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Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-02-18
LETTER FROM SENATOR HOUGH.
He Writes Interestingly of the
Work or the Legislature and
Says the Work OF Law Making
is ArduOuS and Devoid Of Fun.
To the Editor Of The Enterprise.

TO the Editor Of The Enterprise.
COLUMBIA, February Ii In
compliancs with promise made
to great MANY nf nv people. |!
shall take advantage Of this even
ing when the senate does not
meet, and write of some g! the
matters which have been su,i are
yet to be cOnSil"re,! in the halls
Of legislature io~u here.
y great dea! of the time which
has already passed. has been con
sumed b various bills characters
zing railroad companies, and
amending general laws so "a to
affect certain counties. Senator
Graydon's bl!l regulating and re-
dncing the fees Of the clerks Of
the court OF the State has passed
the senate with some amend
ments; as has also his oil recula
ting, and reducing in many in
stances. the sala"le. ri the audit.
ors 0f .hr State.
hr. Williams bill providing for
the election, compensation etc.
etc. "f three cniton weighsrs for
Lancaster county one for the
to~n nf kerShaw. one for the
town o. Heath Springs, and one
for the town Of Lancastrr-has
passed the senate with some
amendments. This bill provides,
amon4 other things, that no more
than tive cents per bale shall be
charged by any Of these cotton
wsighsrs. and authorizes the
Board OF county commlss-
loners to prescribe such rules and
regulations for the electing of
these cotton weighcrs AZ by them
may he deemed proper.
There IL n substitute bill now
up before the senate which pro.
vides that the questiOns-License
with the dispensary restrictions,
prohibition and dispensary-be
submitted to the voters Of the
State. This hill has already eIici-
ted lively debate and more may
be expected from the interest it
is entertaining. would like to
write further AS to the work of
the General Assembly, but if
should oven begin to 90 into de-
tails IN regard to it. there would
be, IN a measure, no ending Of il.
The weather down here has
been almost continuously bad,
and as | look out of my window.
now, everything Is covered with
snow. We are all hoping TO ad-
journ. not later than the 2lst in
stant.
This business Of law making is
arduons, and there is no fun in
It. Respectfully,
W {. llurGH
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Rheumatism.

CHANGED To read your advertisement,
ana was impressed with it SO much
that decided TO try s. S. 8. I tooj,
eleven bottles and was entirely relieved
or all pain and cured permanently.
Whrn l began to take S. S. s. l war
Unable to sit or stand with any ease.
and could not sleep. Since taking the
bust dose | have had no return Of the
rheumatism, and | take great pleas
ar" in recommending S. ). S to any
one who has the misfortune to suffer
with this disabling disease"
SIS. is the only cure for Rheu.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-02-18

Mr.. T.. W. McNeely, of
Tradesville was In town ye.ter
day.
FOR RENT. An S-room
dwelling, one block from Main
street. Call at ENTERPRISE Office.
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Purely Vegetable

