The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 20, 1893, Image 1
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NINE STATES STORMSWEPTWIDKNPKHAl)
WKKClv ANl)
KLIN WUOUOHT.
Properly of All Kinds Eaid
Waste and Many People KtlIcd
Cyclones, rain, Hail
and Earthquake
Shocks.
The State.
OiiTnifin A.?;i 10 1 -' i
. ..w, iijiui J.W. l.UOb lllglll S
sto..*"i wrougdt such havoc with the
telegraph wires that it is almost impossible
to obtain particulars of the
damage done in the West, where the
destruction seems to have been general
and widespread in the States of
Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas and
Missouri.
Probably the greatest damage was
done in Iowa, although the reports
from Nebraska indicate that when
the full particulars have been received
that State wilt lead in the loss
of property and human life.
.^long the line of the Chicago, Milwa
.kce and St. Paul Railroad, in
Iowa and Nebraska, the storm cut a
wide swath. The town of Akron,
in the former State, was demolished,
and Wostfield a few miles distant,
was badly demoralized.
Meagre reports from localities in
the interior show that the devastation
whs widespread, although its
full extent will not be known for
several days, owing to a lack of telegraphic
facilities and the washing
out of country roads, rendering communication
difficult, and in many
cases impossible.
Continuing along the railroad in
Nebraska, the storm swept up farm
duiuungs, rences and urdges, ana
finally swooped down on the town of
Page, which is wrecked. At this
point the first lose of life was reported,
Mrs Clara Magec being the victim.
Iler two children were unngerously
injured, and several other
persons were hurt.
The storm traveled with great velocity,
covering 200 miles between
Akron and Page in an hour and a
half. Damage was done further
west, but owing to the complete
prostration of the telegraph wires
absolutely no particulars are obtainJ
able.
I.OSS OF Ll FK IN MlSF.OUKt.
Higginsville, Mo., April 12.?This
county was visited last night about
? o'clock by a terrific wind storm,
which swept everything before it
from the southwest part of the county
to the northeast line, and leaving
the county by orossing the Missouri
river at Wavety.
Near Page City six deaths have so
far been reported. Will Walker, a
prosperous young farmer, was ut the
the supper table with his wife and
three children, when his brick house
was blown over, completely burying
him and all the children. His wife
extricated herself and with great
difficulty released him. They were
unable to rescue two of tho children,
who were smothered in the debris; a
third is fearfully mangled.
J. W. Hutchison, an aged farmer
in the same neighborhood, suffered
the loss of his wife and tho complete
demolition of his house, and was
badly enpped. Mrs. A. Y. Luke
and brother were killed outright and
their bams terribly wrecked. Further
on, Tod Hunter's barns were
deri" linked and a small negro girl
killed on his farm.
? There are numerous reports and
rumors about deaths at Dover and
Waverly, but nothing authentic can
be secured.
THE TO UN A 1)0 IN INDIANA.
Indianapolis, April 12.?Advices
received from over the State tell of
heavy damage and loss of life by
the storm of last night and this
y morning. A tornado swept over a
portion of llomoko at 4 o'clock this
morning, demolishing the machinery
and boiler rooms of the American
straw board mills, Robert Douglass,
an employe of the mills, was instant
lyfki 1 led by the falling walls. Other
w Iktnon in the machinery room
nai'rowly escaped. A largo portion
of the building is a comple o wreck;
and the loss w'll exceed $30,000.
The storm moved to the northwest,
uprooting trees in its way and doing
more or less damage to buildings.
I) AM AO E AT ST. LOUIS.
?>t. Louis, April 12.?Last night's
Storm of wind, bail and rain was the
worst this city has experienced in
many years. Tho rainfall began
shortly after 8 o'clock, and with
slight intervals of heavy ha:l, nc^
companied by blasts of wind, at
times reaching velocity of over fifty
rfSle8 an hour, continued until 2 a.
tfr. Tho rainfall was two and a half
inches. Street car traffic was almost
TU,.
VVIII|MVI^IJ PIU|?|/DUt X III? Lt'U'l'liUIIU
service was completely demoralized
and telegraph wires in all directions
were prostrated. The work house
was unroofed. The poorhouse, the
female hospital and the insane asylum
suffered severely. No one was
killed at any of the institutions, but
there were several narrow escapes.
