The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 09, 1897, Image 4
' y*\ Iu Times of Tronbl*,
China, Ityttmds of peatltcnce) per
sons aro permitted to witness M?*ijil
jtously theatrical performances imd
displays of tfrbworkn, tlio object being
(hat tholr minds may lay" dlntiacted
from tho prevailing epidemic. In
largo towns places aro provided In
* whloh those wtyo, In desperation, glvo
up tho hattlq of lift", may quietly lay
thorn down and die.
Three Go oil 'I'll I n g* ?
Throe food tltl ii Kn iiliout Tetterlno, IkimMcm
tli ti on* if teitt, gOo<l fru l Unit It riirtiA, nrn Hint 11
Ia Imi iiili??n anil linn no t>?<t o<lo|\ II |?
the only euro euro for Tetlor, KIiik tvonn, 1C< ?
r.Aiuu. ('ui?s ttietn h<? ttiAy hi?v- cured. No
niHttrtr bow Ion# you liavo liatl tliofo, M ?:oni?
getffiitKvx tit dmgglatii, or hy mull for ft" ?'itnt*
in on?l? or utatnbti irotu J. T. Htmi'trlne. Suvaa
nth, (ia.
I }'? An old Mlnlittir.
Many stories aro told of I>r. Gad
?Hitchcock; who wan a minister In rein
broke, before and during revolu
tionary times. Ho was noted for his
patriotism and tho fearless expression
of his views when opportunity offered,
llo \vau chaplain In tho ainiy at 0110
time, and preached muny a stirring ser
mon to the men.
! The tirst sermon he published was ad
droasi*! to a military company at the
tlmo when I ho French were making In
roads on tho northorn frontier, Tho
your before t lit; breaking out of tho rev
olution ho preachtM.1 his famous "J'JIec
tlon Hormon," which roused (Jov. Uago
to groHt wrath, and struck even the
minister's Klnucheat friends an Ill-ad
jvlaod. It is said that when Doctor
Hitchcock wrote It, the (lovornor win
not expected to-' ho In the audience at
tho tlmo of Us delivery.
When It was found that ho was thero,
one of the minister's friends suggested
that a slight modlllcation of some of
tho strong expressions In the sermon
would perhaps be advbi.ible; but I>r.
llltchcock was of another mind.
"My sermon Is written," he calmly
said, "and It will not be altered. '
On his journeying!! to and from Hoa
ton lie usually fell Into conversation
with any one with whom ho was
Ithrowu. One day lie traveled to Itos
!ton In company with a Sailor of whom
?ho asked many questions as to Ills
uaine, residence, habits and tastes.
At last the sailor began questioning
in Ids turn: "What la your name?' he
asked,
"1 am Clad llltchcock from Tunk"
(the name of hlu parish.).
"Three of thu worst names T ever
heard!" cried tho sailor, bluutly, great
ly to Dr. Hitchcock's delight.
DolitM l)?l?) p(l Hln IIuHmI.
The case of a burial Ion# delayed
'has recently come to light at I<evel, i
itusnlan town near the (Julf of Fin
' [land. The body thus tardily Interred
wiih that of a Itclglnn soldier of for
itune, tho Due riiarlcs dr Oroy, win
'bad been coniuiuuder-ln-chlef of tin
iltusslan army at tho historic battle oi
iNnrvii In 170(>. Made a prisoner during
the fight. Dc C'roy took up his re's I
'deuce at Hovel, whero ho died In tin
coui'hh of ov?>ntn; his creditors demur
;red to his burial, however, until hh
debts were paid. Mo tho soldlur wai
?mummlflcd ami Ids remains have stay
vd ever slnco In a church, where the}
have been exhibited to vltdtorn mm a cu
irloalty. Now, at least, amid snob pomj
its was to be found among the local tut
;thorltleR, ho has been given a (Ullof
,cofHn and properly lnterrod In one end
of tho vnnltH of the church.
K. A . Itoori, Toledo, Ohio, myn: "ll*ll'ti?'u
tarrli (.'urn c?roti my \vlfn of catarrh rtftorii
your? iijio uinl *lxi Inn Inul no return of It. It's
iMiii'Oi'inv." Hulil by UriiKKintH, 76<:.
Klt? permanently cured. No fllo or iiervons
iiosH HitiT III ' I ilnv'sunc of l)r. Kline's (treat
Nerve Itrntorcr. fitilivl holtlo unit treatise free
Lilt. H. 11. KtitNK. LUL 1131 Arch Ht..l,hliii..l,?.
