Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ST?PYIW COTTON. A German Heute??ut Sent Hero foy tho Berlin Komito? HE 18 PLEASED WITH THE SOUTH Tho Moxlomi Weevil ls Injuring tlio TexnH Gr?)iH Very Seriously,. Views ol' tlie Negro Im bor <Jjucntlon, Lieut. G. F. A. Weydig, an omcer in thc German army and an ollicial of tlie Agricultural Koroite of Ferlin, ls registered at Wright's hotel, lie Is here for the purpose of investigating the cotton industry in this country and comes with a strong letter of re ference from thc secretary of agricul ture at Washington, commending lum :.to the courtesy of thc planters and . manufacturers in the south. Like many of the ofliccrs in the Ger man army Lieut. Weydig is a distin guished looking fellow, being more thau six feet in height and as straight as an Indian. His life has been one of adventure and he seems to have formed a passionate attachment for southerners. He intended to leave thc city yesterday, but was persuaded not to do so by thc city editor of The State in order that he might visit the Olympia mill. Ile is at present locat ed at San/. Hay, Fast Africa, and has charge of thc experiments that the German government is making in that country in cotton growing. For thc past live months Lieut. Weydig bas. been traveling in the, south investiga ing cotton conditions, and thc result of these, observations are more, than ordinarily interesting. . "The south," said the. lieutenant, "need never have any fear that any country in the world can grow cotton that will in any way hurt her inter ests. It is perhaps superfluous for mc to say tliat her sea island cotton is the li nest in the world and she has lands enough to grow millions ot more bales when she has mastered thc labor question." "Your laborer in A Trica is nearly all negroes, is it not?*' was asked. "Yes. Niggers, niggers; we have them everywhere. I only wish we could send you a few million of them." The German government, as is well known, has no such .sentiment about the negro as that which brought on thc war between the north and south. In German Fast Africa there arc some 5,000,000 negroes and about DOO white men. The negroes arc nevertheless under absolute subjection and for the smallest infraction of the laws (d' the colonies are. most severely punished. They are freemen by courtesy and are paid small sums for their labors, but it is doubtful if any slave masters ever handled negroes as do t hc German of ficials. Fol* all that it Is exceedingly " dillicult to make them work, and Lieut. Weydig said that the south had his sympathv in its labor battles. "I have," said the lieutenant, "traveled more than DOO miles in Africa without seeing a single white man, and 1 know thc nigger." The negro in South Africa would bc absolutely uncohtrollin'g if it were not for what is called by courtesy thc law. As a matter ol' fact the law is a few Gatling guns that now and then mow them tlown like sheep if they don't make cotton. But that is neither here nor there, and it was nota matter that Lieut. Weydig cared to discuss for obvious reasons. He only smiled knowingly when the subject was broached and said that they were freemen, but "were made to work." To t he south ern negro of today this will perhaps be a novel* idea of freedom. Lieut. Weydig had recently visited Hooker Washington at Tuskcegce, and he said he thought he was a line man. - Ile did not explain why he visited the negro educator and Un' writer did not press thc subject, but bc gathered that it was a matter of curiosity to sec an educated negro more than any thing else, as it has not been reported that the German government proposes to attempt to educate the millions (d' negroes she now hus under her nile. It is not that snit of a government.. Thc German idea is that th" negro needs work. Lieut. Weydig was greatly inter ested in his recent, visit to Texas. "Thc Mexican weevil is the most serious thing that menaces the south," said thc lieutenant, "lt. is making great inroads in Texas and it is only a short time, when il will work up in Tennessee and in other parts of the south, 1 fear. The Texas State gov ernment has already offered 950,000 for a remedy for this evil, and 1 thin' in time something will bc lound that will do away with the pest, lt is certainly avery serious matter. In the State of Texas alone 1 lind that it caused a loss of $t 1,000,000 last yesr. It is a linc Slate and a great pity that it .should he handicapped by the pest." Mr. W. B. Smith-Whaloy extended the courtesies of thc mammoth Olym pia mill Friday afternoon and great was the admiration ol' the German of ficial, not only for t he big institution itself but for the tireless energy which has enabled Mr. Whuley to build li) cotton mills, among them, this one. thc largest in the world -more than the great German government hus even contemplated building. "Where is the la igest col lon mill in Germany?" the lieutenant was asked. "In Salcsia." " What is its capacity?" "Forty thousand spindles." Mr. Whalcy modestly informed V c German ollicial that the capacity of the Olympia was 100,.'loo spindles now and that he contemplated making ii just eight times as large ?ts it, was. The latter was very quiet, for the next little while and when he and the writer had parted from Mr. Whitley he inquired rather anxiously what manner of man was lu;. The almost, beautiful cleanliness of the mills impressed thc visitor most favorably and he frequently comment ed on