Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HE KNEW A GOOD THING. Found It a Puylng Enterprise and Kept It Vp. / Rusfttan grand duke, finding hlniKeh! with a tew days to spare In Paris, we* one evening to the theater, and being a person of I Importance, thought himself bound | to . \ 1 ;t b"C7 i .> tv i' r ; 1 actress, says 11 Uise. A mouth aitet- i ward, being In the same apartments, j his servant announced that a lady wished to see hitn. Going to the room he found an uuknowu lady betora him. "I am afraid your highness does not recognize me," she said. "1 am Marlqulta, a>i actress, and I hav? A 'icomo to thank you tor your kind at^reiiUons." "I recognize you now, tnadam,' replied tho duke, "but l think yon arc mistaken. I only sent you ona bouquet." "Hut It was- your servant who K*. * A uiw.isui mem each evening," sii > B:ii a. Accordingly tho aejvnnt we * called, end eventually, with much confusion, he said to his roaster: "When I took the first bouquet your highness, tho lady gave mo u tii> of Ave francs, and as the bouquet cost, only forty sous I inado three francs over it.. So 1 repeated tho performanco, with the same result each time. I pray your highness' pardon." No Politician. Politician?You don't seora to take much interest In politics. Citizen?No; I have to work *or very dollar I get.?Chicago Nov o. What He Was Afraid Of. v The late Charles llodson, Chief Clerk of the American Embassy lu London, served under eight American Ministers?under Lowell, Welsh. Bayard, Hay and no on. "Mr. Hudson," said a Now York Importer, according to an exchange "became an intimate friend of Lowell's during the poets' Incumbency. Ho had all Lowell's books with a .'ograph inscriptions, and lie wo ihl narrate many stories of Lowell a quick wit. "At a dinner I ones heard him nay that Ivowell was travelling on a Mediterranean steamer when a shabby old musician took out a fiddle one evening after dinner and prepared to make a few pennies by playing a tuno or two. "A little American girl stood basido M~. Lowell. Watching the musician, she said; " 'Why does he put a handkerchief under his chin lix* that vrfc.vr. ho plays? Is he afraid of soiling liis collar?' " >10, my dear," said Mr. Lowell. 'He la afraid of soiling his violin.' " Kiipw thn Difference. A certain major general la tfc d British Army took a great interest In the subject of compulsory education, and would frequently pay a visit to tlio rillage school, which was situated near liis country seat. One day he had been giving thei 1 a brief sketch of the lines of sorr.o famous generals. "Boys," h? concluded, "you a'l know the great George Washington was a general. Perhaps ;,<?.? a so know T am a general. Now, can any ono tell mo the difference between George Washington and myself?" "I know, air," answered a youngster at. the back of the room. '"Well, what is the difference.' Speak up, my lad," said the general. "George Washington couldn't te 1 a lie, sir," shouted the hoy in exultant tones. t It Happens Every Night. Ai A Vim Antl rtf ntiA n f t h? KA?.iinn# of the world's conventions of the Women's Christian Tempera nc? union in Boston, Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens condemned the habit that so many men have of going out. between tho acts at the theater. "I am in hearty sympathy," sai l Mrs. Stevens, "with a woman whose husband saLd heartily to her, at the end of an interesting drama: " 'Jove, what a play! I don't believe there was a dry eye in the house when the curtain went down on the third act,' " 'No,' said the lady, bitterly; 'but there seemed to be tho usual number of dry throats.'-" Ves, Indeed. Anxious Houso'coeper?I'j is too , aggravating that those miserable hens always fay the least when eggs are so dear.?Berliner Illustierte ^ Zeitung. is WmM- \ STUDKNT DlS^l'LINUD Bwrtvsf He Whs Too Fresli With ' Wni. J. Bryan. Because he w as altogether tofresh i with William Jernirgs B?>an, when 1 the orator was in Ann Arhor last 1 v ccl to deliver a lectine. Gu> C. Marshand, of Alliance, Ind., was mercilessly hammered by a party of fifty students late Saturday night. Among other torments meted out to him was the slipping, one at a time, of a half a ease of spoiled eggs down the back of his shirt and breaking them against his booy. The pnnishn ent was brought about by one of the most amazing piece of freshman nerve that v\ asevCr exhibited in Michigan- University. When Mr. Bryan lectured there, it was arranged for him to attend a banquet given by the Ann Arbor Dt mocrats at the airnory dow n tow n after the lecture. A carriage wa? ordered, and Profs. Bogle and Bunker, of the law dei artment