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Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-04-06

desire to address this letter
that it may be read in every
lnty Alliance in this State,
7 pray that it may roach The
t Of every lover of the farm
e. must necessarily be
of, and cannot laborate as !
lld wish. 70 the thoughtful
nd and the student OF history
present condition of the Coun-
mes does not seem TO be
it can and should be. The
Of mother daughter and
I'm more work of drudgery
Tread, and hope deferred.
re deferred maketh the heart
s." OF the fathers work what
I'll ! say2 DO | aons3ra him be.
sc he does not bring sunshine.
pInesY I'd prosperity TO his
e?. 10 | charge him with be-
spendthrjft, a do nothing,
ut, o binot, a loafer, or a
rd? No, no. a thousand
o! lie is q good, fgDc man,
&c his hon" and country.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-04-06
CARD OF THANKS.

Mr.. EDITOR: Please allow me
space In your paper to thank my
kind friends and neighbors for
their sympathy and invaluable
assistance during my mothers
last illness. Words cannot ex-
press my appreciation of all these
acts of kindness, | can only thank
you one and all. and ask the
Rewarder of all kindness to
reward you.
Sincerely,
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-04-06
Sincerely.
PET NELL.
TcDchrrs. .ffteHfion.

The Lancaster County Teach
crs' Association will convene at
the graded school building in Ian,
caster next Saturday, being the
9th of April, at ii O'Clock. All
teachers OF the county are earn
es'ly requested to be present.
There are no assessments ON mem
bers and teachers Will find it to
their interest to connect with the
ASSC citation.
Ira >. CALDWELL,
Sec.
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Re,CdI'd.

Gov. Ellerbe has offered a
ward of $3.50 for j. G. Upchr
the man wis murdered yo
Robert BeK at the Manetta /,
ton mil! in Chester county on
l'th or March. He is describ
AS about % years old. about
leet ~ inches high, sandy ha
cross-eyed, weighs about 1!
pounds, and came from Raleig
y. G..
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-04-06

torpid liver robs you of ambition
and ruins your health. DeWitt's Lit
tie Early Risers cleanse the liver, cure
constipation and all stomach and liver
troubles. Crawford Bros
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Nuics! NUicS ana horses IN kcr-
yBny,.

Just received two car loads fine
young Kentucky Mules and lIols
all OF which are new. MI parties
in both counties wanting mules or
horses, either for cash or for good
paper, would do we'll to see us
before buying. They must be sold.
Come and see us if you wish to
save money.
The kERsmAw BANKING AND MER-
CAMILLE Co. IT,.
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Notice..

I HEREBY NOTIFY THE PUBLIC
4 that my soI Ellison Harper has
left home, and the public is warned
nI TO harbor or employ him. Any
information leading TO his recoseFy
will be gladly rewarded.
ALEX HARrER.
April s, 9S. Elgin, ). G.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-04-06

An army of such men would free
Cuba in half the time it took to
find out what struck the warshIp
Maine. But alas, himself he can.
not liberate. He is a slave. He
is in volved. He is in debt. He
is mortgaged. 1t is slavery, worse
than bondage. 1t makes an abject
slave of the father. 1t hangs to
the mothers heart like mill.
stone.
If you ask me what three things
make a happy home, l answer:
First. Keep out of debt.
Second.:Keep out of debt.
Third. Keep out of debt.
l have been active In the Cot
ton Growers Association. l have
worked in season and out of sea-
son, pleading with the farmer to
reduce acreage. | feel that much
good has been done. | am not
discouraged. All cannot be done
in one year. If the farmers of
the South were out of debt and
had provisions Of their own for
- months, we would not raise
six million bales of cotton this
year.
The Alliance has taugh many
to make their own "hog and
hominy." 1t has taught the jute
trust that the organized former
is power. 1t has taught tie
oppressor that there is a point be-
yond which forbearance ceases
to be virtue. 1t has shown us
that in unity there is strength. |
Issued a call for the Rally Day"
for the sub.Alliance, and the
result has been very gratifying.
From all parts Of the State come
good reports, but from some sub,
Alliances they report no quorum.
| am glad to say these are verv
few, and to these | desire to sug-
gest that they. establish the
"Charter Guard" which will be
five members of the sub agreeing
to keep the charter in good stand
ing by paying the annual dues,
County, State and National,
whether they have monthly meet
ings or not.
| desire TO name the second
Friday in April, our regular
quarterly meeting, a. rally dav
for each county. | call upoT
every County Secretary to be,
time, and also every County ~ on
dent; If your sub has not y,,ootod ats,
a delegate to the County, M ,Ieceeu m
earnestly invited to , sou ";o
person. and take v a.'enu IN IN
with YOU Devqp our nelghoor
your Alliance, u 'e one day to
tended TO heIn/ ecause 1T is IN
dens, that fyn YOU Dear the bur
near otbrI repaired to talk ard to
renew RS talk. Go prepared to
~ your allegiance.
cow 10 hereby call upon every
,e/ ,nty Lecturer to 90 to the
I ounty meeting, with a lecture
prepared TO be either read or
spoken. If the Lecturer fails to
do so without good excuse,
hope good man may he put in
his place who will do his duty.
1t has been said that the Al
lance is dead. but it is not so.
II ic +Lo lsu,1;,c+ ,c.r-o ,,o,, ,,,e.-
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FARMERS INSTITUTES.
Attractive Program Prepared
For This Years Work.

