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_THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL VOL 9.---NO. 23. PICKENS S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1899. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. DRAINING OF SWAMP LANDS. T H E TA l'E FARMS, The Crope Make a Good Appearance and the Faarins are Well Managed. The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier writes as follows : The State of South Carolina has an immense farm in Kershaw and Sumter . counties. Altogether the Reed and DeSaussure farms, before they becilme known as State farms, contained 1,700 and 2,500 acres respectively. They are almost ideal farms, rich in soll, open in area add level &or this section of the State. Years ago when the State had a congestion of convicts in thie Peni tentiary, and when the General As sembly protested against the continu ance of the use of convicts on railroad and phosphate contracts, the prison authorities had to cast about to find a place where the convicts could be used to advantage. It was in this way that the State came to buy these farms. -It was to find out by actual observa tion how the farms were operated, what work had been done, and what, it anything, was in the various reports that had come to their attention that the special Legislative committee, charged with investigating the atairs of the Penitentiary, visited the State farms. One mightrsuppose coming to the State farms was something of an excursion, or intended to be. To 'got up in the morning in time to catch a 6.45 train may be fun for some folks ; it may . be delightful for some to spend three hours at Kingsville to catch a train going by the State farm ; it may be the acme of pleasure to ride from the station to the farm in open wagons in the broiling hot sun. and it may be pleasurable to have no idea aa to when and how a stranger can get away from here, but- such are the oonditions which those who came here today en countered. It was, however, largely a matte of observation. The committee had its eyes, open, and took in the situation as it went along the road. Of course there was no time to-go over the 700 acres of cotton, or the thousaad acres of corn, or the 350 acres of oats or 50 of wheat, but .the members could look to the right or loft, and see for acres on all sides flourishing crops, for it is certain that whatever the records may show of the past, there is a magnificent farm here, that has been improved up to a high degree of perfection, and which is now under a high state of cultivation. There are really two farms, one known as the iDSaussure, which is under Mr. W. It. Gardner, and the other as the Reed farm, under Mr. Jesse I. Morris. I t is not a question for the committee or for this corres pondent to figure on the money-making capacity of such an extensive farm, but if these farms do not make money they ought to. The two farms together are what might be called a 64-horse farm, and there arc 135 convicts here who do the work. This force is supplemented with free labor, whenever it does not conflict with the local farm interests. They say over here that it is questionable whether convict labor is cheaper than free'labor. Foreman Magillsays a con vict can be well fed for 10 or 15 cents a day, and .that seems to he cheap enough, but they gay the cost comes in the clothing and,the guard hire. The con tention is that a free laborer on an average makes oniy a living, and with convicts the additional labor obtained hardly makes up for the cost of the guards. It will be interesting to watch the developments of Capt. Grillith's ac counts for he is going to kee> an exact debt and credit account. The direc tors say that last year's farm operations were not-' profitable, as it was a bad year, bivt the year before the farms were quite ps ofitable. There are seventy odd convicts work ing on the DeSaussure farm, and the members of the committee went out to see them get their dinner. It was a simple meal,. but about as good as the men were accustoribd tb, if not better. These men have to be well fed to keep up undere fthis heat and do the expected work. The starff correspondent of The State, who went with the investigating com mittee, writes as follows in regard to the Impression made by an inspection of the State farms:. 