and one thousand dollars reward
- offered to any chemist who can
prove that it contains particle of
mercury, potash, or any other
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mixtures.
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matism, which is
the most stubborn
of blood diseases.
1t is not intended
to give relief only,
but by completely
neutralizing the
'acid condition Of
the blood it forces
out every trace of
the disease and
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Farmers Bank Il Mercantile co.
MIR. James Weaner Of the
Heath Springs neighhorhood, says
that 96 rabbits have been killed
in the last few days--by neigh
.bors Of his section.
The Township Pension Board
for Buford towship Will meet At
Tradesville on 25th instant to
consider new applications fer
pensions.
81. NJ. Polk, Chairman.
Several OF the vnuug men of
ths Tradesville section wen, ont
on a hunting expedition last Tues
day, and We are informed hv Mr..
Fundsrburk. Of the Tradesvi!le
mail route, that during the lav
86 rabbits were kiilc,,.
AT different points IN The
State the thermometer registered
on Monday and Tuesday aS fol
lows: At Greenvillr. 10 degrees
below zero at I.anrens 10 de rec.
below zorro; at Spartanbury 10
degrees below zero.
The House passed the bill for
bidding the State Board Of Con
troll of the Dispsnsarv to crau.
either beer or hotel privileges
And also. a bill to prohibit the
further desecration Of the Pal
metto, the emblem Of the State.
by using it as whlskey label.
People all over the State
generally seem TO complain OF
bad roads, but we have failed to
see any steps taken by which
they may be bettered. Less
grumbling. and more work would
make decided improvement on
our roads.
Cards are out announcing
the marriage OF Mr.. S. Marion
Mathis of the Yorkville Yeoman.
to Miss Matte NJ. Garner, of Sv
racuse, Darlington county. $. G..
on Wednesday, Feb. %. 1899.
The ceremony will be performed
at the residence OF Mrs. Il. a. Bill
lings at IL o'clock.
An accident to switch
engine, with a full crew and
construction gang OF the Bell Tel
ephone companv,-ten men in
all. occurred Tuesday on the
South Carolina and Georgia Rail
road eleven miles from Charles,
ton in which two men were killed
and eight injured. The accident
was caused by the tracks spread
ing.
We call the attention of our
readers,to the new advertisement
of the Farmers Banking 4 Mer
camille Co., in this issue. This
enterprsing and hustling firm are
like Alexander Of old-cver reach
ing out for more territory 10 con
quer. Their sales doubled.
and still they ar" "sprcading ont. q"
Our people will do well To heed
what their "friends' have to say
IL
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1899-02-18

Al Gin, Jr.. Scotia, =. G, writes. have
used D'. NJ ~. SimmoTs Liver Medicine il my
iamIN 10 years lthas cured Iudigcs lion, Dys.
psp>,I nstipItion, anu many other ailments
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

Central Time Between Columbia and Jack
sonvilic. Eastern rimc nctwc.n CO.
Ininbia and Other Points.
Effective January l6 1880
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rids the system of it forever It
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.Ed"car" Your rowcI, win Cusc,r.,,.
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Short Locals.

MIR. f. +. Cloud has sold on,
his stock of merchandise to the
Farmers Bank II Mercantile co.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-11-06
EGRETS NOT SLAUGHTERED.
Reported Massacre of Birds in South
America Denied.

People are not always quite as cruel
as they are reported.
An immense amount of testimony
has been published concerning the
cruel and wholesale slaughter of egrets
in South America and elsewhere to
furnish plumes for ladies' headdress.
Now correspondent, who has just re-
turned to England from the upper ORR
noco, writes to London to say that such
slaughter does not occur and is not pos
sible. The correspondent says: "In
the first place, the birds are gifted with
long necks, and it is extremely diff
cult to approach bird in the daytime,
even by fraud. 1t has become an in
stinct to beware Of man. In Nicaragua
the only time could by chance manage
to shoot bird was to sit under roost-
ing tree and pop them off as they ar
rived. This only for about ten min
utes; the birds would never rOOst in
the same tree again. My object in
pointing out this is to show that by
means Of powder and shot no one could
make it pay" The writer then goes
on to say that by far "the greatest
quantity of egret plumes do not come
from shot birds, as I found out on the
Orinoco, but hunters without powder
and shot go round during the right sea-
son to the breeding and roosting
ground and collect off the ground
plumes which are cast by the males
every year. The only thing necessary
is to pick them off the ground as soon
as possible. I learned from an au-
thentic hunter that as many as forty
pounds were thus collected from one
spot. Again, in Venezuela many peo-
pie are beginning to farm the birds.
1t is marvellous how easy they are 90
mesticated. In Nicaragua very few
houses are without one or two, nd
this on the banks of their native lake
where they go down to battle. They
never leave a yard when once accus-
toned to it, and are very useful for
killing all sorts of vermin, rats, etc.
On my homeward trip down the ORR
noco, I was fortunate enough to meet
two hunters Cloth Frenchmen) who
had been some time up country collect
ing feathers. They each had, should
imagine, 100 pounds, and this without
killing one single bird"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-11-06
A REMARKABLE LOUISIANIAN.
Amassed Fortune of $4,000 900 and
Never Learned to Read.

