OCR Interpretation


The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, December 29, 1887, Image 1

Image and text provided by University of South Carolina; Columbia, SC

Persistent link: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn93067777/1887-12-29/ed-1/seq-1/

What is OCR?


Thumbnail for

ESTABLISHED IN 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1887 PRICE_$1.50_A_YEAR_
REORGANIZATION OF TIHE
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
Only one of the Old Members on tl
New Board--Electtoa of J. S. Ver
ner. of Oconee, as Comptrol
ier General.
Special to the News and Courier.
Cor.LMr , December 22.-Ti
feature of the day's work was tl
election of the agricultural burea
under the reorganization- schem
The election had been set aside f<
to-day at-i p. m., but constitution,
objections were found in the wa;
The reorganization Act had not yE
been ratified, nor had the Govern(
signed it. A basty caucus was hel
and it was finally decided to hold
ratification meeting in the Senal
Chamber at 1 p. m. This was don
and the bureau and university bill
were ratified and sent to the Goi
ernor, and he signed them, an
shortly after 2 o'clock the joint a
sembly met, according to agre(
ment.
The first business in order we
the election for comptroller-gener:
to fill the vacancy caused by th
resignation .f Mr. Stoney.
The following nominations wer
made:
By Mr. Raysor, of Oran ,ebur
Col. J. P. Thomas.
By Judge Maher, Capt. I.
Withers.
By Senator Bell, Mr. J. C. Coit.
By Senator Talbert, Mr. J. S.Vei
ner.
The first ballot resulted as follow;
necessary to elect 77:
Candidates. Senate. House. Tota
Verner..........................1) : 57
Coit.............................17 26 43
Thomas........................ 1 :i uz
W ithers................... 3 23
TheCharleston delegation divide
their votes principally betwee
Messrs. Coit and Verner, Messr
Ficken and Burke voting for Co
Thomas.
The second ballot resulted : Vei
ner, 50; Coit, 40; Thomas, 80; With
ers, 20. No election.
Judge Mahar then, withdrew th
name of Mr. Withers, which le
three candidates in the field, viz
Verner, Thomas and Coit.
.By'this time the constitutiond
ainner hour had been reached, bu
the members held on and the thir
bAllot was held with the followin
result: Verner 75,Coit 41,Thomas 3
Mr. Verner's vote was 2 short of
majority.. Before the result was ar
nounced, however, Mr. Pope, c
Newberry, changed his vote frot
Thomas to Verner. His colleaguw
Mr. Keitt, followed suit, thus sf
curing the eletti n of Mr. Vernei
Then there was a stampede in th
direction of the Blue ridge and Mi
Verner was declared elected, th
official vote standing: Verner 9(
Coit 41, Thomas 24.
The joint a,sembly then undei
took the herctlean ta,k of electin
ten directors of the agricultunr
bureau.
The candidates were:
At Large-.Johnson Hagood an
D. P. Duncan. XMr. W harton's nam~
was withdrgwn b.y his friends earl
this morn ing, and M4essrs Hlagoo
gnd Dunczn were elected.
Fir-st Circuit-A. S. J. INrr-y an
.J. S. Forcher.
fsecond Circuit-John Lawton.
Third Circuit-James McCuther
Fourth Circuit-W. H. Ellerb
and H. L. Buck.
Fifth Circuit-W. A. Ancrunm
Si:;th Circuit-=A. Love.
Neven th Circuit-T. J. Moore.
EigLth Circuit-B. J. Crayton.
It wijl be seen that there wer
two candidates in the First an
Fourth circuits.
in the Ptirst circuit there was n
agreement, owing to the failure <
the B3erkley deleg ation to atten
the caucus, and Mr. Porcher w
elected over the heads of tb
Charleston delegatiorn
In the Fourth Circuit Mr. Buc
was elected over M4r. Ellerbe, w~
repeived the nomination of the dle
egation com posirag the circtiit.
The board thus elected are men
hers of the board of trustees of ti
State University.
For the vacant trusteeship of ti
University, Mr. Brawley, of Charle
ton, was the only nominee. Ne
ertheless, there was considerab
trouble in electing Mr. Brawley.
It was 3 o'clock before the oth<
eleCtions were compl#te4,and whe
the vate for the vacant trusteesbi
iva ree.chcd niost of the membe:
Gere out on foraging expedition
'ie aid of the sergeant-at-arms we
invoked, a~nd finally aquorum W
obtained. Mr. Brawley was electel
41d'tiae joint. assembly~ dissolved
StETHOIT BISHOPS.
Prospects for the Appointment of F1
New Men for the Northern Church.
