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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-08
POISON ~ HER HUSBANDS TEA.
ARREST OF A FARMERS WIFE on SERIOUS

ARREST OF FARMERS WIFE ON A sEhioo'
CHARGE, IN MEDINA y. Y.
Medina y. y. Sept. Joshua Culver farmer
living five miles from this place. drove into LOWE
70. day much excited He said 10 the police tha' -
had quarrelied with his wife. and at nrsaAtass
had given him a cup Of tea which tasted fa'n"
queer. He suspected poison. and after barely ta's
ing the tea which, he says. made him v'oien'"
sick. put the rest in bottle and drove 10 town' A
A rough test made % the tea disclosed poison hs
r.rrarf wns issued for Mrs. CuTerS arrest III. 81
was brought here this evening. and nad pre- sha
nary hearing. She denies having put poison j" Wv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-08
Colgate's
Cashmere Bouquet
Toilet Soap.

the Finance Committee for that of Lewis May. de-
ceased. John Fox and John d. Crimm!ns were
also added 10 this committee. The secretary an
rouNcCd tina; the membership of the union had IN
creased twenty-five hundred in tho last We u,
making a total membership OF over thirty-hVe
ftni.SdnQ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-08
1,yrry TINES on STATEN ISLAND.

A lively discussion was caused last evening at inc
.oss,or ~ the Richmond County Republican Com
ro,,taa at ST George, Staten Island. by the an
nouncement that some anti-organization workers
we're circulating enrolment blanks not OF the resu
lar form. and which contained pledges not con-
tanned In those issued By the committee Tine com
mittee had long wrargle over the blanks some
of the members denouncnS them as Oelhs ,ssueu ~
80. ,rophia a. the primaries and cause the rejec-
,,on Of voters The members finally repudiated
them by formal resolution .,n . sooo,a
The meeting was thrown into an Iproar stcon9
time when r. L. Haydcck, Of Nor'GntlA ue'lnt t
thai an etort eng made to GepIto 90
Corbv was partly guilty. GarOy denlcd tie sta
neat ard accused l4aydock Of fsiseho0H. - ne "a
ter threatened to punch MI. rarpS !" '4'' '~'N'
hu. hostilltes were prevented .,....to, ,e
TIE meeting adjourned after hxiis Sep'emoe' -
as the date for the primaries
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-08
NOMINATED FOR THE ASSEMBLY.

Corning. N Y. Sept. THE Republicans OF Wy
omlng County have nominated Daniel B. Whpple.
OF Wethersfeld. for Member Of Assembly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-08
A PLEASING RESULT

other People May Have the Same Experience
rs the Following.
WHITE STORE. ~ " was sufferer with
scrofulous hun1or. and had a very large sore
under my chin. 1t caused me much pain. I
also felt tired and Respondent but after taking
a few bottles Of Hoods Sarsaparilla my sores
were healed and my appetite came back. The
scrofuIa sores have never returned" MRS. c. N.
ROCKWELL. Be sure to get Hoods.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-08

are purely vegetable. care
fully prepared. % cents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-08
M,LAUGHLIN FRIGHTENED BY CROKER
THE peooK1.YN MACHINE DEMOCRATS GREATLY
coScrRNEp-A HURRIED CONFERENCE
.,-,o DIT, FOR GAYNOR.

