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a?wjj |?? """"" B v Pnbil^^KEvery Thursday ^^^AT? lIXGSTKEEj^kuTH CAROLINA, LOUIS ^pilSTOW, Kdltor an?\ Proprietor. Le Matin of Paris states that there lists in France exactly-71,200 Jews in a population of nearly 38,000,000. These Jews are divided as follows: Paris 42,000; Bordeaux, 3000; along the eastern frontier, 19,000, making a 4nt?l r\i P.1 nftA Thn remainincr 7200 are scattered all over the territory. The active capital of France is estimated at ,$16,000,000,000. Of this, % according to Le Matin, the Jews possess $4,000,000,000. Poor old China is slowly but surely breaking up, say3 a writer, and the sations of Europe are scrambling for tbe pieces. It is the oldest government in the world, but its people are so superstitious, and they have been * - i it. ppreased lor so many years oy ruiuless rulers that they hare no spirit left to fight. Japan beat them in the war of a few years ago and took a big aliee of their territory. Then Russia came and seized on a seaport. England has had a foothold at Hong Kong Jor many years, and only a few weeks ago the Germans landed and seized another seaport. France is thinking about getting possession of Formosa, and Japan will no donbt wish to increase her share. In the meantime V ' . ' the emperor of (!)hina, who thinks he is the son of heaven, and the rnler of the whole world, dares protest only feebly. $o donbt all of our boys and gVi ,v girls will live to see China as a nation viped off the map. We can't help 5R feeling sorry that a once great nation ; should thus disappear, and vet every. one knows that its people never will make progress until they come nnder the influence and control of the more f* ? ? ' t civilized nations of the earth. . The incidents in the trial of M. Zola in Pahs onght to go far toward L explaining why Frenchmen write such remarkable books about America. If these incidents prove anything,they prove that Frenchmen are radically different from Americans in every coueetvable way. For that reason Frenchmen find it difficnlt to understand ns, ! mat manners and onr customs, just as mm find it difflult to comprehend them \ : - and theirs. All over this coun5try, it is safe to say, people are wondering ho wt it is possible that such things oould occur at .a trial of na- I . tioual importance in ono of the leadV tag capitals of the world. Certainly nowhere in America,'not even in the remotest frontier towns, conld such a apeelacle be seen as a body of lawyers going to a court to create a disturbance nt| two hundred barristers, in ' wigs and gowns, did in Paris. And if anything even faintly resembling that *V' incident should occur in America, the Parisian newspapers wvould be the Mto say that nothing better conld j be expected of a horde of ignorant V' barbarians like us. Yet the thing happened in one of the most venerable gnd cultivated centres of modern Europe. j The public has loug been familiar with laws which are called dead let They have beea statutes which were enacted long in the past, nnder :: - ' conditions that have ceased to exist, pad which gradually fell into "innocw?-L moos desuetnde," nntil at last few people knew of their existence. Modern methods of legistation are developing a new kind of dead letter. A bill is introduced which goes through all the stages to enactment as though it were des%ned to be a real , law, but it turns out afterwards that the legislators never took it seriously, and it was passed only to oblige somehody or comply with some request. 2n his annual message to the Legisla^ . tare, Governor Wolcott of Massachusetts suggests that "it may fairly be considered whether legislation prescribing after some future date a uni "form width, of tire for the wheels of all t vehicles carrying heavy loads would * not tend to diminish the great cost of maintaining highways alike to the commonwealth and to cities and v towns. '* The Hartford Times characterizes this recommendation as perfectly reasonable, bat says it will make some people who know what has happened in Connecticut smile. What has happened is this: "A widetire law was passed in 1895, has been steadily ignored, and so far as we are aware, there has never been a prosecation under it, or an attempt to have one brought." In other words, a new law becomes a dead letter at once, and liobody sees anything strange about the development. A girl may turn up her nose at the mistletoe idea, but that's no reason why she shouldn't be kissed right beneath It. . : r. * .v 0 . \a ' ' ' I !