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ESiTABLISHED 1865 . NEWYBERRY, S. C., TH1URSDAY, JA NUAY819.___________ __
A RETROSPECT.
A Review of the Past Year. The Results
of the Reform Movement.
[News and Courier.]
We are all familiar with the methods
which were adopted in the March Con
vention to anticipate the Convention
of the regular Democracy of the State,
and by which a candidate was tug
ges! ed" for Governor. The plan upon
which the campaign, after the March.
Convention, was conducted has not
been forgotten, and should not be for
gotten, by anyone who cherishes a pro
per respect for the honesty and integri
ty of the men who have been honored
by the people of this State in the past
and by those who believe that the
civilization of South Carolina has been
presented through the Democratic par
tv.
We do not care to recall any of the
bitterness which existed during the
long and weary months when from one
end of the State to another all that was
highest and holiest and best, in the his
tory of South Carolina, was kicked
about in the dust of the political arena,
as an unclean thing.
We simply desire, now that the
"change" has been made in the Gov
ernment of the State, to show that the
campaign was conducted by the domi
nant faction of the Democratic party not
as it claimed, to secure a government
of the neople and for the people, but to
secure the honors and emoluments of
official station for those who embraced
this opportunity to elevate themselves
by discrediting the party and the
State.
That there has been a "change," no
one can deny. That it has been made
"in the inte:est of a few families, and
for the benefit of a selfish ring of politi
cians,'" is not a violent assumption in
view of the record which has been
made since the old "ring," if indeed it
ever existed, was turned out, and the
"new ring" went in. It was the cons
tant claim of the spokesmen of the
dominant Democratic faction in the
campaign that the offices in this State
had been confined to "a few "families."
In his speech at Spartanburg on June
11, 1890, Capt. Tillman, now Governor
Tillman, said : "Heretofore the ring
run everything. It was heads I win,
tails you lose." On the same occasion
Col. Gary, now Lieutenant Governor
Gary, said: "Don't let there be any
cornering of offices in South Carolina.
* * *This is a contest of office
holders against the people." These,
or similar statements, were frequently
made by these or other speakers during
the campaign, and it was as little, per
haps, as their supporters could have
hoped for that the new government
would indeed be a government of the
people and for the people, and that
there should not be a ring any more!
What has been the result of the re
cent campaign ? MIr. Tillman is Gov
ernor in place of Mr. Richardson, Mr.
Gary is Lieutenant Governor in place
of Dr. Mauldin, Gen. Pope is Attorney
General in place of Mr. Earle, Capt.
P arley is Adjutant General in place of
Gen. Bonham, and so on throughout
the other State offices in Columbia.
The State Government has been turned
over bag and baggage, and is now be
ing run "in the interest of a few fami
lies and for the benefit of a selfish ring
.of politicians." There has been a clean
sweep of the "Oligarchy," and the
"Autocracy" is fully_in control. The
new Administration has been safely
installed in office, its policy has been
outlined, and so far as time allowed and
Governor Tillman's infituence went, it
has been carried out by the Legislature.
.Whether this policy will prove benefi
cial to the State, or only to the faction
in power, time alone will show. To be
entirely frank, we do not expect that
the "change" which has been eftected
will promote the best interests of the
State and all its people.
*The leaders of "the rmovement," who
claimed that they were mnoved~ only by
the highest political considerations and
did not specially hanker after the hon
ors and emoluments of official station,
have nearly all been provided for at the
expense of the taxpayers, and those who
have not yet been rewarded for their
work are cooling their heels in the ante
room of the Administration while they
are waiting for something to turn up.
There now appears to be no doubt that
"the MIovemeut" was designed prima
rily for the benefit of the politicians
who are reaping the rewards for which
they worked so hard during the cam
paign. It will be interesting to note
how fully the victors, in spite of all
their patriotic pretensions, have ac
cepted the Jacksonian theory of a
Republican form of Government, and
have agreed amnong themselves that
they, and their heirs and assigns for
ever, are the people, and that unto
thenm pertain the spoils of office. The
list that we give is neither official nor
complete, but it will show that the drift
of the "Reformers," is towards the
public crib. Trhe relatives, friends and
acquaintances of the Administration,
it will be seen, have been very well
piovide.d for in the short time since the
revolu tion was accompl ished.
Here is a part of the record to which
additions can be made from time to
time as "the Mlovement" unfolds it
self:
Becnjamin lRyan Tiliman, of Edge
field, salary $:3,5}0 a year, two years
The H{on. George D. Tillman, of
Edgefield, brother of Governor Tillman,
Congressman, salary $5,JO0 a year and
mileage, about S11,0%.
0. WV. Baebanan, of Fairfield, son
in-law of Congressman Tillman, $1.50
ture, and $1,500 as private secretary to
United States Senator Irby, $9,200.