MI-NEMPo0us- MINx., Decemb
19.-A promninenit and-weli.informe
Methodist clerg'man eg tbgt it
- ode.s oer tirhit the jR--v. El
-ransto. a former Minnesot.an.
to be made a Bishop. -'At the ne:
General Conference of the Method'
Church in New York. next Nay
said tlie i;entieen, en god mai
matters oltreat imlpoytance will con
~;and the appointment of Bisho]
s~ among them. By the death of Bis
op HarrIs. of New York. and BishV
two vacancies in the Board of Bis
opg. M'oreover, the work has gro~
to such a vast scale that altogeth
it will be -necessary to bave at1
five new Bs9% 'hf.wpb
1nigog sationedc in India. and pi
bably one inl Chin.i.
-OQf course there are any num1
of able and distinguished clergym
who would jump at the ebatnge l4 I
come Bishops, aind some tall sche
img s going on. Mr. Cranston, iv
is considrr.d one of the lucky f
is at present agent for the West
Book Concern. Other gentlemen i
e are spoken of as possible pros[
tive Bishops are Dr. Paine of
Ohio Wesleyan University, Dr. Jo
of Cincinnati, Chancellor Simmf
the educational institution in Si
cuse, N. Y., and Dr. Thoburn, foi
e long a time connected wish missi
e ary work in India. If a mission
u for India is appointed Dr. Thob
- will be the man.
>r "There is another matter in t
It couuection that will be of special
terest to Minneapolitans-they 1
't undoubtedly lose Bishop Foss.
r the death of Bishop Harris the El
d copal residence in New York is
a occupied. Bishop Foss will proba
- go there, and Bishop Warren,
Denver, will go to Philadelphia, qt
s likely. If Mr. Cranston become
Bishop he will be located at Min
d apolis or St. Paul. In case Bisl
Foss leaves Minneapolis there is
consolation in the fact that he d
not go away poor. The few th
s and dollars that the Bishop dropl
i in Minneapolis earth when he ca
e here have increased at a terrific rf
and now amounts to about $200,(
,e or $300,000.
r, Is Newberry a Town or a City?
- Rec. Suii It. Browne, in Chriat
\eiyhoor.
llow this town has grown sine
first saw it-1847-the year Ii
Junior with C. A. Crowell. N,
; berry Circuit, our field that yE
then went down within twelve mi
' of Coluiubia and up within about
same distance of Laurens. Six p
toral charges, I think, have, sii
d that (lay, been made out of that o
n 'rue town alone now has five ot
s. white churches besides the Met
L. dist. Four (if I number right) <
ored churches make ten in all. '
-- devoted and gentle-spirited pastor
t- the Methodist Church, J. L. Stok
and his charge, appear quite satisf
e with the renewal of the relation
t '87. lie said that a most frien
fraternity obtained among all
churches of the town.
Il Had I not been in the itinerat
t in 1847 1 reckon I might have star
d a newspaper in Newberry. No pal
g published there then-now there
two, besides two or three others t
a staid there awhile.
- Besides the improvements in
f buildings in what was then the to
a there stands the Lutheran Colle
, grand and imposing to the west,
- Factory hard by the old dep
r. and the Opera House-the .fin
e building, they say, in or around 1
town. The Methodist Church a
e Station parsonage have not escat
i, manifest remodeling for the bett
In fact the old Circuit parsonagE
done away and a new and far bet
g one for the station built on the sa
l lot. The Newberry Circuit pars
age is also in the town. iccupied
that faithful worlker, pastor M1.
Li Brabham.
e Newberry has its share ofla;
and wvell stoclied storea, and th
dI hotels.-~nay be more. The Ble
CE[ i.) Eotel I got best acquain
di with-could not help it-for
proprietor, the Trrial Justice of
town, arrested me and commit
. me to the custody of his super
e self who, I guess, treated me
better than the Judge himself trea
some of the visitors to his Cc
room.
Fronting my comifqrtable quart'
and across the street. stands-the
e gant residence Qf Pr, Mayer and
d goQd Methodist wife, formerly 1N
General Kinard. The presence
o Dr, Mayer ("Lou") and "Hun' (N
>f Humbert now) in the Methoc
d Church on Suaday, where I hear
a well-digested sermon from 1'.
e IMedges, br<>gL4 to mind old time
good times they were too>-wl
k Ithese two women were supports to
o preachers and piars in'the chu
- there and elsewhere as well, and
so yet.
SSabbath afternoon attended
te interesting anniversary of the \
man's Missionary Society--the ju
le niles in the same good work- also
s. a merited place in the program of
r- occasion. Mrs. Herbert, post-mas
le of the town, is President. Ik
Hlumbert addressed the meeti
rgiving' much [that was entertaii
n and instructive. Recitations by a li
plgirl and another by a young I
rs were apropo. Pastor Stokes gui
s. Ithe exercises in his smooth wa
is doing things.
isAmid cha~nges I, ulf coujrse, [mli
j, many of ttiose whlo wero here fo
one years ago-and met with ,J
Russall, Mr. and Mrs. Hart Ble
and others who have since comei
p'ace. But Newberry would not
ce Newberry without Dick Chapn
albeit his big fat dogs and high w
pile are no longer seen. But brot
r Dick is there all the same--jta ai
dand finer hl'nse. Put lie works at
samje 'corner, and is the same c14
rI man and friend of the church an<
istepreachers and of everybody
sthat will do half way right.
sti - -*
ieA freight train on the Georgia
>s cific road was wrecked last weel
b. Cnoeolocco. Two personuw
iligtj gngi qegerai wog,nded. WV
agt know the cause of the disas
h- hut it is enough to. derail an en'
ito run it up against a stati.ou
er name of which cnwiru eleven
a ey godg o them c's and o's
Scept two. Choccolocco. Did
.ever see such a word ?