|good roads notes. i fe^ieiseier^^eieieiem^Si'eia^oisi Keep the Mad Off. They are making an effort to keep mud off the new macadam roads in Pennsylvania by paving for fifty feet or more each side road or lane that ' joins the stone roads. Mud soon rolls off wagon wheels when they strike a j hard surface, and the intention is to have wagons get rid of it before the main roads are reached.?L. A. W. Bulletin. Why Business Is Stagnated. "The worst drawback of this section of country," says the Clifton (III.) Comet, "at the present time, is the exceedingly bad roads we must contend with at wet seasons of the vear. As lias been the case the past few days, farmers cannot market their products, and on this account they do .little baying ,'of the merchants, and business is stagnated at the very season when it should be the liveliest of any season of the year." To Vote For Free Road*. The people of Jefferson County, Kentucky, are asking for an election to decide on the question of free ; turnpikes, which may be secured in the following way: i The roads can be either leased, ! given to the public, or purchasetl. j The magistrates and the county judge ! are the officials to appoint appraisers I to value the respective roads; these j appraisers must be residents and property owners on the road to be valued by them. Bonds may be issued for the purchase of the roads at i +V.Z* nviAs nn hr fha flnnrft!QArfl IVUV iVV VU Vjr >m w ?J' - ? ? These bonds will be spread over a : term of thirty years. All taxes, which cannot exceed I twenty-five cents on each $100 worth 1 of taxable property, must be used to keep the roads?turnpike, gravel and all others?in good repair; to pay interest on the bonds issued, and to provide a sinking-fund for the redemption of the bonds. A Suggestion. Tax bicycles to help pay for good roads. This would be only fair. Bicycles are largely used by the people who are most vociferous in demanding good roads. Now while such roads will benefit the farmers and rural residents, these people are already taxed out of proportion to support road and other publio institutions. There is no reason why bicyclos should not be taxed, nor any good reason why income from such tax should not be specially set aside />nnstnii<tinn Tn Afnaqunhll R etts bicycles are assessed for taxation the same as other property and pay the same rate. If the average rate of taxation is $15 per thousand, this would be seventy-five cents per wheel on an average assessment of $50 each. In a State like New Tork, where there are probably upward of 500,000 wheels, this would yield an income of nearly $400,000. j3n general principles we thoroughly indorse the good roads movement and believe that good j roads ore one of the best investments for farmers. Tbe great point is to see that the farmers do not pay an nndne proportion of the cost of this improvement.?American Agriculturist. Broad-Tired Wagons. Some of the leading citizens of this country are agitating the feasibility of introducing the broad-tired wagon for the protection and benefit of the county roads. The subject of good roads is attracting more than ordinary attention in all parts of the county. There are several bills on the subject to be brought before the Maryland legislature at its present session. Most ot these schemes, while undoubtedly good, would probably involve more or less expense, while if the broad tire is universally adopted the cost would be very ligbt, and it would be a decided step along the way of improvement. All the roads can be rounded into fine shape by road scrapers properly used, but can never be kept so as long as heavy loads are being continuously hauled over them on narrow ties. The broad tires will roll and pack and continually improve them. Mr. E. E. Goslin, in the lower part of this county, is making a practical test of the broad-tire wagon. He has a new iron wheel a little over four- 1 inch tread whioh is working admira- 1 bly. Its advantage over the narrow tire is apparent when the wagon can pass over the road several times with- ! out the tracks being disturbed by other ) vehicles. It is estimated that there are about 800 heavy wagons in this 1 county. Now, unless the majority of J these contained broad tires it would be ^ almost impossible to realize the ad- ? vantage in the way of improvement, ' from the fact that the broad tires ] would have to break a new track with 1 every load. If the broad tire were \ universally used, however, there would 1 be solid roadbeds, and the deep ruts ' now made on the county roads by the narrow tire would disappear.-^-Greensboro (Md.) special t-o Baltimore | American. , The Value of Good Koadf. ] There is all over the country a deep 1 and growing interest in tho subject of i good roads. The people generally \ have learned that good roads pay and ; that bad roads are terribly expensive. 1 There is not a State in the Union i which has not done more good road ' M'ork in the past five years than i$ t ever did before in an equal period of < time. Some of them have done ten 1 times as much. ] The roads of Georgia ore in better f condition than they ever were before, i Last year saw a wonderful improve- < ment in cur roads. Many miles of ] road?