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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-06
WSsifoik's Dyias DECLARATION.

ATLANTA, GA, November d.
Judge John D. Cunningham Of tllts
Atlanta bar, in speaking of Wool,
folks dying declaration, is quoted ae
saying; 81 do not think there is any,
reasonable doubt Of his guilt, and
do not believe his dying statement.
My experience as q Judge has salts.
fled my mind Extraordinarily q man
who will. tell q lie @siesi 10 Is Twin,
will tell q lie when he is dying. I
have presided on the trial Of proba-
bly, fifty murder cases, and do not
remember a single instance where a
bad man. told the plain, nnyarnished
truth in his dying declaration, but on
the other hand i do remember in.
stances where unprinoipled men, in
spite Of the terrors Of impending
death, hell and the grave, have told
palpable lies in order to wreak ven
geanoe, through the law on their enc
mics. When Jurors cease to pay 80
much attention 70 the dying deoiaEa-
tions Of bad men, it will BIO better
for the cause of justice; for there
seems to be a kind Of s~uperstitious
reverence, tending to persuade, that
the last words Of a dying man must
be true. AS for executed criminals,
it is generally understood by them
that they all 60 to heaven, and I
wish it were true, but cannot believe
it. The last man on whom / passed
sentence debauched his neighbours
wife, then Waylaid, murdered and
buried the husband in a swamp.
Yet upon the gallows he asserted
that he vas going to heaven, and in
the same breath made n palpably
false statement concerning his guilt.
Good men tell the truth, both in life
and in death, while unprincipled men
are entitled to but little credibility,
either living or dying"
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eTss hide 10 the IS tore
Ia the Two Carolinas.
I'LL DADllnII CHARLOTTE, N. C.
'H BARUCH,
Carpet News

these garry ssS, 90 ftwentylfss thou
sand worth. Reasons are plenty 4WhyI am
doing o rushing trade. Have had several
contracts TO bid on; large ones they were
too and have como out winner5 y 8 New
ork Baitimore and Richmond In every
bio: Ny facilities for buying ore equal TO
|ponscs mucls lowerthan thattoof any large
Carpets, CarpetsI
Gobelins, Moqusttes,t Wilton ysiysts,
Axminiaters, Body Brussels.
Special.
80 pc. best Tapestry Brussels, including
making, S2to. per yard; value $1.O d.
85 pc.8X& Tapestry, 100. per ward
WORTH 15 per cent. more. Z;
Tapestries rs low rs ESQ.,, 60, 02io.
IS Pc. Of half wool heavy 1pngrains.
down TO S9c.; worth i23c. moro.
Look at this Drive I
100 pairs of Lace Curtains at $1.B O
for. an advertisement i will furniDh oak,
walnut or ebony poles with rings and
fixtures with every pair Of Curtains that
cash. rS
Immense Dress. Goods Stock.
,Matchless Variety of Clothing and
Shoes.
Ladies' Underwear.
Ribbed Shirts at 25c., 800, 800, $50. ND
to $ll.6O., These are the best values that
car, be obtained.
Kid Gloves at CSC.
In B. Glaces, A b. tan and grey un.
dressed, and 8 b. Sued Mousquetaires.
C0rssts. 8
Try my stock; limit mo as to price; I
have lines "t550c., TOO, $1.00, $1.25, up to
$500. Ytn will got value. DR.. Warmers
Health, S1.10; elsewhere S1.25. DR.. War
ner's 4 in Hand $780,; elsewhere $1.OO.
TO induce you to visit my establish
ment, the most city like concern within
a radius of $50 miles of Charlotte, 1 will
allow :
Free Railroad Fare
to all purchasers of $500 and over.
Those living so miles away from Char
lotto will got tho amount Of return ticket
refunded to them; those living further
than 0miles will DO allowed this amount.
This offor holds good until january ist,
1901.
Samples sont free on application.
II. BARUCH,
Charlotte, N. @.
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Ss#spapes Laiys.

