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It Is «iulte common when the weather is extremely cold to 1 ave an tinblnukeleil pony tied up for two or three hours when the t.-mpeialure is ;I DAY i laid plan and 1 wither many a hln iom- ' idg hope. 15 ut its ; lathway will not $1 00. 1 lie altognt It 1 nr thro ugh <: ;loom and $1 50* i 'icsolat ion. it will shed light and b o for j°y ove r m it i y a huus chold and bt 1' ig comfut t <k ml i i.coun igement to c intri- mat :y a sink! soul . It will bring ist iur- st re ngth tot ho wear •y i'.nn, , the f ’ IO N\ C tl UI '.M * j ! Ol ll i altii to 1 Ik * .fad* (4 C i i 1 * k, and the but for identmw aion. \\ ;ioe short u ; t( rsand to the point to insure poldieulion; also endeavor •o t t i' to t lie oft co by Monday • i d uliiisne at ! tlUlUKS WIJ l oti at ■)!'! e.-int it word. Reading notices will be published ts ji. line each insertion. Obi* uaries will ho published at five All correspondence should be ad- . K.i. jj. DeOamp, Manager. A.YNOtM l 5IKNT. Sotiie months ago we announced that the price o: The L (Igor would he advanced to ^ 1 .M a year for subscrip tion or. time after January 1st. This will only apply to persons whom we are obliged to dun. If you call and pay your subscription before the ex piration of a year, you get it for a tjil.OO. If you wait until the year is out and we have to send you a bill it will be u $1.50. In view of the fact t hat white paper, ink and printing material of all kinds has advanced L , 5 per cent, in the last few months, we at one time thought to change the price of the paper to $1.50 but have decided to continue at $1.00 for a while, at least. You may depend upon The Ledger remaining as cheap us it is possible for a high class paper to he. ONWAKI). The index on the dial plate of time points to a new year—a year never before known in all the annals of tin past, a year just born of a mm er still fruitful in her old age, a y ur the youngest of thousands, the lairest of a long line of years, the fullest of promise, the most bar ren of performance of ail that have gone before. How shall we greet the niw year? Shall we crown it with garlands of Imp, and joy? Shall we pour upon its altar lihii‘ions of gratitude and love, or shall we stand in its pns- enre with unmanly fear and gloomv foreboding- 1 , whib- we vainly look within and without for some suer - ficial offering with which to propi tiate a silent and remorseless muster, whose plans ait i. it '.it unfolded, whose purj s - are unknown? Wo know t ; oiigij of old “Tim •, the I rav- • i ii) know that tui ; niio t< i balm of consolation to the wounded heart. It will wear away animosi ties, bury old prejudice?, and bring together many who have been strangers to each other and bless them with all the wealth of friend ship, confidence, and love. Ail hail to the new year! We’ll move onward with its rising tide, know irig full well that it will keep fuilh with all tin true, the faithful, ami the brave, and ti at for every act of duty done, for every unselfish sacrifice for truth, and right and honor, for every honest service rendered to God and humanity, it will bestow, from its store house of fadeless treasures, a reward which the world cannot give nor ever take away. NOTIvS AND COMMKNTS. nearly zero and w owner is transacting busine e. ling trunk. In this ease the sur:*:' i\. is evidenced by the cries, which ; ire almost like sobs, and uuniistaksLIe tears freeze on , to tin* cheeks like icicles. When a horse falls in the street and gets injured,the shock generally numbs the senses so much that it does not ei ther cry or groan, hut under some con ditions an injured horse will solicit sympathy lu ttie most distinct manner. ; 1 remember a favorite horse of my own ' which trod on a nail long enough to pierce its foot. The poor thing hob bled up to me on three legs and cried as nearly like n child in trouble as any thing l can describe. The sight was a very touching one, as w as also the crip pled animal's gratitude when the nail v as pulled out and the wound dressed. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The coldest weather of the season lias prevailed during the past few days. The themometer has ranged from 18 to 52, exposed water pipes have burnt, and whatever could be killed or damaged by cold, has caught it. ♦ ♦ ♦ -* The meeting called for today in !he court house by the Cowpens Memorial Association should bo well attended. If the people of Cherokee really want a park at Cowpens, to commemorate one of the most glorious e vents in our country’s his tory, the surest way of getting it is to show that they are in earnest by doing what they can to establish it The best way to get help is to show a disposition to help themselves. Suppose that the Legislature to meet next week, in addition to the usual enormous appropriations to the state colleges, vote an additional 000 to Wit throp for building new dormitories, and suppose tin se dor mitories shall, be quickly filled, a na-onable supposition, when girls are literally hind i> attend this sc! ud. Will there not ho another <1 m u d fur more room? And will ' ted tn.iUil g' 0:1 multip yit.g a-: 1 • ■ i contlnu I" ta\ tho nun sc.a for tho purn -se of frown, » i fori: it bull pass from our vision and live only in memory. We i. :i vo ■, i n t i, f . r ; erf the morn- n is t a *1. ! llelfii Himl ] Yn.'.bt-rs. I ii yni with your nursery liflit. I.i'i.iiiii'j v r fm11—, all in whltr, To l in it- swei t re>(; < lit i-i, i lio i In >i| siit-pli'-rd, i arri'-i iniui-to- nkrlil. A “Growlt-ry.” ‘Tlease don't go in there. That’s tho growlery, and it's occttpiod.” It was a young West Philadelphia matron who made the remark as she was showing a friend through her new home. “The growlery!" repeated the other. “What’s that? Not where you rush the growler, I hope?" This was said in a jocular spirit, and the visitor was rather staggered by the reply. “That’s it exactly; where we rush the growler, although perhaps not in the way you fancy. You see, my husband is an occasional sufferer from indiges tion, which doesn’t improve his temper, and there are also times when my own temper—I tell you this in confidence-- is not of the best. Well, when wo moved out here and had more rooms la the house than we actually needed l hit upon the plan of setting aside one as a place of solitary retirement, where we could go and he alone when either of us felt our temper getting the best of us. 1 have called it the growlery because we can lock ourselves in there and growl to our hearts’ content until we have quite recovered. We both avail oursel' es of it. and l think it’s a very good idea. George is in there now, and I wouldn't disturb him for lire world.”—Philadelphia Record. KmnceH AV iIIhimI’h I-tuipty 1 arse. It was characteristic of the late Frances Willard that sin* never hid any money. Miss Gordon attended to her linances, and it was found on *he whole best to leave Miss Willard's purse empty, because if she started out in tho morning with a full pocket- book she came back penniless in the evening. One night she told In her in imitable way of having gone to Chi cago and reached Rest Cottage again on the capital of a postage stamp. At the station she turned her pockets out, but not a bil of change was to be found. She had forgotten all about it. “What am I to do about UV ’ sin* asked the agent perplexedly. "Anna is out, I think, and I haven’t a cent of money.” “I'll give you a ticket. Miss Willard,” said the clerk. “When 1 g h into the bus I rentetn- Tlio s.inVi Journey TlirotiKh S|iru*e. By means of iho spectroscope we can ! obtain a probably more accurate deler- uiinati >n of (be sun's velocity through space. As is well known, the velocity | of a star In the line of sight can he j found by measuring the displacement of the lines visible in the star’s spee- ! trum. Now, the stars near the position of the solar “apex" should lie ap- pn aching the canh on account of the ) solar motion, ami those at the opposite i point of the sky. called the “ant apex,” j should he receding. This method has been employed by i several astronomers, especially by Vo gel at the I'otsdum observatory. This ; able astronomer has found from an ex- | amiuntiou of 40 stars that the sun's ! velocity through space is about V/j mill's a second, hut an examination of a larger number of stars would he uce- ! cssary before we could consider this ! result as thoroughly established. Fiom an examination of the spectra of It nebuhe Professor Keeler of the Lick observatory has found velocities ] in the line of sight, and from these the French astronomer Tisserand lias de duced a velocity of about 1) l-!5 miles for the solar motion, a result which does not differ widely from that found by Vogel. We may therefore perhaps Conclude that the velocity of the sun’s notion through space is between G and i” miles per second.