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FORT MILL TIMES.
VOL. IX. FORT MILL, S? C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL II, 1900. NO. I.
COURT AGAINST TAYLOR
Kentucky's Court cl Appeals Decides
in favor ol L'eckham.
THE REPUBLICANS WILl APPEAL
Bjr : Vote or Six to One It In llorlnroil
Thnt tlie Courts Have No I'owcr tt? tJo
Itrlitmt tlm Lrclvlallfo ltecord- Another
Mult Nitmtd no tiorlx*!'* Muritorrr?C??t?
to t.o Higher.
KRASKKonT, Ky. (Special).?Tito Court of
Appeals lias Inutile 1 down Us decision lu
the Gubernatorial contest in favor of Bockham,
Judge Durolle dissenting. The other
two Uopiibltcuu Judges, Burnnm and Qttffy.
handed down a separate opinion, which
differed iu IIh reasons from tlio Democratic
Judges, but agreed with them in its conclusion.
Judge llobsou, ouo of the four
Democratic Judges, wroto tlio opinion of
the majority of the court, affirming th? doeleiou
of Judge Field, of fionisvlllo.
Former Uoxernor \Y. O. llredley, chief
eouusol for Governor Taylor, authorized
tlie statement that an appeal uu behalf of
jpovernor Taylor and Lieutenant Governor
Marshall will he carried to the Supreme
Court of the United States. Mr. Bradley
and Judge \V. II. Yost, eouusol for the ltepuhlican
Stale officers, were in consultation
with Governor Tavlor for several
hours and the above statement was made
nt the close of the conference.
SKNATOIl GOCItKI/S ASSASSIN.
1?
-Mill to fInvc Cecil >? Clay County Man
Hire.I lur the lleed.
Louisvii.i.r. Kv. (Jlv Sneclall.?'The dour. I
ier-.lournal tmblishos a clrounistaitial
_ Mory purporting to ttb'o |
tlm detail* or tho eon- '
Jh ooption uiid execution of
In V i lot plot to kill Senator
j? _ I il n? l? ?'l- Tlio story la
5f CrA biiM-il upon evidence-nhl
(S* \ J 10 Imve iihkii given to tho
I attorneys lor tlio prosef
cinloii l?v F. Wharton
^ *-*7?f (iohli'ii, VV. H. ('niton,
2 ~,y I'- l-.Yoitlsey mid others.
y|\v^ Tim Htory kIvhm tho
A'A /\ nnnio of tlu? man suspoe- j
T v vV. | \ t fryiod of having flred tho
Vl/wi^-*H1'"t. tie litis boon it.n
vo'v,''l I" Clay Coiiniy
^ "// \ fou ls. Ho is MipoMul to
wiiAuroN toiL.,ic..s. |n |tlu mountains, ami
lias not yot boon nriesie.l.
Tlio moil associated in tho conspiracy. it
Is asserted, urn thoso who wore implicated
hy (ioldcn's to>i luiony, sovoral of whom
uro now under arrost, while othors aro
either in tho mountains or In neighboring
States.
The -tory follows Gulden's testimony as
lo tho plan to oauso a riot in tho fjogislnturo,
during wliioh Ltomoeratlo members
worn to Imvo lmvo boon killed;
tolls how tlio alleged plan to kill Senator
lioobot win cttrrleil out; of tin* purehuso
from a woll>kiiov.tt Cliielunutl house of
I wouty-llvit s?t1 -1tnllvt, stnokeloss-powiler
artriilof Ilia procuring of a tlurtyaight-nulibru
title, with witioti tlio ahooting
Is aahl to have boon ilono, tint weapon being
returned an hour ulterwuril, auil of tho
payment of *11100 in ad vunen to t lot man
who ilb! tint shooting. Tim iiMtushln If said
to haV?t escaped to the mountains, etteorlotl !
by a number of armed men.
PENNSYLVANIA FOR BRYAN.
I hr State I tentorial ic Convention In- I
HtructH Iteleuuti'B for Kim.
IIakiuhbuho, Ponn. (Special).?Tho tdxtyf'uir
delegates from Pennsylvania to tho
Notional l>*?mor>r<ttio Convention at Kansas
'Ity wito iaslrtt *t???l by tlm Stnlo Oonvvu*
tli>n to support William J. Bryan for President.
