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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23

mad dog-tho Same dog bit II
Young man also living in West End.
Mr.. Catls took his daughter to the
maidstone and she is still living,
though sho was bitten somo twenty
years ago.
"The young man delayed appli-
cation for somo time, and died in Il
few weeks in great agony. My step.
mother had tho stono in the family
for many years, aud | was an eye
witness to many applications and its
wonderful virtue"
Among tho recent cures wrought
10y this stono ~ the eases o Willie
Dudley, son of Mr.. Il. t. Dudley and
nephew of Judge II. Nj. Dudley, all
Of Rappahannock coun,y. Va. Willie
w!s severely bitten by dog believed
to be suffering from rabies, one
wound being on tho temple. Ac
compuined by his father and uncle,
the boy came to Loosburg, whore the
stone was applied br Miss German.
1t adhered to tho wound in tho tenn,
pie for twonty four hours, though
the boy moved around freely in led,
and at tho end of that timo dropped
off of it's own account. 1t was thou
immersed III warm water for about
twenty minutes, and when removed,
tho liquid was found to be full of Il
grecnish yellow scum.
1t refused to adhere to any Of the
other bites, and tho boy was sent
home, never suffering ANY symptoms
of disease after his visit to tho
stone.
| Another case was that Of Mrs. j.
H. Iirkle, of Luray, who was also
bitten by dog regarded rs mad.
Tho stone refusing to adhere, it was
tukon as an indication that there had
been no poison or madness in the
dog which bit hor. While it is prob
able that many Of the dogs supposed
to be mad were not SO afflicted, it is
hardly likely that out Of tho l3(
cases. in which it has been applied
for mad dog bite, none were suffering
from hydrophobia, and rs not sin
glo person to whom it was applied
ever had that disease, tho efficacy Q
the stone is devoutly believed.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23
TWICE A WEEK, so A YEAR
From tho Krp"r, "C S"pcrIn end ,nt of
EcsiuCntion.

Tho statistical report Of State Su-
pcrintendrnt of Education W. d.
Mayfeld has been compiled, or at
lcast that part o: it which has to do
with the public schools. There arc
also somc interesting figures in con.
ncction with private schools and
acnd mics. but this is incomplete, as
it was difficult matter to get them
to respond.
Tho enrolment in the public
schools hy counties for tho scholastic
year July |, 1897, to July |, 1899,
is as follows:
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23
IiOBSON KISSED Ii3.
Went Into tho Business by wholesale and
Included the Married Women.
Baltimore SUM-

Chicago, H., December 1S.-Lt.
Hobson broke all public kissing re-
cords tonight when he salu'"d 143
girls and married women. 1t can be
said that nil Of thcm did not, to all
appearances, want to be kissed, hut
the hero of tho Merr,mac treated all
alike and kopt it up until tho mato.
lial WAS exhausted.
Mr.. Hobson lectured on the sinking
Of tho Morrimac, under The auspices
Of tho Press club, to an audience Of
1900 people, and when he had
finished desire was manifested on
tho part of many to be introduced.
A line was formed, aud tho people,
mounting tho platform, shook hands
with the officer and passed on.
There was no attempt at kissing
until after Mrs Thomas McDrrmott
Knight and Miss Mary Fo"le,
daughters Of former Governor Fowlc
Of North Carolina, had passed
They are distant cousins Of llobson
and upon tho relationship being an
nounced, he bent his head and kisset
them.
Then tho kissing fever soizod tn
women. and Hobson made no resist
ancc. In fact, he seemed to liko il
and as each woman came up h
graspcd her hand, drcw hor towar
him and smaclcd her soundly upo
the lips.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23
TIE ARMY INCREASE.
I'll" Uut Blt Fnv ,rmbly Kcprrtrd- The
uinority's Idea.

