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The St. Johns herald., 1894-02-08
MORE CHANGES IN THE MAP.
Further Discoveries in Africa-The Source
 of the Congo.

Further Discoveries in Africa-The Source
 of the Congo.
 NJ. Delcommune, the African ex- plorer, has sent a summary of his dis coveries to Brussels. In this he says that the Congo issues from chain of mountains, which extends from the shores of the southern extremity of the Tanganyika lake to the extreme north of the Nyassa. It forms in those coun- tries river called the Tchambesi, dis covered in the course of the last cen tury by Portuguese traveller, Lacerda, and forms the chief aff1uent of Lake Banguelo. The waters of the Ban guelo descend from a height of HOO meters into Lake Moero, 900 meters above the level of the sea, by means of the River Laupala, 3G0 l1ilomcters long, which is a succession of rapids. The Moero constitutes a second reservoir, and sends forth a stream 800 meters broad, which reaches the village of Ankorro by a series of waterfalls. At this point it becomes navigable, re- ceiving upon it's western bank the Lua- laba, also navigab1e, whose waters have been swollen in their turn by the Lunga and the Lovoi on the western, the Lufira on the eastern bank and by the discharge of the Lakes Kabele, Upcmba and Kassali. Between the eighth and ninth degrees of latitude, the Congo receives on the right the Lu- kuga, which draws off the overflow of Lake Tanganyika, as described by Cameron and Stanley. M. Delcom- mune confirms the assertions of these explorers that the Lukuga is an unim portant waterway, as it's course is ob- structed, and only flows freely when the waters of the Tanganyilza are ex- ceptionally high. The Luapala, on the contrary, empties Lake Banguelo, which was formerly an inland sea, but is now bordered by vast swamps. When the Congo finally reaches Nyangwe it measures 1900 meters from bank to bank. Lake Landji, though marked on he maps according to the reports of the Arabs, has no existence.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-02-08
BOGUS HYPNOTISM.
Astounding Confessions of Fraud
 by Professional Subjects.
Some of the "Fakes" of Hunbug Mes merfsts in Europe-How a Man Was Apparently Eypnotized
 by Telephone.

Hypnotism has been having hard time lately in London, Paris and Flu rope generally, but especially in Eng land. Confessions of professional sub- jects have become common. There is, indeed, very strong disposition to reject hypnotism entirely and consign it to the limbo of exploded fakes.
 The London Times had series of letters some time ago from an eyewit- ness and alleged investigator of the re- markable doings of Prof. Charcot and other less noted doctors in Paris, de- scfbing in detail the 'desensitiza- tion" of subjects, the ''mind transfer ence," and all the wondrous things made familiar to us of late years, and setting up seemingly strong case in favor of all that has been claimed for hypnotism.
 This induced Mir. Labouchere of Truth to tell of an interview he had with one of the hypnotic subjects most before the public a short time ago. This subject gave undoubted evidence that he humbugged the doctors throughout, and that by practice he
 
 he named had cultivated the ability to eat candles and soap, and to drink castor oil and pepper sauce when ''un- der the influence" smacking their lips as if eating cake and drinking wine, as suggested" to them. He permit ted needles to be thrust through his ears and cheeks, and thoroughly satis- fled MT. Labouchere that he could sub init to all the wonderful things com mon in hypnotic demonstrations.
 This seemed to hurt the mesmerist business, and apparently the subjects were thrown out of work. They have turned to and deluged the land with confessions. Some are astounding, all are amusing. One man tells how he travelled for year, along with five other subjects, with one of the best known travelling mesmerists in the country. The man was really able to mesmerize people and perform some of the actual wonders of the remarkable agency; but he did vast amount of ''faking." One time he declared to committee of local doctors in provin- cial town that he could as easily hyp- notize man over the telephone as face to face.
 The professor went about a mile away, called up his desired subject to the telephone fixed on the stage, and told him to go to sleep. The man promptly complied, and the doctors jabbed pins and needles into his flesh, pinched him, pulled his tongue and poked his eyes. The man was in pos session of all his senses. A dozen times he wanted to yell but held out, know ing that the professor was driving to the hall as fast as horse could bring him. Finally the subject was placed with his feet on one chair and his neck on another, and two fat doctors sat on his chest. His backbone was just giving out when the professor rushed breathlessly into the hall and released him. This subject soon after ward resigned.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-02-08
Italian Immigrants as Slaves.

