Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ # THE LEDGER. Tuesday and Friday, e 4. H. DeCamp, Editor and Publisher, J. Brian Bell, News Editor. Watch your label and tbe date. And renew before ’Us too late; If there be an error, don’t set mad. Report tc us—we’ll make you s:lad. Renumber, ’tls our aim to please, But errors are like peskv fleas— They will creep In In spite of fate. Therefore, watch your label and the date. —Original. THE LYNCHING PERIL. North Carolina Paper’s Comments on the Dorchester Mob Murder. (Charlotte News.) Another n .4ro was lynched yester dav In South Carolina, making three within tho short space of ten days. In ' i' eve a young negro was merely detected attempting to enter a win dow of the home of S. L. Conner at Badham. Mr. Conner suddenly came upon the negro and a struggle ensued in which the accused negro, Willie Spain, was injured but managed to escape. Neighbors were notified and Spain was captured and taken to St. George where he was turned over to the sheriff. In a short while a posse of 40 or r><) men went to the jail an I demanded the keys, which were giv en them. The negro was secured, taken to the home of Conner, where his 11-yearold daughter identified him as the one who attempted to en ter the window. He was then taken to a nearby oak tree, hanged to a limb and about 500 shots were fired at him. literally tearing to pieces his head and body. These are the details of the third lynching in South Carolina within the past ten days. In the first place the sheriff should never have turned over the keys un til he was absolutely overpowered. In the second place the affair was a stil] greater disgrace because there was little evidence against the negro It was a negro who reported seeing him attempt to enter the window, possibly an enemy of Spain’s. True the little daughter of Conner said Spain was the one, hut can a human life he sent into eternity on the sim pie statement of a little child? Spain protested his innocence to the last, although he finally said he did try to enter the window, hut for what purpose he never stated. Possibly he was in search of food. Then should he have been torn to pieces with bullet holes for this? Possibly he was bent on robbery. Then has it eome to the pass where negroes are to he taken by molts and hanged for larceny? But no matter what the <lead ne gro’s intention, there was still no excuse for the crime of the mob of 40 or 50 men. They have committed murder, pure and simple. The lynching business seems to be a mania of late. When a negro com mits a crime mobs form, assume the rolf- of judge, jury, executioner, and to sate their abnormal desire for human blood they are not content to merely murder their helpless victim, but that murder must be done in fiendish and brutal manner. It is a shame. Ir is a disgrace, and something must be done to check the tendency, else the law is only a name and justice to the criminal at the bar is a farce. COTTON STALK PAPER AGAIN. Ooinions of Chemists — May Reduce Price of Print Sto<fk a Half. (Editor and Publisher.) A good deal lias been published lately questioning the feasibility of manufacturing naper from cotton stalks and the Southern press is in- r'>ned to regard it as inspired by the interest that, are at present engaged in the manufacture of paper. In re futation of arguments against the cotton stalk project, several papers have called attention to an article on the subject recently printed in the Philadelphia Press. A short while ago, according to the Press, John Sadler, of Philadelphia, a chemist of great skill and internation al reputation, was employed by some capitalists to mak-e a thorough analy sis of the cotton stalk with the view of finding out its qualities that could be utilized in the furtherance of mau- facturing industries. After a verv careful and painstaking search, in which treatises on fibrous plants were secured from Washington and Europe, Mr. Sadler reported that the stalks could be used, and to an ad vantage, In the manufacture of paper, and that the bi-products would he of immense value from tbe same source The report of Mr. Sadler waws also confirmed by Chemist Mark W. Mars- den of Philadelphia, who studied the cotton properties in Texas, and ex amined in the minutest detail the fibrous nature of the cotton stalk. After the examination he stated that the wealth producing possibilities of what had hitherto been a refuse ntti sance to the Southern planter, were beyond estimate, and that the manu facture of paper should he the prin cipal use to w-hlch it should be turned. In concluding the Press asserts that