The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 13, 1898, Image 8
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Hon, John L. McLaurin Declared;
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Elected Senator.
kt'a tJLjbmatory. '
K lee ted Comptroller-General
fl^^J^^Rcced Norton?Hazclden and
Elected Members State
Control?Two PenitcuElected
Also?Other
General
Honso
elected Mr.
^^^H^^H^^^ktroller General
the Governor's ap
defeating Mr. Epton.
Hazelden and Cooper were
to the positions on the State
of Control.
vote for United States Senator,
the two houses the preceding
canvassed in the usual manner
4Ua ?**iAnI/l ^lta Qanofn
Isxr?cn?rrrc?uiuaiu 1
u Jon. McLaurin ;
3d United State?
ired term of the
>. The voto was
1 for George W.
trris, of Colleton,
Orangeburg, were
members of the
the^pftitentiacj.
the work of both
Assembly, in de
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LATE. e
most interestheir
second readre
Reynolds' bill
gnldte the publio
tending the time
the commutation
cu 1.
? making the provisions
,tiug to liens on lands
for labor and material,
itiroads came up for a
Aldrich amended so as
ants of railroad comluctors
engineers, etc.,
iroperty of said roads,
cted to the amendment
id be as logical to give
mts liens on the house
oJked. The bill passed
'
lis to pass third reading
were:
ifagill ?To approve the action of the
town council of the town of Greenwood
in the matter of the contract for the
errction of a court house and jail.
Dennis?To devolve the duties of the
master in Berkeley oounty upon the
clerk of the court of common pleas.
Waller?To alter the county line of
Greenwood oounty so as to include portions
of Abbeville and Edgefield counties.
Lesesne?To authorize town authorities
to exchange labor of town oonviots
-with oounty authorities.
Love?To require the county treasurers
of York, GiH and Spartanburg
bounties to turnwer to the treasurer of
Cherokee oounty certain school and
other funds.
; Tussdst, 85th.?In the Senate Conusor's
bill to regulate the manufacture,
inspeotion, shipment and sale of fertilizers
and to reduoe the privilege tax
from 35 to 10 cants, was killed, as was
adso Buist'sbill defining and regulating
primary elections of political parses in
South Carolina.
A mesaage from the Governor was re
^ W1 CPWHIIMPMUmg >UH* r u? MMaw
Tights ip Castle Pinckney, Charleston
Jiarbor, be ceded to the United States
for the purpose of eetabliehing a sana
l tarium.
Today being the day for the election
of a United States Senator, the Senate
at the hour of noon prooeeded to bailor
in its chamber. Pettigrew, in a flvem
in ale speoch, placed in nomination
the name of the Hon. John L. MclAurin.
The nomination was seconded in ,
turn by Aldrich, Stackhouse, Dean,
If ay field and Lesesne. May field, an
Cmocessful opponent of McLaurin in
Democratic primary of last summer,
said he took pleasure in seconding the
nomination of the man for whom the
people had expressed their preference.
The ballot was then taken and resulted
in MoLanrin receiving 85 votes. Every
Senator not abrient from the city voted
AajfoLanrin.
A^Bthe night session the following
^^BB among the third reading bills:
HHtr-A bill to amend an act to es Hk
Greenwood county, fixing the
of commutation tax and salaries
I^^Hranty supervisor and his olerk.
^H^Bae?To repeal section 229 of the
I^^Hbd statutes of 1895, being seotion
the general statntes, as to special
^B^Hns by merchants for taxation.
A joint resolution to extend
for the payment of the oomH^Htion\road
tax until March 1, 1898.
