Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TO IN NEW ENGLAND. I " HE CLIMATE DIFFERS FROM THAT OF NORTH CAROLINA. fhat a Youn" Doctor Has to Say on the Subject—-Mr. Lolles Expe riments With Chickens. Sudden Rising. im* [Copyright, 1894, by Edgar W. Nye.] In New England For a Few Weeks. ) Ft l). 20. f Tho winter hr.s certainly been tem pered to the shorn lamb np to this writ ing, and tho unemployed have escaped what would have been with a winter like that of last year a' season of suffer ing and even death. I met a young doctor yesterday in Rhode Island who told mo that ho once started in to practice medicine in North Carolina at Ducktowu or somewhere on the Murphy Branch. “How did you like it?’’ 1 asked, wisb- _ing to appear interested. “Well, I soon wearied of it.’’ here- plied dreamily. “It is a beautiful coun try there, and tho air is like a healing with the id for my , How to ; While ;,] to the little in great oar ot Judgment m i.oiLiii ' i ut a goateo and a struwbei: v i : l ot it might be of use to 1 •> i\ ; 1" '■ plo who may read tlii's to In w that when I dined with that w nslthy man he forgot himself after ti. i ing was done and ate with the cafvin; '■ I and fork, especially with the k t: *. Of course he is now on tho oth r ;-h "i ■, where I hope that t ^carving i-. already done, but who wou'ul have thought it possible that a man with the ' nltli of an emperor would hav 'fed hi n U and injured his tou’sils for y irs carving knife? Boys, remomlK'v tin’s \ t .~ great work on“Etiijn. U : or Avoid Dangerous Ftab u: Eating Pie.” While I nurop-. akiag a w boys, I might tell them of a cident that occurred at 1 ’.ward I >st Halloween. The Jlarvard 1 are not such had boysnas na . but a • lull of animal spirits nnd< notlm. ; 1 r : ' ‘ all seeking expressi in in a i aanltss way. . As Halloween appro-n h tried to think of a m ■ v they could surpri- " an 1 •’ lice. Boys love to i. i " everywhere, I tliin!;, an i to know that in many i? - lico are not only cold te v 1 f.- boys, but in some cases even i p: 1 ’ve. Tho boys finally v- t to a ! arbor about 10 o'clock, as h i rv tho shop, and asked him v li tako for his barber p 1 n. thought a minnto and theo : “All right,” said tho 1 " ont a receipt.” Then with the polo avd they started ont ovi r t o. they were arrested. “I'n tb • 1 ■ *ys I y Vi’liu:h :’:t the I'lO- t!io police iiv iv sad r. S tb ' po- - mg up ,• \, ; onld Ho MH. IXII.LESS’ COMPLAINT. I balm tho year round, but tho masses who live along tho Murphy Branch and the Ducktowu road give me a keen, larting pain jn the neck. I practiced { here among the copperas don ted yeo- nanry till they had swallowed three chemical thermometers on me, and then I thought it was time to move. My practice hero is small, but my lady pa tients do not die here with their sun- bonnets on.” I give that jnst to show tho strong prejudice which exists between the dyed in the wool Yankee and the hoi polloi of Ducktowu ami tho Murphy Branch, near whero I live. Of course we have our peculiarities, but why fconld we be misjudged on that ac- it? neighbor, Mr. Lolless, who runs Arden Park hotel, says I’nat ho chickens all summer tit l'» cents r .piece for broilers, and that they were ilmost uniformly stolen for him at [light and sold to him at 10 cents in the Doming. Those people don’t mean /thing by that. They do not do it i make you.feel ddlv, but jnst be cause they do not see any orb. r ,vay of obtaining ai honest livelihood. Last week I discovered that my rail road ticket on tho New York, New Da iren and Hartford road read “Good ei- Uher way." This surprised mo because f| had not been used to that, and, in fact, I had to, year's ago, walk over 52 miles in order to ride back on u ticket Which I bought of a scalper, and which jran in tho wrong direction, I found Pfter it was too fate. Inquiring about this matter, I learned that years ago a quiet gentleman of medium height riding from Bridgeport I to Providence produced his ticket and was told by tho condm tor that it would 'network in that direction. Tho quiet [gentleman of medium height said that, |if