The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 01, 1906, Image 1
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"IS THE BAMBERG HERALD, Kgl
Office Honrs 8 a. m.to 5 p.?. ^ ^ Pnone 4, Bamberg, S C
Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1906 One Dollar a Year "J^f
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* IN THE PALMETTO STATE.
INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
> State News Dolled Down for Quick Reading
Pungent Paragraphs About Men
and Happenings.
^ The new board of dispensary directors
assumed control of the State dispensary
today. J
. Highwaymen seem to have transferred
their operations from Columbia to Charleston.
Several hold ups have occurred
on the streets of the latter city recently.
Thirteen buildings were destroyed by
fire in the town of New Brookland, a
snbnrb of Columbia, last Monday night.
The total loss was about twenty thousand
dollars.
Major Lewis W. Haskell, of Columbia,
* has been appointed assistant adjutant
and inspector general, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Col. Jno. M.
Patrick.
E. W. Ray, a young white man from
Augusta, Ga., was convicted in the circuit
court in Columbia on Saturday of
stealing a bicycle and was sentenced to
' two years on the chaingang.
George Hasty, the hotel man at Gaff ney
who shot and killed two theatrical men
in the hotel a few months ago, was arraigned
in court last Monday. The trial
of his case is set for Thursday.
There was a small battle between revenue
officers and moonshiners in the "dark
' corner1' of Greenville county last Mon^
day. Fifty or more shots were ex
changed, hat no one was uuii.
Mr. Wilson G. Harvey, of Charleston,
has notified Governor Heyward that he
f cannot serve as a member of the board of
pardons, as he is now an alderman of^tbe
city of Charleston and does not want to
resign.
Mrs. Martha Ward, widow of the late
Clinton Ward, has given $2,000 to the
f V town of Wards for a new school house.
I i>- Her husband's will provided $2,000 for
the same purpose, making $4,000 altovsf
gether.
- - v. Governor Heyward has appointed Mr.
C. A. Savage, of Walterboro, as the third
j?': member of the board of pardons, be taking
the place of Mr. Wilson G. Harvey,
of Charleston, who could not serve on
account of holding the office of alderman.
7 ' Wade F. Cothran was tried at Abbeys
wille last week for the killing of J. C.
Holstein at McCormick several weeks
ago, and the jury returned a verdict of
not guilty. From the published facts it
would seem to us to be a clear case of
manslaughter at least.
~> ' T. The
bill creating a new federal district
for Sooth Carolina has again been reported
to the United States Senate. It
seems certain it will pass. The bill provides
for holding court at Spartanburg,
Greenville, Greenwood and Chester.
Senator Latimer introduced the bill.
Hansome Barnes, a prominent farmer
of Lee county, was shot and perhaps
mortally wounded with a shotgun while
V * sitting in his home by the fire on Wednesday
night. Jim Desaussure, colored,
has been arrested charged with the crime.
. The evidence is strong against him.
The three white men in Saluda county
who killed a negro on the public road
last year and were sentenced to ten years
in the penitentiary, appealed their case to
the State Supreme Court. That body
affirmed the sentence of the lower court,
' and the men will have to serve their
. sentence.
The farmers of Marlboro county have
a mutual insurance company, which is a
success. At the annual meeting held a
few days ago, the report of the past year
* ' showed that insurance was costing the
members only one-nnn ui uuc pci v?u?.
About $400,000 insurance is in force in
that county.
Howell Hall, a nine-year-old white boy
employed in the weave room of the Granby
cotton mill at Columbia, fell from the
t fourth floor down the elevator shaft last
Thursday and crushed his skull. He died
several hours later. He was not at work
when he was killed but came into the
mill to see some of his companions.
At Hampton last week Bose Cook,
Vincent Cook, and Daisy Cook were con
victed of manslaughter, they having
killed assistant marshal Wade Hampton
Smith in that town last December. Bose
Cook was sentenced to ten years imprisonment,
and Vincent and Daisy
Cook six years each. Notice of appeal to
r Supreme Court was given.