the neatness and attractiveness of the. little homes in the mill village, a compliment, which Mr. Whaley doubtless appreciated, as the German government and people are. famed for their cleanliness in their industries and hi all mailers, in fact. Mr. Whaley told the lieutenant that mil) owners were more anxious than thc Stab' governments for t he welfare, of their children in the mill and bc pointed out willi sonic pride the churches and schools that, the mill owners maintain at t heir own great expense for the benefit of the opera tors. He said he hoped to see the agc limit made Hi years. "We have thc interest," said Mr. Whaley, "of our employes absolutely at heart and wc are. doing things daily f?r th elf welfare- th&t bring our repu tation an buiilnofw wen sorTously Into question," Your avorago Germ?n ls uficold business proposition, Ho hon something to noll and ho wanta his price for lt. Ho pays his workman his hire and the latter, then hus to look out for himself. So when .Sir., Whaloy lu foi med the lieutenant that he proposed to pub up tho Best* hos pital for his employes that his money could buy. tho labtcr's countenance showed another" wide latitude of sur prise. He expressed his admiration over and over again for tlie remarkable mill and thanked Mr. Whaley very warmly for bis kindness. The lieutenant expressed his great admiration and friendship for south ern people. ''They are the most hos pitable and delightful people that 1 have ever met," he said, "and I have tiaveled much. New York isa great city, but it is dollar, dollar, dollar there all the time and one gets tir,ed of it sometimes. Every moment ol thc time 1 have spent in the south has been pleasant." Thc lieutenant is going to take sev eral American young men back to Germany with him. Helias already engaged some two or three and bas in structions from thc Herlin Komi te to engage some more. They must be young men who are educated in the j agricultural colleges that ' make a specialty of cotton production. Lieut. Weydlg's station In German East Africa is San/. Bay, but he will not return there for some months, ile left the city Saturday morning. Tlie State. Th? Club Against tlie Home. "Club Life vs. Home Life" was thc subject chosen by ile v. George White man from which lie recently delivered a sermon in Buffalo. N. Y., He re ferred to thc late tragedies in that city, and drew a lesson from them that should he remembered. Itccent events, he said, nave revealed the gay irreligious life which many of Buf falo's more prosperous people live. There is a growing godlessness among many well to do persons. The type of depravity among persons in thc higher circles is often worse than iii the slums of the city. This gay god less way of living often manifests itself in what is spoken of as club life. L admit that clubs differ In their aims, hut I believe that tiiab which is mechanically called club life is oppos ed to the interests of the individual, of thc church and the nation. In re ferring specially to tlie Burdicjc mur der he said "a murder is committed in our city and two divorce cases arc revealed." These bei said, have some relation to club life. This is an aw ful condition but the facts warranted thc charge. He. closed by saying. "America is fast following in thc steps of the old Boman empire, the home is despised;children are an encumbraec; a pondie dog is of more value than a baby. Wealth and pride Colistin e tlie inc blond of tlie nation and aristo cratic weakness saps democratic vigor." Tills is a true indictment, and unless such warnings as bliese arc heeded our country will perish as did the great Kornau empire did. Thought less people, will refer to Mr. Widcman as a calamity howler, but he ls not. He sees things as they are, and lie has t he courage to denounce tlie sins of those who are rici) and occupy a con spicious pla J:e in the public eye. Tlie hope bf this great, country is a fearless ministry and an incorruptible press. Senator Tillman Out. West. United Strtes Senator Tillman de livered ?tu address on '"Thc Negro Question h'rom a Southern Stand point," before an audience of 1,800 university students, citizens and law makers at Madison, Wis., Thursday night. He was greeted with thc stir ring university yell. A rather sensa tional incident, occured while Senator 'I ?liman was discussing the Indianola post ollice case. After stating thc southern view of the affair, lie asked whether the audience approved of President Roosevelt's action and there was'applause. Being uncertain wheth er thc applause was intended as an in dorsement of the president's action, tiic senator asked how il was meant. He was told that it was meant as an endorsement of thc president. Tills aroused the senator. Ile went in to the details of Hie Indianola affair arid when lie concluded asked his lloar ?is whether it would not have been belter for the president td have kept the ollice opened and punished thc few hot-heads that caused the trouble than to have punished Hie entire com munity l>y closing Hie ollice, request ing those to raise their hands who supported thc president's action. Only a few raised their hands. In thc main Ins address was much like his oilier recent utterances on Hie same subject. He condemned Hie negro to eternal inferiority to Hie white man. Sort ol'Men t.'irls Lil kc. As a man looks to a woman to lie womanly, a woman expects a man to lie manly, therefore, you need lia i dly wonder that she prefers