The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 21, 1901, Image 1
VOL. XV.
"pistols must go. !
J
At Least That is What the Lagis
lature Says
SENATE A0REE3WI T H HOUSE
Th# Bill Forbids the Carrying of
Fire Arms Lrs* Than
Twenty Irches in
Ler gih
Mr. Cooper's bill to rcgu'ato the
oarrying, manufaoturii g and ?alo of
firearms usually used for tho i. fiction
of porBonal injury, and to make a vio
lation of tho Bauio a misdemeanor, was
takon up in tho donate on Tuosday of
last week. Tho bill is very drastio in
its provisions, and tho omtnittce ro
port on it was unfavorable.
Senator Graydon offered an amend
rnont making tho bill apply only to
pistols, and advocated tho bill with his
amendment at some length
Senator Aldrioh thought it the best
bill that has been introduced at this
session. Publio opinion has crystalled
on two po:nts, he said, that whis
key and pistols are responsible for
most of tho crimo. Tho pena'ty for
carrying ooncca'cd w. apons is entirely
too low. Ho knew of no evil in tho
Stato moro to bo deplored than tho almost
universal oustrm ol carrying oon
ccalcd weapons. It is a most do
moralizing and degrading thing. Tho
ponalty cannot lo mado too sovero.
Tho habit of carrying a ooncealcd weapon
will mako a coward of any man
All tho courage ho ever had will ho
sunk in tho bnrrel of his pistol, and if
ho over gets into a row without his
pistol ho will run as suro as he livos
A pistol is a disgraceful thing, and no
Li i _ L. -II 1 a.
ujhu uugi^i iu do iiiowcu io carry ono
whother ooncra'cd or not. If a man
need a firo arm at all he needs a gun
and not a pistol.
Senator Henderson said ho war as
much opposed to carrying ooneealed
weapons as anybody, but ho thought
this proposod law would bo unconsii
tutional, as it foibids the right given
by tho corstitution of carrying arms,
and this bill will pro) ibit us from carrying
pistiols, oor ooalod or cot. Tho
bill, ho thought would bo unconstitutional,
and for that roason ho oou'd not
voto it.
Mr. Ildcrton suggested au amend
rnent that a n an oould not carry
woapons "without just cause or ex
ouso." IIo thought tho wisest thiDg to
do would bo to stop tho importation
and salo of pistols. He thought the
bill undor discussion should pass.
Sonator Mower vnalyzod tho bill. In
tho first plaoo it absolutely forbids a
citizon oarrying a pistol, whother oon
ooalod or not, and a provision of that
kind is cntiroly unconstitutional. It
also provides that thoro shall not bo
sold in this Stato a firo arm of loss than
a oortain sizo and weight. Ho soriously
doubted if tho pa; sago of laws on this
subject will aoocmplish much good.
Wo will havo to have somothing bosides
laws.
Sonator Ilondorson said ho did not be
licvo tho law would do any good, that
it would bo violated just as tho prosont
law against oouocalcd weapons is
violated.
Senator Mayfiold offered an amondment
that a person desiring to oarry a
ooncoalod weapon might obtain an an
nual lioonso from tho olerk of court at
an annual oost of $50, and spoko in
favor of his amondmont. If a man
thinks ho ought to go armed ho ought
to bo allowed to do po, and tho people
ought to know it. So let him tako out
a lioonso, and lot ovcrybody know that
ho has takon out suoh a lioonso.
Sonator Ilondorson said this amond
mont would still not make tho law constitutional.
Tho takinff ont of m. li
oodbo would not proUot anybody. Ho
moved to striko out the cnaoting
words of tho bill.
Sonator Gravdcn ocntondcd that this
bill would bo constitutional as tho language
of tho constitution as to tho
right of tho peoplo to bear arms referred
only to tho militia.
Sonator Stanland thought this a most
important measuro, and that somo law
of this kind should bo passod. Ho
spoko of tho conditions in tho lowor
counties, and said protoct'on of some
kind was eoroly noodod.
Tho voto to striko out tho onaoting
words rosultod as follows:
Ayes?Barnwoll, Bowon, Brantloy,
Brown, Dennis, Glonn, Grubor, Hendor
son, Hydriok, Moore, Mower, Sharpc,
Talbird and Walker?16.
Noes?Aldriob, Appolt, Blakoney,
Brioe, Caughman, Dean, Douglas,
Gainos, Graydon, He ugh, lldorton,
Livingston, Manning, Marshall, Mayfiold,
McDermott, Sarratt, Stack! oufo,
Stanland, Sullivan and Williams?21.
The senato rofusod to strike out tho
onaoting words.
Senator Appolt offorod an amend
mcnt that a man might bo allowed to
oarry a oonocaled woapon upon raying
an annual foe of $50 a lioonso to bo is
sued by olork of the oourt.