pr1.D-A PLEA FOR GAYNOR
Thu return q Richard Croker and the published
statement that he might possibly dictate MS own
nomination for Mayor brought CONSERVATION among
rnacbine Democrats Of Brooklyn conference
was held which attended by Hugh McLaueh
lin p 7 York p II. McCarren. James Kane anu
others Although the ostensibe purpose OF 'he
Gathering was TO fix the dates for the conventions
vet the snares and pitfalls in 'front.' Of 'he De"o>
racv were discussed with much concern.
Croker and free silver are looked upon as equa'
dangers by Mclaughlin. As TO silver ne gave pos,
tive oraers that all delegates must be instructed
nromptly 10 oppose free-slver resolutions whe"-
ever presented < ,,.,.or T..
As TO Croker, /: he should run for Mayor /"
would make big difference with the hioohis u
ring They want strong candidate nominated
so that county ticket made up 81 suen d!i0!en
ofsce.holders as Patrick Hayes, JACOB Nen aN9 10
Henry Haggerty be pulled through o,rl E's Nc II
Laushlin TO nominate new men Cro-.r a. no.
What DO ysu hnM S 81 was asked wife
all these unpleasant possibilities were rs'0i'"s ~
p have n.;h!ng 70 say he REPLIED ,n5 Tmi sS bar.
ToTed coureo. 10 the committee ina; called upon
him at II a. m - urge him to aid the Mpn.cp1i
gnono in S siurnf re ssO aade9 the
and hers II party were De Iareey r. f Ric6
ara Waa.en Dr. r. Lewis Fosarty 4 I L. Bo9 9!52
aa ! T. Ess mr. Mi Mc i0ls 10 8crk Tor his
nomination. ..A.r,. e. .sL for
b,s non,ina lion ." asked Mr.. Mclaughlin. 49,,
When told that they had not Mt McIausnil 1
said ne was glad TO see them and would remember
what they had said, m 800 . ,,u,. ars boar
The Municipal Union Will meet to-nish' anu "ea
reror's from the various committees .-,-
Ire SheoardItes 90 not take Sc iously the Croker
sor-Mayor' story. Assistan: District-At'orheS NJ!
SAID: . A., o~oo, ,ha q,
= have inside information TO the e Mo una o q
- is useless 20 say what should do IN sdch d
Contingency. The idea of hs being candidate IS
absurd II would arouse az once violent ahtdS0-
nisys. as he has practically left this country ana Is
living in England"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-08
DEMOCRATS AND THE CHIEF JUDGEsHIP.

DEMOCRATS AND THE CHIEF JUDGESHIP.
The Democratic State Committee has been called
N rnee, a, the Hoffman House in this city at noon
or Wednesday September Is. not on next Friday as
was enormously announced yesterday. In the cal
for the meeting Elliot Danforth, the chairman OF
,be con,ni;ee states that the object Of the meet
ing is "ior the purpose OF taking acton unuer t,e
rnsoutions OF the las; Democratic State convention
U,bo,zinp he comrttee in its discretion, 10 nom.
mate a candidate for Chief Judge OF the Court OF
Appeals
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-23

us a pleasant sketch OF Governor Mid
dleton, with whom he was we'll ac-
quainted. Among other things he
says:
Governor Middleton told me that
he was personally acquainted with
almost every distinguished man in
Europe. He saw BOnaparte in every
station which he had filled, from that
OF General Of the Interior to his seat
on the throne of France. He was on
terms of intimacy with him while hewas
General OF the Interior, and was in the
habit of visiting his family. AT one
period OF their acquaintance he re-
ceived encouragement to address his
step.daughter. Little did l then
think, said Governor Middleton, that
she would ever be queen."
Am not right in saying that Gov
ernor Middleton missed a crown? Who
can doubt that, had he married Ma
poleon's step.daughter, he would after
wards have been made king of some Eu-
ropean country by the great warrior,
and he would undoubtedly have made
wise and just ruler. We may sup
pose, however, that as Governor of an
American State he was probably hap
pier than he would have been as king
OF some European country.
MCDONALD FURMAN.
Ramsey, S. c.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-23

He is going to prepare a set of in
structions and rules governing the
organization of the township and
county boards and simplifying the law
so that they can work in uniform
manner, but does not think that this
will facilitate matters very much. He
will endeavor to remodel the former
blanks in such way that they can be
used.
In addition to these troubles, there
is the matter OF the formation of new
counties. Scarcely one of them will
be in working order in time for the
township boards even to be formed.
There is but one way left open for the
pensioners in these counties to get their
money along with tAe others, and the
others cannot get theirs until it is
known how many there are in the
several new counties, inasmuch as the
amounts have to be p-o-rated. This is
by loose construction OF the law,
requiring the boards in the several
old counties to act upon the applica.
tions of those residing in the new
counties or leaving the pensioners in
the new counties out altogether, letting
the Legislature help them when it re.
cOnvenes.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-23
THE PENSION MIDDLE.
The New Act Will Cause Pensioners
TO Wait for Their Money.

