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! *J nil: wi-i Ki v unuiVM: riMDAY, T>r:( rMitn: ei. isjm. •—»■» ■ ———- ,*w - —r »*«« w ' TIIKV WON'T BIO SHOT. 8UBE SIGN OF £ AI,LV oecAY - American Quail That Are Trou bling Canadian Sportsmen. The Itlnln Are So Swift of Whiff Thut tlio IIimterM Arc ( noble to I’.aff 'i’lieiu - Some Objection* to the Vnn- keo InvmleM. I’remulere lleveb>)oneiit in Chihiri n lien* ernlly Itexolln In liiilieeilhy. The pulilie prints liave lately been Hietit ioninij the eireumstanee el'iin Al- uhama woman who has naeinsl the affe <>f nineteen years without ineivase of stature beyond that of a babe of ei”'lit months, curious, and all The east is indeed Two years ago quail became very scarce in this part of the provinee of Ontario, says tlie New N ork Sun. and some enthusiastic sportsmen imported a eouple of hevies from the southern states and turned them loose. This year they are reaping their reward, though it is not the kind they expected. That live quail are plentiful everyone agrees, hut up to date very few dead birds have gladdened the hearts <d the hunters. Whether the feathered col onists have acquired new habits since coming under the llrit ish Hug or have simply brought with them the spirit of independence peculiar to the republic no one knows, but they arc certainly well able to take care of themselves. They are wild and wary and unlike the native Canadian quail arc easily flushed. When flushed they fly straight for the thick woods, where it is dilb 'ult to got at them. They think nothing of flying half a mile to reach a thicket, and often instead of alighting on the ground they perch in the trees where no dogs can lind them. The other day tin; sportsman who had most to do with bringing in the foreigners tramped about from sunrise till sunset, and. on being asked the customary question, “What luck?” replied: “1 am a sinful man, hut not a liar. I didn’t get a feather. I never saw such birds. They invariably flushed before the dogs got within lifty yards of them, and made for the woods, where it seemed impossible to lind them.” After dinner he lit a cigar and gave his friends the benefit of his observa tions. “1 don’t believe there are more than a dozen flocks of these imported quail in the county,” he said, “hut they travel around so much they are seen everywliere, and in that way give the impression that the Holds are full of them. I asked every farmer 1 met if there were any quail about. The an swer always was: ‘Plenty of them. I saw a big flock yesterday or the day before.’ -Vow, I feel sure that many of these farmers saw the same flock. When the little native quails were plentiful they didn’t travel about much. A flock would mak<* its home in u cornfield where there was plenty of food and could be found there or in a neighboring Held at any time. * The dogs could get within a couple of yards of them before they would rise, and 1 never knew them to fly further than forty or fifty rods. Uesidns, they never flow exoept when disturbed, and when the dogs struck a trail they could find tlic flock by following it. When hunted tlie birds would lly back and forth in a couple of lields, and it was easy to kill a whole bevy man after noon. of course that was why the na tive quail got killed off. “Hut these new fellows seem to do a lot of their traveling on tin: wing. If a feeding ground doesn’t suit them, they lly to another. Half a dozen times n day my dogs trailed a flock oVer a farm only to lind that the birds had flown. 1 believe each flock now has a beat of a dozen or more farms over which it travels, and as the birds are seen at diifcrcnt timeson all the farms, each farmer thinks lie lias a Hock liv ing with him just as in the past, and that is the cause of the opinion that quail are plentiful.” The sportsman who brings home a bag of half a dozen birds this year does well, though it was by no means un usual for a good shot live or six years ago to make a bag of twenty or thirty. Tiie men who imported the quail are Satislied with the result, even though tin y haven't killed many yet, for they say that such wary birds can take good