to Vie wooed by a man wiiose actions tell of deter mination and resolve to one whose at titude is one of meekness and chronic shyness, who stammers and blushes whenever he ventuces to address his lady-love in public. While tlie timid lover is worshipping from afar, hop ing yet feat ing that his worship is un derstood by his divinity, thc more manly lover steps in. and by almost sheer ma ter ful n ess and determination, combined with lender courtesy and a wish to please, gains bile prize, leaving thc timid one to moan his loss In sil ence with a heart lilied with the bit ter thought that had lie only been a little more confident In his wooing Hie fair one might have been his. In love affairs women like masters, not slaves; tlicy like to feel that they are being wooed, not, that they arc doing tile wooing. Tin rcfore, those young men who wish to prove successful lovers must cast aside all bashfulness and timidity and must, not only believe in Hie old but true saying, "'Only tl e brave, deserve the fair," lint must a- t up to il. Many Wunl .lobs. Tile News and Courier says thc most important fact wi)ich luis crime out in connection willi the Cru ni situation is that more than one hun dred red white men have applied for positions in Hie Custom House under the negro collector. If this list could be secured for publication it'would open the eyes of the city, or, at least, thal, was the statement made hy a prominent Republican. The name of a well-know citizen lias been men tioned in connection with Hie deputy collict?rship and Hie chances favor Iiis appointment. Crum has made no promises, so far as thc politicians can ascertain, although it has leaked out in the quiet ollicc-seeking circles thal, the list of candidates is resplendent With the names of men, some of whom would naturally lie regarded as oppos ed to thc nomination of a negro to any important Federal ollice., V A HtfQB 8W1HDL?5 In Which Uni toil Staten OfUplal* - >? oro Implicated, . A special dispatch from Washing ton to tho SpartanbuVg Journal says tho development that a connection of government officials with the get rich-quick concerns- was alleged in charges filed with thc president caused accusation in Washington. As far as possible the details of the charges and the progress of the inves tigation ordered by che president arc being-kept secret, but in otlicial cir cles the matter is being discussed with much interest. lt is said that thc plan pursued wan the securing of names of shady concerns against which thc govern ment was about to proceed. These li rms would then be approached wi th a proposition to put their business in a shape acceptable to the government fora certain stated amount down and a weekly or monthly payment. This being agreed to, the way was made clear wherebythe get-rich-quick fel lows continued operations without fear of molestation. Tlie amount alleged to have been secured from the shady companies is not settled delinitcly by rumor, but it is averred by scmctnatit reached into more than a-milloo dollars, which were divided among a certain few. lt is averred by others that thc sum total will bc far larger Kiah this, because tile operation included fully half a score or more of lly-by-nlght schemes in business, eacli of which was forced to contribute liberally. The investigation by order of the president will be pushed vigorously. Fourth Assistant Postmaster (Jencr al Bristow, who has charge of it, is ordered to go to the bottom of il, no matter w.io may lie Involved. General Ty ncr,"" whose retirement was demanded by Hie president not because bc was personally implicated in Hie scandal, but because of his ad vanced age and thc desire to place a stronger man in his place, denies that there was any wrong doing in connec tion with his ollice respecting tile rights of "turf investment companies" to usc the mails. He says that there was not a word of evidence in the report of the post ollice inspector to prove that the con cerns were in the nature of lottery or fraudulent in their character, and therefore thc only course open to thc ollice was to allow them to usc the mails. General Ty uer says that Harrison J? Barrett, his nephew by marriage, and formerly assistant in his ollice, had, as an attorney, represented one of thc turf companies, but this was only after Barrett had severed his connection with Hie department, lie avers. General Tyner says ho took up the eases of concerns alleged to lie fraud ulent or on a lottery basis, and, after investigating, ordered proceedings dropped, lie dictated a letter an nouncing thal no further steps would bc taken, reserving the right, how ever, in the last paragraph of Iiis let ter, lo reopen the cases. One com pany published this letter, omitting the last paragraph of warning and the department was severely criticised tor the issuance of Hie letter in ques tion. AN ELEPHANT DIES AT SE A. Whole Crew of a Steamer Was Kept, llusy Hy il iago. Thc elephant Jingo, said to have been larger than Jumbo, died al sea on the steamer Georgie, which arrived at New York Wednesday from Liver pool. The animal's death occurred March 12th and thc huge body was buried at sea. Ali animal show brought Jingo in London. The elephant had not traveled since infancy, and from thc time of sailing from Liverpool it fretted and pined away, Jingo was 22 years old, 12 feet high, weighed six lon and was valued at $f>0.000. For liO hours proceeding its death thc mammoth beast trumpeted with