Edat0r TIE Enterprise Please
publish the following circular let
ter from President Hartzog, of
Clemson College:
Clemson College, S. c., March
26.-Farmers Institutes will be
held in as many counties as prac
tlcable from the present time un-
til next September. Last year
institutes were held in South Car
olina. AS a rule, the meetings
were largely attended and thor
ughly appreciated. The object
the farmers institutes is to
iifuse knowledge of the most
ienhfic and practical methods
agriculture. The course of in
uction shall be so arranged as to
sent to those in attendance
results of the most recent in.
igatiohs in theoretical and
teal agriculture, and as far
'ssible to make the subjects
Ssed at each institute meet
ecial needs of the locality
ii is held.
er States where Institutes
/ held for many years.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-04-06

-Ey Marshal }. Il. Hunter re-
turned here from Charleston yes
terday and will now be a citizen
of Lancaster again.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-04-06

Thirty-ive years make a generation.
That is how long AdOlph Fisher, of
IanesviIle, o., suffered from piles, lie
was cured hy using three boxes OF De-
Wits witch Hazel Salve. Crawford
Bros
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-04-06

re OF the
se'iGstu
INt
.ng,ar \Eill

1t some one take steps to have
ne held there! 1t might do no
ood ; but the chances are that
would be of incalculahle ben
"a hundred times more ben
especially if it could be held
laying by time" than any
itical meeting that Will be
there this year. JUNlus.
il =, 1898.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-26
Lord Coleridge's Umbrella Decision.

The law as to umbrellas was settled
once for all by Lord Coleridge in u
leading English cause. His lordship
held:
Umbrellas, properly considered,
are part of the atmospheric or me-
teorol ogical condition, and, as such,
there can be no individual property
right in them. In Sampson VS..
Thompson defendant was charged
with standing on plaintiffs s front steps
during storm and thereby soaking
up large quantity of rain to which
plaintiff was entitled. But the court
held that the rain was any mans rain,
no matter where it fell. 1t followed,
therefore, that the umbrella is any
mans umbrella. In all ages rain and
umbrellas have gone together, and
there is no reason why they should be
separated by law. An umbrella may,
under certain circumstances-th chief
of which is possession-take on the
attributes of personal property, just
as if man set a tub and catch guam
tity OF rain water, that rain water will
be considered as his personal belong
ing while it is in his tub. But if the
sun evaporate the water and it is rained
down again, or if the tub be upset and
the water spilled, the attribute Of
personal ownership disappears. SO,
if man hold his umbrella in his hand
it may be considered personal be-
longing, bnt the moment it leaves his
hand it returns to the great, general,
s.,1 .a.t Il Il Il
las, whittier the law will not attempt
to pursue it.
So far as we know there has never
been successful appeal from this
decision. Chicago News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-26
What "sing Song of sixpence" Means

What "sing Song of siNpence" Means.
You all know this rhyme, but have
You ever heard what it really means?
The ourand-twenty blackbirds
represent the twenty-four hours. The
bottom of the pie is the world, while
the top crust is the sky that over
arches it. The opening of the pie is
the day dawn, when the birds begin
to sing, and surely such sight is
fit for king.
The king, who is represented sitting
in his parlor counting out his money,
is the sun, while the gold. pieces that
slip through his fingers as he counts
them are the golden sunbeams.
The queen, who sits in the dark
kitchen, is the moon, and the honey
with which she regales herself is the
moonlight.
The industrious maid, who is in the
garden at work before her king-the
sun has risen, is the day dawn, and
the clothes she hangs out are the
clouds. The bird who so tragically
ends the song by "nipping off her
nose is the sunset. So we have the
whole day, if not in nutshell, in a
pie.-New York Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-26