were delegated by by the faculty, and the Students' Leeure Association, to athim from the lecture to the banquet tall. As Mr. Bryan completed his talk Marshand, w ho had no official connection w ith the ceremony, approached him, seized hia arm and rushed him to his carriage. He opened the door and climbed in after him, closed the door, and ordered the cabman to drive to the banquet hall. The two professors were more than mildly embarrased when they saw their charge escape them. Only ^professional dignity kept them w ithin the boundaries of decorum. They climbed ignomiouslv on a street car and followed. At the banquet hall Marshand still maintained his mastery of the situation. He introdnced Bryan to all the Ann Arbor leading Democrats and many of his freshman friends. A party of senior law students captured Marshand and took him out ro Ferry Field where he was "disciplined." Com? and See Vs. Some of our up-country friends seem determined to make it appear that this section of the State is a barren waste, with few inhabitants and little or no money-making enterpris es, In discussing the Public Service Corporation the Newberry News and Herald says it is a movement in the right direction, and we believe that the time is not far distant when this up-country especially, will be con| needed by a net work of trolley railroads." The news and Herald then goes on to say: We have never been able to see, however, the wisdom or the good business judgment of this corporation when it proposed to build from Charleston to Orangeburg. It seems to us that this is startling at the wrong end. In the first place, there is not the population that would use a road of this kind to warrant the one that is proposed to be built from Charleston to Orangeburg. It is different in the Piedmont section, where are numerous cotton millsand quite a number of centers ef population. which would use the roj>r! if it were built in this section." Our cotemporary is altogether mistaken about this section. In the first place it is a very thickly populated. It is true a large proportion of the population are negroes, but it is a notorious fact that negroes are great patronizers of railroads. They spend more money on the railroads than white people do as a general thing. One seldom ever rides on the trains that he does not find them crowded with negroes. At least that has been our experience. In the second place this section of the State produces a larger per centage of the cotton and other produce, all of which requires! railroads to get it to market. In the j third nlace our merchants sells lots! ! of goods, which have to be brought 1 to them over railroads. By a little investigation our contemporary would find that this is . not the kind of section it thinks it ! is. Lands here today are worth as much if not more than they are in the Piedmont tection. When incomes to making money no section surpasses this in opportunities. One of the half dozen millionaires in South Car\ olina made his money in the city of Orangeburg. Wre only mention this to call attention to the fact that this section of the State has just as good advantages as other sections for the thrifty, enterprising business man. This could not possibly be the case if it was the kind of countrv some of | our contempories claim it to be. The ; Herald and News ought to know better, and we hereby extend an invitation to our friend, Editor Aull, to come down and spend a week with us, and we will show him some of the be>t sections of South Carolina. Where the people are t? ickly settled, contented aftd happy. Then he could understand why the Public Service Corporation people want to run their road through this section.?The Orangeburg Times and Democrat. The national political pot begins to simmer, and the two great political parties are on the lookout for a candidate who will win. Hryan will lead the Democracy, and if the party is united, he will be elected. It is said the oat crop is in bad condition. The insects are doing t great df vnsge. LIFE ON MONT BLANC. Scientific Observers as Badly Off There as Arctic Explorers. Life in the observatory on the summit of Mont Blanc is even frostier than on an arctic expedition. The observatory was four 'ed by Pierre sen, tie French pn>sici?t, in u. '?, And since the tirst ascent of the mountain iu 1786 a temperature ahovo freozlug was never recorded there until 190$, when for a few minutes a temperature of two degrees ceutl;rade? or about 06 degrees Fahrenheit, was observed. Tho observatory is generally occupied trom about tho beginning of Juno to the slid of September. Theao x.re the utmost limits,at which men