—Gentleman’s Magazine. bored again," sm> said, “an ! In the lit'* til <v> pass into years ana me yens inio centuri m> 1 i ; will lids scene of human life he checkered with sun shine and shadows, now beset will) calms‘ind anon rent with tempests J\rhaj;s we should like to linger in 1h v. kv of tlie ji ur that is gone, and mu- upon ail that the year brought and carried so quickly away —upon the love that softened and gladdemd our hearts, the friends that came into our livis like gentle messengirs from a land of bliss, the hajpy hours that reigned in the home and sped all too quickly from the hearts and lives of the young and the old, tho hopes that encouraged our souls, the prospects that rejoiced our eyes. Then, too, will rise the recollection of our follies, of our burii.d hopes, of lost opportunities, of sorrows that pressed with a crush ing weight upon our hearts and wrapped our lives in gloom. And as we linger now and feel the chasten ing, strengthening influences of all tlml the old year brought us, we should love to linger still and muse long and fondly upon the joys and sorrows too, that have now departed forever. lint the rolling tide of life never ling r-*. The new year knows noth ing of helpless infancy. It springs full grown into life, with tho stride of a giant, with wings riady plutmd I for ra pid lligl tit. Th (.*£(» fvings will r ever l irt t in r droop till the de? diny of the : hu mun race shall have In en contmimi) Utei] and all ti ml peri ains to humar i hop * » or ft* urn shall fill vo been real ized. \\ e mu st 111 five on— -on to new l X- peri CCS , to Ulitriei 1 r vain ie.— let i t lit s!, t< ) )ii<die r a* •iliet elfM to a l< oft it •r pi a no of in anhood nnd won a mho od. We f f 1 ti ii in i ti rials, d i I » i» r\ w ! niii i |> U-urs wh ■ i ce them twine I'lu-b- liii'.-i ! -. in yiniiN, iiik! lln-lr brDht 1 ni 'S shine On vmir warm breast; l!ul tlie Savi'Mir's is purer lb,in ymirs or ‘ He can love best! A i u Ire’iibie i ;i Ii bon: b cnusc yur arms Ale \v» t!.: \our lie n-1 is wrum-T with alarms, \ ii.I M>re oppn • ly diirlin- . an .ale, out of reaeli of harms; \mi 111 it is Itesl. \ . s iiu.', over you is may hang even now Pain ami disease, whose liillilling slow .Naiif.‘lii ran arrest. Mine in l• oil's irardens ran to and fro. And that is liesl. You know that of yours tin- feeblest one And the dearest may live long years alone, I’lilovcd. uuhlcst; Mine are rherislicd of saints around Hod's t hrone, A ml that is h< st. Yon must dread for years I lie crime that sea I s. Hark guilt unwashed by repentant tears, A ml uncoiifessed. Mine entered spotless on eternal years, Oh, how much (lie best. Hut grief is sellisli, and I cannot see Ahvnys why I should so stricken lie. More I ban I lie rest ; Hill I know that, as well ns for tiieni, for me, Hod did the best? Fraternal l iilon Or|(aul/ed. A lodge of the Fraternal Union of America was organized at the Ma sonic Hull last night by Deputy Su preme President, F. 15. Iliddulph. This is a rapidly growing social, fraternal and benevolent order, which in its insurance branch, pre sents Hcverul novel features which possess great merit. The officers of our local lodge elected for the ensuing term were: Wm. II. Smith—Fraternal Master. N. H. Littlejohn—Justice. Wm. H. Pierson—Secretary. C. M. Smith—Treasurer. Geo. W. Cotton—Protector. O. T. Hallman—Truth. W. F. Smith—Mercy. J. K. Kzell—Guide. L. W. Cooper—Guard. S. W. Clary—Sentinel. T. 15. Butler and K. It. Cash- Stewards. j J. N. Nesbitt—Med. Examiner. It is much harder to get a dollar into one’s pocket than it is to get it out. driver, "1 think I'll have bi walk, for 1 haven’t any money.” “Oh, thrift all right, Miss Wiliatd.” paid the driver. And so sill day. gnatly to h. r amuse ment, she xv. on ling in debt to tin* railroad a, cabmen and restamauts. I —Chicago Inter Gecan. ffe Dills n Cut. In a rural conununiiy in one of the : middle states dwelt a man who made a vow in is.u; that he would wear his hail and board untrimmod until John C. Fremont should be elected president of tho tinted States. He kept that vow for 40 years, at tho end of which time ho had nearly a half bushel of hair on his head and face. Then, coming to the eonelnsljn, to ward which his mind had been gradu ally working for a long time, that Con- ora! Fremont's doatii in tho interval had practically absolved him from bis vow, he decided to have Ids hair cut and his heard shaved off cl< an. On his next visit to the comity seat lie went to a harbor shop and was soon relieved of the hirsute burden ho had carried for four decades. “Ilow much?” he asked. “Have to charge* you half n dollar for that Job,” said the harbor, looking at the mass that lay on the floor. “Half a dollar!” he gasped. “Don'! I get anything for tho hair?”