paper could he made and marketed a* cost, the profit for such a company resulting from the alcohol and fertili zers produced, and that It could be sold for fifty per cent, less than the paoer now put on the market. After. He (five years after)—All this gush about love is extremely foolish. Wher- tver did this stupid hook come from? I must »ay the person who selected It showed a very insipid taste. She (quietly)—It’s the book you gave me during our honeymoon. John We read It eleven times the first week we had it. —The Gaffney Drug Co. are offering $5 for (he largest Turnip grown from their seed. Between the 1st and 20th of September Is the best time to sow both Rutabaga and Turnips. —Buy your Turnip seed from Gaff ney Drug Co. If you can’t use that $5 some poor relative would appre ciate it. BANDIT TIRES OF CRIME. Pat Crowe, the Expert Criminal. De cides to Reform. (New York Herald.) "Pat” Crowe, a Western bandit and daring "gun fighter,” with a record throughtout the Western States, is in (hi- city, where, according to his friends, he will begin life anew and strive to outlive his past. One of the first persons he met after his ar rival about ten days ago was “Bat Masterson. a United State marshal, with whom he had a long conversa tion. To a friend whom he met af ter his talk with Masterson. Crowe made known his intention of reform- Ing. ' „ According to his friend. Crowe has awakned to the error of his ways "-d has realized that the path of the righteous is the only one to follow. He has formed no definite plans for the future as yet, but he is satisfied that he will succeed. To a friend Crowe talked of the kidnapping of Ed die Cudahy, son of a wealthy Omaha packer, for which crime he was ar rested but acquitted. Crowe also told of many daring crimes which he was a partv to and of his early life. In appearance Crowe does not look like a man who has been a terror to sheriffs. United States marshals and the police of many Western sections for years. He is clean cut. with regular features and mild blue eyes His IP's are firm and express determination. Cudahy His First Victim. Crowe says he is thirty five years old and was horn in Davenport, Iowa. His father was a cattle dealer and “Pat" worked for him until he had completed his schooling and then went to Omaha, where he obtained emoloyment in a packing house. Several years later he opened a butch er shop in South Omaha, taking as a nartner Patrick Cavanaugh. They had been in business only a short time when the • were bought out by a trust. After this Crowe went to work for Edward A. Cudahy. Crowe says his first dishonest act was committed while in Cudahay’s employ, when he took $20 which had been paid to him by a customer. Some time after this Crowe lost his nlace. He had saved some money and con cluded to open a butcher shpp in the town where he was born While in Chicago, where he went to buy supplies, Crowe says he fell in with a band of thieves and his career of crime began. His first des perate act after this was a holdup in a resort where several thousand dol lars’ worth of diamonds were stolen. As a result of this robbery Crowe had his first “gun" fight. When dis covered by the police he wounded three, but was finally captured. He was convicted and sentenced to.serve ix years in Joliet prison, but was par- oned after lie had served seventeen lonths. After he left prison Crowe says he oncluded that he could not make a ving honestly and decided to become professional criminal. There were aw jails in the West strong enough a hold Crowe. H(> broke jail once in tenver after he had been arrested on charge of robbery, and again in St. oseph. Mo., taking- five prisoners rith him. After this. Crowe says, he eld tip several trains and the gover- ors of at least four States offered re gards for itis capture. His Kidnappinq Exploit. Crowe says he conceived the Cttda- v kidnapping some time after his re- ?ase from the penitentiary. He says e took in an accomplice, with whom very detail of the crime was Plan ed for several months. An old house n the outskirts of Omaha was rented ml the Cudahy house was watched o r an opportunity to make off with he boy. The chance came on the vening of December 18, when the wo saw the lad leavn the house and o to the house of a neighbor. When the hoy appeared he was nade a prisoner and taken to the dd house. Then Crowe returned to he Cudahy house and threw into the ■ard a letter demandin' 1 ’ the ransom. The letter demanded that $25,000 be >aid or acid would he put into the •oy’s eyes. Following the directions if Crowe. Mr. Cudahy paid the money, ind the hoy was released. _ After that ■ewards amounting to $->5,000 were >ffered for the arrest of Crowe. Crowe surrendered five years later n Butte. Mont, after a desperate ight with the police. He says that ifter he had settled with his accomp ice he buried his share of the pro- :eeds. He was taken to Omaha and ilaced on trial, but was acquitted. >ow e sa>s that his acquittal was duo o a faulty prosecution on the part >f the prosecuting attorney. SOURCE OF TORTOISE SHELL. THE SURGEON’S TOOLS AS FEW AS POSSIBLE USED BY THE MODERN PRACTITIONER. WILES OF THE CHEFS Our Consul at Colon Reports on the Extent of the Industry. (Washington Star.