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m COUNTY RECORD. f Pablishecl Every Thursday ?AT ? \INGSTREE. SOUTH CAROLINA. j ?ET? C. W. WOLFE . Editor and Proprietor. London dealers report that tiiay j nu't half supply the deniaud for to" .oldiers, guns and sword*. The Eug? lish toddlers havo surely caught the i war spirit from their sires. The water of the River Spree is > polluted with from 80,000 to 00,00" ' micro-organ isms per cubic centimeter. A process of sterilization lias, how- j uver. been applied to it at Rerliu which forces it ova. a series of small < falls, and during the passage h i* shh Reeled to a enrrent charged with ozoue. This destroys all of these micro-organising e.tcept one in every 800, making the water potable. There appears t?? he a constantly glowing favor in Australasia for Amercan products. '*he good feeling whirii has been reoent'v developed between the United States an 1 (Jrea: Kritain naturally extends to the Utter s colonies kd i h is much iutiaencc in re moving practices ugatusi nutrien t goods. American agricultural maeliineij, lumber, illuniitinttng oils and other products are already receiving th- preference in Australia and N? v Zealand, ami only care and elFort are needed to iutroduce other line*. Should it be a rule of life to get all yon can, or give ail yon can? That 'jceatiou is just now under discussion. Well, bow much can one give unless lie first gets? The men who are laytngthousands or millions on the altars of education, humanity or religion have generally been successful us captains ~in-limh-f ni'in.'ic .,f 1-n.miicrc?. or leaders of large business enterprises. "Possibly also their chief benefaction has consisted in creating profitable employment?which is a kind of giving -especially if they have been just and tonshlerate in their dealings, and have paid fa r wages. To get honestly is quite as legitimate as to give generously, and ought to take equal rank. ? A friendly shoulder slap broke s . 1 . 'lU'.CU fl XiCl'ti it iuu ua v o u^v tu iui.? city. Thc-e is ouly o*io worse utii^iu.-e iu tlic world tiia:j tlie lib-poke; and that is the shoulder slapper. They liave both outlived their usefulness and are tit objects of solicitude fur the Society for Doing Without Home People. The fiend who takes you unaware on a crowded paveineut with a facetious bat ou the shoulderbladt when you are meditating on the idea! and the beautiful, and expects you to twist your shaken vertebrae into a nial nod and greet him with a happy, tiatuleut smile, possesses ?u heroic soul that would not recognize the language of conventional remonstrance. He is not criminal and lie is not crazy; he is simply an idiot. The lunatic asylums nud the jails at o overworked, but the fool-killer doesn't half know his business. A party of veteran newspaper met were talking the other clay about three Albany reporters who became members of the cabinet of the president of the United States: the late Dauiel Manning, secretary of the treasury during Cleveland's first administration; Daniel S. Laraont, secretary of war during Cleveland's second admin istration, and Charles Emory bmith, now postmaster-general. It was less than 25 years ago that thev sat side beside reporting the proceedings of the New York legislature. Colouel Mickener of Indiana recalls an even more remarkablo combination which appeared in tkv United States court o 1 Indiana some years ago. Walter Q. <*resliain, the presiding judge, afterward became secretary of state. Ben jamin Harrisou, who prosecuted the cise,afterward became president of the United States, while Thomas A. Hendricks, was afterward vice ])resideut, Joseph E. McDonald and David Turpie, who afterward became senators, were tn the other side. That group, for distinction, was probably never surpassed in a single state; one presi deDt, one vice-president,a secretary o etate aod two United States senators ? * I r - CONGRESSIONAL. i Senator Hoar On The f'atj Rl.an Biif. i SENATE. Sovrnty-ie.