The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 03, 1892, Image 1
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VOL. VII.
THE THIRD PARTY ADDRESS.
At Last the Formidable Document
is Announced.
The State.
The long expected Third partyito
address to the people of the State
FKlvas issued by Mr. J. W. Bowden
yesterday.
A noticeable fact is that nearly
every one who has affixed his name to
the document is almost totally unknown
to the public. In political
life tlicy have never been heard of
before in South Carolina. Mr. Bow
den, when asked who they were, intimated
that he thought they were
all Tillmanite8, or had been such.
IJut here is the address, and it
. \ speaks for itself:
To the Voters of South Carolina:
' The closing years of the Nineteenth
Century seem dest ned to be
the most fateful of our country's
history; wo might say, of the world,
for the lowly and oppressed in every
land have their eye fixed on America
as the battle ground where the last
great tight for human liberty is to
take place. Fearful forces of antagonistic
elements are being centered
here; but a just God has never yet
.mocked an individual or a nation by
imposing a task that cannot be performed
if nu t in a proper spirit.
The old-time nicely balanced relations,
and well nigh even strength
that once existed between labor and
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has shrunk to a pigmy, the other has
grown to a giant. When autocratic
kings granted monopolies to their favorites,
it taxed their despotic authority
to the utmost to defend them
against the competition of surreptitious
traders; while under our new
commercial regime mighty monopo
lies are created that not only crush
all rivalry with ease, but dominate
the Government where their selfish
interest are concerned.
The curse of our land is partisan
'politics. It is time for us to vote
for our best interest. The wily politician,
by placing upon sectional and
race prejudice, keeps the solid North
aind the solid South. Every year in
'Congress the battles of the war are
fought over and over while issues of
the most importance to the welfare of
our people are overlooked or lightly
dealt with.
We cannot long remain indifferent
to the conditions that confront us.
The volume of money has been con
tracted until business 's paralyzed
and the price of the products of labor
has been reduced below the cost of
prod uctioi).
The conspiracy of foreign capitalists
to control American labor, by
controlling the volume of money has
been successful. Corporations, yielding
to the power of aggregated capital,
control the Government, and so
t direct our finances that all save a
* bare existence is denied the producers
of all wealth.
Both Democratic and Republican
parties, nationally, are controlled by
the same influence.
The judiciary has been the bulwark
of this formidable and growing
power, which, unless checked,
will be the destruction of the Democratic
principle in government.
Thomas Carlyle said, many years
ago, that we would have our period
<*f trial "when health is intact, crops
abundant and the magnificent land
open. Then so called statesmen
will cry 'over-production'; and then
the man of the ballot, the self-reliant
the self-pliant, will go to the ballot
r box, amidst hunger and destitution
(but surrounded by the glitter of
self-rule), and ratify by his ballot
the monstrous falsehood uttered by
misstatesrnen, and vindicate by the
same ballot the infamous lie thrown
upon the breezes by a senilo editor
through a corrupt press, thus bringing
ruin upon his country and serfdom
upon himself.''
This period upon us. lleformers
of South Carolina, will we ratify by
our ballots a system that we know to
be wrong and that is bringing ruin
upon our country and serfdom upon
us and our children? Let us file our
protest in the sacred form of a frec.
man's ballot.
Our demands have been either ignored
or shamelessly trificd with by
both parties The fate of the silver
bill in a Democratic House is the
last act of treachery.
The day for sentimental politics
has past. Sentimental politics has
cost this country rivers of blood and
billions of treasure. The sentimental
politician is a fraud, a snare and
a delusion. Practical politics and
common sense is the need of the
hour.
Why should we vote for Grover
Cleveland for a mere sentiment?
Our State convention in May declared
that the nomination of Grover
Cleveland would be a prostitution of
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the principles of Democracyf h repudiation
of the demands of the A1
iiance, and a surrender of the rights ;
cf the people to the financial kings j
of the countrv. Ho is not, the nhoinn
of our people. Is the party lash to ;
be again cracked to force us iuto
line? Is it sentimental or practical
politics that is to govern? Will we
vote for a mail whose policy is totally
opposed to our best interests?