Sonator Hough opposed this lioen-e
feature. If wo are going to prohibit
tho carrying of concealed weapons let
us prohibit outright. If a man wants
to oarry a woapon for defense lot him
carry it opon and aboveboard.
Senator lldorton also opposed it and
thought it would discriminate against
tho poor man, who might bo unable to
pay tho lioense, whatever it might bo.
Ho thought his amendment as to "just
cause or exouso" would cover tho
ground.
Senator Mayficld withdrow his
amendment.
Sonator Graydon offorcd an amendment
to simply make it unlawful for a
nun to carry a tiro arm less than 20
inches in loDgtli or less than three
pounds in weight. This, he said, will
give a n an the right to War any arms
except pistols.
Sena'or Brown ui07cd lo indefinitely
postpone the whole matter.
On this the v Ho was lf> to 12. and tho
bena o refused to postpone tho ti'l.
Tho question of adopting Senator
Gra>don's amendment thou came up
and was adopted by a vote of 10 to 10
i\ voto was tron taxon on aonator ii
dcrton's "just came or ? xeuio" amend
mcnt and it was vot(d down.
Senator Qruhor movid to indefini'oly
postpot e tho bill, but tho ohair ruloi
ihe uioiion out of older Senator (J u
her the n moved to recommit tho bill,
this was voted down by a vr 11 ol' 11* to
14 and tl o Fenator< fused to roormmi*.
Tho miner ty anecdmcrt that the
fines collected under tho op'ration* of
ihia I ill shall go to tho school fu* d id
the country in wli ch the v olation oo
currel, was then adoptod.
Tho bill then ; as cd it scootd read
ioK
Liovcrsod Itself.
The bill that passed the houso force
litno ago to repeal tho ami fieo pap* la w
was tak-m up in the S;rute on Thursday.
S nat( r Graydon in -vod to btnko
? ut the cnaoting words and the voto
was taken without deba'e l ho voto
ptood lf> to 14 at fir*t. but before tho
voto was announced Senator Talbird
changed his vote from ayo to no and by
one voto tho sonato refused to striko
out Tho bill thon passed its seoond
roading and was onproEsed for tho third
reading. On the voto to strike out tho
enacting words the voto stood:
Ayes?Barnwell, Blakcney, Brioc,
Gaines, Glonn, Graydon, Gruhcr, Hay,
H>driok, Muore, Mower, ltagsdalo,
Sarratt, Sullivan?14.
Nays?Aldrioh, Appelt, Brown,Bowen,
Donnis, H. ndorson, Hough, Livingston,
Mayfiold, MoDermott, Sharpe,
Staokh us?, Slanland. Talbird, Wil
liama?15.
By thiH vote the Senato rovorses itself'.
Wcok boforo las', it killed Sonaf
or Sianland's bill to repoal tho antifree
piss law. Unless (jov. MoSweoney
votots tho bill any member of tho legislature
oan aocopt and use free paa-os
from any railroad.
Kecent experi iients show that all
classes of foods may bo completely digested
by a preparation oa 1 led Kodol
Dyspepsia (Jure, which absolutely digests
what you eat. As it is tho only
combination of all the natural digestants
ever devised tho demand for it
has becomo onormous. It has never
failed to ourc tho very worst oases of
indigestion and it always give instant
relief.
Dr. K. Norton.
In Self Defence.
Tho Columbia Stato lays information
was rccoived in that city Thursday
afternoon that Capt \V. K Bradford
of Fort Mill Light Infantry had
oocn forced to kill .John MoCord, a negro
of unsavory roputation. It seems
that tho negro oamo into Capt. Bradford's
back yard and was trying to kill
anothor negro's wifo residing thoro,
having already firod sovcral times at
tho woman's husband. Capt. Bradford's
mother was sick and when ho
went out to stop tho disturb *noo MoCord
turned the pistol upon tho young
man, tbo latter thoroupon shooting him
and killing him Cipt. Bradford at
onoo gavo himsolf up to tho authorities.
_
A poworful ongino cannot be run
with a weak boilor, and wo oan't keop
up tho strain of an aolivo lifo with a
weak stomaoh; noithor can wo stop tho
human maohino to mako ropairs. If the
stomaoh oannot digest onough food to
koep the body strong, suoh a preparation
as ICodol Dyspepsia (Juro should
bo usod. It digests what you oat and
it simply can't holp but do you good.
Dr. ft Norton.
For Killing a Negro
A dispatch lorn Kairburn, G*., says
Judgo Chandler hrs sentoncod throo
while mon to life imprisonment for the
murds.r of a nogro. Tho oases, which
woro partly concluded Thuraday, havo
aroused intenso interest as tho partios
aro all woll known. Sentence was imposed
a few days ago on Pogram Coohran
and Thursday Judgo Chandlor
gave the oourt's pronouncement to Shell
Cochran, a brother of Pogram, and T.