'fhe drive around the farms showed us how great a plantation the State of South Carolina is managing. The general formation of the two farms is level, aid the soil is sandy. However, as you near the bottoms of the Wa teree there is an occasional ridge of red clay. Along the river banks the soil is alluvial. A part of this is cam posed of clay mixed with sand and mica. On such lands most magnificent crops are raised without much trouble. But a gr-eat part of the bottom land is of a clay which is of a most obstin ate nature. Ini wet weather- It is very moist., and in dry weather the soil has the consistency of mortar and the toughness of brick. This is a 'wonderful eight-the bot toms of the Wateree. The State farm is here nearly a. mile wide and about two and a hal( miles long. It is aill one vast, level clearing. There arc no intervening hillocks or patches of tim ber growth, but all of this land is under cultivation. The ingenuity of man has overcome, to t4omoe degree at least, the flood of the river, and great dikes or dams protect the crops. These dikres com pletely surround the bottom lands, which are oval In shape, and the dikes were built at much labor and expense. The lands which they encircle are - low 'and naturally moist and crops planted in the -early spring, are, as a rule, unable to eoeome the dlampness which conmes. up from the river, but when corn o' -cotton is planted in May the yielid is wonderful. The two farms comprise about 4,000 acres. About 2,500 acres of this is river bottom land under cultivation. The DoSaussure farm contains 1,700 acres and the Reed farm 2,500 acres. As to whether the managemontof these farms is profitable is for the legislat've investigating committee to say ; as to whether it is expedient to employ con vict labor in this way is for the future to decide. The present crop year has opposed many obstacles in the way of good re turns. The very heavy frnshets of the spring broke the dikes, and the - be tom lands wore flonded until about ti middle of April. These dikes averag about seven feet in height and 15 fec in thickness. It was with much lab< that the breaks were repaired. When the soil was dry en~ugh f< plowing, the alluvial clay broke up int clods which offered much resistance i to the growth of grain and cotton, bu on the higher, sandy ridges the pro pects are tine. The drought which ha affected Columbia did not extend 1 the State farm, for some of the bottoi lands there give evidence of heav rains recently, and the crops ar drowned in many spots. The new managers will as soon a "the crops are laid by" begin t strengthen the dikes against the fresh ets next spring, and hope to have n exasperating overilows delaying th planting and the growth of the crop next year. Despite all dlsadvantage, for the new managers did not tak charge until March 15th, and no plant Ing had then been done, they expect rich harvest this fall. Along the banks of the river on th dikes which intersect the farm alon, the water courses will be found sprout of apple trees, planted about 30 fee apart. These sprouts are thrifty an may in a few years be a source of re7 enue to the State. Twice a year the accumulation c weeds and driftwood is removed fror the dikes. At such times a number o rattlesnakes are killed. Across th river from the farms is a stretch o swamp and virgin forest. The swamp abound in game-wild turkey, gra; fox, wild cat, and a few deer. Up Oh river a few miles are great game pro serves controlled by Northern winte visitors through the agency of Mr Allen Boykin, who entertains witli lavish hospitality, as do all of the goo< people of this section of plantation and game preserves. While the crops on the State farn are lookingr well indeed, for the com monwealth is able to afford the labor necessary to make grain and cottor thrive, still the adjoining uplandi show a hardy growth of cotton and corn, mre especially the former Such farmers as the Sanders, the Bay kins and others, sons of a long line o planters, are by their hidustry and pluck making their estates as profit able, or nearly so, as the great stretcl of farm lands owned by the State o South Carolina. Mr. Morris, manager of the Reed farm, is a native and former successfu farmer of Marlboro. Mr. Gardner hat for many years made splendid crops iv Kershaw, near the place of his presen1 employment. Between the two farm: there is generous rivalry from manager to " line hand," and from this good of. fects may be expected. The DoSaussure farm works about 61 aonvicts and the Reed estates about 50 Apart from the homes of the managers the stockades and the saw mill, there are no buildings on the farm except H few weathter shads on that vast expanse of miles and miles of bottom land Lime and other disinfectants and puri. fying agencies are used freely. The stockades glisten with freshly applied whitewash. The mammoth threshing machin