Af i-<?. WIiimIow'r fcoul hi ng My run ffftohlMron
t .-cUdns. Hoftoiifj l.liitKuniM.i'e'tuoriiK i n ilu hi inn
lion, ulluys imlh, citrct, wlntl eollc. Jlc.ii liottlo,
T cnn reconnnond Plno's On re for Conminip
tlon to HuiTiM'rrs from Astlinin. K. l>. 'I'own
NKNii, l-'t. Howard, Win., May 4. IPUl.
If iinil.-li ff* Itli norc ojren mho I>r |ran< 'Diomp
hoii'n Kyv-wiiier.Di'Uggletssell boltlu'
Wim Able to l.>u No Work Livor In
Uml Com In ii >ii.
U
WiJOLHll'IJ/, N. V^-"l wi?h nil rundown
In health nud hardly nblo to ilo any work,
OAt'<>i?t it (<-\y chords. M r llvor was In n had
oomtit ioii Hint iny h?*ad Aohod count nnl ly .
1 hiw.i taking tlood'H Hiirflapartlla and
1 miii now entirely woll. I hnvo aluo taken
HouiI'h I'III'h with honvIK, Th???
Jmvo done woiitluiH for nio." H.J. Miiii.att.
MaaiI'c. Dlllft th* he?t family cathartic
VlOUU t rlllS Miirl Mvor Ht.lmulant. Jifie.
?% Hfe ? ? MM I f A It 1 'M nil navtil Willi
ff 1 H 1 I I Hal If (lilt I 1 1 ?? 1 1 kll.ox li-.lfjr. I>
8 I mJ I I HI n# Anil Ji?k ilu> mnrvfl
I R I I IV l%#rur? for thxiltluli Im'ir
U |l U || |l \V||I(* it?hi>\u mI
? " * C,v,fiSTIr..n.U?v, S\ \
Full Informal leu (III j'Ulu ? i ? ppT i innlV.i fv?~?
H. N. U.? No. ?il?'Vl.
cures want au use fails. ?
llrwt (. unjjli wfrtiin. Tuhui Uno
In tlino. fylit by <1rug?lMn- '
Kin Y.KUf'l'H CONUJ?K?8.
ltcpor t of tfae l'rocootllugu front Duy
to l>ny.
HKNATI'!,
Jt/Nf. 80th, Tho Somite <1 i<l rapid
work on Mio turill' liill.y, Tho olono'of
Oi? long dohato in tho nouato mill tho
final voto on tho hill 1b felt to he vcrv
near at hand, Two of tho moht i in
port ?nt i>rovibioiiH those relating to j
the Hawaiian treaty of rociprooity and
tlio tint v on coul woro perfected, whilo
another source of much conlliet, tho j
rooiprocity section, Van matured by
tho lilianoo committee wild presented
to tho Somite. Aeldo from tliQHO
lorgo itoniH i\ groat many minoi
ones -which 1 1 R vo ciiUMod more or
leas conflict, woro disposed of. The Ha
waiian provision of th<> hill was restored
after hriof debate, and without tho for
mality of a voto. This has tiio oT-%1 of
leaving the Hawaiian treaty of reciproc
ity in full force and otVoet. Turpio, of
Indiana, Hpoko in nupportof thoainoiid
merit for a two por oont. tax on iuhoi i
tanoes, It whh agreed upon in tlio can
oiiM that cotton bagging and hurlaps
woro to go till tho dutiable lint.
Jt;i<v 1st. ? ( 'otton bagging and cotton
tioH woro placed on tho froo lint in the
Senate by it voto of ?tl to '4H. I'lio duty
on whito pino lumhor wan reduced from
jfv to ^1 por !,()()() hy a voto of ll'v to HI.
Tho hill is now oomplolo*! with tho ox
copt ion of tho reciprocity section and
hoiiio coin | >ai nt i voly minor paragraphs.
Much progroHH waa mado in clearing
up detached paragraphs heretofore
caHHod over. Only three of these, coal
tar, potash and toll, romaiu, so that
t In >.so items, tlio reciprocity section and I
flio hriof intornal rovonno and admiuis
trativo provisions, aroull thai in h it ? >f
tins hill to ho disponed of hoforo tlio
final voto in taken.
