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'.. ~ t ~ C. I~f~bY2'~(,t,SAQ~..\'' *1 '"-"S . I .* Ax ~,..c~~?g-pA:~'? '~t'Q'e~' ~ A sjr, ~ I' ' .1 .~. *1 it -4 N I,AC tWiitttJJ *'ttIIuI hUh cuts, / . 1 ., Op~t .~!i - _____________________ ________- -- --________ ___________ *1 ---.--- - - ---- -- - -- - - - NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, NOV EMBER 2,1897. TWICE A WEEK. ~1.5() A VI? A it TH lt iII Ilis red, Dy. Ills Work. NewYork, Oct. 29-Henry George, candidate of the Jefferson Democ racy for mayor of Greater New York is dead. It has been a matter of questioning remark all %long how Mr. George, an old man, could with stand the strain of his remarkable campaign against boseism. "The harder lie works, the strong er he grows," was the wondering comment of his friends; but the wear and- tear of such a struggle as be has made was too much, and after a round of speeches at College Point and Flushing, L. I., and a long to the Central opera house ihis city, the man who has madjOssible the defeat of Tamman h has caused Croker to be hi, meetings, poag!ygve up his life cause he espoused. Mrs. George accompanied him in his round of speeches last night and returned w'th him to his hotel. Those who met him remarked that he did not look like the hale old than who had entered the campaign a few wooks before. A haggard and pinch od face; a roving eye, with a wistful, tired look, was what they said. But the nerves were steady, the voice calm, and as he listened to the re ports of the Tammany celebration, whore Croker, his particular mark of attack, had been jeered, a look of satisfaction crept over his tired face and expressions of gratification escaped him. Mr. George arrived at the hotel about 1 o'clock this morning. He ;had just come from soveral large mass meetings in the borough of Queons and Brooklyn. The work of the night seemed to have told on him. He complained of being tired, but his friends and relatives who awaited him thought it only the natural fatigue that follows such hard campign work as Mr. George had been doing. Not long after reaching the hotel be retired. Mrs. George awaited him in room 52 of the hotel. It was about 3:30 o'clock when Mrs. George was awakened. She found Mr. George sitting in an arm chair. DEATH' s QUIET APPIACH. "I am not feeling quite comfort able," said Mr. George to his wifo. "Won't you go back to bed ?" in qluired Mrs.Go there awhile," was the answer. * Mrs. George at once grew anxious as~ to her husband's condition. Mr. 'George gradually grew incoherent :and lapsed _into semi-unconscious * Mrs. George was now thoroughly alarmed and called her son, Henry George, Jr., from an adjoining room. Frank Stevens was also called in. A call was sent to Dr. Kelly, Mr. George's family physician, and he came without delay. Mr. George wvas by this time un conscious. Efforts to revive him failed. Without sign of recognition to t.hose around him lie pasBed away at 41:45 o'clock. Mrs. George was prostrated and was cared foi- by the friends of thme family at the hotel. Dr. Kelloy said that he saw Mr. Geoor'go a few days ago and that he was then i%ibetter condition that he had boo ait the opening of the cam .#When asked as to whether nhad advised Mr. Georgo to en tobr the the canvass, Dr. Kelly rep)lied evasively: "I don't think anay power in Cbrist fmndom could have prevented H en ry G:eorgo from sacrificing himselt'ML the cause in which he was enlis..d, and I knew him wvell." In the death certificate Dr. Kelly said: "I hereby certify that I attend iid the deceased from September, 1881, to October 1897; that I last saw bim alive on the 29th of October, 1897, at 5 o'clock in the morning, 4&nd that to the best of my knowledge * and belief the cause of his death is hereunder written: - "'lhienfausnapoplexyn (nneebral) -ributing, asphyxia; duration of iease, one-half hour.'" 1118 FRIEND wEPT. The Rev Edward McGlynn reached the Union Squaro hotel shortly before 11 o'clock. The dispatch which sum moned him merely announced that a "dear friend" was dead, but bearing in mind his own premonitions and the premonitions that Henry George had confided to him, he concluded rightly that his great ansociato in the single tax battle of their years had expired. When he looked upon the dead face of his friend, lie burst Iato tears. The scone was a distressing one. Afterward Dr. McGlynn said: 'enry George died as A.