was one of the most interesting sights on the farm. The small grain crop hats been encouraging. This thresher is said to be the largest in the State, and has a machine which measures the numbers of bushels of grain produced This will or ought to, eliminate thosc troublesome estimates. The farm also has its own saw mill and gins. There are herds of swine and fhcks of sheep, and herds of cattle. These magnificent plantations-a composite photograpb-are almost i. spiring in their extent, in their devel opmnent, in their fertility. Here are broad acres of .stubble land and th< sheaves of grain leaning their heads confidinlgy ; there the stalwart corn stretches over the bottoms, wearying the eye to watch the erratic course 0i its roughly detined boundaries ; ani there the crap that perplexes th< smallest farmer, that worries the great ost manip~ulator of stocks and ex changes-cotton. Cotton, cotton, cot ton ! Sdvcn hundred acres of cotton Green and tender, well fruited, and tempting the boll worm and the scald, as the fleecy staple tempts the robbei barons of Wall street. A visit to the State farms forces ont thought, prominent above all the rest Will the day ever come when the ricd bottom lands of South Carolina will ha saved from the floods of the rivers ai the State farms have been reclaimc( by the dike and dam from the Wateree D)EA'rH oir a VIGNIGRIAHslE LA1)y. A correspondent of the New Yori. Times, writing from Kenosha, Wis. says: The death of Mrs. Maria R1am say lBacot, aged 80 years, and widov of Richard Walnwright Bacot, is anx nounced. She was born in Charleston 8. C. In 1838 she married Mr. Blacot and in 18741, her husband having died came to Kenosha to be with her bro ther, the R~ev. Lucien Lance. Mrs Bacot's father, Win. Lanco,5was a law yer of Charleston. He married Misa Fraiser of IBordentown, N. J. The Missea IFrascr kept a school in that city There Lucien C. Murat, who taughi Wrench, married one of the Mlssei Fraser. When the Bonapartes wert restored Lucien Murat, a son of Caro line, sister of the great Emxperor, re turned to tFrance with his Americax wife and lived in a chateau-noar Paris Mrs. Bacot visited thenm and spen one winter in Paris, being conspicuoui at the Court of Napoleon Ill. Mrs IBacot remembered distinctly L~alay otte's visit to this country. She was little girl and was held up lin he nurse's arms to get a look at the fa mous man. William Makepeace Thaickeray vis ited her father's house and she re membered him clearly. The Biaco family belonged to the Hiuguenots an' came from Tours, France, among th early refugees to this country. 'rho settled in Charleston and for mnor than a hundred years the B~acot mar sion was a landmark in the city. Mie Bacot, the only surviving child, is member of the Bluguenot society. --Electricity has supplanted stoat on the railroad from Milan to Monzs the oldest railroad in Italy, opened fa trafile in 1840. Storage batteries ar used, the electricity belng obtaine from the turbines en the Adda at Pai onon. t- A YALLER DOG IS VALUABILE. o TAXED AS PEtSONAL PROPERLTY r The Supreme Vouct Holda that Owners or Dogs Are Entitledt to r Have Thomi Protected f'rom Thieves. The State supreme court in the case 10 of The State vs. George Langford has it in the last few days rendered a deci sion that is of most general interest and is certainly unique of charaoter. The position of the lower court is re versed in the case, and the court do y termines that a dog is a subject of lar 0 ceny. Justice Ira B. Jones' readable opinion on the subject is as follows : 0 In this case the State appeals from an order quashing an indictment con taining two counts, one charging burg 0 lary of a dog house within 200 yards of B and appurtenant to the dwelling of 1 Mary Nichols, with intent to steal, etc., the goods and chattels of Mary Nichols in the said dog house, the count charging larceny of a dog of the value of $10, of the proper goods anq chattels of Mary Nichols then and there being found In the said dog house. In sustaining the demurrer to the Indictment the circuit court hold, t first, that larceny cannot be commit* of a dog; second, that the intent tz steal goods and chattels, charged in the first count, necessarily implies the stealing of a dog, because froin a dog f house, and that the offense of burglary is therefore not charged ; third, that it is not compound larceny to steal from a dog house, as alleged in the second count. The first and principal question pro 3 sented is whether a dog is the subject of larceny. By the old common law larceny could not be committed of a dog. The reasons