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SOLDIERS ON BRIDGES.
They Are Ordered to- Break Step to Pre-
cen. D. Break Down.

They Are Ordered to Break Stop to Pre-
zen. a. Breakdown.
The majority Of readers have doubt
less heard that it is possible TO fiddle
a bridge down." Or in other words,
that music will materially injure such
structures, says the st. Louis Republic.
Persons who really believe that music
viii cause such vibrat tons in a bridge
as to throw it from it's foundation
piers, II kept up for a sufficient length
of time, cite the fact that when armies
are marching, orders are given to stop
the music before the troops reach the
bridge, especially if the structure be
one built On the suspension plan But
this is not done because there is any
danger to the bridge on account Of the
viora tons caused by the music, but be-
cause the measured tread of vast
Number of men keeping step would
subject the structure to a greater
strain than An irregular agitation. The
reason of this is obvious: The bridge
suffers least strain when at rest. When
in uniform motion throughout all its
parts il acquires a momentum equal to
the entire suspended weight multiplied
by the velocity Of such motion. This
being the case it is clear that uniform
downward vibration will soon reach
the breaking strain, while the same
disturbing forces: acting irregularly,
would counterfeit each other to q
certain degree, and thus be far less
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SNAKE POISON.
DR., Ca,mette;s interesting Experiments n
Inoculating Rabbits with Pure Venom.

DR.. Calmette's Interesting Experiments n
| Inoculating Rabbits with Pure Venom. i
81 have taken lot Of rabbits, said
! the doctor, ssand inoculated them with
one milligramme each of pure snake
venom, the amount being several times
! more than mortal dose. These have
treated with serum Of varying
strength, the lowest being from rab-
bit inoculated with four milligrammes
and the highest from rabbit inocu-
| lated with twenty-six milligrammes OF
| pure venom" quotes McClure's Maga-
zine.
-Four 1nilligrammes of venom is q
| mortal dose for ten pounds Of rabbits
and twenty-six milligrammes would
suffice to cause death among sixty. 1t
gave me, consequently, very power
full serum. The longer the time after
the incubation the stronger was the
| grade of serum used upon the pol
| soned subjects. Thus, after twenty
minutes, successfully arrested the ac-
ton of the poison with the weakest
serum. while the strongest saved the
| rabbit after the lapse OF an hour and a
half Those not treated therapeutical-
~ died in two hours.
Il find, generally speaking, about
| five cubic centimeters Of the serum
from one nil]igramme are necessary to
! make the animal proof against one
| milligramme Of pure venom. ! also
find that / can use three distinct spe-
cities in vaccinating rabbit, and, by
all analogy. d man, against the bite of
! the most poisonous snake or as an anti
dote after they have been bitten.
| These are, first. the serum from an en-
venomed animal by itself; secondly,
this serum mixed with chloride Of gold
or the hypochlorite of sodium or OF
! lime, and, thirdly, either of these
! chemicals, or, preferably, chloride OF
lime, used by themselves without
serum.
Il have not inoculated any man
| against srlake~bites as yet. That is
| matter for the future. I must, of
course, determine how long the i'm
munity obtained by incubation en-
dures in the system before venturing
to make any predictions in that direc-
ton My sole aim thus far has been to
devise some means Of saving persons
already bitten Or in danger Of being
bitten and | have no reason to doubt
the value Of my results; and hope and
believe that the terrible death-roll OF
twenty-five thousand persons per an
mum in India killed by the cobra may
be appreciably diminished when We
GET to work there"
What about scorpions, tarantulas
| and centipedes?"
II have not undertaken them as yet
but see no reason why their venom,
which is less important than that of
the snakes, should not yield to the
same treatment"
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PRINCE, NOT WAITER.
Oliver Wendell Homes Makes the Ac-
quaintance of Royalty.