out cessation and twice knocked down its keeper. Thomas Lawrence, who at tempted to pacify it. Thu cries of thc elephant aroused the leopards and ti ners which were on the ship and they, loo, joined in the cry which for three days kept the crew of the Georgie on its guard. As each day passed Jingo seemed to grow weaker lie squirmed in his nar row cage in an effort to gel. out. He was securely chained lc? Hie cage in such a position in the afc hatchway thal escape was impossible. On the fifth day out the animal's condition became such thai, Lawrence gave him whiskey and kept him under the in-' llucnce of liquor for almost three days. lt was then that Jingo became even more savage than ever and began the trumpeting. The entire crew went to Lawrence's assistances on Hie ll Hi day and join ed with liim in an effort to pacify .lingo. They all failed, however, and twice the boast got its trunk through Hie bars of the cage and struck the keeper with such force that lie was thrown to Hie deck. Thc other animals joined in the great noise until abolit !? o'clock on the morning ol' Hit; 12th, when suddenly Jingo's cries ceased. Lawrence ran to t hc cage to lind Hie animal dead. His carcass was examin ed und after il was decided it could not be stuffed it was thrown over board. On a Sad mission. The State says Gov. Hey ward was called to Savannah Thurs''ay by thc news of thc death of his grandmother; Mrs. Duncan L. Clinch, and ol his aunt, Mrs. J. H. M. Clinch. The funner, who is thc widow of (Sen. Clinch ol' Georgia, a general in the Indian war, flied in Charleston, hut her remains were taken to Savannah for interment, it is a sad singular circumstance that she and lier daugh ter-in-law died on the same day. Gov Hey ward hopes to be in Iiis ollie Saturday. AN Ohio man with $i>0,000 In blink has gone to work on a farm as a day laborer and his relatives are attempt ing to have him declared-insane anti Iiis property placed under their con trol. Things haye come to a pretty pass when a man who is competent to amass $00,000 must have his mental faculty questioned because he prefers to live Hie most wholesome life known. If the Insane asylums of thc country had to depend upon the farms for their inmates Uley would never have roached their present capacities. . A ?NKIIKASKA woman committed suicide because the newspapers and magazines declined to publish lier poems, which causes Hie Washington Post to remark that there are times when tho work of proccting Hie pub ic causes sad cases like this. A NEW INVENTION/ Ot a Columbia Mochanlo Tha.t May Revolutionize Locomotion, MUCH IS CLAIMED FOR A VALVE, Which IB Sula to bo Able to lCn'cct tl Sirviiig ol' nt Least One ? Illili ol' thc Cont Uactl Ihr Fiiiol?. Tho Columbia Slate Rays "The Brooks Improved Steam Valve com pany" of that city has been notified that the patent otllce has granted an "allowance" oh the contrivance which this company'has sought to have pat ented. The allowance means that the authorities have acted favorably, and that the hitters patent will be is? sued in a few days. Thc valve.which this corn,pany has in its possession is said to boone of the greatest inventions of recent years. The inventor ls a machinist who spent 18 years in the Southern's shops in Columbia, but for come reason his name is withheld on the ground that he himself does not for the pres ent want his identity made public. The inventor put Ids contrivance into tile hands of a friend, (Joli LI. R. Brooks, who is the clerk of the su preme court, and the latter, with the advice of (left. M. C. Butler, has been able to get it patented. The object of the valve is to economize the use of coal and to increase the speed of a locomotive. Colonel Brooks believes lirmly in its practicability. To a reporter of The Slate he said Wednesday: "We claim for it that, we can save from 20 lo :i0 per cent, of the fuel used on locomotives. "We claim that we can increase thc speed from 20 to 30 percent. This invention will get rid of thc 'used steam' which is called 'hack pressure' and retards the progress of t he engines as they are working today. The valve is very simple in its construction, so simple that every machinist who has examin ed it is struck immediately willi Its practicability, and many have won dered why tiley never thought of lt." When tim application for a patent had been Hied some time ago there was a protest from the attorneys of several inventors who were endeavor ing to perfect something of the same kind and claimed the right of priori ty. Colonel Brooks went to Washing ton and was accompanied by Mr. J. B. Edwards, a practical machinist. Thc latter explained thc valve to the satisfaction of thc patent otlicc and, upon his showing, tiic "allowance" was issued. At the suggestion of General Butler, patents under the laws of all foreign countries hil ve been applied for by thc company. A practical test of the valve will lie made in a few day-;. "We have ob tained permission I rom thc superin tendent of motive power of one*Of tho largest railroad systems to have an engine littcd with Ulis appliance in order to make calculations," said Colonel Brooks. "When we went into his olllce this superintendent glanced at thc model and said, indiffer ently, 'Ch, 1 have seen a great many valves like this.' Mr. IO i wards inter jected, 'You never saw anything like this iii your life.' That caused the railroad otllcial to make a minute in spection, and he was so well satisfied that he ordered an engine placed at our disposal/rwtaeif tiio/-pa?;;-.t; -;'.