Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WIFE OF TAMMANY’S CHIEF. hand, dear, blow.” <'Whon balmy breezea blow, dear, I’ll have a chainless bike. And you can hardly go, dear. The rapid pace I’ll strike; II love you truly feel, dear. You mustn’t be so slow; Brace up and get a wheel, dear. When balmy breezes blow.” —Boston Traveler. HUMOR OF THE DAY. “How can a man tell when he is teally in love?” “Well—a man is really in love when he thinks he doesn’t eat or sleep.”—Pack. She—“You never think of me when yon are staying out so late.” He— “My dear, that’s one reason I stay out so late.”—Indianapolis Journal. “It’s hahd,”said Uncle Eben, “foh er man ter excuse a boy foh bein’ as foolish at eighteen years ob age as he wah hisse’f at twenty-live.”—Wash ington Star. “Stickenlooper gets his money’s worth whenever he buys a newspaper. ” “Ii^ what way?” “He can read any joke four times before he sees the i point.”—Puck. Count Spagetti—“I have come to ask for your daughter’s hand in mar riage. I love her.” Mr. Common- stock—“But what makes you think I don’t?”—Puck. “What’s the difference between wages and boodle?” “Well, wages is money a man earns and sometimes doesn’t get; but boodle is what a man gets and doesn’t earn.”—Detroit Free Press. Editor—“I cannot consider your Mrs. Richard Crokcr a Good Mother and a Bevont Church Woman. Wherever American newspapers are read, Richard Croker’s name is known In connection with Greater New York’s first municipal camiwign, but the Tam many leader In the role of husband and father and head of a household Is a character quite unfamiliar to the pub lic. In these roles he is described as “delightfully old-fashioned.” m It was twenty-four years ago that Richard Croker and Miss Elizabeta Fraser were married. She was 19 years old and a beauty. He was 28 and was always referred to as a “promising young man.” It was a love match, the surest foundation for a happy home. They commenced life on a humble scale. Mrs. Croker was a favorite in TEMPERANCE TOPICS. ^r f S n and H t t r at mc f n i al r ,s ? perfect and that of her heart as well. A SONG FOR THE UNK1 NOTES OF INTEREST TO THE ANTI-LIQUOR LEAbERS. An Official Opinion of the Late Frances E. Willard—An Editorial from the Onion Signal—Serpent in the Liquor Olaaa. Francos E. Willard—An Official Opinion. From the Union Signal: No one MRS. RICHARD CROKER. the neighborhood. She has not lost a whit of her early charm of manner. She went to early mass then and she does so still. Her hand soothed many a fevered brow in those days. She la contribution; you have no reputation. ” still charitable still keenly sympathetic. Poet—“Ah?” Editor—“Yes; go and impose on two or three lesser editors, and then I’ll talk with you. ”—Detroit Journal. “Fearful destitution up at the Klon dike," said Biggs. “Awful!” re turned Winbleton. “I’m told that a wooden-legged man up there had to chop his leg up into toothpicks.”— Harper’s Bazar. “I believes,” said Uncle Eben, “dat de human race would be con- sid’able wiser an’ happier ef you could git ’em to foller an alignment as easy you kin git ’em to filler a circus ^uiicessiou.”—Washington Star. <^One big trouble ’bout runuiu’ dis V world,” said Uncle Eben, “is |!s de man who hones’ly realizes Jmportayf - *')^!* responsibility ru little cby-ob Aon Star, is a drug on the set, isn’t it?” Poet-v*! should say not!” Friend—“Then I am misin formed.” Poet—“Your informant probably never tried to sell poetry or buy drugs.”—Buffalo Ctyinmerical. “Mr. Showman,” sgiil an inquiring individual at the .menagerie, “can the leopard change his spots?” “Yes, sir,” replied the individual who stirs up the wild beasts; “when he is tired of one spot he goes to another.Tit- Bits. First Arctic explorer-r-“I have al ways considered Columbus a some what over estimated man.” Second Arctic explorer—“Why?” First Arctic explorer—“He discovered America the first time he went to look for it.” —Puck. Usher—“Complaint is being made as to that bonnet in the third box.” Manager—“What’s the matter with it?” Usher—“Several ladies on the opposite side of the house claim it is so swell they caft’t see the stage.”— Chicago Chronicle. “This coffee, my dear,” said Kickles, “reminds me of what mother used to make.” “Does it really?” exclaimed his wife, a pleased look coming into her face. “Yes; and she used to make about the worst coffee I ever drank.”