Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 12, 1900, Image 1
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VOL. IX.
ARP ON SUICIDES
It Is a Rare Event Anions thf
Negroes.
SAYS THEY HAVE NO REMORSE
Old "Uncle Lewis" ? Pistol and
Poison Sl-ou'd Not Be So
Handy.
The rapid increase of suicides in th<
south is alarming and provokes th?
serious study of our thinking people.
Fifty years ago a suicide was a rar?
event among the white race, and novel
heard of among the negroc-s. When it
did occur, it was considered an evidence
of insanity. I do not recall but
one Instance In my youth and that
was a woman who jumped into a deep
well when no help was within reach.
Hut nowadays almost every daily payer
contains an account of one or mor*
self-murders, and oven negroes hav<
taken the infection, for they will imitate
every vice and frailty of the
whites. Old L.ewls, who is my woofi
chopper, asked me the other tiny how i!
was that the white folks kill "dersolvct
so much, and de niggers dident." "Decause,"
said I. "white folks are mor<
easily overcome with grief, or remorse
or distress, than negroes. You negroes
don't borrow trouble, nor take it harri
when it does come. You don't giv<
yourselves much anxiety about to-morrow.
or next week, or next year. You
don't grieve long over a death in the
family; your emotional nature is of a
low grade; your marriage relation is
loose; in fact, it is on the tie line
since freedom came. The marriage
records show that your legal marriage
are 60 per cent. less, according
to population, than in the white race,
and the decrease gets less and les?
every year. Your young men and wo
men don't mam" tiw>v Iik-i
.J mi.iw- ufc
ami quit when they please, and bo
men don't care very much about tin
welfare of their children, if they have
any. Besides all this. Uncle l^ew'.s
your race has .a trait of stealing little
things, and this arcounts in a great
measure for their indifference to the
laying up of something for the future;
something for the winter, or the rainj
days, or for old age. If the worst
comes to the worst, tlicy know thoj
can steal or beg. If your young folks
mem and women, haven't got out a
dollar in the world, they will spend it
for a watermelon, or an excursion, am'
take the chances. Now. Uncle Lewis
you remember when there wasn't i
ehaingang in the south, nor a hetnouj
crime nor a brutal outrage, committed
by your people, from the Potomai
river to the Rio Grande. Now then
are in Georgia alone over 4.000 of youj
people in the chaingangs, and then
would he 4.000 more if all the littl
stealings were.punished." Uncle Ijewi:
had stopped cutting and was leaning
on his ax helve. "Dat's ?1* so." a"
ho, "and botv. I knows u, and host
what I wants to know is dis: What
must we poor niggers do about it?'
There is the rub. I couldn't tell him.
but 1 did say, "Uncle i .* #!*. your ract
has got some mighty good traits, and
I like to have you about ns; you art
kind-hearted, good-natured, easy t<
please, and don't carry malice or revenge
in your Lea tc von steal hut
you don't cheat anybody. The whltf
rare won't steal, but thry will cheat
or take advantage in a trade, and that
is worse. If you trust a negro with
anything he will not abuse your ton
fidence, but a white -man will era
bozzle and defraud and even the cashiers
of banks will appropriate th<
bank's money, and falsify the books
for months and years. Every rare hn?
its rare traits, lKith bad and good
Some of your bad ones were almost run
out by slavery, but tliry have eomr
bark again, and all your college education
dors not stop it. It makes ii
wors-e. There is nothing will stop it
but work, constant work, every day
under some good employer. Work or
the farm is your best safeguard, 01
work as mechanics under good contractors.
Your people mike good mechanics.
and the white people employ
them and patronize them just as willingly
as they do white mechanics. Th?
negro blacksmiths and masons get
good employment here and every
where, and as for cooking and washin?
and nursing, your women have it all
The two paces would fit together nicely
If It wasn't for politics and idleness.
