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PEEOPLE'S O Vol. 4. PICKEN8, S. C., .TffURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 189. No.4, l~oy C&nMI DRESS, - Attor ndys at Law, Pickens, 8. C Opt 5. 189,.. .. DR. J. W.-ORWOOD, Dentist, Dr. W. M. Nurnwoon,.Assistant.- Ollice, 881 Main Street, Oreenville, S. C. Jan. 9, '9s y D ItJV 3OtALL De~ntiet, 0 ville S.- 0. Olice over Addisoll & DR.'. F.'.V7 iLIA A 1181. IsnoW 109i V1: nety loedn ital a1k 1, 1 of es the'.tl-na1 -nfrnun4di)utnl lg 4unt ry. f M 0e.ind resd erfee at the GIIfi llteei'c. Oct. 20-3m - The1rxehange Hotel, ,9R114'.NVIL LE, S. C.. 0. EXl0DERSON; Proprietor. M .derif. r'oemetito. Large R'oms. SpeelalcaL tn to Commuercial Travel an Tourst,.'iable Fare Uniiurpassted. Fue'Climatte the yeai: rnaid. Ap. 7, 9'2 J. ).-. it rooni . J. Lo. 'Hrno NIXm , Ili itm L. C..TH10uNIE'*Y., HAGOD & THORNLEYJBROS., EaAley. and1Pickens, 8. C.. t4 - - (Opposite Ilotel.) Carrlagede Bluggics. and Sladdle HlorsCs, alt reasonable rates. gX&Youir paitronage solicited. AuE CLAUIC. -GE(o. E. (9oll -l0t1ik & Cooper, Dcalers In Marbe and. OrnitoeMonREnti, TOMB TONES, of every description Also.' 'KNT ''ETI,S. ST ATUARY, VASE-S and Wrought Iron FENCING, Greenville, 8. C. . . . Sept. 19, '91. Pb1togrhab~p If Yon Want the lines1Lt PITURES ma<1e in the State, go to Wheeler's Studio, 113 I. ce A veune Greenville, S. C I&- Crayon 'or traits i spcvilty April 7--y. misscs c ULSC -UYCI?E OY Has ready foi inspectioi. Latest styles in Walking Hats for Ladlies and Children. Infauts Caps (and Hats, Al. the Noveleti "All Goods at Cost for .80 days." PRIZE WINNERS Furiiishied oil 15 .'Ys tme-t Trial when he pngq er. colit ):let Is signed. If yot want nn organ a'. Reputation Buy the Careter' Organ. ,OW'0 WEi, A 4 F CAMIf, w. nS'smLES. Nov 9, 93' Dealer in w JFtpIL1e, S. C. REPAIRING' A SPECIALTY. To Buy,. tIe .besL.tDld 8, at the Full hi6' of C uIXK 1'(OK, T T1IONER\X aind~ S U I1 O O , SUP PLI ES. LSP Closing out our PAINTS, AT COST!I A full line of ARITI'ST'S MATE RIALS. * D. T. BACOT & CO., Weet Greecoville, S. C. Oct. 5, 1893.--Om. $100. Reward For tiro Merchmant1 that .1,1ves 'ou miorec Goods for yourlI monety thenjt I wtil. Just notice the following pri Youth's Etiitt'at - 3.74! Do. do .5.50 Men's- do , 4.75i Do.- do 6.50 Do. ':No . 7.00i and upl 6 4t15.00. Coffeo'10 p)loundts to the dollar. CottoM Cheeks 4B . by the bolt. 3-4 Shirling 4.1 o. " " " Prints, al1l styles, fromi 4 1-2 to 60e. all colors 7c. Gooi B~rogans Shoces 75 cents-uth or Shioes ini prot~Eion. A lot.6sf 'Shoes, small and large Nos., atg o t.. Chilidrenis course slioes 12i cenits per1 pai-.?' Jeansd tt I8, 20, 24 and 30 cenits. Can't be bqat; at the price. 1 wvill buy your lhnt Cotton, Seed Cotton,'anid Cotton Seed, at market prIices. Alpy.dr y, or-greon .H ides. Mr. C. HI.TPaikihs'and Richari Tr. I lallumn, 'Aria nowv with me, andit will be glad to meet their ftriends. Respectfully13, ,J. II. khown TLibery 8. (1. IOc. 1n, 189n Smith & Smith Is the P lace for Aylit 1Bottonm Chlts, (its. O radIeI(s, . I vr1nIs. liedsteads, Mattrasses, Carpets, tofiilns and Caskets, 1) a* and Night. Telephione Nos. G I ami ... Night calls will be answered by Tek phone No. 38. SMIl'Il & SMll'i, 63 and G5- Main Street, Gzeenville, S. ( Th Bost andlorgost SOK oil SASH, DOOR8 AND BLINDS BOTH WHITE AND YELLOW PINE, CEILING, FLOORING, WEATH ERBOARDING, BOX-BOARDS, WASH-BOARDS, PARTITION MOULDING, &C. HOT-BED SASH, 3 FEET B) 6 FEET, at $1.75 Each. & ' Please give Is a call wien yo, need 11Builduig Material, T. C. GOWER & SON. 101 Wa:hiaton Street, Oct . 