34 m Small is no longer an e
oe elist. but a local Methiodist prea
ID and he has chosen Wasingtet
ive, THE INMAN FAMILY.
ern
rho They Become a Power in Southern
ee- Railroad Nanagement.
the Atlanta Constitution.
yce New YoRK, December 20.-The
following are the latest and most
ra- important moves on the railroad
-so chessboard: John H. Inman. as a
committee of one, representing the
ary Georgia Company. has just perfected
urn a contract with H. 1. Plant, presi
his dent and autocrat of the entire Plant
h system of railroads, by which the
i closest possible alliance is formed
between the Georgia Central Railroad
By and the Plant system.. The contract
)1s- is absolutely reciprocal in its co-op
un erative provisions with reference to
bly all traffic, and establishes these two
of vast systems of Southern railways in
ute perfect harmony of interest and
s a policy.
ne- The alliance virtually consolidates
lop two of the greatest railroad proper
>ne ties of the South, and the combina
oes tion is well calculated to battle
us- rivalry and squench all opposition.
>e It will.most likely prove a strong ob
me stacle in the way of any new railroad
rt enterprise that either is now, or may
be hereafter, projected into the ter
ritory of the allied systems. The
contract is made with the idea of
mutual benefit, and in the spirit o;
mutual protection, offensive and de
an feasive. One of the most especial
e I. benefits occurring to the Georgia
was Central under the arrangement is the
guarantee to its ocean steamship
ar, company of all Florida freights,
ls which the Plant system can furnish
the at Savannah. There is a vast deal of
ast this business it is claimed. This is
ace the first important action which the
ne. Georgia company has taken in exer
her cising its rights through the owner
ship of a controlling interest in the
ol- Georgia Central. The only other
he step it has taken is to have deter
mined yesterday who shall compose
the Central Railroad directors next
ied year. Th;re will only be three
of changes in the present board. The
Ily new trio will be Samuel M. Inman
the and Hugh T. Inman, of Atlanta. Ga.,
and Walter Luttgen, of August Bel
kcy mont & Co.
ted - - a
CONGRESS.WAN SP11\OLA.
per
are The Great Unterrified Interrupter Beady to
iat Make Fun in the House.
the Philadelphia Record.
wn Spinola is the present House of
e, Representatives-Spinola of the col.
the lar. He has been a marked figure at
ot, Albany for years, partly on account
est of his originality and eccentricity,and
the partly on account of his collar. The
.nd collar is' higher than the high water
>ed mark of the highest dude fashion ; it
,er. would make a shirt front for a narrow
is chested man, Spinola had no inten
ter tion of wearing it always when he
me started in with it on at Albany. But
on- the newspaper man took it up and
by made mirth of it. and he said to one
M. of them who asked him why lhe wore
ii: '9If I took it off now it would
rge make more talk than if I wore it
ree right along." So he has started in
ase here with the same old* pattern of a
ted collar. He has taken a front seat:
the not like Bourke C"chran of New
the York, to make eloquent speeches, hut
ted to make funny interruptions It he
ior shall not 'be sat up at the start he
far will be one of the most amusing
ted members of the present House. In
art the State Senate at Albany he did
just about as he pleased. He paid
irs, no attention to the rules, but he
sle- talked right out in rmeeting when
his ever the fancy seized him. During
[rs. the spring of 1881, while Conkling
of and Platt were fighting for re-elec
[rs. tion and vindication, Spinoiai used to
list get up when the name was called
d a during the voting and read long
T. clippings from the half-breed Repub
-lican newspapers attackig Conkling
men Iaud Platt. It was in vain that the
the President of the Senate pounded on
reb his desk with his gavel; it was it
are vain that Senators cried out for order.
Spinola read till he had got through
the all the clippings, and then he allowed
Vo. the roll call to proceed. His inter
ve ruptions while other Senators were
aad speaking would have rendered hin
the eligible to membership in the Clover
ter Club had lie lived in Philadelphia.
rs. To day I heard of' a new one in the
ng, endless collection of stories aboul
ing these interruptions. One Peter Mitch
ttle ell had been zealously advocating
dy bill to increase the numiber of loca
led judges. A New York newspaper ac
Sof cused him of a selish interest arising
out of his desire to get one of thes4
sed eroposed new judgeships. Next da)
rty Peter rose to denounce the allegatiox
. . and defy the "alligator." "Why
ase Mr. President," lie said with a scorn
nto "I would not take one of those judge
he ships if it should be handed me on
an, gold plate."
od "May I ask the geng4eman:
,her onestian 94 put in Spinola.
