The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, February 01, 1899, Image 4

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(RIFFIT11 CHOSN. He Will Succeed Col. Neal atthe State Penitentiary. DOUTHIT ALSO DEFEATED. Result of the Elections Held by the Legislature last Week. How Each Member Voted. The Legislatuire met in joint bly on Tuesday morning of last week to elect a superintendent of the State pen itentiary and other omeicers. .ust be fore the election was held the friends of Senator 1). J. Griffith claimed that I that gentleman had 0; votes pledged to him, but there were few wiio expected to see him cle-ted on the first bal lot. The resi 't of the election was that upon tho first balt apt. Griffith re ceived 71 votes, audt before tile vote was declared over a ,core o tes were changed from the other canditates to him and he was declared letd Miss Nannie Mont Nmer' was e ted State librarian and Me. A. K. Sanders of Sumter T. J. Ciuininghai1 of Chester and W. T. Odell of Pi-k ens were elected directors of til rem tentiary. But the closest contest of all was the vote for member of the State board of control to suceced Mr. J. B. Dou.hit, whose term had expired. Mr. Pouthit was nominated for reelection and his opponent was Mr. T. Chris Robinson of Pickens. Tke vote was so elose that there was much dispute over the result anaounced, and it was only after a suc cession of recounta that)Lr. Robinson was declared elected by a majority of two votes. The house of representatives as.m bled yesterday morning, but there was a feeling of restlessness in the very at mosphere, and nothing was accomplish ed until the hour of 11, when the joint session of the senate and the house of representatives was called to order by Lieutenant Governor McSweeney. Gen. Hemphill, clerk of the senate, read the conearrent resolution ordering this election, and President McSweeney anaounced that the first vote would be for STrI: uIBARIAN. Under the rules previously adopted, no speeches of nomination were per mitted. A member of the joint assem bly merely put a name in nomination and but one second was allowed for each. Mr. Jos. W. McCullotgh of Green ville nominated Miss Nannie Montgom ery of Marlboro, the present incumbent. This was seconded by -Senator Ilderton of Florence. Senator Marshall of Richland nomi nated Mrs. LeConte of Columbia, form erly State librarian. Senator Barn well of Charleston seconded the nomi nation. The ballot resulted in Miss Montgomery's election by a vote of 96 to 53. Following was the vote: Mrs. LeConte-Senators Aldrieb'. Barnwell, Blakeney, Dean, Glenn, Gru bet, Henderson, Hough, Manning, Mar hall, Mower, Standland, Sheppard, Walker, Waller-15. Miss Montgomery-Senators Alenan der, Appelt, Archer, Bowen, Brown Geo..- Brown W. A., Dennis, Douglass, Graydos, Ilderton. Livingston, Love, Mauldin, Mayfield. Ragsdale. Sarratt, Scarborough, Suddath, Sullivan, Tal bird, Wallace, Williams-22. Mis. LeConte-Representatives Gary Ashley, Bacot, Bell, Colcock, Cosgrove, Dean, DeBruhl. Efird. Gantt, Hender son. Hopkins, 'Jenkins, Lofton. Ma rion, W. L. Mauldin, Mehrtens, Miteh elI, Mobley, Nettles, Patton, Puerifoy, Pyatt E. B. Ragsdale, H, B. Richard ion, i. B. A. Robinson, C. P. Sanders, Sawyer, Seabrook. Simkins. Siler. G. P. Smith. J. L. Smith. Strom, Su ber, W. H. Thomas. Vernor, Wharton. Woods-38. Miss Montgomery-Representatives Bailey. J. B. Black, W. D. Black, Blease, Blythe, Bolts, Browning, Cross, Dargaa, Davis. Decndy. Dowling. Epps. Estridge. H. H. Evans. N. d*. Evans. Fairey, Floyd. Gause. Graham. Hill, Hoffmeyer. llolhs. Jackson. W. J. Johnson. Leverett. Lyles. Magill. Man sing. Labaa Mauldin. McCoy. Me Craw. McCullough. McDow, Me Lauch lin, Means, Miley, Montgomery. Moss. Patterson.' Prince. .J. W. Ragsdale. 'iichards, G. W. Richardson. C. E. Robinson. Rogers. E. L. Sanders. Sharpe, E. D). Smitb. Jeremiah Smith, Stackhouse, Stevenson. Theus. Threatt. Timmerman, Varn, West. Weston, Whisonant. Williams, Wilson, Wim-I berly. Wingo. Winkler, H. H. Wood ward. M. B. Woodward. Wyche. Young1 74. Mr. Geo. RI. Jones was paired with )fr. Gamble, and Mr. L. K. Sturkie with Mr. Dukes. The total vote was 149, of whieh Miss Montgomery received 96. c'ot. nsE~r r':n:xvr i. The galleries and the floor of the hall were crowded with visitors, who were present to watch the contest for the po sition of superintendent of the peniten tiary. Col. Neal was there, looking quite unwell, and surrounded by a number of friends. Capt. Griffith looked confi dent, and his friends were buoyant with hope. The prominlence of Col. Neal in af fairs political lent peculiar interest to this race. Although the race was won partially by Capt. Griffith's popularity, there is no doubt that the feeling of politicians toward Col. Neal had a great deal to do with the result of the elee tion.I Mr. Stevenson of Chesterfield nomi nated Senator Griffith. This was see onded by Senator Taibird of Beau fort tir. Timmerman nominated Repre sentative Bell of Aiken. This was see onded by Senator.Sheppard of Edge field. Senator Mayfield nominated Mr. H1. H-. Crtum of Bamberg, chairman of: the ways and means committee. This was seconded by Mr. Moss of (bange burg. Col. W. A. Neal wvas nominated by Mr. Prince of Anderson. This was seconded by Senator Manning of Sum ter. Mr. John W. McCullough of Green ville was nominated by Mr. WV. L. Mauldin of Greenville. This was see onded by Senator (;. W. Brown. The nominations were then closed upoa motion of Mr. Wyche. When the roll of the joint asse mbly had been called, and each member had voted for the candidate of his choice, it was seen that Senator Griffith was far in the lead. The vote was not announced but the first roll call resulted as fol lows: Griffith. 71; Neal, 84: McCul lough, 23; Crumi, 21; Bell, 4. Total, 15:3; necessary to elect, 77. Sora of the nmbhr had ker, a votes. M\r. I uerton. iar cteu~ o n:. chausj. ing his vte from1 (Crum~ t (1 h or . .lLImith fron Ne uu toG ritith .r. Sheppard frim Rell to riith, and in a few momeints a score (ito others l'Olowed their exam pe. N o one candilate was injured by this Sluup. as each lost a nuuuber of Supporters and when the vote ou the tirst ballot was declared, Sienator Grit fith was announced as elected Fol iwo ing was the final result: (Griiitli. ;: Neal. 2S: )lcuillough. 