Oliver wendell Homes hAsskeS inc f1C"
quaintance of Royalty.
Another anecdote Of Oliver Wendell
Holmes. When he was in England in
1886 he found himself on one occasion
at :'crush'' in London among a great
mass Of people, including several royal
personages, He sat quietly in a corner,
but presently. feeling a little faint,
and observing refreshments in the dis
tance, he turned to an elderly parsonage
standing near. whom he supposed to
be butler OF something Of that kind,
and asked for harmless beverage.
The supposed servant brought this
with great alacrity and remarked: x
am very glad to meet you, DR.. Holmes"
The autocrat Of the breakfast table
was little taken aba,cl1, and the stran-
ger added: Il am Prince Christian"
"Dear me- said Holmes, alive at once
to the joke. Il have not had much &C.
quaintance with princes, and, do you
know, I took you for the waiter!s At
this Prince Christian went off into a.
burst of merriment. where is my
wife, he said; Il must tell her this.
She ad1nires you immensely" Off went
Prince Christian to fetch the princess,
and the genial American philosopher
was soon the center Of a circle Of roy
atty, greatly delighted by the incident.
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PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF FEAR.
Singular Influence Of the Mind Over the
Physical Parts.


4 man connected with travelling
r1enagerie YVES sleeping on some blan~
kets on the floor Of "A tent when some
thing crawling over hi, breast reused
him. Springing up. he threw of the
creature, which proved to be huge
ratt]esnake. As he struck it. says TIC
New York Ledger, lie felt the prici1;;of
| its fangs in his arm, and. with howl
Of pain and terror; bounded from the
tent and shouted for help, whisky. "
doctor or some medicine. There
CHANGED to be nothing available within
reach, and his fellows stood around
with scared faces, waiting for him to
die, which he appeared likely to DO i'll
a very short time. The arm began to
swell. and the poor victim was soon
gasping for breath and groaning, with
almost intolerable pain. At last, just
as the breath seemed about to leave
lis body, some one among the wagons
shouted out that one of the pet snakes
had escaped. It was an enormous rat
tier, but harmless, as the fangs had
been removed. The reptile was found
dead under one side Of the tent. where
the man had flung it. The bite proved
to be the prick from sharp tack in
the canvas Of the tent. In an hour the
man was as well as ever, save for
weakness caused by the nervous excite
meDt. It was the opinion of all who
witnessed the incident that, bat for
the timely disabuse Of the mans mind,
he would have been dead within few
minutes. the victim Of nervous dread
aud ferrpr
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SHORTHAND IN OLD TIMES.
The Greeks the Ko1saai,s aud the English
of Queen Bess' Time HeNd 1t,

The Greeks. the Kozsaaiss aud the English
OF Queen Isess' Time Heu 1t,
The art of bracl1ygra phie: or short
hand, as we call it now, is by no nrealAss
modern invention. says the New
York Post Even the Greeks and Rc~
mans had their system of abbrcviatiDg
language, using it to take down
public speeches. BY the time OF the
renaissance the art had grown &c con-
siderable proportions. England has
always cast d more f:.yorab BILE eye ON
the system than any other country,
and IN the days Of Queen Bcas stenog
rapl1ers We're plentiful.
They were not, however. contented
with reporting merely speeches a7ad
sermons but copied down the dramas
of the time and always got credit for
their theft, owing TO the miserable
copyright laws. It is not surprising
then that John Webster should make
sianitella in the courtroom scene Of The
Devils Law Case" exclajn:
DO You hear officers,
You must take special care that you let II:
No photographic men,
surely the circumstances must nave
been exaspera ting to those sturdy oa,$
drama fists if such lines as the following
Of Thomas Haywood in the prologue Of
Queen Elizabeth are true. lie says
the play
Did throng the seats, the boxes and ne stage.
50 much that some by stenography drew
A plot, put it in print, scarce OLE word true -
The mangled condition Of 'nauy Of
our finest Eliza 5ct}lan dramas can
largely be attributed to these. ''hrach|-
graphic men Of the systems Of this
time we have knowledge Of bat
two. those Of Timothy Bright and
Peter Bales, but considera bic is known
OF the life Of these men.
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SHRILLER THAN A FOGHORNl