The executive committee of the State
Bankers' Association is to meet in Columbia
this week to recommend a man to
Governor Heyward for appointment as
bank examiner. This is a new office
created by the recent legislature. The
, position pays $3,000 a year, and there
will be an assistant at a salary of $1,500.
?rp to he Daid bv the
JLIIesse oaiax v.. - ? ? 4 _
banks.
Joseph Schultz and A. J. Beckwith,
^ two of the pickpockets arrested at the
State fair last fall, were convicted in Columbia
on Wednesday and were sentenced
to the penitentiary for ten years. H. M.
Miller, a Chicago lawyer representing the
defendants, offered the deputy sheriff
$250 to fix the jury. The officer reported
the matter to the court, and the lawyer
was arrested and committed to jail on the
charge of attempting to bribe.
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KILLED ON THE TRACK.
Horrible Death of a Young Lad at Dillon, Mar- '
ion County.
Dillox, Feb. 21.?Dubois Sellers, aged
16 years, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. P. B. .
Sellers of this place, was instantly killed
tonight at 8.20 o'clock by the northbound
local freight. This train had been here .
about two hours, discharging freight, and
several cars had been left standing on a
side track very near the crossing north
of the depot. The young man, in a top
buggy, attempted to make this crossing.
The engine, at that time on the main, was
picking up cars preparatory to leaving.
The cars which had been standing on the .
side track prevented the young man's see
ing the approaching engine until his horse j
was on the track. The horse, frightened j
by the approaching engine, wheeled and ,
drew the rear wheels of the buggy immediatly
in front of the engne. Dubois was
pitched forward in the centre of the track
and his body badly crushed by the engine, j
His right leg was broken at the knee, his
neck dislocated, head crushed, left eye
protruding from the socket, and death
was instantaneous.
His father happened to be among the
first to arrive at the scene of the fearful
tragedy and with several others approached
the body but could not identify him at
first on account of the mutilation of his
features, but with fearful foreboding he
rushed to the buggy and there found a .
magazine which he had a few moments
before given the boy at his office to be
carried home. The most harrowing feature
of the sad occurrence was to notify
his mother who was awaiting his return,
having his supper ready for him before ^
the fire. It was a crushing blow and the
whole town is appalled. Dubois was a
bright boy, very industrious with a prom- f
ising future. He was to graduate at Dil- ;
Ion graded school in June.
Pauline Webster is Expected Home. 1
Cowpexs, S. C., Feb. 26.?It is report- ?
ed here that Miss Pauline Webster, reg
cently arrested in Kansas City, Mo., for
masquerading as a man and marrying a
young woman restaurant keeper of that 1
city, has left that place for her home, and
is expected to arrive here in a few days. *
Nothing is known here of her plans.
It will be remembered that Miss Web- *
ster's relatives here and at Gaflfney believed
she was dead and for some days
after her appearance in Kansas City, they
would not believe she was the real Pauline
Webster who left here fifteen years j
ago.
Latest Gambling Craze. ]
New York, Feb. 26.?Mrs. H. A. Perry, x
a prominent member of the Brae Burn
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with her husband, is a guest at the St.
Kegis, declares that the gambling habit 1
has now taken hold of the golfer and
threatens to injure the popularity of the I
sport. 1
"In the great golf clubs of the country,"
she said, "some of the wagers are very 1
high. The men at present are the chief
offenders, but the women are rapidly
yielding to the craze. I know personally,
at least a score of women, members of r
various clubs, who think a game of golf *
quite uninteresting unless they have a bet z
on the side. Half a dollar or $1 a game t
is a very common stake, but I have fre- I
quently seen as much as $10 change hands *
on the quiet between two women players. 1
"There are scores of men of a certain 1
class who vote the game ^low' unless they 1
play for $5 a hole?or, for that matter, 8
even $20. Sometimes a game will cost a 1
player as much as $360. This, of course, t
is a sum which the golfer of moderate 1
means cannot afford to lose. Those
who can afford it, on the other hand,
generally make themselves obnoxious by
refusing to play for small sums. Further, ^
they are given to bragging, not only 8
about their play, but about tne sums tney c
play for, and the reputation of the clubs
to which these men belong suffers in con- '
sequence in the minds of those they brag ^
to.
