The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 20, 1892, Image 1
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THE COTTON FIELDSFurther
Discouraging Reports
From Sooth Carolina and
LouisanaA
correspondent of the News ami
I (\>uri> r writes from Marion county,
S. (J., as ft N,ws;
I see the estimate of the cotton
I 1 crop for South Carolina is put down
I at !U) tier pent, manlier than last.
(year. When the returns are all in
it will lie found that this is too conJ
servative an estimate. So far as
Marion county is concerned, the cotton
crop will bo at least 50 per cent,
below last year. In the first place
there was at least 15 per cent, less
area planted; then, too, <?() per cent,
less of fertil/.iers were used. The
heavy rains of July cut off the July
[ crop, the main crop in this section.
The August drought, with the high
temperature, Masted the top cotton
and hut little was left.
Last year up to this time there
had been shipped from this point 128
hales?This year only 51 hales. I
. heard one of our best farmers say
that last year he made 145 bales of
cotton, but this year on the same
land with equal manuring he is satislied
that he will got only 05 bales. He
has already picked out 25 bales and
his estimate on what is left in the
field is It) bales. His judgment on
such matters is rarely at fault. Last
night I heard another good farmer
say that last year on 43 acres of land
he gathered 51 bales of cotton, and
this year on the same land lie would
barely get 30 bales. The same farmer
runs a public gin in his neighborhood.
Up to last night he had
ginned this season 130 bales?last
year up to the same time he had ginned
280 bales.
A correspondent of the Charlotte
Observer writing from Shreveport,
I.a., takes this gloomy view of the
outlook in the Led river valley, one
of the lincst cotton sections in the
country:
About Shreveport the people who
raise cotton are despondent. All
this lied river valley was overflowed
laie in the spring and the replanted
crops have not done well at all. I
met to-day Dr. Dixon, a large planter,
who lives about twenty miles
north of Shreveport, on the lied
river, and lie says that in a scope of
country in which he lives there is
ordinarily made about 15,000 bales
of cotton. This year he says there
will not be 5,0(H) bales made on the
same land. Coming up from New
Orleans, I noticed that the cotton
plant was small and not well fruited
It seemed dull in New Orleans, but
in Shreveport it is worse. I am told
that west of here in the black land of
Texas the crops are good.
| Saturday NightV
. ifappy is the man who has a little
' home and a little angel in it of a
Saturday night?a little house, no
matter how little, provided it will
hold two or so; no matter how humbly
furnished^provided their is hope
in it. Let / e winds blow?close
curtains. What if they are plain
calico, without border, tassel, or any
such thing? Let the rain comedown
heap up the fire. No matter if vou
have not a candle to blesa yourself
with for what a beautiful light glowing
coal makes?rendering cloudless,
shedding a sunset through the room
?just light to talk by, not loud as
in the hurrying highways, not rapid
as in the hurrying world, but softly,
whispering, with pauses between
them, for the storm without and the
thoughts within to fill up with. Then
wheel the sofa round by the fire. No
matter if the sofa is a settee uncushioned
at that, if it be just large
enough for two and a half in it.
How sweet'., the music of silver
bells for the time to como falls on
tho listening hearts then! How
mournfully dwell the chimes of "the
days that ars no more."
Extracts From HistoryParaguay
was settled by the Spaniardt
in 1515.
The republic of Holland was constituted
in 1579.
Tho wheat raised in the new wr?rWl
: was sown on the island of Isabella
in January, 1494, and on March 30
the crop was gathered.
Canada-was discovered by Cabot
in 1499; explored by the French,
1508, 1524 and 1534; settled, 1540;
Quebec built, 1603; taken first by
England, 1028.
The West Indies being the first
land discovered by Columbus in
1492, early settlements were made in
them, not only by Spaiu, but by
England, France, Ilolland, Denmark
and Sweeden.
The union of the crowns of England
and Scotland took place in A.
1). 1603, to the great advantage of
both countries, but they had their
seperate parliaments and governments
till A. D. 1706.