—Youth’s Companion. Ke ma -kablc Itt’SCIM*. Mrs M ichae C:ir aiu, 1’ ait (1 Id, III., m ikes the st at * incut, that she caught cold, w hich sett led on her lungs; she was t reuti d for u month by her family physician, but grew W n r *4 (», IU* to]( 1 her dm was a hope- 1 I vi< •fi t (• f /• a sum ption a nd that Mo me licim* e ould cure 1) r. Her druggh d SUgg s i. 1 D r. Kin; New Ul>i- :ov 1■ )I'if I * t ■ry for u bolt It! Cot •umpti >n *ho found herself be nr fit to fif*r ted fr. 11 )U) , iIt*lit first | do e. Sho co* 1 inaed its Use ai. d uf- ter t:*.k j (}(/ ; • x 1 Ol til? found h erself An ONI Timer. A crowd of young men were seated in one of the steamboat olliees In the city the other afternoon while an old steamboat veteran regaled them witli stories about old times on the Missis sippi and reminiscences of old time cit izens. “Did you know old Rill .Tones?” ask ed one of the men, after the captain had finished relating how he ran a gantlet of Indians with his boat way j bnek iu the forties. “’Member Bill Jones? Well, I guess j 1 did,” replied the captain. “Let’s see, ! lie died just after the war. He was a ^ good old fiilow too. 1 knew his father | before he was married to Bill's moth er.” One of the boys thought tin* old man was "»!' ping" and by wpiy of tripping him up on his dates asked, “Cap, how long have you been running on the riv er? • “Who, me? Why, I started on the Mississippi when it was nuthin hut a crockMemphis Scimitar. <'!ies* anil War. The origin of chess is shrouded In mystery. There is little doubt, how ever, that its birthplace was in India itnd that it is an offspring of a game called chaturanga. which is mentioned ; iu oriental literature as in use fully i 200 years before the Christian era. From India chess spread into Persia, j and thence into Arabia, and ultimately i the Arabs took it into Spain and the rest of western Europe. The game was in all probability in vented for tin* purpose of illustrating the art of war. The Arab legend upon tliis point is that it was devised for the instruction of a young despot by Ms father, a learned Brahman, to teach It 1m that a king, notwithstanding his power, was dependent for safety upon Ids subjects. The Greek historians trod it the invention of the game to Palamedes, who, they claim, devised it to beguile the tedium of tlie siege of Troy during the Trojan war. True Drcnin of IlrVr WIlllniiiN. “Alter dis,” said the old colored farmer, “I ain’t gwine tek nobody’s ad vice ’bout whar I in ter keep my money. You know, Br’er Williams tot’ me dat hanks wuz onsafe—dat dey all time failin cn swallerlu up what yo’ puls lu Tun?” “He did?” “Dat what he done! En he say, ‘Wen yo’ sells yo’ cotton, tek yo’ money en dig a hole In de ground en bury it.’ ” “En yo’ done lak he say?” “1 did, for sho’! En what yo’ reckon? Rr'cr Williams gone ter tied dat ii'.ght, en, please God. he see money in his dream, en whilst he wuz In a trance en wall.in in his sleep de sporit what w uz a inovin er Mm led right whar dat money wuz, en ’to' he knowod it he had done digged it up en lef do state wid It!”—Atlanta Constitution. Where Quinine Is Hood. Dr. Crosse, in an article in The Lan cet on hlackwater fever, incidentally calls attention to tin* fact that it Is not wise for those who have an idiosyncra sy against quinine or who suffer from even slight albuminuria to go to mala rious climates. Ho believes that iu the more iiWlarious districts at least live grains of quinine should lie taken a tlay to prevent chronic malarial poison ing. This he considers necessary In ad dition to ordinary precautions in re gard to exposure to chills, wet and tho Min and as to moderation in eating and urinking. CoiifntliiK nn IniponHlliiltt>'. “I want to see Mrs. Smythe,” the visitor. “You can’t,” said tho servant, has the toothache.” “You must he mistaken,” the replied. “Pm her dentist, and I her teeth here in this package.”—Cath otic Standard and Times. man Due • ver Die m. * ks of the young ami beautiful, paralyze the limbs of the puny. Only 50 cents and $1.00, J every bottle guaranteed, Slnrfct! u Hun. A very simple statement proved very unfortunate to a savings institu tion in the rural district recently. An editor, in writing of the institution in liis paper, said: “The president is a very tall man; the cashier Is short.” And in less than nn hour tin* excited depositors were asking, “How much - how much?”