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I PENSION NONET ! IS DISntlOUTED MM muiiTirp rn DcrtlVC TUCIV I {VAIIUUdlHJUnilCO 1U BLbI.il L lULia ' CHECKS THIS WEEK?UMBER ON BOLLS IS 9,015. The reports from the various 'r county pension boards have been compiled by Miss Kate Maher, clerk of the State pensionboard, and the money will be seut out to the >t clerks of court at once. This will enable the veterans to get their money in time for the annual reuuion here on May 7, 8 and 9 and will assist B many of them financially for the B trip to Columbia. B The total number of pensioners on the roll is 9,015, which is a net B increase of 73 over the year before. W The total amonnt paid out was $243, 755.20, the general assembly increasing the appropriation this year from $225,0i>0 to $250,000, of which $5,000 was to go to the arti? fica! limb fund already provided for. The expenses of the hoara, meeting postage, salary of clerk, printing, etc., was $3,624.66, and there was a balauce from last year of $2,378.86. By counties the amounts distributed were: Abbeville $ 4,298 54 ? Aiken 8,58411 Anderson 14,603 79 Aamberg 1,751 62 Barnwell 3,923 89 Beaufort 890 80; Berkeley 2,773 14 < Charleston ' 4,277 34 j-w Cherokee 6,190 92 > Chester 4,363 56 Chesterfield 6,948 19 Clarendon 3,715 56 Colletou ? . 8,673 56 . Darlington 5,844 32 Dorchester 2,310 72 Edgefield 3,616 07 4 Fairfield 3,468 02 A Florence 4,828 69 Georgetown 1,494 85 Greenville 13,439 39 Greenwood : 3,919 84 Ilamptou 5,136 04 Horry d 5,995 73 ' Kershaw 3,408 86 Laucaster 6,923 07 ^ Laurens 8.239 58 Lee ,... 3,706 77 Lexington 7,318 79 Mariou 6,708 19 Marlboro 3,920 96 Newberry 4,452 45 Oconee 7,962 05 Orangeburg, 5,596 65 Pickens 6,596 42 Richmond 8,012 29 Saluda 4,583 05 Spartanburg 20,670 28 Sumter 4,080 17 Union ? 6,708 32 Williamsburg 5,11148 ^>rk 8,7o7 73 Total $243,755 20 The classes receiving pensions are divided by the pensiou law as follows: Class A?Those who, as a result of wounds received in said war, are physically helpless, or who, while in such service, lost both arms, or1 both legs, or sight, or who are dn-1 abled by paralysis and are unable to make a living, whose income, or his wife's, does not exceeJ $150 per annum. Class B?Those who, while in such service, lost one arm or one leg, and whose income, or his wife's does tier annum. Ut I' CAHV U f A. WV |'V* Class C, No 1?Those soldiers or sailors disabled by wounds received during said war, whose income,or his wife's, does not exceed $150 per auuum. Class C No 2?Those who have reached the age of 60 years, and whose income, or his wife's does not exceed $75 per annum. Class C No 3?Widows of those who lost their lives while in such Aervice of the State or of the ('onFederate States, and whose income ^pes not exceed $100 per annum. C No 4?Widows above the age of 60 years, whose income does not exceed $100 per annum. Class A receives $06; class B $72; class C No 1, $48; class C No 2 $21.07; class C No 3, $48, class C No 4, 1 $21.07. i I Fill i.::o MILLIONS. The SU? by Which a Rich Goid Mine j Was Discovered. One of the most productive mines j [ in California was discovered through >:i\ accidental fail of the discoverer.j I lie was one of a hunting party that had gone out from San Francisco | during the Christmas holidays.1 While passing along the side of a j steep hill on a narrow trail his horse suddenly slipped and with his rider ' went down into the gulch. Happening to be the last in the iir.e and some distance behind the others, he was not missed for some moments, but when his absence wr?a noticed the party turned hack to look for him, fearing some unto- i ward accident. He wa9 nowhere to be seen, but the place where his horse had slipped and fallen over the bank, together with the traces " ?' ? " ??- ?i r?^i oi rne laii, was piamiy vision;. ruilowing the tracks made by the fall- \ ing horse and man, and when near the bottom, the men suddenly came upon an interesting spectacle. Just behind a clump of bushes which the man and his steed had crashed through on their way down stood the horse, apparently uninjured, while near by, on a slab of rock projecting from the snow, the man was capering like an Indian at n ghost dance. The first impression of the rescu-1 ing party was that the man had gone i suddenly crazy, but as die caught sight of them he suddenly ceased his gyrations and shouted for them to approach. They came, when he showed them several Iump3 of almost pu^e gold he had hastily ktttkod from the edge with a