16: Crum. 11 jel'. 2. 31r. Crum lost nore than any oth' ?r candidate uheu the 1.reak to Griffith began. Following .as, the vote as fir-t rcOrd G ridith Sen-itors AN:aid.er. Arch er, Barnwell. Blakency. Down. Doug lass. Glenn. Giraydon. Grubei. Hay. Uenderson, Marshall. Mauldin. )lower. Ragsdale. Sarratt, Scarboru-gi, Sud dath. Tolbird, Wallace, Waler, Wil liams. Represe':tatives: Speaker Ga ry, Black, W. 1'., Caughman. Davis, Dean, Eird. Estridge. Evans. N. G.. Fairv. Gamble. Gause. Graham. llop kins, Johnson. XV. .J., Lockwood. Lof ton. Lyles. Mann. Manning. MeDill. MeLauchin. Mehrteus. Mobley. Net tie. Patteron. Patton. Pcurifov. Rags dale. E. 1". Richards. Sanders E. 1. Sawyer. Seabrook. Shary. Simpson. Sinkler. Smith. .Jcremiah; Smith. J. L.. Stevensen. Strom. Sturkie. Suber. I Thenis. Thomas, W. .. Threatt, Whis-' onaut. Vinkler. Woods. Wooiward. II .11. Neal-Senators Appelt. Boweu. Den uis, Livingston. Love, Manning. Stan land. Sullivan. Walker. Iepresenta tives: Ashley. Bacot. Blease. Bolts. Coleock, Cosgrove. Dendy. Epps. Er ans, H1. 11.. (antt. .Jackson, Leverett Mauldin. .., McCraw. Means. Mitch ell, Pyatt. Prince. Richardson. 11. B.. Robinson, R. It. A.. Rogers. Verner. We-ton. Williams. Wharton-34. 31eCullough- Senators Brown. Dean, Hough. Representative )irgan. De Bruld. Dowling. Floyd. Henderson. Hloffmeyer. Magill. Marion. Mauildin. W. .. McCullough. Montgomery. Ragsdale. JT NV.. Richardson. G. W.. Robinson. C. 1E Sanders. C. P.. Smith. G. P.. Smith -. D>.. Wilson. Wino. Young-25. Crum-Senators Aldrich. Ilderton, Mayfield. Representatives Bailey. Black. J. B.. Blythe. Browning. Cross, Hill. 1ollis, Jenkins, Jones. McCoy. McLaurin, Miley. Moss, Thomas. W. J.. Varn. West. Wimberly. Wyche 21. Bell-Senator Sheppard. Represen tatives Richardson. Geo. W.. Timmer man and Woodward--4. PN1TmFXmARY ma~c'rox:4. There were three vacancies among the board of directors of the penitenti ary to succeed Mr. Wharton. elected to the general assembly. and Messrs. Cun ningham and Blackwell. whose terms have expired. Mr. Wharton nominated Mr. J. 11. Blackwell of Barnwell. Mr. McDow nominated Mr. Jno. W. Lyles of Fairfield. Mr. Blythe nominated Mr. T. .J. Cunningham of Chester. Senator Mayfield nominated Mr. V. S. Odell of Pickens. Mr. J. Harvey Wilson nominated Mr. A. K. Sanders of Sumter. All five of the candidates were voted for on one ballot. 15 votes were cast. 79 being a majority. Mr. Sanders re ceived 130; Mr. Cunningham 115: Mr. Odell 84: Mr. Lyles 78 and Mr. Black well 62. The first three having receiv ed a majority, were declared elected. A STRAXNGE SCRiAMBL.E. President McSweeney then announced ttat it was in order to elect two mem bers of the State board of control. one for a five year term and one to fill the unexpired term of Mr. M. Rl. Cooper. It was decided to ballot for these terms separately. For the five-year term, Mr. .1. B. Douthit, the present incun.bent. was nominated by Senator Sullivan of An derson. This seconded by Representa tive Timmerman. Mr. T. C. Robinson of Pickens was nominated by Mr. Laban Mauldin. see onded by Senator Dean. These were the only nominations. The greatest interest was manifested while the vote .ras being polled. There was lobbying going on even at this time, and unless a member enunciated distinetly. it was difficult to distinguish the name of the candidate for whom he voted. Those who kept tally sheets wore satisfied that Douthit was elected when the last vote was polled. There was considerable surprise when the president announced that Robinson had been elected. baving received 76 votes and Douthit 75. Prince demanded that. as there was dissatisfaction as to the correctness of that vote, the joint assembly be polled to see if the votes had been recorded properly. Graydon matde a point of order that the vote had been declared, and that the election could not be re-opened. Senator Sheppard said that such a condition had confronted the .ioint as sembly often betore. and the natural course was to poll the vote. President McSweeney ruled that as there had been a difference ini the vote as recorded by the tellers for the senate and the tellers for the house that no election had been held. This made the vote open for changes. Sawyer changed from Robinson to Douthit. Stutkie from Douthit to [lob insou. Montgomery from Robinson to Douthit. D~eBruhl from D~outhit to Robinson. Whisonant from Douthit to Robinson. Peurifoy from Robinson to Douthit. In this way Robinson gained one vote. When the vote was polled. it was seen that there had been 1.4 votes east. and that Robinson had received 7S. while Douthit received but 7". Rlobinson was declared elected. The vote was very close and there was considerable feeling over it. Chair man Hlaselden and others were on the floor working for Robinson. and there was a great deal of excitement at times. Senator Sheppard was applauded up on his construec.ion of a point of order, and Sturkie was appl laudied when he changed from Douthit to Robinson in order to offset Sawyer's change from Robinson to Douthit. The friends of D~outhit do natL seem to be dis.posed to concede that he was beaten on the first ballot, and that there was so much confusion afterwards that the result was unfavoraibk to Douthit. -Following is the final 'rote: sEN ToaRS. Dout hit-Alexander, Appelt. Archer Blakeney, Brown. Connor. Hay. Love, Manning. Marshall. Mauldin Mower. Scarborough. Sheppard, Suddath, Sulli van, Talbird. Walker. Waller. Williams Robinson-.\idrich, Barnwell. Bowen, Dean. 1~enniis Douglass. Glaydon, Gru ber. Henderson, Hlough. Ilderton, Liv ingston. Mayfield. R(agsdale. Satrratt. Stanland, Wallac-14. RErESENT.Tix-ES. Deuthit-.\Ashley. Bailey. Bell. Bolts. Browning Caughman. Cross. Davis. Dean. hendy, Dowling. Etird. Epps. EtriAg. WEx- TT.H. ET-T rne N. K Jenkins. Jotnes. Leverett. 1ann. Me Coy. NlDil. l L c, .1ontgomery. Nettles. Patton, l'eurifov. Prince. lyatt. Eiehards. lcliardson G, eorge W... lichardsou Icnry .. ltobinsoin 1. 