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VOL. XVI. LAU RENS S. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER -'4, 1900. No 9 ?_- _-1?? ? ? - ? - ?? ?_, KU.I, Altl'S DOG IS 1)14A 1>. Ilo IiAllientu Hie Iidsm ol Hist I ? l Iii n I <iiiipatilon Tho Collie W*h Uivcn n Decent Rurial. Old Laddie in doud. Oar good old dog. We ne'er shall see him more. Ilo died last Sunday at 10 o'clock : we buried him at >. Laddie was seventeen yoarsold. We raised him from puppy hood to doghood and all those years he scorned like one of the family. Ho loved us all and we loved him, for ho was affectionate, good mannered, dignified, courageous and very handsome. He never sought a light with another don, hut never declined one and always came oil the victor. His face and neck and feet and purt of his tail wore white; his hair long and glossy and his eyes wore ambor or rathor a brilliant yellow sapphire. In truth, ho was a very handsome dot; ar.d came from well-breu stock, his grandslre having been sold for $f>00 In Montgomery. Ho wa known as u shepherd dog?a Scotch oollio -and know his duties and qualitlc by instinct and Inheritance. We did not have to train him to go after the sheep or the cattle and bring them homo. When I left tho farm ami moved to town ho seemed lost and unhappy for awhile, hut soon adapted himself to the Iittlo grandchildren and followed them around, and during his last illness, when he couldent walk, it would ploaso him for mo to lift him up to tho sandbed, where tho children wore playing. Tho smaller the children tho stronger his love for them. They wore tho sheep and ho was tho good shepherd. Wo did not send his carcass to the potter's (leid. I dug a shapely grave down In tho corner of tho garden, then lifted his dead body gently into the wheelbarrow ami rolled it to the place. Tho wheelbarrow was the hearse. I v/as the horso and livo of tho grandchildren were the escort. When all was ready my wife and daughters came down to tho funeral and wo buried Laddie and mounded up bis grave ami placed a board with his name and age upon it at the head and another at the foot. The little children plucked some green asparagus nearby and some Texas pinks an3 roses and slowly and sadly we went away as mourners. Dogs have a curious and interesting history. In ancient times they were umlor the ban of .lewish contempt and were pronounced and denounced as unclean by tho Mosaic law. Not a good word is said of them in all Scripture. " The price of a dog Is an abomination to the Lord," saith Moses. Job saith : " J disdained to net their fathers with the dogs of my Mock." " Am I a dog ?" " Beware of dogs." 11 l*'or without are dogs and sorcerers and idolaters and murderers and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie." Hut surely they must have had some good reputable dogs, or they would have killed off tho breed. It was tho mean, thievish trilling dogs that gave a bad name to all the race, just as thoy do now. Cuvlor says that dogs In general are the most contemptible of all domestic animals, but that the improved species are the most useful and complcto conquest ever made by man. All their faculties aro adaptod to profit and pleasure and protection. Barbarous nations owe much of thei r bettor nature to tho possession of the dog. Cuvlor says that tho principal and best species aro indigenous to certain countries. Such as tho shepherd to Arabia, tho K quimuux and Newfound land to Siberia, st. Bernard to the Alps, eto. But dogs havo got mixed anil crossed into all sorts of forms and fashions, like the Cubans In Cuba. They now range from the llttlo pug anil rat terrier and bench leg lice, up to the boar hound of Germany and the mast;IT and drover's dug of southern Europe* Pointers and setters and span iels and the long-cared hound have come in later by traiuing and breed ing, but most of the different kind of dogs are degraded mongrels. But a ib?g is a dog and every man and boy loves his own and will defend him, " Bovo me lovo my dog," is a proverb '{")() years old. Alexander Stephen- was asked what was tne secret of his at tachment to a dirty little snarling dog that followed him around. Be replied. '' Well, I hardly know, but I reckon I lovo tho little dog l>ccaurto he loves mo." That was reason enough, lie had neither wife nor children to love him, and bo ho concentrated on the dog, but still his friends thought he might havo ohOdon a more attractive one. The poorer a man is and tho more friendless, the stronger is his attach ment to hla dog, and the dog bcolqs to reciprocate and will not desert, his master. A nigger's hound is as happy and contented as a line lady's poodle. I 'ope. says : " l.o! the poor Indian whose untutored mi nd. Hees (mh( i.i clouds and bears 11 iill in the wind, Hut thinks admitted to the Heavenly sky, Hi- fail hi 'i I 11" ? i ball bear him com pans." Wo bavo hail but live dogs In fifty years at our bouse and they were all good dogs, faithful dogs and loved the children. Of course, I dont Include the yaller pup that we had not long ago and were raising to take Laddlo s place, lie was an Ignominious fraud. He stole everything that was in sight and in reach. One day Ih ? pantry door was loft ooen and ho t*< led off half of 