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"BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ! ANDERSON, S. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1900. YOU ME XXXVI-NO. 11. f^^^^mmmm^. - ? ' 1 "' ? ?h .mm mm .i . ? i I i. I " 1 ?efl If we have ever sold an article that failed to earn its full cost in service, no matter when the transaction, the purchaser is bound in justice to give us a chance to redeem the pledge of satisfaction that goes with every sale. ? No Statute of Limitation here. Tell us the facts about any CLOTHING, HATS or FUR NISHINGS you have bought of us that have misbehaved. B. 0. tvans & Co, THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. WHITE FRONT. THE HALL GIN Is the Leader of tbem all in point of Speed, Durability and Out-Turn. N JT is, owing to the skillful construction of the breast, the beat seed cleaner on the market. -y * ' . That part of the Gin covering the ends of the brash is ao formed that Hut cotton cannot pack or cl?g at ends of brush. Many Gins catch fire from friction at this poipt. The HALL does not. We guarantee these Gins to give absolute satisfaction, and if you are in doubt as to what Gin to buy ask any owner of a HALL or any one who has' ever seen one work, and they will tell yon that it is the best. We have all sizes oh hand ready for immediate delivery. McOIJLLY BROS. DON'T FORGET! Qftr?i^?ilYiBPD^hM bS*n ?auW Fruit Ja? this season, but up to this Urne wo are 06611 ?elllng Cherry Jars ; now we are ready to rurnlah yon with ?pu . L THE BEST FRUIT? JARS W-no broke?otnM,UWk6t4l!liS 9"f?m% *nd we *lve you nothlD* bnt 8??d? sound, ?.e8?!!K0'^^ABjyB.f?^,a,fl,KRY 18 ap-to-daie In every respect. Also, the sK^^01!?8^^!^?^^?.*0* *heo u comea to Foctet Knives and rww# have them of the b?at make, sold under * guarantee, ?omo ?&r *? call on na whm ^=1= T , ? w? can save you money on the w??? wooa?- Jnat rsortved one car load of I^ynchburg Chilled Turn Flows, Dixi^fi0^ ona F?****1-,, He~*naber that wa oan give yon Jobbers prices on direS ??i?tlf!nd Castings. t Tor. ?n them at our Store Or have them shipped rect "onQ factory. We ssll Gi??CE?t3ES as cheap as anybody. CARLISLE SH?08.rAndereon, 8.O. du mmm mmnm^mtm^ Kits? Twthliuj Eary. (Tithing SWm) JJLtEE^P^^BowsI QrataulSsaatsttO.J. MOFFETT, SI. D? ST. LOUIS? MO? HOYT VS. McSWEENEY. McSweeney Issues Address to People. Following the receipt of the returns from the lirst primary election, Go v. McSwecncy yesterday afternoon issued tho following address: To tho People of South CnJolinn: Fully appreciating tho large vote which I received in the primary on Tuesday ns a strong endorsement of my administration, I desire to express to my friends my sincere acknowledg ment for the support given. The bat tle is to bo fought over again between Col. Hoyt, the prohibition candidate, and myself on Tuesday, Sept. 11. The vote on Tuesday showed that the sentiment of the State is against prohibition by statutory enactment, and in favor of the dispensary as the best solution of the liquor question. While fully persuaded that this is true, yet I do not rest my claims en tirely on the liquor question, because there are other issues of ns far reaching importance. Ihave felt it my privilege, ns well as my duty, to ask my fellow citizens to endorse my administration by giving me a full term, and I have rested my claims on the record of my administra tion. It hns been my earnest endeavor to discharge the duties of the of?co faith fully and impartially and to follow no lead but that of duty. My efforts have been to give thepeo ?le a business administration, free roin politics, because this is peculiarly a business age. In how far success has crowned my efforts the question is submitted to the business men of tho State. There has been good feeling among all the people of the State and I have contributed what I could us chief ex ecutive to that end. There is no reason for our people to he divided into hos tile camps, for such a course would retard the material development and progress of the State. The charge that the dispensary law has not been enforced has been met and answered fully by me on every stump in South Carolina. It is better enforced than since it has been on the statute books, and it has been enforced with fewer constables, with less ex pense and without friction or blood shed. It should be remembered that the charge of non-enforcement comes largely from those who oppose the law ana want to see it overthrown, and who are nomore infavorof prohibition than the dispensary, but are endeavor ing to use prohibition with which to kill the dispensary. I am deeply gmtefui for the hearty support given me by the people of tho entire State; and, as to Charleston, my desire is that the people of that city shall feel that they are an important