"There is only one way to put a stop to ?
this latest gambling nuisance, and that is
for every club to forbid betting on its 1
course, and either to fine or dismiss any 3
member violating this rule."
Protest on Tolbert. ,
Washington, Feb. 24?Senator Lati- 1
mer and Representative Aiken visited t
the president today to protest against
Capers' recommendation of R. R. Tolbert s
as postmaster at Abbeville. They asked
the retention of Robert S. Link as post- I
master, and the president indicated he 1
would overrule Capers' recommendation
and keep Link. Latimer and Aiken told
the president the bad reputation of Tol- ]
bert, and his standing amongst the white *
people. D
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TORTURE BY SAVAGES. 1
"Speaking of the torture to which some t
of the savage tribes in the Philippines .
subject their captives, reminds me of the
intense suffering I endured for three I
months from inflammation of the kid- n
neys," says W. M. Sherman, of Cushing,
Me., "Nothing helped me until I tried
Electric Bitters, three bottles of which v
completely cured me." Cures liver com- t:
plaint, dyspepsia, blood disorders and a
malaria; and restores the weak and ner- li
vous to robust health. Guaranteed by I
Hoover's drug store and J. B. Black, o
Price 50c. a
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WHISKEY BILLS NOT PAID.
Committee Has Not Yet Relieved Situation as to
Need for Supplies.
Columbia, February 27.?The conference
this afternoon between Senators
Elay and Christensen and Representative
Lyon, of the dispensary investigating
committee, and Attorney T. Moultrie
Hordecai, of Charleston, regarding the
lisposition of several hundred thousand
lollars worth of claims for supplies the
committee is holding up in order to get
it additional information reached the
conclusion that these claims are not to
le paid in the immediate future.
Mr. Mordecai represents theBernbeimBlock-Lanham-Farnum
interests, among
ihe larger claims being those of the Bernleim
concern for some $90,000 and the
Richland Distilling company for about
*130,000.
The claims ^will not be paid until the
committee has made a thorough investigation
into the affairs of the concerns invested.
When this is done some equi;able
basis of settlement will be brought
ibout without taking the matter into the
courts it is thought.
The committee will first thoroughly
examine the officers, books and agents of
he concerns to which money is due by
he dispensary. But as to which concern
vill be put under the lime light first canlot
now be said. Tfiis will depend upon
he work of the sub-committee working
n secret.
It is practically certain that there will
>e no public hearing before the full com*
nittee for two months, as members of the
committee have pressing duties awaiting
hem in their local courts. Attorney
dordecai has urged an earlier hearing.
It is not the purpose of the committee
o be placed in the position of a purchasing
board, and this sub-committee
s not going down to' the dispensary to
lold up accounts or audit books. It will
lave nothing to do with the purchase of
mpplies. The whole aim of the coramit,ee
is to secure information, and it will
.tick strictly to that business.
The dispensary is in need of supplies
ind the committee will have to relieve
;his situation, but this matter was not decided
at the conference this afternoon,
;hough it was discussed and will likely be
icted upon in a short time.
Clear Pond News.
A large crowd attended quarterly meetng
at Pleasant Hill Saturday and Sunday.
Messrs. Starling Morris and Elysah
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ui viar, were iu uui uuiusb uuuuaj.
Misses Sallie and Ellen Felder and Mr.
Hike Ayer, of Bamberg, spent Sunday at
;he home of Mr. L. M. Ayer.
Misses Donnie and Ros%Morris visited
elatives on Colston last week.
We are having some very pleasant
veather now.
Mrs. Joe Beard, of Colston, visited her
jarents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Zeigler, last
veek.
Miss Sarah Walker is visiting her
mcle, Mr. Chas. Walker.
Railroad Rumor.
Chableston, Feb. 22.?There is a
umor in railroad circles that the Seaward
Air Line is about to build a conLection
with the West and make Charleson
the outlet for the system. It is pro.>osed
to connect a line to Charleston,
rom a point on the Savannah division,
tear Camden. The recent purchase of a
ine in Tennessee will be used in connecion
with the development of coal fields
ind as an outlet to the West. The system
\nvc owns a fins terminal site in Charles
on which would be utilized, ^if the road
s built.
