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Telegram-herald., 1891-05-04


The location of Newfoundland would
make tia valuable acquisition to the
territory of the United States. IL 10
about halfway between Now York and
and Ireland and lies just Ut the mouth
Of the great Sc. Lawrence river. The
ympathies of the inhabitants Of that
hland are turning this way and it would
not be strange If they assumed open
expression OF a desire to enter the
Union. Let that big island come it..
Doubtless Canada would object, but
that need not make mucn difference.
Canada - . chronic objector to what
ever plcases the United States, but his
tory fails TO record any great advan-
tage she has gained by her objections.
The Democratic party Of Michigan
VAS awfully surprised last fall. II won
. victory and defeat a. we'll. Il found
itself with lot of "accldentsv on hand,
men who would mover have been NOM
mated il the party had expected to
win Every department Of the state
governments is witness to their blunder.
The present Legislature started out
with great promises OF more than Il
could do, and will close its session with
record Of much less than it might do,
II composed of different material.
What is true of Michigan is true OF she
nation When the next House of Rep.
Yesensatlves assemblies 10 will be found
that the Democracy has an elephant on
its hands. A greater degree of me-
feisney than will b displayed neyt
session cannot be found in all our pre-
vieus congressional history. Dcmoc-
sscy viii stagxsr under the load for .
hnas and then GO down in diegrace.
e
The Brooklyn Standard Union aptiy
expresses the folly Of locking 10 the
Democratic party for reform" II
says. "a citizen can hardly realire
bow utterly sbsurd 10 10 to attribute .
purpose of s'reform" in anything to the
benocrsfic psrty witheut giving II one
Rial. We do NOS reeonmend the
<seon. for tits costly; but II nothing
else will convince those who are eri-
susly resolved 10 use bosh pArties for
good works THAT the Democratic party
is not capable Of THAI sort Of thing.
Why, the candid study ~ . personal
experience viii do t. The Democratic
party y standing army d spoilsmen,
and u 10 condaessd us6h no guiding
principles ard fsv sarupis&s uscAk
gan i nov psssin9 through thas pscrsua
Of education. and he pespls - shsa
sfass. Who really knew noshtne Ahsut
the Democratic party from sctssai En-
peFiencs. are learning. very fAce, -
Isseons Of ifs rosspnnsu. ~ ppopla
viii have heeons bn<h ssfs>n1o1 snd
experienced, uasn ne dny - - pest
espetion e1Bea The hsi.eoe go n
1sos vii - n ntslilgpos esusntoa 81
. - p>eels.
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Telegram-herald., 1891-05-04

way out in Montana to say that he'd
get her divorce for nothing and then
marry her himself. And women wrote
to Mr.. Matthews rebuling him for his
inhuman cruelty and quoting Scripture
at him by the yard till they drove him
nearly crazy. Oh, Howdy, viii you de-
stroy our happy, happy home for half .
cent q word?"
Nonsense" said /: 1.-The facts in that
article Of mine came from the unmar-
RED women who called on you after
your friend Mile Smiths engagement
to Tom Harris was announced. over
heard their merry prattle. They an re-
gsrtied Mile as designing person
whose conduct was altogether repre-
hensiblc. They oil thought that Tom was
fool. Every one Of them had refused
at least half dozen offers from men
much more desirable than Tom, though
he's young. rich and handsome. Many
Of them had refused Tom himself, and
thcy were all single from preference
and from no other reason whatever.
With such evidence Is that before me
was able to answer the question: is
Marriage Becoming Unpopular decid-
edly In the affirmative"
Maude was laughing now.
"You dear old goose!" she said. I
hadn't read anything but the title Of
your article. If it contains what you
say it does. should advise you not to
print it at all"
couldn't quite make her out She
seemed TO believe that the women Ihad
quoted were not wholly sincere, all
though they werc among her most inti-
mate associates She made SO much
fun Of them that ! resolved to supple
ment their testimony BY further inves-
tigation.
made up q list Of the names Of
twelve unmarried women living in
suburban towns. Most of them wrote
little but appeared to be otherwise Of
sound mind. had no real acquaint-
ance with any Of them, but we had held
some trifling correspondence on matters
pertaining to the rnushy undercrust of
letters and had met occasionally In ILL
ventilated antc-rcoms where we were
waiting till our turn came to offer some
of this literary dough to various edi-
tors. Nevertheless, we did not despisc
each other.
intended to interview these ladies
on the subject of marriage, without let
ting them know that their views were
Telegram-herald., 1891-05-04