care of themselves and will in time become very plentiful. Hut some are dubious of this and say that an old- fashioned hard winter will kill oJV the strangers. Tlie last couple of winicra have been very mild, besides they have noticed that the birds are rather stupid and easily killed In cold weather —in fact, there is very little use- hunt ing them on line days, liut though there are some doubters among the sportsmen they all approve of the at tempt to restock the county with game. Col. Denison, of Toronto, how ever, strongly disapproves of it. lie is u descendant of the United Kinpiro Loyalists, and so “truly loyal that he thinks there should be a law passed to keep rebellious American panic out of the country, lie sees in this attempt to colonize the lields and wood with Yankee quail an cll'ort to foment an* (luxation. Oncer XhiliffH Aliout I utiiulii. There are three things that attract the notice of a traveler from the states when he lias got into Canada, to say nothing of the general dullness thut prevades that provinee. One is I he dis- upjieuruncc of window blinds and bare ness of the house fronts. The other is the presence of militiamen and police men, who are as nearly copic as may be of the Miiglish militia and Doudon “hobbies.” The third is the impossi bility of getting your sho< . blacked, OXeept in tlie washroom ; of the hotels. One pays ten cenls for a ' i>:i\e. and a New York artist wliodid hiswoik o shabbily would be made to do it over again. \ii W*nt w i .Ul l •»» To fti’t i H -t 1»\ " l<* somebody rl r e is cminnon auauip all jirimltivn races. II eanuol he •aid thnl in we nre not ju 1 a ' : elb h. nice we dump on neighbor ; I lie filth of , w- jCge. To follow out certain iticnnia flons, and to fasten Ino diseare to a plaster, or rmnethinf:' or oilier, was ronclnded by flic burying of (lie plan ter. Then, if anybody dug ii up ho daiigbt the disease and tlie ill man wfll freed of his malady. This is an old Unman fancy, and Is earned Mil. ac cording to Capt. Tiourke, by (he Mexi can Indltitr To-dny. It is probably of StBrnlsh origin. the more so from the fact that she remains in good health and in possession of her physical powers, indiscussing thislusus nutur;e (i well-known investigator into matters anthropological related to a reporter for the < ineinnati Lnqnirer some ea .es Indirect contrast with this, and two or three are worth reproducing. “The French Academy of Sdenees,” said he, “has given much attention to matters like this. They have on record the description of u lad who at tlie age of seven years measured four feet nine Inches without his shoes. He lifted with ease two hundred pounds and was aide to do as much heavy work as a perfectly developed man. Hat his un derstanding was no greater than is usual with children of his ape, and their playthings were his favorite toys. “Another hoy, a native of Kou/.an- quet, though of strong constitution, appeared to be stiff jointed till four and a half years old. During this time nothing further was remarkable about him except an ‘Xtraordinary appetite. Itefor reaching the ago of five his limbs became supple and Ids body be* pan to expand rapidly. At six years of age his height was live feet and Ins bulk in proportion. Iiis growth was so rapid that every month his clothes required to he made longer and wider, yet lie had neither sieknes - nor pain, lie could lift upon his shoulders a weight of one hundred and lifty pounds and carry it with ease. At the age of live his voice changed and his heard began to appear, and at six bis beard was remarkably heavy and all the unquestionable marl s of ma turity were visible in him. It was thought he would certainly grow to gigantic proportions, hut such pros pects very suddenly vanished. i.efore he reached the age of eight his legs crooked, body shrank, strength dimin ished, voice became weak, and lie sank into total imbecility. “ills rapid maturity was followed by an even swifter decay, and in bis tenth year he wasted away to a mere skele ton and died. “The same authority vouches for the account of a girl child, who, when four years old, was four feet six inches in height, with head and limbs well pro portioned and breasts fully expanded, like those of a young lady of eighteen. She was mentally advanced for her years, and at the ftge of six attracted tlie notice of a young man who desired to pay court to her. Her parents ob jected, very naturally, to this proposal, and when the childish years of the girl w.