The Hon. J. L. M. Irby of Laurens
County, $150 and mileage as member
of the House, and United States Sena
tor for six years at a salary of $5,000 a
1 year, mileage and perquisites, $35,000.
J. P. Bean, of Edgefield, private sec
retary of Governor Tillman, of Edge
field, salary $1,500 a year, $3,000.
Eugene B. Gary, of Abbeville, Lieu
tenant Governor, $10 a day and mile
age, about $1,000.
Ernest Gary, of Edgefield, brother of
the Lieutenant Governor, chairman of
the . Iouse committee on the judiciary,
$150 and mileage, about $400.
Frank. B. Gary, of Abbeville, brother
of the Lieutenant Governor, $150 and
mileage,as members of the House,
about $400.
J. Gary Evans, of Aiken, cousin of
the Lieutenant Governor. $150 and
mileage as member of the House, about
$400.
The Hon. Y. J. Pope, of Newberry,
Attorney General, salary $2,100 a year,
$4,200.
Dr. Sampson Pope, of New6erry,
brother of Gen. Pope, clerk of the Sen
ate, salary $1,000 a session, S2,000.
Gen. J. Walter Gray, of Greenville,
formerly of Edgefield, and a school
mate of Governor Tillman, clerk of the
House, at a salary of $1,000 a session,
$2,000.
J. E. Tindal, Secretary of State, at a
salary of $2,100 a year as secretary and
$500 a year as keeper of the State
House, $5,200.
Capt. H. L. Farley, of Spartanburg,
a relative or intimate friend of the late
Gen. M. W. Gary, of Efigefield, Adju
tant and Inspector General at a salary
of $1,500 a year, $3,000.
Capt. G. W. Shell, of Laurens, puta
tive author of the March Manifesto,
member of Congress at a salary of $5,
000 a year and mileage, say $11,000.
Gen. E. T. Stackhouse, of Marion,
member of Congress at a salary of $5,
000 a year and mileage, about $11,000.
W. J. Talbert, of Edgefield, president
of the March Convention, president of
the September Convention, campaign
speaker and political worker, Super
intendent of the Penitentiary, say $4,
500.
WALLACE'S GREAT BRAVERY.
How tha Dead Indian Fighter Saved One
of his Men.
[From the New York Herald.]
ST. PAUL, MINN., December 30.
The death of Capt. Wallace was re
ceived at army headquarters with pro
found regret, for he was well known
here, has hosts of friends and was noted
as one of the most popular men in the
service. He was a gallant officer and
a thorough gentleman. He entered
West Point in 1868, graduating with
honors in 1872, and was only about 40
years of age.
There were ties in later years which
bound him firmly to St. Paul and the
Northwest, for eight years ago he was
married to Carrie M. Otis, daughter of
the late George L. Otis. Capt. Wallace
displayed his matchless heroism to
splendid advantage at the battle of the
Little Big Horn.
During the engagement one of his
men was shot and fell from the saddle.
In piteous accents he besought his com
mander to kill him, but the officer, for
getting everything save the peril of one
of his men, sprang from his horse at
the risk of his life, and throwing the
wounded man across the pummel of
his saddle, rescued him.
THE FIRST IN THE STATE.
A Full-Fledged Colored Bank Started at
Florence.
[Special to News and Courier.]
FLORENCE, December 31.-The South
Carolina Banking Association, the first
colored bank ever formed in this State,
was formally organized at Florence on
Tuesday night last under very favora
ble circumstances. The books of sub
scription to the capital stock had only
been open for ashort while when nearly
four hundred of the authorized capital
of five hundred shares were found to
be taken. Only a payment of $350, as
the first instalment on the shares, was
required, but the stockholders were so
enthusiastic that they paid in nearly
$700.
These shares are to be paid in month
ly instalments until fully paid up, and
then a general banking business will be
started. A strong set of by-laws was
adopted, after wbich the following
were elected a board of directors to
serve for one year, to wit: J. E. Wilson,
D. M. Minus, F. L. Baxter, S. WV. Wil
liams, J. B. Middleton, E. H. Deas, W.
R. Jervey and F. D. Smith.
At a meeting of the board of directors
held shortly after the adjournment of
the stockholderd' meeting Dr. J. E.
Wilson, formerly of Charleston, was
unanimously chosen president of the
bank and WV. RI. Jervey secretary and
treasurer.
Dr. Wilson is regarded here as a ca
pable financier, and such was the con
fidence the citizens have in the honesty
and business tact of the head- and in
the success of the enterprise that most
of our most prominent white citizens
Ihave taken shares, one of them as high
as ten shares, with a view of giving
help and encouragement to such a laud
able undertaking. The few remaining
shares will no doubt be taken in a very
short while.
To allay pains, subdue inflammation,
heal foul sores and ulcers the most
prompt and satisfactory results are ob
ained by using that old reliable reme
dy, Dr. J. H. McLean's Volcanic Oil
Liniment.