* While there are immense quantities of tortoise shell used annually in civi lization there is not much generally known about the real methods of gathering it. A large amount of it comes from th<* Carribean Sea ani an interesting report on the industry ha« recently been mad • by Consul Kellog, of Colon. He says that last, year the totr.l amount of shell shipped fro n his con sular district was Ui.Obn pounds -an t that of this va ued at $ ;7 came from Colon dir ct, 5,non nonnds of It going to New York and tlje rest to Europe. The hawk-’s bill turtle, from which the shell is obtained ‘feeds on crabs, fish and tne like and its meat is not valued as is tint of the herbivorous turtles. Tue turtl a run from one and one-naif feet to four feet long and weigh as much as 150 pounds. The average weight of the shell is six to 8 ‘Ven pounds and the orice it brings is fluctuating. Some of the shell is sent to Colon, hut much of its is traded by the Indians to coast ing schooners and shipped to New York. The civilized method of preparing the shell is to kill and clean the turtle after It is caught, either on t :< beach or ip nets in the water. Ti e Indians do not kill them at o”'’ hut boll them alive -and her • urov :em hack Into the-s‘ • "his .s i> d on the turtle but It *s said t j make the shell come off easii.'. To RrinoTe an Appendix, For In- * atance, He tan tarry Kverythiiiir Neeen»nry In One of llin Poeketa. Hand I-'orKed Imutrumenta the Heat. “A surgeon used to carry a hag of in struments weighing often ns much as twenty-five pounds when he was called to operate,” said a member of the staff of the New York Postgraduate Med ical School and Hospital the other day. "Today an average operation, such as the removal of an appendix, calls for no more instruments than can he carried ; in the pockets. "I have just come,” continued the doc- ; tor, “from removing an appendix, and I here In this small package are all the instruments I used—a scissors, two ar- 1 tery clamps, two forceps and a needle. S Many operations, of course—gastro- | enteric, gynecological and those that have to do with bones—require more : instruments, but modern science de- { mands the use of as few as possible in j order that time may bo saved. Skill j and baste are prime factors in an op eration. In the old days, before anaes thesia was known, this was to shorten the patient’s agony ns much as possible^ After ether was discovered surgeons for awhile operated more leisurely, but soon finding out that the shock to the 'patient remaining under ether so long was always dangerous and often fatal they again recognized the importance of swiftness. Diminishing the number of instruments was one of the methods for saving time. In the operating room in the old days there was always, no matter what the operation, a good sized table laid out with ten or fifteen score of instruments, fifty artery clamps, scissors, forceps and lancets by tin* dozen. It used to take over an hour to remove an appendix; today the average is about twelve minutes. "The variety of instruments increases every year as surgeons meet with new j needs or solve old problems. In our ! school here, as in others, many instru- I meuts have been devised. Especially I to those having to do with the eye, ear, | nose and throat have we made valua ble additions as well as in the field of ! orthopedic appliances. The Hippocrat- j ic oath precludes the patenting of any j such inventions; consequently all in- j struments are free to be made by all j and every surgical manufactory.” The making of surgical instruments i in the United States is nearly coutem-! poraneous with the beginning of the ! republic, and one or two of the promi nent firms today date from long before the civil war. In no country are finer Instruments made than in the United States. Though the number of men employed is small, every man is a skilled laborer and an artist, with an adroitness often as fine as that of a journeyman Jeweler, capable of mak ing even the