1. A.. Sanders C. P.. Sawyer. Sharpe, Smith Jeremiah, Smith J. L.. Stevenson, Strom. Suber, Theus Thon a W. 11.. Thomas WN. J.. Timmerman. Verner, Weston. Williams, Wilson, Wing Winikler. Woods-.. lIabinson-Speakcr Gary, liaot. I'lack J. I lBlack W. D.. Bllease, Ily the. Colhock, C,.:rove. (-runn, Dar gan. 1 e3ruhl. Fair- ', Floyd, G use. Henderson. Hill, lloffmeyer, Hollis lopkins, .Johnson A. J.. Lockwood, Lofton, Lyles, Magill., Manning. Nar ion. Mauldin L., Mauldin v;. L, Mu Craw. Mc(ullough. McLauchlin, Me Laurin. Means, Mehrtens. Miley. Mitchell. Mobley. Moss, Patterson, lBasdale E. B.. hagsdale J. W., lobin son C. E., llogers. Sanders E. L., Sea brook, Simpkins, Sinkler. Smith G. P.. Smith E. D.. Sturkie, Threa:t, Varn, West. Wharton. Whisonant. Wimberly, Woodward 1l 11.. Woodward M B.. Wyche. YouUg -'A The balloting for this place was not concluded until 2:20. and the joint as sembly then took recess until S o'clock. NIGHT SESsTON. The ioint session was resumed at S o'clock for the purpose of concluding the elections. This session contained quite a surprise, for Mr. B. 11. Boykin of Kershaw was elected on the first bal lot. Mr. Boykin had been spoken of as a candidate to succeed Mr. Douthit, although he was a candidate to succeed Mr. Cooper, and it was feared by his frends that this confusion would in juTe him, but it did not after all cause his defeat. When the .joint session had been called to orderby President 31cSweoney Senator Gruber of Colleton nominated Mr. 31. W. Simmons of Dorchester as candidate for member of the State board of control. This was seconded by Mr. Stevenson of Chesterfield. 31r. Winkler of Kershaw normiunted Ar. Duriill H. Boykin of Kershaw, seconde' by Mr. Woods of Clarendon. Mr.' J. 0. A Moore of Darlington was nominated by Mr. Efird of Lexing tod. seconded by Mr. Floyd of Darling ton. Messrs. Verner and Means protested that as there had been so much lobby' ing and confusion on the floor b- n'e siders in the morning, that the fl ' the house be cleared of visitor. could find seats in the gallery. Mr. Timmerman said that thi- :as unnecessary if the sergeants at a'irns would obey the orders of the Ire:ing officers. When the roll call was finished: Mr. Boykin had a majority of 6 votv,, he having received 76, Mr. Simmons UU and Mr. Moore 10 votes. Messrs. Dowling, Floyd, Magill, Rogers and C. P. Sand ers changed from Moore to Boykin, making his vote 81, Mr. Simmons' ie maining unchanged, and Mr. Moore's vote being reduced to 5. Following is the vote as finaly re corded: SENATORS. Moore-Archer, Ilderton-2. Boykin--Appelt, Blakeney, Brown, Connor, Dennis, Douglass, Glenn, Hay, Hough. Livingston, Love, Manning, Marshall, Mower, Sarratt, Sheppard, Suddath, Sullivan, Talbird. Walker 20. Simmons-Aldrich. Alexander. Barn well, Bowen. Brown, D~ean, Graydon, Gruber, Henderson, Mayfield, Rags dale. Scarborough, Standland, Wallace, Waller, Williams-16. REPRESENTATIVES. Moore---Dargan, Efird, Lofton-3. Boykin-Ashley. Bacot, Bell, Black, W. D.. Blease. Bolts) Caughman, D~endy, Dowling. Epps, Floyd, Gause, Graham. Hoffmeyer. Hollis, Hopkins, Jackson, Leverett, Magill, McCul lough. McDill. McDow, McLauchlin, MLauri n. Means. Montgomery, Net tles, Patterson. Patton, Peurifoy, Prince, Pyatt, Richards, Richardson, George W.. Richardson, Henry B., Robinson, R1. B. A.. Rogers, Sanders, C. P.. Sawyer, Sharpe, Sinkler, Smith. E. D., Smith, Jeremiah; Smith. J. L., Strom, Sturkie. Suber, Theus, Tim merman, Verner. Weston. Whisonant. Williams, Wilson, Wingo, Winkler, Woods, Woodward, H. H., Woodward, M. B., Wyche, Young-61. Simmons-Speaker Gary, Bailey, Black, J. B., Blythe, Browning Cel cock, Cosgrnove, Cross, Crumrn, Dean, DeBruhi, Estridge. Evans, HI. H.. Gamble, Gantt, Henderson, lill, Jen kins, .Johnson. W. J., Lyles, Mann, Manning. Marion, Mauldin. L.. Maul din, William L. McCoy, McCraw, Mehrtens, Miley. Mitchell. Mobley, Moss. Ragsdale, E. B. Robinson. C. E., Sanders. E. L., Simkins, Smith, G. P.. Stevenson. Thomas. W. HI., Threatt. Varn. West. Wharton. Wim berly-44. Three trustees of South Carolina col lege to succeed Messrs. I-'. 11. Weston, WV. D. Evans and .Jno. TI. Sloan were elected. Mr. I. 12. Withcrs of Columiai "a put in inominiatiot. by Mr'. Means. e anded by Mr. Ashley. Mr. J. Q. Davis of Winnsbori. was nominated by Senator Barnwell. sce anded by Mr. Stevenson. Mr. F. P. McGowan of Union was nominated by Mr. Simpkins, seconded by Mr. Gantt. Mr. Juo. T. Sloan of' Columbia was nominated by Senator Marshall. see anded by Mr. Moss. The total ntumber of votes cast was 1-, of which Withers received 105; Sloarn 119; Davis 127, and McGowan 99. lhe first three were deailared elected. Therez being no further business, the joint session was dissolved. The house of representatives also immediately ad journed. Storm-Swept South Seas. The steamer Aorangi. from Austra ia, brings the details of the terrible cy elones which swept the south seas about the middle of December, devastating villages, wrecking shipping and causing many deaths. In the Solomons the hurricane did most damage, whole vil lages being destroyed. Hundreds of cocoa plantations were uprooted and vami patches leveled. Over 500 natives are reported to have been killed. Capt. Pentecost. of the yacht St. Aubin, who brought the news of the disaster-toSvd ney. says he saved a wouanu who na to have been killed as a sorceress, she being accused of having cauused the hur ricane. lie bought her, the purchase price being a pig, and took her to an other island, where she was released. Tiui: most diabolical reven~ge ever coelved was perpetrated upon a South Dakota soldier while he was in the Philippines. lie insulted some petty Spanish officials who h ad him wine drug god and the blood of a leper injected in his veins. Hlanging is too good for such an infamous wretch, in fact any death would be. The pocrn Dakota soldier must have (lied a thousand deaths. One of these geniuses that is always planning for the good of the country says that the cotton can be brought up to 25 cnts a pound, if Congress will furnish rations to the tenants of the COUNTYCOUURTS. An Act Establishing Them Fased by the State Senate. The !uestion of establishing county courts occupied the senate Thursday and after over two hours of debate, re