HHll?TVamend an act so faras it rethe
forking and maintaining
Iias ana Highways xq inis state.
liel?Fixing service for convicts
) county cfiaingang. Lesesne?
gnlate charge* for advertising
lotices. \
jy's bill to amend Vn act to require
pervisors -of the SU<e to publish
rly reports by striking out secand
substituting another section
f, was killed. x
ss' concnrrent resolution provid
the appointment, of a com.iis[
Ave citizens who shall set we
it pay to procure information,,
view to the establishment of a
latory for youthful criminals
ip for a second reading aud was
pBSDAT, 23th. ?The following
among the third reeding bills:
Be bill making the provisions of
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article .3, chapter A^^^^Hblating to
liens on lands and bt^^^^H.for labor
and material of the r^^^^watntes of
IS !3, applicable to laiS^^H
H. P. tioodwia ? Tj^Wqnire the
county supervisors and the* county
boards of commissioners to furnish a
duplicate copy of all approved claims to
tbeir representatives when required to
do so; to amend sections 1 ami '2~ of au
act to provide a system of county government
of the several counties of this
State, so far as it relates to the working
and maintaining the reads and highways
in this State.
Moses?Joint resolution for appointment
of a commission to gather information
looking to the establishment of
a reformatory.
At the night session the public print- i
ing question was thoroughly ventilated I
and Reynolds' bill was passed. !
Buist asked that bis bill providing j
for the ceding to the United States cer- J
tain lands in Charleston harbor for the '
purpose of establishing a home and :
sanitarium thereon, be taken up for ;
consideration. The bill was therefore 1
taken up and passed without opposition.
Mayfieid called up his bill amending'
the act establishing Bamberg county
and to provide for the election of a
clerk of the board of commissioners. ;
The bill passed with no opposition.
Thursday, 27th.?The following bills
passed their third reading:
Henderson?To facilitate and econo- .
mize the enforcement of the criminal
law in this State.
Aldrioh?To amend section 44 of an '
act entitled to declare the free school
law of the State, by adding thereto another
subdivision defining the powers
and prescribing the duties of boards of
school trustees, so as to facilitate the .
acquisition of sites for school buildings.
umov A V tcuo Uii 11/ IUO u UUCU tnaico i
of America certain lands in the harbor J
of Charleston for the purpose of estab- j
lishing and maintaining a home and
sanatariuui thereon.
Among the new bills introduced were
Moses' bill to incorporate the Sumter
and Wateree Railroad company; Gaiaes'
to provide for the adjustment of the
bonded indebtedness of Pickens township
in Edgefield county, and to declare;
fix and establish the amount of
6nch indebtedness upon the bonds and
coupons issued in aid of the Augusta,
Edgefield and Newberry railroad company,
and to provide for the payment
of and funding the same at maturity of
said bonds; Jefferson's bill to amend an
act to declare the free school law of the
State.
At 1 o'clock the senate met in joint
assembly with the house to electa public
printer for the remainder of this session.
After the nomination of Mr. J.
T. Parks, of Orangeburg, and Mr.
Charles Calvo, Jr., the vote was taken,
resulting in the election of Mr. Parks.
The total vote cast was 142, of which
Mr. Parks received 89, Mr. Calvo 52
and the I^ryan Printing Company 1.
Friday, 28th.?The Senate discussed
Henderson's bill to provide for the
county government of the various {
oounties of the State for over an hour
and then recommitted it to a special
committee of tire, consisting 01 Henderson,
Qsines, Lesesne, Dean and
Dennis, to perfect by incorporating in
it numerous amendments. This bill is
one of the most important introduced
into either branch of the General Assembly.
It goes back to the old form
of three oounty commissioners and
does away with the office of county supervisor.
In the debate Henderson lucidly reviewed
the scope of the bill. Gaines
favored the bill, but wished it amended
in oartain particulars. Lesesne expressed
his views on the measure and
Dean told of the admirable county government
law of Greenville, whioh differ
materially from the general law for
county government Mayfield and
Archer also expressed their opinions of
the bill. After this discussion the bill
was the recommitted.
The House and 8enate met together
and ratified the following acts:
To provide for the creation and disbursement
of a publio school teachers'
retirement fund in the oity of Charleston.
To extend the time for the payment of
the commutation road tax till March 1,
1898.
To repeal section 177 of the general
statutes as to special returns by mer
chants for taxation.
To amend an act to apportion the
road fnnd derived from the special
county levy, by adding an additional
section.
To extend the time for the payment
of taxes for the fiscal year ending December
81, 1897.
To require the oonntv supervisors or
county boards of commissioners to furnish
a duplicate oopy of all approved
claims to their representatives, when
Required.
