Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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j5t ► jutl in time to belp oat. It la awful to bare to read polltioa daj after day aad to ponder over the way* ol partiea aaT partiaaM. A quail a day for thlrt; daya la aotblnf to ba compared Lrt ua hare any aort of a reoeaa now. We wouldn’t mind a bif Are or a amall earthquake—a quake that would abake the window* la the big houae at Waah- Ington and upaet a few deaka and taolea aad roll the drunken member from Alabama off the aofa. I wUh aome Ouy Pawkea would oomu along and aoare them all ao bad that they would go home and never go back any nr ore. The people are tired and die- heartened. There are a few good public aervante there, but they are loet aad belpleae. The majority would eee the country go to the devil before they would get cut of the Hue of their party. The currency and the tariff are not party queatloaa, but the partiee have made them eo. Thla baa been aald before, but It ia worth aavlng again. There la ao moral principle that go*- erna a urofeaitional politician. Look at Blackburn and Hunter—what an expeaae to the State will the taxpay er* have to meet juat to gratlfv the greed or the aelAah ambition of two men. Kentucky baa hundred* of men juat aa able and well qualiAed aa they are. . Then why don't they withdraw aad etop all their wrangle. Why don’t the liembers make them withdraw, The anaeer W that thla la politlce—1m- pure and complex polltioa. Surely the common people are foolaor they would aend bettpi meff t& Congreea and to the Legislature. Jr --<* But 1 was thinking about Dr. Nansen and the north pole. Can It be possible that be has found it—found the end of the earth—the very tip end of the spindle that the earth turns on, and was there a itnoh pin in It and was the axle greaaed or was the journal hot and did the sparks Ay and ao forth. If the doctor hasn't found anything but an open polar sea and a few walruses and seals and no big, awful suck-bule at the center that had liked to have pulled hla vessel in them, be may go back and try It again. The world won’t be satlsded with that and it won't believe him. Why, Jxhn Cleves Symmes found a theoretical hole up there that was 2.000 miles la diameter 1 could sail In and around hard to manage. Bill Arp and a vessel could sail just as easy as sailing on the ocean. Symmee shole was talked about when I was a boy and it has had believers ever Then Jains V< 1 erne came along and mg i there and found the ^ ing for he ball. The digwtfte organs jean be kept la a healthy condition, for since made a journey up identical pole and put s Aag on it, and the one he raised Is Aying there yet. And Inst, but not least, Mr. Fair man has found a manuscript left by one of Sir John Franklin’s men in an Eskimo hut and It tells the whole story, how he and an Eskimo and six dogs were out off from the vessel and took shel ter In a cave of loe and lived on wai ns aad bear meat, and after some days determined to explore the cave and kept on aad on aad on, by the light I ^ of their blubber-lamp, until they had | traveled 160 miles, aad at last came to the opening on the other side, which Is to say the inside of Bymmes’s hole, and found a land aad a people and One cities and fruits and dowers, aad lakes and rlvere, and the whole was lighted up by the aurora borealis. Mr. Fair- man calls it the third world aad makes a very fascinating story of it. If it was true I would believe it, and I am inclined to believe It anyhow. It has a charming love story mixed up with jt, and I am not yet too old to-enjoy tVui I’ve always had aa idea that the Creator put the aurora borealis up there for some other purpose besides an occasional illumination of our northern horrlson. Maybe it is a big electric arch light for those people in the bole, who never see the sun. Verily, we are on tha eve of great things, but we don't know whatlht y are. Dr. Nan»* n uaa’t put us off with ice aad water—our own Elisha Kent Kaae don* better than that and eo dla Oreely, for they saw docks of acquatlo birds eoming from that way. Neverthe less we will wait aad eee. Maybe he has found a hole—aa open funnel—and will go through and come out at the ether end. And now w* read that Dr. Ploageon, who has been nine years in Yucatan, hat at last unraveled all the mysteries of the hieroglyphics that are chiseled on the ancient ruins in that country and declares the ruins to bo at least tea thousand years old, and these temples were built long before the Aood and the