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Lord Tennyson is DeadLondon,
Oct. 6.?Lord Tennyson
died at 1:35 o'clock this morning.
| His passing away was calm and
peaceful Sir Andrew Clark, who
attended the poet in his last hours,
! said that Lord Tennyson's end was
beautiful. "In all my experience 1
never witnessed anything more glorious.
There were no artificial lights
in the chamber. All was darkness,
except for the silver light of the full
! moon which fell upon the bod and
played across the features of iho dyI
: i:i l .i* >?
| M,g pOVl I Itvt" it IKtlO.
HIS I.A8T WOKI?S TO 1118 WIFE.
Twice during the night the dying
man smiled upon those around his
bedside, indicating that he was conscious
and recognized them. He
spoke to his wife about an hour before
he died; and his words to her
were the last he uttered. Lady Tennyson
bent over her dying husband
and he whispered to her. His features
in death boro a look of absolute
peace. Lady Tennyson bore her
athictionwith a fair degree of fortitude,
but is nearly prostrated by
grief and fatigue.
Soon after tho poet's death the sky
which had been clear, became cloudod
and the liodit. of the ninnn vvna nh
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scured. Shortly afterward rain fell
heavily, and the scene contrasted
strongly with that which had ilium
inated the parting hours of the great
poet.
Throughout his illness Lord Tennyson
showed greatful appreciation
of every kindness and attention to
him. Until he became too feeble to
speak ho frequently thanked the doctors
and nurses, as well as the members
of the household who ministered
to his wants. When the Queen's
telegrams of inquiry as to tho sick
man's condition were received, Hallam
read them to his father, who lis
tened with evident pleasure.
Let every enfeebled woman know
it! There's a medicine that'll cure
her, and the proof's positive!
Here's tho proof?if it doesn't do
you good within reasonable time,
report trie fact to its makers and get
your money back without a word?
but you won't do it!
The remedy is Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription?and it has proved
itself the right remedy in nearly
every case of female weakness. It is
not a miracle. It won't cure everything?but
it has done more to buildup
tired, enfeebled and broken-down
women than any othor medicine
known.
Where's tho woman who's not
ready for it? All that we've to do is
to get the news to Iter. The medicine
will do the rest.
Wanted?Women. First to know
it. Second to use it. Third to be
cured by it. The one comes of the
other.
The seat of sick headache is not in
the brain. Regulate the stomach
and you cure. Dr. Pierce's Pellots
are the Little Regulators. Only 25
cents a vial.
Honoring ColumbusBkttoi.a,
Italy, now olaims the
birth of Columbus, and will erect a
monument to his honor at once.
They intend sending historical documents
to the world's fair to prove
their claim.
Lady Blake, wife of Sir Arthur
Blake, governor of Jamaica, purposes
a practical memorial to Columbus
in the shape of a marine biological
station, to be established near Kingston,
the capital of the island.
According to a Chicago paper the
sculptors Daniel 0. French and Kdward
C. Potter will design for tlm
Columbian fair a group representing
Columbus in a chariot drawn by
horses, with symbolical female figures
leading the steeds.
A Designer of manikins proposes
to do his part at the world's fair by
fabricating a Columbus with a fleshcolored
face of india rubber and an
interior will deliver an address of
1,000 words in a more natural voice
than the phonograph manager to
use.
Showing Up McKinley.
New Yokk, October 11.?Representatives
of the business clubs of
this city, which advocate the election
of Cleveland and Stevenson,
have issued an address to the voters
in which the principle involved in
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me Mciviniey Dill is roundly do
nounced as a long step backward in
the direction of feudalism and as
leading to the creation of a class of
citizens protected by the Government
from the operation of natural laws
against which the great majority of
citizens have to contend.
The address alleges that tho price
paid for such protection is fealty to
the Republican party, and liberal
contributions of money for its perpetuity.
The charge is made that the
alleged solicitude cf tbe Republican
party for t\ie workingmen is not sincere,
and, in support of this statement,
figures are given which are
intended to show that protection
neither protects the laboring man
nor aids in the industrial development
of the country.
