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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-07
T. AND NEW ETEO RoLOGr.
A Modern Weather sharp Give. His View
OF tho Candiema. Ground HOG.

Tomorrow will be Csndlemas Day. when the
ground hog stalks abroad and tries to ~foretcll
the weather for the succeeding forty days.
Though In recent years faith In this legend.
airy prognosticator has been shaken b. his re-
peated failures TO call tho turn" on frosts
who viii await with interest the verdict OF his
p!gship. acceptinR-ii with supreme confidence.
The ground hog Is asleep to-day, and has been
will ronse himself and will. for the first time
4? many months. venture out of his hibcrnat-
aurury, according to the old story. for the hog.
frightened by his shadow. will whtsk hack
into his hole 10 sleep during forty more days
beast. nothing daunted. will sally abroad. thus
announcing that the backbone OF winter has
I'm the matter Of being n weather prophet"
SAYS nr. {. u. Cronk Of the Weather Bureau,
the ground hog MAJ he put down 10 an i'm
Gus and quaint superstitions, the origin OF
which is lost In antiquity.
Nearly "verv holiday on the calendar Is
peculiar for ia connection wish some super.
Stitious proverb which involves changes In the
weather. ard Candlemas or ground hog day
II but an example.
1T Is singular how very many persons be.
licve In the superstition concerning he ground
s s0s, nm" &ns s'i ss sh.ii' I. far q tr %sa' ssina pr pseuii.r
10 the ignorant. FOR there. are many educated
persons that are fam adherents to the Idea.
There are some gentlemen on Change that
are among background hog supporters.
For nTes It was ir conviction that tho
pnhScS OF tUc moon Drought ABOUT Ulrt:t IN
iuence on the weather, and even at tho present
day there are numbers OF amateur observers
who still swear alleghance to this theory
"Nhtr no ruperstltthns receive ready creGoncc
any coincidence strengthens the belief. Fall
ures tu carry ont the letter OF their import
wcakens superstitions slightly. hut rarely de-
stroys all faith. So II Is with the ground hog.
II the ID OF February be u bright day and I've
followed bv n period OF severe weather the sup
porte-s of the pig score II as n victory. II the
day DO cloudy and he followed also by incle-
ment weather the supporters are disappo! ntod.
but with new faith await the next Candlcinas
In order TO give tho prophet an opportunity TO
re-establish his reputation for accuracy.
II suppose few persons have ever seen tho
ground hog not living IN captivity come out OF
his holo after q winter of bioernation. lie
must sleep with one eye open and on his cal
endnr tn be able 10 Green forth always on the
same day In order To make his forecast. lie
might even In too great nscientiousnes IS get
up n day earlier. or. II Of n sluggish DISPOSITION
oversleep and fail "a, rrrivc until Fob. .. OF
course, he must allow for tho extra day In
leap ,ear. wh!c.i would ordinarily confuse n
less sagacions animal in making calculations.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-07
LITACRED M 4 COUGdR.
The Beast Lcnped FUN ut the Locomotive
of Great Northern Express. Train.
Iron tho IhiIadslphiu Tines.
I- L. ~ L.