How tho Twisting Of a Pigs Tail Saved q
Coasting Schooner from Disaster.
A coasting schooner was becalmed in
fog off Cutler somewhere. says the
San Francisco Argonaut. 1t was gem
uine Bay of Fundy fog. of the same va,
riety that the man inadvertently nailed!
his house. You couldn't see the end of
the bowsprit from the foremost, and a
man up aloft might have been ten miles
from earth for all that he could see. Not
a breath of wind was stirring and the
sails only Slated lazily as the y ssel
rolled on the swell The skipper was
anxious, for he was right in the track
of the ocean steamers. one Of which
was lust about due. He commanded
the lookout to keep the tin horn sound
ing vigorously. Alas, the man care
lessly lait. the horn down on the rail
for a moment and it rolled overboa rd.
The delinquent was treated to a liberal
dose OF profanity, but Of what use was
that? Presently the whistle of ~
steamer was heard through the fog and
the noise of the paddles as they. tore
up the water. She was evidently bear
ing right down upon them. Skipper
ana crew shouted till their lungs were
sore. beat on pans from the galley,
but to no purpose. Every instant they
expected to be sunk by the on-rushing
steamer Suddenly the shippers eye
fell upon lusty young pig, who was
being transported III Il temporary:pen.
In trice that porller was out, pow
erful sailor gripped his tail with q pair
Of pincers and gave twist with the
energy born of despair Heavensi
what Il squeal rent the atmosphere,
Keep it up: Keep it up!, yelled the
skipper, as he danced up and down
with excitement. The blasts Of the
steamers whistle redoubled in fire.
quency and her machinery stopped. In
a few moments her outlines emerged
from the mist right over the schooner.
Half the crew and passengers were on
the forward deck. The captain leaned
over the rail and shouted: "Yo,a blank
dashed son Of dash BANKED lubber
what in dash blank. blank TO dash and
return are you trying to do? Tm
blanked ii | didn't thinI1 was going
ashore right into the middle Of Il dashed
MIC YARD -
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minutes, a warfare in which it int1st be
owned that Tintop rejoiced even though
he did not excel, and it ended in his
ordering Bragg to leave the Office and
coming in, all in a towering rage. to
ask Gray if he ever in all his life knew
such a cantankerous ass as Bragg
unless it's me for letting him rub my
fur the wrong way Gray said that
he didn't like to draw invidious com
parsons; but Schramm got the fur
Tough, was back at Ransom in ten days,
and caught the regiment before it
camped in sight of Cloud Peak. He
had long conference with Bertha be-
fore he left, and his good~by t. his cap
tain and Connie was very brief. The
day after he left there drove up to the
door low-wheeled phaeton that Con
ME instantly recognized as Mrs. Am
ory's. Mrs. Anory was the wife of one
of the officers Of the Eleventh, who,
with her children, had gone back to
visit their Kentucky home as soon as
the regiment was ordered away, leav~
ing the phaeton for sale. Bertha came
in with note addressed in Schramm's
peculiar cramped and precise hand:
will not the gracious Miss Morgan do me
the very great honor OF the occasional exer-
cising OF the horse and carriage which must be
left at the Empire stable during the summer
without other use The groom Will call each
morning for the orders OF the gnadige Frau
lein, whose acceptance will much honor and
deeply oblige both Rand. at her service. and
the gracious ladys most humble and grateful
"SCHRAM
And when the doctor happened in
and found Connie with tearbrimmed
eyes and saw through the situation at
a glance. he said it was an inspiration.
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a Hint for Hunters,

Seashore gunners hold that the wild
goose can count two, but not three.
Accordingly, it is customary in prepar-
ing to shoot wild geese from a blind or
some detached ribbon OF marsh for
three men to row over to the station
together and for two Of them to return
to the mainland. The geese, being un-
able to count above two, believe when
they see two men returning that no
enemy has been left upon the marsh,
end approach the spot without fear. It:
is asserted if only two men 60 ont and
only one returns the geese Will care
fully avoid the region Of the blind ,lliinl 81.
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His Own Fault.

A Chicago gentleman, with trouble
some memory, had lately been taking
twenty -fve-dollar course Of mnemon-
les from professor who has a new and.
according to his own account Of the
matter, thoroughly effective system.
Shortly afterward, says the Chicago
Tribune, neighbor intrusted pack
age to this gentleman's care, which
package the gentleman forgot to de-
liver. He made handsome apology.
His neighbor accepted it in good part,
but could not forbear to ask, in ban
tering tone: 'sBut how about that
twenty-fve-dol1ar system OF mnemon-
ics?" 'sOh, that's all right, was the
reply. 'sThe system isn't to blame. I
only forgot to apply it, that's all.
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a glance