THE FINAL ACCOUNTING.
The Agricultural Department Affairs For
mally Transferred to Clemson College.
LColumbia Register.]
Dr. P. H. E. Sloan, treasurer of the
Board of Trustees of the Clemson Agri
cultural College, was in Columbia yes
terday for the purpose of receiving the
transfer to the Trustees of Clemson
College of all of the property pertaining
to the Department of Agriculture. An
inventory of everything had been pre
viously made out by Chief Clerk -A. E.
Gonzales and it was as complete and
as accurate as possible, containing
everything from the least to the great
est. Dr. Sloan, with Messrs. Gonzales
and Withers, the clerks of the,old de
partment, checked off everything in the
offices, the laboratory and the museum,
and receipted for the same. The inven
tory contained several thousand ar
ticles, and it was necessarily the
work of many hours to make the trans
fer.
Colonel Butler was not present at all,
Mr. Gonzales representing him. He
will be here, however, to-day on private
business, after the settlement of which
he will return to his farm in Aiken
County and devote himself once more to
farming pursuits, which he will no
doubt conduct with his accustomed
success.
The laboratory is now in charge of
Professor Hartin, who has been elected
Professor of Chemistry in the Clemson
College, and the analyses of fertilizers
will be made here for the present under
his supervisicn, with the aid of the
present assistants, Mrs. C. W. Sims and
H. Shiver.
It will be a great gratification to the
people of Columbia and to many others
throughout the State to learn that it
has been decided to leave here perma
nently, the magnificent museum which
has been collected with so much care
and labor by the late department, and
that when the present building in
which it is located shall be sold some
provision will be made for its location
either there or elsewhere.
The trustees of the Clemson College,
meet in the Governor's office this morn
ing to decide as to the manner in which
the phosphate business of the depart
ment shall be conducted. It is said to
be likely that Mr. J. L. Withers, assis
tant clerk of the old department, will
be appointed to collect the privilege
tax on fertilizers, having as his office
the one heretofore occupied by Mr. A.
E. Gonzales as Chief Clerk under Colo
nel A. P. Butler.
The weather service remains for the
present at least, in the charge of Cap
tain Angus P. Brown, whose long and
faithful service in the Department of
Agriculture are well known throughout
the State, and his friends all unite in
the hope that this branch of service
will be continued and that he will re
main at the head of it.
Chief Clerk A. E. Gonzale, retires
with his chief, Colonel Butler, and ex
pects to go shortly to New York to en
gage in business. In his retirement he
carries with him the best wishes of the
newspaper fraternity, all of whom have
recognized in him one of the most cour
teous and obliging, as well as one of the
most efficient, officials in the public
service.
The Old Soldiers do Not Forget.
L Pickens Sentinel.]
We take pleasue in .publishing the
following preamble and resolutions
sent to us from the Bowen Mill Alli
ance:
"Whereas, We the Bowen Mill Alli
ance, No. 892, believe in the great prin
ciples as set forth in the constitution or
our order :
"Whereas, We as an Alliance have
positively refused heretofore to take
part in nominating candidates for
office, or endorsing men or measures,
believing it to be unconstitutional and
unwise :
"Whereas, We believe the action of
the Alliance in some counties of our
State in the recent campaign by the
clamor of some who hoped to gain for
themselves big public places by hold
ing out a scheme so enticing to the
masses who could not understand their
motives has been the -prime cause of
the defeat of our beloved Hampton:
"Whereas, We believe that a majority
of the members of the Alliance if left
to exercise their own 'preferment by
ballot would have done honor to whom
honor is due ;
"Whereas, 'We believe the action of
the Legislature to be both unwise and
ungrateful; therefore be it
"Resolved, By the Bowen Mill Alli
ance, No. S892, that we hereby express
our disapproval, unanimously of the
action of the Legislature in failing to
re-elect Wade Hampton to the United
States Senate. R. E. BowEN, Sec'y.
Spring medicine is now wanted, for,
if you are out of sorts and feel badly, P.
P. P. is the remedy to take and get
strong and invigorated.
A Noisy Process.
Petroleum-What's all that racket in
your saloon?
Saloon keeper-Nothing; only juist a
few New Year's resolutions a-breaking
up.
If you suffer from any affection
caused by impure blood, sueh as scro;
ula, salt rheum, sores, boils, pimple
tetter, ringworm, take Dr. J.~- H. Y
Lean's Sarsaparilla.
If you suffer pricking pains on
ing the eyes, or cannot bear l1
llght, and find your sight wer
failing, you should promptly use.
H. McLean's Strengthmng Ey,ms .
2 cents abox. Ame~
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FIRE IN THE FOUNTAIN CITY.
A Hundred Thousandf-Dollars Destroyed
by the Flamier.
[Special to News and Courier.]