A. Hester. Thoso mon with five othors
woro indicted lor tho murder of Sterling
I Thompson, a negro who it was ohargoa
| had "informed" on the white mon. In
sentencing the men, Judge Chandlor
said ho thought tho lawlessness which
culminated in this murder had begun
with illicit disstillir g.
For tho woakness and prostration following
grippe there is nothing so
prompt and iSootivo as Ono Minuto
Cough Cure. This preparation is high
lv endorsed as an unfailing romedy for
all throat and lung troubles and its
oarly ueo prevents consumption. It
wai made to euro (juickly.
Dr. E Norton.
A Ruling Family.
An oditorial in tho Philadelphia
Press calls attention tho rnm*?lr*htrt
ox ton t to whioh tho blood of the lato
Q'loea Viotoria rules tho doBtiuy of
Karojio. Members of her family are
coon, clod with the thrones of many of
tho great Kuropoan nations, and tho
lino is so ntimorous that its influonoo is
likely to grow rathor than to dooline.
It is now certain that (jnoon Victoria's
offspring will rule not only in Groat
Britain and Germany, but iu Russia
and Rouiuania as well.
There is always danger in using
oountcrfoits of DoWitt's VVitoh Uacol
Salve. Tho original is a safe and oortain
onre for piles. It is a soothing and
hoaling salvo for soros and . all skin
diseases.
Dr. K. Norton.
he p.
CONWAY,
TILLM&N ENDORSED.
Ra?olui ion# to that Eff-et Paised by
the House
In tho house on Thurslay Mr ,J B.
MoLauohlin, of, Orangoburg County,
introduced tho following prcamblo and
resolutions:
Whereas tho oourao of our senior
senator, Hon. B H. Tillman, in tho
United Siatoa senate has boon and is
that of a true Democrat and contaiun
muoh of whioh hid State feels proud
and honored, towit, bis voto against tho
ratification treaty, his strong staud
against tho armor plate trust, hit mag
mfioont fight against tho ship subsidy
steal, his manly position at all timos in
favor of thorn principles and measures
founded upon Ji ffersonian Demooraoy,
then foro bo it
Resolved, That wo tho representatives
of tho people of Sou h Carolina
do hereby endorse and approvo of tho
oourbo cf our said sonior souator, B. R.
Tiilniau, but that it is with groat rogrct
that wo cannot loud our oadorsomont
to tho courso of our junior souator,
John L MoLaurin, who has BocmiDgly
allied hiui6olf with tho Ropublioan
party and gono baok on tho tenets of
Dotnooraoy. which aro so doar to a'l
truo Souih Carolinians
Mr. Jarni.An tad that ho oppo od
tho insio.ious attack against Mr. MoLaurin,
but ho moved tho adopt'on of
that part which rofcrs to Sonator Tillman.
Mr. Cosgrovo moved a substituto
which was muoh milder in tono. Mr.
Cosgrovj's resolution statul:
Whoroas moasuros of great import to
tho welfaro and future prosperity of
tho pooplo of tho IJaitcd States as well
as to tho oitizons of South Carolina
havo recently boon and aro now undor
oonsidoration by oongross, and
Whoroas upoa theso questions *ho
votes of tho lion. Benjamin Ryan Till
man, senator from this Stato, have
boon gtvon in aooordaooo witli tho
prinoiplcs of truo Dotnooraoy and tho
sentimonta of tho pooplo of South Caro
lina, therefore, bo it
Resolved, by tho houso of roprson
tativos of tho Stato of South Carolina,
A I A- _ fill- - A A 1 . _ 1
uio senate aoncunrg xnai inc rcooia
of Senator li K Tillman in tho sonato
of tho I nited States is hotoby approved
as tho truo and only roprosentalion
at this tirno of tho wishos of tho
puoplo of South Carolina.
llosolvcd further, That a oopy of
thofcc resolutions, suitably oogros od,
bo transmitted to Senator Tillman.
Mr. Liver suggested that Mr. Cosgrove's
resolution contained a slap at
tho mombors from this Stato of tho
lower houso of oongross.
Mr. Cosgrovo then offered an amond
mont to his substitute restrioting it to
mombcrs of the United Statos sonato
from this Stato. This was adoptod.
Mr I'rinoo offered an amendment to
striko out of the eubstituto ail after
tho word ' approved " Thocffootof this
was inoroly to approvo of Tillman's
course and to nullify all roforenoo to
MoL&urin. Thoro was a groat deal of
confusion ovor tho amondmont, but it
was adopted.