Lowell. Wash. Jan. 27.-To do battle with n
huge mountain lion. seven feet In length and
ISs PoGnhs In WEIGHT: on a tSestie At night; Is
SortSsfn Raiiroad. The icrce bsas, iespsd At
through the window of the cab. Altogether the
episode wa. ono OF the most exciting that a rail
road man has ever experienced. Mr.. Dcpow's
statement s IA follows!
II was the engineer in charge OF engine No.
ol0 OF the Great Northern, which was attacked
by u monster cougar, or monntain lion. was
pulling the overland passenger train going east.
aud rs we were II few minutes late we were try
Lowell. and almost two miles east OF there,
about half way across a long irestle, my fire.
seat box and came quickly 10 my side OF the
engine. noticed u startled look on his face,
and turning quickly asked what was the mat.
to glare through the window Of tho cab and
point ahead. | looked ahead, and saw. through
the darkness, some black. loosinr object on the
track. NV first thought " as Of some obstruction
on tho track. For ~ second the thought OF
ished IT, This takes quite a While to tell, but il
could only have been "A few seconds, at the most.
in which 1t all happened,
frlt TINT y possible accident was at hnnd.
Nothing could be done; We were too clo.e 10
on me that II had on Lawrence; II took away
my power Of speech. lnstinctively ! crawlea
ont Of TO GaG ont" tn" ado OF the engine:
| had discerned the form | saw the mon
ster's eyes flashing through the darkness. green
and yellow by turns. Lawrence was still In the
cab. SPECIFICS. with AYed eyes, and finger out
stretched toward the animal. His expression
was fri.htful to look, upon As the train ap.
preached the lion could Zee 1t r-::are to
spring. and finally when the leap was made tho
force was astonishing. To Jump then was Ger.
tain death, for we were right IA the centre uf
the ~trestie. and yet a. the lion made its leap |
could almost feel It's hot breath on my throat.
When tho engine crashed into the beast, or
IL crashed into the engine, which ever way you
wisl, to put 1t, the hon tel hack on 10 the tres
tie. writhlng as II In t~righ!fGl agony, and thon,
foe the first I'iae. | realized that the danger was
over. learned nitrrwRrl that the cougar,
after we had struck II, lodged in the cross ties
OF the t~rentle. 1t WAS found thero by the train
crew OF engine 40S. who. picked II M and
brought IL 20 Skyknmish. There IL was skinned.
The p4a"s-wrre taken by some NJ tho other tire
mon and engineers. who had watch charms
made Of them, which arc very attractive, and
look somewhat like the emblem worn by tho
knights Templars."
The neast vas sun alive when the men Of No.
i9S discovered II, hut IT. hind legs were cut OIL,
and when the men got down tn Investigate they
kept at n sRfe distance until II was known To be
dead. IN fact, Foreman John e.. Wright would
not 40 near It until he had emptled a couple ot
| chambers Of HE revolver into i. Then they
| fastened IL 70 tho COW catcher,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-07

W get eight tricks.
,Iricks ! and =. AS opening e another exam.
PIE OF the many Already given In which the in
iormation eought 10 be conveyed to the partner
deductinE the from II, that Z has no more
SPADES. and that A holds the q j o. With this
valuable information placed NJ bis disposal by
an accommodating adversary he should imme-
ulaiely have forced his partner, especially AS no
IS str"nf N iruInps, But no! He has not tho
cournE 10 trust his own differences, and lends n
supporting club. This Y Illnesses. snpposing n
Is 700 NrnE 10 force him with ~ spade, because
thc position of tho spade suit In lust AZ npparent
10 y m IL Is To Il. II the hnesse loses, IN, lead ia
In The best possible position for Y.
Trick 3. Is cannot afford 10 lead trumps for
the protection OF the established spade suIt, be-
cause no has no confidence In his partners hav.
lug any card OF %renntry. This Ia the difference
between the old long suit and the common.
sense rames. Such a suit would not be opened
without u reentry card. II has not even inc
Senrage TO lead back the club "
TT,ck q. \ now knows that A has no card Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-07
CL.uD NOTES.

II looks ms II tine Park CLUB %: Plninfleld
n. j.. would soon be- In possession OF tho second
State trophy, which IL presented to the league
after winning the first one. The whole four arc
strong players, and seem 10 have impressed
BOuvc MS The most dangerous ndversaries ho
met with in the challenge matches.
Duplicate whist II still booming in New York
and Brooklyn, The attendance ut the Knlckcr-
booker IN TUESDAYS aud the New York Whist
club on Wednesdays Is steadily improvlnG;
thing on Monday night IN Bfooklyn. and the
ladies have 10 nut In one or two more tables
every Wednesday morning at the Germania
Club.
The standing OF the leaders 10 date In Brook
Ign is;
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-07

On Wednesday West Point will defend tho
Hudson River trophy against four experts from
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-08
1t was Only In Jest.