>' i'i.y ^i?. Itociprosity ami lotalia
tion woro I ho I wo phiiHOH of tlio turill'
lull to occupy tho attention of tho
iSouato, to tho oxclUfipiii of all oilier
subjoet.s. Iloth prov isions woro agreed
to, although tho dohato on tho rocip
rocity clause was pl ot ractod tollo'clock.
'I'ho rociprooity clauso onipoworii tho
president. wit it tho advice and consent
of tho Sonato, to uinko rociprocity
treaties k > v i 1 1 k por cent, i nduction in
duties on designated articles, or plac
ing articloM on tho froo list. Thorn*
taliatorv clause piovidos that wheiiover
any country bestows an oxport bounty
on any article, thou upon tlio iiuportii- [
lion of such article into tho ('nit oil
Status, there shall ho levied, iu addition
to tho dnt ton provided hy tho act. nu
additional duly equal to tho amount of
the bounty.
?Jl'liV :||?. In tho Sonato all cll'ort Iu
tlx tho t i in o for a linal vote on the turill
lull proved futilo, hut during tho day
tlio hill was brought t<i a .slate of prac
tical completion. Mills, of Texas,
brought forward a now amendment for
utaxni '?incoittiia pad; on playing cards
which was agreed to by a unanimous
vote, amid much nmnsomont and sur
prise, as .Milla had n<d oxpectod that
result. All ot tho administrative sec
tions of ,^he hill, and that repealing the
\\ ilsoii^ucl. were <1 isposed of during the
day, iitul the paragraph proposing a
tax mi boor w as w it hdrw u by the coiii
iii 1 1 ten. The Senate adjourned till the
?f,lh, tin ellot I ht.'iug made to observe t ho
tint ional hoi itlay.
>ll:nv tVrn. In some respects tho
Senate made good progress, disposing
of t ? o important niuondiuotitii t hat
placing a stamp tax being agreed to.
wit h little or no opposition, ami with
out tho formality of a vole, while the
Spoonor aiiioiiihiieiil, proposing a tarilV
investigation, was withdraw^ after a
protracted atrugglo. bate in the day
several new uiunminioiits from individ
ual members wore voted on. An amend
nient to admit hooks lr? e w a* defeated.
.1 rr.v Urit. In tho Senate it wiih de
cided to limit tho speeches On the turill'
to Hie five niinuto rule, and Unit Mm
linal vote on the hill shall bo taken be
fore adjournment nu I lie i t h. huring
the day the anti trust question was de
bated at length, and I 'el t us' amendment
oil tho subject whh defeated, ?_'(> to 'Ml.
Alien, ot Nebraska, again oll'orod tin*
iinieiidmeut for a j cent bounty on heel
sugar It led l<> lively ami somewhat*
personal speeches from tho two Ne
braska Senators, alter which tho Allen
amendment was tabled, .'>7 to !).
IIOI'SK.
.In.v 1st. Tho iiioshuko of tho ('resi
dent recommending an appi opt ial ion of
of .-ittoo.ooo for rebuilding 1 1 1 ? > ininii^ra
lieu station nil at Kills Island, uiih laid
before tho llointo. J V loll of local im
portance vviiH |?HKH?'d, and til I :Ho t It o
I louse adjourned until tho Ml).
.It t . v ."(lit In thi> 1 1 ouho the Mind
? * 1 1 it I j I it i it in Itis invocation roforrod to
thi> spirit M Independence I >ay, which
In- said, i;avi> lit ns t ho immortal Declar
ation of I ndt'i londonce that led to tho
for in a t ion of a republic which has boon
tht1 iiiKjiiral ion of tho whole world, for
a latter liberty and higher cjyili/.ation,
after which followed ii)iinof{iuteI v a pa
1 1 lotic motion to ail jouru, which pre
vailed, after a slight hitch, until tho
1th
An Oldo K'i'l who was hulked In^ou
llttcllipt to Coliililll suicide c:'"jl |W-d
from her guardians ami p>i married be
fore they could catch her. Thus does
tho Ohio gill as well as ihe Ohio nitiii
show it capaell.x for aeeepiing with an
equal ftlacrlly anything thai coined
hundy. Heath ?>.? <?>>?! ritttotty, a enb
I not ollieo or a cheap clerkship, every
t llllig goes In ( Utio.