sulted in a big victory for Senator Gru ber and his bill. providing for the for mation of !ucl courts. The bill was called up as a pecoial order immediate ly after the morning hour, and Senator Archer moved to strike out the enact ing words. Gruber arose to the defense of his bill and made an able argument in its defence. The debate then be came general and a number of speeches were made for and against the bill. Finally a vote was reached and the bill passed by the following vote: Nays-Aldrich, Alexander, Archer, Brown G. W., Brown W. A., Connor, Graydon, Ragsdale, Suddath, Sullivan, Wallace, Waller-12. Yeas-Appelt, Blakeney. Bowen, Dean. Dennis. Douglass. Glenn, Gru ber, Hay, Henderson, Hough, Ilderton, Livingston, Love, Manning. Marshall, Mauldin, Mayfield. Mower, Sarratt, Scarborough, Sheppard, Stanland. Tal bird. Walker. Williams-26. The first section of the bill provides that whenever one-fifth of the qualified registered electors of any county in this State shall file a petition with the clerk of the circuit court of such county pray ing for an election to be held in such county on the question of the establish ment of a county court therein, it shall be theduty of the said clerk within ten days to make an order thereon, and serve the same or the commissioners of election. requiring the said commission ers of election of such county to hold an election. after first giving at least v0 days' notice thereof in the newspapers of such county, upou !he question oI establishing a e.ouity court in such county. not later than 60) days nor earlier than 40 days thereafter. Said petition shall be accompanied bp a ce tificate of the board of supervisors of registration that the names appearing upon said petition constitute one-fifth of the qualified registered electors of such county. EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO. The Severest Ever Known in the His tory of That Country. A special from the City of Mexico says: In point of duration the earth quake Wednesday evening was the se verest ever known in the history of Mexico. The movement began in the City of Mexico at exactly nine minutes past 5 o'clock. The oscillations were from nor.theast to southwest, and last ed one minute and fifty-six seconds. Three minutes later came a companion shock, which lasted five seconds, also oscillating northwest and southeast. The movement made a perfect cross. The earthquake was un'iiversally felt over the entire republic, and it had a very general movement from the Pacific to the Atlantic. It ereacbd Colima at seven minutes past 5 o'clock, oscilla ting from east to west. It lasted one minute and twenty seconds. It reach ed Vera Cruz eighteen minutes past 5 and the oscillations were from south to north, lasting ten seconds. Many houses were cracked in this city. Some were entirely ruined. Fully a dozen walls were crushed and broken in the national palace. A two-foot iron pipe carrying water from Chapultepec to the city was broken in seven places. Intense cold and other phenomena fol lowed. Andrew Jackson. This countxy has produced no more remarkable character than Andrew Jackson, the first of our presidents who came from the loins of the peole. He was a Democrat in every sense of the word. He had confidence in the peo ple and thespeople believed in him and trusted him, and he never betrayed their trust. Charles 1J. Ingersoll says of him: "He was a combination of wis dom without learning, passion with gentleness, animosity with benevolence devotion with destruetiveness, homicide with homily, seldom, if ever, seen in any man. Nothing was wanting to his amazing triumphs but that Welllington instead of Paekenham, as was intended should have headed the invasion of Louisiana. that Jackson might tear from the brow of Napoleon's conqueror the laurels of Waterloo. We find him in Washington one day hurling defiance at his political opponents in volleys of language and the next day carrying into the white house a little girl and her dog to warm at the fire because he had found the child crying on the street. In the intervals of political strife we see him at his dinnor table. singing songs with D~aniel Webster and Martin Van Buren, each laughing at the efforts of the other." The eountry has proba bly n ver needed a Jackson so badl' as noW. Ready to Fight. A dispatch from Manila says the Re, publican, the official organ of the Fili pinos, announces that thme congress at Malolos has adopted the Philippine constitution, passed a vote of con fidence in Aguinaldo, and empowered him to declare war on the Amerienns whenever he may deem it advisable. At a mass nmeetsng of women at Cavite yesterday, the paper adds, it was enthu siastically resolved to petition Agninal do for permission to take men's places in defense of independence and to bear arms if necessary. Paterno has asked for, and, it appears, has been granted the privilege of "taking a prominent place in the line of battle against..the Americans." >? . : . 4a. Prices. Not o'nly on Provisions, Clothing, Furniture and all the artual necessaries of living, but as well on things apper taining t: our enjoyment and culture. This is specially true as to Pianios and Organs. Wise Manufaicturers realize that ini these close times prices must he exceedwngly low, and they are meet ind~ the emergency. Notice the latest advertisement of Ludden & Bates Southern Music House. Savannah, Ga., in this issue, and write them for their Four Cents Prices. This is a wide awake-never-get-left and thoroughly reliable house, whose offers always mean just what they say. It costs nothing to write Ludden & Bates for Catalogues, Prices and Easy Install ment ?ferms, which they send with pleasure. Tm: *iOceanic" the largest steamer afloat, was successfully launched at Belfast. She is owned by the White Star Line and is 704 feet long and weighs 17,000 tons. 11er coal bunk ers will hold enough coal for her to cir cumnavigate the world without recoal ing. She is built upon different lines from the "Great Eastern" and will be - BSOLUTELY l Makes the food more de ROYAL BAKING POV THE MARKET IN HAVANA. Picturesque Cooks. 