Social circles in East Macon. Ga
pretty little suburb Of Macon. arc
all stirred up over Joke perpetrotcd
by two clever and popular young pco-
pie and its consequences.
AT pleasant little social gathering
Sunday night, Miss Sallic May Block,
er, IA charming young lady of the set
and Mr.. Clifton II. Mann, e promising
young railroad man of social standing
also, suddenly announced that they
were married. This surprising state
mcnt was received by the young peo-
pie present like a thunder clap from 4
clear sky. 1t was known to all of them
that the young folks have been cx
cccdingly fond Of each other society
recently, and that Cupid was slyly
working an inroad into their hearts.
was pretty generally believed, but the
announcement that they had been Sc
cretly married some time ago, was re-
c.eivcd as huge joke fora time. They
both, however, avowcd that it was
true, and that they were not joking.
The situation grew somewhat scri-
Gus when the lady of the house. Mrs.
Sykes, decided to make test. She
sa'a It was matter that ought not to
be Jokcd about, and it is said by par
ties who were present. chat she pleas
antly remarked that if the young pco-
pie were really married good test
would be for them to then and there
give the salutations that a dutifu]
bridegroom would bcstow, and a gen.
uinc bride, however dcmurc, might
naturally expect. In plain words, as
the story goes, the young people were
asked to kiss each other in public tc
prove that they were not jesting about
their marriage, and it is said that thi.
stipulation was readily met by til,
loving couple who, it seems, were dc
termined that the joke, having beer
started, must go, though this part O.
the story is denied by the young lady
So far all went we'll, and the youn(
people were warmly and cordially con
graduated. But, they little dreamed
that they we're playing with fire.
The bridegroom left that night fo
Helena, where he holds an importan
place with the Southern Railway. Th,
bride remained in Macon Mt the hom
of Mrs. Sykes, where she had bee,
boarding and where the affair occurred
She declared the next day that il wa
all a joke, and then Mrs. Sykes said i
she had really not married the youn,
man she would have to leave he
house. She said the joke had beer
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-08
Half q Million Profit.

Up to the present time there has
been nc way OF getting at the actual
profits coming to the State of South
Carolina from the much talked of and
justly celebrated dispensary. Yes
made some inquiries and obtained the
desired information from one in DO
sition to know whereof he speaks.
Said he, after carefully going over the
figures: "The total profits according
to the books from the Inauguration Of
the dispensary up to October l last,
amount to $553, ,311 in round numbers;
OF this S267 900 has been paid into the
State treasury and 1888 900 has yet to
be paid. That is the whole thing in a
nut shoii. The dispensary now has
to les credit about $4,000. one-third
Of which the board intends to pay in
to the treasury to the credit Of the
school fund this week. The present
stock in the State and County dis
pensaries may be va!ued at about
$500, 900 in round numbers. If no ac-
cident happened to the stock, and it
was necessary to close out, 7 fee! GER
tain that the dispensary could liquid
ate lthis word was not used adviscdly)
and have very handsome bonus left"
When the State board took charge
of affairs on April /, 1896, Commits
sioner Mixson's figures claimed TN sc-
crued profit to date of 1896, 900. The
$50, 600 borrowed from The State with
which 70 start the business was paid
back. When the new constitution
came along IL was claimed that there
was 1882, coo in back profits, accrued
prior TO that time, which should be
paid TO- the general fund before the
school fund got anything The 1892
600 was paid to the general fund and
$50 900 has been paid to the school
fund by the. present board. In the
meantime the profits have accrued un-
til they. have reached the accrued"
figures Of $311 900 in round numbers
to the credit of the school fund. OF
this accrued fund 1926, 600 has been
wiped out and next Tuesday $25, 600
more will go. This will leave s261.-
OOO yet to be collected and turned into
the total earnings Of $553,311 which
will become real
In connection with the statements
a:ade at the time Of the establishment
of the dispensary by its friends as to
the great sums of money it would make
the figures given above will be found
OF peculiar and particular interest.
The STATE, Dee. I.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-08
An Army In, Hospitals.

The question is, how much longer
can Spain afford to hold on to Cuba?
General Blanoo's report to, the horac
government shows that oS 192, 600 sol
diers Of the regular army sent to Cen
eral Weyler, only SO, 600 now remain ct
for duty. In the hospitals are to be
found 10000, thus leaving 81, 900 who
have perishcd Of wounds or disease,
when VIC remember says the New
York Evening Post, that this appal-
ling loss OF life has been suffered by
an army which has never fought =
pitched battle worthy Of the name, in
a struggle with an enemy who proba-
bly, never mustered more than 20, ,O0N
rifles i'll any one place, we get an idea
Of the stupendous task which CON
fronts Spain in the suppression of tho
Cuban rebellion 1t is marvellous
that Spain has held on so long, and
that she has not found out. as Great
Britain did, that it is cheaper to let
the rebell!ons colony go.-Bu6afe
Commercial.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-08
VOLUME XXXIU---NO "a.