Grover Cleveland represents Wall
street and monopolistic power.
Weaver and Field represent tho ,
farmer and the laborer. The prin- i
pies are tho same that our people j
have endorsed in State politics, and
their support is the logical result of
the decision of the people of South i
Carol'na as expressed in the May
convention. We shall abide the ver- J
diet of the people as expressed in
the recent primary upon State issues j
and Congressional candidates and
will give tho nominees our cordial
support, but we aro in no manner
bound by that action to violate our
obligation to only support men who
are in favor of our demands.
Citizens, farmers, laborers, brethren?ye
who live by tho 3wcat of
honest toil?think well, cast your
ballots, freighted with the destines of
generations yet unborn, for the man
of your choice. Let the politicians,
ami tlie plutocratic press rave, but
carefully consider tho question and
vote for the ticket which best represents
your interests. This is due
your (lod, your country, your children.
He not discouraged by the apparent
defeat of the people's cause in re
cent elections, as it is well known
that our political enemies, having the
election machinery in their hands, are
encourage! hy vilest corruption at
the ballot box to defeat the principles
wo advocate. The cause that
we maintain lives in the hearts of
the toiling millions, and when we
force from our adversaries a free
ballot and a fair count, victory will
perch upon the banner of "Equal
rights to all, special privileges to
none."
In support of Weaver and Field
for President we submit the following
ticket of electors:
Eleotors-at-Large?Jos. L. Keitt,
of Newberry, J. W. Howden of Anderson.
First District?P. I. Itawl of Lexington.
Second District?W. II. Duncan of
Barnwell
Third District?W. A. Hamilton
of Pickens.
Fourth District?R. B. Ligion of
Greenville.
Fifth District?W. W. McElwce of
Chesterfield.
Sixth District?J, J. Lane of
Marlboro.
Seventh District?B. II. Taylor of
Berkeley.
[Signed.]
B. J. Johnson, J. 10. Bonoughs,
W. II. Thomas, W. T. Fit Id,
J. T. l.ooper, J. T. Hoggs,
A. Zimmerman, J. A. Johns,
J. C. Neville, G. W. Kay,
J. B. Sanders, Jno. M. Gillisou,
A. H. Ellison, J. B. Dyer,
\V. T. McAlister, A. H. Robins,
C. S. Eagiston, A. W. Weatherly,
J. M. Bavler, H. 0. MoMakin,
C. J. Taylor, Jno. C. Eagirton,
J. S. Naipor, I). S. Johns,
J. W. Graham, W. P. Lester,
W. B. McLaurin, G. W. Henasoy,
Thomas Bennett, I). 0. John,
Samuel Hickman, W. P. Wood ham,
J. Wilson Warr, W. A. Bowling,
J. P. Johnson, and others.
TIIK PARTY PLANS.
Mr. Bowuen states that he did not
wish to make any claims as to the
vote his ticket would receive, nor
could he do so accurately. lie says
tho ticket is composed of as good
"Democrats''as the regular Demo
crane ucKer. jio noes not think
that they will do any campaign work
at all, but go quietly to the ballot
box and voto. lie says that the small j
vote that will be polled in the com-1
ing election will be a surprise to J
many and he docs not like the prospect.
He Kept Everybody at Bay for
Five HoursSpringfield,
Vass., Oct. 23,?
Charles M. Emmons, a gunsmith in
the national armory and a manic
on religion, broke into Olivet
Congregational Church last night, j
provisioned the pulpit for a week,;
and armed with a revolver and fantastically
draped and veiled in black
held the whole emigration at bay
from 9 a. m. until 2 p. m.
The Police Department was summoned
to the scene, but did not dare
to arrest him and intruder held the
pulpit in solitary majesty until he
flnail drowsed off and was captured
after a short struggle.
The strange occupant of the pulpit
was flrst discovered by janitor
Mr. Dickison, who took the weird
figure to be the old Nick himself,
and was flying from the scene with
his hair on end when he heard the
intruder says, "I am Alpha and .Omega."
