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THE PEARL OE Col. Lynes Tells ot' H ?ieiDi To thc Editor of Thc NCWB and Courier: According to promise, I am ecndiDg you in this a few words re lating to what 1 have seen when traveling alone in the ''Pearl of the Antilles," under the folds of the five stripes and one star, so different in many respects from our own proud banner filled with many stars. 1 left Charleston by way of thc At lantic Coast Line, which under thc ablest managements equipped with the best and handsomest of car-, con ducted by polite and attentive offi cials, is well termed, "the highway to points of interest in Florida and the tropics." You could not desire greater com forts in travel anywhere. Keachin? Kort Tampa on time I boarded the handsome and staunch steamer Mas cotte, of thc Keninsula and Occiden tal Steamship Company, bound for Havana, Cuba. | The iirbt person 1 met on going aboard was the purser, Mr. Kaddcu, whom 1 found so courteous that no thought of discomfort on the trip could "find a loop or hinge on which to hang." I was put at once at ease and remained so until I bade him adieu in tho harbor of Havana-just three hundred and thirty seven miles from where I first met him, a run of thirty-one and a half hours. A finer voyage was not possible. The waters were entrancingly beauti ful, with many shades of blue, vary ing with their depths, from thc palest turquoise to the deepest sapphire. At the sunset hour, when all were gathered to witness the departure of tho king of the day, we saw him go from a canopy of sapphire behind clouds which formed an array of gold en masses, with edges of burning crimson, conflagrations of splendor or islands of loveliest hue set in opal seas. This was a thrilling experience of an evening, where the waters of the (?ulf of Mexico meet those of thc Atlantic along the Florida Keys. After tho gorgeous sunset Boene the next most thrilling experience was our smooth, swift, gliding entrance into Havana harbor between grey old Morro Castle and Cabanas Fortress, on the one side, and Castle de la Punta on the other, just as the rising sun sent a burst of glory over the "Gem of the Antilles." Suoh feelings are indescribable; only the experience oao teach their meaning. Once in Havana harbor the ship casts anchor aud a large tug takes the passengers to the Aduana, (custom house,) where the baggage is inspect ed, and from which we go to th* hotels, and of which there are a num ber, but the prices are ail higher for the same or inferior accommodations than in our American hotels. From a city of squalor, sickness and death of a few years ago I find that Havanna has been transformed into one of the cleanest and health iest cities of the world-a blessing bestowed upon the world by the in tervention of tho United States Gov ernment. Havana (or Habana, as I now heard it called, and read on every side,) is a city of 325,000 people, situated on a picturesque bay about three miles in circumference, deep enough for the largest ooean steamer to enter. There are signs of Americas thrift and in dustry on all eides. The eleotric trolley system is an excellent in vestment of Amerioan capital, and compares favorably with any system in the States. The principal streets for shopping are very narrow, and are nearly always cc.Tsred from one side to the other with canvas as a protection from the sun. The olimate, however, is per fect. There is a freshness about the air wholly unezpeoted in this tropical country. It is not my intention ko write of the many features of interest in the cities. Others have repeatedly done that, but there is a monument here which should not be overlooked. It was erected to the memory of fourteen firemen who lost their lives while try ing to save a burning buildings Ii cost over $600,000 and is one of the handsomest in the world. This "fire man's monument" is always shown with pride. A visit to Tseon Market, one of the l r-e-- II U II (SUPPORT I SCOTT'S EMULSION serves as a I bridge ?o -carry the weakened and H starved system atone; until lt can find H firm support in ordinary food. ti Send for free sample. . ? * I SCOTT & BOWNE, ChtmW, fifi 409-415 Peart Street, Nsw York. ? 