1 a boiled ham. He Stole eggs <wid but ter and carried off bats and nooks and bonnets and kept us continually alarm ed. One day our old peach man, who lives sixteen miles away, came up with a load of fruit and 1 gently persuaded hltn that ho needed a smart dog, so he tieil him in his wagon and hauled him homo. I asked him the other day how the purp was getting on. " l''ust rate,'' he said. " When I got him home that eight I turned him loose and fed him, and the next morning he beat me up and run six chickens before breakfast and chawed on 'em. 1 give him a de cent licking and reformed him. That night he followed the boys to the woods anil caught a 'pOBSUUl and he's gettin' to be a lino dog." Hodident have, room enough bore in town to expand. As a general rule women are not fond of dogs. They prefer cats. The dogs aro in ihe way and take up too much room, and are always scratching for Hjus and when the bad weather comes they track tip the house and want to lie by the tire. My old friend Foote told me that he i and his old 'oman had lived together fifty-two years and there was never a cross word or a hard thought botwOOU i them about anything excepting dogs. 1 " I was fonil of dogs," said he, '"and my | wife despised 'em and just as soon as j they followed mo into tho bouso she would take tho broom or something and maul 'em out, especially in muddy weather, for sho was a powerful nea\ housekeeper and I wasnt." " How many dogs did you keep, Mr. Foote ?" " Well, you see in my younger days 1 was powerful fond of fox hunting and I kept four good fox dogs most of the time and thon I had a squirrel dog and a rabbit dog and a 'possum dog aud a pinter. That's only eight. That's rea sonable, l thought, but nay wife dldnt and she. used to lot mo know it some times." Hut our good old dog is dead und wo all miss him. Nobody ever struck him a lick, or had to say a cross word to him. He was a dog, but ho was a gen tleman in all ilia deportment. 1 won der where 1 can get a good young dog to raise to take hit, place. Tho winter is coming on and as soon as the chicken thieves lind out that Laddie is dead they will come prowling around. High er education hasn't stopped tho nig gers from stealing chickens. Hill. Aitl*. Dkatii ok WM. L. Wilson. -Hx Postinaster General William L. Wil son died suddenly on tho 17th lust. William Lyne Wilson was born in Jefferson County, Virginia, May ;il 1813. Ho sorvud in the Confederate ar.ny, was professor in Columbia Col logo for a time and afterwards prac ticed law at Charlestown, Va. He was president of West Virginia University 1882-1883. Ho was elected to Con gross from the Second district of Wost Vir ginia in 1882and quickly became prom inent as an orator, economist and civil service reformer. Ilosorvod six terms in Congress aud in the Fifty-third Congress was chairman of tho ways anil means committee. As leader of the Democrats, the majority nartv, on the floor ho introduced tho tar I if tdll known thereafter as tho "Wilson tar Iff bill." In 1802 he was permanent chairman of tho Democratic national convention, which nominated Grovor Cleveland for President. In 1895 ho was appointed Postmaster Genornl in Cleveland's cabinet as successor to Wilsou 8. Bissell. On his retirement from public life in IS'.iT ho was olcclcl president of Washington and Lee Uni versity. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of ? Prank 1\ Heard, atonetlnio editor of a newspa|Kir in Gaffney, was found dead on a railway train between Aug usta and Trenton, lie wa? running a paper at Craniteville and also a ? mail daily sheet In Augusta called The Court Reporter. OCIt GREATKST HPEOIAIjIST, l?'or 20 years Dr. J. Newton llalhaway has ro successfully treated chronic diseas es that he is acknowledged today to atadn at the bead of bis profession in this line. Mia exclusive method of treatment for Vnrici ele anil Stricture, without Hie aid Of km or (rautcry euros in !rU per cent, of all eases. In the treatment of lite Ions of Vital Kornes. Nervous Disorders, Kidney ami Urinary Complaints, l'arnlvsis, Blood Poisoning, Rheumatism, Catarrh, and dis eases peculiar to women, he is equally successful. Dr. Hathaway's practice is more than double that of any other spec ialist, rases pronouncod helpless by other physicians readily yield to hit? treatment. Write him today fully about your case lie makes no eharKC for consultation or advice, cither at his olliec or by mail. J. Newton Hathaway, M. D., 'IVA South Urnnd ?Uroot. Atlantrv. (in THAT 1>I.\N Hit Y AN." lnipiiiii.il IllnCory Will llo Him Jue* I I loo?Ono ol tho Most Itoiiiarkablo Polltloal headers tho World Has Kver Know n. Columbia state. i.'.