-r.n;! It?y.? Two arg t- j went* were j>rc.;cnrc I the Senate in i wirVh ::ai5s; antipodal positions were I token by two Sen a; era. Mr. Teller. of Colorado. in a brief s-peerh mair. rained that the constitution wjuIjI not. extend over territory artpiirca Ixy ;ae United ! States. % 'tile .Mr. Turner. of Washing- j "jn. elaborately esau-nded tnar t no , f-ciiis; it ? : ion embrnrod the acquired territory the vrry moment the felted Stains took permanent possession of ir. Seveniy-thlrd Day. Mr. Hn.; ?. i* ) d:c. : :! he Senate cn th ? P;?:r.3 RUtiO appropriivicn hili. He nnrouroed his vvilKTtfii :-n to iot rite appropriation. hill pass for h; xunrtarinu rear era?, but ; took emotion to rcpe.it hi> vir.vvs on | to? smcral queriicm of ex parrs, on. "I i have r.ot." he said, "nann<o 1 -or mod:, i tie I my forma.r opinions." and he *;:*?? I ct? ie.l to tjy j'br.t his study (kit ins tht j !a?\ 10 men-.its of the .-itu.itton in the Philippines had only served to ronvittre hiai that he irel been rifc'ht in his original position. Ho iud rrnd nihil j *!? t inter?#?; -he Stale papers of the ; loaders cf :he Hrilippiro revolt. 2j;d j ho i for.r.d tbeai : > to ruc k it. tern- j invito an! c! ;qi?tnt appeals to tire lm*e 1 at ; us :lm of :h: purple r.f the I'nito.l j i-.if-n" ?-'.1 he Irrpfxi and toe lie-rod ; !uat a tiaie those appeal* wouH make : . t.tc.r w ly lo :r.? 'im- . ?i. ? v?* j pec-de of chLs e</u. cry. in-nring justice in the e&d if now. He an- j v. aitoi i the propose! to vote the pending hill :.r. ! again*: any propose- : ticn that .nay involve debate. Before the Cr?cus<ion oJ tire pending j bill ha i <teen cnclndMl Mr. Welling- ; i trri. Maryland. tailed tip the resolution ! to ee.it Mr. Quay. He presented an j r'.'x'.i *-[* otfftrnunjt ognir?: rhe seat- j iag Mr. Quay, it" held rheit .13 the ! Ifgifd-a.nie t>r Pennsy 'varia had ends were i ;*> nil he va>- aney by taking , nr.my . iiic.cs. ;ae gowrusi *aa ; tapped .f:.ni an kin:,' any appoln'm-enit. The governor ongb-C Jo have called an extra sc^-ion for this purpose. i At 5 o'clock the Striate adjourns J. .Seventy-foui tli J>ay.-The Poito Rri r.ti appropriation bill was pas-ed by the Senate. Its* lex* follows*. Be it enacted, etc., That the sum of 82.093.455 being the amount of customs {revenue receiver! on importations by j ihe United States from Porto Rico ' time the evacuation of Porto Rico by ' <hc S| aniih fcrrcs on the 18th of 0>-- j Jober. ISPS. to ihe first of January. ! thou, shall lie placed at the disposal of the President, to be used for the government new existing anil which may i Jiercaiter be established in Porto Rico i tmd for public education, public works, J and other governmental end public t purposes therein; and the said sum. or so much thereof as may be necessary, j is hereby appropriated for the purposes i herein specified, out of any moneys in j the Treasury not otherwise apnropri, atcd." HOUSE. 1 Seventy-second Day. ?Tii? house 1 ' committee on pensions ordered b:!!a reported gran-tins pens!ens to the widow of Colonel Scctzccibc-rg. of the First Nebraska Regiment, killed in the ! Philippines, tut $4<t per month: to the widow of Captain Allan Capron, killed ; in Cuba. $.10 per inoc-th, and to the i widow of Captain Alain Capron, Sr., at 1 $25 per month. The distinction in rare I [ in tne Capvun ca.-es is due to the prop- l crtv owned by Mrs. Capron. Jr. The bill pensioning the mother of | Lieutenant Brumby, flag lieutenant of i Admiral Dewey, went over p-nJing the decision of the pension bureau in thW case. Seventy-third Day.? Representative Ray, of New York, chairman of the house committee on judiciary and at the head of a special sub-committee 1 cn trusts, introduced the fallowing j joint i evolution, proposed an amendment to the constitution to the const!