An Idle negro Is a dangerous creaturand
should l>e taken up and put tc
work. He is much more dangerous
than an Idle white man. for he has no
shame, and fears not God nor regard*
man. If I were a law-maker, I would
make continued idllenwss a orimnio
ror. as Hon franklin tays. "It Is the
parent of vice.'*
I started to wrjte about suicides, but
got to preaching Unci'* I>*wis a ser
mon and got off the track. Nineto- n
hundred years ago Plutarch, the
Creek historian, said that self-uiur.h r
was cowardice, for a brave man woul 1
suffer rather than take the life that
Cod gave him. S' If-mmurder was a
heinous crinio under the old English
law. The estate of the felo de se was
confiscated, and t iken away from his
family. His body was burled on the
hlghwav without a cothn and a sharp
stake thrust throush it. to mark the
accursed spot. Suicide was under the
ban of the church, and no prayerwere
said for his soul. In no civilized
country has suicide been justified, except
In such cases as that of Saul, who
fell on his sword because, as he s?id,
"Lest these uneircnmcised Philistinethru-t
me through and abuse me." 0*perhaps
that other notablo case th
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scriptures record, that cf Judas, whose
remorse was so dreadful he preferred
hell or aQything that would be a
change. But generally it is "better to
endure the ills we have, than fly to
those we know not of." Almost every
day we read of young men and young
women killing themselves because of
disappointment or dissipation, or about
love or money. They must believe
there is no hereafter, or all punishment
ends with this life. Surely no
unnstian man or woman would think
of self-murder. Walt, wait, young
man, young woman; wait. 1 say?suffer
and be strong; only cowards kill
themselves. The soul is looked tfcp in
this casket and God only has the key.
Wait and trust Him. Remorse for a
great crime may atone somewhat for
self-murder. Miss Morrison might have
killed herself after she killed her rival,
and it would have seemed heroic.
When Othello discovered his great mis
take in killing Desdemona, his peroration
was grand as he said. "I took the
circumcised doe by the throat and
smote him thus." and then stabbed
himself and died, for, as Shakespeare
says. "He was groat of heart." In
ancient Greece and Rome their notable
warriors sometimes killed themselves,
rather than suffer the stings of defeat
in battle. In Japan military officers
commit what is called harakarf (ripping
open the odbomen) to avoid personal
disgrace. But In our land the
pistol or poison lias superseded all
other moans of suicide. It would save'
thousands of lives if the pistol was
ubolished py law. Not one should he
allowed in any household; they aro
entirely too convenient for murder or
suicide or robbery or revenge. And
the sale of poison should bo so regulated
that no one could buy it except
upon the most careful inquiry as to its j
intended use. Human life is too sacred [
to be endangered by pistols and poison i
for as St. Paul tvays, "We are made in
the image of God."
Well, we see that Mr. Crumpicknr,
or Stunt psuoker, or somo such name, j
from Indiana, has opened the ball at
Washington with his usual screech owl !
howl against the south. Ho was in '
such a malignant hurry that he got in
the first hill, and it is to reduce the I
representation of the south In con- 1
gross. He reminds me of Hainan,
whose stomach would not digest his i
food as long as he saw Mordeeai sit- I
tins at the king's gate. Ho lias begun
to build a gallows for us. Ix>t. him J
beware, for it was It lmnn who was
hanged. Some of these rabid republicans
remind me of old Sato, the Roman
censor, who hated the Garthe-j
genians so bad that he never voted on,
any question in the Roman neiiatq j
without adding. "And I also vote that |
Carthage l><? destroyed." But nobodv |
cares: we will yet have a schoolbook <
commission in every southern state. .
The south is moving right along in
spite of northern insults and northern ,
! literature. ! see that "Barbara Friet |
chie" is to he played in Atlanta. I (
wonder if that dramatic lie will bo pa- |
tronized by any self-respecting southern
man or woman? Many years ago
a yankee troup came to Rome with' (
"Uncle Tom's Cabin," and we egged, ,
tin m out of town. That's what wo |
1 done. They may abuse us from afar i
off. hut they shan't come down heroj i
; and nil) it in. Bill Arp in Atlanta I
I Constitution.
Murderer Shot liy i?n Offlccv. (
At South Seattle. Wash.. Willinr.i
teuton murdered his sister and two
children and then chopped off ids un- I
ele's heat! with an ax. The murderer ;
was shot by an oCioer wliile resisting ,
arrest, lie admits bis crime.
Chiiiit tu Kat Our I'otnlnen.
The tirst large shipment of potatoes
that has gone forward from the State of
Wasldngton to China was sent from
North Yakima and consisted of fioo '
tons destined for Shanghai.
Four ltoyn I'ubtlrly I.nHlied. '
Four boys were publicly whipped r.l 5
Evnnsville, Ind., by tlielr parents, as
ordered by Judge Winfrey. The boys 1
had stolen a barrel of apples from a
freight ear. The parents used an old r
bicycle tire on the youngsters, whose
names are Walter Snyder, fourteen;
Ollle 0. Geiger, thirteen; itoy Allison,
nine, and Gerhold Yost, ten.