The following are the laws lais'
down by the United States Govern
mont for the protection Of news
papers:
Subscribers who donotgiye express
notice to the contrary, are considered
as wishing TO continue their subscrip-
ton.
If subscribers order the discon.
tinnance of their periodicals, the
publisher may: continue to sendathem
until all arraaraaaa are naid. St
If subscribers move to other places
without informing the publishers
and papers are sent to the former
direction, they are held responsible.
IS I,i courts haSS decided that re-
fusing to take periodicals from the
Office before removing and leaving
them uncalled for, is prima faoie evil
dence of intentional fraud.
If subscribers pay in advance,
they are bound to give notice to the
publisher at the end of their time If
they do not wisb3to continue taking
it; otherwise the publisher is author
lied to send it on, and the subscriber
will be responsible until an express
a1tas, swT;;s. is;:asent Of sll arEaasa,
is sent to the publisher.
Publishers of newspapers can,
under the law, arrest any man fol
fraud who takes a paper and refuses
to pay for it. Under this law it is a
dangerous trick for a mar to allow
his subscription account to run from
six months to a year and a half and
then tell the postmaster to mark
"refused," or to send the editor e
notice to discontinue the paper.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-06

Stanley is quoted as saying that if
he could get 5000 two-galIon jugs
into the heart of Africa they would
buy him 10000 acres of land and
500 wives; but we can't understand
why a white man should want so
much land in the heart of Africa;
and considering that the clothes worn
in that country don't have buttons,
we should think that he might get
along with loss than 500 wives. One
two-gallon jug in this country will
make q man think he owns the earth
provided the Jug is loaded when it
falls into his hands.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-06
A Queer People.

ORviLLE, ONO, November H.
Congressman S. S. Yoder, who has
been speaking in behalf of Mr.. War
wick, Major McKinley's opponent in
the ace for Congress, and who is
taking a particular interest in this
contest, has given the World cores
pondent a more detailed and interest
ing account of tho remarkable Am
mish people than could be obtained
from any other source. His mother
was an Ammish woman and died
strong in the faith. His father was
of the same sect from which he sepa-
rated. Their son never adopted
Ammlsh ways of thinking or living.
"The followers of Jacob ANNA"
said Mr.. Yoder, "are losing much of
their original quaintness, outwardly
expressed by their singular garment
and refusal to wear buttons. They
came from Switzerland and Germany,
settled in Pennsylvania and scat
tered from there, the greatest num-
Der now being in Ohio. They be-
lieve that they should have nothing
to do with the world at large. They
marry and intermarry, and the mar
riage of an Ammish man or woman
to one of different belief is followed
by expulsion. Expulsion is punish
ment moro severe than the courts
could administer, rs q person ex-
PEELED is %ostracised from his people
in every sense They will not eat
from o plate used by q member so
banished. ,.s S..
"No Ammish man or woman ever
went to the poorhouse, for they
help each other in distress. They
are opposed to education beyond
knowledge of reading and writing.
The washing of feet is one of their
cardinal doctrines. They select one
from their number for a preacher in
every community by casting lots.
Their wool goes to old Peter Wise's
woollen factory, and is there
made up into ready made clothing
such as they wear. Drunkenness,
swearing, litigation, even the pursuit
of horse thieves is forbidden among
them. The original Ammish would
not vote at all, for they believed in
absolute exclusion. Nowadays most
of them vote, and nine out Of every
ten vote the Democratic ticket.
"Though modest, virtuous and
strict upholders of the moral code,
their oourtship is very peculiar. The
lover waits until the family-thc
dear n included--have retired.
He then removes his shoes, quietly
enters the house, slips to her room,
confesses his devotion in the solitude
OF her apartment, and is made happy
or miserable, as the case may be. In
due season banus are published in
the church, and the whole neigbor-
hood comes to the wedding, drink
ing wine moderately and playing
strange kissing games until a late
hour. o..
Thor preachers. hold dospotic in
huence, and the tendency Of such n
life is to restrain mental activity,
At the same time they ore shrewd in
a commercial way and honest in the
most absolute sense of the word"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-06

1t is estimated that it will require
the labor of 1000 men ffty-four
years to extract all the coal from
the territory between Reynolds
vile and Sykesville, in the Punx-
sutawney region of Pennsylva-
MIA. The coal, which is now being
opened up, is of superior quality,
the vein ranging in thickness frcm.
five to ten feet. 1t will be drawn
out by electric cables, and the mines
brilliantly illuminated by electric
lights.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-06

A now scheme to raise money for
churches is for the members of the
congregation to drop into the basket
as many pennies as agrees with their
age. AT recent diversion of this
kind, the men dropped their pennies
into one basket and the women de.
posted their offerings into another.
The minister said, after counting the
collection, that up to that time he
had no idea the female portion Of
his congregation was so youthful.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-06
False Economy.