Damages done to property along the
river front was.very heavy.
TORNADO AND EARTHQUAKES.
Cincinnati, April 12.?At four
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o'clock this morning the wind blew
at * velocity of seventy eight miles
an hour. Earthquake shocks are re
norted from a do/en different sources.
A great deal of damage was done to
proparty.. Near London, Indiana,
on the Hig Four Load, several
freight curs were blown from the
sidetrack to the main track. A fust
freight train ran into them and was
wreekeJ. The engineer was killed
instantly and trainmen were injured.
W KST K It N yr EX AH I > K V A ST AT HI).
Albany, Texas, April 12.?A terrific
wind and hail storm swept over
Western Texas last evening, traveling
directly down the valley and plying
waste everything in its path.
Whole farm orchards and small
grain crops were completely ruined,
and not a window pane in the storm's
track is left. Granaries, burns,
windmills and fences wore destroyed.
Albany escaped with but slight damage.
Many cattle were killed, but
no human fatalities are reported.
SAW 1IIK ( VCI.OXK COMINO.
St. .Joseph, Mo., April 12.?A die
astrous cyclone visited the country
northwest of Stan berry, Mo., last
evening. It moved from west to
east and covered a striy of country
two miles wide and five miles long.
Almost every building in its path
was torn to piccej. Several people
were killed, among then Mrs. Ward.
Her husband was fatally injured, as
John Shelton. An unknown wonion
was also killed. Most of the people
saw the cyclone coming in time to
get into their cyclone cave and escape
injury.
ONLY TWO HO US ICS LI'.FT STANDING.
New Orleans, April 12th. ?The
Times-Democrat's Vickburg, Miss.,
special says: Conductor Thomas of
tiie Yar.oo and Mississippi Valley
Railway wires here: "The town of
Hohinsouville, Coahoma county, was
swept away by a cyclone about 4
o'clock this afternoon. All the
stores are in flumes. Several negroes
in the ruins. The depot was completely
destroyed and the night operator's
wife killed. A colored child
was also killed. Only two houses
aro left standing."
NORTHERN. TEXAS ALSO VISITED.
St. Louis, April 12.?A heavy
storm of wind and rain swept over
Northern Texas last night. In Dallas
several buildings wore blown
down, hut no one was killed, In
Paris, Ilillboro, Brookston and other
places houses were blown down.
The only casualty in the path of the
storm, as far as reported, was near!
Muskeogee, Indian Territory, where
a man named Robinson and his child
were killed by a house blowing
down on them.
A MICHIGAN TOWN WRECKFI).
V .ac t Lntl A ..-:i 10 A
J UH1IUUI1) K1IUIU) <1|IHI l^i iV
tornado struck this place about 7,30
this evening and wrecked the business
portion of the town. The loss
is heavy. It has not yet been learned
whether there was any loss of life.
May Make it Ten YearsThe
State.
No little surprise was created yesterday
when the State Board of 10 xatniners
issued a circular letter,
through its secretary and chairman,
indicating, that the hook firms who
get their books in the adoption this
year, will secure a good sized monopoly
of lasting proportions* It was a
genuine surprise to the book men.
It was five years ago when the
State board made its last adoption
of text books for use in the public
school in this State. It has been the
custom to make an adoption of
books every fifth year. It will be
seen by the circular that the board
indicates that there is a possibility
of making an adoption to continue
in force ten years, or a number of
years longer than in the past. Of
course this will greatly add to the
competition of the various publishing
houses, and will make the next meeting
of the board a ver lively one.
Ilear is the circular which speaks
for itself:
Dear Sir: The State board of Examiners,
at its meeting on the 7th
inst., postponed the adoption of
books until its meeting to be held
August 15th next. When the adoption
is made the list will contain the
following; Orthography, reading,
writing, arithmetic, geography, English
grammar, U. S history, S. O
j history, elementary algebra, elemen- {
uiry ungush literature, elementary
vocai music, elementary drawing,
civics and ethics, physiology and hyand
theory nnd practice; and also a
course of professional reading for
teachers and a suitable list for school
libraries and some elementary agriculture.