letters that make up the alphabet are of Egyptian origin. He and hla wife have been photographing them and hare written a volume that will soon be published in* Paris, a volume that he says will enlighten the scientific and religious world and re move all doubts about the origin of man and his progress down the corridors of time. We read some of bis oommunl- eations in The Heriew of Reviews last summer and wonderful—thatis all we ean do nowadays—just wait and won der. Not lottg ago I bad a nice letter from Mr. Oliver, the American consul at Ifenda asking me to come over there and examine these wonderful ruins and write them up and offering his assistance, and 1 have a mind to go. Merids is a city of 60,000 inhabitants, and it is only a short sail from Havana. The only thing that makes me hesi tate is what Dr. Plongeon writes about the snakes and oentlpeds and other noxious reptile* and insects that haunt the ruins. Alter living seventy years and rscaping the dangers of war and pestilence, 1 don’t want to be bitten b, a snake and die in a strange laod^ ” am like the old man of ninety years who took the measles and said he •ever was so ashamed of anything in his life, and it would disgrace the family if he died of the ipeaslee. And bow come th* cathode rays that are to throw light upon all hidden things and reveal the anatomical mys teries of the human body. Th* dic tionary says they are the rays that go .to sun-dpwn when the electric current is fiowlng from east to west, and the word means sun-down. Edison is at work on the disoovery day aad nlwht, and will tell us more rbout it before long. The doctors will be able to look right through a man aad diagnose his disease. If he has appendicitis they will see it aad know where to If be has a pistol ball in him, an And it. If hie heart or his lungs meed,, th* rays will tell how Poor OarAeld’s life might have beoo ssved, for the doctors would not have b; d to cut him all to pieces hent- CURIOUS COINCIDENCES. Three Cissemstee Who Fought end Felt on Gettysburg's Field. Ia correcting n statement made by another gentleman with reference to the career of the late Col. Lewis £ Williams, of the famous First Virginia, Dr. J. C. Hlden tells a most remarka ble story about three of his classmates at the Virginia Military Institute as follows: \ 1 was intlifiately acquainted with Colonel William* from his boyhood His father, for whom he was named, ’was the Commonwealth attoraey o Orange County, and for more than average generation practiced In the ooprt of which my fatnqrffea * juatioe. Lewis and myaelf attended the same local academies. In 18541 was appoint ed a cadet at the Virginia Military la stltute at Lexington. During that ses sion I roomed in No 13—a “tower" room on the second “ stoop," and just west of the “arch.” My roommates were Lewis B. Williams, Tazswel Patton, a son of the noted lawyer anc politician, Hon. John M. Patton, of thla city; Peyton Slaughter aad R. C Alien. The coincidence* were really more extraordinary than those stated In the Dinpatch. William** sere, all of the same class, all ia the same room, all graduated July 4, 1855, all became lawyers, all volunteered In the Confederate army, all rote to the rank ot colonel, nil commanded Vir ginia regiments,, ware nil In Pickett's Division, all (I believe) in Kemper’s Brigade, and nil fall at Gettysburg. I once related this serins of coinoi deaces to a distinguished graduate of Brown University, and he said he saw nothing very remarkable in them. I knew at once that be had never master ed the “theory of probabilities" in mathematics. I afterwards related this totbst famous educator Joan Hart, a real mathematician, and he express ed hts wonder thus : “ The chances for such n series to occur again are, 1 should say, about as one to Infinity Mr. H irt took bis degree at the Uni versity of Virginia. Lewis Williams and myself belonged to the same Uterary^eoclety and he was one of the finest speakers In the corpse of oadete. A* a student he distinguish ed himself, and graduated high in a class which was remarkable for talents. Stapleton Crutchfield, one of the most brilliant students I ever knew, took th< first boner In that class. He wps a son of the old Democratic Speaker of the House of Delegate*, who wept in the chair when the House refuted to eleot William v- Rives to the United State# Senate. At Gettysburg, Colonel Williams, who was quite ill with malarial fever, wan lying In tn ambulance. Whentbe charge was ordered he left the nmbul- Chairman BswCsn Call* for