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^ V ■M i’f 0 TH® LEDGER: GAFFXET, 8. C., OCTOBER 6, 1898. A GREAT BOAT RACE. THt BENNINGTON’S CRACK CREW GOT A COSTLY SURPRISE. fltory ef a Fourth of July Rowing Contest at Honolulu Which Emptied the Pocket* and Lacerated the Feelings of Uncle Sa n's Jackies. “About as dismal a Fourth of July -mu ever I experienced on board a man- ©’•war,” said an ex-sailor of the uavy now living in Washington to a report- -rr, “was Independence day not many years ago down in the harbor of Hono lulu. The Bennington had an all star racing boat’s crew. The eight had just happened to be assigned to the Ben nington in a bunch before she left for her Pacific cruise, and several of the oarsmen had been members of the Co lumbia’s crack boat’s crew that walloped all of the British navy’s boats’ crews in English waters a few years before. The Bennington's cutter was one of the best in the navy, and she had been bnilt for a racer. Before we left the •Ware Island navy yard for south Pacific waters the ship’s racing crew had easily beaten, all of the other crews of the ships lying at the yard, including the tiptop crew of the Olympia and the Boston’s fine crew. We thought that we were about as warm us they make ’em after our crew put it on so many other man-o’-war crews, giving them a rouple of minutes the start of us, too, on numerous occasions and still beating them disgracefully. “The people of Honolulu arranged | an aquatic festival for the Fourth of July—the Americans down there cele- ! tinted the Fourth just as enthusiastic- j ally as wo do up here—and the Ecu- i uingtnn’s crew figured in it largely, j Our ship’s colors were at the fore in the two races that were run with picked Kanaka crews, and the third and last race of the day was one in which our crackajack eight was to figure, the other races having been won by subcrews practically picked at random from among the strongest seamen. “Wo thought this race was at ouf mercy. It was to be a four sided affair— ©ne crew of Kanaka sugar field workers, •» crew of Kanaka policemen and the yaoiiig crew of the yacht Eleanor, be longing to Mr. Plater of Providence, that had pulled into Honolulu harbor from Japan a few days before. Our erevr didn't pay much attention to the yacht’s racing crew and were only fig uring on the distance they could beat the crew of Kanaka policemen, which seemed the most formidable. '“The race was over the four mile -course carefully blocked oct iu the har bor—which was very smooth—by the Honolulu aquatic sportsmen, and the start was first rate. There wasn’t a man, fore or aft, on the Bennington that didn’t stand to go broke to the extent of at least a month’s pay on the success of the Bennington’s crew, and we had to give 8 to 1, tuu, for it was generally conceded that wo had the race at our mercy. “The start, as I said, was good, and the Bennington's crew showed in front first and started <mt apparently to make a runaway race of it. The Kuuaka po licemen’s crew trailed after them, pull ing steadily, then the Kanaka sugar •vcorkers aud, a good ten lengths to the tear, the Eleanor’s crew. This was the way It looked for the finish when the Bennington’s crew rounded the stake- boat and started for the return trip. “Some of tho Honolulu men who had their money up on tho two Kanaka crews actually begun to square accounts, aud theory, ‘It’sallover—Bennington!’ was heard all over the bay. When the atakeboat was ronnded, it was noticed that the Eleanor’s boat was sort of get ting a move on itself, and the men wrere working like machines at a long, steady stroke that certainly looked as if it was cutting down the Bennington’s lead and the lead of the two Kanaka boats. “Two minutes after the stakeboat was ronnded the Eleanor’s gang were right abreast of the Kanaka cutters and gaining on them with every stroke, aud the cox uu of the Bennington’s cutter, bearing the yells Of warning from the Bennington bluejackets ashore, looked behind him and saw the Eleanor cutter only two lengths behind him and com ing like an electric launch. Our crew was tired, and that’s all there was about it. ‘ “The Eleanor’s crew had held them- axlves in for the finish, and they cer- tuiufy did make a Garrison finish of it. Tho yacht’s cutter shot ahead of our cutter a good mile from home, aud thou, to make tho thing more gal Hug, the Crew actually stopped rowing until the Bennington’s