Then he knew jffcf was not
Beelzebub, but only limmone. *
He started to put him out, but
was repelled bv the sudden produo HI
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tion of n revolver. The police were
soninioned, and inarched in boldly
till they were within 11 fteen feot of
the pulpit, when Kmmons told them '
to go, and they retreated in haste. !
An attempt was made to attuek him !
from the rear, when he tired two shots
through the door, and the officers
retreated again.
Various expedients wore devised.
The firemen wanted to turn the hose '
on him, and one sharpshooter olTor- i
ed to maim him. Others proposed
to smoke him out. It whk finally do- j
oided, however, to lay regular siege
to the church and starve him out.
About 2 o'clock he got so sleepy'
that ho could not keep his eyes open
and officers llaynes, Atkins, and
Mr. Ve8ey seized and disarmed him,
KmmoiiB has been crazy for at least
four years. After the death of his
wife lie created a sensation by lying!
in her grave and refusing to get out. [
lie has a mania for lunacy a year
ago, after a similar break, in which
he did not, however, use arms.
Last week he went to Trinity
church before the services, entered
the pulpit and took his shoes off, and
had to be ejected by force. He has
also a mania for leading the Bible
at prayer meeting, so that he has
had to be put out several times'
He had in the pulpit when arrested
two pistols, two night lamps, a
hag of crackers and cookies, two |
pounds of gunpowder, a largo supply
of red fire, rocketsj and Roman
| candles, a breech block of a rifle for
a candle sticu, two wooden troughs
with which to shoot rockets, a hot
tie of acohol, a can of kerosene, a
tin funnel, five tins of prepared chicken
and turkey, a pail of water, and
a tin cup.
lie was well supplied with ammunition,
and, after firing live shots,
' lie carelessly reloaded his weapon
from a long row of cartridges in the
j pulpit, lie was wrapped in a yollow
rug taken from the altar chairs
and had his head shrounded in a
black veil.
At least 1,000 people stood in the
streets from 0 till 2 o'clock waiting
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to see him put out.
Itigulls Sec* tlie Dividing Line.
Kx-Senator J. J. Ingalls is the
author of t lie following strong words:
"Wo cannot disguise the truth
that we are on the verge of an im
pending revolution. The old issues
are dead. The people are arraying
ilinntwlunc nu/.n inn ci.l.i <ir> s.ll.
er of a portentous contost. On one
side is capital formidably intrenenchcd
in privilege, arrogant from
continual triumph, conservative,
tenacious of old theories, demanding
new concessions, enriched hy domestic
industries, battling with the forces
of nature and subduing a wilderness;
labor, starving and sullen in
the cities, resolutoly determined to
overthrow a system under which the
ricdi are growing richer and the poor
are growing poorer."
lint the dividing lino which ihe
ex-senator sees is practically the line
between the Republican and the
Democratic party. Protected capitalists
naturally llock with those
politicians who give them high protection
and euable them to tax the
masses of the people for their pri
Yiite enrichment. A protected millionaire
who is a Democrat is a rare
bird in Unele Sam's domains. If
there are any such they have outgrown
the need or the power to tax
their fellow citizen*-.
The people at the World's Dispensary
of Buffalo, N . Y., have a stocktaking
time once a year and what do
you think they do? Count the
number of bottles that've been re
turnid by the men and women who
say that Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery or Dr. Pierce's Fovorite
Prescription didn't do what they
said it would do.
And how many do you think they
have to count. One in ten? Not
one in livo hundred!
Ilhere are two remedies?one Jthe
"Golden Medciat Discovery," for
regulating and invigoratir.g the liver
and purifying the blood; the other,
the hope of weakly womanhood;
lllAv'vo Imnn onl/1 fnp oftui-o or. 1,1 l.t?
the million bottles; sold under a
possitive guarntce, and not one in
five hunred can say: "It was not
the medicine for me! And?is there
any reason why yon should be the one?
And?supposing you are, what do
you lose? Absolutely nothing!
A trunk factory and storage warehouse,
also corn and flour mills were
destroyed by fire at Petersburg, Va.
on the 17th inst. Loss #55,000.
The City of Paris recently made
the voyage from Queenstown to New
York in five days, fourteen hours
and twenty-four minutes, again
breaking the record.