To approve the action of the town
council of Greenwood in the oontract
for the erection of a court house and
C'l far that oounty and to deolare the
nd^eaned a valid debt of the town
of Greenwood.
To am \d the revised statutes relating
to potscm.
To amend revised statutes relating
to the arrest of a felon.
The Senate being up with its work,
adjourned until 11 o'olock Monday.
THE HOUSE.
Satubd at, fito.?The feature of the
session of the house Whs the introduction
of a bill bj Pollock, of Chesterfield,
looking to the control of original
paokage agents and agencies. The bill
Kts dispensers and 0. P. agents on a
ttingand requires the agencies to
pive up 20 per cent. of their gross profW.
8k. Smith made a strong fight on
his bill to repeal the metropolitan police
act, which he characterized as most
odnoxiousand contrary to the rigbts of
self-government Tinkler took the po,
sition that it was on the books merely
to secure a better enforcement and observance
of law. On a roll call the bill
wae killed by a vole of 51 to 34. The
bill to regulate building and loan a*sociatione
was discussed a while and then
the debate was adjourned. McCullough's
bill requiring notes and mortgages
to be listed for taxation was discussed
at length and then killed by n
vote of 46 to 43.
Monday, 24th.?The feature of the
TTnnoa xtm tVi? roiootion of Gasane's
i conourrent'resolntion providing for the
adjournment of the body tine die on
Bli. 12, and the introduction by Mr.
Cau^hman of another resolution before
the daw's session was over filing the
final a<r Kournraent for Feb. 15. Then I
there wasVonsiderable debate over Mr.
Ashley's bill to require nomination of
f I
all State, county and township officers
in primary elections before a vote was J
reached and the bill killed. Among I
the new bills was one by Childs provid- 1
ing for the instruction of school children
a3 to the effects of alcoholic and in- j
toricating liquors upon the human sys- i
tpnv
Alagill's bill to niter the county lino !
of Greenwood county so as to include
portions of Abbevilio and Edgefield J
connties was taken up. Mr. Magill J
made somo immaterial amendments.
The bill merely adds to,the new county !
some small sections that have voted j
themselves into Greenwood. The bill i
went through without a word of discussion.
When Lancasters' bill "to make it a J
misdemeanor to fail to return money
on demand, paid by mistake," unfavor- I
ably reported, was taken up, the House i
killed it in summary manner.
Hfcdrick's bill, fixing the punishment ;
of manslaughter, was ordered to a third j
reading.
Tckspat, 25th.?In the House con- ,
siderable debate was bad on the bill to
give the landlords liens for supplies
furnished as well as for rent. On this
bill the House shewed that it was pret- !
ty evenly divided and when the hour for j
adjournment came the House had recommitted
the measare.
During the day Simkins announced ;
that he would introduce a bill to leave :
the liquor question to the several coun
ties. A number of bills were passed,
the most important regulating tbo
transmitting and delivery of dispatches
by telegraph companies, which occasioned
no debate. The House declined
to consider at once a resolution 6toppinn
the introduction of bills savo ;
through committees after Monday next.
A favorable report was presented on
Childs' bill to require instruction in
the public schools as to the effect of intoxicating
liquors on the human sys- ;
tern. Among the new bills was one by )
"Wyche to provide for the inspection cf :
foods, drugs, and ull kinds of liquors.
.^message from the Governor was received
by the House asking the attention
to the movement now being made
to establish a sanitarium, or soldiers'
home at the port of Charleston. The
matter was referred to the proper committee.
The following were among the third
reading bills ordered sent to the Senate: .
MogUl's bill as to inclnding certain
portions of Abbeville and Edgefield
counties in the new county of Green-.
wood; Hydrick's bill relating to punishment
for manslaughter; Henderson's
bill to amend section 18 of the code so
far as it relates to Berkeley county;
Limehouso's bill to amend the lt w as
to the height of fences, so far as it relate.
to Berkeley county.
The hour of noon having arrived the '
House proceeded to the election of a
United States Senator to succeed the
lute General Earle. Livingston said
that they had simply met to ratify
what the people had alreadv done. He
nominated the Hon. John L. McLaurin
and the vote was taken upon aroll call.'
