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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
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tor OF the estate of said w. j. Black
mon. on or before the lst dav of NAV
1893. and all persons indebted 10
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up same on or before the said 1st day
~ May 1899. Pavment Of amounts
due said Estate can be made t. r. v
Williams, attorney at law, Lancaster.
3. O., or to T. ID. Blakeney, attorney
ut law, Kershaw. 3 q. IHl-T'
. H' SUSAN BLACKMoN,
II. l. BLACKaoN,
Administrators Estate Of w. J..
Biackmon, Decreased.
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The State reports counterfeit
silver half dollars of the "vintage"
OF 1876 in circulation in CoIup.
bia. The coin is perfect in ap.
pearance and number of people
have been "faked' with them
Congressman Baird Of Louisia-
ma died in Washington Saturday.
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SOUTH CAROLINA 4 GEORGIA R R G.

SCHEDULE IN FROM OCT. I'd, 1898
- First Glass, Daily.
"esI IN J. m East
Leaves 10 Charleston s 90 arrives
70 Augusta lO45 "
80 Columbia 20
10 10 Kingsville 42S
NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION
Daily. EXCEPT Sunday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
Grant and Mrs. Newton.

Summer Hill, close to Studley, Va,
is a very interesting place, built over
100 years ago, and was the arena of
much active warfare about the year
1862. Mrs. Newton resides there, the
widow of Captain William b. Newton,
a scholarly gentleman and brave COM
mander of cavalry in General Fitz- Hugh
Lees brigade, who was killed at tho
battle of Culpeper Courthouse Summer
Hill was taken for headquarters by
General Grant, and there he held n
council of war with General Hancock
and General Mcdowell. General Grant
told Mrs. Newton he was expecting an
attack, and that battle would be fought
under her very rooftree and added:
Il advise you strongly, madam, to go
over into King William county with
your little children. | will be glad to
furnish you an ambulance and safeguard
to cross the lines"
She answered: ''No. l prefer to stay
here. This old home is all L have left,
and if its fate is to fall down it Will
have to fall On my head. l can put the
children down i'll the potato cellar, and,
general, if you should get scared when
the firing begins you can go down there
with them.
General Grant laughed heartily and
said: "Have your own way, madam.
You are brave enough. - After the war
was over he inquired very particularly
of her and expressed tho hope that she
came out all right Transcript.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
Bathing m EIcuhGnr.

If there is one thing which an ele-
plant enjoys above all things else. it is
his bath. In India elephants are used
to draw the great guns of the heavy
batteries. They take their baths in the
barracks. at the troughs where they
drink. and they behave much better
about it than many children. They
have to lie down and be patient while
they are washed by their attendants.
They turn themselves about very
promptly 10 suit their convenience.
The attendant rubs the hide with
piece of stone instead of sponge. and
if the stone slips out of his hand the
elephant politely picks it up with his
trunk and hands il back. After they
have been well scrubbed the elephants
give themselves shower bath, using
their trunks to dash the water upon
themselves, and they can hit any part
of their bodies with ease.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
Father to the Man.

The philanthropist had argued vehe
mently for altruism as the only right
principle of conduct, and we were both
pretty cross when l at last declared that
egotism was the more natural and cited
children as examples. Then he smiled.
He has q houseful and his affection for
them is SO consistent with his profes-
sions that he could not help throwing
logic to the misanthropes by furnishing
this perfect example of the truth of my
contentious:
1.-The other night" he said, "my
baby was sick, SO my wife brought him
into our bed. He fell asleep very quick
ly then, but 1 lay awake for an hour or
more. Suddenly 1 felt the child turn.
start and sit up 1t was the first time i'll
his life that he had experienced total
darkness, for i'll the nursery the gas is
kept dimly lighted all night. was curl
Gus TO see what he would do. l felt him
throw himself about by quick, sharp
jerks, looking first one way, then the
other, trying to see something. There
was nothing left in existence for the
child, of course. The room had vanish
ed, mamma was gone, papa, the earth
and the heavens-all had disappeared.
But the baby didn t cry. He sat perfect
" still for a minute, then he said
aloud, as if with complete self satisfac-
ton:
'''Baby all right New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
Flowers In History.

