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The age-herald., 1898-05-16
Vanity of Great Artists


 Some "reminiscences of De Pachmann, whose personality is as eccentric as his nlaving is fascinating, are related in the New York Sun. One highly characteristic anecdote is told by Joseffy, who was pres- ent when De Pachmann and Paderewski met here during De Pachmann's last sea- son in the United States. Paderewski had complimented De Pachmann on his play ing, and De Pachmann immediately re- sponded by asking if he played as well as Rubinstein
 No effort on Paderewski's part to avoid answering that question could quiet De Pachmann. Finally Paderewski, in des- paration, replied that De Pachmann did play as well as Rubinstein. Then De Pach- mann insisted on knowing if he played better than Rubinstein. Persistent ques- tioning finally compelled Paderewski, for the sake of his own peace of mind, to ad- init that De Pachmann did play better.
 "How many times better?" was the next question.
 ''Twice as well as Rubinstein."
 The indefatigable De Pachmann ultimate ly compelled Paderewski to say that he played five times well as Rubnstein. De Pachmann made it impossible for Pad- erewski to escape, and the humor of the situation was not lost on Paderewsk.
 But the vanity of the man became dis to know if he could not really play six times as well as Rubinstein. Paderewski made it plain that he had suffered enough by this time, and with fine scorn De Pach- mann smiled and said: "See, zee the envy of all artists toward their fellows" As Paderewski had at that time reached the height of his popularity, and had already admitted, for the sake of quieting him, that De Pachmann played five times as well as Rubinstein, the envy was not very evi- dent.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

The Galveston News has ascertained that 2,7es boy babies born in Texas since May have been named George Dewey, 2,642 Fitzhugh Lee, and there are several thous- and unnamed waiting on Joe Wheeler, Sampson, Teddy Roosevelt or any other hero to make a strike.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16
AT CHICKAMAUGA.
he Baltimore News.

From the Baltimore News. They are camped on Chicamauga! Once again the white tents gleam, On that field where vanished heroes Sleep the sleep that knows no dream. There are shadows all about them Of the ghostly troops today, But they light the common campfire Those who wore the blue and gray. Where the pines of Georgia tower,
 Where the mountains kiss the sky, On their arms the nations warriors
 Wait to hear the battle cry. Wait together, friends and brothers,
 And the heroes meath their feet Sleep the long and dreamless slumber
 Where the flowers are blooming sweet. Sentries, pause, yon shadow challeugei
 Rock-ribbed Thomas goes that way He who fought the foe unyielding
 In that awful battle fray. Wonder pass the shades of heroes,
 And they follow where Bragg leads Through the meadows and the river,
 But no ghost the sentry needs. Field of fame. a patriot army
 Treads thy sacred sod today! And they'll face a common foeman,
 Those who wore the blue and gray. And they'll fight for common country,
 And they'll charge to victory, Meath the folds of one brave banner
 Starry banner of the free! They are camped on Chickamauga,
 Where the green tents of the dead Turn the soil into a glory
 Where nations heart once bled; But they're clasping hands together
 On this storied field of strife Brothers brave who meet to battle
 In the freedom war of life!
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

Mr. McKinley's recent appointments of dude civilians and sons of great men has taken all the starch out of his previous appointments of capable men to army posts. This war Is not cotillion. or social clearing house.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16
CARING FOR THE lNNOCEN1s

From the Hartford Times
 A good many mothers favorite sons" and several spoiled children. adult size, were provided for by President Mckinley in his distribution of army ''plums" yester- day.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16
| BOSTON MAN GETS IN LINE

From the Boston Transcript.
 A Boston man returns from New York wearing flag-badge pinned on his coat N"I was the only man in New York or Brooklyn without one. and didn't like to be singuar,'' he explained
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

.eWhoever," said Macauley, about fifty years ago., 'wishes to be well acquainted with the morbid anatomy of governments, whoever wishes to know how great states may be made feeble and wretched, should study the history of Spain.'
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

