Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. St. Vincent, Cape Verds. April 29 -Tbe 3psot*h fieet tailed thia morn? ing, after having taking oo a toll supply nf coal, provisions at?d ammanitioo. Tb? Asst proceeded tn a southerly direc? tion, bot no information at ail ooooern ing tba destination of the fleet could ba obtained. Tba fleet ia said to hive sailed under sealed ordert. ?POS TSS SPANISH 7LSST. Fortress Mooree, April 29 -The flying squadron bat been ordered to take ba board any needed stores and to be ready to sail at a moment's notice. Nothing official at to the prospective destination of tbe squadron caa be eHott? ed from ihe officers, but it it the general belief that it ?ill be ordered to meat the Spanish fleet from Cape Verde. PQBWB?L HAS KE?? \ TOrVLTTT. \ Li?boc, April 29.-The decree an* noaociog the neutrality of Portugal wai published thia morning. Tbat country . espresset A determination to preserve a strict and consistent neutrality ao long as hostilities between the Uoited States and Spain ebal) continus. JL TR?2T0ET0 BZSEOT. Key Weet, April 29-One of tbe tailors on tbe Puritan, a Spaniard, bot a regularly en listed man in tbe Ameri can navy bat been court, martialed for treachery, found guilty and sentenced tob? shot The foll particulars of the ease are not obtainable at this boor. TSZS XS X82U5LT A BSPOET. New York, April 29.-Tba steam snip * ?Havel" reports having sighted a Spanttli fleet off--tba Azores, steaming north. SSS 703 TSS Washington, April 29 -Tbe S?pate bat reached an agreement to vote on the new revenue bili thia afternoon It wilHte patted by a large majority, no serious opposition haring been devel? oped. . S?LDZSSS 00 SOOTS. Chattanooga. April 29 -The entire artillery brigade will go sooth this after woco under ordert from Washington. Tbe destination it ?aid to be Tampa, from wbteb port tba Coban army of io? vasioo will be embarked. ft&STDSZD. Kay West, Anrfl 29-The Unit-d St a tea gan boat Newport baa captured the Spanish iwhooner 4?Eeffraeia" with a body of Spanish Nival Reservat on board. The capture is an important ooo, although it bat no grast monetary value. The prise hat not yet- been brought into pf rt, the newe /being sig? nalled to observers on shore, sod tbe . psri'ttaisrs of the capture are not ksown. SSS XOT?SX02T 0FGU&&0&S2S 2D, ?sy WCB?, April 29 -Five thou? sand troops of the regular army baye received oder* to he ready to embark for Cabs to-morrow. All preparations base been made and the assurance is given by high authorities that the in vaaiott of Cuba will be a faoi within the ?ext law days. Tbs flrtt contingent of 5 OOO that leaves to-morrow be fol? lowed by more troops almost immedi? ately. Tft?STSPOBT SSXTS CH?MESm Washington, April 29 -The war department bas chartered eight big passenger steamships .to transport the army of i vasioo from tbe G alf ports to Coba. While it it not stated official!j, rt it reasonably certain that a large army will be thrown into Coba at ones, ?sd tbat witb the so op?ration of the insurgent army and tbe fleet the eoa qaett of ?be isisnd will be pushed to as expeditious conclusion. ErtthTosiasED m Madrid. London, April 26-The Madrid correspondent of the Daily Mail tele? graphing Tuesday evening, says : Gen Blanco cables that the situa? tion ie unchanged. His dispatch says: **Tbis (Tuesday) evening a divis? ion of five American vessels ap? proached Marianao. Tbe Spanish gunboat repulsed three destroyers which entered the port of Cardenas and compelled thea to retreat. I believe tbe Americans wilt not dare to disembark io Cuba " - i II -i - Freo Pilla. Send your address to H. 2. Buckles ? Co Chicago, and get a free ?ample box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A /trial will convince j oo of their merita. These pills are easy in ?dion and are particularly effective in the care of Constipaci?n ana ?ICK Headache. For Ma* laria and Lirer troubles tbty bare been pror ed invaluable. They are gnaraoteed to be pen featly free from every deleterious substance aod to be purely vegetable. They do not weaken by their action, bat by giving tone :o tbe stomach and hovels greatly invigyr* tb? ?ya tc ra. Regular size 25 c. per box. Sold by J. F. W. DeLoroe Druggist. 