. Ono of the great OWLS of American life
is tho attempt to believe that we are got
ting "s9mething for nothing" While
many who persist In believing that moHey
is saved by tho purchase of q low-priced
article OF inferior quality bccauso It will,
TO o certain o~xtont, answer the purpose.
while q better ono that will do better
service and Is really worth double tho
money expended, costs q fow dollars
In nothing olso Ia this more olcarly
proven than 10y tho purchase of tho low
priced Sewing Machines now flooding
test Machine iii tho markott. only COSTS
from So to $40 moro.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-06

1t is said that a wealthy gentle
mar of Liverpool has purchased the
Garden of Gethsemane, near Jerusa-
lem, in which the Saviour passed the
night before His crucifxion. The
purchase was made in order to pre-
vent spectators from carrying out
their schemes of building on the sa-
ored grounds a hotel for the accom-
mediation of visitors and tourists in
the Holy Land.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-06

All Of Emperor Williams Hohen-
zollern ancestors born since 1872, as
well rs himself, his brothers and sis
tors, have been rocked in the same
cradle. This ancient family couch is
o olumsy affair of oak and richly
carved, Around the four sides is
cut In Roman letters tho text: Gle
hath glven His angels charge over
thee, and they koop theo In all thy
waya."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-06

The Pope does bic private writing
with a gold pen, but his Pontifcal
signature is always given with a
white-feathered quill, which is be-
lieved to come from the wing of q
dove, although persons who have
seen it say it must have come from O
larger fowl. The same quill has been
in use for more than forty years. II
only serves for important signatures,
and is kept in an ivory case.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-06

A Snowman was distributing bills
when he met a small boy. "See
here, bub," said he, "take one of
these bills home, and tell all your folks
the good newsi;' "Boo-hoo il bel
lowed the boy. "Thoro, there, I did
not think your folks we're dead"
"Tain't that, mister" said the youth.
"They amt dead, but they are SO
mean to me that I hate to tell 'cm
any good news"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-06
WASHINGTON, D. c.. November

w ARLINGTON, -. o., November 1.
Bids were opened at the Treasury
Department for the construction of
a timber dry dock at the naval sta
ton at Port Royal, S. 9. The bids
were Justin MCCARTHY, of Washing.
ton, D.. c., $418,915; II. G. Packard,
of Now York, $491, 900; J. Il. Samp.
son q Co., of New York, &497, $50,
Carlos j. Stolbrand, of Charleston,
s.. c., $4,000. Tho awards will be
made upon tho recommendation of a
naval board which will examine the
bids and tho responsibility Of tho
bidders. Tho department also inyl-
ted proposals. Tor binding a floating
dock OF the same station, hut no pro.
posals wore received. and readvertise.
ment will be necessary,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-06

A paper ecently started at Julian,
Idaho, has for its motto, "Grasp for
all in sight and hustle for more,o
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-06

There is no way of making a per-
.anent success III this world without
an honest equivalent for IL.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-06

There are said to be $4,000 diff
ferent kinds of postage stamps In
the world,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-06

Diligence is a fair fortune, and in.
dustry q good estate.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-06

Morris, q most highly respected citizen
of Timmonsville, who interferrcd rs
peace maker. .
Mr.. r. B. Norris, agent, has received
instructions from tho railroad authorities
to sell round trip tickets from Walhalla
to the State Fair noxt week ut 81. 10,
which also includes admission to tho fair.
This rate is less than one fare and will bo
atrOng inducement to attract visitors to
the capital city. Tickets will be on sale
from the 10th to tho 18th, and will BIO
good to return until and inclusive of the
18th.
The ladies of tho Parsonage Aid
Society of tho Wp,"alla Methodist church
will repeat tho odd Folks Concert"
next Friday night at Kanfmann's Hall.
The attractive programme rendered last
summer ia being revised and improved.
The music and rccitations insure an
evening Of royal entertainment for all
who attend. Oysters and other refresh
ments will be served. Everybody invited
to come.
Miss Carrie Perry, daughter of Mr..
VIM. Perry, has been recently notified
by the Secretary of tho Worlds Fair
that she has been appointed q momber of
tho Board Of Lady Managers for tho
State of sonth Carolina. -Four ladies
from each State will compose this Board,
and they will haye charge of all exhibits
from their seyoral States of woman's
work. The Other mombors for this State
are: Mrs. mary Preston Darby and Mrs.
Helen Brayton, Of Columbia, and Mrs.
T~hcHarson, CO sra:tanbwsg, These
ladies will probably make several trips to
Chicago before tho Fair in '03, md thoy
will SEQ that South Carolina is not behind
her sister States in tho display OF the
handiwork Of her fair daughters.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-06