'nframiitar rruits and Live 1,h :cen There. The Havana market is crowde< at daybreak by Spanish. French. Chi .cse and colored cooks of both sexes. Some chefs, who affect the dignity of a coat, are accompanied by their apprentices or scullions, who carry baskets. Span ish cooks, who usually are employed in second-class restaurants, wear flat, red woollen caps. and shuffle along slipshop with their baskets- slung over their shoulders, while oblique-eyed Chinese wear all sorts of queer headgear, loose trousers and blouses. Colored women don bandanas, which lend a dash of color to the scene, as they waddle along through the market, their fat sides shaking with laughter, while they boisterously greet their friends as they go from stall to stall, haggling with thce market men. Marketing is always done by cooks in Havana, because employers are aware that they can drive a better bargain, even taking into account the perquisites allowed them by trades people. Golden, juicy oranges are synimetri cally piled on the stalls, .ilanked by bunches of luscious yellow and red bananas, and nutbrown zapotoes which outwardly resemble an Irish potato, but contain a luscious pulp inside. Green cocoenuts contain a sweet liquid like water, as well as a soft white pulp. Other tropical fruits which abound in Cuba are mangoes, chirimoy as and ciruelas, which are juicy and sweet. Fish caught in Cuban waters are especially nice, and the pargo, a species of red snapper, is very tooth some, as is the cherna, which tastes like salmon. No Havana cook will buy fish unless they are alive, and the fish market with big tanks full of fresh fish, with white marble slabs and scales, is very picturesque. Sea crabs and land crabs are also good. The lat ter grow to a large size, and their bodies stand high from the ground on their enormous claws. Land crabs bur row in holes, and their locomotion is clumsy, sounding like that of a drunken man. Cooks feed these crabs on corn meal for several days before they cook them, as this makes them more palatable. The First Flying Machine. Roger Bacon, in his writings in the thirteenth century, predicted the use of the baloon and flying machine. It is said that Jean Baptiste Dante, an Ital Ian mathematician, crossed Lake Trasi meno on artificial wings in 1400. Leon ardo Da Vinci, in 1500, made some ex periments in aerial screws, designed a parachute, and left some sketches of mechanical wings in his notebooks. A famous bishop, named Wilkin, in the seventeenth century wrote on the sub ject of artificial flight, and was so sure of the practicability of it that he de c.ared~ the time would come when it would be as common a thing to hear a man, when starting on a journey, call for his wings as for his boots and spurs. In 1709 Friar de Gusman, of Portugal. asked and received assistance from the King in plans he had for constructing a flying machine. About the middle of the seventeenth century a Frenchman named Besnier constructed a pair of oscillating wings, with which he made several experiments. He tried them first in jumping from a stool, then from a table, then from a barn, when his progress was interrupted by his falling and breaking his leg. In France the Marquis de Bacqueville, in 1742, at tempted to cross the Seine on wings. He launched himself from a terrace and flew for a short distance, then fell, landing in a washer-woman's barge, breaking his leg, which discouraged him from further experiments in that direction. An Explanation. A recent issue of the Hardeman (Tenn.) Free Press contained the fol lowing paragraph: "We -wish to expfiin our lack of editorial this week. We was down to Memphis, and a smart Alec at the tavern put train oil on our greens, and said it was vinegar. Of course, we were horse dew combaw fat three days, and now that we are able to talk, our language is not fit for pub. lication." A Big Apple TJree. Alexander Bates, a Bowdoinham, Me., orchardist, has just sawed down a mammoth apple tree, the biggest in the t~wn and perhaps In the whole state. It was 28 inches across the st~ump, six feet trunk, then branching out in long branches, It must have been nearly or quite 100 years oid. Water Dearer Thaft Champagne. b~eaking at a meeting of the London Corporation, Mr. Miller said that owing to the system of the water companies of charging for water upon the ratable value of premises instead of for the quantity used, water in Newgate street, where he had premises, was dearer than champagne. The Dromedary's Hump. The hump on the back of the drome dary is an accumulation of a peculiar species of fat, whjich is a store of nour ishment beneficently provided against the day of want, to which the animal is often exposed. We All Know Him. The man who has a most exasperat ing laugh is the man who laughs the, logest and the loudest. It must be a great joke to him to think of the misery he is inflicting upon humanity. Book of Marble. At the Strozzi palace, in Rome, there Is a book made of marble, the leaves being of marvelous thinness. A girl can't be in love and have a bad cold in the head at the same time. \ALUF: OF CnoPS-The North Caro 1iPa labor commiisssioner has prepared a statement showing the average profit per acre of seventeen of the principal crops grown in the State. The figures are: Cotton $5.92, wheat $1.97, corn $3.53, tobacco $20.97, sweet potatoes $29.6, Irish potatoes $28.37, peannuts $23.23 sorghum $19.85. bay $14.98. rice $12.25, beans $9.80. barley $9.64, peas $5.67, broom corn $3-10. flax $3.15, rye $2.93. oats $2. 51. TU: Richmond Times thinks that 'befo:e Eagan gets through eating the dish of crow .in front of him. he will think that embalmed beef is angel's FOW'WDER URE licious and wholesome DER CO.. NEW YORK. PURSUED BY WHEAT W~wior n ( ihed Out of a varehOuSL6 Iby a Flond of Grain. six tiousand bushels of unsacked .