-foot, his
head is full of wheels; the keyhole
runs around the knob; he a funny
feeling feels.
He puts his feet upon the porch,
his head upon the ground, and all
the time within his "mug" the
wheels are going round.
He thinks that he is sober and
every one is tight, and he thinks
he's in his bed room, instead of out
all night.
He thinks the moon's a dollar and
will buy a dozen drinks, and various ;
- . ? h o tlliftllfc Q 111 1 !
otiier minor tic biMuna
thinks and thinks.
But when the morning cometh,
and it cometh soon at that, he looks
around and murmers,"Greatsnakes!
where am I at?"
One of Sir Thomas Upton's employees,
doubtless referring to the
great tea merchant's experience in
South Carolina, says: "It is a peculiar
thing that Sir Thomas was a
grand failure in the United States,
so much so that he almost starved,
and then, by following out American
ideas, became one of the most successful
men in England." In his
answer to an interviewer, who suggested
that there must he some secret
about his success, the owner of
the Shamrock reveals the keynote of
his character: "Oh, bosh !" he said ;
"this secret business is all i.onsense.
I simply worked hard, devoted my
whole time to my business, had my
heart in it and couldn't help succeeding.
But few young men are
willing to work. They are too particular
about the hours they spend
in the store or office. Why, I often
say that I have worked twenty-five
hours out of twenty-four, and* I do
belieye that I get twice as much into
a day as do most men. I have never
been afraid of hard work, and have
worked just as hard since my business
has become established as I
did before. I owe almost all my
. success to hard work, and nothing
else."
DITO05 CONDEMNED.!
The Credit of the Army Saved
by u Terrible Injustice.
CRIME OF THE CENTURY.
Court Reaches a Verdict Which Satisfies
Nobody-Causes Rioting in : (
Paris. '
Rexxes, Sept. 9.?Before a vast '
crowd and amid profound silence the 1
judges to-day read their verdict in i
the Dreyfus case, condemning the i
*
defendant, but mitigating his punish- j
ment, so that virtually no punish i '
ment remains, except the disgrace of <
treason upon him. 1
The judges were ushered in with i
due military form, with the rattle of I
arms presented by the soldiers ?
drawn up in line. They entered and '
cast their caps on the broad table i
before them and then Major Carrieiv
moved for judgment and sentence in t
a few words. (
As soon as the president began to 1
read the paper containing the judg- r
ment of tlie court, which he said had f
been reached by 5 to 2, the silence
was broken by a stir, the correspon- >
dents and reporters gathering for a *
rush. As he spoke the words "guilty
and sentenced to ten years deten- 1
tion" there was an unseemly turn f
ult, for the newspaper men were i
tumbling over each other to thrust '
their despatches, already written, i
into the opening leading to the street 1
where a host of men and boys wait- t
ed to receive them and scurry away, *
afoot, on wheels and in vehicles to '
the telegraph and cable offices. 1
Dreyfus sat in his. accustomed v
place like a 6tatue. The reading of '
the decision was suspended while <1
the newspaper men climbed over I
each other, but he did not turn his
hpad. When it was all over, when l
he had learned that he was again I
found guilty but that his sentenced h
was modified from life imprison- 11
ment on the Island of the Devil to t
ten years, detention he rose when his v
guards signalled him and marched t
out after the crowd, stiff and ap- a
parently as senseless as an automa- li
ton. There were shrieks for the
army among the people, hut he did t
not heed them. Conflicting cries of s
sympathy for him and of hatred for 1
all Jews affected him, apparently ?
as little. He marched back to jail <?
"eyes front," hands in the correct :l
military position, shoulders squared (i
and feet keeping time with the sol- P
diers on each side of him. v
His sentence to ten years' detention t
is the same as is accorded political v
prisoners, who get good attention. v
It is certain, however, that in ten
days Dreyfus will be free. This will
come by either of two sources. ?
President Loubet will pardon him if
he is not freed otherwise. Put as
the sentence is ten years' detention,
which is the same in law as five
years' solitary imprisonment, the ii
prisoner has already served his sentence.