The assumption that majority of
criminals would reform il they could
but secure honorable employment
forms the basis of new movement in
the interest of ex-conyicts, says the
Omaha (Neb. Bee. While there is
no doubt that many can be thus
reached, it is certain that all of them
cannot. 1t has been ascertained that
the average age of so, 359 criminals in
American penal institutions was under
thirty-one, nearly one-half under
thirty, and about third under twenty
five, and nearly one-eighth under
twenty. The average age of American
paupers, on the other hand, is about
ffty-seven. The fact that profession
al criminals are as a rule young per-
sons shows that many of them are
bred to crime, and since young per-
sons find it easier to secure employ
ment than older ones, it is fair to in
fer that but few of them are driven to
crime by hard times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-26
The Great SNOWY Owl.

The winter or late autumn brings.
at times, visitor from the far north.
the great snowy owl. I came upon
him the other day crouched in the
long, dead grass, which whistled in
the cold wind, while the snow squalls
swept along the far horizon. He
turned his great black eyes on me for
moment and took wing. No bird
that 1 ever saw has such motive
power; the first flap of his broad
wings sends him far forward or up
ward. He bounds up and swoops
down, turning in any direction with
all the ease and lightness of the swal-
low. A few seconds aud his great
bulk is speck at the horizon, a mo-
ment more and lie has vanished, while
you stand gazing in wonder at his
grace and speed and power. He GER
tainly has small reason to forego his
southern trip; when the arctic winter
comes on breadths of latitude can be
nothing to him. A few days, or u
fortnight at most, will allow him to
pass over the stretch that separates
his arctic home from us, and still give
him time to stop for rest and feeding
by the way. His natural vigor and
power of wing is so great that the
severe cold of the sub-polar regions,
and the passage of the great distance
that separates it from us, are both
sustained with ease, evidently, by this
magnificent bird. - From "Winter
Birds" in Vick's Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-26
School-Days In the Old Times,

Boys and girls of the present day
find the road to learning q much
smoother and pleasanter pathway
than did their forefathers. A hundred
years ago the favorite text in almost
every family was, "Spare the rod and
spoil the child"
A rawhide or bunch of birch hung
over the mantel-shelf in many houses,
to be used upon the boys of the fam
lily, the usual rule being that a whip
ping Mt school must be followed by
one at home. Those given at school
were usually the more severe. In
many old schools in England the
"birch horse" is preserved as curl
osity: high, wooden frame shaped
like a saddle, on which the delinauent
was strapped to receive his lashes.
Watson, in his Annals of Philadel-
phia, tells us that girls as well as boys
were whipped IN the academies for
the gentry" hundred years ago
Other punishments than whipping
were common. Talking in school
was sometimes punished by fastening
a frame over the mouth, from which
lolled a huge red flannel tongue. AL
most every school had it's ounces cap,
and some of them had "clog," which
was block of wood that was strapped
to the leg of truant and worn out
side of school.
Dull scholars were often made to
stand open-mouthed under the clock,
to be pointed at by their comrades as
they marched past. In certain Eng
lish schools large wicker cage is pre-
served in which the delinquent was
fastened, the cage being then drawn
by pulley to the ceiling, where it
remained until the ill-doer was sup
posed to be sufficiently punished.
The tardy scholar was sometimes
forced to march through the streets
preceded by an usher who carried
lighted lantern, to the amusement of
the jeering crowd.
These pnnishments seem barbarous,
and were barbarous when applied to
most school delinquents, but there
are some natures, almost or quite de-
void of moral sensibility, gross men,
tally and physically, can only
be made to see their wrong-doing by
severe corporal punishment. They
are like animals. Their comprehen-
sion of guilt is only vitalized and
measured by the acuteness Of the pain
inflicted as . penalty.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-26

As American soldiers go ont from
Porto Rico American business men
are going in, and the islanders are al
ready feeling the good effects of the
Yankee methods and Yankee "gohead-
itiveness. The Porto Ricnn mer-
chant is said not to be wholly lacking
in shrewdness, and he may be safely
expected to share in the benefits his
island is to receive from American
rule.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-26