not, the question should ho se ttled at e earliest moment. Ho was not noisy belligerent, but they removed him potu the car by main fotoe, breaking inarm and injuring him consid rahly. ling his valise in one hand and his stomach in tho other, he went to an at torney and councilor at law practicing fn all die courts, conveyaneing done and depositions taken while you wait. Relating tlio circumstance to him. the [quiet gentleman gave tho case into his [hands, and then bailing a shatter that rwas going by he started .lor the hos pital. He slowly gained strength, hut qever fully recovered. The case was Jost over and over again in the lower ourts and hung on for years. Tin- poor pyipplcd gentleman of medium height Jung to his case, however, and de- landcd his $100,000, even though ho lad to borrow mom y to pay his law yers. Timo passed on, and ho grow feeble*, far tho chasm in his midst refused to unite and retain even his broadest prin ciples, but at last tho supreme court of the United States, which was net at that time waiting for two selfish New Yorkers to fill a vacancy, took up the case, and ono day when the great au tumnal alchemy of God had turned the forests and tho sky to billows of gold and bronze tho weary, worn and plucky gentleman got his verdict and his money, and so today you and I, fel low citizens, owing to the grit and hero ism of that shattered man, may ride either way on the same ticket without being disemboweled among total stran gers and while there are ladies present. We were talking together tho other day, Mr. William Hawley Smith and I, regarding the habits of men who rise to sudden wealth, and who are not pre- ; ared for it either by birth or breeding. he country is full of them, and though they get along very well for a few hours wittiout corking themselves they can- ^Ot Dancing themselves. He was telling aliout a St. Louis in who had risen to wealth on the 1c in hides, pelts, tallow and dressed This man was asked what was meaning of the phrase E plan bus im, and company being pr sent and ^inquiring child very determimd he obliged to say that the Greek ex- lioi» E pluribus nnuin meant that > tall goes with the hide. | visited a self made millionaire onco made bis money by stealing saw- ifrom the United States while the |'S was 1<« k ing at a deg light I ought not perhaps to it now, for the poor ag< --'b t| V (to the young divils to go pci ■'< in the cimitery over <i ; pilgrim fathers and ! •'’.• i on top the matin hon ! • . me!” said an Ann Tie i ; i . . they went with him. ' i and singing jnyfnllv , lit...' “Daisy Bell.’’ Th y pn V receipt at tho ftati .i, ; :v j ti man tho great, big, n • 1 started out onco niorb l < 1 . 1 policeman. All night t ■ 1 tho police and in the m ’ . ; polo back for $20. Wii . read this, they will !::o • li ed States and Or ;t Bri let into tiio secret on t!i.‘ p o. to let it pn any further. I mn } leas* d to nolie it!: i gracious niaje: fy < r; i Vi press of India by tlio ;,t : < political influence, i '• question of “VVti th< r p cool, sober judgin'nt hvi . .. most marriages in Hi ■ \v< • Though ruthi r h.te in i • da- been asked by a corn spec I a.', to place myself on record i t tion, and I use toronnuk t rather a hefty qnesii* n. . write? th - r ipt ( if CO .11-80 you p:.!'S ’ ei’ii t:; n ■ '1 S v.-i-l So ' ■> p..It> ; called 1 their i liish- h and mother • 4- ( , ‘1 Id tho ’IIC- I !1 1 1. t lost em ail d t!m n.t the 1 h.tvo • m!y i ques- it is Pei a man who is not quit > sui vh.-.t pinquity means. However, if propinqn ; ty 1 a ; juxtaposition, 1 wouh! s. y t ; ' t r doubt has u good deal to do v;i • i s - ’ - n\ ' : d"i f riSPy > d-- , • ^*uT*T*vv r ’ • t-/ 'J > -, /V r *■ - nr, . ■' ■ ' v. . • 8sStg.- ■ V ■f^.e.^i’; ' *• t.* i p. ■' ;i v / > i / V. iir -1) \v / u f m - dhappy 1 tiow hold out very long without un- REALTRiUiN iv. emotional marriag s, . tg the more barbarous trii i •:!, < i i! pther hand, in England, v. n son»: y extinct nobles many Am ii aa girls who bud on tho same branch 1/ dfl.* the leaf lard which gave vita!i: i 1 :!t!i to the parent stun. 1 tliin!; I ; quit}’ has little to do v n- spondulicity being th r. .1 :.