Tho quostion thon was upc n tho
adoption of tho substituto of iMr. Cosgrove
as thns emasculated, lfcforo tho
question oould bo put. tho motion to
adjourn was mado and oarriod by avoto
of 40 to 31.
More Pension Money.
Tho bill to inoroaso the amount of
tho appropriation for pensioning old
Confodorato soldiers was takon up in
tho Sonato on Thursday. Tho houso
bill proposed an inoroaso of $100,000,
raalrinor llin !rvf 1 mnnnl 11900 OOO
Senator Mowor moved to atriko out
tho enacting worda of tho bill, and, as
ohairmau of tho finaooo committoo,
mado a statomont of tho Stato'a
finanooa.
Sonator Hondorson hoped tho appropriation
would not bo killed, but that
tho extra sum of $50,000 hi given, aa
Capt. Brooks intonded it when ho introduood
it in tbo houso. The ooraptrollor
gonoral says thin will not increase
tho tAX lovy this year, but
whothor it did or not ho would voto
for it. If tho State is to help tho old
soldiora it should do so in propor shapo.
On tho voto to atriko out tho onaoting
worda tho motion was ovorwholmingly
dofoatod, tho voto boing: ayoa
4, nays 27, aa follows:
Ayoa?Blakonoy, Olonn, Walker,
Williams?.
Nays?Aldrioh, Appolt, Barnwoll,
Bowon. Brantley, Bird, Brown, Caughman,
Dean, Donnia, Douglas, Qravdon,
Grubor, llay, Henderson, Horndon,
U* L TT..J-S-1- 1 VI l\
jiuugu, nyunoK, iTinyneia, wci'ermou,
Mooro, lUgsdalo, Sarratt, Sharpe,
Stanland, Sullivan, Talbird 27.
Sonator Mower was paired with Senator
Marshal), who favorod tho inoroaso.
Senator Henderson then offcrod his
amendment to mako tho appropriation
*150.000, whioh was adopted and the
bill was ordered engrossod for its third
roading.
Hurrah for Kansas.
An ezohango pays Allen oounty,
Kansas, docs not olaim any aooiont
beau who dauoid with the Quocn, but
Allen oounty has a woman who saw
Queen Viotoria orowncd, a man who is
inGdircct desoont fr>m tho iSarl who
onoo owned tho Islo of Wight, on whioh
the Quoon diod, and a man who was
onoo knooked and trampled in the dirt
by a orowd watohing the Prince of
w *108 unveil a monument. Three
ohcors and a blind tiger for KtnBss.
A Paper Trust.
A prominent Uoorgisn BAyeth?tthere
is a plot on foot to buy up a11 tho weok
ly pspers in thAt atAte And run them in
a oombino. Whon tho trusts begin to
get their hnndson tho pross of tho oountry
they Are poisoning tho springs from
whioh tho oountry drnws its life. Thoy
ought to bo stopped before they get
thst for.
ovvu
. S. C., TirUliSDA Y, 11
MANY OCTOPUSES. I
Countless Hordes of Tfvm In!
vade the British Channel
THE HORRIBLE CREATURES.
Havo Tentacles that Spread Six
teen Feet and Have a
Suc'lon of Sevaral
Horse Power.
A plague as horrrid in its way a< at y
of thoso from whioh the ancient Egyp
tians suffered has assailed the south
coast of Koglaud. Countless hordes
of ootopusoa?tho dovil fishes of Viotor
Hugo?have invadod tho English Channel.
and have swarmed along tho shores
of Dovon and Cornwall in suoh numbers
as to beggar belief. Travelling about
in uiarau ling armies, thoy have wollnigh
dcs.royod tho looal lobster aud
era'- fisheries by dovouring thoso orus
tascans wholo sale and on tho Fronoh
sido of tho strait, osptoially in tho Department
of Finistoro, thoy aro thrown
up on tho beaches . by tho tea after
storms in suoh quantities that their
loathsome bodies have boon gathered
up and removed by hundreds of oart
loads to prevont thorn from endangering
tho public health by rotting.
Many of thoso orcaturca havo a spread
of six foot or moro, tho tcntaolcs being
throe foot in length and covered with
suokors as b:g as 50 oont pieces. Hut
specimens havo been seen vory muoh
greater in size, and individuals aro
known Nomotimos to attain a measurement
of eixteon foot from arm tip to
arm tip. That tho larger ones will
readily attack human beings is well
known, tho suckling disos with whioh
tho arms aro provided holding tho vie
tim with a foreo equal to torno horso powor.ODoo
fairly embraced by ti e animal,
thoio is small obanoo for the strongest
man, unless ho is lucky enough to have
a big knife or a spear.