While six hundred school children
were sitting on temporary seats
fifteen feet high rehearsing for a
Columbus celebration at IPest Winstead,
Conn., last TPtdnsd&y, the
itspports suddenly gave wav and
about half of the children fell to the
floor. Many received brokei. limbs,
but none were killed.
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TREASURER BATES HAS A
SAY.
He Makes a Statement About
The State Bonds.
The State.
State Treasurer Hates conies to t he
front with some literature on the
State bond refundment matter, and
below is given a statement prepared
l>y him yesterday and famished to
the press:
' I dislike to appear in print and 1
regret the agitation of the State debt
by the press at this time, in as much
as what 1 said daring the campaign
in regard to the State's credit and
debt seems to have been misunder
stood, an 1 is now being misrepresented
by a number of newspapers in
the State, I have decided to present a
simple explanation.
"1 did not utter a word in the
campaign until the meeting here in
Columbia. I then deemed it. my
duty to publicly rebuke the press
and Governor Sheppurd, as the leader
of the opposition in the State, for
dragging the State's credit into polities.
I answered the charge ;hey
made that the present Administration
had injured the credit of the
State, by declaring that the real in
jury to the credit of the State was
done:
"hirst; By the Uepublicans by
their issue of unconstitutional bonds
iii 1808, and by their Consolidation*
act of 1873, which settled the bon*
dent debt of the State at 50 cents on
the dollar -the first act of repudiation
ever attempted in South Carolina.
"Secondly: Iiy our own people in
1879-80 sanctioning the repudiation
of 50 per cent, of the valid debt of
the State by Republican* in 1873
and again opening up the Consul
debt, after the settlement under act
I of 1873 had been accepted by the
holders, only for the purpose of nliminnting
some fradulont bonds and
not for the purpose of revalidating
tho "ante bell inn" hire Loan and
other bonds held by our friends
abroad.
This was made appaerent by the difficulty
the State experienced in re
funding the Deficiency lionds in
I 1888. I have it upon good authority
that the English capitalists, lor.g
time friends and creditors of the
State, made overtures to take the eu
tire debt at four per cent, if our people
would not sanction the repudiation
of 1873. I believe if our. foreign
creditors had been treated differently
wo could today place our bonds
in London at 3 or 34 per cent.
' I was in New York in January
last, and was confronted then bv the
obstacle of the repudiated fraudui
lent bonds. My public remarks were
made in Juiy, and I had reason to an
ticipatewhat was coming, hut the
holders of those bonds did not expect,
and certainly did not require, any en.
courngement from inc. I am mar.
enough to say it would be better for
the State if they could be gotten out
of the way, and have observation and
experience enough to know that
there is no longer any practical way
of retiring them. That time is past;
it should have been done when the
consol debt was settled in 1879-80.
Capitalists in New York who conversed
with me made no objection
what ever to the proposed now bonds
on account of want of confidence in
the present State Government, but
chiefly on account of the action of
tho Stato in 1873 and in 1879 80,
and the presence of South Carolina
repudiated bonds on the market.
They were themselves convinced that
the bonds weie absolutely good and
desirable, but they appreciated the
difficulty of convicting the investing
public.
"I feel confident from many personal
assurances the business men
of tho Stato endorse my views, and
I respectfully ask the editors to examine
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I'lant of July 19th, and the pamphlet
011 the credit of tho State I
have for distribution, if they intend
further criticism of me,"
"W. T. 0. Baths,
"State Treasurer."
Dr. Bates "Bluffs" Badly.
We fail to see what excuse State
Treasurer Bates can have for accusing
the newspapers of misrepresenting
his utterances as to the debt of
the State. So far as The State is concerned,
all we have said on the subject
is amply vindicated by his own
confession in the statement published
today.
He admits therein that in a public
speech last July he declared that "the
credit of the State had boon injured
by our own people in 1879-80, sanctioning
the repudiation of 50 per
cent, of the valid debt of the State
by tho Republicans in 1872, &c."