assigned for this were the baseness of the nature of such a crea ture ; tlat it was kept for mere whim and pleasure ; that, being unfit for food, it was of no intrinsic value; that the penalty for the felony of larceny was too severe to apply for the steal. ing of so contenptible a creature. By the statute of 10, George 1Il., chapter 18, (George i I was fond of stag hunt iug) the takir '.nd carrying away of a dog was me - puniRhable, but not, as larceny. ' aor the rnasoning satis factory at dat day it was larceny to bteal a t .no hawk but nut larceny to steal a game dog, although it was lar ceny to steal the hide of a dead dog. Yet by the common law dogs were held to be such property as would sustain an action of power for their recovery. Civil remedies were permitted for in jury to or loss of dogs, and they would go to the executor a and administrators as property. The reason for the out lawry of dogs in favor of thieves can hardly be regarded as persuasive at this day and here, and such cruac ap plication of ,he principles of the comn won law must yield to common sense. The litness of an animal for food is not &he fullest of its yalue to mankind ; its capacity for usetul service in other ways is often the real test of value Nor Is the fact that an animal is kept for the whim and pleasure of its owoer any sortof reason for excluding it from the law of larceny as a thing of no value, for amusement has Its valuable uses for men. Neither is it just to si.y of the dog that its nature is so base ab to render it unworthy of protection as absolute property, for as Baron Ouvier says the dog is the " comfpletest, the most singular and the most useful con quest ever made by man." When we are told that the Greeks nd RIomans employed dogs in war, armed with spiked collars, and that Corinth was saved by war dogs, which attacked and checked the enemy until the sleeping garrsion were aroused, we better understand Shakespeare's An tony when he said, "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of wvar." We should not let contemp~t for sheep-killing dogs andf our dread of hydrophobia do in justice to the noble Newfoundland that b-nves the water' and rescues the drowning child ; to the 'Esquimaux dog, the burden bearer of the Arctic regions ; to the sheep dog that guards the shepherds' flocks andi makes sheep raising possible in some countries ; to the St. Blernard dog traIned to rescue traveler-s lost or buried in the snows of the Alps ; to the swift and docile greyhound; to the package-carrying spaniel ; to the sagacious setters and pointers, through whose eager aid tatblas are supplied with the game of the season ; to the fleet fox hound, whoso music when opening on the fleeing fox is sweet to many ears ; to the faithful watch dog, whose honest bark, as Byron says, "bays deep mouthed welcome as we draw near .home ;" to the rat-exterminating terrier ; to the wakeful flce, which the burglar dreads more than he does the 'sleeping master ; to even the pug, ,whose ugliness inspires the adoration of the mistress ; to the brag 'possum dog and coon dog, for which the owner will fight if imposed upon ; and lastly to the pet dog and playmate of the American boy, to say nothing of the " yaller dog 4 that defles legislatures. Of all animals the dog is mnost do mestic. Its Intelligence, docility and devotion make at the servant, the comu p anion and the faithful frieud of man. The raising and training of dogs is nowv ptursued by 'many as a business ; large sums of money are invested in them, and they are bought and sold as other prop)erty. In this State, by statute, dogs are and have long been taxed as personal property, according to. value, and for revenue. As stated in Sally vs. R. R., 54 5. C., 4184, "What the law taxes as personal prop~erty it will protect as such." This aegisla tion is potent in two ways : first, if the common law rule, notwithstandIng the fallacy of the reasoning upon which it is based as applied to present condi tions, shotald be held of fo'rce in this State Ia the absence of modIfications by statute, then is the statute taxing d (ogs as personal property ad vallorem and for revenaue a modlification of the sommon law rule ; second, It brings Sdogs, as personal property and things of value, within the meaning of "'chst tels" In our statute as to simple far cony, (See 160 er inminal codeC) the term "chattel '' includ Ing all kinds of pro perty, excepat freehold, or things par eel thereof. Jn the case of Wardf vs. State, 48 :Ala., 161, 17 Am. Itep 31, holding that ethere is no such propaerty in (logs as makes themi the