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The herald., 1898-03-06
RENTING BY THE MONTH
New Method of Economy in Keeping
a Driving Horse


whats horse club?" asked the man in
the silk hat.
Didn't you ever hear of one?" respond
ed the man doing the bulk of the talking.
II think not. Go ahead and tell u.s."
"Well. you know it costs more than a
good many people want to spend to keep
Il horse and vehicle, whatever kind 1t may
be- Indeed in the cities it is quite beyond
1.-THE means of most. In the smaller towns
of the country it is more nearly possible,
for horse may be boarded at any coun-
try livery stable for $40 a month, and
sometimes even less. If done by the year.
But even under such favorable circum-
stances there are many people who don't
like to own a horse and board him at a
stable, where he may be badly treated, or
he may get sick and die, or keep him at
home, where he is liable to be worse treat
ed than In a livery stable. That being the
case, know of liveryman in one of the
towns l visit, place of 5000, who is enter
prising enough to make the effort to meet
the wants of that kind of people. This man
went around among his acquaintances un-
til he found twenty-five who were willing
to pay him $40 month each for the use of
a horse. just what they would pay for the
board of one il they owned it. But they
did not want livery horses so he agreed to
give each patron the same horse always
and not to let it go to any other person.
Then he began buying up some second
hand buggies and phaetons, and good
serviceable horses, until he had $25OO in
vested in the private livery plant, as he
called 1t. He had to hire only one extra
hand, and he had room in plenty, so the
additional expense, beyond feed, was not
much. He had been running his plant
year when i saw him, and he told me that
the entire expense was $3.50 n month"; and
that he took in $3.50 cash every month,
leaving him a net profit on his $500 invest
ment of s1200 year, and every member of
the horse club was SO pleased that he was
booked for another year and there were q
dozen applicants for membership.
"Of course he lost something by putting
some of his good customers into the club,
but he got them for the year that way, and
he was willing to lose one 50 drive to pick
up forty 50-cent ones Now concluded
the drummer, that you have learned what
a horse club is. perhaps you might suggest
it to your friends in the country and let
them try it once. ."-Washington Star
The herald., 1898-03-06
A Corner

A young man lately went west, as SO
many do, to seek his fortune in the gold and
silver districts. Thousands were dream
ing of the gold and silver veins and of the
wealth of Monte Cristo or of Croesus.
But this fellow. after looking about him.
took a cool survey of the food possibilities
of this country for one year. And he dis
covered that the market would be short
on that homely vegetable, onions. So he
set to work and bought up onions In fact,
he cornered onions. And in less than two
years he made a fortune of over 81, ,0OO, 900.
Yet there are people who persist In talking
about "luck," and who like to see the new
moon over the right shoulder 1t is not
the opportunity which counts, but the man
or the woman.-February Lippincott.
The herald., 1898-03-06

Messrs. Merryweather of Greenwich.
Eng, have introduced a fire eXtingusher
working by electricity. The pump is
driven by an electric motor connected to
the electric lighting wires of the premises,
and all the operator has to do Is to direct
the hose on the flames.
The extensive coal mines of Thurber.
Texas, which have a capacity of 1000 cars
day. have been equipped throughout
with a complete trolley system for haul
ing. displacing the mule service. Electric
lights have also been added, as we'll as
electrically operated coal mining ma
chinery.
A recently issued electrical patent covers
a take-up device for trolley cords. so that,
should the trolley wheel slip the wire, the
pole will not fly up in the air, forming de-
structive arcs between 1t and the trolley
wire. Provision is made in the device so
that the conductor can replace or reverse
tho position OF the pole as usual.
According to a reliable computation, a
single tree is able through its leaves 20
purify the air from the carbonic acid aris-
ing from the respiration of n considerable
number of men-as many as dozen or a
score. The volume of carbonic acid ex-
hailed by human being in the course Of
twenty-four hours Is estimated at one hum
dred gallons, and single square yard of
leaf surface, counting both the upper and
under sides of the leaves, can decompose
about gallon of carbonic acid in day.
For detecting alterations in checks or
other documents, NJ. Blarez uses two
liquids. He paints the paper with So
luton of one part of castor oil in six parts
of 95 per cent alcohol and thus brings
out traces of erased writing by making
the paper partially transparent. The sec
ond application is 2 per cent aqueous
solution of oaustic soda. If, as is usually
the case, the forger has restored the pa
per with sandarac varnish. the varnish
is removed and the writing on II destroyed.
Human perspiration has been proved to
possess toxic qualities, and the poison
GUS qualities of the exudations are shown
to be greatest after vigorous muscular ex-
ertion. Guinea pigs and rabbits were
killed during the Investigations of French
scientists by incubation of perspiration
taken from the flannel shirt of a young
man in perfect health, who had sweat pro-
fusely while dancing. That taken from q
glove worn by young lady heated by the
same exertion was equally deadly in M.
Arloing's recent experiments.
The resistance OF n1ckel steel TO the at
tack of water increases with the nickel
contents. The least expanding alloys. con-
tanning about Sc per cent Of nickel, are
sufficiently unassailable, and can be ex-
posed for months to air saturated with
moisture without being tainted by rust.
With a view of testing the expansion of
nickel steel, experiments have been car
ried out by allowing measuring rods to re-
main in warm water for some hours. They
were not wiped off when taken out, but
were exposed for a longer period to hot
The herald., 1898-03-06