Now, when tho Treasurer of tho
State charges his own people?albeit
his political opponents-- with repudiation
of a valid dobt, and makes
that charge in a public speech, which
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t is necessarily published widely, ho
| not only implies that tne "repudiation,"as
ho terms it, was wrong, hut
that his faction disapproves it, and
thus leads outsiders to believe that
i their accession to power will mean a
lighting of this alleged wrong, and
tho payment of the "repudiated'
bonds. This is the interpretation
which any sensible, logical man will
place upon it.
If the T'llman Administration did
not believe that the bonds alleged to
have been "repudiated" should rightfully
bo paid, why did its State Treasurer
make it appear that the Con
sanations had sinned in tlie alleged
repudiation? If this was made an
issue in the campaign by Tillmanites
?as it was \*as it not to be expected
that the Tillmanitos, if g'ven a
new lease of power, would recognize
these bonds, wrongfully "repudiated?1
Wo arc satisfied that any Northern
capitalists who may have read Treasurer
Hates'attack upon tho integrity
of his "own people" must have
concluded that ho meant what lu>
said?that these bonds, being '-'valid,"
would ht5 recognized?if, indeed, they
did not become alarmed at his talk of
"repudiation" and determine to risk
nothing in the bonds of a State char*
ged by its chief financial officer with
so luenous an offense.
Treasurer I kites wriggles to little
purpose. Tho, Stuir repeats, and he
confirms it by his explanation, that
if there lias been of late any attack
upon the debt-paying policy of South
Carolina he is the author of it.
A Tariff Cathechism*
The following questions and an.
swers were found among the papers
of the late (loorgo Otij, of ltoscltc,
X. J.
Q What is the meaning of the
word tariff?
A. 11 is so called because hundreds
of years ago sea pirates at Tariff
a, Spain, forced every pas-dug vessel
to pay for the privilege of going
i into and from the Mediterranean Sea.
(^. What is the meaning now?
A. A certain, sum forced from
the people by land pirates.
Q. Why say taken by force?
A. Because the Republican Congress
says to tlio people: "Stand and
deliver."
tv>. Stand and deliver to whom?
A. To curtain favored munufac
tilling interests,
Q. Where in the Constitution is
Congress empowered to pass a law to
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wiii|n i 11it hj r>n|ijiuii i/iiu manj,
the poor to contribute to the rich?
A. In no part of it.
Q. Then wlioro did it find the
power?
A. 111 the Bible.
Q (live the book, chapter and
verse.
A. Matthew, 13th chapter, 12th
vers?: "For whomsoever hatli, to
him shall be given, and he shall
have more abundance; but whosoever
hath not, from him shall ho taken
even that which he hath."
(J. Is such a law republican in
the sense of being democratic?a
government in which the people rule?
A. No. It is aristocratic.
Q. W hut do you mean by aristocratic?
A. A government wherein a few
rob the many; where the many work
to help support the privileged few.
(J. Kxpluin how the Tariff law establishes
an aristocracy in a democratic
government.
A. Congress, says to the poor,
because this or that man is rich and
produces iron or cotton or woolen
goods, you shall pay him so much
money for so many pounds or yards,
or go naked and work without tools.
Q. What reason does Congress
give for such a tyrannical law?
A. Congress says the law is a
differentiation or industrial function,
which means that industry is the
function of the poor and the differ
once goes to the rich.
I'. Is that the on 1 / reason Congress
gives?
A. No. 11 says the tariff is in!
tended to foster infant i iwlnotrina at
home.
Q. Are the iron, cotton and wool
industries infants?
A No; they nrea hundred years
o'd.
(J. What date has Congress fixed
for these industries to become of age?
A. When Gabriel blows his horn.
One Congressman did move to fix h
later date, but when reminded that
asbestos was not protected ho withdrew
his motion.
Q, What is the moaning of a pro
tective tariff?
A. Protection of the rich from
getting poor and of the poor from
getting rich.
Q. What is the difference be.
tween the tenants in Ireland and the
farmers in America?''
1892,
A. Noiio. In both cases the tax
imthoivr livoa in (Iip Kimi. iiinl i
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sheriff is aftor both.
(J. Is there any other similarity
between the Irish tenants and tho
American farmers?