part of the commonwealth, ana Char leston being the metropolis of the State, her citizens should be in busi ness and commercial touch with every section of South Carolina. I feel that the support given mo in Charleston and Columbia is the support of business men and those who endorse a business administration and are tired of eternal bickerings and snnrlings and captious fault-findings. The educational issue has been over shadowed by that of liquor, and it is well to say . that my Tecord for the common schools and tue State colleges has always been positive and for their hearty support. I may say, incident ally and modestly, that I am no recent convert to the support of the higher educational interests of the State, but stood there when they needed friends in the Senate and House of Represen tatives. I have made no deals but have held myself free to follow the path of duty, and rather than have my hands tied by deals and combinations, I should pre fer defeat. In making appointments it has been my endeavor to selectmen of character and efficiency. Believing in local self government in all local matters, the counsel and advice of the Senators and Representatives from each county have been sought. I believe the people, recognizing the justice and fairness of giviug my ad ministration the -endorsement 1 seek, will give me a handsome majority on the 11th of September. My friends should not become over confident, however, because there is always danger in over confidence. If they turn out and vote, success is assured, and aside from my personal interests, it is of the utmost importance that there be a free and full ballot in the second primary. M. B. McSweenkv. ; Hoyt Headquarters Opened in Columbia, Colonel Hoy Va friends have already begun an active and vigilant campaign for the second primary and seem per fectly confident of landing their man. Headquarters have been opened in Co lumbia, with Mr. C. C. Featherstone in charge, and the principal work will be dons at this place. Mr. Featherstone was in the city yesterday and gave the following interview to the press. When asked about the result of the (lection he said: "Col. Hoyt has gotten a few more votes in first primary than I expected him to get. When in Charleston the latter part of July I predicted to tho News and Courier man that- he would get 80,000. When the entire vote is in it will be seen that my prediction Uub been more than verified. "To have gotten such a vote with such odds against him is a great vic tory for Colonel Hoyt and the cause which he has so ably represented. It shows that the people believe in the right, and that they recognize the abil ity and purity of Colonel Hoy t" "What about Colonel Hoyt's chances to win in the second primary?" "I am satisfied that his chances are good. Governor McSweeney's lead of a few thnnaaw^ votes M??uhca to little. Mine out of every ten the man behind wins in the second heat. Take for ex ample my race with Governor EUerbe two years ago. He led me by 18,000 votes and yet in second election he only beat me by about 4,000.. And if my friends had realized my strength I would have beaten him badly. . "If Colonel Hoyt's friends know bis strength and will go to work, ho will be our next governor. "Gary and Patterson took away a good many votes from Governor Mc Sweeney on .account of the charges made against Gov. McSweeney by them, viz. : that the governor was not enforcing the dispensary lav/. "It will be remembered that Gary and Patterson, both of whom are men of unquestionable ability, courage and honesty, both charged upon the stump that the governor's enforcement of the dispensary law a fraud and a humbug. "Senator Till man made almost the snmo charges. "Now, there is no doubt of the fact that a great many men who favor the dispensary believed those charges and thought the present enforcement of the law could be improved on. Most of them, too, are men who honestly aud sincerely believe that tho dispensary is [ the best solution of the liquor question aud who are especially interested in the enforcement or the prohibitive features of the law. In other words, they have I a sincere desire to make the present law better and better and to do what they can to make it lead up to out aud out prohibition. That there are thou sands of such people in the State can not be doubted, and they havo tho respect nnd confidence of those who do not agree with them. A largo pro portion of tho men who voted for Gary and Patterson came from their ranks. Now that their candidates are out of the race, for whom are they going to vote? They cannot consistently vote for Governor McSweonoy, and, in my judgment, they will vote for Colonel Hoyt. And they will do so for the rea son that they know that he will enforce the law rigidly and make it as near prohibition