S5St5Sz
The Washington critic., 1890-02-13
su1T1NGs FOR THE SWEET.

Plain suitings are shown in whipcord
liagonals serges, faced cloths and other
materials.
There are also checks and plaids in
dull, rich colors, which are Illuminated by
thread and hair lines of bright color.
The "mouchoir dresses" introduced
last winter are again imported in checks
with plain bands vt the sides or plain with
bourette border.
Challies are again imported in large
and small flower designs, and In conyen-
tionalized patterns somewhat less strag-
Cling in design than those of last season,
The pointed Eiffel tower passemen-
teries used on the bottom of dresses at
present are shown again for spring,
wrought in embroidery on plain goods in
shades of the same color and white.
Large plaids In tartan colors will con-
tinue to be used, especially in the blue aud
green combinations, which have been worn
all winter. There are also some large
plaids in fancy colors combining mauve
dahlia and the new aubergine or eggplant
shades in their make up.
AS q rule, all suitings are made up in
solid materials without combinations,
though IL is considered elegant to combine
fine pinhead check with plaid having a
checked ground. The large plaid in such
case is used for the front or for the un-
dersliirt, the fine check for the remainder
of the costume.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-13
A LITTLE TWKNKL b.

Our esteemed neighbor, the Star,
contained the following editorial para
graph last Monday evening;
North Dakota will tarnish her new state
hood by the passage of the bill charterng
lottery scheme. The States finances
may be in an embarrassed condition, bills
for campaign expenses may press upon
legislators, and farmers whose crops have
failed may need provisions and seed wheat
but the money should be raised in some
other way. 1t will be better In the long
run for the State to borrow or even to beg.
II is true this is not very savage
announcement of lotteries, but it is
perhaps as much as our neighbor felt
that it could afford to say while it was
publishing the advertisement of the
same lottery company in another
column. The CRITIC agrees with the
Star that "money should be raised in
some other way" But The CRITIC
goes further and applies to itself and
to other newspapers what the Star APP
plies only to States when it says: "It
will be better in the long run for the
State to borrow or even to beg"
The Washington critic., 1890-02-13
A FALLIBLE JUDGMENT.

In 1888 William Hicks of Philadel-
phia made a will in which he said;
AFTER my debts are paid my property
shall be equally divided between my
wife, Martha r. Hicks, and my daugh-
ters, Ida Bell and Ella Billmayer." "
When the will came to be probated the
attorney for the widow made the point
that the word bet,oeeR meant that the
widow should receive half of the prop
eYiy and the daughters equal shares of
the other half, but Judge Hanna held
that lit Is plain the testator meant to
divide the estate equally between and
not among the heirs, and that by the
word between each of the heirs is
entitled to one-third" Judge Hanna
is manifestly wrong. If the word
betteesH was written by a scholar with
consciousness of its exact signifcation
the intention was plainly that the wife
should have one-half of the property.
Nothing can be divided between three
persons, the word jetloeeB meaning by
twain, or divided by two. In this case
the wife constituted one party and the
Two daughters the other. If Judge
Hanna is going to put fine verbal points
into his decisions somebody should
present dictionary to him.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-13