AUGUSTA, GA., December 31.-Au
gusta was visited by the second $100,010
fire during the month of December at
5 o'clock this morning. The handsome
and almost new Kahr's brick building,
three stories high, with an, ornamental
iron front, extending from Broad to
Ellis street, second door east of Camp
bell street, was completely destroyed
by fire just before dawn to-day. Where
the fire originated and how it caught
is unknown.
The first floor of the building on
Broad street was occupied by L. A. R.
Reab, wholesale liquor dealer, who
bad over 500 barrels of whiskey stored
away in the store. The second and
third floors overhead were tenanted by
James G. Bailie & Co.'s carpet and
household furnishing establishment.
On the Ellis street side the ground
floor was occupied by N. Kahrs, the
owner of the property, who conducted
a wholesale grocery business. The sec
ond and third floors were used as a
boarding house, of which Mrs. Mary
E. Teppy was proprietress.
There was a delay in sounding the
alarm and when the fire department
reached the scene the flames had got
ten full headway and were beyond
their control. It was only a short
while before the fire spread and en
veloped the entire building from top to
bottom and from end to end. It was
hard work, and all the firemen could
do to fight the fire and keep it from
spreading to the handsome .D'Antig
nac building adjoining, which had a
narrow escape.
About half an hour after the fire had
been discovered about sixty feet of the
west brick wall of the destroyed build
ing collapsed. The wall fell on the gro
cery warehouse of Loflin & Myers and
crushed in about fifty feet of the build
ing, causing a heavy loss of groceries.
Mr. L. A. R. Reab lost about 500 bar
rels of whiskey, which filled the air
with alcohol, and it almost made one
drunk to stand by and inhale the odor.
Not a dollar of goods were saved as
everybody was afraid to enter the build
ing on account of so much combustible
matter being stored in it.
The destruction was complete. The
building belonged to Mr. N. Kahrs, and
cost him $30,000, but he only has $10,
000 insurance, and he had a $15,000
stock of groceries, with only $7,000 in
surance on it.
Mr. L. A. R. Reab had $30,000 worth
of whiskey in 'his store; all lost, and
only covered by $20,000 insurance.
James G. Bailie & Co. had a $13,000
stock of carpets, but only carried $7,000
insurance.
Mrs. Teppy, proprietress of the board
ing house, will not save a thing, and
she had her rooms all well-furnished.
Her loss is about $2,000 without a dol
lar o[insurance.
The partial destruction of Loflin &
Myers' ware house,and the loss of some
goods by water, will increase the losses
$2,000.
Fireman P. C. Phillips was badly
burnt in jumping off a roof when the
walls collapsed. He broke no limbs, but
it is feared that he was internially in
jured.
How the States Rank.
The following table shows the rela
tive rank in population of the States
and Territories in 1890 and 18S0.
1890.18.
1 New York, 1NeYok
2 Pennsylvania,- enyvna
3 Illinois,3Oho
4 Ohio,4 lii,
5 Missouri., isui
6 Massachusetts, 6Idaa
7 Texas., aschsts
8 Indiana,8ketc,
9 Michigan, 9Mihan
10 Iowa, 1 oa
11 Kentucky, 1 e.s
12 Georgia,12Tne5e
13 Tennessee, 3eoia
14 Wisconsin, 1 igna
15 Virginia, 1 ot aoia
16 North Carolina, I;Wsosn
17 Alabama, 17Aam,
18 New Jersey, 18isisp,
19 Kansas. 1 e esy
20 M in nesoZa, 2)Kas,
21 Mississippi, 2 ot aoia
22 California., 2Lusaa
23 South Carolina, 2 a'ad
21 Arkansas, 2 aiona
25 Louisiana, 2 rass
26 Nebraska, 26Mneoa
27 Maryland. 27aie
2.3 West Virginia, 28onetu,
29 Connecticut, 2)Ws igna
:10 Maine, 3 ersa
31 Colorado, 31ewhmhi,
:;2 Florida,32erot
331 New ilampshire,:rRhd la,
31 Washington, 4loia
35 Rhode Island, :jCioa,
36 Vermont, :;Ds.o onbn
:17 South Dakota, : rgn
33 Oregon, 3 eaae
39 Dist. of Columbia, 3 th
40 Utah, 4 aoa
41 North Dakota, 41ewexc
4z: Delaware. 4 ahntn
43 New Mexico, 4 eaa
44 Montana, 41Aioa
45 Idaho,15Mna,
46 Oklahoma, .6Iao
47 wyoming, 17Woig
48 Arizona,
49 Nevada.k
by Peunsylan Pennsyoan i,i
changs in he litth mliost are
are thse ofTexas whischursets,fo
No. i o No. 7 Kentucky,ih rp
fro $ o 1; Mnneota wihich, e
from 3 to 2; Marla,whhdrp
from 35 t 31; 5erothChrop
from 32 t 36;1Witonswichrie
from 42 to 34; D laare,hcdrp
from 3 to 42; Neaa,ichsipp s
~~~~2!South Carolina, lbeosre
edfoNo214 t Naiorni.3,
O ~2 Minntesa, os
en ain. swos
33 hort timend,
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GIANT TREES IN CALIFORNIA.