^.V;? have been secured. 'If it will save us one per cent, of coal it is valuable, but il it will save us 20 per cent, it is thc greatest thing we could get hold ot'.' the superintendent said to us. "The engine will be examined and lev ted as to speed, coil consuming capacity, etc., before Hie appliances ?ire attached,'' continued Colonel Brooks, "and the other tests will bc made to show thc merits of the valve." The practicability of tile valve must be settled before any plans for the future will be made, but Colonel Brooks would like to have thc con trivance manufactured in Columbia. Wliito Floor and Appendicitis. The notion advanced by the humor ists that appendicitis is a disease in vented for the purpose of conferring social distinction may have to bc aban doned if the theory of nh Illinois phy sician is tenable. 'Hus physician declares that appendi citis was lin re before tho new processes of rolling wheat were invented. Ile says: "About the date mentioned (1S75) there began to ho a general change from the old mel hods of grinding grain to the present method of roller mills mid excessively line bolting cloths. This plan nf milling begun first In the large eitles, and appendicitis began to increase first (herc. Later the new process ero wiled out tho small mills In the country, lind the people could not got Hour made hy the old process. They bought products of the large milling establishments, and then the farmers began to have append ici Us." Ue adds, "Experienced millers will tell you that tho tine Hour is less desirable flour than that made by the old proc ess, but I he t rude demands it chiefly on account of Its whiteness." The Illinois doctor says also that in thc last few years appendicitis has be come one of the most common of dis eases, and he regards the discovery of the cause of Its increase ns cf supreme Importa nee. So lt ls, but still one physician's opinion does not settle it. "The main difference between the New York and Chicago horse shows," says the Chicago Tribune, "is tho ?mould of diamonds displayed. New York beats Chicago about two'lmrrels." This causes the Kansas City Star to observe that tho main difference be tween the Kansas City horse show and those in New York and Chicago is in the figures on which lo display dia monds, and in this particular Kansas City beats both of Its rival <J by a thou sand miles. ) Mr. Edison can do the tricycling pub lic a real service by dropplllg thc stor age battery for a .few moments and turning lils attention to inventing some system whereby the crew pud passen gers of a through express trtiln may be nlile to defend themselves against nny lone robber that may take a notion to loot the train. Tiic Newberry Observer says: "Be causexil would take so long to get good roads by an annual appropriation is no reason why the work should not begin that way. linnie was not built in a day. and we. ace. not going to get good roads immediately by any sys tem." That is linc. B??.L Aft? WHITED HISTORY Kui- the Donoftts ot tile Young Poopl? ortho Country. So roany young peoplo who are thirsting for historical knowledge write tome for help that 1 feel en couraged and will answer their in quiries ns?far as 1 can. These young people In thc country towns have schools to go to, but they lack books reading books, cyclopedias, biogra phies, and if I was as rich as Carnegie I would pian a library of such books in every community, \ would have a million sets af some standard cyclope dia printed for every school, even If they cost fifty million dollars. That would dllTuse knowledge among tl e young people and do mote good than all he ls doing in thc big cities. But what we moat need in thc. South are historical books that will bc standard with us and relate the truth about the South and secession and the Con federacy und slavery and the war and reconstruction. I Inri a cyclopedia that gave a whole column of apology for old .lohn Brown and the pedigree of every Northern race horse, and no mention of John lt Gordon or Forrest or any of our Southern poets or authors or orators. 1 swapped it oil at half price for the International by Dodd, Meade & Co. The tributes in that work to Dr. Davis, and Lee and Jackson are all that could bc desired and more than was expected. 1 wonder what has become of that great Southern publishing house that was projected in Atlanta some time ago. That Is what we want and must have to perpetuate Southern history and defend our fathers and grand lathers from the slanders of Northern foes, lt is "Northern histories, North ern novels and Northern plays that have already poisoned the minds of thousands of our young people. Only yesterday I glanced at a serial story in an Atlata paper and the first thing I saw was a verse which read: "John Brown's body lies mouldering in the ground, Hut Iiis soul keeps marching on." In a Missouri paper I saw where a Yankee troupe were playing "Uncle. Tom's Cabin." And now a fool fel low from Wisconsin wants to get our Governors to appoint delegates to a convention in Atlanta to determine the race problem, and it is said that that man Spooner Is at the bottom of it to net upa Presidental boom for himself. I suspected there was a niggor in the woodpile, for these Northern politicians never do any thing from patriotic, unselfish mo tives. Hanna's scheme fell through and Spooner thought he could patch it np. Hut thc South