—Boston Traveler. , Mrs. Green—“What bad-behaved children those are of the Brigg’s! It Was disgraceful the way they fought over the last piece of cake at the table last evenUg. ” Mrs. Browne—“That’s queer. My children never begin quarreling till the last piece is gone.” —Boston Transcript. “Jfo," taid the rich old bachelor, ••I never could find to marry.” “Well,” replied the young woman with the sharp tongue, “I am not surprised to hear you say so. It certainly would have taken a good while to persuade any girl to have you.”—New Orleans Times-Democrat. Great Picture-buyer (to hostess)— “What do you think of an artist who painted cobwebs on the ceiling so truthfully that the servant wore herself into an attack of nervous prostration trying to sweep them down?” Hostess (a woman of experience)—“There may have been such an artist, but there never was such a servant.”—Tit-Bits. .A Lucky Par»on. ' Jle, Ky., recently a clergy- called upon by a friend ie ceremony at his wed- he was in love Tampa Bay %son. May 4—It appj a settled belief ai here that no mo) States trdops take place ui She Is still a handsome woman. She Is tall and well proportioned. Her fea tures are delicate and regular. Her eyes are dark, with finely arched brows. Her hair Is black. Her cheeks have t ie hue of health. Early In September, when the politic al campaign was opened, Mr. Croker left the home on 74th street and took up his residence at a hotel. This move by the chief of Tammany Is a mark of consideration toward his family and servants. Mrs. Croker is an indulgent wife and housekeeper. “Mrs. Croker doesn't know the name of the County Clerk nor Sheriff and I am glad of It,” her famous husband has been heard to say, and the mere mention of women In politics brings a frown to his brow. SCIENCE OF A COAL FIRE. Here Are a Few Simple Rules Founded on General Principles. HEN people begin to burn hard coal, says Good House keeping, they usu ally go through a series of perplexi ties and mishaps which may be es caped by observing a few simple rules founded on general principles. Gas es capes from the fire into the rooms of the house; explo sions and the burst ing of flame and smoke Into one’s face upon opening the door of the stove or heater need not occur; the escape of gas up the chimney should not be al lowed, as this is a serious loss of fuel. First As soon as a suitable quantity of good kindlings are burning so as to produce a good flame apply coal enough to make a base for the lire after the kindlings shall have been consum ed, but not enough to smother the flame. The heat beneath freshly ap plied coal generates gas; a flame sup ported by a small direct draft of air should come at once In contact with this gas, then a blue flame will creep over the surface of the coal and the gas will be burned, greatly economizing the fuel and saving the annoyances refer red to above. The next application of coal should be made as soon as that first applied Is well ignited, and with the same precaution as to quantity. By covering the fire all out of sight a reservoir of gas is obtained, filling the c^ec above tbs cast!; same at this gas may escape Into the house, some of it may pass up the chimney and be lost, but when the fire has burn ed up through the freshly applied coal and comes In contact with this reser voir of gas the. most natural thing In .the world under the circumstances is Jan explosion, which Is the cause of fire and smoke bursting into one’s face on opening the door onto the fire at this .critical time. For heating purposes best results ,are obtained by keeping a liberal quan tity of coal burning, regulating the Jheat by the draft. To run the heater with only one application of coal per day will usually result ih a shivering for the first few hours, with the evils of an atmosphere polluted with gas while the dull fire is warming up the coal, and then in having more heat than is desirable, an economy of care and labor at the expense of fuel, com fort and health. loved home better than Frances Wil lard. But few in her rank had less of it. The author of “Home, Sweet Home” never had a home. With her, as with him, it was all through life and always “the song of the dying swan.” Next to her mother and her nest at Evanstqp Frances Willard had her home on earth in the hearts of white- ribboners. They were to her always. In her own language, “our folks,” and her home festivals were mostly where they gathered together. So it came about that all of our meetings, includ ing our great conventions when wo men came together from the ends of the earth, have always been