\ '<n the one hand mid 1 vo I r p ,i!'! Put strumous blood on the nth r. 'J h • trim English humor found m t! ■ hi 1 <if tlie nobility is the kiudtl for 150 doses of snrHapari!' i ; I. But shall we say that cn-d calud ’ u has nnieli todowitli the t u marriage? No, your ma., pot. True lovo must he more or b- s a -o- ciated with youth, and youth is not cool or calculating. Did your m::i' ty •i.miso to consider in your swi t 11 1 i!u: great international qiv ti-us \vlii< a your marriage with Albert mi lit ini i ■ l do not believe that you oi 1 - I hope not, at least. Looking over my own i " e and those of some of my acquain’ 'in a. I would exclaim, “Bh-- 1 1 propin- qnity!” To those wh have !-• •: ih-nied tho joyful propinquity of a I> h ride on a frosty ovening, wh e h a!;'i and high puipost's bound luron/li every artery and a sweet pn -• nee rdm a !j.lin ing yon, deatii can have n* t rru -. Your majesty perhap-, h. H'-v r.-Part ed out on a cold starlit evi -1 . th no ono in thesleigh but a v ay <!• r utl— man friend, then a gentl • 1: .a lun* - •oire road through tho stat'd} an t now communicative trees, a 1 • ; .dn- qnity and one inutl b« tvv a y u. Ah, who Khali say that «'Von a er In ad might not undine a few dc i t .svar l tho shoulder of a truly mil . and who shall say that tho n hi h ing Would murmur if the royal diadems and ruby prongs and things of tho crown i jabbed him ever and anon uni rthoiar? Uool calculation connwith l.d r years and is confined more to widowers who dye their whiskers an 1 r ••• a -: .r- agus on tho graves of tlnir f.inner wives, your majesty. Love, no lay tell me, conies with the thrill i t a voieo or tho touch of a hand, not hy cubic rani or messenger boy, your me t gracious majesty, though I will adiuit that the blown out squib of amble fn dy, the 1 wet fizzle of a vicious ami bbi i. : ;u . may bring its ashes and uni !> u -> to , the altar with a degree <>f t> if pu- • ji.u and culm tlp( r 'wI7\hl j^tu.d.di tho ti.-in- bling groom if 25\fho Inn te t mar- I fled and hurry buck ri* do th > chori s on the farm. But tlie 1 V i ’ i r. t to i arouse a plia. ing th • angels. 1 heliovo that vour tmist grahlpi' i maj esty, queen ot ureat tiruam ami Ire land and empress of India dia grncia, will admit that most of the marriage* which come of a trapped judgment and cool deliberation increase tho fuel hill for the lake which burueth with (ire. Propinquity tempered by good early training is a great institution, and there is growing up here in America, yonr majesty, a girl whom wo call "a good filler,” who is n hotter comrade, a wiser partner, a sweeter counselor and a more level headed guide, philosopher and friend than tho best man on top of sod. To associate with her is to get a few notches higher socially than ono was before. It means a post graduate course in a few branch.\s of education which tho man about town thinks he knows, but does not. Your majesty will forgive me, 1 know, for addressing one of tho rvgina type in this unfettered manner regard ing a great question, for it is my only way of expression. A child of nature as I am and brought up by hand, deprived ot a mother's cure while yet at the age of ')9 years, I speak to you in that crude style of eloquence peculiar to the Pintes, with whom I lived for many years, or until the tnbo got to wearing cavalry pantaloons to tea. Then I left them and went to live in New York city. I can only add that a more frank and honest propinquity in England would he a good thing. It would advance tho common cause of humanity and give tho judges of tho criminal court more timo to go fishing. THE RUST COTTON. -rot- Tlie Life of the World. There is a general and widespread notion, which the curious investiga tor will find scattered throughout both mediaeval and modern litera ture, that the world will last G,000 years from the date of its creation. An inscription in one of Martin Lu ther's ho< >ks reads as follows: “Elijah, the prophet, said that the world had existed 2,000 years before the law was given (from Adam to Moses), would exist 2,000 years under the Mosaic* law (from Moses to Christ) ami 2,000 years under tho Christian dispensation, and then it would bo burned.” In the Etrurian account of the cre- ntion (by Suidas) I find a similar tra dition. “The Creator spent 0,000 years in creation, and 0,000 more are allotted to the earth.’’ In the black letter edition of Foxes “Acts and Monuments” there is a whole sermon given, with the 0,000 year limit of tho earth's duration's a text. (See above work, edition of 1032.) Some writei’s contend that the “six days” referred to in Holy Writ really means 0,000 years, and that the “sev enth day" is a type of the coming millennium, or “Sabbath of a thou sand years.” Tho Psalmist says, “For a thousand years are in thy’ sight as yesterday.” (Psalm xe, 4. See also II Peter iii, F.)—St. Louis Republic. MritHnriiii; ii Woman’* Coii*rienre. “You say you would liko to know how anybody could measure a wom an's ci tiscit iieef” said a merchant of Polo, Ills. “Well, I will tell you. Olio day about three weeks ago a farmer's wife came into my store and bought a lot of provisions. After she had selected what she wanted she dumped the goods in a largo grain hag.” “ ‘Can I have a piece of string to tie ties l>ag(' she asked me. “ ‘Why, certainly,’ said I, and pointing to a ball of twine which hung in the rear part of the store I tol l her to help herself and take as much as her conscience allowed her to. “Tho woman went hack to the end of the store and commenced to wind the twine rapidly around her finger. After a minute she asked mo to cut tho twine. When I went back to cut it, 1 noticed she had considerable more than I thought she needed. “ ‘Have you all you want?’ I asked her, and sin* said she had. ‘Well, I would just like to measure your con- seienee,’ said I, and 1 got a yardstick and mea ured the twine. “It was just 57;. yards long. “Tho woman and I had a good laugh over it, and she went homo sat; filed.'’--Chicago Herald. Hi* Ui-iil lli>a*oif. They were conversing on tlio sub ject of marksmanship when one of them ventured tospeakof that “fairy stony of William Tell and tho apple. “Fairy story ” quoth tho other. “Then you do not believe the tale?” “1 do not,” replied the first. “Well, 1 do,” said tho second. “I see im reason why the story should not be a true one. It wasn’t anything wonderful in the way of a shot any how. If you'll stand off the same di-iiuiee with an apple on your head, 1)1 wager that I can split it in halves nine times out of ton.” “Ml do it,” said the first. His friends tried to dissuade him, but ho was not to bo dissuaded. Final ly t lie ambitious marksman himself withdrew his wager. ‘ ! might hit you in tho head and ki!' \*ou," ho said. . ..o," observed tho other quietly. “\ou couldn’t come near enqugh to tho apple to hit me.”—London Tit- Bits. Dog* as I’a*seng<!r*. The rights of dogs have been at tract ing attention in Belgium lately. Is a dog whose master has duly taken a ticket for him entitled to a seat in a railway carriage (for in Belgium dogs ride as passengers), or must ho crouch down between tho legs of tho human occupants of tho carriage? A hunting man who recently traveled with a retriever who was turned off his seat by an official to make way for a traveler has appealed to the administration of the state railways for a decision on tho subject. Tho decision is in favor of tho dog A decree has gone forth that he is as much entitled to a seat as ins master, and that where a compartment lias room for 10 passengers and there are 5 men and 5 dogs therein it must bo i considered us fuIL—London News. Soil Di'flcieut In Potu*H I* the Cause nah Fertilizer* the Remedy. There are several kinds of blight to which the cotton plant is subject, which ordinarily hy the tamer are known as rust. Common blight, or that v. inch tho plant is inof therefore should says Souther pysiological the absence of tho proper elements of plant food, or rather the absence of some of the elements of plant food. At ono time some difference of opin ion existed as to what element tho soil was deficient in. The position of