lne Nc" ACT Will Cause Pensioners
to Wait for Their Money.
Columbia State.
The new pension law has had the
comptroller general scratching his
head and wondering where the State
board OF pensions is at. There are
some provisions 10 1t that would puzzle
anyone. AS q result, even constituting
the act as 1t was evidently intended It
should pass, the pensioners of the
State will OF necessity he compelled to
wait possibly till August, before they
can get their money, and it Is no fault
of the authorities charged with the ex-
ecution OF the law.
In the first place, in the section pro-
viding for the time for the payne mt of
the pensions the figures fixing the
year were left reading 1896 " instead
OF "1o97." Of course the intention ia
clear, but unless the law is construed
In that light nothing at all can be paid
until the General Assembly meets
again.
Then township boards have been
provided for and other complex machi.
merry TO the approval OF applications.
There are mething over l 200 town.
ships in the State. 1t would be q
physical impossibility to get the boards
organized In every township in the
State and have the applications go
through all the machinery provided in
time for the payment OF the pensions
by the 18th OF June, as is provided
Comptroller General Norton, who has
had much experience with this pen
sion matter, declares that leaving
everything else aside it would be inn
possible to get the warrants out to tn,
pensioners In the several counties be
lore the middle OF July or August.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-23
MISSED A GROWN.
An Interesting Chapter OF South
Carolina History.

An Interesting Chapter OF South
Carolina History.
Boston Education Magazine.
South Carolina has had one promi-
nent man of whom 1t may be said, "He
missed crown" An account of him
and his family forms chapter of in
terest In tho annals Of the historic Pal
motto State.
The Middletons are not only one of
the most distinguished, but also one OF
the Oldest OF the Carolina families. An
account OF them and their estates reads
almost like the history of some noble
family of England. Before the English
had been permanently settled in the
colony dozen years, we find Edward
Middleton a member Of the council
under the Lords Proprietors He was
born In England and Inherited q large
property. His son, Arthur Middleton
headed the revolution which threw off
the rule of the Lords Proprietors and
placed the province directly under the
protection Of the English crown. He
was afterwards Governor of the prov
ince. Henry Middleton, son of Arthur,
WIS president of the Continental Con.
gress in ITS.
The most famous of tho Middletons
was Arthur, who was q signer of the
Declaration of Independence. He was
tae son Of Henry (ust mentioneo), and
was born at the family seat in 1913.
He received his education in England.
In 1779 he took the fed in defense OF
Charleston, and the following year he
was made a prisoner, but was after
wards exchanged. At one time during
the revolution he declined the Govern
~ nf l,ic n IA Id H..
His home, the Middleton Place (Which
was in the low country OF South Caro-
lina) has beeu destroyed, but the fol-
lowing "pen picture" OF the grounds,
published In 1888, will give the reader
! an idea OF what O. fine place 1t must
have been:
THE old gates with their massive
pillars stand intact, but OF the home.
stead itself only the chimneys and parts
OF the walls remain. At Middleton
Place, an Englishman would feel al
home even to-day. Many of the ole
terraces and hedges remain as they
were a century ago, and the ample
grounds, which are tolerably we'll kept
have a decidedly English air. This
| place Is still In possession OF the Mid
I dleton family"
During the present century thi
family has furnished one governor tt
South Carolina that was Henry Mid
dleton, son of the "signer;" he filled
the office 1902, after which he served
In Congress, and was also, for severa
years, minister to Russia. When ,
young man, he travelled good deal Ii
Europe, and for some time during tn,
French revolution was in France. Hi
death occurred Ia 1876.
Governor Middleton and the lat
Gov. Benjamin Is. Perry were bot
members of the Union party during tn
sslrring times of nullification, and Gov
ernor Perry, in his delightful REM
\ niscences" (Which can we'll be rea
with pleasure and proatby many other
! besides South CaroliniansI, has give
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-23

Judge Mackey, who has been in
Columbia since the session OF Che
General Assembly proposes to pub ish
during the coming summer book of
abolt $50 pages, which he will call
South Carolina Lost and Found. The
work is intended to give history Of
political affairs In this State from 1865
to 1877, with special reference to the
Reconstruction period, with which
Judge Mackey has every reason to be
entirely familiar, having taken quite
hand in bringing about the settle
ment OF the troubles. He says that In
his book he will with the scimetar OF
truth share off some tall plumes." He
will start out with the Secession period
and take the position that there was
no need for this State to have pre-
cipitated the war, and that many OF
her best and ablest sons were against
the Secession movement. Judge Mac.
key expects to have his book before
the public about the month OF August
and will soon go on to New York tC
arrange for It's publication.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-23
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Notes About Men and Things In and
Around Washington.