stone fcr a hammer and announced his discovery of a gold mine. The sliding horse had brought up against j the ledge, and the restive animal, kicking vigorously in the efforts to I rise, had struck off the moss from : it. a ? i * __! j n . ? _i xt_ _ i ; xne stone ana aisciosea tne iaci max it was a gold bearing ledgx^ of unusual richness. The find was appropriately named "The Christmas Gift," and a valuable gift it proved to be. Animals Triod In Court Down to a comparatively late period in continental Europe the lower animals were considered amenable to the laws. Domestic animate were tried in the common criminal courts. Wild animals fell under ecclesiastical jurisdiction. French antiquaries have discovered the records of ninety-two processes against animals, conducted with the strict est formalities of justice, from nxu to 1740, when the last trial and execution, that of a cow, took place. Thus there was a lawsuit that lasted from 1445 to 1487 between the inhabitants of St. Julian and a kind of beetle, and at Lavigny in 1457 a sow and her six young ones were | tried on a charge of having murder- J ed and partly eaten a child. The j sow was found guilty and condemned to death, but the little pigs were acquitted on account of their youth, the bad example of their mother and the absence of direct proof against them. Tha Rival Hairdraaaera. One of two hairdressers by way of advertising himself cuts his hair in the most faultless manDtr, according to the latest fashion plate. The other, on the contrary, cuts his 1 * -S 11. m the most clumsy way lmagmaoie. The first customer who entered his i shop did not fail to take him to task about it. "How in the world, being Jourself a barber, do you have your air so badly cut ?" "Why, sir, the reason is simple enough. I cannot possibly cut my b&ir myself, but am obliged to have recourse to my colleague over the wav, and he is such a duffer!" "And I suppose you cut his in turn?" "Of course. And you can judge j for yourself whether he oughtn't to 1 be satisfied."?Rome Journal. Posting Him. Shopwalker (severely) ? I heard j you tell the lady she would find the ribbons at the third counter to the left. New Shopwalker ? That's where they are. Shopwalker ? Yes. But you. should" have told her to go to the right past the necktie bargain counter, turn to the left past the stocking bargain counter, tben three counters to the right past the counter where the millinery bargains are, and so on. You'll never make a shopwalker.?London Standard. Got Har Talking. The geography period at school has no terrors for Georgie. He has a teacher who loves to explain things to the children, sometimes at such length that she has no time to question them as to their own 1 knowledge of the subject of study. ' "I was afraid she'd stick me the ' other day," said Georgie, "so I ; switched her off quick. I asked her j the difference between a volcano j and an earthquake, and she talked ro the limit."?Exchange. QUICK IN RETORT. Storioo of Somo Masters of the Gentle Art of Repartee. Senator Inealls was always quick in retort, although he was himself a subject of some sharp shafts. Once he was attacked by Senator Eli SAnlshiirr of Delaware, the second smallest state in the-.Union.. He disposed of the whole matter by saying, "I thank the senator from that gfeat stale which has three counties at low tide and two counties at high tide for his advice." John Randolph of Roanoke was the most sarcastic man ever heard in the halls of congress, unless David A. De Armond of Missouri be an exception. Both Randolph's and De ArmonJ's speeches drip vitriol, but they are not epigrammatic and are hard to quote. Randolph, who flourished in the early days of the republic, when things were all unsettled, was furiously attacked by a Republican from Rhode Island who had been a blacksmith. Randolph was a descendant of Pocahontas and of the best blood of aristocratic Virginia. He replied to the presumptuous blacksmith: "What credentials does the gentleman bring? From whence does he spring? And why has he left his leather apron behind?" The reply was hissed back, "I sent it to Pocahontas to make moccasins for his grandchildren." An illustration of the nimble and caustic wit of Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia in senatorial de bate occurred on the senate floor during a heated argument with Robert Toombs, also of Georgia. Stephens, although possessed of one of the most powerful brains of his time, was lame and had a wizened little bodv. Toombs