subjet of larceny, -the court was iluencedl by the ab sence of any statute modifying the common law and the fact that dog were not taxed as other property 1i that State. Likewise in the case of State ve Doe 79 Ind. 9, 41 Am. Rep. 5119, thi court, while holding dogs not the sub ject of larceny, said If dogs wer taxed in this State as other propert it would be a strong circumstance t( show an intent on the part of the legis lature to abrogate the .common lav rule and make them the subjects o larcen41 like any other personal pro perty.' In the cs of Mullaby vs People, 86 N. Y., 365, a strong case it support of the view of this court, thi court said : " It can scarcely be sup posed that the logislature meant to re gard dogs as property for the purpost of taxation and yet leave them withou protection from thieves." Sustaining our conclusion, among others are thi following cases : State vs. 13rown, 6W Tenn., 53, 40 Am. Itop. 81. H1ornsby vs. Sampson (lowa) 40 L. It A. 608, anc a very aule, exhaustive note on pro perty rights in dogs, beginning at page 503. Tie circuit court also erred in hold Ing " that the intent to steal goodi and chattels charged in the first couni necessarily implies the stealing of ii dog, because from a dog house." TIhe first count did not charge intent to steal a dog, but intent to steal the goods and chattels of the prosecutrix in said dog house. It is not necessary inference that no chattel other than t dog could be in a dog house, as thert might have been other chattels there, such, as for example, collar and chain, block an' . aln, vessel for food and water, t -, indeed, any other chat tel ,he proprietor migh& ses fit tu place therein. The first count could, therefore, be sustained as a count for burglary without reference to the question whether a dog Is the subject of larceny. In indictments for burg lary with intent to commit larceny it is not necessary to specify the particu lar goods and chattels the defendant Intended to steal. 3 Enc. Pe. and Pr. 176. It Is urged against this that such want of specification would prevent the plea of former acquittal or convic tion, but not so, for such plea is avail able if the same burglarious breaking and entering is the essential ingredient in both charges. In reference to the second count, we think the circuit court correctly held that it failed to charge a compound atrceny. In alleging a larceny from "said dog house," this count did not allege that the dog house was appur tenant to and within 200 yarus of the dwelling house. This was alleged in the first count, but the rule is that the sutficiency of each count must be deter mined by its own allegations without aid from another count. State vs. Johnson, 45 S. C., 483. But, neverthe less, it was er-or to quash the secoLd Lount, because It was good nn i count for simple larceny, and the court of general sessions has concurrent juris liction in all cases of larceny triable by magistrate. See constitution, Art. , Sec. 18, applied in reference to lar 2eny of live stock In the case of State eS. Cros by, 57 S. C. 249. The judgment of the circuit court Is rcversed and the case remanded for further proceedings. DEway's IEFUSAL 01 TIl loSM - A teiugramn from Washington says that a private cablegram from Ad miral Dewey to a friend in that city expresses his unwillingness to accept the donation of a home, but adds that be would be glad to have any money -ollected for his benefit used in the establishment of a soldiers' and sailors' home. It Is added that the committee having charge of the fund will con Ainue their collection-, and when the sum originally intended to b) raised has been secured, ab decision wIll be made as to Its disposition. T1his is quivaletnt to an abandonment of the indertaklng. The sums con tribut-ad Jaily had fallen so low that the pro ject had almost passed (Jut of the pub tie mind, in ordler to give it a fresh itart a plan was proposed of asking she national banks of the country to iledge themselves .for the moderate mum of *25 each. Such a call, backed 'y a high ofliclal of the Treasury De )artment, it was thought, would pro luce the amount required. M~ost probably the movoment will now col apse, for, however worthy may be the .lternative charity proposed, such a project doos not meet the intentions of the original donoru. The whole scheme was nonsensical, and, to use a much-abused wornt, un-American. Bluying houses for military and navai heroes is not wholly without precedent in our country, but such donations have boon extremely rare and have never been bestowed upon the winner of only one fight, however smritorious he may have proved himself to be. Ad miral Dewey has shown all the quali ties of naval greatness that his limi ted sphere of action parmitted, but that sphere was not sufilciently wide to call for p~ublic subscr-iption. Even if it had been widier, Admiral Dewey is not the mani to accept g ratuities on account of it.