50C- and $ i .00 ; all druggUt*. THC ANTILLES avanna and the Cuban iblic. largest markets io the world, is anoth er interesting bight. It ?H hero you can got the best idea of the great vari ety of fruits raised in Cuba. It is said that every variety of fruit will grow in Cuban soil except the apple. I visited thc Government building where Cuban Senators make the lawn. Congress was in scfhion at the tia t. of my vi>it. President Talma's palace is near by. Thia building, with it* large reception halls aud inviting patio, is of much historial interest apart from its being the President's home. It was thc headquarters of thc hated <??;n. Wcylcr, and in one corner of the building is shown thc room where Queen Isabella remained hidden for many months when exiled from Spain. Of course, thc mixing and mingling of the races, which one sees, is very distasteful, but upon the whole my impressions of Havana ave most pleasing, and I would really like to live there. On thc 20th of last May the Cuban l?epublio celebrated its second anni versary. lt is doubtful whether any other Republic of modern times ever entered upon its career as easily aud success fully as Cuba has done, having estab lished a record among Latin-American republics, for none of them can rom pare with her in respoot to thc auspi cious anniversary. Thc $500,000 net surplus left in the treasury when Gem Wood turned over the Government to the new oflioials two years ago has been increased a little over ten times, the amount in the treasury ou April :'>() being $50,000,001. Tho public ordci has been admir ably sustained. The educational facilities have been increased, sanita tion has been maintained and other improvements of many kinds arc being provided. To show how thoroughly tho Gov ernment, is sustaining sanitary meas ures it is pointed out that tho dent ii rate, per thousand, is tho lowest in tho history of thc island, being only 21.10. Trade has increased consider ably. The tobacco and sugar crop has been the largest in thc history of thc island. The Cuban Congress, though hav ing had no experience in legislation and, therefore, working slowly, has passed tho reoiprooity treaty, the $35,000,000 loan bili, and a tariff bill. Tb ir record speaks well for tho Cubans as a law-abiding people, and their President seems to be the right man for tho helm ol' State. From here I shall go to Santa Clara, thence to Puerto Principe, and from that point to old Sau togo de Cuba. My next letter will contain some thing of interest to agriculturists and S? k BVAI RAVfl J (IAI?A** T.wnAO ofcwba a, ? a un * u . i ' . v w * v vjr u _., j u ..,, Cionfuegos, Cuba, July 21. Trouble. Governor Chamberlain, of Connecti cut, at a dinner in Bridgeport to the Phillippioe commissioners, con demned the praotice of extricating one's self from a trouble by cast ing the trouble upon another's shoul ders. "Don't be like the man with a ram," he said. And then as no one seem* ed to understand his allusion, he went on : "The man I refer to stood in the middle of a lonely road, holding by its massive crooked horns a huge ram. " 'Will you oblige me/ ho said to a passing youth, 'by holding this ram till I open tho gate behind me? It is fastened on the inside, and I find I must climb over it." " 'Ssrtin, stranger,' said the youth and he took a firm grip on the ram's enormous horns. "The man baoked off smiling strange ly. " 'Thank you,' he said. 'You will perhaps be surprised to hear that I never saw that ram till to-day. The brute attaoked me an hour ago, and we have been struggling here ever sinoe. As long as you stand in front of him holding his horns firmly, he can't hurt you. Good-by. I hope, you'll be as lucky as I have been in getting rid of him.' "Then the man valuted the fenee and disappeared. The youth, clutch ing the ram's horns desperately, look ed up and dowe the road. He had never seen a spot so desolate and lone ly." ? :i_S - The year 1904 is proving a hor ror; but what could one expect of a leap year? - The horse is a noble animal-ex cept when you baok him to win and he fails to show. - There may be such a thing as j love at first sight, but love after sev ers! sights is apt to he rare. SOME CHINESE CUSTOMS. Tho Betrothal of Children and tho Wedding Salutations. A