- j tuticn: "ResolveJ, etc., thai he following ar- I title be proposed to Ohe legislatures of the several States an amor.li.Tirrtt Co | ;he oocefkuVi&n cf the United Stales: j "Article XVI. The Congress shall have power to regulate and repress : monopolies a'r.d combinations; to ore- ; ate and dissolve corporations and dis- ( iff hh'air property; to make ail laws necessary and proper ror me execution of the foregoing powers. Such powers may be xercised by the *>everal ; States in any manner not in conflict ! with, dhe laws of the United States." Seventy-fourth Day.?The bill estab lishing a civil government in Porto Rico has been practically completed by j the sub-committee of the House com- 1 mixtee on insular affairs. In addition j to :he features already publi?hed the. ; com mi fee has incorporated provisions i relatinc to corporations. ! I The Bill 51gned. Washington. D. C.. Special.?At 14 ; I minutes to 1 o'clock "Wednesday after- i . i noon, the President affixed his signa- ! , tore to the financial bill, tlhus making i (| at a law of the land. Mr. Overs!reet, i of Indiana, who had the bill in charge, i arrived at the White House aLout r> j j minutes before that tipe, and was ; shown into the cabinet rconi, where , | ho was joined by the President, who. ( i after inquiring if the bill had been ' i compared with care, affixed his sigaaj ture to it. ! j in India only one male ia ten nor 1 one female In 160 are able to road FRANCE IS PLEASED. ttckinfe) Commended for Offering Our Services BETWEEN THE BOERS AND BRITISH To Aid in the Settlement of Their Differences and Stop the F:ur?her Continuance of the Wr.r. Paris. By Cable. ? "The United ."'.-.-ps his .'hewn selfish Europe auexH*np!<,' raid a responsible official U? a i ep: e-er. ...iri ve of The AS-rariated Pr ;j. when asked what was the feeli'tg of ,he French govt ram-sat regarding Pre-rldca: 11 . Kinley's offar of hit good off ires to Bug! a'.id. "We ifelt,' continued tha official in qr.cy.'ion, that our own position with respect to Br.gland, :ii view of ;hrt pre?ami state of ;>;i'oli.- feeling there, was too delici'Le to .'..nii; of cur atvetfing to Mr. Kruger's appeal: and a.* this reluctance appeared to be shared by every other power, the anion of the American goverr.-.nvn.. in taking t he initiative <:ani? .L-i an agreeable ?uip: hi?. That it did r...t -u creel does no: detract from its nicrrt." 1 ce A. ?cn*iafted Press representative here called the inC:r)c>outor's attention O vcm-plaints flf a porcUm of th* Fr#r:~n press that Pr?rTlerf MclCIule/ : >f:n:i. .1 f-.n broking up lit# oJEer, which was luoer&sry to its susceas, some pap rs having openly staled -that his a "ion was a mere election mauoe-u\er and. no: intended to oe sueea-sfui. "Id cf.,7 view," replied the uffioiaJ, "ihe.-e criticisms are utterly unjustified. I'residcn: MoKiuley d'iil even mere than up to the last moment was expe;:e;l over hero. Only the members o' chinell erics who realized the delicate nattire c' suc-h a step, can appreciate America's effort a; its proper value. The French government, while not prepared to pake the -Initiative, wool J. in conjunction with Russia, readily have supported America; 'but 'the promptitude of England's refusal <u: 'tiie ground from under them." The official informant added that, although there appeare d to be little likllhood intervention in the immediate m.urt-, ui>in-s j..- Miii (.iiitri^uum thJrt an offer of good offices from th? powers may eventually prove acceptable. "At any ra. said he. "it Ls net unlikely that it will he made 'if foreign i n't err.