>raham iicoLbi died. Lincoln was assasi nated just after his great work of saving the Union was consummated. It was said that lie was mercifully spared the petty annoyances and bickering of the reconstruction period. Henry George was struck down by fate in the zonith of his powers. But the great work that he inaugurated wil go on. "As a man and a philosopher, it will be long bofore his like will be soon again. His goodness and gon tleness singled him out among all men, and, with othors, I almost wor shipped him." When Dr. McGlynn was able to think c'almly over his recent inter course with the (lead man, lie recalled that his friend had frequently ex pressed to him his premonitions that his end was approaching, and had used language that he now saw in dicated a presentment that he would not outlive his campaign. THE LIFE OE OEOROH. Henry Georgo was born on Sept. 2, 1839. He received a common school education and then went into a counting room. He was also a sailor and learned the printor's trado. In 1858 lie reached California, whore he worked at the printer's case until 1800, when he became a reporter and afterwards editor, -working at dif. eront timos on the San Francisco Times and Post. He returned to New York in 1880 and went to England and Ireland the following ycar, whoro he was twice arrested as a suspoet, but afterwards released when his identity became ostablished. Mr. Georgo is best known to the world at large through his writings upon economic fnestions, notably his wvork entitled "Progress and Pov ert 'gublished in 1879. His other \C1s are ''Our Land and Land Policy," 1INKThi jgid Questions," 1881 ; "Social Pr-ob lemus," 1883; "Property in Land," a controversy with the D)uke of Argyle, 1884; "The Condition of Labor," an open letter to Pope Leo XIIIL, 1891; and "A Perplexed P hi losophier" (Herbert Spencer), 1892. In 1880 Mr. George was nomi natedl by the United Labor party for mayor of New York, polling 08,000 votes against 90,000 for Abram S. Hoewit t, the Democratic nominee, and 60,000 for Theodore Roosevelt, now assistant secretary of the navy, Re pub)licain. After his nomination for mayor by the Jeffersonian Demoerats a month ago, Mr. George madle an extremiely active canvass, sp)eaking several times every evening and1 working from early to late at his headquarters. He gave to the campaign its most sen sationial incidlents, its attacks on Richard (Jroker and Senator Plat.t, whom he threatened to prosecute for various crimes, such as levying black mail upon city contractors and as hpirants for office, should lhe be elected mayor. is calndidacy gave to the coming election its greatest element of uncertainty, for according to ex pert politicians it was practically im possible to estimate how much of Bryan'sl vote of last year would1 go to George instead of Van Wyck. Iiu,kien's Arnica Raive. Thhe best Salve In tihe wnd for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Uilcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores. Tetter, ('ha pped Hiands, ChIilaus, Corns, and all SkIn Erup tionis, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It Is guaramnteed to give jprfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. Foer sale by Rnheriunn & G3ilder. UUIUNT SLANGUAGEC. How Our Vernacular Grows by Accretion The Person Who Usra slang Fiuds Good Lnvguage Tame and Feeble-He Is Like an Old Toper. [Ellen Burns in the Critic.] The Italian method of prefixing Ands to a word to give it a damag ing significance can be employed with good effect in christening that wayward and degenerate offspring of English known as slang. In its pre sent state, slanguage has attained to such a luxurious completeness that it warrants serious treatment. So copious and comprehensive has it be come that, there is hardly a human want, feeling, or omotion of the heart that cannot be translated into this vernacular of the bootblack. In studying the philosophy of slang the first natural query is, How. and why did it originate? To the first ques tion one might give, with certain modifications, the same answer that could be given to the question, Why do people swe,tr? The human ani wal, like a locomotive, seems to re quire escapo vulvem for occasions when there is too much steam in the boiler. When a man is overflowing with admiration, anuger or wonder, the ordinary adjectives do not (or he thinks they do not) mot the emer gency. They do not relieve his pent up fullness any more thant a sip from a dewdrop would quench a man's thirst. The natural