Warm Weather Affect* Lumber Trade.
I.umbering operations in Minnesota '
are at a standstill on account of the
warm weather, and unless cold weather
sets in soon lumbermen will La >
heavy losers.
Tried Sulrloe at Same Time.
Anna Lambert, twenty-two years !
dd. and William MeGyerck, a teams
ter. both of St. Louis, Mo., bad a
} sweethearts' quarrel and each tool;
| carbolic acid in separate parts of the
city and reached the City Hospital at
about the same time. Antidotes wera
applied, and hotli will recover.
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SpiiiilKh Order For (too Car*.
The American I'ar ntul v.in.i.i.t- i
Company, of Detroit. Mich., has re( ("ivcil
an order for ?'ak? ears for the
Northern Spain Hallway. The contract
' at Jo Imi filled Itv Mumli 1
lCoJec-K Appointment ?? Senator.
C. A. Smith, a wealthy Swedish- '
Vmerlenn lumberman, of Minneapolis. ,
Minn., and a Republican, has declined '
tie informal offer of Governor Lind,
i Fusionist. to appoint him Senator to
tueeeed the Late Cushman K. Davis.
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Murder of n Wlftroiistn I.tnnberninn.
George Furbush, one of the host
'cnown Ininla mien in Wisconsin. \vn? '
otind dead in the road near Ashland,
witli a bullet in his head, lie was | murdered.
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5. D. Stokes Shot the Rev. J. H,
Wohl in a Street Duel,
RESULT OF A STARTLING SERMON
III.- Tragedy Occurred at AVilliatrmom
AY. Vu. ? Minister l'ansetl the Lie ntni
First Drew Hit ltevoUer?Ai the L?w>
yor Fell Seriously Wounded lie Shot
una rviiu-u II In Assailant.
Huntington. \Y. Yn. (Special).?At
Williamson, the county seat of Mingo
County, W. Yn.. S. Davis Stokes sliot
ami Instantly killed the Rev. John H.
Wohl. pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, in a street duel. The tragedy
was the outcome of a sensational sermon
tilled with the spirit of reform.
Mr. Wohl determined to put a stop
to the many dances given by the young
people, and to accomplish this end on
Sunday preached an exceptionally
pointed sermon with dancing as its
theme, illustrating the various arguments
by original cartoons which
showed that the dance hall was an
ante-room to destruction.
Williamson was shaken to its centre.
Mr. Stokes publicly told the minister
that but for his sacred profession he
would take great pleasure In blacking
his eyes. The minister laughingly responded
that lie had seen the day
when he bad whipped men physically
Stake's superior for less. Mutual
friends hushed the matter up and
pudeavored to reconcile ail parties
Concerned.
Stokes stopped in from of the resilience
occupied by Mr. Wold, several
lays later ami whil" engaged in conversation
with Mrs. Sarah Levine, of
Richmond, Va.. a visitor to Williamson.
was ordered to move on from in
front of the residence. Seemingly in I
^ good humor. Stokes started to com- I
|ily, when Minister Wold, standing on
the steps of his porch, angrily told
liim to hasten.
Stokes stopped. Hot words passed.'
Wold shouting "You lie!" advanced
ilowtt the yard toward liis foe. As he ,
faced hint he drew from his hip '
pocket a revolver and levelled it at
Stokes, who slowly retreated, though
still facing the pistol.
"You lie!" again shouted Wold and '
is lie did so palled the trigger. Pierced
through the ten side. Stories dropped
to the sidewalk and in the fall drew i
liis revolver and covered his assailant.
Wohl shot again and simultuncously
Stokes tin d.
A crowd of people gathered. Wohl |
ivas dead. lie had been shot through
thy brain. Stokes was seriously
tvoundod. On the poreli. where she ,
tail taken refuge, lay Mrs. Levlne !u
t dead faint.
Mr. Stokes refuses to say anything
concerning the tragedy. \Vr. Wohl
tvas recognized as one of the most
forceful and eloquent of Presbyterian
ninisters of this State. Mr. Stokes
Is n former President of Virginia J
l uiversity and comes from one of the
est families of the Old Dominion.
A/RECKS ON NEW ENCLAND COAST '
tinny I t Di-.vcn Ashore lit tli? Kmterly
Gale.