-ss than ono month from today the presidential election will take place in ?iat time a groat deal can happen and the reslHt may be very different from what it would he were the elec tion to occur tomorrow, hut 0U0 thing is certain : whether he lt> oleotod prea Ident or not, Williams Jomilngs Uryan will go down In history as one of the most remarkable piditioal loaders the world lias ever known. A fow year* ago this man Uryan was a lawyer and editorial writer in Ne braska, lie bad served a short while iu Congress where his reputation had rested obleSy upon his familiarity with tho tariiT question. His discussions ol this ueually dry Bubjeot were excep tionally Interesting and entertaining, and though then quite a young man, he was looked upon with favor by tho leaders of tho tar ill reformors. The Issues were shifted and tho coin age question became paramount. To this tho Nebraskan gave his earnest attention and it is history that he be came the leader of one party because lie could talk free silver in a more in teresting and convincing manner than any other man in tho country. II hi opponents BOdulously tried to per* suado the peoplo that this man Uryan Is a follow of (lie idea?free silver? forgetting, or rathei ignoring, his rec ord as a tariff debater before silver was the leading issue. If any were in olined to accept this estimate of li^yan they have now reason to reject it even if they could find nono before. Another and a now issue has arisen. Tho tariff and hi metal 1 ism wore ohi Issues even when they were paramount. They had been thoroughly discussed in Congress and hail played their part more or less prominently In prcsidoil t'.al campaigns. A heginner was able to draw upon speeches and arguments of the past and it required originality in conception and expression to -;,\ anything original on either subject. Hut not so in this campaign. The paramount issuo Is entirely new to this republic. No ono ever dreamed even four years vgo that there would one day again be waged a great political battle involving the preservation of the republican form of government in tho United States. Indeed the Issue was upon us while only a few realiz ed it. The. man who recognized its import* anec first and most thoroughly was this same Uryan,?who had neon put down as a shallow person ol one idi a. It was ho who saw how the McKinley administration was drifting towards militarism and imperialism, while those terms were ?tili almost unknown In this free country. Having entered the army in a war for liberty, he re signed when it became plain that the army was to be used In a war of con quest. Resigning lie began at once to light tho vicious tendencies of the administration, and as the chosen and reohosen leader of his party, ho has kept up tbjs goodly light. When ho first began to talk "Imperialism," there wore few who understood the signifi cance of the situation. Many of his own party failed to realize the magni tude ol the issue, and some of his most admiring adherents thought he. was making a mistake both from the. stand point of party policy and of patriotism. They besought hirn to stop; they point uil out that ho could i ot hope to ovor ho elected president Ott an Issuo that Involved hauling down tho il ig : tnoy i show od hltn tha' hisown party wasnot only divided on this question, but that thoso who agreed with hint woroapa thetloor unlntluontial. ah tin sq con 'derations and more wore presented to him. A more politician would have yloldod. A tlmo-soivor would have on dor sod tho president's foreign polity on the safo pica of patriotism ami tin n Bought out a dornt 8i lo It a 10. That was what tho Liberals did in Bnglanil in the campaign just closed. Tiny lucked tho courage to denounce tho unjust war upon the ISoers and iii nie the light ; On other lines?and lost, as they do served to lose. Hut Bryan, not bt imr a more politi cian nor a timo-sorvor, refused to heed ! ail tllOSO warnings Of the wise men. Ho kept oh, lit season and out of Boa* son, talking agam.it " Imperialism." tic found a few men and BOVOral news papers who appreoiated tho dangerous departures tho administration was making in its purchase of the Philip pines and its attempt to oonquor the natives. Hut whin Bryau began the' agitation his backoi'd were OXCCOdlllgly soarco. Nothing daunted ho kept on. He made spccohcs ai'd he wrote arti cles lor the newspapers, tho reviews and tho magazines. II" delved Into history and studied constitutional law more than ever heforo. Ills light began to attract gonoi al attontlon and others came to his aid. being convinced after studying the question es Bryan hail done. They were led to eon-dder the elTcet of militarism and imperialism upon other republics. Tiny found Bryan was right. They studied the constitutional question Involved ami again found Bryan right in contending that the republic could not govern coloulos outside of the constitution. " Imperialism " hail become an Ii tue. Almost atone, that man Bryan had aroused the people to its importance. I It heoame tho Isstio of the hour and naturally enough Bryan was looked to as the leader of thoso who would de stroy Imperialism. The " man of one Idea" had added a third to his reper toire, do discussed Imperialism with all tho forco, all the oloquonco, all the togle with which he. had dabated the. tariIT and the coinage questions, and not content w ith thCSO, ItO took up the other great Issue, trusts, and to that Applied his stunt: powers of convincing, logical eloquence. Four years ago when Bryan, after a campaign of unumal features, was do featud, it was freely predicted that he would never li/atn he heard of as a political possibility. We thought other wise, but that is neither hero ctir there. And the prophots thought thoy had continuation of their prophesies whon Bryan continued to tail; and to write. ThOy said the thing for him to do was to keep absolutely qulot, say nothing" about anything ami perhaps his chance might come, but it was very douh'.ful. But, so they Bald, if! MoKli ley made, many mistakes and no j other leader appeared for tho Demo crats in four year- , Bryan might got at least the nomination. His election,' they said, was an Impossibility under any olrouili -lances. Bryan refused this advice. Ho made speeches ar.d wrote articles wheneveri ho was ask< d or whonovor be thought beat. Ho has never declined at any' time during the lust four years to glvo bis opinion on any subject. The poll tlclans said be would blttndt r II he talked so much 5 ho might say .