11
The verdict of the court is a move
to pacify both sides. It is believed s
that the army will now he satisfied r
^ *1'" IliwfllS irct b
Cl'IU (It LUC OU IIIV' ? ?/ ? % D his
liberty. After this he can be ex- 1
pec ted to bide his time for complete tj
vindication in the event that he is, ij
as he claims, absolutely innocent. 'l
ft has been quiet here since the
verdict was returned this afternoon tl
and gradually the military are being
withdrawn. ''
Dreyfus refuses to discuss the case g
aiul moves as an automaton. Ma- ;l
dame Dreyfus can not he wen and (
Demange and Labori refuse to discuss
the case for the present. They J'
realize that their client will soon be
free aud will map out a new line of tl
procedure to prove his innocence v
and secure his restoration to the j,
army. (
In Paris there are crowded streets a
and the excitement is intense. It is
belived rioting may result duriig
the night as the Dreyfus following is
greatly disappointed and isdenounc- /
ing the "military clique" in bitter
terms. The police guards and gen ^
d'armes are quadrupled and every ..
effoitis being made for quiet; but
with little avail.
It is a strange coincidence that the t
anti-Drevfusards are also inclined to x
be riotous on account of what they ,
allege to be the weak sentence.
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Hall's Family Pills are the best.
They Will Kick.
We sometimes put on a long face 1
and look as though we hadn't a
friend in the world, just hecatise y
some one has found fault with something
they saw in our paper. Hut why
feel so badly over "spilled
milk?" The merchant doesn't please all
his customers; the postmaster,
too, is kicked and cussed because he 1
makes mistakes; the station agent is
frequently hacked up in a corner by I
some old woman and given to understand
this and that and numerous
other things; tne Darner is censiireu
for his dull razor; the baker is ac- ?
cased of fraud, some people declare
he puts too much wind in his bread;
the butcher is forever reminded of his
tough meat; the grocer charges poor
accounts to good customers so as toj
"even up," and even the preacher
finds it hard work to please all his ,
congregation with his best sermon.
The only good person is the one who
is doing the kicking.?Ex. i
Sick Headache is the bane of many
lives. Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver
Medicine cures and prevents this annoying
complaint. For sale|by?
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TILLMAN TALKS SENSE.
Ho Espoused the Views of Every Sensible
Southern White Man when he Told
Boston People that the Whites are in
the Ascendancy and wili Remain so
Whatever Comes.
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina.
has been talking to the New
Knglaud people about the negro
(jiieslion, and the Boston Transcript
says that Boston's silver-tongued
iholitionist (Garrison) would hardly
oihscribe to the equivocal statement
made by Tillman that "the whites are
in the ascendancy and will remain
o>, whatever comes.'*
Quito true, for Boston's silverlougucd
abolitionist was a dreamer
?f dreams, a visionary man and
anatic. He dealt in theories and
iot in facts. There are many others
ike him in Boston to-day who insist
that the whites of the South shall
iot remain in the ascendancy. But
ill such talk does not alter the fact.
The white man discovered thiscounry,
the white man fought for its inlependence,
the white man made it
.vhat it is and the white man is going
o rule it, peacefully if he can, by
oree if he must.
The people of Boston pride themlelves
on their learning. They are
itudcuts of present and past events
tnd they can tell you about the hisory
of every nation, tribe and race
rnm the beginning. Tiiey cannot
mint to a single instance where the
>lack man has ever ruled the white
nan, except the ancient Egyptians
)e classed with the negro race. But
hey can point to numerous instances
vhere the white man has ruled the
ilack man, and it has invariably
>een the case when the white man
vent into the black man's country
>e occupied the laud and either
Irove the black man out or ruled
i im.
Why should an intelligent news>aper
like the Boston Transcript <
iold to the idea that conditions may 1
>e different in the South? The white
iKin and the black man cannot livo ,
ogether upon terms of equality, and
whenever it is attempted to enforce
his thing there is going to be trouble
nd the black man is going to get j
inrt. i
We shall not discuss the ethics of I
he question, although we do not '
brink from such a controversy, j
Jut facts are facts and there is no .
rguing against them. We do not ;
ften find ourselves in line with Sen- '
tor Tillman in his views on public 1
lin stions, hut Senator Tillman ex- jesses
the view of every discerning!^
>'hite man in the South and states 1
he exact fact when he says that the J
. bites are in the ascendancy and .
k ill remain so whatever comes. ;
The sooner the people of New En- 1
land and the sooner the black men j
f this country recognize that fact (
he better it will be for the negro i
ace.?Richmond Times.
Sunday Observance in Chattanooga.
Time?Sunday afternoon, Sept. 3,
WW.