19. . reem ille, 's. Drugs! Drugs I I [AVXE on hiandi alt aill timels a full fin Sof pure DIWLUGS, (CIIEMICALH, TOI TET1 A IlT10LESI, FANCY GO ()( 1 PltFU M ltY, FINE~ STATlIONElhY A laare stock of (COUGlI SYUtUP8 thni will cure~4l y oalu nghs and Cols. A full lim.' of Diam.ata EYE G' LASSE: -i~ an 'd (ROACLESi~ for youra eyes'. I w~il fit you up xo that it will he al pleasiure fo youI I) retail. As it is no0w timeC to go to Gardenuina '(adeni Seed1s, Will keep a fual. line on hand. Then' therae are PAINTlS and (OILS ;ii full Ilie---an.1 every thing usuatlly fountd a a first-classa Drug Store. y67 Ph ysici as' Preseriptionis care full: c01)ompounde.l, daty or night. Wthen you come to E~asley give me a call Respectfully 0. N. Wyatt, M1. D. Quilliana's Old Stan Easley, 8. 0., Feb. 9. 1393. ty NEW G90DS .JU81 ARRIVED. CHRISTMAS GOODS COMINI IN. than ev'er. You1 can save money b, butying goods from me. -Tinnes E. lBrown's, Ce(ntral, 8, 0.. Nov 30 9: A BIT OF RAINMAKINU. An ffort in tho Hebrides Islands That was Urinful ofsticcess. Lieutenant Boylo T. Somervillo of the English navy, who lived many 9 years in the Hebrides islands, tells the following interesting tale regarding the work of a professional native rain maker. Toward the end of the year, just after yam planting, thero came an unusual period of drought, so that anl iII land tribe in the island of Ambrymn went to its rainmaker and demanded his inmmediate attention thereto. He at once set to work to weave a sort of hurdle of the branches- and leaves of a treo famed for its rain pro ducing qualities, which, being finished, was placed, with proper incantations, at the bottom of what should have be0n a water hole in the now parched bed of the mountain torrent. Thore it was then held'in place with stones. Down came the rain; nor did It ceaso for 48 hours, by which time it had become too much of a good thing. Soon the rain producing hurdle was quito 10 feet un der water in the seething torrent, and the people, much to their dismay, saw that their yam, and the suirounding earth were beginning to Wash away down tho hillsides. Tho lieutenant continues: "Now mark what comes of fooling with the elementsl No man of tho hill country was able to divo to the bottom of the water holo to pull up the hurdle with its woight of stones, so the merciless rain still hold on. At last tho shoro na tives, accustomed to swilmming and div ing, heard what the matter was, and some of them coming to the assistance the compeller of the elements was re covered from its watory bed and-the rain stopped W' It is such a coincidenco as this, hap pening perhaps once in a decade,which causes this people, now thoroughly Christianized, to refuse togivo up their rain doctors, although all other out ward forms of rank superstition appear to have been freely abandoned.-Louis villo Courier-Journal. Cracking of Trees. The catalpa never shows tho "sero and yellow leaf'' in autunm liko thO sumac, hird matplo, etc., for the rei son that its leaves aro' caught in a green, unripened stato by the first sovere frosts. Lu one night their bright green is turned to i dingy black. This stud den cheek gorges the camiun layer anid iew wood of the stem with water. An excess of water swells the proto plasm of the cells to such an extent as I to rupturo the inelastic bark, and in trees whero the cell structuro of the wood is not ripo the crack will extend into the wood often with a noiso liko an explosion. This often occurs in the fall when it is not cold onough to stop plowing. Sometimes wo have munch loss in nursery in this way with varie ties not fully ripo when the first frosts como. Sonmietimes indeed it injures very hardy varieties. In such cases the swelling of the protoplasm comes from the water absorbed at the ground sur face when combined wet and cold come - together in autinumn. Tho cracking of cherries and pears comes fron the samo cause-that is, by absorbing water on wet days, causing an expansion of the protoplasm. With trees tho best treat ment is to cover the rLipturo with moist clay end then wrap to exclude the air as much its possible.