Boston (Special). Anotlier Southern ;
storm has swept over New England
md gone the way of all such disturb- |
inres straight off to the northeast,
md. like hundreds of its energetic , >
redecessors, left death and destrueion
in its wake. .lust what it areola- j
dished in New England can be 1
summed up ns follows: ;
Five (lloueester lisliermeu drowned,
lix coasting schooners complete ,
vreeks, nine vessels stink, eight ,
schooners ashore and eleven others
uore or less injured through collision
md loss of gear.
The usual amount of damage oc- l
urred on land -buildings blown down. I
olograph wires prostrated and sonic '
lelays on railroads in Hie nnrtimm
tort ion through heavy snows.
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ENVOYS AT PEKIN ACREE.
nstructlons Sent by Secretary Hay to
Minister Conger. I
Washington. I>. r. (Special?.?The
State Department has lieen informed
hat the foreign Ministers at I'ekin 1
cached an agreement which was subnitted
to the home Governments. Sec- i
clary Hay cabled Mr. Conger author- !
zing hint to sign the agreement on he- i
talf of the United States Government.
On the l>asis of settlement the tie- |
aand for the decapitation of the elev- !
n princes is set aside. As to punish- i
ncnts, they arc to l?c the severest that
an he indicted by the Chinese Gov- ]
fitment. As to indemnity, the Chi
ichc Government is to formally aduit
its liahility and then the matter
s to he left for future negotiations. ^
PINGREE PARDONS GUARDSMEN
ieti?riil<? White anil Marsh to Pay fc.lOOO
Kneh in Itmtnl men!*.
Detroit. Mich. (Special). Governor
>lngivc announced that he had paroncd
both General \V. I,. White,
ormer Guarteriunster-Geiieral. and i
ieni ral A. F. Marsh, former Inspector
leneral of the Michigan National
ittard, con\ ieted of complicity in the
date military clothing frauds, npott
lie payment of $">ooo tine |>y each, in '
nnunl instalments of $1000 each.
White was committed to .lackson
'ris< ^ Tuesday to begin the ten-venr
nti'iv' Imposed <>ti tlw previous dny J
I.v.-h is under lunula pending appeal I
rem his conviction.
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IESDAY, DECEMBER
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The news epitomized
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Consul Doty writes from Tahiti thai
the islands of Kum and Kiniatara liav?
boon annexed by France.
Friends of Representative Itmitelii^
of Maine, ill in an asylum, will Intro,
duee a bill to have liini retired as :>
naval captain.
Lieutenant Lay IT. Everliardt \va?
appointed executive ottieer of tin
scholarship St. Mary's.
Senator Frye introduced the Shin
Ctlltisiflf 1*111 ! ...11- -?
ouuoui%> inn it mi imviri'SM'u \ in* rM'ir
ate upon it.
The President offered the vacant Internnl
Revenue Comntissiouership
Joseph H. Mnnley, of Maine.
The Treasury Department, scandal*
ized by the growth of Chinese smuggling.
is making a special effort to
Hop it.
The twenty-seventh annual convention
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union opened in Washington.'
Ol* It AltOPTKI) 1 si.an its.
The Porto Itiean Honse of Delegates
was organized. Senor Manuel K. Uos
Sy being eleeted Speaker. Coventor
Allen's message was well received.
Three complete drafts of a constitution
for Cuba were submitted at I lav
anna.
Twenty-two hundred natives took
the oath of allegiance to the United
Ktates at Yigun, P. I.
Frigadier-tleneral llare reports that
the natives on the Island of Santar.
I., continue, on the approaelt of American
troops, to burn their villages and
Bee to the mountains.
DOM KSTIC.
Frank & Du Hois, brokers, of New
fork City, estimate that their trusted
flerk. Willittiu M. dates, robbed tliei.i
if Sl'o.iHM).
Professor Clampett. former instruetor
at St. John's Military School, at
Manilas, X. Y.. was found dead at a
lot el in Manilas. Death was title to
la t ttra 1 causes.
William Wirt Henry, grandson of
Patrick Henry, and a member of tlu!
Virginia bar, died at Itiehinoud. Ya.
II. M. Manna, brother of Senator!
Ilanna, lias given the Lakeside Hosjj
iiii.ii. :u ? leventnii. tMilo, isni,s.?ii.
The ttnv.i of Nashville, Ark., line!