The Alabama, Illinois, Kentucky and Kearsarge are incomplete. The Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Oregon and Texas are in commission, and all on duty in the Atlantic or in the Caribbean sea.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

When Germany surrenders Alsace and Lorraine, gained in war, the United States will surrender the Philippines. also gained in war. The warlord will please take mo- tice.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

Massachusetts has an odd custom of num- bering her regiments that go to war so as to avoid repetition. She has just organized her sixty-third regiment.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

Men and supplies must go forward to Ad- miral George Dewey. From Frisco to Ma nila is a far cry, but our Second George must have what he wants.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16
GETTING PnYsIcKED.

From the Cleveland Leader.
 Spanish As are giving some new demon- strations concerning physics. They prove sometimes things don't stop going down, even when they hit the bottom.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

Spain recognized the belligerency of the south in the early sixties and soon she will be in a position to recognize 1t again.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16
DIsCoUNTING PEACE

From the Boston Post.
 The stock market is already discounting peace. The foreign exchanges are doing the same. Professional financers the world over are apparently looking for an early cessation of hostilites.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

Drake,s great victory at Cadiz. when he destroyed over one hundred Spanish ves- sels, also occurred on May 1. Drake and Dewey resemble each other in more re- spects than one.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

Go straight this morning to the court house or to Adams drug store. and regis ter. Ease your conscience before you be- gin the days work.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16
ABLE TO ENFORCE HIS RIGHTS.

From the Philadelphia North American.
 Dewey will now have the privilege of the floor of the senate and the house for life It seems that man must prove himself heroic fighter to be allowed this.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

i The best estimates show that the Yer mont school house which George Dewey attended must have had the numerical ca- pacity of Harvard University.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY.
How Commodore schley Got Rid Of the Mon
 keys

How Commodore schley Got Rid Of the Mon
 There is another story about Commodore Schley, when as a midshipman, just out of Annapolis, he made the voyage on the Niagara, which bore the Japanese embassy. The New York Ledger tells it thus: The Niagara, on her way around Good Hope, stopped on the coast of Africa, where the Japanese laid in a stock of monkeys. Old Captain McKean and the officers did not object, for 1t was public policy then to gratify every wish of the Japanese. It was only Midshipman schley and his deck serubbers who objected. The monkeys were allowed to roam about the ship as they pleased.
 There were all kinds of monkeys. big and little. Several huge ringtais, making flying leaps from footrope to backstay, all ways catching firmly by their tais. The monkeys were not pleasant creatures about the deckse and were a subject of espee' al aversion to Midshipman Schley, who, on his watch, was responsible for the decks whiteness and cleanliness. One morning Schley had the early watch, and with a gang was scrubbing down.
 Bring me a bucket of slush, said Schley to a captain of a top, and to an other he gave orders that two of the big monkeys should be caught.
 It was In the China sea, and the big ship, with every stitch of canvass on, was bowling along with the wind abeam and a heavy sea on. She was making fifteen knots. Schley took the two captive mon keys and carefully greased their tails then, with a savage whoop at them, struck both with a ropes end. Both, monkeys broke for the fore weather rigging, and made a wild leap for the lower studding sail sheet, which was over the water and thirty feet from the ships side. Swish. went the tails around the quivering sheet. Alas! the tails slipped and the two sons of Africa went shrieking into the sea. The Japs ran screaming from their cabins, but the officer of the watch Lieutenant John Guest, who died some years ago as a real admiral, told them the ship could not be put about or her sails shortened in time to save the monkeys so there was mourning in the Japanese cabin that day.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

New Orleans does not propose to be un- patriotic at any point. Her Spain street is now Dewey avenue.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

The Texas wheat crop stands, it Is said neck high, but 1t does not stand as thick on the ground as the Texas crop of colo nels.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

Reverses will occur now and then in the course of a war. The sad news from Car denas is what war brings sooner or later to either side.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