"Ho True to You
)NWAY, S. <J., '
Among the clubs singing the address
are tho following: Produce
and maritime merchants, drv goods
trade, stock, petroleum, colTee and
cotton exchanges, hide and leather,
jewellers, fur and hardware trades,
and lawyers, insurance men s and
custom house brokers end forward
ers' organizations.
A Colored Bishop's AdviceAtlanta
Constitution.
Nashville, Tenn. October 11.
(Special.) Bishop John M. lhown, of
the African Methodist Episcopal
church, is out in an open letter appealing
to members of his church to
either vote for Grover Cleveland or
stay away from the polls.
Bishop Brown, who lives in Washington
was here today on his way to
Pulaski where he will preside over
the Tennessee conference. He says
he has changed his politics because
his race has nothing to hope for in
the republican party. lie says he
does not believe it to the negroe s
interest to ally himself solidly with
any 0110 party, but he should vote
with that party from whom he has
most to expect.
111 an open letter addressed to the
members of l is church and which ho
gives out today Bishop Brown comments
on the fact that the negro has
for thirty years voted the republican
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( unci* wiiiiuui rccognmon. uc con
trusts this record with that of Mr.
Cleveland's administration and points
out Hcts of Mr. Cleveland's showing
his friendship for tin* negro, lie
then says: "The question conies to
us what is our duty? Shall wo vote
for Mr. Cleveland or for the person
who has no thought of the negro
except on election day? It is not
social equality we asl< for, but wo do
ask that we ho treated fairly. I now
appeal to you dear brethren to think
before you act and do not act so as
to engulf yourselves in other and
more severe diflicultjes from which
all the future will be unable to extricate
ourselves or our children. If
you cannot consistently vote f<?r Mr.
Cleveland, then stay away from the
polls. We have asked for bread
but we have received a stone. The
time has come for us to act decidedly.
Yours for humanity and the
race, "JOHN M. BltONVN."
Bishop Brown says he has talked
to many intelligent negroes who
conclude with his views.
Edward Atkinson nn state
BanksAtlanta
Constitution.
Mr. Kdward Atkinson, the wellL
tinii/B nnr\n/vrniof l*i?o ?? l??l t i>> 'IMm
I1IIVIIH vvvnuiiiiot) 11 <i o <% Ii;i,u I ill 1 II*'
Boston Herald in which ho takes the
position that the time lias undoubtedly
come for the repeal of the 10
percent tax on the issues of state
banks.
This clear-headed financial expert
sees no way to have an elastic currency
that will adopt itself to the
conditions of our internal commerce
unless wo revive state banks. '1 he
volume of national bank currency is
all the time contracting, and these
banks must in the course of a few
years become extinct. It is time to
provide for a change in our financial
system, or the country will be so inconvenienced
by its lack of a proper
circulating medium that the popular
discontent will drive the government
into an inflation of currency that
would be disastrous.
Mr. Atkinson says:
The popular cry of a few years
since for more greenbacks, and the
recent fie.mind. e^nneinllv in ?!>.>
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south and the fvir distant west for
the free coinage of silver dollars, may
be almost wholly attributed to the
lack of elasticity in the circulating
medium, consisting of a limited
amount of United States legal ten.
der notes and national bank notes.
The increasing demand of the
country for more notes or sonto kind
of instrument to bo used as money
suitable to be passed from hand to
hand in small transactions has enabled
the country to absorb the silver
notes issued as a representative of
the silver in the treasury. The necessary
use of these silver notes in
daily transactions in connection with
other forms of circulating medium,
has, up to this time prevented their
being returned for redemption to
the treasury in any dangerous manner;
thereby the treasury has been
enabled to maintain tho whhlo volume
of currency up to this time at a
parity with the lawful unit of val
uo, or dollar made of gold.
How long can this course be con
tin ued?.
It has loner been manifest that a
substitute must of necessity bo found
for the national bank notes. Sooner
or later, earlier, perhaps, than
most people expect, the United
States bonds which are available to
secure the circulation of the national
bank notes will be paid or purchased
in pursuance of the sinking fund
act.