Tho most surprising point about the
plague referral to is that tho octopus
has rarely been soon hithortoin British
waters, so r?roly, indeed, that during
many joars past specimens oould only
bo obtained for aquaria in England at
long intervals, and half a soveroign was
frequently paid for a small one alivo.
It is very nuiucrou? in tho Moditerra
noan, at.d ranges as far north as the
south sido of the English Channel,
which iB its oxtromo limit ordinarily.
Hoomingly the prosont soourgo is duo to
a sories of hot bummers and mild win
ters, which Invo onoouragod tho propa
gation of tho disgustiug mollubk?by
nature a warm water animal?and pes
sibly other conditions may have helped
it to multiply in uuprccedontod num
bors. Us marked inoaoaso was first noticed
along tho Erenoh shores in 1803,
and roooit investigations go to ohow
that, aftor having exhaustod tho availablo
food supply on that side of tho
strait, tho ovorplus migrated in swarms
aoross the Channel to Eogland.
First thoro was an abnormal multiplication
of tho poulps in tho neighborhood
of tho Channol Island and along
tho Fronoh coast ; then oamo overcrowding
and a consequent scarcity of food,
and finally armios of ootopnds advanoca
across tho Channel to the. English shorO.
Ono of tho first signs of its arrival upon
tho shores of Devon and Cornwall was
trio appoarono o of groat numbers of
orabs which had oeon drivon into tho
shallow waters by tho marauding mol
lusks. Tho latter ontor tho traps of tho
fishormon and destroy tho lobstors and
orabs which havo been caught, and
somotimcH tho soinos aro literally burdened
with tho writhing, pulpy monbtors.
The femalo octopus in i* os Ir r nost in
any sheltered and oonven:cnt hollow in
tha rooks. Thcro sho la>s htr eggs,
which in duo timohatoh tutyoucg oo
topods Ono of tho ouricus phenomena
incidental to tho recent plague has
the finding of immenso numbors of
minuto poulps, not long hatohed, and
hardly biggor than grains of rioc. Not
muoh is known as to their rato of growth'but
it is b< liovod that thoy do not
reach full s;zo until they aro about 8
years old.
Tho presonoo of the I'cvil lishos in
suoh great numbors in tho Knglish
(Jhannol being duo to tho unusual conditions,
it-is expeotod that tho plaguo
will not last vtry long. Ono sovoro
winter would probably destroy a majority
of thorn. Mcanwhilo, howevor, devouring
immonso numbors of oystors as
woll as odiblo crustaceans, and scientific
exports havo boon trying to find
some moans whoroby tho onomy may
bo fought. In Plymouth Sound oxnnrinrinnln
Kann V\a?? a. 1 ? ' ?
r?i.u>vuva u??u UUUU lliAUU rt'UUUliy 111
fishing for tho poulps with pots suoh as
aro used in tho Moditorranoan.
In the Moditorranoan tho ootopus is
rogulr.rly fished for and used for food.
Pitohor-shapod oarthorn pots are attaohod
at fixed intervals to a long lino and
loworod to tho bottom, tho oord to
whioh thoy aro fastonod boing buoyod
at tho ondfl so that it may bo found
agiin. Evory fow days tho lino is hauled
up and it is not uncommon to find
every ono of tho pitohors oooupicd by a
dotil fish. Tho poulp, boing a softbodiod
animal,it is an oasy proy to many
onomics, and on this aooount it oagorly
takos advantago of any suitablo sholtor.
Tho jugs, whioh aro not baited in any
way, afford idoal plaoes of oonoealmont.
tho ootopus oooupying tho interior ana
spreading its tontaolos from tho mouth.'
lienoo tho effootivonoss of theso quoor
traps.
Tho octopus has oight tontaolos of
equal length raidiating from its central
mass and armed with suokors. Its habit
is to lurk in Borne dark oranny in tho
rooks, waiting for an unwary viotim to
.venture within reaoh. With threo or
four of its arms it olings fast to a rook,
while with tho romaining tentaoles wav
llBRUAHY 21. 15)01.
ing, gliding and fooling about in tho
water it keeps on tl e alert fcr pr? y, A
nun coining within its reach is likely to
b instantly embracod. Instantaneously,
as the pu 1 of a trigger, tho pisi o s of tho
huudrods of suckers on a tentacle arc
simultaneously drawn inward, tho air
is rotuovod from tho mifllimatin hnldnra
a vacuum being created in each, and
the unfortunate in so oomplotoly pinioood
thai hardly a struggles is possiblo
Immediately the othor tentacles not cc
oupied in clinging to the rook aro wrap
ped about tho viotiin, and ho is drawn
into tho closo hug of tho poulp, to bo
torn to piooos by its parrot like beak
and absorbed.