ftould live there. The work is both astronomical ai d meteorological. One ot the greatest rtruwoacas to tha work is the stream of ^ourists iu fuly and August, who expect to have evciything shown to the.u regurdieau of tho loss of time to the men of science, (Pne of the?e, W. dc Fouvlelle, in a rocout account of the work 011 the mountain top dwells on the courage that it takes to si end weeks and months amid the monotony of 'he saowhelds and glaciers. The memtal doprosaion is all the harder to light on account of the physical conditions, to which it is very difficult U) bocoiuo accustomed. At that elevation human beings are tortured by an unceaslug thirst, duo to the rapid evaporation of uiolaturo from the body. On the other hand, the appetite almost entirely disappears. At first all the system can stand la a few glasses of warm tea dally, with plonty of sugar and pulvorlzod milk in it. Recourse to alcohol is absolutely forbiddon. Spirits of all sorts aro found to be exceedingly harmful. When the men begin to get acclimated, a diet pricipally made up ?f moat is found to be best. The u tt Is carried up from Chamounlx ;cml frozen iu order to Insure Its preservation. It is stored in the collar of the olv sorvatory, whore the temperature ranges from 12 to 15 degrees Fahrenheit. Cuunod or preserved meat is never used. It is found to be too trying to the digestive powers iu that region. Tho moat Is for the most part boiled. Gaien vegetables aro eaten with it to prevent scurvy or similar disorders. The process of cooking is far more tedious than at. ordinary levels. As water boils far below 212 dogroes,. it takes four or five times as mucu noilIng to render the fotni tit to be oaten as it. does In ordinary places. The acientiilc men who spend their summers at the observatory have to live in Arctic clothing. They spend day and night iu au atiuospaoro a. /,mg point. It is true that the building is waruiod with flres of coai and wood. But it is only warmed J2 degrees Kali - uhoit. The moisture from thy breath of the inhabitants condenses on tho walls in a thin coating ci . e, and icicles depend from Hie ceilings and beams an lintels. Whou it a little too warm the ice molts and there is a veritable rainfall in every room. Tho observers gradually learn to be comfortable at 32 degree**. They tane off their gloves to handle tbo more delicate instruments. They sloop in bags and keep their health. When thojr go home fer the winter 'hey don't fuel the cold. Their scieutifiu work is, besides, generally rocogn./.CHl an compensation for a.i they endure to accomplish it. Vnlue of Nutria. Nutria fur crimen from a little animal waleh makes bis home on the banks of the iliver de la Plata in South America. The climate and lo? cation suit him so well that ho has nesor heon found In any other locality. He la equally at home In the water or ashore, being provided by nature with rtouh-ils set very high, so that ho caa swim with just the tip of his nose out of tho water. The old lady Nutria swims around with live or six young ones on her back, tho rest of her anti-race-suicide family tagging along aa host they may. Nutria holdi the samo position among tho hunters' furs as gold does among tho meiala or silk among fabrics.?Hatrnan. Shooting the Whale. The Norwegian whale llshories oxtend over nearly the whole oi the Arctic Sea, from the north of Norway to ward Spitsbergen and even to the Shetland Islands. The whales are shot from small steamers, the implement used being the so-called bomb harpoon, an arrow shaped iron spear furnished with a line, which is discharged from A rrnall cannon. The whale often drags the vessel a long distance until it becomes exhausted and expires. it is then towed to the anchorage, where it 13 stripped of the blubber. This whale fishery was begun by a well known Norwegian, Svend Foyn, In 1868. While only thirty wha!e3 were killed in the first year. 1,080 whales were taken In 1807, when ?