most delicate of the great variety of instruments, amounting to j about 10,000, which a surgical house must keep in stock or be ready to pro duce upon order. Cast and drop forged instruments have no lasting value, and once the I edge is worn off they can never be sat- j isfactorily resharpened. The process j which they undergo demands that they be brought three times to a white heat. The first time the steel becomes tempered; the second and third time it , becomes decarbonized and loses its ; temper, the result being aff instru- i mont with a shell of bard steel, eapa- i hie of taking a fair edge, but beneath which the metal is soft and unfit to ; stand honing. "All good instruments are hand i forged. Thus prices are doubled and i trebled over the prices of cast instru- | meats because of the skilled labor and time necessary to their construction. The workman in a careful factory must make a study of his work and learn the physical qualities of the steel or .metal he works with, its strength and cutting and tension qual ities. General operating instruments are t !ade of steel, silver, platinum, gold and aluminium. German steel, owing to its tenacity, is used for for ceps and blunt instrument*; English cast steel tor edged tools, as it receives a high temper, a fine polish and re- j tains its edge. Silver when pure is very flexible and is useful for cathe ters, which require frequent change of ! curve. V. hen mixe 1 with other metals, as coin • Mvi-r. it mikes firm catheters, . ... an i c.inuulated work. ^ r in. ;ni.neuts are least I’i itinu.ii resists the i aa.l or.iiaary heat and for caustic holders, actual and the electrodes of the iiitery. Gold, owing to its is adapted for fine tubes, eye syringes and so forth, caustic ... Scnmh liable te c action o is useful cauteries gal vs no cj ductility, such its while aiumiuiuin is by its extreme fig.itae * . i! ic lor probes, styles and tracheotomy tubes. "Handles are made of ebony, ivory, pearl or hard rubber. Ebony atid rub- ber are used for large instruments, thou- li these at times have handles of steel. Ivoiy makes it durable and beautiful handle, though it and ebony are not entirely aseptic, because it is impof slide to boil them for the purpose of sterilization without their cracking. Ivory and pearl are used for scalpels and for small instruments like those used in operating on the eye. On the whole, the best material for handles is hard rubber, since it may be vulean- Iziil on the Instrument, thus making It practically one piece, with no possible seam for the lodging of germs and hence perfectly safe. "Next to the materials the mode of making determines the Instrument’s quality. Steel overheated in the forgo is brittle or rotten. In shaping with the file the form may be destroyed. In hardening and tempering the stcsl may be spoiled. In every stags tbs value of tbe Instrument depends upon the skill applied.”—New York Post. BANQUET TIDBITS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM. “A Cod nnd n French Cook Can Work Mlraclea 11 — The Ilrcaat of Oue “Chicken 11 llax Hern Known fo Sat isfy Twelve Hungry Ulnern. It has almost passed into a proverb that many of the dishes served up in cheap restaurants,, where nothing is wasted, are, to put it mildly, mysteries. But, on the other hand, most people who patronize fashionable and more ambitious restaurants are generally content to accept the menu for what it is said to be. This blind trust is some what abused, and the amount of “fak ing” which goes on today in some of the well to do establishments would probably surprise those who are un initiated in the higher branches of the culinary art. For instance, by the addition of veg etable juice just before being dished up cod cutlets are, at seasons when salmon is very dear, set before cus tomers as salmon cutlets and are, needless to say, charged accordingly. This deception, according to an ex chef, Is wisely practiced not only in better class restaurants, but also on some of the great liners. Another popular trick as practiced by the restaurateur is to serve a veal beef done up overnight in salted band ages, while a skillful chef has very little difficulty in palming off Hatfish for sole on epicures who pride them selves on the soundness of their judg ment of cooking. On one occasion some time ago a dinner for seventy-five people was or dered at a well known fashionable res taurant in the upper part of New York. A large consignment of salmon had been previously ordered, but, to tbe consternation of the chef, the dinner hour slowly approached and still no salmon arrived. In despair the chef, a