"Won't yiv.i t il." tills ve;i t t" said the
gentleman in 'i: ? i ar, n- in;: ati'l lifting
Ms hat' "No. than!; said the girl
with i lie skates on her arm; ' i'\e l>eett
*kal in.;, and I'm ti.'iil ? 1 1 1 i 1 1 duwu."
VottUi t .. J'dab ..; au
The LOVELL
DIAMOND
LEADS
In the Greatest Price -Smashing Bicy
cle Sa/o of the Ago.
Col. Bem. 6. Lov*ix,
Trena. Tiovoll ArmtOo.
1897 Level! Diamond xbk'woum,. B&duc6d to SS5.08
1896 Lovell Diamond, Reduced to 40.00
1897 lovell Special, - Reduced to 49.70
Excel Tandem, ? ? Reduced to 89.50
Simmon's Special, ? Reduced to 24.50
Boys' and Gilrrv - - Reduced to 18.75
Qar xopnUtlon 60 year? Is a Kuaranteo that oar IR97 tnoilel
fa the beet wheel mad?.
- ? -I . In? lot oft seeing the Lovell Diamond. Agencies everywhere,
' / IFIBID FOR CATALOGUE AND 8PEGIAL LIST ^9.
JOHN P. LOVELL ARMS CO., r
-WTWHWWWr 8t . 131 Broad St. . Bos Ion. M a^
MORMON CHURCH BURNED. |
Teachers of Botli Colors to Hold
Separate Institutes.
? ? ?
SENATOR TILLMAN AI TIRZAH.
I
? ? ? ? < ?
iioiMl Nona lo the .Mi(l(lii^AKrl*!iil"
liiral Hull ('use to Ito KoiihIH Over
Afjiiln Other I'nlmHto < ' f 1 1 |>m.
?
Superintendent of Kducation Alny
iiolii hftn fixed I lio following {lit ton foi
( '(Hint y Teachers' luhtituten to ho hold
in the VHi iouH con lit ion of t ho State,
i on \V||(TK TKAI'UKKH.
Ahnovillo, July I li'll ; (U'oonwood,
50-jjl^ ( Iroonvillo, Annual 5-7; Choijo
how, August till; ( 'hireudon, Auguat
Jd-51; Williamsburg, Anijuat 33'5N; Col
leton, August ;it> to Neptomhpft I;
Orangeburg, ^uUunhei (Ml; St,
( loot o'm,n in i ?or i.'Kin; Kmrtiold,
.Fuly 10-51: Chester, July 50-:H ; York,.
August 5-7; K orahaw, A'titfllst SI- 1 -I ;
Hum tor. .Inly 10 5-1; l''loronoo, .Tilly' 1?<J
ill; .Marlboro, August 5-5; Alarioti,
August 11 II; Horry, AugiiMt M ? - V? I ;
Harnwoll, July I'.t-'J-l; Aiken, July 50
!U , Saluda. A liquid *J - 7.
i coi.ouco i i:A( ii mis.
(loorgoTown, July 15-17; V "ill in in h
hiuy;, July 10-51; Clarendon, July 5(1
iJl; fcuintoiy August 5-7 ; Kershaw, Aug
uvt 0 I I; Vork, August 10-51 ; Chontor,
A u^uat 5a-5H; I'atr^oM, August !{o tr
September I, (lioenvillo. July 5-17;
A hhovillo, J til v I!' '3 1 ; ( < roe-. ?\ < >oi i , J uly
5(1 Ml ; Spartanburg, August 'J-7; ('olio
toy, July 10-51; St. (loorgo'a, fu'y 5;l
3I? <?r?i?}f?hui-K, August 5-5; Kloreneo,
August 0-1 1 ; Mailhoro, August 1(1-51;
Marion, August yU-VH; liiwnu oil, ,1 uly
10 51, Alkon, July 50-111; Saluda,
August 5-7; Itichlaud, August 0 I I.
? ?
At ( 'harlostou last week in tho Unitod
Statea ( ' i l ouit Court Jndi^o Himonton
handed down a decision refusing to
grant tlio prayer of tho Statu thai I''..
I'., Wesley ho restrained from taking
possession of tho a;.*ri??ult ural liull in
( 'olumhia Tho case first ciiniii up be
fore J ud^o Simonton, under tho ad
in i n ii-t rat ion of , -several yearn ago. Tho
State lout heforo tho Circuit ('out, tho
Court of Appeals and tho Supremo
('oiift of the l ulled States. Hecontlv
application wiii niado heforo Judge Si
inoiiton for a stay of proceedings. Now
that the cio>e lias gone a^aiiift the
Stale it i* prohahlo that Mr. Wesley
will /jet possession of tho property.
