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WHAT NOBODY KNOWS RI Just a Pew of the Many Mysteries of W< Nature That are Still Unsolved. I The most striking thing about a really learned man is not the extent Ed i of his knowledge, but the extent of Hi: his admitter ignorance. The wiser a op person is the greater the number of Ch things he doesn't know. Mt The more universally cocksure and ch; well informed one seems the more tio likely it is that he is a humbug. Tli How little has science made inroad wii . upon that stupendous and limitless of * that surrounds it as the a 1 stellar universe enfolds the ti?y Soi earth. av< Sir Oliver Lodge the other day, at Ve the meeting of the British associa- chi ^ tion, spoke of the mystery of sex of H determination. Spite of all claims, ab< V we know little more today than did the ^ the have men why one child is born a to J; boy and another a girl, and why the wa r world ratio keeps about the same, nii Sir Oliver also expresses his won- wo der that some plants bore both male coi V and female flowers. He said the same sap comes into the stem, but just at Hi that junction where differently sexed of flofwers branched away from each be< other there must be some profound lin change in the sap. Co , "I don't know what it is, and mi- Un oroscopes tell me nothing about it," . he continued. "Perhaps if physiologists could find out just what happens in the little plant joint they tj1< would get some clew to the reason . why some human beings are born cai boys and others girls." Cr) He might have pushed further his point of wonder. How comes it that IV 1- ? 1. + a _ me earm juices ixicttve ucic a n mm ' flower and there a red? How is a ^e. huge oak all folded in a little acorn? C0I How can nature make the -peach, full of juice and cased so closely in sai the thinnest of fuzzy skin that never wj. leaks? 0U1 ? How does blood food here create dna hard finger nail, there a hair and ^ , there a stony tooth? What is electricity, We know some jng what of how it acts. But what is it? we We know little more of it than does pjE a savage. doi What is life? What is the secret sw force that transforms in a trice a lir- th ing dog that eats his environment ajr into a dead dog whose environment ' * eats him? an( What is love? Why does this wo- be man thrill you and that one leave pje you cold or repel you ?. . to What is conscience, that world's fcis policeman that urges us on to what we think right and affrights us at th< what we think wrong? thz What is truth? What is personali- br( ^ tvt What ic heinsr? I-, . -. And these questions are not re- e(j mote, academic questions, not such gu things as Huxley called "lunar poli- ecj tics," but they touch the very near- the est and dearest regions o,f ervery rea man's life. We are but dust motes in the sun- gjr beam of the infinite. We cling like jU? oysters to our little point in the bed of the vast ocean mystery. off All about us is nature, her mind a thf galaxy of secrets, her thoughts far pej * and strange as the procession of the wo suns. ms Nothing befits us, her children, so enj much as reverence for her purposes, Chj humanity before her great brain, r trust and love in her vast heart. C0l No one is so consummate an eV( ass as the one who think he knows be( v it all. i Oil Mill Damaged bv Fire. Cor jus Fairfax, Nov. 20.?The cottonseed sa3 oil mill here, owned by the F. M. a(K Young company, was damaged by fire last night to the amount of $5,- a&< 000, partly covered by insurance. The so fire originated in the linter room sai about 3 o'clock in the morning and Be soon destroyed all the machinery in ?f this room, including hullers and sep- ^u< arating machines. By hard work of e(* the mill operatives and others the fire was confined to this room. f The ginnery, which includes seven 70-saw gins, was not injured and is ka working on full time. es The portion of the oil mill destroy- for ed can not be replaced in less time Cle than 90 days, so that it is not probable that the mill, except ginnery, US1 will be operated any more this sea- < son. . i i