The adoption will be made for not
less than five years and may be made
for a longer time. Tn making bids,
do so for five year terms and supple
'ho True to ^
ONWAY, S. Cm
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niont this biv! with six, seven, eight
and ten year terms Should it pr^ve;
advantageous to adopt fot more than
five years, the board m ?y decide to do
so. Hids rhould he sealed and will
not be opened till day of meeting. *
Respectfully,
W. I). Maykiri.d,
State Snjit. Ed.
Once in 1 lie ltilile.
A minister in North Carolina and i
.1- ? i
unoiner, ana also a isit?ic teacher 111 !
Kentucky, have been puzzled over
this query. ''The word 'its' is found
only once in the Bible where?"
Thoy say: "Will you please tell us
' where? We have failed to lind it."
It is not remarkable that a minister
of experience should fail to find the
answer to this query.
The word "its" is not found in trie
best concordances of the Bible, such
as Crudden's and Young's. More
over, Worcester's larger dictionary
quotes the statement of Trench,
"Through the whole of our authorized
version of the Bible "its' does i
not once occur. Although Worcester
correct* an error of Trench in
respect to the use of the word "its"
by Shakespeare, and Milton, he does
not correct the statement in respect
to the use of the word in the authorized
version of the Bible.
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
also says, "The possessive, form 'its,'
is modern, being rareiy found in
Shakespeare and Milton, and not at
all in King James' version of the Bible."
The same statement is repeated
in Webster's new International
Dictionary, word for word. Dr.
A it rv 11 u 5.1 U5o oil II 1, .1-1
nigusj ill lll-l IIIIIIIIUUWK III I lit' ,
English Tongue," also says* "Its' in
seldom found in Shakespeare and
never in sacred Scripture." The |
statement of the revisers of the En
glish Bible in their preface is more i
precise. They say: "It is well known ;
that 'its1 does not occur in the Bible
of 1011, and it does not appear to
have been introducad into any edi
tion before 1600. But it is found 10
times in Shakespeare, and there is
other evidence to show that at the
time of the authorized version it was
coming into use."
"Now, if our North Carolina minister
and other readers of the authorized
version of the Bible will turn
to Leviticus xxv, 5, they will find
the following: "That which groweth
of its own accord of thy harvest thou
shalt not reap."
The word "its" is therefore found
in the current version of our English
Bible, notwithstanding the statement
of Worcester, Webster and
other authorities to tho contrary.
Moreover, the word appears in various
editions, as those of the American
Bible society, the Oxford and
Cambridge Press issues, the Collins
Bibles, Eyre and Spottiswoode's j
BagstePs and all the editions of fam \
! ilv and milnit. llililon r?m\oiilfrn#l !
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this purpose.?Sunday School World.
Curiosities about Swearing.
During Cromwell's reign laws
against swearing were strictly enforced
by theoflicers of the commonwealth.
Every oath was counted.
For a single oath a man was fined Gs.
8d., but the charge was reduced to
3s. 4d. each on ''taking thorn by the
quantity." Thus we find in the
curious old records of that date that
Ilumfroy Trevett, "for swearing 'by
God' 10 times" was fined 83 shillings
and committed to "goal" in
default of payment therefor. John
Ilui8he of Cheriton was convicted of
swearing "22 oaths and 2 curses" at
one time and "4 oaths and 1 curse"
and anothor time*
William Harding of Chittlehamp-1
ton for saying several times 'Upon
my life" was adjudged to be within
the act of swearing, for which ho was
forced to pay a fine of Gs. and 8d. |
At another time one Thos Butland
: ? "t t
"no iimcii I"! miyin^j uiiuii my
troth;" Oilbort Morthcotte had to
pay Us. 4d. for saying, '-Upon my
life." and Thomas Courtis was fined
heavily for saying, "God is my wit- !
ness.'' Thomas Gill said, "I speak
in the presence of God." and was fined
for his pains, where he had a
ministor arrestod for using the same ;
phaase in a sermon on the following
?Sunday. ?Philadelphia Press.
?m? ? ? tm ?
Many rise in the morning with a
headache and no inclination for
broakfast. This is due to torpidity
of the liver and a deranged condition
of the stomach. To restore health
action to these organs, nothing is
to ePAcations as an occasional dose
of Ayer's Pills.