The agricultural ha! I i? now used as I lie
State's central dispensary. Tho Strt'o
has taken an appeal, and tho oaso will
lie hoard now hy tho Circuit Court of
Apponlaiu November. Tho Stale will
accordingly do business at the aims old
Mtand.
<??
Tho following oll'icers were elected
for tho ensuing year at tho recent inoet
in;;oftho Woiuau'a I'oioi^n .Mission
ary ( 'oiiforeiieo at Anderson: i'reni
dent, Mra. W. I >. Wlxhtmiin. Charles
ton; vice president, Mrs. I!. S. Her
bert, Oraugebuig; corresponding noc
rctiiry, .Mi:'. J. \V, llumhort, Vork
villo; ri'cordiuj^ Hocrelary, Mian T. I >.
Martin, ('oluiuhia; treasurer, Mrs. J.
\V. (ircor, ( iroen wood ; diatrict aeero
tary, Mi a. (1. I'. Watson, ( 'Jiai lestou;
Mrs. M ( '. t (won, Cokeahurv, Mm. J.
10. Wananiakor, ( 'ojuuihia ; Mih. J. U.
McClellan, i''loruuco; Mir. M. II.
nood^oin, (Ireomille; Mra. J.
Cainphell, Marion; Mra. \V. Ij. Wait,
< >rau^ehur^; Mia. !?'. (\ Jefl'roy, Hock
1 1 ill; Mrs. A. M. .Mille^au, Sparlan
hjirg; .Mra. ('. lj. Stuhha, Suintor;
editress of column in Soilthorn (.'hria
t ian Advocate, MIkhT. I >. Wait. Air.
J. I K AI unlock, of (iroen wood, wan
appointed editor.
Tin- following appeared in last week's
issue of the Mock Hill Morald: "('apt..
W. II. IM wards lias received a latter
I'rout Senator I^'illuiaii in which lie
states tlnil lie <vill attend the York
county Alliunee camp meeting at Tir
zah, but can he there1 one dav only.
Ho w ill be linked to come cm Friday,
Any:. if lie cannot bo thero both
days. Other distinguished men from
the Stiiti' have signified their intention
of attending notably (ioveriior Kllerbo
and Congressmen Stokes, Strait and
Sliinyauto Wilson. Congressman Sib
ley, of IPeumiylvanm, th.e great free
silver advocate of the Keystone State,
has* promised < 'ongressnian Strait that
he, ton, will come. Willi this galaxy
of (listing u i. shed men as speakers, the
camp meeting will be a gyeat allair. ' 'm
? |
Adjutant (ienernl Watts has mado
the announcement that the .Inly appro
priation of the national government for
the South Carolina militia is now
available and ho ha? already placed the
order for the annual supply of uni
forms and equipments. Ho requests
iluit all commands in the State who are
in need of uniforms will netid in their
requisitions at once so that they can
receive prompt attention when the sup
ply arrives. This will be good news to
1 1 1 a ii y of the ununiformed commands
III t 111! SIllllJ,
lii I ail lield county men opposed to
Mormonism applied the torch to their
church, the only one in the State, iir.il
that was built nt a cost of much self
tlenial. burning it totheground. Chris
tiiiim who conihiiuii such warfare hayjfi
Mihscttbed for the election of a large
and handsome chntch.
\
-4 4 fr?
t 'heater's bonds to the extent of c-1'\ -
()00 issued for sewerage and water
works have l>een sold and couti acts let.
i he bonds, bearing t? per cent, interest,
brought stop The aewerage contract
was awarded to (SoovgeO. Teuny, of
Spartanburg. The water works to
(<ill .V White, of ( 'liattanooga.
I he monthly meeting of thedircclora
of the State penitentiary was held last
wei'k. A large amount of routine work
was done. , '1 ho directors aro proud of
the harvest record being made at the
I >eSauH?uro farm* which has yieldod
this season Imshols of oats to the
acre. The convieta were given their
regular Fourth of .)uly holiday dinner.
-?* ?? ?
The promotera of tho new county of
Williainston have given up tho light,
and under the law tho scheme. cannot
ho rcuowed under the samo name with
in two yeara.