-its are in danger by the threaten t:l <J est met'on of the rani mines." This question of the destruction. ot the .gold mints, as predicted by Mr. Montagu White, is regarded -as a serious ma'ter. and as "being not merely possible but probable. It te learned that the French govern, men: has received information to the ?aiii?' encci. uv.'ai uaoincr jvu'icr, ui: j? n . considers the des-crndents of the Dutchmen who flcodr J their own country in order to repel r.n invader quite capable cf following this Tustoric pre* cedent in the case of foreign owned gold mines. Tie French pneis has taken up the matter and points out the enormous amount of French saving* s-unk in the rand gold fields. It is stated chat .if the Boers carry cut their threat it will take ah east three years to reconstruct ch.a .rarlice machinery ;.nd other plants, while immense <tet'tr action could 'be wrought by dynamite to the underground workings France owns a third of the shares in the Transvaal aiincs; and these alarrni.-' n-Afli;.:i"?n..- H.iva xlrfnAv h ?-i their often on the quxatfons. Thus, stece Tuesday. Rofrlc-ron has Dieppe,1 it cm 2.10 to 2.00; Fcrreia from 4.03 to 4.05, and GelditPhuLs from 1.48 to 1.40. The tension of feeling between France and Er.iplan.l .-rrtainly has undergone abatement this week, /or which the ear.'jil'ia'tcry art:He c! >h? London Times is largely rt-spcnsible.' The 'government's Li'l proposing; amnesty in all criminal picstruticin whaA have arisen out of the Ercy-fus affair ir.-ets with vis coons cppotvtton frca the Dreyfusardn to whom amnesty treamr the deprivation of means of aedoes*. Dreyfus himself wrote pretesting: again.-t the oil!. The senate committee this week heard Col. Picquart and M. Zola, all of whom warmly condemned this measure. Telegraphic Briefs It is said that William S. Taylor, of Kentucky, may again ask President MeKinley for ai l in retaining the governorship. Persia will soon send us a minister, after leaving the post vacant for ten years. It is proposed to make April 19, the I>?xington battle anniversary, a legal holiday. T > Blow Up a Cluch. C'cc'ur Rapids, la., Mh.rch 17,?Seven 6'oung men. were arrested here to-night charged with placing dynaimiie with tare 'to d-c.?trcy a chuTC-h ibttildiag. I.a.-l Si.'rdiy night following a canvass foi a new petition of ecu.; ft to op;rate ! under the ealoon loav here, an empty I be. r keg and, a chick of dynami'te wi-.ia | fuce at?i cap a .daubed were i.'cund on I the stops of Paul's MeC.ho.lh:I j drench. The young men arrested tot'.gL't oca less that rhey were t'he guilty parties. They claim, they meant il for a jaksS, though It is 'believed thej meant -to inittmn Ja.e th manLBters whe bare boon ajjti-ve in opposition. STATE CONVENTION Of Sunday School Workers to Meet in ; Laurens. The arrangements for the holding of 1 the twenty-third annual convention of ! the South Carolina Sunday school as- ' Bociation, of which Mr. War. E. Pel- > ham of Newberry is president, to be j held at Laurens on Tuesday, Wednes- j day and Thursday of next week at Laurens, have been completed. The programme has been announced ' ns follows: Tuesday afternoon?3:30. conference i of workers, retrospective and prospee- ; tive. Tuesday evening?First session? 7:30. seng service, led by Frank F. W'MIien, SummertJon. S. C. 7:4."#, Pe? ! votional service by Rev. Herbert Jones. 8:00. The convention called to j order hv the nrefiident. Wm. E. Pel- 1 ham. 8:13. Address, Rev. I). N. Mo Laughlln, Chester, S. C. 9:00. Address, i Hon. B. F. Jacobs, acting chairman o? i the -internatonil execnt've committee; Topic?"The Message from the Twen-: tieth Century to the Sunday schools." 10:00. Adjournment Wednesdaj- morning? Second seseion?9:00. Praise service. Rev. Ra- j l>ert Adams. D. D., Laurens, S. C. 9:15. | Delegates enrolled and ocmmltrees appointed. 9:43. Reports?Firs:, home, trormal and primary departments. Second, statistical secretarr. J. J. Ifentry, Esq. Third, treasurer. Rev. W. I.j Herbert. Fourth, executive commit-; j tee. Chas. H. Carlisle. 10:30. Address1, ; President I^ee Davis I>odge c! Lime-j stone college, Gaffney, S. C. 11:30. Rc. ports <trn.m county vire presidents. \ 1:00. Recess. Wednesday afternoon?Third session ' ? 