McLaurin received all the 101 votes
cast, save ono for George W. Murray^
that of the colored member.
Henderson's bill to amend the act to
provide a poor house and farm in Berkeley
county was taken up out of its order
and ordered to a third reading without
debate.
At the request of Eibler. Ilderion s
bUl to require the branding and labeling
of adulterated flour was recommittal
Townsend's bill to amend the aQt providing
for the appointment of magistrate*,
bo far aa it relatee to Union
county, was ordered to a third reading
without debate.
Wednesday, 23th.?In the House
Magill introduced a new bill to require
executive appointment* to be madeupon
the recommendations of Senators and
Representative*. Gage's eounl - government
bill was taken up, - Ually
debated and then laid over fo. .uture
consideration.
The following were among the bills
sent to the Senate: McCullou; t'a bill
to amend section 7 of the code .slating
to the service of summons in magistrate's
courts. Towpsend's bill relating
to magistrates in Union county. Wingo's
bill to prescribe the duty of electrio
telegraph companies as to receiving and
transmitting dispatches and to prescribe
penalties for violationa DeBruhl's bill
to proteot boarding house and inn
keepers. Magill's bill toamend the act
to establish Greenwood county and fixing
the amount bf commutation tax and
salaries of county supervisor and his
clerk. Henderson's bill to amendHhg'
act providing for a poor house sod farm
in Berkeley county. s~
The house passed the concurrent resolution
to allow a bill to be introduced
chartering the Saluda Railroad company.
The House passed to a third reading
the joint resolution to authorix <. asa
direct the Comptroller General of this
State to draw his warrant Stat*
treasurer hi i>ujr iu uio mun v> r ? ,
Courtenay the sum of $350 for 10) full
bound copies of the History of South
Carolina under the proprietary government,
1670-1719, to become the property
of the State and to be placed in the
libraries audbther publio institutions
of the State and in all oolleges'.ol, th?
State, male and female.
Among the bills unfavorably repeated
were: t
Smith's bill to give physicians a ien
for their services; de Loach's joint r sso
lution relating to biennial sessioni oi
the General Assembly; Me White's bill
to amend the fish law so far as itreli itei
to Florenoe county; Witherspoon's oil!
to prohibit person's from hunting on
lands of another without permissionL
Thursday, 27th. ?During the day tb<
general appropriation bill came from
the committee on ways and means, jit
cuts down contingent funns, reduce!
the militia appropriation to j8,000 aid
makes some other reduction from tL?
- - j a;?k.v.
estimates proposeu. Ul. uiwaiua >utrodaced
a very important joint resolution
to hare the whole liquor quest id i
referred to the people in a popula.
election, permitting all to have a voice
as to the system they desire. Daring
the day the special committee to whom I
all concealed vreapon bills were re-|
ferred made its report presenting s|
general bill on the all-important subject
A large number of new bills were
presented among them being the following-.
Bedon?To enforce the listing ol
taxable property at its trne value and
prescribing penalties in case of failure
to do so.
Perritt?To enable the county board
of commissioners of Darlington county
to enlarge, repair and improve the
court hous^nd levy a tax therefor.
Kibler?To authorize and empower
[ the county board of commissioners ol
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the counties
tublish
Hydries?To amend t^H^^^^BHEE
eminent
These passed their third
Fenato bill to nicorj>orate
ton and Seashore iiailroad^^^H^Hj
Winkler's bill amending the
deposit ict. J Merlon's bill t^^B^^H
the act relating to the cstnblisl^^^H^J
a new school district in the cot^H^H
Darwin. Hie committee's bill
$3o0 for 100 boond copies of the hil^^H
of Hon:h Carolina. ^BB
Feidax, 'JSth.?The public printl^B
matter was the feature of today's e^M
sion of the Honse. The question ot
concurring in the immaterial amend!
ment of the Se: ato ua< the matter bJ
fore the House, but a great many speak>
ers went into the merits of
claiming its provisions had beeiflBunderstood.
Finally a vote was t&jEi
aud the House refused to concur mi tile
amendment. Dr. Wyche said this withe
only way that there was any chance
of getting changes in the bill.