Qrar*"''
four Word, Your Work, and A
THURSDAY
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Wlioro is tlio Sub Treasury ltill?,
The Laurens Advertiser.
While tho Ocaluites are rising to j
points of explanation at Washington,
we should like to know by all that's
sacred to the "star-eyed Goddess of
Reform'' what has become of the
sub treasury? It is dead, cold and
clammy, and if so who is responsible
for its demise?
It has not been long, only a very
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lew mounts, since Loin Watson, defunct,
was airing its beauties to a
South Carolina audience under the
chaperonstgo of Sooth Carolina reformers
and in those same days Hie
Ocala platform in its entirely was
being preached as the hope of agricultural
redemption. And the high
repute in which Oealaism was held
grew and flourished until at the
State Democratic Convention it was
forced down the throat and into the I
maw of our Governor. Until a few
days after Cleveland wrs made the
democratic nominee the air was rife
with the praise.
Now, where is Ocalism and who
are its champions? Imagining our
selves in the position of the trusting
Allianceman, we would inquire it
the leaders were deluding the masses
when they declared that financial relief
could only come by national legislation,
that the benefit to be ex
peoted from "Ucform" in local politics
was inconsiderable and that the
time had come for bold and decided
action? Now wo hold these samo
leaders howling and fighting for
spoils 8.s coyotes howl and tight [
about a carcass while not a liuger is!
lifted nor a whisper raised for the
keystones of their creeds. In the
desperate struggle which the blacklisted
congressmen tire making for
recognition as democrats they main
tain it silence about (leninism which
is actually suspicious. If they d?>
not believe it consistent ami repulsive
to democracy why do tlmy now
avow and proclaim their allegiance
to it.
If the Tillmanito Congressmen
were not hvprocritloal hi their advocacy
of the Ocala Platform now is
the time that they can honor their
faith by standing by it. jVoid is
the time for them to prove that they
are in the contest for principle's sake
and not for selfish gain. If '.hey aro
not political cowards it seems to us
that at this juncturo tlioy will glory
in an opportunity to Haunt the subtreasury
in the face of the president.
That would show a devotion to honest,
conviction which would command
the applause of friends at homo as
well as the respect of foes, everywhere.
But they are all "deir )crats" now,
nothing more, nothing loss, "Demo
crais" of the strictest seet, "democrats"
loud in protestation, while the
Ocala platform is forgotten, thrust
aside and left to go to the dogs.
They went to Washington by having
conjured the people into the belief
that they would bring about relief
and before one blow bus been struck
they beoome professional apologizers,
and beggars for pap. It is a piteous
spectacle, these patriotic alliancemen
in shamefaced trepidation interceding
for mercy at the hands of the
man traducing of whom they made a
step to their promotion.
Some Fools.
Brother Blink Pluck has gone in
for the popular "sormonctte" or "prelude
idea. Before delivering his usual
exhortation to sinners last Sunday
morning he gave his congregation
tho benefit of his observations nn?l
cogititions concerning fools. This
was what he said.
"De longer I lib, dcah breddern,
de more 1 wonder at tho number ob
fools dcro are in de world, and do
astomshin part ob it is dot do world
world gits along so well considorm
do number ob fools dat inhabit it.
Some people are born fools, some
git foolish after they've been on
earth a while, an some wait until
they're old enungh to know better,
an when sensible people sec dem doy
la IT inside and remark to one anudder,
'Dere aint no fool like an olo
fool, an the ole ford hifts too and
tinks he's the wisest pusson in tho
hull nniverse.
"Almost eberybody is a fool on
some particular suhjcck, deah breddern.
A man may be puffeckly sane
on ebry ting but liis one hobby, and
he's just as foolish in regard to dat
as the mos violent maniac in Bloomingdalo
or Blackwell's island is ill
regahd to cberytitig gen'ral.
"Doy is de reckless fool, deah
breddern. He's de man dat 'didn't
four Country."