homelike; and the sweetest and most touching things ever said by Miss Willard were her quaint and pathetic utterances at such meetings about home and mother and father and little ones. They were the charm of our gatherings. She threw in so many appreciative sayings about people and things on the inspira tion of the moment, that they came to be called Miss Willard’s embroidery. Happy are we If we, too, embroider life’s pathway with sweet and lovely flowers, rather than wound the weary feet with thorns and nettles. Frances Willard’s life work was pre eminently for the home, and It was consistent throughout. The loving care she gave her mother, and the words of almost excruciating tenderness the daughter penned of the last days of St. Courageous, as Madam Willard came to be called, have molded many a life for good. Women have been accused of being severe and unforgiving and critical to ward each other, but the life of our gentle Frances forever denies the charge for one at least, and marks a new era In the centuries, when it is written, “Women demand a white life for two, and extend an equally help ing hand to both—equal pity and equal i love to fallen women and fallen men.” One of the great elements of Frances Willard's success was her power over women. It was only necessary for gay young girls or society women to comd within the pervasive atmosphere of love which enveloped her like the nim bus of the ancient saints, ‘from heat to foot, to become her devotees, for the time being at least, and to desire nothing more than to serve her and her cause—for the two were Insepar able. Their devotion was given in re sponse to the appreciation she gave of the good in them, for she was a seer who discerned the possibilities In oth ers’ lives, and she breathed upon latent good, that It might become instinct with life. She djas all this to her white-ribbon coifetltuency and far more. Her head s£t upon her shoul ders like a rose upon its stem, and it turned or lifted or drooped with the sentiment that scintillated through her great brain like a flower moved by the gentle wind. In our conventions, when at the last moment of the last evening | session, the sisterhood forms, as is their custom, a chain of clasped hands from the vast platform down Into the auditorium and around the great au dience of five or six thousand people and sing our parting song, “God Be With You Till We Meet Again,” a deaf- mute might follow the sentiment and the rhythm of the song simply by the central figure of Frances leading them by the bend of her head and the sway ing of her form—but she was far more than graceful. Her aesthetic taste was cultivated in many directions, by her college education, by books, travel, mu seums of art, and contact with culti vated people in many lands. These opportunities given to a naturally bright, sensitive and strongly intellect ual nature produced an elegant woman who eould not do an ungenteel act- hut she was far more than elegant. She might have been, to the world at least, simply an educated woman, class ical and cold, had it not been for the great cause which developed her emo tional’ nature, and brought her into close touch with all humanity and made her great-hearted. But Informed in mind and heart and then touched with a live coal from off the altar with love for humanity, she could adapt herself to the lowliest and the most ignorant. Through all her work love pulsated, and by her kindly spirit women were Incited to their best and brought nearer to the full stature of womanhood. She was a great educa tor of her followers. The destruction of the base and Ig noble possessed her. The building anew and the polishing and perfecting con sumed her. Her desire for progress toward the good was insatiable. She was infinitely painstaking and con scientious, and never satisfied with present attainment One height reach ed and she caught glimpses of peaks beyond, ahd thus she inspired all her followers. Her resources were practical ly limitless. She rarely failed to settle differences amicably. She was never She never forgot the supreme aim of the Woman’s Christian Temper^ ance Union in the do-every- thlng policy as some have thought, but made all things contribute to the one great object, the final over throw of the liquor curse. She had one single purpose with many ideas, and because of this she became a leader In the temperance revolution' which Lincoln prophesied in 1842 would follow that against slavery. She was a great general