was one of the largest men in the senate sad was of a blustering, sputtering type. He had argued with Stephens until he was hoarse and became so exasperated that he threatened to fight. However, consideration of the size of his opponent deterred him, and, turning, he said, "I won't fight you, but I could swallow you whole." Stephens quickly retorted, "If you did you would have more brains in your stomach than you ever had in your head." ? Frederic J. Haskin in Louisville Courier-Journal. TK# Widow's Dog. A case was recently tried in a justice's court in which a common old fashioned hound was the subject of contention. This hound was alleged to be the best dog after coons in the neighborhood. Two men claimed the dog, and each employed an attorney to assist in the case. At the trial it developed that the dog belonged to a widow residing in the neighborhood, and the just'ce gave the custody of the dog to the widow and assessed a fine against each of the litigants in the sum of $10. They paid the fine, and the justice gave it to the widow. She then said that either of the litigants could A'? J ?U ?? La aVirkA r\WA USG ICC UU*J WIICU lie n loucuy |/*v vided that neither of them paid his lawyer. It i3 reported that the attorneys are still looking for their fee.?Columbus Dispatch. Punishment. At one time in a certain penitentiary there was a renaissance in the moral discipline of the prison, and all were compelled to attend chapel regularly. One of the prisoners came to the warden one day and begged to be allowed to remain away from the chapel exercises, as he wanted Sundays to write letters to his friends. The warden looked at the beseeching convict in amazement. "What," he exclaimed, "allow you to stay away from religious exercises all the time! No, sir. Why, man, don't you know that's part of the penalty ?" And the convict continued to worship regularly, while the warden led in prayer. Superstition In Calcutta. The grossest superstition exists in Calcutta. Not long ago an Indian gentleman residing in Jaun P#azar street had a live goat flung down from his two storied house in accordance with the directions of a so called magician, who was called in to cast out a devil with which a ' ? - -i 4 I gon was supposed to De possesses. The poor brute was first fed with a few bamboo leaves over which the wizard mumbled some mantras, and it was then pushed over the terrace. The animal was killed, and its flesh was distributed to the poor. Paka Antiques. People are buying English antiques from taste or as investments, and as they do not part with them | the supply is becoming shorter and shorter. A result is that the country is full of imitations. The "antiques" to be found in country shops are frequently bogus. We are flooded with copies of antique furniture and engravings. There are shop auctions in London of whole stocks of bogus engravings, silver boxes. Battcrsea enamels, miniatures and the like.?London Spectator. i ? VENEERED WOOD. Th* Way It la Built Up In Layars With Impervious Camant. The veneered furniture of fifty! years ago cannot compare with thfc j made today. The former practitnf was to make a single piece of inferior wood as the base of the article and to cover it skillfully with paper thin veneer, glued into place. As a consequence the natural warpings of the base wood, its contraction and expansion under changing atmospheric conditions and, in moist weather, the failure of th? 4'lue caused the veneer to crack, undulate or peel off. The veneering of today is generally thicker and is placed upon a built up base of three ply or five ply sections, with the grain running in different directions in the various layers, so that the base is actually stronger than any wood that could be secured. Great improvement has also been made in joining the pieces together, impervious cements having taken the place of inferior glues. It can be seen that this built up process i3 in no sense a cheap one, but in addition to giving more satisfactory results in the finisher! furniture it has its chief value in making the supply of choiie mator'a/for the exterior finish go much farther. Moreover, by certain methods of cutting the veneer many beautiful effects can be obtained, and it i3 possible not only to match similar pieces of wood, but bv cutting from the same stock to make all of a set of furniture similar in its efferf. Sometimes one log, by judicious cutting, can be made to furnish a like pattern for the furniture and interior finish of any given room. Thus the manufacturer has not only perfected a device to make his supply gofarther, but to make it more useful and beautiful. And use and beauty, by all the tenets of furniture making, are the two ends to be chiefly sought.?Woodcraft. Preventing a Shock. ICT ?? -w A /1!nna* T ViO/1 X uwe juu iui a uiuuca * ti?u vmw other night/' she said to Henriette, the little girl waitress at the Italian table d'hote. "I am paying for it now. You won't forget, will you, to tell your mother ?" "No," scid Henriette. "I will try and remember to break the news to mother."