The building and loan association bill
.? / ( i r..n? .1.1 1..1 .1 ;
a* xuiiv ueuaicu uuuu^ T .
tlJe morning and the bill was finally
killetl. Then the bill of l'attou on the
same subject was voted upou and passed.
A good many minor bills wete
rushed over and passed. Among them
was Stevonson's resolution to provide
for the paving of the capital courtyard.
At the night session the house by a
vote cf 4* to ?6 ordered the nriuting bill
to be eni oiled fo ntificatio .
The committee s substitute bill for
Hydrick's bill to amend the county
government act, was taken up and ordered
to a third reading. This bill
gives circuit judges the right to send
convicts to the chaingangs for five-year
terms. The maximum at present is two
years.
Tho senato joint resolution to require
the county treasurer of Edgefield
county to pay over to the county treasurers
of Saluda and Greenwood connties
certain school funds, and to au
thorize the school officers of said
counties, to apportion ami check out
same ?as called up and Mr. Yeldell
offered an amendment requiring "ouch
other funds as are ju tly due or may
bet^ine due" also to be turned over by
tbejeonnty treasurer of Edgefield. This
was agreed to and the bill passed.
Robinson's bill to repeal the antifreo
pass act was taken up and Winkler
moved to strike out the enacting words
xf the bill. Robinson didn't think he
would have to say anything on the bill.
This act remaining on the books was
an insult to the members of the house.
What would their granddadies say if
they could come back here and see that
act on the books. The lionse refused
to strike out the enacting words. After
the vote was declared C'aughman
iusiated on the record being taken on
the roll call. This was done and the
vote was declared?aye 32, nay 45. The
bill was then ordered to a third reading
and Ashley had the clincher put on.
The House hilled the resolution look
ing to hoidiug November session ot the
General Assembly by a yote of 40 to 33.
HIS MIND IS CLEAR.
Bt. Louis Mnn Turning to Chalk Talks
of His infirmity.
Frank Ritter. the St. Louis saloonkeeper
who is turning Into chalk,
doesn't let his prospective fate sour his
disposition. He said: "Yes, I am eontent.
What's the use qf being any
other way? It can't be helped, so we
might as well make the best of It I
am glad that I'm alive; there are a
whole lot dead, and I'm only half
dead," and Ritter laughed at his own
Joke. "Yes, if these pieces of chalk
were taken from my hand now and exposed
a while to the air you could readily
write your name on a blackboards 1
What brought It? I don't know. Th^ v
doctors don't know, and I guess ft I
mobn mtinh ^fffnronpp nnrwflr
I never think about it. I have got
plenty of friends, and I am getting
along In life when a man hasn't miny
more years to live.
"I was bom in 1831, and came to St.
Louis from Paducah, Ky., in 1845.
From that date until 18061 was on the
river, working up from a cabin hoy to
steward. 1 was at the battle of Vicks
TBAXK BITTKB.
burg?that is, on-it steamer, and didn't
takp part in It. i This disease of mine
began about fifteen years ago. It didn't
amount to much at first, but it grew
right along. I hare had my leg cut j
eight times, aj^d then the doctor shook
his head one day. I told him I knew
what he was? thinking about. It was
about taking the leg off. lie said yes,
and I told him to go ahead. So there
you are. It -came off. Oh, yes, it goes
right along, I don't know what it will
amount to, v
1 Rltter in now in a condintion that
, prevents ; him from moving around
without assistance, but is still Jovial
and Is gjad that he is living.
fof the hammock
" she'asked. "I
jy arms," he anGet
ready," she
impulsiveness.?
Hortrection
I HEROES
Charleston
Study
Senator McLaurin
ihe senate the folio
memorials:
(1) Petition
sundry other citizens
praying that an appro
for the erection a
B. Travis, James
Bowie, and Pierce M.
the Mexican war, which
the committee on the libra^^^HH^H
(2) Petition of the boar^^^^^^^H
Charleston, praying
thorize the President
States to send a commissioi^H^^H^H
to Habana to study the
of yellow fever,
ferred to the committee
and national qtmrantine.^^^^^^^^^H
(3) Petition the
merce of Charleston,
enactment legislatic^^^^^^^^^H
sufficient force of trai^^^^J^j^jBI
for the proper new
seacoast defenses; which ^Weferred
to the committee o'i Ov,*st dt^nses.