DIR. Charles Woodward of New
Egypt, N. j., went fishing for pike in
pond near that village the other
day. The fish We're not biting freely
and the doctor had about concluded to
go home when he felt bite on his
line. Just as he got the fish ont OF
water an eagle flew over his head and
the next instant had the pike in its
grasp and started to fly away with it.
BY hard pulling DIR. Woodward drew
his double catch to the boat. The
eagle showed fight and DIR. Woodward
attacked it with an oar, finally killing
it. 1t measured seven feet from tip
to tip OF its wings. DR.. Woodward
got the pike also. New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-26

The name leather hns long since
passed from the exclusive vocabulary
pertaining to animal skins and hides
in their prepared state. Recently,
says the Zeugdrucke Zeitung, a Ger
man inventor has brought to public
notice an improved kind of asbestos
material, and the method of its manu-
facture. The asbestos is at first
divided into very fine fibres of the
greatest possible length, then inn
mersed in an india rubber solution,
the whole being then thoroughly in
termixed until every fibre is coated
with the solution; the solvent-for in
stance, petroleum benzine-is there
upon evaporated. By this treatment
the asbestos fibres cohere perfectly,
and thesmass may then be pressed
into any desired form, or may be
rolled. The inventor calls the manu-
factured product asbestos leather, and
it is said to resemble leather very
closely in its peculiarities and struc-
ture and in its industrial adaptation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-26

The total number of public libra
ries in Connecticut is 131, of which II
are absolutely free and 81 subscrip-
tion libraries, says the Hartford
Conn. Times. Forty one of these
libraries are under the control of the
state. Three new libraries were or
ganized during the year, and move.
ments are on foot to institute others.
Within few years there will be Ii
brary in every town in Connecticut.
The total number OF volumes in the
181 libraries of the state is 593, 221,
and the total circulation during the
past year was 1,59s,19 The num-
ber of new books added for the
twelve months closed was 80, 365. The
total amount paid out in salaries dur
ing the year was $50, 1878. and the
amount expended for books was S23,
O15.81. All of these figures are large
1y in excess of those of the previous
year and show an increasing interest
in libraries everywhere. The annual
report OF school libraries shows 6s8
in all. The amount expended on new
books was $24, 1885, 10, and the total
number OF books is 1876, 800. During
the year several schools were equipped
with libraries, and 8o39 books were
purchased. The New Britain Normal
school library is the largest public
school library in the country, the to.
~ number oi volumes being nearly
12.oea
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-26
Electric Torpedo Boats.

Among the advantages to be looked
for in electric torpedo boats are the
lack of flaming tunnels and noisy ma
chinery to give notice of approach,
freedom of risk from cut steam pipes
or wrecked boilers, diminished upper
works to serve as target and ease
and rapidity of manipulation by the
commander with one hand on the con-
troller. A writer in the Electrical
World suggests the possibility of pri-
mary batteries. For a 140-foot boat.
with displacement of 110 tons, en-
gines of 2000 horsepower are neces-
sary to give speed of 25 knots, and
weight of rs tons is all that could be
allowed for batteries and motors.
Four motors of 500 horsepower each
would weigh about ~ tons. This
would permit the carrying Of 200
cells consisting of ID zinc plates 1S
inches square and 12 plates of like
size of copper oxide compressed ON
copper with an electrolyte solution OF
strong caustic alkali. Glass Jars of
10 inches cube, with water-tight GOV.
ers, would contain the elements. If
such battery would work satisfactorily
it should drive the vessel at full speed
for one hour, or about 100 miles ct 10
knots.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-26
CHILOREN'S COLUMN.
Sweet Reasoning.

On tiptoe, very wide awake.
Drawn for u moment from her play
Watching grandmother frost cukc,
Wee Mabel stood one day.
spell of pensive silence passed.
When by sudden impulse led.
MY papa says Is dwowing fast"
With artlcss pride she said.
Then pauslng MS the future glowed
With promise In her childish view:
AN dwanma, when dit all dwowed
Den l tan fwost cakes, too"
Grandmother stopped, and with n kiss
Mabel was folded to n breast
Whose longings for her future bliss
Love-moistened eyes expressed.
"Dwan'ma,' she murmured. nesting there
Her sense Of fostering love complete,
VI dess dey's fwostn' on 'ou' hair,
Betause 'ou is so sweet"
Washington star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-26