>l(M),(MNi lir?', which originated in tin*
f)por:i House, situated in a block of
'rat lie buildings.
Kortoii otiicirls started a crusadt
Igai ist bucket shops and swindling
inv'cstineiit" companies.
Because the girls flirted with tht|
hedical students across the way. tlnj j
itoanl of Education closed the Wesl
Side High Sehool. at Chicago.
Professor F. A. Starr, of Cldcng<.
University, was nearly killed in at
empting to hoard a street ear.
General 'land.ill is I 11i 1 <Iiri-_r a harbor
)f refuge at the niouih of Nome Ui\c
>y const met ing a long and substantia
>reak water.
The Massachusetts Supreme Coir"
leeided that it is illegal to sell liipio:
tetweeii the hours of II p. in. and t
l. in. in the State.
Near Chatieroi, l'entt.. tin- mutilated
lody of a man washed up by the Hoods
vns exhumed. The police think i:
inswers the description of George
fill, who litis been missing two year J
The estate of the late Senator tK, ,
Davis, of St. Paul, Minn., will prob C
Ihl.v inventory between tfitb.ooo and I
17b.(MM), exclusive of a valuable library (
The new church of the Sacred Heart |
fits dedicated at Augusta, Ga.. h>
Cardinal (Ilbhons.
By a shrewd trick thieves took over
!<>(> heatl of eattle front Alfred Me
Joy's pastures in Indiana ami shipped 1
heiu to Chicago.
The hotly of Egbert I'ill. a farinet
'ashling in Griggs County. Georgia
van loiiuil III a lli*i*l Willi II l>ll!l(<t lloli
u the back.
The steamship Centennial arrived
rt Port Townseud, Wash., from Nome
vith twenty-two Federal prisoners,
0 he sent to McNeill's Island.
Alexander Jackson, of Camden. I>**1.,
>egnn distributing his fortune among
leserving persons.
FOKKIGN.
Eighty thousand invitations were is-,
tied for tin* irr?*:?t papal ceremony in
*f. I'elcr's. at Koine, of the closing o-"
he holy year. The function occur.*!
it midnight, December .'51.
The (Queen's speech declared fit
iresent session of ParHam* nt WAij
ailed solely to provide money for tlv*
iriny.
Stewards of the London Jockey ciulj
lecided not to grant a license to "TodK
loan, the Aineriean jockey, to riicj
text year.
The President of Santo Doming*!
irged reciprocity with tin Fnite I
(tales in ins message to Congress. .
Consequent upon a rumor of th<
\)po having undergone an operationj
1 reassuring scinl oilicial stateiinuj
las been made at Koine tint* bis hcalti]
s perfect.
The French flovernment will off**:;
o huv for liic National Ciillerv in tin*
ar.eiubntirg I'nlncc :i number of tlxliettrvs
Ity Ainerienn nru->is in tlr.
'aris K\pi^iilnn.
'I'ii'" linltx."ri:iit Cabinet 1ms resigned
iwing to Minlsb rial dllTen nees.
Tlif cr.nvnleset m e of Uio Czar Is
'allowing a favorable eourso.
Former I'r? blent Kr tiger. of 1 l:o
rrni:sv..al. will await the Czar <if 1111 - a's
roenvery before trying lu
ilni.
Con Mil-ftcnernl Stowe. of Cape
Iowa, a ri.ed at launion on bis way
ionic. He give.s via! Itoer war four
nouths to cml
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a division of Millions
Cornelius Vanderbilt Left an Estato
Appraised at $72,500,000.
Uesiiltinry stmro ??l" Alfrvil AVill 11?- SU,?
600,000 ? ll:iti<lm>uir CJICt For
tin* Oilier UotrH.
Now York City (Special!.- Tlio estate
loft by tlio Into Cornelius Vanderbilt
Is valued at .S72,."?(ki.ihmi. of this $."2.ntKMMN)
is personal ami roal
property. As iimoli of the proporl.v is
in stocks ami bonds tlio valuation is
made on Wall stroot's closing prices
of tlio day Mr. Vanderbilt died, to
September. it is much greater
now fully twenty per coin. On the
basis of the oilit'ial appraisal. Alfred
Itwyniu* Yandorhilt, as residuary legatee
ami head of tin* lioust> of Vandcrbilt.
will receive as his share of the
estate S i 1.."im>.oimv
Mr. Ilashmuck. legal representative
of tin* State Controller. made this
statement:
"We have fixed the valuation of the
personal property of the late Cornelius
Vamlerhilt at S~?*2,."i(to.(ItMl. I represent
the State, ami my light has heett for
is liiirlt a tax as this State is entitleil
to under the law. I am jrhul tit last
(o say that an agreement has heen
rettehed with Anderson & Anderson,
representing the heirs of Cornelius
Vamlerhilt. and the eotitroversy is cnd?d."