Place?The Auditorium, Chatta- 1
ooga. 1
Scene?About 4,000 men in the
eats; 3,500 with their coats off, in
hirt-sleeves; some smoking cigars,
igarettes pipes; others chewing to- '
aceo. C?eo. R. Stuart,of Cleveland,
'enn., on the rostrum, delivering a
tumpspeicii on Chattanooga poli
ies. Sam P. Jones, of Cartersville,
la., sitting on the rostrum in a very
igh backed chair, both legs thrown
ver a high arm of the chair, his feet '
angling in midair, turned toward
he audience.
Geo. R. Stuart speaking?"A policial!
differs from a statesman just .
s a flea differs from a snake: A
nake crawls on its own belly, while ,
Ilea will crawl on anyone's belly."
Laughter, applause, cat calls.)
Jones (interrupting)?"I think a
olitician is like a tumble bug." <
Renewed laughter and cat-calls.)
Jones?"I wouldn't fight 'em for
he same reason that the coon
wouldn't fight the skunk: I 1
wouldn't be afraid of being licked
ut I wouldjhe afraid of the smell." 1
Renewed laughter, cat-calls and
pplause.)?Chattanooga Times.
When Pa Firs' Et Tabasco Sauce.
Vhen pa firs' et tabasco sauce?I'm
smilin' 'bout it yet, ,
although his subsekent remarks I
always shall regret.
Ve'd come to town to see the sights,
an' pa remarked to me: 1
We'll eat at a bong tong hotel an'
sling some style," says he.
Ui' then he sort o' cast his eye 1
among the plates an' all,
In' says, "That ketchup mus' be
good, the bottle is so small
In' then he took a piece o' meat an'
covered it quite thick,
Vhen pa firs' et tabasco sauce air
rose to make bis kick,
t all comes back so plain to me; I
rikollect it well;
fo just was talkin' mild and calm,
and then he give a yell
Vn' tried to cave the ceilin' by bu-ttin'
with hisTiead,
'Er-hooh! Er-hooh! Fire! Murder!
Hooh!" I can't tell all he said,
Sut when they heard his heated
wiwil? aiv women lef the room. I
Vn' said such language filled their
souls with shame, an' also
gloom; lint
pa, he only gurgled some, and
then he yelled again,
vVhen firs' he et tabasco sauce an'
told about it then.
Are laid him out upon a board an'
fainted him quite a while,
\n' pa, he sort o' gasped at first an'
then he tried to smile.
\n' says, "Just heat a poker now,
an' run it down my neck;
[ want to cool off gradual, it's better,
I expeek."
[Jut when he'd got me out o' doors,
he says, ikI want to get
I'hat there blame ketchup recipe
an' learn jus' how it's het,
So I can try it on the hoys when you
?? i.1 ma irif llllltt
<111 ,
Fill they, too, thiiiK the condiment
is 111ix*!(] with Kingdom ('01110."
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troubles, when by the timely use of Ramon's
i.iver rills ?fc Tonic Pellets and Ramon's
Pepsin Chill Tonic they can so fortify their
systems as to entirely prevent them. Every
one knows these famous remedies, but foY
fuller information ask your dru?>cist for
pamphlets and sample/lone. Sold by Dr. A.
.1. China.
Experience is a great teacher, but
somehow the average man never
lives long enough to graduate.
THE SEARCH FOR ANDRE.
Steamer Antarctic Returns Having Found
No Trace of the Aeronaut.
Gothenburg, Sweden, Sept. 11.?
The steamer Antarctic, which left
Helsinghorg, Sweden, on May 25
last, with an expedition under Prof.
A. G. Nathorst, was spoken off The
Skaw, the northern extremity of Jutland,
Denmark, to-day, on her return
from her search along the northeast
coast of Greenland for Prof.
Andre.
She reported that she had found
no trace of the missing aeronaut.
Thackeray's Recreation.
A favorite recreation with Thackeray
was a walk through the zoological
gardens. "If I have cares on my
mind," he said, I come to the zoo,
and fancy they don't pass the gate."
It was in the zoo, as he walked
along, that he made up the rhyme:
First I saw the white bear, then I
saw the black;
Then I saw the camel with a lump
upon his back;
Then I saw the gray wolf, with mutton
in his maw;
Then I saw the wombat waddle in
the straw;
Then I Raw the elephant a-waving
of is trunk ;
Then 1 saw the monkeys?mercy,
how unpleasantly they 6melt.
?Argonaut.
Proving the Bible True.
