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^^^^HTbegord^_ ?at? ^H^HpR, SOUTH ? b 7? IS |^^H|BHH:ago which decided is HH^H^ it ectors H Bvo This a at woman suffrage and Express. K it v ^^^^Hpcars, bat with the limit at thirty it is going to take a tremendous sense of moral duty to drag it to the pells. Professor Falb, of Vienna whose I profession seems to be the prediction of the world's destruction, now fixes the date for November 13, 1S99, by B means of Temple's comet. One thing w that will go far toward reconciling ' mankind to tiae destruction 01 xue L -world, confesses the Louisville Cour1 ier-Joumal, is that when it does come I it will destroy also these predicting B professors. At a recent lecture on Alpine climbing delivered in London a photograph xras thrown on the screen showing how a guide saved a whole party by liis presence of mind. Thev were crossing a perilously steep and narrow elope or spur when they suddenly slipped and disappeared down tlio side of the precipice. The guide promptly threw himself down the Other side of the slope and struck his axe into the snow, thus 'breaking tho j fall. In the picture the tourists were oat of sight and only the guide' cenld * be seen stioking like grim death tc the tide of the precipice. The terriblo ?? strain upon tho rope was shown by the wa^ in which it had cut info tho enow at the top. Bat the rope held, and the party was saved. Again the foreign dispatches aro filled with -warnings in regard to things which a "proud nation" like Spain cannot endure, and again, in consequence, arises the impulse to ash -what right or exouse Spain has to be "proud." Surely there is strangely tittle . in her story to explain her haughtiness, maintains the New York , Times.' Since the expulsion of tho . Koore-and of learning and civilian' lion with them?her record has been cue of great opportunities vasted, of . cruel persecutions as the only evidence of poorer, and of a steady drop in the aoala of European influencp. Does she claim credit because tc^day only three in ten of her populition can iread or write? What has ah* to show for the gold brought bj shiploads from . Mexico and Pern? Yet, afier all, if . Spain really is proud, she cah at least be proud of her pride, fur surely never was there another nation able to be anything else than humble when considering a record half as black as 1 hers. ' < There is now pending in tlis Legislature of Maryland a mlasuro which provides for the protection ef song birds in that State. On account of ' ?- ihn-rapidly increasing demand for songbirds made by the millinery establishments of Maryland, the forests of > that State have been almost completely depopulated of their tuneful inhabitants. From present indications this wise measure is more than apt t>j meet ^ifch the hearty support or tne .Maryland lawmakers, !Jbroughout tl;e entire State there is a strong sentiment -crystallizing in its favor, and even the iromen seem to bo joining lieari.'Jy in jadvocating the proposed reform. This jis just as it should be; for the pnystice Of slaughtering nature's songbirds knerely for the purpose of decorating igaudy bonnets for the fair sex is absolutely barbarous. Other States ar.-? interested in similar movements. WUhin the last few monthstbe matter of protecting songbirds has been agitate.4 in New York, P.hode Island, Massat jiusetts and other States, with hop iful results. As millions cf dollrrs are spent annually for the purchase of songbirds in Europe and Americ*, it is almost useless to hope that the ftju tary reiorm wjucu 13 cow ueiug u.fcempted will ever become universal; Jbut still there is no reason why the most vigorous efforts should not be put forward in that direction. It tain not be argued that songbirds are absolutely necessary to the artistic embellishments of hats, for the world is r*ch ia ornamental products which mi-jht" jbe used to even better advantage. Surely no good can come of the practice which robs the world of its melody iu order to enrich its vanity. : t . ? i i ?? | STRANGE SHEEP STORY. / ' After the Herder Wai Killed the Larjo ilrrd Wandered 500 Mile*. A herder in charge of a flock of 2000 sheep, which were grazing near the base of the San Francisco mountains, in Arizona, was killed by lightning during a terrific storm which visited ! that section about August 1. As the herder was not expected to come in with his sheep until the 1st of October, his absence during August and September attracted no attention. When j the middle of October came nud he did not show up, messengers were sent | out to Hud him. After a search of some days in the vicinity of where he v.as last seen, the remains of a camp were found under a tree which had been riven by the lightning. The cooking utensils wpre scattered about, and the remains of a blanket were found, which were identified as parts