never was more aroused and united on the negro ques tion and will resent all interference, whether it comes from Washington Or Wisconsin. Wisconsin! What impu dence! A State whose foreign popula tion is (.2 per cent, of the whole, and of these there are 8fj,000 who can't speak English; and only TOO negroes In the Slate, and three times as many Indians. What does Wisconsin know or care about our race problem? In the last few days I have received three letters from young people want ing to know something about the Con federate flags, what were thc designs and who designed them. 1 wish that 1 could sketch them and paint them In this letter, but all I can do is to de scribe them and give their history. = Tl??nT^verirT??r in all, but only two lived to sec the end at Appomattox. No. I, or the "Stars and liars," was adopted by the Confederate Con gress at Montgomery. Its stars wcro on a blue field and its red and white bars made it look somewhat like the Stars and Stripes, and sometimes was mistaken for the United States Hag, and so General Beauregard designed. No. 2, "Thc Hattie Flag," and General Joe E. Johnson adopted it., and it was never changed, lt was a blue cross, or rather an X studded with stars and set on a red field. No. a. In May, 18U3, the Confeder ate Congress adopted a national Hag. It was a miniature battle Hag set on a white field that had a white border at the side and at the bottom. Hut it proved to be a mistake, for ir, had too much white and afar oil' was mis taken for a Hag of truce. And so on March, 180f>, Congress, adopted No. -1 as thc national (lag. This had the same battle Hag on a blue Held, but the white border was smaller and a red one put on the out side of that. This flag did not wave very long, only about a month, billi nevertheless lt remains as the nation al Hag of the Confederate States. Hut the dear old battle flag No. 2 was the lighting banner of every com pany. Our wives and our daughters made them for the boys in gray, and many of the.n were smuggled back home again alter thc surrender and still kept as household treasures. Our boys, the Rome Light Guards, had one, and one night the yoting people gave a tableaux performance in thc city hall to raise a little money to put some benches in the desecrated cnn robes, for all the pews Quid been taken out and converted into horse troughs for the sta If horses. One scene in the tableaux represented a battle Held where women were minis tering to the wounded and the dying, and one dying soldier, the ensign, had this old tattered and war-stained flag grasped in his hand just as he held it when he fell. The Spanish commandant of thc ?lost was there with his wife, and when he discovered the. Hag, got furi ously mad. ile jumped up on his seat and yelled: "Take dat t'ii g avay, dat is treason-dat is an insult to mc and de United States. I send for my soldiers and 1 arrest the whole party.' He ran wildly down the stairs and across the street to his quarters and came back quickly with half a dozen Dutchmen in arms to make the arrest. I hi marched thc young men over to his olllee, but paroled the young ladles until he could hear from General Thomas, whose headquarters were in Louisville. I was mayor then and we had sonic hot words. Ile said li nally he would release the young men until he could hear from General Thomas. So 1 wrote to General Thomas by the same mall. Ile very graciously for gave us, but warned us not to do so any more, for the display of a Confed erate (lag was treason and thc punish ment of treason was death. This is enough about Hags. There is no treason in displaying one.now. Time is a good doctor and Time keeps rolling on. My wife and 1 had another wedding last Saturday-and good friends were calling all the afternoon , to say good words and congratulate us on our long and happy married life. , Farly in the morning, while my wife and the family were at breakfast, 1 came in late and slipping up behind her planted a venerable kiss upon her classic brow. "Sho half enoloaad mo In her ?rm>, ?ht clasped mo In a meek embracet (No ?ho didn't? elthor.) And bending oaok her head, looked up And gazed Into my' face." YeR, she did that, for lt took bur by surprise. I hadn't kissed* her since the Hrst day of last June-which -was her birthday. Twice a year satisfies her now. BILI. A nr. Bhulcy Rope IJrtdKc?. In tire wilds of South Ainorlcajnany rope bridges exist, and in writing of thom a trawler, who published through Messrs. Lttjgmuns "Tho Great" Moun tains and 'Forests of South America," says: "There being no trecB here, such bridges as were neeessury were usual ly eoustructed of a couple ot ropes stretehed"?cross n chuBiu, upon which was spread a rough kind of matting made of pliant brushwood or a sort of rush. Such bridges swung about fear fully aud cracked under the foot ns if about to give way. Often I held my breutb while passing such a bridge, momentarily expecting tho rotten con trivance to part in the middle. There was plenty of evidence in the skeletons of horses mid mules on thc rocks be low that accidents not infrequently oc curred, but I was assured tbut not many men were lost, which, of course, wu s an exceedingly comforting assur ance, especially as I noticed tbut the guides were careful to see that either I or George was the first to eross these confounded structures. At one of these places we saw on the rocks 300 feet below the skuli and bones of two men who bud been lost about eight