Tho following nominal ions were mailo:
Auditor?P. (irav .Meek, of Centre Couilty.
<'ongrossmett-nt-Ijarge?Harry K. Hrlm,
of Bucks County, and N. M. Edwards, of
Willlainsport.
Electors-at-Large?General A. 11. Coffroth,
of Somerset; Otto Oermcr, of Erie;
Francis Nlinnk Brown, of Philadelphia, ami
Andrew Kaul, t?i E k.
Delegatea-at-Large?Colonol .lames M.
< itit??v, Allegheny; former Governor llol>?
erf 1". l'attison, Philadelphia; Captain .1 B.
Koennn, Westinorelaiol; Congressman ILi(tlH
K. Polk, Montour; Charles J. lloilly,
Ey eotnln ; former Congressman James
Kerr. Cloarlleld; John M, Garmau. I.uzerue;
torruer Congressman W. H.Sowdtui,
Lehigh.
Too platform met with a hearty roooptIon
and indorsement, and deelares that
Potto llleo have Ir> e trade, denoilliens the
llny-PauMCofnin treaty, condemns t tin
Idaho minn tyranny, do lares for a Nicaragua
Canal eonirolle I and proteetud hy tho
a uiitry, calls for fortitlciition *?f etrateglo j
positions on the Paeido and no entangling I
al'lanees with Enghiad or other countries, |
-e -ret or open. I
I
ADMIRAL DEWEY A DEMOCRAT.
!!? Slxtfi'* f?> U? [?<>i I?Mj4. t?> Whom lltA |
AccohIm it ii I ii 11? r v i xv.
1'iiii.MM'i i'iiia l*?3iii>. (.Aiinoiai 1.? Ailuurnl
l)o\roy Hinl Mr . Downy eii'no liero from
Washington to attend tlio eoiieort" In nt?l of
tlio fainil'os of soldiers mill toiilors U 111***1
id the Philippines. Thoy wore etillniKiustic- ,
ally rui'elv. il i?y tiio iiu<tlnnee. After tlio j
ooneert th" Admiral iiikI hi* wife wore
driven to tlioir howl, mid iltoro itio Adtnlral,
4n response to pressing requests,
granted an interview to nearly a dozen
newspaper inon.
Are you corroi't!y reported to lio a
Ueinocrat?" tlio reporter* untuireJ of tlio
A'lmlml.
After a momont'-i hesitation tlio Admiral
replied: "V.'m, I think 1 can uitewer Hint.
Yon, I am a Democrat."
"if tlio Itepiiblleiiiis nominate MeKinley !
ami tlio Democrats name Itryuii for the '
Presidency, would you run Independently?" j
win u*keil.
"I won't answer that iiuostlnn " ?h.? *<i. i
miral replied.
"Tlio Democratic Convention of Pennsylvania
litis ju-t inilorHKil liryiiu for the
l'rwtlrtenoy," wuh kui{;<wih(I l?y oiix mporter,
to which the Admiral r?|illed:
"Pennsylvania usually goes ltepuhllenn,
(loHSIl't It?"*
I'otrn of ll??. y Wlpeil Out by fire.
The town of Dewey, Wis., wits practlcnlly
wiped ont l>v lire. The Postmaster was
jeriouMy injured. The Postolllce Departmoot
wiw uotiiled to provide a new post
office aud uu official to take charge of it.
Ill MS, F100DED.I
Many Lives Lost by the Breaking o' j
a Dam.
ALMOST EQUALS JOHNSTOWN.,
Electric Light anil Power Plant With I ,
Operatives (io Down l:ull Damage | i
Hard to Estimate.
Austin. Tex.. Special.?This city is in i
pitch darkness with a raging river one
mile wide and swollen far beyond its ! '
namiui nanus roaring and surging i '
through all the lower portions of th?- I 1
town, having spread destruction and <
death in it- wake. In addition to the |
vast loss to property interests, it is calculated
that between 1>0 and 40 lives
have been sacrificed, and the reports
coining in from the tributary country
do not tend to improve matters. Th~ I
flood is not unlike the disastrous Pohtt- ]
stown flood, some years ago. in that a
raging river, already swollen far be- j
v\>nd its capacity, bore too 'heavily
upon an immensi dam spanning tin 1
river here, breaking it and letting loo.-" i
a reservoir of water :>0 miles long, halt <
a mile wide and sixty feet deep, to all \
in carrying destruction down the vnl- I
leys of the Colorado river. The great!
dam in the Colorado river gave way j
from the enormous pressure of water 1 1
and debris and with a roar and crash *
swept the valleys helow the city. wr? ek- 1
Ing the immense light and power plant, ]
and drowning eight workmen. Following
i- a list of the known dead, including
those killed In the power house:
Frank l'iiict Frank Kinney, Walter 1
Flower, Waiter Johnson. Alfred John- j l
son. Fiank Fitzgerald, Walter Illo-- , i
som. Joseph Newman, l>.ck Morris) .