ttt* Formation of a Silver Party—Ho Wants this Stats to Lm* Up for th* Fight To the People of South Carolina: 1886 the time has again oomn in the history of civilisation whan man compelled to take a determined stand —with a courage and tnnaeas that know* no defeat—for the right* ol human against the greed of an in trenched money power. This year may prove the last opportunity fo* the cause of the people to win peacefully by the ballot. Bondholder* and their cohort* of oentralixed wealth are rapidly rivet ing the ehackieeof a degraded serfdom on the producers of the whole world. Men of all classes of business—In pro duction, manufaoture and distribution —are feeling more heavily every day the burden of tribute they are paying of banking and bondholding classes— the plutocratic socialists. Tho Intelli gence of the citlsen of this republic renders it necessary tor our people to lead the nations in the fight for cur rency reform. Through the discus sions of the last few years the intelli gent Yoter has come to understand, much better than formerly, bow the profit* of all Industry are absorbed by the drone* of the creditors classee. by controlling the .Issue and volume of ail money and continually increasing it* purchasing power. The period of educational agitation and theoretical discussion is rapidly passing. The time for action has come. The united action of the people on the financial Issue Is the only mean* as or and prepared to lead hi* regiment the First Virginia. The field offloers were all afoot, aa it waa reckoned al most certain death to he mounted in that charge. Kemper, who practiced at our Oraage bar, and had known Williams aa a boy^said : “Lewis, you cannot go; you a > e too weak to walk, aad it la certain death to ride.” “ Gen eral, I can alt on my hone, and I must go," wf» the gallant colonel’s reply. Ttu* of the old First then remon- siratod : ;££<> I on* 1, go back to the ambulance. If you mount that borpe, you will be a dead mao before Two go three hundred yards. I will take the regiment in. Do go back.” *’ No," said Williams, “I will lend my men," and be mounted hit horse and moved upon those dreadful, cannon-crowned heights. He bad ridden but a few rods when he fell. ‘‘Tims honored Old nonunion. What heroes h«st thou borne' Mother! thine eye is weeping, Thy lovely bosom torn; But *1111 thy brightest jewel Thtne honor thou didst save; Thy eons will wear it proudly In freedom or the grave." The Mount Lebanon Shakers recent ly performed a great deed of charity altnoug it was not designed as a char Ity, being nothing more nor lee# than an advertising scheme. It however re sulted In great good juat the same. They gave away 1,000 bottles of their Digestive Cordial to those suffering from stomach derangements. It wan no effective in curing those who used the remedy that they were loud in their praises of it and in con sequence a large demand for the oor dial was at once created. The druggists of this town have lit tle books that tell all ak’Ut it. Diges digestion and brings about a rapid in creese ia Aeah aad strength. Laxol Is the name of a palatable Castor Oil. Just the thing for children —The recent sain ol the Port Royal aad Western Carolina Railroad has been confirmed by Judge Simooton in the United States Circuit Court. The signing of the confirmatory order was not ia the nature of a surprise to the railroads or the attorneys, an Judge Sim >nton stated in court several weeltt ago that he would confirm the sale. The order is quite brief, and si confirm* the sale aad makes no men tion of tbs fees for the attorneys. The lawyers were instructed SLthe hearing ‘ of the case to forward their argument* bn tor fees bylhe 12th instant, wbiol understood was done. It la said that th* faes to the late res ted lawyers will not be made public. All patriotic citixens—especially the producers of the raw material, the farmer and miner; the producer of the finished article—the manufacturer— and the distributors—the merchant and the commercial men-—should equally bear the responsibilities ol this grand fight for humanity against the Shy looks of England and Wall street. __ . We cannot dally ..with the danger nor longer be deceived by the dilatory tactics of party politlcans. That botn parties in charge of our government now are servile tools of the money power 1W notorious fact known of all men. Shylock bas already led oat tbe Republican party as tbe winner this ;pear. The Democratic leaders them selves confess that there ls y> hope for their party In the eoming elections. Its