At the Mouth Carolina Military Acad
emy at Charleston, t'.voho beneficiary
vacancies will lw in September, and
they are as follows: ttcaufort v?, Wil
liamsburg I, Aiken. I, Orangeburg 1-,
Sumter I, Union L beeueo I, lierkeley
2, Fairfield 1, Charleston 1.
-? f '
Tho State *aya Oherokeo county Im#
only flvo or six conjviets <?n the c1iai??
?ang, and one them a^nogro
^CAduuv^viio-ha* fcade -It to eaeajw;. ? ?
^'Wrir.7*.fr7,~ Ta the latent to tho
flovernor'a family. Thin ia the fifth
boy and nixth child in th? executive
family
| HE nu WIN IIP.1
-*? ? J" : I
Rainfall's Steady (Jecreaie for
Twenty Yoar / Back,
A GRApUAt FALLING OFF,
1HP7 Tlirontena to llr-OHk, ull Previous
KvoonlH for Defltlolenoy -- Hoinu
I'Mfturon.
Tho world iBalowIy drying up. Thin
in 11 startling fnot? but in bupported by
atutiatioa o f tho United .States weather
bureau. If the rocord continue# uu
broken in loss than 100 .yearn thin will
ho an arid desert.
For tho IftBt forty year h there ha?
boon a gradual doorouao in tho rainfall.
U|> to ton your# ago tljiH was hardly
notieuble, hut for tho pant eight years
tho defloieuov of ruin hus boon ho grout
flu to ho alarming. Th? number of
inohoB of ruinfall laat year wan but a
smull per cent. over half what it was
ton years Ago. !
Tho rapid decrease in rainfall begun
in IHXtf. That year tho precipitation
wuh abnormally largo, registering 04.08
luchoa. Tho next year it was move
than ten inchoB leas, and ban rapidly
iloorousod until lunt year tlio total rain
lull was but iil.12 inc.he'u.
Tho normal rainfall Ai 61.1)0 iuohofl,
or u fraction Iohh lhu(i tlfty-two inches
ovory year. I^Htimat^ig that /VJ.OH
inches m tho norinul annual precipita
tion the world is now ovo?* two youra
behind in her rainfall, ugsuining that
lust yoar is tho new average of yearly
ruintull.
I Miring tho pa?t eight yeara oldy
i*il..'iH inches uf water foil. Tho norinul
rainfall should have been ll'i.Hv, or
til.;: I i nc.hea deficiency during the ei^ht
youra. Added to this sturtling do
llcioi'cy i? tho dolieienoy aecuuiulutod
during tho six luonllia of tho protioul
your just closed. This deficiency on
I into IJOtli amounted to 7.41 inohoa,
which added to tlio dotlcionoy of tho
ei^ht precoding youra umonntH to 08. 78
inchoH of water yot' "duo tho earth by
old .JupitQi1 I'luviUB. Thin dolloioney
amounta to more than twice tho totul
rainfall of tlio past yoar, whioh wan but
ill. PJ.
If tho ruinfnll oontinuos to docreuso
a? fust for tho next twenty year* un it
Iiuh during tlio pant eighty years by tho
end of that period tho old world will bo
us dry ua u hot brick.
Tina ia u horrible picture to contem
pluto, but tho iigures of tho mon cm
ployed by tho government to keep u
duily record of every trace of water that
fulln from tho hoavons uliow that the
ruinfnll is decreasing and that if u
change in the tide does not ooine Boon
thia aoctiou of the world will bo u dry,
rainless piece <>f dirt.
A close iii vo?t i|<utioit has revealed tlio
fact tliut there in no known scientific
reason for, the abnormal condition.
It in simply an unparalolled freak of
nature which the wisest of mortals has
boon nimble to explain. The record of
rainfall for the past forty years show
that at no tail? bust hero boon anything
to equal tho drying proceHsof tlio world
Farmers havo complained of the execs
hivh droughts, but they havo never
I bought that tho rain didn't fall at some
season of the year. ^ it has always been
thought that Ihe raln''i?]l at. aomo sea
son , and not until now ItrtR.tho shock
ing fact come to light that the world
wu8 drying up.
This year promises to eclipse any
year in tho recorded history of tho
world. Up to the proseni time tho
rainfall has boon far bolow the average
and tho rainy months of January aild
March are past. If the rainfall for tho
remainder of tho year is no moro than
it has boon during tho corresponding
months of tlio past few yours, thou
18!) 7 will break the record for dry
woathor. 1 iast year- broke all provioua
records, but this year has startod in to
Hinneh even that of 1WIHJ. The month
of May was tho dryost month of May
over recorded in this uootion, and dur
ing tho month of June just closed tho
rainfall was loss than half tho normal.