.ew : ~Certainj," responded Mitchiel
the loftily.
ver "What would become of th.
i of plate ?"' asked Spinola, and he sa
else down amnjA the laghter o.f the See
aye.
Amuhence BegeM InnoJence.
Pa Prof. ,.M .h,ciden, in the Formw.
kt is not in' human nature to be jus
rere and htumane, whxenrobdfitdu
dor experience of life's fundamental con
te ditions. Whatever narrows a man'
pe~ e;crience narrows his sympathies
the and whatever confers on him irre
le-sponsible power tempts him to abus
ex- it. N ow, riches die auth these things
yo \hitever exceptional experienc
they may provide, they certainl:
withdraw their ownera from muc
that must always enter into the lif
van- o'f the large majority of human kinc
her, TVitese must always anxiously labe
Sfor and be content with moderate mean:
Between life conditi.orned in the wa
and life free from labor and anxiety
there is fixed a gulf which sympathy
could hardly cross, even if it would;
for it is chained on one side by pride
and on the other by envy. Some
times, indeed, if a man has risen to
riches by his own efforts, he may so
far remember his life of poverty as to
retain a certain sympathy for those
whom he has left behind him in it;
but this is rare, for three reasons:
First, men caring enough for riches
to be willing to devote much time to
the acquisition of them are usually
-of a somewhat low, material and un
sympathetic nature. Second, in their
ascent to riches, after the first few
steps, they have to use other men as
stepping-stones; for no man, unless
he have a monopoly talent, like
Raphael, can rise to riches otherwise.
Nearly all great fortunes are made
up of profits caught in labor traps.
Such using of other men solely as
means leads to forgetfulness that
they are ends, hardens the heart, and
destroys sympathy. Third, men who
have made their own fortunes-self
made men. as they are wisely called
have usually a great deal of : -spect
for their maker. and a propo,ionate
contempt for those who, having less
cunning than themselves, have re
mained in the ranks of poverty.
Thus it frequently happens that self
made men are among the less humane
of aristocrats. And the case is even
worse with their children and with all
persons born to wealth. These lack
altogether the experience that would
enable them to sympathize with the
ordinary, natural human life of labor
and narrow means. Raised above it,
they cannot comprehend It. I have
known hundreds .of excellent men
and women, nurtured in the lap of
affluence, who were earnestly de
sirous of sympathizing with people
of all grades; but I never knew one
who succeeded any further than to be
able to play Lord Bountiful or Lady
Charitable with discriminating con
descension, which, at best, is but
humanity's fallen counterfeit. Riches,
by an evil education, had deprived
them of the best part of human cul
ture, the power of simple sympathy,
and placed them in a position where
in that source of all human virtue
was unattainable for them. Their
heads were civilized, but their hearts,
whence were the issues of life, were
condemned to essential barbarism.
THE BREATH O' THE BLIZZARD.
Strong Wind and Snow in Minnesota
and Dakota.
MINNEAPOLIS, December 21.
Thd storm which began yesterday
and still continues in Minnesota is
by far the worst of the season. The
wind is strong and the snow drifted
badly. The storm is general in
the Northwest. It was accompanied
by cold weather in Dakota and North
west Territory, the lowest point
reached being 28* below zero, at
Fort Assinaboine. At 5 o'clock yes
terday it had stopped at all points in
Dakota except Bismarck, and was
moving east. Trains are delayed
somewhat, hut as yet there is no
general interruption of business. If
the storm continues all day, however,
many railroad blockades must ensue.
Several inches of snow has fallen.
STARvING AND FREEZING TO I>EATII
IN KANSAS.
KANsas CITY.. December 21.
The Times has telegraphic advices
which indicate that there is terrible
suffering in the western part of Kan
sas. Four people are reported dead
in Clark County from cold, while
near Dighton a man, a woman and
her two children are known to have
perished. There is great suffering in
that section of the State owing to
the scarcity of coal. The supply was
exhaustcd during the recent cold
snap in the first part of the month,
and the situation is now deplorable.
The suffering is augmented by the
fact that food is almost as scarce as
fuel. Many of the inhabitants are
settlers who located claims last sum
mer and who are dependent on what
the railroads bring in. The railroads
1are trying to do all in their power to
relieve the distress, but they are
handicapped by scarcity of cars.
They have not enough to supply thE
urgent demand for food and fuel,
and wide spread distress is inevitable
unless the weather speedily moder
ates. The Santa Fe road has already
announced that it will ship free al]
'supplies which may be collected for
Clark County.
COLD SPOTS ITERIE AND TIIERE.