Washington, ID. g., December 90.
Tho bouse committee on military
affairs this Afternoon ordered Il favo"-
ablo report on tho Hull bill it,
crcaSing tho regular army up to
100000 mon.
The final vote on reporting tho
bill was $ to 3, on party lines as
iol!ows: Ious, Hull, Marsh, Griffin,
ketchum, Frnton, B>lknap, Nc
Donald and B ownlow, Republi-
cans Nays, Sulzor, Cox, Lonty,
Hay aud Jctt, Democrats.
Mr.. Marsh while voting for the
bill, reserved tho right to oppo' Q
somo of lis features on tho floor. The
minority gavo notice Of Il minority
report and a substitute bill. III @
days were given for tho preparation
Of tho majority and minority reports.
Chairman Hull making that for the
majority and MIR. Hay drawing tt o
substitute bill and report for tie
Democrats.
Tho main feature of the suhsti-
tuto bill will be Il standing army
limited to that existing before tie
recent war and authority to tho
President to enlist a large temporary
force, probably $4,000 men for SER
vico in outlying territory.
A number of changes were mado
II the Hull bill relating to tho adj
minstration Of the now army.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23
MANY NEGROES GO
TO MISSISSIPPI,
THEY ARE ENI IIGRATING FROM GREEN
WOOD COUNTY.
One Result OF Phoenix Trouble--Other
Ca,,ses Of Their Departure-White Rem
tors wiz Take Their Places Oh tho
Farms.
Especial to The State }

Greenwood, December 2O.--The
negroes of this county show Il de-
cided disposition to emigrate Sew
oral hundred arc likely to leave with
in few weeks. The exodus COM
menced week ago, whom two cars
filled with negro families left for
lower Mississippi. Another car left
Sunday night. Tho 100 negroes
| that have gone went from tho Sa.uda
Assertion and several farms there are
practically tenantless. Nero are
going from the same place.
s. One a. w. Williams is the agent
lgwho is taking off SO many Of the
Ycolored population. He has taken a
contract to place several hundred
negro families with the pl, nters in
Southern Mississippi. For several
reasons he selected Greenwood coun-
ty rs Il good field for his business.
There is no denying the fact that
the negroes il tho populous sections
of this county are badly dem ralized.
They are in some places sti panic
stricken on account of the Phoenix
trouble. They have not hcen mo-
Tested but havc the unreason ng fear
of their real friends so cor mon to
ignorance. Tho negroes of Saluda,
Ninety Six aud Phoenix will hardly
make contracts for another " ar.
Tho financial depression h; 3 borne
heavily on the negroes, maki g them
more disheartened. The m, reliant:
have enforced collections to The des,
titntion of many families.
Under tho circumstances this ex
odus is expected TO thin out the over
abundant negro population of this
county considerably. It is the col
ored renters who are getting off. ~
consequence some of the best lant
in the county will be occul led b.
white renters hereafter.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23
NtW IDEA IN GRAVE YARDS.
VIII I. Built ~ Iron and Have AcCo.notla
t,ois FOR 20 900 Dead.
Baltimore SUM-

Philadelphia, Pa, December IS
American manufacturers will soon be
asked to submit bids for the con.
struction of an iron graveyard at
Caracas, Venezuela. Plans arc be.
ing prepared in tho Office Of Phila-
delphia architect and tho cemetery
will havo capacity for $4,000
bodies.
For somo reason tho existing sys-
tom Of inteYments in Caracas has
boen unsatisfactory to the citizens
for many years. Various PROJECTS
for bottermcnt worn discussed and
some exhibit of structural iron work
in tho warehouse of tho American
Manufacturers association at Cara
cas- suggested tho possibility Of a
cemetery built entirely Of iron. A
syndicate, in which some American
capital is interested, was formed tc
build tho graveyard, and the success
Of tho project is said to be assured
Tho unique cemetery will rescm
bio in shape Il large Greek cross. i
will be constructed on Il level will
ground and rise to height Of NOR
than 100 feet Over tho centre viii
be constructed great iron dome
Tho interior will be traversod b
avenues, opening npon which will u
, spaces for dopositing $4,000 or NOR
, corpsos. These spaces will be al
. ranged in sections for families, whe
desired, and their interior arrange
= ments will in somo respects rosemb
= tho burial vaults Of tho present da
o The graveyard will probably |
built in somo city Of tho Unite
!. States and f ippod to Caracas
/. sections.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23