(4) Memorial of t e Chamber of Commerce
of Charles n, remonstrating
against the enactment of any legislation
which will interfere 'vith the operation
of the present law regulating the civil
service system; whiph was referred to
the committee on civil service and retrenchment
(5) Memorial of /G. H. Wilson and
divers other citizens of South Carolina
remonstratihg^g'ainst the passage of
the anti-scalping' ticket bill, or any
similar measure;'/which was referred to
the committee oa interstate commerce.
A Flremyn'a tournament.
The board of'dremastersof Columbia
held a meeting a few nights since in the
city council chamber for the purpose of
arranging for aliremen's tournament in
that city next spring. The question has
been agitated before and this meeting
was simply/ to consnlt with business
men as toj^hat was to be done in the
matter. Tue board decided to have the
tournament, and appointed a committee
consisting of Mayor Sloan, J. C.
liobertsoii, J. JL. jnimnaugn, u. u. i
Habonicljlt, B. A. Bawls, Witie Jones
to solicit subscriptions. The time for
the holding of the tournament will be
determined later. Jt is the intention of
the hremasters to have a programme
which/will attract a large number of
visitors, and the event will be ehe
which will be a great attraction for the
citv as wc>l as a pleasant one for the
people of the State.
Abbeville's Clerk Indicted.
A special to the State from Abbeville
sa^a: Quite a sensation was sprang in
court here when the grand jury made a
special presentment charging Mr. W.
B. Bullock, elerk of the Circuit Court,
guilty of forging in foor different instances.
He it charged with forging
Judge 0. W. Buchanan's name to two
witness pay certificates and td two constable
pay certificates; and the grand
jury, in making the presentment, urged
that the case be tried immediately, as
the people demanded investigation.
Mr. Bnllock wi>l be tried at this term
I of court and will be represented by
i Gray don 3c Graydon and W. 0. MojGowaa,
of this oar. Acting Solicitor
fr. A. Mooney, of Green yille, will prosecute
for tha State.
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, Dispenser Holtzclaw la Jail,
i A special from Greenville to the Columbia
Register says: R. P. G. Holu>
cl aw, the flrnt dispenser convicted in
th e State, will hare to serre a term in
th e penitentiary unless he can pay a
fin e of $500. He was indioted on several
co\inta and convicted of misappropriating:
and misusing the fnnds of the State
at the July term of court Judge Watts
sentenced him to pay a fine of $500 or
serje nine months in the penitentiary.
Hisl attorney appealed to the Supreme
Court and the appeal was dismissed. It
is n4>t probable that he will pay the
fine;, so he will go to the penitentiary.
Want Lien Law Repealed.
Thqre is a growing disposition among
farmers and merchants to have the lien
law repealed. At a meeting of the Marlboro
County Cotton Growers' Association
last week a resolution was passed
urging legislators to use their innuenoe
in tha^ direction. The Association also
decide^ to curtail cotton acreage, and
not to pay mcge than $15 per ton for
cotton seed meal Bennettsville correspondent
News and Courier.
-The Redisricting Bill.
Mr. jPatton's redisricting bill will
come my again before the Legislature
adjourns^ It has been introduced in
the Senalte, and the committee has decided
byja vote of five to one to report
it favorably. Mr. Patton thinks that
it will iiass the Senate fnd that the
proapectei are good for its passage in
the Honsle when it comes up again. ?
The Register.
New Enterprises.
Secretary of State Tompkins has
granted a charter to the Brown Crockery
Company, of Charleston. The capital
stock u $5,000, divided into 00
shares at par value of $100. Also inincrease
of capital stock to the Excelsior
Knittihg Mills of Union. The
stock has ha en increased to $20,000.