and gave her life as really to the revolution which she led as Lincoln gave his to the cause of the lowliest and most despised, though in a different way, and because of this she will live In the hearts of the pe* pie and her cause “will go marching on.” To the great organiza tion which belts the globe with Us symbolic bands of white, which owes Its power and prestige so largely Yo her tireless brain and consecrated heart, her death means that her cause is immortal. The explorer dies with hon And the statesman wins The poets sing of the serf Who expires for freedom's • In tlie quarries yet are sleep' The hosts of heroes to be. Whose fame shall run to the l&Usi| Aud broaden from sea to sea. s • 1 »lalts But bid from the world completely Are those we should honor, too, Who patiently bear while the long yean wear, True to humanity—true! They lend the young spirit upward, Aud are wab'hful fromgioam unto gloaraj Aud 1 sing this song for the worthiest throng — The dear little wives at home! — Will T. Hale, in Cincinnati Enquirer. Serp<v>t in the Glass. Many of the famous advocates of temperance are dying off, but there is one trumpet-tongued orator who con tinues to sound his tocsin in every house that contains a Bible. It Is the] divinely-inspired preacher who utters this tremendous warning—“Look not on the wine when it is ruddy, when it 1 giveth its color in the cup, when it goeth down smoothly; for at the last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth ‘ like an adder!” Young man, listen to that loud and loving voice before you touch the glass of champagne; good woman, stop and think what you are about before you mix that big bowl of punch for your party; father, be careful how you put that sly serpent on your table, for some of your boys may get stung to death! The serpent quality of all Intoxicants lies in their deceptiveness. “Wine is a mocker; whosoener is deceived there by is not wise.” The drinker fancies that his glass is doing him good and promoting his health. Instead of add ing to his strength it excites him for a time and the reaction leaves him the weaker. Thousands of people call for liquors at the restaurants, or set them on their tables to promote digestion; and I have known persons to cling to this fallacy after glcohol had poisoned their stomachs. The heroic Dr. Living-' stone of Africa—a physician himself —asserted that he “could stand any 1 and evejy hardship best by usingi water ^id water only.” I had a con-; versation this week with Nansen, and thanked him for his niblishcd testi mony that during his exploration of Greenland, he found alcohol of no benefit to himself or bis men. Another deceptive quality in IntoxL cants is that they steal a march on those who use them, and an appetite for them Is formed before one suspects it. The reason Is that every glass of liquor increases the desire for another 1 glass. A tumbler of water or milk satisfies thirst; a draught of liquor In creases thirst. This fact makes It so difficult to tamper with wine or brandy without becoming addicted to It—and in too many cases enslaved by *lt. An eminent minister of my acquaintance began to use port wine as a tonic; R woke up a terrible appetite and not long ago Hie had to resign his charge under a moud of disgrace! Women in poor health often resort to alcoholid “medicines,” or sly “stiffeners,” and become victims of the serpent beford they are aware. I could startle my readers if I dared to mention some ot the deplorable cases. To break the terrible habit and td shake i>5f the serpent requires such ef fort that few are permanently re formed. Some surrender to the in evitable and go over the cataract with eyes open to their doom. A young man said to a friend of mine: “This awful drink has used up my money, ruined my health, and almost killed my parents. It will soon kill me, and send me to hell! I know It, and yet the habit Is so strong that I cannot stop.” And he did not stop; yet when he began to sip his wine, he nevef dreamed, that he would die a wretched sot. Of all the deceivers that betray body and soul to damnation, none Is so alluring an ensnaring as the glass. It is strange that parents—many CLrietian parents—will allow it tn come Into their homes, and will pro vide It for guests. It Is strange that, in spite of all the miseries suffered by the wives of drunkards, so many women are willing to marry young men who are in the habit of taking a social glass; they are playing with a viper; if their hearts are stung with agony it is their own fault. No young woman should ever accept the hand of any young man If that hand ever touches an intoxicant. This stand resolutely taken by our women would Increase the number of teetotallers im- menaely. If Urn above-mentioned things are strange, it is stranger still that churches. Sunday schools and pul pits do not ring out oftener and more vehemently this heaven-sent tocsin— “Look not on the wine! Look not on the wine! It stingeth like a serpent, and biteth like an adder!”