A. Yes, the tenants are too poor
to stay and the farmers too poor to
leave.
Is that the only benefit Itepubliean
protection confers upon the
poor?
A. No. It improves their morals;
keeps them front having useless
desires.
Q. I low docs protection produce
such results?
A. The pour have to work so
hard to support tho rich they have
no time for mischief. Having i.o
surplus money with which to travel
they sec nothing new, and their desires
are kept dormant. That brings
content.
A Plain Oirl.
Said n young friend to mc the1
other day: "If I had only been born
with good looks I might be more at
tractive to people. Now, there's
Alice Scott, she has such beautiful
eyes, and Hattic Barnes such a love
ly complexion, and Mamie Reed ?
well, her face is altogether perfect
but J am so plain, not one redeeming
fea1 tire."
I was just al> \?t to reply wlion the
girl laid her hand over my mouth
and laughingly continued:
"I know just what you are going
to any,'Handsome is that hansomo
does, and that is such an old proverb
that it is worn threadbare.'
"You are much mistaken," 1 interrupted,
"although it is true notwithstanding,
M iss. Saucebox; I was
going to tell you about a lady I
once had the pleasure of meeting.
I was visiting a friend at one time
who had a very largo circle of ac
quantanccs; wherever wo went I
was sure to hear the name of a certain
lady (Miss Rollins) mentioned,
and every one, strange to relate, had
something to say in her favor?indeed,
every one seemed to he quite
IH-llit'U ilWil} Willi 11IM'.
"Naturally I was desirous to moot
so charming a Croaturo, of whom I
hud drawn a mental picture. It is
needless to say that I fancied her
u great beauty.
"One morning my friend and I
were sitting on the veranda, reading,
and hearing the gate click J looked
up and saw a very plain looking wo
man coining up the drive way.
With a beaming smile and delighted
exclamation, my friend advanced to
meet hor, and when greetings were
exchanged she was brought forward
to where I was sitting and introduced
as Miss Rollins. Judge of my
surprise. This plain, unassuming
woman?Miss Rollins! 1 could not
believe my eyes?hut she smiled, and
then her countenance was illumined.
She spoko, ami her voice was music.
For an hour I listened, almost entranced,
and when our visitor had gone
I confessed myself another devote at
her shrine.''
"Rut after all she was attractive?
she did havo charms." began my
young friend. "I haven't finished,
Miss Impetuosity," I answered. "J
learned afterwards that when Miss
Rollins was in her girlhood she
spent so much time fretting over
her plain looks that she really made
herself very unattractive and unlovely,
but it was her good fortune
to meet with one who urged her to
cclf forgetfulneSS and a desire to
please and help others, and she soon
learned that a kind, thoughtful act,
a sympathetic word and a pleasant
smile, went futher than mere beauty
of countenance."
' Rut she couldn't change her
voice," still argued the girl.
"Indeed she could, Miss Incredulous,"
I replied. "A voice trained
only to articulate tho gentlest and
kindest of words unconsciously grows
soft and musical in tone. Dont't
you suppose that if Miss. Rollins had
kept out grieving and grumbling be
causa of tho plainness of her features
she would soon have cultivated a
fretful and whining tone? And if
gloomy and peevish thoughts had
been allowed to rungle in her heart
instead of the winnsomo smilo there
would have been scowls and wrikles?
"Ah my dear! true beauty comes
from within if the heart \a ricrhr.*
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if peace, contentment and love dwell
within it, they will reflect themselves
in the countenance and bright1
en plainest features. So take my
advice, accept the inevitable, give up
thinking about your looks, do good
' and be good, and in the end you will
be happier and have more friends
than if you had simply a pretty face.
"Hcautlful faces are they that wear
The light of a quiet spirit there
It matters little if dark or fair,"
? 77te Christian Ik or Id.
? ?
Josh Matthews and wife living
near Clairmont, S. (J., looked their
four children in the house last Wednesday
and left to attend some religious
observances. While they
were absent the house caught tiro
i and the children were burned to a
crisp.
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Queer and Quaint
The speed of a wild duck is 90
miles tin hour.