The Chicago Times-Herald rises to re- mark that Fitzhugh Lee has become a major general of the re-United States army.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

It is now plain that this cocntry's equip ment will not be complete until it has a Pacific canal.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16
WOULDN'T YoUf

From the Nashville American.
 Wouldn't you rather be Admiral Dewey than Joe Letter?
The age-herald., 1898-05-16
OUR BATTLEsHIPs

The following are the thicknesses of plat ing in inches, on the sides and turrets of our battleships:
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

Everybody has forgotten politics except the professional politicians.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

Admiral Dewey has no daughters. The beautiful stories about them are therefore declared off
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

Don't bewail the price of flour when corn bread is plenty and cheap.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

A torpedo boat is the sneak boat of mod ern naval warfare.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

The chewing gum manufacturers are fill- ed with despair. They say one cent will
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

Altogether, there are 2i9 women school superintendents, and the number is increas- ing each year. They are wanted in nearly every state and the chief difficulty con- sists in inducing women to accept proffered responsibilities But that difficulty will be rapidly overcome as women become more accustomed to serving in such offices.
 It will not have escaped the attention of readers that this refrom is not one of northern use altogether; for Tennessee has six women superintendents, Missouri like number, while Kentucky has ten of them All sections have them and all states want them. May not this reform be just what Alabama sorely needs? The present system is at any rate worse than useless. It is an actual obstruction.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16
An Early Nocturne by Field

Henry w. Fischer, In the Bookman, tells story of Eugene Feld when in the early seventies he was an editor in Denver. Field became a crony of Ward H. Lamon, the personal friend and biographer of Abraham Lincoln. But to the story: In those Den yer days Field used to 'drop in" on Lamon whenever he had an hour to spare, and on one of these occasions found his friend asleep on the floor It was habit the colonel had Most probably he acquired it through his association with Lincoln, who was very fond of taking a nap in that fashion. Lincoln was six feet four lnches in height and Lamon half an inch taller Both may have experienced difficulty Tn finding beds and lounges suited to their length. Field waited 10, 15, 20 minutes Lamon slept on. He might contn to snore for another hour-longer than the poet-editor could afford to remain away from his office. Finally Field sat down and penciled these verses on piece Of yellow paper that he found on the tab,e:
 As you, dear Lamon. soundly slept
 And dreamed sweet dreams upon the floor Into your hiding place crept
 And heard the music of your snore. man who sleeps as now you sleep
 Who pipes as musc'ly as thou Who loses self in slumbers deep
 As you, O happy man, do now.
 Must have a conscience clear and free
 From troublous pangs and vain ado; So ever may thy slumbers be
 So ever be thy conscience, too!
 And when the last sweet sleep of all
 Shall smooth the wrinkles from thy brow, May God on high as gently guard
 Thy slumbering soul as l do now.
 If was the work of ten minutes. He ninned the sheet to the lapel of Colonel r T,,o,,s coat and ouietly walked out.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

The strategic board at Washington prom ises to supplant even Mark Hanna in ul- popularity.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

There is real lack of flags in Birming- ham, and the factories are crowded with orders.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

The sweet girl graduate is about to tell how the war should be conducted.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

The foreign fleets in Manila bay should remember that they are in an American harbor.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

Mr. Armour never said he had wheat to burn
The age-herald., 1898-05-16
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The age-herald., 1898-05-16

It was the work of ten minutes lie pinned the sheet to the lapel or coionei T'aron,s coat and quietly walked out.
The age-herald., 1898-05-16

in the United States.
 Spain recognized the belligerency of the south in the early sixties, and soon she will be fin position to recognize 1t again.  New Orleans does not propose to be un- patriotic at any point. Her Spain street is now Dewey avenue.
 It is now plain that this cocntry's equip nent will not be complete until it has a Pacific canal.
 Admiral Dewey has no daughters. The beautiful stories about them are therefore declared off.
 The strategic board at Washington prom ises to supplant even Mark Hanna in ul- popularity.
 The foreign fleets in Manila bay should remember that they are in an American harbor
 There is real lack of flags in Birming- ham, and the factories are crowded with orders.
  The sweet girl graduate is about to tell how the war should be conducted. Don't bewail the price of flour when corn bread is plenty and cheap.  Everybody has forgotten politics except the professional politicians. A torpedo boat is the sneak boat of mod ern naval warfare.
 MT. Armour never said he had wheat to burn.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-05