With a> deficiency of nearly eight
inches staring the people in the face
tlicy can hardly hope for tho rainfall to
recover its normal beforo tho closo of
I ho prose u t year.
The situation is certuinly one of in
terest despite tho awful prospect pre
sented. It is an attractive out not a
pleasing study to sit down and figure
liow long it will bo before tho inhabi
tants of this sphere will be loft without
anything to drink, and the earth will
bo but a piece of p&rohed geology. Jt
i>< a ghastly thought tb think tliat in
side of fifty years the peoplo may bo
murdering each other for tho last drop
of water. For years it lias boon noticed
that tho rivers have beon drying it p|
Water courses that once were naviga
ble aro now merely sandy bottomed
and barred streams. When a rain falls
the waters overflow tho banke of the
river, but in a few days it Is again tho
little straggling creek. ThU >s in part
explained by tho cutting down of tho
forests, but tho same pxplauatiou doos
not fit the caso of deficient rainfall.
The large forests did hold the fallon rain
and help it from rushing into the
streams, and by that means prevonted
the floods that today menace tho coun
try, but those forests did not couduco
to a heavy rainfall.
The record presented bolow would
prove that such will be tho case. For
ten years the annual rainfall has been
rtv follows:
't'^Ns 111. 08 inches
IHS'.i. A4.7* Inches
|S.1(V ! 42. UO inches
ls;?K . . ? ? 4?J.l?7 inches
is;?2. ! -I'.l. 87 inchoH
...... Kit. 4.1 inches
.40.03 inches
180.V ... .. 4.1. 1)2 inches
81. 12 inches
Trior to tho rainfall averaged
about fifty five, and frequently went
up above sixty inches. The reoord
shows that every year almost was abovo
tho present normal of ft 1. 00. ? Atlanta
Constitution.
Agttliiftt. Ijynclilitg,
Tbo Texas Siato Logislftturo, which
lm? just conclndod its sesaion, enacted
It stringent law against lynchora, and
makes nil participants in a mob which
infliota death upon any |>erfton, for any
reason wlmtever, guilty of murder in
the first dogroe.
A Warm Campaign Opened.
Tho first mooting of Uie Houth Caro
lina campaign for the Democratic nom
ination for United jBtate* Senator to
fill the place now oocupled'hy TdlinTi.
McLaurin. hy appointment from the
Oorernor, was held at 8 n inter on the
5th, and proved *enf*ttonaI In the
extreme. They . both ' exchanged com*
pUments. hnt did not come 16 blows,
irhy Applied var*. hard .names to Jfo
T/eurin, who ii jnm says that bs_oonld
hoT aoouae nfm "of *aiihonertyr Kx:
Oommor Etan* ha* dfclded not to
enter the race. Other candidatee are
ogpyotedJi jjjrltM raee besides Mo
THE R 181 NO GEf^R'AriON.
i. x^?
K 1fii|>|>y I.lttto African Ttiut'ri Not
Trnnbled with drills.
Thin ploturo of it llttlo African, (alien
it Port Kltzahcth, tftrlk<\s ono iim 1?oI?k
t curious contrast to t ho llttlo folkx in
ino foatherg one ta acciiHtoirfttl to ?c>e.
Vot ho !? It u ht??? In none tho lo?> hap*
??UK JUS1NU OKNKKATiON.
p.v far his nnkedness; and tho hut ami
mother In the background no doubt con
k( 1 1 n I o a homo '/or (ho child In thu full
sen so of the term.
A Queer Death.
John Wahrnuui, Pyonr-ohl son oi
John Wahrman, a farmer living 111
teen miles southeast of Kansas City,
ami one mile from Union Point school
house, met death In a peculiar manner
on Saturday afternoon. The lad was
out in the Held with his father' and
Htartwd off with a dog to hunt rabbits,
lie did not return. Late Saturday night
a party was organized and a search of
(hu surrounding country instituted
About 10 o'eloek Sunday morning the
boy'w body was found tightly ? wedged
In a groujidhp# hole. The ? circum
stances iiidiuaji'd that the boy was In
pursuU of ? rabbit, which took refjhge
In the groundhog's burrow, aud In' his
effort s to get at the game the boy got
his body securely wedged In (ho hole,
shutting off the air. The remalns'werc
Interred Monday in Charles (Jatnzer's
private burial grounds.? Kansas ? City
Times.
