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The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-12-18
S430,14O 81
PENSIONS.

The amount appropriated was dis
bursed as the law directs, giving
each pensioner $2175.
AS the law row stands, allowing
widows of pensioners to be paid q
pension, the amount now paid will
be much reduced, as the number of
pensioners will be necessarily largely
increased next year.
The law now discriminates against
very worthy class of widows,
namely, such as lost their husbands
after 1866 and up to 1883. The
widows of Confederate soldiers who
died of wounds or other causes from
the war during this period are dis
criminated against by our present
laws. This is not just.
ANNUAL ESTIMATES.
All the counties have sent in their
estimates, and will be found in their
proper place in this report.
In making the estimates for the
State we have not included the two
months that will intervene between
the fiscal years under the present
constitution, and that of the new, if
changed, as proposed, from 1st OF
November to 1st of January.
INSURANCE.
This is large and growing inter-
est of the State, and demands mate
rial changes in the laws for the best
interest of the companies doing busi-
ness in State, foreign and domestic,
and also the best interest of the pub
lie and of the State.
PH sPHATE ROYALTY.
This interest of the State is in a
very unsatisfactory condition.
Some of the companies have never
fully recovered from the cyclone and
the general depression of business.
There is not much hope for any in
crease Of the revenues of the State
from this source another year.
RAILROAD ASSESSMENTS.
There were but slight changes in
the valuation of this property by the
State board.
Necessity forced some reduction
on some Of the smaller roads, the
greatest change having been made
in the Three Cs, now called the
Ohio river and Charleston Railway
company.
TAXABLE PROPERTY.
There has been a reduction in the
total value of taxable property. This
decrease is due almost entirely to the
general depression Of values Of per-
sonaI property during the period in
which returns for taxation are made
and assessments thereon are fixed by
the township and county boards.
The only surprise to US was that the
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1895-12-18
]. WALTER MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY kT LAW,

BATESBURG, s. C.,
r%LL PRACTICE IN ALL THE
w State Courts. offer his professional
services to the citizens of Lexington and
Edgefeid counties.
Speeial attention given to claims and set
clement of estates.
JannaEy 30~3m.
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Maintaining militia. s. 10000 90
Pension claims. 50,57l 90
Winthrop Normal Col
lege, support. 4,s40 90
Winthrop Normal and
Industrial College,. 65,670 90
Privilege fertilizer tax,
Clemson College,. 3O,3l7 Is
Direct tax fund, inter-
est and penalty. 13,44S 65
Direct tax fund. d...... 4,464 %
State dispensary... 750,273 So
Loans, State of South
Carolina. ......... l52,121 60
Clemson College, for
further development $4,000 %
Commissioners and Man
ayers of Election. ;. 1900 90
Messengers of election 1852 90
Advertising notices of
election. 1902 81
Transportation convicts
to penitentiary ...... 5000 90
Water for public institu-
tons. .............. 1000 90
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Sl.S9O,776 81
Cash in State treasure,
as per report. ......S Z'2,l9o VI
Cash in State treasury
less warrants. .... 267,274 13
Warrants unpaid. 1921 IS
Amounts outstanding
Oct. 81, 1895. ...... 5,O2l oS
Estimate of supplies required for
the support of tie government for
fiscal year 1895 1896.
Governors Ofice-S10,05O.
Office of Secretary of State-S4,S 500
Office of Comptroller General
$3.50.
Office of State Treasurer-S6,5OO.
Office Superintendent Of Educa-
tion-S3,7O0.
Office Adjutant and Inspector Gen
eral-S3,300.
Office Attorney General-s5,975.
Office of State Librarial-S1,3 $50.
Keeper State House and Grounds
S4,26O.
Judicial Department. -S6S,15O.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
THE FRENCH AS COLONISTS.
An English View of Their Policy of
Acquiring Territory.