This is a heavy blow not only to Go the owners but to the public of the to neighborhood. pre SILENT ON WHALEY CASE. SP< wa Mayor Grace Says He Is on Other Pn Business. ^eI . tot Washington, November 24.?May- do or John P. Grace, of Charleston, when seen here at the Willard Hotel ?0' and asked what was the occasion of ani his visit, replied that he was look- ne: ing after matters at the navy depart- Br ment of commerce, which he could ste not at this time discuss, and that he ter was incidentally getting some infor- ed mation from experts with regard to K o 1 water-works. ^ The mayor said that for the pres- hir ent he was keeping out of the papers spe i as to the contest of Mr. Whaley's Beat m Congress. Co 3V. HARDIN CALLED HIGHER. )ftord Man to be Made Pastor of MOO,000 Church at Mt. Vernon. Washington, Xov. 18.?The Rev. ward King Hardin, late of Rock i li. S. C., has been selected by Bish- < Wilson, of the Southern M. E. ' urch as temporary pastor of the 1 . Vernon Place Church, to take ' arge of work with that congrega- n the second Sunday in December, e appointment comes coincident 1 tfc a great movement on the part t Southern clergy in the erection of t new church representative of the nth, to be located at Massachusetts i anue and K street, fronting on Mt. i rnon Place. The erection of this i irch will be begun in the early part i the coming year.. It will cost t aut $400,000. When completed, ? j Rev. Hardin will be transferred < take charge of it. Mr. Hardin s chosen as the most competent nister of the South to take up the rk of the new. church. He has just npleted his pastoral term of four 1 irs at St. John's Church, Rock 1 11. He is described as a true son 1 the South in every sense, having t an born and reared in South Caro a, taking his A. B. at Wofford 1 liege and his A. M. at Vanderbilt t iversity. i Engineer Invents Bad Wreck. , Florence, Nov. 21.?Train No. 32, \ i Northbound fast mail over the 1 lantic Coast Line from Augusta, ne near being badly wrecked at aston Wednesday night. The train was speeding along at a -mile gait when all of a sudden igineer A. J. (Scrap) Johnston, 1 ird a terrible noise under his lonotive and he immediately applied i air brakes. About this time he sv the middle, or main, driving ieel under his locomotive shoot t from between the other two big vers, and on up the embankment ^ went. , This, of course, broke all the driv; rods in two, and the parts that . re left hanging on to the drive is were flying around at a tremenus speed, tearing away, with each eep of the monster pieces of steel, i running boards, steam pipes and j pipes from the locomotive. Havl applied the emergency brakes, i not knowing how soon he would scalded to death or ground to Tpe hpnpath his enerine. he stuck his post in the cab until he brought ; train to a standstill. It was found that not a wheel of j entire train was off the rail, other m the middle drive wheel, which >ke off even with the box and took the woods and assistance was askfor. An engine was sent from mter and the smashed engine shovonto the side track at Creston and i train proceeded into Florence, iching here about three hours late. In speaking of the accident Enleer Johnston said that he had it blown the station signal and, ring been pulled to stop, and shut his engine and wras rolling up to i station. Had the accident hapled sooned it is hard to tell what uld have been the result, as he y not have been able to shut the ?ine off, for so much of the ma:nery was torn away that it might iro harmenerl that the reverse lever lid not have been moved, in which mt the entire train would have m wrecked. Capt. J. V. (Ben) Parker was the j lductor in charge of the train, and ] ?t here it might not be amiss to J r that at the very point where the ;ident occurred Wednesday night > train was wrecked some months >, when Engineer Jim Wysong was badly injured that it was necesy to amputate his leg, and Capt. , n Parker, who was the conductor * the train that day, was the con- ^ ctor this time. No one was injur- ? Wednesday. ' One of Bryan's Best Stories. ( ] The