Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, July 07, 1910, Image 2
ASSESSORS FIX VALUES
BTATB BOARD OF KQU1LJZATIOX
TO MEET SOON.
?
Matter of Placing All Property on
Bof True Valuation Will Be
Dbcumrd.
It is anticipated that Comptroller
General Jones will announce soon
the date for the meeting of the State
board of equalization. The meeting
is held during rhe summer, usually,
In the month of June or July, and
the work of the board is to act upon
the findings of the county boarde
and to take any action on tax question!;
that is deemed necessary.
fThe most important resolutions
that came before the board last year
was that affecting the assessing ot
property at full value. This resolution,
introduced by Jeremiah
Smith, of Horry, was defeated by a
vote of 2 8 to 8.
As this is the year for the reassessment
and as the county board
have been busy with the tax question
in the several counties of the
State, the meeting of the board this
year is of special Interest. It is
thought that the tax question will
receive more than ordinary consideration.
The tax question has been
brought into the campaign very forcibly
this year.
The Taxable Property.
As shown by the comptroller general's
report for the year 1910 the
following is the amount of taxable
property in South Carolina:
Total value of real
aetata $136,438,358
Value of personal
property 92,664,198
Railroad property.... 271,106,302
State faux, 5*4; .Us .. 1,423,308
For cosnty purposes,
taxes 960,664
State Board of Assessors
The State Board of assessors, consisting
of State officials, assesses
laaiuiui aiiu imt- |JiA/|K9i ij.
The Southern Express company
property in South Carolina last pear
was assessed at a valuation of $277,$67.
The total value of the Pullman
care operated in this State was
$140,282; the total valuation of telephone
and telegraph companies
was placed as follows.
Western Union, $522,427; Altnatic
Postal Telegraph-Cable company,
$103,613; American Telephone
and Telegraph Company of
South Carolina. $205,750; Southern
Bell Telephone company, $571,848;
local companies, $1 25,665.
The actual value of cotton mlllB
as fixed by the State board was $51,260.605.
The actual value of cottoa
oil mills was placed at $2,853.418.
The assessments for fertilizer
plants was placed at $3,164,477.
The value of railway property waB
fixed at a little over $44,000,000.
| OKDKltS AGAINST CLUBS. \
Temporary Injunction Issued Agu'usJ
Tmee in Columbia.
At oClubia Judge DeVore In the
circuit court recently granted three
orders on motion of Attorney General
l.yon, requiring th-se social
clubs in the city to show cause before
him on July 1 why they shoulo
not be perpetually restra.nol from
the sale of spirituous liq-or*. The
o-dere were grunted upon r.ff. avlis
made that liquors had been purchased
at the three places In violence o?
the dispensary law.
Those against whom the orders
are directed are the Savoy club, situated
at 12 19 1-2 Taylor street, of
which P. W. Bessingor and Heyward
B. Smith are named as in charge, and
J. L. Shall as the property owner;
the Jackson Hub, at 914 Gervais
street, L. E. Levin and Everland being
named as in charge, and S. L.
Sweeney as tho property owner; and
the third order being directed againBt
G. H. Oeiger, Harry Lehman and
William T. Thompson for violation
of tho dispensary law at 912 Gervais
street, G. H. Geiger being also
the owner of the premises.
Unless an adequate defense is
made to the orders granted
a perpetual injunction restraining
the use of the premises for the illegal
purposes charged will be passed
by the court.
l>eatli from Lockjaw.
Tho little 8-year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Langford died
at tho home of her parents in the
mill village at Lexington Sunday
evening rrom tocKjaw. un ins
Tuesday the litle girl rnn a nail in
her foot, but little attontlon was given,
the parents thinking of course,
that ahe would soon be well. On
Saturday she was taken violently <11
and Sunday morning lockjaw set
in. The little one was the pride of
her parents and her death has cast
a pall of sorrow over the entire
household. Her remains were laid to
rest in the Lexington city cemetery
Monday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.
Smallpox Epidemic.
Nelson oounty, Virginia, has a
smallpox epidemic. Fully 150 casaa
are now In quarantine In a territory
five miles long and tree miles wide.
No deaths have occurred.
THE STATE CAMPAIGN ITENRY.
Schedule of Meeting* to Be Held in
This State.
The itinerary for the campaign is
as follows:
Winnsboro?Saturday. July 2.
Lexington?Wednesday, July 6.
Saluda?Thursday, July 7.
Edgefield?Friday, July 8.
