Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THIS LEDGBlt* GAFFNEY, 8. C„ MAY, 1898 MYSTEIIY OF SMELL. PROBLEMS AWAITING THE ATTEN TION OF SCIENTIFIC MEN. Of Mechlin Stripes to be thrown on the bar gain counter this week at 5c per yard. Our Millinery is still in the lead. W. 0, Lipscomb & Spain's Ships are Broken AimI is otherwise disiimiml. as a matter of course wo will whip her, hut, not chan^in^ the suhjeei, how about J that watch of yours? If it is broken I can soon set it to' rmr'ing pood as it ever did. Call on me when you ' .vant work done. S. A. DANIELS, The Jeweler. Emporium. Our Millinery Department is till awlow this week with many now and handsome noyelties in Hats and Trimmings. Our stock of Fine Millinery cannot bo surpassed in point of elegance and good taste. The yoluine of business that we are doing in this department is proof conclusive that we are giving the ladies of Cherokee county just what they want—handsome, stylish millinery at MODERATE prices. Mail orders for millinery t\ill always receive prompt and crreful attention. " " & Carpenter. Just What The Doctor Orders and nothing else, goes into your prescriptions if you bring them to us. The purest drugs, the most careful compounding. “Our fountain D in full blast and all the most refreshing and up-io-dato drinks will he served here. DuPre Drug Co. talks big and will get bargains when credit won’t. Bring your cash to me this week and tj wnjur^ to c ihe bargains 1 have for C. I ’ll B sorry if l T don’t. J. L. ALEXANDER. tlie 1 •siliiee Oonfectionery you can always find the host and most up-to-date drinks of every description to be found in the city ; also the most complete lino of candies, fruits, cigars* etc. We are agents for Lowney’s and tenuey’s chocolates and bon lions. These are the nicest made. Ic< Cream serv< d every day in the week. Brown & Clarkson, Proprietors. Somo of tho Iteinarluililo THIokh Notice- ftblo About Various 0<lnr* EvUltMicn ol the Homarkable Devclopiueut of the Seuse of Smell. One Bnbjcrt which in this scientific! p.ro haw not iirrn made the matter of tboroi'f’h scientific investigation is tiio st^nse of Him ll. Our knowledge of the science of odors remains about where it was bO years pko, although wo have learned so much about light, heat and sound. The old imperfect classification of smells into “pungent, saline and sac charine” still remains. Indeed, about all that most of ns know is that some smells are agreeable and some decidedly the reverse. I here is no standard of smell, no unit odor established as a base of comparison. Wo do not know when one smell is twice as strong as another. As a famous chemist said, “Quantita tive analysis has not yet been applied to the skunk. ” A writer in The Indepi ndent does, indeed, say that on an examination of several thousand flowers he found that there was a connection between color and perfume. He finds that of white flowers 14 per rent gave out agreeable odors; of gray ones, J1 per cent; of red, a little over percent; of yellow, a little over (J percent; of blue, 4 per coiif, and of green, only 2 per cent. Hut, further, yellow flowers contain the largest numlier with a disagreeable odor, and th*> white the next largest. But this analysis is vitiated by the fact that a perfume agreeable to one person may bo sickening to another. There is no (esthetic standard of smells, and tie to are but few which all declare to bo delightful. An English manufacturer of }>crfuino asserts that he is able to combine odors so as to produce a certain effect and talks of a perfume scale, but this seems rather commercial than scientific. If he could really pro duce an odor which everybody would reeogni/.e by the combination of different smell elements, the foundation of u sci ence of smell would bo laid. One remarkable thing about odor is that the emission of it does not appreci ably diminish the mass of the body in m which it is given off. A grain of musk may fill a room with odor for years and weigh as much at the end of the time as it did at the beginning. Its weight must have been diminished, for it is im possible to believe that an effect on out organs of sense can be produced without an impact of material particles from a source of energy, but the amount oi matter dissipated is infinitesimal in the case cf an odorous body. The sense of smell is apparently uni versal, but stronger in animals than iu men. The lowest orders smell with their mouths, insects smell with tin ir hairs, fishes smell iu water, and the acuteness of the power of smell in dogs and hi savages is well known. Humboldt says that Peruvian Indians cwuhl tell in the darkest night whether the person ap proaching was a European, a negro or an American Indian. In those deprived of the other senses the power of analyz ing odors is sometimes abnormally de veloped. The