What then is the alternative?.
It is rightly the function of the
United States government through
congress to forbid the states by a
prohibited lax from organizing a sys
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tem of banking in order to facilitate
the tariff of their respective states, or
to enable each state or each neighborhood
to conduct its own transactions
on the security of the capital and
credit of its own citizen?
And again he makes this point:
A ? <> 11 u? tmmiln ill t fun iliulnnf
stall's uiul territories to bo deprived
of or forbidden to provide themselves
with a currency or circulating medium,
which is not capable of being
forced upon any unwilling person,
but which may rest wholly upon the
confidence and credit reposed in the
management of local banks by the
people of that special neighborhood,
i secured in such a way as each slate
j may Hud suitable and safe?
The effect of the prohibitory tax
upon the state batik notes is to do;
privo states of the opportunity to
| servo themselves. It is a merely
partisan pretense to say that this is
a movement logo back to the "wild
! cat'' currency of fifty years ago.
He is not afraid o? wildcat money.
I In these days of quick and ready
i communication a state bank would
! not bo able to force a bad note upon
the coihmunity. If a state bank is
i not properly guarded and supervised,
and the people distrust it, there
is no fea" that its notes will circulate,
or if they do they will bo quickly
presented for redemption. The natural
conditions of business are our
| safeguard. The people demand an
elastic and safe currency and capital
ists will find it to their interest to
supplv it as soon as we restore the
j state banking system
Mr. Atkinson thinks that this
should not be made a party question,
lie advocates it as a sound financial
reform. Wo commend his letter to
our republican contemporaries as a
complete answer to the charge that
the advocates of state banks are simply
a crowd of southern adventurers
who i.csire tn Hood the country with
wildcat money.
?? The
Colored People.
More than two hundred years ago
a vessel landed on the James River
I in Virginia. The people watched it
las it steamed up to the harbor did
not think it different from other vessels
they had seen; yet it contained
such cargo as had never been landed
on American soil. On this Dutch
Man of War were twenty human
beings who were brought there by
men greedy for gain, to he bought
and sold Other countries had been
buying these poor captives, and our
ancestors said, Why not we? So they
did, that day, in August, 1020, buy
these twenty souls for the purpose
j of holding them as slaves. There
were many protests from all over the
j land aga:nst this bartering of hui
man souls; for the right thinking
men in all ages have looked upon
bondage and slavery as a revolting,
but there wore also many who did
not think it wrong, or who were too
callous or avaricious to care; so our
land hecamo filled with These peo
pie.
Since their introduction among us
it has been a grave question with the
God-fearing men of the United
States as to what could be done for
their moral and spiritual improvement,
for we must not forget that
they come to our forefathers without
knowledge of God and Christianity,
depraved and barbarous.
During the long years of slavery
much was done for them by Christian
masters and mistresses whose
own hearts, warm with the love of
God went ont with strong desire,
that these his creatures should know
the blessings of tho gospel of Christ.
The writer well remembers a Sabbath
afternoon scene, vividly impressed
upon her childish mind, when the
sei vants from a large plantation came
up to tho master's house whilo he
with open Bible instructed them,
as was his custom.
From its organization our Home
Board was instructed by the Southern
Baptist Convention to use all diligence
in its efforts to give to these
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puupiu h auowiougeor tne trutn that
alone can make one froe. That it
did faithful and honest work can he
shown by the fact that its missionaries
sent among them reported
many conversions; while through
the work of these, and that of many
of the best Baptist preachers of our
land, there were ?t the close of the
war, hundreds of thousands of Baptists
throughout the South among
ho negroes. They canto to our ancestors
uncivilized and barbarous.
Freedom found most of them with
some knowledge of God's word,
whilo many of them wero haptty
Christians trying to do his will.