The Same Dinner.
Irving Grinnel, treasurer of the Church
Temperance Society of New York, told
it a temperance meeting a dramatic story,
lays the Chicago Chronicle.
"A woman entered a barroom," he said,
'and advanced quietly to her husband,
vho sat drinking with three other men.
"She placed a covered dish on the table
ind said:
" 'Thinking ye'd be too busy to come
lome to supper, Jack, I've fetched it to
rou here.'
"And she departed.
"The man laughed awkwardly. He inrited
his friends to share the meal with
lim. Then he removed the cover from
he dish.
"The dish was empty. It contained a
lip of paper that said:
"T hope you will enjoy your supper,
t is the same your wife and children
lave at home."'
There are two words, simple enough in :
hemselves, that introduce untold trouble
to the world and are responsible for 1
aore gossip, scandal and harm than any
ther two words in the English language.
?hese two little words are nothing more
ban "they say." They have done more
o rum reputations tnan any otner imng.
f you never quote what "they say," you
lay be quite certain you are not a gossip. ;
A LIVELY" TUSSLE
tfth that old enemy of the race, constipa- i
ion, often ends in appendicitis. To i
void all serious trouble with stomach, 1
iver and bowels, take Dr. King's New i
iife Pills. They perfectly regulate these j
rgans, without pain or discomfort. 25c i
t Hoover's drug store and J. B. Black's. '
A SUICIDE IN CHARLESTON.
R. C. Hamlet Shot Himself With a Pistol a:
Disreputable Resort.
Charleston, Feb. 23.?R. C. Hamlet, ?
"news butcher" on the Atlantic Coasl
Line, committed suicide at 7 o'clock this
morning in a house of ill fame at No. IS
Beresford street. Hamlet had occupied
the room with a woman by the name ol
Stella Sheppard. She claims to have
been awakened by the report of the pistol,
and as far as could be learned there
was no witness to the affair. The othei
occupants of the house at the time was a
young woman and a white boy and tbeii
testimony on the subject was all subsequent
to the tragedy, they having entered
the room upon hearing the pistol shot.
The examination of the physician
showed that the bullet had entered the
body just over the left breast. Death
was not instant and the man lived, but
vfas unconscious, for several minutes aftei
he had shot himself. A 32-calibre revolver
of the bulldog pattern was used.
Hamlet was a married man, but it appears
that he had been separated from
his wife. A letter was found in his
pocket from his wife, promising to forgive
him if he would return to his family.
It is presumed that upon awakening this
morning the remorse affected him to
such an extent that he determined to end
his existence and promptly carried out
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1115 IcbUIUllUll. XIla ittic uuuic was uu
Drake street. His body was prepared
for iniermeDt by Undertaker MjAlister
and will be shipped to relatives in
Augusta.
Reflections of a Bachelor.
A girl never gets married unless she
gets the chance.
' There is an awful lot of trouble in the
world that wouldn't be there if we all
didn't try to be so smart.
When a girl gets engaged she looks the
paper through every morning to see bow
many men she knows have committed
suicide.
When a man breaks his shoestring
dressing, it is a sign he is going to accuse
his wife of having a cook that make;
coffee that would disgrace a muddy river
It makes the children awful tired t<
think that their mother goes and gets sict
abed just when there is a nice, new babj
in the house for her to make a fuss ove:
if she was well.
The Cub Reporter Scores.
This story is told of a cub reporter 01
his first assignment on a daily. H<
banded in the following: "A man kille<
a dog belonging to another man. Th<
son of the man whose dog was kille<
proceeded to whip the man who killec
the dog of the man he was the son of
The man who was the son of the mat
whose dog was killed was arrested '01
complaint of the man who was assaulted
by the son of the man whose dog th<
man who was assaulted had killed.
Socially and medicinally a household
necessity?SHAW'S PURE MALT. Foi
sale at the Dispensary.
A Kind Word.
"You're a great little wife, and I don't
know what I would do without you."