Scotch boy Jan es Mitchell, u blind, deaf mute, could distinguish the individuals iu a room iuto which he was led. John Mossman, a deaf mr.to at Parkersburg, \V. Ya., was ablo to lo cate oil wells with the certainty that a setter finds partridges. His uo.se brought him a fortune of ioOO.OGO as fees fu professional smelling. It is strange that no one has trained a dog to paint petro leum. Possibly a dog might be taught to “stand” a nugget of gold in the fro zeu soil of Alaska, as pigs find truffle, in Perigord, for metals have a character istic smell. It is probable that every thing gives off a characteristic effluvium, though our sense is not delicate enough to detect the subtler ones. Home gases, like hydrogen, have uc odor; other like chlorine r.ndthe prod uct of the Hartford (Sus company, have a very perceptible one. There is a gen eral idea that a body must possess a molecular weight id times as great as that of hydrogen before it can affect the olfactory m rvts of human beings, but even that needs confirmation. Wo fre quently confound taste and smell, and it is said that no oua can distinguish an onion from an apple by taste alone. Homo odors cling to the surface ol things, as tfio odor of game, which randy rises much above the ground: others uro raiudly diffused through the air. Why is this? No one knows. (Jn< of tlm most singular things about the sense of smell is that it is not subject to illusions. Sight may bo dee* ived. One may imagine ho secs things which art not before him; he may hear a roaring iu his ears when there is no sound, but it is said that even the insane are not subject to olfactory delusions. Then are no ghost smells. If this is true, what is the reason, what is the explu nation, of the phenomenon? Again, why are the earth and fields so much more fragrant in the morning than at noon, when, on the other baud, the strength of most odors is increased by heat? The scientific men ought at least to "make a bluff” at sonic of these prob lems. As it is, here is an original sense of power of perception of the utmost refinement, older, probably, than the sense of sight, a power for the exercise of which wo use a complicated mechan ical and nervous mechanism, the nature and modus operamli of which uro as much u matter of conjecture as were those of the souses of sight and smell 1,000 years ago. Evidently science has not discovered everything yet.—Hurt- foal Courant. Cattle in the South. [Manufacturer's Record]. In many parts of the South there is an increasing interest in cuttle- raising. By this is not meant the large ranch undertakings in Texas, or the cure of two or three cattle as a side issue on farms, but a systematic enlargement of operations on a large scale- in such States as Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. This industry has apparently receiv ed its impetus from demands on the part of ranches in Kansas, Indian Territory and the northwest for young stock to be fed and turned into beef for consumption in Eastern and even in {southern markets. During the past year or eighteen months thousands of head of stock have been gathered and shipped to distant points and the business is still under way. This may he regarded as an indi cation of a change in Southern meth ods which will have a momentous ef fect upon agriculture in that section. It is an easy step for an intelligent man, noting the profits in beef in spite of transporting the stock twice, t i turn his attention from the mere gathering of the stock iu bunches hero and there throughout n State and driving them to the stockyard at the railroad station, to gathering them upon his own farm to be fed there for slaughter either in a nearby town or at a distance. Especial at tention is given to this subject in the May number of the Southern Farm .Magazine of Baltimore. The leading article, by Col. I. B. Killebrew. deals with the various grades of cattle in Tennessee, which makes if a typical Southern State in this respect, and the paper will be found to be exceedingly readable and suggestive by agriculturists in all parts of the South. Another paper, by Mr. George F. Weston, superintendent of the Bill- more Farms, North Carolina, relates to the production of Southern beef. Mr. Wesson from a fund of experi ence presents practical reasons to Southern farmers why they should turn their attention to this line. Cattle-raising oilers an opportunity for turning into a profitable channel much of the energy which has been directed to the cultivation of an over crop ol cotton—profitable not only in prodheing marketable meat, but also in enriching the land and especially in limiting the cotton acreage by a perfectly natural and reasonable process. The Houth is a land for cattle-raising and cattle-feeding. and wife should know about the pre paration that for half a century lias been