national convention will only be held to give the leaders—pretended friends of silver, but really tbe slaves of Wall street goldolators—a chance to try their hands at keeping some of the Southern States in line with another platform straddle and a milk-aod-cider candidate. Going into tbe national convention of either one of the old parties only means deception and di vision of the silver forces aad final de- eat to the cause of currency reform. TLe people must take charge of this fight themselves from tbe beginning- make it open, honest and straight, and resign none of their vital interests nto the hands of party leaders, whe only work for party success. A conference of silver men of al >arties was held In Washington, D C. f on January 22-23 ultimo. It was tbe unanimous opinion of that confer ence that the friends of silvsr coinage must at once prepare for indeneadeat action. A national conventloa was called to meet at St Louis on July 22d. *n adopting a platform and nomlsat ing candidates, this convention Is to eo-operate with the People's party nod all other friends of currency reform. A national committee waa selected and headquarters established at Washing ton and the work of organisation will be rapidly pushed* After consultation with friends of the cause In this State, and feeling it my duty as a member of the national committee of the American Silver Party from South Carolina, I have de cided to Issue this address—appealing to all patriotic citixens, who realise the • upreme importance 'ssue, without regard tions or views on other unite at once in an organ tbe following propositions aa a basis. 1st. The free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver, at the legal ratio of 1 to 16, by th* United States govern ment, Independentof thoactilon of any foreign power. 2d. The power to control ami regu late a paper currency Is Inseparable from the power to coin money; hence bank issues should be abolished and all ourfaicy Intended to circulate a* money should be Issued, and its volume con trolled, by the the general government only and It should he a full legal ten der. The volume of currency—gold, silver and paper—to be sufficient to do the business of the country on a cash basis. Unalterable opposition to tbe Issue <>f Interest-bearing bunds by tbe United Slates in time of peace. The coin obligations In tbe United resolution on Cuba wan nffreeaMnt was made as to coaotuding the debate. Mr. White (Dea.) of California oootloued tbe speech begun «b*t the question of the recognition Cuban belligerency or of Cuban lade C adence wan one nolely within the lotions of th* executive department of the government, and that Ceng had no right to impose ite will upon the President in such • matter. As to the recognition of Cuban independence, he said that the independence nf % new government could not be retn^nlxei until the real vital disturbance* were practically closed, and until tbe cause of the parent country was desperate. Under prevailing conditions, the re cognition of. the independenoe of Cuba would be not only contrary to all prer cedents, but contrary to the actual justice of the cnee. Mr, Vest asked what would have be come of the struggle tor American Independence If France had acted on tbe prinolple advocated by the Sena tor from California. The American people* Mr. Vest said, would have today been English subjects, instead of being frec^Ditlxene of a free country France, during tbe struggle, had cognised the independence of United States and had gone farther than any other country had ever gone in a like case—except from self-inter est. She had seat her armies and fleets and had put upon the people of the United States a debt of undying gratitude. “If we mean to stand by these peo ple in Cuba, who are Imitating us and are endeavoring tonsake a government •very asnator knew that the struggle crllqrsville fer It was not yet suoCessfui. . m ‘ for themselvee, w* must help them in their hour of need. I do not go so far as to say that we should do so by arms That is not advocated by any one in mis chamber or out of it. We can at-| least do it by stating to the world that we believe the attempt of this mon areby of Spain to suppress the insur rection—to crush the attempt to form a republic in the island of Cuba—is absolutely hopeleets and helpless, as I believe, under God, it is today. “ I say there will never come an hour when Spain can reassert her dominion over the leland Cuba. It ia I impossible for her to do it. I speak from the greet teachings of history