as it can be made. "But in addition to this, apart of the Gary and Patterson vote came from their personal friends, not because they believed in the dispensnry law, but be cause they recognized tho honesty and ability of Gary and Patterson. Mr. Gary lias been in the General Assembly for 10 or 12 yenrs and for a part of that time presided over the, House with conspicuous fairness ana ability. He comes from a large and inilucntinl family. His brothers, who are upon the bench, are men of ability and influ ence and there is not a particle of doubt but that a part of his vote was a purely personal one. "And the same can be said of Mr. Pattorson, whose ability and good pub lic record cannot be questioned. A I part of this vote 1 know will go to Colonel Hoyt, and I believe that by far the greater part of it will do so. "And then we must take intocousid 1 eration the fact that there is a good large vote which did not come out last Tuesday because it wob uncertain as to what chance Colonel Hoyt stood. And there are at least 1,000 voters who were out of the Stntc?in tho moun tains and elsewhere. But nearly all of these votes will come ont in .the second primary. "A systematic and organized cllort will now be made by Colonel Hoyt's friends from this on and there is every reason to believe that Colonei Hoyt will be our next governor." "What about the whiskey vote in the State? Who got it?" tho reporter asked. "No man can look at the Charleston vote and the mountain vote and doubt for an instant that Governor McSwee ney received it. The talk about Hoyt's Setting tho whiskey vote is nonsense, [is vote came from rirohibitionists, from dispensaryiteB who want a better enforcement ot the law aud from oth ers who know his record in war and in peace, and who recognize his ability und purity of character. "1 want my iriends in the State to know that the fight is not lost by a great deal and that by a strong pull nnd a pull all-together wo can win. "We fought upon principle and for the right nnd have nothing to retract. We will tight to the last ditch and ex pect to win. "We will conduct the work largely from Columbia where our friends can reach us for the next few days." Tillman Bobs Up Serenely. News and Courier. It was thought iu view of the request of Senator Tillman that hebe scratched by those who did not like his course in this fight, that it would be exceedingly interesting to publish a statement showing how many times he was scratched by the voters of the State. The figures as made up this morning show that the total vote for Governor, as the News and Courier this morning had it, run up to 91,000 and of this .number Senator Tillman received 73,577, which would show that ho was scratched by 18,000 voters, very far from being the majority some expect ed. It appears from the latest returns that Senator Tillman received 18,740 less than the Governor. The basis of the figures is that the aggregate vote for the Governors is perhaps tho largest cast and then Sena tor Tillmau's vote, as far as reported, is compared with it. The smallest proportion of "scratching" was per haps in Charleston, while in Beaufort the "scratching" is perhaps as heavy as in any county and the Richlnnd vote shows a very heavy percentage of "scratching." It will be interesting to figure out what proportion did the "scratching in each county." Senator Tillm an's prom ise, which was questioned, that be would not accept the office of Senator if he were not voted for by a majority of the total vote cast was entirely safe, and everyone who knew anything about the affairs of the State ought to have known this; but some actually seemed to think that with no opposi tion a considerable portion of the vot ers were going to cut him and make his election doubtful under his promise. A comparison of the votcB for Gov ernor and for Senator shows tho fol lowing number of "Tillman scratch ers" in each county: Abbeville. ?. 488 Aiken. 447 Anderson. 004 Bamberg. 100 Bain well_. 207 Beaufort. 180 Berkeley_. 80 Charleston. 80 Cherokee. 510 Chester. 440 Chesterfield. 79 Clftr?iidAn. 245 Colleton.......r. 104 Darlington..> 442 Dorchester.. 84 Edgefleld. 877 Fairfield.^. 19 Florence^:.. 464 Georgetown. . Ill Greenville.?.-JU 1,495 Greenwood_?. 484 Hampton._ 122 Horry. 486 Kershaw....-. 479 Lancaster. 87 Laurens._ 044 Lexington. 404 Marion.......... . 044 Marlboro. 857 Nswberry...... 476 Oconee..". 585 Orangeburg. 709 Pickens..>._f.. 044 v l?icblnud. 1,111 Sal Ulla. 37'.? Spartan burg. 1,870 Suinter. 734 Union. 40o Williumsburg. 