I'm Enolishmun. and n Frcncbman.
all specia!ists: the commission, or tho
two Governments. will nu,,oiut n Ger.
man, and these seven men will bring
in n vcr1i,t Tf,h,y decIurc Spaip
irn, cent, the rrcsi,lcut of tho United
States will address n message to tho
senate declaring Spanish honor in
tact. and tbat Spaiu was falsely uc-
cuscd Of having BETRAYED the laws Of
bospitn,;ty by BLOWING ND vessel at
anchor in ono Of her norts. II Spa;n
il declared guilt, n Spauish shin
will 90 to America, salute the Unit, d
States flag, and Spain will pay tho
cost.
"rhis is the proposal we made Oh
December 1st. 1t could be-and
must have becn-tclcpraphcd, for it
could be put into 200 words. On
December 9th, in his message to con-
urcss. the president mudo no allu-
sion to our proposal, but DESERT ed
the blowing up of the Maine as a
suspicious event.
"On December 9th tho American
commissioners declared they refused
to discuss this question. This is
what especially irritates us. We
have GREAT dcfects-nur hot TEMPER
and cruel,ics evcn. But orr national
honor is dear to MS. Yet at that
honor the Americans wished to deal
tho rulest blow.
swell, we are now going homo to
help Spain to staunch tho wound.
We have, happily, at our head Il wo-
man whose virtues, courage and in
teligcncc are our strength and hope,
who is beloved and esteemed by all
parties, who hrnccforth have the
heart Of a Spaniard.
Tho latest news from the frontier
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23
PESSIOS EN .CONFEDEKA TIES.
Butler, of North Carolina, Inir r0duc y {,
1911 IN the senate.

Washington, December 2O.-Scn-
alor Butler, of North Carolina, TODAY
ynvo notice of an amendment he wi |
introduces to tho pension appropia-
ton bill pcnsioning Confederate
soldiers Tho amendment follows:
"Thnt from and after tho passage
Of this bill every pension law now on
the statute books shall apply 10
every invalid soldier, widow, minor
child, dependent relative, the army
nurses and all other pensioners who
may be able to provo their claim ur-
der the present pension laws without
regard t. whelhci said soldier WI
ealistcd in the Federal or Confed.
"rnto service Of the Civil War Of
1861 So, provided that those enlisted
in tho Confederate service shall II, t
draw any back pensions prior to tie
passage Of this bill, but their ella m
under existing laws shall begin and
become operative with The passnge (, t
this bill"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-23
"UPsTAUT CONOUEROK~."

E'inni Epithct Applied tO \ me r1cans by the
Head of the Spanish Peace COinmis-
sion lrritn,Sd M.St bv tho
Charge ar Slowing UP
tho Maine.
The Lamar register., 1898-11-02

pecialiy we'll supplied with electrical
apuaratns for lighting. etc. Her tnr-
rets wiIi be moved by electricity. and
the ammnr i.ton will be hoisted from
below ana Tammed into the gun py
electricity. The new Maine will be SsS
feet oyer .he water line, 81 feet beam
ana VIM have a draughs Of - feet !
inches when she has fail supplies OF
stores and ammunition and l.2oo tons
OF eoal on board The new Maine
win at all times and In all places be
able to ayenge the old Maine. and.
With her sister ships. viii form an ad-
dition TO the navy Of the United states
which viii do much to place the navy
In the front rank-where Il belongs.
The Lamar register., 1898-11-02
THIS is THE NEW MAINE,
LARGER, FASTER And MlGHIlER
lust What the Reincarnated Battleship and Her
Twin Sisters, Ohio and Missouri Will Be
Able to Do to the Nations Enemies.