Tho.Chinoro o?n-ider the octopus a
fivat delioaoy for ea'iog and ii ;s simiarly
rolifhod in uutiv other pnrts of
tho wotld Is tho gravis of tho anPeruviaus,
buried with tho muni'os
havo bcou found in laige numbers objeota
which wore for some timo supposed
to be dcsicoaud human cyos. In
reality, howtvor, those objects arooyen
of octopuses, which were regarded cvi
dontly as ohartns of valuo.
Heno Hacho.
The ChineHo Way.
A dispatch from Pckin says Prinoo
tilling and hi Hung Chang havo reeoived
long dispatches from tho court which
thoy havo not di oh sod to tho foreign
envoys. U is understood to contain in
addition to the reoont celebrated reform
dcorco, an aooount of how Kmpcror
Kwang Su has sent a ohoioe of mothods
of suioido to all tlioso named for pun
islnuent by tbo onvoys, closing with
tho inquiry whothor Prinoo tilling and
hi llungChaug think tho envoys will
bo satisfied. It isundcrstood thai tho
Chincso plenipotentiaries in their reply
to tho court said tho foroign envoys
could not objeot stiongly to an aooomjlishcd
fact, but that they would proba
Lly insist upon tho scntonoo of oxoou
tionbiing published throughout the
empire and possibly upon tho Loads of
tlioso condemned being exhibited at
various points. It is very seriously
doubted in Chincso oiiclos here that
Tung Ku Ilsiaug will agree to oomiuit
ouioidc. Tho army worships him. Ho
liuu - f . 1. - Vt--1
omi nuuviuku I.UUIIVI >J I Hll' I'lUllIKIl
mcdaas ami is believed to bo one himself.
Ho r< fused to allow tho disband
incut of f),00U uion and tho omporor
ordered htm far from tho court. To attempt
his execution, it is thought in
Chincao circles, might mean civil war.
Reports show a greatly inorcasod
death rato from throat and lung troubles,
due to tho prcvalenoo of croup,
pnoumonia and grippe. Wo adviso the
uso of One Minute Hough (Juro in all
of thoeo dillieultios. It is tho only
harmlcBS romcdy that givos immodiato
rosults. Children like it.
Dr. K. Norton.
I 'lucky Mrs. Pryor.
Mrs. Louiao A. Pryor, wife of Dr.
W. K. Pryor, who ia a son of ex .Judge
Roger A. Pryor, waa struck on tho hoad
by a picco of lead pipo and robbed
Woduosday in Now York. Tho scone
of tho orimo was tho stairway loading
from tho uptown traok of tho Fourth
avonuo tunnel at Thirty eighth aticot.
Mrs. Pryor had soveral hundrod dollars
worth of diamonds and some money in
hor purso whon sho was struck. Mrs.
Pryor fought bravely and managed to
OBcrnpo with a out on tho hoad where
sho was half stunnod by a blow from
tho load pipo. Sho pluckily gave oha:o
and a policeman caught hor assailant,
who calls himself Patriok Dynes. Ho
was hold in $5,000 bail for trial.
Poraona who can nob tako ordinary
pilla find it a ploaauro to tako DoWitt'a
Littlo Early Hisora. Thoy aro the boat
little liver pilla over niado.
Dr. K. Norton.
After the Barbers.
Tho Now York logialaturo haa boforo
it a bill to lioonao and auperviao bar
bora. Every porson who aha voa or outa
tho hair of another for a consideration
ia to be oonaidorcd a harbor, and no
barber ia to bo permitted to do businoaa
without a liocnao. All shops, soaps,
towels, oto., aro to bo aubjootod to rigid
inspootion and sanitary rules. Violation
of tho law will ho puuishod by a fine of
$25 Of course barbor shop inapooiora
will htvo to bo appointod.
Millions of ponplo aro familiar with
DoWitt M Littlo Early Kiaera and those
who uso thorii find thorn to bo famous
littlo liver pilla. Ncvor gripo.
l)r. E. Norton.
Believes in an Einp.iro.
Tho Commonor aaya ono of tho administration
organs in Chioago oritioiaos
Chanoollor Androwa of tho Nebraska
State univorsitv bnnausn ho Tiro
(liotcd tho ultimate disintegration of
tho British ornpiro. To seouro bouquots
from Republican papers, ono mast ad
vooato tho establishment of an ompiro
horo, rathor than auggoat tho disinteg
ration of ompires olsewhero.
Liko bad dollars, all oountorfoita o f
Dowitt's Witoh Hazol Salvo aro worthoaa.
Tho original quiokly cures piles,
sorca and all akin disoasos.
Dr. K. Norton.
Do Not Need It.
Tho pcoplo of Statoaboro, Ga., are
ycry much exorcised oyer tho proponed
building of another railroad to the town.