252 York. 37!? Total.18,218 mm * m The Official Count. Columbia Stute, tat inst. The Stute Democratic Executive Committee met last night and in a few hours the otllcial returns were tabu lated, the r?sulta declared, the second primary ordered and nominees for presidential electors made. For State officers there will only have to be a second race for governor, lieutenhnt governor and railroad commissioner. Of tho State ollicers nominated on the first ballot Mr. Jennings, for State Treasurer, is the only man not nn in cumbent. All the congressmen were renomi nnted sovo Messrs. Wilsou and Norton. The former is supplant od by Joe John son and Norton has to make a second race with Scarborough. In the race for lieutenant governor Sloan by a close shave makes the sec ond race with Tillman. It took final returns to determine whether the sec ond man was Sloan or Winkler. W. E. Evans and Whnrton, go the second heat for railroad commissioner. AH solicitors races ended on the tirst round, Hilderbrand in the First circuit aud Hoggs in the Eighth being the new men. McSweeney led Col. Hoyt by 5,283 votes and lacked a little over 7,000 votes of going in on the tirst ballot. The total vote for governor was 02,425?, which was but 0 greater than that for lieutenant governor. The total vote for tho other oflices was: Treas urer, 01,108: comptroller general 01,491; superintendent of education 01,811; adjutant general, 00,804; railroad com missioner, 00,024. There were 18,7">0 who did not vote for Senator Tillman. United States Senator. H. It. Tillman.?8,07? governor. McSweeney.00,007 Hoyt.83.833 Gary.12,050 Patterson.0,032 Whitmau. 401 Lie u tena n t G o v ern'ok. Sloan.10,007 Blcase. 0,850 Winkler.10,005 Livingston.14,713 T?llmp.n.83,380 Secretary op State. Cooper.8G.702 atto k S e v G exer a i.. Hellinger.78,080 State Treasurer. Timmermnn.14,754 Jennings.40,144 CoMi'TUOi.i.Eit G?n?rai., Derhnni.00,000 Brooker.21,702 Superintendent op Education. McMahau.:.55,8:11 Capers.30,480 Adjutant and Inspector General. Floyd.70,034 Bouse.14,230 Railroad Commissioner. W. I). Evans.21,014 Wharton.16,501 B. B. Evans.14,618 Maytield.15,427 Pettigrew.5,014 Berry..11,240 Etheredge.5,013 Presidential Electors. When the committee first met it was found that several of the counties had not gotten in their figures, so the se lection of electors was entered upon. Secretary Gunter first reading a circu-. lar from tho national committee m re gard to the election of men as electors who hold offices of any kind, they arc barred by law. Tho disqualifying of fices were enumerated. After a brief discussion of the circu lar, Mr. Appelt nominated Col. R. D. Lee of Suinter; Mr. Dial nominated Col. George Johnstono; and Mr. Wil born nommnted Mr. W. D. Trantham of Kershaw. Col. Willie Jones was nominated by Mr. Tatum, butdeclined. Mr. B. H. Moss of Orangeburg was nominated and there was a discussion as to the eligibility of Mr. Moss, he being a member of the retiring gen eral assembly. He can of course re sign before the general election if he. cares to. The vote resulted as follows: Lee 22, Trantham 14, Moss 10, Johnstone 11. Messrs. Lee and Moss were elected. The others were chosen as follows : First District?M. W. Simmons. Second District?W. W. Williams. ?-'hird District?Col. L. Blease. ^ourthjptstrict?W. McB. Sloan. Fifth District?W. P. Pollock. Sixth District?M. S. Cantcy. Seventh District?George l upper. Congress. Lntimcr. Wyche. Vcrner. Greenwood.1,822 766 115 Abbeville...:... 1.20!) 766 115 Anderson.3,856 845 843 Newberry.1,660. 601 55 Oconee.2,02h' 88 525 Pickens.1,757 438 195 Totals.11,423 2,883 1,283 Solicitor. Boggs. Mooney. Abbeville. 1,201 978 Greenville. 1,475 3,831 Anderson. 2,503 1,781 Oconee. 1,755 900 Picken s. 1,581 780. Totals. ...... 8,515 8,221 ? The Mexican census recently ta ken, whose results are just coming out, show a Donulfttion of 12,491,578, over two-thirds'of whom cannot read or write. Over 80 per cent, of the population is of mixed and Indian races. Sixty-three languages are spoken by the people. State op Ohio. Cttt or Toledo, 1,. L?cas Co?ktt, I ** Fbavk J. Cheney makes oath tnat he It the ?en 1st partner of the firm of F. J. Carat y & Co , doing business la the City of Toledo, County end Btato afortsaid, and that laid firm will pay the tum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catabuu that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catabkh Cube. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my pres ence, this 6th day of December, A. I> 1886. [SKA!.] A. W. GLEASON. Notary Publie. nail's Catarrh Cure is taker Internally and acta directly on the blood and mucous (surfaces of the system Scud for testimonials, free. Address, F. J, CHENEY & CO..Toledo O. !9*Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family rinVare the lest. STATE SEW?. ? Cleiuson College will open on \ Wednesday, 12th inst. ? Union has .lust voted $33,000 worth of bonds tov the piuposeof putting in j a sewerage system. j ? The I'uited States will condemn land on Sullivan's Island for the erec tion ot barracks tor tin soldier* at that j station. ? There aie several hundred candi- j li?tes in South Carolina who ean write touching little epistles on "How I came to be beat." ? Reporta from portions of Orange burg county say that many small fur mers will not make enough to pay the expenses of plantiug. ? The sea island negroes around Beaufort are dying by the hundreds on j accouut of sickness caused by little or no medical attention. ? A $1,OOC?,000.00 capital company has beeu organized with headquarters at Columbia, to develop the King Jaw Shoals, twenty-live miles from Augus ta, Ga., where a factory town will be built. ? Last week there were destructive wind storms in parts of Greenville county. Crops were ruined by hail in some sections and badly damaged by rain in others and blown down in others. ? How's this tor high.' Born, unto Mr. and Mrs. <;. M White, of Wolf Stake, on last Monday night, three girl babies. Mother and babies are doiug well. Mr. White is we ll pleased. M'dllmlhi Courier. ? John Haddon. colored, was killed by lightning in l'ickens County, lb was struck on the head aud t he bolt pass ed through him into the ground tear ing off his shoes. About seven dollars, in change and paper, was scattered all ovei the grouud. ? Mrs. Butler, wile of Mn.j. (Jen. M, C. Butler, died at Old l'oint Comfort last week of acute neurnmiu. She went to Ohl l'oint three or four day.> before. Mrs. Butler was fis years ot age, and the daughter of Gov. Pickens, war governor of South Carolina. The body was interred in Edgefield. ? The contracts for building the Congaree dam, making navigation tc Columbia possible, were opened last week in Charleston ntthe United States engineer'sollice. ThoEvaDSville, Ind., Contracting company was the lowest bidder nt $75,0*21. The secretary ot war will have ti> approve the award. ? In Columbia one night last week a mill operative named Chalk was kill ed by a railroad train. The train with standing at the crossing, and Mr. Chalk, who was 00 years old, attempt ed to cross over by crawling under the cars. But the train moved before he could get across and his right leg was crushed almost to a pulp up to the hip. ? It developed in Charleston thai B. II. Matthews, whose Budden with drawal from the race for Solicitor ol the First Circuit, was once arrested, tried and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary on a charge of robbing the United States mails. Afterserving part of his term he got a uew trial on some technical point of law and the 'case against him was nol prosscd. He left Charleston and telegraphed for his family to join him. ? The dwelling of Mr. T. B. Bailey, at Clark's Hill, was burned on Monday night of last week, loss about $13,500 or $4,000. Mr. Bailey lost almost every thing aud was only partially insured. This makes about $8,000 or $10,000 Mr. Bailey has lost in the last four years by fire. He had a very fine mill, gin and planing mill nnd all were destroy ed in 1897, and a fine store house in 1898, which was a total loss to him, as he had no insurance on either of the tivst losses. ? Alma, the 7-year-old daughter of Joseph Dillard, ju Spartanburg Coun ty, was killed by lightning. The father, mother aud little girl were in the yard where a clothes line was stretched. Mr. Dillard was Bitting in a chair and the little girl was playing around near the wire which seemed to receive the charge. A post to which the wire was fastened was split and so was a log in a eorn crib near at hand. The trees in the yard were not struck. Mr. Dillard was shocked but not severe ly. ? Cleve Philips, near Gntlney, sold his cotton crop of the last live years* a short time ago. As'the cotton was ready for market he took it to tho Cherokee mill and took a receipt for so many pounds of cotton, samples of which were preserved. The under standing was that he could select his own time for selling. Year after year he did the same until he had nearly 400 bales deposited. He had the benefit of storage and insurance for the live years. The advance in price paid him weU for holding the cotton for he sold his five crops at 9} all round. ? T. M. Allen, a good farmer of Rock Hill, who resigned from the State Board of Control, becanso the duties conflicted with his religious convic tions, recently visited the State farms, to ascertain whether, in his opinion, they shall bo kept or abolished. After investigation, ho believes it best to hold on to them. On the Reid farm he ascertained that 300 acres yielded 10, 000 bushels of oats; 00 acres, 1,100 bushels of wheat. There are 300 acres of line corn fully made and 100 acres of late corn very promising. Tho 230 acres of cotton wan tho best ho had seen this year. There werefacres of rice and sugar eane. . GENERAL XEWS ITEMS. ? The democratic* campaign man agers say that there is great real hope