(colored); John I'roes. (.'has. Bui char.1. \
Six negroes.
Bast Wednesday night it began to t 1
rain vriy hard at this place, the storm
extending north ol here along the wat- | 1
er shedr, of the (' do. a lo r.ver. The ]
precipitation continued until the down
fall aggregating six inches. All tIti-5
va t quantity of water al nig the wat r
sheds of the (' dorado i ;v< r rapidly |
swelled the current until the river, j
which had been rising steadily was a
raging torrent, having risen 40 feel
within ten hours. . ,
After daylight it became evident that
the situation was set ions. The rive *
began to rise r;> rapidly that it was ?
.,.-1.1....* s
. iii.i. uiu immense uniii anu mi
(ho power liou-os and contents, costing
$1,500,000, wi'i'o in iniiiiinint danger.
'I"n atlil to tho terror ol tho situation,
small frame houses, trees anil '
debris of every description in varying
quantities began descending the river
and piling up against the upper faeo
of the dam.
This weight was augmented every
moment until by 10 o'clock there was '
a mass of debris lodged against tho
dam which threatened the safety of,
tiie structure, in addition, millions of
gallons of water, muddled from its :
long journey, w is whirling and piling- '
ing to '.he sixty foot fall, and it was
evident that no wall could withstand
the immense pressure. The crisis cainii
shortly after 11 o'clock, when suddenly
with a report like the roar of the
ocean, the dam but served to add to
tho horror of rolled out of the eenjre
section of the dam down the face of
iiiA 4? A i - * ?
m. .... i m u? i; 11 iui;t i ic river below.
This left a yawning gap in the \ >ry 1
middle of the dam through which tin- 1
debris and water fiercely poured whil '
the flood, already raging, was threatening
everything in its path. This sud- 1
den breaking of the dam. but served s
add to the horror of the catastro- '
phe.
The released water poured into the
powi r house, catching cig.it employeat
work there, drowning all of them ,
Instantly. The breaking of the dam t
caused wild excitement in the city. (
The telegraph companies at once <
wired to places below here to look on. .
for the great wave and rimers were ,
dispatched on horses to notify those ,
living in the valleys below the city. t
The telegraphic messages served aa a ]
timely warning to many, but tlie rush- ,
ing waters outstripped the horsemen ,
and many houses were picked up and .
swept away before the occupant could j
get together their valuables. , {
Within a short time all the valleys (
to the south and west of Austin were 1
filled to overflowing with w iter and
the southern part of the city trlbu- j
tary to she river was inundated. | (
lmrge crowds collected on the riv r >
banks and several person . were swept i
into tbo river when the dam hr..ke, | i
.but all were saved by boatmen. A (
crowd of white people numbering (
about SO. living jus; below the darn, in
tents, were seen >i their habitations
just before the dam broke and have not
been ccountcil for since. It i generally
believed that all of them were
swept away.
Bishop Jackson Resigns.
New York. Special.--The Protestant
ICpiscopal house of Id-hops has been {
called to no et in special s' .s-don in this ;
city on April 10. It Is usual for the ,
hishoDK t.o iru>f?t hulf vpipli Imi it is<>
present time there are several important
ina-ttors which bring them togeth- ,
er. The resignation of the bishop coadjutor
of Alabama, will be received, t
and it is said, accepted. Charges were t
circulated in his diocese against the
character of Bishop Jackson to such an c
extent that the bishop felt ills useful- 1
ness impaired and a resignation tho c
best solution. f
NEaL case moved.
Says He Cannot tiet Justice in Richlaud
Ccun y.
Cannot (let Justice in Richland Count? '
Col. Neal's counsel on Monday moved
Tor a change of venue of the cases I
pending against him in the Richland i
:ourt. Formal notice for the change i
uf venue has been served on the solid- i
I
tor and a copy upon the attorney gen- '
oral.