Many men felt when freedom
our Country"
CTOBER 20, 1
came to thutP that our responsibility
was lifted, but not so thought our
Homo Hoard. To day its interest in
this race is more a'ive, and its efforts
more active than ever before. The
Hoard is awake to their needs and
longs to rouse the individual Christians
of our land to the fact that at
our very door are those who need
and want I'tdicrimia tmmliiixr If iu
~ fe* ?? ?
i.ot necessary for us to take a step to
line this branch of work for God
and humanity. In our own homes
we can aid thom by example and instruction,
it is our duty and God's
I command to us to teach all nations,
and we should not fail to remember,
pray f<?r and help the colorod people
i of the South. Shall we feel an interest
in the salvation of all other
races, and shut our eyes to the great
needs of this one in our very midst?
Well might the Master say to us as
to his disciples of old, ''lift up your
eyes and look on the fields; for they
are white already to harvest." We
have but to lift our oyes to see the
grand results that will come from
earnest work in this vast field of
labor. Let us pray that God will
givo us Christian grace to be willing
! to expend ourselves for even tho
poorest of his creatures, looking to
him for wisdom and guidance, ami
for the blessing he never fails to bestow
upon all work done in his
name. Mrs. M. 11. Haknes
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BOWDEN GETS HIS LEASE11
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lie secures uoiuroi ot me state
Alliance Organ7V/r
Stuh'y Oct. l'Ath.
i The Third party lender, Mr. .J. \V.
Ilowden, has won in his fight for the
possesion of tin Cotton /'/>ni(, the
j State Alliance organ.
1 The board of directors met yestor
1 day, tind such was the result. Here
is an address they will issue to the
: Allianoeinen, standing the future
I policy, etc., upon which any one can
have his political opinions:
To the Alliance and public of South
Carolina
Representing the board of directors
of the Alliance Publishing Coin
pany, the undersigned committee
begs to state that the Cotton Plant
which has been heretofore publised
by that company litis been this day
leased by Mr. .1. W. liowden for a
term of years, and under such restrictions
as appear hereafter in this
! statement.
The solo causes which led to this
I action by the board were business
j considerations; that is to say, purI
suing this course the directors hope
to improve the paper in such manner
that interest in it will serve to
make a financial and general success
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I 111 mo i mure ussureu.
It was found that to conduct the
j paper under tlio direct uianagcniont
of a board of directors scattered over
tlio State, complicated matters to
such a degree that it was difficult
to make a business success of the
enterprise, and it was decided that
to place it under the direct supervision
of an individual who was
qualified and interested was the
proper course to pursue, hence the
change.
The only matter in the transfer,
and the only provision in the contract
that can be of public interest is that
the editorial policy of the paper will
he in accordance with certain rules
prescribed by the board of directors.
That the paper will bo a power
for good, and that its helm shall bo
so guided that material progress
shall ho subserved and public good
, promoted, wc havo only to refer to
the well known gentleman who comJ
po.so this board, and in whom the
people of South Carolina places the
most implicit confidence.
The following are the names: J
William Stokes, I). P. Duncan, Win.
(J. Wolfe, W. J. Tnlbcrt, .1. W. llowden,
M. L. Donalson, T. J. Straigt
W. I). 10vans and J. A. Harvey.
Cnder the terms of the lease and
i the provision we have noted. Mr.
i Bowdon will assume entire control
and financial responsibility immediately,
for past and future liabilities.
^At his back lie has ample capital
and will spare neither time nor money
to make (he paper asuccess in
every respect. Now that the (Jotton
/'lout is established upon a sounder
financial hasii than ever, that
it wiU 'espouse as warmly as in tho
fi.Al f-_ * II! * ?
j [mat int! inr ;\iininco pri0Cipi09|
i that it will strive by every means to
educate our people in ft non-partisn
manner on the great find grave questions
at issue in this] country today
that it shall be made a paper of
general interest?wo say that as we
now have these assurances we not
only commend our organ to the favorab'o
consideration of our order
and tho public generally, but
also urge overy Alliancenian to go
to work earnestly for its support and
success. VVm. C. Vvoi.fk
Chairman for the Committee.