Frenchman, decided to "take the bull by tbe horns” and procure another fish to do duty for the coveted salmon. Accordingly he sat to work to turn cod cutlets intosalm on cutlets, and this rapid transforma tion was soon effected by an addition of vegetable juice. The waiters, who naturally were aware of this whole sale deception, were given express or ders to report any complaints to the chef at once. However, to the intense delight of the chef, all passed off well, and on hearing that Ids subterfuge had not been detected he gleefully ex claimed, “Ah, a cod and a French cook can work miracles.” Green peas at certain seaso .s of the year are naturally a luxury quite be yond the reach of the man of average means, while even caterers for fashion able hotels themselves frequently have the greatest difficulty in getting a suf ficiently large quantity to meet the de mand. However, to fake pens does not offer any great difficulty In times of stress, and by adding vegetable color ing matter yellow pens are quite com monly served up as green peas along with the duck and flavorless new po tatoes, which more often than not come from abroad. Roast veal served with a thick white sauce makes, says a well known chef, a most satisfactory substitute for the breast of chicken, and therefore it does not come altogether as a surprise to learn that the breast of one chicken has been known to satisfy twelve hungry diners. “The staff take good care of tbe breast of a chicken,” was the comment of a waiter who was being for the first time initiated into the mystery of how 1 to feed a dozen people off one chicken. Perhaps tin* cleverest deception prac ticed by eminent chefs is the art of manufacturing the lobster patty, so dear to the heart of the epicure. This appetizing dainty would at first sight seem to defy even the most ingenious cookery fakir. However, here again the artful chef has overcome apparently Insuperable difficulties, and many tooth some looking lobster patties are thus not always quite what they are said to be. The deception Is worked In this way: A common crustfoean is boiled and the meat carefully chopped off and put Into a mortar, while afterward part of tbe shell is added. Tho mixture is then vigorously pounded ns fine as possible, and on the addition of flavoring it would tax the powers of the most critical connoisseur to detect any dif ference between the gastronomic mix ture and the genuine lobster patty. "The various deceptions I have told you of,” remarked a famous chef to the writer, “are naturally not prac ticed every day, but are only utilized In times of emergency, and these emer gency moments arrive more frequently than tho trustful customer would like did he but know.”—New York Tele graph. , Scull and Skull. "Sculls” and “skulls" are really one word in origin, and both’ at various times have been spelled capriciously with a “c” or a "k.” Pepys, the diarist, tells how he went on the Thames at oue time “In a scull," at another in a “skuller.” The origin of the word is “skulle” or “senile,” a bowl or goblet. Wliile tbe cranium was obviously bow- Mke in shape, a distant resemblance to a bowl was also detected In the scoop ed ont blade of a “scull” ns opposed to the flat blade of an oar proper. Tnlklns Behind Her Back. “Don’t you know, dear,” said his wife sweetly, “that it Is wrong to talk behind a person’s back?” He was trying to button her waist at tbe time, and really there seemed to be provocation for bis remarks.— Philadelphia Ledger. In tbe conrt of his own console! W> guilty man Is acquitted.—Juvena WIT IN CONGRESS. Some Famous Retorts Made During the Heat of Debate. (American Magazine.) One of the most famous of Reed’s retorts was made at the expense of Springer of Illinois. The “Maine giant’’ had lust read one of Springer's ow 1 !! speeches in refutation of the lat ter’s argument just concluded. The Illinoisan launched into philosophy upon the privilege of progressive thinkers to change the* • opinions. “I honor them for it,” he continued. An honest man is the noblest work of God. As for me. Mr. Chairman, in the words of an eminent American statesman, I woiih) rather be right than be president.’ ” “The gentleman from Illinois need’t worry. Mr. Chairman,” drawled Reed. "He’ll never be either!” During the bitter fight, against "Reed rules" the house w r as thrown into convulsions by General Spinobj, who pointing to the painting of the "Siege of Yorktown” hanging in the hall, gravely accused Speaner Reed of counting the Hessians jn the back ground ^f the picture in order to mike up a quorum. The general always wore a tremen dously high collar, so high, in fact, that Representative Tim Campbell tapped it one day with the ferule of his cane and inquired, to the amuse ment of the house. “Is General Spi- nola within?” During the famous deadlock fight in the house over the civil rights bill General Ben Butler favored a Sun day session. “Bad as 1 am. I have some respect for God’s day ” replied Sam Randall of Pennsylvania. "Don’t the Bible say that it is law ful to pull your ox or ass out of a pit on the Sahhath?” asked Butler. “You have thirty-seven asses on your s id e of the house, and 1 want to get th“m out. of this ditch tomorrow. I think I am engaged in holy work.” “Don’t do it.” replied Randall. “I expect some day to see you in a better world.” "You’ll he there, as you are here, a member of the lower house," flashed hack tho general, with telling effect. BOTTLE AFLOAT 32 YEARS. Thrown Into Lak e Superior in 1784 and Just Now Picked Up. (Duluth Evening Herald.) Buffetfd about by the waves of Lake Superior for almost exactly thirty-two years, a bottle containing a eommunicatio" from the crew and passengers of the old steamer High Wind, was found a day or two ago in the bottle heap at a local bottling establishment by William Clark, a twelve-year-old boy residing at 1829 West Fourth street. The lad was washing bottles and happened to no tice a beer bottle that was corked and sealed. His curiosity was aroused and he opened it and found a piece of coarse wrapping paper on which the following was written with lead pencil, all the words but one being perfectly distingishable: “White Fish Point, Mich.. Aug. 17, 1874.” This bottle was thrown off the boat High Wind at the above named place. "Crew and passengers—Ed. Patvin, cantain; Harry Brousseau, chief; Arthur Patvin. fireman. “Passengers—Mrs. Ed. Patvin; — Brousseau and children. “Whoever finds this bottle return it or let it be known.” It is supposed that the little was found floating in the lake by some of the fishermen who put out from Duluth and that it. was so'd to the bottling concern along with other bottles that had been picked up. Inquiry was made of several of the old-timers in Duluth as to Informa tion of the steamer High Wind and her master, but if the vessel ever made this port she seems to have been forgotten. It is supposed that the boat v,j,s a small one and that stv> operated between points on the north shore of Michigan. On the Rolling Billows. (Woman’s Home Companion.) While strolling one afternoon on the deck of the steamship that was bringing him back to this country from his trip to Europe, Bishop Pot ter observed a couple of particularly seasick individuals. The woman was reclining in a big steamer chair, and exhibited all the signs of that utter despair and indifference to life com mon to the unfortunate person suf fering from seasickness. At her feet crouched a man. apparently Just as HI as the ladv herself. His head was In the woman’s lap. The unhappy cou ple presented such a woebegone ap pearance that the good bishop was deeply touched by their melancholy condition, so he went to them, and ad dressed the lady, inquired whether he could render her any assistance. The ladv shook her head sadly, murmuring, “No. thank you.” "1 am very sorry,” added tho bishop. Then, after a moment’s pause, he ask ed, "Then perhaps I can be of service to your husband here.” The wretched woman, without so much as moving her head, gave an in different glance in the direction of the man whose head was in her lap, ! and in a tone that betrayed not the i least interest in her unfortunate col league in misery, she replied, faintly, “He Isn’t my husband. I—I don’t I know who—who he is.” Store Burned in Union. Union, Aug. 27.—About midnight Saturday night the store room of the Buffalo Go-operative Supply company, near Buffalo, was totally consumed by fire, the origin not being known, though It la supposed to have caught in a shed room where seed and oil were stored. The president and general mana ger. W. E. G. Humphries, lives near the store, but was not awakened un til the Are had gotten considerable headway, so nothing was saved from the blulding. Mr. Humphries’ resi dence and other buildings near were saved. The Supply company carried con siderable Insurance. Whenever the millionaire hands out advice on "success” he never tells his private underhand scheme. Old Times, Old Friends. Old Love. (By Eugene Fi'dd.) There are no days like the good old days. The da vs when we were youthful; When humankind "•-■•e pure of mind, And speech and deeds were truth ful. Before a love for sorid gold Became man’s ruling nassidn And before each