*1heat got loose and went on a tear. It iappened in the warehouse of the F. Ayers Mercantile Company at Den :er. The scenes that followed were ;ouething similar to those described by letor Hugo when a cannon got loose rom its fastenings on board ship and -olled and reared from one end of the ;un dleck to another until the ship was lisabled and a number of the' crew Cilled. Only. nobody was killed by the ,vheat. In the rear of the Ayres warehouse ire four great bins, built up from the ;round floor and capable of holding .wenty-five carloads of wheat at a time. The company's bookkeeper. sitting in s (fit- at the front of the building, 100 fet or more from the bins, heard i terrific ripping, tearing, splintering sound. as if the whole end of the ware house was being torn out by a monster hand. He rushed from the little box :f an office out onto the main floor of the warehouse. He paused, gasped for breath and threw up his hands. What 'lie saw was a giant wave of wheat flowing toward him, licking at the very heels of a dozen laborers who had been at work near the bins and who were now fleeing for their lives. The ocean of wheat moved on9atd for a score of feet or more and then calmed down as suddenly as if a barrel of oil had been spread on its troubled waves. The bookkeeper yelled to the laboring men to stop running, pulled his hands down to their accustomed pockets, took a deep breath and whistled. By and by the cloud of dust that had arisen drifted away and the bookkeeper and the laboring men could see what had happened. It didn't take long. One of the stout beams had grown weak from the burden on its back and snapped in two. A hundred other stout beams had followed suit. There was nothing left for the imprisoned wheat to do but make a rush for a less con fined resting place. There were 6,000 bushels of it in the bin, and it was no wonder that its moving caused conster nation. After the dozen laboring men had re covered their wits and gone to work again the little bookkeeper in the front office said the damage done would not exceed $50. All that was necessary to do to save the wheat was to sweep it up off the floor and pack it In sacks. The Monkey Bread Tree. Cape de Verde, that is, the Green Cape, is said to ow.e its name in part to the foliage of the Adamsonia digi tata which adorns the whole of Sdne gamble and Guinea with its green ellip tic arches; a full-grown tree presenting at a distance almost the appearance of a forest. According to Adamson, trees are met with having a diameter of thirty feet. although the height of the tree is moderate, varying from fifty to sixty feet. The lower branches, however, shoot out to an incredible length, at first in a horizontal direction. These are cov ered with an immense foliage, which from its weight causes them to bend toward the ground and thus there is presented a huge hemispherical mass of verdure, 120, 140 or even 150 feet in diameter and perhaps 60 feet in height. The fruit is an oblong, dull green, downy body, eight or nine inches long, containing several cells, in which there is a number of hard shining seeds, im merg~ed in a soft pulp, which is scarce ly juicy. From this pulp the native negroes prepare an acidulous drink, much used in the fevers of the coun try. The bruised leaves in a dry state form a substance called halo, which they mix w~ith their food, and imagine it useful in checking or counteracting the effects of profuse perspiration. All the soft parts of the tree are emollient or mucilaginous. Action of Sea-Water. on Cast Iron. Some cast iron cannon balls were re cently recovered from the sea near Brest. They had been under the wa ter for over a hundred years. They could be cut with a knife, a great part of the iron having disappeared. Ex posed to the air, the interior became quite hot, of course losing the heat in a short time, after the oxygen of the air had ceased to act upon it. National impoverishment. Hitherto it has been supposed that the record of national impoverish'ment was furnished by the Transvaal, in the treasury of which, when Great Britain took it over, was the magnificent sum of about $3. But Sir George Bowen, when he wvent as the first governor to Queensland, found in the public chest no more than 17 cents. Life of the 3Maslhroom. The mushroom's life is measured by hours, but it flourishes long enough for an insect to hang its eggs on the edge of the "umbrella" and for the egg to become an insect ready to colonize the next mushroom that springs up. Plenty of Gold. The gold contained in the medals, vessels, chains and other objects pre served in the vatican would make more gold coin than the whole of the present European circulation. A Ilird IHabit. Among the many mysteries of bird migration is tile fact that over-sea journeys are generally conducted in the darkness and invariably against a head wind. English Pickles. About 1,300,000 pounds of p'tekles and sauces are exported yearly from Eng land to other countries. Mr. -James M. Smith of Columbia, S C., writes: D~ear Sir--It eives me great pleasure to say tnat tao uid North Statc Ointment bought .of you has entirely cured me of eczema when everything I had used previously failed to giye any relief. It is a great medi cine. and I would not be without it in my house. I use it for almost every thing, where any medicine is needed, and have gotten the best of results every time. Respectfully. James M. Smith. IN spite of Senator Tilbran's charge that tho Nicaragua canal bill is a steal, it has passed the United States senate by an alnns nanimous vfo Disgusted With Poitical life. Rtobert L. Taylor, thrice governor of the State of Tennessee, a man much in vublic life, has evidently discovered the path of politics to be a rough and not entirely pleasant one. Read an extract from his farewell speech: "While I believe that the good in politics outweighs the bad, vet how thorny is the path and how unhappy the pilgriraage to him who dares to do his duty? There are no flowers ex cept a few bouquets snatched from the graves of fallen foes: there is no happi ness except the transient thrill of cruel triumph, which passes like a shadow across the heart. "Every honest man who runs for of fice is a candidate for trouble; for the fruits of political victory turn to ashes on the lips. "To me there is nothing in this world so pathetic as a candidate. He is like a mariner without a compass, drifting on the tempest-tossed waves of uncertainty, between the smiling cliffs of hope and the frowing crags of fear. He is a walking petitioR-iina a living payer; he is the pack horse of public sentiment; he is the