Chinese paper describes some arousing marriage customs. In a small mountain village between Kaga and Ktchu the bride comos to the bridegroom's gate u,,(* bawls out to hun: "Hello, brother! I've come." To which the other replies, "Clad you've come." Thc bruie then appeals to him, "You'll never forsake me?" And the bridegroom answers her, "We'll carn our living together." With these assurances Cue bride comes into the house, followed by a long procession of well wishers, old and young. Cheap, muddy cake is distributed to them, and they commence dane? ing and arc not content until the lloor gives way, when they clap their hands, crying, "How auspicious !" and lake their leave. At Kurita, in Kchizen, the be trothal lakes place when the par ties are eight or nine. Thu Ijoy's parents and a deputation, number* lng from Jive to fifteen, proceed to thc girl's family, who, anticipating their coining, spread mats before the house.? und await them. After the usual salutation the deputation present us u betrothal present piecea of hand woven cloth for cushions and at thc tame time praise tim girl's family, win? return tho com pliment with interest. Herc thc ceremony ends, and the deputation take their departure. When the boy is fifteen or there afermt. he goes to stay with his be trothed's family and works like a menial nt the house for a year, after which he is sent home in line ap parel. Soon after thc girl comes to her lover'.-; house, accompanied with rustie music nnd songs. Tho noise and btisthi are as great as on the festival day of the tutelary god. When tho girl comes to the house, cushions made of the cloth given by her parents uro piled ono upon an other for her to sit upon. On those cushions the thrice repented ex change of the triple wine cups, tile most important ceremony at a wed ding, takes place. Tho Way Ho Said lt. The young wife sat weeping bit terly. Her best friend stol., softly in and put her arms about her, saving: "What's the matter, Dolly?" "Oh, I am so miserable!" she wailed. "Well, what has caused it ?" "I-I-I asked Tootsy this m-m-morning if he w-w-would mar ry again if I d-d-d-died, and he" * "What ! Did he tell you ho would?" "N-n-no. That's what's the mat ter. He j-j-just looked at me as if I had accused him of b-b-being cra zy and said in the awfulest way, 'Well, I should say not!' And, oh, Kitty, it was the way he said it! Boo, hoo, hoo!"-Baltimore Ameri can. _ For the Poor. ^iX'- ' A lot of minstrels went to a coun try town and advertised to give a performance for "the benefit of the poor; tickets reduced to sixpence." The hall was crammed full. Thc next morning a committee for the poor called upon the treasurer of the concern for the amount the said benefit had netted. The treasurer expressed astonishment at the de mand. "I thought," said the chairman of the committee, "you advertised this concert for the benefit of the poor ?" Replied the treasurer: "Didn't we .put the tickets down to sixpence so that the poor could all come?"-London Answers. Mis Notes. What she wrote: "Dear Fred As you are aware, I shall marry Mr. Gotrix this coming week. Will you kindly burn all the little notes I have sent you? I shall do so with yours. Goodby. Ethel." What he wrote: "Doar Miss Eth el-Your request shall be complied with. And, by tho way, your af fianced also holds a few notes of mino that I Tish you would/prevail upon him to let you burn with the rest. Ever your friend, Fred." H ia Stoek. Customer (severely)-Do you sell diseased meat here? Butcher (blandly) - Worse than that. Customer (excitedly)-Mercy on us ! How can that be possible ? Butcher (confidentially) - The meat I sell is dead-absolutely dead, sir. "Ohl" Puntahrnent. Doliy-The wretch! And BO hs has been proposing to*both of us ? Polly-It seems so. Dolly-I wish we could think of some fearful way to punish him. Polly-I have an idea. Dolly-What is it? Polly--You marry him. - Some mea quote the scriptural phrase, "Charity begins at home," as an excuse for loving themselves above their fellows. - It is difficult- for a man to climb to the top of the ladder, but it ia dead easy for him to slide down again. - Sometimes a man's love for hor se* is but a hobby. . - Barri pg hand organs, some good comes oat