2 FREE RURAL MAILS. GOOD ROADS WILL MAKE BETTER DELIVERY FACILITIES. Another Strong: Indneement to the Bot? teraient of EUffhway?- Plan by Which Country DiatrieU Would Be Greatly Benefited-Delivery at School*. In proseen ting my work as special agent and road expert, writes E. G. Harrison, I am frequently cabled upon in an advisory way to designate roads to be macadamized or improved in other ways. In determining this I consider which will give the best results to the greatest number of people. I was pleased to see in the recent re? port of the Hon. Perry S. Heath, first assistant postmaster general, his ap? proval of rural free delivery of mails and his determination to extend it as far as the appropriation would permit. In this direction I see an opportunity j for the road inquiry to work in harmony j with the postoffice department. The ob A SMOOTH ROAD LESSENS SPACE. jects of the postoffice department and j the road inquiry of tho department of ? agriculture are similar in this4 To promote the business, social and . educational interests of the people. ' j In selecting roads to be improved we take those that will give these results as far 8s possible. We give preference to roads leading to important centers, through villages and thickly settled portions of the coun? try. Roads upon which star routes or messenger service to carry the mails nave been established. Eoada passing by or near school- ; houses, public balls, churches and in- ' dustrial establishments. Villages are*bulli up from the neces? sities of rural communities, and the in? terests of both are promoted by close in? tercourse. ! On permanent roads-those which are hard, smooth and fit for use at all seasons of the year-mail can be carried ; at mucn less cost and less time than on 1 other roads. Bural free delivery of ] mails may be substituted in many cases j on these roads for star routes and mes- ? songer service with saving in cost and j better service, j The advantages of delivering letters to factories and other industrial estab- 1 iishments, particularly where large numbers are employed, need not bo dwelt upon. Tba mails' left at pu olio schools can be distributed to a great number of families through the pupils living remote from postoffice and carrier routes. Letters brought to the nearest school for mailing can bo taken by the rural letter carrier to the nearest postoffice for mailing Teachers can use these letters as object lessons in giving suggestions and instruction in regard ta proper, plain and neat addressing, etc. In schools remote from postoffices the teachers might with advantage be mide stamp agents and in this way families faraway from postoffices can be sup? plied with stamps, stamped envelopes ; and postal cards. This will promote let? ter writing and use of mails and will also insure more regular attendance. I would respectfully recommend that in the selection of roads in the' future for improvements the above suggestions ? be considered and that the postoffice de? partment in establishing routes for ru? ral free delivery use the improved roads whenever possible. The carrier whenever practicable j should be allowed to arrange with tho j officials having charge of the improved roads for himself to act as inspector or care taker of the road over which his route runs. In this way he could many times prevent waste and damage to the road from sudden showers or thaws, and he could also report promptly to the ! road officials all washouts or other dam- [ age cf importance requiring immediate attention. He should be allowed to re? ceive such compensation as he and the road officials may agree upon. This compensation ^wou ld enable him to equip himself for better service and need not interfere with the prompt delivery of mails, and ai the same time would help ! to secure proper maintenance of tbe j road. I would