- Atlanta Constitution. It Is said that cowbells are produced in only four factories in the United States and are made Just the same as they were 100 years ago and sound the same. In India elephants over P2 and up to 45 years of age are deemed the best to purchase and will generally work until they are 80 years old. Spnnliili Courfcuy. In tin* Spanish Bibles and prayer books the nnmeof the Saviour and those of the jtnints are always printed with tin* title “sonor" (mister) before them, ns Mr. John, the Baptist. Mr. Saint Paul. Mr. Saint Matthew, etc.—Chicago Record. Most men give up what they like to do in order to get what they like to have. Volcanic ICruptluiiH Are grand, but Skm Eruptions rob life of joy. Buckleo's Arnica Salve cures them; also Old. Running and Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons, Corns, Warts, Cuts, Bruises. Burns, Scabls. Chopped Hands. •TUhlams, Best Pile cure on inrth. Drives out Pains and Aches. Only 2.> cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Cherokee Drug Co. A Ttjxcr’n ni»c. ! have more than ome heard of a man defending liiimi If from Ike on slaught of a li"ii or tiger by thrusting his rifle barrels down it? throat In the last resort. Poor Major Kandbach of the artillery came to Id? dealli iu So maliland a few y * ais as i in altompting to thus -hold off a lioness., which never theless managed to bit!: t on Id . hand and arm bites which proved fatal. A curious story <>l tin* same kind comes from tin* Khandwa district of northern India. Mr. I’.ayley, also an artillery officer, was charged by a wounded tiger which he was following up. He missed it with Ids first barrel, and the second failed to go off. The tiger sprang, and Mr. Bay ley jumped to one side, thrust ing oul Ids rifle to keep the brute off. The tiger, it is stated, seized the bar rels and drove his teeth through them and. being unable to withdraw them, was shot by Captain Harrison, Mr. Bayley’s companion. In his death struggle the tiger drag ged the rifle fiom tin* owner's hands, and the jar caused by the stock strik ing tin* ground broke off two teeth which were imbedded in iho steel. This story is said to be absolutely true; but. with the profoundcst respect for the strength of the tiger's jaws and teeth, I venture to think it wants explana tion.- London Sketch. Hard on the Ilnrglnr. “There is a family In my town,” said a Baltimore man, “where the children are all hoys. They are very rich, and each of the three sons is in receipt of a liberal allowance, but the manner Iu which they expend it and certain of their characteristics were as succinct ly and tersely described as possible the other day by Bob. the eldest one, in telling the story of a burglary that oc- eurreu last summer at their country place. Boh is tlie oldest, Jack tlie sec ond and Albert the youngest son. Bob, iu telling tin* story, said: “Tie didn’t get very much, as some one of the servants thought he heard something about 15 and in going to in vestigate probably scared him off. but when we discovered the next morning that a burglar had visited us we natu rally took an account of stock. The only.rooms in the house he had entered were those of my two brothers and myself, and in each of them he had gone through tin* clothes avi* had been wearing the day before. Out of my clothes he got 10 cents, from Jack lu* got nothing, and in going through Bert’s jo. 4 ,ns he got iu debt.’’’—New York Tribune. Women of n l*t!!«*!i V111 n««*. Thi* village women of Holland take special care to keep the tips of their white lace hoods stiff with starch, which is as necessary a perfection in their toilet as polished linen and spot less collars with ours. This delicate hood is worn over a black skullcap that (its the closely clipped head very much like tin* headgear of a nun. The elderly women, widows, often wear a straw bonnet over it. A jacket of dark blue, with a breast piece of cream cloth and dark him* border of the same cloth at the hips, constitutes the dress of the women end the girls. The skirts protrude at the hips iu a grotesque fashion on account of the many flannels which they wind about the body, evidently a fad with them as with many peasants of the Black forest, where the custom prevails to wear as many skirts as the spare box will allow, adding at least one skirt every year. They all dress alike, and the talk about dress therefore does not slip into their conversations, and on that scon* they are at eternal peace with one nii' tlier. for no change of dress has occurred among then) for centuries and will not for years to come.