Flowers have always played great
part III the worlds history. They have
done so ever since the days of the Plan
| tagenets, when king took Il sprig of
yellow broom Ito live and TO die with
my name. The rose of England, the
lilies Of Esance-what wild passions
and fierce conflicts have not these inno-
cent blossoms raised And then the vio-
let Surely it was the irony of fate that
wove this emblem Of humility into the
proud destinies Of the French empire
a forecast perhaps of the tragedies to
come. The Empress Eugenie wore them
on her bridal day; they fell thick and
fast on the prince imperial's pail. They
were laid ON the last resting place of
England's beloved Princess Mary"
sent with these words, Souvenir dune
tendre amitie,' - from the Empress Eu-
genie herself.
4 Latin poem of the sixteenth CEN
fury has O pretty legend of a violet
that, i'll NEUROLOGICAL days, was
maiden called Ianthis, enc of Diana's
nymphs. She attracted the attention of
Apollo, whose admiration she did not
return, and, flying from his pursuit,
she implored Diana to destroy the beau
ty which occasioned her so much trou-
bic. Diana granted her request and
turned her face to dull purple.
Ianthis, however, soon regretted the
loss of her beauty and was pining away
with grief, when the goddess had pity
on her and changed her into flower,
which still shrinks from Apollo (the
SUM and hides her modest head in the
shade; hence perhaps the French ''po-
sie,'' which often accompanies the vio-
let FUSED as Il seal or ring ornamental
tiOn). I'll fault mo chercher. "-Gentle-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
The Type In the Oxford Bible.

Statistics have fascination for many
people. who will be interested in learn
ing that there are 773, 746 words i'll the
authorized version of the Bible and
1866, 4S2 letters, including les. These
figures, says The Periodical, the monthly
journal of announcements issued by the
Clarendon press, relate to a text Bible
and are independent of verse figures and
figures (if used) in chapter headings. To
estimate the total number of separate
bits or pieces of metal which together
make up the types of an Oxford refer
ence Bible there may then be added full
~ 100000 letters. figures, points,
spaces, etc, in the text and 800, 900 III
the marginal notes. making a total of
8, 566, 1872 pieces in all.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
AN ANCIENT CHURCH.
= Beverly Cdass) Structure Nearly Two
Centuries Old.


The remodeled Second church, that Of
the Congregational society, at North
Beverly, Mass, is 1S4 years old and is
the first and only house of worship the
society has ever had. The Second parish
of Beverly is one of the old societies of
the county. When incorporated by the
general court in 1918, it was as the
precinct of Salem and Beverly" OBJ
lection has been made on the part of
certain Beverly people to the separation
Of the parish.
The first meeting toward forming tho
society was held in November, 1918,
and a committee appointed. At a later
meeting the sum of 1850 was raised to-
ward building meeting house. The
house was built ard finished and dedi-
Gated the following year.
Originally it was 90 feet by 40. In
1771 porch was added to the front end
by Caleb Dodge at his own expense. In
1851 steeple was built and 400
pound bell was purchased. Two years
later Robert Hooper gave Il bell to the
church. The house was placed on its
present site in 1897, when it was en-.
larged and thoroughly romodeled.
When General Gage was stationed at
Danvers and lived in the Collins house,
at the time he sent his messenger down
to Salem to terminate the sitting of the
assembly because it was about to form a
provincial congress, he attended church
i'll the North Beverly house of worship.
For many years the ceiling was not
plastered, but later some of the wealthy
members had the spaces over their own
pews plastered at their own expense.
When Robert Hooper gave the church
the bell, he WAS given pew in the
church, and the parish voted to have it
plastered overhead at the expense of the
society.-Boston Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
En- DeShabille.

Doshatille can be- impressive, as We
l.. Irn in letter Of Charles Dickens TO
the late James L. Fields, the American
publisher. Dickens wrote: 81 dreamed
that somebody was dead. 1t was pri-
vate gentleman and a particular friend,
and 1 was greatly overcome when tho
news was broken to me very delicately)
by gentleman in n cooked hat, top
boots and sheet. Nothing else. Good
God, l said, lis he dead?' He is as
dead, sir, rejoined the gentleman, as a
doornail. But we must all die, Afx.
Dickens, sooner or later. my dear sir.
'Ah, / said, yes, to be sure. Very true.
But what did he die OFF The gentleman
burst into flood of tears and said in a
voice broken by emotion, He christen
ed his youngest child, sir, with . toast
ing fork. -
Some sensitive men refuse to appear
en- deshabille on any terms. There was
a lovable English clergyman, says
Mark Twain III "A Tramp Abroad"
''who did not get to table d'hote at all.
His brooches had turned up missing,
and without any equivalent. He said
he was not more particular than other
people, but he had noticed that a clergy
man at dinner without any breeches
was almost sure to excite remark.
The completest deshabille is obtain
able i'll the tropics. The late Henry
Drummond once wrote homo from CEN
trail Africa that he had nothing on but
a helmet and three mosquitoes. Sydney
Smith, who was the first man to pray
in August for the power to take off his
flesh and sit il his bones, described the
height of bliss attainable by Sierra
Leone native TO be sitting in half
of melon, with the other half on his,
head, eating the pulp.-Cornhill Maya
zine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
Not So Green.

