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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14

Pardon r. Howard so years OF age.
who resides at No. . MIX street. has
been missing from home since 10
o'clock yesterday morning. Mr. Howard
left home at that hour. ostensibly TO go
TO the Public Library. since when moth
ing has been heard OF him. MIR. How
ard had been ill FOR some time and his
mind Is probably affected. He Is six
feet high. OF slim build. wore dark
clothes. a black overcoat and a brown
soft hat. His left foot is deformed
causing him To walk lame
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14

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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14
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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-14

Daniel Calvin a healthy looking fell
low ~ - years. big and strong enough
20 tackle any kind of rough work
pleaded guilty in the Sixth district court
this morning to the charge OF being an
Idle person. and was sentenced 90 the
state farm FOR nine months. Calvin
was sentenced n year ago as a sturdy
beggnr. lie is OF the type of big hulk
ing Fellows who exist on the dimes
whecdled cut of good -natuged people.
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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-07-08
THE PARDONING POW Err.
How 1t Has Been Exercised by
the New Governor.

Since Gov. McSweeney has
been in Office he has acted upon
81 applications for pardon, most
of which had been filed for Gov.
Ellerbe's consideration, but which
of necessity had not received at
tention. Of the total number the
governor granted eight pardons
and three combinations. In ten
cases he has refused to grant exc
cutlve clemency. There are as
yet a large number of applications
ON file which have not received
attention. The State.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-07-08

Jose Herannda, a Mexican
sheep herder in the employ of
Mcleod Brothers, while round
ing up herds in the Sweet Grass
hills, 20 miles north of Colum bus,
Mont, discovered a large cave, in
the center of which, lying side
by side, we're the we'll preserved
skeletons of five human beings.
These skeletons measure from Z
to u feet in length. Three knife
blades, evidently made of harden
ed copper, two bowls, followed
out of granite blocks, two stone
hammer heads and some broken
fragments of pottery were also
found in tho cave.
Gen Joe Wheeler has his de-
sire at last and is ordered to the
Philippines. His son, Joe Jr., is
promoted from second lieutenant
to major and will also 60
The Governor has appointed 7
delegates to the anti trust con.
vention in Chicago, Sept 13 to
16. T Larry Gannt is one of the
appointees.
sg Pay your subscription to
LEDGER!
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-07-08
Incendiary Fire.

Mr.. r Kirk Lowry's cotton
house, near Delphos, was de
stroyed by an incendiary fire last
Monday night at about ~ O'Clock.
Mr.. Lowry says that the fire was
of incendiary origin. He and a
negro witness saw the lncendiary
apply the match, and he shot at
the fellow twice, without effect.
He knows the name of the in.
cendiary; but does not want It
published. He has procured a
warrant, and is now trying to
have it served. d.-YOrkvilIe En-,
quirer.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-07-08
JUDGE cox RESIGNS.
He Presided at the trial Of Guiteau
Who Killed President Garfield.

Washington, d G, July 8
Judge Walter 5 Cox, justice of
the supreme court of the district
Of Columbia today rendered his
resignation to the president and
the latter indicated his intention
to accept it.
Justice Cox has been on the
bench more than 30 years and his
determination to resign was
prompted by his age which exceeds
73 years.
He presided at the trial of
Guiteau the assassin of President
Garfield.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-07-08
The Next Senator From Horny.
Special to The State.

Special to The State.
Conway, July 4.-There is
much speculation as to Who will
succeed Mr.. Scarborough in the
senate. Hon. jeremiah Smith.
and misrepresentation j Nj Stan
ley and Jeremiah Mishoe are
spoken of as candidates. There
seems to be sentiment among the
people at present to select a man
who Is not now IN office.
The executive committee met
here yesterday and decided to
make the nomination by conven-
tion instead Of by prin ary. Some
one introduced a resolution re,
quiring any one now holding an
office first to resign his present
position before announcing him.
self n candidate for the senate.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-07-08
The Brazos 10 Miles Wide.

Houston, Tex, July Am
appeal for aid has come from
Brookshire and relief train with
rowboats and provisions left to-
night. The Brazos is 10 miles
wide at that point. The message
says 13 people have been drowned
and hundreds of others are in
peril. Particulars later If possible.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-07-08
40 Killed and 20 Wounded.

Berlin, July "A dispatch
from Odessa announces that a
dynamite cartridge exploded near
there today while the excavation
of coal mine was 10 progress
and that 40 pei sons were killed
and 90 wounded.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-07-08
A True Specimen.
Augusta Chronicle.