crew was alongside again. Then‘they took to the oars again, and from then on it was a howling farce. The Eleanor’s crew just romped their cutter In ten lengths ahead of our cut ter and the Kanakas a quarter of a ctilo in the rear. “You never saw such a disgusted lot of men in your life as the men and officers on the Bennington. The Elea nor’s ship company had taken all of tho :i to 1 money they could get on board o ir ship, for they knew they had u good tiling up their sleeve. Tho Eleanor’s cr«w on the whole trip around tho world that was wound up at San Frau- o*sc > had not been beaten once in a cut t- r race, and the yacht’s sailors had made all kinds of money in betting on tlimr orow. It was a minor sort of eon- * Nation for us when we found out that, ■tire of the Eleanor’s racing crew were 6*-A)uericun mnuo’-wur’s men."— . Washington Star. Unclaimed Letters. List of letters remaining in office uncalled for to date : Mr. Boi Aders. Mr. M. E. Amser. Mrs. Blackwell. Mr. Sam Brown. Mrs. D. T. Byars, Mr. Charlie Campbell. Miss Mary Cline. ’Miss Amanda Corry. Mrs. Annie Davis, col. • Mr. John Doddle. Miss Bell Elisy. Miss Lassie Goad. Mrs. Lara Goforth. Miss Manda Goudlock. Samuel Griffith. Green Guyton. Mrs. Annie Haines. Anderson Hambrick. Mr. R. \Y\ Hawk. Mr. Dock Holman. Mr. P. O. Holman. Miss Mary Jefferies. Mr. R. \V. Lackey. Mr. John Leaver. Sealy Littlejohn. Miss Nancy Marshall. Miss Sinday Miller. Mrs. Amy Morgan. Mr. J. L. Mose. Will Nance. Minnie Nathaniel. Mr. P. H. Peeler. Mr. N. Pewells. Nancy Randolf. R. L. Ross. Mr. James Sparks. Mrs. Francis Sprouse. Marion Williams. Mr. W. M. Young. N. B.—Persons calling for these letters will please say advertised in Tut' Lkoukk. T. H. Littlejohn', P. M. Sept, 2!>, 18118. Tribute o! Respect. Wereas. God in His allwise and unerring judgment his visited our Sun day Schocl and taken from our midst one of our brightest and best members. Miss Liza Patrick, daughter of J. T. Patrick and N. J. Patrick, Be it Resolved 1st. That we bow in humble submission to His will, for we know He doeth all things well. Resolved 2nd. Th^t in her death our Sunday School has lost one of its brightest lights, the neighborhood one of its best young girls, and her mother and father a dutiful daugter, her sisters a kind and loving sister. That we, as a Sunday School, do ex tend her parents and sisters our heart felt sorrow in their bereavement.| for all who knew her loved her. Resolved 3rd. That a copy of th( s? resolutions be sent to the family of the deceased and that the Gaffney Ledger ami the Baptist Courier be requested to publish the surna. — . *--«•► — — The Cuban question and political issues sink into insignificance with the man who suffers from piles. What he most desires, is relief. DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve cures piles. Cherokee Drug Co.. Gaffney. R. S. Withers &. Co., Blacksburg. Sharp words blunt the edge of friend ship. The human machine starts but once and stops but once. You can keep it going longest and most regularly by using DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, the famous little pills for constipa tion and all stomach and liver troub les. Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney. R. S. Withers k Co., Blacksburg. Black and green tea are products of the same plant. S. E. Parker, Sharon, Wis., writes: “I have tried DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for itching piles and it always stops them in two minutes. I consider DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve the greatest pile cure on the market." Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney. R. S. Withers it Co., Blacksburg. A lie liberates us fora moment and enslaves us forever. RHYMe*bF RHYMES. Wild on the mountain peak the wind Repeats its old refrain. Like ghosts of mortals who have sinned And fain would sin again. For “wind” 1 do not rhyme to “mind.” Like many mortal men. •‘Again” (when one reflects) 'twoVb kind To rhyme as if “agon.” I never met a single soul Who spoke of “wind” as '‘wined," And yet we use it, on the whole. To rhyme to “find” and •‘blind." We say, “Now don’t do that agen," When people give us pain. In poetry, nine times in ten, It rhymes to “Spain” or “Dane." Oh, which is wrong or which is right? Oh, which is right or wrong? The sound in prose familiar quite Or those we meet in song ? To hold that‘‘love” can rhyme to “prove’ Requires some force of will, Yet in the ancient lyric groove We meet thorn rhyming still. This was our learned fathers’ wont In prehistoric times. We follow itj or if we don’t We oft run short of rhymes. —Andrew Lang in Longman's Magazine. DICK’S GOOD TIME. A Very Human Boy Enjoying Hla Well Earned Reward. A portly gentleman sat on tho porch and smiled while a small boy, also smiling, painted the front fence. “Look at that boy,” tho portly mau remarked to a visitor. “He thinks he is having a good time. A small boy is surely the drollest creature ou earth. When I was a youngster, I remember that there wore certain kiuds of work I considered play, aud one of them was painting. I was always crazy to paint. Many times I have taken a bucket of muddy water and an old paint brusli and have spent a whole half day put ting a thick coat ou tho side of my fa ther’s barn. “So with my boy Dick, the little chap painting the fence. He has always been crazy to paint. He is enjoying himself now—you can see he is, and ho will paint that whole fence, too, just as well as he knows how. I don’t care if it is a trifle smeared. He’s getting joy, solid joy, thicker than the paint on his hands and clothes. “There’s a mean side to it too. Ho wanted to paint the fence, and I wanted tho weeds pulled out of the yard. So, like an underhanded rascal, I bargained with him. I told him that if he would pull all the weeds out I would let him paint tho fence. He went through the other job like a soldier—ho hates to pull weeds: all boys do—and now he thinks he is getting his reward. It is a downright shame to fool him that way, don’t you think so?” Tho portly gentleman chuckled again, and the small boy, wild with joy, went ou plastering paint on the fence.—De troit Free Fryes. S. M. Geary. Pierson. Mich., writes : DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve is curing more piles here to-day than all other remedies combined. It cures eczema and all other skin diseases.” Chero kee Drug Co., Gaffney. R. S. With ers k Co , Blacksburg. When you neglect to takt advan- | tage of the available opportunities I presented, you merit and deserve dis appointment Ono Minute is not long, vet relief is obtained in half that time by the use of Ono Minute Cough Cure. It prevents consumption and quickly cures colds, croup, bronchitis, pneu monia. la grippe and all throat and lung troubles. Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney. R. 8. Withers »V Co , Blacksburg. L — ' T What a pleasant world this would ho if we did not have to go to bed when wo »ro not sleepy, and have to get up when wo are I Lnt” to be 1 and early to rise pro pares r. ;n:u. for his hoim i i the skies Early to bod ami a Little K.iriy Riser liir till that makes life longer nml h* tt mndwiser. Cherokee DrugCo., Gaffney. It. S. Withers k Co., Blacksburg. Crossing the Threshold. Crossing the threshold was and is tho most critical period of the wedding day with all races, not even excepting the Anglo-Saxon. The superstitious fears of the many, always particularly alert on tho occa sion of a marriage, culminate in this final net of the drama. The lifting of the bride over the threshold or her step ping across it is the signal in Persia, Arabia and among the Copts of Egypt for the sacrifice of a goat or a sheep. Among the Aenezes, according to Burckhardt, tho bridegroom simply kills a lamb in front of his father-in- law’s tent, and the ceremony, bnt for the running of the bride from one tent to another, is complete. Perhaps the purest symbolical act is that of tho Transylvanian Saxon bridal pair, who step over the threshold with their hands tied together. Some of these Transyl vanian customs are remarkable and must be survivals from a very aucient period. The bridegroom never wears the shirt made for him by the bride ex cept on bis wedding day and at his burial, just as the veil of the Japanese bride becomes one day her shroud. - London Spoctator. He Got the Mustard. It was in the array. The boys had a meal of beef that had been corned by a bath in a salt horse barrel. It was quite a treat. They all thought so until ouo of the party remarked, “A little mus tard wouldn’t go bad. ” “That reminds me,” said another “You just wait a few minutes." A quarter of au hour later he returned aud, producing a screw of paper, ho said: "Oh, yes. Here’s that mustard. ” “Where did you get it?” said tho others iu chorus. "Up at the surgeon’s. Tho sick call, you remember, sounded as we were talking about tho mustard. It occurred to me that a little mustard for my lame back would be just the tbiug. ” “Bnfc you haven’t got any lame back.” “But I have got tho mustard.” — Philadelphia Press. 