The dome alone c the capitol cost
81, ,250,000.
Turnbrll painted the four best his
torical pictures in the capitol rotunda
The state, war and navy building
was begun in 1871, and cost $10,0OO,0O0
to complete.
The new naval observatory at Wash
lngtOn Is one of the finest scientific
plants in the world
Genera infeld Scott fathered the
soldiers / ne, which was established
by Congress in 1857.
The Crawford bronze door OF the
Senate wing weighs II, 600 pounds, and
cost nearly $57, 900.
Ainsworth II. Spofford has been Ii.
brarian Of Congress since 1864. His
salary is $4,000 per year.
The Congress of the United States
has met annually in Wash lngton since
November II, 1900.
The hall of the House of Rcpresen-
tatives is the largest Legislative as
sembly room in the world.
The columns of the eastern portico
OF the capitol are each solid blocks OF
sandstone, thirty feet high.
A marbl column surrounded by
statue OF Lincoln stands In front Of the
district courthouse.
1t costs about 800, 900 year to run
the white house, exclusive of the pres
ident's salary OF $4,000.
Seventh, Ninth, Fourteenth, F
and G streets are rivaling Pennsylva-
MIA avenue as business locations.
The bronze propeller of his famous
flagship, the Hartford, was cast into
the statue OF Admiral Farragut.
The Rogers bronze doors at the main
entrance Of the capitol tell the history
OF Columbus, and cost $28, 900.
The capitol rotunda is ninety.five
feet six inches in diameter and from
floor to canopy measures 1873 feet three
inches.
The terraces of the capitol were
only completed In 1891, the total cost
OF the building footing up $l4 ,455, 900
The treasury building was complet-
ed in 1869, at cost OF $8,000,000 II Is
the largest government department.
Pennsylvania avenue, paved with
asphalt, and 100 feet wide, is consider
ed the finest parade street in the
world.
John Quincy Adams designed the
allegorical group, "The Genius of
America" on the eastern portico Of
the capitol.
The Society of the Army of the Ten
nessee erected the $4,000 statue to
General James b. Mcpherson in Nc
Pherson square.
The postofiicc department building
was erected In 1889, and extended In
1855, at q cost OF over so, 100000
The reclaimed Potomac flats will add
about 1000 acres to the mall, extend
ing down the river in the form OF !.
promontory.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-23

The air is so clear in the Arctic
regions that conversation can be car
ried on easily by persons two miles
apart 1t has also been asserted on
good authority that at Gibraltar the
human voice has been distinctly heard
at distance OF ten miles.
"A gentleman travelling in Persia
says he has been in q town where the
bells ring for prayer five times q day,
and business men rush out of their
Offices to the churches, leaving their
places OF business alone and unlocked :,
and nobody ever has thing stolen.
French papers insist that the
roller-bOat OF M. Bazin, which Is to
cross the ocean in three days, is likely
to be success, and that it will glide
over the water as smoothly as q car
riage along road. A trial trip on the
Thames Is promised shortly.
Jack rabbits are so numerous In
some parts OF Colorado that there is
an annual roundup" to exterminate
the pests. At the roundup held the
week before Christmas at Lamar Is, ,O0C
rabbits were killed.
"A whale recently captured In
arctic waters was found to have i'm.
bedded Ia its side harpoon that be.
longed to whaling vessel that had
been out OF service nearly half cen
tury.
-White-wine vinegar can be made
by adding five gallons of rainwater tt
10 pounds OF mashed raisins, and let
ting 1t stand in warm place for {
month.
1t is thought the output OF tn,
steel rail companies this year will b,
In the neighborhood OF 1000, 900 tons
or fully three times the output of 1896
=" What is It that causes the salt
ness OF the oceanPn asked teacher
It 10 the Goldfish, !" said q little girl,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-23
1t is related that about a vear aoo

1t is related that about year ago
a house in Wichita, Kan, was entered
by burglar and pocketbook contain
ing some money was stolen. Recently
the owner of the purse received a let
ter through the mails inclosing $40
bill and the following note "A year
ago stole a pocket-book from you
containg $50. / have been sick and
remorse has been gnawing at my
heart, so L send you $40. When re-
morse gnaws again will send you some
moro. Burglar"
"A good railway engine will travel
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-23
NO. 80.
wAYSIDE GATHERINGS.
Bits OF Humor and Nuggets of Truth
for tho Multitude.