The breaking of the continued deadlock
over the estate was brougli* about
it a conference held a few days ago.
it which it was decided that rather
than make a light in the courts to sustain
their claims as to valuation the !
?xeeulors would accept the figures |
fixed by the representatives of the
State Controller. Mr. Ilasbrouck.
Kxccutnrs of the Vamlerhilt estate
have held that the personal property
if the estate should he valued at J?!!?.VJi;.Ni;.V.m;.
This Would have made the
iggregate transfer tax to he paid to
I he State S I'.tp.lMS. l'.y ids determined
Maud 111attorney for the State Controller
has increased this tax to
IN Ml.
Charles IV O'Conncll, State Appraiser,
announced that the figures agreed I
jpon l?y the lawycrs for lho Slate ami
!he estate were satisfactory to him.
The Yanderbilt millions willheappnr:li?iio(l
anions the heirs before the holilays
ami will constitute tlm richest
"lirlstinas present ever distributed to
the meniliers of any family in the
tvorld.
The estate will he (listributed amnii'.;
'lie heirs in the following manner: AI'recl
Yanderliilt's share. SM.ritm.iMMl. of
ivhieh he receives as residuary legaee.
Sri7.tMHt.tHM); Cornelius Yamierhilt.
?7. "><><1.1ttmt; legacies to tihulys ami Reginald.
each, S7.r.<M?.(it>(); Mrs. Cornelius
\ "amlerhilt. the widow. S'J.tHMt.tMMt. ami
lie rctnaimler of the millions will l?e
ipportioncd among the friends of tin*
!ate Cornelius Yamlt rhilt who wero
remembered in his will, executors,
harit'es. servants, etc.
iACAN RESTORED AND RETIRED.
['resilient llemit* the Utiexg.ireil Term of
II is SiiK|>elinlnii.
Washington. I?. C. (Special), ilriga;lier-(
Jetieral Charles I'. Kngnn, Cointiissary
i.eiieral, 1". S. A., sentenced
>y court martial to dismissal from the
irniy for ahusive language to Ceneral
Kelson A. Miles, his snneriur, and
vliose sentence was commuted Vy the
I'rcsidcnt to Live years' suspension
'roin duty, with pay, was restored to
luty. ami at oaee placed on J he retired
list.
The order issued by the President remitted
the unexpired portion of his
lenience and restored him to "a status
?f duty with station in this city." This
ivas immediately followed by one is
sued by Ceneral Miles, announcing
that ileneral Kagnu had been placed
an the retired list on his own application
tifter thirty years' service.
( rnprnl Knimton KoiiIh Filipinos.
(Sciicral Funstoti sends to Manila
nn account of ;i two-hours' tight in the
woods of S:mto Domingo. I'. I., between
nn American force and ."<K) rebels
commanded by Sandico. The
American force, consisting of tliirty
native scouts, commanded by I,ictttenant
Jornigan, attacked the rebels, wlio
retreated, leaving on the Held sixteen
men killed, including the rebel leader
Aguilar and an American negro. Not
one of Jcrnignn's men was wounded,
KnmoiiN Composer l?< :et.
Mr. Henry Kusscll. composer of over
StHi songs. including "A Life on the
Ocean Wave," and "Cheer, Hoys,
Cheer." diet* in London Kngland. lie
was born a* 'Jheeruess, December 24,
18115.
Prominent la-opln.
King Oscar of Sweden Is stendil;
improving in health.
y.tccn Victoria, it is understood, vil
go to Cimic/, in the spring.
Theodore ltonsevelt is going- to Col
orado ibis winter for a hunting '.rip.
The Herman Crown ITlr.c? promise,
to liecome title of the liuest shots it
Ktirope.
Senator Hannn. rays positively thi
he will never again lie a candidate fo
a public oliice.
Dr. D. K. 1'oarsons, the phllnnth"np
Is t of Chicago, will give $."???.?mk? i
tVunniuo Colicirr. .