On those smooth, hard roads, in that
I low, couch-Eke, scft-rolling carriage
they could give her father air, sum
7. a look at the OLD fort, an occasional
visit to the now neglected grave. Con-
stance took Rand" on q preliminary
spin and found him, as was to be ex~
pected, perfectly hridlewise and re-
liza and between DR.. French and
Bertha the dear old daddy was pres
entity bundled in by her side, and the
only mar to the exquisite joy and har-
mony of that sunshiny morning was
the indignant howl of Dilly-boy on
their simultaneous return. he from
school, the elders from their blissfui
drive.
And now frequently in the fair June
weather they came bowling out to the
garrison, Morgan contentedly reclin
ing in the phaeton and chatting with
old friends among the infantry officers,
while Constance ram in to sec Mrs.
Woods and other lady friends who had
been so kind to her in their dark days.
and often they drove to the neglected
cemetery, and the mothers grave,
adorned now with simple headstone,
was put in order tufted and trimmed,
and often declzed with wild flowers.
But there was greater surprise IN order.
A letter from Aunt Lottie said their
uncle had business requiring visit to
the far west, and that she would come
with him. And they came. and spent
two days in Butte. and Aunt Lottie
urged her brother-inlaw to make an
effort and move to the east, for Com
MES face was a fortune. She will fall
officer If she stays here" said the ex-
perienced woman of the world, and
was aghast when Morgan calmly an
swered that he hoped she would, If the
man was of the right sort, as only IN
the army had they found friends in the
days of their sorest need. AS for him
self, he looked forward TO the time
when he could be laid away by Carries
side. All he prayed for was that
his children might not be left destitute.
Already, indeed; two young gentlemen
at the post, subalterns Of Rhett's bat
TALON. were noticed casting sleeps
eyes at Comics lovely face, and were
beginning to be assiduous callers at
the little house in town, but Constance
seemed to have no thought for any man
but father. Aunt Lot went east again
with distinct sense of defeat, but her
husband took matters less to heart
The doctor had assured them that the
long journey was hardly possible. and
that Morgan would do fairly well until
winter again set in, and then: "saould
anything happen, Connie he said,
''you must come to US.
But Comics reply was politely in
different. Something did happen late
that autumn, and Connie did not go.
CHAPTER XVII
Letters. came only at rare intervals
and by roundabout and devious ways
from the command in the Big Horn,
but early in September there was news
of interest. Sergt. Maj. Hunter, COW
cred with service, chevrons and scars,
took his honorable discharge and final
papers and went into department
headquarters as clerk Tintop and
\ Gray had talked the probabilities over
and were fully prepared Tc the
wrath Of Bragg, the wumbGng OF 9
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The snow blockade was such that
many children at the fort lost their
faith in Santa Claus. He who rode the
snow drifts and the storm was barred
at Ransom, yet seemed to swoop in
force on Morgan's fireside. Brand new
sleds were there for Lot and Billy, and
another doll, and such stacks Of furni-
ture and boxes Of leaden soldiers, be-
sides valuables of more practical sort.
All these, together with fruits and can
dies to be stuffed in their worn stock
ings, had been Struggled in through
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A. Prince Who lie Cousin TO Himself. His
Father and His Mother.

Father and Eis Mother.
Among the hardest things which the
infant Prince Edward Of the royal house
; Of England, the little son Of the Duke Of
York and heir expectant to the throne,
! will have to straighten out when he is
older is his relationship to his OWE
father and mother. 1t constitutes d
problem such as is seldom found out
side of princely houses.
It is certain. however, says the
Youths Companion, that he is the third
cousin Of his father, and also the sec
ond cousin OF his mother. This makes
his relation to himself somewhere be-
tween that Of third and fourth
cousin.
He is, as it were, his own double
third cousin--a relationship which it
will doubtless take him some time to
!! comprehend.
Both his father and mother are de-
scended from George III. of England.
George ILLS son Adolphus, duke Of
Cambridge, had daughter Mary who
married the duke of Teck, and became
the mother of Princess May, who
married the duke of York; and the
duke Of York's father, the prince of
Wales, is the great-grandson Of the
same King George III.
The young prince will have the right
to address either his mother, his father
Or himself as my royal cousin and
be may, perhaps, excuse any partially
for his mother over his father by de-
claring that she is nearer relation to
him than his father.
The princely families of Europe sup
ply many similar cases of tangled rela-
tionship growing out Of the successive
Iintermarriage of cousins in nearer or
remoter decrees
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4. ----.--
Perchin& SeaEuliS.