The brutality of the contractors to- ward their subjects bafTles description, writes Dr.S Merlino in the April Forum. The contractor is a strongly built, powerful man; he has acquired the habit of command, is we'll armed, pro- tected by the authorities, supported by such of his employees as he chooses to favor, and, sad to say, by the people, who are hostile to the laborers. He often keeps guards armed with Win chester rifles to prevent his men from running away. His power has the es- sential characteristics of a government. He fines his men and beats and pun ishes them for attempted resistance to his self-constituted authority. On Sun days he may either force them to at tend church. or keep them at work. I have been told of contractors who taxed their men to make birthday presents to their wives. A feudal lord would not have expected more from his CasSals,
The St. Johns herald., 1894-02-08
QUEER MIRRORS OF OLD.
Polished Metal Plates Used by Orienfals- =
 The InnI-inr-CIncror nf rrn-Dar

1OlS0eO metal PlaIeS OSG0 Or120EalS- ] The Looking Glasses of To-Day> Loolzing-glasses of old were highly polished metal plates. They were
 small and provided with handle.
 Grand ladies intrusted their mirrors to
 the care of a female slave, whose duty 1t was to keep them clean and free from stain or rust. and hand them to her mistress when the latter required them.
 The Chinese and Japanese formerly used mirrors made of simple metallic plate. The Japanese had story of the invention of the mirror. The sun goddess, they said, once upon a time got into great rage about sometA Ming, and retired to a cavern, vowing that she would never come out again. As she was the mother of light her retire ment put the whole earth in darkness. The other gods and goddesses did all they could in order to persuade her to come out again, and finally invented a mirror, which they placed at the en- trance of the cave. The angry goddess looked at it, and seeing, as she thought, another goddess whose beauty was equal to her own, emerged, mad with jealousy, from her retreat, and the land was once again illuminated by the light of the sun. f
 Glass mirrors, says the Chicago Her aid, are supposed to have been first used in Sidon. Like almost everything else, they were very dear for long time after their introduction. We read in letter written in 1673 by Colbert to Count AuvauX that even if mirrors had been manufactured in France at that time, nobody but the king would have been rich enough to buy one. The an nual manufacture in Europe at the present time, according to the latest statistics we have been able to get, is something like one million eight hun- dred and fifty thousand square yards of looking glass.
 In the mirrors of to-day the light is reflected by layer of silver or an anal gam of tin, but proportion of light is lost in the process of reflection and the image is less luminous than the orig inal. The value of a looking glass is usually estimated by the thickness of the glass, because the thicker they are the stronger they must be; but, speak ing scientifically, thick glasses are de- fective, because the outlines of the i'm age reflected are less clearly defined. There are really three reflections, and consequently three images, in every glass mirror; one from the upper sur face of the glass, the second from the lower surface and the third from the metallic layer at the back. An ideal mirror is one with perfectly fiat sur face, but it is only possible to obtain this result in comparatively small glasses. The larger glasses do not re- fleet a true image because it is not pos sible to make them quite fat.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-02-08
4 Jealous Office seeker.

Astory is related by London Truth of a French official who was possessed of very pretty wife and particularly jealous temperament. This official had frequently applied without success for a certain post. At length his wife pro- posed to interview the chief in person and see if she could obtain for her hus- band what he had failed to procure for himself. On this being suggested the latter remained silent for considerable time, fuctuating between ambition and Jealousy. At last he devised safe course. ''Yes, my dear, you have my sanction. But upon one condition only that you paint your nose a deep red" The lady, it is needless to say, did not proceed with the interview upon these terms. 1t was afterward commonly said, however, that, the story having reached the chiefs ears, he good-na- turedly appointed the careful husband to the post.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-02-08
CASH THAT GOES ABROAD.