and experience. The course of Spain on this oontiaent is marked with blood. There was a time when Span ish dominion extended from the south ern limits of tha United States to the most southerly point of South Ameri oa. No Amencaa can ever forget those burning page*of Presoott, which describe the conquest of Mexico aad Peru when the Spapiards, with tbe lust of gold and the lust of blood, marked their terrible pathway across those countries. Of all that domieioa, won by blood, won through t torture and fire, there remains today to that toothless old wolf the single Island of Cuba, aad Spain today, like Giant Despair in that woadnrfnl picture of Bunyan, sits almost helpless at tbe door of the dark cave of despotism aad grins with Impotent rags at the pro cession of splendid republics that march on ia tbe progress of civilisa tion and the future. " Mr. President, that wolf can never retain that single cub. Never Spain hold the island of Cuba after •he has lost nil these South American provinces. “Thla question,” Mr. Vent west oa, “is not whether Cuba has achieved her iodependeno*. The question in heth«r Spain t an conquer Cuba. Can continue ta hold Cuba ns a pro- I deny it. I say that th* 10 long years of successful resistance to Spain by Cuba shows that Cuba today ha* the power to maintain and will maintain tuccessful resistance. This thing a year ago was what the French call an entente—a mere handful of man called ‘ brigands' oa the east coast, some of whom were hung ns pirates— hosts* humaol—today itu an Ii patriot up home*, fami- through the hope of that a people like conquered ! Never! Never! Noverl Will they be again willing subjects to the throne of Spain? “No Instance can be found la which a million and a half of people, com binod and confederated so unanimously as they are, have ever bean subjugated exoept by extermination. What American hoy dots not remember the burning oration of *• 7 . FACTS ABOUT SI1.VER COINAGE. . Explanation at Want Han Been Den# by th* Government In the Past. A curious misunderstanding appears to be prevalent regarding tbe quantity ot ailver noised tor general use prior to 1873, to whioh attention is called by a letter from a subscriber, who says: I beleve that the number of standard •liver dollars coined In the'United State* from 1793 to 1873 was between 17,000,000 and 18,000,000. But on turn ing to the Tsihune . Almanac under gold aad silver coinage we found, la the column under the word silver, over 8110,000,000 from 1793." The trouble with this Inquirer is that he overlooks the very large coinage of a subsidiary sort; namely, the half and quarter dollars, dimes nod half-dimes, of which the actual circulation was formerly much greater in proportion to population than it is now. The Idea it right that of - silver dollars, properly so called, the total coinage prior to 1873 was only 87,733,988, of which 81,439,517 were co'ned in the year* 1793 to 1805, inclusive. There was then a period of over thirty years tn which ao dollars were coined. Beginning again in 1837 with only 31,000, and in 1839 with only 8300, the coinage continued from time to time to 1872, but did not at any time become considerable until the year 1871. The total coinage prior to that year from the organization of tbe Mint was about 15,500,000. In 1871 and 1872 $2,235,736 were «itned7 mainly In answer w i demand for export. It was on this itc count that in 1873 it was provided tha'. a new coin, called the trade dollar, expressly lor export use only, should be minted, and in six years about 335.- 965,924 ot these were coined and sent abroad. As is well known, a large part of them returned to this country, and tbe operation wan not found ad vantageous, so that the coinage of the trade dollar was afterward dlscon tinned.^ But while the oorreapondent is right la the idea that the number of silver dollars coined prior to 1873 was 1« than 38,000,000, as-above stated, tbe Tribune Almanac in also right in lu statement that the total coinage of silver was very large. The Mint report showsIfeat the coinage or h ilf- dollars up to June 30, 1894, had been I, of quarter dollars 347, 198,044, of twenty-eeat pieces. 3271, 000, of dimes 3K.480.117.20. of half- dimes 34,880.219 40, and of three oem $1,282,087.20. Th* coinage of this sort was large daring all the earlier year* aad Increased still further aftar tb« discoveries of the importaat silver lines at the WmL At leagth it cam. to pass that the supply of such oolo. was inoonvenlnatly great, so that the banks and the Treasury Itself beoamr dogged with the undesirable surplus and In 1878 tha coinage of that sor was mntarinlly diminished, nor did h again become large until 1891.