I Forty-four Found that Are Over Eighty I
Feet In Circumference.
[New York Sun.]
WASmIINGToN, Dec. 26.-Andrew
Cauldwell, the special agent of the
General Land office, appointed to make
an investigation as to the location, coni
dition, number, &-c., of giant (cquoi
gigantia) trees in the Stockton and
Visalia land districts in California, has
made his report to the Commissioner of
the General Laud Office. These trees,
the special agent says, grow in detach- t
ed clusters on the top or sides of the t
Sierra Nevada Mountain range in the
districts named, and always at an ele- j
vation of from 6,00( to 7,00H feet. Ac
cess to them is, as a rule, very diflicult,
on account of the extreme roughness of
the monntain passes and canons. The
Mariposa grove, in the Stockton land b
district, is the largest in that vicinity.
It contains about 320 trees of all sizes,
and seems to be properly guarded from -
forest fires by the stage company,
which has the monopoly of carrying
tourists through that ):rt to the Yose
mite valley. The Tuolinne and t
Merced groves contain eighteen and '
forty trees respectively. These groves s
are in danger of mountain fires careless
ly set by sheep herders. The Fresno
grove at one time contained between
350 and 40u trees.
a
Some years ago the Madera Flume
and Trading Company, the report says,
erected a sawmrill. into whose maw tihe a
giant sequoias are rapidly disappearing,
and now only about 100 remain. They a
stand on the patented land, and are
under the control of the Madea compa- V
ny. The largest trees, however, have
been spared, because they cannot be
profitably handled. t
In the Visalia district there is one a
small and one large grove of giant C
trees. The latter is virgin forest, and
contains over 1,_00 giant sequoias and
a
many more small trees. Some five
years ago a co-operative colony located
about forty entries in this neighbor- d
hood, and is constructing a road to thisd
timber belt. The colony, it is asserted,
numbers about 601) members, and has
recently engrafted the Bellamy idea as
its leading attraction. There is danger,
the special agent believes that these
people if unmolested, will soon destroy
this most wonderful and perfect body t]
of sequoia gigantea in the world. I
In a table giving the number and s
size of the trees in the groves visited, y
only those 45 feet in circumference and d
more, measured 3 fet from the ground S;
are classed as giants. Of these, 2,57.3 F
were found. Forty-four are over 80
feet in circumference and several are S:
more than a hundred. One is 106 feet C
in circumference, or a littk more than V
35 feet in diameter. d
Secretary Noble has requested the V
Secretary of War to station a company t
of cavalry in the Seqtuoia National 5
Park and another in the Yosem,iteIPark f
to prevent depredations on the mamn- s
moth tree groves. t
It is said the so-called Bellamy eolo
niets, who have in part perfected title f
to lands on which these trees stand, s
have expressed a purpose to hold their f
claims in sp)ite of opposition.
Gary asa Presiding Offieer.
[Abbeville Medium.] C
"The Senate has cer tainly dispatched
the business before it this session in a
most cornmnendlable man ner. Th ree
great factors are to be lauded for this I
result: First, tile facility and intelli- '
gence of technique with which Presi- S
dent Eugene B. Gary has discharged I
his duties; second, the intelligence and
experience of tile more prominent
members of the Senate, and third, the
undoubted rapidity and ease wvith I
which Reading Clerk Caugh man gets ~
over the groundl. He is a first-class '
man for the p)lace.
"There is no disguising the fact either s
that Lieutenant Governor Gary has I
impressed the Senate favorably. Mr.
Gary is now perfectly at home in tile f
chair of the Senate, andl has filled his
positionl inmpartially on all measures
and in all debates. Personally lie isI
very highly esteemed, an]d wvill be an
all-round success."
The above extract is from the (Columi- r
bia letter of the corresp)ondenlt of tile a
News and Courier. His estimate of
Lieutenant Governor Gary does not
vary from thiat of others who are qual
itiedl to speak on such mlatters.
Senator Meetze says that ini his long
legislative experience he has never seen i
business transaeted with greater dlis
patch and accuracy than (luring the
recent session of the Senate. He re
gardls Lieutenant Governor Gary as a
capital presiding ofieer. g
Senator Buist says he never saw busi
ness carried on with less friction: that
Lieutenant-Gov. Gary was quick and
correct in his rulingrs anad just anld im
partial in his decisions. Senator B3uist
regards him as the equal of his distini
guished p)redecessors.
All the senators with who:n we eoin
versed on the subject con'cur in this
estimate.
He was always on time to the main-3
ute to call the Senate to order and1 re
mained to the last at each session.