CalcAGO, December 21.--At E
o'clock this, morning, Fort Totten
Dak., reported the temperature at
200 below; at Denver it was 14* be
lowr' and at Mon,trose 20* below.
Away down at Fort Davis, Texas
the inhabitants were revelling in the
novel luxury of a snow storm, and at
ISan Francisco the thermometer stooc
at 28* above.
Marion Pays Her Taxes.
Pee Dlee Index.
Our obliging County Treasurer has
furnished us with some data fron
his books which will be interesting
to the people of the County. On thi
ttax books furnished him by the
SCounty Auditor the treasurer is
charged with the collection of fort'
stwo thousand, nine hundred and fivy
,dollars ninety-seven cents, and his
receipts show that he has collecte<
eforty-two thousand eight hundred an<
;fourteen dollars and sixty-eight cent
e-leaving a balance -uncollected c
yonly $91.29, or but little more thai
I1-5 of one per cent. Besides thi
eamount he has collected the tax o
I752 f3olls, for which no return wa
r made to the Auditor. In collectin;
. these taxes he has issued 7,374 re
y ceinesn
PE' IO%S FOR CONFEDE:tATE
SOLDIERS.
S.ynopsis of the Bill Passe. by the
Legislature.
1. Pension of $3 a month to bona
fide soldiers and sailors in either I
State or Confederate States' service t<
during the late war, and who while h
in such service have lost a leg or] n
aria. or received any wound causing 1
a permanent disability incapacitating a
them for earning a livelihood. Nei- h
ther the pensioner nor his wife must C
be in possession of an income ex
ceeding $250 per annum. '[
2. To obtain the benefits of the e:
Act the applicant must "make appli- o
cation in writing to the Comptroller o
General setting forth in detail the d
nature of the disabling wound; the y
compary and- regiment, or battalion, d
in which he served, and the time and ti
place of receiving the wound and a;
showing that neither himself nor his tl
wife is in receipt of income as here. si
inbefore specified. Such application Y
must be verified by the oath of the ei
applicant, accompazied by the affida- b,
vit of one or m, -'e credible witnesses na
stating that they know the applicant d
was a soldier or sailor and believe b,
thq allegations made in the applica- ai
tion to be true." The application ti
must also be verified by the County n
Auditor (without charge) as to the in- c<
come of the applicant. By income ti
is meant salary or wages or moneys h
from any other source. The appli- V
cant must also procure the affidavit a
of two reputable physicians of the ti
county in which he resides, showing y
that they made a personal examina- o
tion of the applicant and setting forth el
the nature of the alleged wound and d
the extent of the disability thereby T
caused and such other details as, in ti
their judgment, may be relevant to d
the application." q
3. The application and accompa- ti
nying papers must be submitted to c<
the Clerk of Court of the county in v,
which the appligant resides, who d<
must (without fee or charge) certify
under his official seal that he knows
the parties whose names are snb
scribed to the several affidavits ("or
that upon inquiry he believes them)
to be citizens of the county and State
and worthy of belief ; that the phy- d
sicians are in good standing and rea
ularly authorized to practice in the i
said county, and that in his judg
ment the application should be
granted. Or, if he shall find other- m
wise, he shall so endorse upon the p
said application, together with any ti
matter known to him or found byb
him revelant to the case."
4. The papers, having been con
pleted thus far, are to be forwarded
to -the Comptroller General, who w
with the Attorney General and the
Secretary of State, shall constitute a
Board to approve or' disapprove sueh .
applications, any two of whom shall v
have authority to act. If the said g
Board or any two of them shall ap- C
prove the applications they shall so
endorse thereon, and it shall there
upon be the duty of the Comptroller "
General to issue to the party entitledd
to receive the same his warrant for
the sum of five dollars, on the last1
day of each month. beginning from ~
the date of said approval and contin-c
uing until the last day of the follow- u
ing October, or until informed of then
death ot the party, which said war-d
rants shall be paid by the Treasurer 1
on presentation."
U
5. Widows of Confederate soldiers
and sailors may receive the same
pension under the following condi. 0
tions: The husband must have lost
his life while in the service; shed
must be unmarried, and subject to a
the same conditions as to property c
and income as hereinbefore provided,
and may make her application set-C
ting forth in detail the facts whichq
entitle her to make such claim, and t
verified by affidavits and certificates a
hereinbefore provided, except the af- a
fidavits of physicians.
The remaining sections of the bill
make provisions for carrying it into
n
effect. a
a
required to prepare and print the
necessary forms of applications, cer
tificates, aAidavits, &c., and to dis
tribute them in the several counties.s
2nd. The shaving or speculation
in pension papers is made a misde- ~
meanor. Maximum penalty $100 fine U
or thirty days' imprisonment or both
in the discretion of the court.