Hero is the notice:
Pursuant to notice given J. W. j
Thurmond, on Wednesday, March 28th, !
1900, you are notified that uu the affi
iwiim ?iki Mum in;; ll(TPlt> UIUICUCU, 1
Bhall upon the call of the above states!
cases move the court for an order
changing the venue from the said county
of Richland. Julius E. Hoggs.
Defendant's Attorney 1
To J. \V. Thurmond, Solicitor.
The principal affidavit upon which '
the motion will be made is the follow i
iug of the defendant, Col. Noal: !|
Personally appears before me. \V. A
Neal, the defendant, who, having been
July sworn, says 011 oath, that a fai: '
uid impartial trial of the above stated
cases cannot be had iu Richland county
Cor the reasons:
First. A great many charges prejudicial
to the good name and reputation |
of the defendant have been printed in
the county newspapers and widely read ' '
throughout the city and county iu tlie | '
llL?t ?iv nlirHf mouf'na
Second. That deponent was suyeriu- ;
tendent of the penitentlury; that a
committee was appointed to investigate
tho affairs of the said institution 1
under the management of tleponenc,
and he is advised and verily believe* |
Lliat much of ''he testimony adduced in I
a.d investigation was incompetent am <
would nut be permitted in the trial ot '
these cases; that the same was pub- ,
I i shed in the county papers, widely eir ]
culatcd and read throughout the eoun- j
ty and was ( aleulated to inspire pre ]
judioe against ;lte g.;od name and repu 1
t.ition of the defendantThird.
That a copy of said testimony
is herewith submitted, and the samt (
was widely publish) I ami read in this <
city and county and caused the charges
against the defendant in the obovt
cases 'to be prejudiced.
\V. A. K?AJ..
Tite following affidavit is also at ;
Lached: !
l'ersonaily eanie J. II. Horry, who j
being duly swam, says that lie is t ]
resident of iUchluud county tt d tha '
from information he does not helievt i
emu tan defendant ?*:nt obtain a fnii ! i
and Impartial trial in thi< county. <
.1. H HRRRY. i
Affidavits sir-til.tr to that of J II
LJci.j tti-i.- .../ii *.i iiy Mi. i?. .M. Rica (
irtiKon. who is eh; r ..t' tin- Alliance ex l
rhange; J. I'. Maith'-w. . cashier of th 1
Farmers and M < lnn'< Hank: I'. 11 t
Haltiwanger. ;?r? ;:t r.f the Farm i
rs' and M.ihanirs Mercantile ani i
Manufacturing < inpany (Allianci
nore); Mr. \v. W. Adams, sergeant o
!'io penitentiary guard; Mr. F. M. Mix .
son. broker: Mr. .1. M. (I rah a in, pro j
lirietorof the ho-itrv mill at the pcui i
Lentlary; W. 11. Hundley, a. guard a i
the penitentiary; John Friday, mor- j
*hu:it; \V. J. SI It a. :gcnt for a iner i
.hant tailoring house; If C. DnPre, su
perintendent of the Way of Fa ill <
printing house, and I). I'. Duncan
leeieta.y h a il i il ,-ii eonnni-idon j
Li K.
Progressive tireenvl.lt*.
The industrial revival i:i C.reenvllh '
imi vicinity show- every sign of v!
tality. Not only ore n w mills an<
jthor enterprise s being founded, bul
Jn> ones already in existence are doinj
well and paying dividend Several eon
terns paid quarterly dividends a few
lays ago. Mills mill paid 3 per eent
mi-anna il dividends on $150,000; t.hi
People's bank yielded 2 per cent, ir J
quarterly returns on $100,000; Victo:
uills handed I per o?ni. semi-nnnua
rains; and the Piedmont Savings auc
nrestment company declared 8 pet
tent, annual. Tin majority of corporaIons
declared div detuls in J-anuarj
aid July.
1
t commission w;-s issue-'.; to thr M.
Poll Novelty works nt" McColI. whirl
imposes to sell lumber and building
materials and a general contracting
jUain?SB on a ur.pit-i! of $15,000. The
Oipornt rs are F. P. Tntiuu. T i'.
!ilx<on, A. M. .M .rrixon. C. W. Spencer
al Charles Iceman, ill of McColl.