—Donahoi Credit. Embarrassed country dealer In a Boston wholesale grocery: “I would like to make a settlement.” “How much can you pay?” “Seventy-live cents.” “Very well,” s.inl Wholesale, “we will close the account.” “1 suppose you will continue to let me have goods?" said Retail. “Not a dollar's W'iffii.” responded Wholesale, and the fonner, discour aged, dropped into a chair. Embarrassed retailer No. *2 stepped to the desk and wanted to settle. "How much do you offer?” “Five cents.” “All right,” said the unembarrassed Wholesale. “Can 1 have any more goods?" “Ail you want.” Retail No. 1, rising: “How is this? 1 propose paying you 75 cents on tin* dollar, and you refuse me credit. This man offers you only 5 cents, and you will trust him with all he wants.” “My dear sir.” exclaimed Wholesale, “you are paying too much. You won't have any capital left with which to commence business again.” Where upon the creditless retailer went his way. wondering who originated the proverb, “Honesty is the best policy.” —New York Observer. A Danlnt ki (Tmiigc As will be noted by reference to our advertising columns the firm of Bridges A Reason lias been dissolved, Mr. (), I*'. Holland having purchased* Mr. Bridges’ interest. The business will he continued under the firm name of Benson A Holland. The Ledger wishes for the new linn the success that attended the old and there is no doubt but what Messrs. Reason A Holland will succeed, as both are popular with the purchas ing public. We have not been able t) learn Mr, Bridges intentions, but it is safo i to say that John will not long re- I main idle. Stsir Farm Statemculft. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) St\u Fahm, Dec. 30.—We aro hav- i irtg some cold and windy weather. Mr. J. Eh. Jefferies has been visit- ir.g his old home at Star Farm. Miss Louise Jefferies has been spending the holidays at her home. She left for Union this morning. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Littlejohn are rejoicing over a fine daughter. It lias been a dull Christmas in this section. Littlk Dickii:. A Cure Tin*.t Killed. Notwithstanding tin* spread of edu cation iu Galicia, superstition is still alive among tne R» bsli peasantry. I lu* wifi* of a well t > do country man in Niiporonta, Ka-par Kafka, laid a ma lignant ulcer ami was in a very dan gerous state. IN*r husband decided to call in a shepherd renowned for ids wonderful healing powers. The latter, having examined Ids pa tient, proceeded to tie her left elbow to her right knee and her left knee to her right elbow, announerd that she was possessed with a devil and direct ed tlu'm to anoint tin* ulcer with a mixture of soft son;) and 15 chopped hairs from a horse’s tail. If tin* pa tient seronmed, it was the devil screaming within her, and she was to In* h ft alone, securely bound to the bed, that sin* might not remove tin* appliance. He then took Ins fee and left. Ills orders were conscientiously car ried out, with the result that after a night of indescribable agony the poor woman died of exhaustion.—Cracow Letter in Chicago Record. Kool l.tiek. “You can bet it is always a fool for luck,” said the man who has had his nose to tho grindstone all his life. “Now, there was Jack Shane of Ten nessee, who drew $25,000 in a lottery. Jack didn't know enough to go In out of the wot, hut he hml a little money, and he bought a ticket that won. while I got ten and didn’t fold) a cent. The winning number was 42, and when I saw Jack I asked him how he happen ed to take that number. ’Well.’ he said, ‘you see. it was this way: 1 had a dream one night, and I dreamed that the door of my room opened all of a sudden and a big number seven walked In. Then right after it came other sev ens and mi.re and more till tin* room was chuck full and 1 was about smoth ered under them. Then 1 woke up and began thinking it over. I knowod that one seven wasn't the number to draw nor 77 nor 7.777, for there was a mil lion of them, and no lottery had that many numbers. But 1 figured awhile and at last made up my mind that sev en times seven was 42. and 42 was tho number, so 1 drawed that one. That was all there was to it.’ “Now,” concluded the talker, “if that isn’t a ease of a fool for luck what tlie dickens is it?”—Washington Star. DeKeneruie Cockney. The language of the lower Londoner Is changing: “Getcb trine?” “Now. Trine gawn, cut it?” Tra nslnted: “Get your train?” “No. Train gone, hasn’t it?” Ent (the old ain’t) seems to cover Isn’t, wasn’t, weren't has, hasn’t, have, haven’t, had, hadn’t.—Notes and Que ries. Pni-tmuny's Pnrticnfnr FIcmn. Perhaps the plague In Paraguay is merely an attack of pigue. or sand Ilea. This insect is called nigua in the native language. In INTO it killed a whole colony of Englishmen, consisting of 2bo families, turning the colony, which was at Itape, into a cemetery. A Ger man colony at Acegua was driven out. The pigue causes buboes and attacks tlie warmest parts of the body—that is, the cavities and tin* groin and armpit- just the same spots as the eastern plague. It attacks Englishmen itnd Germans preferentially and avoids those that use but little soap. Soaps clean tin* body, and tho pigue likes clean persons to eat. It also avoids people who eat more or less poisonous food. A man saturated with alcohols, Boea gin, nicotine and Pasco de Julie cookery is pretty well safe from the sand Ilea.—Buenos Ayres Herald. Governors There is a large expanse of rolling sward on Governors island kept at all times in the pink of condition. This little island off Battery park is con ceded to be the best kept army post on the Atlantic coast. There are two reasons for this. Fort Columbus is the headquarters of the department of tlie east. It must assume an appearance in keeping with its high standing In the department. It also has a military prison, and the convicts sent there for terms of months or years tire sentenced to hard labor. Under the supervision of sentinels these men keep the walks and prome nades scrupulously clean and the sward closely clipped and free from falling leaves and other litter. They also give proper attention to the vari ous buildings and their Immediate sur roundings.—Now York Press. AiMtlniiNc Hitd CrlticiBiil. It was after tin* piano recital, and the audience was still applauding. There were two English women, though, who did not clap their hands. But they commented in tones that were audible for some distance around llius: "The poor man! Will they make him play again?” “Isn’t It awful the way the Ameri cans applaud? It’s so vulgar!” “Yes; It’s the most vulgar thing they do.” And tin* Americans took meekly their lesson In manners. New York Com mercial Advertiser. The Clinnm* of n f'oiiiinit. “When vi r sin* asks me to do any thing,” soiiloquiz d Mr. Meeker pen sively, “I always go and do It. like a fool." “Yes,” said Mrs. Mickcr. who hap pened along iu t me to overhear him. “Whenever 1 ask you to do anything you always go and do It like a fool."— l 'hicngo Tribune. Sovuko Crabs. The most savage specimen of the crab species is found in Japan, seeming to dream of nothing but fighting—to delight in nothing half so much. The minute lu* spies another of his kind he scrapes Ids claws together In rage, challenging him to the combat. Not a moment is wasted in preliminaries, but at it they go, hammer and tongs. It sounds like two rocks grinding against one another as their daws rattle against the hard shells. The sand flies as the warriors push each other hither and thither until at la t one of them stretches himself out in the sun, tired to death. But he does not beg for mercy or at tempt to run away, only feebly rubbing his claws together iu defiance of tlie foe. That foe comes closer, and, with his claws trembling with Joy at his vic tory, the conqueror catches hold of one claw of the vanquished crab, twists it until it conies off, and bears away the palpitating limb as a trophy of his prowess. Such is a battle between warrior crabs. A nibliophile'H Reilly. Mnndcll Creighton, the bishop of London, lias a horror of lending his favorite hooks, says a London corre spondent. The bishop is a ('harming wit as well us a great scholar. A fel low clergyman once visited the bishop and took a fancy to an old edition of Shakespeare. lie borrowed the volume and did not think to return it for sev eral mouths. Finally the minister returned it with a letter, saying: “My Dear Bishop—I have great pleasure in returning the volume you loaned me.” The bishop answered: “My Dear Brother—All the joy is mine.”