A fTiTcnpo mils Irian who is n 11 < *r? ?1
to have fallen heir to a title and a 1 ?itf
fortitno considerately notilies an in
I crest ml world that there will no no
"hot time In the old town to-night.'1
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NO. 39.
THE SILVEK ECC.
A silver spoon held over :i tallow?
candle soon r?voives :i coat lie: of black.
If this same spoon with its coat inn of
lampblack be planned Into a vessel of
water, says the Scientific American, a
, ...in i ? "" -
w,. i) 111 iiiijipvu. i i!?
spoon will no lonsriT appear bhtek. but
metallfe. When it is removed front
the walor. liowovor, we rind, contrary
to our supposition, that tin* mutiny of
lamp hluek lists not born waslml away.
Tito photiotuonon rati lir readily o\ plained.
Tito wsitor tan not pourtratr
tbo layor of tlir blaok. tlioroforo mete
ly atbtpts Itsolf to tbo shapr of tlio
spoon w(tlimit eotnlnj; in contact with \
the tnotsil. and rctlccts light as per- \
fcctiy as si mirror. '
The oxpcriniont in si modified form
can only lie performed in the follow
ins; manner. Alt ecu is held over a
caudle or. preferably, si smoky petroleum
lsimp until it is eoinpletely coated
with lampblack. When placed in st
vessel of water the eyy will have a
metallic sheen, and will appear to have
been silvered over. When removed
from the w tiler. however, it imnuuli
ately becomes black again.
Sliesirs in ;i steel mill in Coatesvillc.
I'.i . etit a slab *?f iron four feet wide
and two feet thick at one stroke.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Central Timn i?t .liickumvllli) mul Savannah.)
Esinturn Tonu sit Otlior Point*
Schrclulo in KfTect M'iy Otii. 1900.
.Mixrt'vT,, qilVn "J1
tmilyj M
Cv.'.la 'kNi.tivitTi- (P~) ~~! ?~ HOMn 7 4-VpJ
Savannah (So Ky ) 12 lap 1A O.wv
lio n well 4 0-j) 4 iwa\
Hl.ivkrillo 4 ITp I l.A'
Springfield 4 40p 4 Svia
. ... 4 48p 4
Ar.Columbia . .. 60Jt> 608a
f.v Ry . 'Oft ; t
Stiiuniervillo .... 7 4ln l-MOnt
brnuehvUlo 8 56h 1 sxxil ?
(lr.iugebnrg .. ....... 0 -.la 50u
Kingvilln 1j |"iii 4 !Kla
Ar ('uluiiikia . 11 oOn. 5 ?>?a
f. V A lie it It si. Tso Kv~) T-. rJt*j? .1 OOP TTSop
t.v. Urnnitrvilb . A 4!Siv :i3lp 10 15p
f.v. F. lecticiii . i i lop . ...
t.v AlUcii ' Stiftlp . .
l.v. Troiitoti .. f> oiic 4 tRip 11 O'p
" .InliliHton 5 At'ii 4 I4l> 11 Alp
Ar Coliinibin. {IT. DA Si.lp I! lest.
I.v. Colombia, (BUlg fit 0 JOti OlOp fi 15a'
" Wuinaboro 7 OJp 7 2oa
' Cheater 7 5H> 81'Ja;
" Hock Hill H'JJp 8 47a
Ar. UharlOlta .. tilop 9 40a)
Ar Danville . iL'.'iIh 1 a?p
Ai Ttirhtiviliil 6 Ola ti A/ip
Ar. Wiuthlneloii . ... . 7 SI5ft 8 5t)p
" p tltiMuiic (I'ahtt) 9 lAn 11 '-Tip
" I'liil.Vdi Iplua 11 Ami A .'45a
" New York A OSip o ISa
V I 11 ,
Ar spnrtnnlnuc I .. alihrTll !5m!
Ashovillt; . . . 7 liip 2 50l?