of one which the man had taken with him. The water keg also was recognized by a mark which had been burned into one of tho staves. A further search revealed tho bones of a human being scattered about over the ground, some of them more than a hundred yards from the tree, having evidently been carried about by A nrnenpctnv who had liassed "V4,V^ |/.vvrvw i that way had camped for a night wiili the man about the 1st of August, and said the herd was then moving northward. The tree around which these articles wero found was just about far enough north to be the next camping place, and when it was remembered that there was a severe storm of thunder and lightning in that section one night about the time- referred to, it was clear that the man had made his camp under this tree, and had been killed by lightning and his body devoured by wolves. The sheep had never been heard of, and no trace of them could be fonnd anywhere in that part of the country. But now comes the strange part of tho story. About two weeks ago a herd of about 2000 sheep was found on the plain in San Miguel County, in this Territory, with no one in charge of them,and to all appearances belonging to nobody. The parties in Arizona heard of this fact, and wrote to an officer in this Territory, giving their *v>nvl-o nn<l nvnloininnr linur iKo aliflon t*i tt-J 'I U > I VA|/lUil*iU ?J UV ? ?MW could be identified. It was found beyond any doubt that thia was the herd that had disappeared from the range in Arizona about August 1. The animals had been shifting for themselves for more than three months, and turned up at a point fully 500 miles from the place where the herder was killed. They had crossed the Bio Grande on the way.?San Francisco Call. A Land Which 1* Without Any Life. The West Coast of South America from north of Callao, Tern, to the port of Coquimbo, Chile, is a rainless region. From the Andes to the Pacific no rain falls, and no vegetation or animal life exists beyond what man brings there. It is a dead world. The last rain which fell in Antofogasta, Chile, was the first that had fall on in sixteen years, and the last shower in Iquique, Chile, was the first rain which had fallen in twenty-four years. The hills or mountains back of both of these cities are bare rock and sand and red loose clay, yet the day after the rain a crreenish tinge began to show itself and , by the second day these bare and inhospitable hills were dressed in a green coat from top to bottom. As no more rain fell, this verdure quickly dried up and died. The query rises naturally whence did this vegetation come? If from seeds lying dormant in the soil, then once sprouting would finish this source, and the short life of this plant gives no opportunity for the development of seed. Every succeeding time when rain falls in these regions in periods of from fifteen to forty years, the same phenomenon occurs. The growth evidently springs from some root which lies dormant in the soil,and is another remarkable proof of the power of nature to adapt life to hard conditions, as there is no evidence that for several million years past there have been any more favorable conditions for life on this coast than existed now. No evidence existsthat at anytime vegetable life has existed in all this region, and until the course of the winds change, all this region is destined to remain, as it is to-day, a barren desert; but this strange phcenix-like vegetation is worthy of the attention of the scientist querist.?Kansas City Journal. A Huge Breakwater. The new breakwater now under construction by the Government at 1 rinflfltln V Y nnrlpi- tliA nlin.ra'A r?f Major Thomas W. Symonds, engineer corps, United States Army, will be the largest in the world. The original breakwater was begun in 1868, with a projected length of 4000 feet; this was increased to 7600 feetTby the project of 1874, and the work was finished in 1894. The inclosed water harbor thus formed by the breakwater and the sand-catch pier was one and a half miles long. Tho new breakwater now being built will be 12,500 feetlongj making a total length of 20,100 feet from the light house to Stony Point. The nearest approach to this construction in leugth. caid Major Symonds, in n lata address before the Buffalo Ileal Estate Exchange, is the celebrated breakwater at Cherbough, Prance, which is 12,200 feet long, cost 810,000,000, and was seveuty years iu building.?Engineering News. Ducks From China. The latest gift of China to tho West is a variety of duck. It is called tho mandarin duck, (md it is regarded ao particularly delicious in i-ttrve r and highly ornamental. It is j therefore likely tj provo a feature of ' c! tha ponds in landscape gardened ! estates, and also of those in plain but far-seeing poulterers' places.?New ' Tori Journal. I OUR LAW MAKERS. The Session of the General Assembly . for 1898 