It Is Estimated That Americans Spend ] S160,O0O,OOO in Europe Each Season.
 It becomes interesting to inquire how many American tourists usually go to Europe every summer and return in the fall, and how much money they spend on their travels. Just year ago the San Francisco Argonaut collected statistics on the subject, which we pub lished at the time of the spring hegira to Europe, in order to give point to an argument in favor of domestic travel It appeared that about so per cent. of the cabin passengers arriving at New York from Europe were Ameri cans returning from foreign tour; in other words, the total arrivals of cabin passengers at New York being 100000, that S0,000 Americans visit Europe in the course of year, mainly on pleas ure bent. It further appeared that these travelling Americans spent for their voyage across the ocean an aver age of S10O each, or S20O for the round trip, which would give S16,- 0OO,O00 for ocean transportation for the whole. As all the passenger steamships were sailing under foreign flags, this sixteen millions went into foreign pockets. How much American travellers spend in travelling through Europe varies so much that it is diff cult to strike an average. College pro- fessors, young ladies travelling alone, young men of limited means but bent on seeing the world, often make nasty tour of Europe covering fifty or sixty days for $500 a head. Men who have means, and want to enjoy themselves, rarely find that they can cut down their expenses below SEQ day. And rich men, of whom there is prodigious number in Europe every season, put their minimum expense at $1O,O0O for four months trip for party of three. If we say that the average expenditure of American travellers in Europe is S15 day per head, and the average length of the trip four months, or 12O days, we arrive at the result that the aggregate expenditure of the tourists amounts to the enormous sum of S144,- 0O0,OO0. Add to this SIG, 6,0O0,0O0 for ocean transportation, and the total out lay of money by Americans in Europe each season is 60,O00,O 900.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-02-08
Counting Gold Coin.

The counting of money in the vaults of the treasury at Washington is not so troublesome or tedious a task as might be imagined. In counting twenty-dollar gold pieces experience has shown them to be so uniform that only one pile is counted, and the rest of the money is stacked and measured by this pile, until the last pile is reached, when that also is counted. Tn this way the counting proceeds rapidly. Gold in small CT denomina- tions is always counted or weighed. Silver is much more troublesome to count than gold.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-02-08
Ee Meant We'll.

At an lat home" of Buffalo maR's wife, the footman was called upon to do duty as a butler. He was much taken aback by the extreme thinness of the slices of bread ard butter with which he had to serve the guests. Finally, as he was passing the plate to an old dowager for the third time, he remarked, in very audible whisper: If you slap three or four slices to- gether, mum, maybe you can get a bite"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-02-08
CATTLE BRANDS.

Ear marks: Clean split from root to point left ear, upperbit in right ear. Wattle (varuga) on Jaw, under mouth. C on left jaw (cheek) bulls C on left cheek only. Flooded stock c on left cheek and C on leftribS.
 HENRY HUNING Post office: Show Low, Arizona. Range: Show Low creek, Silver creek Laguna Ortega and Laguna Salada.
 Horse brand c |. left Shoulder.y
The St. Johns herald., 1894-02-08

ImmigratiOn Agent, A., T. d R. R.
 623 Rialto Building, Chicago, III. This railway passes through twelve states and 5erIitor es, and having no lands of its own sell aaS no object in advancing the interests of any Speci al locality, or in giving any other than ab- sOlut ely reliable information. it realizes that thc prosperity of the farmers of the great soutl- west means prosperity to itself also. and is thus naturally willing to aid the immigrant as much as possible.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-02-08

Post office, Springerville, Arizona. Range. Esquidilla mountains. Horse brand, IT N left hip.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-02-08
Apply for Information About THE GREAT
 SOUTHWEST

Where ss aoe ysef @ gPoRn ne9d G snd 5S 3 can be duplicated today for $50 per acre. .AgL,n.o five tons of alfalfa hay, worth SIP per sSsiCi C ton, was grown on land the like of which can be bought for $l5 per acre. Where ng ehs5 bles netted as large and larger profits than fruit. aTi,o e the summers arc cool the winters sSilO . warm. cyclones unknown and mala. ria u heard of.
 .Agnaro there is the best opening in the world sVtsCi C for honest industry.
 To W. F. WHITE, Passenger Traffic Manager, A T. & S F. R. R.
 Or, HENRY F. GRIERSON,
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-15
A Snake in a Living Dog.
lNewbern Journal.