The Buffalo Times IS thoroughly
Democratic paper and yet il takes the
same view Of the Ataer electoral bill,
IS the TELxssAA-HEnALD. liz deems
the plan, proposed in that bill for the
choscs Of presidential electors. TO be
.'hostils 10 the intent OF tue consttu-
ton and . violation OF the correct
theory that the State 10 the unit of gov
eminent in this country" The Demo-
cratic party, especially ia the South.
has always carried this theory 70 a
much further degree than the kepubli-
can. While the latter party has by no
means denied the theory, il has ever
claimed for the federal government
much greater powers than toe Demoe-
racy mas been willing toconcede. Ii now
seems strange to see the Democracy OF
Michigan promoting . scheme. winch
practically abolisnss the identity OF
Michigan IN the electoral college. and
il can be accounted for, only on the
ground that the Democratic party, in
its Lack OF genuine principle. will 90 to
any extremes 10 score temporary
advantage. The following is what the
Times ediiorially said IN its issue of
May 1:
"The Michigan plan for choosing
presidential electors Is truly an inno-
vation. According tn the Constitution
eacb.stAte is empowered to appoint
these electors according to its own
plan, complying With the essential and
general provisions. Some states have
had their electors chosen by the Legis-
lature, the last one 10 abandon that
method being South Carolina. During
the last thirty years, however, each
etate had chosen its electors by ballot,
all the candidates TO which 1t is entitled
being on one ticket. Michigan now
proposes to have each congressional
district choose Its own etector, the two
additional electors being chosen by the
State ct large.
"This method we conceive TO be hos
tile TO the intent of the constitution and
a violation of the correct theory that
the state is the unit of Government In
this country. The constitution expects
that each State will record its choice as
. State for President Of the United
States. While il may not DO . techni-
cal violation of the constitution to
choose electors as Michigan proposes,
yet the plan, by which each voter shall
ballot for all the electors his State is
entitled TO, seems less open to misdirec-
ton and fraud. Otherwise there would
be . greater incentive to gerrymander-
ing Congressional districts. The voice
Of the State for President Of the United
States should DO the aggregate votes Of
the entire State"
Telegram-herald., 1891-05-04
THE OBSERVER.


It was Holland who said in his writ
ings: "In this world We must take
things - they are, not 90 they should
be. - and this is what a great many
people say, without knowing the dan
ger of their sayings. Holland was. in
bis day, q popular writer, and he wrote
some good books, but he laid down .
wrong principle when he wrote the
above sentiment He knew not the
bad effect IL would have On future hu-
mainly.
Lexisimately carried out, Il would
certainly stop the wheels OF progress
and reform, and thus leave tho whole
human race in . dcplorable condition.
Ii implies that we must be confented
with ourselves and things - We find
them.
Had Martin Luther, Copernicus,
Newton and many other noted reform
crs acted on this principle Of content
ment, accepting things - they found
them, the world would now be barely
emerging from the condition 1t was in
during the middle ages. There would
be . poorly settled United States, per-
haps no Grand Rapids, and eurciy no
asphalt pnvement on Canal-st-, the
sidewalks would be ina gerymanderipg,
dilapsdated condition. IL would mean
TO accept our streets, sidewalks. dock
line and other things just IS they are,
and not a. they might he, OF should be.
IL u safe TO say that spirit Of sstisfac-
ton. or discomfort with the existing
state OF affairs. hes st the bottom OF
stake things ~ they are, snd b con-
tent
Copernicus Was nos sstisfed with The
theorses of the scientists Of bis time 70.
gardinR the motions Of Che heavenly
bodies. % he investigated for himself
and MADE discoveries for the better
n,ens Of shngs. that completely over
threw the doctrines OF his associates
and feIlow-citixens. and set the world
r;ehs where, from the beginning. u had
heeu wrong. So Newton, in the sAme
piris Of tiam tIsfsctson With Ne afcspt-
"a philosophy Of he day, gave - TIE
vor.d hss valuable discovery Of the lac
OF sysvitAt,oa. Martin Lathes, dis
fuststi with shs existing stats Of anssrs
Id the Catholic church aud not content
- take theW - be found them. started
the reformation and, in % doing. 80
The world on ths brad highway. lsad-
tnw 70 sntettectnAi liGtt, tss<faitey
prn~r~u And refosp. What - eppls'
ealls il ane principle. u stptifAote Ia
saothss. Apathy Isssis - sndid ssssss<
sonnnasann. uses1 hapsds csa n0< a.
lnr3 ~ soop, ~ ~ eaeseat With - pene.
esvs oondiss3n. We muet Fpavs anwesd
ard ap~as1. resp peea With ear nei9h.
bnesae sstaess - een~'3es eassetyse 80
e - ssss.
Telegram-herald., 1891-05-04