Closed. The following are the last day's proccedings of the Senate and the House, j Will publish next week first installment of the new acts: THE SENATE. Tuesday, 15th.? The work of the Senate was confined principally to re- j ports of conference committees aud j free conference cuiuraittces and dis- ; eussions of a legal nature. The , lawyers dilated upon various legal j technicalities involved in different j oama ?rv fnV /?nn ? ! i ill AS ?ju 11; ll tamo up w- < sideration. The bill to tax telephone, j telegraph and palace car companien, j was passed after a prolonged . contest The dispensary ruauagc:nent caine in for another airing. The saw?iles sent to Columbia by companies for distribution, constituted the "thorn in the flesh." A committee was linally appointed to "investigate" the distribution of the samples, llagsdale was chosen on the said committee. Garris is otdl looking after good roads and succeeded in getting a commission app dated to examine into the matter a ad report at the next session. Tho yea and nay vote on the whiskey investigation resolution is as follows: I Yeas?Alexander, Archer, wrown,.KUisi. I Connor, Dean, Dennis, Dougiass, Du I Eose, Griffith, Hay, Henderson, Love, Mayfield, McAlhany, Miller, Moses, Mower, Xorris, O'Dell, l'ettigrew, Scarborough, Sloan, Talbird, Turner, Waller.?27 Nays?Gaines, Lesesne, McCalla, McDadiel, Stackhouse, Suddath, Wallace.?7. At the night session an attempt was made to kill the separate coach bill, bul it failed by a vote of 22 to 11. Wednesday, 10th.?The closing scones of the Senate were the most impressive in years. Tho Senators in fitting speeches feelingly expressed their high regards for the presiding officer and their satisfaction that the session had closed with amity and good will existing between them all. Most striking of all wen the utterance of Lieutenant-Governar McSweenev when he solemnly asseverated that with him factionalism was a thing of the past, and that his every effort had been and would be, while filling tho chair of the Senate, to promote harmony and good fellowship. The report of the printing committee awarding the public printing to K. L. Bryan & Co., was received during the afternoon and the choice confirmed. The president appointed Moses on the part of the Senate to examine the books of the treasurer and the comptroller general and Mauldin to examine the books of the dispensary. At this juncture the House came over and the remaining few acts were ratified, and the president gravely rapped his gavel and declared the Senate adjourned sine die. THE HOUSE. Tuesday, Ioth. ?The prospective stir over the matter of the disposition of samples of liquor sent the State Board of Control, which was thought to have ended on Monday when the Senate killed the Verner investigation resolution, was revived again today when it became known that the Senate had reconsidered its action and adopted the resolution. And now the investigation will probably proceed in the short spaed of time allowed to it. But the samplo matter is not the only one in which members figure that is desired to be investigated. Another resolution looking to ascertain to what extent members and attaches of the General Assembly have been patronizing blind tigers was presented and adopted. And still another resolution was presented, but it was not read through. It had something to say about members "monkeying. " l)uring the day the bill of Senator Bagsdale requiring passenger trains to stop at all stations and regulating their schedules was killed. The State librarian bill, making this office elective and lixim; the t-alary at $600, was heut back; the Honse agreed to the > luendments. .iMwvf./lmnnlD 4a tltA lllll frt ' X IIO ?;ruaic ttiucuuuivain iy IUV ww I to iucoipoiate the Carolina Central Railroad, which is to run from Augusta to (ireeuville via. Trenton. Johuaton and Saluda, wero a?ree<l to. The bill to adTend the act Amending tbe law relating to the hunting of deer, so as to extend the time f% hunting deer in Charleston and Florence connties was passed. At this juncture the two houses went into joint assembly to elect the college trustees. The elections resulted as follows, each man receiving all of the 107 votes cast: For Clemson College? W. H. Mauldin, W. H. Elierbe, J. E. Tinda!, H. M. Stackhouse, D. T. Bedfern and Jesse H. Hardin. For Winthrop College?W. N. Elder, D. W. McLaurin and Wilie Jones. For the State Colored College?A. G. Brice and J. W. Floyd. At the night session the Senate amendment to the Lee county bill was also agreed to. The Senate returned with amendments the Legislative appropriation bill. The Senate inserted $7,500 in lien of $U,568.60 for the per diem and mileage of the members of the Senate. The house concurred in th*s amendment. The Senate returned to the House with concurrence tbe concurrent resolution stating