3d. The Clerks of the Courts in
the various counties are to keep a
reord of all the applications endorsed 1
by them, "and any person having
had his claim approved by the Board, ~
during the month of November in
each ~succeeding ye r will report
himself to the Clerk of the Court of
his county and obtain from him a
certificate that he or she is the iden
tical party named in the original ap- ~
plication, and is still entitled to re
ceive the benefits of this Act. Such
certificate shall be forwarded to the
Comptroller General, and with the
approval-of the aforesaid Board theI
Comptroller General shall continue
the payments hereinbefore provided,
until the 31st day of October follow
ing, or until notified of the death of
the party entitled to receive the
same."
4th. The last Section provides for
the punishment of frauds committed
under the Pension Act. Maximum
punishment $200 in fine aind six
months' imprisonment or both.
5 News About Stanley.
Losnos, December bl.--Advices
from Zanziba, under date of Decem
fber 19, state that a messenger has ar
Srived from Central Africa, who1
sbrings no direct news from Stanley,
fbut says it is reported in the country<
son the eastern side of Nyanza that
;Stanley, after many privations,.1
reached Wadelia in the early part of
September.1
[r. Dibble's Proposal for the Election
-of Two Vice Presidents.
From the Louisrille Courier-Jo-irnal.
WASHINGTON, December 1.-Mr.
)ibble, of South Carolina, is going
> reintroduce in the House his reso
ition for a constitutional amend
lent to provide for a Second Vice
'resident. He is going to press the
latter, and expects to be able to
ave the resolution adopted by this
ongres. He says:
"1 f, "lred it out at the last session.
'hat of eighteen different persons
lected directly to the Presidential
Mee, four have died before filling
ut their respective -terms as Presi
ent, three of them during the first
ear of their term, and the other
uring the second year. Out of
centy-five different persons elected
s Vice President, five died during
ieir terms of office, one of them re
gned his office, and four became
resident. At the close of the pres.
it Presidential term there will have
een one hundred years of govern
ient under the Constitution, and
uring that period there will have
een twenty-five years, eight months
ad four days-over one-fourth of
ie time-when the country has had
u Vice President; and this without
>unting the short period in 1789, at
ie beginning of our constitutional
istory, when we were without a
'ice President, until John Adams
ssumed the duties of that office in
iat year. And in the last forty
ears of the period named the office
r Vice President has been vacant
ghteen years, five months and five
ays, or nearly one-half of the time.
his, to my mind, shows how impor
mt it is that a second Vice Presi
ent should be provided for. It is
uite startling to think how much of
ie time during the history of our
)untry we have been just on the
rge of chaos as to the Executive
partment of the nation."
Science of Longevity.
I have before me the records of no
ss than fifty-two centenarians, the
-tails in regard to whom have been
>llected by a committee of the Brit
h Medical Association. Of the fifty
vo no fewer than thirty-six (more
an two thirds) are women. This
ay probably be attributed in large
art to the comparative immunity
at women enjoy from many risks
which men are exposed, but pro
bly it is due not less to their greater
mperance and to their freedom
om the anxieties and heartburnings
Inch attend men's struggles for in
aence and even for maintenabce.
[edical men contend, however, that
omen also possess greater inherent
tality than men, the mortality of
ris being less than that of boys,
ren during the first year of life,
hen the female is neither more tem
rate nor less ambitious than the
ale, and is exposed to as many
angers.
Of the 16 men only one was single;
) of the 36 women were single; 15
en and 26 women, then, among the
stenarians, were married; but, nat
rally enough, of thcse 41,'a large
umber, all in fact, but 6, were wi
awed. Three of the 52 were rich,
) poor, the rest in comfortable cir
1mstances; 9 were fat (only one
an), 23 lean, 18 medium; only 8
ere full-blooded; the rest average
pale. Forty had good digestion,
hich, after 101 years, means a good
al. Most of the 52 have had good
7petites, only two having appetites
assed as actually bad; most of them
ave been through life moderate eat
~s; 12, however, have eaten large
uantities of food. Only one is re'
irned as a large eater of fiesh food,
nd only one as a great consumer of
icoholic liquors (in his case the li
tor preferred has been beer). Only
of all the number has 'been classi
ed as simply "irritable," but to these
tut be added 5 classed as '-irritable
nd nergetic." As to smoking, 3~2
re non-smokers, 17 smoke much, (4
f them being women), m,derately,
nd 3 a little; only 1 chews; 37 avoid
uff.
When we take a numbler of cases
uch as these in all classes of life,
nder many varied circumstances,
nd not characterized by any special
ourse directed toward the attain
ient of mere longevity (which might
ossibly be gained without real ad
antage, all that makes life worth
ving being sacrificed for life's sake)
iost men not affected by specific
isease, constitutional or inherited,
2ay hope to attain an age consider
bly exceeding three score years and
en, or even four score years. It
rould appear, in fact, as though five
core years were the natural or nor
2al limit of human life, and that
rhen men die many years before that
ge is attained the fault, apart from
ialignant disease or accident, ha~
sin with themselves. Underlying
he old proverb, "every man is a fool
r a physician at forty," there is the
oportant truth that it is in every
oans power, if he is wise, to recog
ize early in life, like Cornaro, thi
equirements of his own constitution
ud the means by which all suci
tores of vitality as it may posses!
nay be utilized.-Richard A. Proc
or in the Cosmopolitan.