Lecturing at the British Museum
on Saturday to the members of the
Hampstead Antiquarian Society,
the Rev. Dr. Kinns said that there
were 100,000 Assyrian inscriptions in
the museum, 20,000 of which had
been deciphered, and the work of deciphering
the others was constantly
going on.
So far they had got confirmatory
evidence of the Bible story of ttie
Deluge, of the history of Sennecherib,
and of the narrative of Daniel. The
Egyptian inscriptions had confirmed
the story of Joseph and of the
Exodus.
In moving a vote of thanks to the
lecturer, the Archbishop of Jamaica
said that every fresh discovery tend
fid to establish tho substantial truth
of the Bible narratives, and it was
most satisfactory to find the Bible
so truthful on things about which It
did not profess to be an authority.
Hetty Green's Methods.
Mrs. Hetty Green, whose immense
wealth and peculiar ways have made
her famous from one end of the country
to the other, and who is particularly
well known in this vicinity,
has, according to a recent report
From a Western source, formulated
the following rules for getting rich:
'Be careful of your health. Save
your pennies. Study not how you
can spend the money you have earned,
but how you can earn more.
Watch the people who want to take
your money from you: the more
money you get the more such people
[here will he. Keep on earning
money; if you stop earning your fortune
will shiink as your arm does
when you don't exercise it. See that
your head isn't lame; it doesn't matter
about your legs. Learn to know
good people from bad. Take care of
your money; it isn't half as hard to
oam it as it is to take care of it. Be
sure not to put all your money eggs
Into one basket. Be reliable; that's
the golden rule of business."
Out of Sight.
Boss: "I don't know whether to
discharge that new boy or raise his
salary."
Manager: "What has he been
doing?"
Boss: "He rushed in my private
nflice this morning and told me there
was a man down stairs who would
like to see me."
Manager: "Who was it?"
Boss: "A blind urian."
Town and Country.
The woods are very green and f^ir,
And fair and greeu the glen;
And fair, too, is the treeless street
That swarms with living men.
And beautiful are forest aisles
Beneath the centuried oak,
And beautifulHhe chimneys tall
That belch with factory smoke,
The songs of birds, the low of herds,
The hum of bees in June,
Chime with the foundry's clash and
clank
In no discordant tune.
God made the undiscerning earth,
The earth it brought forth trees!
Clod also made discerning man,
And man made factories;
And so the factory and the tree
Are parts of Nature's plan;
Both man-made mill and earthmade
tree
Should please the God-made man.
The bobolink's song and the motorman's
gong
Are parts of one refrain;
The cattled hills and the towered
town,
The wood path and the alley,
The word-thronged streets whose
streams are men,
And the rivulet-threaded vallej7?
These are all the equal home of the
man
Who loves the human brood;
The home of the man who loves the
world
And calls the whole world good.
The mhin's strain in the backwood
lane
To this man's ear is sweet;
And so is the rhythmical pulse of the
pave
With its tread of a thousand feet.
He loves to see the pine tree grow
And see the warehouse loom,
And see the steamboats throng the
wharves
And see the buckwheat bloom.
For towns grow up beside the
streams
As oaks grow on the hills,
And mills spring up like growing
corn
And homes like daffodils.
The breath of the fields its worship
yields,
.Like prayer n usca ingo ,
And the smoke from a thousand
chimney tops
Is incense to the sky.
?Sam Walter Foss, in Leslie's
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Catching the Old Man.
Little Clarence: "Pa, that man
going yonder can't hear it thunder."
Mr. Callipers: "Is he deaf?"
"Little Clarence: "No, sir; it
isn't thundering."
PEARY NEAR THE POLE
1
j Keports From the Far, Frozen
and Unknown North.
IN WINTER (1UARTERS. ;
Excellent Progress Made, and the Expedition
Successful so
Far.
Brigus, N. F., September 10.?The
Peary-Harmsworth steamer Windward,
Capt. John Bartlett, from
Etal^ North Greenland, August 26, 1
arrived here to-day, reporting all t
well on board. She will be followed
in a week by the Peary Arctic Club's t
steamer Diana, Capt. Samuel W. 1
Bartlett, also from Etah. The [
Windward reports all on board the
Diana were well at the time the t
vessels separated. 8
The season was one of continuous j
calm, with very little snow, the ^
minimum temperature at the ship e
being 70 degrees below zero. All the
Windward's company, including ten c
Esquimaux, were exempt from ill- j
ness, accident or casualty of any
kind.