year after coming to Nebras- j , in 1888, I delivered fifty speech- ( against the Republican candidate < governor and in each one made it i ar why he should not be elected, j He was elected, however, by the lal majority. . i n the following St. Ptrick's day ? vas to make a short speech, and i vernor Thayer (whom I had tried ? defeat) presided. It was a varied /\ f r>Ar? o-c onH Sg I <2.1X1, LUliaiSUllia Ul OU1150 unu ieches and vaudeville numbers. It s the first time I had been in the jsence of the governor, and I won- < red whether he felt any resentment 5 vard me for all the work I had 1 ne against him. i At last my turn was reached. The < rernor, having been prompted by 1 other man. arose and said: "The 1 ?t person on the program is W. J. j van," and as I came forward he 1 pped toward me, smiled, and ex- 1 ided his hand. I felt greatly pleas- 1 that he did not harbor any resent- 5 :nt against me, and grasped his ; nd warmly as he drew me toward 1 n and whispered: "Quick! Do you 1 jak, sing, or dance?" 1 He had never even heard of me.? < llier's Weekly. 1 LIFE AXI) I>EATH TOUGH. 1 Chil<l is Bom Beside its Father's W Open Grave in Chicago. Life an4 death touched hands for in instant at Mount Greenwood Cem- "V itery the other day, for a few min- lTi ites after the body of Bruce Merrick j by vas lowered in the grave there was j St born to his widow another Bruce i pi Merrick. j fo Broken-hearted Mrs. Merrick insis- j pr fed cn going to the graveyard,! ;hough urged to remain at home. At | to ;he cemetery she cried: ! th "Leave me out of the carriage. I is mist see Bruce buried!" She had m; learly fainted, but reached the car- ha *isge, and there the boy was born be- ha :ore Mrs. Merrick was taken home in ;he undertaker's ambulance.?Chica- fr< *o Dispatch to the New York Ameri- in can. Lemacks Found Guilty of Murder. m he Walterboro, Nov. 22.?I. S. (Cap) ve Lemacks was tonight found guilty, )y a Colleton jury, of murder in the dr irst degree, for the killing, on Au- in ?ust 10 last, of Aquilla Blocker. th With the verdict of the jury the ov inal curtain was dropped on one of de ;he most sensational and hard fought th nurder cases in the history of Col- hs eton County. The trial was begun esterday and was given to the jury Pr it 7 o'clock to-night, the verdict be- til ng returned at 10.20. Ti Blocker, who was about 21 years th jf age and prominently connected, ^ was killed in one of the thick swamps ^ )f the county, into which the prosecution charged he had been enticed dv Lemacks for the purpose of rob- b\ eery. The tragedy occurred about Ch 10 o'clock on a Saturday morning C0] md Blocker's body was not found p] mtil 6 o'clock the following after- th aoon. He was last seen alive with Lemacks, the two young men being >pi well acquainted, living only about 0f lalf a mile apart. Lemacks is about gp 26 years old. sc The failure of young Blocker, who d t was known had a sum of money )n his person, to return home caus- q id alarm, and a search was institu- ti< ;ed, Lemacks joining the searching Wj party. At the inquest the actions of w] Lemacks were such as to cause him pr :o be suspected of having slain his ne companion. He was arrested later, f0 charged with murder. The contention of the State was ru chat Lemacks had knowledge of the jn noney on Blocker's person and entic- pr 2d the latter into the swamp, with *obbery as the motive, and in carry- ca ng out his alleged plans slew Block- xi 2r, who, it was alleged, was shot in fr :he back. Testimony given by wit- dG lesses for the State tended to sub- te :antiate this theory. pS Lemacks's defense was the "unwritten law" and self-defense. He fr, :ook the stand and gave his version a )f the tragedy, claiming that he and ja lis victim engaged in an altercation t0 is a result of domestic trouble, and fr ;hat in the encounter he shot Block- gt fe As soon as the verdict was an- <je lounced the defence gave notice of a co notion for a new trial, which will be ki irgued before Judge Bowman Monlay. Judge Bowman's charge in this r iase was declared by many who heard t to have