Tclejsr?phlc briefs.
Eleven fresh <-is< s of bubonic plague
ind two <b t'.hs from th" disease were
eported Tuc day :? ; Sydney. New
south Wales.
In saving a. woman frcm in fron*. of
t train a,. Schenectady, N. Y., Jaine.dynderse,
of the local police force,
was killed. The woman was not inured.
From the fcot of Mrs. Davis Sweet,
>f Boston, Mass., which had swollen, a
urgoon removed a bone forma tint
he exact counterpart of a." Incisor
,ooth.
The boiler of a French torpedo boat
nxpioded ofT Cherbourg, FraDce.du.drg
'orce? draught trials, and five of \bf
row wore terribly burned, two of the a
lying.
RICHMOND'S M SHOW.
a j
A Free Street Fair to Be Given May 1
Uth to I9tii.
REPRODUCTION OF DEWEY ARCH. '
fifteen ({ones of A\usic - A Plural Pa- |
rade A Wonderful Show ? n.'iny
Premiums Mimic Alardi (Iras?
Thousands of Vislfnrs*-/*Umy Other
All r?<llnn?
I,
During the week, from Monday, May ;
14th, to Saturday. May lt*lh, Richmond.
Virginia, will take on an entire new 1
dross. Broad street, 11v feet wide, is >-< i
he transformed into a World's Fair of ,
attractions, consisting of munu factor ;
ers of tobacco, booths for the iner- 1
[hunts' exhibits. some of the booths to 3
be built of stone. These will occupy '
two miles of streets at Wotli ends, for |
which contracts h ive been let to erect (
magnificent arches, modeled after he i
Dewey arch in New York. These will i
he built of artificial stone, and will give ?
to-thousands of people in the South the !
first. idea of what the Dewey arch is ( 1
like. The magnitude of this FreeSir
Fair, undertaken by the combined llm
Inos-s Associations of Richmond, can be i
estimated when it is known that they <
are to build an independent electric
light plant to supply the thousands el
lights necessary to make the niglif as
bright as day. Fifteen bands, Includ- i
ing the Stonewall Band of Staunton,
duo of the most famous iu the South,
and others from different, cities ol
North asd South Carolina, who wil|
play confine, usly throughout the day;
which will t he it one of the grand-)
est collection of bands ever assemblotj
in this section of the country.
The Floral Parade has been taken in
hnuit hv tlm 1**0% ? 1 **
n.uniih wn'ii:.y tames 01
Richmond, whoso magnificent carriageand
horses will muke one continuous
parade of flowers, which will take more
than one hour to pass a given point.
Direct from Brooklyn, N. Y., will
come the great Hagenbeek Animal
Show, combined with the Streets of
Cairo, German Village, and other oriental
features, to make this Free Street
Fair worth coming 'hundreds of miles
to see.
Every railroad will give special rates
to Richmond during this Carnival
Week, and at committee headquarters
hoard can be obtained for as little as
J1.00 per day. including lodging.
Besides the Free Street Fair, the
Floral Carnival, the Brass Band Carnival,
and the Hagenbeek Animal Show,
I ho Streets or Cairo, the German Village.
the Crystal .Maze, Yateh Riding
an Land, all of which will 'bo crowded
Into (tarnlvul Week. The Business 1
Men's Association havo arranged for
Manll Gv.ts night, for which artists
from New Orleann arc now building ten
(louts, symbolical of some historical
-object, and In which all the fraternal 1
organizations. consist'rg of the Elk \ '
3d<l Fellows, Knights cf Pythias, Roval
itrrnnwnis, Heptasophs, Red 'Men,
Woodmen of the World and many others.
arc preparing floats, designed to
illustrate the objects of the various or
ui-i /msii iiiuus.'iikih or Richmond's
citizens will parade en masque, mid
etorceous fireworks and tthe throwing of
paper Confetti. From reports this fair
will be as elaborate as was that, in Now
Orleans.
It is expooied ili st same five thousand
militiamen from the South will
be pnvent to help participate in the
m:nv .psrades. A spedxl fo2iiu.ro o>f the
wrok is to be a dinner e'veTi to some
of the lm.-lnass men of Richmond by
the managers cf the tn.n'/r '-d rr.111
{ hew, at wb-'ch Fir e nu-.n will Mit down
to-J I no with the ti xii!'.! wild animal i
Eu'it.ina between ?onh man.