?New York Press. Much Broken by Misfortune*. Mrs. Cartwright, in search of a painter to touch up her kitchen walls, was directed to Napoleon Lamere. "Do you think," asked Mrs. " 1 "?La ??? fnHnmTiiT VanA. ! I/WIW riglll, VJUlg WV/V IrCl Ul^ MJ/v leoii doubtfully, "that you could paint the side walla of my kitchen ?" "But yes, madam," returned Napoleon, "eef dose appartment eet ees not of a too large highness. Eef you 'ave torn w't you cad low down iob, me, I can do heem de mos' bes' of hannybody else. "But, madam! Helas! No more can I do dose up high ceiling, dole steep roof, dose so elevate church steep', dose skyscrape. Me, 1 'ave hon ma two foot too great of de shake. Behol'! Already, madam, me, I 'ave de large misfortune to broke sees of ma laig." feat on Ittaat Vrnpm Gltv \n Three ways are used for curing and preparin bacco for the market; i cured, air cured and The old and cheap way cured; the later discovei proved way is called flue In flue curing the toba from the fields and rack< especially built to retail there subjected to a cont temperature, produced b; heat of flame heated fl brings out in- the to stimulating taste and expert roasting acvciup coffee. These similar pr< to both tobacco and coffe< ing and stimulating qualit ularizes their use. The quality of tobac< much on the curing proc kind of soil that produce pert tests prove that thi< R. J. REYNOLDS T< 4 . - - p-vy < - . *> _ TO OTTT3 Ms ui Cisintrs. We have just closed our third year's business, and take this opSortunity to thank our triends for their generous patronage, ur stock, is larger and more varied, and we teel sure we can save you money. Don't forgot we have a nice assortment of reliable "FAVORITE." Ranges and *0 K" stoves. When in need of Sash, Doors, Blinds, Turned Work, etc., we would appreciate the privilege of giving yon prices; from our increased sales of this material our prices Must be Right. Remember where you buy "Anchor** Lime you get the best. If it is good paint you want, buy "Beoj. Moore & Co. 's'? pure house colors. Yours for Business, $ Lake City Hardware Co., LAKE CITY, S. C STOP TIE IE! ? Vaii h^ivp fhp * , ** money, I have | the 'goods, and J * > ) . -SjSj I can and will v -. .Isl save you money. Call on me. J Yours for business, | W T Wilkins, KINQSTREE, S. C. * | "c'a ^~ T ECZEflAand PILE CURE FOB R*T* J COrt I^wiUe^v^FREEd?CHAIl^E' Hr'?k ln *"* quantity to suit pORtat rKtl ? It" Drj Preua M-Alnem*!. for Ecaema Salt Rheum, Ersypelas, , Piles and Skin Diseases. Instant re- X> ^r-7Tc ?^ 3C lief. Don't suffer longer. Write F W WILLIAMS. 400 Manhattan Avenue, Special shapes made to order. Corre* -?ew York. Enclose stamp. pomlenre solicited before placing jhqi N16-1 yr. orders. W. R. FUKK. ? SSI ico VKupovet wuna *oosrai$ iOoCOHtt. Tl?c\ ^ tema CRA tu\t \oud I ScYmaws "tobacco J and Cottec M by farmers tobacco, grown in the famous Pied* g their to- mont region, requires and takes less namely sun sweetening than tobacco grown in flue cured. any other section of the United States is called air . and has a wholesome, stimulating, ry and im- juicy, full tobacco taste that satisfies cured. tobacco hunger. That's why chewers cco is taken prefer Schnapps, because Schnapps :d in barns cheers more than any other chewing i heat and tobacco, and that's why chewers of inuous high Schnapps pass the good thing along y the direct ?one chewer makes other chewers, fit4+ lues, which until uie iaci 15 C3UIUUOIIVU Mim bacco that there are more chewers and more aroma that pounds of tobacco chewed to the s in green population in states where Schnapps Dcessesgive tobacco is sold than there are in e the cheer- those states where Schnapps has not ty that pop- yet been offered to the trade. A 10c. plug of Schnapps is more :o depends economical than 3 much larger 10c. ess and the plug of cheap tobacco. Sola at 50c s it, as ex- per pound in 5c. cuts. Strictly 10 5 flue cured and 15 cent plugs. 3bacco Company, Winston-Salem, N. C.