1)0 Y00 Wfflil onsumpiion? We are sure you do not. Nobody wants it. But it comes to many thousands every year. Itcomes to those who have had coughs and colds until the throat is raw, and the lining membranes of the lungs are inflamed. Stop your cough when it first appears, and you remove the great danger of future trouble. Ayer’s Cherry pectoral 'stops coughs of all kinds. It does so because it is a sooth ing and healing remedy of great power. This makes itthe great est preventive to consumption. Put one of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Plasters over your lungs A wftolo Medical Library Frcc. For four cent* ia stamr* topiy UKr. wo will «eu4 you bixlt-eii inoJical book*. Medical Advice Free. We have the exclusive services of some of the most eminent phy.Lilians in the Uuitcd States. Unusual oppor tunities and louR expeltmr“ emi nently flt them for nlvinu you medical advice. Write freely all the partic ulars In your ease. You will receive a | prompt replv, without cost Address, 1>K. J. C. AYER. Lowell, Mass. WINt .Of CARDUI < MONTHLY SUFFERING. ^Thousands of women are troubled at monthly inter vals with pains iu the bead, back, breasts, shoulaers,sides hips and limbs. But they need not suffer. These pains are symptoms of dangerous derangements that can be corrected. The men strual function should operate painlessly. IneW! makes menstruation painless, and regular. It puts the deli cate menstrual organs iu condi tion to do their work properly. Aud that stops all this pain. Why will any woman suffer mouth after month when Wine of Cardui will relieve her? It costs $t.oo at the drug store. Why don’t you get a bottle to-day?' For advice, in cases requiring special directions, address, giv ing symptoms, “The Ladies’ Advisory Department,” The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Teun. Mrs. ROZEMA LEWIS, of Oenavlllo. Texas, tayit “ I was troubled at monthly intervals with terrible pains In my head and back, but have been entirely relieved by Wlna Ot Cardui.” WINE Of CARDUI Hie Passing Show! - Comtoit-Seeit! It cost? you absolutely nothing to gain admission to this groat aggregation of low prices and good values. The young and the old alike receive interest and education from this great display of Fall and Winter Selections Which have been gathered from the most reliable and popular markets of America. Como and set 1 the enormous purchasing power of the American dollar. The performance of selling good goods as cheap as they can he sold is contin ually going on. One visit means a season ticket. We have on display today nearly a CAR LOAD OF SHOES, for big, little, old and young, which we mean to sell al prices to suit the times. We are headquarters for shoes! Let us sell you your next pair—you’ll be pleased. Capes. It will do you good to see our elegant line of Capes in Flush, Astrocan. Broadcloth and Wool. We have them of all sizes and prices and can suit you. Be sure to see this line. Underwear. This is a lim‘which we are extremely proud ol for we* know there is no better in the city or county. We have all kinds of underwear from the famous “Wrights” make on down to a 15c. shirt. We also have a nice line of fancy and plain dress shirts and working shirts of every description. Our dress sliirts are neat, stylish and dressy and our work shirts the best in town for the money. Clothing. This line must be seen to be appreciated. We have a nice line in Men's, Youths and Childrens, which we will sell at extremely low prices. Dry Goods and Notions. Our stock in this line was never more complete and we are prepared to meet your wants in this line with good goods and very low prices. Don’t forget u> if you are going to buy anything in drills, sheeting, bleach, ticking, jeans, flannels, or anything else in the line of staples. Do You Need a Sewing" " ~ We have one good Household Sewing Machine that we will sell for half price, as we arc* going out of the machine business, This machine is brand new and will please you. We have lots of things we can't mention here* which we will sell as low as the lowest. Be sure to see our big show. At each and every performance, the grand tab leaux of little prices exterminating hard times will be en acted while 1 the hand plays that cheering and popular melody store of “(’ome and see what a dollar will do” at the Know* Them Too Well. Mrs. Brown—What a curious man Mr. Showier is. He never takes tho least notice of children. Ho actually seeing to dislike them. Mr. Brown—Yes. Kknwler is tho nian who Likes babies’ pictures at Smilcr’s studio. It is his business, you know, to make the little ones look pleasant.