Ions. bat what they were, could not
fslly understand She. TOO. promised 70
write NE.
! skipped over TO Mo<ris<aia 70 zee
Miss Lottie Lilldep. who prepares the
Sunday di1ner colsnn fer = Saturday
afternoon paper. She Is hearty, TO-
bust woman Of forty, who does not
look as If SO ever Iaeddled With her own
prescriptions ] introduced the subject
of marriage and begged her 70 tell me
calmly what she thought Of IL. but she
immediately branched of 70 something
quite different II appeared to he her
desire 20 give ne her small savings.
amounting 10 s., oco. for the purpose Of
starting New York daily newspaper
of which wes to be editor.
told her that. as the sum she named
would run the paper for only about
fifteen minutes. l was afraid that my
glory would be too brief 70 afford either
of Us any satisfaction. Then she burst
into tears, and asked me II did not
think that deep. strong love was bet
ter than money. l was forced 70 reply
that l didn't. IL 1t was q question of
running newspaper with one or the
other OF them. She said that I was
sordid and mercenary, and q number Of
other unpleasant things; In fact. OBJ
tailed much valuable information re-
garding my own character. but very
little conserving the question which l
was trying TO get points on
began to fear that had lost my old
&nack as an interviewer. My questions
seemed to be unnecessarily exciting.
Even my own nerves had suffered in
my talk with Miss Linden. endeav-
ored to quiet them by q dinner In the
annexed district. and when ! called on
Miss Dora Sykes Brown in the edge Of
the evening / believed that l could
make her talk intclligibly. From the
nuggets of her poetry, which have
cropped out il certain magazines,
knew her to be of o somewhat emotion
al nature. but had prepared formula
of questions which ought to be more
soothing than csloroform. First, what
was her general opinion Of marriage?
never got further than that There
was an extraordinary scene. and moth
Telegram-herald., 1891-05-04
Is MARRIAGEUNPOPULAR?
How . Bold Investigator Collected
Superduous Evidence.
Howard Hisldsaz intsrvis . ed Tw esss <Star
sssxs "a she ssbssss. and IL Involved ~
Bxsaeh Of Promise Proceedings
Amoaastax ~ Ss0o,oe0.


Haude was sitting at nv desk when
entered tie roora aud the big tears were
falling fron her eyes upon msnuscriPt
which had recently prepared
my dear" said, in somewhat acid
voice, Won needn't eomplieate the OBJ
securities of my ehirography by crying
over that 1t was Intended TO be
funny."
''oh. Howay. how can you;" aha
sobbe1. "how can You write on the
marriage question when Won know that
every h0rrid thing you say will 10
traced right straight 20 ne. You know
that after Mrs Matthew'S article was
printed some Of Mr.. Matthews friends
wouldn't speak TO him on the street.
and he model husband, as kind as .
kitten Why, she got barrels of letters
Of confidence. including circulars from
nearly all the divorce lawyers In the
country, who said she had clear case
In any court One of them wrote from
Telegram-herald., 1891-05-04

ing but the presence Of mind Of her
father, who dropped me out Of the par
lor window, saved me from strargula-
ton.
conducted the eight remaining In
terviews by correspondence. Poor lit
tie Maudc! She received all the replies.
They came by return mail. Maude
doesn't usually open my letters, but the
handwriting on enc Of these resembled
that of Aunt Jennie, and so she VEN
tured to peep inside. She found a
modest but firm acceptance of my offer
of marriage, accompanied by an invi-
tation to call, and a railroad time table
with the cxprcss trains underlined in
pencil.
Her curiosity couldn't stand the strain,
and she opened the others. They wero
substantially the same. Some contained,
besides the time tsble~unuscd portions
of commuters tickets, or photographs
indorsed with the allegation that they
did not do the subjects Justice. Oh.
why didn't have the presence OF mind
to tell these women that was married.
or to give then my office address, or to
warn Maude Of what might happen.
had ON awful time explaining the
case to her. Our nat had never wit
messed SO fearful scene. Our treaty
of peace included the stipulation that
Maude should dictate my reply to the
letters
But IL didn't Go much good. That wSs
over q month ago. Yesterday ! was
idly turning over my manuscripts in
search Of something which would pay
the gas bill.
'Maude," said /, "wherc Is the copy
Of that article which proves that Mar
riagc Is Becoming Unpopular
ut may be unde- those papers on
your desk she replied
Ipicled up the papers TO which she
referred. They were notifications Of
twelve suits for breach Of promise with
broken hearts ranging In value from
ten thousand 10 fifty thousand dollsrs-
The total is little over three hundred
thousand dollars. ! en- sorry for these
ladies, but this II moro money than I
can spare. II they win their cases they
will have TO attach my salary, which
will suffice TO settle their claims within
two or three thousand years.
turned from these dreary legal doc
uments TO my own brilliant discussion
Of tho appropriately Of marriage. II Il
much more interesting than the labcri-
Gus competitions Of The lawyers. and
yet theirs seem to be stronger argu-
nentstively.
81 shall not publish this article said
10 Maade; ems conclusions appear ia
have been hssty."
Howard Fnlprre.
Telegram-herald., 1891-05-04