of every thing. .. ' J." ?. : : -vS: 1VMM MARINE CABLES. Odd Ideas That at First Prevailed About Laying Them. Winn it was iir>t proposed to lay a marine cable, many intelligent people sai?l it would not sink to the bottom, hut would remain suspend ed at u certain depth because of the density of the water due to pressure from above. Of course the pressure increases with the depth on all sides of the rabie in its descent through thc sea, but as practically every thing on earth is more comprehensi ble than water it is obvious that the iron wire, yarn, gutta percha and copper conductor forming the cable must be more and more compressed us they descend. Tims the cable constantly increases in density, or spt'-ifie gravity, in going down, while the equal bulk of water sur rounding it continues to have, prac tically speaking, very nearly the same sp? ? iii?1 gruvity as at tin; sur fnce. Without this valuable prop erly of water Hie hydraulic: press would not exist. Some of the most distinguished naval men have made the blunder that is mentioned above. Even at a comparatively recent period Cap tain -Marryat of the British navy, the celebrated nautical author, wrote in one of his novels: "What a mine of wealth must lie buried in the sands! What riches lie entan gled among its rocks or remain sus pended in thc unfathomable gulf where the compressed fluid is equal in gravity to that which it encir cles !" When the first Atlantic cable was about to be laid, to obviate this sup posed difficulty it was gravely pro posed to festoon the cable across nt a given maximum depth between buoys and floats, or even para chutes, at which ships should call, hook on and send messages to the shore. Others proposed to apply gummed cotton to the cable, set it afloat and leave the gum to dissolve and ulet the cable down quietly." A Clow Yanftee. Europe can never, it seems, get usc i to thc Yankee way of doing business, even in England, where ono would think they had had enough experience to understand us. One London paper devotes con siderable space to telling of the visit of an American millionaire, who cabled to a London firm that he would call upon them on the next Wednesday at 10:30 a. m. Almost on the minute he arrived and talked to the senior partner for twenty minutes at a rate that almost gave thc Londoner hewart failure. Next day he came again and in thirty minutes had closed a deal that meant a good many thousand pounds a year to the London firm and on Saturday waa on the ocean again bound for New York, leaving the partners in a daze, which was dispelled only by contemplating the signature on the paper. To us the wonder would be, not how he finished his business so soon, but what he diu with all that time between Thursday and Saturday. Boston Globe. Goda of the Japanego. Those who have described the Japanese aa a godless people have been a long way from the truth. They have, on the contrary, about 8,000,000 gods, each of whom has his own particular cult. As it would be an obvious impossibility for one person to pray to each of them in dividually, the nation has surmount ed the difficulty in an ingenious manner. In certain streets are to be found automatic machines. You put in your piece of money-very much smaller than a penny-and the machine does the rest-that is to say, it presents you with a piece of paper on which a prayer is print ed. And the most satisfactory part of it is that you are then considered to have said the prayer, however long it be, and can thus work off quite a number of gods at a moder ate cost of time and money. Too Much For Her Faith. "Why are you weeping, Penel ope ?" asked the Boston lady. "I have lost mv faith in the Bi ble," replied the child. "I can never have the old fondness, the old hope, again." "But, my darling, perhaps I can explain. Tell me what hos destroy ed your faith, and I may be able to" "No, no. It cannot be. I have been reading about Naomi, and I find that it refers to her as 'a widow woman V" - Chicago Record-Her ald. . _ Professional Egoism. "How Would you have liked to act in Shakespeare's timer4' "My dear sit,", answered Mr. Stonnington Barnes, "I have every respect fox S hak esp ea re ?; a writer, but I am glad I never met Mm per sonally. There is nothing more an noying to the artistic temperament than to have an author thrusting himself in with suggestions as to how his lines shall he read."