the advantage OF the new plan. A
torpedo fred from submerged tube
Is not in danger OF blowing up the
ship which fires II. and Is fully as
liable as one fired above water to hit
the enemy and do It's work.
All the guns OF the Maine, except
the big I2-inch ones in the turrets,
viii be OF the rapid-tirs pattern Her
secondary battery viii be exception
ally strong and 50 mounted that no
torpedo boat can creep up and get
in a "dead-ansle"-that Is, position
where the guns OF the secondary bat
terry cannot be trained on her There
will be sixteen 6-pouuders and sew
eral automatic Colt guns and t-pouud-
ers in the secondary battery. There
is only one ship in the navy now us
ing smokeless. powder, the New Or
leans. formerly the Amazonss. which
was bought from the Brazilian govern
meut at the outbreak Of the Spanish
war The guns OF the Maine, however.
win be for smokeless powder. as will
probably the guns Of all warships
hereafter. The spansards are far ahead
Of US in this respect All OF Cervera's
ships at Santiago used smokeless pow
der. while the American ships we're
continually enyelopsd in a cloud OF
their own smoke. which interfered
with the craftsmanship OF the gum
ners. They did excellent shooting az il
was. but would have done better II
their guns had used smokcless powder
It vas at first planned TO have the
big turret guns OF the Maine OF the
callbre OF IS inches, but ie-inch guns
were finally decided upon. This is the
calIhre OF the turrst guns Of the Iowa.
and the new I2-inch guns for smoke
less powder which are to be placed In
the tuTrets OF the Maine will be as
effective as the is-inch guns on the
older battleships. The big guns for the
Maine will be slightly longer than the
ones now used In hattleghips- The ad-
vantage OF the Ie-ineh gun Is that
the gun and its mount weigh less than
a l3-ineh gun with its mount. and
another Is that more ammunition can
be stored for II than for a gun OF an
inch larger cRlibre. In looking foF
speed every ounce OF weight In a bat
tleship Is a factor not TO be desplsed.
In planning the Maine q was sought
TO do away with every biz OF wood
work possible. What little woodwork
viii enter into the composition OF the
The Lamar register., 1898-11-02

A large and more powerful Maine
will take the place OF the one blown
up by the Spaniards in the harbor OF
Havana. The next three hattleships
to be built will be the Maine, Missouri
and Ohio. The first OF these ships
will represent not only the old Pine
Tree State on the rolls of the navy,
but will keep alive the memory OF the
dastardly work which preeipitated the
Spanish war. and be floating memo
rial OF the martyrs who found their
death in the original ship OF that
name. As soon as the ship is finished
she ought to be sent to Havana to fire
a salute over the wreck OF her name
sake, which is the coffin OF so many Of
our brave sailors. The Missouri Will
represent on the waters the great
state OF the Middle Valley" and the
Ohio the State which has supplied the
country so many presidents and states
men. Not since the civil wa- have
Missouri and Ohio been represented
among the lighting ships Of the navy.
Now that their names are to take the
seas cnce more they viii be borne by
frst-class battleships. sister ships TO
the new Maine
The original Maine was a second
class battleships built from plans
bought from an English Arm. The
new Maine will be first-class battle
ship, built from American plans pre-
pared by the Navy Department The
plans originally prepared for the
Maine and her two sister ships were
changed after the battle OF Santiago
and advantage taken Of the lessons
learned in that fight The principal
changes made were with view TO an
increase of speed over that originally
contemplated
The new Maine is to have speed
of at least eighteen knots. What Is
said OF the Maine applies. OF course,
to her two sister ships She viii be
n ship Of over 1900 tons displace-
ment. and in her main battery will
carry four i2-inch and ten 6-inch guns
The original Maine was Of 6.6S2 tons
displacement. and in her main battery
had four iO-inch and six 6-iuch guns
Her speed was seventeen knots. While
these figures give some idea Of the
superiority of the new Maine over the
old one. the idea is only partially con-
veyed in them. for the new ship will
be an embodiment OF everything that
has been learned by experience and ex-
The Lamar register., 1898-11-02

a shake Of his head. Yes you do
know she said. You will obey BE-
cause give the orders" Ton minutes
later every man was hltching up bis
mules, and in half an hour the nurse
corps train was on It's way TO the
front Until this time he sanitary
commission had limited its relief work
to camps and hospitals Clara Bar
ton at Autietam carried the work upon
the battlefield That was where sergt
William Mckinley drove mule tear,
with a wagon load Of hot coffee along
the firing line. To the poor. shattered
soldier on his cot she showed the ten
Ger heart Of woman. She was An
gel Barton to him and to ali the resi-
Of the wounded men. The mutinous
mule drivers who set her wishes at de-
iiance discovered that those boots ana
tucked up skirts went with mind
born to command.
The Lamar register., 1898-11-02
zee slsrER coMMoNwEALTAs.
America. 4. Not Eaei.assis psaehtsr-rhe
Relation /. fraterasi oss-