been comprehensive, able c md fair to both sides. te This case has occupied the public m ittention ever since the body of c( roung Blocker was found in the th swamp last August, and the consen- fr< ?us of opinion here seems to be that ta :he verdice was a just one. B. ? ca Advice to Old Maids. ar si< "It would be most blessed for old gj raids to go to a home for orphans i0 ind adopt bright children who are r patterns of good," said the Rev. Dr. g Floyd W. Tomkins, rector of Holy nj Trinity Episcopal Church, of Philaielphia. He was delivering an adIress at New Castle, Del., at the coraer-stone laying of the Sundayschool hall of Immanuel Episcopal * C6 Church. Dr. Tomkins was the printd iipal orator at the exercises, which vere attended by 3,000 persons. He said: " * "It would likewise be blessed for ill childless people of this place to Dl idopt children and thereby brighten md gladden their homes. Take heed it once and you will do great good." i co Dose Did Not Kill. nn r ** Chester, Nov. 20.?Chester can go >n record as having a person able to nv swallow a bichloride of mercury tab- at et and suffer no further trouble from ri< t. Peter D. Trakas. one of the Greek ;olony of this city, thinking it a headiche tablets, grabbed it up and quicky swallowed it today. In a second he sn ?rew desperately ill. A physician, an Dr. H. M. Ross, was quicklv sum- fe noned. Finally the deadly poison da :ablet was taken from the Greek's re stomach. It was found to be a seven sti ?.nd one-half grain one. The only B1 -eason, Dr. Ross stated, that he was ta lot killed was the powerful and unisually strong stomach he possess- th ed. This afternoon Trakas is as ch rail qc ovoi' gfj r? cii ac ^ * v* j 'ARM FOR HONOR CONVICTS. . ashington State Inject to Buy tf/f Land for Use of Prisoners. j 1(11 Purchase of a large farm for! lonor convicts," the first in the j .lited States, is under consideration i | the prison board of Washington !)to Tho hnavrt nrjniPQ that thp ' ' ? ! J 'oject would be both economical i | r the State and beneficial for the j isoners. I The penitentiary should not have ! expend more for common supplies ! an does the successful farmer, it i urged. Not only is it hoped ultiately to raise the beef, pork and j .con needed, but it is planned to j ive a thoroughly equipped dairy, I j id it is even suggested that the wool' I om the sheep may be used in mak- I , g clothing for the prisoners. I It is suggested that 1,000 acres || ' juld be required and that the State j| ight exchange some of its present || ridings for the desired acreage, con- 11 nient to the penitentiary. It , It is pointed out that several hun- II ed men could be put to work, which It itself would be of great benefit to II em physically, and morally; more- II er, a small wage could, if found isirable, be paid them, so that when J ey are finally liberated they would || ive a start in a new life. At present there are about 250 || isoners working about the peniten- I iry farm, virtually on their honor. II 1 vo unarmed guards work with || em as counsel and custodians.? U 5w York Times. \N>S ik Supreme Court to Disbar Lawyer Columbia, Nov. 21.?Accompanied ' a mass of affidavits attacking his m iaracterf integrity and professional l| uduct, a petition was filed in the Su- 8 I *eme court tms mornuigj at body to disbar C. P. Sims, a II 311 known attorney of Spartanburg. J I le petition is brought in the name H S. G. Finley, a member of the >artanburg Bar, and is signed by a ore of attorneys, including Presi;nt Ralph K. Carson, of the State ir Association. Former Solicitor J. Otts is the attorney for the petimers, and it is presumed that he ill have charge of the prosecution hen the case is called in the Su- W em'e Court, which is expected to be === ixt Tuesday, when that body meets r the fall term. ISi The allegations are sensational and gjg in all the way from asking for an jgj vestigation into the charge of un- as ofessional conduct by S. G. Finley *8 jainst C. P. Sims in the Fleming f|| se to an affidavit from Mrs. M: E. gg lomas that Mr. .Sims took a fee om her to represent her in a par- SS n petition in behalf of her son, Baxr Thomas, and then opposed the irdon before the Governor. It is also charged in an affidavit om J. B. Blanton, that while he was Ss United States prisoner in the Spar- ?at nburg jail Sims visited him and | i Id him he could get him a pardon jjj? om tho President. nf the United ates, and he, Blanton, gave Sims a ?g e of $10, and that Sims wilfully reived and betrayed him. That he ?