UMilL 20, ISO
know it wus loaded' until it went oft
suddenly an landed somebody else in
kingdom come. He's de fool dut
jumps <>1T liioh brides on n bet and
usually comes to de suffuco ob de
ribber in a condishun which ^ib?
dw cor tier a chance to make a tfood
fat fee an allows de local papers to
print sensational headlines**, lie's
do lunatic tint jumps from a balloon
into a paraehuto an subsequently
forms itu interestin puzzle for ?le
doctors to paten togedder so dut his
corpse kin l>o identified and shipped
home to his friends. He's deijit dat
steps out oh do way oh a railroad
train an gits hit by do lightn'u ex
press coinin down do udder track,
lie's do fool dot blows out do gas on
do occasion ob his first (an last) visit
to de city, lie's de jackass dat
drinks poison for whiskey by inistakin
do bottles in de dahk. He's do
fool dat monkeys wid de buzz saw,
when it's goin full speed, dat mod
dies witl live electric wires, dat docs
a thousan an one t ings dat he
wouldn't do ef lie only wasn't a
fool.
"l)e man dats writes letters to de
news papers is still anudder variety,
doah hreddern, and one of de kino
dat's amusin as well as foolish. lie
takes up do space in do paper dat he
halul work in space reporter has bin
Crowded out oh an g'n'rally succeeds
is shown in his tojus letter how much
de don't know about t'ings in ginral,
and de subjeok he's writin about in
partic'lar, he's a wuss nuisance tlan
do spring poet, been/, he pevails dor
hull year round wilo do poet only
blooms in t h" spring.
' For fear dn women folks may
feel slighted I'll concludo by enuin
era tin a few oh do most noticeable
fools of do (sometimes) gentler sex.
u Do auction fool?do woman dat
buys secondhand thugs at auction dat
she could buy now for half do 111011ey.
"Do bargain huntin fool dat
spen's a h nil day an a half for ear
fare'n lunch tryin to buy somet'n for
fifty nine cents dat she cud have
bought for sixty half a block from
her own door.
"Do giddy fool?do forty-live year
o'd woman, wi I crow's feet and
wrinkles dat links she's just as young
as she was twenty live years ago.
"Do pretty fool -do young woman
dat's nebb'T happy unless some one
is tollin lu r she looks simply angelic
or out oh sight, and dat only has
brains enulT to keep her hair in curl
and her smile fixed so dat her dimples'!
I show to do best advantage.
"I)e - but why perceed wid de
endless list deuh breddern? You all
know de different ones as well as 1
do, an perhaps a good doal hotter,
for dat matter.
"Sliakospwarc said a good many
wise tings, doali breddern, but ho
never concentrated so much wisdom
in u few wonls as wen he sai l, 'vVot
fools de.se mortals be.'''?New )'ork
//. raid.
Disappoint nicill.
Wilmington .Messenger.
It is announced that in Kansas,
Missouri and Nebraska, the farmers
have lost confidence in the Alli?
and the o.f shot of fanaticism known
as the People's party?otherwise bettor
known in the South as the Weaver
gtmg of incapables and plotters.
The end has come there sooner than
he had expected. The farmers must
pot level-headed, honest, capable
men in tiro lead if they ever hope to
succeed. Taking up vicious schemers
and aspiring nobodies as leaders
was to wreck the wagon in the first
lane. The organs tooted and cranks
turned the cranks, and rockless
schemes based on moonshine promises
were developed, and people went
mad, and curses smote the air, and
yet only sorrow, disappointment, bit
tcrncss of soul were the fruits. But
the vision of the falso prophets has
faded away, the rantings have died
upon the air, the promises have been
forever dissipated, the reign of beard
lf?SM K t M t ,ll till ul I i 11 llflU (l/illuncod otwl
now men wonder at the past and but
only regret that they had boon betrayed
by such vain boasters and
empty-leaded, mouthing demagoguee
Says the Washington Hiu niixj lYcim.
' The People's party is evidently
going (low n hill. The disappointment
of the farmers will he hitter,
but ttie experience may not bo unprofitable.
Politics is good enough
as a relaxation, but unless men nave
special training, they should not
make a business of it. There is more
money for "farmers in fanning.''
Judgment Day at Hand.
The St. bonis Hepuldie,
Los Angeles, C.'al. April 10.?