helpingexpectant mothers bring little ones into the world without danger and the hundred and one ^ discomforts and distractions incident to child-birth, n is applied externally, which is the only way to get relief. ,A\ Medicines taken internally will not help and may 1 result in harm. ^ Mothers Friesid fits and prepares every organ, muscle and part of the body for the critical hour. It robs child-birth of its tortures and pains. Baby’s coming is made quick and easy. Its action is doubly bene- ^\ficial if used during the whole period of pregnancy. §1 per bottle at all drug stores, or sent by mail on receipt of price. Hooks Free, containing valuable infor mation to ail women, will be scat to *uy address upon application by The Srsdfield Rsigutetor Co., This is Campaign And tlio War is about to begin between Elide Sam .tik! Spain. You should keep posted on the issues of the day. I)on't worry your neighbor by borrow ing bis paper when you etui get Thk Lkdokk for ♦ 1 a year, oOe for six months, or 2.”>e for throe months. It will keep you posted, so order it tit oi^ce. Don’t delay. — ..^.uiiaea metiers. List of letters remaining in office uncalled for to date : Miss Hullio B t Green Mr. Sicero Hughes. Miss Martha Hurnbrick. Mr. hdd Harass. M iss Mamie Jones, careB. J. Joner. Miss Mamie Jones. Mr. Janies Money. Mr. VVilboru Kennedy. Mr. J. T. Rochester. Mr. J. R. Strickland. Mr. Harley Scruggs. Miss Jane Williams. Mr. O. 1). Whalon. Abram White. •N. B.—Persons calling for these letters will please say advertised in Tui!’ Lkdoer. T. H. Littlejohn*, P. M. May 3, 1898. — -*•*- ~ —— Off to the War. On Monday morning Messrs. J. Fred Foster, (J. 0. Hopper, 8. Herbert Chambers. C. G. Ervin, I). V. Kirk patrick, Edward Arrowood and H. M. Gaines, left for Union where (bey will all join the Johnson Rifles except Mr. Chambers who will go on to Charleston and join a heavy battery being formed there. John Scoggens, m other of our worthy young men, went to Shelby X. C., and joined the company which went from there. These young men have the best wishes of all Gaffney people, who confidently expect to be proud of their war records. - -*•*- *- The Pension Money. Clerk <<f Court Jefferies has the pension money for the Confederate pensioners of Cherokee county and those who are entitled to it can ob tain it by culling upon him at the court house. « • — Cure a Cold in One Day. TakeLaxiitivt* RroraoQulnim‘Tulilots. All <iruuujsts n fionl nionc.v p it fails to euro. -Vic. The jroniiiiu-lias L. 11. (j. on cui. , !i tablet. DuPre Druj; Co. 3-;j *Jis?a*es of ffae Blood and Ni-rvej. No one iwd sillier with neuralgia. Thi.t disease is quickly, and permanently cured by Browns’ Iron Bitters. Every disesro of the blood, nerves and stomach, chronic or otherwise, succumbs to Browns’ Iron Bitters. Known wul used for nearly a quarter of a century, it stands to-day lore- most union? ear most valued retnedicr. Browns’ Iron Bitters is cold by all dealers. To (Inro Constipation Forever. Talte Cascurcts Cumly Cathartic. Ko or -5c. If C. O. C. lull lo cere, dreauists refumt money CLINE BROS. & CO., Livery Feed and Sale Stables. Opposite National Bank. First-doss turnouts; prompt attention; and courteous attendants. i&r'W'r solicit your patronage. Executor’s Notice. All persons holding claims against the es tate of AlmerS. Waters, deceased, are hereby notified lo render un amount of their de munds. dulv attested, toeittierthe Executor, E. E. Archer, tit Spartanburg, S. or to Mrs. Ann Waters at the said deceased’s late resi dence, and all persons indebted to said es tate are required to make payment to the undersigned executor. E. E. Ahchkh, Executor Estate Abner S. Waters, deed. Gaffney. S. May 2d. IMis. :st JACKSON ct SULLIVAN, Contractors and Builders. Plans and specifications furnished free if we do the work. Wedoull kindsof work and guarantee satisfaction. Best references fur nished. For the present we are loeatisl at Clifton. S. and any communication ad dressed to us'there will receive prompt at tention. 5-j-lmo Brick! Brick!! I now have brick ready for delivery. They are of excellent qualify and don’t you forget it. Orders left at J. R. Tolleson & Co.’s store will receive immediate attention. B. W. BAKER. Dissolution Notice. The firm heretofore existing iu the town of Blacksburg under the name of It. I,. Brown t'o. is dissolved ny mutual consent. The business will he continued by the uuder- sl/ned: D. L. Brown. I -•8-:;t Blacksburg. S. T. E. McGEHEE. Contractor and Builder, GAFFNEY, S. C. Plans and specifications furnished on ap plication. Good building material furnished promptly and at reasonable prices. 4-7-Jm MARTIN, EDWARDS & HINES, . . . LUMBERMEN, . . . GAFFNEY, S. C. All kinds of lumber cut to order. Goods delivered at depot or mill on short notice. Satisfaction guaranteed. 