Ninety Thousandi for Atlanta.
The Enited States census, taken JTune
1st, gave Atlanta a population in round
figures of 6~>,000, but the directory
canvass, made by careful and experi
enced men and taken five months
later, shows the population at this
time to be 84,640 within the city limits.
Add to this the suburban inhabitants
and we find a total of considierably over
90,000.
TALL, TALLER, TALL EST.
[ow Three A-mericans Illustrated an En
glishnan's Lecture.
[From The Christian Nation.]
Mr. Robinson, six feet high, builder
f Tremont Temple, and the Rev. Phil
ps Brooks, six feet two inches high,
oth of Boston, and the Rev. Dr. Mc
ickr, six feet four inches high, of
hi:'iAlphia, in company made a trip
ver the water.
En route they determined that when
aey should arrive on the other side
icy would travel apart, lest three such
il nen in company would provoke re
iark. But, arriving at Leeds and
aruing that a lecture was to be de
vered to working men on America,
ur friends determined to hear the lec
ire.
Entering the hall separately they
ok seats apart. As the lecturer pro
?eded his utter ignorance of America
)ol became manifest to the three
iiericans. Finally, however, a state
ient concerning the si/e of Ameri
ins was too absurd to be endured in
lence. The speaker had barely time
cobelude a sentence asserting that
mericans are proverbially short of
ature, never exceeding at the utmost
v3 feet ten inches, when Mr. Robin
m arose and said : "My fnie.de
mi an American, and, as you can see,
measure fully six~ feet. If there is
ny other American in the house I re
uest him to stand up." An expres
on of surprise was followed by roars
f laughter as Dr. Brooks arose and
iid: "I am an American, and my
ze, six feet two inches, occasions no
articular remark in America. If there
any other American in the house I
i turn request him to stand up." Af
r a lapse of a few seconds, in order to
ive the lecturer a little time to re
>ver himself, Dr. McVicker slowly
iised his majestic figure to its full
eight of six fe^t four, and began : "I
mo an Am " But he got no fur
ier. The audience had lost all con
-ol of themselves, and the speaker's
isappearance from the stage brought
ie entertainment to a close.
Snow Two Miles Deep.
[New York Tribune.]
"Yes, I-have been in a country where
ie snow is two miles deep," said N. B.
,azard, a mining expert from Tomb-,
:one, Arizona, at the Palmer House
esterday. Mr. Lazard was in the East
uring the recent snow storm, and was
eaking about what the people in
ennsylvania called Blizzard.
"They thought the two-foat fall of
2ow was something to talk about,"
ntinued the visitor, "but if they
-ould visit Alaska about two hun
red miles up the Yukon river they
!ould find snow that for miles is so
.ick that the banks almost reach the
kies. If it keeps on accumulating as
ist as it has during the last ten years,
:ientific men wvill not be able to say
ruthbfully the earth is round.
"I was in Alaska in the Conson
ake region, in 1885, and that year the
oowfall wvas quite heavy. Snow that
Llls there remains, for it never melts.
prospector named Jim Thomas was
rithI me that trip, and one beautiful
iorning he fell from a glacier about
ne hundred feet. The fall broke both
f his legs, one of his arms, and crushed
2 several ribs, besides injuring him
"He was conscious when I reached
im, and he told me that he knew he
las going to die. HIe begged me to
ee that his mnother and sister in the
Thst received all the property he had
~ft in Harrisburg. I promised and
ave fulfilled the trust.
"Just before he died he asked me to
ray for hinm, and for the first time
nce I had knelt beside my mother
then a little boy, I got down on my
nees and asked God to receive the
nul that was about to depart.I
rayed as I never have since, and I
neant all I said. There was a smile on
*oor Thomas' face when I said 'Amen,'
lnd, with a most peaceful expression
n his countenance, he breathed his
iat. I buried him in the snow, and
n-day, if his body could be found, I
now it would look as natural as the
lomenct he died- peaceful expression
ud all.''
Cows and Workingmen.
[From the Labor Tribune.]
Every time a cow moves her tail to
witch a Ihy she exerts a force of three
ounds. In the course of the summer
single cow wasts 5,000,000 pounds of
nergyv. The cows of America throw
way power enough to move every
iece of machinery in the world.
So reports a statistically inclined ex
hange. Thbe queerest feature suggested
y this ligure work is that no stump
peaker during the present political
amnpaign has claimed that his party
f successful at the polls, will utilize this
vaste for the benefit of the working
nan.
Frequently accidents occur in the
ouse-hiold which cause burns, cuts,
prains and bruises; for use in such
ases Dr. .J. H. McLean's Volcanic Oil
iniment has for many years been the
onstant favorite family remedy.
You cannot accomplish any work or
,usiness unless you feel well. If you
eel used up--tired out-take Dr. J. H.