Pen dleton in his “Scientific Agriculture” was that the lack of a sufficient supply of organic matter (humus) produced iho premature decay, and that that humus would prevent rust, “first, hy increas- 1 ing the moisture of the soil, as it ren ders it more porous, more permeable to rains and dews and more accessible to capillary waters, while it imbibes more moisture from tho air; second, by fur nishing ammonia to plants, which it absorbs and holds, as well as tho inher ent nitrogen which exists in all organic matter before decomposition takes place; third, hy tho mineral cleni"nts associated with humus.” Thq implication from this theory is that rust is due to general depletion of tho soil in the elements of plant food, and that supply of nitrogen is especial ly demanded. Recent elaborate experi ments, however, conducted at the vari ous stations, demonstrate eonclnsively that the absence of potash is the direct cause of common rust, and that while a general supply of plant food might re sult in improved crops the disease may ho prevented hy supplying this element of plant growth. Gray soil is not ordi narily supplied with an abundant or oven sufficient supply of potash, and planters who have such land are ad vised by the authority quoted in the use of commercial fertilizers to purchase one running from Jll.j to 4 B per cent pot ash, or if composted to use in the heap from 200 to !>i>0 pounds of kainit. There is no better remedy for rust than a liberal supply of potash, and wo would not purchase any lemedy from those who offer to sell. Other dis eases are readily averted by rotation and renovation, and this should not bo neg lected. SOUTHERN NEWS NOTES. Important Happcnlnifi Tolil In a !'« w Uni .* For Ita-Ay Headers. Baltimore, March 5.—As tho result of a purely voluntary arrangement among the convicts in the penitentiary, TRUCKS. One Scriou* IHIHnultj I* Found Where the Track* Are Curved. “The degree of perfection attained in mechanical productions is wonder ful,” said a mechanic to the winter. “In almost every line of mechanical the prisoners approach that they had noticed through the papers that much distress prevailed among the poor of Baltimore, ami they asked his permission and assistance to raise a fund among tho prisoners for the needy out side. The warden said that ho com mended the spirit and the interest the men took in tho matter And readily gave his consent. Baltimore, March ?>.—A n port re cently circulated that .Tako Kilfuin is dying is untruo. The m m who fought 7a rounds with John L. fin lb van at Richtmrg, Mass., in U!n9, is moving about his hotel in fairly good physical condition. He has suffered from a com plication of disease; for some months, but is not considered to be in anything like a critical state. Kilrain never again expects to enter the ring as a contestant, nor does he expect to die at an early date. - now con- r Combination IToe and Handle. A short timo ago a Missouri farmer gave tm illustrated description of a com bination detachable hoe and handle for use in the garden, which ho had found very satisfactory. Hero is his descrip tion as related in American Gardening; Tlie handle, shown at Figs. 1 and 2, is of wood like the ordinary hoe handle, but the ferrule at the business end is square and of steel tempered hard with a threaded hole running through tlie solid end (mine was 8 inches solid) for a threaded steel screw bolt. The hoe blades have a round hole for the inser tion of the screw l>olt and a plate of steel with a square hole riveted firmly to the blade. The square end of (he fer- Sax Antonio, Tex., March 2.—Tho starving people of Starr comity have re ceived comparatively little assistance in response to their appeal to tho world for help. Their condition cannot be de scribed. Many ranches have been de serted and a number of deaths from starvatipn have occurred. Cattle and other livestock have died by the thou sands. The country is literally burned up, and water for doin' stic purposes must bo hauled long distarci s. Baltimore, March 5.