respectfully suggest that the road inquiry of the department of agri- j culture and the postoffice department work in harmony on the lines above mentioned to secure the best possible j advantages for the business, social and ! educational interests of the people. Kentucky llo??. Law. To protect and preserve the highways by withdrawing them from public use at times when they are likely to bb in? jured by heavy travel is certainly a unique method of providing for the pub lie welfare, but this is what the Ken? tucky statutes say : "Any corporation, company or indi? vidual who may, by unusual use of a road, materially damage the same, shall j repair all damages caused by the use of , such road or roads. The supervisor or I overseer of roads shall, at any time | when necessary, notify said corpora- j ti ODS, companies or individuals of their duty as provided in this section, and ! should the said parties so notified fail, j in a reasonable length of time, to be filed in the notice, to make such repairs, ? such parties shall be deemed guilty of j obstructing the public roads, and shall ; be subject to a fine of not exceeding j $100, to be applied to road purposes." ! ROAD CONSTRUCTION. _ Hints on Rollin;, Bond Metal ?nd the Use of Binders. The building of macadam roads bas grown into quite a ba si ness, and those who are engaged in it occasionally strike something that may be useful to others. A correspondent of The En? gineering News r?ives views on various points as follows: The quantity of roll? ing considered desirable is a serious question, and it is hard to specify a cer? tain number of hours with a certain weight roller for a certain number of square feet of surface for all kinds of rock. I have lately drawn up my speci? fications to read that the foundation that is, the earth surface after having been cut to the proper depth and the soft places filled with sand or fine bro? ken stone-and each layer "shall be roll? ed with a roller of not less than five tons weight and sprinkled, and said sprinkling and rolling shall continue UDtil a wagon with two inch tires and carrying not less than two cubic yards of stone can be hauled over it without making an appreciable rut." There is no mistaking the meaning of the clause. I always advocate a roller of not less than five tons weight, and prefer a horse roller. If the rock is au extremely hard material and does not bind well, then a heavier roller can be used. I may be peculiar in my preferences, but my experience with extremely heavy steam rollers has not been all that could be desired. lu most cases there is too much crushing of the material. If tho contractor possesses a bea vier roller than five tens, and, in my opinion, the ma? terial can stand it, he is at liberty to go ahead. My specifications insist upon an en? tire absence of clay and loam in the metaling, but there is such a thing as going to the extreme in screening. Doubtless Macadam and some of the European engineers could succeed in doing without binder. I suppose tires are much wider abroad than in this country and loads are heavier, and un? der the influence of the traffic and with constant repairs a road of fair sized stones without binder ultimately be? comes first class. Here we must face the fact that tires are narrow, and the authorities will seldom spend 10 cents for maintenance inside of three years. Binder is therefore a necessity. But it is best if of the same material Nas" the macadam. , My specifications generally call for three layers-the first cf rock, not more than four inchest and not less than two inches in any dimension. This layer is to be one-half the total thickness of the finished coating. The second layer is one-third the thickness of the coating, and of rock not more than two inches nor less than one inch in any dimen? sion. The third layer to complete the coating must contain rock cf the same dimensions as the second layer. With respect to the proportion of the sizes, the specifications call for "no more fine stuff and dust than is unavoidable and for not less than 75 per cent of the rock in the second and third layers to exceed an inch in every dimension, and the pieces to be as nearly as practicable cubical in shape." . . 