—Rev. Theo dore L. Cuyler. HUMOROUS. Father (to son who is leaning over theatre gallery railing)—Take care, Johnny, mi l don’t fall. It’ll cost you a shilling more in the pit Cum so—Those deaf aud dumb per sons are engaged in energetic conver sation. Cawkcr—So they are. They are talking straight from the shoul der. “I see that New York society wom en claim to be descended from kings.” “Yes; but they have taken good care to select kings that are very, very dead.” “1 heard that Allerbee treated his lawyers to a line dinner after they won that money for him.” “You heard wrong, then. The lawyers treated Al lerbee.” Mr. Younghud—Why so pensive, dear? Mrs. Younghud—1 was just trying to decide, lovey, which I would like you to rescue first in a shipw reck, me or my dear little Fido. Miller—You never see me turning around to stare at a pretty girl I pass on the street. Baker—What! Do you mean to tell me that your wife never allows you to go out alone? First Sport—What class is he in, feather, welter, middle or heavy w eight? Second Sport—-By the way he is filling up the daily papers, I should think he was a paperweight. The Fair One—I suppose you will marry, though, when the golden op portunity offers, won’t you? The Cautious Oue—It will depend upon how much gold there is in the oppor tunity. “Mr. Grumpy,” said the chronic borrower, “I’m financially embar rassed today. Can you help me out?” “Cheerfully.” Then Grumpy kicked his caller through two offices and a long hallway. “John got so discouraged himself that he went to the yesterday to know the worst.” he get the information he was about doctor “Did seek ing?” ‘“Yes; the doctor told him his bill was #178.” “Won’t you take this seat?” said the gentleman in the car, rising and lifting his hat. “No, thank you,” said the girl with the skates over her arm. “I’ve been skating, and I’m tired of sitting down. ” Said the married man w r ho likes to be sympatized with: “My wife is never happy unless she has a griev ance.” “How happy she must be!” said the pretty girl. And then the married man grew strangely silent. “It is very nice in your wife to buy cigars for you, ” remarked one man. “Yes,” replied the other, after some consideration, “it’s a delicate and considerate way of keeping me from spoiling her lace curtains with tobac co smuke. ” “Do you know the witness who has just testified?” asked the eminent law yer. “Yes, sir. ‘Do you regard him as a man always to be believed?” “Well, sir, once he claimed to have invented a pencil-sharpener which would really sharpen pencils.” “Papa," said the boy, “when you say iu your advertisement that your goods are acknowledged by connois seurs to be the best, what do you mean by connoisseurs?” “A counois- seur, my boy,” answered the great manufacturer, “is au eminent author' ity—au authority, in short, who ad* mite that our goods are the best.” Music la Therapeutics. Music as a cure for incipient paral ysis first postulated by a physician of Moscow is being tried on the contin ent and in English hospital practice. It is claimed that music acts di* rectly on the circulation of the blood; that its effect is dual, raising hope or impressing with fear, the first healthy, the latter pernicious; that it is proved that music affects both men and animals by increased frequency of the heart beats; that variation in the cir culation of the blood resulting from certain musical sounds coincides with the changes in breathing; that varia tions in the blood pressure are de pendent on the pitch, the loudness of sound and on the tone colors; that we are nearing the time when a tired brain may buy an hour’s music in ar ranged music stations as now one Xim ch%ses massage,or melancholy may bo dispelled in the workaday world outside the walls for the cure of brain trouble as the experts are now (and have been for some time) ^eating tbd insane with doses of swt IM- k:: MtilSMHMNMMMl The German emp4>' 8m4 |. 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