steam, but the lines traced on the polished
surfaces were not altered. The rough sur.
races when exposed to steam, were COW
cred after several days with a continuous.
but little adhesive, coat OF rust.
Prof. Snelso says that the age Of fish ID
| almost unlimited. AS to the length of the
| life or fish, 1t Is said that the ordinary earn
If not interfered with would live about
five hundred years. He says that there are
now living in the Royal Aquarium in Rus
| sia several carp that are known to be over
six hundred years old, and that he has
| ascertained in number of cases that
whales live to be over two hundred years
old. The ordinary gold fish has also been
known to live over hundred years.
The rapidity of thought Is limited, and
voluntary action of the muscles Is slow
in comparison with the involuntary
! movements of which they are capable. The
researches of Messrs. Broca and Richet
show that ten separate impressions is the
average highest limit of brain perception.
The experiments prove that each excita-
ton of the nerves is followed by a brief
period of Inertia. and during this period
no new or appreciable impression can be
made. An individuals voluntary move
ments of any kind can not exceed ten or
| twelve per second. although to the muscles,
acting Independently of the WILL as many
as thirty or forty per second may be pos
sible.
Nearly all the storing animals eat con-
centrated food whether 1t be beans or
grain boarded by the hamster, or nuts
and hard fruits by the squirrel, nuthatch.
and possibly some of the jays" says q
writer on animals in Famine" in the
Spectator, London. but there is one veg
etable eating animal whose food is neither
| concentrated nor easy to move On the
contrary, 1t is obtained with great labor
| in the first instance and stored with no
less toll after 1t Is procured. The beaver
| lives during the winter on the bark Of
trees AS 1t is not safe, and is often impos-
sible, for the animal to leave the water
when the ice Is formed, 1t stores these
branches under water, cutting them into
lengths. dragging them below the surface
and fixing them down to the bottom with
stones and mud.
A French investigator has found that
by the addition of the leaves of fruit trees
which in themselves have no marked fla
vor to saccharine solutions undergoing
alcoholic fermentation, very marked
bouquet OF the fruit is developed. Thus,
by immersing pear or apple tree leaves
in 10 or Is per cent solution of sugar, and
adding pure yeast, which by itself gave
rise to no marked flavor, after fermenta-
tion liquid was obtained which had a
strong odor of pear or apple, respectively,
and an excellent flavor. and on distillation
gave an alcoholic dstillate in which this
| aroma was still more marked. Vine leaves
act in similar manner, and 1t may be
possible to improve the bouquet of a poor
vintage by the addition of some leaves
during fermentation. The results are far
| more marked when the leaves employed
are from trees in which the fruit Is ap-
preaching maturity.
The herald., 1898-03-06
Dingleyism Invites Trouble

Our enormous export trade in cotton,
wheat and corn can be seriously cut down
if retaliating Europeans choose to perse-
veringly seek other sources of supply. We
want no commercial wars, yet with Ding.
leyism we can hardly prevent them.-St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
The herald., 1898-03-06

Earthenware sleepers, the invention of
Japanese. were recently experimental
on at Shimbash station, Japan. Fairly
good results were obtained. 1t is claimed
that the increased cost of earthenware
sleepers is amply compensated by their
freedom from decay.
The herald., 1898-03-06

Tests of the Ogden, Utah), ng-distance
transmission plant have proved 1t to be a
successful installation. Last week 10)0
horse power of current WAS transmitted
thirty-seven miles without hitch.
The herald., 1898-03-06

The most powerful microscope objec-
tive yet made is 1-l0-inch mono bromide
of napthaline immersion lens, made by
Zeiss. Its numerical aperture is 1.60 and
1t has resolved or made visible q detail
only 1-2C0, 600 of an inch in width.
The herald., 1898-03-06