The Hotel at Aiston Robbed
ALSTON, December 20-The hota
it Alston was entered on last Sur
Thy night by burglars- and a larg
sto~ck of articles were taken- The ste
en articles were two mattresses, tw
alankets, four pillows, four quilt
ne counterpane, one bolster, on
washstand, one wash bowl, and a 5(
lb. sack of flour. Mrs. Elkin, the pre
prietress, with her family occupy th
upper portion of the house.
CASH FOR ARMENIAN BRIDES.
How Young Men Secure Wives After
Worrying Over the Price of Them.
The letter is from an American
living in the interior of Asia Minor,
and is as follows:
"From time immemorial it has been
the universal custom in our country
to do all kinds of business on trust.
The merchant sells his goods and
the farmer his wheat, sheep and oxen
on time, varying from one month to
a year or more, but the trade in
Armenian girls has always been
strictly in advance up to the present
day.
"This last winter two girls in our
region were married, but as the way
in which the business was done at
tracted. my attention, I wish to tell
the story to your readers.
"A year ago a priest in the village
of S- lent 300 piasters to a man
in the village of K-, on condition
that he would pay 18 measures of oil
as interest.
"At the end of the year the priest
demanded his money and his oil, but
as the man had neither money nor oil
he said to the priest:
"-Come. I will give my girl to your
son and reckon the debt on her
price.'
"The priest agreed to this, saying:
"We have seen your daughter, so
send for her and we will marry them.'
"The debtor sent for his girl and
the priest made preparations for the
wedding, thinking that the bargain
was complete. But not so ttie father.
He said:
"Give me 500 piasters more and
you may have the girl.
"The priest, being hard up, said:
"'1 have no ready money, but after
the wedding is over I will find the
money and pay you.'
"To this the father replied :
' -I will not give my girl on time.'
"Finally the priest raises the
money and the ceremony is per
formed.
"The story of the second is as
follows:
"A young man from the village of
K-- was engaged to a girl in the
village of G-, but as his money
fell short of the sum demanded by
250 piasters he tried to borrow that
sum in the village, but no one would
trust him. As he would not have
time to go to his own village and get
the money before the beginning of
Lent, during which no one could
marry, he finally pursuaded someone
to lend him an ox, which he brought
to the girl's father as security till he
could raise the money. The girl's
father agreed to this-and they- were
married.
"When they came out of the church
the girl's father took them both to
his own house and said to the bride
groom:
"'You are now married. Go and
bring the 250 piasters, aftei which
you can have your wife."
"The bridegroom urged that he
had given the ox as security; 'so you
must wait till I can take my wife
home and bring back the money.'
"The father rep?ied :
"'I have kept the ox as security
till now. After this I shall keep your
wife till you bring the money.'
"So on his wedding day the young
man was obliged to leave his wife
and go to his village in search ol
money to pay-his debt. After three
weeks' time he succeeded in raising
the 250 piasters, which he paid to
his father.in-law, and then took his
wife to his own house."
MIOONSHINERS OF ALABAMA.
Over a Hundred ini Court-TerribleVen
geance Inflicted upon Informers.
H UNTSVILLE, A LA.December 19.
The number of outrages recently
committed by moonshiners in Alaba.
ma has attracted a great deai of at
tention. A bout October 1 there were
104 men in this city charged with
violation of the internal revenue law.
The United States Court had im
posai light sentences upon moon
shiners and they had inultiplied ir
north Alabama until this large num
her was brought before the Court at
one time.
Colonel Chapman, on behalf of the
Government, and Congressmen Bank
head and Wheeler, on behalf of the
moonshiners, agreed upon a compro
mise which, it is thought, would put
an end to illicit distilling in north
Alabama, and bring peace to thai
section. The one hundred and foum
men were brought before the Court
and told that sentence in their casei
would be suspended for six month!
if they would plead guilty and agree
to quit distilling, bring in and sur
render their stills by the 15th of No
vember, and give the revenue officeri
all the information they might have
which would aid them in discovering
illicit distilleries and breaking up thi
business in north Alabama. All o!
the prisoners accepted these ter'ms
and after signing an agreement t<
that effect they were discharged.
The result has not been what was
anticipated. Some of the partiet
1have surrendered their stills and arl
Scomplaing with their agreement il
-good faith. They are furnishing th
revenue agents with information the:
never had before about the locatioi
of stills, and upon this informatioi
captures have been made. Thos
1who have thus sided with the gover!
ment have incurred the mnortal enm
ty of those who still carry on th
business of illicit distilling. It wa
in this way that Bannister and Tel
4rell lost their lives about ten day
eago.* They were among the numb
arraigned before the Court here, an
they had faithfully complied wit
otheir promises then made to the Go'
enment. It was through inform:
tion given by them that recent -ep
tures in that section were made, and
for that they felt the swift and terri
ble vengeance of the moonshiners.