-Iowa Stato Reg ister. 'rhe Craw fish and te LOvees. "Whenover I hear of a break in the levee dlowni int my district, I know that L nine chances to one crawvfisli have caused it. The assertion' may sound -slightly exaggerated, but it is a fact nevertheless that the troublesomte little Scrawfish wvork more danger to the le vees than does the water. On a big rise, Iw~hen the bed of the river is stretched r fromt emb~ankmnent to epbankment, ftie crawvfish burtrowv into the levees and live there in the moist earth. They multiply faster than maggots and loosen up the earth worse than mocles. "'The levee may be completely sodded with grass and you see no external evi dence (if the dlamtage going on within, but when the next big rise comes you will see It. I have frequently knowvn the water to break through the levee two or three feet fronm the top:, and you can at tribute it to nothing but the dlestrutctive work of crawfish. This waIs particular ly true of the break at Offrut 's in 1889, 1when a port ion of the town of Green vil lo was S nmerged. Theo bu ilder of the levee in the future will have to take into account the crawvils as one( of his most stubborn foes."-'--St. Louis Globe Domtoerat. swear!ing. It may b)o said without exaggeration that swearing feinms an: inmportant fac tor in the matsulinmo vocabulary of nearly every civilized nationt. Great - w~riters like Shakespeare knmow this. A collection of Sh akespearean: oaths and opithets wvith their etymology would fill a volume. Shakespeatre realized that they wore inseparahlo from a faith ful portrayal of virile human charac ter; thatt no truthful picture of com.1 men lifo wouild ho possiblo without the use of that stronig vehement language in: whuicht mten express thtoir emotions. B3ut ttvetmn oality forbids t'o-nmine SteenthI cetumy wvriters whlat the -Eir bethanut age tnot ottly toler'ated, but v'p proved. ---Philadelphtia Press. whtistling on shilpboard. If yeou want. to seti a dlisgute0. manh, just whisjlo ott -shipboard befor(, a sail or. You ntever knewv a sailor to whtis t (1, Hie will tell y'ou all abo at ''whis tling down the wind,"' but ha. could not get up a ptucker to save his ship. You remiemnber that old story about a sea captain whlo tefused to take aboard a woman who wvhistled, andi knowing the old superstition feared thmat with her on board Iho wvould be sure of ship) wreck. I do not knowv howv it is wvith thte capttains of vesselts nowv, for almost every womttan seetms to know howv to whistlo and keeps up the fashion.-Do troit ['roe Press. IlItard itt a Ia wyer's oflicue: Firsl lawyor--Shall we go out and( take somethmng? Secondt lawyor-From whom? DREAM'S PROMPTINGS. Thero Is a Constant Flow of Unconscious B Thoght Whilo We Sleep. The physiologists of the first half of tho century and 8om1o more modern writ ers expressed the belief that dreaming e, only occurred at the moment when con- f, sciousness began to resume its sway. 0 But in The North American Reviow. tj Dr. Louis Robinson says that moderni investigators accept tho thoory of tho metaphysicians and believo that thero Is a certain amount of cezebral action during tho vholo period of sleep, and 1V that tho vast majority of our dreams t never como to our knowledge. Ho thinks that there is an unbroken cur- u rent of ideas which