3-24-tf Notice. The IsHiks of McArthur A Sams and of Mc Arthur, Taukcrslcy & Sams arc In the hands of .1. f. Jettcrbm, Esq., who Is empowered to collect accounts due. Parties owing would do well to cull and settle and save suit. W. E. McAltTHVB, t-20-tr R. O. Sams. FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing. call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C. Case of poisoning Hood’s Sarsaparilla Drives the Pol^ son from the System, Quiets tho Norvos, Relieves Dyspepsia and Catarrh. •' While In the army I was poisoned in wardly with poison oak, and I d'd not get well lor 15 years. My blood became «o affected that I was taken with a hacking cough, and I was thought to be going Into consumption. 1 took many different medicines without avail, and finally re solved to try Hood’s Sarsaparilla. When I had finished Inking the first bottle tho pimples began to disappear from my body, and after I had taken three bottles I was well. I have also suffered with ca tarrh In the head and have been taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla for this trouble, and it helps me. In fact I take it for all ail ments and believe it has no efpuil as a blood purifier. It quiets the nerves and gives refreshing sleep. It has relieved me of dyspojnsia and built, me up." J. T. Holliday, Williarasten. South Carolina. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is the best—in fact the One True Blood Purifier. Sold by all druggists §1; six for 85. PUIq 0 " r '' I - lv " r ,,te: Xo 1 IvK/lJ r UI-* take, easy to operate. J5c. DR. CHAS. A. JEFFERIES^ Physician and Surgeon. SPECIALTIES:—m:k<;i;uv, EYI EARand THROAT. .^T'oillce over Bridges & Benson's. Telephone No. 41. C. JEFFERIES,*- GAFFNEY, S. C. Attorney and Counsellor at Lew. Practices 1 All the Courts. Collections a Specialty. Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB, Dentist, Office over R. A. Jones & Cc’s Store. Can be found at office six days in the week. J. E. WEBSTER, Vt t ox'no;y-JV t- Office in Court House. (Probate Judge'sofflec( Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Collec- 1 ions a suecialtv. O. L. SCUL’MPF.KT. TlIOS. 11. UUTI.EK, Wm. McGowan. SCHUMPERT, m BUTLER * & * McGOWAR, AXXOltnf K VH-.Vr-L,A\V. Union and Gaffney, 5. C. Very ctireful and prompt attentlou given to till business entrusted to us. Practice in all the courts. DR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, ^ Gaffney, - - - S. C. Office over J. It. Tolleson’s new store In office from 1st to 2Gth of each month; At Blacksburg Thursday morning each week, returning to office at 2:SVI Wm. Mi nuo. Jas. Mvnro. .1. B. Bell. □ Union. S. (’. Union, S. C. Gatfney. S.t’. AxxomneYs-AX-I^Aw. GAIM^ISCSY, 8. C. Will practice in all the courts of the State and United States. All t>usiuessentrusted to us will receive prompt attention. The Best Is always the cheapest, and you can always get the best Sash, Blir.ds, Doors and all kinds of Building Material, including No i Heart-pine Shingles from L. Raker cheaper for cash than on time. I buy for cash and consequently get bargains, and will give my customers the same advantages. I Will flake your Estimates for Materials Free of Charge. Very Rcspet., ISA. KICK- The Hot Springs of Arkansas The Mountain-Locked Miracle of the Ozarks. The hot waters, the mountain air. equable elimute and the pine forests make Hot rpringN t he most wonderful hettlt h and pleas ure resort In the world, summer or winter. ** is owned, endorsed and controlled by the U S. Government and !>•• secoaunodatlMM lor all classes. The Arlington and Park hotels and iO ot hers and 2u> boarding houses are open all summer. Having un altitude of l(iM» feet It Is a cool, safe and m urby refuge during the heated term in the south. For information coneernlng Hot >t>rlngs address F. Cooley. Manager Business Men's League. Hot Springs. Ark. For red need excursion tickets and partle- ulars of the tri|i see local agent or address W. A. Turk. Geii’l Puss. Act., Southern Ky., Washington. 1>. f. ORDINANCE. Uot’xnt, * 'H AM lit: It. ) G AFFN F.Y. S. I\, * April l>. 1«W. 1 Be it ordained by the Town Uouuell. iu council assembled, and by authority of the same, that all persons, either us principal or agents, doing an Exchange or Bucket Shop business in the town of G itfnoy. shall pay a license of not loss than JKX) per annum. In advance, to the i'own Uterk. and on failure to comply witb this ordinance, such person or persons shall be tlned in a sum not ex ceeding JIOO for each and every day such Rx- chuiigc or Bucket Simp remains oucu or o days Itiiprlsoouieut or work under ;ne Sir et Overseer on the public streets JO day .self her nr both. In the discretion of the liilctident or Town t'ounril. This ordinance to tasc effect iinuieJiulcfy. ( N. II. Littlejohn. lutcmhggit. L BAkr.it. V s Town Clark. 4-U „ . . ■. ... 1 ... -q