society onward to the brink of "a de-
lstroyipg precipice. But Niagara
presents two visions: You stand on
the bank and you see an angry flood
lsWeeping onward, and bearing every
thing on its bosom to the fearful and
fatal jump. It is emblematic and
symbolic Of destruction. You turn
your eye in the other direction and
you see-that mighty flood subdued
by the hand Of man to the dominion
of law, and it's awful energies trans
mitted into electric force, which is
borne to the neighboring cities, CIV
ing them ceaseless light and regulat-
ed power. s.
So It is with the tempestuous de-
mocratic flood. Unrestrained, un-
checked, it will sweep onward, bear
ing all things to certain destruction !;
but subjected to restraining law, it's
tremendous and irresistible force will
be transmitted into benefcent light
and power to illumine the upward
ways of humanity, and strengthen
every effort for the bringing in of
that naillenial day when peace and
prosperity shall enfold the earth with
glory. ..
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-05
.wAr,HAn,,A, sourH o. ARonrnA. MAY ), 1909.

Let every individual thrust.i into the
seething mass Of public opinion his
own views of what ought and what
ought not to be done. Let the
o!amor go on. 1t is a blessed thing
blessed in every direction. 1t re-
lieves the blatant, whose stomach is
always full Of wind and the great
public discussion will surely separate
the @heat from the chaff, Gift the
wisdom from the folly, and finally
work out that which is best for all.
5 | have abiding faith in the judg-
ment Of tho American people.
Above the valleys of political clamor
and noisy strife | SEQ rising in un-
changing stability IL" .ock- ribbed
mountain peaks of calm deliberate
Judgment. And 80 sure as the
mountains endure, so sure will the
sober second thought prevail. Tho
cotfusion of tongues will somo day
end. The speech at Gettysburg will
remain an mdying prophecy: "Gov-
ernmcnt of the people, by the people
md for the people shall never perish
from the earth" .....
That grim and cynic Scot, Thomas
Carlyle, looking at the tumultu-
Gus movements which 80 often sweep
through this land of govern
ment by the people, and of the
people, sneeringly remarked that
democracy was shooting Niagara.
He saw in those movements only
a flood which was sweeping law
and order and the foundations of
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-05
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-05

Many a man is failure simply
because he is at the wrong thing
~ gc ID farmer is made into miser-5
able failure of a lawyer. Test your,
business by your zest for it. DON'T,
drag yourself like a slave to the
place Of your works.. G. Advocate.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-05
Invest In Southern Mills..

a According to the United States
investor, of Boston, stocks in South
ern cotton mills have been in greater
demand and have commanded higher
prices during tho last few weeks than
for years. This is due partly to the
disposition of Northern mill men to
invest III the stocks Of Nails already
in successful operation, instead OF
building new mills in the South
themselves.
Beware OF Glntments for Catarrh tb at
Contain Mercury, ..#t
as mercury will surely destroy tho sense
Of smell and completely dorange tho
whole systom when entering it through
the mucuous surfaces. S;ioii articles
should never ho used except On presorip-
tions from reputable physicians, as the
damage thoy will do is ton fold to the
good you can possibly derive from them.
HalPs Catarrh euro, manufactured by Il.
j. Cheney s. Co., Toledo, Ohio, contains
no mercury, and is taken informally, act
ing directly upon tho blood and mucuous
surfaces of tho systom. In buying Halls
Catarrh Curo be sure you got tho genuine.
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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-05
EyerybO(ly Says No.