—A special to The Nows from \Y! cling, West Vir ginia, says: All tho miners in Ohio in sub-district No. 0, ovi ;• 7,009 in nuinboV, have agreed to return to work, pending a settlement of tlie wage question. < ’om- mittees of miners and operators will meet Wednesday to appoint arbitrators. Tho miners are holding out for a 50-cent scale. Baltimore, March 3.—Tho hearing in the Central Trust company, of New York against the Richmond and Dan ville Railroad company, postpone! two weeks ago. was eontined in tlie United States circuit court. The Trust com pany asks for a foreclose and sale of the road so that the Terminal reorganiza tion plan may be fulfilled. Memphis, March 5.—The program for tho Memphis spring meeting has been issued. Tho me ting opens on April 9 and will run I T days. There will bo five regular races each day, and, as there will bo 000 or 1,000 horses in at tendance, “splits” Will he necessary oc casionally. The prb oi offered aggregate fcri.ood. Holly Springs, Miss., March 8.—Tho nows of the murder of Rev. Stephen A. Wells, a Baptist minister, has been re ceived hefo. William Gurley commit ted the crime. The trouble between the two men commenced more than a year ago. Gurley cut Wells’ head open with an ax. Well leaves a large family. Middles]! .uoiuh, Ky., March 8.—A report sent out from Barboursville, Ken tucky, of the burning of tho negro Lon Ty by a mob in Harlan county, is be lieved to be false. Nothing can bo learned of any such a tragedy, and if it had have happened news of it would havo reached here. tions in tlie construction of our rail road car trucks are strangely incon sistent, for they are palpably at vari ance with our high attainment in mechanical construction. I refer to the custom, which lias never been improved upon since railroading l)e- gan, of using wheels securely fas tened to rigid axles. It would seem that on such ad^^nortant matter as this some impro^fflV^B||'ild be made, but there has been nohtfi running gear of cal’s as stmeted is only adapted for use on straight tracks. But as there must be curves on roads the tracks are simply forced around them. “It is said that it requires one- third more motive power to carry a train around an ordinary curve than on a straight track. This is due to tho strain to which the wheels are subjected. In making a curve the outside track is longer than the in side one. Now, with a wheel on each track and fastened immovably to an axle, bath wheels must make the same number of revolutions. In rounding a curve how is the inside wheel, which has a much shorter dis tance to travel, to make an equal number of revolutions with the out side wh<*el? It is done in this way: The inside wheel slips upon tho in ner or shorter rail, while the outside one covers the longer distance. At the same timo the inclination of the track required in making curves throws most of the load upon tho wheel that is slipping, causing a great strain upon both wheel and axle. It has been computed that tho strain is equal to double that of the rolling pressure on a straight track. To meet this the axle is made much thicker between the wheels than at tho journals, where all the weight of tho car and tho load is carried. Though it has been long coming, I think tho day will finally dawn when these defects in car trucks will bo overcome.”—Pitts burg Dispatch. CARROLL & STACY, Transact a (ieneral Hanking Husincss^ Careful attention to collections on all points. Safety Deposit Boxes Inside. Fire Proof Vault for Bent. Your patronage Solicited. L. BAKER, V ^ CONTRACTOR AND RUlLBl DETACHABLE HOF AND HANDLE, rule on tin* handle fits snugly into the square hole in the plate, holding the hoe blade in a fixed position and preventing ! any stress on the screw bolt tending to unscrew it. The advantage of this hoe is the saving of storage room, for here yon Fi ve as many different shaped hoe b!:id<'>iisyonr fancy or necessity may dictate, and only [ one handle, though it were better to have two made in case of wishing to use more than one blade at one time. The facility with which ono can sharpen tho hoes 5 remarkable, merely taking them off the handle and putting them to the grind stone. Tlie various forms of blades shown at A. B, C, D, E, F, (J, II are only such ua I had made myself. The round one I found very handy in stony ground for breaking clods, the square one in my land. All of my blad/nwere made of old saw blades and were light. The long toothed and also smooth edged blades I found very handy for young weeds. 