The up town bound cable car appar-
entity was in the hands of Il green mo-
torman. At least that was the way the
crowd of passengers accepted it when,
after each stop, it started up again with
a violent jerk, which threw big men
around like skittles. Straps were of no
value.
At Prince street little old man got
on and made his way to about the mid
die of the car. He lost something of his
mildness of expression when he was
thrown suddenly and forcibly against a
young woman, knocking off her hat
but he said nothing. Next big man
made a parabolic swing, landed and
nearly knocked him through tho win
dow. Then the face of the little man
grew very red. He pushed his way to
the front door and, shaking his finger
i'll the motorman's surly visagc, threat
ened to throw him off the car and run
the thing himself. The motorman
''sassed'' back, but the excited little
passenger talked fast and dared him to
do it again. Then he shut tho door and
waited, and every one held his breath
when the bell rang.
But the fight did not come off. The
car started as gently as molasses, and
that one little man stood ON his rights,
up to Fiftieth street did tho car start III
any but the smoothest way.
That motorman was not SO green.-
New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
VIVA. Moved Tennvgon.

When Tennyson was offered the lau
reateship, he took whole day to con-
slider. and at last wrote two letters, one
accepting, one refusing. and determined
to make up his mind after a consulta
ton with his friends at dinner. He said,
''In the END l accepted the honor be-
cause during dinner Venable told me
that if became poet laureate L should
always. when 1 dined out, be offered
the liver wing of the fowl. " The imme-
diate result of becoming poet laureate
was that poems and letters poured in,
and Tennyson writes: II get such
shoals of poems that l am almost Graz
ed with them. The 1900, 900 poets of
Great Britain deiuge me daily with
poems Truly the laureateship is no sim
ecure. If any good soul would by way
AT diversion send me tome of prose"
San Francisco Axgonaut.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
DRINKS OF OUR FoRBEARS.
They Were Fastidious In Quality, Though
They liked Quantity.

They liked Quantity.
Among the popular drinks were mad
dog and dragon milk. Their main COZ
stituentwas ale of different degrees of
age and strength favored with ginger
ard similar hot stuff. Mad dog was the
stronger of the two. 1t was popular
among gentlemen of ancient Pistols
stamp, who usually wanted something
to grip their threats and put fire into
their eyes Tupers owe great deal to
this same mad dog. He it was that in
troduced the custom, popular in other
lands besides England, of easing the eff
fects of overindulgence by taking "a
hair of the deg that bit you.
The fastidious Briton of the olden
times was also mighty hard to please as
TO the qualities of wine. We find record
Of his nicely III this regard as far back
as the twelfth century. An old manu-
script in the British museum tells US
what wine was most priced: 1T should
be clear like the tears of a penltent, so
that a man may see distinctly to the
bottom of his glass; its color should
represent the greenncss of buffalo's
horn; when drunk, it should descend
impetuously like thunder; sweet tast
ed, like an almond; creeping like a
squirrel; leaping like roebuck; strong
like the building of Cistercian monas-
terry; glittering like spark of fire; sub
tie like the logic of the schools of Paris;
delicate as fine silk, and colder than
crystal
If the Englishman of that day was
able to procure this celestial liquor, he
was more fortunate than recent topers
and tipplers have been i'll the triune
kingdom. All modern travellers can tes-
tify that no such wine is to be had now,
either i'll "dear old London or else
where ON the island. Furthermore, the
fancy beverages of the Elizabethan per-
iod have disappeared and left not a rack
behind, unless we dignity such wishy
washy stuff claret punch, which holds
the place of honor in most metropolitan
barrooms, and port negus, which still
fingers in the sickroom, by calling
them weak kneed descendants OF the
sturdy, uncompromising beverages OF
old.-Chicago Tim es- Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
Christy Ministries.