of carrying New York. ? A special fron? Ralegh, N. ('.. saya that the loss by drought will amount to millions of dollars in that State. ? The estimate of the cotton en.;, made by the cotton States association is for less than ten million bales. ? A celluloid collar worn by Nathan Clausen, of Hcmpstead, L. 1.. caught tire from a cigar and terribly burned him. ? Four thousand operatives are thrown out of work by the temporary closing of cotton mills in the State ot Maine. ? It is reported that a poll of the State of Indiana just completed by tho republicans show the State ls,00n dem ocratic. ? Then- is general talk of a reduc tion of wages in New England, but the mill owners are afraid of the effect on the campaign. ? A bicycle that in live minutes can be taken apart and packed in a bag '21k '20 inches has been invented by an ingenious Frenchman. ? A very pretty young matron in Valdosta, Gn., was so disappointed at the failure of a play which she pro posed for the beuetit of the Grady Hospital in Atlanta, that slu- committed suicide. ? The pecan crop of Texas promis ? to be the largest known in many yeai East year's crop was a small one, caused principally by the Hoods in the Brazos Valley but this year the trees are load ed with nuts. ? I'p in YVilkcs Bane, Pa,. Miss Etta Potter has brought S'tit for de famation and damages against Miss Aliee Fields for saying that she was 50 years old and dyed her hair. She denies both the allegations. ? A monument has been erected at Raleigh by the people ot North Caro \ Una to the memory of Zeb Vance. The monument cost $7,500, of which amount $'2,.">00 was raised by popular subscrip tion and the legislature appropriated $.1,000. ! ?It is said that owing to the iutro > duction of electricity for the manufac ; ture of cigars, cigarettes ami tobacco i several thousands of hands will soon be thrown out of work. One machine is said to produce 1^0,000 cigarettes ! and 5,000 pounds of cut tobacco a min ute. ? At Alexander, Ind., the entire plant of the Kelley Axe Mfg. Co., i valued at $$00,000, was destroyed by lire ou August ll?th. This was tho only plant not in the trusts. It was the largest axe factory in the world, ein ! ploying somo 800 or 1,000 men when ; running at full force. ? Rev. Mr. Burton, of Madison Couit House, Va., was struck by a meteoric stone last Sunday afternoon. It fell ; inside his coat sleeve, burning his arms, and a hole in his coat through which , it fell to the ground. It was intensely hot and it was some time before it could : be touched by the hand. ? Over 100 naval cadet candidates I havebeen ordered to appear at Annap ; olis September 1 for examination as ; to their qualification for admission. Forty of these are appointed under the law rendering appointments to Annapolis effective every tour instead ? six years, and thus gives the institution the lnrgest fourth class entering for many years. ? Six hundred American excursion ; ists, holding second class return tickets . to the United States, are stranded in Paris, and are unable to leave because of thecrowdedcondition of home-going I steamers. All are living on hot?i cou? ! pom*, but these will aoon expire A committee of relief is proposed, Am f oassador Porterand Commissioner Peck taking the initiative. ? A rifle which it is said will make the Mauser look like an old flint-lock musket has been invented by a Cleve land doctor. It will shoot TOO shots a minute. A company is being organiz ed in New York to manufacture them, and its treasurer is Mr. Flint. When loaded and thejxiggcr is pulled it goes on shooting until 700 shots are ?red unless the soldier puts on brakes. ? Upon opening a car laden with hay in a Chicago freight yard the other day, the consignee was astonished to find two valuable horses inside, while nearly one-third of tho hay had been devoured. How the animals got into the car aud how long they had been there no one scorned to know. Their stomachs were so much distended from overeating that both animals had to be killed. ? A number of secret service men have started over tho country to detect violations .of the automatic coupler law, which became effective August 1. Though most of the big systems in the country have from 00 to 100 per cent* of their cars supplied with the safety devise, there are many small lines that have comparatively small percentage of their equipment on the safe side of the law. ? According to the latest studies of Prof. De Sanctic, of Turin, children begin to dream before their 4th year, but are unable to recall dreams before the age of 5. This age, ho concludes, is that at which a child first becomes instinctly conscious of self. Aged peo ple dream loss frequently and less vividly than tho young. Women's dreams are more frequent, more vivid nnd better rememberot* than thoRe of. men.