years before." SiiakCN Wnntc Little Time Enttnn. A serpent "will go for weeks, some times even for months, without feed ing. Then lt may take three rubblts or ducks, one after the other, at a single meal nod nftcrward become torpid while digestion proceeds. When, after a sufficient period of fasting, lt gets disposed to out and a rabbit happens to be introduced into its cage, it may plainly be seen that tho rabbit's pres ence is quickly noticed by lt. Thc snake will begin to move slowly about till it bas brought its snout opposite the rabbit's muzzle. Then, In nu Instant, lt will seize the rnbblt's bead in Its mouth, simultaneously calling its pow erful body around lt aud crushing lt to death nt once. Tlie action ls so instantaneous that lt is Impossible for tho rabbit to suffer. Certainly it can suffer no more tbnn when killed by a poulterer. The ?make does not immediately uncoil Its folds, but continues for a time to hold Its vic tim tightly embraced, sometimes rock ing itself gently to and fro. Then It Blowly unwinds Its huge body and once more takes the rabbit's bead in its month and swallows lt. Stipcmtltion? Aliitnl Ilrcml. In Brittany when a housewife begins to knead dough she makes a cross with ber right hand, the left being placed in the trough. If a cut enters tile room, lt is believed the bread will not rise. It ls supposed that certain women eau cause the dough to multiply itself. On tlie coast of the channel the dough ls adjured to Imitate the leaven, the mil ler and the baker and to rise. The oven is a sacred object and con nected with crowdn of superstitions. Tho oven is dedicated, with ceremo nies. In certain places in Brittany the wood is watered with blessed water. Bread must not be cooked on certain days, us ou Holy Friday or during the night of All Saluts, when the ghosts would eat lt. Thc Introduction of Forkt. Forks are articles of such common household necessity to us that we hard ly realize that there was a time, and not so long ngo either, when forks were entirely unknown. A knife -was used at the table to cut up food, but the food so cut was afterward conveyed by the fingers to the mouth. Rich and poor alike were ueeustomcd to this method ?nd so thought lt perfectly correct. It was about the year 1U00 and In the reign of James I. when forks wore first introduced Into England. This "piece of refinement," we ure told, was de rived from the Italians. Serpent "Worship In India. Serpent worship, once very widely diffused, survives in India. Sometimes when Hindoos find a cobra in some crevice In tlie wall of their house it will often be reverenced, fed and pro pitiated, and if fear or the death of some one bitten by lt induces them to remove it they will bundle It tenderly mid lot It loose in some field. When Hindoos are bitten, they have far more confidence in their magie spell or "montra" than In any medicine, even if tiley do not scruple to make use of medical aid. -) Fill thc Pince Well. Whore one man is culled to be a hero on some great scale 10,000. men are called to be courteous, gentle, patient. There aro conspicuous virtues which make reputation, and there ure quiet virtues, the virtues of privnte life, which make character. It Is not every man's duty to fill a large place, but lt Is every man's duty to till Ids own placo well.-Christian Evangelist. A Narrow Margin. John Stuart Mill was once dining with two brilliant French talkers who were given to monologue. Ono bad possession of the field, and thc other was watching him so Intently to strike" hi that Mill exclaimed aloud, "If he stops to bren thc, he's gone." Ile? po ni? 11>I II tien. "Remember," said tlie serious citizen, "that wealth has its responsibilities." "Yes," answered Mr. Cuuirox. "So long us you nre humble and obscure you can say 'I seen lt' and 'I dono it' and eat with your knife all you want lo."-Washington Stnr. Ddt ned. She-Dear, you have crushed nnd al most stiff oca ted me. What kind of a hug do you call that? Ile-That's a Metropolitan street rail way hug.-New York Life. Falmouth Is probably the oldest port In England. It was used by the Phoeni cians nt lenst 2,?00 years ugo. A MAN out in Indiana ls so Intense ly religious tim* he whipped his wife because she failed to join him In fami ly prayer. Bis wife had her hands in dough making broad for her pious husband and it was not convenient to be with him at that moment. When he saw that she was not present he arose from Ids knees, went to thc kitchen and heat her in the face and oyes wi til his lists. This was a white man wnp must claim to bea Chris tian of the strictest sect, but lb ap pears from his brutal act that hi's religion was of a violent kind and Was more in keeping with that o? thc barbarian than the Christian. He was arrested, and a linc of forty dol lars was Imposed. Continues to make Mirac?lour Cures READ .THIS LETTERi - . ALMOST A MIRACLE. - DILLON, S. 0., Aug. 18th, 10C3. Gentlemen t-In September; IBM," I took rheumatism in a very bad iona. In a month utter tho disease started I bad to Rive-up roy Trork and go to bed. It continued to grow worao until my anns and hands were badly drawn, ao muob ao that I could not uso tbom. My legs wore drawn back until my foot touched my bips. I was as helpless as a budy for nearly twelve months.'