man and the natural woman sometimos find relief under strong emotion in explosive utterances. In the case of anger, the escape-valve expletive is an oath, unless the man in question happens to be a gentleman,- and sometimes, though very rarely, when he is. It will thus be seen that slang, be ing of emotional ancestry, is a first cousin to the oath, and both are used by those who mentally resemble the man whose use of intoxicating drinks has made him forget or underosti. mate the attractions of pure water. Slang, in sooth, is a whiskey distil lation of language. It is so strong that it may be taken only very rare ly with impunity. And herein lies the chief danger in its use. -Not only does the slanguist find ordinary English tame, but-he ends in not be ing able to find any Eliglish at all. Another fatal characteristic of elang is the ver jue which at first secures its adoption-namely, its pungency. The same law,that makes quiot colors and shades wear well in the world of fabrics has its counter p)art in the world of speech. We tire very speedily of a startling cos tumo, in high colors, and just as ~Jpoolfly (10 wo tire of slanlg, which is startling, hiigh -colored speech. Still another reason why slang can never gain a permanent foothold in the language is the utter lack of dignity. No subject cani be serious ly treated in slanguage. Its sole function is to tickle by its patness or its gr-otesquosness. It re ilects a fugitive iridescence upon cur rent wit and humor, as the bubble catches prismatic colors; but like thco bubble, it vanishes even while you be . hold it. Naturally ther-e are slang phlrasos of all degrees of goodness and badness, ranging from the wvord which.is only a slight remove from a forcible but p)erfoectly decorous ad jective, to slang of the most daring, deep-dyed order. At one end of the seale, for instance, one might pla1co "fetching," and1 at the other end its supersuperlativo "rum." Again, the injunction "play ball" is gentle and seemly, in comp jarison wvith the brusque command "get a move on." Along certain lines the slanggeist seems to revel in extrava gant synonyms - and antonyms, es pecially in those expressing some in firmity in the upper story. T1he man who has "wheels" is also popu larly known as "nnUty," "cracked," or "off his trolley." Again, if he comes from the country, he is "corn rp,sed," has "seed in his hair," or his "face doesn't lit him." "Gall", "nerve," "cheek," "sand1," "brass" and "ficee" are also nearly synonym ous terms for qualities whose uni versality has made them a target for popular satire. Equally prolific ms the slang-geist in coining terms for money. "Dust," "tin," "sand," "rocks," "chink" and "spondulicks" are only a few of the words that , translate "filthy lucro." Two of the slang phrases now in gallingly frequent use are, "that's right" and "that won't cut much ice." The lat. tor, it must be confessed, has certain [ cool figurative qualities which give it a saving color of grace. But nost 1 of these phrases rely chiefly upon r their condensed expressiveness, which 1 is the trade mark of their American b manufacture. They are but one of t: tho many devices of the masses to g compass a cross-cut and void circum b locutions. Thus, "snap" and "cinch" c are time oconomy for a moneyed sine- c cure and an assured competence. P One of the suiest tests of the rapid 5 mortality of slang is the extremely t painful sensation produced by hear. ( ing antiquated slang phrases used- e and there are always people who are two, or tlrmi, or ten years behind in pi their use of such phrases. When ti other people are saying "not on your ( tintype," the user of mildewed slang s foobly ejaculates "I should smile." & The piquancy and patness of cortain n phrases mako it hard to declaro that t slang has no legitimate use. But ti concerning its misuse, there oan hard- v ly be two opinions among people b whose opinions are worth anything. p A careful study of the qualities of a men and wotten who habitually in- o terlard their remarks with slang will t] furnish anybody with a world of con- t] vincing conclusions in favor of pure English. b Mr. Dana'a Five Maximm of Journaiom. I. Never be in. a hurry. II. Hold hast to the Constitution. III. Stand by the Stars and Stripes. j Above all, sand for liborty, whatever happens. I IV. A word that is not spolcn 0 never does any mischief. V. All the godilness of a good egg t cannot make up for the badness of a bad