Ar_Kiifixy:J1'> . ... j 4 ltm' 1 5>p
A i ? 'ui<j|nn:ili ' i TlSSptTTIa
Ar l..mi?viMu TIlUpl 7 uoa
,
Lv. I.'iui'-vill.. . ~ 7 45(1 "7 4ftp
Lv ('iii. iniiali . ~ ~ ~H .liift 8bi)p
Lv Knoxville " . UBS 8
Asliwvillft la ;|(lSp
" Spartanburg 11 4ft: i tilftp
Ar. Columbia .. S2Hp 9 4ftp
r.? Nr? Vurk.V.i l(.U| ?fup7iiir?i
riiiiiuiuiphiA oo&p a.'io*
" Itulttmore f!2Jp H 22a
Lv Wwaln gt n (Si. T>y ) Bftbpjll 1.44
j.v "ifttchinond ~|UWf>|li01i?
i;V MKitvili*) .. ... 4";t*u ITjflp
f.y. Cfiorloiwi " 8 lfto ioTfop
' Hook Hill ti 02n 10 4.r>p
" Oh?.fct*r Pttall&p
Winimboro . Ill 21a 12 l:'u?
Ar. ColnmbiA. (JtlrigHt fiOOplliifta 1 J)?
l.v. Columbia. (U. II.)... 'lab* 4 8D*
.lohnntoii . ... 1()!S0|, | yap f>y2?
Trent..u ........ I HlUp 1 4Bp. fi 4X?
Ar Alk.<r ~~~ T37p f7lSS
Ar. isdgeftgid ?asj> 1190a
Ar OrauTlevillo ;?UOnt 215p 7 18a
A ' Aueuata .. , . . *1 i?)n L'ioy U <*la
Lv (JolnmLui (So. Ity > ..... 4 06p~T;)6a
KlngvlUt. 4 48p 2 32a
vsi uiiguiiurff. :>4VJp 3 4rA
" Itrnuchvllle f? l&p 4 25*
" Sunituorvliin 7 2B|> R ">2a
At- Oharlagton n).'?? T 00* i
Lv Columbia tiso. Uy ) '.. . ifShi 1 i'aa J
Ar saily 12 42p 2 37* M
Springfield l-'iiOp 2 43* fl
Hlaekvilla ] ]->p a.Ofia ?|
lUrnwrll 1 V7p 3 20*
Savannah .'(2ij> J I.'ik
A r .1II. . .11 O lie I r S 1 ? 4<rj> <J JB
Trwu* 43 and 14 11 i; *I xeept Suuduyt
arrivn unil dap&rt from Hamburg.
1 Dully exi ajit Sunday
Sl??pi i" jj Car Sarvico.
Kxrellent daily passenger corvico bntwen* JH
Florid*ud N'f>* York fl
N>.-, n and 34 N?w York apd Florida Kx- S
f>r<*m. 1 irawiug room nlceping c?i * betwaafe M
Aiigvifcta ai..i New York
i'uUmnii drawing-mom sleeping rxri Ik?- jUt
twirn I'urt Tunivi. .liu-ksunville. Savannah, HH
Washington uuil Nrw York. *' Sj
Pallmaa tlMiping can between Chariot to and
Richmond Diulng can between (Jhurlulla
liirt Hmftnnah ^^B
N'us V) an.J :0V- IT S. Fust Mail. Through J
I'ullnian drawing room buffet Bleeping cars be- ,--Bl
tweeii .(ackauuville and Now York nnd l*ulS
men alnemnc car* tielwceti Aug-mta and Char*
lot ie Oialng cars serve all omnia enrouta.
Pullman seeping car* between Jacksonville
an.I Columbia enroute daily between Jackaon*
mite and Cincinnati, vim Aabuville,
FRANKS (4ANNON, J.M.CTTM*.
Third V P & (4mi. Mgr. Traffic Mgr.,
Washington, D O. Washington, L>. C.
W A TURK, S n.HAKOWICK.
lien Pass Ag't.. A * I Uvu. i'ntis. Ag't.,
WaaUlugluu. U. C. Al.uUi, Q*.
.J< promptly procured. OH f!0 f EE. Send model. rk<-t<J^ J'
A r r fflvo r> pot on p*?V nUMIHjr. lv?.k vflr? W
J. t .< I H and K>r.' <n rjloot.<aiidTrvi4.M?rli?, w
A TREE Ka.re?' t-Tti.e ever ofTrtwl t>? |???ntor? W
r PATENT LAWYERS OF 2d TEARS'>*ACTICE .!Al
A ,20.000 PATENTS PROCURED THM&H THEM. A
I) All i'tiaiiitvs nliacniiiil, boun? ^Vlck *.utnfullt)
Vv rv M xW*to charge. ? ^ w
Sww C. A. SNOW & CO.?
A pATr/er LAWYERS.
v 0pp. U. S. Pattntttffioe, WASHINGTON, a C.S
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