passes through the h1 sloeping brain, and which only reveals itself to tho conscious ego wlen somo disturbing element intervenes. " Wo a may comparo it to an invisiblo and si lont river, flowing by without betray- 1 ing its presence, savo whero thero is a f splash of a fish or of a falling stone, or c somo foaming eddy whoro a rock breaks s tho smooth surface. " Dr. Robinson's article is long and in- I teresting. Tho conclusions at which i, ho arrivi a-o as follows: Owing to o tho unceasing miconscious cerebration a which is a necesary concomitant of our power of intellect, tho brain is always . inl part awake, and is especially active il in shifting memorized matter. The V cerebral centers connected with the % senZso organs ire continually and uide- e pendently employed in stimulating im pressions from 'without. Cortain of the senses, especially that of hearing. re- e main open to external influences dluring sleep and convey actual vibrations to the e brain. There is an active and Iurely e involuntary predisposition Onl the par't n of the mental apparitus to coipare and collato all the messages which coIe, or s2eem to come, froimi withient, throtigh tho 1enlso chamiiels, and to coll;te theio again with -wiat is brought to the con sci'ousness by i nvoltutary recollection. A:ssociated with this it; at tendenIcy to coihinio tho eVidenco so collected into ti a coherent whole, and to imaki tho re- t sult of either explain tho moro em- r, phatic thoughts or impres-sionsi, or (lse e answer somo (uestions wlhich occupied the attention betorFe sleep began. "No voluntary power exists during sleep to pick out fromt the jumble htamlied in y that which is relevant to the problei I to 1h0 solved, and iiust as thero is no power to diseriiinato real from falso impressions at the outset, ro, through out it dream, we aro completely obliv- c ions to the iuost glaring falacis and iiicoiisisteicies."-Rochester Post-Ex- v press. liad No Eyes, but 1It "Saw." "I should like to have the key of tie unoccupied house,-- Wharton street, " requested i well dresse( man asi ho en tered tho ofilco of a down town real us tato agent. "'Yes, sir, " and tho key was handed over. As the caller departed it was noticed that ho kept prodding the floor with his cano as Ie walked. But his gait was almost as brisk and as straight is though h had 110 afflictioni what over. This was remarked is ho left tho r office. He rettiied it half hour later with a stop is quick ats over aind with business f in overy mption. "I like the houso, " ho said, as ho handed over tho key, "but thero is considerable repairing to bo done. The paint should be renewed. Tho front bedroom and dining room are g sadly in neced of repapering,"' and so lie C wenit oin unltil lie had enulmerated ai half b dozen thlinigs thlat were necessary to bo i done. ,/l it afterward transp~ired that 1he had acequire~d all his knowledge si mply 1,;- 1 the s(enso of touch. His examination ( had beeni as thioyoughi as though ho hadi had tile use of two good eyes. It wasa realIly a rem arkabilo perfornmnce. - I Philadelphia Call. Lonug Taks Parliamnentarians11 anad orators imn gen- ~ erali claim that no man could talk co hierently3'(in aI sin1gl subject for m11014 than six hour1 Is, yet iudreds of e:;4 s it. the cont rary col d b1 c'(ited. \\iwn lie t Cosumos defended tihe se'ttlers' land bill in thet lowver houso of the Briitishi Co- I lunmbian 1par1imenit, ho talkedl conitini ually for 20 hours. TPho act confiscat-t inlg th(e property of Do Cosmos' constit-i ulents hlad to be passed by noon1 of a cer' tain (lay ; Do Cosmoes was the only (de fender. Hec took the floor at 9 :.55 o'cloeck tihe day) prii''ous