—Denver Republican. A Book She Wonhln't Rcntl. “There is one hook of Mr. Steven son’s that 1 myself have never read,” said Mrs. Stevenson. "I refused to read It and held to my refusal. 1 make It a rule never to read a novel the scene of which Is laid in a bygone age. The author always deems it his duty to make his characters talk in what he considers the language of that pe riod, and 1 am always sure that he doesn’t know positively how they did 1 talk, so 1 won’t read such books. 1 ; would never read the ‘Black Arrow,’ j and Mr. Stevenson thought it such a good joke that he insisted upon dedi eating it to me.”—Illustrated Indiana Weekly. A .Strictly First-Cliiss l.lnc of Jewelry Hiiurunteetl to Hive Si«tlsfaetl<>n or Hie Money Will He Kernmieil. A full and very fine line of jewelry is now offered for sale by R. If. Brown A Go., of Blacksburg, 8. C. This lint* includes rolled gold plate, gold filled, gold front and solid gold goods of our own manufacture and we warrant them to give perfect sat isfaction or we will refund the money paid for them -by the pur chaser. We manufacture over 5 000 designs and patterns of jewelry and do not hesitate to warrant our goods to the fullest extent. Wo know they are exactly as represented. In ease this notice should reach patrons who are too far troin Brown A Co.’s place of business, or other stores where our goods tiro sold, to admit of their going there to pur chase our goods, write us what you want and we will supply you by mail, at the regular prices. Wo will he glad to correspond with the wearer of our goods concerning them. Will send full instructions as to the care of jewelry, bow to clean it. etc., on application, bv mail. W. F Main A Co. Eastern Factory, Corner Friendship anil Eddy Streets 1‘rovidencp, Rhode I?land. Western Factory (largest in tin* U. 8.) under process of completion at East Iowa City, la. Over 52,UOO feet of Hour place. Have You Heard Of it? You may have heard about SCOTT’S EMULSION and have a vague notion that it is ccd-liver oil with g its bad taste and smell and ^ all its other repulsive fea- J tures. It is cod-liver oil, the ^ purest and the best in the e world, but made so palata- ~ ble that almost everybody can take it. Nearly all children like it and ask for more. SCOTT’S EMULSION looks like cream; it nour ishes the wasted body of the baby, child or adult better than cream or any other food in existence. It bears about the same rela tion to other emulsions that cream does to milk. If you have had any experience with other so-called '‘just as good” preparations, you will find that this is a fact. The hypophosphites that are combined with the cod-liver oil give additional value to it because they tone up the nervous system i and impart strength to the whole body. Soc. am! $i,oo. all ilruggisls. SCOTT iX DOWNl-:, Chemists, New York. J. Olocuii Wai.lacn. J. COUNKMUS OTT9. WALLACE & OTTS, LAWYERS. All Imsincss Intrusted to us, ptvon prompt and vigorii? attention. (UHco up stairs, next to K. A. .tones A Co. ’I’lioni*. 87. — " H.U.Duncan. C. I*.Sanders. W.S.IIall, Jr. DUNCAN, SANDERS & HALL, Attorneys-at-Law. Office two doors above Ledger Olllee. •*J. C. JEFFERIES *- CiAFFNEY, S. C. | Commercial Law, Corporation Law ileal Cstate Law, Money to loan on approved security. J A M ICH A. WILLIS, Attorney-at-Law, CVAK1*'XKY\ C. Money to loan on Real Fstute. Offiee over It. A. Jones At Co.’s store. HARDIN & MCWHORTER, iVttorneyw t\t GAFFNEY, - - S. C. Money to loan on rlty real estate. Office over It. A. Jones A Co.’s Store. J. E. WEBSTER, Attorney-A. t> Iwti'vv* Otllcuiu Court House.(Probate Judge suffice ’ Gaffney City, S. C. PracticeH in all tbe courts. Collec tions a specialty Business Change. Tlie linn heretofore known as bridges A IteitHoii having lieen dissolved by the pur- ehlise of Mr. Bridges’ interest by Mr. O. F. Holland tlie business will hereafter be eon- dueled under the tlrm nnmeof Iteavui ,x li,>|- laitd. iieusoii A Holland assume all liabili ties. We respectfully solleit tho eoutllltled |>at romige of t be many friends atel customers of tho old tirtu. Vorv truly, Itl DoS \ HOLLAND. We wish to extend to the public our most kr.itefiii thanks for the patronage Is'slowcd n|hhi us the |>ast two years tint to asstmt thorn that our purpose at all times was to g vc Inn cents value for every dollar we re ceived, mnl we desire, so far as practicable, that our customers and friends continue to P iIronist our : uecossors. \ ours trttly. , UlUlMiKS A IlLASON. |