-onto-: thing that be would later have to re tract. But he has succeeded In b? lug I consistent and has nut been forced to rocant anything ho has said. This Is one of tho most wonderful facts in Bryan's career?he has expressed his views Irecly and often extemporane ously and yet lias never made a mis take from the .standpoint of consh ' - onoy. Neither has hfl made mistakes as a pal ty loader. Having again boon nominated '<>. president, Mr. Uryan began a campaign whloh rivals his former t-.gtvt in vigor and brllllanoy. lie I* not only doing a vast amount o( speech making from olio end of the country to tho other, but ho Is personally controlling and directing the whole campaign. The result Is soon In tho superior organiza tion and wiser plans which tho party is omploying. Id 1800, the "leaders" partially distrusted Bryan. They knew him to he sinooro, honest, brilliant and eloquent, hut they doubted Iiis judg ment. They, In common with the whole country, havo come to know Bryan bolter and this year they do as he ays. His enemies tell us this man Uryan has no executive ability. Our ttnswor Is t'> refer them to the cam p.vigil which he is now conducting. Uryan may never he. president, but ?ief. at doos not dim the fame of BUOll u nun). Tho groat triumvirate of Amor lean politics each failed to realize his | ambitious, yotCalhoun, Clay and Weh ater rink abovo many presidonts. Bryan w ill bo famous. His two cam paigns wili he hist -;c. As a popular orator ahme I:is claims lor immortality are gn ater than any other American'-* l?'or tonaclty of purpose, for purity o! motive, for honesty of political and private character ho will ho placed among '.he 11 rat. As a student of the science of government ho will rival Jefferson and Calhoun i as an orator he I will equal Webster; as a man who vii ihl "rather he right ti an presi dent," he will surpass tJlay ; as a lead er and as an epigrammatist be Is the . superb r ol Lincoln Like all of these, he i.- vlllillcd, traduced, misrepresent ed and misunderstood by some of his contemporaries, hut impartial history will do him justice. The now arc light of Bremer Is claimed to effect great saving through the addition to tho carbons of 15 to 50 pi r cent, of non-conduoting mctalic -,-.it~. suoh as compounds of calcium, -i.i dum or magnesium. No complicat ed d< vice is necessary for keeping the carbon points at a constant distance. Phore aro two carbons?-forming an acute angle- for each pole, and they slide down I y their weight to the point of contact. The positive and negative carbons arc at right angles, lie- aro being blown down from the point of tin- V by magnetic influence. A n i lectromagm t brings the carbons Into contaot for lighting. It is stated i luvt the light is less absorbed by steam ami fog than that of tho ordi nary arc, aim that the lamp therefore has [" - ill advantages for lighthouses, searchlights, etc. < i ic nvi ling la-it week a va^t flock of chicken hawk:, forming aline loo wide and over a mile long, passed ever tin- village of (Jallawny, Nob. Tin y settled In a nearby erovo one night and a great many Were ki led before the Hock made Its escape. Not over half a dozen of such birds hail . vor boon seen in that neighborhood before at one time. ?The latest experiments tend to prove that pituhor plante are not car nivorous, as has been so long believed, and that any apparent digostive notion la duo toextornal microbes that may onter the pitchers. Does Your Baking Powder Contain Alurn ? Prof. Geo, F. Barker, M.O., University of Penn.: "All the constituents ol alum remain (from alum baking powders) in the bread, and the alum itself is reproduced to all intents and purposes when the bread is dissolved by the gastric juice in the process of digestion. 1 re gard the use ol alum as highly injurious." Dr. Alon/o C lark: "A substance (alum) which can derange the stomach should not he tolerated in baking powder." Prof. W. (i. Tucker, New York State Chemist: "I believe it (alum) to he decidedly injurious when used as a constituent oi looil articles." Prof. S. W. Johnson. Vale College: "I regard their (alum and soluble alumina salts) introduction into baking powders as most dan gerous to health." In view of such testimony as this, every care must be exercised by the housewife to exclude the over and over condemned cheap, alum baking powders from the food. Baking powders made from cream of tartar.which is highly refuted gt ape acid,arc promotivcof health, and more cliicienl. 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