Lieut. Peary and the sledge parties j
were in the field almost continuous- u
ly from October, 1896. to August of
this year, and have affected an ex- J
traordinary amount of important u
work, not only bearing on the future
of his own expedition, but adding c
much to the geographical knowl- |
edge or the coast line and the interior
of Ellesmere Land. I
Lieut. Peary made a careful recon- e
noissance of the coast line south of 0
All Man Bay, and he coast line of v
PriucesB Maria Bay, and Buchanan a
Strait, heretofore unknown, was a
accurately defined, and Hayes Sound h
was demonstrated to be a myth. c
Utilizing the December moon, he v
sledged along the ice for two hun- c
dred and fifty miles north, over al- e
most impassable ice to Fort Conger,
the headquarters of the Greeley ex- tl
pedition. He had the misfortune to 11
have both feet frost bitten, which e
necessitated six weeks delay and b
confinement until he could make the V
return trip. Lashed to sledges he ^
was hauled all the way to the Windward,
where several toes were ampu- a
tated. Complete recovery followed
rapidly and he now walks as well 01
as ever.
AT FORT CONGER.
Lieut. Peary found Fort Conger ^
exactly as Greely left it. The table w
was standing from the last meal, s|
and all the other appointments had 111
rpniftinpd undisturbed for sixteen U
years. The buildings were in fair
condition, though some of them ^
would uot be serviceable much
longer. He took possession of all A
the property real and personal, in
the name of the United States Gov- ^
ernment, and posted notices to that y
effect. He brought away, and is
sending home the original. Greely ^
records, the sextant of Lieut. Beaumont,
R. N., of the Hares Markhani T
expedition of 1876-78, recovered by
Lieut. Lockwood, and many private
letters and papers of members of g(
Greely's party, all of which are to
be forwarded to the Peary Arctic ^
Club, of New York. A considerable p
quantity of provisions was also found
and protected for further emergency.
He also pushed a reconnoissance .
beyond Fort Conger to Cape Beechy, T
finding practically the same condi- T
tions of ice and sea as south of the u,
former point. Subsequently he
made a second trip to Fort Conger, h
and in all four parties from the
Windward reached that point and
returned without other accident than
that to Lieut Peary liiinself, as a U
result of the winter's work. p
GONE INTO WINTER QUARTERS.
T
Lieut. Peary's last sledge journey 1
was an overland exploration west- ^
ward fron\ tne winter quarters lu
the Windward, completely crossing K
Ellesmere Land and connecting his A
work with that of Lieut. Lockwood,
of the Oreely expedition, at the fiord
bearing the latter's name, on the U
western slope. Ellesmere Land was ^
found practically ice free and to
contain much game. ThU water to A
the west of the coast, as far as could ^
be seen, was also comparatively
clear of ice. S
His winter headquarters Lieut.
Peary has established at Etah, one ^
of the eligible points on the east side
of Smith Sound. It is a lirHe or so
north of Hayes's winter quarters in
1861, five miles south of Life Boat
D
Covevin which the Polaris wintered,
and six miles north of Cape Alexander.
Ample supplies for the remainder
of the time of the expedi- fi
tion, not less than fifty tons, have o
been landed. r<
Peary has built a commodious c<
lininu oiwi wnrkineroom for himself r
II?lllg ? and
his companions, in which they tl
will be thoroughly comfortable dur- a
ing the winter, and he has nearly h
seventy-five walrus for native and li
dog commissary when the field is tl
taken in February. The winter will tl
be spent in rest and working up the tl
results of last year. In February a tl
reunion of the natives will be held, n
when the dog teams for the northern b
I trip will be selected. p
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THE ADVERSITIES OF MAN.
Published for the Benefit of Our Subscribers.
Matt that is horn of woman is of
a few days and full of microbes.
He cometh forth like a flower, but
is soon wilted by the winds of adversity
and scorched by the flames
>f perplexity.
Sorrow and headache follow him
ill the days of his life.
He hoppeth from his bed in the
morning and his foot is pierced by
:he cruel tack of disappointment.
He ploddeth forth to his daily toil
ind his cuticle is punctured by the
malignant nettles of.exhaustion.
He seuteth himself down to rest at
toonday, and is lacerated in bis
?ther anatomy by the pin of disaser..
He walketh through tho streets of
l>o ni?o in Ilia nriHu urwl Orliirv (if Ilia
wanhood and slippeth nit the banala
peel of misfortune and diejointeth
lis neck.