A rI.Eslsadtng metaphor fnay Dc sre1t
dSat to bsect and feffsfuaie con ttieion ~
thought. and such naetap6of. s1cs-st-
= that Nhtrii dazffieFs EuEfand - kes
s-ntathtr country Of America Wrftes Wiz
itgru Archer in the Pail Mtii GaEettc-
T.unyE0n has gtNnn Il literary sAnStian
IN ire une @silgnntfc Daughter % tbs
West and AR " ililzm Watson IN hts
sonnet BEGINNING 20 towering dAaEntefs
Titan OF the West, rspeais Shs rratre
without misstrfus. Roth ppcis lEu9re ~
night of time. and ntiriake . hiAtafiral ~
an actual rslafien Tne America - to,
to-day. They krv both dAgghtsr~ and 90,
hslrssas. of ths England oi the pAst ans
especially Ws faisi say. u seventeenth
century England. The same Hptf4t = hief.
refused shlp-niansy 10 t-aartsr \ rettsssss
tsa-mousg 70 1ievrgs III ms s-tf1tc ristt
which drew az The fs~fttt1s Of fifuts Us.
tstsd the asciAfatlcn OF ttdrPrussence. -
WAS EuElandis rft~rGnea Fttun " hFF traN
relation 20 her Am&sirsn colonies taHt
anAtiN ausuated them shH tr8oa - -, not
only a tnnther-iaud bat = step mot her
land. and the tnitad States uphi5 and n,
evitahls hruks her tessstnE strings As1d
uoN. aftrr The iApEs 81 q century kfd
quarter. - have Nc aa=dou - an cEc.isy
Ter putnug az maternal airs tawarA W
transatlantic rrpahlir. We no lrss tHHn
the EnEiassf OF Sarth ard Greruviiir
though ogT reSolf hss eern hioctlrs-
one. Surely. then. oar relation i fFatrg-
nal not rarrutsi ard uliaL or. s4ace
sdgnihcRnt perspninrasisu fgnsnsns
either B1yt hEitnaf ~ - chtvAirV = r-tskrs
rlatinas fuf1irine uf Ernirr. let ue sAf
that Ne are EtglsF utlWeaifh1
The Lamar register., 1898-11-02
.ANoEl nARroN.-
rh. sau. woman In tss cIsn War ss
Saw In the Cuban stragEie

The same Woman In tb~ ttH W"
Sa- In the Cuban struggle
In the Antetam campaign OF sep
tember. 1869. brigadier- general hur'
rie,i back from the front with a torcs
10 rescue wagon train % hospital sup
plies which had been amouSeAded and
shelied by the enemy. says the 81 Louis
Globe Democrat. To bis surprise b.
found the teamsiers mending their har-
ness. rearraEging their broken teams
and getting ready to move on, The
train had been attacked. bEt had not
stampeded. as usual under such cir
eumstances. The bFigseier surveyed
the scene OF order and discipline With
amarement. He turned TO the pFes1d-
ing genius and asked "How IN The
world did you keen these men from
running axayr" They stayed because
/ did. Miss Barton replied. simply
She wore boots. and her ssirts were
tucked up In wet weather fashion,
She had been out iu the storms and the
mud for ten days in the Maryland
mountains What a sight she vas
This was the hrst time a nnrae corps
had gone into the held with = union
army. ready 10 work among the wound
ed as soan as the aEhurs began The
idea was Miss Bartou's She had besa
in the peninsalar campaign and had
seen the need. When the army s,artes'
10 head on Lee on his MARYLAND raid
Miss Barton got detail uf wagons
from AssIs,an; Qzartsrmas,er General
Rncker. nIIed them With supplies which
she had collected, bet not from the
government and started After the ar
my. She travelled 50 vigorously and
kept 20 close to the nghfins euh OF
the army thar the pradeat muic drivers
became alarmed for their precious
skins One night they rcYoited against
petticoat government; under the lea
dcTship Of staiwart teanEier they re-
solved a. they sat aroaaa The campfire
that they would refuse to drive forward
In the morning. Ness Of the crisis
reached Miss Barton when the hour
came to start She climbed down out
Of the wagon where she had slept and
Eent TO the camp hre. around which
the mutiueers were clustered. She
laid her hand on the arm OF the big
couspiratcr and asked MIN " he sss
not EDinE to hitch up ana start for
ward 4 don't know about that he
growled. with a sooWt on his face and
The Lamar register., 1898-11-02