'Row to Bruise 'Ducks. Select four plump, good sized yonng ducks. Wash with a cloth very thor? oughly in warm water in which a table? spoonful of baking soda has been dis? solved, rinser in cold water, wipe dry and rub the outside with salt. Allow the birds to lie overnight. In the morning stuff lightly both bodies and crops, sew up securely, brush with chutney sauce, place in a braising pot or pan with au onion, a carrot and a stalk of celery, all cut in dice, pour in a pint of weak stock, cover closely, rnu into the oven and cook without remov? ing the upper pan for an hour and a half. At the end of that time uncover, brush tbe ducks with melted butter, dredge lightly with flour, increase the heat of tho oven and crisply brown, al? lowing the ducks to cook uncovered for half an hour. How to Make Olive Sandwiches. Cut some thin slices of brown bread and butter. Trim them neatly. Boil j two eggs till quite ?ard. Lay them in cold water and mix with them a dozen stoned und finely chopped olives. Add the juice of half a lemon and season carefully. Spread the mixture on the bread and butter and roll it up lightly or cover it with another slice. Olives are well liked appetizers, and this sand? wich is one of the daintiest for afternoon tea. How to Prepare Clam Chowder. Strain the water in which one onion, one carrot, ene stalk of celery has boiled, add to the strained liquor of 25 clams, add one-fourth pound of salt pork in cns piece, one pint raw potatoes cut in small blocks, one teacupful of flour made in good pastry and formed into small balls as small as possible, boil three-fourths of nix hour, discard the piece of pork, add the clams, cut very fine, piece of butter the size of an egg, one pint of boiled milk added after the chowder has been removed from the fire, a sprinkling of parsley. Tl is an im? provement on the thick cholera usual? ly given. How to Make Lenten Irish Stew. Twelve potatoes, six large onions, a carrot, a little chopped parsley, two ounces butter, a little pepper and salt, four poached eggs. Peel and slice the potatoes, put them in a stewpan with the onions, sliced carrot, parsley, salt and half a pint of water. Boil for three-quarters of an hour, or till the vegetables are done. Stir in the butter and serve with che poached eggs. ' How to VJnre"Baldness. An old time but good remedy to pre? vent the hair from falling out, says The I Woman's Homo Companion, is a wash made by steeping 3 largo onions in a quart of rum or until the strength is drawn from the vege tables and applying j it to the scalp every second day. The j odor of the onion soon passes off, but if ! found disagreeable 1U drops of lavender ? oil and JO grains of ambergris will ! overcome the .scent. Woman's Diseases Are as peculiar as unavoidable, and cannot be discuss? ed or treated as we do those to which the entire human family are subject. Menstruation sus-1 tains such import? ant relations to her health, that when Suppressed, Irregu? lar or Painful, she soon becomes languid, nervous and irritable, the bloom leaves her cheek and very grave complica? tions arise unless Regularity and Vigor are restored to these organs. Bradfield's^oL? ??7 _ f most noted r?lliale physicians _ - of the South, Regulator sort prevail more extensively than in any other section, and has never failed to correct disordered Men? struation. It restores health and strength to the suffering woman. 