In new design of x-ray tube there is
a movable cathode which Is secured to
an iron ring and adjusted in the best po-
sition by means Of a magnet operated
outside the tube
The herald., 1898-03-06

the ordinary reader 1t Is cheerfully
conceded that usually much Skill and
taste are shown. And the real value of
many of the selections is freely admitted.
They are good; but why use what Is good
when 1t is just as easy to have still bet
ter, even the best? Instead of reading a
page or two of 'Evangeline, why not read
the whole charming, pathetic poem, and
have for all time in ones mind the COM
plete story as 1t shaped itself in the mind
of the poet? Why should the boy read an
extract from Hawthorne's Incompatible
tale of The Great Stone-Face, instead OF
reading the whole, and feeling himself
thenceforth uplifted and made for all his
life manlier by the memorable story?"
DR. Nansen and His Critics" is the theme
of a note which Major Pond sent to the
Critic concerning the rumors about Nam
sens troubles with his managers and his
alleged structures upon American audi
ences and American manners. Here is the
note in full:
''Dr. Nansen complained of nothing. He
was as perfect a gentleman as any one
ever knew. But. as he never took the
trouble to deny the malicious stories cir
culated by certain persons, they gained
credence with some. The only unpleas-
ant feature of his entire stay was the dis
agreement with his managers, in which,
may add, he certainly was not the one at
fault. He found lecturing here very pleas
ant but he was not anxious to come. and
did so only when good terms We're offered
by his managers. They, however. could
not afford to keep up to the letter of their
contract, in view of their heavy expenses,
although DR.. Nansen was one of the most
popular lecturers that have ever come to
New York, and filled his hall on the eighth
appearance here, after only four days ad-
vertising. DIR. Nansen, therefore, thought
it bes. to withdraw and return home. l
have only good words for him, and l am
sure he feels that way toward the people
oc the United States. who made his visit
here SO enjoyable and profitable"
The herald., 1898-03-06

Messrs. Merryweather of Greenwich.
Eng, have introduced fire extinguisher
working by electricity. The pump is
driven by an electric motor connected to
the electric lighting wires of the premises,
and all the operator has to do is to direct
the hose on the flames.
The herald., 1898-03-06

steam, but the lines traced on the polished
surfaces were not altered. The rough sur,
races when exposed to steam, were COW
cred after several days with a continuous.
but little adhesive, coat of rust.
The herald., 1898-03-06

The following is from 1.-THE Best Litera-
ture in Schools by Horace f. Scudder,
editor of the Atlantic Monthly and man
aging editor of the Riverside Literature
series:
1T is not necessary to criticise the skill
or taste in selection of those who compile
The herald., 1898-03-06

The extensive coal mines of Thurber,
Texas, which have a capacity of 1000 cars
a day. have been equipped throughout
with a complete trolley system for haul
ing, displacing the mule service. Electric
lights have also been added, as we'll as
electrically operated coal mining ma
chinery.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-19
a Bank for Bishopyil,e.

3ishopviIle, Oct. ll.-A large and entbu-
elastic m>e ing was held here this morning
for the purpose of esta blishipg bank in this
growing and progressive town.
a committee was appoiote3 to open books
ard receive subscriptions. to report alta rseet-
Jog to be called by the chairman in the ;esr
fa,nre
From ,hs interest esioced, and the business
cbaraciee of the uen who aye managing the
e terprise, it is safe to predict that the Bish.
vile back is sure thiag.
Five handsome hrick stores have been
erected end occopied, and WORK opoo two
more will 5000 be started. Several cottages
have been built in the last few months, and
s.ill the are applications for others cor is
j: surprising we hav' a beautiful location,
pnre. cool water. 6 delicious climate. every
toieg, in fact, tc make beautiful Bisaopville
me 9ery home of health and longevity.
The bank which wi:l soon be established
ass loBg been needed. and is IS said, Only
,ae fo-erunper of other enterprises, equally
irportaut, very soon to be iraugurated.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-19