-??y were reconstructed and built 1 in asubstantial manner. Fulton < County made a fine record in road 1 work aucTXiil do as well or better this j year. * Tk J 11: k \ 1 v. > ' ' ' *. ? Professor Latta, of the Turdne University, Lafayette, Ind., estimates that the annual loss from bad roads in* Jefferson County, Kentucky, in which Louisville is situated, is fully SI n:i acre. This means an annual loss of $250,090. The loss for ono year due to bad roads would pike every mile of road in the county. In attempting to convince the farmers who are opposed to large expenditures for roads, President Latta gives the following as some of the good effects of good roads: (1) Economize time and force in transportation between farm and market; (2) Enable the farmer to take advantage of market fluctuations in buying and selling; (3) Permit transportation of farm products and purchased commodities during times of comparative leisure; (4) Reduce the wear and tear on horses, harness and vehicles; (5) Enhance the market value of real estate. President Latta says of the increased value of land from road improvements : "As already stated, this increase is estimated by the farmers consulted at 89 per acre. This would enhance the value of each section of land $5760, which is more than double the estimated cost ($2292) of the two miles of improved highway, which constitute the quota for the section. Just here the objection may be raised that the improved roads would not increase the productive capacity of the land, while the enhanced commercial value vould increase the taxes. Let us, for the * ' * a it.; i. :li. sane 01 argument, grant mis pmuoiuie but fallacious objection, and then find what it amounts to. Let us suppose the increase in appraisement for taxation to be $4 per acre and the tax rate 11-4 per cent. This would mean an annual increase in taxes of five cents per acre, or $5 per hundred acres. Would not our objector, after enjoying the benefits of good roads, be very willing to give therefor the extra $5, if necessary? Would he keep the money and go back to the thraldom of mud roads? If so, he has the option of selling his farm at an advance, according to the average estimates of his brother farmers, that will more than doublj reimburse him for his .expenditure on highway improvement; and he can then remove to some native wild whose quiet waters have not been 'troubled' by the spirit of progress." The gospel of good roads is being preached by newspapers in every Stato and in almost every oounty. Let the good work go on.?Atlanta (Ga.) Journal. Witch Baiting In > Nan Mexico Paeblo. Some nine months ago the princess qJ. the Zuni We-Wa died after a lingering illneqs, and an old squaw of the town was acoused of killing her by some spell. She was tried by the AV. A rL\?r/>nn/\n s\4 Iwi Kn ATl/I piionvoj mo uvvciuvt vi vuw vt?w ???? the most prominent peopl 3 and sentenced to death. In order first to determino her gnilt she was carried to one of the roofs of the city and cast off. The theory of the priests was that if she were a witch she wonld nnfnrl her wings and fly. away, and if she were innocent she wonld exonerate herself by being killed. The o^d woman was not killed by the fall, and she was then taken to a post and strung np by the thumbs. When she could no longer endure the agony she confessed to having killed the Queen. The witch of Zuni found a friend, however, in a missionary in that region, who cared for her and reported the affair at Washington. When the troops arrived they found two of the priests in the hands of the Shoriff. On being tried each of the four was held in $5000 bail to appear at the ^ February term of the Grand Jury. In t default of bail the holy men are con- a fined in prison, and they will proba- 0 bly be convicted and sent to the peni- ? f/>? far. nasM Vnw Ynrt VI vuunai j ivi vou j W4wt Mwtr ? Journal. > An Albino Deer. The zoological manuals will tell one p that the deer of the Rocky Mountains ? is red in summer and gray in the late f< fall and winter. They will say nothing of white deer, with pink nose and pink eyes?albino deer. Yet such deer have been seen from time to time o in the western part of Colorado, and, a at last, one of the taxidermists of the city is going to mount one. p The deer in question will be shipped u in a few days to Hugo Todenwarth's, Jj opposite the City Hall. It was killed t last winter, on Pieance Creek, in the * White River country, just before Christmas, by F. S. Wells, the son of the Wells, of Well's Ranch, known throughout the country. It is a three- c pear-old, with every hair white, ex- n jept parts of the legs. The nose was pink when the animal lived, but has faded now to a pale brown. The parts of the legs not white are a grayish brown, passing gradually into white " ibove the knees.?Denver Post. ?j The Pope'* Diversion*. U It may not generally be known that the Pope has a collection of birds of which he is very fond, especially of bis gaudy colored parrots; and a col- j* lantinn of animals?nelicans. ostriches ind fawns. These