Aiken?Saturday. July 9.
Bamberg?Monday, July 11.
Barnwell?Tuesday. July 12.
Hampton?Wednesday, July 13.
. Beaufort?Thursday, July 14.
; Walterboro?Friday, July 15
Charleston?Saturday./ July 16.
I St. George?Tuesday. July 19.
Orangeburg?Wednesday, July 20.
i St. Matthews?Thursday, July 21.
Manning?Friday, July 22.
Monrks Corner?Tuesday, July 2 6.
i Georgetown?Wednesday, July 27.
King6tree?Friday, July 29.
Florence?Saturday, July 30.
Dillon?Tuesday, August 2.
i Marion?Wednesday, August 3.
Conway?Thursday, August 4.
Columbia?Saturday, August 6.
Union?Monday, August 8.
Spartanburg?Tuesday, August 9.
G-affnoy?Wednesday, August 10.
Greenville?Thursday, August 11.
J Pickens?Friday, AuguBt 12.
i Walhalla?Saturday, August 13.
Week off to attend reunion of
Confederates ?*.nd Red Shirts at
Spartanburg, if desired, on August
17 and 18.
Arderson?Monday. Augus' 22.
Abbeville?Wednesday, August :'4.
Greenwood?Thursday, August 25.
L<aurens?Friday, August 26.
Newberry?Saturday, August 2 7.
COTTON MILLS CLOSED FRIDAY.
Will Cut Off One-Twelfth of Cotton
Goods Output.
The great curtailment movement
among the mills of the Piedmont began
Friday, July 1st. Mills in North
Carol.na, South Carolina and Georgia
will close down until the morning
of the 15th. Out of 3,000,000
,Bpindles 2,7500,000 have signified
that they would Join in the curtailment
which will be at least a month
in all during the summer. The movement
will mean a cutting off of from
1,000,000 to 2,000,000 pieces of
cloth or one-twelfth of the output.
Mr. AtlETUSt. W Smith nr?>niil?nt
of the Woodruff mills, when asked
Thursday night about the cloning
down of the mills said:
"There Is a loss in every pound
of cloth we are puttin out and we
have to curtail to cover In part this
loss and create a demand for our
goods. I should say the output will
bo cut down one-twelfth by the curtailment
which will be done this
summer, and which will amount to
in all about four weeks' time."
Mr. John A. Law, president of the
Saxon Mills said:
"There will be the largest curtailment
among the cotton mills of
Spartanburg county ever known.
The price of manufactured goods is
out of proportion with the price of
cotton. A great many of the mills
will close down on the first of July
and others on the 25th."
"FAVOR1TK SON" 1>KA1>.
Senator Daniel, of Virginiu, Passes
Away at Lynchburg.
John W. Daniel, senior Senator
from Virginia, and for more than
thirty years Virginia's "favorite son,"
died at the Lynchburg Sanitarium at
10.35 o'clock Wednesday night, his
death being due to a recurrence of
paralysis. The immediate cause of
his death was a cerebral hemor
i unfic, siiBinuifu hi noon, m me rignt
portion of his brain, involving the
right side. This was in addition to
the Paralysis i* the left side, which
was sustained last winter, while in
Florida for his health.
The statesman's illness began with
a slight attack of apoplexy, in Philadelphia,
last October, which kept
him from being in his seat at the
opening of Congress last December.
Only once since that had he appeared
before an audience, and that was
for an informal talk in January.
The end came almost without a
struggle. Indeed, the family present
could not notice the slight struggle
which was noted by Dr. Waugh.
TAKKS 11IS OWN LIFE.
Prominent and Wealthy Citizen of
Charlotte Suicides.
James W. Wads worth, one of the
wealthiest and best known citizens
of Charlotte, N. G'.. committed sui
cldo Wednesday afternoon, at 3.30
ocloek. The weapon used was a .3 2
calibre Colts pistol and death resulted
within two hours after the
shooting. The excessive use of stimulants
and worry over business matters
were given in a statement issued
by the family as the cause for the
act. A brother of Mr. Wadsworth,
ook his life in a Greensboro hotel
last year.
Military Prisoner's Fate.
Lieut. Adolf Hofrichter, of the
Austrian army, has been sentenced
to be publicly cashiered and to serve
20 years in prison for sending poison
capsules to officers In the General
Army staff. Capt Mader died from
the effects of the poelon.
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| INJURED BY AUTO
WHICH WAS DKING DRIVEN BY
THE PRESIDENT'S SON.