The Toronto Saturday Night tells the
following story of Dean Vaughan He
had been preparing some colored clergy
men for mission work and had invited
them TO dine with him in the Temple.
On that day Mrs. Vaughan waited an
hour in the drawing room for her guests,
but none came At last she mentioned
to the butler that it was odd that the
invited guests did not appear.
Eyes, ma am he replied, land
what's odder still I've done nothing all
the evening but turn Christy minstrels
away from the door.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
Had kidney plsea.s - Years.

G.. A. StilIman, a merchant of Tam
pico, ILL.,, writes: "FO!ey's Kidney
Cure is meeting with wonderful sue
cess. IL has cured some cases here
that physicians pronounced ineura-
Bile l myself am able to testify 10
its merits. My face today is living
picture of health. and Foley's Kidney
Cure has made il such. / had suffer
ed twenty-seven years with the di-
sease, and today 1 feel ten years
younger than / did one year ago
can obtain some wonderful certificates
OF its medical qualities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
Chocolate.

To those who study the niceties of de-
tail in the preparation Of even a simple
dish it may be suggested that chocolate
used as a drink is much improved if
blended several hours beforehand. 1t is
better even to break the Jumps of I'M
sweetered chocolate into an earth en-
bowl the night before, adding cold wa
ter and covering closely. In this way
the flavor of the chocolate is best ex-
tracted. New York Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
Not Eickle.

The saying, "Fickle as weather
cock, once received a striking refuta-
ton III the experience of DR.. W. L.
Charming. The famous Boston divine,
being of a feeble constitution, was led
to go to extremes i'll protecting himself
against the cold, penetrating air of the
winter in Boston. At such times moth
ing would induce him to go out of the
house, even III carriage, if the wind
was from the east.
4 friend, not having heard from Dr.
Charming for three weeks, notwithstaud-
ing that the weather had been unusual
ly mild and agreeable. feared that he
might be i'll and called ut his house to
inquire. He found Charming IN his
library, the sun streaming through the
closed windows, and blazing fire III
the CRATE. The room was almost suffo-
eating. The doctor himself seemed in
his usual health and spirits. Naturally
the visitor asked why he was not enjoy
ing the soft air and sunshine. Charming
shook his head and said: Impossible,
my friend. l dare not, and you know L
never do, venture out of doors i'll AN east
wind"
"But the wind has been south for the
last three weeks, urged his friend.
lyon are greatly mistaken, " rejoin-
ed the doctor. Look at the weather
vane," and he pointed triumphantly to
the weathercock of Il neighboring church.
but that vane has not moved for the
last three weeks. 1t wants oiling," was
the response.
The good doctor had been kept Il pris-
oner for three weeks by a rusty wealth
ercOck. nuth' s CnmnaniGn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
RuckIcn,. Arn,ca saIro.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers. salt rheum,
fever sores, letter, chappcd hands,
chilblains, corns and all skin erup-
tions, and positively cures piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price % cents per box. For
sale by Hartz & Ullemeyer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07

"A south sea islander greets friend
by fiinging jar of water over his head
In Russia it is correct for gentlemen TO
press the fcreheads of ladies whom they
know intimately with their lips, and in
Germany and other contineptal nations
kissing between men is by no means un-
common.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07

In the Cluny museum is pair of
shoes made of yellow silk once belong
ing 10 the famous Marquise de Pompa-
dour. and are the identical pair she is
depicted as wearing in the pastel por-
trait of her which hangs in the gallery
Of the Louvre.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
Velvet the STYLE.

Lady Violet Greville, whose tips on
the fashions are always accepted as gos-
pei, writes from Paris, saying that vel
vet will reign supreme this spring in
the fashionable world. She says, vel
vet in every style, shape and color
black, cornfower blue. sapphire, silver
gray shot with gold and host Of other
startling shades-wlll be worn"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
Green Ants.

The green ants of Australia make
nests by bending leaves together and
uniting them with "a kind of natural
glue. Hundreds have been seen on one
leaf drawing it to the ground, while an
equal number waited to receive. hold
and fasten it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
The March of Civilization.

Interpreter-Chief wangbo wants no
more beads and brass wire. He says you
cannot cross his country unless you agree
to pay his price
African Explorer-What does he
want?
MISREPRESENTATION of the royal
ties ON your next book--London Tit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07
VIII BE Seen.

He-What is the use of putting all
that trimming on the back of your hatI
Do you suppose any man can see the
back of your hat when he meets you?
She-No; but every woman will
when she passes mc.-London Fun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-07

Gagged lions. tigers, puInas and ja-
guars take no notice of the men and
women passing in front of them, bat if
a dog be brought anywhere near the
cage they show their savage nature at
once