| llected $20 for a client, N. L. Haw- |S ns, and denied to Hawkins that he id collected the same. Magistrate ?8 , J. Gantt is a witness in this case. "The character and reputation of P. Sims for truth, honesty and in- 011 grity are bad, and unworthy of a VII ember of the Bar of this honorable Qp )urt," is among the statements in ? e petition, sustained by affidavits 3m several well known men of Spar- Hi nburg, Magistrate A. H. Harrison, H? T. Earle, G. M. Justice, W. W. Lan- III ster, Thad C. Dean, S. C. Thomas, l|> uong men not in the legal profes- WjK m, and a number of members of the ||9 >artanburg Bar, including the fol- 111 wing: T. M. Lyles, L. W. Perrin, 111 , A. Hannon, I. C. Zimmerman, J. Jf Gwynn, C. E. Daniel, L. K. Jen- | ngs and others. I Financial Support. I Dr. J. B. Becht, secretary of the I >nnsvivania board of education, re- | ntly heard a little boy give a reci- IB tion on the subject of Atlas with II e world on his shoulders, relates II jarson's Weekly. 11 Do you know who Atlas was?" Ifl \ Becht asked. S I "Yes, sir," was the prompt reply. 11 Je was a giant who supported the 8 8 "Supported the world, did he?" II mmented Dr. Becht. "But who sup- II irted Atlas?" 11 The little boy looked puzzled for a 8 I oment, but he brightened up almost 11 once. "I guess he must have mar- 11 id a rich wife," he replied. 11 The One Who Did the Best Job. IJ A certain careless student in a IJ| lall college suffered from obesity, ||l d it appears that even college pro- III ssors do not love a fat man. One I w v, after particularly unsuccessful I Jg 1 citation in mathematics, the in- II| ructor said scornfully. " Well, Mr. II" ank, you are better fed than 31 ught." "That's right, Professor," sighed ~"~" e youth, subsiding heavily into his ^ air; "you teach me?I feed my- ^?? If," R < MOTHER L Our Mr. W. P. the West selecl load of high gra load will consist Horses < n . 1 rrospecuve ouye see this load. T first part of next Full line Buggi< ness, etc. Can a SE1 Jones BAMBE COAL?Dei Carolina Pub] Cash: Will Sell Any Quantity a / Denmark. !? %***? * wjqi>^^iiTaif vrtE-f Vrf-d MWMSiMMMMIM t r : ..., Horses! Mi And everything i Come and see our Hor - as nice as has ever be you want a nice rubb figure come to see mi steel tired buggies. I top. My line of Hai Whips, Extra Bridles, more complete. See J. J. s Railroad Avenue wggjgggg ii i c inn crurn q* illo nnu rtitn = I ANY FEVER 30 | Backache NJ I Miss Myrtle Cothrum, III I of Russellviile, Ala., says: III J "For nearly a year, I suf- ftX fered with terrible back- 3 ache, pains in my limbs, and my head ached nearly all the time. Our family doctor treated me, but only gave me temporary relief. 1 was certainly in bad health. My school teacher advised me to TAW 1AAA | Cardui | The Woman's Tonic I I took two bottles, in all, I and was cured. I shall I always praise Cardui to I sick and suffering wo- I men." If you suffer from 1 pains peculiar to weak I women, such as head- Ul I ache, backache, or other ffV I symptoms of womanly log 1 trouble, or if you merely 111 I need a tonic for that tired, |M I nervous, worn-out feeli ing, try Cardui. e-65 vi f LI kinds of ledgers and blan :s at Herald Book Store, cheap. >ad The Herald, $1.50 a year. . OAD on Jones is now in ting another car [I j de animals. This j of both rod Mules I j >rs should wait and hey will arrive the V * ' WAPIf II ?? vdV? 11 es, Wagons, Har- |> jm lways please you. || #?1 r I TQ 111 Li <UU Bros., IRQ, S. C. jjJ 31 II. IO imark?COAL lie Service Co., for ' 1 STOVE COAL in I t tKe Ice Factory in > 3 3' ! MO ; to go with them. 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