intended for publication. OF course In
placing these innocent victims before
the public I shall be Obliged to provide
them with fictitious nance.
/ first called upon Miss Lucy Gray
Lee, Of Hobolxen. She writes fashion
letters and u the worst dressed woman
In New Jersey. THIS IL not due TO pow
crty. because she isn't poor; IL 10 the ~
suit Of inherent bad taste and the per-
sistent following Of her own printed
advice-
Miss Lee remembered me, and abe
FLUSHED TO confcss--shst Il. she said she
biushcd- but I had her In . bad light
and couldn't honestly Soy that noticed
it-she blushed 10 confess that sbe had
Thought Of me often, too often perhspA
I introduced the subject OF marriage.
shc HADN'T given u much eonsiderstson.
She would take day on and think Of
g. u vas . very scrfous matter. She
remarked that sire made ell her own
eio4kes anA We quite In love with
hcuGewoeis. couidsr - WHIST thai
ks.i 20 10 with the case. bat wns too
polite ~ say -. However. a. 10 her
eic<*seA y wns hcpe~t ~ her M ~ ~
susrleion r~st apsa anybody else me
voaA write M sun, sn.i nsesnwhiis
need not d~spsisl
Tkis y NJ Summary Al eoavsrsattcu
vhiah - nss ~ beiievs thsa Mtn LIE
ws4 sn.swhas scrrnsfta, end perhaps Z
svif> aentlmeusal fx ene al - 80.
uhieh raust havs hsen Ahaat thirty Ave.
Nv nest eel - - the keusp a Mn
uetea KiizAhesh draws - Wsehswtsa.
Amt knsw WhaA So - tAahtnq
oapsss really dsat r. sss1sst q
m>psfaGp Appesgea - ssefee hes
$3.50 - - ~ vony uon1on1 oo1R
Telegram-herald., 1891-05-04

CHINA has . right to object to receiv-
ing Ex-senator Blair if it thinks best.
No nation is obliged to receive
an Objectionable person as . min
lister from another, and it is far
better for both countries, that each
should be represented by minister &C
ceptable to the other. This action of
China is not without precedent, and tho
United States must find some other
representative in the Fiowery King
dom. Mr.. Blair did not entertain .
very high opinion of those representa-
tiyes of the Chinese race whom he saw
in Chinatown, San Francisco, and did
not hesitate to say so. 1t is not at all
likely that the Emperor of China him.
self would be very proud of them, if he
saw them in all their pestilentIal filth.
THE bank clearances of the past week
and for the month OF April show . de-
cided falling of from those of the same
Period of 1890. The clearances are not
An absolute index TO the volume of
business transacted by the banks, but
they are considered as one of the i'm
portant indicators. The entire bank
ing business of the city, if it could be
compiled weekly with the same ease
that the clearances are footed up, would
make different showing. The clear
ances do not show the deposits and
loans and only portion Of the checks.
Only tho checks Of the local banks that
are casned in the city show up in these
weekly footings.
Telegram-herald., 1891-05-04

A BosroS gentleman recently return
ell from London, says that the Ameri-
can securities are held IN the highest
esteem there. England always does
recognize n good thing. as soon ~ she
sees it. What troubles her the most is
that she cannot always have the whole
OF good thing-the American mar
kets for instance.
Telegram-herald., 1891-05-04

HERE is query put by the Phila-
delphia Times: "when . woman can
earn from sa5 to $50 . week BY know
ing how to addresses. is she not rather
unkind to decline to support husband
through the base ball seasouY' 1t is
doubtless unkind, but perfectly
natural. She wants the first ''whack"
at the SIS or $50 herself, as she did at
abe apple.
Telegram-herald., 1891-05-04

II 9th esses rsra<rs Ax1ks.>s
- esDa4knmk - en1snh~A
Telegram-herald., 1891-05-04

Now THAT Won Aoitks 10 dead and
buried, the French are calling him .
''beast" ''bru,e" and . butcher" or
words very nearly to that effect. Those
whom Gen. Sherman conquered in
duIged in very much the same ili-humor
after he died.
Telegram-herald., 1891-05-04