1 had also several blades of the Hhajte D of various lengths and widths, the longer tho blade the heavier tho steel and the thicker tho riveted plate. Camden, S. C., March 0.—Ely Peak, a well thought of white farmer, 50 years old, living 10 miles east of Cam den, committed suicide. He Mew out his brains with a shotgun. He pulled the trigger with a stick. Despondency from hard times caused the act. Wilmington, N. (J., March 5.—The American schooner Feth M. Todd, Cap tain Johnson, loaded with lumber from Wilmington to the West 11111108, hns re turned to Southport harbor. Sho re ports her sails blown away, bowsprit sprung and the vessel leaking. Knoxville, March of abandonment of Wi\ has been reported to Wright in the last —An epidemic s by husbands Police Matron few d ’.yfj. A police riiira|>I>les In Florida. A Floridian, writing to The Amer ican Gardening, says: Tho Abbukashii pineapple, which is ono of our finest varieties, if I am not misinformed, was first sent ont from Brazil from near the month of the Am azon. Mr. H. H. Kidney of Winter Park, Fla., saw it there many years ago. Afterward he procured it from there, but lost it. Since then Colonel Church, then of Orlando, received it from his brother from India, and the late G||neral Sanford brought it lu re to Florida from Calcutta with it- Indian name Abbakashii attached. Those sent Colonel Church also enurj with that name. Pineapple growing in Florida is rapidly developing as one of our best industries. Better fruit is grown Ir re than 1 have ever seen from other sec tions. Ours must be a congcni; 1 cli mate, or it. may be more care i* taken in the culture. Time* Have Changed. Once upon a time a suix rati tion ex isted that a lady ought to blame her self if a man whom sho did not intend to accept projKwed to her, but that, should such an unpleasant incident occur, it was at least not to be made a subject of gossip among her ac quaintances. Parents thought it in cumbent on them to let a man under stand in time if they did not wish him as a SQivin-iaw. It is needless to re- mav v mch honorable reticence ar Jundence are quite out of |lMaU Budget department statistician ha kept tab and reports six cases in two wee i. The hx women had 211 children. Jacksonville, Fla., March 2.—Tho attorney general nol prossed tho case against Charles Mitchell for lighting hy previous appointment and also cases against Duval eulb members and others for aiding and abetting the tight by pre vious appointment. Coli mbia, !S. C., March 8.—General Gordon delivered his lecture on tho “Last Days of tho Confederacy” before an immense audience. The general has been shown marked at vent ion in this city, both by veterans and the citizens generally. Petersiu'Ro, Va., March 5.—Ex-Gov ernor P W. McKinney may bo a candi date for congress in tho Fourth district. He has said that ho would accept the nomination if it were off * d. Oklahoma City, M h 5.—An elec tion for postmaster \vu- i Id here. Sev en hundred vot- were ens*, of which J. Flattery reci-\cd 217 and was elected. There wen x candidates. Frans Mills* Visilor. A stor• is told of a visit paid to Frans Hals, tho fanjov: i old Del eh paint"v, by Vandyke. Tho l:“er was t -on 22. Hals 15 ye: vs his sor.ior. As a pleasantry Vandyke supprossi 1 hir name, announcing himself as a wealthy strairp*]’ who wished to sit for his portrait, but who had only a couple of hours to spare. Ha’s fell to with his usual impetuosity and com pleted a portrait for the sitter's in spection in oven l<*ss than tho limited time, much to the satisfaction of tho latter, who expressed an astonish ment not altogether feigned at the speed of its execution. “Surely,” said 1 : is an easier thing than i ought. Hup- poso wo change place* aud see what I can do.” The exchange was made. Hals instantly detected that tho per son before him was no stranger to the brash. He speculated in vain ns to who he might i*e. But when tho second portrait wax finished in still less time than the first the mystery was solved. Rushing to his guest, he clasped him in a fraternal embrace. “Thoman who can d > that,” hecrinfl “must l>e either \ andyko or tl devil.”