The room in which Napoleon I.
died is now ft stable.
The population of America increases
by 7,000 persons a day
Only one $10,000 legal tender
noto out of an issue of 4,000 is now
extant.
Crawfordsvi'le, Ga., has a "sbakingrook"
similar to that in Kentucky.
Married couples in Norway are
privileged to ride on railroads at a
rate and a half.
The discovery has been made
that indiarubber trees grow wild in
Leo County, Florida.
Some of the the houses in Berlin
are numbered with luminous figures,
which are easily visible at night.
For over 900 years Nurerniburi?
Havana, has made most of the toys
used throughout the world.
So remote is the planet Neptune
from the sun, its mean distance being
2,745,908 miles, that its temperature
is estimated to be 900 degress
below zero.
There aro 54,000 members of the
Kuglish "Primrose League,'' and
there cau bo no question about their
fealty to the memory of Lord Beacouliold.
The drummer in Servian regiments
never carried the drum. It
is placed on a two wheeled cart,
which is drawn by a big dog just in
advance of the drummer.
France has a population of 38,
218, 903, comprising about 10,000,
000 families, and of these 2,000,000
have only one child each.
The highest temper turn on the
globe is at Death Valley, Invo County,
California. Its surface is I'd)
feet below sea level, and in summci
the thermometer has occasionally
marked 122 degress.
No death has occurred in the family
of Kov. Samuel Wakefield of
Latrobe, Pa, in GL years. lie is in
his 91th year; his wife is a few
years his junior: they were married
in 1831, and h.iveB) children*
The Kgyptians had operas and
enjoyed them. The lirst use of the
t. i IM n ^nnr.tMi in mucin '' tuliinU en
%ui III \y|'v n iii miuoiv/) n iiiv^ii OHUOV,"
quently gave place to "opera" was in
1050, the first 'opera" performed
being the ''Orpheus of I'ori
The steamship Bokhara from England
lias been wrecked on a sand
Island in the channel of Cokien,
in the China Sea. A majority of the
crew lost, their lives.
Chicago and New York City aro
now connected by telephone. The
lirst communication between the
two cities by the telephone was made
[Tuesday the 18th inst. Tli8 present
rate for a talk is ?10.
It is stated that a great combine
has been effected in the Lake Su
pcrior district by Rockefeller and his
associates, including mines, railroads
stemships, miles <!tc. The reported
capital is $50,000,000.
A HlwM.rrl. i? II-.
h.vuvm^ii lb mtijf uwt uu <11 I jf
known, tho woods of Northern Mrit
ish America arc still infested by a
(jueor species of bison known as the
"wood buffalo." He is much larger
than tho buffalo of tho plains, which
formorly abounded in such numbers.
The perpendicularity of a monument
is visibly affected by tho rays
of tho sun. On every sunny day a
tall monument has a regular swing
loading away from tho sun. This
phenomenon is due to the greater
expansion of tho side on which tho
| rays of the tun fall.
I "Traveling stones'' have been
found in Nevada. They are perfectly
round, and about the size of a walnut.
When placed on a smooth surface,
such as a floor or table, and
separated two or three feet from
other, they move until they meet at
a common conter, where they rest
liko eggs in a nest. They nro formed
of magnetic iron ore.
Dr. Van Keden, a distinguished
foreign physican, has observed that
the greatest hynotizcrs are mothers.
They largely rule their children by
pure suggestion. A baby suffers
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pain, is mictions. 1 nc mother
soothes it within her hand, sings to
it and; the touch, the voice and the
movement brings the child more
thoroughly under maternal inlluence:
the suggestion is received and the
child responds tor it, dozes off, is
soothed. A child hurts itself and
cries, hut the mother's touch and
soothing voice calm the painUonioinhcr
That Johnson's Chill and Fever
Tonic will cure chill and fever, billions
fever, malarial fever, Swamp
and Hemorrhagic fever, also new
ralgia and GaGripp, and if it fails to
do so your money will he returned.
For sale by Dr. E. Norton and G.
A. Croft, Conway, S. C.
Prune Syrup ahd Senna is the
best of all laxatives, For sale by
l)r Norton.