to tihe (late whlen the~ lawv wouild 1be(comoS a dead1( let ter anid kept it until 12:05 the following day. It is said that his I ongnoe and lips were() cract(ked ini hutnidreds (If iilace~ and1( his sirit front ('ovemt (1with btlood. A Spe(eh It i10hours longert than1 thle Bri it C'ohlumb1 ian1's famous401 ar'guent was de livered in the Roumaiani chamberl~l oft deputies in0 1 1887. .it was on the oecca s101n of the impeachinent JIoRL(f ex- Minister hiratiano, inm leaiding depty~ Sulport mlig tihe 1.111etielt' imlipeachtim 1utI taig conitinuously for 37 hourns.--Llebange. A bauiidoanunent of' Cronstad t. Tlho harbor (of (Cronstadit ini Rutssia is, to lhe (closed to merchan1111t vessels afteor 189.5, and1( a niew harbor' wvil 1 iopene .(1 along a miariti me ('anal1 juti: be'low St. [Petersbaurg. Th'Iis harborSI will bo1 22 feet deep, cost 1,0010,000 r'ubles, amnd be the central point for the uniloadinlg .ofcoal and1( tihe loadling of grain and ether articles of expert. Thel departit mnent of public wvorks is atlso con~sider'1 Iig the advisability of constructing a tuninol under the Nova like that umider the Thames in London, but bumilt iln four stories. This abandlon~mont of Cronstadt is of especial Iiterest, for it vas Peter the Great whoi established and( indleed created It for the port of St. Science oIf Ivin Provideneoe. Not a great while ago a learned 1g noranmus dlelive'Pled a sermon on '"The Scienco of Divino Providence.'' "'Sir,'' said a geniuin~o stud1ent, at the close, "'will you not favor usI with a lecture ani 'T1ho F"aithi of Geomectry?' "--Chris hian Advocate. sido hlimsielf 110 nakes noise0 enough I for VWo nien, 81avn a nt nxchnan SOME OLD TIME GAMES. [any of the Present Day Sports Woro nor rowed From the Past. It is curious to note how some of the ames of the early ages have been hand 1 down to the present timo. The game, ) iistallco, knfown to most of us as ld and even was also a f'avorito with bo yoeimg Egyptian, and many of the ttlo counters that ho used are still reserved inl the British museum. Thoro ;also the gaie of drafts, which wis layed on a chlckored board in the earli st times. The poor children were con mnt with draftsmnon and boxes made of ough pieces of clay, bit the richer ones stually had beatittully, carved iron Cded draftsmen iiand boxes. The young Greeks, too, were well rovided with toys ind games for their musement. Tho toys were chiefly dolls mdo of balked clay, the arms and legs eing jointed with string, and there .)ro movablo. They had a favorito gamie alled Chytriand, which has boen pre i-rved throtigh many ages, and is now layed by boys of today under the well nown namio of puss in the corier. In 'ranco tho gamo is called quatro coins, r four corners. Both in the old gam lid inl tho mudern version fivo players ro rcqliired, o11 occipying each of tho oriers, whilo tho fifth player stands 1 thoo middle. Inl ancient (G1reece lie o11ro a 11earthlle pipkinl on his hiead anld s called pot; in Franco at tho pres it lday ho is tho nigaud, or simpleton, nd by us is called puss. To guess the nuinbor of fingers anoth r held up was also a favorite aiuse ient, and this, too, is frequently play J fit the present time. So you seo how iirefily tho character (if the amise ieuts ald the playthings of tho very arly ages has beeln 1i maintalled in the tys an1d gaimes ill use today.