and reflected great credit upon the So
ciety. The chOruses were all executed
with force and precision. The soioists
from New York and Boston are not
new TO Washington audiences.
The part of the Prjcstess Of WJi1n
was sung by Miss Gertrude Edmands
of Boston in excellent voice and with
marked distinctness. Mr. w. II. Law
ton of New York sang the part Of
iSieg,nund. His voice, though not
heavy, is we'll trained, and especially
adapted to light passages. Mr.. George
Prehn of New York as Armtntus re-
ceived the heartiest reception from the
audience. His voice is remarkable for
volume. His lowest notes were all dis
tinct and pure. Even when the large
chorus was singing he could be easily
heard above the rest.
1t is gratifying that the Choral Soci-
ETY. should present so successful con-
cert at the opening of the season, and
we shall look forward with much in
terest to the second concert in March,
when miscellaneous programme will
be presented, and also to the closing one
in May, at which will be sung "Hhe
Light of Asia.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-13

wood led off with Miss Conger, and the
figures were new and interesting
A novel feature was the prize figure
there being two prizes, one for a lady
and one for gentleman, which were
won by Miss Conger and Mr.. Wooten,
respectively. Among those present We're;
Mrs Morris, Miss Sterret of Philadelphia,
Miss Stone OF Frederick, Miss Lewis of
Richmond, Miss Leeds of New Orleans,
and Misses Hardesty, Campbell, Du Hamel,
Andrews, Strong, Schoup, Jones, Davis,
Parker, and Messrs Friebus, jr., Nc
Cormike, Mosher, Tousson, Winters, Won
Glummer. Campbell, Hawkins, Bralnard,
French, Du Hamel, Hardesty, DIR. Rust,
Wootep, Mayse, Darton and Breckinrldge
The closing one of the series OF
Three Assemblies was held last evening
at the Rifles Armorv, which was beau
tilted by numberless growing plants
and flowers, the decorations having
been in charge of Small, whose tast,
in such matters Is perfect.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-13
THO WOMlNLY WOMEN.

One was perhaps %, the other little
younger They were pretty, aud were
stylishly dressed A carriage stood at the
Fourteenth-street entrance of Wizards
Hotel, awaiting their pleasure. 1t could
not be supposed that they were in very dis
tressful financial straights
They sat at table in the receptionroom
of Wizards, deyising, connecting and in
stituting a telegraphc message to send to
some friend. The elder one did the writ
ing and scratching and rewriting, which
used up six or seven Western Union blanks.
The younger one leaned closely over the
scrivener and furnished suggestions at Just
the right time to make the scrivener tear up
blanks.
''We will be there tomorrow
That was what they wanted to say. That
was what they did say in the very first
writing.
"But,n said the younger, ''if we say ,Oe
are coming home we shall both have to
sign It,"
"Carrie and will be there Tomorrow"
That was the result of much mental
effort spent in composing and much physi-
cal exertion spent in erasing.
~ guess that will do" said the younger,
and the two seemed to breathe with that
freedom which tells Of great responsibili-
ties unshouldered.
"Hold on, " said the elder, at the door.
"What?" asked the other.
"'Carrie and will be there tomorrow
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven-only
seven words"
"Wel?n
why, we have to pay as much for seven
words as we do for ten"
Here was more difficulty Itwould never
| do to pay for ten words and send only
| seven. That would be a reckless and a
| wicked waste. They proposed many ways
to lengthen it, but each time they talked
| off new message on their fingers they
| found they had either too few or too many
| words.
"Pshaw!" said the younger one; ''why
didn't think of it before. have it."
'Have you? Have you?"
"Why, of course. Leave 1t just as 1t is
aud add Yours, very truly"
| If the young lady had had an inspiration
she could not have looked prouder of it;
and as for the older one, she simply looked
on the sweet face before her as that of a
wonderful beng
''Carrie and ! WIN be there tomorrow.
Yours, very truly" was the message that
| went through some operators hands yes
terday afternoon.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-13
FADs OF THE FASHIONABLE.

The latest fad for young ladies is to
collect souvenir hairs from the mustachios
of their gentlemen friends.
Umbrellas, parasols and canes are
now made with match boxes and smelling
bottles inserted in the handles.
Opera fans now have tiny little
watch set IN the outside stick. 1t is wound
and set by an opening In the back.
The favorite fad Of the hour among
luxurious New York women is to have
themselves rubbed ali over several times a
week after the bath with cocoa oil.
Night dresses worn by convalescing
bellies and dowagers are trimmed with
natural flowers, rosebuds being first choice,
and fringe of purple violets and white
hyacinths next in demand. The garnture
Is woven by the florist, and pinned about
the neck, front and shoulders with bouquet
fasteners