one. VI. If you find 'you have boon I wrong don't fear to say So. 1l1t. DANA's IDEA OF LIBERTY 01i TIHiE PRESS. "I have always felt that whatever I the Divine Providence permitted to t occur I was not too proud to print.' t OHAS. A. DANA, in a lecture on t Journalism. SUNDAY NEWSPAPER. "I do not see anythingwrong either in making or in reading a Sunday a newspaper. In fact, if 1 found any- 1 thing obnoxious in the Sunday paper c I should be ready to renounce it; yet, 'j while ther-c is liable to be something you would wish to have changed in any newspaper, and in every news puaper, we dO not find any special fault in the Sunday newspaper. It 1 is a picture of the world as it is; of F the good men and of the bad, the virtues and the crimes; and as the crimes of half a dozen aro more startling than the viirtues of a thou-r sand good men, it is to crimes that I a great deal of attention is neces- l sarily p)aid. 'But is it wrong to re port and to publish these things? Everybody will talk about them. The newspapers could not suppress them if they would; and if any o.io news paper regularly omitted to give an account of interesting swindles, or murders, the people would stop) read ing that paper and go off and get one where they could find all the news. Besides, I have been led to conclude, in reasoning upon this sub jet, that if the Divinao Providenco permits such things to happen, we, who are merely the witness of its C,p eration, mway certainly stop) a moment and report the facts to each other. MAKINo OF a iEP'ORTERa. The qualifications of the reporter 3 you cannot estimate too highly. Int the first place, he mxust know the truth whenu he hears it and sees it.t Trhere are a great many men who are born w ithout that faculty, unfortu-. nately. But there are some men that a lie cannot deceivo. And that is a very precious gift for a reporter, as well as for anybody else. The man who has it is sure to live long and prosper; especially if lie is able to tell the truth which lie sees, to state the fact or the discovery that he has been sent after in a clear and vivid and interesting manner. CHINEMrE WANT TIElit TEA. 'rotent AgainetGovernuent Dsioying it. Teas )unik by Chinene and Japanseso not, Mentior, d in lingley Act-Ort. entials May Otier Teas Artn't Fit to Drink. Now York Commeroial-Advertisr.J Whether 20,000 pounds of ten, hm ,orted for the use of the Chinese Dsidents of this country, shall be do troyed or not, under the law passed y Congress recently, is the quos on to be deided by the board of eneral appraisers, at a hearing to o held this afternoon in their ofli Ds, 125 Bleocker stroot. The pro Dedings are to be enlivened by the rosence of a delegation of Mott treet Chinese merchants, represon tives of the Chinese minister and lovernment, and a numbor of tea xperts. General Appraiser Hichborn is to reside, and Col. Gibson, counsel for [10 Government, it to uphold the lovernmont contention that the tea iall be destroyed. Messrs Rooney Spence, custom houso brokors, and iombers of two firms of lawyers aro ) appear for the protestants. In io present case only $8,000 is in Dlved, but the mattor is important eonuso the law regulating the im ortation of ten is to be attacked, Ad if the board of appraisers do [are that the tea shall be destroyed, 1o Chinamon will appeal the case to ie Courts. The trouble seems to have boon rought about becauso the China ion were not consulted as to their lsto in tea when the schodulo under bich the grades of ten allowed to ho nported are defined was drafted. 'his schedule was prepared last Jan ary. Tho primary purposo of the tw was to prevent the importation f adulterated tea and toa that could ok be sold in any other country in 2e world. It has been said that prior to the assage of the law this country was 3o dumping ground for the worst nd cheapest grades of ten that !hina and Japan produced. Tho est grades went to England and tussia. Americans were compelled : pay largo prices for low-grado Das, ana the abuse was brought to be attention of the Government. A ommnittee was apponted by Con. :ress to investigate it. Numbers of xperts from this city, Boston, Phil delphia and other cities were beard, >ut the committoo ignored tle wants If Chinese and Japanese residentp. 