A WELL-PAID OFFICE..
Yet, in Spite of Its Fatness, Not Alto
gether a Bed of Roses. -
London Truth.
The presidency of the Republic is
one of the best sovereign posts going,
if its titular would take for his model
the poorly paid American at the
White House, and give priority to
his social duties, not troubling him.
self much about the Chambers and
Cabinets. Until Mile. Alice Grevy
married, the Elysee under her father
was a pleasant house. There were,
and not seldom, brilliant soirees.
The President was a most gracious
host. General Pittie, after the son
in-law came in, tried to react against
his prosaic influence; but gradually
he became tired, and when he died -;
parsimony and prudence carried all
before them. The lights were put
out before 10 at night; pleasure was
banished for ' business. The Peru
vian, MAdame Dreyfus, stuck to
Alice like her shadow. She gave her
a diamond necklace worth ?8,000.
Of course, "dannant donnant" was
implied in the present. No oletism,
I fear, was the reason why that-guano
affair of the Dreyfuses was so well
pushed at the Elysee. Old Vespa
sian, it occurs to me, was a common w;
sense old man, too, and moderate, se
rene, and fond of "salting away" the
money which his official emoluments
and perquisites brought him.
The President is lodged_ rent free
at the Elysee, has all the vegetables
and fruits he needs for his table
from the kitchen gardens of the coun
try palaces and green-houses, flowers
for his fetes fron the city green
houses, and a squad of men-servants,
whose liveries, board and wages he
does not find. The State gives him
oak logs to burn, and oil, gas and
electricity to light his palace up with
at night. It furnishes and washes
all his house linen, allows him-three
carriages and horses, provides him
with rich and commodious furniture,
which it keeps in repair, and itre
modeled and refurnished a - wliole
wing of the Elysee for M.inad. ad -
awe Wilson. Some of the pNei. -
sites are the faculty to bestow ace F
tain number of crosses of the Legion
of Honor, for one of which (thof
simple Knight) Blanc of Moasi
?4.000. Thea there are the ,
boxes in the subsidized theatres, and
game preserves in the State.
with State paid rangerse okdEp
ACHILDREN'S SYMPOSIUM.
Bright Fancies and Old Speeches of the
Little Ones.
A SLIDING SCALE.
From the Buffalo Couruer.
The story is true, and was told at
a Prospect avenue dinner table yes
terday. Granda said she thought -
three cents was enough te pay for
little Williard's street car fare, and
little Willard chimed in : "That's all
we paid to-night, grandma." "How
old are you, Willard?" asked a guest.
"Five in the street cars, eight in the
drawing room," was the prompt reply -
.that set the table in a roar.
THE LINE DRAWN.
.From the Boston Record.
A Iour-year-old boy who has been
in the habit of repeating a formn
lated prayer every evening, surprisEfi K
his parents the other night by say
ing: "0 God, I wish you would
make the trees walk." When re
monstrated r-n' his singular request
he replied: "You say God can do
anything, and I want to see the trees --
walk, and I shan't pray for anythlt,g
else until they do.".
A PROMPT APPLICATION. -
From the Neto .aven P]Madi'ms.
Bobby had been a pretty good lit
tIe boy all day and his, father was
very much pleased.
"You will find, Bobby," said the
old man, "that virtue is its own re
ward. I mean by that 'that every
time you do what you ought todo
you will feel good over it. Do you
understand?"
"O,yes." responded Bobby in
telligently, "and now, pa, if you'll
give me another piece of pie you'll 4
feel good too."
LIITED MEMOEY.
From Babyhood.
"Bobby," said his mother, "I told
Iyou not to forget to bring up .three
Iscuttles ol coal before you went-to
school, and you only brought up
two." "I know, ma, but I forgot the 4
third one. Three scuttles is a good
many for a little boy like mue to re
member."
PROPOSED COMPROMISE.
From the Hartford Post.
A small sized Hartford girl had
been corrected by a mild punish- -
ment, and was asked if she would do
as her parenes wanted her to in the
; future.
"Yes," replied the penitent, "but
1you mustn't ask me to do anything I il
e don't want todo."
THE THORN.
From the Youth's Companionz.
e ILittle Ellie, who is too young to
.attend school, enjoys the Saturday's 5
.play with the older children, but
sbing he regularly receives, 'one day
.remarked: "Well, I would love Sat
surday if it just hadn't any night to
d E veryone should se Wright & J. W.
hCoppock's Underwear before purchas
-ing; it is as comfortable as ornamental.
i. This is saying mneh, but 'tis true. ti..

xml | txt