It is said that Mme. Patti and
other women of high standing on
tho stage preserve most carefully the
boots they wore at their debut,
which they consider lucky to have
about on the first nights of engagements
forever after.
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GOME DOWN WITH THF DUST.
A Call On Democrats tor the
Dollar of our DaddiesNews
mid Courier.
Nkw York, October 0.?A circular
was issued this evening from the
headquarters of the Democratic national
committeo which is addressed
to the people of the United States
and says;
4 With abundant moans, with subsidized
ingenuity, with a | body of
lurod professionals drilled and ex
pericncod in political intimidation
and political debauchery, our opponents
are preparing a final assault
upon the freedom and honesty of the
ballot. This committee has not troops
of ollice holders at its command. It
will not agree to sell the future legislation
of Congress for money paid
now into its party treasury. It wil
not agree to give high places in the
people's service for money. It will
not contract to uphold any bargain
heretofore made by the Republican
party under cover of law for any contribution,
however great.
"We have no resources except
what the people furnish. Wo cull
for means not only to spread the
truth among the people, and to aid
in getting to the polls tho full and
honest vote of the masses, but also
to detect, to prosecute, and to punish
crimes against the purity of tho ballot,
wheresoever in the United States
they are perpetrated, and by whom
sover committed or directed."
"Every indication points to tho
defeat of the Minneapolis candidates
and to the trimnphant election of
Cleveland and Stevenson. The popular
will clearly favors the Democratic
cause. All anxiety about the
State of New York is allayed and
she will give her electoral voto to
our candidates. All reports from
Independent and Conservative sources
in other parts of the country are
exceptionally promising. With vigilance
and timely action everywhere,
which, with your aid, we pledge, an
honest ballot will he polled, counted
and declared throughout the country,
and if this is done defeat is not possible.
"This committee calls upon all
gcod citizens for the aid which it requires
for these objects. It invites
and will welcome contributions from
every honest man."
There was an enthusiastic rally of
Southern Democratic residents in this
city at their headquarters, No 13
West 24th street, to-night. J. (J.
Dickinson was chosen chairman, and
Everett l\ Wheeler addressed the
meeting on tho tariff and reciprocity.
Tho people present found tho speaker's
words chime in with their own
thoughts and greeted the address
with frequent applause.
Odds and EndsTrust
not mere appearances,
llauy, the mineralogist, was a
weaver's son.
Thomas A. Edison is the patenteo
of over 000 inventions.
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Archimedes II. C. 220.
Forty-nine per cont. of the days in
London are said to he wet.
The amalgamator was an American
invention by Varney about
1850.
A New York man committed suicide
because his wife refused to support
him.
The first time a boy gets ten miles
away from homo he thinks the world
j is a whopper.
Inordinary English writing
only occurs twenty two times, while
"0V occurs 1,000.
In twelve months 2,2011 llritish
seamen were drowned out of a registered
total of 214,427.
A few drops of benzoin in the water
will be apt to give the complexion
a slight tinge of color.
To mako leather airtight, and yet
not injure its flexibility, soak it
thoroughly in sweet oil.
The first postoflicc opened its
doors in Paris in L4C2; in England
in 1581; in America in 1710.
Ribbon will be used more than
ever tins sossion not only on gowns,
but on hats and wraps as well.
Tho total valuo of mate boa made
yearly throughout tho world represents
a value of $185,000,(XX).
If there are 110 falling stars to be
seen on a bright summer's evening
you inay look for fine weather.
An ancient proverb says, "A cross
grained woman and a snappish dog
take good care of the house."
The first Italian Methodist Episcopal
church in the United States
was recently dedicated at New Orleans'
If we would rather lose tho grace
of God out. of our hearts than lose
our earthly posessions, something is
sadly wrong. In such a case the
world is preferred to Ohrist.
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NO; 11,
Curious Clippings.
An inch of ruin means 100 tons of
water on every acre.
In Lapland dress fashions havo
not changed 1,000 years.
A clock owned hy a resilient of
Trappe, Pa., has ticked since 1796.