As he spoke he put his arms about hei
and kissed her, and she forgot all the care
in that moment. And, forgetting all, she
sang as she washed the dishes, and sang
as she made the beds, and the song was
heard next door, and a woman there
caught the refrain, and sang also, and two
homes were happier because he had told
her that sweet old story, the story of the
love of a husband for a wife. As she
sang the butcher boy who called for the
order heard it and went out whistling on
his journey, and the world heard the
whistle, and one man, hearing it, thought:
"Here is a lad who loves his work, a lad
h&DDV and contented."
And because she sang her heart was
mellowed, and as she swept about the
back door the cool air kissed her on each
cheek, and she thought of a poor old
woman she knew, and a little basket
went over to that home, with a quartet
for a crate or two of wood.
So because he kissed her and praised
her the song came, and the influence
went out and out.
Pass on the praise.
A word, and you make a rift in the
cloud; smile, and you may create a new
resolve; a grasp of the hand, and you may
repossess a soul from hell.
Does your clerk do well?
Pass on the praise.
Tell him that you are pleased, and he
will appreciate it more than a raise. A
good clerk does not work for his salary
alone.
Teacher, if the child is good, tell him
about it; if he is better, tell him again;
thus, you see, gooa, oetter, nest.
DOCTORS ARE PUZZLED.
The remarkable recovery of Kenneth
Mclver, of Vanceboro, Me., is the subject
of much interest to the medical fraternity
and a wide circle of friends. He says of
his case: "Owing to" severe inflammation
of the throat and congestion of the
lungs, three doctors gave me up to die,
when, as a last resort, I was induced to
try Dr. King's New Discovery and I am
happy to say, it saved my life." Cures
the worst coughs and colds, bronchitis,
tonsilitis, weak lungs, hoarseness and lagrippe.
Guaranteed at Hoover's drug
3tore and J. B. Black's, -50c and $1.00.
Trial bottle free.
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Policy Holders Association.
^ Policy holders of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York will do
well to communicate with Mr. F. H. Mc
Master, Columbia, S. C., Secretary of the
South Carolina Association of Policy
! Holders.
On the 18th January, in Columbia, this
. Association was formed with General
Wilie Jones as President: Mr. Samuel M.
! Wilson, of Charleston, Vice-President;
and Mr. F. H. McMaster, of Columbia
1 S. C., Secretary; and an Executive Committee,
consisting of Messrs. T. M. Mor1
decai, Charleston; J. C. Sheppard, Edgefield;
J.Allen Smith, Abbeville; Ellison
Smyth, Greenville; Leroy Springs, Lan'
caster; D. D. McColl, Bennettsville; and
C. FitzSimons, Columbia. Col. Leroy
1 Springs, of Lancaster, was nominated as
! a trustee of the Company, and it is the
1 purpose of the South Carolina Associa'
tion to have him represent their interests
at the annual meeting in New York of
the Mutual Life Insurance Company on
the first Monday in June. To cover the
necessary expenses of the Association a
mamhorohin foo nf 41 id aatror)
uuvuivviouip ivv v* <?7JL 4u uoavui
As the Mutual Life Insurance Company
has declined to furnish a list of its policy
holders in South Carolina, letters cannot
be sent directly to the policy holders; but
all who hold policies in this company are
requested to let that fact be known to the
Secretary, Mr. F. H. McMaster, at Columbia,
when a blank proxy will be sent
them.
The Marriage Holds.
London, Feb. 26.?A divorce court today
held that a marriage "By habit and
repute" contracted at St. Paul, Minn.,
! without either church or civil ceremony
must be considered legal in England. The
: question arose regarding the legitimacy
of a son of Alfred and Ida Newman, who
lived as man and wife at St. Paul, from
! 1880 to 1890, when Newman, who was a
baronet's son brought his wife to Eng*
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slty of a church wedding, which was per!;
formed in 1894, the couple being respect>
ively described as bachelor and spinster.
, This false declaration led to the question
* of legitimacy of the son and his right to
the property of his parents.
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; Jag of Medium Dimensions.
7 J. W. Mott, clerk and ex-officio asses*
r sor of Mussel Fork township, was in
Keytesville the other day and requested
us to say that he was only medium drunk.