Ponce, Oct. 1G.--Tbe Stars aud
Stripes viii! be formally raised at San
Juan on Tuesday. Brig Gen Fred
D. Grant will b. given command OF
the district of San Juau comprising
the jurisdictions Of Arecibo, Bayamo
and Humacoa, with the adjacent
islands. Brig Gen Guy '. Henry
will be given command Of the other
portions of Puerto Rico.
Paris, Or. 16-11.45 p. m.-senor
Agoa clio, special envoy Of the Philip
pine i1surgent government, arrived at
Havre b7 L, Touraine to day and
reached Paris late rbis afternoon. He
has apartments at the Hotel Contioen-
tai, 90 the sane floor with the mem
bers of the United States peace com
mission, whom be came to see regard
ing the fate. Of the Philippines, but
whom be has not yet met.
Paris, Oct. 1.-THE Soleil pub
fishes dispatch from Toulon which
says that Vice Admiral Fournier,
who is now at Tunis with NJ Lock
roy, minister of marine, will return
Immediately to Tulon, where orders
have been received speedily to pre-
pare the armored cruisers Admiral
Trehouart, Bouvines, Jemmaph and
Vilmy for active service, and also to
send TO Brest without delay the
largest possible number of gunners
to man the forts and batteries.
Manila, Oct. 16 The insurgents
at Lagaspi have prevented the Amer
icau steamer Herminos from loading
or unloading on the ground that
there were Spaniards on board They
also refused to allow an officer of the
United States cruiser Raleigh to land
without permission of Gen. Agui
ua!do.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-19
FIFTEEN NEW CASES.

jackson, Miss, Oct 27.-Contrary
to general expectation the Jackson report
of new cases Of yellow fever for to day
is unusually large, .be total being Is.
This is accounted for by the faot that
the cool weather tends to devslop the
disease in persons whose syssems al
ready contain germs of the detection.
but it is believed that further spread is
not possible with the prevailing tenn
eerature. There we're no deaths, but
several arc seriously sick.
The board of health's official report
for the State is as follows, for the past
~ hours
Madison. one new case and one
death Poplarville, fous oew cases;
Starkgille, no oew cases 10 four days !;
Tsyior's no new cases. oue seriously
SICK HarrissoD. three cases, three
critically i'll; Yazoo City, Eve pew
cases aod swo suspicious.
Natchez, two new cases ; Meridiar,
two cases ; Canton, ooe new case Hat.
t:esburg, four new cases aud cue death.
" overland, ooe new case.
The board TO day issued an order re-
scindipg the order dated August l7;h.
quaraDsiuiag Mississippi against Key
West. Fla.
Washington. Oct. II The fol
loving additional reports regarding
yesterdays development in the yellow
fever situation were received by Acting
Surgeon Genera! Bailbacbe. Of the
Marine Hospital service to-day:
Jackson, eight new cases Oxford
one new cases one death Edwards,
four white and one negro cases Yazoo
City. six new 'foci" Harrissoo,
twelve new cases Poplarvi!le, tvo
A dispatch from Meridian reports
one case Of yellow fever discovered and
says guards have been placed around
it. A light frost occurred there Satur-
day night.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-19

Our little boy vas sfiicted With rheuma
sisn in his knee, and at times unable to put
his foo. to the aoor. We tried in vain,
eve,yihiog We could aear of that we thought
would help him. We almost gave up in de-
spair, when seme eue advised us to try
.Chsmseriain's Pain Balro. We did 50, and
the Grst bottle gave SO muck relief tina. we
get second one, apd, TO our surprise, it
cured him sound and well.-J. 7. Bays,
Pastor chr;stiao Church, Neodesha. Kaa.
Fos sale by Al China.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-10-19
Dots From Plsgah
2isgah, oc,. l..-Co.,on p:csiag is neari,