-Wash ington Star. Btut th? m You Kw Always Bought - Honestly, now, if you saw a real Jive woman.who looked anything like the pictures in the fashion papers, wouldn't you-call for help ? - If a worn ta doesn't get angry when asked her sge it's a pretty, sore sign that she is a grandmsther.^ COURTING IN TIBET. K Barter In Which the Wishes of the Woman Are Ignored. "When a Tibetan warrior, surfeit ad with the glory of martial life, ?osires a wife, he waits upon the fa ther of the girl who has attracted his eye and makes an offer of mar riage. The father, after weighing the matter carefully, for a refusal is likely to provoke a long and bloody feud, in turn waits upon thc priests and acquaints them with the nature of the offer, at the same time paying to them a munificent J bribe in order to secure the answer of the deities as to whether tho marriage should be entered into. The wife seeker, should he be dip lomatie enough, has meantime car ried a larger bribe to the lamas, who "bleed" both father and suitor j to the limit of safety, when the de cision of the deities is given. For a month the accepted suitor must keep the family of his favored one supplied with meat and other ? luxuries and must be on his guard | against rival suitors. At the end of a month the chosen one is invited to a grand feast by the father of the girl, where the betrothal is seal ed by cadi cutting a small incision in the arm and mingling the blood flowing from the wound. This func-, tion of blood brotherhood having been finished, the girl is brought forward, smeared with grease and various colored pigments, adorned in all her finery and with a rope tied around her neck as a badge of subservience. Then ensues a scene of 11 ie shrewdest bargaining, the fa ther dilating on the good points of the girl much in the manner of a connoisseur of blooded stock. The wishes of the woman are never con sulted, hut the bargaining goes on for days and even weeks until a final settlement has been arrived at. The requisite price having been paid, she is led to the house of her husband, where she is subjected to a severe baating in order properly to humble her spirit and made to run around the village loudly pro claiming the merits and valor of her husband.-W. C. Jameson Reid in Booklovers'. WOFFORD COLLEGE, SPARTANBUR6, S. C. HEJ?RY N. SNYDER, Litt. D., M. A, President. Pour full College courses. Favor able surroundings. Cleveland Science Hall. Gymnasium. Athletic grounds. Lecture course. Library facilities. 51st year begins Sept. 21st, 1904. For catalogue applv to J. A. G A ME WELL, Sec. Wofford College Fitting School, Spartanbu'g, S Q. Elegant new buildings. Careful attention to individual Students. , Board and tuition for year 6110. All information given by \. M. Du PRE, Htad Master? Blue Ridge Railroad. Effective Nov 29,1003. WESTBOUND. No. ll (daily)-Leave Belton 3.50 p. m. ; Anderson 415 p. re. ; Pendleton 4.47 p. tn. ; Cherry 4 51 p. m. ; Seneca 5.31 p. m ; arrive Walhalla 5.55 p. m. No. 0 (dally except tounday)-Leave Belton 10.4a a. m.; Anderson 11.07 a. m.; Pendleton 11.32 a.m.; Cherry 11.39 a. m.; arrive at Seneca 11.57 a. m. No.. 5 (Sunday only)-Leave Belton 11.45 a. m.; Anderson 11.0? a. m.; Pen dleton 11.32 a. m.; Cherry 11.39 a. m.; Seneca 1.05 p. m.; arrive Walhalla 1.25 p. m. No. 7 (dallv except Sunday)-Leave Anderson 10.30 a. m.; Pendleton 10.59 a. m.: Cherry 11.09 a. m.; Seneca 1.05 p. m.; am ve Walhalla 1.40 p no, N->. 3 (daily)-L9ave Belton 9.15 p. tn.; arrive Anderson 9.42 p. m. NJ. 23 (dally exoept a un doy)-Leave Belton 9.00 a. cn ; arrive Anderson 9.80 a. m. EA8B0UND. NJ. 12 (dally)-Leave Walhalla 8 35 a. m.; Seneca 8.58 a. m ; Chem y 9.17 a. m.; Pendleton 9 25 a. m.; Anderson 10.00 a. m.; arrive Belton 10.25 a. tn. : No. 15 (daily exoept Sunday)-Leave Seneca 2 00 p. tn ; Cherry 2.19 p. m.; Pen dleton 2.26 p. m.; Anderson 3 10 p. m.; arrive Belton 3.85 p. m. No. 6 (Sunday only)- Leave Anderson 3.10 p m.; arrive Belton 8 35 p. ut. No 8 (dally) -Leave Walhalla 840 p. m.; Seneca$,81 p. m.; Cherry 5 59 p. m.; Pendleton 0 12 p. m.; Andereon 7.80 p. m.; arrive Belton 7 58 p. m.' No. 24 (daily except Sunda?)