Behold, he slideth down the
)alusters of his life and fi'.ideth them
trewn with splinters or torture.
He exalteih himself among the
teople and swelleth with pride, but
vhen the votes are counted he flndith
he was not in it.
He goeth to the postofflce to glance
it the latest papers, and receiveth a
lun from the doctor for his last
'ear's attentions.
He goeth forth to breathe the
resh -air and to meditate on the
reachery of all earthly things and
s accosted by a bank cashier with
i sight draft for $232.27.
His political enemy lieth in wait
or him at the market place and
valketh around him crowing like
into a cock.
What is man but the blind worm
if fate! Seeing that his days are
lumbered by the cycles of pain and
lis years by seasons of mourning.
Behold, he is impaled upon the
took of desolation, and is swallow- :
d up by death in the fathomless
cean and is remembered no more.
In his infancy he runneth over nth
worms and colic, and In his old
ge. he groaneth with rheumatism
rid ingrowing toe-nails.
He marrieth a cross-eyed woman
Kam kfttK u Konlr on.
't'UIIUBO tier I<sllioi 11capvii f? nyount,
and findeth that she is ridden
rith hysteria and believeth in witchraft.
His father-in-law then monkeyth
with stock8 and goeth under.
What is man but a carbuncle on
fie neck of existence? Yea, but a
amor on the back of fate?
He playeth at the races and stakth
his money on the brown mare
ecause he hath received a vt$p.
yhen io, the sorrel gelding winneth
y a neck.
Behold, he runneth for office and
le dead beat pulleth him ever and
non, and then voteth against him.
What is man but a painful wart
ti the heel of time?
Sometime Somewhere.
This poem was written in 1876, by
liss Ophelia O. Browning, later
r rs. Burroughs, to comfort a mother
ho was greatly distressed over the
}iritual indifference and worldliess
of her children:
nanswered yet, the prayer your lips
have pleaded
:i agony of heart these mauy years?
oes faith begin to fail, is hope de
clining,
nd think you all in vain those falling
tears?
ay not the Father has not heard
your prayer,
ou shall have your desire, souie
time, somewhere.
nanswered yet, though when you
first presented
his one petition at the Father's
throne
i. li. i.L w -
I seemed you couiu noi wan tue
time of asking,
o anxious was your heart to have it
done?
f years have passed since then, do y
not despair, 7 . "
or Ood will answer you, some time,
somewhere.
m
nanswered yet? !%it you are not
unheeded; 'j.
he premises of God forever stand; '
o Him our days%?d years alike are
equal.
Have faith in God!" It is your
Lord's command,
old on to Jacob's angel, and your
Brayer
bring a blessing down, some
time, some where.
nanswered yet? Nay, do not say,
unanswered; f '^rerhaps
your part is not yet* wholly
done,
he work began when first your
prayer was uttered,
nd God will finish what He baa
eep incense burning at the shrine
of prayer,
nd glory shall descend, some time,
somewhere.
nanswered yet? Faith cannot be
nnftnswpred :
[er feet are firmly planted on the
Rock,
mid the wildest storms she stands
undaunted, t
or quails before the loudest thunder
shock,
he knows Omnipotence has heard
her prayer,
nd cries: "It shall be done, some
time somewhere." .
MUCH COMPLAINT.
? 'I
leer Dispensers in Large Places Hit
Hard by the Board.
Much complaint is being heard
-on) those who hold beer privileges
f any consequence in regard to the
scent action of the State board of
ontrol in ordering such privileges
evoked after N? v. 1. In Columbia s
liere are three privilege holders,
nd each of them has invested
eavily in the bottling plants, de-a.
mi. A i
ivery wagons, etc. uitjy say mat
hey did so upon the understanding
hat their privileges would continue;
hat they have given no trouble to
he authorities, and that they should
ot be made to sustain heavy loss
ecause beer dispensers in small
laces refuse to obey the law. The
'he same conditions are said to
xist in Charleston. It is said that
hese men will vigorously protest at
he next meeting of the board.?The
5tate.
Bones.
A young Scotch volunteer was
vaitlng at a railway station one
vindy day, and the wind was blowng
round his legs, which were quite
>lue' and very thin. An urchin
yith a big bulldog was trying to
ceeo it still. The volunteer locked
rery scared when the urchin cried
jut, "i say, Uuv'nor, you'd better
move away, because uiy dog thinks
they're bones!"