that the granting of hotel privileges was against the interests of the dispensary law. TKa hill fn nhnta nil tAYAR driA thfl State and county by certain citizens of Colleton county who hare suffered losses by the storms of 1893 and 1894, rendering them unable to pay said taxes for the fiscal year 1892 and 1893, was then reached. Joseph Ashley said hi9 county had hail storms also. It was time to call a halt on this scheme of exemption. The bill wa9 passed, however. Wednesday, ICtil?The session of the House today was tedious and uneventful up to the time the committee reported on the public printing, awarding the contract to the .Bryan Printing company of Columbia. This was a surprise. The committee, however, went overall the bids carefully and decided that this was the lowest. The action of the committee was quickly ratified, and the public priuting will no longer be done in connection .with any newspaper. Simpkins made a strong effort to get the House to pass his liquor referendum resolution, but it failed, the House indefinitely postponed the matter. The House agreed to the report of the committee of freo conference cn t 4 , { V itfi /ii iK i ? [; FOR ? ^ is as necessary as a 1 the germs ol" disease ^ blotches, sores, ulc< < Hay the flesh and sc; ; a' s MAKl * cf all diseases that t ^ , Aycr's Sarsaparilla \ show of health by c dation of health by < 4 nr ur 4 4 ~ the larger portion h; *j c and you cleanse the * f shortest way to a so y to purify the blood 1 MI can truly say t 4 blood poisoning. N y by advice of a friend 4 cured me." ^ M Last year I was 1 Aycr's Sarsapari'.lx made their appearan 4 ^ - Five years ago ^ failed to help kin. 4 .1 After six years' ^ and although I have 4 all disappeared." ^ \ 1 " I was afflicted wi ^ ' help me. When ah and after using only 4 i the county government bilL Practically all houie amendments were agreed to by the committee. The committee pnt in an amendment making the bill fleotive in Aiken oonnty on July 1, next, and providing for Senator Henderson's jury scheme in that particular county. . m The free conference committee sub mitted its report on the geQeral appropriation bill. It left the board of heilth witli only $1,500 and gate the south Carolina college $25,009. It give $1,200 for the Stafe Fab Society The $18,000 fpr election expense# was cqt to $15,000. The B.500 for the phosphate inspector's salary was allowed. The following report was made by h? arvapinl pnmmittce of investigation of the liquor t ample matter: The committee appointed pursuant to a concurrent resolution to investigate and re port to this General Assembly what disposition has been made of the liquor samples ol the dispensary beg leave respectfully to report: That they have made such investigation an the very limited time at the disposal of the committee would permit. The committee not having been appointed until the last hours of the session ?f the General Assembly, have found it impossible uuder the pressure of legislative duties to examine full/ such witnesses as would enable the committee ti make an adequate investigation of the matters which come within the scope of the resolution. But the committee are deeply impressed with the gravity of certain abuses in the management of the dispensary liquor samples which are not dfenied by the dispensary officials. The committee view with great apprehension the practice which has grown up of distributing uratis among members of the General Assembly samples of liquor left In the dispensary. Such a practice your committee feels assured will be fruitful of tbo most pernicious results. The members of tb& board of control who were examined by the committee declined to disclose the names of the members of the General Assembly who have received these samples and while the committee think that the names of members of the General Assembly who have received these donations ol whiskey should be published, the resolution does not empower the committee to compel witflesses to attend and answer and the limited time nt the disposal of the committee will not aamu ot lurcner inquiry iu iuui cuu. The committee respectfully recommend the enactment of a law making all liquor gratuitously presented to the dispensary or to the board of control tho property of the State to be disposed of in all respects as other liquors purchased for the dispensury. Mr. Wyche moved that it be received as information and it was so ordered printed in the journal. The Governor sent a message tbdt ho approved the general and legislative appropriation and supply bill. So ends the session of 1398. A X A AJ^M| T?. Droom ior mc nousc. rui : which, if not swept away, :rs, eruptions, eczema, tcttcq^H ir the skin. ES A CLEAN )cgin in the blood. What other drives out. Where other medic leansing the skin, Ayer's Sarsap; deansing the blood. It is conccd AM MSFAS ave their origin in impure blood, skin. Foul blood cannot make und body, a clear complexion, an with Ayer's Sarsaparilla. hat Ayer's Sarsaparilla sated iny life aficr doc o: one bit of help in any way, shape, or mannef I, I took Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It made me a new IIARRY L. BROWN, 21 Ilanover St, badly troubled with boils which I coiridjipt gettii Two bottles relieved nc of my tormentors, i ce sir.ee." IS. I!. LRADLE m.y little boy became blind from the effects of s We began the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla and tw< C. C. COi suffering from blood poisoning, I began taking ; used only three bottles of this great medicine, I A. A. MANNIh 1th catarrh .'