—Ns* York Tribun*. t eajiurohaemi •my and-Nav i In —Tbe only bust L*w that «av taken of the battle of C A copy Of th.s busi ha* by the 8<>cieiy of the ,vy of the Confederate State# la Maryland, and will bn sent to the memorial ball of theConfnderata State* IpJSiohmond, to be deposited in the Maryland room pending tha selec tion of the location of the Southern battl*abbey," where it will finally rest aa the contribution of the society te the abbey- Spain o vinos P ly It is an inpurreo- tion. Every Cuban is a patriot. Ths Editor Stead aayai “Tbe saltan in tbs most wretched, pinched up little sorer sign 1 seer saw. A meal an happy Ipok tag man, of dork complexion, with a look of absolute terror in his iasge east- i eyes People say he is nervous, and ao wonder, considering the fata of bis ideocasor. Yet this is to be regretted, it be could surmount these feara, hla would be an agreeable and refined ooun ten Slice, eminently Asiatic ia type and with a certain charm of expression. I can say is that his ayes haunted me for days, aa at one gaaing at some unknown horrors, no emaciated aad unnatural is bis appearance that war* be a European we should pronounce him ia a swift de cline. I bear that bis greatest friend and favorite is Lis physician. Aad no woo ds*, tor ha mast aasd his oare, considering the life be leads. How all tbe fabled state of the oriental potentate palls before such a issson ia royal mis ery! Tha poorest beggar in his dominions is happier than bn I" Henry Clay, when bespoke for Greece in 1824, had when he predicth«that so long ns Thermo pylae and Marathon were remembered ao Greek would lay downs his arms before the Turkish power ? We are told that the Cuban Insurrectionists are negroes, mulatto*# and Indians. So much the more reason why we should sympathise with them nod say, ’God help them in tbelrdlm extremity.' “ Liberty lives with the poor and op pressed : not with the_ wealthy and powerful It throb* io ths breast of the imprisoned bird ; Jt has gone with martyr to tbe stare,’’’tod has taken its flight with bi« soul to God Liberty cannot be extinguished wh«n n people ere uannlmous in defense of the right* which God bad given them. And if these people, ignwrant end poor, strug gling against depotirm, have Imitated why should we content euselves with n bare expression of sympathy ith tbe causrr It is a mere farce for us to do anything else than to de clare our belief to the world that the Spanish cause is hopeless In the island of Cuba. 'M deny and repudiate the dootrlne that all vestigate of Spanish power must be eliminated from Cuba before we can recognise the indepoadonoe of that people. Are we to wait until the island is made desolate by the fire and ■word ? Are we to stand silent and dumb while a Spanish governor (called a general) declares his Intention to bayonet tbe people of Cuba and to butohor them into subjection to tb* Spabisb queen? -I say that if Wo da, GOd will curse us. T anv that if we do, and ait here idle until a desert has been made of that splendid island, wo may be sure that the time will come when there will oome retribution upon ua aa a people, because we have not been true to the task assigned us by Providence—because we have not cherished the legacy of solf-govarn- ment bequeated us by our fathers.” Mr. Vesta's splendid rhetoric waa listened to with rapt atteatloa and great admiration by a full Senate and crowded gulierlea, and bin peroration was applauded on all sides. He was followed by Mr. gvay who complimented him with' ’tbs remark that if the independence- 0 f Cuba could be achieved by eloquence It bad been achieved by the bfiraUig words that and fallen fro Vth* lips of the Sena tor from Missouri. No one oould hava heard them, he payment of coin obligations of the United States, as provided by existing law, re eitber silver or stiver coin, at tbe option of the government and not —Judge Benet, sitting lath* Circuit Court at Charleston, k has issued an or der against E. H. Sparkman, of tha Securltv Savings Bank; A. F. C. Cram er, of the Coal Consumers Company and President J. H. Dosher, of tire Palmetto Brewery, to show cause why they should not be ruled for contempt for haying gone before the Unit.