Italian Laborer Struca by AotomobiW
Being Driven by Robert Tuft. ]
?Slight "Chance for Recovery.
The serious condition of Michael
Thistowolla, an Italian laborer, who
was struck Monday by an automobi.e
operated by Kobert Taft, son of
President Taft. at Beverly, Mass., has
caused a .hurried change in the plans
of the Taft family, who were prepar
ing to depart on the Sylph for New
Hondon to attend the Harvard-Yale
regatta Thursday.
Instead of attending the races the
family will remain in Beverly unless
there is an unexpected change
tor the better in the man's condition,
The report from tne Beverly
Hospital was that he had only a
slight chance for recovery.
Dr. J. S. Mixter of Boston sent
at Lhe request of the President,, arrived
and is working with the hospital
authorities, doing all that can
be done for the injured man.
Robert Taft is badlv broken up
over the affair, and spent much of
the afternoon at the hospital.
Chief of Police has received instructions,
through the Taft attorney,
to see that the wounded man
is given every attention. President
Taft arrived in Beverly early Wednesday
morning.
A dispatch from Washington says
President Taft was greatly distressed
when he learned through the Associated
Press dispatches, of his son's
unfortunate accident at Beverly,
Mass. He immediately sent a long
telegraphic message to his son.
which, it is said, contained instructions
to do everything possible for
the injured man. The following
telegrum was sent to an old college
friend of the President:
"Samuel Carr, Boston, Mass: By
an unfortunate automobile accident
at Beverly my boy, Robert, struck
a street laborer, fracturing his
skull. He is at Beverly Hospital.
Will you not call up by telephone
the best surgeon in Boston and have
him visit the hospital at once end
I tender services to the resident nliv
sician and do all he can for tho injured
man."
The President then sent a personal
telegram to the injured man, expressing
his profound regret over
tiie accident and conveying to the
victim his earnest wish for a speedy
recovery.
KILLED IN Dl'EL
Two Cubans Meet in Woods nn?l
End Differences.
Armed with knives and keeping
their word to meet at sunrise in the
woods near MacFarlane park, in the
western part of Tampa, Fla., Tuesday
morning, Marco Adalo and another
Cuban, whose identity has not
yet been established, fought until
both had fallen from loss of hioou.
Adalo dying after proceeding a short
distance from where the bloody duoi
took place.
The unknown man was able to
make his way to a nearby street,
where all trace of him was lost. Two
men were seen going into the woods
a siiort distance from the park at
an early hour, both gesticulating.
The demeanor tow arils each other
was such as to arouse suspicion
among the cigar workers who saw
them and at the noon hour a search
was made with the result the evi^
dence of a bloody struggle was s? -a,
and later the body of Adalo.
KIOTOIS SC'KNKS.
Police Charge Carlists and Nationalists
in Spanish Town.
A dispatch from Bilbao, Spain 011
Thursday says there were further
disturbances growing out of the
strained relations between the government
of Premier Canaleias and
of the Vatican. A crowd composed
of Oarllsts and Nationalists suirounded
the palace of the Governor
of the province and shouted: "Down
with the Governor!"
The police were summoned and
charging the demonstrators with
tixed bayonets, wounded a number
of them. The capitol .has been the
scene of many civil clashes. in
1 87 4 it withstood a long seige by
the Carlist8.
Auto Pitched.
Rev. E. E. Rashly and Ralph Riedler
a hardware man from Fostoria,
O.. were instantly killed Friday, and
M. A. Stoneburier and James McOonnell
were probably fatally Injured
when their automobile jumped
into a ditch near Sandusky. The
steering gear got out of order and
the chauffeur lost control.
Joy Ride Ends in Death.
Harold Backus, a chaffeur, aged
22, <*nd two companions whom he
took on a joy ride at 3 a. m. Saturday
were injured when the machine
crashed into a telegraph pole at
Sinejhort. Harold McCarthy, one
of the party Is in a critical condition
I and Frank Purtell. the third mem|
ber bears severe cuts and bruises.
WW1 STATE
AUTOMOBILE LAWS.
Provide for Use of Cars on Country
Road*.?Speed Limit.
Magistrate B. F. Wlfsot, of Anderson.
said the other day that
there were many people who owned
automobiles and who did not know
the Btate laws regulating them while
on the country roads. It seems to.
be the impression of most people that
they can operate their cars as fast
as they want to once out of the city
limits, but this is a mistake. Following
are a few interesting bits of
in<-> uuui me iitis ui ine Keuerai assembly.