-re given as a reason they were compi lh d to i xhihit the public register of birt-is to prove the truth of their ivpr mentation. At liltccn this girl began to show indications of decrepi tude; at eighteen she gave all the signs of old itge, and in two or three year.-thereafter sank ii t > that mental st*. 1 c known Us second childhood, ‘die died in her twenty-second year, appar ently of extreme age. “Wi frequently hear of :i::iilarprod- igi 1 s in our own eountry, hut they arc shortlived. i’iieiiometia! maturity al ways promise-, early tie. ay, and we may lie sure that in noceewill nature he cheated of her rights.” VITAL STATISTIC; Tin' 4.i*»i J Word A Aii Am ciruu whi lug law in Tokio for \ .. r ha' jus* ret uni* Yoi 1 ii'"! ii - | ' i i . I s I pleidsei a I * olui Ii ll.m I h.V .1 , Nilotic .. wit 11 I he . Ii ris>r a i. m.'it • e\ el c .iiii• r. pH '.. HI.i < iu li ili e l lot lie llii r ... ■ in i* •pie. lie .let in in i his war : eivili. at ion lh ■ i in :• i. I mu •In li h lia i h h OU i t.’/ CMC 1 Is THCh.OUGHBHED. itirtiis mill Kea.llm for One Year In Ilio Stale of MiiKSaeliiisi. l Is. From the annual report of births, deaths and marriages in .Masem husetts for Is'.ill, which was lately made 1 y Dr. Francis A. Harris, it appears, say:, ihe Huston Transcript, tlnii the number of living births registered in tlie year was nr,It*”, which was t.Biis larger than was reported in isiiv. ami la, er than any other year siii'. s the begin ning of registration in Ms saclm • ■! ,s. The execs-, of living births over the number of deaths was ls,liw, being gn ater than tlie cxci • i any other year. There were registered . li nisi riages. being greater than were regi lefed in any i>revious year. .More marriage, were soleniiiized in ti»o month of dune than in any other month; li men and 1 womu i were more than seventy-five and I were more than eighty years old at thy time of marriage. The number of deaths was 111,usi, being It”:.’ more than the number reported in istr.’ and ay pH IlioiV tiiiili tlie Jilllidn r reported 111 1 s’.d. '1 he death rate for tlie year was ”(».lit i. r 1.000 of the estimated I I : popuh.l ion livin'!', which is .-14 ii" ■. than iiu rate of l'‘.i.*. 'I’lni ga at- est uuiiiber of diriths i"! iirivd in .\ti- gust and the third quarter ot tliv year, and tiu* least in dune and thcfouilh quarter. In the previous year tlie greatest number of deaths ecciirivd in danuary. Six iiumired and ten pairs of twins were boi ii in the state had yi si and niiiesetsof triplets. II i noi ictv l.le thal nearly lti,0*iu inmv eliildreii of foreign tliau of nalive parenlagi'were burn in Host mi dm ing the nar. (i • i linl i-i ean le 1,1 I lull' ho is l:.|i:im I imlmnil a Id. mhi at tId • idqdiifniiii n* iieli el rie i uri • i 1 he rejilni. 11 ii.wi I. 'I Id i ■ il l III! .II'' h ' fill Is ici i ill I" •*•■ ll Ti III • Ul Ul i II i i. V.triiis ;i I’lii'iiiiiatIr-Ttri-d V. S' el i rni ii||iIih ftvi-r ii 111 irsf*. th- .I'l.i hied race horse is be- I 1 ' be the .viffest animal on the . -Ii v> hen t lie king of racers, Sal- , eovi red a mile on a straight at Mois.iouth park on August ”8, in 1: whieh is still the record probably went the distance in less it wa - ever traversed before or by a living creature of any kind ,i unaided over tin* surface i in li ve, g! .be vat. >r tiak 1 :m. -Aim than since Hi w i.' uneided over t he surface of the earth. Had anyone at that time predict ed that within live years a mail on a bi- Cyele would propel himself over the same didance on a similaror any other track in faster time than that of the thoroughbred, he would, says Harper’s \Vi ckly. have been considered some thing more than merely visionary. At thal lime the bicyclist was competing with t!i • trotting horse, hut that he would ever '.junl the runner was not dreamed of even by ultra enthusiasts. Ain’t vet thi- undreamed-of feat has now been accomplished. Since the ad vent f Um pn ii uatie-tire wheel with 1 .'