The most remarkable man who has
developed in Louisiana in the last
half century died in this city tonight.
He was Leon Godchaux, who came to
Louisiana a young Jewish peddler
from Bavaria, without the vestige of
an education, and who by phenom-
email business instinct amassed a for
tune of nearly $1O,OO0,OOO and won the
admiration of the entire business
community. Only in recent years was
Godchaux able to write MS own name,
and he never learned to read.
At the time of his death he was be-
yond doubt the highest sugar planter
in America, and he it was who de-
veloped the sugar business in it's pres
ent centralized system and caused the
abandonment of the old-time in
divldual plantation sugar houses,
which added much to the pictur-
esqueness of the sugar business, but
were a great loss to the state output.
When Godchaux first came to
Louisiana it was with a pack on his
shoulders, which he carried from plan
tation to plantation along the
Mississippi river and he was
driven off as vagrant from
some of the plantations which he
afterward acquired. 1t is said in fact
that the young man shook his fist at
one arrogant planter and vowed he
would own the planters home This he
did. Godchaux first entered into the
clothing business in New Orleans and
his establishment is still the largest in
the city. Later he embarked in the
sugar business, and exhibited
shreWdness in his operations that
easily ranked him as the most expert
sugar man in the state. His business
rapidly Widened, although not
owning as many actual sugar lands
as the recently deceased Gen. Porcher
Miles.
Mr.. Godchaux was born in Herb
vllliers, France, in 1820-New Orleans
Correspondence New York Tribune.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-11-06
WHITE RULE WANTED.
A Revolt Against Black Minority In
SantO Domingo

Andriano Grullon, representative
in New York of the revolutionists OF
San Domingo, who is now in New
York, said to a Tribune reporter:
This revolution is an effort of the
white men to wrest the control of the
government from the colored element.
Heureux was a negro; Figuereo is al
so negro, and practically all the men
in power are negroes. In short, the
negro is supreme in the government,
Notwithstanding that the pure whites
of the island-that is, those descended
two-thirds of the population. But
nero rule might have been tolerable
had not the negroes virtually under
taken to drive the whites out. By OPP
preston, confiscation, imprisonment,
murder and what not, they have tried
to make the island place a white man
could not live in. The white men, who
comprise also the majority of the edu-
Gated, enlightened and liberal people,
have concluded to take things into
their own hands and institute a de-
cent government. JimineZ was on ex-
cellent terms with Heureux, but Jim
ineZ was the only Dominican whom
HeureuX feared. Jiminez built canal
diverted river to it's old mouth at
Monte Christi, reclaimed large log
wood district from swamps, and in re-
turn received from the government
title to all the district. Then Jiminez
exported lOgwOod, and it was the foun-
dation of his fortune. By and by Jim
inez found that he had given Heureux
100000, and that the latter was de-
handing more. He refused to give
again, and he and Heureux ceased to
be such cordial friends"
E. D. York, secretary of the San Do
mingo Improvement Company, said to
the same reporter:
When town surrenders the
insurgents take the defeated
government troops with them.
All government employees, the police,
watchmen, ETC., are armed W tn Rem
ingtons and revolvers. An American
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-11-06
ELECTRIC MA!RVELS.
For Moving Turrets and
Guns of the Kearsarge.