"No person shall operate a motor
vehicle ou a public .highway at a
rate of speed greater than is reasonable
and proper at the time and
place, having due regard to the truffle
and use of the highways as to the
condition or so as to endanger the
life, limb or property of any person
or in any event at a rate greater
than flften miles an hour."
Upon approaching a crossing,
bridge, step descent, or a curve u
person Bhall have their machine under
control and operate it at a rate
of speed not greatc than six miles
an hour, and in no greater than is
reasonable and proper, having due
regard to conditions.
"The driver of a motor vehicle
shall give notice by blowing a horn,
bell or othrwise so as not to frighten
the animals and to use precautions
to insure the safety of persons
and property. it is also necessary
to bring the car to a stop if it is seen
that the horses are frightened.
"It is necessary to stop the car at
a signal from one who is in the highway
and who is driving a wild animal.
The raising of a hand may be
considered a signal to stop. It is also
necessary to remain stationary
until such an animal could be removed.
It is necessary for an automohilist
to give the right of way
to the driver of a horse or a mule
and he shall go to the right of he
road.
"Violators of these acts shall l?e
fined from ten to one hundred dolars
or imprisoned not more than thirty
days."
Hefore operating a car in any
county it is necesary to secure from
the clerk of court a certificate saying
which is numbered and this number
must be placed on the bark of the
car. T.he owner's address and u
brief description of the car must be
Klven. The registration fee is $1.
Ten days are allowed an owner in
which to register his car.
A TI.MK ri.'ZZLK.
Hesidcut.s of August* llothered by
Four Times.
Augusta. Ga.t is the only city
in the country having four difTer
ent times and all of them in use.
It is on the ninetieth meridian, and
he railroads i Georgia use Central
time, while the Carolina roads enmeridian
or Kastern time. To try
to avoid confusion the city .has a local
time of its own. which is halt
way between the two. Hut what
really adds to the complicated sitution
is t.he fact that farmers in the
surrounding country nearby all use
"sun" time, which is different from
all the others. This last named time
is controled by the almanac that is
in every Southern farmer's home,
especially that of the colored farmer.
/\ mi-anger nas same otmeult and
amusing experiences if he stops the
average Augusta person on streets
ar.d nsV? the hour. He is probably
to'J, "It's ten o'clock b> Georgia
raili. ail time, 30 minutes to ten
city time and nine o'clock h" you art
going out into Carolina." If the
person asked is a farmer the strungei
if he will wait until the calculations
and an astronomical observation are
made, probably w-.ill be iurnished
with an answer of, ' Well, I reckon
stranger, it's about nig-ii on to haifpast
nine o'clock.
At TO KILLS TWO.
Vwh'uc Collides With Freight With
Fatal Kesult.
Mrs. A. C. Freeman and son, aged
7, of Arcadia. Kla., are dead; Dr.
Uobie. of Monticello, is injured to
such an extent that ins recovery is
doubtful; L. L. Camp, negro chauffeur,
will die, and the other occupant
of the car, A. 0. Freeman, husband
of the dead woman, is seriously
hurt, as the result of an automobile
collision with a Central of Georgia
freight train, near .Monticello, Ga.,
at seven o'clock Monday afternoon.
Tiie train was en route to Athens,
and it was thought that the party,
on its way to Macon in a big touring
car, after picking up Dr. Robie, at
Monticello, did not notice the train
or else tried to beat it across the
crossing, with fatal results.
Three Will Die on Same Gallows.
The four negroes convicted of the
murder of Moterman S. T. Drown,
in DeKalb county Ga., on April 23,
have been sentenced to hang by
Judge Hoan, in the DeKalb county
jail. It is probable that all will be
hung on the same gallows. The negroes
are: Charles Julian. Jim Black
and Ed Weaver and Charley Walker.
THE TALKING TABLE.
Alibard loved Musora. but Mubora
did not love Alibard. 1 do not know
wby, but probably It was because she
was pretty and he ugly, though pretty
women often fall in love with veryugly
men.
Nobody knew anything about Muaora's
antecedents, where she came from
or what her real ?i3tne was. She was
a fortune teller. She was probably
.between twenty-five .ana thirty, with a
wealth of golden hair; her eyes were
iarg?, brilliant and deep blue, and her
mouth a poet's dream of loveliness.
Her voice and mautiers were charming,
and as the people of our town are very
superstitious she soon work'd up a
splendid business.