" "
The French flrmly believe that they couia
be a great power beyond the seas-not in
decd in the English way of colonizin-. for
.,,h;oh .ha, 49, ,oith.r the nonu,, +,on nor
WV" ."e' no ~.
the naoit OF ENGRAVING out III 'he way VI
holding and governing great tropical or
semi-tropical dependencies. For this work
tbey boI5 themselves 70 be incontestablv
lie, -. ~ 49,, r,, ~,
the pest quaiiieo VI al peopies' iheS oe
lieve that we arrested them in a splendid
career in India, and that we are now repeat
ing that act of unfriendliness in Africa. That
a.t on.,ro,+ 10 ,,r, IN III, ,,,a1t;,o NOT
'a1' .on - ~" III u. AZ, i'-.s W.
ana tney thihk' 10 put IL plalhiy' that Ireat
Britain has taken advantage" of their mo-
mentary inferiority in Europe to cheat them
of their fair share in the grand distribution
IT,, 49, ,,ot o,,,,. at 49,. -. ..,,,o,
n'. nv. oiiiS ii'' So HssP'' winch
with their Napoleonic traditions they hoped
for. but they have got nothing else except
a quantity of rather thinly covered soil, as
Lord Salisbury said, and liberty to conquer
Madagascar, if the Hovas will let them
That is not sufficient, and they are angry,
not only in Egypt but in Madagascar, in
the Somali country, on the Niger, and
in the vast region behind their possessions
on the south coast of the Mediterranean In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
TERRORS OF POLAR NIGHT.
Those Who Have Not Experienced 1t
Cannot Appreciate the Horror.

FROM La loLf uu Monde
Constahtin Nossiloff, reporting his scien-
tific researches in Nova Zembla, furnishes
an interesting description of his sensations
and experiences during the long arctic night
which began in November and ended jan
uary 20. September was pretty omfortable,
he says. Then suddenly snow covered the
mountains. The Samoyedes, his only COM
panions, put on their winter clothing, the
fishing boats set sail for Archangel the
ground froze, the sun lost its warmth and
heavy SHOWS fell. Winter had come in ear
nest On the day when the sun showed it
self for the last time all hands went out of
doors to bid it farewell 1t remained in sight
for half an hour only. For a few days longer
there was morning twilight. Then this
faded and gave place to black night. The
stars shohe the whole twenty-four hours.
The huts of the colony We're buried under
the snow. of which thick whirlwinds filled
the air. The wind shook the huts to their
foundations. Sometimes for days together
the inmates of different huts could hold no
communication with each other, though the
huts We're side by side. If anyone went out
he was seized by the wind and had to be
dragged back by means of ropes.
In this darkness and Gesola ton the aurora
borealis did much to entertain and cheer
them 1t lasted sometimes for five DAYS in
succession, with spendors of color that Mr.
Nossion tries in vain to describe To enioy
the spectacle he used to remain for hours in
{. hole in the snow, sheltered from the wind
Il have never seen anything more terrible
than tempest during the polar night" saws
Mr.. Nossilof. Man feels himself over
whelmed in immensely" When there came
lull in the storm the men ventured out to
breathe the air and purge their lungs of the
eNhalations Of the smoking lamps fed with
seal oil.
Twilight appeared again in the middle of
January, and on the Goth the sun rose above
the horizon, while the members of the little
colony stood in line facing it and fired
salute. No one had died or been seriously
i'll. but all had the look of corpses and were
as feeble as convalescents after a long sick
ness. Health returned with the appearance
of the sun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
Stimulus for n Speech.
From The Youths Companion.

From The Youths Companion.
A capital story is told of the way III
which New England Senator was once
aroused to make a stirring speech. At the
outset of his political career he had been
known as remarkably clever 'orator Of
the stump" and later on. in the lower
house of the legislature, he made a bril-
liant name for himself. But when he be-
came a Senator he ceased talking, much
to the regret of his friends ard admirers.
Finally the liquor law came up for dis
cussion, and the wife of a friend Of the
Senator, who was much interested in its
passage, was disappointed to see that the
brilliant man had no apparent intention Of
joining in the discussion. She sat down
and wrote a few words sheet of pa
per, which she inclosed IN an envelope and
sent by messenger to the Senator: DO
speak! Even Balkans spoke once"
This brought the Senator to his feet. and
elected one of the best speeches he ever
made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
OFFICIAL SONG WRITER.
The French Navy HIS One Employed
by the Year.