Nearly fi ve Sv rt'rol prrm farms. to b?
give-n a-v.ay c.n different <Viys of emivafl
'week, in v-Vn^ p!aw?, el .'hing
flour .and ev< n $10.00 gold p'eoes. for
nil of wh.i'h evrrj <!y in mv section
of the ccr.nt.ry me in rarer . The :-o:iti
r.'.s are voi v i vel, ond i premium
Fft will b'? sr-lt by rro.il frr.-\ if you
\c:'*e n pc.Mil to th-e p,' hm,<>p/l F *1 r;
nival Association, Richmond. Virginia.
P-nopar >itl oils hive been made to entertain
three hundred thousand visitor.-.
i
Notes.
Half a dozen ftwoigr us ? < -ei.-'lv |
peared before Judge Lent, of WVst-j
rhe-tea-. N. Y., bn'T? appllens' s fc.r : ?'
turn ligation piper-. Hi- Honor look. 1
f 1 i iio.m ever smd pro cede 1 :.r> lee: ur<j .
them soii'.ndly on tihftlT y appear,
anee. "Clctmlin -s is one of the nmcl
imncntunt q.is'i!". atircr* of American
rit.i/.erihrp," I til" Jr '.re, "ant.l I
advise you to null ironerous anal daily ,
use of soup and water."
An a. ctyhv: town Fipthi'jing pi uwt has
been lira palled <.t Ha we.*, York-ill lie,
fiifciaral. I; a.in ill; c?:\ ;i ap/al if
J3,">00. There arr; two large generators,
in which th gas is w jufnttl by
pa.v?!ivg through-t'hr- water. Th^- ihoTUev
h.:a aoupacity of 1 ,000 cubic feet, About,
a mile of rhe mains have flius for been
l'a-Jul. I
One Knglfiali marquis bias to work for
h;.s living. The M-ajrquls of Nornvanby,
who was a clergyman When he succeeded
tio the title ten yours ago, au.1
Is now -a canon- of Windsor, found his
estaitws heavily encoambcrcJ. He Lliereupon
turned fichooltnAsfor and opened
a pre.p3maftory school for the sons ol
nohlomen emd gecltleanon that has
hrousjrtttt him money.
m mi THAT 1 CAN.1
Arp Tries to Add to His Knowledge
Daily.
? ?-???
HAS MANY CORRESPONDENTS. !
I
Each Letter Contains Something lie
Had Not Known Before?Instructs
Others.
Stori. :itt' iv ?11
.... ftVL ill I Jf\JU
tun. There is comfort in it. Goldsmith
says of the village schoolmaster
anil his pupils:
"And still they gazed and still the wonder
grew.
That one small head could carry all it
knew."
I rememlx r how I used to wonder
how our Professor Ch arlrs MTov
leatT.ed all that he km w aunut nraithematies
and astronomy. Some years
ago I heard Professor Proctor, who
was them the greatest living astronomer,
lecture for ;lr.?-e nights at l>aho
Weir ehatamiua In Florida, and ho
lifted me up to the seventh lieavec..
as it. were, and I had to strain my
inind to soar with him amongst tha
stars, but he magnified the creation and
the universe and the Creator in sudh a
way that 1 have no' forgotten it and
my reverence and awe md love for the
Supreme Iking has been greatly increased.
1 was ruminating about, this Ikmuiiso
I have received a letter from a lear.i
i*t1 friend who tliinks t should have to' 1
n little more about leap year and how
the Julian calendar gut behind time 1
ton days in I,f.s" y ars and Pope Grc '
gory k a. tmimme r. Clnvius, made a
new one called the Gregorian calen- i
dar. And how It says that all years i
whose date number is divisible hv four
with-HM a reir i ir. b r are leap yen is
unless they are century year*. These
arc not century' y irs unless they arc
divisible l>y 4')0 without a remainder.
Therefore, the year 2000 will lu? a leap i
year, lint even this allowance wil1
not exactly even up the march of tin1."
anil wo w'.'l lose another day i?n 3.">21 '
years, ^ir John llcrsehel correct-l
this by making every 4,000th year a
leap year un?l this would keep old '
F.ithi r Time all right for 2S.OOO years
? nsif . ed?we will no: figure beyond '
that.