When dead drnnk he is a nuisance; when
"just medium drunk" he is a cross be1
tween an ass and a monkey; when sober
s he is a clever fellow and is nobody's fool,
j The moral is: He ought to stay sober.
He wasn't sober enough to know what
5 became of his money, although, accord1
ing to his interpretation of his condition,
1 was "just medium drunk." He says,
however, he remembers having made a
donation to sotpe little naked children
1 and he asked us to tell about that too.
i But we haven't heard from the children
1 up to the time of going to press. If this
, write-up doesn't suit him we will let him
' compose his own "obituary" the next
time he gets either dead drunk or "just
medium drunk."?Charlton, (Missouri)
[ Courier.*
National Soldiers' Bally.
Washington, Feb. 26.?At a meeting
in Atlanta March 28-29, of the National
_ e T-*1 J n TT .A /)1 />c
. oocieiy 01 due anu uray v eieraus, ui-oo,
one of the plans of the reunion is to hold
. in Washington, D. C., at no distant day,
a national rally not only of Blue and
1 Gray but of all soldiers and sailors who
> participated in Mexican War, war with
Spain, campaigns in China and the PhiliJ
pines, together with all sons of veterans,
' and to pass in grand review before the
1 President. It is proposed that the rally
i shall continue for one week.
There is happiness in life as there is
gold in the earth. Because you have not
1 found it, is not proof that it isn't there.
Cold Wave Threatens Georgia Peach Belt.
i Moultrie, Ga., Feb. 27.?At 7 o'clock
tonight the temperature is down to 42 de.
grees and is falling rapidly. A sharp
1 wind is blowing from the northwest and
there is a strong probability it will be
i freezing by morning. Practically all
, peach and plum trees are in full bloom
and there is but little hope entertained
| for their escape.
; A SCIENTIFIC WONDER
The cures that stand to its credit make
Bucklen's Arnica Salve a scientific wonder.
It cured E. R. Mulford, lecturer for
the patrons of husbandry, Waynesboro,
i Pa., of a distressing case of piles. It
heals the worst burns, sores, boils, ulcers,
cuts, wounds, chilblains and salt rheum.
Only 25c at Hoover's drug store and J. B.
* Black's.
One time a merchant put up a blackboard
in his store and asked his customers
to write their names on it and opposite
tell what they are doing for humanity.
A lawyer wrote: "I plead for all." A
doctor wrote: "I prescribe for all." A
preacher wrote: "I pray for all." An
old farmer walked up, wrote his name,
scratched his head a while and then wrote:
"I pay for all."
Sandy Nevils, Practical Painter.
Don't pay 8 cents per pound for wood.
If you buy 100 pounds of White Lead
in kegs you get 88 pounds of White Lead
and 12 pounas of Wood.
When you buy L. & M. Paint you get
a full gallon of paint that won't wear off
for 10 or 15 years, because L. & M. Zinc 1
hardens the L. & M. White Lead and ;
makes L. & 31. paint wear like iron.
4 gallons L. & 31. mixed with 3 gallons
Linseed Oil will paint a moderate sized
house. <
L. & 31. costs only $1.20 per gallon. s
Sold in the north, east, south and west.
ri a ? j ? i n i
Vs.o. <a.narews, ex-mayor, vanuury,^uim., ?
Writes, "Painted my house 19 years
ago with L. & M. Looks well today." ]
Sold by H. F. Hoover, Bamberg, S. C. i
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Took Him at His Word.
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"The late Bishop Thomas Frederick
Davies, of Detroit," said a Detroit man,
"once told me an interesting story of an
elopement. He figured in this elopement
as the officiating clergyman. It was in
Philadelphia, daring his rectorship of St*
Peters.
"It seems that the proprietor of one of 7;
the largest dry goods houses in Philadelphia
|had noticed for some months the
melancholy attitude of his head *clerk, ft
young man whom he held in high regard*
"The clerk's pallor and increasing leanness,
bis frequent sighs and absent-mindedness,
worried the millionaire proprietor. ; ^
He questioned the young man daily. And "7
finally the clerk admitted that he was in ^
love.
"'Well/ said the head, 'marry her? 77
Tour salary is big enough.' s ,
" 'Ah,' said ihc clerk, sadly, 'yon don't
understand. She belongs to one of the ~
first families of Philadelphia, and her , ,;v?
father is a millionaire.