dame and maid be came Slave to tlie tyrant, fashion There are no girls like the good old girls— Against the world I’d stake ’em! As buxom and smart, and clean of heart As the Lord knew how make ’em! They were rich in spirit and common sense. And piety all supportin’; They could bake and brew and had taught school, too. And they made such likely courtin’! There are no boys like the good old boys— When we were boys together! When the grass was sweet to)the brown bar« feet I hat dimpled the laughing heather: When the pewee sang to the summer dawn Of tlie bee in the billowy clover. Or down by the mill the whip-poor- will Echoed his night song ever. There is no love like the good old love— The love that mother gave us! We are old, old men, yet we pine again For that precious grace—God save us! So we dream and dream of the good old times. And our hearts grow tenderer, fond er. As those dear old dreams bring sooth ing gleams Of the hmven awav off yonder. H e Would Wait. A pig belonging to a widow named Murphy mysteriously vanished one night, and Bat Hennessv. a ne’re-do- well, was suspected of having had something to do with Its disappear ance. He denied all knowledge of the •'i< r however, and as there was no evi dence against him he was allowed to go free; but at Mrs. Mumhy’s instiga tion, the priest went to see him. “Pat,” said the priest, “if you've no fear of the law in this world, at least give a thought to the hereafter. When you're before the judgment seat what are you going to say about that pig?” “Shure, I dunno,” replied Pat. “Will they he after askin’ about th’ pig in purgatory, yer riverince?” “They will,” said the priest. “Will Mrs. Murphy be there, yer riverince?” “Yes. Pat.” “An’ th’ pig?” “Yes. Pat.” “Shure. I’ll wait an’ give it to her thin, yer riverince.” About Fat People. ‘The human snake” is what they call John H. Price, superintendent of a mine at Phillipsburg. Montana, be cause he sheds his skin once a year. He has just completed this season’s job. This peculiarity is supposed to be due to Price’s being so fat. He weighs 400 pounds. He sheds his skin until every part of his body has a new covering. It has been going on for thirty years. David Tradlinger, in Denver. Col orado feli on the tracks of the trol ley cars and blocked traffic for thirty minutes because he couldn’t get up. He weighs 340 pounds. When he gets off his feet he cannot get back on them. Men tried to pry him off the track, but only broke their levers. Finally a passing teamster unhooked his mules and hitched them to David, pulling him off the rails. Late- an improvised derrick was use! to raise him t<> his bet. He has a denick at at home which his wife uses to pull him out of bed. One day the rope broke and Tradlinger fell through the bed. the floor, the floor of the room beneath and landed In the cellar. Reuben Swallowsnal] recently mar- ried and is spending his honey-moon at Galveston, on the Gulf. W’hen mar ried. the happy pair stood in the open air for the groom couldn’t push through the church door. Owing to his size, also, he was unable to get into a Pullman car. so he and his wife made their trip from home to Galves ton in a specially arranged box car. At Galveston, owing to th- groom’s inahilitv to reside in a hotel, he and his bride five in a tent. When Swal- lowsnail goes in bathing the water rises In a tidal wave, and he looks so big In the water that a fisherman came near harpooning him for a whale. Thousands saw the wonderful hu man music box at Pinevlew, Me., last week. The wonder is named Ralph Bond, and he is able to make music through the pores of his skin, regu lating the volume by the amount of air he breathes and by working his muscles. He weighs 380 pounds—at his birth he weighed 19. His ability to squeeze music through the pores of his skin is supposed to be due to his great weight, tho layers of fat being sound producers. His right and left leg make a noise like first and second violins; th skin of his chest is the bass viol; clarionets and flutes a~e his feet; his right arm sounds like a cornet and the left like a harp in the orchestra. From his birth he has been able to make music this way. That the Japs are an exceedingly cloanlv people is proved by the fact that Tokio has 800 public baths, which are used by 200,000 people dally. One thing the average Ameri can citv needs is fre e public baths. The great bronze statute of the late President McKinley to be erect ed on the capitol grounds has reached Golumbus, Ohio, from Providence, R. L —B e sure to come in and tee our line of the most stylish Hats ever shown In Gaffney. Company Store.