Paris Letter in Chicago Chronicle
To the inventive genius of NJ. Lockroy the
minister of marine, is due the priiiiaht
idea of appointing what may be caiieo an
official minstrel to the national navy. NJ
Iockroy has observed with concern fhat the
sailor of the present day has no neart LOT
his work" So far from producing the tonic
effect WHICH might have been expected from
it. the iron of the modern war ship appears,
in the minister's opinion, to enerVate ana
depress it's crew. They want excitement to
keep their spirits Up. and the rules OF the
French service apparently do not permit
them to achieve this object, like Thomas
Hoods hero, by pouring spirits down
Grog we are told, Is not to be thought of,
and cups of strong coffee are regarded as
too costly an incentive to Valor.
In these circumstances it has occurred to
NJ Lockroy that bard might be the very
thing, and accordingly a Breton sea poet or
the name of Yam Nibor has been sent to
Toulon to recite his inspiring lays ON board
the war ships of the French Mediterranean
fleet. Brittany furnishes by far the largest
proportion of sailors to the navy of the re-
public, but it's sons dislike the mechanical
occupations of the new model men-of-war,
and pine for the old-fashioned war ships
I'm which the sailors energies found such
varied exercise. The poet with the name
which looks so like a word spelled backward
is now a clerk in the ministry of marine.
but he has been to sea himself, which Is
He is described as more powerful and less
sentimental than Dibdin,' which also, to
use a familiar metaphor, is what the doc
tor ordered and he further fills the bill''
yet more completely by being huge giant
of a creature, who looks nearer seven than
six feet high and seems hewn out of gran
ite with Ratchet" If a minstrel of this
stature and appearance could not breathe
deliberate valor" into the breasts of a navy
It would be surprising indeed, but Nibor
seems to require a good deal Of time for the
operation.
He spent twenty days on board the Suffren
singing his songs and reciting his poems,
and when the SuffTen had been sufficiently
wound Up he divided the month of October
between the Trident and the Formidable,
the f1agships of Admirals Gervais and Cow
erville He is now laying in stock of new
songs. among them THE Marines Cate
chism," which has not, it must be owned,
very startling sound, with a view to an
other two months bout. Yam Nibor is
evidently most conscientious and indie
fatiSable officer, and If his songs produce as
potent an effect on board ship as they do in
the seaboard towns. where NJ. Lockroy says
they act like lighted fuse" he will be
well worth his official salary, whatever it
MAY be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
AN ELECTRIC HOUSE WAGON.
Novel Scheme of Two Adventurous
Young New Workers..

New York Letter in Cincinnati Enquirer.
Two young men here who have rather
more money than they know what to do
with are having a self-propellng vehicle
constructed in which they purpose to make
a tour over the entire country-if it works
and doesn't come to pieces like the deacon's
"one-hCss shay" They call it a house wag-
on, a rather unpoetic, uneuphonious appel
lation, but it suggests the purpose and style
of the vehicle very well. The greater part
of it is to be covered and built as firmly as
a house, so as to keep out the weather.
The living quarters Of a canal boat are
taken as a model for the interior. Nobody
who has not been in canal boat can real
ize how space is economical there. 1t is
probably the most compact dwelling known
to civilization, surprising in that respect a
New York Hat, and that is saying a great
deal. Inside the house wagon there will be
two hunks, OF over the other, in a sleep
ing car or state room. A curtain will screen
them by day. AT one side will! be fixed a
table for dining, reading or writing. Besides
two chairs, there will be seating accommo-
dations for half dozen or so on lockers.
These lockers, of course, will be packed with
clothing. housekeeping utensils and pfovis-
ions. for these fellows intend to do their own
cooking.
by gas! To effect this tank will be built
under the car, II 1t is found practicable. to be
charged with gas, and the route of travel.
therefore, will have to be SO laid that oc-
casional stops may be made at large towns
SO that the tank can be replenishcd. 1t is
believed that the plan Is practicable enough
as far as the Mechanical continuance is con-
Cerned, but the young men rather fancy
travelling where their fancy listeth, even
among mountainous regions and wilder
| nesses. where kerosene oil is a luxury. and
the tallow dip the popular means of lighting.
If they decide to do that they will give up
the gas tank and put i'll a supply CT oil and
an oil stove.
Electricity is the motive power, and the
designers hope to be able to carry enough
stored power with them to last for many
weeks. The front part Of the wagon will be
open. so that in pleasant weather the trav-
elers may sit outside and enjoy air and
scenery. In stormy weather they purpose
to pull up by the roadside and kill time
within doors. but hood is to be provided.
so that If they choose they can make pro-
gress in spite of rain and without much dis
comfort. This structure, which Is not near
ly as large circus wagon or furniture
van, will cost several thousand dollars but
the propretors declare that in comparison
with forty-foot yacht 1t is money saver.
Their stories about the joys Of 1t would
make a chapter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
Beer keE Bear Traps.