also receive his Sequent attention. He has a vineyard, which is.so mach the object of 11 ais core that he may almost be called Q its cultivator. Suoh,, with a supervision of the direction in every respect, are his diversions in the gar- tl lens, where there are many things of e aeauty, though it is not "gay and q prim," after the fashion of English tl gardens, but abounding in wild nat- t iralness of a half-rustic park. In- a feed, it is for the greater part a ^ park, and not a garden, but it has a arge tracts laid out with care, for the w continuance of which the Pope is largely responsible, the care of his gardens forming his chief diversion.? St. James' Gazette. ' r :.v E? f w V ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ j A s M L m\ ^ " Best" is an e; expect something e ^ flour; something e 4 cures from best me \ parilla that makes i* Remember it's qui ? People's Drug Stor 4 for twenty-five year: | The ^ I say: 'Ifyou will < antee that you will \ Ayer's than you woi > When they take it, 1 > Ayer's Sarsapai . * blood: sores, ulcers, > . 4 It cures cheaply, it c ^ "After twenty yeai any similar preparati 4 "In our estimatic ^ heard it spoken of in < w " I consider Ayer's ^ " Daring fifteen y< ^ tingle case wherein ii t "I believe Ayer's A iwmnnunH * llw.WnV S&od* Island Republican*. The Republican State Convention of ;hode Island met In Music Hall at Provience. The old ticket was renominated rith the exoeption of the candidate for deutenant-Governor, the present Lieutennt-Governor having declined to run again n account of pressing business engagelents. William Gregory, of North Ktngson, was substituted for Aram J. Pothier, of foonsocket, for the position. Japan Bays a Warship Also. A dispatch from %KIel, Germany, say Jaan has purchased a torpedo-corvette rhich was being built there bv ths Krupps or Brazil. Uncle Sam Boys a \"acht. Upon the recommendation of the Board n Auxiliary Cruisers, the Navy Departlent has purchased of the estate of the ate Ogden Goelet, of New York City, the win-screw steel yacht Mayflower. The mrohase price is reported to be a little lore than 9500,000. The vessel is to be sed by the Government as a scout boat, 'he Mayflower is the first vessel purchased o be used as an auxiliary cruiser in time of rar. Must Xot Waste Natural Gas. The Supreme Court of Indiana has deided that the waste of natural gas Is a ulsance and must be abated. Germans Leare Crete. The Oerman flag was hauled down at lanea. Island oi Crete, and the German larines, who have been doing duty ashore, mbarked on board the German battleship Udenburg. The International troops oomottlng the garrison rendered military onors to the departing German forces. India's Fine Prospect. There Is a good prospect for ono of the lost bountiful harvests ever gathered la udiu. Huge Thread Company. The American Thread Company has been icorporated In New Jersey with a capital f * 1:4,000,000. The fleece will be a telltale against he shepherd by and by, recording very neglect by a weak spot In the bre, and this will lessen the value 01 he fleece when it Is marketed. Don'1 bink for a moment that the buyei nd as a rule he att mds to hi3 business ron't find it out. This Is his business, nd as a rule he attends to his business rith a sharp eye. Biggest of Recreation Grounds. Epplng forest Is the largest public ecreatton ground in the world. _ 1 ' * > ' . . . I ? ?. ' V W WW WW T ? V A A A A A A A A A < YER canQi jupuj is the [ SARSAPAR asy boast. But there's no best xtra of best; something extra xtra in wear from best cloth dicincs. It's that something e Ayer's the best. That sometl: ility that cures,, not quantity, e, Seymour, Conn., says: UI s and when a customer asks me test Prep: r the Bit take my opinion, use Ayer's Sa: receive more benefit by using Lild by using half a dozen bottle [ never hea^ anv complaint." ^ * 1 ilia cures all diseases that have boils, eruptions, pimples, eczeu ures quickly, and it cures to stay rs' experience as a druggist, I consider Ayer's 1 on on the market, and I give it the preference A. C. WOODWAR >n, as regards Sarsaparilla, Ayer's is the star other than the very highest terms." E. TERRILL & CO., Pbarmacisis, 9 State S Sarsaparilla the best blood purifier on the ma Dr. GRISE & CO., tars of experience xrilh Ayer's Sarsaparilla, I t failed to cure if used acttording to directions.' F. O. COLLINS, Sarsaparilla contains more medicinal value JAMES DOAXE, Dispensing Chei T't vv v v v i A dftk <^S. ST*. j?k Cycling Notes. i Philadelphia has thirty-seven bicycle i clubs. I Betas' temperate In your cycling as in 1 other things. j A lew years ago a person owning one bijycle considered himself fortunate. To-, day there are not a few who own two of more wheels, and among the wealthier I regular bioyele stables are maintained. Charles W. Miller, the winner of the six-; lays' race at Madison Square Card en. New fork City, demonstrated his sprinting ability when