carried too Far. The young lady did
not leave :he boarding house, and %
far as the world knows, there has been
no marriage yet. The young man vaa
In Helena to-day, and said to the Con
stitution that there was no truth in
the report that he was married. BE
claimed ignorance Of the little occur
renee. He simply denied the report
that he vas married, which report, by
the way, had appeared in solemn form
this morningin the Macon paper with
out the ghost of smile to let the
public know that it was y Joke.
just what will be the outco ne of
the affair is not known. Both of the
young people arc we'll known and
highly esteemed. Itmay. be that thci,
wedding day is fixed for the near fu
ture, and they were just little too
!!cstiul by reason Of being ovcrjoyful
IN announcing it in the rather sincu.
lar manner they engaged.
The folly Of their joke has appeared
to both of them. Their friends dc
plorc the affair resulting as it did ip
so much publicity. 1t seems to hav,
proved "a tragedy Of errors from be
ginning to end. All Of their friend.
pleasantly declare that nothing is lef,
Tor them to do now but make the iok,
hold good by getting married sur,
! enough.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-08
Treaty OF Saints and Sinners.


The saints aad sinners of Hutchin-
son have made treaty that, if
observed by the parties thereto, will
be big thing for the churches of that
town. A committee of women, com
posed Of delegates from every church
made the proposition to 100 non.
church.going men that they would re-
move their hats in tilo house of wor-
ship if the men in question would
attend church at least once every
Sunday. The men not only accepted.
but they stipulated in addition that
they would be generously disposed
when the deacons passed around the
contribution baskets. The treaty will
go into effect next Sunday in every
evangelical church in Hutchison, and
Its Observance will be watched with
great interest-KansGs Csty Times.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-08

Mrs. Louisa Smith. wife OF Mr.. James
II Smith. q farmer Of Hart County. who
lives on the Roebuck place. about five
miles from Hartweli, ommitted suicide
last Sunday morning by hanging her.
self in well. She placed the rope around
her neck aud tied it to the cross pl.ce that
held the whirl and then jumped into the
well, where her lifeless body was fonnd
hanging. It is supposed that she com
mitted the rash deed while in a state Of
mental alteration. Her husband was In
South Carolina at the time. She leaves
several childron.-Hart,ecti (Ga.) Swn.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-08

Doc. Cassell, son Of Ben Cas-
sell, of Table Rock, while hunting.
last Saturday, was carrying rife in
his right hand, he stepped into hole
and tripped himself The trigger of
the gun struck log, causing the gun
TO go of, the ball taking effect under
the chin and coming out in the top Of;
his head. He walked a'few steps and
fell dead. He was about twenty years
old and was buried the day following
his DEATH I'iichens Journal.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-08

Aotai.'....... .Slt3,12l.3S2 $l1O,755, iii
The sheets show that there have
been IL, ,264, 1924 acres of land outside
OF the cities, towns and villages re-
turned for taxation this year valued
at So, ,657 ,769. There were IS, S,41t; city
and town lots returned, valued at Sill
38f ,66S. The total value of all realty
In the cities and towns is $::}3.SlI .35S.
while that i'll the country is SOS, ,O6l,-
348.
For the country about Is, ,GG0 build
lngs arc returned valued at $ll, ,9O3,-
579, the cities having 43, 500 valued at
$22, ,426, ,695.
1t will be interesting to note that
there are returned for taxation 278.-
784 hogs valued at $493, ,608; 65, ,533
dogs valued at $435, ,085; 23,746horses
valued at 50, eos, ,803; 231, ,914 head of
cattle valued at 81 ,995, ,O41, and Sc
ZIG sheep valued at $68, 1854
The average value of property "per-
tanning to manufacture" is down at
only 81 ,604 ,442 for the entire State.
This does not cover the value of tho
buildings and plants Of cotton mills
and other enterprises, bat separate
tools used and such property.
Ehe following shows the leading tax
paying counties Of the State, giving
their total taxable property:
Cnarleeton. .......- .........-......S2i 605 1901
spar 10 257, l60
aicnieno S,088. .0l2
Greenville......... ............. 7.125.5IO
Anderson............. .......... 6,984 ,89S
Orangehnrg ............................ 6,s5s,2i5
I. will BE noticed tilut Charleston,
Spartanburg and Richland Counties
have upwards of nearly one-fourth Of
the total taxable property in tho State
and that Charleston pays very good
percentage Of tie taxes-about IL per
cent.
Orangeburg h..1 the greatest amount
of railroad. property-$1 ,461, ,785-
and Richland comes second with ST.
393, ,74O: Spartanburg has 1912, 135.
Charleston leads the State in realty,
the total being s14, $50. It's; Spartan
burg comes next with 81 1865, 500, and
then Richland with 81, ,628, ,634.
Charleston stands at the head of the
list in personality, the figures being
S6, ,215, JIG, with Spartanburg second
at 81 ATS, ,554.-The State.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-08
Wealth OF South Carolina.