An exchange says: at takes long
time foe young man to become . good
carpenter, but he can learn enough
about the trade in six weeks to JOIN .
STRIKE" And it takes q long time for .
man to become learned statesman.
jurist and legislator, but he can learn
enough about tho profession in one
campaign to make fool of himself in
blowing about what be will do when be
gets into Office. The present Legislators
Of Michigan haven't yet half caught up
With their ante-session programme.
Telegram-herald., 1891-05-04

"wHY not let the Marine Band have
leave OF absence q yearg' asks the
Columbus Dispatch. Why not. indeed?
~-he people love to hear It's sweet music
and pay dearly for 1t. Start 'em out
every spring. when ones appetite is
poor and i. doesn't cost much to satisfy
Telegram-herald., 1891-05-04

VERMONT will not celebrate the Tooth
anniversary Of her admission to the
Union until August 10, although it took
place on March 4, 1871. The soldiers
monument will be dedicated Ut Ben
nington on that date and the two events
will DO celebrated in one. Centennials
are IN order from now on.
Telegram-herald., 1891-05-04

The following cursous psxxls besss
the celebrated sisl5-iS- enigma Of .
few yean $50. and b well worth inves-
tig.4ioa. Take . strip Of cardboard ~
paper - inches long and 3 wide. thus
giving . surface of os incheA Now cut
this strip disgueally. - t<us - ycuesn,
The resus BEING two pieces n shaPs 81
trianeles. Now MEASURE exsct1y
inches fvcm - larger sDd II esch sevin
and cut sssh IN two pieces Take yoas
four pteess an1 - them In Ne ahoYs
of an exaes square. cd II win sppess
" ~ juss Z ibehes eseA wsy. - ~
sq~srs tnehee--a lces ~ squsrs ineh
1T saterneial measuFsment with 10
atmlsustcs 81 sueoosN 1hs eesaato -
vhss bsesmas = shAs ssehs
~Ycssvs doae suuA AL - hanG
49, 80 - istevviswer - Jsuh ksteA
sYeaA
~ - 49, haao ness~-~IkskA
1hs 9th esete fara<rt AI1konoo
- ssga1ksnk - cstsmh~A
Telegram-herald., 1891-05-04

OK By one the legislatures Of other
States dry up, but Aiehigan's goes on
forever.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-05-07
THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE RR
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT

Wilmington, n. c., March, Sth 1891.
Fast Line between Charleston and Co.
iumbia and upper South Carolina and
Western North Carolina.
Condensed sCIIEDUIE
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-05-07
Death OF Mrs. Martha O,DelI,

Mrs. Martha O'Dell, rclict of the late
William ODell, died at the residence of her
son, Frederick, in Banks county, Ga, on
the 2Sth inst, at the advanced age OF nine
ty-one or nlnety-two vears. Her maiden
name was Mullini4, and she was born and
reared in this county, and lived here all her
long and useful life. She was the mother
of large family Of children, among them,
Mrs: Sarah Mauldin, of this place Mrs
Malssa Byars, of the county, Mr.. Abner
ODell, OF Liberty, and Mr.. Perrin O'Dell,
now of GrCenviile county. She was dc,ot
cd and consistent member Of the Methodist
church for many years before her death
Her remains were brought back to this
county and inferred at Enon Baptist church
three miles west of this place, on Wednes
day The 10Th inst. She leaves, besides hri
own immediate children, quite number
of grand and grcat-grand children and many
friends - mourn her death. Democrat
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-05-07
Do You Like Good Times
/, Eat?

Supposing that you do; we have
laid in n large stock Of STAPLE
AND FANCY GROCERIES, that
we are Offering at the right kind of
prices.
We have FLOUR, good, and indif-
ferent.
We have little corn in the ear,
and plenty of N. o. molasscs.
Do you like good biscuits, like your
"mammy" used to make? Then buy
sack of our "Oven LITTER" Flour,
and put a little of our "White. La
bel' Lard in it. Such biscuits rs this
will make will cause you to get up
before day In the morning.
There is sight of solid comfort
in our Don't" cigars. Take no dirt,
but buy II plugs of our Little Ed. u
Tobacco for $1.00. No trash, nu
stems, no ground leaves, no dirt, but
No. tobacco. We also keep five
grades. Price our plows, hoes, shirt
lngs, sheetings, drills, plaids, &c. All
the merchants that can ndcrscll us
have broken and gone west to grow
up with the country. We are never
without meat. Bring us your pro
duce, and give us part of your trade
Yours anxious to please,