The captain of steamer that plies
along the New England coast and that
was passing. one of the rugged, lonely
islands off the Maine shore, pointed to
an enormous flock of gulls that
whitened the rocks, the surface Of the
sea, and the branches of the cedars
that cling to the hard soil. ''There,' %
said he, what do you think of that?
And yet if you turn to book on natur-
al history they'll tell you that gulls
won't perch Oh trees. Some fool sailors
believe that the petrels, or Mother
Carey's chickens, never alight even on
the water, but are always on the wing.
They don't use their eyes. And some
Of those scientific fellows are as bed as
the sailors
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MIXED RELATIONS.

THE END
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her. HE has asked my consent, Con
stance. He is gentleman. He
loves" But She would hear no more,
and with burst of tears fed to her
room. Poor Renshaw was told that
| Constance could not listen to any pro
posal: she would not leave daddy.
''But daddy must soon leave her, )"
the father urged again, land then what
is to become of you and Lot and Billy?
Renshaw said he would only be too
glad" But here the slender white
hand was placed on his mouth, and
further words were impossible.
He took it sorely to heart, did Rem
shaw. and he said some ill-advised and
peppery things the day of Mrs. Fenton's
tin-wedding reception when Waiting
with Connie down the long hall. III
nothing but German baron will suit,
why, suppose you can have him: out
the least the fellow can do is to wait
till he gets his commission, and not be-
| But he never finished. With one low
! cry of: :'Oh, shame, Mr. Renshaw.'' she
tore away from him and into the dress
| ing-room.
1t was just dark that evening when
the ambulance from the post landed her
at their door, and Mrs. Whaling who
had matronized the little party Of town
girls, drove on with her brood. Connie
stole, as usual, to her fathers side to
bend and kiss him and murmur some
fond inquiry. But pent-up Indignation,
the strain and misery of the long ride
| during which she had been compelled
to listen to brainless sallies and con-
CALCULATIONS on Renshaw's devotion.
all proved too much for her. No sooner
did she feel the fathers arms around
her than her girlish strength gave way,
and she lay sobbing on his breast.
There was the. SOUND Of rasping
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And when the doctor happened in
and found Connie with ear-brimmed
eyes and saw through the situation at
a glance. he said it was an inspiration.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-14
Z GOOD 0EBINANCE.

An. ordinance passed by tle Town
CDuncil yesterday IL reference 10 hog
psus Il z good one and should have tie
hearty endorsement Of every citizen oi
tt,e toRr. We would prefer 10 se= the
hog ,,eu abolished frou tewr., but tnRt
will have 10 ue cone by degrees.
W. ssre told that there are several
towus il ting SJate in which hog Pens
arg Dot allowed, and NswDsUy shouid
cope 10 the sauie stand. Tus gooc
bsaiin Of ting t0wD is OF paramount
importance, and every citizen should
De willing TO lend z helping hgno II
doing anything and everything tnat
will bring about that state Of aaairs,
FROM 2 sanitary standpoint, that viii!
eon6uee t0 the good health Of our con-
mnriry. Cleanliness Is Cps OF these
things, and ths hog pen is sn enemy TO
cleanliness.
The people should give every eDcoRr-
agemeut and AID 10 the city authorities
and the health officers in preventing
All epidemic Of fever. The ordinance
il question WAS recommended by the
board Of health.
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4 GEAND EALLI-

The Rev. J. 4. Sigh issuesa cal Ii
anothsr eolu;un for mass meeting
Of the Reform Democracy of New
berry County" to oe held a. Newoerry
Cd Saturday Of this week We judge
from the wording Of the eall that Only
The 'tRefozsn Democracy is expected
10 stte3d. Still We suppose as all the
candidates for Governor are 10 De IL
rited and ane expected 10 attend that
there VIII be 10 objection 10 those be-
ing present who 90 not style them
selves as part OF the Reform De-
znocracy.7' Why Dot have issued E
general call and invited e=eryoooy to
attend? There are some politicians who
GO pot want 10 zee peace AID harmony
restored among the people OF this STATE
and their every act Is 10 Keep up the
discord and strife and bad feeGng-aDd
why2 Simply because il Is best fo-
them that there should De DO peace
The CoNeton plan is 70 be discussed a.
this meeting On Saturday and dele
gate elected TO 60. 70 Columbia As
The Herald and News DOW has 10 can
Gidste re vii simply be q disintecested
spectator. Yet We repeat that We have
been told that the farmers were tired
Of politics