Augusta Chronicle.
The "t)wn killer" is a live
subject of discussion in the South
Carolina papers. The man who
doesn't advertise is about as noble
specimen of the "town killer" as
can be found. May he soon give
away to the man who builds him
self up by advertising and who
builds his town up by building
himself up.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-07-08
HOMESTEAD DECISION.
Supreme Court Decides that Home
stead can be Willed Away.
Special to Greenvllle News.

L w W." INV A'S"o'
Columbia, July 3.-In a case
from Barnwell county, the Su-
preme court decided that a person
could, after a homestead had been
set aside, devise and will it away
so that the homestead, when set
aside, could be willed away and
taken out of the immediate family.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-07-08

Bishop Newman of the Meth
odist church, died at Saratoga,
n Y Wednesday.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-07-08
TILLMAN NAILED.
Walt Whitman Hits Him Hard
Prevaricates and Plays False
for Policy Sake.
News and Courier.

Courier: In his speech at Or
angeburg, a synopsis of which you
published in your Saturdays is
sue, Tillman exhibits a phase Of
his character which heretofore he
has kept we'll concealed from my
view. 1t never occurred to me
possible that he should prevari-
cate-play false for policy's sake
until l read that speech. If he
expects the people of South Caro-
lima to believe HIM when he says
he was never opposed to the Cita-
del or South Carolina college he
expects them to do that which
they will not do. If they believe
what he says now they must re-
gard him as putting on a false
facs then in order to get to de-
ceive them and profit by that de-
ception. When | read that speech
it occurred to me that in what the
"anti" press has SAID about him
and his manifold charges, the
truth was not missed so far after
all. He says he was joking when
he said the Citadel was .'dude
factory" and l Judge he would
say on similar occasion that he
was joking when he said The
South Carolina college was "the
hot bed of aristocracy" "Tem-
pora mutantur, ct nos mutamur
cum Ills" but the truth never
changes. If Tillman had confess
ed to "change of heart" he
would have saved himself from
that contempt which his Orange
burg speech will bring upon him
in the estimation of all truth>loy-
ing and truly patriotic people.
He talks about ''pcanut politi-
Clans" These "pesnut poIiti>
cians' made him what he is in
politics; put him in a place of
elevation, from which he can never
cast slurs upon them. But in
this case he has falsifed the truth
and exhibited the jacksss ears un>
der the hons skin. In 1887 or
SO he said to me in the Grand
Central hotel, Columbia, the first
time | ever met him; "Mr Whit
man agree with you exactly
about higher education by the
State. We should have the head
and hands trained together in ag-
rlcultural and mechanical colleges.
The State should do this, as no
others are attempting to DO it.
higher education should be left
to the people," But said he: "I
differ with you as to the plan of
campaign against the Citadel and
the South Carolina college. They
are too strong to be carried by a
single assault. My plan is, carry
the Citadel first and then disarm
the friends of the Citadel of a mo-
tive to support the South Carolina
college, and then carry the col
lege.
l had been and was at the time
making an issue in Union county
against higher education by the
State, while he was laundering
from his battery, (which seems to
have been a joke battery against
the Citadel. have made these
statements to Iillman by letter
and asked him to contradict them
II he could, and he has never done
it. l have published them before
and he has acquiesced by silence
in their truthfulness. | dare him
now to contradict the substantial
truth of what | have said. But,
perhaps, since his elevation from
his magnificent mansion IN Edge
field to the governors palace and
from fharn h;o.ko,, 4. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
Not ReseutfuT.

L don't see how they dare take such lib
critics. said the young man. The famiI-
iarity with which the public men of this
country are treated is something scanda-
lous."
Il dunno's 1 exactly follow you ma am, -
said Senator Sorghum
why, they call eminent men by their
first names SO frequently! And sometimes
they even use nicknames,"
Oh was the complacent rejoinder;
that's all right"
An, yes" she proceeded, raising her eyes
to his with look of confiding admiration.
L should expect you to say that. You are
too proud and broad-minded to admit that
you have been annoyed in any such man
ner. You are one of the most frequent vic
TINS of these ruthless people"
What did they call me?" he asked, a lit
tie anXiously.
They referred to you as Sim Sorghum"
Well, that's my name, amt it?''
Not yoIr full NAME
You didn't find anybody calling me by
my full name, did you?"
Mo-
We'll, then, its all right. When I was a
boy, and things were going along about
the house steady and comfortable as usual
rather and mother always called me Sim.
l knew then that If / had been doing any
thing wrong nobody had found it out so
could go ahead with clear conscience
just plain Sim meant that l was on good
terms with most people, and that there
wasn't anything startling going to occur.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
Cecil Rhodes.