Ihri the troirhle is that the ancestral
blood 'becomes crossed and re- j
crossed so often that ic is o.,pt to lose
its virtue and becomes contaminated
witli the blood of some vhiious unci tors.
This could only be prevented by j
what Is willed "In and la 'breeding:," a marrying
cousins or second <ou>lns.
but 1'he> doctors sciy that produces
physical deg> a- racy in th off-ring an J
e.? what can a m ui do h it try to el - (
vate himself and not bank on bis an- j
re Colonel Campbell \Va!la,-u j
was a noble man anil m ule liis own |
fame and fortune and be tol l me that ;
when lie was a young man he took a j
notion t-h.it maobo be was u de:-e?v?- I ;
dant Si: Willi mi W iil.ice. t li?* great
Scottish chief. ami as his .Cher died
wht a <\unpbeil ' a ia?y and t ald h'111 ,
nothing ah.at it. lie rode a hundred
mills over thi> mountains of Tennis- .
soe t.? .-'u a great uncle who was old
1 a at fit to Know- about his ancestor?,
and Hi.- old 11a lo si Id: "Now. Cam',
you had better kt tfb-at ped'igree bus',
ness alone, f r your gr>'at-i;r aii.ifathcr 1
w is a powerful sorry main, and one j
day he stole - >me taters offen a flat- |
boat and they < : . ?d hint and took 1
him down to t iie einolyroke and whip- i
ped iiim !h'\ did shore." "Since J
then." said ('.'.nil Wallace. "1 have!
taken Pop.couplet for ntv pedi- j '
RICO."
"Honor nasi eh ime from 110 condition j
rise. j
Act well your part. There all the honor t
lies." 1
I was ruminating how little we
know of what i- going on iti many
parts of this great. countrv. Here Is a '
1 f... ? .1 * ? ?
. i,? i ii ?iii iiii -11 if iin i inciiii w n > n:?s ! i
been livv.g i;i Tens for twenty years |
niu! h i i' ii'i'- </ i cattle i mi. !i in th" |
pan h andl , the staked plains roi*foa. ,
and he s.iv- lie Ins 8.000 head of cattle
t.? li tk .? ! their gra7.lng ground
ITU.UtIO JcrfS. A it half of it
i? ir.i' -:ri l?y prairie dogs and tlley
have in rnnif dc truetlve anil oinni-'
vermis an i are m-u 1:1 plying like the
rabbits of Australia, and so this f.t'd
the owners dec! :r> (1 war upon th on
Th y mixed 500 bushel? of whott viil
100 pouni'.'l of strychnine and sr i1 rei i
it. around their little fivnnel-s'i.met 1
ground ho' *-, and it effeetu riy Iks'roved
th in. Just think of i' stychivlnc
cost- $1.75 an ounce, or ilvO'H
$1'5 a p mil. and th i1 made f'J'OO he
sides t'he "ost of the wheat. These cattle
kings do tli'r.gs on a big seal". !' :
it do i look cruel and -elfish to i xt 'm.inate
su !i nrel-tv Innftwie t'- '
creatures. 1 wish the tfhlldren <-f>n 1 1
see them. They are "bout as la:-- as
fox soulrrrls and 1- ik like the in excepting
the lack of a long tail. They
burrow In the ground . >?! make tunnels
that oonimur.icute with their deferent
homos. They throw up I it
eir: ulir rims or hank* around their
holes like the ants do, and you r set
them from the trains pcrohed upon the
tops of the rims like litt'e sentineland
suddenly they pitch down In the
funnel like 'boys Jumping off a sprint;
board inrto a mill pond. There were
same clever, good-natured Michiganders
and M'ehJgeeae at my house not
long ago. and we wore asking conundrums
and no one was to a?k a question
that he or she cov" i.n't answer
when It was given up by the rent of
the party, awl so I asked a lady how
a ground squirrel dug hlo h-oln in the
jrrmin 1 without leaving airy dirt around
tho t;.p. When t'hev all gave it up, I
suld: "Why. lie begb s a' the bottom."
urn. mm iior.s no per cnoro'f" site asked
"That is your question," mid I. "and
you must answer it." My next conundrum
was why is it -thai wlicn you
held up a guinea b'-g ?!.v the tail his
eyes will <lrnp out? The ladles all
wondered and asked if it was so. "Certainly,"
s ii.l 1: "it is a .fart. but the /
trouble is that a gtrin-ca pig hasn't sot
any tail." Of cour.-e 1 put in these little
joke for the children. They arc
writing to tue now; every ni t.il brings
leftetn wonting eampofrd-t'r int* or stwue
help ?? write tnetn. ror school will
soon be out. 1 wieh 1 1uvd time to
help thorn, lmt 1 haven't, tKiKl- 1 don't
know what they will do. My parents
us? d to help me and 1 pot along pretty
well and 1 have helped our children.