They havo actually hold a mass mooting
to protoat againat tho building of
tho road. They say that thoy havo
onough roada and do not want to bo
furthor burdened. Verily it ia an inatanoo
of having prosperity thrust upon
one. . , .
Caring for Animals.
A Philadelphia aooioty known as tho
Morris Uofugo Association for Homoleas
and Sufforing Animals spont flij858
in providing food and homes for
suoh last yoar. During tho yoar it
oarod for 21,810 oats 1,740 dogs, and
45 other animals. Tho oaro lostowcd
upon forty-fivo of tho animala was puling
thorn to doath in as painless a manner
as possible.
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d.
SOME PLAIN TALK
To Sixty four Legislator* Who Vot?d
for Free Paase*.
i no following plain talk rrotu Andor I
Hon Mail is commended to tho sixty- (
four moiubtrs of tho llouao of Kopro- i
sentatives who voted for froo passes.
Aud tho houso by a voto of 04 to
38 repealed tho auti-frco pass law!
Sixty fourmembers of tho houso want
tho railrtuls to givo thorn froo passes
whon tho Sia'o gives thorn !> oonts
a mile each way and thoy mako 2
cents of that clear, as tho railroad faro
is only 3 cents a uiilo, and if thoy
buy a mileage book it is only 24 oonts,
ho that thoy can m\ko half of it oloaf
Hut whatever it is tho Stato pays it
and tnoro too. and yot those <?4 want
froo passes. For what ? Tho railroads
arc willing to givo thom ? and why?
You plain peoplo who work on your
farrus and busiDoss men who stand in
your places of business day aftor day
ask yoursolvos why thoso railroads aro
willing to givo thoso froo passes and
then givo a plain, oonimon bo nee
answer to it. Do railroads do husinoss
for tho fun of tho thing? Do thoy not
expect roturns of somo sort for cvory
investment? And isn't tho giving of
frco passos an investment? And do
not tho railroads know that thoso leg
islators may have to pass on legislation
affecting railroads? And don't thoy
know that every legislator who aooopts
a free naHH from them in In that n*tonl
under an obligation toAhom? Thoy j
do not oall it bribory or an attbmpt to j
buy a uian'H iiMlucnoc or bin voto. Oh
no, thoy havo a nicer namo for it than
tbat. Thoy call it cxobanging oourtcsics.
"Courtesies" is a heap ploasanter
word and tbcro is uo unploasant odor
about it. Thoso legislators aro sent
thoro to roproHont tho intoresta of tho
pooplo and soino of .thoni have a heap
to fray about tho '/dear pooplo" and 1
"my pooplo" and tho pooplo pay them j
for their servicos, and not only pay
them by tho day but go farther and I
pay them a good allowanoo for travel- 1
ing expenses in tho shapo of miloago, j
and then thoy go and ask tho railroads
for froo paHHoa.
Why should a represontativo ask for ;
a freo pass? Can ho ho truo to tho
trust rcpOBed in him when an isauo is
joined botweon the pooplo and tho ;
railroads? Admit for tho eako of tho
argumont that he ean, then why should
ho put himself in a position to bo suspected'!'
A truo roprosontativo ought
ti bo liko Caesar's wife, abovo sua
pioion. Wo do not boliovo it is right
for legislators to accept froo passes for
tho roason as stated abovo that tho
railroads ox| oot a roturn of tho courtesy
and a legislator should koop himsoli
froo from any sort of obligation to
them?not in any spirit of hostility to !
them, hut to maintain attitudo of i
faimoss and impartiality.
When the Reform movement began
more than 10 yoars ago ono of its battlo
cri<s was "no froo passos," and when i
Coy. Tillman acooptcd froo pass No. 1
this editor oxooriatod him moroilossly
for aooopting it; and tho anti froo pass
law followed and has stood for 10
years, and wo havo no doubt that ninntenths
of tho pooplo today endorso it
yet. If, as tho faihor of tho bill, Mr.
opoars, said tno law is a rctlootion
upon tho integrity of tho public mon ot
tho Htato, what is to bo said of tho imod
who repeal tho law and aocopt free
passes? Tho antifroo pass law is no
moro a reflection upon any publio man
who proposes to do right than tho law
against laroony is a rcflootion upon
good oitizonfc who intond to do right.
Tho Mail hits tho nail on the. hoad
with cvory stroko.
Food for Thought.