he ran away from the field at Bellalre, Ohio, finishing the last twelfth in 1.08 1-5. Miller had never tried sprint racing before and was simply regarded as a "plugger." ' Pedaling has a great deal to do wl?h steering, the varying pressure of the pedals having a corresponding Influence on the direction of the front wheel. Many beginners clutch the handles like j grim death, blistering the hands quite I unnecessarily and encouraging themselves ' In undue nervousness. Ihere is no need ! to do more than lust place the hands on. j the bandies, and a little pressure to the ; right or left, as required, will sulllce to ! turn the machine. The tandem rider says to riders of single I wheels: "If you have never ridden tandem you do not know what pleasure there is in cycling." It may be true. The cheapness of this year's tandems, as compared with those of last year, will doubtless boom the double seated steed, and their sales are expected to be greatly Increased before the > season is very far advanced. ] ... 1 To Inspect Foreign Ship*. Commander W.H.Bronson, of the United States Navy, who is to lnspeot, and select for purchase In Europe, If necessary, the salable foreign warships, sailed from New York on the St. Paul. In an Interview he said: "The way to avoid war is to prepare for it. If we had twenty battle-ships war wonid be impossible, and if we had ten it would bo Improbable." Foreign Nations Sounded. The Administration has sounded the European Powers as to their attitude in ease of hostilities with Spain, and satisfactory replies have been reoeived from all except Germany and Austria. Oxen Wear Shoes In Japan. In far Japan the oxen wear shoes. The Japanese teamster Is very considerate to the animals which do most of his work. He would not think of letting an ox go out -without having placed a sort of sandal on his forefeet, which protects the animal's hoofs from injury. TbSse sandals consist of a sole braided of rice straw, which is fastened to ?he hoof. V V V T T T 1 4 A A li A A A A f 4 'S \ * . M :v3 rilla^H f ILL! M : without a test. You y ^ . in bread from best 4 .i i; something extra in xtra in Aycr*s Sarsa- y i ting extra is quality. L Geo. Smith of the < * 1 have sold your goods 4 \' ? for 4 -A ration | ? 'J rsaparilla; I will guarone or two bottles of /'M :s of some other kind/ j -J their origin in impure ^ m, tetter, scrofula, eto. * \ . That's why it's best pj jjjm Sarsaparlla superior to ^ jjl over all others," D, WoK??, tdard. We have never ^ treet, Montpeher, Vt. * trket" * West Gardner, Mass. have yet to learn of a ^ > * ! Druggist, Paris, Mo. '- T than any other similar 4 mist, Kingsville, Out. ^ IT *7 V V V V vi x ^ ^ ^ ^ * . " 4\ Blirinainlf anffelpleee Cripple. Prince Otto von Bismarck, the man of*. I blood and Iron, whose mighty arm forged* the German principalities Into a great united empire, la now a helpless cripple. ' The ead newt comes from Friedrlehsrhne that until death brines relief the greatest living statesman is doomed to a life of dreary inactivity, his sols'diversion consisting of being rolled around his garden in favorable weather In an invalid's chair.' Construing the Bottling Lew. Efforts are being made to have the bottling -i ? > law so construed that distillers may use. i Government stamps on bottles ranging In'1, size from two ounces to one gallon. Maple Sap Flows JEarly. y ? Sugar makers of Vermont have been , caught unprepared by an unusually early and copious flow of maple sap. It is expected that an unprecedented quantity of maple sugar is to he made. The few malert who were In position to catch the very first of the flo# hare new syrup and sugar on the market already. Women To In Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio, has made an innovation in the line of politics. The women gathered for tea at about twenty-nine houses, a and afterward went in groups to the pules. J This was done because they felt timid I shout going alone. Gray Wolves Damaging Stock. I Grey wolvee are doing serlous damage to M stock In the neighborhood of tile Laramie | River, in Colorado. They come down from g| the timber In packs and raid the cattle ranches, Wiling large numbers of calves and yearflngs. The stockmen are obliged to corral their young stock nightly and watch their corral. Sir Henry Bessemer Dead. Sir Henry Bessemer, the celebrated inventor of Bessemer steel, died, Tuesday evening, in London, England. There are in New Yerlc City 399 patrolmen, thirty-three roundsmen and eight sergeants who /ure over six leet tall. Many Languages in America. There are, according to an eminent .XV~" archaeologist, ad less than from 120 to ^ 130 abeohltely distinct languages in $ North and -South America. As the growth of langauge is very slow he thinks the fact of the existence of so f great a variety of speech on the western continent proves that the native red men have inhabited it for many thousands of years. ' Xyi 41k '"1 . v * +%