from tTOOu horus
He is undoubtedly the one great states
man South Africa possesses. His is a he
roic figure, although the heroism is not I'M
mixed. He is a great adnirer of the first
Napoleon, as his library shows, and there
is certain affinity between the two men,
for Mr. Rhodes is a man of vast imperial
designs, and he is imperious in his determi-
nation that these designs shall be realized.
He will not have his great schemes hin
dered; obstacles must therefore be removed
whatever the cost, whether by force or by
'squaring" the opposition. But his enthu-
siasm is wholly unselfish. He is an Afri-
kander of the Afrikanders in his passionate
desire for the development of Africa. In
stead of taking his enormous wealth out of
the country and setting up some gittering
palace in Park lane, he spends his fortune
in furtherng the interests of his adopted
country.
Money as such he does not seem to care
for. Vast undertakings are maintained at
his sole cost for the planting of the coun-
try with trees and for improving the breed
or horses. His generosity is proVerbial and
1t Is displayed not merely in aiding men
ana causes with money, but in the conf
dence ne places in people. L noticed that
IN his house everything was left open even
the cabinets which contained Invaluable
relics, although the rooms were filled with
tradesmen and open to any visitor who
cnose TO enter. Even his horses We're trust
ed, Tor L could detect no fence between the
park in which they were grazing and fhe
masses of glorious hydrangeas in his
mower garden. He has doubtless dome
Things that his greatest admirers regret
hotaply MS connection with the raid-but
III spite OF all ne Is one of the most ro-
time. Va Jul
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
AN ORDINARY VOCABULARY.
A Man Can Converse With as Low as
800 Words.
From the New York Time.

From the New York Times.
Some one has asked what is meant by
the statement that an ordinary man can
converse with a vocabulary of only 300 dit-
ferent words" The Fortnightly Review
some nine years ago said that the num-
Der of words in use among the Russian peas
antrv did not exceed from one to two hun
bred" This statement we should deem IN
correct However, We have an authority
who writes that "a Russian peasant is YER
bose when he has a vocabulary of from
300 to 400 words
1t has been stated over and over again
that in English there are 100000 words,
and the philologer adds that this large
number is the accumulation of many CEN
turtles, and that nothing like that number
could have been kept except through the
influence of Hterature.' Now, it is highly
possible that the English words, by an
adaptive process and natural causes, will
not diminish but increase. Are We to in
clude in these 100000 words dialectic En-
glish? Somebody asks. Does anybody
know all these 100000 words?' Shake
speare's count of words shows 1000, and
of these 500 or 600 are obsolete. A China
man, so we are told passes brilliant eX-
animation when he is the possessor of
5000 words.
If in New York you use with discrim-
ination 1900 words you are exceedingly
well 10 do in your lingual possessions
That exceedingly sound authority Skeat
said when combining himself to primary
words he tackled some 1850. He found
there were 1000 of Teutonic origin, 5000
French, 200 Latin, 400 Greek and go of
Celtic and other sources. IF, therefore,
we confined our attention to that portion of
English which is Teutonic, we find that
English proper consists of 1900 independ-
ent words
Milton, We may remark was satisfied with
5000 words. Nevertheless, if we have a
dictionary fitted for the requirements of
today, it must have in it every English
word sanctioned by usage past or present
1t would never do for the modern diction-
airy maker to follow DR.. johnson, who
wrote: Il could not visit caverns ~ learn
the miners language, nor take a voyage to
perfect my skill in the dialect of naviga-
ton, nor visit the warehouses of merchants
and the shops of artificers to gain the
names of wares, tools and operations of
which no mention is found in books" What
could Johnson know about steam and its
many applications? Take the one topic
electricity. A half century ago the whole
extent of the subject might have been COW
cred In dictionary by three or four words
and their definitions
A vocabulary might be called a persopaI
1diosyncrasy, which in cultured persons va
ries with the individual. The superior in
telligence is shown in the selection of the
words used and in the nicely of handIinp
them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06

The bald-headed gentleman sat with his
back to the door and could not see the anx-
ety depicted on the face of his wife, who
stood looking at him. He had recently
been engaged in an unsuccessful political
campaign and had kept so quiet about his
disappointment that she felt sure he was
nursing secret sorrow: sorrow which
would destroy the bloom of his existence
as the insect hidden beneath smiling petals
destroys the beauty of the rose. That's
how she thought about him, even if he was
getting a trifie stout and asthmatic. She
stood aghast when he arose and waved the
paper wildly above his head and then sat
down to read another paragraph.
Poor fellow she exclaimed under her
breath; how he has kept it TO himself all
this time!''
He made another gesture. 1t was the
gesture of a man in wild despair. She
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
Mans Ingratitude,