-Now York Evening Post. HT1C SAVEDn MONaQIC's Ligg -Gov ernor T~yion, of Virginia, has received a letter contaning an app~arenltly true story regarding President James Mon roe, which is new and interesting. The writer was Miss Lilly Sydebothamn, of Gladstone, Mo., who desires to es tablish the truth of the famly tradition that her grandfathor, John Syde botham, who was a soldiler of the Itevo lution, once saved P'resident Monroe from being capt'lred by carrying him utI the field of battle on his back. TIh~e then future president h ad been severely wounded, and his comr-ade carried him during the retreat. The letter stater that Sydebothiam was a native o Prince Edward and served under a Captain isicoe and a Colonel Mar shall. The governor- had th'e matter investigated and found that a J1 ,hn Sydebotham was granted 100) acre-, . land in Virginia in 182i aIs a itevolution any veteran, lic could iearn nothing of the Monroe incident -When the Prilncess of Wales wai in lRome in April she passed i ncognit( as "Mrs. Smith." linder this excel lent disguise sihe anti her daughtet dined at a restaurant. taking thehm turns at being served and having a ooda time gnal.. WILIS OF Ti1' PlESIDIcNTS. Ilteinarkable Doeua ments on iReoord lin the District of Columbia. Several members of the local bar in Washington have been engaged re contly in a systematic investigation of the records of the register of wills for the Dietrict of Columbia. The re scarch has brought to light a number of very remarkable documents and many testaments written by prominent government ollicials. In the register's oflico are the origi nal or copies of wills executed by six of the Presidents-Watshington, Madi son, Monroo, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson and Franklin P'iorce. That of Monroe is tho only original of the half dozen; was made in Now York, and would have been probated there except that the testator's only pro perty was a grant from Congress. This claim was the single credit account mentioned In the will with which the President's son-in-law, Samuel L. Gouverneur, was to pay the dead man's debts. Poverty is also indicated in the will of "Old Rickory,' " Andrew Jackson, Senior," as he styles himself. The hero of New Orleans was ruinod, ac cording to his will, by the debts of his " well beloved nephew and adopted son," Andrew Jackson, Jr. Madison left his house In Washington and othor holdings of realty to Dolly Madison and her heirs. With the exception of Washington, Adams was the wealthiest of the six. Charles Francis Adams was his executor and, by the terms of his father's will, hold in trust for Mary Louisa Adams, a granddaughter of the Lebtator, bOveral houses on F street, a store and a house on Pennsylvania avenue, and estate known as "Uolumbia mills " and a whole block in the north ern part of the city. Ouly one chief justice filed letters testamentary in the district-Salmon P. Chase. Justice Chaso's will is chielly noteworthy for the fact that, although he intended to devise all his real estate, the paper is witnessed by only two persons, instead of three, as the law requires. Caleb Swan, first pay master general of the army, made his will in 187 and as a sort of preamblu outlined his whole military history. Toward the close he asks that his children " may be taken carclof by Pill, It. Key, "ran cis S. Key or Dr. John Weems and ef fectually protected against all and every sort of injustice and oppression attempted or contemplated to be prac ticed upon or toward them by wicked and designing men or women. or any indiviCual or either of the sexes," Thomas ltitchio was an editor and publiher of much distinction in the first hall of the century and an Inti mate filend of W. W. Corcoran and Dr. John C. Hall, both of whomi wit nessed his will. When M r. Ititchlu's will was examined (it was dated June 11, 18ii, and was pro)ated only a few months later) It was found to contain the following observations on expan sion: " We are already the greatest power among ihe nations. We are destined to be greateer still; but lot us not be too ambitious of Inordinate acquisitions or too rapid in our advancea. Lot us not be too anxious to set our foot from the mainland to the islands; unless, indeed, as in the caso of Cuba, we