Alitard had met her on a Bteainer
which brought him bark to France
after a very disastrous tour in South
America. He was a comedian, but
possessing no talent he had never oeen
successful and while abroad he had
been forced to exist ever since the
company was left stranded in Itio de
Janeiro, on his talent as a ventriloquist,
which was marvelous.
Since his return home he hounded
the p.ettv fortune teller's seances, and
as Musora had repeatedly warned him
to stay away, he had to resort to strategy
in order to be near his beloved,
whose heart he was determined to coniuer
at any cost, as life was not worth
living without her.
One evening he was present at one
of the beautiful sorceress' seances
disguised as an old lady, and luddeu
away in the last row of seats.
After a few preliminary feats of
chiromancy and fortune telling from
cards, during which an old colone'
hud cuusmI considerable trouble by
Ills skepticism, the principal muniier
of the program?the famous dancing
table?was announced.
The room was darkened. Musora
sat down at a small table and placed
her hands flat on top of it. There
were a few moments of breathless
suspense, then the table began to rock
and sway in a strange maimer, denoting
the unmistakable presence of
spirits.
Musora asked the slo-ptlc colonel to
kindly address any question he wanted
to th' spirits, and he did so with the
utmost politeness:
"Spirit, who are you?
Instead of the reply that was expected
in the usual knocking language to
which all spirits hitherto known have
been wont to answer, a voice coming
from oue end of the legs of the table
replied: "Moliere/' The audience
was still dumfouitded when another
voice that first seemed to come from
lar awaj but gradually drew closer
interrupted: "He is not telling the
truth; it is not .Moliere, it is Regnard."
The colonel looked ai Musora, who
% as quite pale as she replied: "There
must be two spirits. It very often
happens when the audience is sympathetic."
Her face remained calm, but she
v.as very much perturbed at the phenomenon
of the talking table, which
had never been heard of before, neith
ir at her seances nor anywhere else
:n the world.
The colonel, who was now greatly
impressed, asked in his most solemn
voice: "Whom of the two great and
illustrious spirits may 1 be permitted
to address?"
"None of them." came the answer.
"You will please address me"
"And who are you?"
"Beaumarchuis."
It seented then as if the three-legged
table was now inhabited by three
great spirits, one in each leg.
"Sir, :nis is indeed an unexpected
1 onor," the colonel stammer* d.
"That is about enough,' came a
fourth voice, "perhaps someone else
may get a chance now."
There came a noise as if a number
of people were quarreling, not only
in th< room, but on the stairs nid even
!n the sueet. The audience beban to
gel uneasy and restldss.
"One voice at a time?This Nrpo
loon is unbearable?now do not push
co, Beethoven?I lies, your pardon, I
am Frederic I.email re?ami 1 Jim
'I roppenauner?Did you ever see such
people??I'lease behave li'te Frenchmen,
i am .loan id Arc, the Maid ot
Orleans- And I am George Sand?
Musset, will you please be qui?t?Flias
Howu ? Gutenberg ? Robespierre ?
Please wait until your turn comes?1
am smothering."
By this time the audience was panic 1
stricken. Big dogs were heard burk i
ing, cats were mewing, and the plane
ni the corner was playing "Ach du i
iieber, August in," though no one i
touched it and not a key wa in.clng i
Women were fainting and the col <
< nel had fled, leaving the door wi le 1
open behind him, while from the iiall
was heara a chorus ol spirit voices:
"You are riu-ht, my dear Vviiliam
the Conqueror, these people are very <
rude?Why, are you here, too. William 1
Yell After yon, Mahonuuet This 1
v ay. please, George Washington." <
Kveryone had tied now and in tht i
room were only Mussora, the table and 1
the old lady, all YipparenMv paralyzed I
"1 am ruined," sighed the sorceress
"Nobody will eome here i.ny more
un, wnat nas happened? What has
happened?"
"Nothing very serious," replied the t
c Id lady in Alihard's voice. " You know i
how dearly I love you, and I only want- i
ed to show you that ventrilo iuism is (
rn art." I
Now the two are married, she calls (
herself Mme. Alihard, and is making a
fortune with her new spiritualistic
phenomenon?the talking table.