3:00. Devotional, Rev. Wilmct S. j Holmes, ij.urens, S. C. 3:13. Address. Rev. J. M. Magruder, Spartanburg, S.: C. 4:00. Normal leseon, conducted by Hon. ii. v. .jacoos, tjQtcago, in. ?:vu.; | Question drawer, miscellaneous. 5:30.1 Re-ess. Wednesday evening?Fourth session , ?7:00. Prateo service, Rev. T. . H. | Law, D. D., Spartanburg. S. C. 7:30. j Address. President Geo. B. Cromer of J Newberry college. S: 30. Address, Hon. B. F. Jacobs, subject: 'How to Study} the Bible." 9:30. The needs oC ihej work briefly stated. Pledge cards d:s tilbu:ed ar.1 offerings taken. 10:00. j A Jjournment. Thursday morning?Fifth session? , 9:00. Devotional, Rev. G. A. Wright, ' Newberry, S. C. 9:13. Address, Hon. B. F. Ja-oba, subject: "Teachers' Re-1 ports or ooni?m:tte&5. ways ana mean?,: 21;00. Impressions of the Ninth Inter I national Sunday School convention, f Rev. J. W. Shell, Fountain Iun, S. C..1 I S. B. Ezell, Spartanburg, S. C. 11:30,: Farewell words. 12:00. Adjournment. The railroads are authorized by the ; Southern Passenger association to sell! round trip tickets at the u.ual reduced rates. Homes will be provided for all delegates, visiting pastors and super in* ten dents. Notify entertainment com- i mittee, Laurens, S. C. County officers are earnestly re-1 ouerted 'to ."oring cr send the .amount cf their pledges to Rev. W. I. Herbert c: the coa veniion. Palmetto Notes. T'h? secretary of State has issued a cccrmissicn to Louis C. Perry aod J. Eroadus Watson as corporator of the Batet-burrg Supply company of Batesfourg. The capital stock is to he $"00. State Liquor Commissioner Crum says that thiirgis are now moving along very smoothly at the State dispensary. I *r - nnnaint i 11? 1 u > ; uu j ku , -~-f r meovt cf Mr. T. W. Collin.* to oe book- j kocpc: 1o the cttaa miss! oner. Mr. Ccl- ! lir.3 replaces Mr. Bell, who <t few ; months ago wus given Mr. Collin's place. Mr. Coilin-s having euccceded i Mr. D. A. G. Ouzrs. Mr. Collins has j ( 4>ee-:i car.ir.<ecte*l with, the iasLj.ution for { u long time Attorney General Bellinger will ap- J pear in the <prcsecittion of the Neol cares. He is preparing to appear at 1 the coming session of the criminal I court in Richland county, ar.i will take charge of the cases. It is not yet known whether there will be'any effort a>t securing a continuance of tho cares. A charter 'has been granted the Perciral Manufacturing company of ChaT! lesion, which proposes to manufacture J rush, dccrs, blln-dis, etc., operating on , a capital Ct $16,000. The officers are ! John D. Cappleman, president; Ed. W. [ Perelval, vice president and 0. C. I Beckrn^u, secretary and treasurer. i A charter was also grafted the Car! olina Psrtlacd Cement company ot i Charleston, capitalized at $!0,ou0. The officers are J. Ross Hanahar., president; P. G. TLonaJhan, secretary ar.d manager, and Ceo. H. Hotfau, treasurer a-nd solicitor. The Senate, by tabling Mr. H-oar's amendment to the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, reufsed to give Queen Liliuokalanl $20,000 and an annultv of $10,000. i ? . ?L POPULAR SCIENCE. More steel is used in the manufacture of pens tlian in all the sword and gnu factories in the world. It is proposed i? England to test the practicability of casting steel in a vacuum, tho object being to get rid of air-bubbles, which cause flaws and weak points in the metal. A stroug dislike to the odor of peppermint has been discovered iu mice. Cotton soaked in peppermint oil caused them to go awav for a considerablc time, aud after a second application they disappeared completely. , The eflieacy of the serum treatment of diphtheria has again been demonstrated in Austria, where tho mortality, in cises so treated last year, was - * only 15.89 per rent., while of those treated without serum 39.30 per cent, died. ft There was recently an extraordinary parade of traction engines at Aidershot. fifteen engines and forty truck*. They were inspected previous to their departure