Looking be ck on the hard times, It ls >
pleasing to n?c?ll that during the four*
years from 1393 to lS96 the rich men
of the United (States gave, to found apd
endow public, Institutions?college's^ libraries.
musetinjs and hospltalfr-no
less than one hundred and twenty-one
million dollars*' The New Yory Times
Is responsible/ for the figures/ which
lend a good-^leal of force tor that old
proverb sk/out the cloud anJ Its silver
lining. Jf /
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The official reports show that tha "
highest temperature ever recorded ia
California was ISO degrees, this being
at Mammoth.Task, in the cfeaeri- y
ot San Diego countr. Close to it vm /
1*28 degrees, at Indio, in the same
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A new method of testing steel bol- , V
lets has been devised in Germany.N., \ rl
The balls are dropped from a fixed
height onto a glass plate set at an.
angle. If properly tempered, they
rebound into one receptacle; if they
are too soft, they drop into another.
Electricity, where unretarded by
atmospheric influences, travels attha
rate of 288,000 miles a second. Along
a w ire it is, of course, vastly slower
and a perceptible period of time is
occupied by the electric current in ,
sending telegrams over long distaneeat. vf{
A proposal has been made by 1C
Gabriel Viand, a French chemist, to *
obtain easily assimilable iron ton$qt
from vegetables by feeding the plants
judiciously with iron manures.. I*;' would
be interesting to know whether
a suitable amount of ^ron could
absorbed in this manner.
According to the experiments
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cause' dangerous palpitation* at the
heart. The experiments .were mud#
on medical students and npon themselves,
and thej describe the palpitations
as violent afcd unendurable mmMm
less the rajs were1 intercepted. ^
metallic plate.
Paper has been used for a lefts* Ar.?':
variety of purposes, but one of the .
newest is for the glaring (if one- taay
nse the term) of windows. The no* ' , -,
paper panes have the appearance, of v'. JSgig
"milky glass." They inter apt the.
light rays while letting the 'heat rmy?
through. This feature is considered v
by the inventors to be a great ad van- ^H|
tage for greenhouses. Paper "glass**
is cheap and is sa&Jto last for years* r
An article in the Lancet gives some ? '*?J:
hints on the inducing of sleep whisk '
will,he of interest to aU' .width** <?. .
insomnia. So vital is the necessity
for sleep that any method by which ft may
be secured is worthy of attention.
The means employed is to prodnoe
weariness by musculdr exprcise nftnr'
retiring. "Lying on the back mA
patient first'retches for the foot and '
lead board at the same time.
then raises his head half an irikTrt wlB
the same time he breathes slowly and- ' ,
deeply about eight inspirations to the * j
minnte which are counted. After
about twenty inspirations the head, ytjj
which begins to feel heavy,is dropped.
The right foot is then raided (the
reaching for the boards and counting
being continued)and similarly dropped. ^ ^
when fatigued. The left foot goeathrougt
the same process. The .
muscles which are used in reaching
for the head and foot boards are than \
relieved, and the body is elevated ae .
that it rests on the head and'heela* ' \ 'J
He then turns on the right side and' , >
reaches for the head and foot boards
again, and raises flyst the bead and ,
the foot, as before./ The wan * . jy$
process as gone through on the other ' - %
side. Thus eight positions have been
assumed,' and a large number of I
muscles used. If pfleep has not bee* *.
induced the seme cycle is gone orer
gain.?The Ledger.
Tree Premonition of Kolm. / J?
How often, we hear the remade* ,
"We shall hare rain, the atmosphere
is so heavy/' The reverse is trne.
When one s tea smoke hanging from a
chimney \^ih a tendency to sinkta
the grouiw, it indicates that the atmospher#i?
light?in fact, too light
to floatye smoke. When the smoke .
rises IiMca. the chimney it indfoates a
he?vj#iatmosphere. A column eg <
smojp is not a bad barometer, for a / :*
barometer simply records the preesure
of the atmosphere. When tha
atmosphere is light and the smoke * * j
settles, the pressure of the mercury
is light and the column falls, indicating
storm. When the atmosphere' ia
heavy and the smoke rises, the pre*- ' v? 'V1
sure is greater and the oolomn rises*
indicating fair weather.
Knew What He Deserved. ' *.* r'
"I don't know what I would hava
done if it hadn't been for you!" ex
claimed the discharge^ prisoner.
"Well, yon would probably hava
done time," said the proud lawyer.w
Boeton Traveler. ,
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