. The muscles ot my arms and IOKS wore hard and shriveled up: -I suffered death many times over. Wno treated by six different physicians In McCall, fi.lion and Marion, but none or them could do mo auy Rood, until Dr. J. P. Ewing, of Dillon,", carno to BOO mo. Hp told mo to try your g Itu KUM AC nm." He got mo one bottle or tho modiclno and I began to tako lt and bot oro the first bottlo was used up I began to Rot botter. 1 used Ovo nnd a half bottles and was completely cured. That was two years ago, and my health has been excellent ever since. Have bad no symptoms or rheumatism. I rcRard "HIIKUM?OID?" as by far tho best remedy for rheumatism on tho market. I cannot say too much for lt. I have recommended it to others since and it has ourt-d them. . .. n wm 8a"" further, that I began to walk in about slr days after I began to take Rna?MAOlDE," with tho aid of crut chea ; In about three months arter 1 bogan to take lt, I could walk as good as anybody, and wout back to work again. _ Vory truly, - JAMES WILKES. AU Druggists, or sent expr?s* prepaid on receipt of $t.oo. Bobbitt Chemical Co., - - ['altimore, nd. ???eeLmedy ot ?Weet Glim & .Vi ulleilL ('tires Cough?, Coldi, Whooping Cough, Lafriipi-e and ali Throat an?l'Lung Troubles . Made of , 1'ure Sweet (Jinn, Mul lein and Honey. Your Druggist hells it 25 and fio TAKE A LOOK Ii r Tull linc ot Hardware is not bottcr than other, don't buy it. Our salesmen are ont. Goleman-Wagener Hardware Company ;?(?:J KING st. CHARLESTON, S. C. JP li* mit LARC EST MANU FA CT U11E RS OF ?iigh Ox ale Pianos and Organs F?ct?rlcs, Ch i cairo a ri Sr. Charles, Illinois. Uaoit:l. TW > MILLION DOLLARS, -?2,000,000. i-i-mill House, 28? KIP St. C \i Heston, S. C. TIANO? AND OFiJiiNS Sr 1*1 oh Easy Terms, Before buying wilt .ur our ea tal gae ar 1 ter"^ Factory prices made. \ rali Lot of Sheet ai-f-.ic an*' small Musical Instruments in stock. J. V. WALLACE, Manager. THE 1A.--5L..E OOIYIRAFS?Y, til \h,.ESI\?NT. s. c. COLUMBIA LUMBER & MPG. GO. SASH, DOORS, BL.1NDS, INTERIOR FINISH, MOULD ING AND LUMBER, ANY QUANTiTY. Columbia, <S. G. Ancestry of SlioeninuIn.-?. There is untiling vulgar about tho ancestry of the shoemaking trude in the Uultcil States. The lirst shoemak er came over In tho Mayflower. Ills name was Thomas Heard, and he had un income from the London company of $100 a year and received fifty acres of land on which to settle. Seven ' years later the city of Lynn was founded, and ever f-inoe it hus been making shoes for the world. FhiHp Kertland, n native of Buckingham- j shire, was the first shoemaker of the city of Lynn. In George Washington's day Lynn had 200 master workmen and COO Journeymen shoemakers, turn ing out every year no less than 300,000 pairs of Uno shoes. Nnvientlnfr <Iic Kine. A curious means of moving boats is employed on the river Elbe-a chain 290 miles long at the bottom of tho stream, which is too swift to navigate In the usual woy. The boats are ISO feet long and provided with 200 horse power steam engines which turn ft drum fastened on the dock. The chain comes in over the baw, passing along on rollers to the drum, around which it is wound three times. The chain is then carried to the stern, where it drops back into the water. The steam ers tow five barges containing 1,500 tons. Losrtcnl. "I could have married either Whip per or Snapper if I'd wanted to, nnd both of those men whom I refused have since got rich, while you are still as poor as a church mouse." II'!- Of course. I've been supporting yod nil these years. Thev hnvnn'r. You may he sure young men, says a writer in Success, that, if jTm do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepen ing, if your task is not a perpetual tonio tq you, you have not found your place. If your work is drudgery to von, if you are always longing for the lunch hour, or the, closing hour, tn release you from the work that hores you, you may be sure that you have not found your niche. Unless you go to your task with greater delight billin you leave it, it belongs to sume other man. A Closo Call. F. R. Collins, an attorney of Niles, Mich., who had been serlfTusly ill, went into a trance Wednesday and his relatives supposing hi tri (lead, summoned an undertaker. When he placed thc remains in a casket several hours later the undertaker discovered perceptible indications-af returning life. Medical aid was summoned and tile patient now bids fair to recover. ??00FING. Inexpensive to lay. Easy to keep in repair,--.. Light and'very durable. Waterprol f and orderless. Not affected by change of tem perature. Elastic. Acid and Alkali-proof. Fire-resisting and oil-proof. Vermin will not attack it. All ready to lay. Needs no painting or coating. Will nut deteriorate wi til age. - WRITE FOR' PRICES - SOUTHEASTERN LIME & CEMENT COMPANY., All classes building material, 1 CHARLESTON, S..C. 'A O 5 ?-i u "A < 'SJ O, o 'A < u o - J-. r-c O ci -< > Hi 2so ...S'S .-> SM . g o s* >? ?-' S"""" *? ?* g S'S s ?--3 Cypress Shingles. If you will haul I hem, we wil sell at. thc following low prices tis long as they last. (I x 20 ?3.75 per thousand. .I x 18 Hand Drawn Heart Cy press ut $'1.25 per thousand. Now if you want a good roof, come right along. Stall Builders Soily Ci (?10 Plain St If you are not \v?." _-d .vant to kr.?r.v tho .ri th a bo ii i, y.uyiv I DU ble,' semrtor my nee bnoklvtr mid sell pxnmiaittlon blanks. ?so. U^Norvoiis Dchiii. l/r\'3exual Weakness), ?A>J?J 2. 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O'ly.Star, say ~~?T?s. certain thak if Henry Wu rd - Retch er.; were alite "ho. would'admire'Crover Cleveland as much .as Mr. Cleveland admires Mr. Beecher."