We have sec it in print and heard il
stated that if dog is bitten by a snake q
post mo-tem examination will reveal q
live snake attached to his liver. This
statement seems to be pretty generally
known, but 10 have few believers. We
heard one man say he wouldn't believe 1t
if be saw it.
Capt. D. S. Lancaster, OF the steamer
Carolina. had heard the statement, and
knowing Of dog that had in the past
about five year ago, as near as could be
determined-been bitten by a snake and
had never seemed bright since that time,
though perfectly healthy before, he got
permission from the owner, colored man
named Henry Edwards, to kill the dog
and test the matter. The dog seemed
about to die anyway.
The dog was accordingly shot and an
examination made in the presence OF the
crew of the Carolina and the colored man.
It was an astonished crowd when the liver
was brought to view. Attached to 1t by
his mouth was something snake like,
about four feet in length and about as
large at the largest part as the small par;
of q mans little finger. The liver had
been partly eaten up by the thing. Tax
ing hold of its body with split stick. 1t
was pulled away, and after its hold was
broken it lived about two hours. It did
not crawl around like snake, but wr1g'
gIed around somewhat on the tyle OF an
eel. 1t had an obtuse fiat head and 2
mouth not made for biting but for suck
ing. The color is dingy white.
Capt. Lancaster put the parasite II
alcohol and brought the bottle contain
lug it to the city.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-15
THE CoNSTABLES AGAIN.
Gov. Tiilman Now to Look After the Liquor
Law-He Intends to Enforce the Law
Peacsaby II Possible, But
Relentlessly.
TThe State, 1ltb. |

All the members Of the campaign cir
Gus company have now come it to get
ready for the final fray. The return Of
Governor Tillman to the city has been
looked forward to with considerable
degree of interest, in view of the uncer-
tainty as to what steps are to be taken
to enforce the '93 dispensary Law. The
Governors proclamation has now been
of force for ten days and absolutely no
attempt has been made to enforce the
law.
Governor Tillnan returned to the
city Ne,terday afternoon and soon after
his arrival was seen at the executive
mansion. complaining of the intense
heat. When asked directly what he
proposed doing with regard to enforc-
ing the liquor law, he said he had had
no time to take up the matter properly
yet. He has . high stack of applica-
tions for positions as constables, walt
ing to be acted upon.
"Well, Governor, what can say
about your future COURSE" was asked.
lie promptly replied. You can just
say that am going to enforce the law,
Just as soon as I can get my force of
constabes organized and get them to-
gether."
"Will the enforcement of the law be
along the line indicated by Chief Con-
stable Holley, in his interview"
"Well, I propose to enforce the law
| as gently and easily as can, but at the
same time as relentlessly and firmly as
ever"
The Governor intimated that he
would devote his attention on Monday
to getting the force of constables to-
gether ready for active operations.
T1LLMAN ON THE CAMPAIGN.
When Governor Tillman was asked
about the campaign just ended, he said
that he had every reason to believe
that he had killed as many of the
"other fellows" as those fellows bad
for him. He said that, at the same
time, he was glad that the campaign
was over He had enjoyed the tour
over the State very much, and had
picked up three pounds, notwithstand-
| ing toe heavy work required to attend
all the meetings.
He said: II find that the people ap-
pear to be pretty we'll educated up at
| last. I find them pretty solid on the
question of holding the constitutional
convention. They are all in favor of
it. The display of public sentiment at
these meetings with regard to the dis
pensary system has been satisfactory.
The law has been fully explained to all
people and has been made stronger with
the people as a consequence. [ have
found that the crowds have been just
as large and enthusiastic as heretofore,
and there has been no danger, as here
tafore, exceptIat two or three meetings" "
| The Governor remarked that be was
fully satisfied with the reception ac-
corded him by the crowds, and did not
! notice any change Of attitude towards
| himself.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-15
and magnanimity "towards the COLI