-
Disgah, Oct. l,.-Cosson picking is neariy
done, end The planters are as sieE- So, as
you want TO ind. No doubt i, is our own
sauls, to large extent Possibly it is oil a
blessing in disguise, SID as experience is a
good teacher, let Us hope we will learn ou1
lesson good A !args qoeneiis ~heat will
be sown, sos Other small grains, srd our
eoGuen ;ead, sorgpun. who left us few
years ego vii! come back 20 stay. Pess in
come sections are foe, but generally fail.
arss Po;aioas are few and far betWec". Ga
the whole, there is a-peh TO be Thankful fer,
more thar we deserve
The health Of our comnnnisy is good, ex-
ceps cclds, aad they hola TO you Ike malarial
fsre,.
Several of our mercasuss say their trade IS
reasonably good, from the co;soa pickers who
handle al! the cash these days. The Oalanee
ssler they are. paid gees to "Dr." on the
ledger sud is far ben,od s;Cr." on the same
p.se
] bsve 40 marriages to report. What Is
the matter, can't tell, as / am not in the
secrets Of the people. Possibly, Cupid is
wsgicg his warfare elsewhere, aud viii re-
turn here after awhile
] attended your cake walk on the 18th in-
ssant, aud saw some OF your pretty girls. l
knew that Sumter had sweet girls. bat like
the queen of Sheba, the half bad not been
,oiSor seen. 7 must tell you that liked to
have slipped up on that slick aoor, and
hereafter when you have ssch .hiags,
have them at place where we country folks
can walk oa without danger of falling.
Pisgah Church has called Rev. J. B. Smith,
rf ST. Charles, as its pastor for next year.
Hs wss pastor here few years ago and is
much liked. I
SRifl Greek Church has called Rsv. Mr.
G,caeb for ae1s gear. ae has the reputation
o s.yise - preacher.
IS. p-edi.sei ia .aess columns toe election
Uas ol.et and tie fears OF those who fhougnt
s osassssise, have pro-ed groaadleas I have
an abiding faith in the patriotism OF our people
wnose good sense knows that to each one De-
loags The right to voie as ne plezsea, and why
gescF=uded 8, that whep we dcu's.a other
things Sumter's seastors only serve one
.e.m s:ncs Hamptou's election, viz: Fraser
ssd B,ssard one term together. Earle, Noise,
Aaoott, Noses. and nov Manning. Two
farmers, cne doctor, three lawyers, and one
merchant WeH Represented.
Broad1s and johnnie DuPre made four
bushels of pisders from ainety-si1 hills. II
they had banked them while growing, they
would have mede busbel more, st rate of 200
bushels per acre.
Mr. Willie Ammons died yesterday and
was buried at Pisgah Church this afternoon
after 6,yiue services by Rsy. Mr. Duncan.
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When you cali for Dewi,s's Witch Hasel
ave, the great pile cure, don't accept aOy-
ia:ag else Don, be talked ioto accepting a
sa,s:l.ute, for piles, for sores, for burns
5ughson.Ligon Co.
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Official Reports as to the Yel-
low Fever Situation.

Meridiao, Miss. o.: Is -Dr
Carter. Marine hospi:a! surgeon will
arrive some sime during the uight from
New O:leaps to pass upon the suspicious
case Of fever announced by the
Meridian board of health
The local physician reported another
suspicious case TO the board of health
to day. The premises were at once
quaraotiaed until Dr.. Carter can pass
upon the case. There is nov 90 longer
any doubt that the infection was
introduced here from Hattiesburg
Meridian vas 10 open communication
for several days before the existence OF
fever iu that city was known here. The
Mobile and Ohio railroad have
established relay camps north aud south
Of town snd all passenger trains on
that line 60 through the city without
stopping The board Of health to day
ordered the public scbools closed. The
announcement Of the suspicious cases
bas caused no excitement and only a
few people have left the city.
Cincinnati, Oct. 16.-Dr. Walter
Wyman, surgeon general of the United
States Marine hospital service. address
ei the commercial club of this city last
night OF Quarantine and Commerce, :"
aDd to night left for general tour Of
the south TO Investigate the yellow fever
condition.
Washington, Oct 16 The Marine
hospital service tonight received the
following reports from the yellow fever
districts
Franklio. La, rew cases %. 90
deaths Ridgelaud. Miss cue new
case; Hst.iesburg, Miss fo0r new
cases Oxford, Miss t"o new cases ;
Naschez. Miss three new cases
Queer Hill, Miss. ooe new case, one
death Taglors, Miss, cne aew
case
A dispatch from Jackson, Miss !,
dated yesterday and received to-day
states there we're seven uew cases in
that place
jackson, Miss, O,t. 16 The
Jackson record Of new cases OF yellow
for to day was eight. as follows W.
z. Davidson, Otto Gale, Lonnie
Cloud. Callie Cloud. Prof. Moore,
Otto johnson aod two negroes. There
were no deaths, though some of the
sick are seriously ILL Another case is
announced at Tugaloo. six miles North
of Jackson, a Mr.. Miles, white.
Dr.. Parnell who investigated suspi-
cious Sickness at Yazoo City reports to.
day that he found six cases of genuine
yellow fever there FIVE negroes and
Que white, In the southern part of the
city.
Dr.. Guice announces one case of
yellow fever at Meridian aud two
suspicious cases. The State board Of
bealth's Official report from other points
is as follows Poplarvilie. seven new
cases and one death ; Dyson, no new
cases, one critically i'll; Hasties5urg,
90 new cases, Eve suspicious cases out
side of Gordon Naschez. three new
cases. The fever is now in every ward
Of the city Hssriston, two ne" cases,
three critically i'll. one death, Mrs.
Jennie Lowe. Edwards reports two
cases Que mile wes, and four cases four
miles north of town 10 Fox family.
Oxford reports oue new case aud one
death. Is now under treatment.
Congressman Wm. +. Love, repre-
sentiug the Fifth Mississippi district
died this afternoon at 4 o'clock at his
home in Glosser, Miss.