Tips. ,
It Is stated thai a Delmonico waiter |
accumulated a half million In t is 1
I'erhaps some of them were t ;?s on <
the rares?horse as well as human. |
ADVANTAGE OF TRAIIjKRS. * I
Cur System Which Wurkt I
Well la Denver- I
in the West, where electric tract- I
Ion has reached a high stage of 4e- I
velopment. trail ears to take care of I
the rush-hour loads have become 1
regular features. 1
The g.eat advantage of the trail 1
car from the standpoint of the over- I
atlng company is Its small operating V
cost compared to a tripper, since the
"platform cost" is only one-half, and V
the power consumption for a car '/'"l
eating practically the same number I
of people as the motor car is tesa
than 60 per cent, additional. I
To the public it means ex,>erlenc- Cj
ed men to handle the motor car aud
regular schedules. In Denver, where
this system is In vogue, center doorway
cars hate been adopted. It being
claimed for them that the conductor
la always within half a car leugth ?
of the door, and the pusen^era can 9
get out or In in about half the usual
time, since they only have to travel H
half the diBtance required by end B
doors. S
Want itogu* Mining Stork. W
"Wildcat mining stocks are not B
altogether useless?or worthless. |h
either." said a New York broker who Jj|
baudles cheap mining stocks the B
other day us he bang up the tele- IS
phone receiver. "Here's a man who yX
Just offered me 150 for enough coin- Is
lng stocks to have a face value of $60. B
000. He wasn't particular what H
stocks he got If they only had a paper ^
value of $50,000. 1 closed the deal
and shall make money on it. too. B
What did he want with such stocks?
Well. I haven't the slightest doubt ?j
but that he Is getting ready to go fl
Into bankruptcy court aud wants to B
show his creditors where his money B
has been dropped. We often get
such requests aud are usually able
to fill them."
How Anarchist's Work. ?
A Russian Journal tells the story
of how the murderer of General bunnltz,
prefect of St. Petersburg, obtained
admission to the semi-olficlal
party at which the deed was committed.
After the crime all the
guests were detained aud their tickets
were examined. There was one
ticket the rightful owner of which ^
was not present. It was no other
than that of Premier Stolypln himself.
The murder was committed
under cover of, the Invitation ticket
of no less a personage than the Prime 1
Minister. The Premier had not been I
able to go and his ticket fell Into the
hands of a member of the secret po- I
lice uamed Nakolene. He resold It I
to the revolutionists for SI 6.000.
\Voij*lit SunUIikh) by licatnu.
It has been estubilbhed tbut a. I
load, may break eventually If the
wooden beam, which for a ahort period
will Hiuilalu safely a certain
load remains. For Instance, wooden wa r
beams have been known to break
after 15 months under a constant
oad of only 60 per cent of that re- >
quired to break them Ir. an ordinary
short test There is little definite
and systematic knowledge of the Influence
of the time e'ement on th?
behavior of wuod under stress .
Ways ?.f Moorish Ci\ i|[/:it!?nA
writer lu National Review says
of Moorish civilization: "It Is
something ho apart so alone, this
Moorish civilization; these great
houses, this luxury of horses, servants.
living anil leisure, this beauty
of architecture, creating buildings
Impossible to reproduce anywhere
else; this literatuie. bigoted and restricted
as it Is. but existing utterly
self-sufficient."
In the Ka scr's Stable.
The Kaiser has recently got after
his master of horse and Is looking
after his stables a bit himself He
found that he warf employing four
men whose only dutj was to braid
the tails and manes of the Imperial
horses. He dismissed all four Then
he found that 4 00 men were employed
to care for 350 horses and
24 0 carriages, and more heads fell.
Pretty Marriage Custom.
A pretty little ruBtom 1b observed
In the British navy whenever an
officer geta married. Two wreaths
are hoisted In the most conspiseuous
manner, and Interlocked w,th then
and hanging from them are colored
ribbons These bang from 8 a.ru till
sunset on the wedding day. The
oh: of me wreath Is ge erally subscribed
by the officer's shipmates.
Borneo Superstition's
The natives of Borneo place rudely
carved Images of female figures by
the side of the entrances to their
hots. The Image represents a goddess,
which protects the house from
my harm or elcknes. If there should
be Illness previous to the placing of
the building at the entrance she prevents
It from becoming worse.
W ?rld's Silk Industry.
The ancient city of Lyons, the
third city In France, with a population
of 500,000, vies with Milan In
Importance In the world's silk Industry.
No fewer than 40.000 people,
men, women ond children, are
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F<>k? and Sandbank*.
Foga are common over sund-banks
becauae ahallow water covering
land-banka la oolder than the deep
Ma. The Banks of Newfoundland
foga are aggravated by the warm
utalf Btraam running into this layer
if oo|d watar. ^ a