Beer kegs are being used with great suo-
cess for the odd purpose of catching bears
in the vicinity Of Hoquiam, Wash, and are
said to make the best bear traps ever used
in that region. One end is knocked out of
the key, and then a number of strong
sharp spikes are driven into it's sides, the
points slanting toward the closed end
A big dab of honey or other delicacy es-
pecially liked by a bear Is then placed at
the further end, and the key is carelessly
dropped in the woods where the bears are
likely to stumble across it. The device
caught five bears in one week for one key
planter recently. The bear Just pushes
right into the keg after the honey in the
end, and the spikes effectually prevent him
from backing out, and all he can do is roll
around until he is tired, and then wait for
the trap layer to come around.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16

From The American MANUFACTURER.
Glucinium is the nams of a new metal
which seems destined to become OF great
Importance in the very near future. On
account of its peculiar qualities it will
be used especially for electrical purposes
As its atomic weight is 81 and its specific
gravity 200 its attractive power is con-
sideraby greater than that of iron and its
Conductibility is equal to that of silver
Glucinium. therefore, is more capable of re-
sistance than iron, and a better conductor
than copper, and in addition to all that it
is lighter than aluminium. If these Glaims
for this new metal should be confirm. ed by
practical use there is TO doubt that giu-
cinium will be used extensively for cleo
trical purposes. the more so as its COM
mercial value will amount to about so
pound or 100 times less than the same
volume and ten times less than the same
Weight of platinum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
Feline Pensioners in Paris.
From the Galignanl Messenger.

A lady who lives near the Jardin des
P1antes, or old Partisan Zoo, is a provi-
dence to the stray cats of her neighbor-
hood. She feeds daily a hundred at the
Bercy wine market. where they are allowed
to live In the cellars. This lady believes in
the transmigraton of souls, and says she
feels as if she was formerly incarnate in a
woman who hated animals. Here extreme
sensiblity to their sufferngs is, she also
feels, the punishment melted to her She
has in an clubhouse number of mutilated
and sick cats that she rescued
Another lady attends to the cats in the
Palais de Justice, the central markets, the
prefecture Of police and the Sorbonne
There are thirty cats at the Palais de JUS
tice. They are in the habit of being regu-
larly fed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16

Powers, H H., VT. Riggs.
Pugh, S. j., KY, Ebbitt.
Quigg. L. E.. NY, Shoreham.
Ray. G. W., N. Y. WIZARDS.
Reed. Thomas B.. Maine. the Shoreham.
Reeves, Walter, ILL.,. Varnum.
Reyburn. J. S. Pa: 1901 Conn. ave.
Richardson. J. D.. Tenn. HOB 9th st. NV.
Robbins. G: A. Ala. Arno Hotel
Robinson, ]. B., Pa. 17OS R. |. ave. nv
Robertson, S. NJ, La. Metropolitan.
Royse, l.. w, Ind, Ebbitt-
Russell, B. E., Ga, NJ. Vernon.
Russell. c. A.. Corn. Hamilton.
Sauerhering. e. Wis. Oxford.
Sayers. j. D., Texas. Riggs.
Scranton, }. A, Pa, Shoreham.
Settle, Thos., North Carolina, Albany.
Shannon. r. c., New York Shoreham
Shaw, J. G., North Carolina Metropolitan.
Sherman. J. S, N. Y, Cairo.
Shuford. A. G., n: c.. Metropolitan.
Simplsins. John. Mass, Albany.
Skinner, H.. n. c.. Ebbitt.
Smith, w. A, Mich, 1885 X St NV.
Smith. G. w, Ill, 9ls 18th st. NV.
Shower, Il. Co.. Mich. COB N. C. ave. So
Southland. J. H., Ohio. Varnum.
Sorg. P. j.. Ohio, Arlington.
Spalding, Geo, Mich, 12S A St ne
Sparkman, s. NJ, Fla. Metropolitan
Spencer, J. G., Miss. I57 D st. Sc.
Sperry, n. D., Conn.,. buckingham.
Stable. ]. A, Pa, Wizards.
Stokes, ]. W., n. c.. 921 st. NV.
Strobe. J B.. Nebraska, Wizards.
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Stable, Jas. A, Pa 1924 S st. NV
Steele, G. W.. Ind. Ebb,t.
Stephenson, S. NJ, Mich, Ebbtt.
Stewart. ]. F., n. J., Normandie
Stone, w. A.. Pa. 1721 Q.
Strong. L. NJ. Ohio, Varnum.
Strowd. w. F., N. c., ?31 G ST.
Sullaway. c. A.. N. H., Varnum.
Swanson. c. A. Va. ZIG Q st.
Taft, Chas. p, Ohio, 1871 X
Talbert w. j., SC, National
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Tyler. DIG. Va. oil East Capitol St
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Wellington, G. L., Nd, -.
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Watson. d. X. Ohio. Hamilton
Watson, J. E. Ind. Dos Md. ave ne.
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Wilson, Geo. W.. Ohio. Varnum
Wilson, Edgar, Idaho, 453 NJ St NV.
Wilson, J. S, South Carolina, Ebhitt,
Wood, Benson. ILL.,. Ebbitt.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
School Girls Tresses,
From the Springfield Union