They sing Of the birds upon branch and
bough
VINO gaily twitter, useless throng:
Whose sole distinction is knowing how
10 MARBLE constant and idle song.
On, mans injustice How oft we've heard
The cruelty of your careless stab,
You weave long lays to the merry bird.
But nobody sings of the soft-shelIed crab
The soft-shelled crab SO sercnelv sweet
1t doesn't sing, but it's good to eat.
lis sueculent opalescent slab
Yet nobody sings Of the soft-shelled
crab.
They rhyme Of the dancing butterflies
VINO idly wander from bloom to bloom.
Ihey tell of the wondrous tints that rise
On wings that daily mid sweet perfuma.
But the butterfly is an idle beast,
A shallow creature; a tawdry sham.
Yet the odes to him are each year increased
And nobody sings Of the Quohog clam.
The Quohog clam in his modest shell
VINO waits for the chowder he fits "a
well.
Nhere hungry people with JOY saIaam-
NOBODY sings of the Quohog clam.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06

But when father said. I'm that dark Prus-
sian blue voice that he used TO put ON when
he meant business. simeon Plutarch Sur-
ghum, desire few words in private with
you, that showed that l was up to trouble.
and that | would have To show cause why
/ shouldn't be chastised. And whenever
mother had any disagreeable responsibility
to put on my shoulders. like looking after
the other children or doing some work that
was too much for anybody else. she would
call me Simeon Plutarch Sorghum. so az
to show that this was strictly business. 1
nave watched the careers of many col
leagues, and | have observed that in this
respect the public Is very much Ike pa
rents. So long as they call me Sim ! can
drift along and take things easy. But
when they begin 10 refer to me as Mr.
Simeon Plutarch Sorghum I'll know that
it's time for me to look mighty sharp and
not get out OF my depth"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06

stood and squeezed her hands together in
sympathetic agony.
How he suffers in silence she eXclaim-
ed. IF he would only tell me his troubles"
He arose to his feet and walked back and
forth, fiinging his arms to and fro abstract
eddy.
Il will compel him to accept my comfort
and assistance" she exclaimed. 1T is no.
bic of him to seek to spare me the details
Of his sorrow. He fears perhaps that
might reproach him, for it was l who.
knowing his worth. stimulated his ambi-
ton. And it shall be / to whom he may
turn for solace and assurance in his hour
of disappointment. l Will speak to him -
She advanced and in trembling accents call
ed his name.
What is it?" he asked, sharply.
gu are in trouble aren't you, dear?"
"Of course, I'm in trouble he answered
1t does seem that a man was put on this
earth for no purpose whatever except to
be pursued and torTnented and exasperated
to the extreme limit of his endurance"
Its too bad, she said gently laying
her hand on his arm. Its unjust that YOU
should be hectored in this manner You
wouldn't hurt a fly
Madam. don't you stand there making
fun of met
"Why-'
Don't you try any jokes with me. You
know just as well as l do that the reason
l wouldn't hurt fly is that haven't been
able TO catch him."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06

anu
There you go, All the world amt
stage. Who said so? Shakespeare What
does Shakespeare know about il? Shake
speare was in the show business himself.
and. ike a great many other members Of
that profession, he took 1t for granted that
there wasn't anything else on earth worth
mentioning"
Mrs. Blykins left the scene, but Mr. Bly,
kins eder unmarried sister. who was paw
ing him a visit exclaimed in intense dis
approval:
William Blykins 1 am ashamed of you.
The idea of setting yourself up to know
more about whether the world is a stage
or not than William Shakespeare"
SO you think all the worlds stage.
too, do you? Shakespeare was taking
about another stage than what we're used
to, anyhow"
1T doesn't make the slightest difference.
human nature is the same through all gem
erationS."
oh, it is, Well, how would YOU like IL
if Mrs. Blykins. by way of enlivening the
domestic scene here this evening, were TO
sup up behind NE and hit me resounding
thump with a slapstick?"
why, William Blvkins,"
And then. by way of carrying ont tbe
gentle pleasantly, / would turn in and
smash your bonnet all out of shane with
some sort Of an inflated bag"
y on just dare"
And when the new girl that you hired
Yesterday comes I'll chuck her under The
chlh ana tell her she's dear. and then
= ~ nan d iOildT not TO say ANYTHING
about ii to my wife"
She gasped and tried in vain to articulate
ana theh you go out on the corner and
say ! was to meet friend here. While 1
am waiting Tor her will sing a little song
1hen you MARBLE about all coons looking
aIike 10 you and do a cake walk after
which you turn few handsprings and
There was "A swish of skirts and a slam
of the door. ''
Mir Blykins Sid down so that his chin
was on ms chest and his shoulders in The
where his sister had been, exclaimed.
Hun! All the worlds a stage. is it2'