dromedary of politics. And even if he reaches the goal of his ambition, he will soon feel the beak of the vulture in his heart and the fang'of the 'serpent in his soul. "I am no longer a candidate. Never again will I be inaugurated into public office. The ark of my humble public career now rests on the Arrarat of pri vate life, and I stand on its peaceful summit and look down on the receding flood of politics. The dove of my des tiny has brought me an olive branch from happier fields and I go thence to labor and to love." And he anticipates that Benton Me Millin, his successor. is going to find thorns among the r':ses in the guber natorial career, for he says: "I now have the distinguished honor to close the scene, so far as I am con cerned. Benton MoMillin has given his heart and hand to Tennessee. I now pronounce them husband and wife and may the Lord have mercy on their souls." Our young men should read and re member what Bob Taylor says. Robet Edward Lee. Last Thursday was the birthday of one of the best and greatest men o4 this or any other country or age. He com bined in his life and beautifully illus trated by his acts those virtues which make manhood noble and lovely. Rob ert E. Lee was great as a soldier; he would have been great as a statesman had he seirVed in civil instead of mili tary office. But, as the Atlanta Jour nal says he was greatest as a man. I-e won many 1.attles; he put many armies to rout; he took many cities. But a mightier conquest than any and all o' these was his mastery of his own spirit. No man who is conspicuous in history ever held his powers under such com plete self-control. As a soldier lie was almost beyond criticism, but as a man he was spotless. No mean action was ever charged to him. Many a time he t.ok npon himself the responsibility f or faults andfailures which were due it others. His great heart went ou no tender compassion as readily as it leaped forth to meet and dare the dirt est dangers. Maliee was alien to his nature. Tae-.petialouisies anud hates which have specked and married so many strong natures were absolutely and immeasurably beneath him. His whole life moved' on the straight white line of duty. The ideals of chivalry never in history, legend or poetry had a finer or fuller expression than in the actual life of this man. He won the respect of his foes even in the heat and tempest of war; he captured the admira tion of the world; he went deeper into the hearts of his own re-ple than ever any-leader has gone since William the Silent. It is weil to give up one of the many (lays of the year to the conte m plation of such a man's life and charac ter. There can be few better inspira tions to youth and few ssveeter rerresh ments of the faith which is often beat en down iu the contact with ordina ry humanity. Keep Your Mouth Shut. Don't be offended. The admonition is not meant as a reflection upon 3 our talkativeness. Talk as much as you please, but keep your mouth shut when you arc not talking. People who keep their mouth closed, except when the are talking, eating or drinking. rarely ever contract colds or coughs. Savages, even those living in Northern latitudes seldom take cold. Scientists say it i because they arc close-mouthed. Di ease germs floating in the air find a di rect toute into the lungs of a person who breathes through the mouth. They arc arrested by the fine, sieve-like net work of hair in the nostrils of the ind vidual who breathes through his niosei. Kep your mouth shut and you may defy pestilence. Thle teeth suffer fromt too much and too fretmuci t exposcre to the atmosphere. Sudden changes of' temperature, whether liquid or atom pherie, are hurtful to them. The b-st teeth in the world are those of the suv age tribes, whose owners always kee p their mouths shut except when talking or eating. Throat and lung diseam's are o'iten contracted by persons who go about open-nmoutuicd. TIhe frosty air of winter, inhaled directly into the lungs through the mouth, is a frequent cause of bronchial disorders. Ta':':en through the rLose, it is modified and' sifted of many 01 its dangers. Kee2 your mouth shut! TnE dawning of the new century is to witness an era of independence in poli tis such as this country has never known, and if the country is to be saved from the trusts at all, it will be by this~ means. So long as the voters of the country allow themselves to be blindly led by tile party bosses-who invariably represent boodle in its most objnoxious~ forms-just so long will the liberties r-f the people be a matter of harter anid sale. Whcn the voters beria to think for themselves and vote as their own conscience dictates. regardless of t~e orders of tihe bosses: when they have the courage to break loose from the ties of mere partisanship; when reason and judgment instead of prejudice decide the complexion of the voter's ballot, then there is hope of our ultimate- salva tion. Wi- see it statedl in some of the p::S pers that 31r. F-eatherstone advocate the union of all opponents of the dis pensary in tile Legislature against that law. This is the same tight that wa s made on the dispensary in the second primary. when ex-saloon keepers vied with prohibitionists in voting for MIr. Featherstone. It is an unholly alli nce. and will do the cause of temper nee harm. THE general assembly does not ap appear to have gotten down to real work at all as yet. Floods of new bills have been introduced, but the members ha~ve accomplished little, and at the :r.sent rate of progress, the taipayers may expect to have to fiddle to time of A DrAmRvx ESi DUTY. INSPECTiNG COj3LE .COTT3MS IN OUR NAVAL VE&.SELS Tt Ix tExtr(-mely ntzitdOe:n and TFry In= Worli. amd M.Vnnyb f'reenations A1re ecems.sary to r.