Two years ago this mouth tho Philip- j
pi no war began. It has dost this republio
a quarter of a billion dollars, 3,500
liven and its so!f rcspoot to further the
selfish sohemos of promoters. During
theso two yoars wo had moro mon under
arms in tho I'hillippinos Washington
had during tho Devolution; more
uen than tho republic had under aims
during tho war of 1812; moro mon than
8 ott had whop ho invaded Mexico; moro
men than Shaftor had whon ho invaded
Cuba and compelled tho surrender of
Do Spanish forces, and moro mon than
Grant bad at any tiuioduring his Vioksburg
campaign. And yet it has boon impossible
to suhjugato a weak peoplo who
aro fired by a luvo of liberty. Thoro is
rnuoh in theso facta that demands the
oonniderMionof tho thoughtful. Tho
Commoner.
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NO. 30
NEARLY A BILLION.
Appropriation of this Station
Reach Almoat that Flgura.
T EN DOLLARS FOR EACH HEAD
Democrats Ataail tha Majority In
Congress on Account of tha
Reckless Expenditure
rf Public Monay.
Od Thursday tho Dcuioorata in Congress
oponed a goncral assault upon tha
oxtravaganoo of the present oongresi*.
Messrs Bel), of Colorado; Hiohardsco
of Tonncssco, and Coohran of Missouri,
in turn mado spceohos, Messrs
Cannon, of Illinois and Moddy of Massachusetts,
defondod tho record of Congress
in tho matter of appropriatioas.
Kiftoen of 134 pages of tho bill were
disposed of.
Mr. Boll of Colorado, a momber of
tho appropriation oomuiitteo produced
figures to show that in a singlo dooadc
tho por capita cost of carrying on the
governmental machinery had increased
from $4 75 to over $10. The speeoh
was interrupted to permit tho counting
of tho olcotoral votos and was concluded
immediately after that ooromony.
Mr. Coohran of Missouri doolarod
tho total appropriations for the next
yea;, if reokonod in gold would exgeed
tho appropriations in 1804 whon the
Federal govornmont had 1,200 ships
on tho soa maintaining a blookade from
Galveston to tho Chosapeako, and
1.000 000 mnn nn land nntraard In iV>?
tho tremendous military enterprise in
moat history of tho ago.
'Talk about progress and Christianity,"
ho oontinucd "if progress and
obristisnity moan marohing under many
tligfl of plundorom and tho swords of
christian toldiors dripping in tho blood
of plundorod pcoplo, it is tirao to quit
or iling away tho iuasqtirado and say
"Progress has turned frcobootor obristianity
(dumber* and (Jod is doad."
(Hcmooratio applauso.)
Mr. Hiohardson of Tonnesso*, tho
minority loader, said- tho total appro*
priatiouH at thin session would reach
1800,000,000. Four year* ago when
Provident MoKinloy's administration
began, tho annual appropriations wore
about $170,000,000 Ho oonoodod that
tho appropriations would naturally incroaso
ovory yoar, but why, ho asked
this prodigious inoroaco of over $300,000,000.
Tho war had been ovor two years
and oould not bo charged with theso inoroases
for tho tnoroascs wero not oonftnod
tc tho army and uavy appropriation
billB. Thoro was an increase in
ovory ono of tho appropriation ? Ms.
Mr. hiohardnoB roforrod to tho apEropriation
for tho Mow York onstom
ouso as an item that oould havo been
omittod.
Officers Galoro.
Tho now army bill providos for about
oloven hundrod officers running from
major-gonoral down to Rcoond lieutenant.
Theso aro lifo positions and there
will bo a forarablo for them. If they
! aro Jndioiously distributed a oonsidorI
ablo sentiment will uc created in favor
| f\ f A laran m 1111 a V n AalaklUUmAM*
va ? -*r>VJ rmawiiDULUUUU
Army offioora aro, as a rule, naon of intolligenoo
and havo influential family
oonneotion, and the advantages wbioh
they derive from tho system oan be
oasily soon. The burdens of a large
standing army arc, howuvor, distributed
among ail tho people, and aro not so
easily disoorned. Tho fow who are
bnncflttod are aggressivo while the burden
boarors are unorganized. It is not
strange, therefcro, Luat tho people find
it difficult to keep a standing army
within bounde.?Tho Commoner.
A Poor Trader.
The Washington Post says the
government will novor get rioh by engaging
in tho ship brokerago business.
At tho beginning of tho war with Bpain
it paid $1,292,000 for fivo vessels which
woro offorcd by privato patriots. Sinoo
then it has been ablo to sell these same
ships fortho sum of $710,900. A simple
arithmetical prooess shows Unele 8am
to bo tho loBor to tho extent of $682,I
000 It may be that the gontlmenwho
did the purohasing for the government
wcro altogether too anxious and overestimated
our dinger.
tW BEMBTHa;
ial Change In Marketing Methods
AppiiM to sewing Wachinc$?" i
pM pliti under which you ram ofctaJk ^
> and hotter madtim in Xh? pmrefeeto of ?
"iron "WhlW S* vtioj Machine MM* ?
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