Satan does not object to our holiness
II we are proud OF it.
| Mexico is the richest mineral
country in the world, not excepting
Peru.
The queen has 60 pianos at Os-
| ace.
No man has any better religion
than that which he actually exhibits In
his daily life.
The worst troubles lose their keen
edge when we insist on getting some
good out OF them.
Owing to the dry, cold atmosphere,
not single infectious disease is known
In Greenland.
Michigan produces one.fifth OF the
iron OF this country. mining nine mil
lion tons year.
About 100000 worth of Amer
lean whisky is annually sent abroad,
most OF it from Baltimore.
American colleges received last
year gifts of money and property
amounting to $l6,000,0O0
sight OF God, and you need not fear
what men may do to harm you.
1t is said that people who drink
a great deal OF water have rheuma-
tism less than the nonwater drinker.
Tho United States and Germany
are the only great powers that have no
postal savings banks.
Politics should be treated as any
injurious insects undor chronological
rules and well sprayed with common
sense.
There is a movement in Colorado
to erect monument TO the memory of
Zebulon Pike, the first explorer of
Pixies Peak.
The tone Of piano is best when
the instrument is not near wall. An
even temperature should be maintain
ed in tho room.
TO prevent corrosion of collar but
tons by contact with the neck, a re-
Gently patented button has the back
made OF cork
-Spain's wretched showing in ag-
ricultural pursuits is said to be due,to
the use OF primitive implements OF the
time Of Julius Cesar.
As early as the time of Alexander
Ill OF Scotland, a man who let weeds go
TO seed on farm was declared to be
the kings enemy.
Before the great freeze in Florida
the annual orange crop was from eight
to ten million boxes. The estimate for
this season is 10000 boxes.
Bread as a daily article of food ia
used by only about one-third OF the
l,5OO, 100000 people that constitute the
present population of the earth.
CLAUS Spreckels is building a &c.
600, 900 house in San Francisco. In it
there will be six bathrooms that will
cost $4,000, no two of which will be
alike.
An error of a thousandth part OF
an inch in astronomical records NAV
mean difference of 200,0 900, 900 900
miles in the distance of star.
When a man is no longer afraid,
but Is prepared to welcome whatever
comes, because he sees in it the ap-
polntment of a loving Father, why
then he is in a happy state.
Tho man who comes to the sta
tion two minutes behind time, and
sees the train scudding out at the
other end, derives no satisfaction from
the provcrb Better late than never"
-Aunty-I feel provoked to think
that you and your mamma were in
town the other day and went to the
restaurant instead of coming to our
house for dinner. Why didn't you
come? Little Nephew-Wa was hun
cry.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-23

Allowing the horse to stand hab-
itrally upon a dry board aoor often
causes the horses hoof to become brit
tie. A linsesd meal poultice Ia the
best remedy.
Only 10 years have elasped since
the first railway In the world WAS fin-
ished. During that oonpafatively
brief period 400, 900 miles have been
{ constructed,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-23
,President oi the United states.

An exchange says: Kerosene
will make teakettles shine as bright as
new.n 9 Yes," remarked another pa
per, kerosene will do wonders; 1t VIII
tive to paint"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-23

The editor who was told that his
last article wae az clear as mud quite
promptly replied, HWell, chat covers
the ground
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-08-05
FASHION NOTES.

(Fuinishei by the Buttcrick Pub Co., Ltd
DAINTY CAPE-WRAP OF GRENADINE OVER
llELIoTRoPE SILK, WITH CHIFFON AND
RIBBON DECORATION.
No womens wardrobe is complete at
this writing without one of the dainty
short capewraps that may be Il mass of
billowy lace or chiffon and have, as a rule,
some gay tone OF silk or satin for its ioun-
dation. The silk or satin is at this season
covered with some transparent fabric
like Brussels net or @renadine and the
disposal OF garnituie may be lavish and
elaborate, embodA ing JET, ribbon and lace
edging. These wraps have very little
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1897-08-05

A reduction in the tariff on coal by the
Wilson bill was followed by reduction
in wages amountin. to nearly as much
per ton as the reduction of the duty.
That act cut down the coal tariff So cents
per ton, which is little more than Pres
ident Ratchford claims as having taken
place i'm 1898 in the reduction OF wages.
Ii 50 cents reduction in tariff cuts down
wages % or so cents per ton, would the
removal OF the entire duty, as urged by
Mr.. Bryan in his speech in congress OF
July Is, 1894, leave the miners any EN-
ployment at all ?-Vidette. THE above
goes to show what fool gold-bug, pro-
lection paper can make OF itself when at :
tempting an arguement. As the Wilson
bill was not Lassed until year after the
date OF the reduction referred to we fail
to see the connection between the two.
The reduction, however, was to a scale
OF 80 and 40 cents, the tariff in the Wilson
bill was 40 cents. and we would ask the
Videttc to inform an anxious public If in
it's honest opinion the wage should not be
at least as high as the tariff, aye, great
deal higher?