"'Well, maybe he wasn't .when he ,v'.^j?
married. Yon have a good position and V*?
a good name. Yon are a fair match for ri
any girl,' said the other.
"'It's no use,' sighed the clerk. 'Her , f||
parents would not listen to me for one r{
moment.'
" 'Then,' said the head, 'elope with her.' '
" 'Do you advise that ?' the clerk asked- "/Jj
excitedly. ' sfjm9
"'Certainly I do. Is she . Do I
know her?'
"'Yes. She will be at your dance at
Devon tomorrow night.' _ ?.. ,j|
"'Well, see her,' said the head. Til ; Z'
have my cOachman out in front of my
gate at 9.30. Rush the girl off into town ,
and marry her. Til arrange with a , ' -J|
clergyman for you.'
" 'By jove, said the clerk, 'Pil do it.'
And he did. The next night Dr.Davies .
performed the ceremony, and an honr or
two later the millionaire found his dangh* rjjl
ter ^missing, and was telegraphing in
every direction to the young couple tt> ""iM
come home and all would be forgiven.? > ,:J|i
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Andrew Jackson's War.
A great many good things are told of gjg
Andrew Jackson. One was, that when
he was aboat to fight the British troops '*4
at the battle of New Orleans, and a depu
tation of the city government went down ;:>l?
to ask that he wonld not fight the battle, ' ^
but retreat, because if he fought the
battle the British troops would burn the
city?he replied that "they need not concern
themselves, for if he was obliged to jJl
retreat he should not leave anything in 1'
the city of New Orleans for the British to
burn."
Another story of Jackson still better,
was when he was president and a poor ,y1
widow who kept a boarding house, find- -11
ing it impossible to collect her board bill
from a government official, went to the
White House and told the president
about it. Jackson said to her, "Hell give f .
you a note for it, won't he?" She said, ' .3m
"Yes." Then said Jackson, "Get his note
and come back and see me again." She _ /Spj
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carrying it to the White House the presi- .
dent took it, and wrote on its back,
Andrew Jackson, then told her to pnt it
in a bank for collection. When the ||
government official was notified that his
note was in the bank for collection he . * -:4a
laughed at the idea, but when he was
told that it was endorsed by Andrew r 7j|
Jackson he got the money mighty quick
and paid it, and a few days after was
notified that his serviees were no longer .
wanted.
Southern Representation.
Washington, Feb. 26.?Representative 'jM
Keifer, of Ohio, introduced a bill to reduce
the number of representatives in 'J|9
the House of the Southern States, because
of the disfranchisement of negro voters.
The bill makes a redaction as follows: xy
Alabama from 9 to 5; Arkansas from 7 to
6; Florida from 3 to 2; Georgia from 11 to ;
6; Lonisana from 7 to 8; Missiisippi from
8 to 3; North Carolina from 10 to 6; South
Carolina from 7 to 3; Tennessee from 10
to 8; Texas from 16 to 12; Virginia from
10 to 8.
Was Afraid of Tons* Lawyers.
George Harvey, at the dinner that he
gave in New York in honor of M. Witte
and Baron Rosen, told this apropos of
foresight:
"In my native Peacham there once
dwelt a brilliant young lawyer. To him
there came one day a tottering and grinf
Vermont farmer of 80 years.
" 'Young man,' said the farmer, T want
to leave all I possess to my wife as long1 v:
aa cVio remain a mtr Wldder and after that
I want everything to go to the children.'
" 'How old is your wife, sir?' asked the
lawyer.
" 'Seventy-four.'
" 'Then wouldn't it be quite safe,' the
lawyer asked, 'to leave out the discourte- " ,
ous phrase about so long as she remains
pour widow? Just leave her everything.'
" 'Indeed, I won't,' said the old man.
"'But surely,' said the lawyer, 'you
ion't think the lady, 74 now, will marry
again after jour death, do you?'
"The old man looked the other full la
;he face as he answered solemnly. < &
"'Well, sir, there's no telling what
poung chaps like yon might do for
money.'"