AT last all the tables showing the
returns OF property for taxation in this
State for this year have been made up
IN the Comptroller Generals Office.
The figures show thai there has been
total increase of taxable property put
or o., the books Of very nearly So ,OO0, 900.
Ire total taxable property returned in
the State for this year is $l73, ,72l. 1892
against $40, 1855, ,i7f last year. The
most notable increase has been in the
personally, as u glance at the follow
ing figures will show:
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-12-08
STATE NEWS.

= There are now ninety six dispen-
saries in the State, Of which seven are
in hotels.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-31
LOCAL B%REVITIES.

A bicycle will be rallied at the hall o.
the Y. NJ. S. l.. to morrow night.
There were thunder, lightning aud
some rain about l o'clock this morning.
A festival will be given at Del Ray
tonight for the benefit OF the Catholic
Chapel.
The Woman's Auxiliary will hold
their monthly meeting tomorrow even.
ing at 8 o'clock.
Several large schooners have passed
UP the river for Washington since Sat
urday.
The Sunday school of St. NIary's
Church will give a picnic to Riverside
Park on June Sth.
The electric railway company will be
asked to carry bicycles free between this
city and Washington.
In order that the children might at
tend tie Decoration Day services, the
public schools were closed at l O'Clock
to-day.
The music at st. Paul's Church yes
terday was exceptionally fine and was
greatly enjoyed by the large congrega-
ton present.
A regular weekly meeting of Belle
Haven Council, Junior Order of Me-
chanics, will be held in Jr. o. U. a. NJ.
Hall tonight.
Mr.. J. J. Jameson, for the Alexan-
dria Water Company, will tomorrow
commence making a new registration
of water takers.
The monthly meeting of Mary Gusts
Lee Chapter, D. of c., will be held Mt
Mrs. Herndon's, on Prince street, to
morrow morning at II o'clock.
The clerk of the Corporation Court
during the month of May recorded 60
deeds and issued is marriage licenses
u to white and 6 to colored persons.
Brakeman C. v. POLAND, who was
| shot by a negro tramp Saturday morn
ing at Mitchell's station, on the South
ern Railway, vas thought to be bet
ter to-day.
Old Christ Church bell, which was
cracked some years since while ringing
in the new year, has been sent to the
McShane bell foundry in Baltimore and
will be recast.
Magnus L. Robinson, a well known
colored citizen, who was being urged by
some of his friends for the position OF
collector of this port, has declined to
enter the race.
William H. Chinn, colored, OF Deco
ouan, came here yesterday and took
charge of his brother, Henry Chinn,
who was picked up in West End Sat-
urday charged with lunacy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-31

DECORATION DAY was appropriately
observed in this city under the auspices
of Thomas P. Davis Post, G. A. r. Tbs
postofice observed Sunday hours and
the government offices were closed
most of the day. Some Alexandrians
who had holiday went to Arlington to
attend the exercises there aud others
went on excursions down the river.
The excursion buats from Washington
were we'll %patroniZed. The exercises
here are being held this evening. Quao-
titles of lovely flowers were contributed
for decorating the graves and a large
crowd assembled at the national ceme-
terry, of which Capt. j. V. Davis is the
superintendent. The exercises are be.
ing CARR d u in accordance with the
programme published on Friday and
are as follows Assembly, bugle; calling
to order, Commander Graves; "Ameri.
ca" chcir; invocation, Rev. L. I. Nc
Dougle; To-day this hallowed spot We
S ek,n choir; reading Lincoln's Gettys-
burg ad Iress, w. F. Graves; Rock of
Ages" choir; GRAFTON, Henry R. Gibson,
of Tennessee; "!Sleep sacred dust of
noble dead" choir; address. Hon. P. n.
McCaull; ''God be with you till we
meet again" choir; strewing flowers;
benedicliop, Rev. l.. l. McDougle; taps
-bugle. Owing TO the lateness at
which the Alexandria Light Infantry
received the invitation, that organiza-
ton did net participate in the cere-
monies.