41 Wo have for th? past thirty years handled Bradfield^ Female Regulator, both at whole? sale and retail, and in no instance has it failed to give satisfaction. We sell nore of it than all other similar remedies combined." LAMAR. EAK&IX & LAMAR, Atlanta, Macon and Albany, Ga. THC BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., ATLANTA. GA. Sold by ail Druggists at 51.00 per Bottle. CaT1 FOLKS?DW? mm ?Bl JfB H pounds per mot th. Jk??? xJL I H I ?AKMXJES8; ** A\ Tfi ? ? itarrlac; 22yenr?' Li Mt IA experience? BOOK. FJKEE. Address OB. SNIDER, A 907 Broad war, Kew York. N. 7. . U A. F. M TBE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU? NICATION of Claremont Lodge, No 44, A. F. M., wili be held on Thur?daj Evening, May 5, at 7$ p. m. Brethren wili take doe notice and govern themselves accordingly h.S. CAKSON, W. M. Attest-P.. C. Mo8XS, Sec. SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA RAILROAD. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. Corrected to Jan. :4th. lc*97 DAILY DAILY Lv Charleston 7 10 a m 6 30 p m Ar Summerville 7 46a TB t? IO p m " Pregna?a 8 18 a m 6 50 p OD "Georges 8 30 am 7 04 pm 11 Branch viii? 9 00 sm 7 50pm " RowesviH* 9 16 s m 8 07 p m " Or-ngefcorg 9 28 a m 8 24 p m " St Matthews 9 48 a m 8 48 p m " Fort Motte 10 00 a m 9 03 p m " Xine ville 10 10 s m 9 20 p m .'Colombia 10 55 ? m 1010 pm Lr Colombia 7 00 s tn 4 00 p m Ar Kingvills 740 a m .4 44 pm .? Port Motts 7 51 n m 4 55 p m " St Matthews S 02 ? m 5 09 p ra *' Orangeborg 8 24 a m 5 27 p m " Rowestilie 8 38 s m 5 42 p a " Branchville 8 55 e> m & 55 p m " George? 9 35 ? m 6 37 p m .? PregoallB 9 48 fe m 6 50 p m " Sommerville 10 22 t m 7 22 p m " Charleston il 00 a m 8 00 p m Lv Charleston 7 10 a m 5 30 p m " Branch villa 9 15 ti m 7 50 p m 1 Bamoerg 9 41 am S19 pm J " Denmark 9 52 ? m 8 31 p ED " Blackville 10 10 ? m 9 50 p ir " Wi!?iston 10 27 a m 9 10 p o Aiken 1109 am 9 57 p m ''Augusta 1151am 10 45 pm Ar Angosta 6 20 am 320pm Lv Aiken 7 08 a rn 4 07 p ur .'Williston 7 49 am 444pm " Black7iIle 8 08 a m 5 03 pm " Denmark 8 20 ?rn 517pm 14 Bamberg 8 33am 629pm "Branchville 9 10 a a 5 55pm Ar Charleston ll 00 a m 8 00 pir Fast Express*, Augusta and Washington, with Through Sleepers to New York. Lv Augusta 3 05 p n Ar Aiken 3 44 p n " Denmark 4 59 p m Lv Denmark 6 25am " Aiken 7 28 a m Ar Augusta 8 10a ts Daily Sxcept Snndaj. Lv Camden IB 45 a m 2 25 p m " Camden Jonction 9 35 a m 3 55 p m Ar Ringville 10 03 a m 4 35 p m Lv Ringville 10 25 a m 6 00 a a " Camden J a action ll 00 ? m 6 40 am Ar Camden ll 55 a m ? 15 a m E. S BOWEN, L. A. EMERSON, GenM Man'g'r Traffic Man'gr' General offices-Charleston. S. C Atlantic Coast Line. MANCHESTER AND AUGUSTA R. R Condensed schtdu'e-In effect ?ch 20, 1898. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. No. *35 No. f57 a. m. a. m. Lv Darlington, 7 55 Lv Elliott. 8 40 Ar Sunter, 9 25 Lv Sumter, 4 29 Ar Creston, 5 IT Lv Creston, 5 4fr Ar Pregoalle, 9 15 Ar Orapgeburg, 5 40 Ar Denmark, 6 12 TRAINS GOING NORTH. No. f56 No. ?32 a. m. p. m. Lv Denmark, 4 47 Lv Orangeburg. 5 20 Dv Prevails, 10 00 Ar Creston, 3 50 Lv Cre?ton, 5 43 Ar Sumter, 6 33 Lv Sumter, 6 40 Ar Elliott, 7 25 Ar Darlington, 8 15 p. m. p. m .Diilv, fDsilj except Sunday. Trains 32 ard 35 carry through Pullman Polite* Bnffet Sleeping Cars t-etwpen N??w York and Vacon via Angola T V Emerson, H. M Rrrerson, TthfBc Marnpfr, Gen Pa6<?. 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ULVA ?118, DE?TIST. j office Orna 8T03I oy SUMTER DRY GOODS C0M1-A3Y KotiHuce on Main Street, Between Drv Goods Co. and Durant ? Soo OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30 ; 2 to 5 o'clock. April 29. "?f 5 fi r i STANI ON HOUSE. D. J? JONES, Poprietor. Raies $2.00 Per Day? SPECIAL TO FA2BLX2S Two Minutes Walk Proa Central Depot. Chattanooga, Tenn. July 29. LANDS WANTED. PERSONS WITH LANDS FOR SALE are requssied to put them io my bands tor sale. I am in constant receipt of so many Unters of enquiry about lan^s from Northern and We&terQ parties, tbat I may be abie to t fleet sales for tb ose who w give me accn* rate detailed descriptions of what tbey have. No charge will be made uoless satisfactory sales are made. Descriptions must be such ?? can be guaranteed aod must give : No. of ?eres, location, character of land, proximity to railroads, post offices, schools, churches and towns1, kind of i ir pro veas en ts. Communications strictly con&dential when so desired. JAMES 6. GIBBES, State Land Agent, Nov. 10. Columbia, S. C.