Don't dry your hair out of the front
windows!" This was one of President
Mead's late edicts to the students of Mt.
Holyoke College who have outer rooms.
The college building is in the form of a
hollow square, and many of the rooms
look out on a court. Since this proelama-
ton these rooms are filed, on Sunday
afternoons in particular, with maidens OF
oneself back to the open window and let
the mass of hair which has just been
washed hang over the sash to dry in the
breeze. 1t may be imagined what a slngu-
lar sight is presented when every window
is ornamented.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
In Place of Water,
From the Cndor Globe.

from the Lndor Globe.
The South African newspapers are full of
amusing incidents in connection with the
Rand water famine Soda water at five
shillings bottle Is in general use for Gull
nary and washing purposes. The demand
for Florida water, bay rum, eau de cologne
and other liquids of like character is I'M
precedentedly great. and anything that can
be pressed into the service of the toilet
comm ands a fancy price. A mixture of
ammonia and lavender water is said to
yield satisfactory results, and even vase
line and benzine are by no means despised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-12
ASIATIC POLITICS.
University Students Listen
to EX-Secrctnry Foster.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, December 12.-Two
thousand Students listened to ex-SecreIary
of State John w. Fosters address last
night on Asiatic politics. President Angel
introduced the distinguished visitor.
In respect to the present phase of Ar
menian affairs. Mr.. Foster said:
Upon the British government must rest
large share of the responsibility for the
exster ce and continuance of the recen:
outrages in Asia Minor. But for its inter
vention the Turkish power would have beer
completely broken as result of the Rus
sian war In 1871.
A considerable part of the lecture was
taken up with the events leading up to
and growing out of the late war between
China and Japan. Mr.. Foster spoke of
the remarkable DEVELOPMENT of Japan along
the line of civilized nations and her acces-
sion to them as a great military power.
The Interference of the European powers
in the shows how intimately their in
terests are bound up iri the affairs of the
east The conduct of England and Russia
emphasizes the character Of their respec-
tive interests. England feared for her vast
commerce in the event of war Russia.
with no commerce, interfered only wheI
Jaran tried to become a continental power,
planting herself in a conquered territory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-12
TWO FASHIONABLE AFFAIRS
Marriage of Miss Nichols to the Marquis
de Chambrun.
Bishop Keane Assisted Mt the Cere-
mOny at Cincinnati mt Noon
Miss Rockefeller Welded.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, December 12.-At
Don today at the Church of the Holy
Angels on East Walnut Hills was solemnized
according to the rites of the Roman
Catholic Church the marriage of Miss Mar
garet Rives Nichols. daughter of the late
George Ward Nichols and his wife, formerly
Maria Longworth now the wife of Bellamy
Storer, late member of Congress of the first
Ohio districD, and Louis Charles Antoine
Guilbert Pierre Pinton, MARQUIS de Cham
brun, counsel of the French embassy at
Washington, ID. G.
The attendants were the brides cousin,
Miss Clara Longworth, and NJ. de Shoenen
a cousin of the groom.
Mr.. Joseph Nichols, the brides brother.
Mr.. Nicholas Lonsworth, her cousin; Mr.
Frederick Coudert of New York, Mr. Hor-
ace Wiley of Washington, ID. c. and Mr.
Harold Binney of Philadelphia were the
ushers.
Father O'Rourke officiated, assisted by
Bishop keane of Washington D. c. Arch
bishop Elder and Father Ault
Inc bridal gown was a superb Paris crea-
sweeping train and bodice gracefully drap-
ed with soft falls of chiffon
The maids gown was also of white silk
trimmed with chiffon.
After the ceremony a reception followed
at Lockwood, the fine old Longworth home
stead, where the Storers reside when in
Cincinnati The house decorations were all
In green and white. Over 200 invitations
were issued