are threat ened by the barbarization of that beauciful islands and its conversl )n into a black and hostile neighbor hood." As indicated by the records, the his tory of the oflice of register of wills is full ci interest. The office cane 1,1.0 existence with the creation of tno dis trict. In 18-0 it was enacted that one of the judges of the District Supreme Court, should hold a special term for probate business, and thbat enactment, brought to a close the existence of one of the queereit, courts in the country. it was the only court, in the nation which issuedl writs In the name of 1,he United States. All other Federal tr-i bunals speak for the t.'resident of the United States. On one occasion the impersonal form peculiar to this bench was found very ajppropriate. Geon. Grant, thon P'resI dent,, came into the court in 1869) to take out letters testamentary as execu tor of the will of Gen. John A. Haw urns. Then, instead of having " the Pr-esident of the United States" issue a writ to himself, " the United States" dIrected "1President Ulysses S. Grant'' to properly and faithfully execute the will, which was at, the time being ad mitted to record. It, is said that his personal observation of the methods in use promplta d ['resident Grant to ap proeve the act passed ina the following year which did away with the court altogether. NEW G;Ultj h'ol AI'I'iaN910xriB. Phlysiciani, are inter-estud in a new treatment for appendicite which has just been successfully tried by Dr. George J. Heimer of New York. Here. tofore a surgical operation has at tended tho treatment of such cases. Dr. Hlelmer does not employ tbe sur geo~n's knife. 'rhe patient on whom the treatment was tried is a young woman living in Harlem. Her attending physicians fa vored the usual operation. Dr. Hl mer lirst tried his plan. This is simply forcing out the matter which clogs the appendIx by superficIal treatment. The largest muscle of the human body, the peoas magnus, which Is just back of the appendlix, is manIpulatodi with the hand in such a way thbat a spasmo dIc con traction causes It, to snap hack against the vermiformn appendix, forc ing out of the organ any foreign sub stance it may contain. In the case of thme young woman she was relieved in sight mInutes. -Alexander Dewitt,, who has lIved in P'oughkeepsie, N. YI., for the past forty years, practically (in the bounty of his friends, is now dead an.i It is found ho has left a fortune of $I0,000. Of this he has, bequeathed $39,000 to a nephew, who once sent him $15, and who Is the only relative who ever manifested any interest, in his welfare. -Gen. David II. Henderson, who is likely to be the Speaker of thme next [House, is a singer of no mear- talent, having a voice of greati volume, lie is fond of patriotic songs and rollicking choruses, and always starts and leads whatever singing is indulged in by membe. of the Houne GEN, GOlIDON'S HOME BURNT. A HistoriL iuilding Consumed by the Flaies-Horoic Work Saves Valuable Relics. Atlanta Journal, June 22a. The historic and palatial country home of General John . Gordon, "The Sutherland," was totally destroyed by fire last night. The loss to inestimable, for the magnificent home overy room furnished in tho most gorgoous fashion with relics of threo or four gonera tious, cannot be replaced. " The Sutherland" was the home of Gonoral and Mrs. Gordon for thirty ,ears. It was located in Kirkwood, four miles from the city, and is one of the most charming and delightful ro treats about Atlanta. ior years the hospitality of the home placo was pro verb ia, and it was there that many houso parties, many receptions and notable gatherings wore hold. The fire originated in the collar. The flamos were first discovered by the faithful old cook, who was the only persoll in the house at the timo. Mrs. Gordon and Miss Caroline had walked from,the house arcoss the spacious lawn to the front gato when they heard the cook screaming that the house was on tire. The alarm was h ard by noighbors and friends who rushed to the tire with all posseble haste. Countrymen, driv ing along the road from the Iday's vibit to the city, sprang from their teams and went to the rescuo. Hundreds worked with strength almost super human, but the grand old building crumbled under the eating flames and foil in one hour after the llro was first discovered. The women of Kirkwood played a heroic part in the conflagration. They worked from the moment they reached the home until it became necessary for men to hold them away from the tot tering and careening roof and walls. Miss Caroline Gordon, daughter of General