Mildred sat under the shadiest tree
she could find that was near the pump.
The shade and the pump were both
indispensable, IL was such n sizzling
hot day. The sun had baked all Mil
dred's mud-pies ''to turn" and
they stood in little, uneven rows,
pnrched and Drowned and crisp, wait
ing 60 be eatenl
'Ob, deary mel how hot it isl"
sighed Mildred, trying to cool her
warm little face on the soft grass.
But even the grass under the shade
tree was hot.
"But I'm glad I'm me instead Of q
horse mused on the little voice;
white Mildred watched wagon come
toiling up the little hill toward her.
That's Mr.. Cooper's horse. an !
guess he's most melted the way he
looks. He's all covered over with
soapsuds. I'm glad he isn't me. '
The poor horse toiled on with droop-
ing head and steaming sides. When
he got to Mildred's pump, he stopped
wistiully: but the trough was empty
"G'lang, Dobbinl You can't have
'Tm too worn out to get out % this
wagon again, to say nothin' of pump
in a mess % water! You've got to
waitl G'langp'
Yes, oh, do wait" cried Mildred,
jumping up suddenly. For Dobbin
had looked down at her with pleading
eyes. And, then, sposing she'd been
Dobbin!
81 can uncheck him. I'll stand up
on the edge % the trough" she said
cheerfully. "And I'll pump. He
looks 40 thirsty"
Every time the pump-handle went
up, Mildred went up, too, aud then
came down again on the wooden plat
form with steady little thuds. She
could get more water that way.
And so Dobbin had his long, cool
drink, and actually went off at brisk
little trot
After that good many other pant
ing horses came plodding by. with
wistful side-glances toward the pump;
and Mildred's clear. pleasant, little
voice offered them all drink. People
rarely stopped at Mildred's pump. 1t
wasn't public watering-pl and
the trough was small and usually
empty; and perhaps people had found
out how hard the pump-handle worked
up and down.
1t was hot, hard work. Mildred's
face got very red and wet, and her
feet ached with the thuds on the plat
form; and her arms, - oh, deary mel.
how they ached with the pump handlel
Between times she rested under the.
shady tree, feeling so thankful in her
heart that she wasn't horse!
Aunt Winnie watched her from her
invalid chair in the window.
''Girlie," she said softly, when Mil
dred went in at supper-time, "do you
know what you have been doing?'
''Yesm; resting and pumping"
Mildred said promptly.
'And giving n 'cup'-a great many
beautiful, kind cups-of cold water,'
dear!" Aunt Winnie added with a
hug. Annie Hamilton Donnell, in
Iion's Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-26
THE ONE WHO WON'T BE THERE.


pon III
&c o
du abreast, M
and To
nlnnd Lender.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-26

Boarding-house keepers will rejoice
to know that the war with Spain will
not cut off entirely the supply of their
staple table delicacy-prunes. Cali
fornia has come to the rescue with q
crop of $4,000 tons this year from or
chards which aggregate 55, 900 acres.
At least 10, 900 more acres will be in
bearing next year, and a crop of 100,-
900 tons of green prunes is prophesied
for the first year of the next century.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-26

Black powder has seen its last days
The American troops at Santiago, with
their black powder, made target for
the enemy, which gave them great adj
vantage in locating our soldiers. With
smokeless powder and modern guns
of high penetrative power the Ameri-
can regular will be more than match
for any soldier in the world.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-26

When Spain gets ready TO rehabili-
tate her navy she ought to have ships
built in this country. She has had
convincing proof that We know how
to construct such things over here.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-10-26

The "preservation of the peace" in
Europe by means of navies and stand
ing armies costs $3.50, 900, 900 a year.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1898-01-08
N0Tte 1NTJNAs
EN- Ell ALBUM DE MERCEDES

Soy planta mustia, sin savia va y sin
fuerza, destrozada por tieros huracanes
mas cuando sobre mi fuye la vivftica
onda de tn acento, yergo, dichoso, mis-
ramas, cubiertas, al conjuro, de lucien-
tes hojas verdes y de flores.
Soy copa turbia en- cuyo fondo halo
hogar ell acfbar mas cuando me bafias
con ell radioso fulgor de tn mirada, el
lfouido mortal al borde sube y Sc de-
rrama en- lfmpido y delicioso nectar
convertible.
Tronco soy, entristecido, abandona-
do & inutil, desgarrade terriblemente
por ell rayo mas cuando viertes junto
4 mi ell creador infujo de tn esplendida
hermosura, en- harpa de yibrantes cuer-
das truecanse mis- restos, alzando en-
tusiasta himno al amor, fervido canto
q la vida!
EUGENIo DEsCHAMPS.