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bitual constipation and biliousnoss.
Please buy and try box Of 9. G. @. to.
day; 10, %, so cents. Sold and guaran.
teed to cure by all druggists.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-05

In some homes the church paper
is put next to tho Bible in the esti-
nation of the readers of both.
From such homes come not only
good Christians, but good workers
for the church.--S. G. Advocate.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30
LOCAL AND personal,

Sig Walker, of Pueblo, visited
Florence yesterday.
w. E. Mcdonald was up and at
his store this morning.
The time of train No. 8 on the
Cripple Creek railroad has been
changed. 1t now leaves at $3.50
instead of 4 a. m.
Senator McNeeley, of Silver
Cliff, the stalwart fighter against
the creation Of Sylvanite county
was in town over night and left fol
home this afternoon.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30

Mrs. Lou E. Wallace, of the
Brown Art Co." of New York.
will be at the residence of DR.. w.
Z. Stephenson from Wednesday to
SATURDAY., March 30, 81 and April
! and 2, with very beautiful line
OF designs and materials for art
needlework of all kinds. The very
latest in sofa pillows, table covers,
lunch cloths and the finest and
dantiest in stamped linens. Peru
Wan and Florentine work. The
newest in Calcutta material, Bat
tenberg and point lace. All ladies
interested in home decorations are
invited to call.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30

STATE NEWS

The Colorado Telephone COM
pany has put in line to Eldora,
the new mining camp "a miles
from Boulder.
Aspen has made a considerable
cut in its official salaries.
The Durango Evening Herald
has been enlarged to seven col
umns, sure evidence of Durango's
prosperity.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30

WANTED-A bright young woman to
take an agency. Apply Telephone
Office
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30
Classified

FOR SALE-Thoroughbred Buff Cochin
chickens; reasonable. l.. M. Stem.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30

WANTED -Dressmalsing in private
families by first-cla dressmaker. En-
quire of Mrs. G. l.. Kelso, West 3d st.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30

The best line of mems and boys shoes a,
p. T. McGuire's.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30

FASH!ONABLE dressmaking over
Wynkoop's new store; prices moderate
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30
SHOES.

Odds and ends left from great out
Ladies shoes worth $780, that
go at $15O.
Ladies shoes worth s25 at ST co.
Mems shoes that sold $3.50, S. 25 Thew
must go, SO avail yourselves of these prices.
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-30

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms-New
brick house, newly furnished Good
Z location west end Main street. on cor
ner-Ellison.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-12
THE PHILIPPINE QUESTION.
Arrangement Between England and the
United States on the Subject Said
to be Half Settled.

LONDON, May THE Daily Chron-
icle's Paris correspondent says:
Arrangements between England
and the United States on the subject of
the Philippines are looked upon in the
best informed circles here as already
half settled.
mo other conference is considered
necessary until the war has been
brought to an end, either by force of
events or by the amicable Intervention
of Europe.
Austria is indicated as taking the
initiative in mediation, but in diplo-
matte circles o conference of the pow
ers is considered the only practical So
luton of the problem which touches
the mission of Europe in the far east.
81 have reason to believe that En-
gland would only take part in such q
conference with the United States by
her side, and that great hesitation on
the part of the government of the lat
ter would be shown to choice of Paris
as the place of meeting,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-05-12

to such countries in the southern seas
as are IN need of refrigerating or cool
ing applications, ice water, ice cream,
cracked ice for fever patients, etc.
The idea of towing icebergs to mar
ket is as unique in its commercial aspect
as it will be startling in its optical eff
feet upon those who are unused to see
ing mountains girded with ropes and
sailing docilely along over the water at
the pleasure of man and a towboat.
Their value upon arrival at the an
tipodes is estimated on several Pc
euliar assumptions: I. That they will
cure yellow fever. 2. That when they
melt away they will yield large guam
titles of gold, which will be carefully
harvested. 3. That they can be towed
to their journeys end without serious
diminishment OF size and value.