—Popular Magazine. TUNES O’ THE BAGPIPES. HlKliliiud Martial Music That Inspire* Valor In Sturdy Heart*. It is not assuming too much to claim for highland music that it has produced tunes more eminently fit for marching than tho music of any other nation. Most of us at some timo or other have come across a highland regiment on tho march. Who does not know the roll of tho distant drums, and mingling with it that prolonged drone which gradual ly resolves itself into some old. famil iar tune, composed long ago to cele brate some bloody clan raid, such, for instance, as the pibroch of Donal Dhu? To t’-.e Scotsman there is never any mistaking that sound, and although we may be nineteenth century indi viduals with tall hatsaml black coats we can't help going ju t a little way, and keeping step also. Tlie pulse beats just a little quicker, aud despite all cheap sneers the memory of a thousand years is a little more real than might have been expected. If an impartial observer should take such an occasion as this, he will no tice that there is a swing and a go about a highland regiment quite pe culiar to itself, and duo in great m us- urc to the music of the pipes. The swing of the sporrans and the waving of the kilts may add t > the effect, and indeed such a sight would be difficult to beat. But watch the same body of men in tartan trews and white shell jackets, and you will see the same swing. It is not the c.tsy gait of tho jack tar when under wins, n r the quick, sharp, precise p of an ordinary line regim":**. ii is a something bora of the m.: ie, hard to account for, but m verth ■! s very apparent.—Chamlxra' Journal. Said He Wn* Dr. ISronk*. When Rev. Dr. William Henry Brooks, secretary of tho Episcopal convention of Massachusetts, had his office at St. Andrew's House, Cham bers street, two ladies who had made an engagement with Itev. Dr. Phil lips Brocks, at that timo rector of Trinity, came there just before the appointed time and vent up into the guildroom, where Dr. Brooks, the secretary, was writing. Ho courte ously rose and bade the ladies “good morning.” They said to him, “We wish to boo Dr. Brooks.” Ho replied, “I am Dr. Brooks.” Then they said, “Wo wish to see Rev. Dr. Brooks.” Dr. Brooks replied again, “I am Rev. Dr. Brooks.” Net knowing that there was a Rev. Dr. William Henry Brooks and see ing that the secretary was totally uu- like Phillips Brooks—at least in out ward form tia'y thought that tho man was not in his right mind. Ac- c<>rdingly they went down stall’s with out delay and said to some one there: “There is a crazy man writing in tho guildroom who says ho is Dr. Brooks.” Dr. Brooks enjoyed tho j 'ko on himself. -Boston Herald. Dink Note Figure*. If a fellow comes around and wants to bet you s?5 ! hat if you will tell him tho last four figures of the number of a bank note he will tell you the letter of tho note, don't you take him up. You offer same way, u him bet 4. one re tro- DICA I.ICW IX Sash,) Blinds,«Doors, -and all kinds nf- Building Materials. Plans and specifications for build ings made on short notice. Livery and Feed Stables. Headquarters for drivers and Farm ers, who want to buy.sell or exchange. I make a Specialty of Feeding Stock. First-class turnouts at reasonable rates. Cattle and Hogs bought and sold. J. G. Spencer, Proprietor. Having just purchased a HERRING-H ALL-MARVIN BURGLAR-PROOF SAFE —wrni — Automatic Bolt Work \ M>- Time Lock and Safely Deposit Hoxoss, I will he better prepared than ever to take care of inv customers funds. Safety D« > Boxes at moderate, i'< ‘ :nty claims bought. H . ha.ige bought and sold. ;v. w< >oi>, HA X It 1CK, Gaffney, - - S. C. J. E. 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