1cLean's Sarsaparilla. It will give you
ecalthi, strength and vitality.
Is Divorce a TaiHure.
[From the Globe Democrat.]
Th,. revelation concerning the prac
ices o,f the bogus divorce lawyers in
New York form an interesting and in
tructive contribution to the literature
>f the marriage problem.
DR. KOCH'S PRIVATE LIFE.
Dr. Biewend Talks Entertainingly of his
Distinguished Kinsman.
(.Boston Advertiser.]
Dr. Robert Koch, the suddenly fa
mous anti-consumption discoverer, has
several relatives living in this country.
One a cousin, who resides in Boston,
is the Rev. Adolph Biewend, pastor of
the German Lutheran Church on Par
ker Street, Roxbury.
Mr. Biewend says that Dr. Koch
had eleven brothers and one sister.
The sister and three of the brothers live
at St. Louis and another brother lives
in Iowa. As Mr. Biewend's mother
lives at Fort Waye, Ind., Dr. Koch
has a great many ties binding him to
this country, and it is his intention to
make his relatives a visit in 1893, when
he comes to see the World's Fair. Mr.
Biewend hopes he will make a long
stay in Boston. He describes Dr.
Koch as follows:
Personally he is of medium size, with
a very broad chest, blue eyes, rather
prominent nose, on which is always
seen a pair of spectacles ; high fore
head, full auburn beard and auburn
hair. He talks with a noticeable lisp.
He dresses neatly neither elegantly nor
in the slovenly wy-th fiiGer
Thuan doctors do. To look at him one
would never imagine that he would
set the world talking about him. He
is without exception the most quiet
and modest man I have ever seen. I
sent him a congratulatory letter yes
terday, with a copy of the cartoon in
Saturday's Record, in which the
Thanksgiving turkey is asking for his
cure for consumption, and I have no
doubt it will cause him a great deal of
amusement.
My wife and I visited Germany in
1866, when he had just made his fa
mous researches into the nature of
cholera. He was then living in~a flat
at No. 16 Magazinstrasse, Berlin, and
came to the depot to meet us. As I
was born in this country and had
never before seen him, we failed to rec
ognize each other by our picture, so
my wife and I took a droshky to his
home, and when he returned he found
us there. He thought this little thing
characteristic of the Americans, their
ability to take care of themselves in a
strange city. We sat down to dinner,
and he jokingly asked where my re
volver was. I retorted by asking where
his umbrella was, for I never saw a
German, rich or poor, come into this
country without an umbrella, black,
brown, green, blue or yellow. He took
me through his hygienic institute,
where the dogs, monkeys and other an
imals were being inoculated with the
cholera germs. He was receiving vis
its from great physicians all over the
world then as now, and was very fa
mous and very busy, but he took us
all over Berlin. Germans who like
each other say du, or thou, not sie, or
youz, when they speak to each other.
It was always du with us. We used to
sit and smoke together a great deal,
though the German cigars are not good.
They are just like straw.
Between 1870 and 1875 he first be
gan to receive aid f(om the govern
ment to assist him in his scientific re
searches. He was appointed physi
cian of a circuit which, among other
duties, involved the study of the symp
toms of any new disease which might
appear. A book he published about
this time, embodying some of his
scientific theories and discoveries, at
tracted the attention of Prince Bis
marck, and paved the way for further
government recognition. His life has
been published pretty nearly in full
with that exception. I never heard of
his connection with the Speichart
poisoning case before I saw it in your
paper.
I am afraA~ the report that his health
has been injured is true. When he
was sent out to India to investigate the
cholera he bent day and night, over
the corpses in the dissecting room.
He told me that he never felt the
slightest fear of contagion. He was
too busy and too intent to think of the
dange:. He was more bent than he
ought to be when I saw him last. I
have several letters from him written
in business like script. The first was
dated 1851, when he was eight years
old and he sent some toys to me. He is
two years older than I am. His only
sister married my cousin, Bergrath
Riewend, of Klansthal, and his brother
Wilhelm was engaged to my cousin,
Matilda Biewend, when he died, so we
are very closely bound together. He
married Emma Franz, daughter of a
Lutheran clergyman, and has a single
child, a (laughter, who is married to
one of his assistants.
-That "Tired Feeling."
The newspapers are having a good
deal of fun nowadays over that "tired
feeling," so much spoken of in medical
advertisements, in connection with the
ill-health of females. It may be a
source of hilarity to witty paragraphers,
but not so to suffering women, who by
overwork, and a disregard of the laws
of health, have lapsed into a condition
bordering on invalidism. What most
women need is to be relieved of some
of the slavish work that is piled on
them, and a free, but judicious use of
strenghtening touics, such as?P. P. P.
(Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potas
sium), the greatest blood purifier and
invigorator in use. Superb as a builder
up of women, bringing back lost energy
to the body,and col-r to faded cheeks,re
storing the appetie, and thus renewing
in her that h'althy vitality long lost.