2he committee sat in this city, and1 whlen tihe hlearing had boen concluded schlol defining thirteeni grades .nd qualities of tens was made up nd p)resented1 to Congress. This ist included aill teas in popular use, uch as Oolong and1 Hyon, but no nention was made of Pang Yu Tai eas or Yuion Shun tens, without vlich no Chiinaman can enjoy his noals. T1hese are tile tonis thlat thle 4ongolians profer above all other :inds. The sch,~ dulo was incorporated in hie law, and a provision was made lhat all teas not mentioned ill it pro entoed for import into this counitry hould be seized by thme customs an hlorities andh destroyeod. Th'le Clhi ese residents did not know anything bout the law, and wheni their sup >liOs of Yuen Shun ar.d Pang Yu Tai ens were exhausted they sent home or more. The first Jot to arrive wvas h10 20,000 p)ounds( thIat is now held 'y tihe customs anthoritien, and ro anrdinig wich thle hearing is to be old this afternoon. TJhe Chiunamen, when informed lhat theoir tea would have to lbe do-. troyed, emp)loyed b)rokers and law 'era to p)rotest. They appoaeled to lhe Chlinese minister at Washington, nd lhe laid thle matter before Sore ary Gage, who ordered the hearing. L meeting of all the Chinamen inl crested was held at 10 Mott Street esterday. SpoochoI condemning I he seizure ~f the tea were made by Chan Chee Lai, IFung Nami, Lee Pok, Lee Yick (ou,. Shoung Pou Sing and several ther tea importers and dealers. Liter tile mntinag Lee Yick You said1 hbat Americans did not know good ca when they saw it, and could not elI the differene between good tea when they drank it. "On the list of what the exports call good tea," he continued, "are a nuimher of brandN that are not only not fit to drink, but that aro injurious. Chinamon drink only black ten, whicl does not affoct the heart. The ten they are trying to destroy is the best that can be bought in China." I-ONUSTIMET OUSTS ]LAMPTON. Tise Long lExieted la oanto at la-4-Gen lamptoak Tikes the Matter Quietly, ani will sIoi Leave Wualiltgi on it) At toesi ithe Stata Fair at Columnla - lie Is Now in obust Ilealth. [Special to News and Courier.] Washington, October 29.-On. James Longstreet was today ap pointed conmuissioner of railroads to Bucoetd Gion. Wade Ham pton. This chango has long boon anticipatvd, hQnce it causes but little surpriso. Gon. Hampton's resignation him btu in the hands of President McKinioy iinco the advont of the prosent Ad ministration, and the chango would havo occurred at a much earlier period had the importunities of (lon. Longstroot, and his political frionds prevailed. President McKinley had two objocts it delaying action in this now colobrated caso. When (Ion. Longstreot and his friends wort olanioring loudest for Gon. Himp Lont's official scalp, the "Utrand Old Man of the Palmotto Stato" was dan gerously ill. The Prosident decided that he would not accept 0ion. Ham p ton's resignation until lie was given imiplo timo to iogain his health by an extended trip to the Pacific coast. lon. Hamipton has recoved from his late illness, und declaros ho is in ro bust hoalth, and weighs over 200 pounds. Tht President also doirod Clon. 1-lampton to have an opportuii ty to frimo anid submit his anuial roport on the businems of the com missioner'H o1icO. Tr'hat report hits boon completed, ind is ready for t.ho printer. Although Gon. Hampton fools that ho hals ben treated with admirable consideration by tho President, the latter neglected to notify the (ion oral that his resignation had boon accepted beforo antiouncing the ap poinitment of h is successor. Tho first initimfati'.1 of 00en. l'ongstreet's lp pointmnont today was covoyed to Gon. Ifnmpton by your corrospondent. (on. Hnipton was in his offico at the general pons;on building, per forming his official duties vicoii scious of his decapitation. When ap prised of the President's action Clon. Hampton remarked fliat it was not unoexpected in view of what has beeni so often stiated inl the newspiapers on theo sub1ject. Hto al(ddd that hoe ton diered his resignation11 as0soo as P resi dent McKinley wvas inaugurated, and, therefore, lie wats prepmarod to relin quish the office without delay, Het siaid1 lie appreciated the efforts of sc many of his former associatos i-. th( ;Sonate to have him retained, and it in gratifying to know that so much consideration wan shown him by thi Adminiaration. H aving completed him annual report, Glen. Htamnpton in fully prepared to turn over the office tc his successor in excellent coundition. He will leave Washington ini a fon~ days, accompaniedi by his daughter to alttendl the Stamte iFair at Cloilum b)ia. it is saidi that (on. Longatreel maiy lncoiuter 'onisidiorablo dliflicual ty in obhtaininug confirmaltion b)y the Senate. It is said t.hait the P resi dont wan subjected 1to imnlionso5 pres su1re to maitke this appjointmne'nt, ai that but for a p)ositivo promnis ma)1th soon after his election (lon Longstreoo would not have b)eeni appoinitedi T1horo is a general fooling here thia (Gon. Longstroet is inmca paci tat ed foi the diuties of the office, andt thie Seon ate will be fully onl1ightened on thli sul j"ct. A person 'a ith a conidterabbh arniount of spare time onl hiis hand has collected the following list o words which may be spelled oithe forwvard or back wards- ;ali ndromot first they are called ini irned Ian guago: Anna, babi, bib, bob, civic dadi, deified, did, dewed, ecco, ove ewe, eye, gog, gig, gag, level, madam noon, otto, pap, poopml, p)ip pop)0, pupl redder, rofer, repapol)r, reviver, rotatc IT IS NOW EPTON TElI' COhIPTIOLLIt UENEItAL RE. SIGNH IS FIFICE. Auditor Eptot,of Spartaub .rg,Wins.-Gen. Nortoa Itelgns to Take III@ Place ju Cogress-EKber lreutont Uets Mr Ep1,0n's Place. [Registor, October 30.] The curious have been satisflod. ThOr is no longer any nood for spec ulation as to when Comptroller Gen eral Norton will resign nor as to who will got the plum. Mr. Norton re signed his office as comptroller yes borday and Goveri.or Ellorbo w.t*.. out delay announced that County Auditor L. P. Eptun would got the appointment. All of yesterday morning Mr. Nor ton was beseigod with questions as to when he would resign his offico. He did not care to talk about the matter until tho dood had been done. J ust about 2 o'clock Governor Eller be received from (4on. Norton a lit ter containing the much talked about. lottor of resignation. It was a moroly formal lettor of resignation, stabing that he resignod his offico to take effoct upon the qualification of his sUCessor ill o1lice. Tho understanding is that Uon. Norton will attend to soveral out standing settlonionts prior to turti ing over the offlico. (lovernor Ellerbo upon recoiving the lotter of resignation stated that he would appoint for the unexpired torm of Gcn. Norton Mr. L. P. Ep ton, the incuimbont auditor for Spar tannrg county. Uovernor Ellerbo said that he know Mr. E+pton and his eaplcitimi by virtno of hiis dealings with him during his term as comp trolltr generil. Mr. EJpton is i comparatively young man. He is not yet thirty - fivo yoars of .Igo, it is said. Mr. Eptoit never figured very prominently in politics. In 1890 he was taken from his farm in Spartan burg and pliaced in charge of the auditor's oflico. lie has filled this placo so well that h has boon ro elocted throo timnio inl the domocratio primary. His administration of the oflico 1111 given satisfaction to all classos. Gover or Ellerbo does not want to have any further trouble about the appointment of Mr. Epton's succes sor, sO ho yesterday minounced the appointments he would maco all the way along tho line. Mr. Epton will be promoted al Mr. Ebor Brutoitn, no0w the cihief Clerkc iln tihe silOrifra ofico, will he nlalmd as tile Isuccessor of M.'r. Epton. 1I. is statedi tihat Mr. Brenton hats boon1 idlentihiod with1 liboeral conser vative elemont in Spartanbumrg couni ty and that is alpointment will be generally satis factory to tile p eopleo of Spartanburg count.y. Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FE3VE3R [I"roml tht) Boston Itecord.] ~Jay, Mte., claimis one0 of thec biggest troos in Mamoe. It stands on tihe banks of the A nldroscogginl, on1 the lawn of the late D)udley Bean. TJhe circumaforenco fouri foot from the gron d is 23 feet, diamoter 7 foot. About six foot from tihe groundi( there are seveon br'anchles radiating froml its trunk which are 18 incOhos to 24 inches in dinaeter. The1 branchles sprlead over a spalce of ground 27() feet iln circuml7forence, or 90 feet in diameter. Whloro tile b)ranlches leave the trunik of thit tree, about seven feet from the gro)und, there has booni ere~cted1 at banhd stand, whlich seats twenty-five petrsonls. A cooler plae on hlot days catnot bo0 found. A BJostoni gentleant was ridinlg by re contly, anid the tree attracted hisl at tenitioni. Hie examlinled and measured it, and1( was astonished at its dimen sions. lie went away with the re mai~rk ths if tile tree was on his lawn $10,000 wouldn't buy it. ILt was set out forty-two years ago by Lafayette Bean on the day of his departure for California, whence lhe never returned.