-eert Loss of iae )Uri ai he- o,-rmat ion. Tbmcr. is ne ph:m- of the ship life of the American nlavnl oflicer that is scarcly kn'wn to the layman and that cm 1:rcliy he U::drstad by him as he leas nt:;!1 the nic era ship in all her atactiv c!n-linc.ss and meets her n vr ulI(rn:ed offcer:< upon the spot le-s upper eck. Yr.t en7y are the parts of tl:e ship in si:-b [e::t clean and free fron ru-t ald d, cnv. lUnt also those far down. contract2d Spaces tbat nevpr see t -? light of day. These include the cel lular cmpartments between the inner and outer iaius of the shi p, known tech nically as the "duble bottom," and other places teat se; :imte the magazines and various bril: u-, structnres within the ship frem the noter -kin. Tht:-e narrow coinpartIents are espe cially lusptile to dampness and rust, and in order that those who have the care of then 1 -y do theit duty well and s prevent tho decay of the ship a system of iL1spaKtion has been devised, and the in:1pectors mast be, under the naval regulations, commissioned offi cers. A permanient board of inspection is formed1 npan cach ship, which must consist of one engineer and two line of ficers. .The duty of this board is period ically to make personal inspections of all the parts of the ship, examine every thing critically, suggest remedies for any evils that may be found to exist and to report to the commanding offi cer, for transmission to the navy de partment, the condition of the vessel in detail. . Uniforms are discarded while mak ing these inspections, and clad in sea men's ordinary working suits these offi cers crawl upon all fours throughout the' length of the bottom of the ship, wrig-, gle snakelike through narrow openings and examine with their own eyes every Inch of the surface of the thin steel plates. The paint of these compart ments, softened by dampness in some places and by heat and the steam laden air of the boiler rooms in others, rubs off upon the working suits, and an hour's crawling transforms the neat officer into a very sorry spectacle. In some modern navies this duty is per formed by the enlisted men, the officers being excused from it, but in our navy the-feeling exists that an enlisted man should not be asked to go where an offi cer is not willing to lead. The result is that "things always work" with the Americans and the efficiency of the fleet is assured. Numerous precautions must be taken to avoid the risk of losing life while performing this cuty, for it is attended with no lit!!e danger. The atmosphere of confined spaces entirely or partly closed for a cousidere ble length of time becomes robbed of its oxygen in the formation of rust and is soon made unfit to sustain life. If possible, such com partments are blown out with pure air led through a hose from a blower duct and all manbole plates removed before being entered. A lighted candle is al ways carried bay the inspecting officer upon his cra' ling tour. If the candle burns dimly or sems upon the point of being extiangushed, tbere is a dedciency of oxygen, and he will immediately seek the ner: l opening leading from the compart:::ent and leave it at once Menre sta inedat places as near as possible to him, so that they may hear is voice andl render immediate assist ot~e in case cf ::eed. No one is allowed to en:2r ::y c:-nined space on board ship withe-:t ::a uncovered light, al though in r.2-itiona a portable electric lg bt i:a catrc:' fregnently to render the iauation more thorough. t:.:infregnuently happens that offi cers anid macen become so wedged between bulk beads and1 beams while performing this duty a.: to make it extremely diffi cnt to remove them, and more than one oficer of t be navy is upon the retired list today because of permanent injury to his health contracted while perform ing this arduous labor. Because of the care exercised it a rare that a life is lost in this service, but in one case at least the rashness of a man proved fatal to bimn. One of the main boilers-of the :ruiser Newark, while flagship of the south Atlantic station. having been tightly c!ou ed for a month, while empty, in order to preserve it: fromn deteriora tion, the ecppersmith of that v-essel, an energtic t:n:hfuJ mn, thought its in terior .: .1 [ e enilead and, al bough wa: ed re'peatcdly never to en ter such a hoiler without an open light, c:w:ed :si up)!r manhole l'late and ~rav:lt am asO;: theC braces with an :ectr h;;t. Ilu m.:ldl no one that he Wa ping mato) the boiler, and no one was stat ioned to assist im in case of need His de-ad todyv was ime ud half out n halt m the~ boi ler maaole with the e::e light i: ! bania; brightly vithin the Veib: lHe bad evidently crawled in u?:nm the braces, felt a faint ness c:-e:.mag over- himn and had en eavom! l regaina tihe open air. hat lot t onsc:.:~acsss Jast as life lay witbmin his rearb. aind so died of asphyxiation. The air mt tuo boiler had been entire y robbedl of its oxygen by the iron of the shell m tine ; r::.ation of rust, and he residanm :n uniit to breathe. A ighted aui:die was snutfed oct immnedi ately upon bjemt thrust into the boiler, md this condition prevailed until a :ower manhole plate wvasremaoved, when :e heavy gas ran out as water mighe. md the air within soon came #2 be uite pure. No amore vivid illustration of the damgers to be encountered in the care of ships adnat and the precautions necessary to b~e t::ben in this dau~y couli e given thana this itncidenit. wh-t a bows thu~t shot aaAd ahi1l and bar.-:a a team lI.:pes are not the only da:.:e i tat coa.ront tihe omects anati meI!of t;ele Sam's navv -New V:rb San Jouix Ideson, farmer. of Livingston County. N. Ye, seventy-mix yea~' old, writes to the Rochester Times: "Fifty ears age there was not a fram in my town. und~er mortgage: today there are ut thirty-two which arc not mortga ed" The condlitions prevailing in Iarm-r 1Ude0So' county are duplicated n every other section of the country. The tro'nble is, the farmers canntot organize themselves into a trust; they are the natural victims of these com mercial cormorants. and exist, uan ler the present fotnm of government. only to be preyed hpon by the plutocrats. (i the trusts. Tm : newest gun in the United States army is a balloon gun, made especiailly :o bring down balloons. It is mnounoted so that it elan be fired at any point rom zenith to homizon. and has a range of a mile and a quarter. This is a new reature in warfare, as heretofore there a n- way of reaching those engaged a spying out the lay of armies. It is iaimed by armly officers to be the thing o needed. Te first camp meeting in the uaited States was held on the banks f the Red Rivrca. Kentucky, in the .ea 199