P. P. P. curesi all blood diseases, such
as Rheumatism, Syphilis, Gout Scro
fula, and all ulcerous affections, even
vanquishing that melancholy enemy
of man, Dys epsia. All druggists sell
it.
For weak baick, chest pains, use Dr.
J. H. McLean's Wonderful Healing
Plaster (porous.)
FAD OF BOSTON'S DUSKY BELLES.
They are Learning How to Take the Kink
out of Their Hair.
[Boston Globe.]
The colored women of this city have
learned that it is possible to take the
kink out of their hair, and there is quite
a sensation over the discovery. The
rush to have crisp locks straighteied is
becoming general, although but few of
those who have successfully been
smoothed out are willing to admit that
their hair was ever otherwise than
straight and glossy. The fad as yet
has not reached the male sex, and at
the Sunday evening meeting of the A.
M. E. church one of the deacons warn
ed the sisters against their sinful pride
in attempting to improve on theL .
handiwork. He was followed by an
aged sister, who said:
"If God had intended us to have
itraight hair He would have given it
to us in the beginning. God never in
tended it, and I, for one, shall be con
tented with what I've got. It's a sin
3efore the Lord and a vanity to have
your hair straightened."
The idea was introduced by a young
:oIored woman from Virginia. She
erself has a glossy bang and back hair
is straight as that of the late Sitting
Bull. She says her own hair was for
mnerly crisp and kinky, but that an old
Danadian woman told her how to make
t straight, and this information she is
aow imparting for a consideration. The
ustomer is told first to wash her hair
md come with it well dried. She does
so, and then the operation begins. *A
?reparation that is amber-colored and
f the consistency of cream is taken
rom a large jar and rubbed thoroughly
.nto the hair, and where it was entirely
ustreless before it begins to assume a
"loss.
This is rubbed so thoroughly into the
icalp that none of the hairs can fail to
have received a portion. Then vigo
ous brushing is restored to, and the
;hort hair begins to lengthen. 2f it
were an inch long before, it is full two
nches long, and if before it had been
lone up in what old fashioned South
!rn people term "plaits," it is now A
ready to be rolled into a loose coil at .
the back. The operation takes about
rour hours and is permanent in its
ffects. It gives the colored woman a
very Indian like appearance, and the
few who will admit having been treat
ed claim they did it merely to make the
labor of combing their hair so much
the easier. One of them,ad "One
thing I know, and that is that itis ter
ribly convenient to have straight hair.
I never before realized what a blessing
it was. Before, I dreaded the task of
combing it, and now I don't mind it at
all." Hair straightening promises to
be the fad for the winter among the
colored women of Boston.
The O'teome of Organization.
[From the Monache Tidings.]
The organizations of the Knights of
Labor and its kindred societies, have
been feared more by capitalists on ac
count of the intelligence they bring to
the laboring element, than for the
organization and formidable members.
The Knights, the Farmers' Alliance,
and other organizations may become
disorganized and disbanded, but the
enlightenment they have evolved will.
reorganize on still more progressive
platforms, more firmly uniting all
trades and all people on a more econo
mic basis of equity, until all govern- '
ments as now organized will be aban-/
doned. Once justice is done between
men, people will be born less and less
inclined to rob others for a livelihood.
Most of our unconscionable legal thieves
and brutal murderers are hereditary
criminals against other's rights. The
intelligence of the age is more rapidly
progressive than the laboring element
of the country is aware of.
Haste and Leisure.
[From the Chicago Tribune.]
"When I was in London," said Col.
Cody, "I was going to dinner one night
and told my driver to get me there as
quickly as possible. As my carriage w
clattered along over the cobblestones
of a narrow street we overtook a fune
ral procession.
"Immediately my driver got into a
dispute with the driver of the hearse
over the right of way. I told my driver
to keep straight on the trail, and not
cut through the funeral, showing my
deep religious inclination, and he said
he wouldn't. He said he'd beat the
hearse if it took a year. Well, we rat
tIed on. The race was growing inter
esting and exciting. My driver, I fearedl,
was getting the worst of it. Pres'ently
however, they stopped to argue the
matter, andI I heard my man say to
the cheerful driver of the hearse:
"'Here, my man's in a hurry; yours
isn't."
What a Canuon Costs.I
[From the Twentieth Century.]
A one-hundred-and-ten-ton cannon
costs about $82,000 to build; it can be
shot about 95 times; it requires for each
discharge about 1,000 pounds of powder,
about 2,000 pounds of ball and $17
worth of silk for the cartridge. Every7
time it is shot, counting the price of
wear and tear, powder, ball and silk, it
costs about $1,700.
[From the Minneapolis Tribune.]
Ring out the old! Ring in the new!
Blest is the year that's well bieggn, a
And when you write your
Scratch.out theO01Scrtch in