Much has been written about the
II, 500-ton seagoing battle ship Kear-
sarge, but little has been said of the
remarkable electrical features pos
sessed by this fighting craft. An cleo
trical engineer has made a study of the
electrical departments of the vessel,
and his report, which appears in the
Electrical Review, is something of a
revelation.
The central electrical power plant
aboard the Kearsarge is just abaft the
main engines. Because of the exigen-
cies of battleship design and allotted
space to the electrical machinery is
necessarily small and required there
fore an original installation.
There are seven generating sets
mounted in two tiers, three above and
four below. There is main distrib-
uting board located on the starboard
side of the upper gallery of the genera
tor room, and seven other distributing
boards scattered about the ship. The
scattering of the boards was made nee
essary by the confined space in the
generator room.
The three wire system prevails on
all of the circuits, with 80 volts be-
tween neighboring wires and $50 volts
outside. There are about 800 incandes-
mains, and the four powerful search
lights derive their current from the
same mains. Every auxiliary bit of
power on the ship, with the exception
of the windlass and steering gear, is
electrically produced by IS large mo-
moved by electric power, as we'll as the
guns, which are elevated or depressed
by the mere touching of button.
The heavy turret, with it's two O.
inch and two 13-inch guns, can be COM
pletely revolved in about 40 seconds.
required for this purpose. Shunt mo-
tors are used to revolve the ventilating
fans and work the pumps, and motors
operate the hammer heads for the 49,
inch guns, boat and ammunition hoists
and small windlasses. In fact, one can
touch a button or pull a lever in most
any part and develop power when
ever required.
Other electric auxiliaries en- the ship
include the Ardois signal lights, tele-
phones connecting throughout every
part of the ship, themostat1c and other
fire alarms and signal bells of every
description. Even the steering gear,
while not dependent upon electric pow
er, is equipped with an ingenious cleo
trio arrangement for use in cases of
failure of the hydraulic mechanism
New York Journal
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lowed to stand, undergoes certain mod
ifications by which it is better fitted
for the purpose. 1t is then run into
cylinders, which have capillary holes
in the bottom, and the collodion is
forced out Of those holes under a
pressure of 40 to so atmosphere. 1t
comes out in the form of white,
cylindrical filaments; these are united
to form threads, which are put up in
skeinS, and all traces Of alcohol or
water which they may contain are re-
moved. In this state, however, the
threads are extremely infammable,
partaking of the nature of gun cotton,
and to remove this difficulty they must
be "de-nitrated,' that is to say, the
cellulose must be brought back into it's
normal condition. This part of the
process, which is indeed an essential
one, involves considerable difficulty
and has been experimental upon for
some time by M. Du Chardonnet and
others. However, a process has at
last been arrived at which accom-
plishes this in a satisfactory manner.
The details Of this process have not as
yet been made public; but it is certain
that by this operation white, silky
threads are produced, which are not
appreciably more infammable than
natural silk. The skeins which have
been made up of these threads are then
dyed by immersing them in a heated
bath of basic aniline color.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-11-06
ARTIFICIAL SILK.

The production of artificial silk has
for some time past attracted the atten-
ton of experimenters in France, and it
has been used with success to replace
natural silk in certain fabrics. The
Duke du Chardonnet, who claims to be
the first to have success fully carried
out the process, exhibited some fine
specimens OF artificial silk at the Paris
exposition of 1889. Since then he has
perfected his system, and at the pres
ent time factory of considerable i'm
portance is in operation at Besancon.
under the direction of M. Tricano.
This factory is now capable of produc-
ing $50 Kilograms of artificial silk a
day
Natural silk is largely made up of a
body called 'fbroin," together with
other substances, such as gelatin, al
bumen, wax, colOring matter, fatty and
resinous matter, etc., the cellulose of
the mulberry leaf being thus trans
formed by the silkworm The nature
of these transformations is of course
unknown, and in order to produce a
substance resembling silk, method is
adopted by which the cellulose fur
nished by cotton is used as a base. The
cotton, having been transformed into
nitro-cellulose, or guncotton, by treat
ing it with nitric and sulphuric acids,
this latter is dissolved in a mixture of
ether and alcohol, and the resulting
collodion is filtered under pressure.
In order to be successfully used for
the production of artificial silk, it is
found that the collodion must be al
lowed to "age" for a certain period of
time, the reason of which has not been
definitely settled; however, it is GER
tain that the collodion, on being al
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-11-06