Gordon, carried out a trunk packed with valuables wh!ch she coild not possibly lift this morning. In the excitement and frenzy of the situation woien ran down steps with heavy pieces of furniture and bric-a-brac weighing more than 100 pounds. And while this heroic work saved thousands of dollars of furniture, there was much more lost than was saved. The old-fashioned canopied bed of rose-wood, that for generations has been jealously guarded by the Gor-Jon fanidly, was saved in tact, not a scratch being received to mar its beauty. The bed weighs several tons and is massive beyond imugination, but it was brought out of the building by a dozen moi, who tore away a portion of the wall and brought the picco in safety to the lawn. A mirror that covered one entire sid of the parlor was brought through Ilanio and smoko without a jar. Tihe magnificent piceo of statuary, "Ifobecca,' more than life size, was brought from the parlor by four men. " Evory cloud has a silvery lining," says Mrs. Gordon, " for we savud all our silver. The supcrb set given Gen oral Gordon by South Carolina was saved without the lo.3s of a piece. We thought at first the waiter had been lost, but this was brought to us this morning by one of the nolghbors who cat'ed it out of the burning building last night. " Many famous pleces of bricabrac and valuable palaings were saved by work that I consider supeorhuman. I never bfore in my life saw such efforts put forth to save property. Mon and women rushed into the building and brought out carpets, rugs, trunks and heavy pieces of furnituro which they could not possibly havo lifted under ordinary circumstances." T1he valuable library of General Gor don was save~d with the loss of but, a few volumes. The books were brought out by the women and children, and they show little of 'thec rough handling they were given. In the rush and excItoment the manu scrip~t of General Gordon's new boo0k was not overlooked, and every sheet was saved. TimEF PRiO H i H'm ION ISTS.-Tho C olu m bla Record says that a quiet confer ence of P'rohlb it ion ists was hold in that city Thursday night. Among those present was Mr. C. (G. leeatherutone, late can did ate for Governor. It is a little early to talk State poll tici now, but the fact that a confer ence wvas being held b~y the representa tives of voters who camne so near nom inating their candidate last year lent credence to the belief that prepara tions were being made for the next cam palg n. Mr. Thomas J1. LaMotto stated this morning that It was simply a confer ence of certain gcntlemen interested in the cause and that the meetIng had no of~lal significance. He said that as the Prohibitionists distinctly were not a party, the committee they had during the last campaign ceased to exist when the contest ended. How ever, the P roh Ibitionists propose to make another fight next year and they will be thoroughly organirzed for the contest, prob~ably better than boloro. hi was for this piurpose that the con ference was held last night--to look over the field and see what, stops are necessary to keep Intact in each county former organIrzations andl to provide for more recruits to the ranks. Trhe commIttee charged with this duty is composed of Messrs. L. D). Childs. T. J1. LaMot~te and Jno. L. Berg, all of Columinbia. --A law was recently passed in Nor-| way prohibiting the sale of tobacco to any boy under J0 years of age without a signed order from an adult, relativeoOr employer. liven tourists who ofoer cigarettes to boys? render themselves liable to prosecutlon. The police are instructed to confiscate the piPes, cigars and cigarettes of lads who smoko in the public streets. A fine for the offence Is also imiiposed, which may he anywhere between 60 cents and $25. -inhabitants of the coast town, of I England are alarmed over the en croachments of the sea. The pretty little village of Dunwich was formerly a large town, and held no small place among the commercial cities of the Kingdom. All its churches and mo nastic institutions have been washed away by the sea, and a large forest, has followed the buildngs The More People Know -OF' THE NEW STORE. The bettor they like it. They like the fair and square way we do business. We have only boon before the people about three months, and in that time Tho Now Store has made many friends through its money saving policy. You like to trado whore every thing is new; where prompt, polite and courteous salesmon serve you; whore you have plenty of room to trade. There are untold advantages in trading with us. 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