and magnanimity towards the con-
quered Ants"
"Your friend, Mr.. Hempbill," he
said. made the iusinuation, mean
insinuation, that from my speech at
HAMPTON he believed that l had an
understanding with the Ants. l said
no such thing.n Favorable comments
from one portion of the crowd were
several times interjected. Col Tindal
made bis dispensary argument.
Voire-Ii YOU are Governor, and l
believe you will be, will you enforce
the dispensary law?
II will to the letter." replied the
speaker. (Cheers.) II believe am the
only man who can enforce It," he SAID,
"because I can unite more of the moral
forces of the Stale in its support than
any other man." (Cheers.)
"Trot out little John," was the
chorus from the colonies. Mr.. Evans
came forward and was welcomed with
twice or three times as much applause
as any other gubernatorial candidate
for Governor, hut not nearly equal to
1illman's. Mr.. Evans remarked that
DIR. Pope had boiled the track. Tindal
saw spooks and wanted a primary:
(Voice-That's what we wsnt) and
Ellerbe was sprung in the knets.
Evans said that candidates should net
have to come to Abbeville to arouse
prejudice against him.
Replying to Tindal's assertion that
the ANTS were dead, he quoted Col.
John Haskell's recent statement that
Butler could had whipped the Reform
ers had he made straight fight. Mr..
Evans took his hand primary as to
who had paid lawyers and merchants
500, and q aumber Of hundreds went
10 in response to the merchant side.
A Colonel-Ask all who haven't paid
merchants a hundred dollars toshold
up ther hands. (Great laughter. 1t
was one of the best of the campalgn.)
Mr.. Evans alluded to the newspapers
as hating him, saying that they would
not even print bis speeches, and quoted
The correspondent of paper (not The
State) as having told him that his
reports were not printed in full.
Mr.. Evans made lengthy dlspen-
sary argument and took a hand prl-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in the dispensary's
favor-alluded to the newspapers as
nincompoops, pointing towards the re-
porters and said ell the candidates
were stabbing him, as we'll as the
papers on both sides.
Mr.. Evans was loudly cheered at his
close, as be was at intervals through
out the delivery of bis speech, after
which the small fry performed to the
eminently good natured persons who
remained.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-15
CLEMSON COLLEGE.
An Investigation OF Charges Against Presa-
dent Craighead Shows that There IS
Absolutely Nothing IN Them.
THE Register, 1lth.

Governor Tillmau returned to the
city Yesterday afternoon from visit to
Clemson College, where he went to
attend a meeting Of the Board OF
Trustees. :,
The Governor says that the board
made full and exhaustive examlna-
ton of the troubles between the presl..
dent and the students ofthe college and
it found nothing in the charges made
against President Craighead. The
whole thing originated in the i'll feel
ING among some of the students to-
wal rds the president because OF his
refusal to allow them leave OF absence
after they had received permission
from their parents.
The college, the Governor says, ls IN
an excellent condition in every way:
An election offs new faculty resulted
in the reelection of the entire corps OF
old professors.
The contractors are rapidly pushing
the work of reconstructiug the main
building.
The board will meet again in Novem-
Der to prepare its annual report to the
LEGISLATURE, and will then know what
appropriation it may be necessary 10
ask of that body for the college.
The Governor looks extremely we'll
and seems to be we'll pleased with the
results of the campaign.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-15
Who Does the Kicking.

1t was an amusing accident, and the
whole thing has more truth in it than
poetry.
4 Third party man and a Democrat
were talking. AS usual, the Populist
was denouncing the Democrats on
general principles. "Why," says the
Populist, "you see cotton going down
all the time. Why don't you vote
with u.s. We believe we can remedy
all this" "Well," says the Dem ocrat,
II would like to know who is doing
the kicking"
"Everybody," say the Popuiist, "and
most especially the farmers"
II don't know much about that" J"
replied the Democrat, my observation
has been that those who have the cot
ton, it is true. really wish they could
get more, and l don't blame them for
that, but those who are doing the kick
ing most, are generally the men who
have no cotton.n
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-15
FROM. J. Z. w.

It was on dock in Norfolk, in the lat
tel. part Of June,
That met a Southern lady on Friday
morning sooD;
She had been to Norfolk College for the
past nine months or more,
But now it was vacation, so she left
the college door.
In the country with her roommate she
agreed to spend awhile,
So they left the port of Norfolk with
a merry, merry smile;
And before the shades of evening gath
cred in the western sky,
We had landed in the harbor, brother,
and the girls and I.
Many were the words of welcome that
awaited our return
From the seaport town Of Norfolk were
the girls had been to learn;
And "on the go' they kept the lady
from the old Palmetto. State
Walking, riding, sailing sometimes IN
the night till late.
Many were the strolls we took, our
Cousin L. and /,
And when she left, must confess, twas
hard to say goodbye;
But "friends must part" the saying
says, the very 'best of friends"
So, hoping we may meet again, this
little poem ends.