-New astlo Chronicle. Hilve the Forents. Somo years ago the gOvemilieilt of lavaria sent a rkilled forester to ftudy bI) conditiois of tinlher growth inl till TIited itats. While h(r0 ho ma1.1de the niarc. as if s (eakig of a matter gen rally kinowi anud aecepted: "il 0o years .tyou will have to import our ijtimber, anid as you will probably refer A inerican kin(1 we shall begin to row ithei, ill order to be ready to send hem to you at thii proper' tiie." What an instanco of scietitific fore hought, am1d wit hal what a warninigl Perhaps it is ]n(t vet too late to grow n our own ladil, the tiilfr we shal1 Ieed aI gt Ileration10 or two lelice, but if ,O air( to (i so it is time to taco rigor us steps to stop reckless forest destrue ion and to encourago scientific cultiva io1. Whilo our government Bells outright ts forest lanids for $ i. l an acro, Franet >btains atlmtost exactly the same Bunll ,oearly from each acro of its forest land )y salus of timber. Wo spend our cap tal; Franco mtakes ill incomo, ant ;afeguards its capital. Pa lissy, the famous French potter, vho was wiso in other things as wel: is in porcelain, declared that the neg ect of forests ill his day was "not a aistake, but a calamity andi a curse for Trance. " That collitry has since drned the lessoni. WVhen will our1s [llow its examploe?-Youth's Comipan Colton Ginl". S01110 recent impri;'ovelmelits il cottonl ins ire claimied to insure imich great r economy and efaiciency than havc itherto been1 iattainied, the difficulty be lIg no0w overeomo of obtaininig $ho) full "ugth (If thIe various stap)les on1 accounit f the( maini(liery inl us( .tearin~g the lint efore the p)artintg of the eintiroe length f theo fiber fromi the rollers. As now iinproed, thlt miach1ine issoc (onsitructedI 5 to allowv all chanl~ges for ineCtinig bose varhm~s lengths in staples to bo isido without ev'en having to stop thie peratfor fr'om his wor'k, whiereas thle in lio)w ill uo0 not oinly niecessi tates tihe topp)~ing of' the miachinio, but requirecs a1 lent alnhounlt of tiimi in wvhich to effect lie dlige. Anlotheor impr)iovemenC~t inl his muachinio is 1an aipplianco in connic 01~ion wit the immr01 blade(1, conisting of sinlg whlich allows it to giveo when h Im ressure of cotton lmss5!ing throuIlghi he rolleri is too0 severe, thus pr'eent ing ho i nier' and (ote blade(s fro(Jin (coming nl (contact with 1ach-l othier. Theli greait roar of the r'ollor is 1by this mnean~s sav'ed. -New York Sun1. Mickey' and( Conl. A book minded seion1 of the Verdant slo, was seekimg intellec'tual food at ho piublhic lirary and col nlot quito nakih up hiis ini d as to) the parllti clarl iter 'ary~ r'epast. lie wi shed to i ke. Ii1 liS hesitat ionl hie wanidered'f over to the2 'wo whearo tho freshilest vohninen of thi( ibra's stort are0 dispthuyed for' th< it saw~'i a bok whiosoti tle satisfied hiir hat bn hald found jus5t the thing h< vanlted. It was "Aliicah Clarke,"' b) Appr~loachaing 11ho itttenidanit,'ho said: "Pleaso giineo 'AMlicke y Clar'ke,'b JIll go t I thook, bult the 'xpre(si1i m his face1 w~heni 1h( (camoi backc withi 10) miiit(s later' pr'oved that hto hant nistaken01 th11 itionial ity of his hero. Boston1 I1lorahll. Chmeer mfulness~Ii. Thast cheer01fulneiss ean 1)0 ciultiv ~atei is well illutstrated by 11ho story of a lady [1md( geintleman who wer'1O in a tonbier yartid, situaited by a dirty, foul smielhiung ULivfr. Th lad s1(3 aid, "Ho1w good the 1)ino boar'ds smiol h"' "Pineo boards!'' exclaimelid the gentlo ianl. " Jiist siiell this foul riv er!" "No, Ithanki youi,"' liht lady replied. 'I pre'fer ff1 simelf theO piniO boards."' fit ncked A gainst, hara. TrP1ave(ler1 -Say, miy friend, there's no lint in Ithis sandiVch. , Waitrfess --No't Traveler- -H[adn't you1 better give hait pack1 anothIer shfl and let me 11raw algainy---P1ittsburg Dispatch. Phie man0 w'ht( '<eeps) htis tfeet warni md1( hisboad 111 oll will novergrum.' )ii a bout tho inelemoey of winter lie Will INSue Bonds. WVAN1IiNGTiaoN, Jan. 17.