Alarming reports of soismic disturbances
have just been received
from the residents of tho oil region
of Nowhall, 35 miles distant
from this city. Dating from last
Tuesday, the day on which Lo*
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Angeles experienced a slight shake, j
there hus been a terrifying ?e
1li>s? i if triiiniiru twiiiiiiitiMiii.nl liv
j ? -V ,
subterranean explosions. Thoso disturbances
have occurred fi quentl/'
since last Tuesday, ami bavo been accompan'cd
by landslide from the
mountains of an alarming and dan
gerous description. A man just in
front Pico Cayon, about eight miles
southwest from Nowhall, says: "I
was driving this morning when my
horse became frightened without apparent
cause, and there came a rumbling
sound which grew terrifying.
1 looked up and saw an awful sight;
Landslides from every peak in sight
came tumbling down, with huge
bowlders. The mountains appeared
as if myriads of volcanoes hail burst
forth and were combining their efforts
toward destruction. When I
got to the long bridge I saw Mr.
Thomas standing da/.od, holding to
the railing, and others come running
across tho bridge. Tito earth opened
in a number ot places and the
scene was indescribable.
"Men cried, prayed and swore, and
one kept shouting, 'My (iod, wo are
all going down to belli'
"When 1 reached my house I
found ever'thing upset. Pictures,
dishes ami/ cry thing breakable was
smashed at) 1 wo stoves wore broken I
all to pie\ All tho afternoon
shocks eontiiv ed and also through
the night.
"On Wednesday night, just as 1
had gone to bed, 'crash' came another
great shock. All night long they
continued, keeping us up until morning,
and all dav Thursday they continued,
each proceeded by a heavy
subterranean explosion. The house
the foreman lived in was demolished
this time. Thursday night was
less exciting and at 3 o'clock Friday
morning wo had another which was
fully as terrifying as the first. The
shocks were worse in the canyon
than elsewhere, but at Newhall and
all around this part of the country
they Inne been terrible."
The Ftiniiy BoneA
most unpleasant sensation is
caused by tho violent excitation of
the ulnar nerve due to a blow on the.
elbow. This nerve passes down on
the inner side of the arm, and then
rather inconsiderately bends round
and enters the forearm at the back of
the elbow joint. Anyone who has
felt his neighbor's elbow sticking into
his ribs knows that the elbow is remarkably
deficient in flesh. The
neivo is therefore at this point verv
near tho surfaco and iias little to
shield it from a blow. If we are
so unfortunate as to give our elbow a
smart tap, we obtain a practical confirmation
of the fact that the ulnar
nerve is tho principal sensory nerve
of the forearm and hand.?Toronto
Mail.
Judoe Lochren.
St. bonis Republic.
Washington, 1). C., April 10.?
Everybody knows .fudge Lochren,
the newly appointed Commissioner
, of Pensions, speaks in the highest
, possible manner regarding bis personal
character and ability and pro'
diets that ho will be a shinning success
in the discharge of his new duties.
Maior Martin Mairinnis of
Montana, who is roally entitled to
the seat in the Semite now occupied
by Power, rerved in the same regi'
inent with Judge Lochren during the
i war and known him intimately.
"The Pres'dent could not havo
selected a better man," said Major
Maginnis. ''I knew him under circumstances
that brought out many
fine qualities and the .Judge always
? proved true, lie and I went into
the war of tho rebellion together, enI
listed in the First Minnesota. We
were Lieutenants together, and I can
1 say of him, as every soldier who
1/ iwitu 1> l m / <??* on* ,,,An "1 -
II'IV IT II I III *illl n?? jf ^ IIKIU 11U Ud'') ill"
ways a br.iv?, energetic and capable
ollice. His executive ut?i 1 ity was recognized
then, for he was frequently
Adjutant of the regiment
"Lochron waa in all the battles of
Virginia iu which his command par.
tioipated, from the first battle of
Bull Run to the Wilderness and
, beyond. At (Gettysburg he participated
in the tremendous charge of
the second day, in which, according
to Fox, our losses in the First Min- j
nessota were greater in percentage j
than wore the losses of Balaklava,
boing 80 percent, while at Balaklava
they were but 32 per cent. In that
charge, by the way, wo encountered
as opponents the command of Colonel
Herbert, now Secretary of the Navy,
' wounding Herbert and capturing his
recent colleague in the House, the
i now venerable Colonel Forney.