! In 'ii;"!' . iv.Mrds have 1h*i*ii fall ing before the bicycle more rapidly th '.n before the trotter notwithstand ing the phenomenal advances of the lati.*’ - until if late several wheelmen Imve been going miles below two min- iites, leaving the trotter quite out of the race. Hut no bicyclist lias come within striking distance of the speed of even an •■irdinary thoroughbred, un til of a sudden a professional racing cyclist. .John S. Johnson, the “western wonder.” took fourteen seconds off the bicycle record at a single clip, and odips. d not only some but all thorough bred -by riding a mile in 1:35 The feat was accomplished over a straight course at I’.uibdo, X. y., October ”4. The pacemakers were four men mounted on a quadruplet machine. Thus f,.r tin* lirst. time in the world’s history a man has propelled himself a mile purely by muscular exertion f: ter tlm u the muscles of any otlu living creature ever carried it over t!i ■ earth'. surface. As a triumph of human development, aided by the in ventions >f human ingenuity, over mere animal development, thi.snchieve- ineiit is therefore unique and worthy of record quite apart from its interest to the sportsman. SOME AILE5BURY HEIRLOOMS. I'll .■■i;j..ii. has beini pract ic- * In* hi. . ..even ll' me to \ I ' W QUEER Forti EFFECTS OF A HURT. lit* i»- m HEART DISEASEI Fluttering;, No Appetite, Could Not Sleep, Wind on Stomach. ^ “For a long time I had a terrible pain at my heart, which fluttered al most incessantly. I had no appetite and could not sleep. I would be com pelled to sit up in bed and belch gas from my stomach until I thought that every minute would be my last. There was a feelling of oppression about my heart, and I was afraid to draw a full breath. I could not sweep a room without resting. My hus band induced me to try We come here to stay, and we will sell you at prices that will enable you to stay. We Knock Out All competitors on Flour. On To bacco, we seem to have nocom- petition—it is going At Wholesale. Try our : 5c Tobacco and be fully conveneed as ;• i.fte s, jjho say it is the finest on ear tn Our Con fectionery stock is complete. Dr. Miles’Heart Cure If you want to be sweet and am happy to say it lias cured me. I now have a splendid appetite and sleep well. Its effect was truly marvelous. ” MItS. IIA UR Y K. STARK, I'ottsvllli*, l';i. Dr. Miles FIoart Cure in sold on a positive guarantee that tho tirst butt lo will hencii' All druggists m*II it at #1, 0 buttles fi>r*6,c just give usacall. We have now about 4,000 pounds on hand. henilit. .or ItWill be sciit, prejiaii), bn n.velnt of pi icu Co, Elkhart, lud. by the Dr. Miles We can sell prices. you at New York "The Gaffney Roller Shop. For a Nice Xma {* c M nt JOHII CRECORV. PropY. and Gen. ITji'r. They liii tiiile :i Snoril Halit to Hav« Iloen Owni'il liy IColiert llriiei*. Tlie sUtteuient that tho missing Aik* bury In ii liioiiis have been discov er'd 1m ., doubtless, been read by many who do not know of what these family treasim-s consist, says the Westminster Kudget. Among tho principal curiosi ties at Savernako were three ancient swords, one of which is said to have belonged to Robert Hence, king of Scotland, an ancestor of the marquis of Ailesbury, whose family mum is llruce. Tim "t'iMt arms are repeated six or eight timi's .'ii tho hilt of this sword. Another was the sword of tho Dlack Douglas, and the hilt, inlaid with sil ver. bears tin: cognizance of the Doug in . Then: is also u magnificent hunt ing-horn formed of an elephant's tusk, with enain led silver mountings, which h i d" •ended to the llruce family. Tin' p '• ■ -.--ionof this horn is said to ho tin title tinder whieh the wurdenship i Sa v, .