>13 men were engaged on twenty-five steamers. At lirnt only the blubber was utilized for train oil; now the ijonns are crushed for manure and the ilosh is used for fodder. SURGERY FOR CHAMPAGNE. Faults of Secondary Fermentation Cor? rected by Inoculation. Surrory for champagne frs the latest dov olopuieut in the edort to keep the ? >ui ply of sparkling wine of fair quality up to ti e demand. It is different t .. "di ' thy old vulpar prorh. It it, ue.M noed as suigiLdl and ilffolutely scicntlilc. It i3 applied during the supplementary stage of fermentation, after the fine Is bottled. The wine is said to . h* "tin the laths," owing to the peel u* wny In which the bottles a to .ilcil in the cellars of the wine grovv"8 The fermentation hn3 already deep pel a considerable amount of carlo., in add and the pressure Inside tho ajtt'e is ten or twelve pounds to the :oh. Tho problem is to introduce liemieal a;,euts into the bottles in 'tacr to correct any defects that may i ?e found as sample bottles arc opened .or tor ting. It lias long been recognized that if j ar.nic acid, alcohol, sugar or a varlly of other matters could bo introiuced at this stage many faults such ?s muddiuess, over acidity or over wee I oss could bo corrected, but as vp? uing the bottles Involves losing H the gas and spoiling the wine the manufacturers have hitherto had to stand put and let nature take its ourse. The now invention consits in driving through the cork a long, strong needle, hollow from near the point te its head?in fact, a longer and Hrongcr hypodermic needle such a* doctors use, similarly equipped at itu upper end with a tiny stopcock and rig ;rd to a syringe. The syringe contains the modicine that the wiuo ;ioe<is to make ii sound in properly u. .aired doses. When the apertur i in ii.o uoodlu gets clear Of tlie con; on the inside ilie stopcock is opened and pressure is applied to the syringe. It is all over in a second. The aeodlc is withdrawn and for temporary purposes the elasticity of the cork closes the tiny wounds. Bill in order to make it absolutely airtight while the syringe man passes on to another bottle a second operator luserts in the pinhole of the medicated bottle a tiny silver of wood, thinner than a toothpick and saturated with puralllne. Com;"> Hunto. How many.sportsmen of the northeastern states know the exact meanin?? of the term "camp hunt," commonly used In tly southern and southwestern states? Very few, If any, although it may readily, and more or loss accurately, be thought to be a combined camp and hunt, says Forest* and Stream. A camp hunt cauaot be described in general terms, and 1 myself would appreciate it if some reader would contribute what knowledge he may have bearing on llio origin of this method of obtaining outdoor recreation. It may be said, howevor, that one form of camp heat is as follows: A nartv of m?.n *S:oa as time and place for an <>utug iu company. Servauta are sent ;o the spot designated with tents and all supplies, aail a day or two later the spoilsmen themselves drive to the place, fully equipped for shooting or fishing. When not actually employed in olther they lake their ease while the servants do the rest. Wnions, ?l>oata, or evon small steamjo vis are employed in transporting fie-i and baggage to and from the "an p ground. Another form of camp hunt, like Llie alxive In respect to the social side, is orpanl/.od with a view to economy as well?economy of both time and lash. Several persons?perhaps families?combine. Perhaps a man to ook and watch camp is employed, in order that the sportsmen need not .raato time during tho short days cf autumn in the camp. n .. 11 .. i - r?- vi - i 1^' uuiiuis u j INOI fierce. A Milanese barrister, Signor Amnio Buccl, lias invented a flexible fabric, somewhat resembling leather, which no bullet or hard steel in runout is able to pierce. Signor Hucei made a tour around a large square in done with a motor car, the tires of which had been covered with the "abrie. Nails of largo dimensions /ore stuck in the ground, point upward, and the car passed over them without, dam aging the rubber fires. Later on the inventor called on the Minister of Mirine, who personally x] crimen tod fin a piece of the fabric, r' Hi i;e unsuccessfully tried to per ;;e by llrir.g several revolver shots it it. Painters' Colic The paint(*rs and decorators were >t work in the dining room, and tho <.;ood housewife was anxiously sputering about, giving orders as to how hlr. and that should bo done. One of ho "artists" was telling about his ,.tock ot painters' colic when she aid: "I should think you would get ick- Why don't you keep your .nouth closed while you work?" ritih. missis," replied the man, "I'd ';!.o to know what kind o* paint'r ou'd make. You'd be dead wi: \ J die. inside of a year; your mouth Is , < n all tho while." The rest ot' tho ?h was finished lu silence.