-d States Court aad asked tor a receiver of the brcwery,tafter he had issued a temporary ’.njnnctioa agalavt that property. The oaae ia a notorious one already and Judge Benet’a order adds another sensational feature to is. —Theoonvlotion of Dr. Sutton Bald win, of Alabama, for th* aiurdnr of Wade El son, hla rival for the hand at the opiion of the creditor. To fnciilate the organization of the silver furoes in this State I will make the following practical suggestions : First. Organize a silver lqague ith a pledge to stand by the above platform, at every voting precinot n the State—and more if neces sary. As soon as organized send me at uenverr Anderson County, 8. C. the name, postoffice and county of tbe secretary of each ieaguo, so that I can have sent him literature for diatribu- ply non. The only offloers needed are president, vice-president, secretary and executive committee. Second. A coqnty convention should held not inter than May l»t, to elect a county chairman, a county exe cutive committee and a member erf tbe State executive c<)tamiUee. Third. As soon as possible after May 1st a meeting of the State execu tive counniCt"* *h«uld be held to elect a State chairman, determine how dele gates to the national convention •ball be chosen and such other matters os may be necessary. A simple organization 1* all that la s-tary to give machinery for the camps g i. Till getting bf.iherof our forces is a bus ; ness proposition to men who mean business and I b< ibat every reader of this address at once cohsider thla his duty aad oromptlv proceed to organize a ailver league fa his ueighbornc me the proper obi Respectfully, J. W. BOtfDEN, Member National Committee for South Carolina American Silver forty. rays. will, tali what a ilgest aad what h* naa’l Bat a aaa will aamatUaa* eat thoagh Is death ia tba pot. I alt same * ohaera laat sight la spit* of azy of a young woman, will no doubt have a wholesome effect. The murder wan committed only a month ago, aad the partiasarn prominent p*opl*. 3 thoagh trlSU aad eeavictioa* by due praoses at* n*m* of law are tha ■ur**t cure for lynch tit* bf my law. / ‘ bop* will jighborhood ’ tificatioa. and send —A mother started |to tail the story of a misei to her children, and, upon •akiag if they knew what a miser was. her covea-year-old replied, “Ores, I know, economiser—somebody who al ways saves,aadaav*r apandaaoeat. Th* taodmtey of flywheala to grata from oentrifaf al force It Well un derstood. This peculiarity bas led to the Invention at a new flywheel that ia •aid to ba far so pari or to anything pre viously used. To, a bub U attached wound wire filling the apace between disks about 30 feet in diametaa This wire ia Na 6 steal wira and UmMnrely fastened in place. Tb* wbeelCi driven at a speed at about 340 rwvolatlaas per minute, giving • peripheral rafcuity of 3 8-10 miles per minute. This is equal to about 360 feet per second. It require* about 360 mike of win to flU th* disks of a wheel of this sins. Among tbe ex perimenta under consideration are paper wheel*. Tbe tensile strength of paper ia greater than that of many metals, and paper rima on wheels are looked upon with favor.—New York Ledger. "fata '(flMsd Vwsir' Amid tbe many curious stories cur rant shout tb* late Max Lebaudy there ia one to tbe effect that he waa to be en tioed into Spain in order to see a bull fight and detained then until be was declared a deserter by the military au thorities The persona who organisM this plan wanted to obtain from tbe millionaire, in the event of his having to atop in Spain rather than faoa a court martial, a power of attoraey to control his ooloaml fortune in France. The pjpn waa, it ia odd, defeated by Mil* Many, the actress, who prevailed on tbe young man to remain at Aroelie-lee-Bwin*. —The (Connecticut State prison directors have decided to detain George A. Minor, a convict, for twenty- five years after his pAsvert term of four veers aspires to March. This la th* first enforcemeat of the Incorrigi ble law, which permits ths directors to detain any prisoner who has served three terms of not le*s than two years each la the StaW prison. Minor began hla criminal career thlrty-elx years •go. He .has served cight-soatenoes ia tho Slate prices, ..Ure© iloe* the pAssafsoUiftrli —When a person Is unable to secure from seven to ten hours ; f sleep, something is wrong. If be finds hu eyes wile open, h s brain in a whirl, sad his nerves tense after strivlng^or awhile to'woo the drowsy god In a comfortable bel his condition Is a wholesome warflihg that be is work ing too hard, worrying too mud , is eating something which disagree!