| is as safe in San Domingo as he is in
| New York-safer when the trolley and
! cable cars are considered.
'"The chief cause Of dissatisfaction
and uprising in San Domingo is the
currency question. A man who has
prestige and who can obtain loans is
the man the natives are looking for as
president. Jiminez is hardly the man.
He.is we'll known in New York, Ham
| burg, London and Paris, where his
banking houses have suspended. The
chief products of San Domingo are to-
| baccO, chocolate, fruits, wood, honey,
beesWaX and hides. The best mahog-
any in existence grows there. Ma
hogany is the scarcest and most valu-
| able timber known to the lumber
trade. The tobacco crops OF this year
will be $4,000 sefons, of 10 pounds
each. The country is in fine sanitary
condition, the interior furnishing ex-
cellent springs for drinking water,
while rain water is caught in shallow
vessels for drinking purposes in the
cities. There is nothing offensive in
the way of sewage in any of the towns,
Notwithstanding the fact that there are
as yet no waterWorks in the Republic
OF San Domingo, except at points along
our railroad.
AS to the people-the country peo-
pie l mean-at first the boys and girls
go abroad perfectly nude. The first
article of apparel is invariably a hat;
the next a pair of shoes. After awhile
the boys wear belt and knife, and
the girls short dresses.
Notwithstanding the present insur-
rection, commerce is not affected. San
Domingo was never so prosperous as at
the present time. The present gener-
alton does not inherit the revolution
airy propensities of the last and former
generations. The country people do
not want to fight, either for the govern
ment or against it, and not infrequent-
ly, in order to avoid military service
they take to the BUSH
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-11-06
I thought he had bet

That's funny. I thought he had bet
ter manners!'
Mrs. Treat turned and went inside
the house, her pretty face showing a
mark of veXation over the failure OF
her husbands partner to live up to her
idea of him.
In the meantime Sarah Hunt walked
along serenely, unconscious of her
friends matchmaking designs. The
weather was clear, crisp, and beauti-
full, and she felt as happy as a lass
with a good conscience and easy shoes
can feel out for walk ON a breezy
morning. Suddenly she stopped stock
still and listened. A faint hello
came from somewhere on her right.
"Help!" 1t came more distinctly,
and she called in reply:
What is the matter? as she ran
toward the sound.
A disused shaft yawned up at her,
and it seemed to the man lying with a
broken leg in the half-frozen water at
it's depth that the face bending over
the edge so anxiously was lovelier
Ludu lie udU ever seen U0LOr0.
Il have been here all night" he said,
with new courage, land if" but she
was gone, and he wondered miserably
if she had not been but a creature of
his dreams after ALL But in a few
minutes she returned with a coil of
rope from the dilapidated shaft-house
near by, and, tying one end to tree,
passed the other down to him.
An hour later Harry Treat and his
wife came up to them. The long alb
sence of their guest had alarmed them
and sent them out to look for her.
They found her kneeling on the
ground trying to revive an unconscious
man.
will Christopher" they exclaimed
together, and as he opened his eyes
Mrs. Treat exclaimed:
$50 that is where you were!"
A week ago the young couple who
had met under such romantic circum-
stances were married and Mrs. Treat
said, as she kissed the bride:
ct has all happened just as I in
tended it should" But she did not
mean the rescue from the mine at all.
Fate claimed all the honor for that
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-11-06
CURIOUS 4-- UGHING PLANT.

The laughing-plant grows in Arabia
and derives it's name from the effect
produced by eating it's seed. It is Of
moderate size, has bright yellow flow
ers, which grow in tufts, and leaves of
dark green color. It's fruit is a pod
or capsule, stuffed with velvetlike pad
ding, in which lie snugly imbedded two
or three seeds resembling small black
beans.
The natives dry these beans and then
reduce them to powder When adj
ministered in judicious doses the pow
der produces effects very much like
those arising from the inhalations of
nitrous oxide, or, as it is called '1augh-
ing gas"
The person to whom the powder is
given shouts, laughs, sings, dances and
acts in ludicrous way. His merri-
ment lasts for about an hour, and then
he quietly falls asleep. After several
hours he awakens and has not the
slightest recollection of anything that
he said or did while under the in
f1uence of the powder.
1t is said that an overdose of laugh
ing-plant powder is likely to cause
serious results, but a small quantity
does no harm. The powder is sweet,
and it is a common joke to put little
of it into the coffee of some unsuspect-
ing person, in order to have laugh at
his expense.-Detroit Free Press.