When you say ho to a woiiuin, you
must follow It with an explanation.
Personally Conductou Tour tf> Prov
Ideiiec, Hoston un?l WliHc Monn
ItiliiH via S? A. 1-j. and M. it M. 'J\ Co.
Auuu?t lllli, 1897, in the data se?e<5t(?d for
llxinprcl.il excursion to i'rovldomjo via Soa
ixmrq Air l<inonnd Merchant*' uiyl Miners'
Trn'iAporlat ion (7o. Steamer Tickets will
mil y ln? sulil mi I lio 11th, ami will ho limited
to 31 day* Cm in dutc, allowing paobenttcrs to
return "on any regular steamer and train
wit hin Mint, limit. Tho following rates and
M'hediilo will apply:
\ ItATH SOItKIUJI.K
Charlotte, N. O. ^ $l!ir.S K'fi P. M.
Iliimtet. " . IX. 10 11.23 P. M.
l.liuulnton, " " yii-'sTi . 7. II i P. M.
Mux loii, " I8.!>r? ii.lv' I*.
Moiwoe, " ttt.ts 11. in P, M.
Itii'itKli. '? I7.M) 2. ISA. M.
Itnttx'i fiiriltoii, N.?> 21. At 4.:c? P. M.
Sun ford, ?? li.ro 1.1/2 A.M. j
.Shelby. " 20-7? .. fi.(n I'. M.
U'nileniioro, " IS.ioAi lu.31 1*. M.
wtiiutiiKtoii. " , ?u :*i ip :i.!o p. m.
The steamship Vt 'lint limn" will ho placed
. in service on this oecnsdon and tho* service
VIII l>n tlrst-Hnss in fvery nospect. Meats
nnd stateroom herth < >n steamer, ko5.ih: and
return, will he furnished holders off these
special exeurshm tickets?, without <ixtra
cnnrKu.. The capacity of the steamer is of
course limited and application for resckv.a
tiou should hw mad<? im early posslb'lo in
oi;det< to teciire t im best accomm/xla' lonf. H.
A. 1j. Ticket, Agent nt Atlanti, (la., will
make reservations and furnish nmiilfer of
rooms occupied. The Paswengor ftcpartinient
Of tlio Poslioard Air ljlne at 1'ortaiBOuLh, Va?
Iiiim Issued an at t*actl va I t.l nornj-y' of tills
I rip, copies of which will he furntyihod upon
application to n y S. A. 1j. AKent.
In 1803 J had two eh tups of t>he nam#
of Belli 'and Oleero Dodge, who lived
down la the forks of 'Ooon, abqut four
mile* below us, The boya wf^'e hauling
wood to town, and thoy told ilie that the
wood* down In the forka were alive
with aqulrfpls, and that If I would go
t>aclc with thorn that opening they
would g*t th%lr father to let fchean hav?
the nfctt day ott, and we would nave
lot's of fun. I went horaa and got my
No; 14 irfutale loader, plenty of (ttomtv
nltion and ray do?, and went hoate wltn
them. father I>o<Ige bad built A new
frame hotuie, but It wa* not larg?
enough to accommodate the family and
nriy strangers, *o Oleero and I slept out
in tho $1(1 log hoiute. I shall never for
?a>l thj scare we got that night, A*
TO.vtt will, we lay there a long time dla
cutwlng the vatioua propositions thai
suggest themaelvea to two l>oy chumt
who haven't seen each other for aoim
.time. Along toward midnight we
thought wp dtacorered tho prcaence of
somebody under our bed. rl\> make It
moro certain, wo distinctly heard thi
ticking of his watch. Wo became un
t-aVy; for the ticking of that watch wa?
regular and Inoeasaut. At la?t Olcerc
l u totly ellpped <mt of- bed, went orer to
i ho now houae nnd called his father,
who conio aud inveatlgated. Much to
/nr chagrin tho old gentleman soon dl?n
?)overed that the cairae of our dread and
?forebodings waa only a deathwatch nl
work In nn old log by the aide of tlx
bed.? Forest and Stream.
"Has Dr. Nuusou any uoclal stand
ing?" "Dear me, yes. Ho moves In
the highest circles."? New Y6rk fchm.
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