--New /ork Press. The most cxten dve cemetery In the Id is that of Rome, In which over O.COO human beings have been i hurled. t I i 1 BEES AND MATHEMATICS. Winged Workers Skilled in Practical Use of Numbers. The construction of geometrically pe. feet cells Is not the only mathematical operation performed by been, according to Abraham Nctter. wlu read an interesting mper on the subject before the Paris Acndeniy cf Science. The Kevue Sclenilflque report* that he t/ougbt out the following facts: "Not only Is the construction of the cells carried on by mathematical rule, but many other operations of the insects also; for instance, the colie. lion of the maximum amount of honey In the maximum time, an 1 1:0 envision of the workers among the plants proportionately to the numhe r of pi mts of the same species. In the hives tne uunibor of bees engaged in vent Math 1 is almost rigorously proportional to the daily incre.ue of weight of honey, etc. Facts of this order relate to arithmetical proportions, while tbos? having to do with cell building relate to the geometrical rations." M. Netter is of the opinion, however, in spite of this show of apparent intelligence 011 the pait of tb? Lees, that all their movements, without exception, are of the nature cf reflexes; that is, \ rformed wltl oi t conscious action, just as wi1 close our eyes instinctively when a motion 13 made toward them. The Earth's Development. The hypothesis of world development from spiral nebulae, whiflf-was widely discussed al>out twenty year? ngo, but which of late years has been seriously questioned, has boon strengthened somewhat re ntly by the explanation *tlAit worlds ;ir? formed not by the condensation ol :ings gradually solidified fn m tenuous nebulae, but rather by .great masses thrown oft or tie tat h d from the parent mass of a nebula, by th centrifugal force of the rotation.' Photographs of nebulae disclose s:fch masses in process of detachment, an J most astronomers are now inclined ti A the belief that this is the wjy in which planetary bodies have I vui formed. The heavens show thouseud3 of Sninftl nebiilc.e whlfh nt-o uvlrtonMv tn a state of rotation in central nuclei, and which indicate that they will probably bo consolidated into sunand solar systems similar to our own. Expense of Snow in London. A snowstorm In I ondon Involve!) the expenditure of a big fortune to rostoro the streets to anything like n passable condition. After the snow-1 storm of .Jnnuary, 1805, which approximates to the prevent visitation, Nisbet Blair, the surveyor of St. Ianeras, staled that his authority expended JL 2,471! on snow removal. There are twfenty-oight boroughs in London, and, taking St. Bancros as an aver < ,?'' sized borough, tlit; total expenditure would lie close upon ?70,000. This sum makes no provision for the City of I ondon, and the total cannot fail far short of ? 100,000. Half an hour's rainfall at th>s stage would he worth its weight in gold?provided, of course, that Jl was not immpilisitiUv iv>: Inwmi i.i> > frost. Agility of Hares and Rabbit?. Interesting figures of the relative agility of hares and rabbits are given In a recent volume by J. Q. Mil laid. "When running at ease," he says, "the length of the hare's stride is about four feet, but under conditions ot fear its leaps extend to ten and twelve feet, while some authors claim that It can jump fen ditches 20 to lie foot in width. Perpendicularly a bancan jump on to a five foot wall, but seems to be nonplussed by one of about six feet. The stride of the rabbit Is about two feet n< n/.antaliy. About tbree feet is the highest that a rabbit can attain to even when helped by the asperities of a stone wail." Work of Electr'c.ia-3. The electricians of hite have been making some must ihtere.u ins experiments In the matter of high-tension electricity, using only a very high voltage storage battery and a system of condensers. The apparatus gave out a four-foot spark. Nothing could insulate it, not oven a vacuum tube, ft proved satisfactorily the futility of endeavoring to insulate a lightningrod. The great spark represent* d over a million of volts tension. For a lightning flash a mile long this ratio would give something like a thousand million of volts. The experiments are of special interest, as the absence of an induction coil enables the voltage to be more accural' estimated. Shoemakers ac ... Men. Germany's now is captain of Koepenlck come ' a calling which lias given thr I some very great men. Orm : ' rity as erts that the mfttort?' I. iOii^rn r.v(.<.r.lliin..l brain" bat their attitude when sto' 11. . over their work tends to a era . development in tlie part wlieie , intellectual faculties are seated. nue one has written a hook on Illustrious shoemakers. In it are hlr Cloudesley Shovel. Clifford the T< rrible, Bloomfleld, author of the wellknown "Farmer's Hoy," Carey, the Orientalist, Admiral Myngs, George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends; John Kltto, the Biblical scholar; Sturgeon, the electrician. The list of illustrious shoemakers runs into scores. TWKMi; CADKTS KXPULLED I'om the ' i<iol Academy for Going Without I^*?vo. Twelve .'