to South Africa. A stretch of sandy road was selected for the test, and the country gave an excellent opportunity for observing the practical points of the engines. Tney will bo dispatched to South Africa at once. A new alloy has recently been patented iu (lcrrnany whiou is intended <o take the place rff gold. It consists jof copper and autiaionj in the proportion of 100 to 6, the antimony peiug added to the melted coi?p< r. After the has melted and a onion between the two metal a har occurred some charcoal ashes, ina^ nesinin and lime are added to thu piolten mass in the crucible. The ^-.lloy can be rolled and worked like E;old, and will withstand for some imc acid and ammoniacal vapors. It ;ins a color qnite similar to gold, which it does not lose by oxidation. The lowest point of land between the two oceans on the American euuiinent is the grand divide in Nicaragua, where the elevation is only J 4t. Tl^o Irnvuit. Knint. r>f lfind on tll? ??' r fsthraus of Panama, according to tin; report of the Canal Commission, is Cnlebra, which is 333 feet above tidewater, aud is now the sceno of active work by the Panama Canal Company, which is cuttiug a channel there. ^Several early explorers reported points on tho Isthmus of Darien, between the Atrato River and the ocean, where the divide that separates the ptreams that Mow into the Atlautio [from those that Mow into the Pacifi.: C's only a few feet high, but tho Canal "Vsmmission has not been able to Mud tony such place. The lowest level reported by the engineers is about MO-1 , (feet. The instance is noted of a lire huving originated, probably from spoil- * taneous combustion, in a pile containing several tons of cotton seed, the iinterior of which was almost a solid body of live coal, which was completely smothered by the application [of a half gallon of ammonia. In an[other case, which occurred in Savenay. France, the vapors 01 a tank containing fifty gallons of vasolino caught fire in the linen room of a laundry; the room was instantly in a mass of living flames, but a gallon and a half of ammonia water thrown into it completely and almost immediately extinguished the fire. The effect, as described, was instantaneous, torrents of black smoke rolling upward in place of flames, and iu a moment 'every trace of fire was gone?so sudtden and complete indeed, being ii* that workmen were eu iablcd to outer the room almost immediately, where they fouutl the iron tank of gasoline intact. To 1'ly in Your Dreams. There is a peculiarity about the flying dream t'>at seems to be constant. Of nil those whom I asked jabout the matter, and who are conscious of the Hying dream at all, not one has ever known himseif to make any high flights in his dreams. One always flies low, with a skimming 'manner, slightly but only slightly above the heads of the pedestrians. 1 And one's critical attitude iu a dream | toward one's owu performauco is always interesting to uote, hoth iu regard to this particular class of dream and even more toward oue of the j ether classes. It is an attitude that ! is well brought, out in "Alice in Woui derland," where Alice is made to ex claim or to think whilo she is falling, 'How brave they will all think of iu<,?it home not to mind a great full like this!'-'?Longman's Magazine. I.pap Year* In tlie Twentieth CetUurv The twentieth century will have tingreatest number of leap years possible for c century?namely, twenty-four. The year 11)0-5 will bo the tirst one, then every fourth year afler that to and including the ^ear 2000. February ^ will three tiiu s h ve five Sundays; i:i 1920, 194$ anu 19 6. ' \ The Trhplmtic Serrlce. A newspaper in a Michigan town says of its local telephone service thait is something like the horse that had only two faults?the tirst, that it wa:bard to catch when in the pasture, aud the other, that it was nc good after it vu caught.?Electrical Review. M ^' * v " "Wiwi