—Boston Transcript. Winning race horses are generally •Lays, chestnuts or browns, and for every hundred buys amoiiK then? there are hO Aje.-tnuts and 80 browns. There is no n-ourd of an important race being won 4jv a piebald. pWbilo wo are considering when to I;: gvu if is often too late to act.—l^uin- tillnu. \ Missouri statute makes it a penitentiary offense for a husband to desert his wife until they have lived together for at least ten years. “One Minute Cough Cure is the It"-;! preparation I have ever sold or | used and I can’t say too much in its praise.”—L. M. Kennon, Merchant. Odell, Gn Cherokee Drug Co.. Gaff ney. It 8. Withers A- Co, Blacks burg. Delicately Cut. He would not say that she painted, powdered and all that. He was too much of a gentleman for,that. “Still I may as well confess,” he said, “that she impressed me as one who thinks she can improve upon tho Lord’s handiwork.”—Chicago Post. Abont Ponies. The Shetland ponies are not so com mon, it seems to me. as they used to bo in the States. Perhaps this is because the Canadian ponies are so cheap and are brought here iu great numbers. The best place to see tho Shetland pony is on his own native ground. As one I sees them there, coining into town on 1 market days, they are so well broken i that no bridle is needed, and a string around the nock serves the purpose of a ■ rein. Upon their liacks they have pack saddles, which are often so well.filled j with peat and grass that the load seems too big and heavy for the little fellows. In Iceland there are plenty of ponies, i They have flourished there for many generations aud form a special breed. | They are used for many kinds of work, and, being strong and hardy, they are very serviceable to tho inhabitants of i the island. The country is rough and hilly, bnt tbo ponies are suro footed,aud I have great endurance. I The island of Oesel, one of the lar- gest in the Baltic sea, lias ‘s own special breed ol ponies; tough, sturdy little fel- ‘ lows they arc and highly prized for I their beauty and other more valuable I qualities.—Our Animal Friends. <*rocjries IV. ^Otir stock of staple and fane) * ' * complete in every way and you can fresh goods at .rock bottom prices. now nice RESIDENCE LOTS FOR SALE BY Cherokee Land Company. We have some of the most desirable lands for residences any where to he found. You can select just what you want. You will not be surrounded by disagreeable neighbors. You can se lect it so that you will have no town taxes to pay. It is located within 250 yards of Southern depot. Cheap prices and easy terms. N. H. LITTLEJOHN, Mgr. iTor- Building and Plastering Lime, Coal, Shingles, Laths and Plaster Hair, Dynamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dynamite Caps, call on THE LIMESTONE SPRINGS LIME WORKS, 7. CARROLL & CO., Lessees I A Poor Worker No nmn nr w miiihi i-an work wt ". nmni: '!y I or |,li.vs.r; ' in , |t< HVnn »TTi , el \ n ,<-r\-lc o I of iiii’y Kind h lio ,s hardcnnil wllli :i torpid | liver. Constipation nml < ctleieni siiTfiion In tho number of murders Italy leads Europe. In the number of suicides Rus sia is ahead. id lilt Lave i , so lLa * I hey , up I lienryanst f I he I, >dy ■ nnol l ft p up t, >• • nt i iry in The trade between Japan and For mosa bus more than quintupled since ISU5. j Hie proper slitudiliu. linnet. we i.einl ' aelie*. (e pics.-.!'>n. Ik kieajax 1 tc i> su!All I | Ills i mi Lt» i iiMi;-t'(l w in a few -Inst s of I Phicki.v Ash IliTTMts. Ii cleans's tIn*-ys I, in llior.iir.-lily. Hushestlieexi-relnrv t iiUHllt. ' drives out impur'l ios, Initmrtsnew IHolotlie ; vita 1 orKinisand I'-esiuo,.slii's nealiiiy unu I in il in tl\ :!y. wiiieli oriil,'. v .1 , il cut u-y. siren "!li. ' U:or of ho Iv and bruin and eheer- fni spoils. Sold by Cherokee Pruiri'v With vour name attached to it and pul in this space would he seen and read by every reader who reads this ad. AV believe it would do you good. Try it and see if il would not.