.dots of the South Carona Miliary Academy at Charleston >ft t' t institution or.o night last eek iid will not return. On acount of the re orts of "breaking arrlson" orders ue<e read Jit retreat making serious chuigtb against three of the cadets. , it was said that the suspicions ol the commandant being aroused, an investigation vns held and contradictory statements were made. The three boys under charges left tho academy and later nine others, also wont, out through ji side entrance. W hen they came hack they were inforined that one hour would be given them for securing their haggjigo. Tho cadets are from Greenville, Columbia, Charlotte and St. Matthews. No Information would bo given out by the superlntendant or commandant further thun the fact that a number of cadets b i "broken garrison" in 21 manner t<? procludo all possibility of their n turning. Ml MJONAIUU St lt lDKH. W. A. I'mrtor, of <'IneiMimtt 1, Sends ? Mullet Through His I tea >. Win. A. Proctor, president < f tho Proctor & Gamble Company, and son of one of the firm's 'oumlers died Thursday afternoon from ji ballot wound, self-inflicted, at his homo in Glendale, a surhurh, of Cinclnnafcti. Ohio. When jinnouncomnt was made of his death it was stated that death resulted suddenly and it did not develop till some hours Ijiter that ho had shot himself in the head while silcnn iii th?? bathroom. Mr. Proctor was widely Known in business circles and was a prominent layman in the Protestant t'hnreh, It) the Institutions of which ho was a liberal giver. 11 is wealth was estimated at many millions, most of which had been jnade by himself. Ho was noted for the co-operative scheme for a division of profit with employees, wliicU lie had designed for his company. OCTIIAMK iTv SAILOItH From the lulled States battleship < 'onnect icut at Norfolk One hundred soldiers from the U. S. battleship Connecticut, lying in Hampton Itonds, while en route from Wil lough by Spit to Fort Monroe, on the Norfolk and Portsmouth Traction company's steamer Ocean View, Friday without apparent cause, took charge of the steamer and put tho crew completely to rout. The sailors broke out window lights, broke down doors, smashed t.ie glass in tho .rames containing the boats government & licenses, sent the cooks from the gallery, poured out all the provisions aboard tho steamer, and dumped on dock tho lire n the kitchen stove, turned steam on the lire extinguisher in Llio lamp, room, and did other damage. The officers and crew wore power i<si b, and tii" sailors, as soon as tho sleainor landed at Fort Monro#*, Jumped to the pier and hurried to the battleship Couneticut. CI<10A Its Ol'T SCHOOL. A Hull l>og linn III And Pupils Has Out. A bull dog darted into the Ashland Public School, at IOast Oraage, M. J., barking and snapping, and in five minutes had several classrooms cleared oi pupils. The children screamed so loudly that householders of the vicinity ran from their homes, and Policeman Post rushed Into the school. Me captured the dog, hut not before it had bitten a little girl. The police cannot find the owner of tin* dog, which wore an expensive collar and evidently of good breed. Should the owner be found ho will be fined .and caused to pay the doctor i?i 11 incident to the girl's treatment. A Sale Prediction. % 'Within fixe years wo shall have war with Japan, 1 measure my words when I make the prediction. Our interest in the Pacific conflict and our wealth is alluring to the Japanese, who have gained their estimate of the white race from the Russians. We are totally unprepared far such a struggle." Thus says Hudson Maxim, one of the greatest inventors of war machines. He is also of the opinion that the Japanese could land two hundred thousand men on the Racific Coast and get them as far as the Rockies before we could check them. What is the remedy? Why, says Mr. Maxim, the United States shouhl spend two hundred million dollars to equip a fleet in the facie as large as Japan's. We believe that the first prediction is a safe one. We predicted about the same thing when the Japs and Russians were fighting, and wo are surer of it now than we were then, The Japanese think they can whip any people on the free of the earth, and just os soon as they recuperate from their hut war they will undertake to drmons! tu?4 _ ... * c %*uv viiao foolish n; tion, and the f.rst power they will attack will be the United States. If a wo" an goes out of town for lunch it'; a house party, I The one thing a woman can't understand about a man is the way he J will throw away money on useful things.