pertinent. and conceived by ingenuity
and study since 1880. when the ship
wrecked in Havana harbor was built.
Among other things, the new Maine
will have underwater torpedo tubes.
the first ever put in any ship in the
American navy. Torpedo tubes above
the water line are so dangerous TO
the ship trying TO use them that it is
not probable that they will ever be
used in battle, 1t has been recon-
mended that the torpedo tubes be
taken out of all the battleships. A tor
pedo fired from above water Is liable
To be hit by the rapid-hre guns OF the
enemy while it is in the tube, ready
for launching, and exploded. This
would hoist battleship with its own
petard The British asserted some
time ago that they had discovered a
plan for using submerged torpedo
tubes, and have put them in a few Of
their men-of-war There were many
difficulties in the way of successfully
firing torpedo from a submerged
tube, but these have been overcome.
-a2a the Maine Will be the first to have
The Lamar register., 1898-11-02

ship viii be treated by process when
renders it absolutely uon-combustibla.
The battle of the YuIa and the battle
Of Santiago both proved the great dan
ger of woodwork about a fighting ship.
Another feature Of the Maine viii be
her comparatively shallow drauEht,
which will enable her and her sister
ships to maueuvre In waters where
other ships OF the same fighting power
would be aground. This. it viii read
ily be seen, even by layman. might
sometime give the Maine a great adj
vantage over an antagonist in fighl.
It was originally Intended to have the
armor-plating Of the Maine of 16Is-
inch Harveyized steel, but then came
along the wonderful .KIuppized" ar
NOR, and after exhaustive tests this
armor has proved so good that the
Maine will have 1O-inch plates OF ii
put on her instead of the I6ls-inch
Haryeyized armor originally planned
for. The change will admit of max
ing the armor belt Of the battleship
broader and of extending it further
forward and aft Tn. Maine viii be es-
The Lamar register., 1898-11-02
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The Lamar register., 1898-11-02
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Mrs Gan. LEsca,
iso9 Belle 81 AItou. n u
Before I hsgaa to ,sk, ~.
table Compound I syaSArr,ts \
IRON womb sroul,le, Msns..p,
pear two and th7se ;lz.es -
causing Rse 70 b. - veal IA
stand iouuid rcither sls.pss--s|
looked ~ badiy my f,is-ss n
knew me.
u ins,k du-esrr's snss.issae X; i
derive ssnVh l-u~i.s fr1n il NJ
Eiss gaze me one - ypur z.s, !,
and after rradirR !, I s,ys.,s !.
Lydia Z rinkhssaa vuss.Ass.
posnd- I feel Ike a nsE -,
w0ald not give yssar C,l-zyss.s.s :
the doctprs' i1s-sis0inr ia lie ~
can not praise IS enough
The Lamar register., 1898-11-02
shall ". ks..th. rhaipsla..r

While public opinion "a diviisSi IS 10
the wisdom ~ keeping The Philippians.
Il - however, an one way IN regaFd Ia
the wisdom II eveTyisasiy ks~pinE their
h~aith For this lsuyPo~.. itosastscTs
StdmErh Bitters = widely usrsI This
Eptliciuc 4 hath prcveafiFc afsd cnrr
Tor maiArisl fsrefS and stomach ,ii-py-
iers.