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NO. 40
"This man who has taken part in
22 pitched battles, getting through
all of them with slight wounds or no
wounds Jit all, is a man of strong
and good characteristics. In many
respects he resembles the President,
being plain and straightforward,
knowing bow to say no and willing
at all times to undertake a good
deal of hard work and enjoy it. lie
grasps details quickly and will make
a good executive oilier, although he
has not, of course, had any experience
with so largo a body of men as
is employed in tne Pension Bureau."
A llriilgc, Six Hundred Ted
Long, 1 i 11 lit Over Tar Kivor
in Four Dajs.
Wilmington MeaseugcrFrom
a letter written by Capt. T.
W. Whisnnnt toaprominant Seboaru
Air Line official in this city, we see
that a remarkable feat in bridge
building has been accomplished by
the Seaboard Air Line, at Haw river,
on the ltulcigh and Augusta Air
Line. The bridge constructed is COO
feet long, 400 feet of which averages
15 feet in height and the remaining
200 feet 30 feet in height. For
want of material, very little workwas
done on the bridge on Thursday
and Friday but on Saturday the
work was begun in earnest, and on
Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock the
lirst train passed over the new structure,
thus showing that in the short
space of four days this immense piece
or work was |>ul up. hi tile temponry
bridge there was used 233,000
feet of timber, the hulk of which
was by the enterprising mill men on
the Italeigh and Augusta.
Capt. T. W. Whisnant, the popu
lar and thorough-going superintendent
of tlie Seaboard and Itoanoke
and tlic Itoanoke and Tar Diver
railroads, bossed the job, and in his
letter lie say*:
"The Carolina Central boys just
I simply outdid themselves. Summersett
is a great big trump and Elmore
is equally as good in his particular
capacity. In fact, all the forces
from all tho Divisions worked remarkable
well. Not a single outside
man was employed. All wore every
day of the S. A. E., and f, as their
leader on this occasion, am proud of
tho record they made. We gave
them the bridge twenty four hours
sooner than our promise, and from
forty-eight to sixty hours soonor,
than otlior experts said the work
could be accomplished, thus showing
this to ho a record heating job."
The Mkskknukk can say for ('apt.
Whisnant that he is a hummer himself
and in Cupts. J. T. Elmore and
S. 15. Summersett ho has two lieutenants
that are jceins daudies.
Odds and Ends.
Celery coffee is a new drink.
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A horse sometimes sheds real
tears of anguish.
The first workman who made pens
got $1 apioco for them.
Aristarchus starved himself to
death out of weariness of life.
Some grocers would he more popular
if they gave grosser weight.
| Fewer than 11,000 Prussians have
incomes of more than $7.000a year*
j Experiments on animals were
made with galvanism by Fowler in
1703.
If you have one true friend, yon
have as much as your share comes to.
One man makes a fortune to
eight that become bankrupt in F.nglatid.
The tailor's goose is an industrious
bird, but she cannot lay a hard boiled
egg.
Wash marble with a sponge or
chamois wet in warm, soft water,
then rub dry.
An earthquake wave once crossed
the 1'acillc in P>J hours, or over six
miles a minute.
The famous church of St. Sophia
in Constantinople, now a mosque,
was begun A. I >. 532.
The two young sons of Mrs.
George Pullman are violinist-- . One
also plays the flute as well.
With a little instruction building
blocks furnish a wonderful diversion
for small children.
When the late Jay Gould wished
j to wipe out an objector, he began by
agreeing with all he said.
j In the United Slates and Canada
six out of every ton men who have
| reached the age of JO are unmarried.
The eighth, fifteenth, twenty-first
and thirty first versos of the one
hundred and seventh Psalm are alike.
Impertinence, sill} talk, foolish
vanity and vain ouriositv arc closely
allied. They arc children of one
family?Fontaine.
I net ease the appetite hy tho use
of A yer's Cathurtio Pills. They
cause tho stomach, liver and bo.vels
to perform their functions properly
do not debilitate, by excessive* stimj
ulation, and are not irritating in
their action. As an after dinner
Pill tlioy are unequaled.