-Socrota cy Carlislo, during the day, will oflicially aillouico a bond issuo. Vhat fim this ann11ounlomlont will ikV Canii not ho 1): sitively statod a til tibo olicial statement is mal1do. It is believod, however, that the niouncomont will bo in the foirm ,)f an advertisement inviting bids for 5 per cent bonds at. a figure hat, will mako a rate of interest >f 8 por cent ia yoar. Tle bonds will bo issued under the rosuimption act; of 1875, but .hit amount will bo issuod cannot riot. now be statod. Undor tho resumption act throo -Il1sos of bonds run as follows: 4 wr cent, 30 yoars; 4 1-3 por cont, 15 yoars; 5 por cont, 10 years. Wool TFroublles T'heun. WASHINtTON, Jan1. 17.-At 11:15 tho house wont into the committoo of th) wholo to considor the taiiff bill. Thier are two amondments and two substitutos ponding, rolat ing to the dato of tho wool sch(d I Ies. Tho question of limiting the do bato oil a In o it tI III o lts offe)red to th% woo)l scledulo belicame a hono of Contention betweenl the, two sides of1 the house, w -lich was finally setledI by a conecil of walr ''etween the loaders of the two ia rties hold in front. of the spvak '.r's dosk. .It was decidod to chse tho debato at .1 o'c lock, half of the to to ho given to onch side. M r. Payie't aniend mo41nt. to make free wool go in to 4fioet (ct. , 1898, w%"1s lost by a vote of to 15.1, 111 subist ito offledb Mr. John. -onl prtoviding that tho freie~l wod cluise should tako ehlect. iminedi ately afiilteor (h1o passage of' the bill was agreed to, yeas, I I; nays, 102. This was the first defoat of the In 'The lcenede. Nothing of' a Imblic intorost transpiroed in the senato during tho mlor-ning hours, tho aittonitionl of' tho body beinig occupiod for half lin hor). inl th discussion of at pri valo bill for refiuding a suimall sutm wrogfu ly collectod as intrnal rivenuo tax ill 1835. Th bill was finally plicetd oil the calonder. At 1 :30 a rosolution for an on quiry into the civil sorvice reform, and whether its rules should be ox 1(ond10d or rostictod, gave riso to a spirited dliscussionl in whiich Sona ttir Hoar took adivaniced grounds in favor of reform, giving Mr. Cleveland some credit for his po sitioni, but, itdinig fault with the "lottiig" of consulships. .1ll defended Mr. Josiah Quincy inl connection with theso consul ships, saying that Quiincy had boon1 mado(14 a1 "stcapo-goat" of by theo ad mii nistrationm. lTo figh t is still ont. Meeting of Thle Nint. Iloard of Elealth. Cii Ai~I.:wro.N, S. C., Jan. 17-Tho State boartd of 114ea lth mo1t hero to dlay, Dr. James Evans, of Floronco, presitding. The4 following officers for' the onsuting year wore elected: (Chairmtan, Dr. John RI. Bratton, of Simons01, Clha rlest on ; secre 1tary Dr. 11 . .1. Frazor, of Clhairleston. 'The new'~ Inwv passed4 at1 the last 8ess5iont ofi t) legislature was dliscussed'o and the imuniipal auIthor'it1is were niotifiedl that t hey miUI com platoL the organiizationt of the localI b)oard's of heatl th ando repot, toi the Stato boartd by JulyI~ 15t.. I )4ath1 of an A1 lbed ie ('nputnIIi. lFianicis A runold, a cap jilfist living a few mil Iis fromt~ hero'4, d ied today. 1f10 was a manl ofI fore(igni b~irth and startedo lif'o in a1 mitdtest waly but haud by strict alttonltion1 to1 businoess amailssedt up1ward of ono1 hiundrod thoulsand dtolhars. Th'lough 83 yeaurs of ago his domiiso was not Iooked4t for at this time. Made44 Saure Worki of it. MONTrGOMluY, Ala. *lan. 18. Potrter Dauvis, a negro, k illed Gi ood wynU JOnos, ainother niegro, si x miles from this city. D)avis shot Jones and then out him with an axo, af teor which ho hitched himi to at mulo andi hauled him to a creok, a mile away, into which ho throw the hoayv BUY YOUR TELEPHONE, NEw YORK, Jan. 16.