I; is an awful t>vsk. but the girl
or Im.'v should try it. Write a few laves
and then go -to mother. i.My wife still
has the first competition that our oldest
d.utphter wrote. It weu? cm "Snakes."
and the lirsl sentence was: "A
snake is a very long insect." ltut don't
give up and cry about it. Try and
try again it 1 \xmi will feel so happy
......... i. i.
,i 11 ir. mini- diii i\ri? in \Mania
OoiiN. tut ion
Dai"tv Thimb'ns.
liiiillcs of liijxli class in (Miiiia use
(he daintiest thimbles imaginable. some
of tlicm liciii-; i:ir\cil from cnorin i<s
pearls, oriiaiiiciitcil with baml- of ti:i??
ffohl. on w 11i? 11 all manner el oii i til
ami faiiiasiie designs are oiijr'avcd. A
mother of pearl ease is always mailt*
lo keep the tliiinlile in. am) with >1 the'
Chinese holy has a pair of delicate si is
sors of tines) steel encased in a sheath
of mother i f pearl, with a ncotllo ease
lo maleh. The ipteeti of Siani owns a
thiaihle which was a present from Inn
royal hnshaml. It is maile In the shape
uf a lotus hatnl. of the finest gold. ami
Is simhled with ilianiomls. which are
Ko arranged that tlie> form her name
n lit I the ilate of tier marriage.
fsHHTHPRM RATI \A/AV
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On'r:?l 'I'imi* .1! .liw'k?mvillu uirt Aarnnnittii
Itisti'ni Timo at OtSior Point*.
Si'licitiilv in lCfTeet February 2Sth. I9du.
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Arrive anil iliipiti I finin liamlnir ^.
Sloopiuj; Cur Sorvira.
KxivIIpdi flail*. | insoti;'Pr wrviin lu'twi'i-n
FJ'iriila ainl Ni-.s Yurie.
Nn*.. .1 nml N'nvv Ynrk mi'l f'loriilu Mini
Iti* 1. Iiaiiy .'sci' it r-*?in.?.-i.v, ihiiiihwiI <*xMu
nivi'iv nf I'lillmmi Hi I' iwinir Ri'ini Slcepim<,
I'niiU'urtm"iil an I i il.-crviiti>r\ ('urn. In*
tw in Ness' Ynrk, <'ifl'.nnliifi mill St. August in-.
..o.i. .. i lunl ivl?NVw Yiir.i nint (*')<n*i<li4 Kx
pri"H. I>rn .viuK-rn iin K.ix!|iliij( cars 1? twrnn
AtiKivtAnml Nnw York.
i uilinan 'liitwiiiit-rifiin ili'*'pini{ mn 1?>
t\vi'i"i Port 'i ninlm, .lie -kmus'iili*. Savannah.
U. i C s
Pullman xlivpim; ears lm. wwi (Jhsrl ?tt?- nnil
Iih-hmiiml. 1 tilling cum lwtwwi (J.iurMtr
ami .-n\annuh.
Sim. ;C> ami .W?U. S. Fast Mnil. Through
I'uJlitinn drawing-room I111IT01 s.eolnngoarsl>*
twi?fn Jacksonvilli- and New York and 1'ull
Uiau ?.(C|iiDK earn Imiwccn Augusta and C.har
litito. Dining ears w>rvn ail meals enroutf
Pullman rnmping ears Itciwccn .laekannvilla
and Omimlna enrouto dai.y between Jnrkaon
villi? nnd Cincinnati, vui Astifivilie.
FKANK S HANNON, J. M.CL"I,P.
Third V-P. & lieu. Mgr., Traftle Msr..
Washington, D. O. Wnahingtun. I' O.
W. A. TCKK, 8. H.HAHDWK'K,
(ion. 1'ius. Ag't.. An tWail. Fatw. Ag't.,
Waaiuutfion, D. C. Atlanta. (H.