- Leave Anderson 7.50 a. m.; arrive Belton 8.20 a. m. HC. BEATTIE, Pre?., Greenville, 8. C. < J. R. ANDERSON, Supt., ;_ Anderson, H. C. C. & W. Carolina Railway. Schedule in effect Joly 5,1904 Lv Anderson ......... *. Calhoun Falls... McCormick....... Ar Augost?;. Lv A URO s to. Ar Allendale. .? Temtseee. " Charleston......... " Savannah b (cen t) Beaufort b.... " Port Royal. 7.25 am 8.50 a m 9.50 a m 11.40 a m 2 85 p rn 4.80 p m 5.40 p m 7.40 p m c.so pm 6.30 p m 0.40 p m 2.10 pm 4.10 p m 6.05 pm o 700am 8.55 a m 10.05 a m 11.55 pin oll.lSam oil 05 am ll 10 a m Lv Port Hoy al D . 7.25 a co C9.00 p tn " Beaufort...... . 7.40 a rx. 9.10 p m " Savannah b (osn t) 5.40 a m ?7.15 p m " Charleston b. 7.10 a to c8.20pm 14 Yemassee . 9.15 a SD 10 20 p itt " Allandale.. <. 20.25 a m lUipm Ar Angosta. 12.20 pm 1.30am Ajf?f ^%jjjj^?ay#&e?e??ee?????e?% s?t5vr jp Sss .??.???.. ?es** Lv McCo/inick . 4.40 pm 6.00am Ar Cal bonn Falls. 6.45 p nt 7.87 a m ** A thereon.:..?...j 7.10p.m 10.00 a m Lv Anderson ...........J.;....;.. 7.25 a m Ar Greenwood1...12.44 p m *' Waterloo (Harris Spring?).. 1.17 p m *. Laurens. 1,45 p m "Greanvlll?........................... 8.25pm " Bpartanonrg Cw... va 90 p m ""^talarm Bprtna* b.....\...... ..".. 5~25~b? Lv Gtftnn Splines ?G. ?. K. K. >.. L.V Sparenburg (U. Ot W. U.. Lv Greenville.......... Lv Laurens.......... Lv Waterloo..VA,.,.;... Lv Greenwood. ?Ar Audsrern........... 9.0u ? m l AOi p m 12.15 p m 155 p m 2.20 pm. 2.51 pm 7.10 p m K(b, dally except Sunday ; o, Sunday only). K ; Through train service between . Au gupta-aud Charleston. For lnformntlon relative to intos, etc., apply to W. KSteole, TJ.T. A., Anders ?:?\*Geo. T.B 8. C.^ErnesV Augusta, Gs. . .Manager. BOILS? PYRAMIDS OF PAIN ill?p^? Roils 5I10W thc blood is in a riotous, feverish BT^ condition, 0? that it has grown too weak and slug- fftaSrtfr, Sf gish to throw of? the bodily impurities, which sjP^ then concentrate at some r.not. and a carbuncle W??^M~-^J& or boil is the result. To one already enfeebled ( '~*^?$??SBBM? by disease, boil? seem to come with more frequency, ^55sPP causing the intensest pair, and greatest danger to the already weak and debilitated sufferer. All ?skin eruptions, from the sometimes fatal car buncle to ?he spiteful little cat-boil, are caused by bad blood, and the only way to avoid or get permanently rid of them is to purify and build up the deteriorated, polluted blood, and counteract the humor? and poisons; and nothing will do this BO quickly and thoroughly aa S. S. S., which is thc; acknowledged king of blood purifier* and great est of all tonics. Where the blood has become impoverished and ie poor and thin, no medicine act? so promptly in building up and restor ing its richness, purity and 1 strength. The time to cure Allegheny, Pa., June ll, 1808. ' n boil ia hcfnrp if Prom tho aero of twenty or thirty I was eorelv a Doll bet?re lt de\el- afflicted with large, awful boils on my face an* ops, when it is in a state body. As soon as they would heal up in ono placa, of inruh.ition or fnrmiHrm they would break out in another port of the body? ot incubation or lormation and this continued for tea years. I tried every in the blood; for boils are, thiner 1 could hear of to get relief, but nothing nftor nil r.nlv tb*? imnnri did me any good. I had but little faith inS. O, B aiter BU, only tne impun- domir me good whon I began it, but after takin 1 ties and poisons bubbling it for a short while the bolla began to disappear* un throiir/h tho Kltin nnrl 1 continued on with the medicine, taking* six bot u.p. uir?ufcn inc 6Km? ana ties, and all tho boilo entirely disappeared. Five this will continue in spite years havo elapsed since that time, and I har? of nonllirino- nnd Innrincr notrerhoen bothered since, ahowinr *hat the cure Ol poulticing ana lancing WQ" permanent. I had ?orno thirty or forty of tul the blood gets rid of the most painful bolla one ever had, and to bo ita irriirmilit/>rl rm i c ? n sutirsly rid of them by your great purifier. Its accumuiatea poison. S-s> s*f ;atl me under a debt ofarratltudo t<> The way to stop boils is you. 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