- with him, or trbifthe w^y to being at tacked by some disease. f' ‘ | J i^i* 1 ‘ —A Western newspaper tolls of » man who, every tltoe ho gets drunk. Insists on paying a year's subscription to his town paper. He has already paid up to the year 1961. Some of tbe South Carolina editors are trying to find out what brand of liquor he uses and if they succeed will Lave it placed on salq^t tbe dispensaries throughout the State. F. A. Jinklns, Roxbury, Mas?., write: Will you please send me t wo pemrles of your Japanese Pile Cure ah f have two friends who are troubled with Piles. It cured mo, but they say it can’t cure them. Please send ilicm- up receipt of this as I w-ifb to-convince them that it will cure them. Samples free... • 1 —Tho longest wagon-.bridge in the world Is situated at^Gslveston, Texas. It is more than three relics long, and 4pao8 Galvostou bay from north ty ■iouth. It is built maiu’y of wood,-ant! ha* one draw. ^ —"My dear," said a dying husband, ! do you tSufik you wiii marry aga n vhen 1 am gone ?” “I don’t know, lohn,”replied the lady, with aburstof rears. “I haven’t given the matter very much thought as yet.” Johnson's Oriental Soap is tbo mo--t iclicsto facial soap in existence, leaves he * kin soft and vol yi tv. A bool ute'y nure *nd~ Lignly. mcdicaud. Two erg * cakes in a package, 25 cts. —Thirty-ni.ie of the 56 m»n who -dgm-d tbe Declaration of indrpre- ienco were college graduate*. Epilepsy 20 Years.' Cured by Dr. Miles’ Nervine. A few years ago. Mr. L. W. OsMahsr. vw oa extensive, sarrMeful expert moan fartnrer of lumber prodnrte. Attar iced with •pllepsy. he was obliged to give np LN bs •ess. Th* attacks came np<m Mm moss In opportunely. One Urn* r\l!lnj from a ranl- agw, at another down stalrn, and often la thu Onra ho fell down a In tfe ■dll, hlstnjsrlca nearly proving fatal. Mr QaUaher vrltea fruta lUlwaukoo, Fair, ta stout, face- Although a great sufferer, she docB nu4 show a trace of it. 8be ho* not known what it is to be with out pidn for niady vears. Her fea ture* are finely modeled, while her hands ahd feet are verj small. H erj voice is low and mnhical. Shfe o: teu readjs aloud, and «omet1me xhj hums a soug or hymn. She ia very devout and an traintTorous reader. er I rr ,ljF0B Mother's Sake.—General 0. 0. Howard’* description of his life at West Point should beau incentive to every voung man. He tells how he braved the ridicule of the cadets by going tb religious services aud doing work in the Sunday school. He said it cost him more to take his stand and run the gauntlet of their scoffs and sneers than it did later to face the musketry of the battlefield. “But I gripped my Bible, shut my teeth And went, for n,y mother’s sake.” Southern Rfliiway. PIEDMONT Al it Lnb. I SchsSal* af NartfiboanS. Jan. S. 18*4. Lv. Atlanta C. T « Atlanta K.T. *• Non-roS*..... a Bu/ord .... • OalasavlU*. - Lula. “ Larucllx “ Mt. Airy « Tocvox • WexunlustSV “Them are oono core m! IspttCs. Fur 10/far.! •’ Ury tic fits, having ax hljh astro In “r,* ul'-trf tried any namtx-r cf pLysFisae. pa> .ng V Joe alone, a fee of ISXI.OO nod have don< little for years but scar h for son.oth1i>g ti help me, and hat* taken all the L uJla* remedloe, tut received no benefit. Ayi-srtg my eon. Chax. 8. GaMxher, druggist at It Seed Bv, Mr.waaI.oe, gwe me Dr. Mile* Beetnrstive Nervine, and I tried It with gratifying results. Have |,sJ but two flu since Lbegsn taking It I am better uovte every way than I have Wn In 20 yea-a.“ Dr. If IW Remedies are sold by druggist* on n positive guaran*#* thaCthe Drat x*tle will benefit or prtra refunded. Book on the Heart and Nerves, free. Add Dr. Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart. bU Hr. lla’ Bcatfia E«hn lata r»*. # I —Robert I. Burdette does not seem to think that our taodera world Is “go- log to the bed." Ho se^ara/t ot hopa la soversl d I root ion. ’’The ocean hounds have broken tbe raoord *ev- !*ral times since tbe ark rested on ’ Ararat. O ir preachers don’t writ* so j mspjr, aor .wise proverb*as did Solo- tsid. Without lym* i w^j, «■.>( % w iipwi pr>/wrruaM u iu ouiU* pathiilng with th* feeling with which 1 moo; but they have fewer wive* aad and wUhout gi 1 WupobM ®ff» 1 bett« r children.” That last point is iulUersrr«Ja response sharp aad well taken. ng demand for i»t If tbe plante. '***., ^enisrivet to a 7,t)lw,0U0 . for tairyerrs, tbrv .. \ . __ -wvvlublj- beconi* ‘thi riches p T*’ r ' ribwi prn.|ier<>ii« egrloulturtot peo* | 4 tire wond.” 1 —Augurs Libroul* o| A $25 Coikiog Stove $12.00. r railroad depot. •H freight shams paid. BeodtS daaaaiptioa ssrafafly. 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