At the present time the average
hoight of tho tides the world over is
onlv about ;t fi'pt.
The linon manufactured yearly in
Knglund could be wrapped around
the earth seven times.
Apricot growing in Damascus is
worth to cultivators bet wee $100,;
(MX) and % 150,000 n year.
The best corks como from Algeria.
There are nearly 2,500,000 acres of
cork forests in that country.
()n tho head of the average man
there are about 120,000 hairs, provided,
of course, that he is not bald.
The smallest newspaper in the
world is said to be Ml Telegram, published
in ( inula Injur i, Mexico. It is
1 inches square.
Tho largest barometer ye t made
has been put in working order at the
St. Jacques tower in I'aris. It is 11
feet 5 inches high.
Tho only city in tho world on the
I line of the equator is iJuito, and
j there the sun rises and sets at tho
8iimo time all year round, namely, 0
o'clock.
Kino rabies nro enormously more
valuable than diamonds. A lino
ruby of real pigeon-blood color and
eight carats is worth from *15,000 to
50,000.
The life of a locomoti -e crank pin,
I which is almost tho first thing about
an engine to wear out, is (50,000
miles, and the life of a 33-inch wheel
is GO,733 miles.
An average of 9,GOO kids arc
slaughtered every year to furnish a
single manufacturing town in franco
with skins. These will make 1,200,000
dozens of gloves.
Lord Varborough calculates that
the cost of keeping the 330 packs of
hounds in the United Kingdom and
maintaining the hunts amounts to
1 over 1,000,000.
The firat Union Hag was unlurled
on .lanuary 1, 177'J, over the camp at
Cambridge, Mass. It had 13 stripes
of whito and red and retained the
British cross in one corner.
A remarkahlo West African ostrich
has arrived at Sierra Leone.
The bird is 10 feet high, has come
j from Central Africa and walked a
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British colony.
A bottle thrown into the Atlantic
Novenibor M, 1887, from the Cophalonia,
about 40<) miles out from
Boston, recently washed ashore on
a little islet in the Carnbbean Sea,
0,800 miles away.
Alcohol was invented 750 years
ago by tho son of a stinngc woman,
Hagar, in Arabia. Ladies used it
with a powder to paint themselves
that they might appear more beautiful,
and this pjwder was eallod alcohol.
Among tho most remarkable inventions
at tho recont paper exhibit
at Berlin was a set of paper teeth
made by a Luebeck dentist in 1878.
They have been in constant use for
more than 13 years, and show absolutely
no wear whatever.
Tho ' angry tree'' attains a height
of from 10 to '35 feet. It is found
in Nevada, California and Arizona.
If disturbed by contact or moved by
the wind it manifests signs of vexation,
rufliing its loaves like that of an
angry cat and emitting a sickening
^ _1
ouor.
()ne of the most significant curios
in New York is a copper globe in the
Lenox Library. It, is only 11 inches
in diameter, but it is believed to be
the earliest globe to lay down the
new discoveries by Columbus, It
dates back to the first decade of the
Sixteenth Century.
The Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland
is, to use a phrase in vegue among
lawyers, damnosa hercditas. The
salary attached to the oftico is *100,000
per annum, and is charged of,
the consolidated fund. The necossary
expenses of the post are. however,
far in excess of the salary.
In a lot of scrap and waste paper
recently unloaded at the paper mill
in Palmyra, Mich., were found two
land grants on parchment hearing
the signatures of John Adams
and Martin Van Huron. The first
was drawn in 1810 for a strip of
Virginia soil, and tho other in 1810
for a section of Mississippi.
Remember
That Johnson's Chiil and Fever
Tonic will euro chill and fever, billions
fover, malarial fever, Swamp
and Hemorrhagic fever, also new
ralgia and LaGripp, and if it fails to
do so your money will be returned.
For sale by Dr. E. Norton and G,
A. Croft, Conway, 8. C.
Prune Syrup and Senna is the
best of all laxatives. For sale by
Dr. Norton.
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