?r a number of years, none of the <! nost hopeless of cure, a friend advised me to tr three bottles, the cure was effected, and to-day I a JOSEPH MURPHY, 173 Mulberry Y y y y ^ y AUTHOR OF "BEN BOLT." He Is Now at Work on an Irish Play Soon to Be Produced. Thomas Dunn English, the author of l "Ben Bolt," announces that be is at , work on on Irish play, which he hopes will be produced very soon. Dr. Eng- ' Uslt has written prose and verse for felrty years, and he says that he Is as gocd at either to-day, wbei| he Is 77, as he was sixty years ago, when he was 17. The one song that people nowadays Snow him by Is "Ben Bolt," which Dtt faurler dragged from a well-merited TTTOMAS DF5!f ENGLISH. obscurity ai'd gave a painful vogue to In his Irrepressible "Trilby." The writer of "Ben Bolt" Is a native of Philadelphia, and has wrlhen under a number of aliases. He has never risen r.bovc mediocrity, but many of his ; uongs are sweet and simple and were bnce popular. He wrote under various pen names, because he was a lawyer with a good practice, and did not care fo be thought so trivial as to write verses. lie was first graduated as a medical doctor from the University of 1 Pennsylvania. That was as long ago | j fis 1839, but three years later be left medicine for the law. He was somei thing of a politician in his young days, but never rose in statesmanship above ' i the New Jersey Legislature. His new I play will certainly get a fair hearing from all who have heard his cow famous song. _ the Cleanse the blood a fair body. . The d a vigorous life, is twfn^or^rSN for did 1 receive before, ' I H man, and completely ^ Llanche^ter, N. II. 1 J of, until I procured inri the* have never *"" _J IY, Danburgh, Ga. ^ ^ crofula. Our doctor 4 > bottles cured him." ^ >ETT, Canes, Ky. < Aycr's Sarsaparilla, * the sores have nearly ^ ."G, Houston, Tex. loctors being able to ^ y Ayer's Sarsaparilla, im perfectly healthy." ^ St., Newark, X. J. >/ ' ===-' v "What the States want In their pop _) loos country districts," says the Lop don Spectator, apropos of the HaSletoK riots, "is a well-trained, well-dlscip-j lined, well-paid, and well-led poMce. If Luzerne County had been In the charge of an experienced chief constable from * | an English or Scotch county, supported by a body of English police, he would hare prevented disorder without recourse to the methods which the Amtr- sican sheriff considered absolutely ne?Vi' V essary." During the twenties and thlr. , 4 ties of the present century, strike riots and mobs were dealt with In England almost exactly as they ars dealt with now In America. There was no organ* Ized and expert police force, and those! who wished to riot were given a perfectly free hand np to a certain point?j that Is, np to the point where they got on the nerves of the peaceful Inhabit* ants and appeared to be threatening the foundations of public order. Then, as in America now, special constables were sworn in and armed and the yeo-i manry?answering to the American militia?were called out When once they were sworn In or called out their obr Ject was to glva as sharp and quick a lesson as possible; and they cared vary little whether the mob was actually! committing any Illegal act when they encountered It "It was not till we go^ a really well-organised police force," the Spectator avers, "and maintained law and order thoroughly and consist tently, and dot merely spasmodical^ . that we were able to put an end t? j? state of things under which evsyy strike carried with it the probability of bloodshed. * If the States want like us, , t to put down the scandal of bloodshed i_ ?im<> tSor must fnllnw nnr ill puatc kuvj ??m ... path." There is one social dishonor about which no one thinks it worth while to say much in reprobation, but which ' does more harm than any other known to us?we mean the dishonor of repeating conversations, opinions, clrcum stances, not made under promise of so- * i crecy, but which a high sense of honor would treat as confidential, if haply a high sense of honor were the rule. Here Is another thing against whisky: those who drink It are always looking 1 ' for a better quality. ^ ^