-With the end of this nionth, an important patont in the telephone system will expire, and parties *ill be able &y buy a tolophone for a few dollars, and for $35 you can purchase a coipleto telophone system, with till the necossary implomouts for both en(s of the line. Hitherto it would havo hoon impossible to pur ohaso the instrunionts at any price, as they wore controlled by patents owned by the American Bell Tele pione company. The fundamental Boll Telephone patont oxpired on March 7 of last year. The Boll company, it was found, however, still owned the patont od the recoivor, and no t.oloplone system would be of much use without a receiver. Among other concerns which en toied into tho tolophone business upon the oxpiration of the origi nal Boll .patont in March was the Shaver corporation, ot'Pittsburg, Tho Boll company broughltsuit giinst tho Shaver corporation on Lho recoivor, citing the patent of Alexandor Graham Bell of Jan. 30, 1877, as the one infringod. An injunction was promptly granted d111 that put an ond to the oppo ,ition tllpliono buiness for the limo being. But the patont of Jan. 30, 1877, is now about to oxpire, and thus both the rocoivor and transmnitter will be froo to the pub lic. A ftor Jan. 30 tele)honies will be o0ld liko hiats or cigars. Instead )f piying $240 a year for the rent -f an instrumont you can buy one outright for loss than a tenth of tha t sum. If you only wish to use it, betwoeei the houso and office, or 1)ot wo(n thio lfhouso and the stable, 1)r 1froIl ofliceo to factory, people may havo a lino put up for a tri ling Bum1 and own the system out right. Dr. strait luas A Say. WASH INoTON, 1). C., Jan. 17.. will stato that I am not willing for tho impression to provail in Sou i Carolina that I will ondorse any man who had violatod a plodge to me. Congressman G. W. Shell [roiised me that ho would .not mako any endorseoment in my dis trict without my previous ondorse mont. To my surpriso, I foud that lio had endorsod a Haskelflito for p)ostmastor in my district in conneoction with ox-Congressmnen J. J. lleimphill, George Johinstone and Senator M. 0. Butler. I am a friend to Senator Irby and. do niot propose to movo inm this mat.. ter so long as lie is chairman of the State executive committee. I .lo not propose to follow the lead . f any man who I conpider .untruo tnd a self-constituted congress nuan. Talbert, Latimor and I en lorso tile letter written by Senator [rby and published in the Regis ter today. TI. J. STRAIT, M. C. Tro secll tine Ilanaond and Dan Tile. R{IiMOND, Jani. 18.-A bill hlas beeon introduced iln the state son ate authioriziing the p~urchmase of tho lichmod~i~ anhd D~anvillo railroad their suiccessors and assigns to be-.. (como a corporationm, adlopt a namie h rafor, and( possess'an o1( xercise general 1powers and( aulthlorizinlg the conRsol idahtioni thorowlthl with other corpora11tions5. Southmerai Senators lut Caucus.. WVAsrINGToN, Janfl 18..-he oouchern senators met in caucus to sonsider matters connected. ith. egisla ition no0w before. the sena~te, mid agree upon some concerted >lan1 of action. No definite con duslionl was reached and tihe osucus ndjournod after having transferred ,bo question to the usual commit. .ce, which will considorthemtter urther and report to a futurebtt~ msa. Aaneriean Railway. Of the American railways now n the hands- of recoivors .three- at Lained that -condition in -1888 four in 1889, five in 1890, fourteen in 1891, twventy-soV'eii.in 1892,. and more than eighty in 1893. The securities represented aggregate ovor .$2.00000.000..