-na! . forest is hold under a charier granted by Edward VI. to the i’r licet'*r Somerset. The horn is about t Vo feet 1. ngand fifty-three inches in diameter at tho largest end. Tin* en ameled ilver mountings represent in a n rie . of eompartments tho liguivs of a kh:' . a bishop, a huntsman or warden of tiie forest, with different animals of tiieeha-e. There is a radition among t he keepers of Saverimke forest that thi, iioiai was formerly carried and so;:ii lisl by one of the keepers in Ids uniiorm before tin* king when ho pas-ed. through the forest. When <h rge II. was entertuiiii'd nt Saver imke th' Ling, on taking hi:; leave of the marquis of Ailesbury of tho day, ie .uivd him thut In* was greatly ]>! •.I'.ed uitti his visit, but that there had been one omi'-sion. “You have for gotten,” said his majesty, “to blow your tenure horn. When a king of England here and that born is ii"l blown your property becomes for feited to the crown." "Well, sire," wa: tlie reply. “1 couldn't get anybody t" et ;i!' , ' uad out of it." This plea ot Mint tiie lawyerseall confession and avoulaui'e prevailed. \\V lii'o- in eg11 yniir Mitcn- tion to the l - ;irl ill,qt \Y<• ;I!‘I duino tin* In st just look at our Jcvveiry—the most complete iine ever in the city. A complete line of Heavy and Fancy Groceries, lower in proportion than 5c cot ton. We are located near I he Cotton Mill, I Top Roller Covering Yours to serve, ('oltmi Mill* nt any mi" rn ^ he -.uiii ii, haring leine. faciliiie- ar«‘ lie mi•>( illlil <0 Mil I )1<*I < *1 .'1;'. tm in 11 Out muilqni \\Y work in mmu A d co. ' 7. * V.'»'! n -jg Ctltiliy siilie'e \ 'mi' i.a' The Galthe/Roils? ShT, GAFFNEY, S. C. 1 >; o *1 <x. U h i u f 1 \ V- i \\ r -s v > FI i > ‘-7. XL r > V* a !><- i* V I? 11 A 2 •i 1 STOVES, * HEATERS- * RA EES, ■> ORA / * if ... aV' If* 1 -j.'.*,.. .. i»2<; g" mn; 1 J « > i* ijiu- A ’T n *\ ' j D '\ d >:x CRIPTION, ■ '.i*n kv,* , • i tve tears of a Plan's l lfo ill n ii u l’i rfei't lUanU. • In the village uf l.tibee.” says the Ee’.i is*; ai i .tie.) .lnurual, ’Ttve.s Clem W',! His. W hen he was a boy about lit!ecu years of age he went out to his father' pa*tare to eatcli a frisky eolt. .'*.•. lie was about to place ii halter ai'oiiuil hi-, nei'k the eolt liieked him in the head, making a ragged wound The wound healed, hut it soon became apparent that the man was slightly demented, and his hallucination took peculiar forms, lie would travel up and dovvu the hay on thi* steamboats, clai'iiing the proprietorship of the hit ter sni'i rei'u-.iiig to pay fare. Tlie i.teamhoiit iiieii liiitiioreil him, ;i . he I daft, and he \v:is the w;i eoiisideri'i hill t of t in ill hi! . HV now six!' .lai ;"i i"'l ll - 1 I'ina, I.. I iii:i ll. ' . '! .* ihe I inii- " tin- I lo '• ' ! h ill, ' li lt fur- : the inall Iw iys’jokes si nil hantei .1 in t he village since, and is years of age. About six ii.ik.ago the local physicians deter- i I "1 t ii • pi rimi-ut on his ease. They f. 'ii"| (li: * a portion ot lii- skull had • i, f..| ed inlo eontaet with tin* , P | he Mow. ;ind by ii skillful i • i-in 11 moved till* pressure Ihe man Inis now re- ai. illnl ! he III - t qltes- hii. o|" : t. • t' hi - 51-k ll'lil ll' the o| a w a \ ' l>iM f"iiy perf' I M say i' a '<I w hen hi reel ivel'eil from i.ili'iu was: •Did the eolt get W i lli* i -perfeet Iv sane now, livt* yr;ifu < uk to him.' •f hi*- life ii re si Ci nli‘r of 1 hi . sirii' i h* '*1 the de- V' j'‘i;iiiti iiM>f Ihe Ja ..nne wilh ii i el- lug itkin H> iinatzetiK'iii: pis ' ix ' u mil* ly pf.vei f ili wilh fl slow Mi p lull in lh*'new .lapatt H giM'.s wllh h*nps Unit oan he felt nmi rnrn. t one; I Ow. < . I 11 . . ,i • . ur ;i fl< i \ In . \v» i*» l«* I in Ihe di lei' si I I amlLlv ina, in Xiilu- 1; ' |i e i|ot"l of till* 'I'-V'I li'V film lh lei e . it 111" South W’ak:- Hol'd' Il l's, iuiv" 'in ivixwcreil. They eatne in r.nme way into Ihelinnil'- of a r’ri'Ueh nobleman, who hrn ju *t IrilitRfi ried Htrtn D'lhe Htitl'-h mililftry ailnrhe at PnriH. W eld l I Ie.'.•••»! 1 IMRIICI SAI.SFV.I and wc \\ il.i *AR I ’ i one of mi r SI Ok I* lk»i -i s from the fadorics. i; I •ll*,; \ on jo ii < ,li'i* J V !ii ,;n;i *a UtC* 0 » . .* .*1 ' •. v ■ i • i Stores .'ind ,i M.ini.tioiii M.*ck i .>* • * .* • . * ; 111, I i III UN \\ e hav c t ho I A S I s sok ; .i> id • • c. HI IN(i COiTPI I III \ I li 1 i It, niorc ot theu in th’. ii< i i a e> Mi* will give loiter* in th* Stite; c on the way